#related article in the link

[knightofleo]

"And I think that’s a fucking shame, Bob"

[fawnforevergone]

what absolutely floors me is the way "Unknown (Nth)" is the song for Treachery, and yet is more about betraying ourselves rather than being betrayed. hozier says that, when the break-up happened, it felt as though his lover was chewing on his heart while it still beats, but he can only blame himself because entering a relationship is acknowledging the chance it may fail and still going through with it. AND THEN HE SAYS "i'd walk so far just to take the injury of finally knowing you" - meaning he would do it all again with the knowledge of failure because isn't that what he risked in the first place anyway? ,,,"Unknown (Nth)", the weapon that you are-

[dreamings-free]

By Tom Skinner 25th July 2023

A proposed increase in visa fees for foreign acts touring the US has been delayed amid pressure from the industry to reconsider the move.

Back in January, the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced that it was planning to raise touring visa fees for international artists by more than 250 per cent.

read the full article here at nme.com

[heckaroniandcheese]

ive actually just gotten into recreationally reading wikipedia pages in their entirety and i gotta say it's going really well

[losnordiquitos]

Can I slide in with a request for one of the Nordics eating a kajkager? Frog cake. Just like biting the head off👀👀

kajkage is danish pastry -> denmark makes attempt at making one -> sweden likes sweets -> sve gets to eat one -> this is densu now smile

[max1461]

Making history

[steelycunt]

do you have already some ideas for pride au s? i need to know what is going on in that blender that ur brain is. do u see him with high waisted levi’s and crop tops??? is he a total doormat for smiths enjoyer r??? i need to know more

hi omg yes! yes i do! s' deal is slightly different to r's, in that r has no parallel/does not correspond to any character in the original film, so i'm basically inserting him as a figure into the narrative (although as irrelevant as this is, to me he is. closest to bill nighy's cliff if cliff was a young man in the eighties xx), whereas s more or less fills the position that mark fills in the film. but other than that he is completely free 4 me to characterise and i think he will be so fun honestly! from the thoughts ive had so far hes sort of a mess of a guy at least to begin with. he is kind of moving at a hundred miles and hour + throwing himself into organizing this thing but if you were to slow him down and put him under a microscope hes uhhh. quite lost + lonely in a way. i expect it will not take him very long to become quite embarrassingly gone for r i think he will consider him the best thing since. sliced bread within hours of meeting him he is imagining them both as the two maidens of pompeii its. a really poor performance from him. he thinks r’s accent is sooo sexy every time he talks s is twirling his hair like omggggg. say that again or please elaborate please tell me more…please…..

also i am looking forward to dressing him up in fun outfits again because he is first and foremost my barbie i am just not sure what yet! i am not as familiar with the eighties as i am with the seventies in a lot of ways so. the setting and everything that comes with that will be really fun to research xx although i am struggling to decide on s' music taste!! r lends himself very well to eighties music i think i could build him a record collection easily (including the smiths sad but true) whereas. s seemed to fit better in the seventies :-/ i am not sure what hes listening to in the eighties apart from seventies records he hasnt let go of yet!! and despite the much more glaring aspects of this fic i have yet to turn my attention to frankly. deciding what silly little songs s wants to listen to is currently one of my main priorities xx

[xumoonhao]

what i read in may 2023 💖

WHAT I READ THIS MONTH: MAY 2023

(entries marked with an * indicate favourites; entries marked with a ! indicate things i didnt like)

ONLINE ARTICLES

The Millennial Vernacular of Fatphobia by Anne Helen Petersen | Culture Study

The Medical Medium and the True Believer by Dan Adler | Vanity Fair

How Many Well Intentioned People Dehumanise Children by Racheous | Racheous

How Horror Reflects Societal Fears by Frankie Wallace | The Review Geek

* What If You Actually Cared About Tea? by Jordan Michelman | TASTE

Here’s How to Actually Be Kinder to Yourself by Jenna Ryu | SELF

Inside the Delirious Rise of ‘Superfake’ Handbags by Amy X. Wang | The New York Times

* Fish Are Not Insentient Dullards by Ben Goldfarb | Nautilus

Listening To The Creatures Of The World by Karen Bakker | Noema Magazine

The plastic road to Everest Base Camp by Madigan Cotterill| Canadian Geographic

! The 10 most iconic jewels through history by Daisy Woodward | BBC

The Titanic of the Pacific by Tyler Hooper | Atavist

TIMELINE: Deinstitutionalization And Its Consequences by Deanna Pan | Mother Jones [may 17]

World's Best--And Worst--Places To Be Mentally Ill by Allen Frances, MD | Psychiatric Times

BOOKS

! Son of a Trickster, Trickster #1 by Eden Robinson (2017)

! Blind Tiger, The Pride #01 by Jordan L. Hawk (2021)

* Tastes Like War by Grace M. Cho (2021)

! Don't Believe It by Charlie Donlea (2018)

! Untamed by Glennon Doyle (2020)

[hauntedselves]

Co-Dependent Checklist

[This is] a list of the major characteristics of co-dependency. I’ve found it very useful over the years in helping clients determine whether they are co-dependent. If you think this term may apply to you, please go through the list.

