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The world is quiet here.

[wcovinadreamer]

Check out my original photography over at @starriverdreamer !

I also share (mostly) original photography over on @lensconservatory , for all the photos that inspire me!

(There is also a random food blog @teaheretic idk)

[climbhighsleeplow]

I would submit, we do live our whole life in one day. Being fully present and mindful takes some effort to establish new habits. The past is for learning, not regrets and the future is for planning, not worry. Learn, plan and then get on with being yourself, right here and right now.

YOU MATTER AND TODAY MATTERS😁

[the-quasar-hero]

For this Juneteenth, I would like to recommend some Black artists I follow on here.

@uptownlowdown who has a wonderful retro style I admire and a lot of video game love.

@nostalgic-teddyy has an excellent eye for color, shine, and love for different body types.

@dragonfruityyy a traditional artist with sharp line work and unique designs.

@thickness-protection-program hardly even needs an introduction, skilled painter with a gorgeous sense for light, and all around huge personality.

I follow more but my brain goes in a billion different directions 😅 if you know more Black artists and wanna give them a shoutout or hype yourself, go ahead use this post! Have no shame, no hesitation, I won’t allow anything but pride for your work here!

[uptownlowdown]

this is SO kind omg thank you so much for the shoutout and liking my work, it means so much!!

[the-quasar-hero]

Some more additions

@erinmcdowellart her work is gorgeous and vibrant!

@schakira talented doesn’t even cover what this cool cat can do with digital art.

@afrophunk draws such cute OC’s and has a profound love of Dragon Ball Z

@wertys-art who I just found. She does mixed art, drawing, 3D art, it’s really impressive and cute!

[schakira]

woahhhh thank you!!!

[the-quasar-hero]

😊

[improvrich]

And if I may - READ BULLETS AND SPELLS! @the-quasar-hero aka ThoughtsRoamGuy writing a fantastic action magic yuri story with SO many plant names and wonderful characters you actually care about.

https://www.webnovel.com/book/bullets-spells-(gl)_14096498905324705

[the-quasar-hero]

Thankies!!!

😊😊😊

[sioltach]

Cody Cobb

[aestum]

(by timbenzzz)

[pro-royalty]

Anok Yai x British Vogue

w. her parents, Nyibol Akuei & Kenyang Yai

[pro-royalty]

Anok Yai x British Vogue

[pro-royalty]

Uche Natori

makeup by @makeupbychelseax

[modediarx]

Anok Yai hair details for the met

[pro-royalty]

Anok Yai

[andrew-garfielld]

ANOK YAI for The Met Gala (2021-2026)

[nature-travel-photography]

Sunrise Akron Ohio May 17, 2026 [OC] - Author: southofakronoh

[caribbeanangel]

Nathaniel Bailey.

[whatwecouldvebeen]

[positive-pumpkin]

If this is the sign you're looking for, please

stay alive

stay safe

Drink some water

eat something

get back into the things you love

Unclench your jaw

do some self-care

Take a shower or bath

Take your med(s)

[bovid-beauty]

"Fascism"—New Federal Rule Would Require Federal Funding Recipients To Deny Trans People Exist

The rule could have heavy impacts towards trans people across society.

Last week, the Trump administration quietly released a sweeping new federal rule that would use funding threats to force institutions across the country to reject transgender people. The 400-page proposed regulation would codify the administration's anti-trans executive orders into binding federal policy, imposing a blanket prohibition on federal funds going toward "gender ideology"

The proposed rule, formally titled "Regulation for Federal Financial Assistance," rewrites the government-wide framework governing all federal grants across every agency. Among its most consequential provisions, it requires that before a federal grant recipient can receive money, the award must pass a "pre-issuance review" conducted by a political appointee—not a career expert or peer reviewer—to ensure it is "consistent with applicable law, Federal agency priorities, and the national interest." The regulation explicitly instructs these appointees to screen for "denial by the recipient of the sex binary in humans or the notion that sex is a chosen or mutable characteristic." [...] An institution that acknowledges transgender people exist—through its policies, its training, its healthcare, its bathroom access, its HR procedures, its name-change processes—could be deemed to "deny the sex binary" or to “support the notion that sex is mutable” and have its federal funding blocked.

Importantly, the gender ideology prohibition has no age limitation—hospitals could be targeted not just for providing care to minors but for providing gender-affirming care to adults, because prescribing hormone therapy to a transgender patient of any age could be deemed promoting the belief that "sex is a chosen or mutable characteristic."

[junequeer]

THIS IS OPEN TO COMMENT UNTIL JULY 13, 2026

[featherandstorm]

This is all very bad and horrible, but I want to be clear that it’s worse and more sweeping than just eliminating trans research.

This torches everything. And I do mean everything.

A very abbreviated list of its ramifications include (but are not limited to):

ending funding for ALL DEI related initiatives

allowing the government to terminate grants at any point for any reason

preventing researchers from publishing, going to conferences, and being part of academic societies

requiring that topics must support the president’s agenda.

What this means, and if anything I’m under selling it, is the death of science and research in America. It allows the government to restrict any topic they please at a whims notice, putting officials who have no background in the topic in charge of deciding funding continuity. It controls what gets researched and if/how researchers are allowed to share their discoveries. There are no books to burn if the government never allows them to be written. This is fascism plain and simple.

Please, if you only ever write one public comment, this is the one to do.

[genderkoolaid]

Bringing back this guide to writing an effective public comment. This gives you the basics you need to know, what you need to include, a basic outline you can follow, etc.

Public comments are not a vote, it is a chance for you to say "here is an issue with this law I think you need to address" and provide justification for legal challenges if it goes forward:

"Comments raise the bar that agencies have to meet when making a rule; “if an agency fails to adequately respond to significant, relevant comments in a final rule, members of the public may seek to challenge the rule in court on that basis and claim it could be struck down.ˮ"

But also, if possible, don't stop at writing a comment. Don't stop at calling your representatives. You should ideally be talking to people in your community about this and organizing resistance on-the-ground; there is a good chance people are already doing that even if you aren't hearing about it.

[mageofquandrix]

Like they said- get the noise up. The administration has tried lots of ways to ban being transgender, and they've always failed. Make sure to tell community members and ask them to pass the word as well.

Don't let fear or feeling doomed stop you. If you're overwhelmed that's okay, but take a break, take a breath, talk to someone about how you're feeling, and continue.

We've beaten them before and we'll beat them again.

[inkskinned]

no, i understand the only way out is through, i know this and i am very familiar with the concept and i have forced myself through and through and through and through, like an arrow to an apple; like a bird to the air. i push myself through mesh and sieve and stormdrain.

i am saying this thing is like stone to me. i am saying i have taken a pickaxe and a plow and a chisel and a spoon to it and i have made no dent or scratch in the surface. i have pushed and pushed, sisyphus beside me, and still my skin gave before the stone could.

i am telling you if there is a passage i do not see or some kind of clever way to thwart this enemy i'll take it. i've been up down and sideways of it, i've whispered to it and cajoled it and sang to it. i have tended to it like a kitten and i've kicked it to the curb. i have exhausted all available avenues and approaches as are available to me. i'll do whatever stupid fetch quest or answer the riddles three. i am standing here and every part of my body hurts and the stone is unmoved. please. if you know how to resolve this, i'm begging you.

and still, you say. the only way out is through.