stuff and things

beck, 28, she/they, bad at bios

[dopeeeeeeshxt]

Ayeeee

[lightspeedsound]

Adorable, beautiful magic

[green-loaf]

Guys, I think I might be gay

[liverie]

[beltsquid]

Every morning I pray for a crab rave and every day the empty throne of God disappoints me

[ruffolive]

Heads up, especially if you have trouble with unreality:

I've already started seeing Sora videos pop up on other platforms, so just know that if you see this watermark logo:

the video is AI generated. Some of them can be very convincing, so I just wanted to let people know if you haven't already heard of it.

[image id: a white watermark of a cloud with eyes next to the word Sora.]

[shockimage]

in the same vein, google gemini has a logo in the corner of its generated photos. obviously someone could crop it out but given how lazy users of ai can be chances are they wont

[leebrontide]

Tip for non-autistic people who want to interact with autistic people because they are fun and cool

Narrate your visible reactions.

"If I look pissed off today, it's because I have a headache. I'm not actually mad."

"I'm still listening, I just have to plug in my laptop now so we don't get disconnected"

"Wow I want to kick his ass on your behalf"

"Give me a sec, I'm trying to figure out how to word this coherently."

I've had a lot of feedback that this is both helpful and soothing. There's this stereotype that autistic people don't read body language/facial expression, but in my experience mostly that means by adulthood (or often teenhood) a lot of them are very anxiously trying to scan other people and decode them.

If you make yourself easy to decode, you make yourself a lot safer and more pleasant to interact with. AND you've opened the door for them to do the same so you're less likely to guess wrong with them.

It's a win-win.

And frankly, more neurotypical people would benefit from normalizing this, to. Y'all aren't as good at guessing as you think you are.

[silly-little-pal]

[jellogram]

Listen, I understand the purpose of ads. Your website/game/whatever costs money to operate. I'm using it for free so I have to look at a few ads. Fine. Your restaurant has a new item, and you want to get the word out. Fine. Whatever.

But do we have to play these games? Do you really need to do the tiny X button and the "skip ad in 5 seconds" and the pop-ups and the fucking Temu ads that last like a minute and automatically bring you to their site even when you don't touch the screen and the mobile game ads that try to trick you into thinking they're finished and do we really need the commercials to be twice as loud as the show and do we really need billboards that are TV screens and does every corporation need to play mind games with us, like I'm going to buy their phone because they believe in the importance of family?

It's not the ads that I hate, it's the ad culture. If it was just a banner ad or two. If it was just a 15 second ad that introduced the product and then left me alone. If it was just a poster on a wall. Maybe I wouldn't mind so much. But instead, I feel like every single company is stretching me out like a rubber band to see how much I can stand before I snap.

[chillyfeetsteak]

this is what i mean when i type 👀 btw

[sageofthetwilight]

Happy indigenous peoples day!

[marxistlesbianist]

I don't think it's possible to overstate the degree to which every mass liberatory movement in the US has failed because of racism. Like there really cannot be functional working class unity until we figure out how to systematically liquidate all forms of white chauvinism in progressive organizations

[pseudophan]

dan and phil reveal the truth (but like actually this time)

[remnantglow]

also speaking of jakub różalski this painting of his is my FAVOURITE like yes girl snitch on the knight!!! get his ass!!!

[remnantglow]

the one of a girl looking longingly at a naked witch flying by and the one of a babushka yelling at a devil also rule tho

[helendamnationx]

Just want to make sure people are aware that the artist is on ArtStation and many of these, including the longing stare at witch one, are in fact for sale as prints for highly reasonable prices - the cheapest option being an 8 by 12 art poster for 18 US dollars (plus shipping).

[the-heart-of-leo]

HERE’S HIS WEBSITE

Not only will you get to see the hilarious names of these works but usually a short story and a detailed look at his work progress!

He also does a lot of werewolf art which I adore!

