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Acquired Stardust
Sade Olutola
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Lint Roller? I Barely Know Her
Claire Keane
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we're not kids anymore.
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Jules of Nature
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PUT YOUR BEARD IN MY MOUTH
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happy pride
I've seen this clip many times, but never really appreciated the power of "what was her problem?" Just casually assuming that lesbians come in a wide variety of shapes and being inclusive. As a transbian who is probably still closer to Homer shaped than to my ideal, that's huge!
forgotten middle child syndrome the number 68 stuck between her funny number siblings 67 and 69. is this anything.
I expected my cpap machine to make a dramatic difference right away but after waking up from my first night on the machine I think the experience can be described as I woke up and thought āwell I donāt think I feel dramatically different but it also definitely feels like something in there has been uncloggedā
Itās like uh like when you finally remember to clean the hair out of the shower drain after a while. But with my general vibe.
According to my app which no is not called cpapp unfortunately I only stopped breathing 1.7 times per hour. Which might sound weird but during my sleep apnea test I stopped breathing 23.5 times per hour so as you can imagine breathing is generally better than not breathing
Iām not talking about my health just to overshare btw. I think thereās probably other young people out there with sleep apnea who might need to hear someone in their 20s discussing this.
Donāt feel ashamed to get tested if youāre tired all the time or someone has told you that you gasp for air in your sleep. Get your shower drain unclogged.
I'm 35 and I got tested for sleep apnea in the fall and I was having OVER 50 EVENTS PER HOUR.
Got my cpap and holy shit the difference. I am actually rested when I go to bed at a reasonable time. I no longer need daily 2-4 hour naps just to function.
And I also suspect that it might be helping me not get as many colds, because that nightly airflow clears things out.
I'm really glad I have my cpap now and everything is better, but also wish I had got tested earlier, because maybe if I'd caught this sooner I wouldn't have developed some of the other health issues I deal with. But I thought I was so tired all the time because I'm a parent and autistic.
So yeah, even if you think you know why you're always tired, get tested just in case.
with how much shane enjoys getting pinned down, i'm laughing about the idea of ilya who knows academically that he and shane are equally matched but who never really transfers that thought to the bedroom because he and shane playfight/wrestle as foreplay but shane enjoys "losing" these particular struggles and thus doesn't really ever use his full strength beyond the opening few seconds
which means the first time shane is riding him and is close to finishing and thus shoves him the FUCK back down when ilya is about to sit up and turn them hits ilya like a fucking FREIGHT TRAIN
man is getting held down with a hand to his chest with a force shane hasn't actually used in bed before and he is about to pass! out! from the force of the horny crashing over him
#just EXTREMELY funny to imagine the o-OH expression on ilya's face #like he knows that he and shane are equally matched on the ice and they've slammed each other around enough #to know that shane can put some fucking FORCE behind it #but in their dynamic in bed shane likes getting shoved down and held in place #which means ilya did NOT see it coming when shane actually broke out his real strength to keep him in place because he was so close #shane gets his orgasm and ilya gets approximately 3.7 new kinks he plans on investigating further at his earliest convenience
As a society we have benefited so much from successful public health measures that we now have the privilege of declaring that we must not need them anymore
Bitch before enriched flour, neural tube defects like spina bifida were far more common. Even now, spina bifida clinicians and researchers are begging to have salt and maize fortified to reach groups that donāt use as much flour. Before iodized salt, the United States had a fucking GOITER BELT. Eleven years after the introduction of fluoridated water, a city in Michigan found the rate of dental caries among school children dropped a staggering 60%ā in an era where tooth decay regularly fucking killed people
Iām literally not even going to start on vaccines, which are among the most successful and robustly studied public health measures in world history
You might say āoh well today we all have access to vitamins and toothpastes and dentists so we donāt need those things in our food suppliesā and boy do white people on social media loooove to fucking say that. But hereās the thing: no, people donāt all have easy access to those things. Thatās privilege talking yet again
This is their logic:
#raise your shields #because youāre about to get wrecked
#this is the star trek i wanna see#like when somebody asked gene roddenberry why piccard was bald#because wouldnāt they have found a cure for male pattern baldness by then?#and he was like āno by the 24th century no one will careā#i wanna see that attitude with disability and neurodiversity#itās not that weāll have a magic cure for everything#thereāll always be something new#but disabilities and neurodiversity will be celebrated and seen as part of the norm#it will be accomodated#so blind people can serve in star fleet#and so can people in wheelchairs and autistic people and people with prosthetics and people with chronic illnessesĀ (via @hunterinabrowncoat)
This episode ends with Geordi saving the planet by using something derived from the technology found in his visor (an adaptive device that lets him sense things around him). So a disabled man literally saved the lives of an entire culture that wouldnāt have considered his life worth living, using technology they would have never deemed necessary without the presence of his unique needs.
