because the light’s gone out for me

holly, he/they fecto elfilis' defense attorney i like to play and draw, go look at my blog where i talk about playing and drawing sometimes @thehollyraven-art i mostly reblog stuff but Sometimes. i have original thoughts. or they're hidden in reblogs. you gotta find them. >:)

[thehollyraven]

INTRO POST

TL;DR: My name is Holly/Echo/Delta, 18+, chronic yapper, I like to play and draw

Heya I'm Holly! Or Echo! Or Delta! I don't care what you call me tbh I am a man of many names. I'm an artist and writer from Southern California, and this is my silly little house where I post about silly little things like I am a child playing with dolls. #playinganddrawing

If you're here, I hope you'll stick around! I reblog a lot of stuff, but if you're here for original thoughts rest assured I have those too!! I promise!!! Sometimes they're hidden in the tags of posts but they're there!!!

IMPORTANT THINGS TO KNOW: I have autism, anxiety and more than likely some kind of dissociative disorder (currently undiagnosed but I am working on getting that remedied!), this means I can be quite spacey at times and chances are I may forget I haven't done something, I.E responding. If this happens, don't be afraid to give me a poke! It's actually very appreciated!!

As well as this, tone tags are appreciated because of the aforementioned autism and anxiety (I've been medically recognized for OCD, but never officially diagnosed afaik) though they aren't strictly necessary.

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BYF: This blog is 16+ for now, and I would prefer if anyone interacting with me be at least 16 as well. There can and are exceptions to this rule, but if we're meeting for the first time then I would once again prefer if interactions be kept to a minimum if you are under the age of 16. Thank you. I also block liberally, so please try not to take it personally if you find out I've blocked you! I won't blame you though if you do, I am the same way. Please take care!

DNI IF: you fall under basic DNI criteria, are anti-self diagnosis (as an aside, if you do plan on self-diagnosis, PLEASE take care to research what it is you think you have. I promise it will be worth it), or are proship/anti-anti (...plus, I'd really rather not get roped into shipping wars just in general, please!)

MORE INFO + LINKS UNDER THE CUT:

LINKS

[I'm the same username everywhere if I can help it so links are included !!]

TOYHOU.SE: thehollyraven

TWITTER: thehollyraven

BLUESKY (not very active): thehollyraven.bsky.social

AO3: thehollyraven

CURRENT INTERESTS: kirby, tf2, seildirectory, deadlock, limbus company (to a lesser extent, project moon as a whole), barotrauma

SPECIAL INTERESTS: hockey, ori and the blind forest/will of the wisps, kirby (again), speculative evolution, xenobiology/speculative biology, the pathless

PREVIOUS HYPERFIXATION SHELF: star wars, jjba, hunchback of notre dame

PROJECTS:

A loredoc on Fecto Biology! Xenobiology is awesome!!

A loredoc based on Fecto Elfilis from Kirby! Go read it go do it naaaaaaaaaaowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwuhhhhhhhhh

[ MORE TBA ]

thanks for reading! as of 1/29/26 (almost midnight) this is now done and i can Kind Of rest easy because i still have to pretty it up. but yay pinned post done yippeee yay!!!

[bovid-beauty]

"Fascism"—New Federal Rule Would Require Federal Funding Recipients To Deny Trans People Exist

The rule could have heavy impacts towards trans people across society.

Last week, the Trump administration quietly released a sweeping new federal rule that would use funding threats to force institutions across the country to reject transgender people. The 400-page proposed regulation would codify the administration's anti-trans executive orders into binding federal policy, imposing a blanket prohibition on federal funds going toward "gender ideology"

The proposed rule, formally titled "Regulation for Federal Financial Assistance," rewrites the government-wide framework governing all federal grants across every agency. Among its most consequential provisions, it requires that before a federal grant recipient can receive money, the award must pass a "pre-issuance review" conducted by a political appointee—not a career expert or peer reviewer—to ensure it is "consistent with applicable law, Federal agency priorities, and the national interest." The regulation explicitly instructs these appointees to screen for "denial by the recipient of the sex binary in humans or the notion that sex is a chosen or mutable characteristic." [...] An institution that acknowledges transgender people exist—through its policies, its training, its healthcare, its bathroom access, its HR procedures, its name-change processes—could be deemed to "deny the sex binary" or to “support the notion that sex is mutable” and have its federal funding blocked.

