A Handfull of Ness

Late-30's British AuDHD bisexual, genderqueer (xe/xir) geek, and intersectional feminist. Turns out the depression and anxiety were cPTSD in disguise! Fnadoms inc: LotR, Orphan Black, Outlander, Call the Midwife, Star Trek, Star Wars, and random sciencey stuff. Been on this hellsite since 2013

[cherishedwifey]

an under-appreciated view.

[acebycircle]

He just sits his ass down on all those buttons that could or could not be firing lasers into space

[copperbadge]

If we can’t invent a touchscreen that recognizes an ass-dial by the 24th century, we really have no business being in space at all.

[copperbadge]

Happy 10th anniversary to by far the most viral reblog I ever made. I still see screengrabs of this on my own facebook dash like, once a month.

[derinthescarletpescatarian]

Most classic Derin character is an academic that just fucking sucks at their job.

[derinthescarletpescatarian]

The only competent academic I've ever written is Smon, and that's only because she's viewed through the eyes of a tech illiterate alien whom she can only communicate with on an extremely basic level, and had no opportunity to look stupid.

[derinthescarletpescatarian]

#i love aspen greaves so much#they are Not Good at sociology lmao#notably made up an entire fake sociological phenomenon level bad#ily aspen

I grew up reading a lot of pop science books from the library can you tell

There are so so many Aspen Greaves' out there and they are all so much more confident than they should be

[little-tornad0]

Is there anything more human than assuming some part of how you see the world is fundamental to how everyone else sees the world?

[major-trouble]

My friend once said to me (on something I had some but not a lot of knowledge on), "I can't believe how confidently you explained that wrong. Do you do that a lot?" and that's possibly the most humbling thing that I've ever heard.

[derinthescarletpescatarian]

Fucking eviscerated.

[derinthescarletpescatarian]

Most classic Derin character is an academic that just fucking sucks at their job.

[derinthescarletpescatarian]

The only competent academic I've ever written is Smon, and that's only because she's viewed through the eyes of a tech illiterate alien whom she can only communicate with on an extremely basic level, and had no opportunity to look stupid.

[derinthescarletpescatarian]

#i love aspen greaves so much#they are Not Good at sociology lmao#notably made up an entire fake sociological phenomenon level bad#ily aspen

I grew up reading a lot of pop science books from the library can you tell

There are so so many Aspen Greaves' out there and they are all so much more confident than they should be

[little-tornad0]

Is there anything more human than assuming some part of how you see the world is fundamental to how everyone else sees the world?

[major-trouble]

My friend once said to me (on something I had some but not a lot of knowledge on), "I can't believe how confidently you explained that wrong. Do you do that a lot?" and that's possibly the most humbling thing that I've ever heard.

[derinthescarletpescatarian]

Fucking eviscerated.

[the-uss-premise]

Console buttons from Star Trek: The Original Series (1966-69)

[mangled-by-disuse]

in happier pride news i actually found this deeply heartwarming

that's solidarity baybeeee

[lgbtlaughs]

Further context: Durham city council (Reform UK) cut funding and support for Pride. The Durham Miner's Association and other trade unions raised enough money for Durham Pride 2026 to go ahead - a direct call back to when Lesbian and Gays Support the Miners (LGSM) raised money for mining communities when Margaret Thatcher seized union funding during the miner strikes of 1984-85.

At the 1985 Labour party meet, the motion to support LGBT rights as a party was passed due to a block vote from mining unions.

Stephen Guy, the chair of the Durham Miners’ Association, said that when it became apparent Durham Pride was under threat, he took it upon himself to “encourage the trade union movement to step up and do the right thing, and stand shoulder to shoulder with the LGBT+ community […] They not only raised funds for us, but came to our communities, uplifted our spirits when they were down, and showed their solidarity.”

[politijohn]

Source

Happy Pride Month!

[reasonsforhope]

Holy shit!!!!!!! HUNGARY DID IT!!!!

-via the Los Angeles Blade, June 1, 2026

[lanotteviene]

my best friend linen my brother in arms cotton my partner wool my beautiful sister silk

[lanotteviene]

our sick deranged enemy polyester....

