Resident Filthy Casual

Kay. 30something, librarian, on that Good Juice now

[yoricklike]

recently I've been noticing the sun setting earlier than it used to. enshittification?

[birdonahotdog]

contrary to social media developers’ beliefs i have literally never once wanted to see posts in anything other than chronological order

[glendathegoodone]

[enchantingcheesecakepersona]

[rosesonkittens]

I've always written everything by hand before typing. Staring at a blank word document doesn't inspire the words to come.

But a blank paper and a blue pen and the words come at a steady pace.

[panaeolus-fimicola]

Frontiers | Handwriting but not typewriting leads to widespread brain connectivity: a high-density EEG study with implications for the class

As traditional handwriting is progressively being replaced by digital devices, it is essential to investigate the implications for the human

aaaand here's a link to the paper :)

[closet-keys]

that one study that was talking about how the “gay voice” can be viewed as just what post-testosterone based puberty voices sound like when not trained into culturally masculine modes of inflection and intonation. I think that’s a great masculinity based example of the same phenomenon as discussed in my previous post. Like the reason speaking in that way is gender nonconforming is likely because it reveals the effort and practice that goes into “natural” adult masculinity. it draws attention to the fact that the narrow allowable masculinity is constructed and necessarily learned in order to be perfected.

[radiobarf]

RIP Hayden Panettiere 🌸🖤

[jadwigaspeaks]

There is a Certain Type of Leftist on here who is convinced that they can and should categorise all countries as either Real or Fake (a cornerstone of imperialist thinking btw), and while they might provide some support for their decision regarding specific countries, maybe even reference some noble ideals when explaining their reasoning, when you look at their overall views it becomes pretty clear that their main criterion is "how do my favorite empires feel about this country's independence?"

[penrosesun]

I think it’s also very important to emphasize that it’s “favorite empires” not “empire where I actually live”

A lot of people think that they are magically immune to this critique because they’ve decided to stan an empire that is at odds with the empire that they personally live under, and uh, no. That’s still the same thing. You’re not anti-imperialist for wanting an empire other than your own to win; that’s just pro-imperialist for a different team.

[slightlyplant]

i don't think he noticed

[strawberry-crocodile]

Happy The Missile Knows Where It Is Monday

[sleepy-frog-lady]

I don’t know what this post is trying to tell me

[predatory-lesbians]

the missile knows where it is

[ivy-michaels]

[void-of-erebos]

Oh hang on.

Fuck you

[gothicprep]

the late senator graham and i disagreed on pretty much everything, but credit where it’s due. this quote of his is an all-timer:

it’s arguably the most honest thing that anyone has said in politics.

[magical-girl-coral]

[steelart]

yesterday? blorbo stuff. today? blorbo stuff. tomorrow? you'll never guess

[world-of-lang]

what if i was your knight in shining armor but i am 1hp and die instantly

[dykeferatu]

i’m not even that much of a pervert i can just find the eroticism in anything. doesn’t get me bricked up necessarily i just like to appreciate it.

[frightfullytreeish]

dear everyone on tumblr who needs to host images elsewhere (e.g. to embed on ao3 etc), please give squidge a go!! it's free, it's nonprofit and it's geared towards fandom so nsfw images won't get deleted!! and please stop using imgur if you can because they blocked the uk rather than acquiesce to the fucking internet safety laws, which I can't really hold against em but it does mean all imgur pictures just show up as big purple boxes now

[blogquantumreality]

Squidge! Holy blast from the past, Batman. The last time I remember even looking at that site was... eons ago.

( Oh, what was I reading? The Quartz Key. Yes, it's m/m. )

[beatrice-otter]

Not only is Squidge still around, it's expanded and grown! It is still run by the same guy, though now it's a nonprofit with a board and everything, and while they maintain all the old squidge sites as static archives, they have a new multifandom archive using the AO3 code at squidgeworld.org. They also host podfics and fanart.

For those younguns in the crowd, back in the day erotic fanworks--especially slash--was not welcome very many places. Walter was willing to host it, and has been a haven for NSFW fanworks since 1994. The various archives and so on hosted at squidge.org were never very large, compared to lots of other archives, but they were a necessary part of the fannish ecosystem, and I'm really glad that there is now a structure in place to keep the whole system running beyond just "Walter's a great guy willing to donate lots of time and money." Walter is a great guy! but like. it's good to have other people to help out and keep things going in the long run.

[a-silly-poll-side-blog-yay]

the last item you held (phone doesn't count) just despawned are you ok with it?

yes

no

GIVE IT BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

:(

could be worse

meh

results

Remaining time: 4 days 23 hours

Living creatures like your pet don't count

[audible-smiles]

the worst part of summer is that people get sooo comfortable expressing their disgust at having to see other people’s bodies. they’re always complaining about wrinkly old men at the nude hot springs or fat women in bikinis at the beach. I hate that shit. if you’re not capable of being normal about bodies you personally don’t find attractive, just turn your head to look at something else! and if you’re not smart enough to do that, then at least do the rest of us the courtesy of suffering in silence, because we don’t wanna hear your weird comments. thanks.

[phantomrose96]

A master to his action-hero trainee says, "Your movements are sloppy. You lack awareness of your body when you fight. Your hands move and yet you do not hold them in your mind's eye. Come. We will remedy this."

And then the master paints his trainee's fingernails and orders the trainee to complete a series of complicated tasks without smudging the nail polish.

[phantomrose96]

Trainee grumbles that this is stupid when the first set of tasks is just cleaning the dojo. Within two minutes he reaches for the dustpan and knocks the edge of his pinky nail against it in a way he's never noticed before. He's staring at the baby blue smudge and suddenly he understands things differently.

[phantomrose96]

There's a montage of days passing as he fetches water, chops wood, hoes crops, washes clothes. His nails are a different color during each cut. He's sprinting up the mountain with a fresh wet pedicure and the master is nodding in approval. The master's nails are flawless tech art.

[phantomrose96]

He's reached his final assessment and it's a sparing match against his master. The air smells of acetone. His and the master's nails are all freshly painted. He must land a blow on the master with his mani and pedi fully intact.

Suns and moons pass. Streak in the ring finger. Smudge on the pinky. A full-handed block at the cost of three nails of paint. A hit on his master, and he hoots in delight until the master points out the unguarded toe whose polish is now streaked across the master's robe.

Days pass in frustration and exhaustion. By day 40, he has every digit of his acutely in his mind's eye. He senses the master's attack, ducks, dodges, all fingers all toes all himself, aware, and he strikes with his wooden sword.

It connects with the master. The master pauses. The trainee raises his left hand into view--5 digits of flawless sunflower yellow. His left foot. His right foot. And finally his right hand, raised in triumph.

The master smiles. "You have passed. I have just one more technique to teach you."

The technique is how to draw little flowers into the nail art. So really this one is optional.