This is the announcement post for Occupational Hazards, a new serial light novel series.

The first arc is Zero Hour, which follows the separate lives of a kidnapped potential heir and a powerful shadow magic specialist as their lives start to connect.

Twenty-seven year old Hedy Holiday has clinical anxiety and a rocky past, but gets by. She can’t be part of a Guild, but she makes do with her portals as a Court Neutral courier, counting down the days until the Court changes over. (Maybe the worst of the harrassment will stop. She doubts it.)

Thirteen year old Ciela is the potential heir to a long dead empire and its relics. She would be happy to have never found out- maybe then her family wouldn’t be held hostage as she pretends to be the perfect captive for the Society of Magisters. They’ll let her family live as long as she’s a perfect puppet heir, but something tells her things will get worse if she doesn’t fight for freedom soon….

Preview zines are currently for sale at PMX 2018, and the first post will go up Friday November 2nd on the official series Tumblr.

I don’t know how I forgot to post this here until now, but all Asexual Awareness Week (so, today and tomorrow lol I’m sorry), if you like cool ace (and Otherwise Really Queer) books…

Both Chameleon Moon and Stake Sauce are 99 cents!

CHAMELEON MOON: 

STAKE SAUCE: 

So grab them if you haven’t (and want to, obvs), and enjoy!

And like always, reblogging is Very Appreciated, because Tumblr likes to hide outside links, and this Really Sucks for indie creators. THANK YOU!

I thought these were skinny capybaras… I’m so happy these exist.

Cappy bouncy.

IS IT A RABBIT?! IS IT A DEER?!

NO ITS SOMETHING ELSE ENTIRELY

@GOD WHAT IS THIS THING. WHY.

I WISH I COULD UNDERSTAND YOUR CREATION BUT I DONT

@deadcatwithaflamethrower

I think this may need a bun scale but All I can really thinks is what have Bambi and Thumpper been doing?

Deer Bun.

@thesylverlining

It starts when she says “I don’t know what to do” I wanna move forward too, see the skies clear and blue But consider me and you- Can we have real happiness with visions clear and true?

And endless stream of all that was before, Our kin’s blood and gore, a hundred thousand civil wars? With mind open and heart sore is it wrong for me to want more?“

I should be shocked, but I’m not I understand what she’s fearing Cause how can we be soft when the world’s so searing How can we be happy when we keep overhearing “People like you just need to stop appearing!”

“And what about your bearing?” “And what is that you’re wearing?” Not a single note of caring They don’t care how we’ve been faring It’s not bread and salt they’re sharing It’s our hearts and minds they’re tearing

And it’s not just that it’s the point when you realize that the absence of the lies Isn’t a blessing in disguise Its jade glasses over eyes and a lack of compromise

There’s no more cotton in the skies Cause you pulled wool off your eyes And now the bits of you that sympathize the parts of you that empathize

Sit shocked and still with a solemn thought “Was it worth it to rid myself of all of the lies?”

You know, I think I drifted- we need to stop and change the pace. This isn’t exactly the tone I wanna to chase The bitterness isn’t what we need to face So let’s get a new canvas, new words, new base I’ll start again with gushing praise Of who set my mind ablaze Let me introduce you to a World War Flying Ace!

Her eyes verdant it’s true, An auteur through and through and a lovely person too!

I absolutely adore her, Even wrote this poem for her So before you start to stare too circumspectly I’m gonna break the 4th and speak to her directly:

I’m guessing you, and the world are going through some friction?

A philosophical affliction Meloncholy and constriction?

So how about I counter with an amorous prescription?

A joyous contradiction Reinforcing your conviction!

Let’s go back to the start, a wall of captivating diction I fell in love with your fiction Feel my heart thump with a prediction “These words will be an addiction!” They take my mind from dereliction Free my heart from its restriction make my soul burn with reconviction Don’t need a cure for this affliction I just need you to believe this is nonfiction!

Oops, silly me asking you to believe I’m pretty sure you just want a reprieve From the negativity, don’t want a mind like a sieve. You just don’t want to have to grieve The innocence you had to leave Behind by choosing to have your heart on your sleeve

I get it, you know? The fear of climbing higher Eyes behind your head, your adversaries getting slyer You try to branch out and end up building your own pyre But let me stop you, and remind you of something much less dire-

You are LOVED and you are WANTED I stand before you undaunted Even though I am afraid My message will not be delayed So here’s my last words (even though, yeah I strayed):

I know it’s scary, that feeling, I know you can’t shake it

But trust me! There’s joy past that wall, past that block if you can break it,

The world’s amazing for what it is and what we’ll make it,

Take a breath, step forward, here’s my hand

Will you take it?

