Second Star to the Right

A blog mainly for posting shorts of original characters. I may occasionally post fanfiction shorts as well. she/her, 27, writer

[aglionbyacademia]

Annabeth arriving at Camp Jupiter, finally finding Percy

[justaz]

someone: you and annabeth are dating?

percy: engaged actually

s: you proposed?

p: she snooped. found it on her own. i said, “what are you doing? give that back.” she said, “fuck you, i’m wearing it.”

p: i said, “i had something planned. it was gonna be romantic. give it back.” she said, “fuck you, i’m wearing it.”

p: i said, “you didn’t want to get engaged until after we graduated college. give it back.” she said, and i quote, um… “fuck you. i’m wearing it.”

p: so y’know…

s:

p:

s: cute

p: i love that woman

[filthyfuckingcainestan]

Hot Pomni part 2

[unification]

tuesday morning fat hource

[nonagalleryart]

In the Year of the Horse, let us all truly appreciate what this mythical creature has done for surrealist memes. I don’t think there is another animal that has inspired such unhinged internet images. We should all be both eternally grateful and forever afraid.

[allthingswhumpyandangsty]

not my tweet but I thought it would be a good psa for artists here too

[ayy-junipei]

Oh this is a common scam I find at work. Any file that:

isn't jpg, jpeg, pdf, or png

Is a file extension you don't recognise (this one is a visual basic file, used for scripting, but others like exe or bat are used)

has a very low or unexpected file size (this one's is less than 1KB, or 0.001MB, a good reference should be at least 500KB)

Is likely a scam. Stay safe kids.

[quinloki]

I've said so on bsky about this, but it's worth saying here:

Scammers will use pressure, panic, over-payment, and rigidity* to try and get their scam to work.

A REAL honest to goodness client will work with you, show at least some modicum of patience, and be flexible. So if you are provided a link or file you don't absolutely trust, you can ask for a different file type, or request the reference via a different method.

*What I mean by rigidity is that they'll INSIST they cannot use a different payment method. they'll INSIST they only have that one reference. They'll INSIST to overpay you. They'll be very rigid in what they want you to follow because they need you to do things a certain way for the scam to work.

[cosmonaut-observer]

If you live in the UK you need to see this

Protect Internet Freedom from now until forever. It's important existentially! Americans stand with UK citizens in our struggle against government censorship

[russettrush]

Growing up in the online world: a national consultation

We are consulting on further measures to prepare children for the future in an age of rapid technological change. This includes potential ag

Got the link via @finalducc

If you live in the UK, please be sure to take part in this!

[fading-bisexual-queen-milkshake]

@daysleftofsecondterm

[starlightshadowsworld]

You guys have my whole heart for sharing this I had no idea will be filling this out and encourage all my fellow brits to do soo too. If you’re not from the UK please keep sharing this around we have till the 26th May to submit these in.

This whole thing was set up without our say we all need to make sure we’re heard.

[shadowphoenixrider]

A tip for filling it in - ignore section 1, sections 2 onwards are the meat and potatoes.

Beware! There is a snitch question at the start of the VPNs section, asking how 'children' are getting age stuff without using VPNs. You don't know anything, and if you do, no you don't.

I would focus on data security issues, the fact age verification doesn't work anyway to protect children - I was pushing particularly to switch to credit card verification, since it's more private, can be easily severed if compromised, and you need to be 18 to have one - it's not perfect, but I think they're more likely to give on the issue if we provide an alternative.

Push economic issues for banning/age-gating VPNs - that's the one thing that tends to get governments to back down.

Good luck. Let's hope we can make a dent in this.

[ladyorlandodream]

[mbari-blog]

Lunch but make it matchy matchy 🦐💥

Our researchers are often captivated by the beauty of deep-sea jellies, like this dazzling fireworks jelly (Halitrephes maasi) with its brightly colored tentacle tips. This species of hydromedusa is typically seen around 1,000 meters (3,280 feet) deep in Monterey Bay during the summer. Its bell can reach up to 10 centimeters (four inches) wide.

These jellyfish are carnivores, feeding on plankton, zooplankton, small fish, and crustaceans like the shrimp you see in this video clip. They use stinging tentacles to capture and immobilize their prey.

[latinotiktok]

[willkill4pudding]

Translation: Person behind camera; *knock down one card* “Go.” Other person;“Is your character mentally stable?” Person behind Camera; *Looks at card* “Yes” Other person; *Slaps down all but one card* “IT’S MOMO”

[sighinastorm]

I HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR THIS FOR MONTHS AND MONTHS.  THERE WERE ONLY A FEW DOZEN NOTES WHEN I SAW IT LAST.

