One thing I also wish more people understood about fair use doctrine in the United States is that it is not the get out of jail free card that they seem to think it is. It does not stop companies from coming after you, and the burden is on you to prove that you're in the right.

(Almost) every time I order delivery from Koffeteria via Favor, I get the wrong thing. And I don't mind at all, because everything I've had there has been incredible. I'll eat anything they give me. Europhile USians will stab me for this, but I don't care: Better than any pastries I ate in Paris.

succubus - female demon that seduces men incubus - male demon that seduces women vengabus - non-binary demon that likes to party

Haha yesss. Japanese copyright law doesn't fuck around. Since I get challenged on this a lot: U.S. and Japan are both Berne Convention signatories, meaning the copyright is recognized between countries. They CAN go after American companies. And they are. And I love it. variety.com/2025/digital...

Someone’s smoke detector battery is dying and it has been beeping for five hours. Mamdani must do something to end this scourge!

I'm helping my friend @nrodovsky.bsky.social with a GoFundMe for her cat, Smokey. She's received the news nobody wants, and is asking for help with his vet bills and end of life care. Thank you for whatever you can share. 💗 gofund.me/6aea55263

The dream lives another day

This getting dark by 6p.m. stuff is terrible and I hate it. I would ask for recommendations for a sun lamp, except I also believe the sun is terrible and I hate it.

This fall has been an extra slow one for small businesses out here, and the tea house is $3.7k shy of where we need to be to make rent before late fees hit this month. All this to say, if you have some tea shopping to do or friends to point our way today, we'd sure appreciate it!

Unsolicited VO advice no one tells you: - The best sound comes from an entire body limbered up. - Do everything you can to help your friends achieve their goals. - Celebrate strangers. - Define “backhanded compliment.” - Envy is a valid feeling, jealousy an excuse to be shitty.

If I ever see Ted Cruz in person I am going to sit him down and give him a performance review and if he says no I will fire him. I mean if we gotta run 'Murrica like a business, then I'm gonna act as if one of his bosses. Because I am one of his bosses. And so are you (if you live in Texas).

May be recency bias, but it’s been a while since I was as delighted with the end of a film as when I saw a certain final scene involving Buddy Guy hanging out at his blues club

Every once in a while I have to remind myself this is entirely normal.

Subway Employee Still Unnerved By High-Pitched Screech Sandwiches Make When Cut In Half https://theonion.com/subway-employee-still-unnerved-by-high-pitched-screech-1819576148/

The last thing I want and need to do is pivot to being a video essayist when I have 324385934753 other projects I need to finish first. But damn. Sometimes I really want to put my English degree and journalism experience to good use and put some basic media literacy lessons out into the world.

"people won't help others without incentives" Explain this then

I started writing about opera history and oh no I have a new hyperfixation now. www.houstoniamag.com/arts-and-cul...

More thoughts: Looks (just like likes, clicks, and popularity) can definitely be bought and manipulated. Looks are not synonymous with youth, and youth is not synonymous with health. Best to focus on what the person is actually doing.

Yes I'm silly and talk a lot, but I'm still fiercely protective of my privacy. I wish I didn't have to say this publicly, but boundaries need to be set: Please do not make assumptions about my life and experiences because of this. I'm not a subject for headcanons. I'm a living person. Leave me be.

Cartoon: Meat's off.

Flying Squirrel Loves It Every Time

I try very, very hard to be a good person. But sometimes I just want to go full blown neutral person and sit in a tree all day pretending to be an owl.

Some gals have all the luck.

Briana White - Aerith’s voice actress in the FF7 series- is currently running a huge charity auction with a bunch of Final Fantasy memorabilia. And all proceeds are donated Immigrant Defenders Law Center - helping for legal funds and reconnecting families. Take a look! tiltify.com/@thestranger...

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Texas state leadership wouldn't be scrambling so much to gerrymander in favor of their hate if they weren't so pants-shittingly afraid of our love. Never forget that.

I love selfshippers. Selfshippers are so cute and radiate love. Life is short and the world is often awful, so draw yourself with your blorbo if it brings you joy 🩶

If we must have politicians, may they be ones who understand that *WE* are the boss. We pay their salaries. We "hire" them. And it's about damn time we started acting like we're the ones who call the shots, not the other way around. Last night offered some relief that things may improve.

I hate to post Work on here but for the reporters who follow me, we've got folks of all different stripes and areas of expertise available to break down last night's repudiation of anti-trans messaging DMs open or text me

Let this serve as a reminder that the system and status quo are not popular. No matter how hopeless and helpless you feel because change is HARD, it is not impossible.

Fox Mulder's poster, only it's about politicians who care about trans people

Texas voted on a proposition to only allow American citizens to vote. Which is already federal law. And always has been. If I can finally afford to move to NYC in the next few years...

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Every single constitutional amendment on the ballot in Texas passes, enshrining "parental rights" in the state constitution and making it easier for Greg Abbott to pack the state commission that disciplines judges, as well as tax breaks for "border security infrastructure."

I sincerely hope Democrats pay attention to tonight’s results across the country. They won’t learn anything but still. Maybe. People are excited by change and original campaigns and bold ideas and candidates under the age of 50!

posted this four months ago but tonight as buckaroos like mamdani sweep elections i will post again. hope this is sign to all establishment goofs that trotting to the center is not the move. protect the buckaroos who are in perilous circumstances and do not give an inch

I love going to Grown Up Storytime's reading parties! The folks and stories are always lovely, of course, but also they're held two streets over from TSU so we can hear the marching band practicing while we read 🥰

I’m not gonna coddle anyone who receives thousands of auditions for a public project call. If you wanted smaller numbers, work with a private roster or set your deadline to be a week long only. Casting early means you don’t care about the actors. Period. You just wanna finish.

Bisexuals keep winning.

This is my new favorite song. www.youtube.com/watch?v=55Z4...

Cut the strings. Get involved in your community and with your neighbors. Redirect their attention from the sideshow and away from the snake oil pitch. You can't change their mind. But you can give them an alternative to the rot they've been fed.

This is why it is really important to be mindful with how you interact with these people online. Don't engage with ragebait. Don't improve their SEO. They are heinous, evil creatures, but they are also pathetic losers who can only grow a cult of personality by performing like a puppet.

Texans love to gripe about property taxes, potholes, and school funding, but when it’s time to vote for the people who actually fix (or ignore) those things, most folks suddenly remember they’ve got laundry to do.

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I had a nightmare that someone scaled the wall around my back patio and stole all my worms and I fell into a deep depression.

A friend showed me this screenshot and I started cackling, I was staining my tongue three different colors with OtterPops in 1998 are you fucking kidding me

"Well, of course, the house is haunted! But after that down payment? In this market? If spirits are trying to communicate with us from beyond the veil, they should at least have something substantive to say."

This bit is pretty funny lol "I guess you can play practical jokes or whatever piddly shit you unserious people get up to between takes"