This might be one of the most insane scandals in game history When Pokemon Go players scan PokeStops, theyve been unknowingly building a detailed visual model of the world which is being sold to a military contractor to build a no-GPS positioning for the new generation of unmanned killing machines

Nostalgia Content xkcd.com/3256/

yesterday i was crossing a street (WITH a walk sign) and a guy in a hummer truck revved engines at the other side of the intersection and pulled forward a few feet. and as i was saying "that's a little excessive" to the person i was with, the driver ran the red light and sped through right behind us

straight people are.... so fucking weird. being around straight people is so weird.

i like occasionally being in big bus because it overcomes the most insidious form of homophobia (bridge wall too high to see water from my car window)

i truly believe that no fandom* has excelled at the zombie horror genre as well as glee did *that i've been at least passively involved in

thinkin abt this lil scum villain ficlet again

also thinkin abt this lil wangxian ficlet again

also thinkin abt this lil wangxian ficlet again

thinkin abt this lil scum villain ficlet again

mid-aughts lj rp led me to apply to the college i attended and take the class that made me switch my major to the thing i eventually got my phd in (friend from an rpg suggested her college was similar to others on my list and told me i would like a particular class) so possibly that

actually finished an entire knitting project and wove in the ends immediately upon completion which as i'm sure you all know is completely unheard of

according to my personal results on that silly little sickos sorter, this is my most idficcy idfic i've written archiveofourown.org/works/2137014

every once in awhile i like to think of a trope i hate and try to figure out what would make me like it. and then inevitably i'm like wow i really should finish that carol/maria soulmark au i started seven years ago,

hello! i committed a small act of wangxian for mxtx remix! it's a lil 4.3k canon-era m-rated nugget of wwx being a spy (reformed?) if you read it i hope you enjoy it! archiveofourown.org/works/83835851

ICYMI, I wrote a little thing about how the crafting of sex scenes in genre romance has taken a major hit in recent years. #romancelandia romancing-the-stoned.beehiiv.com/p/no-f-ck-is...

hello! i committed a small act of wangxian for mxtx remix! it's a lil 4.3k canon-era m-rated nugget of wwx being a spy (reformed?) if you read it i hope you enjoy it! archiveofourown.org/works/83835851

remix reveals!! i wrote this weird little sci-fi au based on the work of a very dear friend of mine 💫 instead of resurrecting into a new body, wei ying has cybernetic enhancements after his near-death. it takes some adjusting. 💫 wangxian, 5k, rated e 💫 archiveofourown.org/works/83890916

i think the most interesting trend i'm noticing in student papers this year is an increase in language along the lines of "[term], if that really is the correct term (I don't remember)" nothing is stopping you from double checking? this is inevitably a regular paper with full access to resources?

survivor gabon really is a trash season BUT my god no other season of the entire show makes me crave z-list rpf nearly as badly

what they don't tell you about being in fandom for multiple decades & being a professor is that sometimes a student will give a presentation and say the title of a fic you read 17 years ago like twelve times, and every time you're going to be yote into thinking about [redacted] instead of grading

spent yesterday making both this jam (strawberry ginger rhubarb with vanilla and black pepper) and this bread (basic loaf)

assistant (i always put too many esses on my first pass), so it's good that i've now leveled up to associate professor

remind me to share my screenshot from today's geoguessr daily challenge when today's geoguessr daily challenge is over bc a short distance from one of the load-in locs was SUCH a mood

once again someone is using my fandom sockpuppet email account from 2006 to do regular degular daily business. this time it was donate to an islamic cultural center in illinois. last time it was to request old graduation photos from somewhere in indiana. no one but me has access to this acct????

for about a month a local bike shop has had a signboard reading "i got a bike for my spouse. best trade ever" and today when i drove past they changed it to "my spouse did not appreciate our last sign"

surprise! Our Infinite and Inevitable Ends from @ecwpress.bsky.social is now up on goodreads (with a cover i am still screeching about). add it to your TBR if you like morally questionable decisions made by equally morally questionable sapphics.

