A certain amount of this trauma recovery thing is about extending ourselves grace when every scrap of conditioning we've ever experienced is caustically asserting we don't "deserve" it.

That's not an easy or intuitive ask, & it's okay to struggle w/ it & need practice at it.

the secret to fandom is accepting the fact that you can view fictional characters as complex and nuanced and thoroughly enjoy the themes baked into the show
AND ALSO
imagine them bouncing on it crazy style in whatever way your peenor decides would look hot

want to close your Wells Fargo account because you want to punish them for siccing ICE on a building of impoverished immigrants that Wells Fargo execs wanted to foreclose and sell?

here's how

この作品を描いていて「男女にして欲しい」とか「ただの友情ってことでいいのに」とか、逆に「なんでただの恋愛関係にしないの」とよく言われるんですが、そういう作品はもう他にいっぱいあるので、そうじゃない作品があっても良いと思います。色んな作品があった方が面白いと思うので

YouTube video by Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell AI Slop Is Killing Our Channel

My son (age 9) who we've been warning about genAI all along, but who has seemed a bit dubious, watched this video and came out ranting about how much he hates AI slop so maybe it'll help some of y'all convince unsure folks you know (Kurzegsagt is great in general). www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zfN...

OTW Recruitment

Are you a frequent #AO3 user who enjoys helping others? Would you like to assist AO3 users by resolving complaints? The Organization for Transformative Works is recruiting! Learn more at: otw-news.org/2p8u453j

Post from Threads user rodneyowl: "Ireland has declared the Basic Income for Artists scheme permanent. This will be officially announced in tomorrow’s budget. Details to follow. Congratulations to all who fought for it and the present and future artists of all sorts in Ireland. That includes me 👌We’re just comin to the end of a 3 year pilot scheme. It’s been a roaring success. For every €1 paid out to the 2000 participants, the government got €1.46 back. Can’t argue with that. Other countries are already taking note."

Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...

For my US based peeps:

Drop the Gloves AND Queen Demon are out today!! So much good food in vastly different flavours

Earlier this year, Dr. Jane Goodall sat down for an interview for Brad Falchuk’s new Netflix series, Famous Last Words.

The premise of the series is to interview people on the condition that the interview not air until the subject has passed away.

“can people be normal on ao3?” no. that’s quite literally the point. that website was created specifically to give freaks who like freaky shit a place to publish their works. if freaks liking freaky shit makes you uncomfortable, you can choose a different website.

it’s always a lovely day when people realize weirdos are the backbone of any fandom and trying to make everyone “normal” kills everything enjoyable about it. fandom wouldn’t exist if people could be normal about things.

wow 😶

Someone's screenshot of a two-post twitter thread, from user blue (@bluewmist): the fastest way to kill motivation is to make your identity depend on the outcome. it's called ego involvement. when failing becomes failing as a person, your brain starts avoiding the whole thing. not because you don't care, but because you care too much. you don't need lower standards. you need less self-worth tangled up in your goals. the work gets easier when it's not about proving who you are.

Found this on the AO3 subreddit, and I'm about to let it change my whole life (or at least work really hard to internalize it wrt my writing).

Love how every platform or group trying to differentiate themselves as being "artist friendly" and "anti-censorship" go

"Of course NSFW is allowed!
We just don't allow 'harmful' content! :^}"

Motherfucker. Do you realize how fucking nebulous, subjective and VAGUE 'harmful' as a term is? HELLO???

Hanging out with two of my best friends, eating great food, and generally having a good time. It's been way too long.

ICE to Buy Tool that Tracks Locations of Hundreds of Millions of Phones Every Day Documents show that ICE has gone back on its decision to not use location data remotely harvested from peoples' phones. The database is updated every day with billions of pieces of location data.

ICE is buying a location tracking tool that harvests data from hundreds of millions of phones a day. Protect your location data by updating a few settings on your phone 🧵 (1/4): www.404media.co/ice-to-buy-...

Useful reminder here in some of the replies that people who share your politics are also capable of using them as a pretext to be awful to people and feel righteous about it bsky.app/profile/ocas...

MY FRIEND MADE ME A LITTLE ARI FOR MY BIRTHDAY 😭😭😭
Thank you @lstrikesart.bsky.social 💙

(Jacke and Oboro by @/dopelight on Twitter)

At a minimum, please consider wearing a good mask like an N95 on airplanes and in healthcare settings. Now basically no one is, which is deeply dystopian and troubling. COVID is still out there and causing subclinical damage.

It’s just basic facts. Basic science. Basic compassion for others.

This! What does enforced car dependency mean for people who can't drive or don't have a car? Extreme limitation of mobility, otherwise avoidable loss of independence, or being forced out of their communities entirely.

@gogomi.bsky.social Hey look it's your legacy (again)

US-only, I assume? Either way, thank you for doing this!

i’m not saying “supremacy” anymore. i’m saying “white inferiority complex,” because that’s what we’re actually dealing with.

BOOKED! flight prices were up from last week because of course they were, but I get to get out of here for a few days, wheeeee!

it's spoopy season, I say you have plausible deniability on top of reasonable cause.

I have not touched Ivalice Chronicles (except as an Alliance Raid series in FFXIV, which was peak) but it looks cute!

If you see this, QRP a gif of your first ever anime.

A collage of the 7 Murderbot books by Martha Wells with their matching Crochet book cover squares.

All the #Murderbot #crochet book covers 😍 @marthawells.com. This is one of my favourite book series from this year. "As a heartless killing machine, I was a terrible failure."
"There needs to be an error code that means “I received your request but decided to ignore you."
#booksky #books #craft

a messy drawing of eald'narche and kam'lanaut in their throne room looking at a tiny tarutaru with blue hair and a green sprout coming out of his head thinking "so small" and the tarutaru saying, loudly in all caps "WOW! I SAW YOU IN FFXIV"

i met them today and they were like "Have you heard of the Shadowlord?" and i was like "YEAH I MET HIM ONCE IN AN ALLIANCE RAID!!!!"