the stars are the same as ever

i have crossed the face of the universe, i poison it to match my grief 27 - she/her - nonbinary butch lesbian 🏳️‍⚧️

[thisaintasceneitsfob]

[kuttithevangu]

OK I keep seeing people refer to the Michigan parasite outbreak and then others will chime in “it’s in my state too!” so to clarify this for everyone it is a NATIONWIDE outbreak reported in 31 US states as of today, July 12th 2026. There is no reason to assume it is not present in the rest of them

Cyclospora, the ‘Explosive Diarrhea’ Parasite, Cases Reported in at Least 31 States: See the Map

NBC News’ tally shows at least 26 states have reported cases of the parasitic stomach illness, as health authorities race to find the source

[evil-puppetmaster]

I think something missing in the wider discussion about the disproportionate banning and flagging of transfem blogs on this website is the economic incentive. Usually, these discussions are framed as the personal bigotry of staff, of rogue tumblr employees getting a carte blanche to go after trans women they dislike. And to be sure, that is at play! But it’s not the whole story.

Every time tumblr implements some wildly unpopular and unnecessary update to make the website function more like twitter, they do so with the justification that they need to attract new users to the website to stay financially viable. To that end, they make changes that are unwanted by the existing user base to try and emulate the features of other, more financially successful social media platforms. They do this routinely without much regard for how it disrupts the existing functionality and culture of the platform.

I think we need to look at the targeting of transfems through this same lens. Despite all the animosity we face here from users and staff alike, tumblr is one of the few public forums around with this many open and proud transfem users, and it is genuinely a center of transfem culture on the internet. That is something that cannot be said of more financially solvent platforms like twitter and instagram (at least in proportion to the platforms’ overall user bases), whose success tumblr wants to chase. Here, we get into some really uncomfortable economics. There are far more people on the open internet (that tumblr might consider potential new users) who are disgusted by transfems and our culture than there are transfems. Many advertisers see a large presence of transfems as a liability and a risk that they don’t want to associate with their brands. These are the people tumblr wants to attract to the site regardless of how it impacts current users and communities. It’s not just staff being bigoted — it is a company trying to cater to the bigotry of society on a much larger level.

In short, we keep the rent low. Of course tumblr, a company trying to become profitable, wants to evict us.

[nepenthean-sleep]

bert mccracken mention in a jerma stream what world is this

[bundibird]

I've said it before and I'll say it again. We need a "This is absolutely NOT mature content" feedback button on posts. You can report a post as missing a community label. We should also be able to report posts as having a comminity label when they dont fucking need one.

[runawaymarbles]

"Joe Biden writing memorial posts about people he fucking hated" is an underrated genre of literature.

[nepenthean-sleep]

zillennial voice: summer used to be pleasant. does anyone remember when summer used to be pleasant

[blackshvck]

the idea that every summer will be as hot if not hotter than this for the rest of my life is unbearable i need to (remembers suicide jokes are bad for my mental health) murder an oil executive

[eroscestlavie]

Sometimes I see iwtv fans on here who aren’t my circle of trusted friends and it’s like WHAT are any of them talking about ever omg

[eroscestlavie]

so far there a few interesting categories I have noticed:

People who do not understand what a narrator is, unreliable or otherwise, like the idea of narrative focus and perspective seems lost on certain individuals

Anne Rice purists who somehow are under the impression that the TV show is MORE racist than the books

People who seem to think the tv show is a lesson in how to form healthy relationships

[noelle-ism]

reposting because reblogs are locked. I'm sorry I need doo doo jump again

[nepenthean-sleep]

saw a weird post that was blaming butch4butches for "laterally oppressing femmes" because someone complained about femmes being like "can i watch" on butch4butch posts and i just gotta be super clear here. the attraction from femmes and other non-butches isn't the problem. you can think whatever you want, forever, in your head. when you type out your thoughts into a comment box or post on the internet or say them out loud to another person, that's when it becomes an issue. i don't care if you are a femme and you like to jerk it to butch4butch shit all day and write butch4butch erotica and have a butch4butch blog or whatever. it's a problem if you go to a post that's like "i (butch) love making out with other butches" and make an unsolicited comment like "can i watch" or "omg that's so hot" or whatever. the unsolicited part is the issue!! same thing of someone posting a picture of themselves grocery shopping or whatever and commenting "omg you're so hot step on me" it's just weird and violating a stranger's boundaries. the attraction is not the problem, it's the interaction.

[yaoiblackmold]

Cute date ideas

Plotting revenge

Terrorising your exes

Making an exposé video

Beheading your exes in the park

[nextchapter]

we are truly so spoiled because how many fandoms get to watch their favs get beheaded and not even worry one second that they're dead

[vamplire]

IT HURTS SO BAD

[starlitsequins]

i dont mean to victim blame but why do these vampires keep talking to daniel molloy when they know he's daniel molloy

[skyrigel]

[doubleca5t]

The other day my wife told me about this influencer who said she needed to go on ozempic so she could go from 130 lbs down to 115 and I really cannot stress the degree to which we have so COMPLETELY lost the plot with this glp1 shit. Like not only are people are going on this shit for purely cosmetic purposes, the cosmetic purposes are delusional. This is the kind of mindset that gives people eating disorders but now because you can get a prescription instead of having to starve yourself or enduce vomiting a big swath of the general public seems eager to go along with it. Body Positivity did not go fucking far enough because I am being so real when I say that fatphobia is more of a public health crisis than obesity has ever been

[doubleca5t]

People making a choice feminism argument for Ariana Grande looking skeletal have me feeling like this