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Hi I’m Salem (they/them) and this is my personal/spam blog. Main is @toddycats. Certified Gay In STEM. Picrew icon by PepperJackets

[salemdotcom]

It’s kind of crazy how caring about another person can make you want to be a better person yourself. It’s kind of crazy how being cared for by another person can make it possible to find the strength to do that.

[shoenisa]

I am obsessed with this man it's crazy - Waiter, I'll take 10 more O'Brien suffers episodes please.

I used a couple excellent pictures from @salemdotcom and @esrahs-picmixes

The pages are under the cut.

[salemdotcom]

Feeling normal listening to Talk Too Much off the album How Will You Know If You Never Try? Having a normal one

[salemdotcom]

No rizz, just hazel eyes and 27/30 on the online autism test

[decomposedmaw]

Chillin’ on the Bridge

[cosmonautroger]

[7pm]

[ID: a little dog eating raspberries from a bush. /End ID.]

[garaks-padded-bra]

MINSK

[benchofindigo]

[VD: Fanvid done via drawings of the conversation in Star Trek Deep Space Nine where Jake asks O'Brien where O'Brien's family is going to live on Earth. The other characters offer suggestions - Sisko says New Orleans, Kasidy says Paris, Ezri offers Rio. Worf keeps on saying Minsk and maps/photos of Minsk keep popping up as Worf gets more and more threatening in his suggestion of Minsk ending with him squeezing O'Brien with a final declaration of Minsk. End VD]

[hollis-art]

i like to think rom got him a whole plethora of different motivational animal posters for moral support

[ds9promenade]

ID: fanart of Nog in his starfleet uniform, leaning back against a wall with a "hang in there!" poster of a cat hanging from a tree branch. Nog is saying, "Oh motivational cat poster, we're really in it now [frowny emoji]"

[caats]

[casperarts]

@creatures-in-posts

[creatures-in-posts]

This creature is a sopping wet beast

[hollowedskin]

Boy why are you so paws??

[naamahdarling]

Pipe cleaner lookin lil binch

[respocked]

wait i forgot to post this

[alexanderwales]

I think any marriage needs its running jokes, ones that you can repeat with variations, or make callbacks too.

One of my favorite bits is describing the romcoms I watch to my wife as though I have never heard of a narrative in my life.

"She runs a small plane company, and he's from a major airline trying to shut her down, so it's really anyone's guess what's going to happen."

"Get this, he's a stuffy office dork and she's a free spirit, and they end up stuck in the same cabin on a cruise. Sounds like a disaster, right?"

"They've decided to pair up and be each other's plus one at a series of weddings to feel less pathetic, but it's not like they like each other or anything."

So I told my wife that I hoped she would still enjoy me doing this bit forty years from now, and she smiled and held my hand and said that she'd never liked it, not even the first time.

[pangur-and-grim]

this has never been one of my popular prints, but I love the sky. how it shifts from pastel cotton candy colours to this glowing gold, and how the water continues that transition until its all cool and dark. colours are fun! risograph is fun!

[pangur-and-grim]

and this one too! all the faded sharp mountains, with the rounded clouds spreading above them! don't worry about the dinosaurs, the dinosaurs do not matter at all

[salemdotcom]

Kitty cuddle time btw. If you even care.

[demilypyro]

WRONG.

It's the root of self-respect.

Without desiring things, you'll never accomplish anything. You need to let yourself desire things. And you need to let yourself pursue the things you desire. That's the only way you stop living for others, and start living for yourself. You need to look at your life, and ask yourself what you want out of it. And then you need to pursue that.

[demilypyro]

If I hadn't developed this greed I would still be a man. I would still be plugging away at a job that I hate, as a gender I hate, in a life that I hate, never daring to desire anything. The only reason I'm still here is because of my greed. My desire to have the things I want. My willingness to put my own happiness first.

It's not noble not to desire things. It doesn't make you a good person. It just means you live life never standing up for yourself. It means you never pursue the things YOU want. I wanted to be a woman. I wanted to pursue a career entertaining others. I wanted a life I can be proud of living. I got the things I wanted! And I still want more!! WHAT DO YOU WANT?

[mark-gently]

NDA stands for Non't Dalk Aboutit

[everqueen12]

byron donalds gave his life to christ in a cracker barrel parking lot. now you too can learn what religion you can convert to in a fast food restaurant parking lot by spinning these handy links!

like what you got?

yes

no

i'm converting on the spot

what the goddamn hell are you talking about

Voting ended onAug 29, 2025

[salemdotcom]

I think that every time someone infodumps to me, I fall in love with them a little. And when I infodump to you it means I care and want to share my joy. Btw.