[kingcatnine]

maybe prometheus's liver is the eagles safe food?

[oidingus]

When I was a kid i had this idea of "saving" like you would do in a game. So whenever I felt particularly content i would take a note of my surroundings and “save” that moment😌

[springinthesky]

resist the urge to self-isolate, girl. people want you around. people don't think you're faulty. you're allowed to be wrong and make mistakes and missteps and people won't reject you for it. don't self-isolate. nobody in your life wants you to self-isolate. don't do it.

[kosmogrl]

[dozydawn]

morrisonite jasper

[hope-for-the-planet]

Massachusetts is turning retired cranberry bogs into natural wetlands. They’re on track to rewild 1,000 acres

The Division of Ecological Restoration has an ambitious pledge in the works when it comes to the state’s many cranberry bogs.

From the article:

Massachusetts is home to 13,000 acres of cranberry bogs, making it the second-largest cranberry-producing region in the U.S. and the third-largest in the world. The bright, red berries are the state’s moneymaker, contributing over $1.7 billion to the state's economy annually.  But a good chunk of that acreage is taken up by defunct cranberry bogs that have been rotated out of cultivation.  Fortunately, a new program by the state’s Division of Ecological Restoration is on a mission to convert them back into natural wetlands.  In November 2024, the DER funneled $6 million in grants to the restoration plan. According to the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, more than 500 acres of retired cranberry bogs have already been converted into wetlands — with hopes of restoring 1,000 acres in the next decade. “These projects will transform degraded former cranberry bogs into thriving wetlands that will provide habitat to important species, flood control in time of storms, and access for all to beautiful natural areas,” Governor Maura Healey said in a statement. 

[fangs-4-fags]

grinding our bulges together but mine has a higher rating on the mohs hardness scale so when we pull back yours has been ground to nothing

[bucketofcrows]

come on man i was using that

[fangs-4-fags]

sorryyyyyy

[xrd]

The thoughtful and heartfelt pervert has logged on

[livepasthope]

why did we all let it chapter 2 do that to us

[sandmandaddy69]

[cryptotheism]

"Bottom does not mean sub" might as well be occult knowledge to some of y'all

[cassiecassi]

call my man shredded lettuce because he be a sub topping

[rettoujoutou-deactivated2025112]

bela fujoshi’s dead

[patronsaint-ofthedenial-deactiv]

First of all he's not my boyfriend he's some other shit. Plus scientists don't even know the ramifications of it's hazards yet

[0x1-deactivated20220826]

if you found out that your dad has 120k followers on tiktok what would it be for? what would your dad's tiktok niche be

[shapeshiftersvt]

Anyway, I was queer before it was legal and I'm still queer now

I grew up not knowing a single trans person til I was in my twenties and I still turned out trans as shit

There's millions of us and we're everywhere and we're better than ever at connecting with each other.

join your local queer discord / signal / affinity space / community center wherever and whenever you can. as always link up with each other. c'mon out to OITO if you're local to us. go to that cheesy meetup for old gay fogeys if that's all you can find. whatever!!

that's how we've always survived. the joyful histories we have are of small groups loving each other closely. find you one.

[shapeshiftersvt]

YEAH BUD first thing you do is you get yourself to CenterLink!

Find a CenterLink Member in our LGBTQ Community Center Directory

Find your closest one. Get to their website and sign up for their mailing list. Then go over to Programs or Events or Offerings or whatever they got and pick one. Put it on your calendar. Show up.

If you don't have transportation, if you don't know which one to pick, if you're not sure about any of this: EMAIL THEM. Introduce yourself. Say "hi, I need my people".

I'm so serious, there are people employed by centers all over this dang map whose job is to check their email and go, "oh! Hello, a new queer person near me! How can I get you hooked into our network of support and care? Here's three suggestions you tell me what works!"

If there isn't one near you, email the nearest anyway. Say "hi, I'm located here, you're the closest one I got, what you got for me?" The answer may be "sorry, nothing", but it may also be "here's a meetup right next to you! It's offline but we know about it because that's our job. Go say hi."

That's probably plenty for now. But just in case you want another way in, here is the NEXT THING YOU DO. Check the EIQ map:

Map — Everywhere Is Queer

and find you a gay third space near you. Coffee shop, bookstore, comic shop, what-have-you.

Go. Sit in the corner and be shy the first time. Check the bulletin board for events and meetups.

The best way to find good online spaces, too, is to show up offline and ask.

Good luck frand.

[shapeshiftersvt]

#be shy however many times you need but keep going

^^^ EXACTLY THIS.

Show up. Go to the thing. You don’t have to be a sparkling socializer, you don’t have to forge deep and lifelong bonds on day one. You will still benefit from going, and the space will be better because you are there.

And, one more possible way: join your local community theater group if you’re a theater gay, or if you ever thought you might be. See if you can find your people there. Make friends and tell stories. I have never bonded with people faster and stronger than when I built a story with them.

Last week I talked with the playwright of the play I’m directing, who was gay in the 1950s and lived through bar raids when the fash were arresting us for cross-dressing. “Impersonating”. Her stories are going up on stage this weekend because my cast is telling them again, and in so doing we’re connecting more deeply with each other.

I also sat for an interview about Shapeshifters with a local historical society. They recorded my stories for the future. I talked about the play too. Carrying it forward.

The way we get through this is together. Caring for each other in messy close-knit chaotic networks of care and favors traded and stories told is how we see the next decade. I posted this last November and it’s a year later now and it’s grim out here but there are lights in the darkness. And they are us. We hold candles for each other.

[yesornopolls]

If you had the chance to be with your celebrity crush, would you take it?

If you had the chance to be with your celebrity crush, would you take it?

Yes

No

See results

Voting ended onNov 20, 2025

[incognitopolls]

For this poll, assume the following:

You are home and not busy.

You are at your baseline energy level, i.e. it's a normal day and you're not extra tired or stressed from any atypical prior events.

The person in question is a good friend or close family member whose company you enjoy.

No plans have been made with this person.

If a friend or family member showed up at your door unannounced, asking to hang out/do something together, would you be happy about it?

Yes!

I'd feel conflicted

No, I would not like this

I'm not sure/other

Voting ended onNov 17, 2025

This isn't about a specific scenario, more of a general outlook difference. Anon's partner sometimes goes to certain friends' houses unannounced, and while anon's partner knows their friends well enough to know that this is acceptable, anon is always baffled by this because anon would not appreciate an unannounced visit no matter how much they like the person.

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