just gotta throw my all-time favourite Giles scene into the mix
RIP Anthony Head, a truly generational talent.
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just gotta throw my all-time favourite Giles scene into the mix
RIP Anthony Head, a truly generational talent.
The lilac blooms and I remember
I got 60 out of 1000 😂
Based on the number of ratings each book has on Goodreads. And if you haven't read them, maybe you can use for a literature bucket list.
Anyone who says they’ve read all 1000 is a liar because one of them is a huge cookbook and no one is actively joy reading that.
with some of these it’s like “fuck, I did read that,” and with some it’s like “Oh fuck, I did read that.”
I got 99, but I counted a few that I had only mostly-read before deciding I didn’t like them and never finishing them.
Damn, I’ve only read 97 of these.
179, an astonishing number legitimately thanks to high school.
Also, lol I absolutely did read The Joy of Cooking for fun. Still do sometimes. It’s the closest thing my family has to a Bible. And since my older brothers got to leave home with the old version that showed you how to skin a squirrel, I took away the replacement version on that list that I previously in my childhood bought my mom for Christmas.
chump numbers
i used to reflexively loathe anything that got more than 5 copies in the library, so i’ve got a lot of catching up to do
214. Side effect of growing up before YA was really a thing. I read a loooooot of Stephen King and old SFF.
Happy Leland Melvin Day!!!
Happy Leland Melvin Day!
Happy Leland Melvin Day!
Happy Leland Melvin Day!!!
oh thank goodness, i was hoping this would make the rounds again
Scientists have developed a breakthrough food supplement that could help save honeybees from devastating declines. By engineering yeast to p
omg it’s the vitamin
"Date:August 23, 2025 Source:University of Oxford Summary:Scientists have developed a breakthrough food supplement that could help save honeybees from devastating declines. By engineering yeast to produce six essential sterols found in pollen, researchers provided bees with a nutritionally complete diet that boosted reproduction up to 15-fold. Unlike commercial substitutes that lack key nutrients, this supplement mimics natural pollen’s sterol profile, giving bees the equivalent of a balanced diet. Key findings: By the end of the study period, colonies fed with the sterol-enriched yeast had reared up to 15 times more larvae to the viable pupal stage, compared with colonies fed control diets. Colonies fed with the enriched diet were more likely to continue rearing brood up to the end of the three-month period, whereas colonies on sterol-deficient diets ceased brood production after 90 days. Notably, the sterol profile of larvae in colonies fed the engineered yeast matched that found in naturally foraged colonies, suggesting that bees selectively transfer only the most biologically important sterols to their young."
Is it just me or is "up to the end of 3 months" the same thing as "ceased after 90 days"?
Not exactly! In this case, "up to the end of the three-month period" is because the study was only three months long! Since the colonies on the enriched diet were still producing broods at three months while the non-enriched colonies weren't, the effects of the diet last at least three months, but they can't say for certain how much longer because they weren't looking for that.
hey would you like to see a normal house for sale in ontario ? :) :)
most concerning tags on this are people in the toronto area saying 'pretty reasonable price tbh'
hey wtf
*paints the porch "haint blue" to keep away the supernatural nasties
*proceeds to fill the house with haints
The entire Discworld fandom on the 25th of May.
Looks like Layla Moran/Rey Luca has been plagiarizing fanfic from small fandoms for MM/FF romance.
If you're in a small fandom, it may be worth seeing if anything of yours has been cribbed.
Keen to understand how fucked the egg situation is in the US. I’m guessing the avian flu has led to a shortage?
Like threatening to annex Greenland and begging Denmark for eggs is a choice, so how desperate is everyone for eggs?
It’s honestly not that bad? Like the price is a bit higher but where I am they’re on the shelves?
Guessing where you are the eggs are fresher? From what I’ve heard food quality across the US varies wildly.
I was at a mid-range grocery store yesterday and regular eggs were $6-7/dozen.
But we have a bit of a barter situation with some friends, where my husband drops off a cooler full of fish in the wee hours of the morning, and they return the cooler with a dozen eggs and whatever produce is in season (so, mostly just eggs now).
Winston wants to know how everyone is doing. He's a good listener and an even better cuddler.
Obligatory Winston check-in.
The previous remodelers didn't think they needed to waterproof the shower.
It's been a Process.
Is it fine for able-bodied people to use the accessible stalls in public restrooms?
I need to use the accessible stalls, and this is fine
I need to use the accessible stalls, and no, they shouldn't use them
I DON'T need to use the accessible stalls, but I think this is fine
I DON'T need to use the accessible stalls, and no
More nuanced answer (elaborate in tags)
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There are situations where I think it would be OK, like you might need it for other accessible reasons. But I am bemused by the amount of comments like "it is fine as long as you don't dilly dally and there is no one else in line who needs it".
Challenge for able bodied people to stop assuming they know what disability people have and what they need based on looking at them.
Sometimes the actual toilets are different in a disability stall, so you might look fine standing but while sitting you have limited mobility. You might have weakness while sitting and need the rail to get down.
Honestly this is why some people will use canes etc even when they are MORE inconvenient sometimes just so people can get a visual reminder that they are disabled.
You cannot look at a line and tell who needs what bathroom, toilet or stall.
Aside from the argument from the poll, please don't be like "I don't need them but there is no problem because of this assumption I have made".
