MlleMusketeer 2.0. Fandoms: Transformers, Star Wars Rebels and Clone Wars, The Expanse, She-Ra. Not a Megatron apologist because I'm not apologizing. Probably more than you want to know about infectious disease & politics. Icon from: https://picrew.me/image_maker/482731
I love having a cat because who else will sit with me for four hours solid while I sort aquarium gravel by colour composition surface texture and patina
Sometimes he tries to eat the rocks but I’ve honed my reflexes to a razor’s edge for just such an occasion
pirates of the caribbean really introduced an eldritch octopus man who kills indiscriminately and torments the dead as their poster villain and then you watch the movies and it’s like, “oh no, actually the worst villain in this series is a small white british man who functions as the herald of capitalism” and that was very very brave of them
still mad about smart TVs. that shit should be in a separate box like you can literally buy one of them androidtv boxes for £30. it doesn’t need its own ip address it doesn’t need its own app store it doesn’t need to replicate the functionality every device plugged into it already has
Smart TVs are one of the great evils of the modern era tbh. If I wanted spyware on my TV I should have to download it myself
i keep promising myself i won’t become another technophobe yelling about those “dang newfangled machines” or whatever. that i won’t Get Worse until going back to punchcards unironically seems like a good idea. that i’ll enjoy new things as they come out.
but so much is actively evil, hostile or otherwise enshittified. i don’t want to track my greebles with splorp i don’t want to pay a teehee subscription to get round cacophany’s file limits i don’t need 17 ways to skrimple my scronk 7 of which secretly activate scrungly plus ultimate i don’t need to link it to my flowolf account i don’t want to manage it with the flowby mowby i don’t care if poob does or does not has it for me. i don[’t care
i want a big screen whose ENTIRE job is to show me whatever device i plug into it. and also audio. i want to save my documents. on the computer. that i’m using. i want to own the media i buy. i want tech that is fat, properly cooled, simpler, serviceable by a normal person, and not forcing me to constantly select the “onlly spy on me a little bit” box every couple weeks.
You are so incredibly right
We neutered our smart tv by declining the user agreement and hooking it up to our desired devices. It’s really upset but it doesn’t even have the wifi password. Suck it, you dumb hunk of plastic.
Frankenstein AU where the Creature, upon returning to seek terrible vengeance on Victor after realizing the tragic existence he’s been forced into, takes a few days extra to actually, you know, observe Victor and see what he’s like, to learn how best to enact his revenge. And he comes to the conclusion that, “Actually, I don’t need to do anything, this idiot’s going to ruin his own life without any outside interference, and I kinda wanna see how he does it.”
Victor then proceeds to continue with his previously demonstrated levels of making good life choices, while now also constantly looking over his shoulder for his Creation and having the vapors at every little thing because oh noes, it’s The Monster come back to Get Him-!!!
The Creature: (watching all this unfold through binoculars like it’s a soap opera while sneaking in to help himself to Victor’s larder and library when he feels like it, and also occasionally hiding small but vital objects, like Victor’s keys or shaving blade, in weird spots in the house) Wow, it really does take an incredibly smart man to be quite this stupid, doesn’t it?
At one point, Victor finally starts to unwind and relax a bit, has a string of good luck, looks like he might actually be at risk of Getting His Shit Together. So that year the Creature sends him a birthday present - a bible with ‘To my father from his beloved son’ inscribed on the inside and 'Your me!’ written next to a little arrow pointing at the first use of the name 'Adam’ in the text.
He does nothing else, just sits back and lets the carnage unfold as Victor proceeds to regress into full-on post-Creature-creation breakdown and no one else knows what the fuck’s going on, because he refuses to tell them, because No One Can Know My Terrible Deed, even though he’s certain They All Suspect.
They Do Not, in fact, Suspect, the actual main theory is that he just fucked around in a normal manner for Young Aristocracy of Standing in the era and now some no-better-than-she-should-be chit is trying to shame him for knocking her up.