Importantly, the gender ideology prohibition has no age limitation—hospitals could be targeted not just for providing care to minors but for providing gender-affirming care to adults, because prescribing hormone therapy to a transgender patient of any age could be deemed promoting the belief that "sex is a chosen or mutable characteristic."

[junequeer]

THIS IS OPEN TO COMMENT UNTIL JULY 13, 2026

[featherandstorm]

This is all very bad and horrible, but I want to be clear that it’s worse and more sweeping than just eliminating trans research.

This torches everything. And I do mean everything.

A very abbreviated list of its ramifications include (but are not limited to):

ending funding for ALL DEI related initiatives

allowing the government to terminate grants at any point for any reason

preventing researchers from publishing, going to conferences, and being part of academic societies

requiring that topics must support the president’s agenda.

What this means, and if anything I’m under selling it, is the death of science and research in America. It allows the government to restrict any topic they please at a whims notice, putting officials who have no background in the topic in charge of deciding funding continuity. It controls what gets researched and if/how researchers are allowed to share their discoveries. There are no books to burn if the government never allows them to be written. This is fascism plain and simple.

Please, if you only ever write one public comment, this is the one to do.

[genderkoolaid]

Bringing back this guide to writing an effective public comment. This gives you the basics you need to know, what you need to include, a basic outline you can follow, etc.

Public comments are not a vote, it is a chance for you to say "here is an issue with this law I think you need to address" and provide justification for legal challenges if it goes forward:

"Comments raise the bar that agencies have to meet when making a rule; “if an agency fails to adequately respond to significant, relevant comments in a final rule, members of the public may seek to challenge the rule in court on that basis and claim it could be struck down.ˮ"

But also, if possible, don't stop at writing a comment. Don't stop at calling your representatives. You should ideally be talking to people in your community about this and organizing resistance on-the-ground; there is a good chance people are already doing that even if you aren't hearing about it.

[cherrispryte]

Some added 101-level context from someone (me) who’s worked in federal grantmaking for 20 years and is literally certified on this document - this is a document that governs all federal grantmaking. It’s been around for over a decade and is a mega-document that combine multiple previous smaller documents that have been around for ages. It is updated every few years and generally the updates are minor - a notable change in the previous update was raising the small procurement threshold from $10,000 to $15,000 for example. Deeply dry boring minutiae that no one outside of federal grantmakers need concern themselves with. It was also federal GUIDELINES, which means there was flexibility.

This year’s is different. They are now federal REQUIREMENTS, which means there’s no flexibility. As was said previously, the 400 pages are not singularly devoted to being absolute shitheads to trans people. Theres a lot of stuff in there, some of which is the standard dry boring grants stuff, some of which is the horrible ideological warfare outlined above.

This document is issued by the OMB, the Office of Management and Budget, which is currently lead by fucking Russell Vought, the principal architect of Project 2025. This is how they’re going to implement all the horrible shit in there that wasn’t covered by Executive Order. Russell Vought is actively coming for my job, my marriage, and my kid, and most of my friends lost their jobs last year because of him. He is the fucking arch villain behind the heinous shit the current regime is doing.

So yes, please comment. You don’t have to read all 400 pages before doing so, it’s dry and dense as fuck, but I thought this information might be helpful. Also, while there is a public comment period, this isn’t voted on by Congress. The OMB just fucking issues it. Pressuring your elected officials into publicly saying “hey what the fuck are you doing here” is good, though.

[mikkeneko]

Please note the comment period is open through JULY 13th, not JUNE 13th. I saw a lot of relogs yesterday saying "last day!" and I just want to say it is very much not too late.

[grison-in-space]

As of today, 7/8/26, we have five days for public commentary on this to go through. I am begging y'all: if you care about independent science in the country that produces the most global science funding in the world, please leave a comment.

[backtornado]

insane headline to pair with the actual photo of the beastie itself

this is just a gormless little creature. what are we doing here.

[dyktvideogamesfx]

Visit Original Link

Do you know this SFX? #1544

I know where it's from

It sounds familiar

I've never heard this

Voting ended onJul 8

[an-ruraiocht]

actually I think if you tell (non-climate-denying) people who complain about the heat that it's just gonna get worse forever now that you ARE being an arsehole and that's not helpful at all. cos they fucking know. we fucking know. what does that help. if you want to redirect conversations about extreme weather into climate action have you considered something like "god I know right? that's why I'm doing XYZ* to see if I can improve things locally so it doesn't get worse, want to join me?"