For my lady, the inimitable illuminating inamorata, @famous-wwi-flying-ace .

!!!!!!! ???!!!!!??

WHAT IS TH IS BEAUTIFU L PIECE OF AR T I’M JUST

I literally forgot I did this what the fuck

Every single white lesbian who has spent years complaining about the lack of lesbians on screen had better support The CW’s Black Lightning. 

Anissa Pierce (portrayed by Nafessa Williams):

is a canon lesbian with superpowers (who goes by the name Thunder) who has, among other abilities, the power to make herself invulnerable (this means she’s essentially unkillable-although she can be hurt/injured!)

Her comic-canon girlfriend Grace Choi (Chantal Thuy) has already been cast:

Grace is half-Amazon, and has superhuman durability and rapid healing abilities-which also help to make her relatively invincible!

Also, they’re really cute in the comics:

So basically-support this lesbian, interracial, basically invulnerable couple on the CW’s Black Lightning-airing January 16th, 2017!!!!!

in superman adventures #19, there’s a villain named multi-face who can convincingly disguise himself as anyone, even tricking dna tests and x-ray vision. Superman initially can’t stop him

and the only reason he gets caught is because multiface decides to disguise himself as, of all people, CLARK KENT i’m screaming

why do villains always mess up so badly

Clark Kent attending Bruce Wayne’s yacht party where Bruce told Clark to wear his clothes and……

calling the people at the party Bruce’s “fake friends” as if he’s Bruce’s only real friend and he’s low key jealous

@famous-wwi-flying-ace

when ur friend likes ur post but they shOULD BE IN BED

WHEN THEY LIKE THE POST YOU MAKE TELLING THEM TO GO TO BED

Did you ghostwrite this @somuchpanash??

...... No but I think it accurately sums up my grievances

Researchers have used Easter Island Moai replicas to show how they might have been “walked” to where they are displayed.

VIDEO

Finally. People need to realize aliens aren’t the answer for everything (when they use it to erase poc civilizations and how smart they were)

(via TumbleOn)

What’s really wild is that the native people literally told the Europeans “they walked” when asked how the statues were moved. The Europeans were like “lol these backwards heathens and their fairy tales guess it’s gonna always be a mystery!”

Maori told Europeans that kiore were native rats and no one believed them until DNA tests proved it

And the Iroquois told Europeans that squirels showed them how to tap maple syrup and no one believed them until they caught it on video

Oral history from various First Nations tribes in the Pacific Northwest contained stories about a massive earthquake/tsunami hitting the coast, but no one listened to them until scientists discovered physical evidence of quakes from the Cascadia fault line.

Roopkund Lake AKA “Skeleton Lake” in the Himalayas in India is eerie because it was discovered with hundreds of skeletal remains and for the life of them researchers couldn’t figure out what it was that killed them. For decades the “mystery” went unsolved.

Until they finally payed closer attention to local songs and legend that all essentially said “Yah the Goddess Nanda Devi got mad and sent huge heave stones down to kill them”. That was consistent with huge contusions found all on their neck and shoulders and the weather patterns of the area, which are prone to huge & inevitably deadly goddamn hailstones. https://www.facebook.com/atlasobscura/videos/10154065247212728/

Literally these legends were past down for over a thousand years and it still took researched 50 to “figure out” the “mystery”. 🙄

Adding to this, the Inuit communities in Nunavut KNEW where both the wrecks of the HMS Erebus and HMS Terror were literally the entire time but Europeans/white people didn’t even bother consulting them about either ship until like…last year. 

“Inuit traditional knowledge was critical to the discovery of both ships, she pointed out, offering the Canadian government a powerful demonstration of what can be achieved when Inuit voices are included in the process.

In contrast, the tragic fate of the 129 men on the Franklin expedition hints at the high cost of marginalising those who best know the area and its history.

“If Inuit had been consulted 200 years ago and asked for their traditional knowledge – this is our backyard – those two wrecks would have been found, lives would have been saved. I’m confident of that,” she said. “But they believed their civilization was superior and that was their undoing.”

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/sep/16/inuit-canada-britain-shipwreck-hms-terror-nunavut

“Oh yeah, I heard a lot of stories about Terror, the ships, but I guess Parks Canada don’t listen to people,” Kogvik said. “They just ignore Inuit stories about the Terror ship.”

