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mel | mid20s, she/her | science 'n sports anime | @miyamellyn on twitter and ao3

[margalcazo]

A comic I did for Wright Family Week but didn't make it on time. A new face in the Wright Anything Agency.

[parkchanwoohoo]

Would very much appreciate a signal boost on this

https://fight2win.standupforscience.net/

Stand up for Science

Stand up for Science

Summary of Key Changes in OMB’s Proposed Federal Financial Assistance Rule

Russell Vought is going to destroy American Science

This shit is crazy. Just submitted a comment/emailed my reps!

[postalpacalypticllamas]

These are the first 6 points of the 19 that Elizabeth Ginexi has listed in her summary of the proposed bill. I do recommend reading through all of them.

Right now it looks like the public comment period is set to close Monday, July 13, 2026.

[ceeejus]

ramiel

[alleesaur]

the productivity creatures

[certified-linguistics-moment]

[thinkingabout-girls]

the funniest moment in dungeon meshi is when marcille is having her nightmare and brings up her dead bird while also talking about her dead dad, saying “papa and pipi” and laios automatically assumes pipi is marcilles third nonbinary parent on top of her mom and dad

[ouppygirlcity]

[ceruleanheaven]

[looking at people younger than me] you have your whole life ahead of you [looking at people older than me] you have your whole life ahead of you [looking at myself] its over

[haaarpb]

[jenny-holzer]

[vesperosy]

this tweet has been fucking killing me

[asofspades]

Here's a proper Suo in quotes post, have at it!

[nickifortunati-warren]

Some stamps I drew in my sketchbook a few years back ૮ ˶ᵔ ᵕ ᵔ˶ ა

[dogwise]

PRACTICE URGE SURFING

[dogwise]

[beemovieerotica]

it's so funny to me that conservatives think the reason university students become more liberal is because of the actual course material and not like. the fact that universities in the US introduce are oftentimes the first place Americans are introduced to a walkable environment with affordable health care, with community spaces for any affiliation under the sun where they give you free resources and cheap food. with included public transit and opportunities for training in your field of choice. and you realize that for how much you're spending on tuition/taxes, yeah, you do deserve these things, it would be insane not to have those. and then you graduate and go back to having to buy a car to drive 20 minutes to the grocery store.

[chibisketches]

It's also one of the first places a lot of people raised in insular, conservative areas meet "the other". People of other ethnicities and cultures, people of other religions, other gender presentations, sexualities, etc. You get to know them and start realizing how much of what you "knew" about them was myth or straight-up propaganda.

It's a lot harder to demonize queer people when the person helping you pass calculus is a trans woman, or your lab partner talks about his boyfriend exactly the same way you talk about yours. It's a lot harder to believe that immigrants are out to get you when your Hindu roommate cheerfully shares a care package of homemade goodies from home, or Malia down the hall covers your lunch because you forgot to bring your wallet to study group. You start rethinking some assumptions when the 6 foot spike-encrusted goth who sits behind you in lecture hall shows everyone photos of his baby niece dressed like a puppy for Halloween with all the pride of a new parent, and you remember when your flannel and camo-wearing uncle did the same thing at work last year with photos of your little sister.

Suddenly all those "others" are just people. They're your friends, classmates, coworkers, and maybe even romantic interests. And that's a lot harder to hate or fear.

[ploridafanthers]

[ladyelainehilfur]

real paramedic x golden retriever firefighter AU energy with this

[homoquartz]

i’ve warmed up significantly towards the concept of small talk ever since i learned that its sole purpose is to make friendly noises.

as long as you smile and nod, people are satisfied. it’s just to show that you are nice and there with good intentions. we’re small in a big world and have to rely on other people to be decent to us. so we do our little human dance to each other to say, “i’m not here to hurt you. here’s something we have in common, like the weather or sports or itchy sweaters, so we both know we’re on the same team. we both agree on a basic fact, like that it is rainy or that being itchy is uncomfortable, and this proves we can get along. i’m being light-hearted and non-threatening right now.”

small talk isn’t to get to know a person. it’s just a greeting to affirm you’re buddies in the universe.

i am motivated by wanting the other person to know i am friendly, so i have gotten pretty decent at small talk when i used to hate it.

[piratedgender]

[kldpxl]

As the Years Melt Away Like Honey