How It Feels To Be Online These Days

Devil on my shoulder: We have work in eight hours if we go to sleep right now we'll be reasonably rested in time to do labor

Angel on my shoulder: We need to see more of this canned fish reviewer guy's youtube channel. He's got something special going on.

Capitalism also made it impossible to repair.

Capitalism also planned obsolescence.

Capitalism also destroyed competition with patents.

Both were filled at the same time with the same water, only one had oysters.

As a writer, my hobbies include doing anything other than writing.

"This story is a tragedy because it didn't have to end this way."

vs

"This story is a tragedy because it was always going to end this way."

Our fandom forbearers did NOT suffer through Anne Rice, strikethrough, and other bullshit for fucking ACOTAR and Harry Potter fans to fucking ruin it for all of us by selling fanfiction. I am not losing novel length yaoi epics because some of you don't know how to act in fannish spaces and yes I do blame the booktokification of fanfic but I also blame those of you that treat fandom like content to consume and not a community to engage with.

not to sound corny but the textile arts make me feel connected to the world around me. it's so intentional and deliberate and when i sit and do it, i think a lot about how many other women that came before me used to do it, how many hands have used the same supplies i am using, and how many other people might be doing the same thing as me all across the world right now

the fact that i'm no longer the same age as the protagonists of novels and films i once connected to is so heartbreaking. there was a time when I looked forward to turning their age. i did. and i also outgrew them. i continue to age, but they don't; never will. the immortality of fiction is beautiful, but cruel.

Grumble grumble…

You cannot claim to oppose fascism *and* defend the purveyors of anti-trans misinformation.

Scapegoating is a key component of fascism, and the "reasonable, just asking questions" "moderates" are vital to the fascist infrastructure.