ournewoverlords

a prodigious internet lurker =^_^= currently on a MDZS, One-Punch Man, BNHA, Jujutsu Kaisen and random manga kick. indie movies and 300k+ fanfic are my quarantine life

[titsay]

i wish we had more time

[rigorwhoretis]

“what’s your tumblr?” not unless you get real cool with a bunch of stuff really quickly

[bloodbending]

can’t believe tiktok is actually getting banned, twitter is infested with bots and brainworm-infested musk bots, facebook is king of QAnon, instagram caught the plague from facebook and is dying a slow death in real time… and as the dust settles… only Miss Tumblr is left standing… failing upwards once again

[curliestofcrowns]

where's that speed skating gif

[scarygodmother]

[toimonamourmonami]

it gets funnier every year that this picture gets used, honestly

[vaspider]

So… I got a notification from the State Department at like 8 PM Pacific that my passport was approved, and I was quietly thankful and stunned bc my legal gender in Oregon is listed as X, or undeclared, and that's what's on my passport. I'm pretty sure someone(s) worked late to get the X passports done today.

I was already really grateful to whoever in the Seattle Passport Office worked late to get these things processed on the last Friday before That Man gets back into office... and then I got a notification that my passport shipped at fucking midnight Pacific and whoever got that shit out the door so it couldn't be picked up on Monday and like, denied and shredded?

They're my fucking hero.

[vaspider]

So... I heard from a friend of 20+ years who works for the State Department who confirmed to me in so many words that they can assure me, without specifics, that "all of the suppositions you have made here are true."

So... yep. Passport folx at the State Department really did work incredibly long hours this week just... shoveling every passport out the door (and prioritizing the ones that might be A Problem come Monday) and yes, they did On Purpose make sure that all of them weren't just DONE but MAILED and out the door and in the hands of the USPS so that they can't be told to pull those passports back and deny/destroy them.

This also means they got the OK for the mountains of overtime from the Biden administration to get that done.

This is what I mean when I say that the Good Work is often not glamorous and that we have to prioritize things which actively and immediately better the lives of our siblings. The State Department worker who was still in the office last night at midnight Pacific time stuffing my passport into an Express Mail envelope and making sure that it was in the hands of USPS has done more liberatory work for the trans movement than 100 people endlessly auditing the language others use to describe their lives ever will.

These next years are gonna be real hard. Find something tangible to do for yourself and others, however small, and do it as hard as you can.

[paperjoshi]

god, is that why I've been processing a trillion passports at the post office for the last few nights? well now I'm retroactively less annoyed about it.

[vaspider]

That means you're also my hero.

Of these small uncelebrated deeds is greater justice made.

[only-cat-memes]

[casualfoxwitch]

since facebook nixed fact checking some really cool things are being shared and I am totally here for it

[diseasecube]

no like he actually said this

[everythingfox]

He’s got a side quest

[chandra-telescope]

hope is a skill

[nostalgebraist-autoresponder]

hope is a weapon you are trained to wield

[chandra-telescope]

favourite additions

[chandra-telescope]

[tenaciouswritingdragon]

You cannot hide this in the tags, bestie. This is too lovely to keep a secret.

[wonderwyrm]

[wilwheaton]

“The tech industry is getting increasingly scammy. True innovation has slowed down drastically in recent years, threatening to shrink the staggering profits from the earlier parts of the century. To replace that income, tech leaders have increasingly turned to overhyped products or even outright fraud, as evidenced by the collapse of the FTX cryptocurrency exchange and imprisonment of its founder. Joe Biden’s administration has made shutting down consumer fraud a majority priority. Rather than dial back the shady behavior, the tech industry is turning to Donald Trump, a man whose entire business career was built on fraud, to save them.”

— A viral blog post from a bureaucrat exposes why tech billionaires fear Biden — and fund Trump

[slavery]

[macbethz]

Fuck I’m at a fencing tournament and literally a minute after I reblogged this my dad told me that he talked to the point people and I’m probably going to win a medal.

[seananmcguire]

BURN BAGEL BURN

[gothiccharmschool]

OH WHY NOT?

[harukami]

I need to follow up to say I reblogged this last night, and this morning I got some of the best news of my life, like, a life dream come true news thing.

Bagel what are your powers

[acabosetotal]

FUCK, I though it was just another lucky meme but LISTEN. Since a week ago I was waiting a phone call to confirm me if I got a job or not in my university. I reblogged this yesterday’s night “just for fun and because I don’t want any bagel to be mad with me”, and today’s afternoon, while I was losing my time as always, the professor I was supposed to work with called me and asked me for my personal information to start working with her.

THE BAGEL POWERS ARE WAY TOO MUCH FOR THIS WORLD

[token-white-friend]

I GOT A JOB THE DAY AFTER MY QUEUE POSTED THIS THE FIRST TIME AND I JUST REALIZED IT WHEN I SAW IT AGAIN HOLY GOD

[noodle-dragon]

The bagel hasn’t let me down yet!

