Nicola is scrolling, looking for an answer

If you see this, will you please share it? I was recently laid off for the second time this year and I need y'alls help to raise the $1473 left to cover November bills. I know we're all feeling the pinch but even a quick share can help!

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Mine only does this when he's feverish.

Sing muse of a man who should get into the wine dark sea

This woman is one of my top 5 from the hundreds we have on Carve Her Name.

“I don’t wear men’s clothes, I wear my own clothes.” After she was arrested for wearing trousers.

Wow!! Happy birthday!

A reminder that this anti-trans panic is 100% bullshit and exactly none of our country’s problems are related to someone expressing their gender identity and everyone who isn’t a hate-filled weirdo knows it.

My BBC DG manifesto.

1. CBeebies and CBBC to get two hours on BBC1, from 4 to 6pm so old people get to see something that isn’t about property or tat in the attic. Because not everything has a price, Auntie Joan.

James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.

A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.

Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."

Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫

Lower the maximum wage.

Imperial Palace, Kyoto. Japanese garden with lush green trees, a small arched wooden bridge, and a blue sky backdrop. A bit of snow is visible in the lower left.

Every now and then, my "hit the button enough times and something good will happen" approach to photography pays off.

A screenshot of Series 1, Episode 1 of Our Flag Means Death on BBC iPlayer. At the bottom, it states it is available for just 1 month.

Reminded to my fellow UK OFMD fans that both seasons are only available on iPlayer for one more month 💔

Line up your alternative methods of viewing in preparation 🏴‍☠️

Always happy to see Cherry again!

Hello my friends! If you've somehow missed my panicked posts, I was just laid off for the second time this year, and we're a mere teeny weeny (ha!) $1695 short for November bills now.

Can you help? A quick share can go a long way!

Paypal: affirmationgin at gmail
Cashapp/venmo: showupforthis

A magazine list showing #37, Zohran Mamdani, age 11, asked for Books, FIFA 2003 and SimCity 3000 video games.

we’re about to find out if loving SimCity makes you a better mayor

Mamdani was asked in 2002 by NY Mag what he wanted for Christmas and said SimCity 3000

A LEGO model of a decorative hope chest with ornate gold and dark red accents, set atop a white, block-built base. The chest is rectangular with tan brick detailing, a gold filigree design, and dark red accent pieces. Small red rose-like petal LEGO pieces are scattered on the base. The scene is lit, with a wooden floor and burgundy cloth backdrop.

There are two row of three disassembled LEGO pieces, all rectangular and square structures, that can be stacked and assembled easily with each other. Top row consists of the two parts of the hope chest and the stand base. The chest is split into two parts - base and a lid, with visible nougat bottom of the chest. On the right to it sits the stand base with white brick and tiles, and some rounded elements in the corners. A small round tile with the letter 'z' marks the artist signature, and two dark yellow bricks mark where the stand backbone should be attached. The bottow row - left to rigth - shows the stand pillar backbone, the stand pillar external ornaments, and the stand top. The stand backbone/hidden structure, consisting of dark yellow and light lavender bricks in a masonry pattern, finished with white tiles. The stand external sleeve of the pillar is featuring solid white bricks - both with brick and smooth external look - ordered in an interchanging order, creating the illusion of a weaving of the structure. Some of the bricks are covered with weaving-like continuiosly going toward top right pattern of golden leaves. The stand top is fully white, covered with white tiles, some of them slightly raised to fix the position of the hope chest on the stand.

LEGO model of a beige and brown, adorned with gold floral and ornate handles hope chest. It sits atop a matching white platform, and the platform sitting on top of a square white pillar decorated with gold floral embellishments. Below the main image are four perspective views of the treasure chest and its pillar.

Nine-panel collage showcasing a detailed model of a hope chest, built entirely from LEGO bricks. The chest is primarily beige and brown, adorned with gold floral and ornate handles. It sits atop a white brick and tiles pedestal, also made of LEGOs, with several red rose-like petal pieces scattered on the surface and burgundy fabric in the background. Different angles depict the chest's details, including its open and closed states, emphasizing the craftsmanship and design.

“A real, genuine, hope chest, carved by Oberon’s own hand from the four sacred woods of Faerie—oak and ash for bracing and balance, rowan and thorn for pattern and protection.”

“Rosemary and Rue” by Seanan McGuire

LEGO build by me. Inspiration by @seananmcguire.bsky.social's wonderful universe

anyway I love trans people and I love this decisive, unambiguous win for the “shut the fuck up about trans people, you freaks” caucus

A picture of a red moon with a tower and the steps leading to it, in black and white The caption says "The keep and keeper"

I lost the framed original of this while I was going through St Pancras on Sunday Nov 2nd around 3pm. Would love if it had been found by anyone?

$1695 secures November! We've made progress (thanks to y'all being freaking AMAZING!!) but we have to keep going.

If you see this, will you please share it? The more folks who see it the better as I navigate my second layoff of the year.

Paypal: affirmationgin at gmail
Cashapp/venmo: showupforthis

Okay, this is hilarious. With the beard, he doesn't look that much different to now, but it's still making me go "aw, how young!" He must've been 23/24?

So, Disney movie ten years ago starring Lupita Nyong'o called Queen of Katwe about a Ugandan chess player and her success

Look who did the first song on the soundtrack!

Not a bad singer for a politician

lmfao turned on my indie new york radio station to start work and they're playing Do You Hear the People Sing, i love it here

Here you go…

If you're playing by the rules, you're safe to listen to it as many times as you like until 1st Dec! It is a banger *nods*

I was checking this morning to see if that was still a Millennial birth year - up to 1996, okay!
Time for some younger people in politics (I was born in '87 😁)

Incredibly funny to watch the right wing going Oh so just because I love money and hate poor people I'm a bad Christian according to "the pope"???

Yeah, I can see it. It's the enthusiasm! Genuine excitement to be on this planet, meeting people and getting things done.

Acting, music or comedy, usually. Mamdani's come the other direction, he was a musician first I think.

*hugs* she was very loved, I'm sorry for your loss

Boosting this for my friend Gin (I know here, she's good people). Absolutely take care of your needs first but if my followers can help her out at all while she is dealing with being laid off during these ridiculously unstable times, I know every dollar matters. 💜

During tonight’s Trick-or-Treating, our 3-year-old got more and more excited.

“More houses! More candy!”

Until he suddenly looked to the sky and shouted (verbatim):

“Can I eat the moon!?”

Don’t let anyone tell you you can’t, little one. Be the cosmic horror you want to see in the world.