#post-event

[teddy-byrne]

The wine festival was over and just like that, Teddy Byrne was back to business as usual. Purpose, as he liked to call it. But it was more than just work that had brought him to Crimson Vale that evening. He had spoken to a doctor, the subject personal, then professional, and then left to smoke.

It was lucky that he found the little patio, and that it was not as crowded as usual but he was missing something, wasn't he? Right outside, staring at that hospital like it was a murder house or some shit, was Chris Elkar. Teddy lit his cigarette and walked up to the other with the intention of being polite. "Chris." he frowned, exhaling a light puff of smoke, "..you here for work?"

@chris-elkar

[foxedthecards]

The light in the bathroom clicked on and Jonas staggered towards the bathroom sink, turned the water on and just stared at the basin filling up for a moment.

He crouched down over the sink, cupped water in his hands and splashed his face several times. He rubbed the heels of his hands hard into his eyes, blinked while little glitters of light receded from his vision and grabbed the hand towel, burying his damp face in it a moment and just.

Breathing.

The sound of it was too loud and harsh in the silence of the bathroom. In fact everything about his senses seemed overstimulated. The towel normally soft felt like sandpaper. The smell of the fabric softener made his stomach churn, the chlorine of the water seared his nostrils. The fluorescent lights made him squint, their buzzing hum lacerated his ears.

He wasn't sure what time it was nor did he really care. Apparently he'd lost a couple of fucking months of time so what did it matter knowing anyway?

And of those months he only knew what had happened most recently: he'd gone to a festival dressed up like a plague doctor. Done a whole hell of a lot of stuff, some he remembered, some he didn't. Even then...fuck who knew? Maybe that was all a dream or hallucination too.

The pillowsheet he'd thrown over the mirror slid off and he gave a tired little groan and picked it up. His eyes flickered automatically towards his reflection in the mirror...what was that on his neck, dirt or makeup or something?

Then he stopped and really stared and did something he rarely did, get closer to the mirror. His fingers touched his neck.

That was bruising. Shaped like fingers, like hands. Not terribly prominent so they probably had to have been made some time ago.

Still bruises. Bruises he had no memory of. Bruises that made him feel just very slightly unsettled

He rubbed his neck and climbed up on the sink to once more drape the pillowsheet over the mirror. Ok so gone to a festival during his lost months and done...some kind of kinky shit at some point? Oh OK. Whatever. That checked out he guessed.

Abruptly he felt really exhausted. He wasn't even going to bother changing out of the drapey blouse and the pants. He flicked off the bathroom light and stumbled out of the boots before just faceplanting into his bed.

He needed to sleep. He hoped to fucking christ he wouldn't wake up and it'd be like...Christmas or some other kind of bullshit.

He dozed off.

[thejax-reed]

Few things were unpredictable these days. Fewer still when it came to their law abiding alpha. So you can just imagine Jaxon's surprise when he heard about the young Remington boy sitting in their basement, apparently for some time now. Elijah sure had kept that whole shit to himself! However, little mattered now, particularly after the ordeal they had all gone through and Jax was feeling like it was time to set his ground and really fill that role Caleb has so gracefully handed over to him. So he picked a random day, got the boy lunch and moseyed down to the basement.

It was perhaps just a little bit early and caught him sleeping still. Nevermind that - pulling out a chair and instructing the fellow pack members to leave after he'd placed the plate of food on a table, Reed cleared his throat and smirked. "Wakey, wakey, young man. Time to raise and shine." he chuckled, "Lunch's here."

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[politijohn]

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[troythecatfish]

[sayruq]

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[lakecountylibrary]

🔥 The beacons are lit; the library calls for aid

UPDATES FROM APRIL 1 AND MAY 5: https://www.tumblr.com/lakecountylibrary/782730356592967680/federal-court-halts-dismantling-of-imls-in-ala

UPDATE FROM JUNE 16: Government Accountability Office finds withholding IMLS funds is illegal (Library Journal) It is still important to call Congress and ask them to fund libraries in the 2026 budget.

The Trump administration has issued an executive order aimed at dismantling the Institute of Museum and Library Services - the ONLY federal agency for America's libraries.

Using just 0.003% of the federal budget, the IMLS funds services at libraries across the country; services like Braille and talking books for the visually impaired, high-speed internet access, and early literacy programs.

Libraries are known for doing more with less, but even we can't work with nothing.

How You Can Help:

🔥 Call your congressperson!

Use the app of your choice or look 'em up here: https://www.congress.gov/members/find-your-member

Pro tip: If your phone anxiety is high, call at night and leave a voicemail. You can even write yourself a script in advance and read it off. Heck, read them this post if you want to.

Phones a total no-go? The American Library Association has a form for you: https://oneclickpolitics.global.ssl.fastly.net/messages/edit?promo_id=23577

🔥Tell your friends!

Tell strangers, for that matter. People in line at the check out, your elderly neighbor, the mail carrier - no one is safe from your library advocacy. Libraries are for everyone and we need all the help we can get.

...Wait, why do we need this IMLS thing again?

The ALA says it best in their official statement and lists some ways libraries across the country use IMLS funding:

But if you want a really specific answer, here at LCPL we use IMLS funding to provide our amazing interlibrary loan service. If we can't purchase an item you request (out of print books, for example) this service lets us borrow it from another library and check it out to you.

IMLS also funds the statewide Indiana Digital Library and Evergreen Indiana, which gives patrons of smaller Indiana libraries access to collections just as large and varied as the big libraries' collections.

As usual, cutting this funding will hurt rural communities the most - but every library user will feel it one way or another. Let's let Congress know that's unacceptable.

[jesncin]

"Who Is Superman? A Private Interview with Lois Lane" a fancomic about hope and connection. I've had this story in mind for so long and I'm very excited to be able to share it at last. Thank you for reading, and happy Lunar New Year!

[aphel1on]

AuDHD is so funny sometimes like what do you mean my hyperfixations/special interests will last for years on end or possibly forever but they will cycle out every month or two with absolutely no transitional period or warning. like i will think about the same topic every day obsessively for 46 days in a row and on the 47th day with no visible cause adhd brain goes "ok! bored of that now" and autism brain goes "dw i got something queued up for ya" and i blast into full blown obsession on some other topic whose mental file folders haven't opened in 9 months. brain's out here treating hyperfixations like a crop rotation. once the dopamine runs out it cycles in another one but once something's in the rotation it never ever leaves. last summer we brought in one from when i was 11. it's so funny to me but frustrating too bc like. i cannot stress enough my inability to predict or control this. or how completely abrupt and random it can be

EDIT: seems this is more common among ND people than i thought, and probably not limited to AuDHD specifically :] i was just describing my own experiences and didn't expect this post to blow up, so don't take me for an authority, but i'm glad it resonated with so many of y'all

[eydilily]

break like an artist.

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a collab between me and @slashmagpie for hermitadaymay's Solstice Social Collaborative Event! make sure to check out magpie's amazing fic for this too :D

(alternate ver under the cut)

[aanews69]

What happened to San Francisco after Dreamforce? The city's issues resurfaced, prompting a call for permanent solutions. Share your thoughts! #SanFrancisco #DreamforceAftermath #SFCleanup #HomelessIssue Subscribe👇: https://vist.ly/3mhd4nq Get Gear 👉: https://inspiredgear.vista.page/

[crowkip]

yeehaw, baby!

[atomgecko]

He's the dad who stepped UP 🗣️‼️

[egophiliac]

o-oh my god

[politijohn]

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