Another running theory is that Victor actually sent the bible to himself in an attempt to become more interesting again, because he’s cringefail like that and can’t stand the idea of not being seen as interesting or special.
The Creature is drinking hard lemonade and having a jolly old time watching the proceedings. He’s got a 'when do I get to meet step-mother?’ letter all planned out for next time Victor seems to be at risk of becoming chill, and, while still lonely as hell, is definitely enjoying this much more than the murder spree he initially had planned.
@someoddmix #adam frankenstein engages in psychological warfare against his creator and has A Great Time #because Victor is pretty good at psychologically torturing himself lol #MEET STEP-MOTHER LMAOOO
Psychologically torturing Victor is great, because it’s basically revenge on easy mode. This is the revenge equivalent of one of those mobile games that plays itself for you, and all you need to do is let it run in the background and check in for daily log-in bonuses.
Also, because people have always been people, eternal loneliness is sad, and probability means he’s bound to luck out eventually, I'mma be kind and say that at some point in all this, Adam gets caught sneaking food in the kitchen by one of the maids who’s also an old maid (so you know, like… early thirties). And he’s frozen in place, because Oh No, this is generally When The Screaming Starts, and she’s also frozen in place, because she’s experiencing an Awakening (because people have always been people and if tumblr existed back then this woman would have three accounts and a The Shape of Water poster).
Then she notices that Adam’s got like… half a loaf of yesterday’s bread, a couple of apples, and one of Master Frankenstein’s scientific journal-type books, and asks, “Wait, are you the reason Master Frankenstein thinks someone’s out to get him?”
Adam: …yes?
Maid: Well done you, then, he’s insufferable. Here, let me get you some ham to go with all that, a big, strapping fellow like you needs some proper meat in his diet if he wants to keep his health.
Adam has never encountered this sort of reaction before and doesn’t quite know how to handle it. Thus he ends up just standing there silently as she bustles around, gets a basket and puts his bread and apples in it, adds ham and some cheese and a nice jar of pickles (“You’ll need to bring the jar back when you’re done with them, though, jars don’t grow on trees, you know”!“). By the end of it, she’s introduced herself as Gytha, and he’s introduced himself as Adam for want of having any other name, and he’s somehow agreed to meet her in a specific clearing in the woods not far from the house on her next day off so he can tell her what his (she (accurately) presumes to be extremely justified) deal with Victor is.
Gytha has gained one (1) life-long devotee who has never before experienced the warmth of human kindness like this.
Adam has gained one (1) co-conspirator on the inside.
Victor is about to lose ten (10) more years off of his ever-dwindling lifespan.
Life is good.
@baggebythesea #Gytha deserves a little bit of Adam. As a treat
Gytha: (staring up at Adam, all eight canonical feet of him, formed with the intent he be a physically perfect specimen, only then he actually got brought to life and now he’s got kinda yellowy-transluscent skin and weird eyes that are also yellowy, and is frankly considered by most to be very uncomfortable to look at)
Gytha: …
Gytha: …Gytha deserves a lottle bit of Adam as a treat…
She is also of the mindset, "Well, I’ve already spent a most considerable amount of time with him completely unchaperoned, enough to be a thoroughly ruined woman by this point. Therefore I see no reason not to show him my ankles and let things progress as they will.”
Things take awhile to progress, mostly because Adam has an understandably difficult time just internalizing the fact that not only is Gytha willing to spend time in his presence, she actively enjoys his company. That she may wish to commit sins of the flesh with him due to finding him genuinely desirable is too anathema to all he has ever experienced for him to even consider. But progress they eventually do, because Gytha’s no quitter, and they progress to a most definitively mutual pleasure at that!
(Father Thomas over at the church had been under the impression he’d weathered the worst of what life/Gytha had to throw at him by the time she was twenty-five and that he mostly had how to handle her visits under control by now. He was Very Wrong, and not only that he’s having to deal with it while young Master Frankenstein is having yet another continuous crisis of everything.)