And just so you know, I have seen people using the same logic for why it was OK to just "real quick" use a disability parking spot. As long as you don't "dilly dally" it is fine. Please have better logic or just ask some disabled people.
I don't use my cane as often as I probably should. But yeah. I'm the one who needs the rails and doesn't look like I do, bc you can't see how jacked up my back is. Heh.
Yeah, I’m case anyone is missing the nuance: if you are able-bodied, don’t use the accessible stall unless you absolutely have to.
(For those of you who want to “well what if” this to death, don’t. I’ve heard it all before, and I’m tired.)
[ID: A gif of a white man saying "I don't know what I expected." End ID]
Storytime!
In 2013 @lesliebwrites and I went to Paris. We did the tourist bit--went to the Catacombs, got lost in the Louvre, felt ready to behead some royalty at Versailles--you know--the typical tourish shtick.
Now, I have a cane and use it (mostly for stability because vertigo, arthritis, and hypermobility are the fall-risk trifecta I do not wish on anyone). Additionally, I have allergy and food intolerances which make eating an adventure in what is going to be digested and what isn't. So accordingly, I had my state-issued Handicapped parking placard and a note from my doctor explaining my need for accommodation. When I travel in the states, this is usually more than enough (ADA doesn't even require these steps but it does make things easier.)
At the time, most of the places we went to in Paris did not have disabled toilets and it was a crapshoot (literally) if there would be a working toilet at all. (Note: The worst toilet/bathroom I have ever been in was in Paris. And I have traveled the American Southwest, rural south, and the back ass end of nowhere Applachia, and I have seen many a gas station and truckstop bathroom. You know the scene were Alex from the Mummy Returns goes to the toilet on the train? Yeah, this was worse-- complete with shit smears on the walls.) So when Leslie and I got to the Pompidou, we were pleasantly surprised to see an actual clean/working bathroom complete with a disabled stall.
So we decided, as you do, to use the facilities before wandering around the huge modern art museum. Since there were only 2 stalls total including the disabled stall and there was a line about 10 people deep, people were using whichever stall opened up first. But not me. It was near the end of our trip and I was feeling fairly unsteady, so I opted to use the disabled stall even though the non-disabled stall opened up first. Now remember, I have my cane with me -- this will be important later.
As I'm using the bathroom, I hear a small ruckus in the sink area of the bathroom. But the people are speaking French and while I can parse out very basic written French (thank you Spanish), I can't really understand spoken French. Especially colloquial French. So I ignore it.
Then, there's a banging on the door of the stall.
Thinking that the person is checking to see if there's anyone in the stall, I say. "It's occupied..." or at least I hope I say that.
The person on the other end says something but I don't understand them.
Then there's another bang on the door. This one fairly metallic. Like metal on metal rather than flesh on metal.
Okay...
I'm still using the toilet, so I concentrate on trying to finish quickly.
The banging continues.
When I finish, I pull myself together. Make sure the toilet flushes fully. And open the door.
On the other side, there's a short woman about a decade or so older than me using a cane. The cane is held upright in her hands like she's about to club me over the head with it. She opens her mouth to say something, then looks down...
To my cane.
I swear underwent the full gamut of emotions in a second -- anger, chagrin, guilt, apologetic, embarrassed... The latter of which wasn't helped by the chuckles and murmurs coming from the other people who had watched this go down. Eventually she said something before darting into the stall.
I could see Leslie waiting for me by the sinks, an amused smirk on her lips. Because she was thinking the same thing I was: This woman had barged through the line to get to the disabled stall -- which okay sometimes you need to go -- but when she found the stall occupied, she started berating me and pounding at the door to try to get what she thought was an abled person out of the stall. The fact that someone else might be disabled never crossed her mind.
And to be honest, even if I hadn't had my cane that day I would have still been disabled and still needed to use the disabled stall because of the higher seat and the handrails.
You can't tell if someone is disabled or not. You just can't. You can't know, nor should people have to disclose, their disabilities. But my story and people's reactions of "it's okay to use it if no one else needs it..." shows that there's a disconnect and it can leave disabled people frustrated to the point where they can't comprehend that there are other disabled people...
So my answer is nuanced... check first. Don't use it just because you like bigger stalls. And in general, leave them open even if there's a line.
I was in a rest area along one of the interstates... I think it was in Pennsylvania but don't quote me on that... and again there was a line. And for the most part, people left the disabled stall open. If someone really needed to go, they asked the line. And people let parents with small children go first and they often used the disabled stall. As a disabled person, I didn't have an issue with it.
It's nuanced and situational dependent. But in the end, what we really need is for all stalls to be disabled friendly and for there to be more accessible and public bathrooms... period.
The look on that lady's face was 🤌
I'd already washed my hands and whatnot, I just knew what was coming and wanted to watch the show.
Macbeth and Saruman better watch the fuck out.
Saw this while backreading old entries today and laughed hard enough I decided it needed another airing.
[ID: A sign out front of a hardware store in Chicago, decorated with a drawing of a Christmas tree and reading “The Trees are coming! Available week of Nov. 14, fresh from Midwest farms.” It looks jaunty but I found its message ominous.]
Drew the Halloween boop cats
The Sainte-Chapelle: 13th century gothic chapel in Paris
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Remember this?
That was amazing!