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[yhivi]

Otay, this is probably too many, and I haven’t even submitted the photos yet, but blathh + thoughtvomette + I shot this set for GodsGirls a lil’ ago, and it was berry fun.

[hbmmaster]

I feel like I wasn't mean enough in the opening of hmsmgatn when I was disclaiming that yes I've chosen to say Bros. like bros and not brothers. like it really is wild that so many people seem to think saying it like bros like implies a lack of credibility or something when it's really just saying an abbreviated word the way it's abbreviated. but you can find many such takes on world wide web dot youtube dot commercial

[hbmmaster]

like we all know Bros. is short for Brothers. I'm not here to tell you you're wrong if you say it in full. but "you have to pronounce an abbreviated word as the full thing when you're saying it out loud" is such a wild assertion and there's no way this is something you actually consistently do

[hbmmaster]

like I'm just saying nobody who thought it was unprofessional for me to pronounce it like Super Mario Bros Three and not Super Mario Brothers Three said that I should have pronounced Super Mario USA like Super Mario the United States of America you know. at least be consistent about it

[folklorespring]

Fruit vendor in Tbilisi waiting for customers. 2005, Martin Roemers.

[misericordiia]

wound dressings and bandages are lingerie for the enlightened pervert

[dragongirlteeth]

Air to air combat is the easiest form of warfare to argue that both parties consent to. Dogfighting is basically kink and it should turn you on at least a little.

[skc-official]

"yeah this is a totally platonic rivalry" you are literally doing this

[transgender-dumpster-princess]

This honestly does it all such little justice. You need to know your opponents airframe intimately- how it handles, turns, how much it weights and how it pulls against the air. How to dance with her body elegantly, and all for just a brief moment under the sights. The strain of your body as you pull the stick, the strain of the engines as they try to give all the force you need. All for a glimpse. The blood rushing from your head as you push forward, the fight for elevation, dominance, potential energy. Position is gained slowly and lost quickly. Eagerness can find you vulnerable, under the eye of your enemy. And all they need too, just a brief glimpse. Just one moment under her sights till you’re undone, penetrated, bleeding oil and smoke and shuddering.

[great-tweets]

We just knew.

[awed-frog]

As a reminder, this is what she looks like:

[yougetsomekisses]

[larkiethings]

Also I hope everyone knows that Miette was fostered before she was adopted, and her foster mom loved that little kitten so much and always hoped she’d gone to a good home. this tweet got so popular that she recognized Miette and reached out to her current mom, and was able to share previously unseen baby pictures

[darthmelyanna]

You mean, she saw Miette was kicked like the football and did nothing to help put Mother in jail for a thousand years? I am appalled.

[tigerses]

her!!!

[madeofstarsandfairylights]

Baby Miette!!!

[ottermatopoeia]

Babe wake up new Miette lore just dropped

[devil-with-three-heads]

IT’S MIETTE!!!!

[gaytanic-panic]

[fiddlepickdouglas]

Why don't they make stained glass fish tanks? Give those fish Catholic guilt

[orcboxer]

fascinated by the implication that it's the stained glass that gives catholics the guilt

[luthqrs]

I FOUND THE. FISH CAN’T SIN POST.

[the-august-one]

I had to do it.

[fiddlepickdouglas]

I've been put in the tank 😔

[thistle-onions]

[crabussy]

every 14-16 year old is the bravest person on the planet to me

[crabussy]

talking to a 15 year old like wow okay you are like if scrambled eggs was a person. I don't know how to save you. the way you move through the world is reminiscent of a stray cat whose soul got punted into a human body. said human body is currently undergoing changes and floods of hormones that would result in cities being levelled if you were perhaps a big dragon and not a medium sized primate. been there. good luck I love you

[crabussy]

you don't have to excuse the behaviours of shitty teenagers, but you DO have to remember that they've been on this earth only as long as your cat. you have to ensure that the way you respond to said behaviour reflects this. yes they're an entire person. they're also going through a period of the most insane rapid transformation (physically, mentally, emotionally and socially) a person can experience in life. are they an irredeemable monster or are they just a very impressionable young person floundering through their first Strong Opinions based on what they've seen online, with ridiculous amounts of Hormone That Makes You Hate Everything in their bloodstream?

