I'd Rather Be Sailing

Cas. mid-20s. they/it. living on unceded Aboriginal land in so-called australia. queer, aromantic, non-binary, trans, ADHD, autistic, and proud. will tag on request.

[layaart]

anticipating an exponential increase in murderbot misgendering so I drew something about it

[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.”

[argentinagp]

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[guardianspirits13]

aro(sp)ace

[guardianspirits13]

In case it wasn't obvious :)

[that-police-box]

I think it'd be funny to see the Rani and the Master try to team up again.

Cause like they have pretty different goals. Yeah they both have no regard for innocent lives and cause chaos, but the Rani is a scientist who wants to do research and the Master is a villain who is obsessed with his ex. The Master sees the Doctor as his best enemy and is obsessed with getting the Doctor's attention and fucking with him and the companions. The Rani probably just sees the Doctor as that idiot she went to highschool with who keeps being a nuisance and getting in the way of her plans.

I have a very vivid image in my head of the Master and the Rani trying to scheme together, but they keep arguing over the details.

Master: It's a good plan, but what about the Doctor?

Rani: What about him??

Master: The Doctor is going to show up so what's the plan???

Rani: Oh I can just drug him. It's worked before.

Master: That's it? Where is the fun in that!

Rani: Look, it's not going to work if we get the Doctor involved. So we're not gonna involve the Doctor and he'll probably never find out.

Master: Then what's the point of this?

Rani: You have got to be fucking kidding me.

[faustandfurious]

“I don’t put politics in my stories” is the literary equivalent of a cishet guy going “I don’t have pronouns”

[dw-ebook-preservation-society]

Hello, Tumblr! The doctor who ebook preservation society has an exciting announcement: we have massively updated the library! Please check out our new pinned post and make sure you're spreading that one around - the link to the new library is here:

485 files and 18 subfolders

[makingqueerhistory]

Why We Need a Queer History of the Holocaust

For LGBTQ history month, HWO are very pleased to republish Anna Hájková's piece on the need for a queer history of the Holocaust.

Homophobia has had a far-reaching impact on historical memory. At a basic level, there are next to no queer Jews in Holocaust histories. If you find any, they are usually deviant figures. But more importantly, homophobic prejudice has come to shape all the oral history collections of Holocaust survivors around the world. The large USC Shoah Foundation has over 52,000 interviews with Jewish survivors; next to none of them speak about same-sex desire. This does not mean that none of them were queer – I know for a fact that some of them were. But they did not dare to bring it up in the interview given the heteronormative framing of the inquiry. With missing testimonies, it is as if these people never lived and haven’t left a trace, which for survivors of a genocide is a devastating fate. [...] Let me be honest, even in the context of Holocaust studies this is a hard research. Some people will tell you that queer history is irrelevant and should not be written about. They believe that homosexuality is dishonorable to the reputation of Holocaust victims. Sadly, these lines of enquiry have sometimes led to painful personal attacks on myself; I have had my professional path, research integrity, sexual orientation and family history attacked. But more often, I have been able to change people’s opinions and to show why should we strive for a less judgmental and more inclusive history.

[jthqp]

[bewbin]

nasa trying to eat the moon

[xtremecaffeine-deactivated20181]

Operation Pac Man is a go

[realdeathwaltz]

The whole melbourne mace thing was so fucking funny because they introduced in december to like spice up the tournament a bit i guess but the nature of the home and away game system meant that the renegades held it for like a couple of weeks before having to hand it back over. And now the stars hold it forever ig? Shambles. The best bit about it though was that the players did not give a FUCK and treated it like a joke. And this is why the big bash is the greatest sporting tournament in the world

[doyouknowwhatimeme]

[gamer-crow-deactivated20250412]

If radio wasn't loaded with ads for the dumbest shit possible, I'd prefer radio to everything else.

[mozukumi]

I'm going to use this as a jumping off point to mention the AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act.

It's... pretty much what it says on the tin. Some car manufacturers are phasing out AM Radio from their cars so they can replace them with their own streaming services - this bill seeks to make them a mandatory feature.

As somebody whose day job is in radio, I totally agree that the amount of ads and the quality of the ads is ridiculous. Personally, I don't find radio to be an amazing source of political news broadcasting.

But do you know what it is really good at? Providing emergency broadcasts during extreme weather events.

When power and internet is down, radio can be one of the only sources of information, and it's helped provide lifesaving information during these times.

(Plus, at least in my area of the country, emergency weather alerts override and interrupt programming when broadcast - even during pesky ads!)

So if you want to toss your signature in support, you can head on over here.

I want to make it clear I'm not an expert in this legislation or anything - this is just the stuff I know through working in the industry.

[sic-sempervirens]

AM radio can be one of the only available and reliable sources of local/regional news, weather and traffic, emergency or not. Not to mention community broadcasts.

(Plus, have you listened to any podcasts lately? It’s literally six minutes of ads on either end)

[noctumsolis]

Also you can build an AM radio receiver out of little more than scrap. Are you going to? No, almost certainly not, but the point is that the technology is simple, cheap, robust and repairable.

[infectiouspiss]

a tiny heist went down to rescue Rise and now he's being taken everywhere by Reid Wiseman because he's extremely important (he was supposed to be left on the craft, he has instead been adopted)

[if-i-am-not-for-me]

He got his own listing in the 90s style sitcom credits they filmed. He is a crew member!

[nevver]

Last light, Mary Mattingly

[thydungeongal]

One of my favorite tweets of all time

[propelledbydisaster]

I’m also a big fan of the follow-up:

[the-worms-in-your-bones]

May present for your consideration, lupita nyong'o as romana iv

[the-worms-in-your-bones]

I mean…

[werewolf-transgenderism]

breaking news! new beautiful photo of the best species of frog in the world just dropped

cochranella euknemos, 📸 nuqui_herping on instagram

[werewolf-transgenderism]

for everyone in the notes lamenting that this guy is poisonous: they are not! they're just pretty :) since they're a glass frog, their major defense mechanism is being translucent and hiding their blood while they sleep so they look extra translucent and blend in with leaves <3

[werewolf-transgenderism]

they put ~90% of their red blood cells in their livers while they sleep :) so they look extra translucent and leafish

[victusinveritas]