#please stay safe. please stay at home

[gogandmagog]

— Anne’s House of Dreams, Lucy Maud Montgomery

#✨​HAPPY NEW YEAR MOOTS 🎉🥳✨ #ilysm <3 #i can't wish you anything better or more heartfelt than captain jims new years blessing for the four winds four here #if you’re staying home… don’t forget to open your door at midnight to let the new year in! #but if you’re out tonight or going out tonight please stay safe! #🩷🩷🩷 #anne’s house of dreams #lucy maud montgomery #captain jim 🩶

[neverlearnedtoread]

Uprooted

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐; my favourite kind of fantasy - classic fairytale with a side of 'dont worry about the details' and 'you gotta believe in the heart of the cards!'

Oh?? 👌😉😏

a really sharp, quick-witted, and willful female protagonist going 'fuck it!' every few chapters or so and doing something crazy (crazy fun) to drive the plot forward, off a new exciting cliff

a soft magic system that really shows off in the best light what makes soft magic systems so valid. its all about the metaphors!! you have to measure the chocolate chips with your heart!!!

nature is so magical and beautiful and deadly. specifically if you treat trees bad they will form a sentient vengeful forest to raze your civilization to the ground and salt the earth with your bodies

kasia. i love an atomic blonde unkillable bad bitch with the strongest queerplatonic vibes with her best friend from birth

a CLASSIC grumpy 'beastly' male love interest. he seals himself away in a lonely tower, makes girls hang out with him for 10 years at a time, and unironically calls himself 'the Dragon'. he even has the audacity to be offended that everyone thinks he's creepy!!!!!!

No.. ❌🤢🤮

if you like having explanations for how magic works and any semblance of a hard magic system in your fantasy, put this book back. 'round here we operate on Vibes Only, babey!!

similarly, if your love language is words of affirmation and/or you think that fanfic-style romance plotlines should stay in fanfic, this romance is Not For You. this is not a judgment, only a warning

Summary: Agnieszka loves her home in her little village in the valley - you know, except for the evil forest simply known as the Wood that's been around as long as there have been people in the valley, with terrible creatures and sentient walking trees. And the century-old wizard known only as 'the Dragon' living in the tower overlooking their land, who takes a young woman every ten years to serve him. But what Agnieszka dreads the most is that her best friend, Kasia, will be chosen next, and that Agnieszka is helpless to save her. Until the day of the choosing, when the Dragon picks Agnieszka instead.

Concept: 💭💭💭💭 I've never gotten along that well with a book blurb, but this one does its damn job - gives me enough plot premise to get me interested without giving it all away, and doesn't make me feel like I've been lied to once I start the book! some stories really don't do what they say on the tin, or take ages to get there at all, but Uprooted starts off exactly at the spot the blurb said it would - with a girl, in a valley, scared of a terrible wizard, about to be whisked away to a tower.

Execution: 💥💥💥💥💥 This story is EXACTLY what it says it wants to be, down to the cadence of the prose - a Polish folklore-inspired fairytale. The rhythm of Novik's narration even fits right - one day I'll get the audiobook for this and get to hear it the way I read it in my head, like a grandmother's bedtime story with twists and eddies and crescendos at the all the right bits. I was in love with the aesthetic of every character, they fit perfectly into the backdrop of what this story was.

Personal Enjoyment: ❤❤❤❤❤ This book aligns to my tastes much the same way An Enchantment of Ravens does, and shares of lot of the same elements without ever feeling derivative - smart girl meets magic boy, causes all kinds of irreversible political upheaval, and lives happily ever after being just as they are - a Girl with The Audacity. its a tale as old as time, and i'll hear it told just as often

Favourite Moment: you know its a good book when you really can't choose a favourite moment - one that comes to mind is agniezska choosing to save sarkan from being grafted onto the heart-tree in the Wood instead of setting fire to it. the 'fuck it!' energy agniezska brings to her moments of crisis is SO good, plus the motif of her always reaching out to sarkan to cast magic together - 'hey real quick, cast a spell with me while you're being pulled into an evil magic tree trying to twist your magic and life force against us. couldn't hurt, eh?' and then it WORKS

Favourite Character: now yall know i love a sarkan-esque character - pathetic wet cat men who are so offended by their own squishy feelings are a great time! and kasia is SO bad bitch extraordinaire, her and agnieszka's love for each other literally makes the plot go - every time, every time without hesitation she puts herself as the last thing standing between agnieszka and the Wood. but agniezska herself is really Something. the way she uses magic, her connection with nature and her refusal to be anything else than what she is - a grubby young woman who wields kindness as her weapon against the world, who holds onto her humanity with both hands and teeth - she shapes this fairytale to be the story she wants it to be, one of connection and empathy. and im still thinking about her introducing the lord of the whole valley to her mother 🤣 power move!!

