Ooktavia

sometimes i draw - sometimes

[glitter-hound]

charlie "😀👍" kelly

[dragonsblowingoutbirthdaycandles]

your life is not an optimization problem

[dragonsblowingoutbirthdaycandles]

as in you'll never achieve the perfect daily routine, sleep schedule, coping mechanisms, mannerisms, fashion sense etc. even after years and years of healing and improvement and self-discovery. you will never be so good at life that you manage to utilize every waking moment. its great to be productive and all but sometimes you'll suck ass. sometimes you'll take eight hours to be done with a twenty minute job. you'll prioritize the wrong thing. you'll sleep for 12 hrs just to avoid being awake. you'll relapse. and you'll relapse again. you'll forget to turn in the assignment. you'll order too little food. life is far too large and complex for you to even experience it completely, much less try to make sense of and control it. you can't. please give up on that and be at peace with the hours you lose. they are not separate from your life.

[tieflingkisser]

[lesbianslimefriend]

here's where to find it on windows 10

[the-tiny-dragons-tea-room]

Ugh, it was in mine. It's off now.

[the-tiny-dragons-tea-room]

IT GETS WORSE

I had to turn this off, but it's something that allows Windows and anyone using your device to generate text/images.

LOBOTOMIZE YOUR MACHINES

[marougus-the-dragon]

AI is a freacking plague, I share this for any windows user.

[jay-rayart]

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Coming soon: FLY : A Magical Black Boy Series - Pilot

A coming of age story about Black kids who finally have power to fight back against systems designed against them.

[creatingblackcharacters]

Let's support Black indie animations!

[jeliwyre]

heart attack

[gieoki]

AGAIN

[fourleafisland]

outfit sheets for artfight!

[valmillion]

it was international jazz day and all you guys listened to was a single album??

[frankiedotbiz]

[girlnephew]

not even close to joking when i say that everyone going "meeeee :3" in the notes needs to ask themselves why they're so much more willing to listen to jazz that isn't made by black artists

[balkanbruiser]

If you like Casiopea, check out some classic jazz funk fusion albums like Head Hunters by Herbie Hancock or Return to Forever by Chick Corea.

If you like the Cowboy Bebop soundtrack, check out some later period big band albums like Mingus Ah Um by Charles Mingus and The Roar of '84 by Buddy Rich.

If you like the Persona soundtrack, check out some more modern jazz fusion albums with electronic elements like Black Focus by Yussef Kamaal or Freedom Fables by Nubiyan Twist.

[uncleromeo]

if you don't do anything else today,

Please have a moment of silence for the people who were killed instead of freed when news of emancipation finally reached the furthest corners of the american south.

have another moment for the ledgers, catalogs, and records that were burned and the homes that were destroyed to hide the presence of very much alive and still enslaved people on dozens of plantations and homesteads across the south for decades after emancipation.

and have a third moment for those who were hunted and killed while fleeing the south to find safety across the border, overseas, in the north and to the west.

black people. light a candle, write a note to those who have passed telling them what you have achieved in spite of the racist and intolerant conditions of this world, feel the warmth of the flame under your hand, say a prayer of rememberance if you are religious, place the note under the candle, and then blow it out.

if you have children, sit them down and tell them anything you know about the life of oldest black person you've ever met. it doesn't have to be your own family. tell them what you know about what life was like for us in the days, years, decades after emancipation. if you don't know much, look it up and learn about it together.

This is Juneteenth.

white people CAN interact with this post. share it, spread it.

[sga-mcshep-4ever]

"Easy, now. You went through the trouble to save my life. It'd be a shame to kill me."

[jazzandpizazz]

Hi! In light of pride month, I just wanted to list some of my favorite (mostly older) queer movie recommendations!

Maurice (1987)

Rope (1948) - Mostly just subtext, but is widely accepted as being queer (although not the best representation...)

The Power of the Dog (2021)

The Gay Deceivers (1969)

Another Country (1984)

Benjamin (2018)

The Birdcage (1996)

Victim (1961)

In & Out (1997)

Brokeback Mountain (2005) (obviously)

Next Goal Wins (2023)

Strangers on a Train (1955) - Not explicitly queer, but most people view one of the main characters as being gay

Deathwatch (1965) - This one's kind of confusing and weird but you've just got to watch it and believe me

The Sergeant (1968)

The Servant (1963) - Most people interpret it as having homosexual subtext. Also it's Dirk Bogarde, so.....

Carol (2015)

The Children's Hour (1961)

Miller's Crossing (1990) - A few of the characters are gay, but it's not really the main focus of the movie. Still a great one, though.

Warlock (1959) - A western with a pair of characters that seem a bit more than friends..... A lot of westerns are known for having subtext, but this one is known by some as "the first gay western". Decide for yourself.....

