i used to be too shy to interact w fanfic authors, but after i finally started to do so, that i realised they're the same @ me
Still too shy
Hey. Why isn’t the moon landing a national holiday in the US. Isn’t that fucked up? Does anyone else think that’s absurd?
It was a huge milestone of scientific and technological advancement. (Plus, at the time, politically significant). Humanity went to space! We set foot on a celestial body that was not earth for the first time in human history! That’s a big deal! I’ve never thought about it before but now that I have, it’s ridiculous to me that that’s not part of our everyday lives and the public consciousness anymore. Why don’t we have a public holiday and a family barbecue about it. Why have I never seen the original broadcast of the moon landing? It should be all over the news every year!
It’s July 20th. That’s the day of the moon landing. Next year is going to be the 54th anniversary. I’m ordering astronaut shaped cookie cutters on Etsy and I’m going to have a goddamn potluck. You’re all invited.
Hey. Hey. Tumblr. Ides of March ppl. We can do this
MOON LANDING DAY IS THURSDAY!
HAPPY MOON DAY EVERYONE!!! 🌙
i spent an insane amount of time trying to make that gif on my phone lmao please validate me 🥲
Found on twitter, going to adopt this now
Writer friends, tell me how many WIPs and how many UFOs you have. I have 2 WIPs and [redacted] UFOs (jk it’s around 16 across my three main fandoms)
going one step further... another yarn craft term that writers should put into use is frogging. If you don’t like the project, but the yarn is good, you can frog it (take it apart) and reuse it for another project.
I think a lot of writers don’t give themselves credit for how many of their ufos have actually been frogged, ie that particular project has been abandoned, but the concept, characters, or setting has been taken and reused on a new project.
Almost all of my abandoned fanfics have been frogged. You’ll find the pieces of them in my original work
my favourite thing about frogging and why it’s called that is because you… rip it rip it (ribbit ribbit)
But! yes! I wholeheartedly concur. I keep “line graveyards” for works that I keep frogging and they wind up being so useful later.
as someone who’s in the writing community AND crocheting/knitting community, i approve of this message
Idle reminder that cyberstalking is bad and that if you're following someone across social media for weeks or months to gather "evidence" to prove that they're bad, then you should probably consider whether you're actually the good guy in that situation.
Go do literally anything else. Dig a garden bed. Learn how to embroider. Play a video game. Just stop fucking stalking people online to buff up your callout post so that you feel better about trying to dox someone over fandom drama.
DASHBOARD UNFUCKER V1.0
as 90% of desktop users have probably found out, today @staff released an update that for some insane reason COMPLETELY remodels the dashboard to replicate twitter's. this is of course in the wake of numerous other thoroughly hated changes and a continued refusal to fix any of the site's actual problems, half of which stem directly from site management.
HOWEVER, thanks to the power of jQuery, i was able to throw together a userscript that remodels the dashboard back to its original look almost perfectly.
here is my dashboard right now, with the script active:
and here is the old dashboard in separate tab container that hasn't received the update:
it's hardly perfect; i had trouble making it force reload to the fixed layout when switching between other pages and the dashboard, and it currently only fixes just the dashboard. it's also completely untested on browsers other than firefox, and chances are it looks a bit screwy on ultrawide monitors. but for now at least, it's a good fix.
the unfucker is a tampermonkey userscript. all you have to do to use it is install the tampermonkey extension, hit "create new script", and replace the default code on the page with the script (link here) and save it.
A Sea Witch’s Guide to Seashells
A handy guide to properly cleaning shells, when and how to collect them, and a few creative ideas for using them in witchy matters or altar decoration!
By rainy-day-witchcraft
Cleaning
Seashells, whether inhabited by an organism or abandoned on the beach, almost always have that funky sea smell~ which can only grow as they are dried and left out. When cleaning shells, there are many different techniques. You can:
- Boil ~ gently drop your shells into a stove-top pot and turn up the heat until the water reaches a boil. After a few minutes, turn it down to about half that heat, and let them simmer for 20-30 minutes. Tips: Shells must be dropped into the water while it is still lukewarm, so they gradually heat and do not break or crack from the cool to hot transfer / Take caution not to let the pot boil over, as the water is salty and will leave a residue that will need to be cleaned afterwards
- Bleach~ Soak your shells in a 50/50 water/bleach ratio for an hour or so. There is no set time, but be careful not to leave them in for too long, as the bleach will break them down!
- Baking Soda scrub~ Mixing a paste-like mixture of water and baking soda, take an old toothbrush and scrub the shell for a few minutes. If you are dealing with a sanddoller, be sure to scrub more gently and in small circular motions
- Burying~ Because barnacles, tiny organisms, or bits of the previous shell-owner can be left in hard-to-reach areas of the shell, burying a shell 18 inches into the ground for a few weeks is a useful technique to get rid of any stink-inducing sea thing. Because it is buried at this depth, it allows insects, larva, and ants to eat the remains of organism and leave the shell with no reason to smell after cleaning! If using this technique, bury it opening-down; it works especially well to preserve glossy shells, as most of the other methods may cause de-shining
If you are more of a pro-collector, consider using:
- Muriatic acid~ dipping a shell in this chemical can majorly restore color and finish. However, on OLIVE shells (seashells that already have a shiny finish) this will do the opposite, and dull them
Shell Collecting
The best times to collect shells are during the New Moon and Full Moon, when the tide is at it’s most powerful. Beginning your collecting an hour before and after low tide is also a key time when seashells end up on the sand! While searching near the wet sand usually yields fresher shells, make sure you also do a little digging or check near the high-tide line.
