[demiiwhiffin]

the mortifying ordeal of committing to the bit

[aeli-noir]

[stephenroot]

idk at the end if the day maybe I really am just a curmudgeon but you simply will never convince me that mayor, senator, governor, or president are entry level jobs that can be done well with zero government or policy experience and the tremendous arrogance it takes to think they can should be disqualifying in and of itself.

[stephenroot]

I don’t disagree with you, particularly about the pay (public service is a highly skilled job and the pay should reflect that!) but I also think people underestimate how many opportunities for experience exist. I was reading this morning that in my state (Mass), 59% of state house and senate races this year are uncontested. I can’t tell you how many times I go to vote and every race lower than president, governor, or senate is uncontested or worse, will tell me to pick three from a list of two. Library, school, town, and city boards and committees are begging people to show up and participate, and most of the time it’s the same tiny group of people over and over again and then everyone wonders why nothing ever changes.

[unfriendlyaloos]

I refuse to watch summer house but I will absolutely listen to my friends takes on it.

[tcmreads]

reading in bed. painting by marta astrain.

[nozomi-kaizoku]

[diehellasrache]

I think I'm going to remember this phrase every time I cook for the next five years

[dragon-in-a-fez]

does the body ALWAYS have to keep the score? maybe we could just have a friendly game this time. maybe we can just have fun without putting numbers on it

[d0minguicidixs]

[seekingstars]

HOW’S THAT HOUSE THAT RAISED YOU? - Lev St. Valentine

[how2forgive]

Ahhhh i needed to hear this

[persimmonteas]

'I'm Overcome By Grief and Rage, But I Need Love and Support!

Thriving means turning raw shame into pure audacity.

even before googling the source, i knew it was askpolly

[infiniteoreos]

undiagnosed autistic people will be like "I don't get upset when my routine changes though!!" and it's because they've built a set of if-then loops in their head to pick from one of 6 different strict routines and they do get incredibly upset when they're unable to keep to any of the 6 scripts. I'm john normal

[thundercrackfic]

This is called a fault tree. You will always know how to act if your fault tree captures all possible scenarios. In NASA Mission Control during mission critical events like landings there are huge binders with fault tree protocols, kind of like choose your own adventure books except you’re not the one making the choices, the universe is making them for you and you’re just trying to keep up.

The engineers who develop fault trees, I am told, often imagine new ways for their precious spacecraft to die (new branches on the fault trees) either while in the shower or lying awake at 3am, because human

[toothpaste-footlocker]

[kosmogrl]

[buttpoems]

[teathattast]

[my-dailydreams]

[nowisthewinter]

"Jane Austen's Period Drama" - Best Live Action Short Film Oscar Nomination 2026

England, 1813. In the middle of a long-awaited marriage proposal, Miss Estrogenia Talbot gets her period. Her suitor, the dashing Mr. Dickley, mistakes the blood for an injury, and it soon becomes clear that his very expensive education has most certainly missed a spot.

Yes, it's a parody of period dramas. No, not that period. The other period. But, also, yes, that period too. Anyway, it's hilarious and cheer it on this Oscar season.