#he’s an amazing ball

[dontpercievemeplease]

MY FRIEND CROCHETED ME A DARRELL!!!!

I love him so much I-

[laughingcatwrites]

As a reminder that good exists out there, a coworker recently confessed to me that he found out his child is questioning their identity (kid's gender redacted for this post). The kid is keeping it from him, so he can't say anything to them or show that he knows, but he's doing his best to get mentally prepared and educated so that he'll be ready whenever his kid does feel comfortable enough come to him.

For context, this guy is a big, bulky middle aged dude who loves sports and typical outdoor "manly" activities. As his coworker and friend, I know he's a kind and sweet teddy bear of a person, but his kid probably views him as a stern, authoritarian figure, the way most teenagers view their parents. His family lives in a conservative area, so I'm sure between that, their dad's looks and interests, and the fact that their dad is a Figure of Authority, the kid is worried that they won't be accepted.

But you know what? When he found out about his kid, the first thing he did was reach out to his closest queer friend and ask for resources for parents of questioning children. His biggest fears are that his kid will be bullied or discriminated against and won't feel comfortable enough to be themself. His second action was to find himself a mentor in another parent who went the same situation (kid coming out in a conservative town). The other person is preparing him for some of the struggles his kid may face and the fights he may need to take on as a parent to make sure his kid is safe and treated well.

Something I want to emphasize for people focused on language as the primary method of allyship is that when we spoke, he used some outdated terms and thoughts about gender and sexuality. That does not make him bad. These were the terms and thinking used about questioning teenagers when he was growing up and he never needed to learn more current ones. But now that he does have that need, he's throwing himself in head first because that's his kid and he's darn well going to make sure that his kid feels welcomed and has a safe place to be themselves even if they never come out to him.

[hamable]

I need Brennan to win an award. I need the world to know how exceptional a storyteller he is. How do you plan something like this?

I’m suddenly seeing the rat grinders as a sort of self insert for him. Not character-wise, but as tools for writing a mystery. Usually you start with the solution and work backwards. Brennan had to concoct this solution and prepare for every possible thing that the best DnD players he’s ever known might do to crack his story wide open. He needed an entire party of character foils whose primary goal was to cover their tracks and account for periphery details to outsmart The Bad Kids. An unfathomable amount of work to be able to tell this story at the pace it’s being told.

I found myself remarking earlier in the season how much planning and foreknowledge he had to have to have the variety of dome projections from @caitmayart he does and now I realize that’s just scratching the surface.

[kreepykenzzz]

he's. he's fucking balling.

[waitineedaname]

thinking about six balls again (when he was born he weighed six balls)

[sopping-wet-cat]

rEPOST BECAUSE I DIDNT NOTICE THE HORRIBLE AWFUL TERRIBLE POST BREAking ERROR UNTIL FIVE HOURS AFTER I POSTED THE ORIGINAL

and i couldve edited it but im so used to twitter i forgor.

goodbye im gonna go jump out of a window .

[suaimhneas-gairid]

when the table reacts like this

[ingravinoveritas]

David on the Zoe Ball Show this morning. That first picture though...

[violeteclipseboaty]

Raka, you were too good for that cruel world ❤️

[minzart]

Guess who just read "the second richest duck" :D

And oh my God these two would have been perfect friends if only they weren't insufferable old man whose life was spent chasing a fucking title instead of actualy enjoying life

[loganswdc]

LOGAN GOT P11 TODAY IN SILVERSTONE ARE YOU KIDDING ME !!!! HE DID SO WELL !??! I'M SO INSANELY PROUD OF HIM 🥹

what i really want to mention is the fact that logan's race today was MEGA , he did such a good job . he made sure to save his tyres , he maintained position and even overtook kmag , and then he made sure that kmag stayed behind him to secure p11 . and even though that isn't a points spot , he still did AMAZING . and i think what needs to be recognized is the fact that he still doesn't have equal machinery to alex but he did get a few upgrades and LOOK HOW MUCH HE'S IMPROVED . just by getting those few upgrades -- still not the same ones as alex , mind you !! -- he's gotten up to p12 in quali and p11 in the race . and on top of that he's p11 above a ferrari and a redbull ???? like dude . this man . he's absolutely killing it and it makes me so happy to see :)

logan sargeant you're the man . you did so well today and we're all so so proud of you !!!

AND LEWIS WON !!!!! OH THAT MAKES ME SO HAPPY , HE'S THE DRIVER THAT GOT ME INTO THE SPORT AND THAT MAKES ME SO SO HAPPY TO SEE 🥹 HE DESERVES IT SO MUCH I'M SO HAPPY FOR HIM . LEWIS YOU ROCK !!! WE LOVE YOU TOO ,, CONGRATULATIONS YOU'RE THE GOAT !!!!!!

ANDDDD ALEX GOT POINTS FOR WILLIAMS !!! LET'S GO HE DROVE SO WELL TODAY !!! he seriously killed it and that overtake on tsunoda was so good . i'm so proud of both the williams boys today !!

photo credit to @/fzanchikk on pinterest

i am this cat rn :3

[mad-aims]

So yeah just throwing in my two penneth, good on David for telling Kemi Badenoch to shut it. She’s a fucking terf. Then she goes and plays the stereotype card, David Tennant told you to shut your mouth. He never even mentioned race or gender. He literally told you to stop gassing, which to be honest is really what you should do. You tried to insinuate awful, untrue things about him. You’re embarrassing yourself, sit the fuck down.

Also Rishi you need to fuck off too, getting on the band wagon. YOU are in fact THE PROBLEM. Dragging David on Twitter, you do know he doesn’t use the internet right? He’s off living his best life wearing his pride badges, being a sweetheart and actual genuine person, and having fun with his beautiful wife and kids. He’s literally just rocked up to the Mean Girls premiere, slaying in his pink nails. He doesn’t give one shiny shit about what you’ve got to say.

Don’t vote Tory. On the 4th of July if you are old enough and registered to vote, please vote Labour or failing that, anything that isn’t Conservative.

Get those fucking terf bastards out of number 10. Thanks for coming to my TED talk.

Aims out.

[melljam]

samuel’s staple move of kicking guys in the balls

[skyyxlite]

some 🍬 studies. i think

[pseudonymphomania]

When you’re close to me, I hide my hands behind my back so that you don’t see how thoughtlessly they move into position in case you would take up arms to meet them.

[raspberrywiskey]

i love ethan so much. so dog motif he is the dog