[crabussy]

YOUNG TEENAGERS. are YOU an irredeemable monster or are YOU just a very impressionable young person floundering through your first Strong Opinions based on what you've seen online, with ridiculous amounts of Hormone That Makes You Hate Everything in your bloodstream? I'll give you a hint. it's the second option. cut yourself some slack too! try your very best to be kind, try your very best to consider people with differing experiences to you, and maybe take a step back from discourse that does nothing besides make you upset. you've only been an animal alive on this planet for a decade and a bit. there are artisanal cheddars at your local supermarket older than you. take it easy. eat more fruit. save up for a second hand bicycle. join a local club. it's impossibly difficult to be a teenager but you have it in you, whether you're aware of it or not. I hope you can be kind to yourself, because you DO deserve that kindness. kia kaha [:

[m1ndfuck3d4ndt0uchst4rv3d]

Did you just fucking compare me to a block of cheese

[crabussy]

yes. adds you to my pasta sauce

[crabussy]

I also compared you to scrambled eggs. you could be a balanced meal and that's okay

How do I explain to you people that interracial relationships are okay

Not every white person dating a POC is fetishizing. White people can be respectful and responsible when it comes to culture and relationships and not everyone has bad intentions.

Asian people can date Black people without you saying shit like “your kids will be so pretty” they’re not dating for pretty kids. They’re dating bc they like each other.

Someone can dress their partner in clothing from their culture if they want. Someone can take their partner to cultural events if they want.

People in relationships can share cultures, experiences and love without it being toxic or skin deep.

Their partner isn’t culturally appropriating. Their partner is being shown the ultimate form of love, bc their partner trusts them and loves them enough to share their history and heritage.

Yeah, dating someone from your culture is nice bc you automatically have similar experiences. But you’re not limited to dating people with the same experiences. Loving someone is sharing and growing and being together.

Interracial relationships aren’t always toxic, and some of y’all need to stop projecting onto other people.

[spoonoftar]

👆 THIS 👆 👏👏👏

[the-real-gingakid]

Calling ineterracial relationships toxic or fetishizing just seem like anti race mixing or racism with extra steps

[skyhon]

This reminded me of this

[wafflewarrior111]

So... I found this and now it keeps coming to mind. You hear about "life-changing writing advice" all the time and usually its really not—but honestly this is it man.

I'm going to try it.

[missroserose]

I love the lawyer metaphor, because whenever I see “John knew that...” in prose writing I immediately think “how?  How does he know it?”  Interrogate your witnesses.  Cross-examine them.  Make them explain their reasoning.  It pays dividends.

[heck-in-a-handbasket]

All of this, but also feels/felt. My editor has forbidden me from using those and it’s forced me to stretch my skills.

[ineedthesons]

This is your "show not tell" advice explained!

[tarysande]

Editor here.

First, let me preface this with something very important: you can treat all of this advice as SECOND-DRAFT ADVICE. It is so much easier to rewrite this kind of stuff once you have words on the page. Telling yourself the first draft is totally appropriate and acceptable.

What we’re talking about here are FILTER WORDS (and to some degree verbs of being). Yes, “thought” words are included. But so are “heard, saw, looked, tasted, smelled” etc.—most words having to do with the senses.

This isn’t black and white advice; sometimes you’ll use these words and that’s okay. They’re not WRONG. They’re just weaker. And they’re weaker because they create distance between the reader and the experience of the character.*

If you want your reader to feel like they’re experiencing the story right alongside the character, you want to cut down on filter words.

*This is particularly important with first person and close third POVs. The reader always knows whose eyes they’re seeing through and thoughts they’re privy to. So you don’t need to tell them “I saw X.” Or “I heard X.” Or “I thought Y.” You can just jump into the action/observation as it’s happening.

This is also where you want to pay attention to verbs of being.

