Too Old for This Shit

I'm old. I blog about the X-Files, Xena, and Buffy most of all. I have one ship that I care for more than any other (Doggett/Reyes - fight me) but sometimes I enjoy others. On rare occasions I finish a fic, and my unimpressive but currated collection resides at AO3 under the name fyca, and my equally unimpressive but not currated collection rots away at ff.net under the name phyca.

[cogneartive]

can i please get more pictures like this. this how it feel

[cogneartive]

more examples

[iamyounicorn]

[guy whose bedtime is approaching fast] I need to write one billion words right now. and draw everything that has ever existed.

[scullee]

today’s genre is: x files studies i started a long time ago but only now just finished to get out of an art slump (procreate & heavypaint)

[elysiumcalled]

‘do you want cheese?’ stupid fuckin question. yes i do.

[willgrahamscock]

sometimes you think yeah i'm over this hyperfixation then you log onto tumblr dot com and your mutual is blorbo posting in such a niche and perverted way that it relights the flame for another decade

[slaygentford]

guys having a cold this week has led me to reading a bunch about religion idk. but im curious about this population of tumblrinas

I consider myself

follower of an organized religion

"recovered" follower of an organized religion, now atheist or agnostic

spiritual -- there is one single organizing universal force

spiritual -- polytheistic, wicca...

spiritual -- "there's vibes out there but idk what"

culturally religious (whatever this means to you)

atheist

agnostic

more than one of these

other

Voting ended on43s

obv this is rough and informal but these are the categories that have come to mind after my silly little deep dives...

[3liza]

this was on one of the Anne Rice writing method reblogs and its so good but i know people will take it the wrong way and i want to post it here to preserve and honor it. because theyre right, her writing IS mid. i really really enjoy her work but she is not particularly good at it. and i think that is the most important aspect of conceptualizing of yourself as a creative producer that is performing non-alienated work: how "good" it turns out to be has nothing to do with 1. how much of it you will sell 2. how much people will enjoy it 3. how MANY people will enjoy it and finally 4. the effort you put into making it. developing skill and taste are DIFFERENT tasks from the actual production. let this inspire you

[userautumn]

devastating when good characters are put into a stupid show. you were born to fly but that evil hag of a showrunner clipped your golden wings. be free on ao3, my little dove. be free

[greengableslover]

SINNERS (2025) dir. Ryan Coogler

[didanagy]

EMMA THOMPSON as ELINOR DASHWOOD and KATE WINSLET as MARIANNE DASHWOOD

SENSE AND SENSIBILITY (1995) dir. ang lee

[marithlizard]

(via bsky)

In case anyone hasn't heard, the cyclospora outbreak affecting tons of people in the US right now is coming from Taylor Farms produce. Best to stay away from bagged lettuce and prepared salads completely right now, but especially the ones mentioned in the screenshot:

Taylor Farms Earthbound Farms Little Salad Bar (Aldi) Marketside (Walmart) Kroger House Brand Target private label greens Costco salads and greens etc Trader Joe's chopped salad kits and fresh produce Fast food: McDonalds, Taco Bell, (Yum! Brands), Chipotle, Subway, Pizza Hut, KFC, Olive Garden, Top Golf, Red Lobster, Burger King, etc.

This is not the first time I've heard about a Taylor Farms foodborne illness outbreak. I stopped eating their salads after reading a description of the conditions in their facilities. Doesn't sound like they've improved anything.

We need a fully funded and staffed FDA, and regulations with teeth - and that's exactly what we don't have under Trump. To make things worse, the CDC is no longer tracking these outbreaks. We're on our own.

[ronitkrvshka]

[phantomrose96]

After 13 years of this, it's still funny to me that detailing a full mental breakdown on tumblr is standard fare, but posting a nice selfie is a fraught decision.

[loki-zen]

this is the correct way around and every other social media site is wrong

[dartmoorpixie]

[wistfulwatcher]

REWATCH ROULETTE HIS DARK MATERIALS | 3.03 The Intention Craft

[analytically]

Can astrologers use astrological charts to understand people's character and lives? Our new study put astrologers to the test

Astrology is very popular — both Gallup and YouGov report that about 25% of Americans believe that the position of the stars and planets can

Astrology doesn't seem to work.

[intimate-mirror]

[performativezippers]

Some highlights:

Astrologers helped design the study

No one did better than random chance, even though they only included people in the study who are experienced with astrology and stated that they expect themselves to do better than random chance

They gave every astrologer a set of 50 things about a person and 5 birth charts to choose from. They weren’t even coming up with the chart themselves!

After taking the test, most thought they nailed it. Zero out of 152 did better than 5 out of 12. None nailed it

Astrologers who rated themselves highly experienced (“world class experts”) did the same or worse as those who said they have limited experience. Both performed the same as random chance

This is hilarious

[o-craven-canto]

That's got to be the funniest graph ever published in a paper

[im-your-son]

Marita Covarrubias be like: this is my boyfriend Krycek and this is his boyfriend Mulder and this is his girlfriend Scully and this is her girlfriend Reyes