#uprooted #naomi novik #books #book review #booklover #bookblr #reading #sarkan's refusal to bind himself to the valley is SO. one day agnieszka will stop for breath mid-bickering and really come to grips with #unpacking why he was so unokay with tying himself to the land. an orphan with incredible magical ability growing up surrounded by #power-hungry nobles? yeah that guy has trust and commitment issues. need agnieszka to fuck that out of him #i mean OF COURSE teach him that the valley is a home and not a cage (that no one will ever force him to stay not even her #that he can come and go as he pleases and still be theirs) and its ok to be tied to the people that love you and vice versa etc etc etc. #but also like. he deserves to be dommed into feeling safe enough to put down roots. as a treat. #anyway kasia x agnieszka x sarkan throuple with agnieszka as the homing beacon and kasia + sarkan as the migrating birds always circling #always knowing the way back home

[gurorori]

funny daily reminder to MASK UP W THE BEST AVAILABLE RESPIRATOR YA CAN FIND IN YR AREA

#stock up on antiseptic n also disinfectant pls keep yr home tidy as best as ya can n regularly wash yr often used belongings n clothes etc #rethink yr life choices if yr still actin like big crowded outings r justified. doesn't apply 2 work or education sadly as long as ppl in #power don't acknowledge the pandemic isn't over but please look out 4 yrselves y'all. as well as 4 others so keep all the precautions in min #d TENFOLD when it comes to those spaces cuz it's so easy 4 someoje in the class 2 get infected n then all of y'all come down infected like a #house of cards yknow. plssss pls pls pls stay safe n warm n protected especially if yr disabled chronically ill or jus prone 2 catchin stuff #mika caws

[rustyreveries]

it’s finally the end of a very… interesting year. hopefully 2024 doesn’t suck as bad as it has been for like the past 5 years

sal please roll down your sleeves… your sweater is going to catch on fire!!

i was going to post this at 12 am (EST) but i knew my ass would forget so have it now. happy new year everyone!!

i think one of my new year resolutions is to draw less salad fingers art lmfaoo

i have like 4 or 5 artworks that are non-sf related… maybe check them out if you like my stuff,, i crave feedback. alms for the poor… alms for the poor… <3

i know probably like 99% of you followed for salad fingers but i really wanna do other stuff too. obviously i’m not going to stop drawing sal and his friends, hell no. i’m still super hyperfixated on this guy. i'm definitely going to keep drawing him a bunch. but i wanna (try to) branch out!! y’know.

you don’t have to though idc. do as you please ^^

i definitely want to draw more characters from other fandoms i'm in, i just don't know where to start. it feels weird lol

#salad fingers #i have a feeling this year is going to suck too. mainly because i live in the US and we’re going to have the presidential election #i think i should be president actually. president of the universe #i would fix everything #i would make the international anthem rockefeller street nightcore version #or maybe chocolate rain i’m not sure #OR the hamster dance song #ok that one was a joke but it would be funny #our international animal would be. the creature from the two sentence horror story things #we can milk the creature whenever we please ❤️❤️ #as long as the creature gives us permission ofc #money wouldn’t exist everything is free everyone has a home and food and whatever #see aren’t i so good at this #actually i’d suck so bad at being a leader. i’d be like isabelle from ‘isabelle ruins everything’ #trying to help but messing everything up #and eventually putting everyone in prison #i think i have some issues to work on #anyway. hope those of you who are going to celebrate the new year have fun! #stay safe and take care of yourselves. this applies even after you’re done celebrating #hopefully we survive this new year as well and make it to the next one safely. #i love you all very much! we never talk directly to each other but know that i care so much about each and every one of you #platonically of course #you guys are my confidants! #maybe we’ll be able to get to know each other more this year #that would be very nice! #salad fingers au #my art

[little--beetle]

putt ing the ' rat ' in prat

#↱ home ↲ #radqueer #rq🌈🍓 #pro rq🌈🍓 #🌈🍓 #radqueer community #radqueers please interact #rqc 🌈🍓 #transx #transid #radqueer safe #rq safe #transid safe #transx safe #in an anti server from before i switch ed #stay ed for the friends and infiltration

[toshootforthestars]

