between earth and the stars

[istandonsnowpiles]

Levels

[foodffs]

CHEESY GROUND BEEF QUESADILLAS

Follow for recipes

Is this how you roll?

[aireemacpherson]

do you hear that

all of the dark leaks out

[olderthannetfic]

Please, please report people who put their ko-fi or Patreon on their AO3 without mercy. Just click the link at the bottom of the page that says Policy Questions and Abuse Reports and say the user is engaging in monetisation. Say where you saw their ko-fi link or mention (author’s note, whatever) and copy the info on their user profile, too, in order to make it easier for the volunteers.

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REPORT THEM ALL

[olderthannetfic]

If you're concerned, there's nothing punitive about this, it's just enforcement of the TOS they agreed to when they signed up. And there's no real risk of the fic being removed, either. AO3 will contact the author and nicely ask them to remove the link, and that's it.

Yeah, that too.

Literally the only downside is making too much work for the Abuse team. (Cry me a river, guys. In my day, we had like 2 active people, and even at the much smaller size, that was a problem.)

If you want, you can let authors know it’s not allowed and then report their asses if they’re rude about it. Or you can just report them in the first place.

But this bullshit should be stamped out.

[dfnkt]

Wait can someone explain what I'm missing here because it sounds like a bunch of whiny babies being upset that people are monetizing their own work. I get its a site policy but 1. Why are you being a cop you losers and 2. Who cares? Why is it a rule?

If I'm missing something here I'm genuinely curious. Who is it hurting to drop a ko-fi on your page? Or do y'all just love being cops?

[olderthannetfic]

I did not donate seven years of free labor to build AO3 so that some other dipshit could monetize my work.

And yes, it is monetizing AO3 itself because the whole reason people want to put kofi links there is that it’s easy to find fics on AO3. AO3 also lacks constant competition from other ads.

AO3 is as awesome as it is because we built it to not be monetized.

People who don’t get that are shitting on the people who made and still make AO3 possible with their work and their donations.

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Go post your kofi links on a corporate site like tumblr/twitter/etc., not one built by your fellow fans. Disobeying the AO3 rules is just rude.

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Look, when you do whatever on a big social media site, you're fucking with corporate overlords.

When you're doing stupid shit on AO3, you're coming to a dinner party I planned and hosted and then pissing into the flower arrangement in the middle of the table.

The only whiny babies here are the ones demanding other fans provide them with a storefront for free.

[lierdumoa]

You don't sell your vegetables at a charitable food bank. You rent a booth at the farmer's market. You don't set up your book kiosk in the lobby of a public library. You go to a flea market, or somewhere else that allows you to set up a book kiosk. AO3 is fandom's food bank. It is fandom's public library. It is not your storefront. If you want to sell your work, don't do it on a nonprofit website volunteers built for the *explicit* purpose of creating an anti-capitalist fandom oasis.

[finnglas]

There’s also the VERY REAL problem that the main defense of transformative work -- aka fanfiction -- to keep us from getting our asses sued into the stratosphere by Disney, Marvel, etc. is that we don’t profit from it. If you are writing someone else’s IP for money without their permission, they CAN sue you, and if it’s somebody as big as Fox, Disney, etc., they WILL sue you. The main way I can tell fandom has done a good job of making safe spaces for ourselves is that these young’uns coming up don’t remember getting Cease & Desist letters from very scary lawyers.

So that’s why you report people putting kofi links on AO3 - because by doing so, they’re painting a giant fucking target on fandom’s back.

[veronicamarsconfessions]

🪷

[juicetrump2]

Critics Say DeSantis Move to Expand 'Don't Say Gay' Exposes Law's True Intentions

"It was never about 'protecting children,'" said one opponent of the law. "It was always about eliminating LGBTQ people from public life and

[saywhat-politics]

[soberscientistlife]

...we were dismissed as melodramatic.

[liberalsarecool]

It's time to shut Ron down.

[sisteroutsiders]

A Litany for Survival: The Life and Work of Audre Lorde (1996) dir. by Ada Gay Griffin and Michelle Parkerson

[only-tiktoks]

[aphnxrising]

this is so sensual and I love it

[metalheadsagainstfascism]

Nebraska hasn't passed a bill this year thanks to mega-filibuster

Sen. Machaela Cavanaugh filibustered every bill in this year's session in opposition to a bill that would ban medical care for transgender y

Nebraska hasn't passed a single bill this year because one lawmaker keeps filibustering in protest of an anti-trans bill: 'I will burn this session to the ground'

Damn. I thought she was just gonna up and make a fuss and her swearing to protect trans kids was a bunch of empty words (again).

But no. She's one-woman filibustering the entire Nebraska legislature into a complete standstill until they agree to protect the rights of trans kids.

She was 100% serious when she said she'd make it as painful for everyone as it is for trans kids. Gahddamn.

This is why small elections matter. She's not a country wide senator or president or shit. She's just a local official representing District 6 in Nebraska.

This is why the "smaller" elections between the presidential elections matter.

-fae

[weeberc3]

Story dated March 20, 2023.

[evilwizard]

You can donate to her here, if you’d like.

[wilwheaton]

[gh00st13]

Drew this at work just cause I thought it was cool.

[wilwheaton]

[liberalsarecool]

Cruelty is their unifying flaw.

[liberalsarecool]

THIS is pro-life. #VotingMatters

[laurenillustrated]

Where are all the Calvin and Hobbes enjoyers??

[writing-for-whoever-listens]

Valentine's OTP Prompts 11:

"I still can't believe you fell in love with me." "Yeah, me neither."

"Can I be honest?" "Yeah." "That color does not look flattering on you."

"But we made reservations!" "And you're spiraling. We can get our money back." "But-" "You are more important than the reservation."

"I need to do something!" "Well-" "Don't even start."

"You're gonna wear that in public?" "Is there something wrong with it?" "I'm gonna have to find a stick to beat people off with, is all."

"If something's wrong, tell me about it. I wanna help."

"Oh my god, you are so corny." "But you find it attractive, so that's a win."

"Hey, I've got a really stupid idea." "I'm in."

"Hi, sorry to bother you, but can you pretend to know me for a few minutes? There's this creep-" "No problem, buddy! It's been a while, I've missed seeing you."

"You broke somebody's nose for me?" "Of course, it was to defend your honor!"