some poetry

“Could it think, the heart would stop beating”

[marianads861]

Invent fresh arts and cunning, Love,

to destroy me, and new frustrations;

but you can’t remove my expectations,

by taking away what I don’t have.

Look where my hopes are grounded!

Observe what perilous guarantees

that I don’t fear even on the wildest seas,

contrast or change, the ship having foundered.

But insofar as I’m not unhappy

when hope fails, Love maintains within

an evil that destroys, and in secret;

some days there pitches camp in me

I know not what, nor where it is born,

nor whence it comes, nor why it hurts.

Luís de Camões, translated by Landeg White

[mikeflanaganuniverse]

First look at Mike Flanagan's upcoming film, THE LIFE OF CHUCK (2024) (Based on the work of Stephen King)

[marianads861]

A lie is a truth which forgot to happen.

[myjetpack]

My cartoon for this week’s Guardian Books.

[marianads861]

Loyalty Sonnet

Of everything to my love I will be attentive Before, and with such zeal, and always, and so much That even in the face of the greatest charm My thought is more enchanted by him.

I want to live it in every single moment And in his praise I will spread my song And laugh my laughter and shed my tears Your grief or your contentment

And so, when you look for me later Who knows death, anguish of those who live Who knows loneliness, the end of those who love

I can tell myself about the love (that I had): That it is not immortal, since it is flame But let it be infinite while it lasts.

Translation from http://oldpoetry.com/opoem/119640-Vin-cius-de-Moraes-Sonnet-of-Fidelity

[neil-gaiman]

NEIL PLEASE TELL ME AZIRAPHALE AND CROWLEY ARE NOT GONNA BECOME HUMANS PLEASE OH MY GOD 6000 OF LOVE JUST TO DIE IN A FEW YEARS NO PLEASE. According to what you've said, we might not like the ending, and David said that it might not be the ending we want. PLEASE NEIL DONT DO THIS TO US.

They both become humans in the final scene, yes. Crowley becomes Dottie and Aziraphale becomes Sadie. Then they both un-bigenerate into a man in a gorilla suit and eat whelks on the beach. It's a tragic ending the significance of which will only become apparent when watched frame by frame backwards.

(For the record, this feels like some kind of collective hallucination. I love how someone has managed to interpret what David said into that. And now you're all panicking. What do they teach them at these schools?)

[marianads861]

the GO fandom recurring calendar event of having a meltdown over the possibility Crowley and Aziraphale becoming humans

[fuckyeahgoodomens]

Vote for Your Favorite TV Shows and Performers! The 2024 Tell-Tale TV Awards (Round 2)

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[neil-gaiman]

Can you see the stars at night where you live?

Yes.

[marianads861]

I don’t and I missed it

[kenanek]

step in, I promise I am a normal pond

[kittydesade]

You can’t fool me you bastard, I know you killed Tasha Yar.

[neil-gaiman]

Mister HomoHuman (gaiman), has anyone ever told ya that your voice is

1- Awesome

2- does not match you?

Not as an offense, just, i was listening through the coraline audiobook after listening to The Sandman ones and

I thought on the sandman one it was like, some high budget voice actor with this smooth and soothing but sassy voice they got

Then i start on coraline and i hear "Read by the author" and go "WHAT, ITS NEIL THE GAIMAN?!?"

Thank you. What sort of voice should I have, then?

[marianads861]

to read Gaiman asks guaranteed at least one laugh in the day

[garcavisconde]

Brazil's Rio Grande do Sul is currently flooded

I don't make these kinds of posts, but Rio Grande do Sul (a brazilian estate) is going through its worst natural catastrophe in recorded history and I need everyone to know about this. Its currently looking like this:

What is going on

Most of Brazil suffers from yearly floods during the rain season. These floods most of the time aren't bad, with water going away a few hours later. Sometimes they are a nightmare, with people losing their homes and most if not all belongings. But this?

This is not fucking normal.

Currently (May 6th, 2024) there's +80 confirmed deaths and 873 thousand people are being affected by these historical floods. Eight hundred and seventy three THOUSAND people. Once again: THIS. IS. NOT. NORMAL.

Rio Grande has 496 cities, and currently, 364 are reporting problems related to this. It's almost the entirety of Rio Grande - and you know how big Rio Grande is? If you're from the USA, its just a bit bigger than Colorado, and just a bit smaller than Nevada. If you are European, Rio Grande is bigger than the United Kingdom. Can you imagine if almost the entirety of the UK was underwater? Because I sure fucking can just by watching brazilian news!

Rio Grande expects floods. It rains a lot in Brazil. What no one expect is having to deal with 2,30 meters - 7'7 feet for reference - ABOVE the expected flooding level, which is 3 meters (9'10 feet). This means that there were 5,26 meters (17'3 ft) of water. Chart for comparison:

I live in São Paulo, which is completely unaffected by what is going on over there, but I need people to be aware of this. Why?

How YOU can help

A single US dollar is almost five reais. One euro is around 5,50. This may not be much to a lot of people reading this, but literally anything helps. If you donate U$10, it's R$50 for us. If it's euros, then it's R$55,00.

If you can't donate, please just reblog this post.

