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]

[cheaphalloweencostume]

good morning to horror fans, fat bitches, people with psychosis, they/thems, people who can’t drive, trans women, witches, and single dads. the rest of you... you’re on your own

[creekfiend]

also not for nothing the region we refer to as Appalachia is fucking huge. I live in Northern Georgia which is a very very specific part of Appalachia. even when talking about "southern Appalachia" the landscape and the conditions where I live are often very different from the landscape and the conditions 50 miles away even. I really can't overstate how big Appalachia is. it's not... like, I think in a lot of ways when people talk about Appalachia like that they're telling themselves because they are using "Appalachia" to define a human cultural region, which is how you know that they are just being fucking classist xenophobes who are unfamiliar with any part of what is a huuuuuge fucking region of a huuuuuge fucking continent.

please this post does not address all of the issues with people being weird about appalachia like this because those are frankly infinite

[crematedequally]

Op yes thank you!!! Appalachia is not just a synonym for “the south”! It’s a huge branching area encompassing many cultures!!! This means so much to me because my mom’s family were Appalachian from both the central and southern New York region as well as the Ohioan region and they had more in common culturally than they ever expected.

[fellshish]

a lot of writing is sort of watching the film in your head like oh sorry can’t write the chapter yet i have to repeat hallucinate the dialogue first

[loveridden1999]

if i was a soccer player i'd simply kick that ball in the goal instead of wasting everyone's time

[probuccalfat]

amusing how many united states citizens think that immigrating to another country is as simple as like… wanting to live there and doing it or signing a paper with some processing fee and you’re all set, here’s a passport. it’s really difficult and it can take decades to immigrate to another country or get a firm no. i know people who have children together and they’re stuck in the immigration system. you think you’ll get to move to italy or denmark or whatever because your great great grandmother was born there? genuinely get the fuck outta here, don’t be silly

[xoxominks]

"Rhéaume" by Richard Harrison, 1994.

Manon Rhéaume is the first woman to have played in the National Hockey League. In 1992, she signed a contract with the Tampa Bay Lightning and played in two pre-season games: one against the St. Louis Blues and one against the Boston Bruins.

[lakemichigans]

can't go outside and enjoy fresh air because the wildfire smoke will kill you. can't eat fresh fruits and vegetables because the parasite will kill you

[haplophrynemolliz]

in the throes

(ref: Butch Order, "Butch4Butch Shoot." Pimlico, September 2023; accessed from @/butch4butcharchives on insta)

[oliviawhen]

Doggust 24: Pumi (and parakeet). Just wanted to paint some purple plants today.

[shinraalpha]

i do think lobbying for data centres over climate goals should be considered a crime against humanity btw

[secretaary]

she's totally not an evil fucking nurse at all...! (vid)

[marithlizard]

(via bsky)

In case anyone hasn't heard, the cyclospora outbreak affecting tons of people in the US right now is coming from Taylor Farms produce. Best to stay away from bagged lettuce and prepared salads completely right now, but especially the ones mentioned in the screenshot:

Taylor Farms Earthbound Farms Little Salad Bar (Aldi) Marketside (Walmart) Kroger House Brand Target private label greens Costco salads and greens etc Trader Joe's chopped salad kits and fresh produce Fast food: McDonalds, Taco Bell, (Yum! Brands), Chipotle, Subway, Pizza Hut, KFC, Olive Garden, Top Golf, Red Lobster, Burger King, etc.

This is not the first time I've heard about a Taylor Farms foodborne illness outbreak. I stopped eating their salads after reading a description of the conditions in their facilities. Doesn't sound like they've improved anything.

We need a fully funded and staffed FDA, and regulations with teeth - and that's exactly what we don't have under Trump. To make things worse, the CDC is no longer tracking these outbreaks. We're on our own.

[torchickentacos]

Quick correction and a couple sources to go along with it: the CDC is tracking the outbreak. More information can be found here (link pop-up isn't working for the CDC link): https://www.cdc.gov/cyclosporiasis/outbreaks/07-26/investigation.html

And here:

Investigation of 5-State Outbreak of Cyclospora Illnesses

Do not eat recalled iceberg lettuce from Taylor Farms de Mexico. FDA’s investigation is ongoing.

[phantomrose96]

Hey kids, you need to start worrying a little less about getting “#mogged” and a little more about getting “#smogged”. This is an Air Quality Index public service announcement.

[misscrazyfangirl321]

Being an adult will have you unironically craving a vegetable

[misscrazyfangirl321]

Being an adult will have you unironically sad about a parasite outbreak in fresh vegetables.

[athenasteren]

happy birthday Nol

[aholefilledwithtwigs]

The entirety of Western Digital’s 2026 hard drive output is already sold to data centers and won’t have consumer stock until at least 2027

[aholefilledwithtwigs]

AI Companies Bought Out All of Western Digital’s Hard Drives for 2026 Already

Thanks to data center demands, Western Digital has committed all of its HDDs for at least the rest of the year.

WD makes more money selling drives to data centers that then lease you the storage as a subscription

[aholefilledwithtwigs]

I don’t think there’s enough coordination and cooperation for this to be a ‘force people to rely on cloud storage’ conspiracy buuuut i do think all the players involved are smart enough to know that’s what’s going to happen and have no reason to stop it

Plus, with WD specifically, it’s 7 customers. Not 7 retailers, but 7 corporate consumers. Imagine being a company with close to a $100 billion market cap and for the next fiscal year you have to only deal with 7 clients. Why on earth would you prioritize consumer sales when you’ve got these dream clients beating down your door

[teratocybernetics]

'That's not going to last': Jeff Bezos believes AI will force you to rent your PC from the cloud, and the RAM crisis is accelerating it

Your next PC upgrade might be a subscription

idk it may have started as an accident but i wouldn't for a second believe they're not actively shooting for that now

[plotholes-and-spellingerrors]

I also try not the engage in "this has always been the plan" type thinking. But the second that SaaS proved to be profitable, the moment Adobe proved that you can hold software hostage for a monthly fee by changing the contract and license and people will stick with it because the switching costs are too high, this was the logical conclusion. I don't believe in a shadowy cabal sitting in smoky rooms planning out every detail of the economy half a century in advance, but I do believe in the rent-seeking pressures of the private ownership economy and in the willingness of those in power to just keep pushing a little more each year to see what they can get away with.