all I want to get is, a little bit closer all I want to know is, can you come a little closer?

[Video ID: A Garashir fanvid/amv set to Closer by Tegan and Sara.]

(youtube link: Closer (Tegan and Sara) - Garashir amv)

I cannot put into words how much I Fucking Loathe the fact that when you search something on youtube now it will randomly intersperse blocks of "people also watched" and "for you" into the results. That's not what I searched for, youtube. I typed in a search query because I wanted to see search results, not random unrelated garbage you have placed in my way apparently to either inconvenience me or force me to scroll further for actual results. I despise your wretched little games and every time I see it I can only instantly close the tab as I am overcome with the urge to burn something down.

"I despise your wretched little games" perfectly conveys how I feel about the entire algorithm/attention economy

God the entire idea of an "attention economy" is so fucking dystopian, but that's exactly what it is and it pains me

They also usually have free wifi. One of the few places you can use the wifi without being expected to buy something.

If you’re looking for a quick, simple way to get politically active on a local level, this is HUGE! Support your public libraries - especially if you live in an area where your right to read is under attack.

libraries also often have free printing resources, discounted museum/nearby attraction tickets (i.e. I live near a zoo + iirc my library has discount zoo tickets), cheap or FREE movie showings, career services, resources for small businesses, language learning classes, + other hobby-type classes. hell, I learned how to crochet there when I was a kid and I still love to do it! + if your library doesn’t offer something you’re interested in, they are often very open to hosting new activities + clubs as well as getting materials from outside sources.

a lot of libraries act as a community beacon so it is genuinely in everyone’s best interest to get involved with their local library even if you just have a library card.

My library also allows you to access a bunch of online resources for free with a library card! You can listen to music, read e-books, listen to audiobooks, use language learning sites, and access online courses!

call me a first level warlock the way i can do one thing before i need to lie down for eight hours

absofuckinlutely not

You’re just continuing a long line of retail tradition babey

happy pride month to all intersex people 💜💜💜. whether or not you feel at home in the LGBTQIA label, you are worthy of celebration and community! we are allowed to be proud of being intersex, this month and all others. intersex is BEAUTIFUL and we deserve to feel loved, appreciated, and welcomed by our community and the larger LGBTQIA community. 

did u kno: ur icon is actually you in 20 years

“You’re not a real Star Trek fan unless you’ve watched all the episodes of X” “you’re not a real Star Trek fan unless you like X” actually the only real Star Trek fan is my grandpa, who set his Alexa’s name to “Computer” so he can pretend to be Captain Kirk

This is like my dad! He set his phone so that instead of responding to "ok google", it responds to "Shields up red alert"

pov its pride month in the succession universe

Sections 553 and 554 of Article 27 of the Maryland Code prohibited sodomy (punishable with a sentence of “not less than one year nor more than ten years”), oral sex, and “any other unnatural or perverted sexual practice with any other person.”

Maryland’s law against sodomy was repealed in 2020.

If the women don't find you handsome, they should at least find you handy. (via)

I desire the river bike.

If we give you access to the waterways you'll be too powerful.

Grilka doodle from work!

* PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT!! *

ATTENTION all Garashir girlies, particularly those of you who like to do the "make Cardassians more reptilian" redraws, and all the Gornfuckers in Star Trek fandom... right-wing assholes on Twitter have been trying to replace Pride Month with "Dinosaur Month" and made it a hashtag (#DinosaurMonth). Predictably, the tag has filled up with dino art in the colors of various pride flags, paleontolgists reminding everyone that their profession is full of LGBTQ+ people and allies, etc. but no one seems to be drawing any porn... YET.

Obviously this must be rectified. ASAP. The tag won't be fully reclaimed until we start posting the things that make the homophobes and transphobes cry and start abandoning it. So your time has come, scalies: get on Twitter and flood it with Julian Bashir impaling Big Dino Garak and Kirk eating Gorn cloaca. And obviously this goes for any other fandom where people are into fucking dinosaurs. Jojo fans, fill it with Diego Brando getting laid. Fire Emblem fans, have Rhea in dragon form motorboating Edelgard. This is what the Internet is good for and we must use it to its full potential, just like we flooded the anti-abortion headline with Shrek and furry porn. Because DINOSAURS ARE GAY.

I was thinking this morning and I realized that I have never combined my two favorite things in the world to talk about, Deep Space 9 and William Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing. Imagine the potential! Matchmaking Jadzia! Pining Garak/Bashir! Misunderstandings!

I was trying to think about who she would pull in for the conversation that Garak eavesdrops on. Kira? Probably wouldn’t want to play the matchmaking game for those two. Miles? Definitely not. Ah, but Worf! Worf would probably do anything for Jadzia. Heck, she might not even tell him she’s baiting a trap for Garak. She just pulls him into conversation when she knows Garak is lurking around…

“I’ve been thinking about Julian and Garak. You know Julian is in love with Garak, right?”

