#Grouping Machine

[destielmemenews]

"Publishers accused the nonprofit of infringing copyrights in 127 books from authors like Malcolm Gladwell, C.S. Lewis, Toni Morrison, J.D. Salinger and Elie Wiesel, by making the books freely available through its Free Digital Library.

The archive, which hosts more than 3.2 million copies of copyrighted books on its website, contended that the library was transformative because it made lending more convenient and served the public interest by promoting "access to knowledge.""

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[seeminglydark]

Homeless? Struggling? Bad at reading cuz you’re an undiagnosed dyslexic with head trauma? That’s ok, Sully! The library is for everyone, and full of resources, hope, (and spooky audio books!) to help you on your way.

The story I’m currently working on, Creaky, tells the story of Sully’s homeless years where he struggles to find a place for himself in the world, and he utilizes the public library for so many things, even just a safe space to feel a little less alone and invisible. He’s going to make it out alive not matter what. Punk’s not dead, it’s at the public library! It’s National Library Week and with current events stacked against them, I wanted to make a special piece to honor them.

This one is dedicated to @lesbrarians, my bestie and the person who makes my work come alive with their editing and second looks. With out them, we might not have made it this far.

Now go out and get your library card!

Xoxo RJ

[thoughtsboutem]

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[stc317]

wlfgrl 10+ anniversary art

dunno if tumblr people like mg but i’ve decided to share anyway since its one of my fav groupssss

[somegrumpynerd]

Teaching Dream about the internet may have been a mistake

[maodun]

I dont know where you people are finding or trusting (!!) places like Chuang or Lausan but come on.

1. pieces using terminology like authoritarianism or totalitarianism should at least give you some skepticism, if not in taking them seriously, then at least in having some understanding of how those terms are positioned geopolitics, eg, western imperialist motives in smearing their enemies who have the most power and ability and organization in fighting back.

2. theyre very purposefully unclear in their exact positions or affiliations. say, their funding for operations - especially when it's not just one guy and clearly they're not asking for viewer/follower support. they may (supposedly) seek collaboration with indigenous and anti-imperialist groups and then turn around and either insinuate or openly call china imperialist. unserious. and then have the gall to say they support a revolutionary global leftism

[scarlet-cookie]

shoutout to “sorta/alternate versions of a character who fucks over the ‘main version’ of the same character in innumerable time fuckery shenanigans for their own sentimental goals” gotta be my favorite flavor fr

[stars-obsession-pit]

(Another) Ghost in the Machine

DP x Hellblazer (the original John Constantine comic)

Ritchie Simpson continued to search frantically for the connection out of the computer and back to his body as he begged John to explain what he meant by saying “Goodbye.”

Had John disconnected him? He knew John’s sense of humor wasn’t the lightest, especially after Newcastle drove them all a bit insane, but that felt too far even for him. Nah, he’d probably just gotten himself a bit lost in the wave of energy he’d experienced in the Tongues of Fire network and was accidentally looking for his body in the wrong spot.

He pulled himself back and let his mental connection to the digital world expand outward, probing the rest of the machine for the connection. He knew he was in the right system, so as long as he looked thoroughly he’d definitely fi—

Everything flashed a surge of blinding white and then was replaced by pure darkness. He thought he screamed, but he couldn’t hear his own voice. Couldn’t even feel his own thoughts. Trapped in one single instant that stretched for indeterminable eons. Then, eventually (or was it immediately?), awareness began to trickle back.

He was still in the computer, though it felt… different, somehow. His thoughts still weren’t entirely in order. The first possible hints towards his location he found were the sound voices trickling through from the outside world. Voices he didn’t recognize. Young voices.

“I’m happy to help, Tuck, but I’m not really sure what you expect me to do here. You’re way better than me at this computer stuff than me.”

“By all means, feel free to keep complimenting me, but this has been frying my brain, man. I got this thing secondhand, and the system should be quite powerful, but there’s something using up a ton of its processing and I can’t figure out what. I was hoping you could do your ‘enter into the computer’ thing and see if you see anything.”

