#travelling websites

[secretsofthewilde]

Anytime someone tries to talk to me about how complicated the family tree is in Once Upon a Time or House of the Dragon is I just want to grab them by the shoulders and tell them they haven't seen anything remotely close to the mess that is the family tree in Dark

[edenfenixblogs]

What you put on the internet stays there forever*

*unless it is that one thing from 2003 you’re looking for. Because that has been obliterated from the planet never to be seen again.

[lovebunnie]

collecting my favorite parts of the novel like pokemon cards

[thevioletcaptain]

remember how a few years ago a bunch of terfs on tumblr admitted to making secret non-terf sideblogs where they'd participate in fandoms and slowly frogboil their mutuals by starting out with statements that everyone would agree with, like "women shouldn't have to share space with abusers!" but then shift their definitions and shift and shift and shift over time, and keep their mutuals nodding along until suddenly they were agreeing with and spreading straight up terf bullshit, oblivious to the fact that they'd even been manipulated?

and then the terf bloggers openly laughed on their main blogs about the fact that they'd done this, and how it was so easy?

and then those posts were found and circulated and we all said, "man, i'd better keep an eye out for stuff like that because it truly goes to show that none of us are immune to propaganda!"

also, remember how this platform, like twitter, has a well documented and much discussed nazi problem which has never fully gone away?

well, this is just me saying be mindful of that. because i've now seen three posts this week -- thankfully only in the for you feed, so far -- that have absolutely reeked of antisemites trying the frogboiling tactic on well-meaning people who are horrified by the actions of the israeli government and military.

posts that were 98% something that anyone who wants the violence to stop would agree with, but then had a sentence or two wedged in halfway through that set off enough red flags to decorate a car dealership.

i'd include the most recent one i saw as an example, but naturally when i tried to take a screenshot i accidentally clicked wrong and the page refreshed and i lost it forever.

i don't really have a good summing up thing to say here, just... be mindful. don't forget that none of us are immune to propaganda, and that the shittiest people on earth will go out of their way to use your outrage over one form of violence to try and drag you into agreeing with another.

[skyloftian-nutcase]

Happy Easter ❤️

Not gonna lie, it was nice not being on this hell site LOL, but I missed y’all ❤️ Anyway, idk how much I’m gonna be back in the first few days so I have stuff queued for you :)

[darkwood-sleddog]

lmao. i had emailed the CDC with some very nuanced questions last night about importation from Canada and the potential future of containment agreements and they are obviously getting a barrage of emails bc they sent me the most formulaic response i've gotten in a hot second with the only humanity in it being the "apologies for your frustration", and i emailed back and asked for actual answers to my questions.

i'm going to be contacting me congressional rep about this for SURE.

[glamournessmygod]

Linda Wang Crochet, Skansen

[coquelicoq]

i am such a clown. decided to make stickers for my siblings even though i have ZERO design skills or knowledge of any programs that allow you to rotate text except for powerpoint. so i made them in powerpoint. (this took, mmmm, maybe 6-8 hours btw.) then had to find a website that would print and mail these stickers to me. no i don't want 50 stickers. i want one circle sticker and one rectangle sticker. oh that's not an option anybody wants to give me? okay then i guess i will buy 16 circle stickers (the least offered) and 50 rectangle stickers (the least offered. why not 16 also? a mystery). one of the designs is for my sibling's band, so if they like it theoretically they could use the stickers as merch or something lol. but i'm not holding my breath, on account of the aforementioned lack of design skills. i get away with a lot among my family because they're all so willing to react to my questionable creations with aww look, she Tried! but that probably doesn't work for strangers who are fans of my sibling's band. so i guess they will just have 49 extra stickers that they can idk stick to streetlight poles or something. not my problem.

[queenklu]

I need hotel/accommodations websites to understand that a sofa bed is not a fucking bed

[stevetown]

Good Websites

PSA: In this increasingly annoying age of things being unusable because of AI generated SEO crap and reddit going downhill, I've been searching out actual websites in lieu of relying on Google and today I found out the Wikimedia foundation also has a travel wiki called Wikivoyage!

It's awesome! Search for a city or town and it will give you a breakdown of some historical background, things to see plotted on a map, how to get there, and even suggestions on souvenirs to look out for. I can't believe I've been missing this.

I'll probably reblog this thread with more sites as I come across them, feel free to do the same!

[ausetkmt]

Florida quietly removes LGBTQ+ travel info from state website

FILE - Hundreds of people line Central Avenue and cheer during the 10th Annual St. Pete Pride Street Festival & Promenade in St. Petersburg, Fla. on June 30, 2012.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Key West, Fort Lauderdale, Wilton Manors and St. Petersburg are among several Florida cities that have long been top U.S. destinations for LGBTQ+ tourists. So it came as a surprise this week when travelers learned that Florida's tourism marketing agency quietly removed the “LGBTQ Travel” section from its website sometime in the past few months.

Business owners who cater to Florida's LGBTQ+ tourists said Wednesday that it marked the latest attempt by officials in the state to erase the LGBTQ+ community. Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis previously championed a bill to forbid classroom instruction on sexual orientation and gender identity, and supported a ban on gender-affirming care for minors, as well as a law meant to keep children out of drag shows.

“It's just disgusting to see this,” said Keith Blackburn, who heads the Greater Fort Lauderdale LGBT Chamber of Commerce. “They seem to want to erase us.”

The change to Visit Florida's website was first reported by NBC News, which noted a search query still pulls up some listings for LGBTQ+-friendly places despite the elimination of the section.

John Lai, who chairs Visit Florida's board, didn't respond to an email seeking comment Tuesday. Dana Young, Visit Florida's CEO and president, didn't respond to a voicemail message Wednesday, and neither did the agency's public relations director.

Visit Florida is a public-private partnership between the state of Florida and the state's tourism industry. The state contributes about $50 million each year to the quasi-public agency from two tourism and economic development funds.

Florida is one of the most popular states in the U.S. for tourists, and tourism is one of its biggest industries. Nearly 141 million tourists visited Florida in 2023, with out-of-state visitors contributing more than $102 billion to Florida’s economy.

Before the change, the LGBTQ+ section on Visit Florida's website had read, “There’s a sense of freedom to Florida’s beaches, the warm weather and the myriad activities — a draw for people of all orientations, but especially appealing to a gay community looking for a sense of belonging and acceptance.”

Blackburn said the change and other anti-LGBTQ+ policies out of Tallahassee make it more difficult for him to promote South Florida tourism since he encounters prospective travelers or travel promoters who say they don't want to do business in the state.

Last year, for instance, several civil rights groups issued a travel advisory for Florida, saying that policies championed by DeSantis and Florida lawmakers are “openly hostile toward African Americans, people of color and LGBTQ+ individuals.”

But visitors should also understand that many Florida cities are extremely inclusive, with gay elected officials and LGBTQ+-owned businesses, and they don't reflect the policies coming from state government, Blackburn added.

“It’s difficult when these kinds of stories come out, and the state does these things, and we hear people calling for a boycott,” Blackburn said. “On one level, it’s embarrassing to have to explain why people should come to South Florida and our destination when the state is doing these things.”

[rodeoromeo]

traveling wilbuys birthdayception

[faggotstump]

happy fucking. 2004. And 1988. And 2014. And 1915. And 1707. and 1812. And 2024. and 2007.

[minglana]

train service is so shit that you cant even fucking look at train trips (even for tomorrow) in the renfe website. hell service

[leafyduckwebs]

Thinking about Aether & Paimon again but with a parent & child-like dynamic,,,,