Tick, Tick, Boom!

*fizzles* I guess I'm really more of a dud. I like to reblog awesome things other people make because I have no discernible talents of my own.

[jeffoff]

[20260719] cr: studio_on_saturn

[black-arcana]

Poppy 📸© Brian Ziff

[zhaozi]

🖤

[willowreader]

A mind body approach to Long Covid is probably not a cure.

[pyrebomb]

75 out of the 400 MILLION people estimated to be living with Long Covid globally is such a tiny fraction of a percent that my calculator had to display the number as an exponent. Yet these are the only sorts of articles the mainstream media ever publishes about the disorder. Hm, I wonder why. 🤔

[girl-mercury]

nickname poll

So currently I answer to my full first name (which I usually introduce myself with) as well as two nicknames/diminutives plus my last name when people mistake it for a first name. There are two or three other nicknames I've also gone by in the past. I'm perfectly fine with this, or neutral at minimum-- I have a common name and have had to be flexible with how I'm distinguished for my whole life. I also don't feel a deep and fundamental connection of my name with my identity, though I think going by another name entirely would confuse me.

A number of friends have been appalled at me being called names I don't say are my name. Which is really weird to me, although I'd go to battle for anyone else who was getting either deadnamed or called something they didn't want. But this perspective seems surprisingly common!

How do you feel about being called something other than the name you introduce yourself with?

I think it's fun if people give me (non-derogatory) nicknames or shorten my name

I don't care if people call me something else and will answer to it

I'm mildly uncomfortable or annoyed but won't make an issue of it

I HATE being called something else and will always correct people

Nuance in tags/Vanilla extract/I'm bald

Remaining time: 4 days 17 hours

[meowcatticus]

Orange mj :)

[firewalkwithmedvd]

Was trying to make a joke about TV writing to my friend the other day and had to pause and go "...does the phrase 'surf dracula' mean anything to you?"

[firewalkwithmedvd]

One of the most important critical texts of this century imo

[hypokeimena]

image description: tweet by @/topherflorence, reading: back in the day if u did a tv show called surf dracula you'd see that fool surfing every week in new adventures but in the streaming era the entire 1st season gotta be a long ass flashback to how he got the surfboard until you finally get to see him surf for 5 min in the finale /end description

[sunflowers-58-68]

December 2007: Michael Jackson for “Ebony”. His last major print publication interview and his photoshoot

Michael discusses his career, inspirations, fatherhood, etc. He also confirmed he was working on a new record, writing and recording, everyday. And he said this now-haunting quote:

Q: So, you´re almost 50 now. Do you think you´ll be doing this at 80?

MJ: The truth is, umm, no. Not the way James Brown did, or Jackie Wilson did, where they just ran it out, they killed themselves. In my opinion, I wish [Brown] could have slowed down and been more relaxed and enjoyed his hard work.

— EbonyJet Magazine — Michael Jackson in his own words

[maniatown]

Girl whose most frequent mistake is inaction voice: wow I keep making mistakes I better not do anything

[hadesisqueer]

Two World Cup finalists from opposing teams in this fucking picture, this sport isn't real

[hadesisqueer]

Context for anyone who is wondering: Lamine Yamal's parents won an UNICEF raffle for a charity photoshoot in which Barça players posed with kids, and 5 month old Lamine happened to get 20yo Messi. Which is like. Literally insane

[joyflameball]

[estefanirose]

Want to have some fun with me at a 20+ party?

Hey! I'm just inviting you to a secret party hosted by Smerchaza, and I want to invite my friends too.

But everyone needs to help me out! Just vote for your preferred venue in the comments below and tell me why you want to attend this secret 20+ party here? The 10 people with the most compelling votes will each receive 2 tickets! See you there!

Participate until the 28th only! Winners will be announced on the 30th. For more details, check out the Smirnoff House page.

Win a chance to attend the "Smirnoff House 20+ x Bible Secret Party"! 10 prizes, 2 tickets each, totaling 20 tickets.

- Participation period: July 22, 2026 - July 28, 2026 at 23:59

- Winner announcement: July 30, 2026 at 19:00 on Facebook: Smirnoff House

- Event date: August 2, 2026 at 18:00 onwards

Rules and judging criteria

- Participants must vote for the event venue from the available options and explain "Why you want to have a secret 20+ party here."

- The 10 comments that impress the judges the most will receive 2 tickets each to the "Smirnoff House 20+ Secret Party x Bobel."

- Participants must be 20 years of age or older and reside in Thailand.

**Only participants who follow all the rules and conditions of the contest are eligible to receive prizes.

***The decision of the Smirnoff House page is final.

#SmirnoffHouse #SmirnoffHouse20+

[lovelyways]

November 8th, 1996: Michael Jackson arrives in Auckland, New Zealand and is welcomed by Sir Howard Morrison with the Hongi, a traditional Māori greeting ♡

[dduane]

In today's "Not A Bad Bit Of Snark" dep't at Bluesky...

[gwfrozentears]

Al fin terminado! Me decidi usar stickers en lugar de grafiti, creo que es algo que tambien él haria 😁

[spin-the-wheel-polls]

you are now a cat in the warrior cats universe! Spin these wheels for your name!

Do you like it?

YES!!!

yes

eh it's okay

no.

IM MOON MOON

results/other

Remaining time: 4 days 9 hours

note: I (the owner of this blog and maker of wheels) am not into warrior cats! I just thought this would be fun to make

(prefixes and suffixes from @yarrowleef)

[lemmmmmmmmmmonade]

HELP HELP HELP HELP HELP

[divorcedwife]

look at the republican calendar and see which animal/plant/item is associated with your birthday ok. if you're born january 14 you get the day of the cat

[divorcedwife]

solidarity for everyone who was born on the day of the cistern or the watering can or something like that

[imminentinertia]

What the hell.

[historicity-was-already-taken]

(Yoinked this from LinkedIn, genuinely interested in seeing how responses align with demographics) (so far it’s those of us over 35 being indignant but I wanna see how those fully plays out) (it’s cultural and technological history/memory, bruh)

18

[bellisima-writes]

I am an old bitch - 20/20.