“It was rainy.” Versus: “The rain pounded against the roof.” Or “The rain howled like an injured animal.” Or “The rain tapped against the window like an anxious lover.” All of these are inviting the reader deeper into the experience of the story by using stronger verbs and similes. And, at the same time, they stir feelings (instead of TELLING feelings). And feelings keep your reader engaged. Engaged readers keep turning pages; engaged readers become FANS.

[the-haiku-bot]

This is also where

you want to pay attention

to verbs of being.

Beep boop! I look for accidental haiku posts. Sometimes I mess up.

[defilerwyrm]

The most valuable advice that Author Ex gave me through the years that we wrote together was this: the problem with all these filter words is that they create distance in the POV.

That means that when you read a line like

John saw that the curtains were open.

It immediately takes you OUT of the character's perspective and instead tells you what they experience as a secondhand observation.

You don't have to get fancy or purple with how you rephrase things like this. Not everything needs a ton of breathing room.

You wanna know what's perfectly impactful while keeping a tight POV?

The curtains were open.

Simple as that.

[songlin]

This was one of my all time most powerful writing lessons! This mindset shift makes you a stronger writer immediately in a way that just keeps getting easier and better for you.

[elumish]

The take I always have on advice like this is that "John saw that the curtains were open." and "The curtains were open." are sentences that are telling you two different pieces of information.

Some of this, yes, is about POV distance--but some of it is also about the information being conveyed by the sentence. If you are using a sentence like "John saw that the windows were open" it should be because the information you are seeking to convey is that John saw it.

Maybe this matters because the next time John looks back they are closed, and so he's doubting what he saw. Maybe it matters because he later has to recount information about the room he was in, and it's notable that he specifically saw that the windows were open. The fact and method of his observation is part of the point of the sentence, rather than simply the observation itself.

When we are using sense verbs, it should be because part of the point is the sense. Same with "thought", "felt", etc.: "Mary thought that Susan looked a little thin" is telling us a different piece of information than "Susan looked a little thin."

Contrarily, at least in my opinion, simple telling phrasing like "It was rainy" can sometimes bring us more into a character's head than something showing like "The rain howled like an injured animal." I have read books when a relatively plain-spoken/plain-thinking character suddenly starts having elaborate descriptions of things like scenery or weather, and it is abundantly clear that the author wanted to spruce up their writing and avoid "telling." The problem is that it drags me as the reader out of the character's head and shows me where all of the strings are. I'm suddenly thinking about how the author is worried about being yelled at for "telling" instead of just reading the story.

Your writing, down to the sentence structure and word choice level, should be about what you are trying to accomplish. Is the point to tell us that the window was open, or is it to tell us that John saw that the window was open?

[fastwalker]

similar to your post about artists sticking their butts in the camera;

there's this one youtuber, reysuka, that's a paleontologist (like. for real, with a Ph.D.) but she also does cosplay, specifically also including onlyfans/sexual cosplay. and i really wanted to sub to her, bc i like paleontology and she does videos applying her paleo knowledge to video games (cool!!!!) but.... throughout the video she'll include so many agonizingly cringe like... anime fanservice things. best way i can describe it. like hamfisted inuendos and winks at the camera and stuff and it's so very very ☹️

like she clearly knows her shit, but i can't stand watching her because it's so uncomfortable to see and listen to.

I had to look her up like why 😭 palaentology is so cool (contemplated studying geology before) why do you have to do this e-girl hentai shtick, have some self respect.

if i had a phd in my dream field I'd be outside collecting wolf poop or smth like that! and not whoring myself out on social media.

"Rey has traveled to remote areas in Antarctic South America, China, Denmark and the Western United States to search for dinosaurs. She has worked with fossils in Natural History Museums around the globe in China, Denmark, England, Chile, and the U.S., most often studying dinosaur fossils and the skeletons of living birds at the American Museum of Natural History and the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History." (from her about page)

genuinely pisses me off that people like this get to live your dreams while you had to drop out of uni just before finishing your thesis due to poverty.

like, she got all that education for what? to attract more nerds to her onlyfans, to make women uncomfortable and groom young girls into sex work by baiting them with dinosaurs. hellworld.

