Lauren

It didn't actually hurt, it just scared me ✨️✌️

a lot of that may have been location specific because the place smelled, they gave us instructions once our helmets were on and we couldn't hear shit, and I got aggressively side swiped twice by a stranger and I screamed (it was the same stranger both times) (she won though so what do I know)

turns out I hate go karting! I consider this a positive experience because it was with friends and this is good to knoe about myself

i'm not especially connected to any part of my heritage, but particularly persian since I didn't really know my grandmother (and everything I know about her says that is for the best) but I WILL say. the endearments? transcendent. calling someone your *liver*? deeply tender AND metal

THIS ONE'S FOR YOU, CRICKET

"Which is better for your teeth, a toothbrush or a flamethrower"

we have to be meaner to these people it's all we got. billionaires sitting there crying bc ppl hate them when they could just end world hunger

Oh yeah this one is by far the most blatant

R I G H T

I used to work in book publishing so I was like. did they have to get permission. did they contact Keery's people. what went into this. but part of me's also like yeah babe live your "Steve Harrington is my bisexual bookstore boyfriend" selfship dreams. like fuck it

I saw this book cover in the wild and legit wondered if they had to get likeness permissions, so as far as I am concerned, shine on jayviks with publishing contracts

Picture of Marjane Satrapi alongside a quote from her. The quote reads: The world is not divided into countries. The world is not divided between East and West. You are American, I am Iranian, we don't know each other, but we talk together and we understand each other perfectly. The difference between you and your government is much bigger than the difference between you and me. And the difference between me and my government is much bigger than the difference between me and you. And our governments are very much the same... - Marjane Satrapi, Iranian-French graphic novelist

Thinking about this quote from Persepolis creator Marjane Satrapi again.

You probably can’t personally stop the war in Iran today. Is there something you can do for your neighbors hiding from ice? For a trans person in Kansas? Any local aid orgs or rapid response networks? Phone banks? Anyone already doing good shit that just needs a hand?

Pubby......

How to Support Trans People in All 50 States A curated list of 100 organizations supporting trans rights and livelihood to which you can donate.

as long as folks are enthusiastically donating to state level trans orgs today, figured I'd reup this list the @them.us team and I put together a few years back: www.them.us/story/orgs-f...

(some info may be outdated, but use this as a jumping-off point!)

If you have the means, please donate to the Trans Continental Pipeline right now. They are a Colorado based org that helps trans people relocate and they are overwhelmed with requests. Colorado borders Kansas, and TCP has the infrastructure to help get people out.

tcpipeline.org

interspersed with this is me yelling "REPRESENTATIVE" into the phone like a boomer asking Alexa where his bitch wife left his keys

"A bill says I owe money. I don't."
"You should call this person."
"Okay."
[Next call]
"A bill says I owe money. I don't."
"Let me connect you to this person."
"Okay."
[Next person]
"A bill says I owe money. I don't."
"Okay, let me check."
[Twenty minute hold]
"You don't :)"
"Yeah, I know. thanks"

I swear to god sometimes you have to treat unexpected medical bills like ransomware. which is to say don't panic and pay them money right away. insurance and healthcare system that works

HAPPY (DAY AFTER MY) BIRTHDAY TO *ME*

The cover of Galaxy 2: As the World Falls Down

Galaxy 2: As the World Falls Down by me, @planetx.bsky.social, and @longtalljodie.com comes out on 5/5/26!!!! Preorders are open AND if you’re interested in reviewing the book, it’s up on NetGalley and Edelweiss!

👿👺🏛🙅‍♀️

tumblr is so funny. you can kinda get around the no porn rule through read mores and not tagging it with "nsfw" but other secret phrases. various rituals, you know. anyway I saw someone tag art of characters having sex but with obscured genitals as "suggestive." what is being suggested? balls??

The detail of Left Jayce missing grabbing Viktor's arm the first couple grabs cause he's busy glaring at Right Jayce is hilarious

Call your house rep and tell them to support HB 2540 which will increase the amount disabled people can save from $2k to $10k and remove the marriage penalty where you lose your only source of income if you get married regardless of how little they make. Switchboard: (202) 224-3121

2 HOURS!! Only 30 backers away from hitting 900 backers before we wrap up!!!

image of new items in michiums shop

More new items including new zine and sticker sheets

Even more new items

NEW THINGS IN THE SHOP!!! DOOMED ZINES NOW AVAILABLE, NEW PRINTS, COASTERS, and charms !!! (I gotta add the qifrey/olruggio charm but otherwise everything else is updated!!!). my debts are still massive so every bit helps, literally have $9 in the bank rn 🙃

michiums.bigcartel.com

it's low hanging fruit but man that sure evokes blobfish

YOU HAVE A *COUNTER*???