to the stars who listen

Melissa. 30. Bi. Demi. Slytherin. my dream is to travel the world

[quietwingsinthesky]

did i tell you guys i failed at being sexually harassed at work today?

[quietwingsinthesky]

okay so, guy at work, who i find out afterwards is famous at this place for being a sex pest, comes up and starts with what i also learn is his favorite opener to conversations where he’s going to be a sex pest, namely: “Do you know where the term ‘blow job’ comes from?”

and here he made his first fatal error. his moment of hubristic sex pesting. because of course i know where the term blow job comes from, i love learning about sex and the history of sexual terms! i know so much about oral sex that i could write a book on it!

his second error: approaching a little autistic freak with what he intended to be an uncomfortable sex question that would make me feel weird and gross. Friends, Romans, Countrymen, I Have Never Misjudged A Man’s Intentions So Incredibly In My Life. because i did not realize he was trying to harass me. because i love talking about sex facts, albeit not usually at work. unless. someone prompts me. my coworkers are the kind of people who are generally online enough to know terms, but not exactly what they mean, and they realized they could ask me a while back and get good answers without the resulting awkwardness because i do not experience shame. i am primed to answer questions like the one he has proposed.

So I Answered It.

and well, really, what happened is that I began answering it, then realized the answer required a bit more context. I mean, you can’t just say “oh, well, the term first appears in writing in the 1940s” without first explaining that ‘blow’ by itself already had sexual connotations for centuries, and then, really, are we talking about the origin of the term or the origin of the act. and well we have a ton of literature and art depicting fellatio throughout human history, did you know a lot of it was men performing it on other men? oh, that reminds me, there are a multitude of latin words for oral sex performed on penises, and hold on let me quote you the entirety of catullus 16 from memory and explain it’s fascinating insights into the roman world of homosexuality-

i do not know how to turn any of this ^ off, by the way. i’m sure some people out there have a switch that disables their infodumping mid-speech. i do not. and i also didn’t realize he wasn’t looking for a real answer until my other coworker explained so hours later. he could not excuse himself from the conversation he started, and i made a conservative man at least 30 years older than me to listen to my catullus recitation. i will sodomize and facefuck you, indeed.

anyway, i think i got a bad grade in being sexually harassed. my pro tip is maybe don’t start with what a very autistic individual will misconstrue as you earnestly asking them to explain sex to you. the special interest shield will cause splashback damage.

[i-speak-graffiti]

🫵 HEROES in the tags

[route22ny]

Today's Doonesbury cartoon.

[artphobos]

This is why the ridiculous tiktok and youtube banned terms lists bothered me so, then hear kids using euphamisms instead even irl. JUST USE THE WORDS.

[chongoblog]

Scanning the QR Code feels kinda harrowing

[theladysunami]

Current List:

- abortion

- accessibility

- Accessible

- activism

- activists

- advocacy

- advocate

- advocates

- affirmative action

- affirmative action programs

- affirming care

- affordable home

- affordable housing

- agricultural water

- agrivoltaics

- air pollution

- all-inclusive

- allyship

- alternative energy

- anti-racism

- antiracist

- asexual

- assigned at birth

- assigned female at birth

- assigned male at birth

- at risk

- autism

- aviation fuel

- barrier

- barriers

- belong

- bias

- biased

- Biased toward

- biases

- Biases towards

- bioenergy

- biofuel

- biogas

- biologically female

- biologically male

- biomethane

- bipoc

- bisexual

- Black

- black and latinx

- breastfeed + people

- breastfeed + person

- Cancer Moonshot

- carbon emissions mitigation

- carbon footprint

- carbon markets

- carbon pricing

- carbon sequestration

- CEC

- changing climate

- chestfeed + people

- chestfeed + person

- clean energy

- clean fuel

- clean power

- clean water

- climate

- climate accountability

- climate change

- climate consulting

- climate crisis

- climate model

- climate models

- climate resilience

- climate risk

- climate science

- climate smart agriculture

- climate smart forestry

- climate variability

- climate-change

- climatesmart

- commercial sex worker

- community

- community diversity

- community equity

- confirmation bias

- contaminants of environmental concern

- continuum

- Covid-19

- critical race theory

- cultural competence

- cultural differences

- cultural heritage

- Cultural relevance

- cultural sensitivity

- culturally appropriate

- culturally responsive

- definition

- DEI

- DEIA

- DEIAB

- DEIJ

- diesel

- dietary guidelines/ultraprocessed foods

- disabilities

- disability

- disabled

- disadvantaged

- discriminated

- discrimination

- discriminatory

- discussion of federal policies

- disparity

- diverse

- diverse backgrounds

- diverse communities

- diverse community

- diverse group

- diverse groups

- diversified

- diversify

- diversifying

- diversity

- diversity and inclusion

- diversity in the workplace

- diversity, equity, and inclusion

- diversity/equity efforts

- EEJ

- EJ

- elderly

- electric vehicle

- energy conversion

- enhance the diversity

- enhancing diversity

- entitlement

- environmental justice

- environmental quality

- equal opportunity

- equality

- equitable

- equitableness

- equity

- ethanol

- ethnicity

- evidence-based

- excluded

- exclusion

- expression

- female

- females

- feminism

- fetus

- field drainage

- fluoride

- fostering inclusivity

- fuel cell

- gay

- GBV

- gender

- gender based

- gender based violence

- gender diversity

- gender dysphoria

- gender expression

- gender identity

- gender ideology

- gender nonconformity

- gender transition

- gender-affirming care

- gendered

- genders

- geothermal

- GHG emission

- GHG modeling

- GHG monitoring

- global warming

- green

- green infrastructure

- greenhouse gas emission

- groundwater pollution

- Gulf of Mexico

- H5N1/bird flu

- hate

- hate speech

- health disparity

- health equity

- hispanic

- hispanic minority

- historically

- housing affordability

- housing efficiency

- hydrogen vehicle

- identity

- ideology

- immigrants

- implicit bias

- implicit biases

- inclusion

- inclusive

- inclusive leadership

- inclusiveness

- inclusivity

- Increase diversity

- increase the diversity

- indigenous

- indigenous community/ people

- inequalities

- inequality

- inequitable

- inequities

- injustice

- institutional

- integration

- intersectional

- intersectionality

- intersex

- issues concerning pending legislation

- justice40

- key groups

- key people

- key populations

- Latinx

- lesbian

- lgbt

- LGBTQ

- low-emission vehicle

- low-income housing

- male dominated

- marginalize

- marginalized

- marijuana

- measles

- membrane filtration

- men who have sex with men

- mental health

- methane emissions

- microplastics

- migrant

- minorities

- minority

- minority serving institution

- most risk

- MSI

- msm

- multicultural

- Mx

- Native American

- NCI budget

- net-zero

- non-binary

- nonbinary

- noncitizen

- non-conforming

- nonpoint source pollution

- nuclear energy

- nuclear power

- obesity

- opioids

- oppression

- oppressive

- orientation

- pansexual

- PCB

- peanut allergies

- people + uterus

- people of color

- people-centered care

- person-centered

- person-centered care

- PFAS

- PFOA

- photovoltaic

- polarization

- political

- pollution

- pollution abatement

- pollution remediation

- prefabricated housing

- pregnant people

- pregnant person

- pregnant persons

- prejudice

- privilege

- privileges

- promote

- promote diversity

- promoting diversity

- pronoun

- pronouns

- prostitute

- pyrolysis

- QT

- queer

- race

- race and ethnicity

- racial

- racial diversity

- racial identity

- racial inequality

- racial justice

- racially

- racism

- runoff

- rural water

- safe drinking water

- science-based

- sediment remediation

- segregation

- self-assessed

- sense of belonging

- sex

- sexual preferences

- sexuality

- social justice

- social vulnerability

- socio cultural

- socio economic

- sociocultural

- socioeconomic status

- soil pollution

- solar energy

- solar power

- special populations

- stem cell or fetal tissue research

- stereotype

- stereotypes

- subsidized housing

- sustainable construction

- systemic

- they/them

- tile drainage

- topics of federal investigations

- topics that have received recent attention from Congress

- topics that have received widespread or critical media attention

- trans

- transexual

- transexualism

- transexuals

- transgender

- transgender military personnel

- transgender people

- transitional housing

- trauma

- traumatic

- tribal

- two-spirit

- unconscious bias

- under appreciated

- under represented

- under served

- underprivileged

- underrepresentation

- underrepresented

- underserved

- understudied

- undervalued

- vaccines

- victim

- victims

- vulnerable

- vulnerable populations

- water collection

- water conservation

- water distribution

- water efficiency

- water management

- water pollution

- water quality

- water storage

- water treatment

- white privilege

- wind power

- woman

- women

- women and underrepresented

- women in leadership

[adventurerintraining]

