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Hello there!

I have decided to set up a ko-fi account for myself. It’s not in any way mandatory--I’m never gonna charge for meta writing or fics or anything like that--I just thought, if anyone likes the things I write enough and has a little extra cash and wouldn’t mind kicking a couple bucks my way, that’d be stellar!

I write meta and get probably overly invested in fictional characters and relationships and even get down the occasional fic, so if you have anything you want me to talk about or a fic prompt or anything of that nature, send me an ask! I can’t promise a quick response (which is part of why I’m not presently trying to set up any sort of commission page), but I’m going to try to respond more frequently and more regularly--so if you like what I have to say and want to buy me a digital cuppa, it would be very much appreciated.

Again, there’s no obligation at all, just that I spend so much time online thinking about fictional characters and relationships and I’m in a bit of a rough spot mentally and emotionally, so this is my way of incentivizing myself to be a little more active, focused, and productive. If you ever have the means and desire to donate, thank you so much! And if not, I hope you enjoy my content regardless, cause I know I enjoy writing it!

#kitty has a ko fi #kitty writes things #any and all engagement is appreciated #thanks in advance!

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co2bender

#zutara #gorgeous fanart #thEM

fella-lovin-fella

i hate it when people mistake "etymology" with "entomology." like, i know where they coming from but it still bugs me

homunculus-argument

A good rule of thumb for AI is "would you trust a trained pigeon to do this?"

"We trained a pigeon to recognise cancerous cell clusters and somehow they're really good at it" okay great, that's something that could plausibly be a thing.

"We trained a pigeon to recognise good CV:s and left it in charge of sorting through all our job applications" uh perhaps consider not doing that.

homunculus-argument

@gem-is-still-bored I was so inspired by this comment that I had to make a grunge poster about it:

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sadhoc

as someone who has been involved in union organizing through my dad's union since i was literally in second grade, the way that people on tumblr think unions work drives me literally insane

sadhoc

unions do so much more than just strike. unions bargain. unions sit in at meetings with upper management. unions help people navigate benefits. unions coordinate aid drives for disabled members. my union ran a donations campaign for me for the interim between the end of my allotted paid leave and my disability claim

sadhoc

"unionize your workplace" means so much more than "talk to your coworkers about striking." you gotta actively know what a union is and what a union isn't before you can form one. calls to unionize should lead to more people learning their rights and learning how unions work, and coordinating with orgs like seiu and the teamsters and the aft (and if you don't know what those are, look them up).

electricpentacle

My union found me a legal expert to help me check over my last redundancy settlement for free, provided private medical cover whilst I was unemployed, and negotiated a good deal on cheap insurance for their members. It is so much more than strikes.

bonearenaofmyskull

Forming a union at a non-union workplace You have the right to join with coworkers to address conditions at work. The National Labor Relatio

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beemovieerotica

idk if i told the full story on here but i signed up for a research study where they were testing a new opioid, and it was supposed to be up to 5 injections increasing the dose to see what people could tolerate

i got the first dose and almost immediately fainted. they had to call in a whole medical team and it was a huge fucking deal

i was kicked out of the study and got a phone call later where they were supposed to tell me what the drug was, so i could avoid it in the future. they told me it was saline water. a placebo. i fainted from the placebo effect.

anyway, it's been a few months and i just got an email from the same department asking me to be a research participant in a new study: testing the effects of open-label placebo.

open label placebo is when the subjects and the researchers all know it's a placebo. they're testing the power of my mind. my power to imagine anything.

i like to think that they chose me for this specifically based on their past experience with me. "get the guy who fainted like a little bitch boy from saline water." anyway i just submitted all my info and i'm looking forward to getting started.

dragonpyre

Ngl I totally forgot fandom discourse was a thing. I don’t care man, I have car payments

rootbeerrex

starting a collection

clever-fandom-reference

If I may submit:

kisskisscantfallinlove

yms1

what doesn't kill you makes you stay on tumblr for 13 years and counting

noah-wyles

darlingofdots

ten years ago as part of my creative writing degree we had a class on professional development where we learned how the publishing process works for different mediums and how to choose an agent and what the role of a publishing house is and back then, the advice was "self-publishing has its advantages but a traditional publisher will provide editorial support and market your book and if your book sells well enough they want to invest in your future" and now basically none of that is true anymore. books make it to shelves with noticeable errors and structural issues that could be addressed with one or two more rounds of developmental editing, authors are expected to do more and more of the marketing themselves to the point that they are expected to be social media influencers in their own right, and publishers appear to be prioritising flashy debut novels with huge advances they don't outsell, which means the author is less likely to get a follow-up deal.