*local action, campaigning, planting trees, targeted politician lobbying, whatever: something CONCRETE and achievable with measurable results

otherwise all you're doing is making powerless and despairing people feel more powerless and despairing and that isn't helping shit

[dduane]

KOSA again, with a different name… and they’re trying to sneak it past you before July 4th. CALL YOUR REPS!

The KIDS Act Would Require Age Checks To Get Online

Buried inside the KIDS Act are provisions that will push online services to verify all users’ ages, require government-directed moderation p

Like the man said…the shadow takes another form and ruses again. Time to make some calls and let them know we’re watching.

[tired-mochii]

Help a disabled woman to keep her utilities on!!

Saturday, June 27th: Hello, everyone. I’m Gem, a bi, mentally ill, and disabled woman in desperate need of help as I'm struggling to get food and keep my utilities on!!

I apologise for asking for help again. As most of you know from my previous posts, I have been struggling to make ends meet while on welfare. And due to my outstanding bills and ever-increasing debt, it has been difficult for me to get by. These past few months have been absolute hell, and with no other income, I've been relying on the kindness of others to get by.

I desperately need that kindness again, as there was a huge thunderstorm where I live, and my power went out for 7 hours, leaving the food in my fridge unsafe to eat. I desperately need help to replace it, and my electricity is about to go onto its emergency credit. I don't receive my welfare until the 30th!!

Again, I know this is a lot to ask, but if anyone could spare any amount to help me, even if it’s just £1/$1/€1, it would save my life, and sharing helps just as much.

£0/£80!!

✨️PayPal✨️

I also have a post for my autistic sister who is struggling to get by due to benefit cuts!!

[pjackk]

Seeing my friend Face Fuck Frank today

[pjackk]

Guys i am lost in bambu forest

[pjackk]

Low key i am trying to escape

[shadowen]

This is an anti-despair checkpoint! You must share something you're looking forward to before scrolling on.

[mimosa-sexypeople-contests-2026]

Tumblr Sexyman Contest 2026 Round 3 Part 13

Arataka Reigen (Mob Psycho 100)

Sans (Undertale)

Voting ended onJun 22

[palusu]

This is so funny, I just HAD to draw it

[mimosa-sexypeople-contests-2026]

Tumblr Sexyman Contest 2026 Round 3 Part 13

Arataka Reigen (Mob Psycho 100)

Sans (Undertale)

Voting ended onJun 22

[palusu]

This is so funny, I just HAD to draw it

[kawuli]

random PSA, I know a lot of people use duckduckgo as a Google alternative search engine, but it always kind of annoyed me when I was using it because it felt like No Name Brand Google

I have switched to using Startpage.com and vastly prefer it. for one thing, instead of displaying an "AI summary" at the top of the search results (unless you turn it off, yes I know), it displays the first paragraph of the Wikipedia article, with link, whenever it finds one that's relevant.

also a waaayyyyy better sense of design than duckduckgo

also private, European based, least annoying search I've used lately (RIP old "don't be evil" Google)

[yomikoreadsbooks]

Keeping a list of Google alternatives just in case…

[saxifraga-x-urbium]

i have one of those, scraped from multiple different rec posts:

Search Engines

Infinity Search is an alternative search engine with a special focus on privacy

DuckDuckGo is a popular search engine for those who value their privacy and are put off by the thought of their every query being tracked and logged. Uses bangs, ![site] for in-page search (sells your data to microsoft and draws from fucking bing)

WolframAlpha is a privately owned search engine that allows you to “compute expert-level answers using Wolfram’s breakthrough algorithms, knowledgebase, and AI technology.” A data search engine.

Boardreader is a search engine for forums and message boards. It allows you to search forums and then filter down results by date and language.

Based in France, Qwant is a privacy-based search engine that won’t record your searches or use your personal details for advertising. Uses “&” as a bang search.

Another privacy-based search engine is Search Encrypt, which uses local encryption to ensure that users’ identifiable information cannot be tracked. Metasearch across multiple engines. 

Offering unbiased results from several sources, SearX is a metasearch engine that aims to present a free, decentralized view of the internet. Can be self-hosted. 