[bogleech]

You're talking about an accomplished scientist and grown woman who just happens to be able to fund her own research entirely with the content you're pearl-clutching about, which was her solution to having been constantly harassed by older men in her field. I'm glad your education failed, no profession needs any more slimy ghouls who talk about women like this.

[bogleech]

Oh is Reysuka not already famous on tumblr??

This is the typical extent of the scandalous deviance OP is bitter about

I guess "grooming children" is when you put legal public beach clothes on your body. Or is it only grooming if the woman doing so acknowledges that it gets thirsty clicks? Or is it only grooming if she's also talking about dinosaurs, because as everyone knows, this scientific study of a real natural phenomenon is inherently a form of children's content? Are women allowed to be visible in bikinis on the internet as long as they have no idea anyone horny will click on it? Or just as long as their PHD isn't in anything kids think is cool too? Just what are the parameters here exactly.

[airinn]

Can you show how you draw anatomy? The way you draw bodies is very pretty. The eyes too, they are very expressive!

I always appreciate when people ask me for art advice like this (it's very touching and boosts my ego significantly that people like how I draw, esp in things where I feel I'm a bit weak at) but also I am terribly unqualified to teach such things 😭😭

What I can do is point you in the direction of what I've been using to improve though!! And I'm not going to lie, this book was like 90% of my brain awakening on some anatomy quirks (it's less a 'how to' and more a lot of anatomy breakdowns)

(eng title is basically: "tips for dramatically improving your figure drawing skills by just knowing them" by TACO)

I bought it in Japan myself but I've included a link for an online method of purchasing it, but you could also find it in stores like Kinokuniya I'm sure (if you have them around you!)

SO sorry I couldn't be more helpful but also please feel free to study my art too if you like how I do things (cause I admit idkkk what i'm doingggg 😂)

[theabigailthorn]

i went to Dyke Day today in the park and there were some people running a stall where you spin a wheel and then you have to do things like drink a shot or do a dare and mine landed on 'kiss' so I got to kiss this very cute girl with cool red glasses who I'd just met in line, which was nice, and then her friend suddenly went "WAIT Oh my gosh you're Abigail Thorn!" and I was like "Uhhh hey yes it's me, nice to meet you" and meanwhile the girl I'd kissed had no idea who I was but was just watching her friend be excited and anyway the interaction kinda became a work one for me at that point which is fine I don't mind that but it did mean that out of habit I professionally ended the interaction and walked away without getting the number of the cute girl I kissed

so yeah anyway that's the story of how I kissed a baddie at Dyke Day and still failed to secure the bag

[kaioty-summer]

Hey, did y'all see this?

I saw this when running newpipe. But wait, it gets deeper. I clicked on the details buttons and it said as of today, we have 83 days left until Google rolls out this new requirement for apps inside and outside of the google play store. If any developer disagrees with their new terms and fees, they will be blocked!

I'll share some of the info below:

Looks like they're trying to nuke the remaining privacy and freedoms we have left on the internet.

What to do?

-Get your developer friends to not comply to their new guides

- Sign the open letter on the site and take action by checking out the full resources list on their website as well!

To summarize, this is all daunting especially when you feel all alone with unfair and inhumane regulations comming out faster than improvements but we got this working together!

Share the link with your friends, family and anyone who will listen!

Your phone is about to stop being yours. In September 2026, Google will block every Android app whose developer hasn't registered with them.

[yellowmagicalgirl]

If you're in the US, I created a petition to make it easier to contact senators and congressmen.

Google Wants To Control Our Phones

Join 1 people. Google is trying to make people hand over government id in order to make an Android app. If they don't, then that app can't b

If you're not in the US, see if your country is listed here for whom to contact.

[serenitynerd]

Does anyone know if this will apply to apps already installed on my Android?

[thaumbody]

It may, because the update goes through Google Play Store, and Google has given itself the right to have complete monopolistic control of Android devices. Remember Play Protect exists, and every app will be checked against its database, if yours is "wrong," then away it goes.

[meanbuddhist]

*turns my attention inwards* mmmmm. no *turns my attention back outwards* oh god

[myjetpack]

My latest cartoon for New Scientist