INTERNATIONAL DONATIONS INFO

If you use euros, here's the donation info:

Standard Chartered Bank Frankfurt Bank

Swift: SCBLDEFX

Bank Account: 007358304

If you use dollars, here's the donation info:

Standard Chartered Bank New York Bank

Swift: SCBLUS33

Bank Account: 3544032986001

You need to inform this in order to donate:

IBAN Code: BR5392702067001000645423206C1

Name: Associação dos Bancos no Estado do Rio Grande do Sul

CNPJ: 92.958.800/0001-38

NATIONAL DONATIONS INFO

If you're brazilian, oi, aqui tá o Pix do canal SOS Rio Grande do Sul para você ajudar:

Pix: CNPJ: 92.958.800/0001-38 Banco do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul ou Associação dos Bancos no Estado do Rio Grande do Sul

[cowardindecay]

I want to add another option for donating, as the previous one is the official government one and the governor of rio grande do sul has said most of it will be used later, for reconstructing, according to studies that will be made. While that is still good and important, we need help NOW

This is a trustworthy organization that helped in last years flood and showed accountability for all the money previously donated. They are helping now, with food, medicine, clothes and rescuing:

PLEASE HELP BRASIL

For donations in british pound GBP

For donations in Euro EUR

For donations in US dollars:

A Maior Campanha Solidária do RS

Doar faz bem e você faz a diferença! Conheça minha vaquinha

As OP said, most of your donations will be multiplied by five, so even your small or average will be FIVE TIMES MORE what an average brazilian can donate!!!!!!!

If you cant help with money right now, please share and tag your mutuals!!!!!

[myrefugeblog]

Hey, brazilian here. Please if you can help, donate.

Every time I turn on the news my heart break. Just now we have 107 deaths confirmed.

[garcavisconde]

Please reblog this version!

[neil-gaiman]

I have friends in Brasil who have lost everything.

[marianads861]

Please, donate if you can. The destruction is so vast that public officials are not enough to rescue and care for all people affected. The resources will help volunteers to provide water, food and medicine needed.

[neil-gaiman]

Hi Neil

My state, in Southern Brazil, is currently drowning in huge floods. Though my street is safe, many others in my city are literally underwater and people are evacuating and losing everything.

May I say a huge FUCK YOU to climate change deniers?

Also, your beautiful work keeps me (relatively) sane during these absurd times. Thank you for everything ❤️

You may. And also I wanted to send my love and concern to everybody in Brazil who is being affected by the flooding.

If there are good places to donate to that can help the Brazilian flood victims please post them here.

[welpyoun]

here's an official campaign from our state's government. normally i'd say fuck them but it's unfortunately one of the only ways for people outside of brazil to donate

[neil-gaiman]

how do you see yourself like in your head? it doesn't have to be human, because I know I see myself as either some kind of fawn or a purple energy field or the trojan horse. just whatever your imagination has to offer when you think "what am I?"

I know how much you love being sarcastic but no "I'm a writer, director..." please I beg 🙏🏻

Me, but I'm about 14.

[marianads861]

in my head, i am the omniscient narrator of my thoughts

[thegleampt2fromtheglowpt22001]

I know it’s not hard to point out reactionaries hypocrisy when it comes to like safe spaces or hug boxes or whatever but genuinely how much of an echo chamber do you have to exist in for you to think this is a reasonable thing to say

[apisashla]

reblog if attacking fascism is really the hill you want to die on

[alpine-insurrection]

this is literally like one of the most justified and honorable hills you could die on??? lol??

[harostar]

[lilithtransrights]

Quick someone reply with the gif™️

[burnt-to-cynders]

[lilithtransrights]

[momusu-saval-deactivated2024010]

Always reblog this if you are cool

[s-n-arly]

Skip Google for Research

As Google has worked to overtake the internet, its search algorithm has not just gotten worse.  It has been designed to prioritize advertisers and popular pages often times excluding pages and content that better matches your search terms 

As a writer in need of information for my stories, I find this unacceptable.  As a proponent of availability of information so the populace can actually educate itself, it is unforgivable.

Below is a concise list of useful research sites compiled by Edward Clark over on Facebook. I was familiar with some, but not all of these.

⁂

Google is so powerful that it “hides” other search systems from us. We just don’t know the existence of most of them. Meanwhile, there are still a huge number of excellent searchers in the world who specialize in books, science, other smart information. Keep a list of sites you never heard of.

www.refseek.com - Academic Resource Search. More than a billion sources: encyclopedia, monographies, magazines.

www.worldcat.org - a search for the contents of 20 thousand worldwide libraries. Find out where lies the nearest rare book you need.

https://link.springer.com - access to more than 10 million scientific documents: books, articles, research protocols.

www.bioline.org.br is a library of scientific bioscience journals published in developing countries.

http://repec.org - volunteers from 102 countries have collected almost 4 million publications on economics and related science.

www.science.gov is an American state search engine on 2200+ scientific sites. More than 200 million articles are indexed.

www.pdfdrive.com is the largest website for free download of books in PDF format. Claiming over 225 million names.

www.base-search.net is one of the most powerful researches on academic studies texts. More than 100 million scientific documents, 70% of them are free

[lokidokeyartichoki]

“phones are disrupting natural sleep cycles” I mean true but also bold of you to assume I had one before the tech boom lol catch me out here reading chapter books by the light of my light up pens in the third grade

[always-coffee]

Team Nighttime Book Gremlin for life!

[lotrmusical]

never let anyone tell you that trawling through mediocre victorian poetry isn't worth it. we just happened upon an absolute BANGER of a worm poem. go read it or else 🪱🪱🪱

[lotrmusical]

the reviews are in... glad everyone's enjoying song of the worm

[id: tumblr tags reading 'dude This Fucking Rules', 'holy fucking shit! that was legit so cool?', 'holy shit that is fucking metal', 'oh this fucks severely', 'yeah no this fucking SLAPS', 'yo this RULES']

[wilwheaton]

Holy fucking shit this is one of the most incredible things I have ever read. I am dead serious. I PROMISE you that you want to read this, and you're going to immediately send it to all your weird friends who you also know will love it.

[neil-gaiman]

The original link is down -- you can read it at

Song of the Worm - A Poem by Eliza Cook

Song of the Worm is a poem by Eliza Cook. THE worm, the rich worm, has a noble domainIn the field that is stored with its millions of slain