I use “him” as a universal pronoun to refer to a troubled person of either gender. I realize that many men are in co-dependent relationships with deeply troubled wives or lovers.

Solving his problems or relieving his pain is the most important thing in my life—no matter what the emotional cost to me.

My good feelings depend on approval from him.

I protect him from the consequences of his behavior. I lie for him, cover up for him, and never let others say anything bad about him.

I try very hard to get him to do things my way.

I don’t pay any attention to how I feel or what I want. I only care about how he feels and what he wants.

I will do anything to avoid getting rejected by him.

I will do anything to avoid making him angry at me.

I experience much more passion in a relationship that is stormy and full of drama.

I am a perfectionist and I blame myself for everything that goes wrong.

I feel angry, unappreciated, and used a great deal of the time.

I pretend that everything is fine when it isn’t.

The struggle to get him to love me dominates my life.

- From Toxic Parents: Overcoming Their Hurtful Legacy and Reclaiming Your Life by Susan Forward

[sarcasticdolphin]

Tag 10 people you want to know better

Not tagged to do this by @fitzrove but I decided to do it anyway.

Relationship status: I’ve been told that calculus textbooks don’t count as significant others so single.

Favorite color: Light blue/turquoise

Song stuck in my head: Alle Fragen

Last song listened to: Alle Fragen (the Dutch version to be specific).

Favorite food: Chocolate. Or maybe sushi. 

Last thing I googled: Wilhelm II (for fic research)

Dream vacation: European Tour of some sort. 

Tagging: In imitation of Fitz I will tag no one

[yeahlikethebird]

Since HBomberGuy dropped the plagiarism video, I've seen a lot more sources cited on new posts, and even what seems like an increase in traffic for old posts that have sources cited. Granted, that's an anecdotal observation, but it would be nice if that behavior does pick up momentum.

I bring this up to say: y'all, please cite your fucking sources. If you're going to say "I've seen articles where..." or "there are reports of..." then it's your responsibility to source that information!

If you don't remember where you saw it, say so! If you're afraid that undermines what you have to say, then either you can take a moment to verify your information and provide a source, or you can accept that your contribution to the conversation isn't as strong as you want it to be and be honest about where you're coming from.

Emphasis and passion are not suitable substitutes for accuracy.

[mihai-florescu]

I bet ensemble square invests in carbon offsetting projects to pretend theyre helping the planet

[paverics]

the monsters who have unquenchable thirst and desire for something they can never have without world altering consequences

the monsters who suppresses the parts of themselves they don’t like, until it has nowhere to go but everywhere, and explodes to the surface

the monsters who felt the cold loneliness of the world and will watch it burn just to feel the heat

the monsters who were built to be perfect but is lacking in the one place it isn’t allowed to lack, so is discarded

the monsters who look like us and try to conform but something about them just isn’t quite right

the monsters who doesn’t realise they’re monsters until they see how others treat them

the monsters who come out at night because they’re only safe to be themselves when nobody is around

the monsters who are run out of the central hub of civilisation because the townspeople fear they will corrupt their sons and daughters so they live in the dark house on the top of the hill

queercoded monsters are the backbone of horror and villainy, for homophobic reasons, but it really does just scratch the itch. even if it’s not a queercoded villain, give me just 5 minutes and i’ll make it so. they are the monsters who don’t want to be monsters—

[moonrpg]

sorry I truly do not know how to phrase this without sounding mean so please know I say this with love. but please when you’re discussing serious scenarios on this site take a moment to think ok. Does spreading this post inform people or scare them. I know things need to get talked about but ppl on this site are very quick to jump to some dark conclusions because someone’s personal post gets a lot of attention and people add on more factual based stuff and then people feel obligated to reblog it and sometimes start to take the emotionally charged parts as fact. Not saying they’re wrong, I hope you understand what I mean. Sorry if this doesn’t make sense I just have seen it happen a couple times and this time is close to home to me in a quite literal sense and it’s hard seeing a lot of things that are freaking me out more than actually informing me. Just please do your own research before reblogging sometimes thank you. Much love

[kryjjovnik]

This photograph depicts a cadaveric spasm in a drowning victim grasping grass from the river bank. Also known as postmortem spasm, this is the instantaneous rigor cataleptic rigidity —a rare form of muscular stiffening that occurs at the very moment of death and persists into rigor mortis. Nevertheless the condition itself is not part of rigor mortis, which is characterized by a progressive rigidity of the deceased body due to biomechanical changes in muscles occurring 10-12 hours after death. It is a persistent occurrence when it happens, and the individual will continue to hold that pose from death until putrefaction allows for decay of the affected limb. However, cadaveric spasm can be seen in archaeological remains if the affected limb is buried. While the cause is still unknown, it’s generally associated with violent or traumatic deaths and intense emotion. It’s mostly seen in victims who have ended their lives.

[ectonurites]

SAM THE LEAKS

i know the leak exists and the general topic of it but i am in

mode in terms of the specifics and just scrolling very fast past it rn because i want to wait for things in full context... we will reconvene tomorrow...