I donāt watch Star Trek, but I canāt stress enough how important this message is
My favorite thing about this episode is that, while the rest of the characters are taking a more Star Trek philosophical approach to this situation, calmly debating the good and bad points of this colony built upon eugenics, Geordi is just seething. Troi is having a romance with their flippinā president, but Geordi never hesitates on his morals. Heās always aware that this worldās supposed perfection is built upon the despicable philosophy of killing people like him. He barely even bothers to hide his anger as he has to work alongside their scientists. Heās snappish and short-tempered and bitter, clearly only working with these people because lives are at stake. When he discovers the solution is based on his VISOR, he is viciously triumphant, his joy at saving the people boosted by a bitter sense of righteousness that these people were only saved because someone like him was allowed to survive.
And even though this anger and bitterness are very un-Star-Trek-like approaches to diplomacyāit works. The scientist who works alongside him is the first person who decides to jump ship and leave the colony behind. She sees the stagnation of their bland āāāāāāutopiaāāāāāā and realizes that diversity and adaptation create a much better society. And while the other Enterprise crew members have some wishy-washy lament over how this will destroy this planetās āāācultureāāā, Geordi never waffles. He has far too personal a stake in this to lose sight of the fact that peoplesā lives are more important than any high-falutinā philosophical justifications. The episode might waffle over the Prime Directive points of this societyās decline, but Geordiās perspective is the one showing clearly why it needs to die.
I need a fic where Haydenās youngest, Amber Pike, is Shaneās flavor of autistic, and as soon as they realize, Ilya is like, oh, step aside, Iāve got this.
Like, heās generally fab with kids anyway but he has a near lifetime of knowledge figuring out what makes Shane tick (and twitch) and this is just a child who isnāt able to control their environment or modulate their responses to things in the way that Shane can.
So when theyāre having dinner with the Pikes and Jackie is tiredly recounting the ongoing process of getting Amber tested and how lost theyāre feeling, Ilya is like, oh, I have been training my whole life for this. And when 3yr old Amber inevitably starts having a meltdown, Ilya jumps up and says, āHere. I will fix. You stay.ā
And theyāre like, you know what, sure, have at it.
Within a few minutes of Ilya disappearing with Amber, the crying stops. When they track the two down a half hour later, theyāre in the basement on the rug with all the lights off. Amber is wearing a pair of Christmas Pjs (notably a bamboo/cotton mix) despite the fact that itās February, and sheās laying on Ilyaās chest, ear to his sternum, alternating tapping along as he hums, spinning his ring on his finger, and rubbing his shirt (also a Nice Fabric since obviously Ilyaās whole wardrobe is Shane-approved).
And when Amber sees the family + Shane trooping down the stairs and starts to get riled up again, Ilya is immediately like, āTurn off hall light. It is Dark Floor Time. Only quiet people allowed to join, okie?ā And Amber lets out this relieved, shuddery little breath because she has someone who understands and can advocate for her which nearly ends Ilyaās life but also Shane is like, oh shit, yeah, Iām the the best at floor time, I love being quiet and grounded and aimlessly touching my husband, lets fucking go.
