It's dark in my imagination...

Sarah. Lesbian, writer, bookworm, equestrian, cosplayer, ballerina. I work with horses for a living which is as magical as it sounds. Natasha Romanoff owns my heart. Also Captain Janeway. Strike Team Delta forever and always. Featured fandoms: Marvel, Star Trek, Repo!, Star Wars

[africanaquarian]

I thought I needed a new laptop but nope, youtube is slowing down your PC if you have adblock on on any open tab...

[astraltrickster]

To be very clear about this: CPUs aren't magical devices that can operate forever. They generate heat. They wear out over time. This happens faster when they're operating near capacity. This is not just an attempt to inconvenience you; this is an attempt to damage your property.

For the "crime" of not wanting to be tracked/have ads pissed into your eyeballs 24/7.

Even if you've paid for the "privilege" of the latter.

Fuck Google, and I hope they get sued into oblivion over this.

[fernwah-funzone]

i see everyone in the notes talking about newpipe but nobody's talking about youtube alternatives for desktop

IF YOU USE A DESKTOP PC OR LAPTOP, TRY INVIDIOUS

https://invidious.io/

it is a free, open-source alternative YouTube front-end. in addition to not having ads, it has other great QoL features like a download button. try one of the several instances on that link up there ^^^^

[serraslave]

Fuck the technocracy

[creaturey]

i think r/BenignExistence is my favorite subreddit 🥲 i love these pleasant little glimpses into strangers' lives

[captain-price-returns]

Oh wow the 250th Fourth of July parade has been cancelled lol

[captain-price-returns]

Fun fact: the DC area will be hotter than 99% of the earth tomorrow!

[captain-price-returns]

Also I get the sense that very few people in DC are aware that federal officials wrote detailed analyses warning of the air quality health risks of the enormous 850K fireworks set to go off — and that the admin did not release those findings to the public

[captain-price-returns]

Fox News has done irreversible damage to some people.

[flootzavut]

It's not global climate change, it's someone who just really hates Trump so much they changed the earth's entire climate. Christ.

[makingqueerhistory]

The bleak history of the Toronto bathhouse raids | Xtra Magazine

In 1981, Toronto police arrested nearly 300 gay men as part of a six-month undercover operation called “Operation Soap”

On Feb. 5, 1981, nearly 200 plainclothes and uniformed police officers raided four of Toronto’s gay bathhouses: the Club Baths, the Romans II Health and Recreation Spa, the Richmond Street Health Emporium and the Barracks. Armed with crowbars and hammers, Toronto police knocked down doors and walls, smashed windows and mirrors, broke into private rooms and arrested nearly 300 gay men as part of a six-month undercover operation that police called “Operation Soap.”

[maxyartwork]

black widow (the avengers; 2012) commission 🩵

[nobeatnomelody]

You're stranded on a deserted island with the person on your lockscreen. How screwed are you?

[moldavite]

hopefully i'll get to do something other than endure soon. that would be really nice

[iamthevirago]

what if it happens on july 4th

[girldozer]

WHAT IF IT HAPPENS ON JULY 4TH

[depsidase]

[groovysarity]

I picked the wrong week to quit sniffing glue

[shaneswetbrowneyes]

i actually think that what's being missed in the 'why does everyone love heated rivalry' conversation is just that it's good

it's well made, well shot, well directed, the music is interesting, the costumes are both thoughtful and subtly period accurate, the sex scenes are intentional and, again, accurate to what hooking up when you're like 18 actually feels like...the actors are of course attractive but they look like real people. the characters are varied and well fleshed out, the acting is really, really strong

so many shows and films shoot and then slot in whatever music kind of fits or could be licenced in the budget after time, but you can tell that the scenes in hr were shot with that specific music in mind. and the same intentional approach runs through the whole thing

it feels...so nice to watch a show that cares about itself

[raincitygirl76]

Nobody knew in advance that this show would become a massive international phenomenon. It was a mid-budget Canadian show (which means low budget by US standards) adapted from a Harlequin romance novel. The deal with HBO for US distribution rights was only signed a few weeks before it began to air.

But everybody involved treated it as if it was serious art anyway. Not just some little Canadian streaming show that might well disappear after airing. Based on a book from a genre that is usually ridiculed by people who consider themselves serious film people. The cast, the crew, the writer/director, the music supervisor, everybody. They all did their best work for love of the game.

[thereddestglass]

“Screencaps” from a movie that doesn’t exist - editing courtesy of the amazing @waitingfortheskeletonwar

More preview shots from my Christmas Black Widow photoshoot

[depsidase]

[hahaalaine]

This is leaving out the most crucial piece of why that was a normal reality: UNIONS. Union participation percentage is a measly 10% across all industries for the latest statistics in 2025. Unions are the ones who could fight against the requirement for everyone and their mother to need a minimum of a bachelor's degree. they could fight for working hours to be properly compensated so that the work week was actually 40 hours or less and everything over was actually paid for. The reality of the work place and why we work so much more for so much less is because we are not unionized. the reason europeans seem to have it so much better is because of their strong union culture. there are solutions to these problems and we need to stop obscuring the why.

[depsidase]

correct.

[saltysocksniffer]

[onecontinuoussigh]

Okay I got jealous of everyone making custom reading bingo's for the @ficreadingchallenge so I made one too!

I've already checked off some of these so I'll need to update and see where I'm at!

[fatliberation]

I don’t have time to unpack my full thoughts on the whole argument of ‘you shouldn’t be a burden to the healthcare system’ but I would like to chime in on it:

so, all athletes should immediately stop playing sports. construction workers, anyone with jobs that put them at risk, they need to find different employment. people with uteruses shouldn’t ever get pregnant, either. actually you know what? don’t enter a car or vehicle at all! and don’t even get me started on old people. what age do we think they should just give it up & throw in the towel? 50? 60? after that they become way too burdensome. it’s a problem.

sweet baby eugenicist, your anger is misplaced. they want you to blame yourself instead of their crumbling system. you should be asking, what kind of a fucking healthcare system is it if it can be burdened by the very thing it exists to provide? which is healthcare?!

[poorcousingaila]

Just some of B. Dylan Hollis’ funniest moments, because we could all use a bit of a laugh.