Fermat's Last Custard

30s, British, molecular biologist turned charity worker. Fandom-y mess but they're all tagged. (icon by shockingblankets)

[captain-price-returns]

At least one member of the British government is doing their job.

[tarragonthedragon]

i just got the "see where your blood has gone!" email from giving blood but it glitched and just showed me my current location. which. theyre not wrong. that is where most of my blood is

[rann-poisoncage]

[mon3trs]

in space no one can hear you moan like a girl

[fat-fuck-hairy-belly]

Ground control here, we can hear you just fine

[jackabbot]

FRIENDS 2.10 • The One With Russ

[dahlia-molinas]

if christopher nolan was really the visionary and ground-breaking director everyone claims he is he would have cast ben affleck as penelope

[filmtvtoday]

DERRY GIRLS | 1.01

[sufjansjoy]

does anybody know how to get out of bed. or be a better person

[sufjansjoy]

wow

[halzune]

the 'in love with jester' table when the plank king talks to jester

CRITICAL ROLE Darktow

[hightide-error]

the poster that this incredible illustration is based on is extremely striking. but while searching for it, I also found earlier posters for conveying this message along with a corresponding one for summer, and I fucking love them. absolutely lovely graphic design work. (both are from 1924, artist is Austin Cooper)

the one I was looking for originally also has a summer variant. (artist is Frederick Charles Herrick: 'it is warmer below' is from 1927, 'it is cooler below' is 1926)

[elodieunderglass]

I also like Edward McKnight Kauffer’s London Underground posters, the 1923 Natural History Museum one is such cool piece of visual art

[hypokeimena]

all those posts that are like "why am i researching currency debasement in the 1860s for a fanfiction no one is going to care" are full of shit, i just DNFd a fic for being obviously incorrect about the history of plumbing

[hypokeimena]

my people have found me.

[hypokeimena]

#i think the underpinning perception to me re: this kind of thing #is that it’s what convinces you on a gut level that the author doesnt know what theyre doing and is not thinking seriously about their story #whether this is true slash accurate or not varies #but supposedly ‘ little ‘ things can be strong & clear indicators that an author didnt think through their scene and just wanted a specific #aesthetic or moment that accidentally hurls the reader out of immersion in the story #forex - an example from some prev tags - horses being tacked up in the middle of the night #just in riding gear for no reason like theyre cars that can be parked in a garage and just be ready to drive #a ‘ little ‘ thing but it’s like. fully immersion breaking. like oh thats not a real horse. these characters arent interacting with real #horses. they are Means of Transportationing With Aesthetic. and from there it’s such a quick slide into oh these characters arent real arent #engaging arent compelling #bc theyve accidentally fallen thru a hole where the author forgot to put down story (via @silentwalrus1)

[slayianthe]

[vintageandroid]

i made a post like this before but I can't find it now. so. I'll just redo it.

What's the first "big news story" you remember from when you were a kid?

It's something I love to ask mixed-aged groups sometimes because I think it's really interesting to see the responses. I've gotten answers from the Olympics of [whatever year] to Watergate to more recent stuff from my niblings.

My first news thing I remember is the OJ Simpson trial. I vaguely remember watching the news with my grandparents before that, but that's the first story I remember, in part because my second grade teacher had us go play so she could watch the verdict 😂

[absolutelynotclassicusernam-blog]

I remember walking down the street and seeing a sign protesting George W. Bush’s war on Iraq, so I think that.

[headspace-hotel]

I don't know about a news story, but my first "political" memory was something about the torture memos

[doorsclosingslowly]

my first political memory is photographs from abu ghraib

[manhasetardis]

"Our research showed that young gay men strategically invest their self-worth in those areas in which they can succeed, namely academics, appearance, and competition, more so than straight men. Essentially, it seems as if young gay men go to great lengths to prove their worth to others in those domains. This is particularly likely for those who concealed their sexual orientation for long periods of time when growing up and for those who grew up in more stigmatizing states. Our results also showed that being "the best little boy in the world" comes at a cost, as young gay men who invested in these status-related domains were more likely to spend more time alone, to report more daily eating problems, getting into arguments and lying to others, and to feel more stress each day. As previously discussed, besting others at competitive tasks represents one way for young gay men to control a threatening environment, although not without cost." - John Pachankis and Mark Hatzenbuehler

[joshdonnas]

4x04 | THE RED MASS

The West Wing (1999-2006)

[viralfrog]

[holocrone]

SEVERANCE (2022—) 1.01 | Good News From Hell 1.05 | The Grim Barbarity of Optics and Design