So even when the other Pike children get antsy after a few minutes, and their parents take them upstairs, Shane and Ilya stay, letting Amber crawl all over them and get chill before they get her ready for bed.
Afterward, Ilya gives Hayden and Jackie an exhaustive rundown of all the various things they might want to consider for clothing and food and overstimulation and regulation and theyāre very grateful but Shane is listening to this going, okay some of this I obviously knew about myself but some of these things I didnāt even notice? Holy shit? He pays such close attention to me?? Hold on, some of these things I havenāt done since middle school. Ilya, did you talk to my mom about my childhood behavior?? And yes, Ilya gives Jackie Yunaās phone number for additional consult until they get Amberās official diagnosis and are provided with more resources.
(And maybe at first Shane wants to be annoyed about the fact that Ilya has been, what, researching and compiling some sort of manual on how to handle him? Right up until Ilya reminds Shane that Shane has an Ilya Spreadsheet that now contains over a dozen tabs of Ilyaās likes and dislikes, injuries and recovery protocols, training and diet and supplements, depression treatment with behavioral red-flags and mitigation techniques, and even sexual preferences. And Shane is like, oh yeah, okay, thatās fair)
But anyway. As the Pike kids grow up, Ilya tries not to be obvious about it, but itās just Known that Amber is Uncle Ilyaās favorite. And everyone is mostly okay with that.
His doting is so quietly impactful for Shane, though, because here is a child who reminds Shane of his own younger self: a little odd, who struggles to articulate what she feels and needs, who gets overstimulated easily and has obsessive interests, but even so, Amber is a favorite and so loved and accommodated by his husband. Thatās gotta be healing.
Also, as much as they try to get Amber to hyperfixate on hockey, I think itād be hilarious if she became a horse girl and Ilya literally buys her a pony.
(Hayden: Oh my god, Ilya. Do you know how expensive horses are?? Ilya: Yes, yes, maybe for 15th best player on the Metros with one hundred other children, horse is big cost, but not for best player in the league married to second best player in the league with Yuna Hollander in charge of sponsorship deals. I set up fund for board and train. Is couch money.)
(Shane is unavailable for comment because he is feeling a velvety horse nose for the first time and realizing that maybe he is also a horse girl).
context (via @mellorocket)
doubly funny that I saw a compilation of all the corporate accounts like "aw thanks elmo, we're doing well" meanwhile all the flesh and blood real human people are extremely not okay
Okay but Elmo had actually the best and sweetest response to all this trauma dumping:
And then all the other Sesame Street character accounts joined in:
And now Iām thinking maybe weāre gonna be okayā¦ š
(Comment compilation from this Twitter)
I kinda feel for the poor person running Elmo's Twitter.
"So, boss... I may have messed up."
"What did you do, Ray?"
"Well, I made a post for Elmo saying 'Hi, how's everybody doing?'"
"I mean, that's kind of what we pay you for."
"Yeah, but.... <sigh> it turns out pretty much everyone is hanging on by a thread, badly enough that they needed to tell Elmo."
"Oh."
"God help me, boss, I think Elmo needs to be there for them."
"Get the others."
this is the energy that jim henson would be proud of.
and important addition
Source: instagram
i know iāve talked about this before but itās really insane when you were passively suicidal for two decades and out of the blue you catch yourself saying shit like āiāve been trying to eat a lot of fibre because i donāt want to risk colorectal cancer in my 40sā like okay ā¦ 40s are part of the plan now?
i appear to have made mortal nemeses with a pigeon
tumblr stop rooting for the pigeon
pick a side
team gaud
team pigeon
CEASE THIS IMMEDIATELY
you people are. unkind to me
You... voted for the pigeon, too?
i know when i'm outmatched
Astronaut readjusts to life back on Earth
> Donāt give him a baby for a while.
