Miscellaneous

Don't expect any rhyme or reason here, this is just a jumbled up mess. they/them/ace/24

[tearsofrefugees]

Only 1.5% of Gaza cropland left for starving Palestinians due to Israel’s war, UN says

Figure down from 4% in April, suggesting Israel has continued to target farmland in once-abundant Gaza Strip

[kindredspiritsandgoodomens]

Strongly recommend giving what you can to the Arab Group for the Protection of Nature's Gaza work, which is actively restoring and utilising farmland in Gaza to grow and provide food especially fresh vegetables.

[peachyjude]

sorry i cant stop thinking about ilya in this outfit

with shane on his lap a la this gif of jude law in wilde

like. shane probably high or a little tipsy just tucked into ilya’s neck lowkey horny as fuck in his little shorts and tank and tube socks at a summer get together. and the cens are just like 🧍👁️👁️ haha……. okay…..

[sinmonger]

Hollanov + tweets (part 2)

[shanehollancler]

2026 canadian screen award winner hudson williams

best lead performer, drama series

[barbie-verse]

heated rivalry twitter (58/?) he got bored

[spicyvampire]

[thoodleoo]

extremely funny when students get really into some harmless "vintage" activity to the point of absurdity. right now it's hacky sack, which is not something i ever thought i would see my students playing en masse. and yet here they are organizing competitive hacky sack teams. taking over any space they can to kick a hacky sack around. i had to chase a group to morning assembly today because they were busy playing hacky sack. just saw one of my students sending an email that said "stop adding randos to our team they're the worst sackers." 2026 year of the hacky sack ig

[nothorses]

the trans male experience is being afraid that if you wash your hands in a public men's restroom you will be clocked

[actual-mothman]

one time I went in the men's room at a bar, got clocked and told I needed to leave so later I walked up to that dude at a table with some chick and announced to her that He Doesn't Wash His Hands After Handling His Dick and walked away

[nothorses]

you are quite literally braver than any U.S. marine

[katinacrisis]

idk how to explain it but cliff marlow gives boston native vibes while cliff marleau gives canadian hockey nepo baby vibes

[coming-to-the-cotttage]

In response to this, which I didn’t even think enough about to put on main account I got so many responses I just had to write it…

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Summary:

Ilya is teaching the boys, in detail, about how sexy asking someone “you still want?” Can be.

Shane gets hot and bothered.

It has been a decade since I wrote anything for public consumption as you can see by my blog, angst is much more my speed.

Please be kind. But also if you are a better writer than me, feel free to re-write!

[mismedleym]

recollections

[mrporg]

[salmakiis]

bring in the first ginger ale

[salmakiis]

russians do not blush

[sunderwight]

Why do characters in stories where there's some time travel or interdimensional situation always go like "that's not funny" when the traveler character is like "where's dad/mom/friend/etc?" and it turns out that the person in question has died in this timeline/universe?

If someone I cared about was acting disoriented and strange, not recognizing stuff, obviously having troubles placing where they are and/or what the date is, and then asked for someone we both loved who died like a year ago or ten years or whatever, my first reaction would not be "they are playing an incredibly crass and tasteless joke of some sort on me"? My first reaction would probably be, oh shit that's a major sign of dementia and some other serious conditions.

[starfieldcanvas]

to be fair to this (admittedly tired and overdone) trope, people - sometimes bosses or doctors, frequently parents or teachers, always anyone with very rigid political opinions - do often nervously and/or angrily react like you're telling a bad joke when you have the temerity to convey information to them that they don't want to believe.

i think the reaction goes something like this: "oh shit that's a sign something is seriously wrong" > "but that would be very divergent from my expectations/very at odds with my understanding of the world/very bad!" > "if they're serious then I'll have to deal with something I don't want to deal with" > "they must not be serious" > "but this would be a bad thing to joke about. it doesn't make any sense to joke about this" > "that must mean they're serious oh shit oh shitI will scold them for joking about it."

I've also read several time travel fics lately where the person finds a trusted associate to tell about the time travel and is very obviously not joking, but the associate halfheartedly scolds them for joking anyway because the alternative is explicitly that the associate is obligated, either institutionally or morally, to tell an authority figure that the time traveler is having a break from reality and may be a danger to themselves or others.

"if this was true i would have to do something about it, so I'm going to construct an interpretation of events in which it's not true, even if that makes considerably less sense" is a very human impulse.

[therapatical]

I think before you're allowed to argue about whether trans people who can get pregnant are vulnerable to state-sanctioned violence in ways that trans people who can't get pregnant are exempt from (even if they are vulnerable to different forms of violence! they are still exempt from this one thing), you should be required to watch a vaginal delivery as well as a cesarean delivery. on video. full video. there are plenty of educational videos online where you can do so. if you have never seen a birth, I do not want to hear about how trivial of a violence you think it is. I really don't.

[agnesmontague]

ive invented (note: dubious claim) something i call the bear diet which is mostly fruits and vegetables with fish as the main protein source and something like once a month you eat a few hyperprocessed foods of your liking because that is when you, the bear, raid a dumpster in the suburbs

[stellarskyes]

after the hyperprocessed foods, do you take tranquilizers to simulate getting captured by animal control and returned to the wild?

[agnesmontague]

i would settle for melatonin gummies but well. knock yourself out

[carnationsyouhadthoughtwereroses]

Day 23 (Surround) - @hollanovmicrofic - 289 words

“Are you Shane Hollander?”

Shane freezes, being sure to school his expression of dread before turning around to face the small crowd of kids surrounding him. It was silly of him to expect to never get recognized, but at a shitty rest stop halfway to Niagara Falls was not ideal. Especially when the littlest one was wearing a Metros jersey.

And as if on cue, “Why did you move to Ottawa?”

“Well,” Shane starts, crouching down a bit so he could meet the boy’s gaze, “We just had some differences and so we decided to go our separate ways, but I wish them nothing but the best.” He winces at the look of confusion that passes over the child’s face at the PR answer, but before he could scramble for other words,

“Shane?” He looks up to Ilya standing at the end of the aisle, clutching an armful of snacks. “Ah, what do we have here?”

Another one of the kids, this time a little girl, lets out a gasp, and Shane watches Ilya preen at the attention.

“Oh my god,” she starts, “You’re Shane Hollander’s husband!” Shane can’t help but burst into laughter at the absolute shock on Ilya’s face.

Before they can say anything else, a teacher (who funnily enough doesn’t recognize either of them and looks mildly worried that her students are talking to strangers) corrals them to the door and in the direction of the school bus waiting outside.

Shane makes to walk towards the counter as Ilya trails behind him like a scolded puppy.

“Did Shane Hollander’s husband get everything he needed?” he asks, unable to help being a little shit.

“Shut the fuck up Hollander or I am putting your Snickers bar back.”