[ingravinoveritas]

David talking about Michael at MCM Comic Con today (with the same interviewer who interviewed Michael three years ago, funnily enough). Absolutely love how happy he looks when she says Michael droned on and on about him...

[lollygaggingloser]

Restless Nights (more VAT7K headcanons)

During their travels to the Dark Kingdom, team radical had an unfortunate encounter with a pack of sneeze weasels who wrecked their campsite. In wake of their destruction, the team's sleeping tents were damaged beyond repair.

Thankfully, there's enough material left behind that Varian was able to stitch the pieces up with Nuru's help.

"I didn't realize Corona's Royal Engineer was a tailor," Hugo teased as Varian sewed another patch.

"It's a handy skill," Varian retorted. "One I recommend you pick up. Maybe then, your clothes wouldn't be so drab."

"I'm not taking fasion advice from someone who's current statement piece is a scuffed orange bandana."

Varian ignored Hugo to finish sewing. It was Rapunzel who taught him basic needlework. His stitches weren't straight, but they were strong enough to keep the fabric together.

"I'm done with this section," Nuru announced," but Varian, I think this is barely enough to make one tent."

Varian nodded.

"That's the plan. Those sneeze weasels didn't leave us with enough to rebuild the individual tents. But, there's just enough to build one bigger tent instead. So, until we get to the Dark Kingdom, we'll be sleeping in it together."

"TOGETHER?!" Varian's teammates exclaim; Yong out of excitement, Nuru from surpise, and Hugo in annoyance.

"I know, I know, it's not ideal," Varian continues, looking at Nuru more than Hugo. "But it will only be while we travel to the next trial."

"But that could take weeks," sighed Nuru.

"I think I'll take my chances under the open sky," mumbled Hugo.

"You're more than welcome to," Varian responded, having heard him. "But we are traversing through one of the most dangerous forests and sneeze weasels are the least of our problems."

The first night goes as well as you expect. The four take turns using the tent to change into their nightwear before rolling out their bedrolls in their claimed corners. Yong is the happiest about this development, treating the event as a sleepover than an inconvience. Him and Nuru are the first to knock out for the night. Hugo could easily tell when the two were deep asleep.

He already knew that Yong had a habit of tossing and turning, but now that they were in the same tent, he couldn't save himself from the kid moving over to his bed, shoving, and accidentally kicking him. It took so much willpower for Hugo not to kick and shove Yong back towards his corner of the tent when the kid would flop his limbs onto him throughout the night.

At the very least, Yong was silent with his moving around. Nuru, on the other hand, snored. It wasn't a soft demure snore either that could be ignored. She snored like an old man. Hugo swore he could feel the earth vibrate whenever she breathed in.

When Hugo told Nuru about it the next morning, she was insulted and refused to believe him, insisting that if she really did snore as he 'rudely' accused, the rest of the team would be complaining as well.

To Hugo's irritation, Yong and Varian noted they didn't wake up from any snoring through the night. The blonde couldn't believe he was the only light sleeper in the group, but spending each night huddled in their tent proved to him that when the three were asleep, they were dead to the world until dawn.

And then there was Varian, who did not snore nor moved in his sleep. Instead, their great leader would softly mumble incoherent alchemical equations and compounds as if he were conducting experiments in his dreams. In the beginning, Hugo would try to listen in on Varian's sleeptalk, but none of it ever made sense. One night, Hugo was struggling to get some shut eye when Varian, nestled safe and sound under a blanket, lurched up into a sitting position.

It made Hugo nearly jump, wondering what could have woken him up so quickly.

"mmph...nemkshhh," Varian slurred.

"...what?" Hugo asked him softly. Varian turned to look straight at him. His eyes were open, but the gaze in those eyes was cold and ghastly, as if Varian could see right through Hugo. It was so unnerving that goosebumps formed on the blond's skin.

