Zarky's Effluence and Ephemera

He/Him Genderfluid Pan/Poly, Queer Millennial (in his thirties), Foul-mouthed marshmallow Expect bright colors, obsolete tech, sonic/sega fanboyism, old cars, queer shitposts, leftism, and furries. If I follow you its probably because I think you're pretty cool! turbozarky.neocities.org

[turbozarky]

Come also find me on bluesky barkyzarky.bsky.social

[fuckofffanpol]

that's... not how it works. you can't guarantee that your work definitely won't squick anyone. what do you think you're saying?

[the-bar-sinister]

"squick free" someone writes on their wholesome family fic about married characters expecting a baby.

I read it and am extremely squicked.

You do not know what squicks other people. "Squick" is not a category of elements, it is a description of a reaction.

[actualaster]

Squick is literally a personal thing, you literally cannot know what squicks another person.

Same goes for triggers, by the way. You can't guarantee something is trigger-free because literally anything can be a trigger because the human brain can be weird like that sometimes.

[skaars-treasure-trove]

No no, actually there's a perfect way to write an absolutely squick free fanfic! Plenty of writers do it successfully every day!

Here.

[lethalbutterfly]

Blank documents squick me out because they remind me of all my unstarted writing projects. :/

[fuckofffanpol]

[fuckofffanpol]

guys. c'mon.

[fuckofffanpol]

oh my goddd

[salmonandsoup]

Okay, for anyone ACTUALLY unsure and wanting to learn: "squick" is an old fandom term. It means something that grosses you out or makes you deeply uncomfortable, but doesn't give you as intense negative reactions as a trigger. They are incredibly personal, though often times, just like with triggers, you can tag relatively common squicks.

For me, mpreg is a squick. It makes me deeply uncomfortable, but it doesn't send me into a panic spiral, a deep depression, or make me angry like reading about eye trauma does.

[nightingalesighs]

My cousins in Lannister, ‘squick’ didn’t even originate in fandom.

Also useful to note that ‘squick’ is specifically used to mean “this isn’t for me, personally” without adding a moral judgement to it. A simple easy way to say ‘no, thank you but you do you’. Unlike ‘cringe’ which has negative connotations. Squicks are also more than just uncomfortable.

Daddy kink makes me uncomfortable

Degradation squicks me out

Hand trauma is a trigger

[darker-than-darkstorm]

First known usage of "squick" was in 1991. It's not some new term that was made up for this post.

[moniquill]

It's a portmanteau of Squeamish and Ick.

Modern parlance would translate it as "A thing that gives me the ick"

Hope this helps, kids ignorant of and derisive towards fandom history.

[commodorez]

Weird Japanese Laptops - @ms-dos5 & RadRacer203

"A selection of ultraportable or otherwise weird Japanese laptops from the 90s onward."

There are some cool and wacky little machines, along with some of the most cursed and funny wallpapers. I spot a newer Toshiba Libretto... also Yuri from Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2

[oneheadtoanother]

[kropotkindersurprise]

Critical support to these scammers weaponizing homophobia to drain right-wingers' bank accounts 🫡

[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.

[taffybuns]

theyre green for an amazing reason

[allthecanadianpolitics]

Fire-ravaged First Nations community accuses Ottawa of denying it federal aid

OTTAWA — A small First Nations community in Ontario that was burned to the ground by a raging wildfire on Monday is being deprived of the he

A small First Nations community in Ontario that was burned to the ground by a raging wildfire on Monday is being deprived of the help it needs because the federal government doesn't recognize it as a First Nation, the community's lawyer says. And its chief says she didn't hear anything from Indigenous Services Minister Mandy Gull-Masty for nearly a week after the fire broke out. Residents of Collins First Nation, a remote community without road access more than 200 kilometres north of Thunder Bay, were forced to self-evacuate earlier this week in advance of fast-moving fires.

Read more.

