crafting-and-tea:

vivian-the-catboy:

hunter-rodrigez:

slipping-into-madness:

Gosh I wonder who it could’ve been

myriad-of-things:

my little brother tried to show me a “cool trick” where he entered my name and hometown into chatgpt and tried to get it to pull up my personal info like it did on all of his friends, then was absolutely shocked when it couldn’t find anything on me

so. keep practicing basic internet safety, guys. it still works. don’t put your personal info on social media, keep all your accounts on private, turn off ai scraping on every site that you can, enable all privacy features on social media apps. our info still can be protected, we have to keep fighting for control

falcon-fox-and-coyote:

venusologist:

runcibility:

woodentempest:

bestgirlsystem:

hallaking99:

also if u press the “esc” (escape) key on ur laptop before the page fully loads, it won’t load any pop-ups blocking u from reading. if the article has images, then this method sometimes does not u see them. but! the words will be fine :)

sallyyates:

Pro tip: If you copy and paste a link that said “no free articles” into a private/incognito browser, it will let you read the whole thing.

truth-has-a-liberal-bias:

100% TRUE

feelingbluepolitics:

If the site is particularly badly designed, you might just be able to delete the overlay itself. Right click > Inspect element and delete the line of HTML (it’ll be highlighted automatically)

hey kids there is a website called outline.com that will let you read from pretty much any news site with a paywall for free

outline.com is amazing - it hasn’t failed yet on any site that I’ve tried it on.

There’s a chrome extension and firefox extension.

All of these resources are incredible but don’t forget how fucked it is that we have to do this.

and how many people dont know this and so they just do what is easiest and free

sakuraspoke:

yeah that’s him alright

elf-trash:

mevima:

I present to you a - probably quite incomplete, I’m sure I’m missing a lot of speech sounds - reference list and a bit of a guideline for the different ways one can describe the sounds your characters make whilst writing smut. I’ll definitely be referring to it, because I sometimes get stuck on exactly how to describe a particular noise. (aka, “he can’t groan again, he just groaned last paragraph”)

Sounds (noun, both independently and describing speech): breath/breathe, gasp, moan, groan, pant, whimper, whine, shout, yelp, hiss, grunt, cry, scream, shriek, sob, growl, curse, sound, sigh, hum, noise, squeak, snarl, howl, roar, mewl, wail, choke, keen, purr

Sounds (noun, describing speech): rasp, husk, drawl, plea, murmur, whisper, beg

Descriptors (adjective): loud, hushed, quiet, low, high, high-pitched, little, tiny, soft, deep, unrestrained, restrained, strained, breathy, rough, sudden, short, drawn-out, sharp, harsh, hard, thick, smooth, thin, heavy, impassioned, insistent, hungry, passionate, repeated, filthy, debauched, sweet, slow, deliberate, guttural, languid, surprised, husky, distracted, happy, pleased, satisfied, wordless, cut-off, bitten-off, contented, hoarse, extended, long, depraved, aching, choked, strangled, broken, helpless, shuddering, shaky, trembling, urgent, needy, desperate, wanton, shattered, pained, eager

Combine a descriptor and a sound for best effect - for example, “needy moan,” “pleased hum,” or “sudden scream.” You can even use two: “low, rough grunt,” “sweet little cry,” “desperate, filthy noise,” as long as you don’t repeat a word that means the same thing, unless you really want to emphasize it. Avoiding repetition is pretty key here. You don’t usually want to say “hushed, quiet gasp” except on rare occasions when it’s very important how soft the sound was.

Use your own common sense, as well; some sounds and descriptors don’t generally work well together. “Deliberate shriek” probably wouldn’t work well, and neither would “languid grunt,” but again, this is all very situational - play around! Have fun.

Feel free to add to my lists, use for your reference or pass them around. It would be fun to see a randomized generator made, too, I’m just too lazy to do it myself. ;)

reblogging bc “he can’t groan again, he just groaned last paragraph” is the bane of every smut writer’s existence

thebaconsandwichofregret:

moniquill:

She’s also publicly stated that she believes that anyone who reads her books or watches her shows and films does so because they explicitly agree with her political views.

There’s no “agree to disagree” with her work. Every time you pick up her work or talk about it you are saying to her “I agree with you Joanne” whether you like it or not.

therobotmonster:

slushi-chan:

galacticism:

dandalfthe-gay:

shitswiftiessay:

jasmineiros:

also, its sister tweet:

How could you forget:

ALT

Had to add this gem

Pouring one out for Poison Junior.

theconcealedweapon:

theconcealedweapon:

Working class conservatives are like, “Why are you throwing bricks at me?”

I’m not. I’m throwing bricks at the rich people who are expoiting both of us for their own profit. You just keep jumping in the way.

wilwheaton:

eurodynamic:

Generally speaking, I am supportive of kids when they struggle. Everyone struggles, and just because your struggle is different than mine, doesn’t mean it’s less valid.

But.

BUT.

Come on. 600 words is nothing. I will write and throw away 600 words ten times before I finish the 800 words I need to turn in. You can do this. You need to do this. You do not want a future – and I don’t want to grow old in a future – where you are outsourcing your creativity, your critical thinking, and your ability to put words together to a computer.

Trust me? Please? I’m old and I’ve read / watched / written a lot of science fiction about this.