Only My Gaydar

Just that gay trash your mom warned you about || It/its/they/them/he/him || Avatar by Ursawood and header by me || Will cut a bitch for you || Panromantic Demi-homosexual || In a QP relationship with arguably the best person || People who can fuck right off away from this blog (in no particular order): TERFs, truscum, aro/ace/nb exclusionists and aphobes, other lgbtq+ "gatekeepers," people who get mad when others reclaim the word queer, people who make fun of and/or don't believe in queer-platonic relationships, anyone who fetishises lgbtq+, queerphobes of any and every kind, Nazis/white supremacists, conservatives, trump supporters, the entire "alt-right," radical christians, "MAPs"/paedophiles and anyone who supports them in any way, incels, islamophobes, zionists, antisemites (more to be added)

[all-mammal-creechur]

Few-toothed Rat Paucidentomys vermidax

A shrew-rat from Sulawesi, Indonesia. The rat has no molars and only two upper incisors, an adaptation to its earthworm diet.

image by Jacob Esselstyn, et al.

[a-book-of-creatures]

Wait so it has only -

Oh. Oh.

[camblogarchive]

nature documentary but the narration is just weird enough to make you question it

[camblogarchive]

“Some fish can walk out of water, so remember that next time.”

[camblogarchive]

“You might think you’re safe, but horses are omnivores”

[toxicglooo]

please watch the round planet on netflix it’s exactly like that 

[jingerpi]

hate hate hate how sites are increasingly trying to make right click saving images impossible. facebook, instagram, reddit (app), pinterest*, etc... all make you jump through hoops just to save an image. can you guys not please. how ddo i make them stop. can we get one of those EU regulations or whatever that makes them all comply, or are we going to have to wait for global socialism for that. ugh

[desktop-assistant]

Right-Click Borescope - Chrome Web Store

List all images under your cursor, even ones hidden by other elements

Right-Click Borescope – Get this Extension for 🦊 Firefox (en-US)

Download Right-Click Borescope for Firefox. List all images under your cursor, even ones hidden by other elements

[acanuk]

oh look, the exact tool that would have saved me SO much time and energy trying to find images hidden in the source code 🙃

[a-tangled-mermaid]

Sigh. At least I have this.

[sandmandaddy69]

[sahonithereadwolf]

I want to see the vampire who lives in this. I bet his name is Chad or Hunter.

[marlynnofmany]

And he's ready to crack open a boy with the cold ones.

[cipheramnesia]

You know he's slorshin' in it

[yolas0]

[gummi-stims]

🪰Fly fursuit from crownedfeline on tiktok!🪰

[alkemylabz]

Interesting mile-long fanfic/theorypost/xreader imagine! Have you considered using this button

It may look like a yummy Burger, but it is called a "read more"

[poppific]

Americans trying to explain that they don’t want to see long text posts: so imagine a burger

[sabertoothwalrus]

hey guys it broke containment. anyway

fuck marry kill

fuck senshi, marry grace, kill tenna

fuck grace, marry tenna, kill senshi

fuck tenna, marry senshi, kill grace

fuck senshi, marry tenna, kill grace

fuck grace, marry senshi, kill tenna

fuck tenna, marry grace, kill senshi

Remaining time: 3 days 5 minutes

[sabertoothwalrus]

many have pointed out that the ones with “kill tenna” have the most votes, and while that is technically true, I think’s a lot funnier to point out that the options with “marry tenna” have by far the least votes

[south-africa-official]

i never really got it when people made posts about light pollution and seeing all the stars for the first time and crying. i always assumed that everyone has gone on a road trip to a bortle 1.0 place and seen stars like that, and it's fantastic, but not like life changing. and then i went to europe last month and was in a mountaintop village of like 300 people and could see about 5 stars in the sky. like fewer than i can see from my home in a big metropolitan city.

my apologies to the non-africans, i did not realise how fucked your sky is

[cazort]

the thing that makes me mad about light pollution is that so much of it could be fixed by downward-facing light fixtures and doing that would also massively reduce energy usage bc all that light cast upward is wasted energy

[on-my-way-to-the-woods]

Scooped this molecule of a snake off of the bike path

[knittingontheroad]

Illegally smol

[dankmemeuniversity]

[hylialeia]

listen it's not that I think epic the musical is a perfect adaption of the odyssey but it was an impressive passion project that knew what it wanted to be and knew what people gravitated to in the original work and it put significant effort into conveying this through its unique medium and tone to the point that hundreds of other people felt compelled to put effort into their own artistic interpretations of that version of the story. and that's really cool! and yes I would be more critical if it was a 100 million dollar project made by a professional because what the fuck do you mean you're a world-famous director and you cut the my name is nobody scene are you goddamn serious

[dabouse]

HE CUT ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS PARTS OF THE ODYSSEY?!?!?!?!?!

[moonshynecybin]

have you guys ever seen a crocodile with its fingies out

[moonshynecybin]

[devilishdescent]

[fitnessadvicethatfitsinyourlife]

Drinking soda is better than drinking nothing all day. Eating ice cream for dinner is better than eating nothing for dinner. Eating salsa is better than having no produce in your diet at all.

Water is way more hydrating than soda, but soda is more hydrating than nothing. A balanced meal is way more nutritious than ice cream, but ice cream is more nutritious than nothing.

Something is better than nothing. Some hydration is better than no hydration. Some nutrients are better than no nutrients. Some produce is better than no produce.

Don't let societally imposed food guilt trick you into believing that nothing is a better choice. Nourishing your body, however you can, is always the better choice. Fed is best. Always.

[nudityandnerdery]

Beautiful, no notes. (Found it on Facebook, tracked it back to Reddit)

[pangur-and-grim]

@creekfiend was very kind in sharing some writing resources with me, and I thought I'd pass along the kindness by listing them down below.

N.K. Jemisin's article 'Describing characters of color in writing'

Mary Anne Mohanraj's article on approaching characters of colour

Renee Harleston's article How to 'Write Characters of Color Without Using Stereotypes'

Working with Colour, a resource site for writers

the book Writing the Other by by Nisi Shawl and Cynthia Ward, which had a description that cut deep, because I've definitely fallen into this trap out of fear:

and then a video recommended by @sheprd (thank you!) about pitfalls in descriptive language

if anyone else has more resources to add, feel free to reblog with them! this is something I want to learn more about.

[pangur-and-grim]

I was talking yesterday about how I should probably change the skin colour of a character in a not-yet-written book, because that character is a large, aggressive dragon-shifter and I was worried about her being read with unintentional and offensive subtext.

I haven't gotten my hands on Writing the Other yet (it's still in the mail!) but from reading my way through these articles and watching the Princess Weekes video, I now understand that 'white-ifying' a character you're worried about is a lazy and cowardly solution. so, if I do ever finish the book Eres loses Everything, I'll keep her as is, do my best to be thoughtful, and hire a sensitivity reader to pick out any blind spots.

thank you to everyone who passed on resources, I really appreciate it!

[pangur-and-grim]

here are a few more resources I've found, if anyone’s interested:

Writing Diversely FAQ

Writing With Colour blog

A conversation between many writers on writing diverse characters

Four Tips to Help You Incorporate Diversity and Inclusion in Your Writing

A Medium Article: "Yes, You Should Be Afraid to Write “Diverse” Characters"

[pangur-and-grim]

adding another resource to the list! the website WritingTheOther.com is a treasure trove of articles, videos and podcasts, with online classes available.