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Mosaic from Pompeii; circa 100 BC.

#history

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shout out to people in places that arent & wont be playing monkey man in cinemas let us simmer in envy and resentment together

#[the tiktok screenshot or whatever thats like 'i dont care that it happened to you it should've happened to ME instead'] #.txt

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Im curious.

#wynonna earp they did dolls SO fucking dirty

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you have to stay alive. you're going to be such a beautiful middle aged freak. young freaks will see you in the street and know that things can be okay.

#yeag. the kim bo-young quote abt staying alive for the me of this very moment

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shirt that says I VIOLATE ASIMOV'S THREE LAWS OF ROBOTICS SAFELY, OFTEN, AND EXTREMELY WELL

#robot tag

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due to panopticon budget cuts everyone is advised to regulate their actions under threat of their own scrutiny. this is forever btw

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This campaign is relatively new but I have it on very good authority that it is legitimate.

Hussam needs to evacuate 13 of his family members from Gaza, including his sister who gave birth in February and now has an infant to care for as well as a young daughter. He’s already lost more than 18 of his family members, and now his remaining family are spread out in refugee camps across southern Gaza.

Any donation makes a difference. Sincerely, if everyone who sees this gives $5 that’s already a great step forward.

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This isn't on the books ask meme, but any nonfiction books you've loved recently or general recommendations?

ooh, ofc! here's a couple really good ones i've read in the last couple of months:

None of the Above: Reflections on Life Beyond the Binary by Travis Alabanza - memoir abt the author's experiences as a transfem nonbinary person of colour, rly honest and gut-wrenching

The Hundred Years' War on Palestine: A History of Settler-Colonial Conquest and Resistance, 1917-2017 by Rashid Khalidi - honestly essential reading

Freedom Is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine, and the Foundations of a Movement by Angela Y. Davis - brilliant collection of essays/interviews abt activism

Off-Earth: Ethical Questions and Quandaries for Living in Outer Space by Erika Nesvold - kinda dry, but provides a really good pragmatic & intersectional perspective on the subject of space settlement and the practical & ethical issues the space industry tends to ignore

A City on Mars: Can we settle space, should we settle space, and have we really thought this through? by Zach and Kelly Weinersmith - more or less on the same subject matter, but with a focus on Mars; less academic, more light-hearted and approachable in tone (personally I liked Nesvold's book more, but i think this one would be more fun for the average person)

The Little Book of Aliens by Adam Frank - very fun, readable and decently thorough look at the Fermi Paradox and the search for extraterrestrial life

#thank you!!

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woops

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beautiful drawing I saw in the women's bathroom last night at the bar

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Numbers 16, 18, and 23 from the bookworm asklist?

(16+23 answered!)

18. Favorite unfinished book series.

i mean i GOTTA say murderbot, but the burning kingdoms (the jasmine throne trilogy) is also up there ngl

#thank u! #ask games

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9, 22, 29 for the book asks?

9. Favorite detective novel(s).

a master of djinn by p. djeli clark and the intuitionist by colson whitehead <3 i have a weakness for detectives placed in scifi/fantasy contexts

22. Favorite example of a Chosen One trope in a book.

i'm on the fence on whether Tarisai counts as a chosen one or not, but i'm gonna go with raybearer by jordan ifueko!

29. How many books do you have on your 'to-be-read' list?

um.

#ty :) #ask games

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37 and 47 for the book ask?

(37 answered!)

47. What are the last three books you read?

alien clay by adrian tchaikovsky

the reappearance of rachel price by holly jackson

killers of the flower moon: the osage murders and the birth of the FBI by david gran

#ty!! #sooo sad about alien clay and rachel price bc i adore other works by these authors but those 2 were so 3 star 😔 #ask games

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Hey mar! For the book ask game, 32, 36, and 37! I think I can guess the first two (Martha Wells and Murderbot, and if so, same). Also, if you haven't read City of Bones by Wells yet, the revised paperback just came out and even though they made the main character less of a snarky bitch (affectionate) I still adore him.

hi kemi :3

32. Name your favorite author(s).

okay BESIDES martha wells then: ursula k. le guin, p. djeli clark, ted chiang

36. Your absolute most favorite character(s) from any book you've ever read.

kakjdgnkj yeah murderbot. but also. jimothy holden my no#1 pathetic sopping wet blorbo from the expanse. and clarissa mao from the expanse as well + avrana kern from children of time… i love you fucked up women

37. The only example of your least favorite trope being written in such a way that you enjoyed it.

so. i really dont care for alien invasion (whether it's outright military invasion or "they are already here quietly taking us over from within"™️) stories. i think they're boring. i think they're a very unimaginative and anthropocentric approach to all the possibilities of alien life. and i think they tend to be a bizarre mix of pro-military stories that literally dehumanize the enemy, xenophobia/racism, straight up mccarthyism, some form of exceptionalism (whether it's american or human), "oo wouldn't it be scary if WE (white people) were colonised"… and when they do try to critique one or more of these i find they inevitably fall short somewhere else.

THAT ALL BEING SAIDDD Dawn by octavia butler.... oh my god. it's such a radical and deeply fascinating departure/subversion of both the "alien invasion" (so much so that you could probably argue whether or not it counts as one) and the "benevolent alien" i could write entire essays about it

#yeah i think maybe i just need to read more alien invasion stories by marginalized authors kjfngkj 💀 #also i have Not read city of bones yet so 👀 interesting thank youuu #ask games