had the artemis livestream up in the background while i was grading papers and it really was SO unexpectedly and astonishingly evocative to hear people be so enthused about the work they're doing and the discoveries they're making

not my best year bracket-wise but certainly also not my worst

Oh hey, I am once again going to talk about lack of distress tolerance, specifically for shame, and how it ties together AI, the “male loneliness epidemic,” Trumpism, and yes, people’s indignation that anyone might think they’re a bad person for continuing to buy Harry Potter merch.

every time i successfully "we have food at home" or its equally-annoying cousin, "i literally packed my own lunch today" myself i'm like whoa that was so good of me to follow my budget, i should reward myself. by getting the thing i just talked myself down from.

my partner just launched a collection of brooches based on New England tomb monuments in case the customer for that is you www.heavensvault.net

i love when i tell my students that the next class period is going to be extra fun and they're like doubt.jpg and then as soon as class is over they're all like whoa that was so fun

It's here!! I've been working on THE CITIZEN OF EASTPORT for 5 years and it's finally time to unleash it upon the world. If you like messy queer relationships, intrigue, noir, and butch protagonists, you might want to check it out. Available in ebook and paperback: books2read.com/citizenofeas...

technically it was harvest moon in middle school, but i didn't understand what it was (i also didn't know what harvest moon was, an online friend sent me the link). the first one on purpose was 😔😔😔 sneurmione. age 15, linked by a high school friend, on (if memory + fanlore serves) sycophant hex

sometimes i scroll through all my screencaps of my favorite geoguessr daily challenge moments (i take screencaps of my geoguessr favorite daily challenge moments) and it's like a fairly even breakdown of beautiful locales and stuff that strikes me, in some way, as fucking hilarious. but...

auspicious day (didn't have to stop at the intersection where every single one of the egregious number of street signs is formatted differently)

not my cat nearly locking me out of my computer by slamming his little face on the enter key midway through me typing my password like four times in a row

saw a post earlier on another site that was like 'what tv shows really need is to be able to do just enough episodes to tell their story and each episode should be allowed to be variable in length' frankly i don't think i've ever related less to something ostensibly harmless that i've seen On Line

--reply w/ a picture of something that's made you happy recently --reply w/ your newest fave meme --share a favorite recipe! --read & comment on one of my fics archiveofourown.org/users/el_em_... --recommend something for me to read! book (any genre), poem, fic, article... sth that you really loved

it's my birthday tomorrow! (in like ten minutes, in my time zone). and in honor of my birthday--the greatest cause for celebration *i* can think of--i'd like to ask for at least one of the following things: --do something really nice for yourself --do something that directly improves your community

i've now interrupted multiple colleagues' classes to offer them and their students birthday treats bc MY students only ate half... i'm so glad they've indulged the disruptions lmao

also my furnace is broken in a stupid way (signal from thermostat to stop heat doesn't work so i've had to manually operate it by flipping its breaker physically on or off since tuesday... i'm getting v good at gaming how unbearably hot to make it at night so i don't wake up freezing in the morning)

it's my birthday tomorrow! (in like ten minutes, in my time zone). and in honor of my birthday--the greatest cause for celebration *i* can think of--i'd like to ask for at least one of the following things: --do something really nice for yourself --do something that directly improves your community

saw a post earlier on another site that was like 'what tv shows really need is to be able to do just enough episodes to tell their story and each episode should be allowed to be variable in length' frankly i don't think i've ever related less to something ostensibly harmless that i've seen On Line

this ummm "movie" release/date is NOT the birthday present i asked for or wanted

happy birthday to the most important fictional but real-in-your-heart guy of all time 💛 do something gay and unhinged in honor of hanguang-jun today

Everybody shut the fuck up and pay attention to the most important thing happening at this moment.

with, naturally, the possible exception of "mysterious wet bread in sink," is there any tactile sensation more repugnant than "slightly too-dry hands brush firmly against paper"