Gibiru’s tagline is “Unfiltered private search” and that’s exactly what it offers. Requires AnonymoX Firefox add-on for privacy. 

Disconnect allows you to conduct anonymous searches through a search engine of your choice.

Swisscows provides fully encrypted searches to protect your privacy and security. Built-in violence/porn filter cannot be overridden. 

MetaGer offers “Privacy Protected Search & Find” through its anonymised search. A plugin will allow it to be made a default.

Gigablast is a private search engine that indexes millions of websites and servers real-time information without tracking your data, keeping you hidden from marketers and spammers. Variety of filtration and refinement options for searching. 

Oscobo is a search engine that protects your privacy while you search the web. By not using any third-party tools or scripts, your data is protected from hacking and misuse. Has a Chrome extension to allow use in toolbar. 

https://search.marginalia.nu/ an independent DIY search engine that focuses on non-commercial content, and attempts to show you sites you perhaps weren't aware of in favor of the sort of sites you probably already knew existed. Use old-school searching rather than query-based for the best results. 

https://www.mojeek.com/ 

https://wiby.me/ - It’s goal is to index as many personalized websites as possible, and NOT commercial sites. 

https://4get.ca/ it works a lot like SearX, but honestly better. It doesn’t have its own index, but pulls from many others. I think it’s the best for research, since it allows you to search for answers from different indexes, is easy to configure, add free, and avoids censorship as much as it can.

https://www.searchenginemap.com/ for more on how search engines relate to each other.

https://yep.com/ is a crawler

https://www.etools.ch/ retrieves from Google, Mojeek, Bing, and Yandex, like Searx

https://www.dogpile.com/ 

https://searxng.org/ (next gen Searx)

https://luxxle.com/ - possibly conservative?

https://presearch.com/ - good for academic?

https://kagi.com/smallweb - free/randomised Kagi.

Other Searchers

www.refseek.com - Academic Resource Search. More than a billion sources: encyclopedia, monographies, magazines.

www.worldcat.org - a search for the contents of 20 thousand worldwide libraries. Find out where lies the nearest rare book you need.

https://link.springer.com - access to more than 10 million scientific documents: books, articles, research protocols.

www.bioline.org.br is a library of scientific bioscience journals published in developing countries.

http://repec.org - volunteers from 102 countries have collected almost 4 million publications on economics and related science.

www.science.gov is an American state search engine on 2200+ scientific sites. More than 200 million articles are indexed.

www.base-search.net is one of the most powerful researches on academic studies texts. More than 100 million scientific documents, 70% of them are free.https://cosine.club/ is an electronic music similarity search engine

[thehollyraven]

Apologies, my friends! Your… USUAL host for this time of year couldn’t make it! So I will be filling in for them as your ever-so-LOVELY representative of the artist, on the side of TRAGEDYYYYYYY~

Art Fight

An art gifting game

GET THE FUCK BACK HERE, STORYTELLER—

MAKE ME, TRUTHKEEPER!

[pinkplasticfangs]

thought it was funny that apollo and graves ranked so high in all of the negative survey polls so i thought id draw smth to honor it lol

bonus: og meme + uncropped w/o text

[arcade--rabbit]

First time posting on this blog, which I'm gonna use as a place to post my art unrelated to Rain World! Anyways, my friend @thehollyraven introduced me to @sysiheart's comic and gosh, I've been reading it together with a few of my friends for a few hours now and I absolutely love it, not quite finished just yet but I figured I should draw some Suncat fanart!! Wahoo!

[dynamaxed]

hi! carey means needs help still - he's the voice actor for frylock in aqua teen hunger force! adult swim screwed him badly and pays no residuals and barely paid him during the show's run. he has heart failure and survives on con earnings, plushie sales, and donations while waiting for disability to get back to him. posts used to make the rounds for him, but haven't in a while, so i wanted to make a new post!

if you'd rather buy a plushie - here's the shop he and his wife run!

[firecrystals]

update: CAREY MEANS AND HIS WIFE ARE HOMELESS AS OF A FEW DAYS AGO

his wife also been in an accident and has been down and out due to illness and injury

ppal + gfm + site shop

[ultramanzer0]

is prev a warrior of light or an agent of darkness

warrior of light

agent of darkness

Voting ended onJun 4