From the report by Beth Mole, posted 29 Feb 2024:

In a lengthy background document, the agency laid out its rationale for consolidating COVID-19 guidance into general guidance for respiratory viruses—including influenza, RSV, adenoviruses, rhinoviruses, enteroviruses, and others, though specifically not measles. The agency also noted the guidance does not apply to health care settings and outbreak scenarios. "COVID-19 remains an important public health threat, but it is no longer the emergency that it once was, and its health impacts increasingly resemble those of other respiratory viral illnesses, including influenza and RSV," the agency wrote. The most notable change in the new guidance is the previously reported decision to no longer recommend a minimum five-day isolation period for those infected with the pandemic coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2. Instead, the new isolation guidance is based on symptoms, which matches long-standing isolation guidance for other respiratory viruses, including influenza. "The updated Respiratory Virus Guidance recommends people with respiratory virus symptoms that are not better explained by another cause stay home and away from others until at least 24 hours after both resolution of fever AND overall symptom are getting better," the document states. "This recommendation addresses the period of greatest infectiousness and highest viral load for most people, which is typically in the first few days of illness and when symptoms, including fever, are worst." The CDC acknowledged that the eased isolation guidance will create "residual risk of SARS-CoV-2 transmission," and that most people are no longer infectious only after 8 to 10 days. As such, the agency urged people to follow additional interventions—including masking, testing, distancing, hygiene, and improving air quality—for five additional days after their isolation period. "Today’s announcement reflects the progress we have made in protecting against severe illness from COVID-19," CDC Director Dr. Mandy Cohen said in a statement. "However, we still must use the commonsense solutions we know work to protect ourselves and others from serious illness from respiratory viruses—this includes vaccination, treatment, and staying home when we get sick." Overall, the agency argued that a shorter isolation period would be inconsequential. Other countries and states that have similarly abandoned fixed isolation times did not see jumps in COVID-19 emergency department visits or hospitalizations, the CDC pointed out. And most people who have COVID-19 don't know they have it anyway, making COVID-19-specific guidance moot, the agency argued. In a recent CDC survey, less than half of people said they would test for SARS-CoV-2 if they had a cough or cold symptoms, and less than 10 percent said they would go to a pharmacy or health care provider to get tested. Meanwhile, "The overall sensitivity of COVID-19 antigen tests is relatively low and even lower in individuals with only mild symptoms," the agency said. The CDC also raised practical concerns for isolation, including a lack of paid sick leave for many, social isolation, and "societal costs." The points are likely to land poorly with critics. “The CDC is again prioritizing short-term business interests over our health by caving to employer pressure on COVID guidelines. This is a pattern we’ve seen throughout the pandemic,” Lara Jirmanus, Clinical Instructor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, said in a press release last month after the news first broke of the CDC's planned isolation update. Jirmanus is a member of the People's CDC, a group that advocates for more aggressive COVID-19 policies, which put out the press release. Another member of the group, Sam Friedman, a professor of population health at NYU Grossman School of Medicine, also blasted the CDC's stance last month. The guidance will "make workplaces and public spaces even more unsafe for everyone, particularly for people who are high-risk for COVID complications," he said.

But, the CDC argues that the threat of COVID-19 is fading. Hospitalizations, deaths, prevalence of long COVID, and COVID-19 complications in children (MIS-C) are all down. COVID-19 vaccines are safe and effective at preventing severe disease, death, and to some extent, long COVID—we just need more people to get them. Over 95% of adults hospitalized with COVID-19 in the 2023–2024 respiratory season had no record of receiving the seasonal booster dose, the agency noted. Only 22% of adults got the latest shot, including only 42% of people ages 65 and older. In contrast, 48% of adults got the latest flu shot, including 73% of people ages 65 and older. But even with the crummy vaccination rates for COVID-19, a mix of past infection and shots have led to a substantial protection in the overall population. The CDC even went as far as arguing that COVID-19 deaths have fallen to a level that is similar to what's seen with flu. "Reported deaths involving COVID-19 are several-fold greater than those reported to involve influenza and RSV. However, influenza and likely RSV are often underreported as causes of death," the CDC said. In the 2022–2023 respiratory virus season, there were nearly 90,000 reported COVID-19 deaths. For flu, there were 9,559 reported deaths, but the CDC estimates the true number to be between 18,000 and 97,000. In the current season, there have been 32,949 reported COVID-19 deaths to date and 5,854 reported flu deaths, but the agency estimates the real flu deaths are between 17,000 and 50,000. "Total COVID-19 deaths, accounting for underreporting, are likely to be higher than, but of the same order of magnitude as, total influenza deaths," the agency concluded.