Thank you for this list, the website just shows 404 error for me

[skys-seond-side]

@i-add-sources

Sorry if this is overstepping or you already did this one ^^;

[i-add-sources]

newspeak

The website linked through qr-code appears to no longer be online.

For example: my post on the removal of the words "bisexual" and "transgender" from the stonewall national monument page

These Words Are Disappearing in the New Trump Administration

Federal agencies have issued guidance to employees on hundreds of terms to limit or avoid using. An analysis of government websites shows ma

^ March 7, 2025 article by nyt about 'flagged' and removed words. Includes less words than previous reblog, but time has passed since then.

Somewhere after Jan 15, 2025, the entire reproductiverights.gov website went offline.

The reblogged list is from pen.org/banned-words-list, updated May 28, 2025

While not all these words are fully banned, they are still 'to be used less' or used to flag material for 'further review'.

I therefore consider it right to say this is true

[nuckgirl16]

[ultrareginarules]

He's got a lot of fucking nerve asking for help to fix the shitstorm HE started.

[quasi-normalcy]

*Guy who's spent the last 14 months slapping huge tariffs on all of his allies, belittling NATO and threatening to annex his neighbours* "Hey, are you gonna pitch in here or what?"

[teathattast]

[auguris]

Has anyone warned @copperbadge yet

[copperbadge]

What a lot of people outside of Chicago may not realize is that The Beans are a native species to this region and right now is baby season! What you're seeing there is probably just an instance of a young mature The Bean being kept in a secure enclosure, probably due to some kind of injury that's being rehabbed.

In urban Chicago around this time of year if you want to go The Bean spotting you mostly just need to keep an eye out around downtown drugstores for formations like this.

I took this picture myself in a Walgreens. As you can see we have a nice healthy-looking family group consisting of a parent The Bean, several juveniles who will often stay with the parent for several years, and some newborns this year who naturally group up protectively near any large sign reading "Chicago".

The Beans are usually extremely docile and can even be kept as pets once the juveniles separate from their family group, since they are low-maintenance and require only a small flat area such as a desk or bookshelf on which to recline. Fun fact, a group of The Beans such as pictured above is known as a Tchochki!

[mewzaque]

Are adult The Beans usually around the size of the one in the above photo? The most famous one I know of is about three humans tall. Is that a genetic rarity, or is it more like lobsters?

[copperbadge]

There's a lot of debate in TheBean Biology circles about the massive The Bean residing in Millennium Park. It's not known why this The Bean chose the park or why it has grown to such gargantuan size. I'm not an expert, I just live here, but I tend to agree with the newer theory that they can regularly grow to massive sizes in the wild, but we only tend to encounter smaller ones because such huge sizes generally only occur in deep freshwater lakes.

It's certainly very unusual to see a The Bean of that size on land. Such a privilege to live in a place where they feel safe enough to take up residence alongside humans.

[katsdom]

@copperbadge I have a question. I might be interested in keeping one as a pet but I want to be a responsible parent and need to know a little more. Can one of them be happy by itself, or is it better to get a pair for companionship? Also, of course, what is a healthy diet for them? Thanks for any advice you can offer.

[copperbadge]

Well, as I said I'm not an expert, but it's my understanding that once juveniles leave the family unit they're generally pretty solitary until they begin families of their own, so just getting one should be fine. It doesn't appear that The Beans reproduce asexually (nobody's really positive how they do it) so unless you want a whole tchochki of The Beans it may be best to stick to one.

For feeding you'd really have to consult an expert; the Chicago Parks District might have some kind of infomatic about it on their website. I have no idea what the big The Bean in Millennium Park is fed. Apparently you used to be able to attend feedings but for "public safety" reasons they put an end to that before I moved here. In any case, good luck! You're being a great prospective pet parent.