Schimnowski said the crew had also heard stories about people on the land seeing the silhouette of a masted ship at sunset.

“The community knew about this for many, many years. It’s hard for people to stop and actually listen … especially people from the South.”

 http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/sammy-kogvik-hms-terror-franklin-1.3763653

Indigenous Australians have had stories about giant kangaroos and wombats for thousands of years, and European settlers just kinda assumed they were myths. Cut to more recently when evidence of megafauna was discovered, giant versions of Australian animals that died out 41 000 years ago.

Similarly, scientists have been stumped about how native Palm trees got to a valley in the middle of Australia, and it wasn’t until a few years ago that someone did DNA testing and concluded that seeds had been carried there from the north around 30 000 years ago… aaand someone pointed out that Indigenous people have had stories about gods from the north carrying the seeds to a valley in the central desert.

oh man let me tell you about Indigenous Australian myths - the framework they use (with multi-generational checking that’s unique on the planet, meaning there’s no drifting or mutation of the story, seriously they are hardcore about maintaining integrity) means that we literally have multiple first-hand accounts of life and the ecosystem before the end of the last ice age

it’s literally the oldest accurate oral history of the world.  

Now consider this: most people consider the start of recorded history to be with  the Sumerians and the Early Dynastic period of the Egyptians.  So around 3500 BCE, or five and a half thousand years ago These highly accurate Aboriginal oral histories originate from twenty thousand years ago at least

Ain’t it amazing what white people consider history and what they don’t?

I always said disservice is done to oral traditions and myth when you take them literally. Ancient people were not stupid.

Just for once I’d like to tell the gate agents and flight attendants that my folding wheelchair is going into the onboard closet and not have them tell me there’s “no room”. Bitch that’s a wheelchair closet, not a “your bags” closet. Move your damn bags where they belong.

Ok, so according to my friendly aviation expert, this is a Big Fucking Deal. In fact, if an airline argues with you about putting your wheelchair in the wheelchair closet or even suggests there may not be room, unless there is already another passenger’s wheelchair in that closet, they have violated federal law.

CFR Title 14, Chapter II, Subchapter D, Part 382, Subpart E, Section 382.67, Subsection (e)

“As a carrier, you must never request or suggest that a passenger not stow his or her wheelchair in the cabin to accommodate other passengers (e.g., informing a passenger that stowing his or her wheelchair in the cabin will require other passengers to be removed from the flight), or for any other non-safety related reason (e.g., that it is easier for the carrier if the wheelchair is stowed in the cargo compartment).”

Source

This is hugely important because it means that if this happens to you, you should report their asses to the DOT. Why? Because these statistics are published every year for every airline, and the airline gets a huge ass fine for every violation. If we want to see change, we need to make airlines literally pay every time they treat us this way.

@vaspider

Yes.

THIS IS WHAT FUCKING HAPPENS WHEN YOU FORGET TO RINSE THE TUB OUT AFTER USING A LUSH INTERGALATIC BATHBOMB!

He’s fine. He got a bath.

Lush glitter is made of seaweed.

I hope you don’t mind but I drew your cat

i mean, this is pretty much the pinnacle of all things good and bright. a glitter kitty. 

Because your a sky full of stars 🌌

@famous-wwi-flying-ace @curlyhumility @theladyem

Here it is: Best stuff first

Extremely handy if you follow a lot of people and hate missing anything good. 

Best Stuff First moves the best stuff on your dashboard—mhm!—right up to the top. 

It’s rolling out this week on iOS and Android, and comes with this Help Center article.  

Thanks! ✌️

I don’t have the option to turn it off yet, but chances are good that my dash is still affected. Chances are good that y'all have been affected. Whatever you do, keep checking your settings tab for the ability to TURN THIS OFF. Because we creators are gonna suffer from this.

————

There’s a chance that y'all might not have gotten this option yet, but i finally did. For the sake of all creators out there, check your general settings and look for this option. If you have it, TURN IT OFF. Don’t let some algorithm dictate what you see.

Don’t just like this. It needs to be spread so people know. Not only will your feed be out of chronological order, but creators who aren’t hella popular are suffering lack of exposure because of this. This is the one thing i WILL pressure to reblog.

Hilariously, I did not see this new post at the top of my dash until I turned off the dashboard sorting thing.

HELP SUPPOERT ALL CREATORS AND ARTISTS BY TURNING THIS OFF!

