bi, fly, and ready to cry

mostly escapist coping mechanisms, except when not | thirties | also on bluesky @sharas-bae but only for backup purposes

[girldraki]

[leavethepuddle]

@sarumans

[pyrrhiccomedy]

So I've been learning French for a while and 'faire' is actually an incredible word. Like what a fucking breakthrough in economy of language.

Faire is a verb that is usually translated into English as "to do/to make," but it covers way more actions than that, which is very confusing for new speakers. because (I have realized) that's not really what faire means.

Faire is actually a word that just gestures vaguely in the direction of the object of the sentence and goes "you know." "Je fais du velo." "Je fais du courses." "Je fais mes valises." I'm biking. I go grocery shopping. I'm packing my bags. You're just sort of pointing at a bike and going "you know, the obvious thing you'd do with it."

English: "You mean RIDE it??"

French: "Sure whatever."

Like idk I just really enjoy the concept of a catch-all verb that you can just slap onto almost anything because who fucking gives a shit, you get the idea. There's a bike. what do you think I'm going to do with it.

[funny-tik-toks]

[willabee]

<- baby alert ->

[picsthatmakeyougohmm]

[anaxaver]

the miracle of life

[heedra]

really losing my patience for any 'feminist' statement to the tune of 'we need feminism because women fill a fundamentally different and necessary role than men and will be better at doing x y or z'. like actually i think we need feminism because it is an unbearable death of the spirit by inches to exist in a world where you are not seen as a fully realized human being because of a single cultural determination, and because a world that enshrines such things creates systems that are fundamentally sick to the core

[teashoesandhair]

I'm in a little local cafe and the women behind the counter started griping to each other, "Oh Christ, Stephen's back again," "It's him, is it? I thought he'd stopped coming," "It's definitely him, look, it's bloody Stephen on a Thursday morning," "Do you want me to get rid of him or are you going to do it?" and so I was peering outside, trying to spot this nightmare customer, this pestilence of a person, this pox upon the cafe trade, and then one of the women from behind the counter ran outside, clapping two trays together loudly and yelling "GET OUT OF IT, STEPHEN!" and it turns out that Stephen is an absolutely gigantic fuck-off seagull who hangs around outside, menacing people for crumbs

[mapleejay]

does anyone else think about how brave all their friends are and get really emotional about it

[mapleejay]

I'm glad everyone is alive rn

[toskarinfr]

[princessslea]

Using this as a spell to keep tumblr alive at least until this post is accurate

[byjove]

Achilles wouldn’t have died if he was wearing OSHA approved work boots.

[byjove]

Don’t let workplace safety be YOUR Achilles heel.

[pooslie]

[blumineck]

Be yourself as best you can whenever you can.

[blue--deer]

*slides this across the table* you're going to want to read this

[elodieunderglass]

There are Experiences behind this sign

[trekbec82]

[Image description: a photograph of a typed notice stuck in a shop window, with the contact methods for Salt Shack listed at the top and a wide arrow at the bottom, and the following text between.]

IMPORTANT NOTICE

DOGS ARE WELCOME... BUT.

We are an educational mineral science company, and we pride ourselves on being accommodating to both man and beast. However, people often gingerly stick their head through the door and ask whether dogs are allowed inside, to which we politely reply "Of course", before the person brings in what is genetically closer to a horse.

Understand that we have a great deal of precious and delicate minerals in this shop, and because of this, it's somewhat anxiety inducing to have a dog that has seemingly been cross bred with an M1A1 Abrams tank meandering around the shop wagging a tail that is likely triggering tsunamis on the other side of the planet.

Below is an arrow (much like the height limit on a roller coaster), if you dog is above this arrow, we recommend mooring it to a lamppost (with very deep foundations) before entering the shop. Then once you are done, you can simply ride it home and go about your day.

NOTE: If you feel that you have been mis-sold a horse as a dog, contact your local vet for species verification.

[end image ID]

[end-otw-racism]

OTW Board Meeting on August 1!

The OTW has announced the next public Board meeting will be held on August 1st at 2:00 UTC. For some of us that will still be July, though, so be sure to check what time that is for you.

The posted agenda:

Decisions made since the last public board meeting

2026 OTW Board Election update

Board Roadmap update

Any other business (Questions & Answers)

Meetings are held in the OTW Discord server and last approximately one hour. The Board will address the agenda first, and once that business is concluded they will take at least ten questions. Questions that are not answered during the meeting will be combined and posted as weekly Q&A threads in the ⁠#questions-answers channel starting two weeks after the most recent public meeting.

For this meeting, there is the option to send in questions in advance through a Google Form. You'll need to be logged into a Google account in order to submit a question, and only one question per person will be accepted. Questions can be submitted up to three days before the meeting begins or until fifty questions have been submitted. At that point, the form will be closed.

Because procedures may continue to change, we recommend reading through the OTW Discord's Community Guidelines in the #rules channel to familiarize yourself with the details of how meetings will be run. 

We hope to see you there!

--The Fandom Against Racism Team

[mindofsafiya]

Pastel Paradise °❀⋆.ೃ࿔*:･

Buy Prints Here ★ Patreon

Hey Yall! I’ve been really busy lately. I'm a vendor at an art show called Waffles and Wine this Saturday, and I’ve been working on prints to get ready for it. Here’s one of the illustrations I created for the show.

I wanted to create an illustration that felt like the summer vibes, and what better than a pool party?

[eldritchbauble]

Getting plowed is for the country folk. Here in the city we call it being taken to pound town. And if it's a place with decent public transit, getting railed.

[nosnexus]

We're all sinners here

[potato-lord-but-not]

Sinners. you agree.