[ilovehowyoulie]

@copperbadge I know you say you are not an expert, but you seem quite knowledgeable on the subject of The Bean creatures. What I would like to know, would the purchase of one of these creatures in any way benefit the original founder of The Bean in the Millenium Park in Chicago, a one Mr. Kapoor? I have heard unfavorable things about this founder of the species and I would hate to financially support someone like that. Thank you for your time.

-a concerned potential parent

[apricustar]

what do you mean louie was happily married and about to have a baby. what do you mean both his wife and unborn baby died in a car crash. what do you mean the emergency room was his emergency contact. what do you mean he had no one other than the hospital. i am going to literally lose my mind. do you think the first few times he went to the hospital he felt cared for for the first time in ages and it all got to the point where he was happy to be going to the emergency room??? just so he’d see the people who slowly became his friends?? his makeshift family??????

[jackabbot]

this show is a comedy

[delfin-zlosliwy]

behind every problematic age gap yuri there's an even more problematic, bigger age gap yaoi

[thegreatturbo17]

[televisiongifs]

Daniel Ings as Lyonel Baratheon  A KNIGHT OF THE SEVEN KINGDOMS (2026-)

[redwinevinegar47]

Dr. J interviewing her colleagues about the one thing they wish everyone knew.

Dr King: signs of a stroke

Dr Santos: how to use Narcan

Dr Whitaker: importance of wearing a motorcycle helmet

Dr McKay: infections can increase blood glucose levels

Dr Abbot: flared base

Dr Parker: flared base

Dr Walsh: flared base

Dr Shen: flared base

[unfetteredautism]

PLS GIVE DR ROBBY AN INSTA AND MAKE HIM INTERACT WITH WHITAKERS POSTSSS🙏🙏🙏🙏IM BEGGING

so i guess he passed out and died. rip.

masterpost

[niceshootingrook]

The One Where Robby Got Bullied into getting an Instagram.

A sequel to This post. Featuring hints of Huckleberry and Mohabbot.

[existential-queeer]

Mel practically hanging onto his arm like a monkey.

Langdon dropping everything when he saw she was hurt.

He made a joke to make her laugh and she was able to read the humor in his smile like a book whereas other times the jokes go over her head.

She then made a joke from a year prior that only he would understand, and he still remembered.

Dana and Perlah being confused and hit with "it's an inside thing".

Mel being uncomfortable and overstimulated and Langdon clocking that shit IMMEDIATELY.

Langdon ushering the police out of her room to give her space and even turning off the lights to make sure she won't be overstimulated and giving her a safe, quiet space to decompress.

All the little things between them is making me insane.

They knew each other for a DAY, mind you.

A SINGLE DAY. ALMOST A YEAR AGO.

NOW THEY'RE BONDED LIKE FERAL CATS.

[drmelking]

[drmelking]

The realism of Robby being a little bit of an unintentional misogynist is so, so important to me. Like he is a good boss and a great teacher, he is friends with women and works with women and teaches women and respects women greatly. And yet—it’s Langdon, and then Whitaker, who Robby adopts as his mentees. It’s David, not the girls on the kill list, who Robby prioritizes care for. It’s the dad accused of grooming his daughter who Robby refuses to report, while informing the authorities about the mother drugging him without a second thought. He reams Langdon out for berating Santos, but doesn’t check in on Santos until Langdon refuses to let it go and Robby becomes suspicious of there being an actual problem.

And obviously we are seeing Robby on the worst day of life, and maybe even calling him a “little bit of a misogynist” is a bit too much because he’s not, really. But he does have ingrained biases and he does seem to only be able to fully see himself in and completely empathize with other men. And that is just. So true of even the nicest, kindest, most wonderful and feminist men I know.

[artigas]

noah wyle really sat in that writer’s room and said: what if I gave the audience some delectable Robby backstory and centered his Judaism in an understated and nuanced way? and threw in some Al-Hashimi and Robby being good and caring doctors on the same team while we’re at it? and what if I threw in a heart-wrenching through-line of medical cases that center on love and fatherhood and community care? and what if I looked especially hot while I was at it? despicable. he should be arrested.

[tvgods]

doctor hierarchy in season one (The Pitt 2025-)