closer than a wife, closer than an eye

These fragments I have shored against my ruin 🆓🇵🇸🍉

[kuutamosonaatti]

Penda’s Fen (1974) | dir. Alan Clarke

[random-brushstrokes]

Herman Richir - Un regard dans le passé (1932)

[infamousmonkey-cat]

if you give a man a dog he won't bark himself but if you give a man a cat he'll miaow for a lifetime

[infamousmonkey-cat]

a youtuber i subscribed to a long time ago when she was good has pivoted to doing a bunch of psychobiology content about how idk men like it when women smile more and don't earn as much as they do (i'm not watching the videos i'm just going off titles, idk if she's critical of this stuff but it seems like she's presenting it as dating tips) anyway i'm so fucking glad i don't have to participate in that world dykwim. getting occasional windows into straight people hell world and being like wow i actually do feel so blessed and grateful rn

[excitementshewrote]

[random-brushstrokes]

Théodore Gudin - Smugglers' cave in the moonlight (1866)

[mangled-by-disuse]

in happier pride news i actually found this deeply heartwarming

that's solidarity baybeeee

[lgbtlaughs]

Further context: Durham city council (Reform UK) cut funding and support for Pride. The Durham Miner's Association and other trade unions raised enough money for Durham Pride 2026 to go ahead - a direct call back to when Lesbian and Gays Support the Miners (LGSM) raised money for mining communities when Margaret Thatcher seized union funding during the miner strikes of 1984-85.

At the 1985 Labour party meet, the motion to support LGBT rights as a party was passed due to a block vote from mining unions.

Stephen Guy, the chair of the Durham Miners’ Association, said that when it became apparent Durham Pride was under threat, he took it upon himself to “encourage the trade union movement to step up and do the right thing, and stand shoulder to shoulder with the LGBT+ community […] They not only raised funds for us, but came to our communities, uplifted our spirits when they were down, and showed their solidarity.”

[random-brushstrokes]

Edoardo Berta (Italian, 1867–1931) - Portrait of a girl

[deep-state-partisan]

I pawned your chastity key for drug money sorry

[fandomwithbenefits]

Fandom with Benefits - Comment Bingo

It is time to spread the love with our June 2026 Comment Bingo. Try and fill four in a row, column, or diagonal, or let all the creators out there know how much you appreciate them 🤍🩶🖤 and go for a full black-out!

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1C: comment more than 100 words

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2A: written before canon (jossed)

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3A: quote your favorite sentence

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4A: anonymous work

4B: describe how it made you feel

4C: an old fandom of yours

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[syfysource]

THE MAGICIANS (2015 - 2020) 3.05 "A Life in the Day"

[enchantedbook]

Fairy Tale (Das Märchen), by Sergey Solomko, c. 1905.

[infamousmonkey-cat]

not zachy accidentally saying "oh this is giving philip glass" when they were supposed to be in character as the viceroy to india

[infamousmonkey-cat]

one of my face hairs is growing in dark and i reeeeally want to encourage it but it's also like. you could not have picked a worse time. love you and appreciate you tho

[infamousmonkey-cat]

does anybody else. is anybody. does anyone

i'm so fucking tired help

[sophsun1]

Seinfeld – 7.18: The Friars Club 

[alicewiththreefingers]

The breakfast sandwiches are ours alone