[threeture]

the demon lord, prince of lies, "Vegan Leather"...

[shadowgremlin]

My wife’s idea of decompressing after the busy holiday was to rearrange every piece of furniture in our home is this an ADHD thing or just a her thing

I’m not complaining the way she’s done it is much better than it was it’s just like how is this your idea of a relaxing weekend

[kaity--did]

Listen I don't get to decide when the drunk elf that is my executive actually does the functioning but when he does we have a SMALL WINDOW OF TIME before he finds the schnapps again and we're done

[honeysbunchesofoats]

[kaity--did]

yes this exactly

[luminouspica]

So to me, there are spoons (general energy cost) and carnival tickets (specific energy cost).

Spoons can be used pretty much anywhere.

Carnival tickets are only good for the carnival, and it’s only in town for a limited amount of time.

So like, if I get “kitchen cleaning” carnival tickets, I can’t use that to clean my bedroom, that’s not where the carnival is.

[lingonberry24]

phrase added to permanent vocabulary

[hobohobgoblim]

Four puppies cuddling. Pompey, 1 century CE.

[systlin]

In 38 years of life I have learned 1 thing;

If anyone is ever training you to replace them in a position and tells you 'its an easy job I don't do much' what this means is that you are about to spend six months to a year catching up on all the stuff they didn't do and sorting out the stuff they did poorly.

In related news I finally managed to finish un fucking my predecessor's lack of a filing system.

[hungrymilliek]

And if they start a sentence with "You're not supposed to do it this way but...", you're about to learn some shit to make OSHA go:

[systlin]

My job is literally in safety and emergency management and that phrase makes me break out in hives. Which is to say that you are entirely one million percent correct.

[hedgehog-moss]

I chainsaw'd in two the old stairs that were in the barn, and placed one half between my house and the greenhouse, where the steps I carved into the slope every year kept disappearing - but my new stairs got claimed by Nature in record time.

I decided to let nature (and snails) have this half, and placed the other half next to it so there could be stairs for humans.

...

The second half was immediately claimed by cats. I find a cat on a step every time I try to get to the greenhouse—you'd think this could be a multi-user space, but the cats insist on lounging across the whole step or else it’s not worth it—and if I bother them they make it abundantly clear whose stairs these are.

[systlin]

In 38 years of life I have learned 1 thing;

If anyone is ever training you to replace them in a position and tells you 'its an easy job I don't do much' what this means is that you are about to spend six months to a year catching up on all the stuff they didn't do and sorting out the stuff they did poorly.

In related news I finally managed to finish un fucking my predecessor's lack of a filing system.

[salparadisewasright-deactivated]

[seamusharper]

goatsmoochies

[kingdom-noise]

unmute this please

[kibblesundbitches]

It took me a little while to realize thAt the dude with the stop sign was not trying to stop the goats.

[johnlockedness]

dat music

[ladyelainehilfur]

real paramedic x golden retriever firefighter AU energy with this

[papercranesandpride]

So you know how every once in a while someone gets a bunch of notes for pointing out that it's theoretically possible for a trans masc to get two penises, one from phalloplasty and one from metoidioplasty?

So I had a consult with Dr. Rajveer Purovit at Mount Sinai in NYC, and while I am not remotely trying to get that, it just happened to come up in conversation that yes, he does in fact have patients who have done exactly that. His preferred way of doing things is to do metoidioplasty first, then construct a phallus from abdominal tissue and place it on the groin above the meta phallus, and then have a third stage of surgery where they are combined and urethral lengthening happens. And the PA was just straight up like "yeah, some people do just stop after phase 2 because they like having the appearance and visual of the larger phallo phallus, but the higher sexual stimulation and better ability to pee with the meta phallus."

So. Yeah it turns out. That is not just a tumblr hypothetical. There are trans people walking around right now in the real world with two penises, and this is a normal surgical outcome from a surgeon who is renowned enough to have his own Wikipedia page.

Like, I definitely would not want that outcome personally, but holy shit that's awesome.

[eightyonekilograms]

[funny-tik-toks]

[amemait]

Running away from a baah’d decision.