(say no to raw dough: CDC)

#please stay safe #the vaccines are safe #yes the covid shot is safe #covid is not a hoax #covid causes permanent long term damage to your body even if you're healthy #news #scicomm #science #ars technica #covid--19 #coronavirus #beth mole #pandemic #the cdc #centers for disease control #5 day covid isolation #yes you should stay home for at least 5 days if you test positive for covid #Open windows to ventilate indoor space with outdoor air to prevent virus transmission #Wear a mask that doesn't touch your lips #keep distance from others

[ronancewhore0327]

just thinking about nancy putting her hands out to protect robin….🥹

#robin buckley #nancy wheeler #nancy and robin #ronance #i miss them #please come home and stay safe

[realwizardshit]

overnight snow

#pix #PLEASE let me stay home tomorrow #like i have no doubt i could get to work safely its just #i dont want to

[tittyinfinity]

Most of tumblr's userbase consists of marginalized people. We're here because of the fact that it's safer to use than other social media. We're here because it's easier to organize our posts, curate our experiences, and block out things we don't want to hear about. We're here because people like us are here. Because we can explore new ideas from people we relate to without being constantly forced to see the opinions of people who hate us against our will. Because on other social media, it's much easier to be tracked down and attacked by hate groups. Almost everyone on this site belongs to a marginalized group – the vast majority of us are queer, disabled, poor, neurodivergent, POC, and/or of a different religion other than Christianity. Of course tumblr & its investors don't give a shit if their changes hurt us. Because it's all about looking good for the "normal" people.

#its also disability pride month so youd be taking away accessibility features that us diabled ppl come to this website for #like with my adhd and autism i can not have an algorithm itll fuck me up its why i dont stay on other social media long #and us physically disabled ppl cant get up and move around a lot so tumblr is our safe space for communication #please dont make me leave the place i feel like is most home to me #.bdo

[vaguewizard]

I cast Safe From Tornadoes to anyone in the Kentucky-Indiana-Illinois tri-state area right now

#yeah #right in the middle of an exam btw #we had to move down to the most secluded part of the basement of the liberal arta building so we could finish it #cue a ton of missed calls and texts from worried mother and fiance #sister in laws roof is gone #church down the road from my parents roof ia gone #i dont have power rn #but i am home and i am safe #and while i doubt any of you are in the area #if you are please stay safe #<3 #wizardblogging #wizardposting #wizard problems

[specialagentleonkennedy]

To anyone that might not know this, if you’re playing DBD on any platform other than Steam and you haven’t been hit by the DDOS, TURN CROSSPLAY OFF!!!

By turning Crossplay off, it lowers your risk of being hit because if you have it on and you land in a lobby with someone who is being targeted by the DDOS, chances are your IP address will being grabbed and your internet can be shut down, or worst you could be SWATTED.

If you have Steam, Do not touch the game at all! Your safety matters more than a video game!

#mun speaks #dead by daylight #ddos attack #DDOS warning #seriously guys please stay safe! #especially if you work from home and rely on the internet for your job!

[t4tdanvis]

laurane is the one kid who has an entire plan for where hes gonna go on halloween just to get the most amount of candy possible. like he ends up getting multiple full size trash bags full of candy. he doesnt even like candy all that much he just thinks its funny

#❄.txt #gene has to be dragged out of the house he does Not want to go out and have to interact w people #'please can i just stay home' 'gene you have to watch your brother and keep him safe' 'hes 15! i want to stay home!!' 'no' #vylad has to beg gene to wear any sort of costume. vylad always goes all out for costumes and spends way too much money on them #dante goes as spiderman every year and has since he was like 10 #travis goes as moon knight. it takes dante multiple years to figure out that there is a Reason for that #zenix goes as a wolf because he finds it very funny to go 'they dont know im actually a wolf' every two seconds (hes a therian) #sasha goes as a vampire because she thinks she looks hot as a vampire (she does) #im going to make art soon maybe probably :>

[sassysnowperson]

Hey Southern California Drivers.

(sits down) (pats the couch next to me) Come on bud, you're not in trouble, I just need to talk to you for a second.

Dealing with a lot of rain, huh? It's scary! I'm scared too. The roads aren't built for this kind of rain, drainage is terrible, there's going to be flooding. And you're not used to it, and that makes it scarier.

