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The 'hyperspecific situations' polls are really once again highlighting that native English speakers tend to forget that 'foreign' doesn't mean 'non-English' or 'non-American'

"Did you watch a foreign language movie in the past three days?" Yeah I watched the foreign movie "The Martian" with foreign actor Matt Damon

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Op why would you hide this is the tags

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#oats reblogs

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Freeform v2 - l33oh

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The claim is not new — the Miami Herald published its findings in summer 2025.

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source for the congresswoman thing as well, because i hadn't heard about that:

The Trump administration has repeatedly attempted to restrict or thwart congressmembers’ access to ICE jails.

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https://archive.is/20260404100138/https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/03/us/politics/lamonica-mciver-immigration-congress-trump.html

A non-paywall version of an April update about how her shit dem colleagues are failing to stand with her

#oats tags #to read

Reblog to let prev know their presence is wanted

lovepilled and hopemaxxing

#oats speaks #idk what to tag this #r96 #love

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i need a senzu bean

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truly some people have no genre savviness whatsoever. A girl came back from the dead the other day and fresh out of the grave she laughed and laughed and lay down on the grass nearby to watch the sky, dirt still under her nails. I asked her if she’s sad about anything and she asked me why she should be. I asked her if she’s perhaps worried she’s a shadow of who she used to be and she said that if she is a shadow she is a joyous one, and anyway whoever she was she is her, now, and that’s enough. I inquired about revenge, about unfinished business, about what had filled her with the incessant need to claw her way out from beneath but she just said she’s here to live. I told her about ghosts, about zombies, tried to explain to her how her options lie between horror and tragedy but she just said if those are the stories meant for her then she’ll make another one. I said “isn’t it terribly lonely how in your triumph over death nobody was here to greet you?” and she just looked at me funny and said “what do you mean? The whole world was here, waiting”. Some people, I tell you.

oh shit it’s doin numbers

speaking of reading yuri, i’ll be attempting to join the toxic yuri game jam featured by @nadianova and others, since i loved the evil queerotica bundle last time. if you wanna read more yuri you should check out the bundle or even participate in the game jam!

i’ve neither written or made a game before but as nadia noted, you don’t need experience you just need time and perversion.

oooh you wanna join me so bad

#yuri #game jam #toxic yuri #yall got this #evil queerotica bundle #oats speaks

nadianova

hey you. yeah you. its time. its time to make some toxic yuri. look over here. its TOXIC YURI VN JAM 2

with this, you are invited to take part in the upcoming wonderful adults only evil game jam run and judged by the brilliant minds behind bangers like THERA, FAITHLESS//FLAGELLANT, WISHBLEED, wormgrubber and snowcorpse necromancy.

this time the panel of judges will pick five entries that receive $1000 each, and on top of that we will pick five personal honorable mentions which will receive $200 each.

bring your friends and sisters because this is a beginner friendly jam. join the community chat and ask for advice and plenty vn nerds will help you to the right direction. its easier than you imagine, the only thing you need is time and perversion which is the exact same thing as passion.

A game jam from 2026-06-01 to 2026-07-14 hosted by nadia nova, deaddeaddeath, KillJill, thursdayrain & Kyou System. 💉🤕VISUAL NOVELS 😈💔 FOR G

click the link for more in-depth details about the game jam and find the link for the community chat in the description.

be there or be decimated into squares 🔪🔪🩸🩸

nadianova

everyone glancing at this and being like damn this looks neat i wish i knew how to code so i could make a visual novel. well heres the thing. i dont know how to code either and look how many visual novels ive done. all you need is insanity and perversion thats just how great renpy is. you just slap "how to do x in renpy" in google and you probably have your answer. if its too complicated ask in the jam community chat and the vn nerds will rush in to help

but nadia nova i cant draw?? yes you can. maybe its bad but you can. trace some anime girls and go paw hands mode its good for the soul. and the thing is. you dont even need art for a visual novel. many of mine and many of my favorites dont have a single sprite or a cg. go play slime feet its literally just a text log and that shits making people bust and cry

but nadia nova i cant write?? if you can read you can write. all you need is imagination and decide you wanna go for it. pick your favorite story and make your own version of it. vent about your brain problems and put them on a character you want to throw down and up the staircase. do your own spin of a trope that pissed you off completely out of spite if thats what motivates you. literally just write smut about your favorite kinks. thats what im doing. theres infinite approaches.

but nadia nova. i want to write/draw GOOD if im going to make a thing!! i cant do it otherwise!! kill the perfectionism in your head. the only way to get better at those things is by doing it. its better to try and make something bad than to not do it at all. thats how i started. thats how everyone started. you can too

guhhh but nadia nova please my visual novel HAS TO HAVE amazing art and great writing and awesome cool brilliant custom ui!!!! then bring your friend who can complement your abilities or make something on your own while you get into the dev community and connect with other devs to work together!!! simply hanging out in spaces with other artists passively raises your own experience. even the lurkers grow stronger. thats just how it works.

nnghhhnghhnadiaaa but im so busy and my life is so full of shit to manage and i have depression and adhd and autism and evil brain disorder and have no time to commit!!! okay you got me there. in my humble and perfect always correct princess opinion this is literally the only valid point. but even then. examine it. how long do you spend just watching videos or playing games or doomscrolling?? you can chip some extra time and energy from a lot of places. many people who manage to make these entries are in surprisingly similar situations as you are. just scope small and go for it. your vn can literally be 5 minutes long. its longer than a vn thats 0 minutes long because it doest exist. and then you get better and more confident at it and suddenly you can do so much more.

hop on bitch i genuinely believe anyone passionate enough about creating can make a visual novel. its about the mindset and ive seen it come true countless of times. believe in yourself. i believe in you. even if you have read all of this and come to the conclusion that you dont have it in you be curious and read the rest of my thoughts on how to approach a project like this. its really fun. it really is. believe in the power of visual novels