#influencer list

[lazylittledragon]

I could see Dorian and Astarion having Cyra and Gale babysit Kit because "it would be good practice for them", but it ends up being chaos because turns out a dhampir baby is a little different than a normal baby.

ok this is even funnier because in the timeline in my brain, dadstarion would actually happen AFTER dadkarios. which means they actually said "they've already got a normal one, what's the worst that could happen?"

[pandemic-info]

Reposting via a redditor; re:

Is there a sound argument for why people aren’t taking this seriously?

Why do they think that way? https://essaysyoudidntwanttoread.home.blog/2022/10/09/why-do-they-think-that/? 7 psychological defense mechanisms used to downplay covid https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1737582325779624059.html? How to hide a pandemic https://howtohideapandemic.substack.com/p/how-to-hide-a-pandemic Cognitive Dissonance & Ableism https://www.tiktok.com/@fka.monstersincooperated/video/7360285749574421802 Anti-social punishment https://www.tiktok.com/@creative.neurospice/video/7269910082769653038 NYT: Why People Fail to Notice Horrors Around Them (helplessness & habituation) https://archive.is/wVL85 [article about the ongoing right to avoid infection. ... how people just can't really face reality due to death anxiety] https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/side-effects/202309/how-to-socialize-during-a-pandemic Increased risk-taking behavior during the COVID-19 pandemic: psychological underpinnings and implications https://www.scielo.br/j/rbp/a/TPpQKTwfqTH5Q8qKghRkWpf/?format=pdf&lang=en Cognitive Biases https://www.instagram.com/p/C8TdduJMtKH/ We’ve Hit Peak Denial. Here’s Why We Can’t Turn Away From Reality https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/weve-hit-peak-denial-heres-why-we-cant-turn-away-from-reality/ Difficulties in Understanding Population Risk versus Individual Risk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2X_HRfJpio&list=LLkcwJR5kj80dAQNAT83d1NQ&t=2522s

See also:

Normalcy bias

Semmelweis reflex

Just-world fallacy

Survivorship bias

Compassion fatigue

Sunk cost fallacy

Learned helplessness

Informational social influence

Ableism

Nihilism

[izzyspussy]

the fact that they made it illegal to make ads louder than programs on tv in 2010 but haven't updated it to apply the same regulation to streaming. who do i have to call.

[blue-jos10]

i wonder how kevin's fitness-obsessed mind justifies his alcohol addiction

[bg-brainrot]

Recently reblogged that whole 'astarion-would-buy-you-giant-bouquets-to-show-his-love' post, and it got me thinking-- while I, personally, don't think he would do anything that saccharine to show his affection, what would he do?

Without further ado, things I think Astarion would actually do to show his affection:

Headbutt you

Randomly bite you

Bring you the exsanguinated corpses of your enemies

Curl up into you

Brush/braid/tend to your hair

Embroider something for you

Create a poison for you

Make sure you go to bed

Sit with you while you eat

Help you make selfish choices you're unwilling to make for yourself

Tell someone off for you

Cool you down on a hot day

Show you off to others

Unabashed, over-the-top flirting

In private, weird and sincere compliments

This is just how I interpret his character of course, so I love to see how others show his affection!!

[goldenpinof]

a list of Terrible Influence Tour shows (24.06.2024)

Europe (September 2024):

Antwerp, Belgium

Copenhagen, Denmark

Berlin, Germany

Warsaw, Poland

Frankfurt, Germany

Stockholm, Sweden

Oslo, Norway

Helsinki, Finland

USA/Canada (October-November 2024):

Seattle, Washington

Portland, Oregon

Vancouver, Canada

Oakland, California

Phoenix, Arizona

San Diego, California

Los Angeles, California

Salt Lake City, Utah

Denver, Colorado

Kansas City, Missouri

Grand Prairie, Texas*

Austin, Texas

St. Louis, Missouri

Detroit, Michigan

Akron, Ohio

Indianapolis, Indiana

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Minneapolis, Minnesota

Chicago, Illinois

Toronto, Canada

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

New York City, New York

Tysons, Virginia*

Atlanta, Georgia

Tampa, Florida

Orlando, Florida

Fort Lauderdale, Florida

Durham, North Carolina

Nashville, Tennessee

Boston, Massachusetts

Reading, Pennsylvania

Red Bank, New Jersey

*Grand Prairie - near Dallas, Tysons - near Washington DC

Australia/New Zealand (December 2024):

Brisbane, Australia

Sydney, Australia

Sydney, Australia

Perth, Australia

Melbourne, Australia

Adelaide, Australia

Auckland, New Zealand

UK + Europe (January-February 2025):

Cardiff, UK

Plymouth, UK

Brighton, UK

Birmingham, UK

London, UK

London, UK

Manchester, UK

Newcastle, UK

Dublin, Ireland

Belfast, UK

Glasgow, UK

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Reykjavík, Iceland

60 shows, 58 cities

[cyanbugremix]