"...chssh....chhhickems," Varian spoke softly, his voice more coherent.

"Chickens?" Hugo asked, trying to make sense. Varian nodded.

"Wh..where are theeey? Theeey needs sleeps...dad left me...in char-arge."

Hugo couldn't believe it. There was Varian, eyes open, lips moving, and still fully asleep. He considered smacking him awake to get him to stop looking at him with that creepy blue stare. The only thing stopping him was he exhaustion in his body from spending the last few nights getting little sleep. Varian's body slightly swayed as his head turned, searching worriedly for the poultry in his dreams. If he hadn't been scared half to death a second before, Hugo would have laughed at this. But he was too tired. Too annoyed. And just wanted to get some sleep.

"Where-"

"You already put them away," Hugo interrupted. Varian turned his gaze back on him.

"I..did?"

"Yeah, you put them back in the...uh....the hen house, remember?"

"Oh....yes..."

Varian slowly laid back down in bed, his talking subsiding back to soft mumbles. Once he went silent, Hugo sighed.

"Stupid farm boy," he grumbled, shutting his eyes and covering his ears with his pillow to try and fall asleep. "Stupid tent...stupid sneeze weasels..."

When Hugo awoke the next morning, he was alone in the tent. Everyone had woken up before him and was already having breakfast outside. After getting dressed and stepping out of the tent, all three teammates looked at him expectantly.

"Uh..I overslept, huh?" he asked, grabbing some food as they continued to gaze at him. "Why didn't you guys wake me?"

"Oh, we tried," Nuru answered, covering her mouth with her hand to hide her smile. "But you were so tired that nothing could wake you."

"Yeah," Yong giggled. Hugo raised a brow, wondering what was so funny. He looked over to Varian who quickly turned away from him. Varian stuffed his mouth with food quickly got up to start packing, avoiding Hugo's gaze.

Weird. Hugo thought.

When the team finished traveling that day and set up camp again, Yong walked over to Hugo to give him something.

"What's this?" Hugo asked, holding an animal plush that Yong pushed into his arms.

"This is Po, my panda plush," Yong explained. "I thought you would like to borrow him tonight."

"Uh, no," he replied, giving the bear back. "I don't need your teddy bear, Sparkles."

"Oh...you sure?"

"Positive."

Yong gave him a shrug as if Hugo was going to regret turning down the offer.

"Oookay then," the kid singsonged, walking away to get ready for bed. When the team settled in the tent, Hugo turned to see Varian handing him an additional pillow.

"I already have a pillow, Goggles," Hugo told him.

"Just take a second one," Varian huffed, tossing it over and turning away to fall asleep. Hugo wondered what the hell was going on. All day, Varian refused to talk or look at him. And the few times Hugo would address him, his ears would go red and he'd keep a distance. It was as if Varian was nervous around him, but what could he possibly be nervous about? Maybe Varian remembered waking him up about chickens last night? Yeah, that was embarrassing, but not embarrassing enough to be avoiding him, right?

Hugo rolled his eyes, deciding it was futile to waste another thought on it. Like the other nights before, it took a long time for him to fall asleep, but eventually, he was able to drift to dreamland.

Varian and Nuru woke up in the early morning to Yong shaking them awake.

"Pssst, hey, he's doing it again," Yong whispered to them. Nuru sat up and looked over at Hugo. Still asleep, Hugo was holding the second pillow that Varian gave him tightly. He hugged it close to his chest and had his face buried in it's soft fabric. As the three moved closer , Hugo yawned and cuddled into the pillow, making Yong and Nuru giggle.

"Looks like your pillow idea worked, Varian," Nuru whispered to him. "You must be happy."

"I'll be happy when we reach the Dark Kingdom and end this sleeping arrangement," he grumbled as the two smiled sheepishly at him.

"Awe, I think sleeping together like this has been fun," Yong confessed. "I think we should keep it this way."

"No way," Varian argued, getting up to leave the tent as a soft blush illuminated his cheeks. "You guys might like this, but the second we get a another tent, I'm out."

