#tested

[lovepassionheart]

[ever-so-slightly-monstrous]

If you're outraged/confused by the controversy surrounding Imane Khelif and Lin Yu-Ting and sex testing at the Olympics (why are they allowed to do it, why are they allowed to release the results to the public, etc), then I cannot recommend enough listening to the short run podcast Tested, hosted by Rose Eveleth. The series goes into when sex testing in Olympic Women's sports started (hint: literally the moment women were allowed to compete), why it started, how it's done, the ways in which is has been challenged, put down, then comes back as if nothing has changed, and how it has destroyed the careers and lives of numerous athletes who are disproportionately dark skinned women from the global South. It cannot be overstated the role racism plays in who gets tested.

Again, that's Tested, which can be listened to here or on pretty much any podcatcher.

[laughingsquid]

Adam Savage Joins Dr. Bunsen Honeydew and Beaker From 'Muppet Labs' For a Messy Gravity Test

[better-worlds]

“Adam Savage Reviews Project Hail Mary's Spacesuit!” Tested (March 5, 2026)

For the upcoming film Project Hail Mary, costume designers David Cross and Glyn Dillon were charged with creating a spacesuit that would have the hallmarks of a near-future NASA EVA suit and also stand out in the pantheon of movie spacesuits. Adam Savage went on set during the film’s production to get a firsthand look at this beautiful spacesuit and learn its design secrets! 

Find tickets to Project Hail Mary: https://www.amazon.com/salp/projectha... 

Project Hail Mary novel https://amzn.to/4cuCXJK 

Thanks to Amazon MGM Studios for inviting us behind the scenes of Project Hail Mary, in theaters March 20th!

[fjordfolk]

love how you can get into a top 10 breed thinking these are so numerous you'll have none of the problems that rare breeds have. but then you place 1 limiting factor (basic health testing) and suddenly your breed is rare as fuck

[josephcassee]

Why not just fuck at the bar? ;)

If I could meet someone I'm attracted to that had condoms ready (everyone's size is different, and I'd rather the party doing the penetrating have the condom ready since I'll more than likely, especially if it's a stranger, wont know what they are packing), and can also (because I can!! you should too!!) pull up their STD test results on their phone at the bar,

take me to the back/car/hidden corner and by all means pound me into the abyss thank you very much

[klaineccfanficlibrary]

Tested

So many!! Try 5X16 reaction fics it's probably one of fandom's favorite episodes to expand on, not surprisingly! ~Jen

As frightened as you By @misqueue

Set during/after 5x16 "Tested", picks up right after Kurt and Blaine's conversation in the loft. Kurt and Blaine talk about their fears in the wake of the events of "Bash" and "Tested". A snippet of tentative head canon for the 'verse.

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Kintsugi by syntheticpoetry

Kurt and Blaine have a mature heart to heart involving Blaine's insecurities.

Tested reaction fic where I just really gratuitously expanded on the dialogue and included the missing smut scene that very obviously must have occurred off camera.

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Boop by @lovetheblazer

Advent Prompt #8: Person A poking Person B in the tummy whenever B reaches up for something. A reaction fic of sorts to Tested.

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Don’t go changingby lostinfictionalworlds 

Kurt starts noticing some changes about his fiancé and decides to support him in the best way he knows how.

*Can someone write a fic in which Blaine decides to get rid of the little tummy and starts exercising like a madman and Kurt’s all supportive and stuff but secretly he’s really upset because he loves the tummy and then Blaine finds out and is totally amused at first until Kurt starts cuddling Blaine’s tummy and talking to it convincing it to stay and Blaine’s like “HEY MY EYES ARE UP HERE!!!” I want to read that.

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Every inch of you by @backslashdelta

When Blaine is feeling insecure, Kurt takes some time to remind him how Kurt feels about him – every inch of him.

Or, what really happened after their talk in Tested.

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Love Is Not For The Faint-Hearted by IsaWritings

"Okay, so maybe he had overreacted a bit. Scratch that, Kurt knew he had overreacted." In the days following their fight, Kurt analyses what led them to their current situation and why Blaine had decided to lie to him in the first place. Meanwhile, their fight didn't leave Blaine unaffected either. (Reaction fic for 5x20)

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Heartache to heartache by flaming_muse

Their conversation doesn’t finish with the hug in the loft.

set within 5x16 (“Tested”), no spoilers beyond

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