MOOT APPRECIATION POST

(I've been tagged in a couple of these and it's cute!! Plus, as an extra thing, I'm sharing stuff that remind me of you (all meant in a positive way ofc))

@angelfiedyaz - A purple, sparkly bow

@azzyangelfish - Strawberry Starburst or strawberry Jello

@chronically-online-italian - A jumbo 13-inch pencil

@floofdeloop - A sugar maple leaf with red on the tips

@free-boundsoul - Sparkly gel pencil grips

@huxleaf - A red, fuzzy, worm on a string

@idontwantmyfriendstofindit - A cozy, red, knitted scarf

@kinoi-lol - A glue stick (specifically with purple glue) and NERDS candy

@miyaheestar - An icy, two-toned, yellow and pink bouncy ball

@moronkyne - Star and butterfly raised stickers (the ones that are kinda puffy)

@mywilltoliveisdecreasing - Fire and the powder that makes it change color

@pandoraroid - A silver sapphire ring

@porters-fangs - Cherry Twizzler candy

@professionallyyappin - Eastern tiger swallowtail butterfly

@puffin-smoke - Polished brown Zircon (gemstone)

@romirola - A warm, rainy, summer afternoon

@sereh624 - A leather jacket with gold trim

@thatweirdomidas - A black Playstation 2 gaming controller

@unusualtacocat - A fluorescent, green question mark

@vind3miat0r - A pink lava lamp

@zeerohpunk - Those sinking 'dive rings' for pools

Love all of you!! <3<3

[taus-inc]

people saying that blocking celebrities just means you're bitter abt them having money like... no ? it's not about people making money. it's about them not using their extensive resources to help people with none. then they wanna say it's an extension of cancel culture but again... no ? nobody is saying to outright cancel them but to understand that your attention can be put in a different place. these people have had so long to speak up and try to help the people of Palestine or Sudan or the Congo and they chose to put their time and effort into other things. now we will put our time and effort into other things !

and they will continue to be blocked by me even after they start raising awareness bc 1. ik their cult followers will stick w them no matter what anyone says or what they do so they'll always have some type of platform. 2. it gives me the ick that they only want to speak up when people start ignoring them like they ignored the genocide for so long.

[clouds-of-wings]

I hated visiting Instagram. It's the corniest place on the internet. I'm not kidding. You've never seen a bigger group of phonies in your entire life. There was this girl called Chiara Ferragni who had about a million posts about how much she loved Nespresso. That just killed me. It really did. Her followers in the comments were kicking their heads off about how gorgeous and talented she was. People who follow influencers always do that. Act like they're great friends or something and just the swellest people you can imagine. I sort of hated old Chiara for her phony smile and twenty thousand emojis and the way she acted like Nespresso was just the grandest thing in the world. Grand. I hate that word. What kills me is that she got a tidy paycheck for writing those snobby, phony posts. She really did! Strictly commercial. But her followers slobbered all over her. For Chrissake.

(J.D. Salinger - The Catcher in the Rye, new and revised edition with previously missing chapters, page 420)

[sofipitch]

I will say, I don't understand the compulsion to claim anytime a writer used to write fanfic that they repurposed their fanfic. Like read like 3 things by the same author and you'll realize authors have their things, characters and plotlines they like, words or metaphors they prefer. It can often be an intimate experience where you start to get the sense of what is haunting that author. Yes their works may look similar but they are in fact written by the same person, enjoy getting to know them. And furthermore I hate the culture of artists having to pretend art doesn't inspire other art without fearing accusations of plagiarism

[lewismccartneys]

how do i tell 8 year old me that the silly little mermaid show she was fixated on is the only way to ease her anxiety in her 20s

[wonder-worker]

"[Elizabeth Woodville] was the only member of [Crown Prince Edward of Westminster's] original 1471 council not already on the king’s council and her name headed the list of those appointed as administrators in Wales during Edward’s minority. [She remained on the council after it was expanded in 1473 and granted significant new governing and judicial powers]."

"In 1478 Prince Richard [of Shrewsbury] married the Mowbray heiress. Like his elder brother he had a chancellor, seal, household and council to manage his estates. His council, like that of Prince Edward, comprised the queen [Elizabeth Woodville] and a group of magnates and bishops, few of whom were Woodville supporters [...] It was Elizabeth who mattered, for Richard resided with her and Rivers treated his affairs as their own."

-J.L. Laynesmith, The Last Medieval Queens: English Queenship 1445-1503 / Michael Hicks, Richard III and his Rivals: Magnates and their Motives in the Wars of the Roses

[navree]

i say this with all due respect, and so much love, cuz i do actually like him, but on what planet is martin an important name at the magnus institute? like, jonah created the place and stuck around for the entire time as its head over and over, jonathan is the lynchpin of the ritual/the archivist/the literal archive itself, martin is just A Guy!