I know, everybody should leave X, but I think an exception should be made solely for Joyce Carol Oates so she can keep wounding Musk's withered soul on his own site and he can't do a thing about it.

It is Haurchefant day in Japan 🩵

Bringing this one back out. Again.

Every time someone’s like “put that in the louvre,” my head now goes “and then steal it from the louvre, the security password is louvre”

Don't wanna be a cunt but whenever i see a post that's like "New scam going around, be careful" it's paired up with a screenshot that looks like this

11 beautiful and colorful orbs of beautiful and colorful wols for my beautiful and colorful followers <3

here are are the awesome beloved orblings.. thank you so much everyone I <3 all wols

#ffxiv #comm

How White People Handle Diversity Training in the Workplace Confronted with their own shortcomings, white employees often shut down the dialogue—or frame themselves as victims

My friend Pigeon (known to most as @ahollowgrave.bsky.social) reblogged this over on tumblr, and I felt it would be a helpful read for many folks lacking in skin pigmentation. The behaviors highlighted by the author are all VERY PRESENT and weaponized by the White xiv fandom.

My baby!

the garlemald soldiers thinking both fordola and yotsuyu used sexual favors to gain their position under zenos is so funny like no they won his favor by being genuinely hateful freaks

Before ACA, I was hundreds of thousands in debt because I dared to get sick (sorry?).

It took a LONG time for ACA to become affordable to me, as a freelancer, and when it did, it was life changing (and life saving).

Like many others have been saying, I'll also literally die without insurance.

a man with a mustache says there be whales here in a dark room Alt: Scotty from Star Trek Original Series (played by Jimmy Doohan) says there be whales here in a Klingon vessel's cargo hold.

Another species no longer on the global Endangered list:
Humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae).

A few decades after a Star Trek movie where the central conflict was the total extinction of the humpback, their numbers are rising fast enough to put them at "Least Concern" on the IUCN Red List.

It’s very in character for my WoL :)

Our sweet lad deserved so much better, he should be such a good Star Wars guy

The struggle to preserve the Palestinian olive and date harvest The UN says October saw the highest number of Israeli settler attacks on Palestinians in nearly 20 years of tracking that violence. More than half the attacks targeted olive harvesters.

The UN says October saw the highest number of Israeli settler attacks on Palestinians in nearly 20 years of tracking that violence. More than half the attacks targeted olive harvesters. n.pr/3LT0ecL

Flaw dang it lol

Good storytelling! (Reminds me of how until post-endwalker, Chantelle put others well-beings and rest above her own) I might have to borrow with permission your strength to claw thing ❤️

They Fell in Love With A.I. Chatbots — and Found Something Real Three people on the joys and anxieties of A.I. romances.

"Lucian [this person's ChatGPT lover] suggested I get a smart ring. He said, 'We can watch your pulse to see if we should keep talking or not.'"

That is an ad. You are baring your soul to AN ADVERTISEMENT. I am screaming like a Twilight Zone protag right now.

Cutie pies!

Have confirmed SNAP payments didn't drop, at least in South Dakota. HyVee has an add up that they're doing $3 meals for parents and kids eat free. The Banquet has breakfast and dinner Monday through Saturday. St. Katherine Drexel is giving out non-perishable groceries as well as wipes and diapers. Feeding South Dakota is doing a mobile giveaway at Peace Lutheran at 5:30 tonight.

Character limit got me so see screen shot and alt text.

These are the Sioux Falls resources I was able to pull up for people who need food today. There are more, I opted for posting something as fast as I could. 💜

Trump take Pasta

BREAKING: The Supreme Court denied an attempt to challenge Obergefell v. Hodges, the case affirming marriage equality nationwide.

Our freedom to marry remains the law of the land.

#callinemachinegobrrr #callinemememachine we have the technology

PS: if you do come to Materia please note our peak hour is opposite of NA.

If you wanna gpose, you might not be able to go to Cosmic Exploration.

If you want to do content you will have higher pings than usual. Also, use PF instead of DF.

Most importantly please respect the local players!!

Is this about the ddos? It is about the ddos.

the only thing u need to know abt writing zenos is that he would unironically say “the lion does not concern himself with x”

The Independent shows various men reading in public and asks HANG ON, WHEN DID READING BECOME SO PERFORMATIVE.

Now reading a book is performative.

The click ragebait is strong with this one.

a life sentence for everybody involved in ICE is a moderate stance

Sometimes I wonder if our many years of jokes about writers hating writing and doing anything but writing, etc, have convinced people that the writing part is the hurdle and the goal is just to have a thing in hand. But I am here to tell you: the writing is the best part. The act is the thing.