This is heresy, properly cooked Brussels sprouts are proof that God exists and he loves us.
Still absolutely distraught about my shipwreck podcast getting canceled by their producer. I love disaster podcasts and there are very few as good as Ship Hits the Fan.
Legitimately having trouble falling asleep lately (because yes I like to listen to fresh episodes of familiar podcasts to go to sleep and sometimes they have to do with disasters, don’t judge me). I might have to rotate back to listening to audiobooks of Rolling In the Deep and Into the Drowning Deep until I can once more recite them in my sleep. They’re surprisingly soothing to me, but it does help my ADHD to consume new information but in familiar voices I know I can listen back to if I fall asleep midway through, and I am OUT OF REGULAR PODCASTS THAT SERVE THAT PURPOSE ATM.
So I guess I’m going back to murder mermaids for a while. Murder mermaids love me. Murder mermaids won’t let me down.
Absolutely none of you have been helpful but I did find a podcast called Bad Gays and… frankly if you have a problem understanding why what we call “gay” or “queer” isn’t always applicable historically, I’m begging you to listen to just the first three episodes of this podcast. It’s an incredible exploration of the way male homosexuality expresses itself (I specify male homosexuality bc the first season at least does focus on cis gay men) and can actually feed into fascist beliefs, or liberal beliefs… it talks about how queerness is not separate from politics, it can feed and fuel it. It’s incredible.
Anyway I can probably fall asleep to this for a week or so before I need something new. It’s a problem.
Teaching creative writing to 8 to 12 year olds this summer, a demographic whose stories include a shocking amount of murder. The use of "unalive" was so egregious I had to tell them, "if you aren't comfortable using the words death, die, and kill, you aren't mature enough to be writing about them yet". Kiddo asked me if that applies to adults as well, and I told them it very much does, so here's a PSA.
If you aren't comfortable using the words death, die, and kill, you aren't mature enough to be writing about them yet.
omg, this is the first time i’ve heard older furries refering to themselves as “gray muzzles” 🥺 that’s so cute!!
PSA: tomatoes are not spicy. Tomatoes and tomato products should not be spicy. Pizza sauce isn’t inherently spicy. Tomato-based pasta sauce is not spicy. Ketchup is NOT spicy.
If tomatoes are spicy, you have an allergy to tomatoes.
This announcement brought to you by my almost 29-year-old husband learning for the first time in his 2.8 decades of putting food products into his mouth that spaghetti and saucy pizza aren’t spicy foods
AHEM.
W…. REALLY? omg. I love ketchup but it has always been Really spicy for me, when I usually do fine with much spicier foods (or u know, foods that are Supposed to be spicy)
Uhhhhh. Kay. Thing to check out then I guess
Still absolutely distraught about my shipwreck podcast getting canceled by their producer. I love disaster podcasts and there are very few as good as Ship Hits the Fan.
Legitimately having trouble falling asleep lately (because yes I like to listen to fresh episodes of familiar podcasts to go to sleep and sometimes they have to do with disasters, don’t judge me). I might have to rotate back to listening to audiobooks of Rolling In the Deep and Into the Drowning Deep until I can once more recite them in my sleep. They’re surprisingly soothing to me, but it does help my ADHD to consume new information but in familiar voices I know I can listen back to if I fall asleep midway through, and I am OUT OF REGULAR PODCASTS THAT SERVE THAT PURPOSE ATM.
So I guess I’m going back to murder mermaids for a while. Murder mermaids love me. Murder mermaids won’t let me down.
controversial take: i actually love elias bouchard
no i will not defend him i respect a man that commits war crimes, hate crimes, and etc. hes a nosy bitch and i can understand that
I don't know if abled people will ever really be able to understand the kind of pressure that being in a messy/dirty environment and being unable to clean it up puts on you
like, we just managed to clean off our desk and vacuum for the first time in... over 6 months?
The amount of relief we're feeling is amazing
but also like
That was pressure before we did that. We were feeling that for over 6 months. This relief is that pressure being LIFTED.