[reallyreallyreallytrying]

“average person eats 3 spiders a year” factoid actualy just statistical error. average person eats 0 spiders per year. Spiders Georg, who lives in cave & eats over 10,000 each day, is an outlier adn should not have been counted

[laerugo]

#tapping the reblog button with utmost care because i’m handling a historical artifact (via @malarkiness)

[mortimermcmirestinks]

holy shit OP is not only still active but is still making absolutely banger posts in this exact style 11 years later

[rue-nightly]

A 2025 update

[vidapuppen]

Scientists Are Working on an Mrna Vaccine To Wipe Out Allergies

Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania may have developed a vaccine for seasonal allergies and food allergies.

Y'ALL THIS IS SO COOL AND COULD BE HUGE FOR SO MANY PEOPLE

[dirt-mann]

additional article:

A new Penn mRNA vaccine stopped allergens from causing dangerous immune reactions and life-threatening inflammation in mice.

[lastoneout]

Hold on I just. Oh my god we might be able to CURE ASTHMA!! Hundreds of kids die EVERY YEAR from asthma attacks, I cannot count the number of times I'VE almost died due to asthma. It's terrifying, some of my earliest memories are of horrific asthma attacks, they were so bad my mom thought I had whooping cough. Not to mention the social isolation, the torture that is gym class, kids might not have to put up with that anymore!!

We might create a world where kids don't suffer and die from asthma attacks. I legit am crying as I write this. This is incredible!!!

[lynati]

[animentality]

[sirartwork]

[loracarol]

I have another dog to put on this theoretical show. The original story can be found at this link. If the link breaks, it's a story on NotAlwaysRight called "Absolutely The Goodest Boy"

[thebaconsandwichofregret]

I love it when service dogs do some freelance consulting, it's so cool

[writterings]

it's really funny teaching rhetoric to college freshmen because i explained ad hominem to them via example by arguing with a student over something silly (i kept insisting 25 minutes was a quarter of an hour, not 15) and then "insulted" her instead of addressing her argument (i said she doesn't have a college degree whereas i have two, so of course she'd be wrong - which the whole point is that it's a stupid insult but not something that's actually mean) but she got soooooo mad so even when i stopped the exercise and explained that she was indeed correct (15 minutes is a quarter of an hour). like she was still fuming. so i validated her feelings on that, complimented her, and even reminded the class that a college degree doesn't mean that a person is smart/right. and then i went on to explain that, yeah, dirty arguing techniques like that are meant to make you so unreasonably angry that you can't respond or that you lose your cool, so your opponent looks like they win by default. the student i was arguing with then just said that it seemed like professional ragebaiting and i was like. well yeah that's correct.

and then this kid, this one kid who is always very eager to answer questions and is always kind to his classmates, raised his hand looking a little bothered. now for context, i emphasize thinking for yourself in my classroom, even if that means disagreeing with something i say and he has echoed some stuff that his parents clearly have told him before. he's not a bad kid or an asshole, he's just an 18 year old with conservative parents who otherwise knows nothing about politics. but he just looks so bothered after i explain this about dirty arguing techniques. big frown on his face. looking unsure. when i nod at him to speak, he says, in a very quiet voice, "didn't -- didn't charlie kirk used to do that?"

and i was like. well yes. yes he was famous for stuff like this.

and then the kid looked down and was just like, "oh. i thought he was just really good at debating. i never watched his videos though, only clips. why would he do that?"

and that coincidentally lined up perfectly with the rest of the lesson, which was on propaganda

[segamascott]

say tay i hear you like em dumb

[grilledcheezy92]

I try not to get upset over brain dead takes like this but

1) Taylor and Kendrick are friends

2) Taylor's lyricism and entendre when clapping back at snipes taken at her are on par with Kendrick

3) this is more like MGK vs Eminem. Charli talked shit and wrote a song, Taylor gave it a single verse of attention that absolutely obliterated then pivoted to include anyone who claims to hate her but devotes time to ranting/raving and/or writing thinkpieces on why she "sucks". The message of the song being: It's cute that you think you can hurt my feelings

[segamascott]

1. the idea of taylor swift being friends with kendrick because she bought a feature one time a decade ago

2. the idea of taylor swift's lyricism being "on par" with kendrick lamar (???)

3. the idea that taylor swift could possibly be anyone in this situation other than drake

[barneycalhounslutmoments]

i want whatever military-grade shit swifties are on