Father Thomas, unwilling participant in The Drama XD
I don’t know how to surmount the many legal and religious difficulties, but I don’t think the Creature would be opposed to making an honest woman of Gytha, and it would be a perfect capstone for Victor to encounter at church the banns posted for Adam(?) Frankenstein and Gytha [surname]
I’d just like to clarify some things about Senator Cory Booker’s marathon Senate speech in protest of the present administration and everything they are doing to the American people.
Senator Booker was NOT allowed to sit down, eat, or use the bathroom during his speech. Sitting or leaving the room to use the bathroom would be considered yielding the floor. Eating would have interfered with his speaking and the person who has the senate floor must continue to speak, except when listening to questions that they will then answer.
He only took occasional sips of water.
The person who previously held the record for longest speech on the Senate floor did have bathroom breaks and also did things like read from the encyclopedia.
Senator Booker did not do that. His speech was to point out the damage that this administration is doing and he stayed on that subject.
Senator Booker’s speech did reach many people. It wasn’t a silly stunt that was done so that he could take the record for longest speech. He wanted to show the country that democrats will do something to bring attention to the problems we are facing. That democrats are listening to them.
Senator Cory Booker spoke for 25 hours and 4 minutes to “make good trouble.”
also like, a Black man breaking Strom Thurmond’s record is absolutely *chef’s kiss*
for those who are too young to know about Strom, he was literally a white supremacist
And Strom Thurmond was filibustering the Civil Rights Act. Which is why it’s so awesome Senator Booker wrecked his record
“the arts and sciences are completely separate fields that should be pitted against each other” the overlap of the arts and sciences make up our entire perceivable reality they r fucking on the couch
Art vs STEM is a lie created to stop us from turning on the real enemy: business and economics
Arts vs STEM is a lie, the computer that put us on the moon was a loom of woven wires, our space suits were made by hand sewing, we need chemistry to mix paint and we need biology to raise the sheep who make the wool we spin into yarn and crochet or knit or weave and the world is beautiful
“i want a dislike button on ao3” so you want less fanfic. even if you don’t think you want less fanfic you want less fanfic. because when people start getting dislikes on their fanfic they will want to write less fanfic. hope this helps <3
Dislike buttons aren’t that bad
for fanfic? for things people put their hearts and souls into for free? for creative works where there is literally no reason to downvote a fic except to just be mean? where negative reception (and even just unwanted constructive criticism) could potentially kill someone’s passion for their fic or even their motivation to ever write again? You’re right! They’re actually not that bad!
They’re terrible! And it would be a terrible idea to ever implement them.
Fucking wild to be teaching about Rosa Parks at the same time as a trans woman in Florida does an act of civil disobedience to use a women’s restroom in the state capitol
As far as I know, she is the first woman arrested bc of this law. The law requires that the trans person be warned to leave the bathroom by a state official, and then if they stay they are guilty of trespassing after a warning.
So like, me, my gf, others just piss and nobody asks or tells, but this young woman sent a statement about the law to over 100 FL lawmakers so they would know she was coming, the cops were ready for her, she brought a reporter and went in anyway and spent the night in a men’s jail. She is out on bail, and is hoping this will inspire change of the law. But if found guilty, and the law is upheld as constitutional, then she could spend up to 60 days in a mens county jail.
Growing up, I was taught Rosa Parks was a helpless victim. She, of course, was a victim but she was not helpless. She knew exactly what she was doing when she refused to move. It’s because of her courageous act of protest many of us remember the horrible discrimination laws that existed then.
People who want to erase the power of protestors will twist the narrative to portray the victim as meek and fragile. Like those protesting just wanted peace in the moment.
But, like op stated, this trans woman wanted the world to see. She wanted to direct all eyes towards the discriminatory laws in place the same way Rosa Parks did.