That means you're going slower! No, that's good, that's not what I wanted to talk to you about. Make sure faster drivers can pass you, you're going to add to make people angry if you're going slow in the fast lane, but I think you know that already, you did a good job today with that. You should go as fast as you feel comfortable, and it's good that it's slower than normal, since you're going to be reacting to circumstances that are new.

Now...here's the important thing...*that doesn't mean you should turn your hazard lights on*. I know, you want to be more visible, and you don't want people to ram into you from behind. But if you have your headlights on, your taillights already do a good job of that. Turning on your hazard lights and leaving them on make it harder to see a couple things. Me and other drivers have a harder time knowing that you're breaking, and it's harder to know when you're changing lanes. That makes it *more likely* that I run into you. And neither of us want that.

This is a lot, and I hope you can get off the road and safe soon. It's better to wait out the storm inside.

But please, while you're out there, don't use your hazards all the time while driving in the rain.

#i had to drive theough the grapevine and across los angeles in the worst of the storm #and at one point ever car in front of me across three lanes of traffic had their hazards on #and oh boy do I feel for you #but please don't #its confusing visual information when its on for minutes and minutes and even hours just blinking in front of me #i promise I can see you #i am in fact looking real hard at you #save the hazards for when you are parked on the side of the road or actively seeking to park/exit the road #or quickly to communicate #i love you all stay safe #now I'm home and I'm gonna make some tea and watch the rain fall

[rawliverandcigarettes]

Blinding gleams floodlit the hallway, drowning Shlee's face and skin, tainting it purple. The airlock was broken; Omega's heart exposed.

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✨ READ HALFWAY HOME'S CHAPTER 10 HERE! ✨

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The night Shlee hatches in the trunk of a skycar, an asari watches and cries. She promises he will survive, at all and every cost. Shlee believes her. He stomachs the resentment of his alien sisters forced into hiding with him, and dreams about the stars. But the Milky Way is vast, swirling; painfully interwoven. And when Shlee begins to wonder who he is, who he should be, and what secrets keep this fragile galaxy from splitting apart, perhaps it’s already too late.

(this story is complete; new chapters will be published every Thursday!)

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#fanfiction #mass effect #salarian #salarian oc #halfway home #shlee t'selvi #my writing #content warning for this one #please check the TW list and stay safe <3

[denkies]

My mom woke me up at 2am to say "I just want to let you know that I'm not crazy, but I am the bride of Christ and he needs you to take him more seriously." and no one is hiring me, so I can't afford to move out of this wackass fucking house!!! Bro I hate it here!!!

#and then she was like ''i keep trying to /remind him/ that you're trying to sleep‚ but he really wanted me to tell you 🥺'' #please someone get me the fuck out of here oh my god. she also mocked me for being raped and abused as a kid which was um. not fun #bc I'm scared of men‚ and i get nervous when men come over. and she has a ldr boyfriend (of 6 months) who she plans on marrying #and she was like ''ohhh let me just NEVER HAVE MEN OVER because I have to bow down to your TWAUMAA *mocking noises*'' #and i hadn't even done or said ANYTHING!!! i don't complain when she has guy friends over!!! i just stay in my room!!!! #and then she called me a spoiled rotten brat because i had a panic attack when she randomly mentioned he was coming over #like I'm not allowed to be afraid of a complete stranger my mom has known for 6 months being in my house #and she's like ''i KNOW HIM!!!!'' girl you also knew my father for 12 years and look how that turned out. not good! #sorry for venting on here‚ I'm at the library right now. bc if i go home‚ she's going to start telling me her conspiracy theories #like i do not feel safe enough to go home. and I've been desperately job hunting to get the fuck out but i haven't gotten even 1 reply #anyway!!! I'm coping by looking at apartments and making lists of household items to fill it with #heart shaped rice cooker my beloved #personal

[inkykeiji]

i want to be dabi little housewife I NEED TO BE 😭😭😭😭

i feel this anon!!! i just want to Serve Him (*/ω＼*)

#for all intents and purposes this is A Joke lmao #but also i’d end up in the type of abusive relationship with him where i’d just want to please him in every single way #do all the cooking all the cleaning all the everything to make him as comfortable as possible <3 #the difference between dabi and ajax i think is that dabi would take advantage of you hardcore if you did this #whereas ajax would be thankful and respectful #he would be so appreciative of you staying home to take care of his children and his house and himself #but DABI would wield this as a tool—a *weapon*—of power and control #either way anon i FEEL U hehe #i hope you’re having a great sunday!!! #stay safe and stay healthy bb <3 #inky.bb #clari gets mail