Anyway, PSA:
Don't blame someone for having a dirty or messy living space. If it's a problem for you, it's probably a problem for them, too. Maybe offer to help clean it up, or just kindly shut the fuck up? That person is probably putting a large amount of pressure on themselves about the space, too. Don't make that worse by being a dick about it.
sitting anti-kink posters down in front of a wrestling match and explaining kayfabe to them with the patience of a preschool teacher
You see that one? He's called the "heel." He looks mean and says a lot of scary things, but it's not real and he's actually very nice. When he says "I'm going to break you in half" you don't have to be scared because it's pretend. These two talked about this beforehand, and now they're playing pretend together. Can you think of any other situations that might be like this?
toastpandadraws asked:
Hey Neil,
My mom and I were talking about the actor and writer strike, she claimed that the writers had good reason to go on strike but that actors were out of touch with reality and got paid more than enough already, and for the ones that didn’t get paid enough should just find a different job.
Any idea how I can convince her that the actors strike is just as important too? Thank you.
neil-gaiman answered:
About 13% of SAG members make $26,000 a year from acting and are eligible for Health Insurance.
In the old days (pre-streamers) the actors got “residuals” every time the show they were in was shown on TV. The residuals added up, and allowed many actors to live a comfortable middle-class lifestyle.
Right now 87% of SAG members make less than $26,000 a year.
As a biochem student and certified nerd, I feel the responsibility to bestow this knowledge upon as many people as I possibly can:
You do NOT need to "earn" meals through exercise.
You know why?
Because exercise only accounts for about 20% of your calories. The majority of the calories your body burns, it uses to keep itself alive. It uses them to power your brain and metabolism. In fact, your brain ALONE is responsible for spending about 20% of your calories.
Your BRAIN, just to keep itself going, uses up just as many (or even more!!!) calories than all the exercise you do.
Your RESTING metabolic rate is responsible for burning between 60 and 75% of your calories.
You don't just deserve food because you're working out. YOU DESERVE FOOD BECAUSE YOUR BODY NEEDS IT TO STAY ALIVE.
As a nutritionist, I confirm this is true
I never thought about the fact that some people don't know this, but some people's ideas about nutrition make sense now.
What I learned was that for the average person, it takes 1300 kcal a day just to run your organs. The breathing and digesting and thinking and stuff is what's using most of the fuel.
you are a VERY complex organism. get enough fuel to keep existing pls
its so mortifying and frustrating that the crew of spiderverse were so overworked. by people who didnt understand the sheer work and effort that goes into all parts of the pipeline. but a new generation of artists are seeing the concept art, and going, “i want to do this too!” getting to see the release of so much behind the scenes work makes me want to do things like this. i aspire to this. but i dont want to have to deal with the death of creativity in the form of constant reworking. i couldn’t watch coworkers leave because of how stressful it becomes.
i hope the crew knows just how many artists walked into that theater, and then walked out going, “i want to make art as thoughtful as this. i want to make art as genuine as this. i want to make art with this much love in it. i want to do this too.”
adding:
if you’re interested in going into animation, you should be fighting for fairer work conditions. you should be invested in your health with your job. you should be fighting for better treatment of creatives across ALL parts of the pipeline! writers, concept artists, storyboarders, revisionists, animators, every single one. i want to go into animation one day but it’s unsustainable for so many and people get burnt out! i’m scared that i will never be able to make it. but i have to try.
also support the strikes i love art studios go to hell SUPPORT ARTISTS & REMEMBER WHO’S MAKING YOUR FAVORITE MOVIES
For the anon who asked for my take on/more info on body neutrality. Please be advised this is just my take on it:
very cool that tumblrs "more like this" feature is seemingly using image recognition on my selfies to recommend pictures of people who look like me when i go on my posts
Lol @ the response to my email
So yeah tumblr is absolutely scraping every selfie you post to recommend your face to strangers. Normal website
[Image description: an email with text from Leonard C. (tumblr)
Hello,
Sorry for the delayed response.
I've chatted to the developer behind this feature. He said "We do use 'similar posts based on image' as part of the mix of underlying sources for the 'more like this'."
He also mentioned, "Currently there is no way to opt-out some uploaded images/posts from being fed into this algorithm, unless the post is private. Posts that are deleted would be excluded by filters."
We regularly collect suggestions and
/End ID]