People who stand up to bigotry in this manner do not want peace in the moment. They want the violence highlighted so peace will come for those after them. It’s a sacrifice. They look their oppressors in the eye and bait them so the world can see how ugly the system is. They know very well they will likely be arrested or even killed. But, that too is part of the message.
Activists like this make an extremely hard decision to sacrifice their well-being for the sake of human rights.
I hope this courageous woman can safely resume her life and I hope her form of protest is heard across the country.
A strange alien doctor stands near the unconscious body of Padme Amidala. “It appears she has lost the will to live.” A older man with a limp hobbles closer with the aid of a cane. “That’s the dumbest thing I’ve ever heard,” says Dr. Gregory House.
-Keeps Padme on life support despite DNR, somehow this ends in him getting punched by Obi-Wan
-Immediately starts putting her on every treatment known to man
-Walks over to Wilson’s office, which is the only part of the entire ship that just looks the same as it does in the show
-Homoerotically complains about how stupid Jedi are, then makes a bet with Wilson on whether Obi Wan is gay or the father of Padme’s twins (Wilson wants House to believe people can be faithful)
-Padme almost dies again. Turns out the treatment’s not working
-“if the dark side nearly killed her, maybe it can save her”
-House uses force lightning to restart Padme’s heart
-Gets brought into Cuddy’s office and told off for using an experimental treatment, and the power of the dark side, in her hospital
-House is taken off the case and foreman is put in charge of the case
-Padme is unexpectedly doing better, but Cuddy refuses to tell House or else he’ll be using the dark side to save all his patients
-House watches on as Wilson tries seducing a relieved Obi Wan while he paces in the lobby. Doesn’t seem to work
-House interrogates Obi Wan about his relationship with Padme, insinuates it’s Obi Wans Fault. Gets in a struggle and once theyre seperated it’s revealed he ripped out some beard hair
-Padme is getting released from the hospital but crashes again with obvious signs of infection. Everyone blames the dark side of the force
-is put in intensive care again, everyone thinks she’s going to die, House is brooding.
-House meets Bail Organa and talks to him, Bail mentions how he was so worried about her the last time she was in a hospital, and this seems much more hopeless
-“what time she was in the hospital?”
-House marches in as they’re about to pull the plug, rolling Padme’s unconcious body over to point at dark spot on the back of her neck
-Foreman looks disapointed, “it’s a bruise house, her husband nearly snapped her neck.”
-“Our princess’ boyfriend here failed to mentioned she was scratched by a Nexu on Genosis years ago. Nexu claws are known as a vicious poison.”
-“it would have killed her years ago”
-“unless a small chunk of claw stuck in her back, working into the muscles near the nape of her neck for years. The little prince of Darkness chokes her, pressure and muscles spasming lets it work into a blood vessel. It’s why the force lightning only was a bandaid, it vaporized what was in her bloodstream but broke up the rest of the claw and let it enter in her bloodstream. Start her on dialysis, she’ll be fine by tomorrow afternoon.”
-Next day Padme’s wheeled out of the hospital with her two children, bittersweetness. House watches from balcony before going back to his office
-Wilson enters with his shirt unbuttoned and a few bruises on his neck, declaring, “the Jedi is gay. I win.”
-House holds up a paternity test, “he’s bisexual, it’s a draw”
so as you might have guessed because I said I was camping in the woods to avoid getting sick:
someone in my household has covid unfortunately but we did manage to get them a Paxlovid subscription. they’re uninsured, and even GoodRx coupons only brought the cost down to $1,300 USD.
I thought to check the drug manufacturer website and quickly signed up online through its portal and received a pharmacy card by email that lowered the cost to $0
There are also options for insured patients to dramatically lower their copays. I’m in the U.S., and I’m unsure whether this is applicable elsewhere, but I wanted to share this info on access to potentially lifesaving medication, for anyone it may help!