Those are the ones that I have watched, but I'll also include a few in my watchlist that I've heard are also queer in some way:

The Singer Not the Song (1961)

The Tin Star (1957)

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)

The Leather Boys (1964)

Death in Venice (1971)

Wilde (1997)

Winter Kept Us Warm (1965)

Queer (2024)

Philadelphia (1993)

Compulsion (1959)

That Certain Summer (1972)

Beautiful Thing (1996)

Wings (1927)

Imagine Me & You (2005)

The Boys in the Band (1970)

Milk (2008)

Pride (2014)

Some Like it Hot (1959)

Straight Jacket (2004)

Enjoy, and HAPPY PRIDE MONTH!!!!!!!!!!!

(if you're interested, my letterboxd is: iovss57)

[jazzandpizazz]

HAPPY PRIDE MONTH 2026!

I'm going to expand my original list with all of the queer movies I've seen since then!

From my original list:

The Tin Star (1957) - Not as gay as I thought it would be, but there's some semblance of subtext to be found if you look hard enough...

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) - Paul Newman described it as "a love affair between two men"... so... there's that!

Winter Kept Us Warm (1965) - I thought it was pretty damn gay but apparently some of the actors didn't even know it was supposed to be.

Compulsion (1959) - Based on real gay murderers (same story as Rope (1948)).

That Certain Summer (1972) - Hal Holbrook and Martin Sheen are explicitly in a relationship, but they show almost no affection towards each other whatsoever. But what can you expect from a 70s TV movie?

Imagine Me & You (2005) - Cute lesbian romcom. I loved it!

Some Like it Hot (1959) - Has kind of an open queer ending.

+ More:

Midnight Cowboy (1969) - This movie actually destroyed me. You need to watch it.

Mass Appeal (1984) - A lesser-known movie about the church and there's a bisexual priest and it's very interesting. And Jack Lemmon is in it. I love it!

Plainclothes (2025)

Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (1983)

Bound (1996) - Amazing lesbian crime movie. So good.

Edge of the City (1957)

Mikey and Nicky (1976) - Gay gangsters??? Just maybe???

Buddies (1985) - Really touching and devastating movie about AIDS

Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985)

Deathtrap (1982)

The Balcony (1963) - Shelley Winters and Lee Grant may kiss 👀

Twilight's Kiss (2019)

The Falls (2012) - Gay mormons. Low budget. On Tubi.

The Best Way to Walk (1976) - DEVASTATING french movie about repressed desire.

Personal Best (1982)

I Love You Phillip Morris (2009)

Prayers for Bobby (2009) - I cried SO much watching this movie. Be warned...

The Sting (1973)

Sweet Smell of Success (1957)

Girls in Uniform (1931)

Olivia (1951)

Movies I haven't seen yet but I've heard they're queer in some way:

Moonlight

Saved!

Dark Harbor

Villain

Macho Dancer

Farewell My Concubine

Between Two Women

Fried Green Tomatoes

Women in Love

Summertime

Firebird

Parting Glances

La Cage aux Folles

Breakfast on Pluto

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

I hope everyone has an AMAZING pride month this year, and I hope this list has given you some good recommendations! Please suggest more movies that I may have missed in the tags!!!

[american-boyboss]

[jojo-the-dogg0]

Equiping an armor tutorial

i'll prob make more bc i love talking ab armors

[saveaboud]

BREAKING: World Cup protestors cover FIFA logo in Toronto with a powerful message.

Repost if you think Israel should be kicked out.

[saveaboud]

[saveaboud]

The ones who killed my father, my niece, and half of my relatives should not be welcomed at the World Cup.

[saveaboud]

Unfortunately, these may be my last hours because Israel is preventing my treatment. Please leave a donation to help save my six little siblings… and please do not forget them if I die.

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[saveaboud]

Everyone reacts… but no one donates!!!

[martindykewood]

please help aboud!!

[tettybetty]

Please help Aboud’s family by sharing and donating if you can! Last donation was six hours ago!

[megacarapa]

ok so this is another long shot but a few years ago there was a twitter post (in japanese i think?) that had measurememts for how to make this book stand thing out of cardboard that you could use to double up books and use up more space on shelves

back then i made a bunch of these but by now i lost the pic and dont know how to find the original post anymore

if it comes down to it i can just take one apart and get the measurements from there but i would be very grateful if anyone happens to have the original post or something similar??

[megacarapa]

don't mind how long it's been since i made this post, anyway i realized that i don't even need to take one apart to get the measurements when i can literally just unfold it and refold it /FACEPALM

so anyway here is the diagram for anyone else who is interested!!

this requires pretty big carboard pieces, if you have a really big box or something you can make it from one piece, but if you don't, you can also just make each of the pieces individually and then tape them together

and then in the end you put it together like this!!

and then when you make a bunch you can put them all next to each other and stack your books like crazy

EVERYONE START GETTING MORE USE OUT OF YOUR SPACE NOW!!!!

[asieybarbie]

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[orteil42]

given the current climate this pride especially i feel i must mention that i love my trans friends, i stand with trans people in the fight against transphobic legislation and those who would enforce it, and this blog is not a good place for you to be if you do not vibe with that