Tagging: @newsfromstolenland

[collie-parkers-carbine]

Disgusting and unfortunately absolutely typical behavior from the federal government here, this administration has consistently made it very clear how they feel about Indigenous people, and it's up to us to help each other. Ashinabek Nation has been collecting on behalf of Namaygoosisagagun First Nation, please donate if you can https://an7gc.ca/donate/

[serial-unaliver-deactivated2024]

[serial-unaliver-deactivated2024]

this post has more people in my inbox defending working for lockheed martin than you'd expect

[fuzzyghost]

[jeroenapers]

Een ruïne van het modernisme in de jungle van Brazilië. Het nooit afgebouwde toeristenhotel Gávea Tourist Hotel nabij Rio de Janeiro. In 1953 begon Décio da Silva Pacheco met ontwerpen en in 1972(!!!) werd de bouw stil gelegd door de ontwikkelaar. 10 jaar terug werd nog een poging gedaan om het af te bouwen, met de komst van de WK voetbal, maar ook toen lukte het niet om deze flat af te bouwen.

[depsidase]

[pirateprincessjess]

I was told that I’d get used to not having a headphone jack. I still want a fucking headphone jack. I hate that phones don’t have them. It’s stupid and awful and I hate it

[lemonscribs]

Polysexual pride shark 🩷💚💙

[tilkidud]

bog safari wip soup

[redstonedust]

funny thing about anxiety is sometimes it kind of breaks your sense of danger. like i am known for repeatedly putting myself in situations that make my friends go "bro you couldve died. werent you scared?" and the answer is 👍 yjeah. i did it scared. i do everything scared. i didnt know that was the actual important kind of scary because i usually have to ignore my fears to function in society. it will happen again. watch out.

[crabussy]

really fond of humans just from an appearance standpoint. the long legs. the manes of hair that can come in practically any colour and texture. those crazy high-contrast eyes with the white scleras and colourful irises. the fingers being so much longer than the toes. there's a lot to love. solid 10/10 animal species

[devotedgossamerreader]

hey there just out of curiosity are you not human, too?

[crabussy]

hilariously enough, I am probably the most human out of anyone on this entire site. earlier today I was posting about getting "species euphoria" from doing human activities like ecosystem management. I'm the worlds first therian to have a kintype that aligns with his biological species. shirt that says "I ❤️ being a sapient omnivorous primate & bipedal persistence predator" on the front and booty shorts that say "largest gluteal muscles to body size ratio on the planet"

[danielkahndyke]

[power-handmaiden]

I've seen this on several posts now where someone outside the USA will see someone talking about their school experience here, and they'll ask "wait, do schools in America do X?"

I started noticing it on my own post that blew up about my old teacher's extra credit policy. Too many people asked this for me to want to answer individually, but, like, I want to be clear, for almost everything you want to ask from one American's account of their education, the answer is Yes and No. Do American teachers actually teach literature primarily with multiple choice tests? Well, several of mine did! Don't they use more essay and short answer questions? Well, other people's did!

We have 50 states that all have their own standards on education (though Texas and California have outsized influence on certain nationwide standards). There is the divide between public schools (more standardized to state standards) and private schools (they do their own thing to some extent, the extent they're allowed to can depend on the state). There is a spectrum of private schools that are the fancy ones that are meant to provide better education, and ones that are made with a focus on religious indoctrination (Catholic schools often have some elements of Both). There is a temporal divide, there have been huge changes in the legislated standards of education from when the millennials and older on Tumblr would have been in school, to what the teens and early twenty-somethings experience/d, to what the current teachers on here are expected to do. (No Child Left Behind is the most major and notable but not the only legal change).

My experience at a Midwestern religious school that was constantly scraping for money in the '00s will be very different from a public school in a major city in California today, which will also be different from a private school in Utah today, etc etc. When someone talks about their personal school experience that might just mean that's what their school did, not that it's something that the whole country does.

[power-handmaiden]

#except the shootings#those are pretty equal opportunity#r

ah. yeah. there's that. we may get wildly inconsistent education but active shooter drills are a unifying American education experience