Timewasters - 1x01

I need to watch this

This looks spectacular!

FIYAH’s 2018+ subscriptions are now available for preorder! In year 1 we published 30 gorgeous speculative pieces by Black authors and we’re eager to do it again next year. Prices go up January 1st. Subscribe or renew today

In March 2017, my parents began forcefully arranging a marriage between myself and the son of a business partner of theirs. We grew up together but we’re not friends. It’s always been social between us; our parents are close. We are strangers. I call him “Charles Lee” because he’s just that–arrogant, reckless. Wild temper. He once hit me so hard I was brought to the emergency room. Our parents and the people around us believe him over me.

That said, in order to survive, I’ve had to do some questionable things. Which is what’s led me to my problem. Weeks ago, I tested positive for pregnancy. Took me awhile to see a doctor to confirm it despite the multiple pregnancy tests because I had to keep it a secret. That doctor trip took a lot of sneaking around and a very generous loan from a friend who barely has anything going on herself. I’m 5 weeks in. I’m running out of time to hide.

And I can’t have this baby. Having this baby means even more strict protocols than I already have now. It means I will be forced to marry “Charles Lee” as quickly as possible. It means I will lose what little freedom I have. It means I will be pulled out of school. It means I might as well be dead.

I live in a very religious country where abortion is illegal. I’ve found someone who does it safely, highly recommended by many other women; the price of her services and secrecy, however, is steep.

My finances are closely watched and there is no way I can suddenly justify taking the amount I need for the abortion without raising suspicion.

I’m opening commissions/requests–I have a lot of fandoms but aside from fanfic, I wouldn’t mind writing term papers or doing homework or research (just no math because I wouldn’t be able to give you your money’s worth).

As of October 7, 2017 I have $105 out of the $300 I need to cover medical costs and debts incurred.

If you have anything to spare, I’m only able to take payments through www.ko-fi.com/mirarespira – and if you don’t, please just send me positive vibes and spread this like wildfire. Please. I’m desperate.

Thank you.

@wetwareproblem @vaspider @thebibliosphere please boost

so if you haven’t been following me for a while you probably won’t know but my food stamps case has recently been closed as i’ve migrated from the east coast to the west coast and back. i can’t have an active california food stamps case outside of california, so i’ve lost my monthly $200 food budget allowance and i lost the remaining $40 that would’ve lasted for the remainder of september. 

i’m currently unemployed as i’m multiply disabled and have several crucial upcoming surgeries and various doctor’s appointments spread out across the months of september and october and i can’t afford to take time off work for surgery and long recovery time as well as returning post-ops and so on and so forth. 

anyways my birthday is coming up on october 13th- i know this post is a handful of days early but i’m also asking for some financial help. i won’t be able to afford any birthday gifts this year, and my family can’t afford them either with all of the medical stuff going on, which is a huge bummer.

if you’d like to get me a birthday gift, my wishlist is not an enormous list and nothing on the list is over $35, and it’s just things to cheer me up while i’m in surgery recovery

if you have money to spare and can afford to donate so i can afford to eat you can donate through these mediums:

paypal → mathiaslecter@icloud.com

square cash  → http://cash.me/$marblestatuette

amazon wishlist → http://a.co/gRPMfJh

update as of 10/1/2017, 8 days since i made this post:

we have no food in the house and donations stopped on september 24th. i struggle with prediabetes and literally need food outside of canned soup, instant mashed potatoes and ramen noodles for sustenance. 

if you have disposable income, please consider donating- i’m really struggling and it’s extremely difficult to live this way. 

Puerto Rico is really in worse shape than Texas ever could have been. People are likely going to be without power and service for months.

I haven’t seen nearly as many good suggested charities, but here’s a link to the one the Puerto Rican government endorsed.

http://unidosporpuertorico.com

If you guys can spare, please help out Puerto Rico in this difficult time.

WOW. Watch these 3 minutes from Dallas sportscaster Dale Hansen talking about what Trump doesn’t understand about the national anthem and the right to protest. Compare this to any right-wing media whining and that’s why this is one to remember.

Dale Hansen is a fucking treasure.  He admitted he was a childhood victim of sexual abuse in the hopes that it would encourage others to come forward and seek help. He has been an ardent supporter of scholar-athletes and of gay players in the NFL and of trans athletes.

“I’m not always comfortable when a man tells me he is gay; I don’t understand his world. But I do understand that he is part of mine.”