"Oh Varian, don't be cross," Nuru teased. "It's not Hugo's fault he's a hugger in his sleep. Just be glad it's the pillow that's stuck in his arms this morning instead of you."

[chemsexholmes]

one thing worth noting in the conversation about whether or not college students have "become stupid" is that the attitude of the general public toward academic study has largely shifted in the past few decades away from education as a moral betterment (and also, implicitly, a status symbol), toward totally embracing the idea that education is the Thing that gets you Jobs. which of course is pushed by policymakers and academic institutions, because how else do you sell academic funding in a capitalistic society? but has created an ethos about education as something you have to drag your feet through in order to get your degree, which makes students feel more inclined to use LLM like chatgpt to complete their work because they fundamentally aren't connecting with the material.

[luasumas]

i had a vision

[bumblingbabooshka]

Predation. [Patreon | Commissions]

[silveme]

Waking the Giant

[hero-in-high-tops]

Will never not blow my mind that James Wesley from Daredevil isn't in tumblr's list of creepy little guys. Y'all went nuts for that dude in the suit in squid game but slept on my man like wtf

[grits-galraisedinthesouth]

"It's a cover up and the prince is involved."

Meghan Markle was NOT scheduled to attend the polo fundraiser, and her surprise presence disrupted the pre-planned choreographed events

The Sussex PR Machine unleashed against Dr. Sophie Chandauka

Sophie Chandauka Sky News Interview:

At the behest of Prince Harry, The Sussex Machine is harassing & bullying those affiliated with the Sentebale organization

Prince Harry's reputation tanked the fundraising & no one was courageous enough to confront the elephant in the room

Loss of corporate, family and individual sponsors due to Harry's reputation

Belligerent Prince is the biggest RISK to the organization

Prince Harry interfered in the investigation

When the prince is in the room no one has the courage to speak the truth. Harry walked into the room & demanded the appointment w/immediate effect a new board member & everyone had to tolerate it

Prince Harry visited Africa last year for the 1st time in 5 years because Dr Chandauka asked him to visit. The people have been doing the work & will continue to do the work.

Prior to Dr Chandauka there were no term limits. Board members overstayed tenure by charity commission guidance some 5, 10, 15, 19 years

Grifting: April 2024 US Polo fundraiser complicated by Netflix. A generous family agreed use of their polo grounds at a significant discount until Harry informed players 1 month before the event of Netflix involvement

Sentabale lost the venue due to NETFLIX bc the fundraiser became a COMMERCIAL enterprise

A new family agreed to host the Sentabale polo fundraiser

Meghan Markle said she would NOT attend the fundraiser

Disruption: The Duchess surprised event organizers with her presence on the day of the event AND she showed up with a very FAMOUS friend (Serena Williams)

Dr Chandauka has endured months of bullying & harassment designed to eject her from the organization

Harry briefed sponsors ($) against Dr. Chandauka & the charity to tank fundraising in an effort to hurt her performance & tenure with the organization

Before her appointment as chairwoman in July 2023, Chandauka served on Sentebale’s board of trustees from 2008 to 2014. She has also held roles at Meta and Morgan Stanley, and leads a life sciences company in New York, where she lives.

There had been a concerted effort by certain trustees “to destabilise and remove Sophie” from her position.

Chandauka said she first felt tension between Prince Harry, the Duke of Sussex, and herself in April 2024.

“Harry then demanded that she make a statement to the press, basically saying ‘Megan wasn’t mean to me’, and she refused to do that.”

Chandauka said she had refused what she described as a request by the royal’s team to defend his wife, Meghan, in the media after negative coverage of her. “I said no, we’re not setting a precedent by which we become an extension of the Sussex PR machine,” she said.

“Ever since that point, they’ve tried their best to move her out, using the trustees in order to undermine her, demean her and try and force her hand,” the source said."

Meghan Markle was not scheduled to attend the event & there were too many people on the stage.