The DON’T’s
- Fragile shells, such as sand dollar, can crumble if cleaned too harshly or left in the sun
- Do not clean with any type of vinegar! Vinegar can erode calcium, which is a main component in almost all shells
- If you find two shells sealed tightly together, or anything that resembles a live clam or shellfish, do not collect these! There is an organism living inside, and it is illegal at many beaches to collect living seashells. Do the little guy a favor (and the environment) and throw it back into the ocean or leave it be ~
- If any trace of sea creature is left inside or outside the shell, it will mostly never loose the fishy smell
Putting Shells to (Magickal) Use
In addition to looking nice or being cleaned/polished and made into decoration, they can also be used as:
- Offering bowls
- Talismans or Amulets
- Representation of ocean or sea related gods/goddesses
- Various magickal utensils (Magickal tools adorned with seashells, decorated on bowls or cups, hung as ornaments or charms, etc.)
In magick and witchcraft, they represent and are useful in:
- The element of Water/West direction
- Rounder, whiter shells can represent the moon, because of it’s influence on the ocean tides
- Spells for emotion (water=emotion) protection (A shell is the protective covering for an ocean organism) creativity (water also=creative spirit), love (In reference to Aphrodite), and prosperity (Used as currencies around the world long ago)
Particular shells also have their own meaning, such as these~
Abalone - general use and containment of empowered herbs and stones
Clam shells - purification and love
Conche shell - love
Cone shell - protection
Cowrie shell - prosperity, money - if you look at a cowrie shell is also looks very ‘feminine’)
Whelks - dramatic positive change
Limpets - courage, confidence, strength
Scallops - travel, movement
Sand~doller- prosperity, good luck
(Information gathered here)
Leave a message for Rainy-day-witchcraft if you have any questions, comments, or would like to see similar witchy guides! ➺ Rainy
this is the funniest thing I’ve read in my LIFE
it's real btw
T shirt that says "I don't want to hurt people I just have issues with vulnerability and get unimaginably angry for weird reasons" on the front and "I do also want to hurt people so much" on the back
AITA for realizing that my best friend is actually a ghost and not telling him because i'm worried that if he realizes he's dead he'll finally be able to accept it and fully pass on and i won't be able to hang out with him anymore?
AITA if i've been dead for a while but haven't told my best friend yet because he doesn't seem to have realized i'm a ghost and if he does i'm worried that he'll finally be able to accept it and let me go and i can't bear the thought of losing him?
AITA for killing that guy
i will never be against piracy ever but i also need physical media to remain
the average blockbuster carried about 3x as many films than that that are streaming on Netflix or any other streaming service, physical media along with piracy is more important than ever.
I thought this wasn’t true, because how could it be true? How could one small store have more movies than an online database? So I googled it.
I am surprised and depressed to learn it’s 100% true, according to google. A Blockbuster store was required to have a minimum of 7000 titles, but most averaged about 10,000. Netflix has 4000 movies. (And 1800 tv shows if you want to count those, but even included, it’s still less)
Now I’m even more depressed about the collapse of physical rental stores.
the summer is like well what if it was unbearable outside and you can't wear any cool jackets. and everyone's going to tell you that this is the best time of the year. and you're the crazy one
"i love music i wish i could hold it" well you can it's called a CD and it's got a hole and everything
TONIGHT WE FUCK MUSIC!!!
My one bird has been sick for quite some time and I really don’t know with what. At first I thought she was pregnant, and the vet I took her to thought so as well. But that was last year and no eggs, so. I would take them more, but she doesn’t seem to be in pain and I have no choice but to take all three when we go to the vet and it stresses them out to a concerning amount. Especially for my oldest bird Anyway, fast forward to yesterday and this morning, she’s finally showing signs of feeling better!!
I am socially anxious but for some reason I got a boost of confidence and talked to a girl with a lesbian pin.
We got along well and I asked her if she wanted to get to know each other more since like, she's gay and I'm gay and we can see where it goes, and she said: "Oh I'm not gay, I just really liked the colors".
So anyways I'm never talking to girls again.
what if we fell in love and we were both silly?
CGI animators should unionize next. normally, their jobs would be too precarious to strike, since studios would replace them without a second thought, but if it's part of this larger general film strike, they might finally have meaningful power to better their working conditions
if CGI animators unionized, it would kill the MCU. straight up. the the entire business model is built on exploiting CGI animators
THEY ARE TRYING!!!!! SIGN THE PETITION TO GET THE DISNEY ANIMATORS' UNION RECOGNIZED
this petition is from IATSE (union), btw! it actually has credibility, unlike most change.org/etc petitions! please sign it!!
Be open to the possibility that people are speaking nicely about you behind your back. People are conspiring about ways to help you. People advocating for you. People are genuinely rooting for you behind your back.