[ohlookitsatree]

[theaceofwords]

Why Tumblr Has Rolled Out ID Verification

UK legislation: Online Safety Act 2023

Brazil legislation: Digital Statute For Children And Adolescents

Apple App Store Age Verification

These are not tumblr specific policies. Tumblr is implementing age verification in response to legislative moves that were made months ago.

Tumblr is a failing social media site that has escaped death multiple times already; they do not have the social cachet to defy state regulatory agencies. We know they won't say no to Apple, either--the porn ban on tumblr was in response to Apple's crackdown on explicit content.

If you did not know this was happening, you were behind the curve. That is fine. You're caught up now. The next step is to link up with people in your country who are working to preserve privacy, to roll back these laws where they exist, and to prevent their passage where they do not. In the US the organization you want is Stop KOSA--in the EU you can start with Fight Chat Control.

Repealing ID verification and blocking chat control will help everyone, especially the most vulnerable. We can push this back, but we cannot get it done through the Feedback form. We have to get it done at the legislative level and lock it down so it cannot be forced upon us. I see lots of anger out there. Good. Put it to use.

[phantomrose96]

I like when fic length/book length/movie length is its own punchline

[phantomrose96]

characters: Ah, I'm so glad that's all over now :). But luckily that's done and dealt with and we can all resume our normal lives now :)

fic length: Chapter 9 out of 48

[phantomrose96]

[medievalspecs]

[memorilore]

[epilepticfox]

Odysseus: Thank you for the concern, but brother, I can assure you Our journey is almost done.

Song 11 of 40

[0ryza13]

And wouldn't you know, Tumblr's FAQ says this type of reach-out is a known scam. This has been your PSA.

[0ryza13]

By the way folks;

Report under "other", select "scam", paste in their url and write up the details of the scam. I had this scam yesterday and the account that messaged me has already been taken down because I filled out a proper scam report instead of just hitting the "report spam" button like I do for most bots.

Stunningly effective.

[spoiledblogif]

This one's going around again guys

[alanaisalive]

The other night husband and I were watching a documentary about the yeti where they were doing DNA analysis of samples of supposed yeti fur, and every one of them came back as bears.

Anyway, the next night we watched a thing about some pig man who is supposed to live in Vermont. People said it had claws and a pig nose but walked upright like a man. Now, I happen to know that sideshows used to shave bears and present them as pig men. So every piece of evidence they gave of this monster sounds to me like a bear with mange.

So now the running joke in our house is that everything is bears. Aliens? Bears. Loch Ness monster? Bear. Every cryptozoological mystery is just a very crafty bear.

Bears. They’re everywhere. Be wary. Anyone or anything could be a bear.

[iguanamouth]

oh shit

[throughshadow-to-the-edgeofnight]

[alanaisalive]

As the OP of this post, I’m going to threaten that if this gets to one million notes by the 10 year anniversary on 1 June 2026, one year from today, I will get a lower back tattoo of the loch ness bear monster.

[hopetimistic]

One morning, I asked Partner about a dream that had him talking about bears. See, he very occasionally talks in his sleep. And even more occasionally, he actually remembers the dream well enough to explain.

This was one such occasion.

He told me there had been a bear chasing him through his old high school. At night when it was empty/abandoned. One of those ‘You can’t escape because for some reason your body has forgotten how running works’ anxiety dreams. No matter what decisions you make, the thing chasing you still manages to cut you off at every turn, Keystone Cop style. He takes about twenty minutes explaining the details to me, interrupting himself to giggle at the punchline he’s building to. Finally, he gets to the end and says…

“The twist was: there were two bears.”

Sometimes the cryptic in your nightmare is just a bear. But sometimes it’s two.

[leoreturns-deactivated20110811]

I have been waiting all year to post this.

[tumboner]

omg

[merspers]

This has been in my queue for months.

[mcgooglykins]

I missed it last year and I vowed that would NEVER HAPPEN AGAIN.

[thatsoundsprettynice]

YES

[xbstnmnr-deactivated20241116]

omg i didnt reblog this last year!

[top-secret-replier]

hello, i am the top secret replier! well done for finding me - you may never see me again!

REBLOG OF SHAME since the replies are turned off D:

[rocktheholygrail]

[sixohsixoheightfourtwo]

#fun fact the same man was responsible for casting all of these people #Marc Hirschfeld king of casting murder husbands and wives with insane chemistry #where would we be without you (via @rythyme)

[rythyme]

omg yeah i love this guy, he also did the original casting for black sails ❤️ i have a few slides about him in my "connections between Hannibal & Black Sails that probably mean nothing but still drive me insane" PowerPoint 💕

everybody say thank you Marc Hirschfeld 💕❤️💕

[jourke-rourke]

Leverage (2008) // eliot lifting parker

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