Obviously a publisher is a business and a business needs to make money, but the idea used to be that you'd have a couple of very successful authors who bring in so much cash that they subsidise the new kid who is building a back catalogue of books that sell okay until they get name recognition and pay for themselves. I was told back then that a couple thousand pounds was very reasonable for a debut novel because you want to get royalties for the sales exceeding your advance and that way the publisher sees you as a profitable investment. The last couple of years I keep hearing about six figure book deals for debut (!) literary fiction (!) novels, what on earth?

I'm not saying that the publishing industry is uniquely awful or that it's worse than it's ever been or whatever, but especially in a time when reading and talking about books is trendy and there is so much money in books, it feels very, I don't know, symbolic? Prioritising flashy one-time projects over sustained and sustainable growth. Investing only enough resources to make your product fit for sale but not enough to make it good because people will buy it anyway. It's frustrating to me as a reader and as an aspiring writer and as a person existing in a capitalist system.

tonydestiel67

This vacation is doing me so much good, and it's really motivated me to draw a lot, so here’s the WIP of my second fanart.

I've always thought that, at first, Zuko is stressed out by everything and really needs these moments with Katara. Moments where he holds her close, because he sees her as his anchor in a world that is still in pieces, and they have to rebuild it.

#OH MY HEART #zutara #gorgeous fanart

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biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist

HATE when u can feel ur intestines writhing. cease your wriggling insolent belly worm

skyporf

WHEN do you ever feel that

biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist

the worms yearn for escape

leo-forgot-to-create

The worms are telling you to go see a doctor...

skyactually

@entities-of-posts the corruption/flesh?

purlturtle

After my hysto, I was in *intense* abdominal pain that didn't feel like wound pain from the ablation but something different that I couldn't explain, until the gynecologist told me "yep, that'd be your intestines rearranging themselves into the gap left behind by your uterus."

So there's a mental picture for you. Slither slither. Slither slither.

biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist

awwww, they were exploring their new enclosure 😍😍😍

biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist

oh GOOD tags:

#exact same thing happened to me after my hysterectomy #my single remaining ovary is just wandering around in there now. we call him odysseus #we dont know where he is

should-be-sleeping

You are 60% water and every lake, river, pond, swamp, creek, and ocean you encounter wants to reclaim it desperately. Be careful out there.

should-be-sleeping

Good, I hope it haunts everyone about to enter a body of water so bad that they wear a life jacket. 🙌

should-be-sleeping

Every single person I knew (past tense) who has drowned was "a strong swimmer." Water in the wild does not care how good you are at swimming.

should-be-sleeping

I mean this with all due respect:

You are not going to pass a skillcheck against a rip current once it has you.

Waves will not bow to your physical prowess no matter how impressive.

Shock does not care that you used to be on your school swim team.

If you hit your head, being good at swimming isn't going to turn you face-up while you're unconscious.

You may be unable to return to shore. Rescue may be unable to find you quickly.

joanthreatt

Scheduling this for when weather starts warming up. Be careful swimming this summer

crap-userrname16

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Haven’t had a chance to watch the tutorial yet, but I’m seriously considering making this for my gf’s niece

loveridden1999

doing things at the right age is literally a made up concept. you can start/pursue anything at any age. btw.

loveridden1999

remember remember

wolfsteax

It is never too late to learn, it is never too late to love, it is never too late to make something, it is never too late stop hating, it is never too late to be better, it is never too late to do the right thing,

Whatever it is you want to chase, it's never too late to start the run.

beardedmrbean

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