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RECORD REQUEST [Podfic] An audio drama adaptation and companion piece to The Ship of Theseus.
Audio drama excerpts of In Favor with Their Stars [Podfic] An adaptation of selected scenes from In Favor with Their Stars.
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I also draw things, make fanvids, and make posts/additions about linguistics.
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Trust me when I say there is a Mountain Goats song that nails the vibe of whatever it is you’re going through right now
Been listening to them non-stop
Maggie Dietz, "November" [ID in alt text]
sharing bc maybe looking at them will help distract you too for a little bit
Second day of the Texas Renaissance Festival pirate weekend ❤️
me realizing my experiences with sewing have been a lie this whole goddamn time:
I don’t know about human surgeons, but that’s a suture pattern I use to close skin all the time and you can see why.
The slip stitch (or invisible stitch) was created to hide seams and later used by surgeons.
My cousin is a surgeon and was sewing something and used that stitch and then froze and said “Wait this isn’t a person.”
Grandma said “We used it first keep going.”
remember not to embroider the patient
You actually SHOULD embroider the patient if the thread isn’t one of those new dissolvable ones, because if it isn’t, you need to have clear places where you can cut the thread and pull it out.
But they might look at you weird if you add a French knot.
Fun fact French knots are a bit different in surgery (they’re also called Aberdeen knots) and they’re slick as fuck for burying a tail. I use them exclusively for finishing my c section incisions.
Also OB/gyns and those family docs like me who are insane enough to dabble in surgical baby extraction fucking love a Keith needle, aka a regular ass straight sewing needle. And yes you use it the exact same.
Given the misinformation that's been going around and will be going around, thought this might be helpful to some people
For a lot of reasons, I'm very good at this/at searching, to the point where I have worked as a professional fact-checker for two different publishers. So, here goes:
Then I'm usually done!
If there are red flags, or I actually need a certain amount of detail/understanding, then it gets more complicated, but that would be a whole other thing to break down and such
or
If I don't know the website:
If I trust the source, but something else pinged my radar:
No, but for real. Rhys Darby. Stede Bonnet is not an easy character to play. He's extreme. He's ridiculous. He's sweet. He's kind. He's full of barely suppressed rage. He's generous and loving. He's deeply bitchy. He's incredibly intelligent. His stupidity is mind-boggling. He's unhinged. He has remarkable self-control.
Rhys Darby gets at the depths of a character who could have been obnoxious and pretentious, the butt of the joke, a protagonist we didn't even want to root for. He gives us a Stede who will plausibly ask if the Spaniards about to attack them speak ecclesiastical Latin, and will build a secret other wardrobe in addition to his regular wardrobe, who will convince Blackbeard to go on a treasure hunt and seduce him with the overwhelming force of his sincerity and genuine kindness. He's incandescently gay and has no goddamn idea that he's gay even after Ed kisses him.
Stede Bonnet is hot. He fucks. He was also in a loveless marriage for years, and it takes his own wife explaining to him what love feels like to make him realize he's gay and in love with his best friend.
Rhys Darby plays him with this deep, abiding truth and empathy and care. Stede is never the joke; he's the hero. I cannot imagine another actor hitting all the beats right, getting every joke and mannerism and nuance of emotion, making us fucking cry as he begs Ed to come back, turning into a mermaid, and then an episode later swanning around in a bright red suit like he's baiting an invisible bull. Every shift feels real to the character; there's no discrepancy there, no point where it's as though Stede has become someone different.
I really and truly hope that Rhys gets how amazing his performance is and fully embraces the fact that he's a fantastic actor and that this role has made people's lives better. He's done something really remarkable.
Remember when Rhys kept saying Louise was pretty and agreeing she was gorgeous and sexy during the short poppies commentary? Well, I woke up thinking about that and I'm making it everyone's problem.
inside of you there are two intestines.
one of them is large, and the other is small.
Apparently this tiktok was deleted hours after I saved it.
[Video ID: A Tiktok that several users have added onto, each making a different joke about gender.
Person 1: They say “No pronouns? Damn… another victim of gender identity theft.” They start cracking up on the last word.
Person 2: They start off smirking while they appear to think about what to say. Then, they look at the camera imitate a spam call voice, saying, “We have been trying to contact you about your gender’s extended warranty.”
Person 3: They come in through a doorway and yell, “It’s my gender identity, and I need it now!” The camera angle shifts to indicate they’re a different person, and they say, “Tired of not having a gender identity? J.G. Wentworth can help. Call J. G. Wentworth; 877-pro-nouns. They’re your pronouns, use them when you need em’!”
Person 4: They imitate the kind of voice you hear on legal ads and say, “Attention: If you or a loved one has been diagnosed with Gender, you may be entitled to financial compensation.”
Person 5: Starting off strong and dissolving into fits of laughter as they speak, they say, “-and now a word from our sponsor: Raid Shadow Genders; conquer all of the genders" End ID]
now up to 56 slutty, slutty years!
57 slutty, slutty years
hope is a skill
hope is a weapon you are trained to wield
favourite additions
You cannot hide this in the tags, bestie. This is too lovely to keep a secret.
It may not be apparent to everyone how to easily find out who wrote the poem in the tags, so: @mumblesplash
(an instant-classic example of a Tumblr thread where so many people add value!)
the most disorienting thing thats ever happened to me was when a linguistics major stopped in the middle of our conversation, looked me in the eye, and said, "you have a very interesting vernacular. were you on tumblr in 2014?" and i had to just stand there and process that one for a good ten seconds
#i was in a car with a linguist i had never met before the car trip and like half an hour in he looked at me#after i finished describing a geology thing that was happening out the window and asked if i'd ever spent much time on tumblr#the fuckor of it all#and then we spent six more hours driving#it sure does leave linguistic markers! i'm not sure i'm good with it (tags via @thoughtsformtheuniverse)
it is one thing to be a linguist and another to be a linguist who knows enough of 2010s Tumblr to spot one of its enjoyers
probably just a coincidence and not at all a linguistic marker or anything...