HE GRABS THE CUP BUT THEN HE DROPS THE PEN 0.0003 SECONDS LATER
AND HE LOOKS UP AT THE CEILING INSTEAD OF AT THE GROUND WHEN HE CANāT FIND THEM
I CANāT STOP LAUGHING HE JUST DROPS IT
ITāS NOT FUNNY ITāS VERY LOGICAL THAT HE WOULD HAVE ADJUSTED TO LIVING LIFE WHILE HE WAS IN SPACE BECAUSE ITāS DIFFERENT FROM EARTH BUTĀ I CANāT FUCKING BREATHE
*THUNK*
i love it so much every time i see it
āugh stupid gravityāĀ
IM FUXKING CSHAKING
I havenāt seen this post on my dash in *years* bless this
Bless, this is absolutely amazing
I love this. Itās so gestural and heās so exasperated about gravity.
The perfect comedic timing of the NASA logo.
So we definitely need more positive representation of DID, but you know what would be funny? Mildly inconvenient representation of DID.
Oh the world is ending and you need to know about this one specific thing? Yeah I have a guy for that but he doesn't feel like fronting right now
Sorry what's happening rn is this the bad guy? Yeah I just switched in idk what's going on
I know you're dating one alter but we're currently co-con with another alter who hates you so idk how I'm feeling rn
And just who do i think I am? It's funny you should ask that I actually don't know right now
Wait I just remembered this. here u go :3
honourable mention
I love it when I click on a recipe link because it sounds yummy and instead of a recipe I get a several page dissertation on a food bloggerās boredom with her marriage and lies she was told in childhood
10 years of crĆØme brĆ»lĆ©e brownies and wondering where it all went wrong
idk how youāre getting Content from āi fee like i dont know how to be a person properly and i dont know how or what to talk to my husband about almost everā but sheās now happily divorced so she was in fact Not Content
Scrolled through the reblogs and couldnāt find anyone actually posting the recipe HERE, so I dug it up on the Wayback Machine. Behold! Kristanās lost brownies recipe:
CrƩme BruleƩ Brownies
Prep Time: 40 minutes Cook Time: 30 minutes Total Time: 1 hour, 10 minutes Yield: 15 servings
Ingredients
Brownies:
1 cup (2 sticks) salted butter, melted
1 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
2 cups granulated sugar
4 large eggs
1 TBS vanilla extract
1 1/3 cups flour
12 oz (ish) jar hot fudge sauce
CrƩme BruleƩ Topping:
Ā¼ cup cornstarch
1 cup white sugar
6 Tablespoons butter, melted
3 Ā¼ cups half and half cream
2 teaspoons vanilla extract or vanilla bean paste
Ā¼ cup granulated sugar
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350. Line a 9x13 pan with foil and spray thoroughly with nonstick spray; set aside.
In a large bowl, whisk together the cocoa and melted butter. Stir in sugar until combined. Stir in eggs, one at a time, mixing well after each. Stir in vanilla. Fold in flour JUST until you no longer see flour streaks in the batter. Gently fold in hot fudge sauce.
Spread batter in prepared pan and bake for about 20 minutes, until raw batter no longer appears when a toothpick is inserted in the center. Remove from oven and place pan on a cooling rack.
Prepare topping: In a medium-sized heavy saucepan, whisk together cornstarch and sugar. Whisk in the melted butter and half and half. Bring to a boil over medium heat, stirring constantly, until mixture is the consistency of a thick pudding. Remove from heat and stir in vanilla.
Pour custard over the brownies, spreading to cover. Sprinkle surface with granulated sugar, then place under the broiler for several minutes until top is golden (may be dark brown is some spots). Alternately, a kitchen torch can be used.
Let brownies cool to room temperature, then refrigerate until chilled. Remove foil, cut into bars and serve.
Enjoy and have a great day!
Ipnotico
the music is almost as good as that visual
Turn the sound on! You will not be disappointed, people!
FOR THE LOVE OF EVERYTHING GOOD, UNMUTE!!!!
n years later this is still one of my favorite videos
THIS RIGHT HERE
You guys are dangerously close to realizing specifically what kinds of people they keep from voting and why.
I want to drill this into everybodyās head:
The United States of America has the highest prison population in the world
Black Americans and Latin people make up the majority of this population (many of whom are non-violent offenders)
Federal Prisons in America require that their state keeps their prisons at a maximum occupancy at all times.