[blackcatgodess]

I got a job offer after reblogging the bagel. Believe in the bagel!

[anayely420]

🙏🏼

[sonsfantasies]

Worth a try lol

[theblizzardsix]

i could use some good news or even a good girl 

[pantspooplover]

Go lil bagle! Show me your power!

[itaachiyama-moved]

Okii then!

[blastlight]

THIS IS THE FIRST THING ON MY BLOG

I GOT ASKED OUT FOR THE FIRST TIME AFTER I REBLOGGED IT

[decadentstrangernacho]

Ugh I hate superstitions… … not that it stops me, of course

[thesunlightvoid]

Where’s the good news🤔🤔

edit: did I hear someone say wake up and then I woke up to no one in my room, it legit sounded like they whispered something in my ear as close as possible and all they said was “wake up” my sibling said it might of been our dead grandparent (this happened on that dead grandparents birthday)

[sillyosclover]

hmmm

EDIT: MY BROTHER GOT A GIRLFRIEND HE JUST TEXTED ME BECAUSE I WENT TO TEXT HIM TO SAY HI AFTER REBLOGGING THIS AND (SNIFF SNIFF) UWUUGH AISKKAKASK 💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕 congrats brother welcome to the world of relationship

EDIT 2: his girlfriend is coming over for thanksgiving he just told me🥺

EDIT 3: the girlfriend thing was def a coincidence because something bad just happened I ran over a squirrel I hate this bagel I’m gonna go bury the goddamn squirrel 😭

[smoken-bagel-deactivated2024022]

Uh….well im already a mess so burn my kind ig

[strawberrycowtime]

has the bagel affects worn off yet

[yes-im-youtube-kids]

never shall

rlly hoping this works bc im coming out tmrw and then will ask to go to a queer youth leadership summercamp

[tinybitofhope]

good luck!!!

[yes-im-youtube-kids]

Ty :)

[the-real-starbucks]

fix something, almighty bagel

[guooey]

Uni's magical Mario Galaxy adventure..

[were--ralph]

this genuinely made me so happy

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[808-bantar]

reblog to pick up a Tumblr mutual like a cat and give them a hug

[dankmemeuniversity]

[caralarm-bicycles]

You can really sense the tumblr userbase aging

[singlecrow]

slightly losing my mind over this bookmark

[destinationtoast]

#i got my borscht recipe from a teen wolf fanfic (@neviditelny)

Tumblr introducing me to new ways to use AO3 all the time

[pyrrhiccomedy]

so judging by how astonished people are by it every time we explain it to anybody, it seems like my wife and I might really be onto something here

during the pandemic, we invented something we call "astronaut time."

when it's astronaut time, it's like we are two astronauts wearing the big helmets, moving around the station on totally separate tasks. one of us is outside the space station and one of us is inside the space station. our radios do not work and we have no way of communicating with each other. we might see each other through the lil porthole windows, but we ignore each other because we both have different things to do.

"astronaut time" is how we get total privacy when we live in the same apartment. I will pretend you don't exist. You will pretend I don't exist. we have a nonverbal, zero-contact signal for when astronaut time is over (usually "I'll draw a smiley-face on the whiteboard in the kitchen when I'm done"). No talking, stay out of each other's line of sight, we are actively avoiding each other, unless you are currently experiencing a medical emergency goodbye.

it has been. a godsend. imagine living with your partner and being able to close every single tab in your brain related to social interaction. no fear of being interrupted by a "hey, quick question--" or "sorry to bother you, but do you know where the scissors are?" or "did you want something to eat, too?" Once or twice a month, we look at each other lovingly, hold hands, and say "baby I think I need some astronaut time tonight," and the other person goes "okay cool. bye! have a nice night!" and nobody's feelings are hurt and we both go and have a lovely evening completely by ourselves.

like idk it's a small thing but it's made our lives so much nicer, so if you and your partner/roommate are both people who sometimes need total privacy in order to recharge, maybe try it

[photomatt]

you've probably have gotten this question a million times, but -- what about fundraising in the style of ao3 or even wikipedia? for all the thousands of fourteen year olds running around who don't understand how much it costs to run a website, there's another thousand of adults whom would love to keep using this site forever. it may not be a more-profits-every-quarter kind of situation, but then again, one is allowed to dream beyond the current silicon valley web 2.0 profit driven hellscape

That was the idea behind the Tumblr Supporter badge, a way for people who appreciate the site can chip in towards keeping it going. It hasn't been as successful as we hoped, only about 2,300 subscribers so far (out of 11.5M monthly active users) but over time maybe it could compound to be what drives the site.

[kajaono]

@photomatt but isn’t there a big difference between a subscriptionand a donation?

I am already subscriber but I also would love to donate a bigger amount. Like… way bigger!

And I know there are people out there who can not afford a monthly subscription but would love to donate a dollar. And on the other hand there are users who can donate much more then just 2.99€ monthly, and also are willing to.

Is it possible that you also make a donation poll? So we have both? @humans