“No, I did not know.”

“Oh, come on. It’s totally obvious. Julian’s had a crush on him since the day they first met, and its only gotten worse since then.”

“Then the doctor has made a poor choice.”

“I don’t think people choose who they love, Worf.”

“Garak is without honor.”

“I don’t know. I think he just has a different sense of honor. His loyalty is to Cardassia, not the Federation. Everything he does, it’s because he’s trying to help his people. Actually, he’s a lot like you.”

“We are nothing alike.”

“You’ve been exiled twice for trying to do what’s right for the Klingon Empire, and you still do anything you can to act in its best interests. I think that’s what Garak is trying to do.”

“And you are sure that Doctor Bashir is in love with him?”

“Positive. He’s always moping and pining.”

“I have not noticed.”

“Julian’s a better actor than people give him credit for. It only comes out when he’s drunk or just broke up with one of those girls he dates.”

“Why is he pursuing others if he wishes to be with Garak?”

“He’s trying to get over it, but it’s not working. In the end, they just break up because Julian is in love with someone else.”

“Has he told Garak of his feelings?”

“No, what would be the point? Garak would just reject him. You’ve seen how they argue over lunch. I’m afraid that, even if someone else told him, Garak would just make fun of Julian for it.”

“Doctor Bashir is a brave warrior and renowned healer. Garak would be lucky to have such a one as his parmakai.”

“Then maybe you’re right, and Garak is without honor. Because I don’t see him doing anything but breaking Julian’s heart.”

“So Doctor Bashir must suffer in silence.”

“I don’t see what else there is for it. Until Garak comes to his senses and realizes how amazing Julian is, there’s nothing any of us can do. Come on, we should get going to Ops.”

And then you have to have the other part, where Julian eavesdrops. But who on the station is willing to talk up Garak? Ziyal, of course! (Also I realize now maybe Keiko if you subscribe to the gardening friends headcanon, but I hadn’t thought of that yet when I wrote this.) Imagine, Jadzia is looking at Ziyal’s drawings or something, and then when she sees Julian passing by she springs into Shakespearean action.

“Ziyal, I mean it. They look lovely.”

“They’re not my best.”

“They’re phenomenal! You have real talent.”

“Thank you.”

“I can’t believe Garak let you draw him in his tuxedo.”

“He’s been very kind to me.”

“I think he’s a lot kinder than anyone on the station gives him credit for. Do you know how much he’s donated to the war orphans on Bajor?”

“No, he doesn’t mention it.”

“He’s modest, too.”

“He’s a better man than most people on the station give him credit for.”

“Julian gives him credit.”

“Yes, they seem like they’re good friends.”

“Yes… although, sometimes I wonder if Garak doesn’t want to be more than friends. I heard from Chief O’Brien that Cardassians flirt by arguing, and they sure do argue.”

“The doctor doesn’t know what it means.”

“No, but Garak does. And I haven’t seen him give anyone else free clothes or chocolate or books like he gives Julian.”

“No, he doesn’t.”

“What I don’t understand is, why doesn’t he just tell Julian how he feels?”

“Cardassians aren’t much for love confessions. You show your feelings through actions, and the other person is supposed to understand it. If they ignore it, well, that’s your answer.”

“But Julian is a human.”

“A human in Starfleet. Garak doesn’t think he has anything to offer.”

“If he didn’t have anything to offer, why does Julian have lunch with him every week?”

“Garak isn’t open with people. You know that. If you don’t trust people with your feelings, you don’t get hurt.”

“What if we told Julian how Garak felt?”

“Julian would reject him.”

“Are you kidding? Garak’s intelligent, well-read, cultured, and he’s crazy about Julian. Why would Julian say no?”

“He’s not young and pretty.”

“Julian’s not that shallow.”

“I’ve seen the kind of people he dates. You know better than I do.”

“Well, it’s his loss. I just feel so bad for Garak. He doesn’t show how he feels, but I get the sense he feels things deeply.”

“He does.”

“Wanting someone like that, for years, but being too afraid to say something in all that time… I can’t imagine. It must hurt.”

“Well, you know how Cardassians feel about sacrifice.”

More star trek memes I made because I'm in a star trek brain rot at the moment

Rainbow flag colorpicked from the original 1978 flag <3

happy pride month to this post specifically

i must not get mad online. getting mad online is the mind-killer. getting mad online is the little-death that brings total obliteration. i will face my urge to get mad online. i will permit it to pass over me and through me. and when it has gone past, i will turn the inner eye to see its path. where the getting mad online has gone there will be nothing. only i will remain