The 13th amendment did not entirely abolish slaveryā¦just one form of it. It remains legal through industrial prison system
Oh and we have privatized prisons which allow companies to actually make money off of keeping people incarceratedĀ
Hereās whatās really perverse: prisoners, who cannot vote, still get counted in the U.S. Census. The more prisoners a county has, the more representation it gets, even though the prisoners cannot vote. See how that works? The more black and brown people they lock up, the more government resources and political representation they get. Even though those prisoners have no say and cannot vote.
If county-A has a population of 50 voters but no prisons, and county-B has a population of 50 voters and 50 prisoners, the county with the prisoners gets more government funding and more political represention. This is sometimes called āprison gerrymanderingā and it is used in redistrictring.
Not so fun Fact: Southern states that reliably vote for Republicans also have the highest prison population in the United States. (source). So mass incarceration is a double whammy. Itās both a form of voter suppression and a tool to strengthen white peopleās political power.
As someone who has interned at a courthouse and seen all the folks who got arrested go through probable cause court - it doesnāt really hit you just how disproportionate that shit is until you see that. Most of the people going through that court were POC, and most of them were there for piddly little shit like getting caught smoking weed. Never saw a white person go through there for smoking weed, and I know a lot of white people who smoke weed. Theyāll find any excuse to lock up minorities.
alright I've got to do some quick math to explain attitudes towards AI to my boss.
we're looking to create an AI policy, and when we were talking about this, my boss (older millennial) was genuinely shocked to hear that younger people do not (seem) to view AI positively (a la the recent commencement speakers being booed)
please rb for larger sample size!
Question 1/3
What is your age, and do you feel AI is a net positive or net negative in our lives today?
under 18, AI is a net positive
under 18, AI is a net negative
18-29, AI is a net positive
18-29, AI is a net negative
30-45, AI is a net positive
30-45, AI is a net negative
46-60, AI is a net positive
46-60, AI is a net negative
over 60, AI is a net postive
over 60, AI is a net negative
Question 2/3
How often do you visit or interact with museums/archives (whether in person or online)?
Frequently (multiple times per month)
Often (multiple times per year)
Occasionally (a couple times per year)
Rarely (once every couple of years)
Never :(
Question 3/3
If you saw a museum was using AI in exhibits, marketing, research, etc., would you be more or less inclined to visit that museum?
under 18, more inclined
under 18, less inclined
18-29, more inclined
18-29, less inclined
30-45, more inclined
30-45, less inclined
46-60, more inclined
46-60, less inclined
over 60, more inclined
over 60, less inclined
Thank you for helping with this data collection. Please rb for as big a sample as possible!
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i'm helping out at a creative writing workshop for uhhh i think 10-12s? 10-14s? idk. but that age range. and anyways
a) i forgot how fun this is
b) it's really hard not to like, re-write for them and stick to just "hey add descriptions here, change this grammar, really cool ideas!" bc i'm an adult and not trying to talk over/railroad these kids, but i'm just so excited for their ideas!!!
c) little boys write cool stuff like "what if we went to mars but it sucked so we left, but left behind all our technology and the technology rose up and created its own society and then went to war with us for abandoning them? what if transformers had 100x the war crimes? what if the earth blew up. what if we were the robots all along?"
d) little girls out here writing like "aunt melanie's skin was sloughing off the bones as her beloved dogs tore her apart, turning on her in blind animal instinct. the second she stopped providing food, she became food." and a lot of body horror and dark themes about group pacts and betrayals and ritualistic murder/sacrifices. like a lot
me, turning to the teacher who is also doing this: hey so, i'm personally really cool with the tone and direction these girls take, but is any of this? how you say... a red flag?
teacher: little girls have really rich inner lives to combat the way they're puppeted by society in real life. they'll learn to censor it out in a couple years, but it doesn't go away.
me, who was also a weird little girl who phased in and out of weirdness depending on social settings: nice.
