#thank you for sharing 😷💛

[i-still-mask-because]

i still mask because i am a biologist and a socialist and i can’t overlook the scientific and social reality of covid. i have to mask as a biologist because i know a failure to address a pandemic only leads to the proliferation of increasingly dangerous variants. i have to mask as a socialist because refusing to mask out of inconvenience is an act of individualism in its most malicious form. i mask because the lives of the disabled, elderly, and otherwise immunocompromised matter, and their lives are not expendable.

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#all of this 1000000% #thank you for sharing 😷💛 #covid #i still mask because #covid isn't over #covid is airborne #covid pandemic #covid awareness #ask queue

[psychoseal]

Was hoping you might feel a bit better today. 🤒☹😷

Okay, for the asks, just if you're up to it, any of these:

19, 30, 32, 40

Squid hugs💛🦑🫂💛 and Doc V hug💚

Thank you. I don’t feel any better today so I’m about to go and take a nice long hot bath!

Share a snippet from a wip without giving any context for it.

Gordon leads his brothers to the seating area, clinging to Virgil, wishing that he hadn’t asked for a bowling party as he is convinced that they have walked into a trap.

Describe a fic that almost happened, but then it didn't.

I have one where lady Penelope gets turned into a mouse 🐭

Do you have a word/expression that you always use in your writing?

“How many times have I told you…”

Reply: about a hundred - I have never listened to you before what makes you think I am going to start now?

Write a 9-word fic.

Lord Gordon surveys his kingdom. The world is happy

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A Farewell to Stark Spaces: How COVID-19 Is Ushering In the End of Minimalist Design

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Quarantine changes everything—especially our homes.

Just a couple of weeks ago, homes for many of us served as little more than a way station for sleep, a shower, and a quick cup of coffee on the way out the door. Now, your residence needs to function as an office, school, playground, movie theater, and gym—all the while inspiring that elusive feeling of tranquility.

It all happened so fast. One day, the dining table was reserved for holidays and fancy parties, and overnight, it’s become littered with wayward puzzle pieces, laptop cords, and last night’s pizza boxes.

More than ever, our homes need to be oriented toward comfort and usability. That’s why design experts are predicting a huge shift away from the impeccably clean, white lines coveted for years by many chic homeowners.

Before the pandemic, we even declared minimalism over in our look at design trends to ditch in 2020. Many believe that the era of sheltering in place will accelerate the change.

Simply put: The stark aesthetic has had a good run, but our current times have amplified the call for a different outlook on decor.

Sleek, futuristic designs—like an Apple store you can live in—have dominated in recent years. Emblematic of that trend is the monochromatic L.A. mansion owned by Kim Kardashian West and her husband, Kanye West. The A-list duo, along with the designer Axel Vervoordt, painstakingly transformed their residence into what West called a “futuristic Belgian monastery.”

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The cover of @archdigest is something I have always dreamed of. Here is a glimpse of our minimal style and a pic of North’s room if you swipe!

A post shared by Kim Kardashian West (@kimkardashian) on Feb 3, 2020 at 10:54am PST

Banish minimalism and bring on a happy medium

As celebs embraced their barren interior spaces, homes across the country have followed suit. Austere polished concrete floors, stone walls, all-white color palettes, and industrial finishes can be found in homes nationwide.

We’ve spotted neutral palettes and an absence of decorative elements in suburban tract homes and urban lofts alike.

Today, that vibe feels detached from the world that we’re living, where a safe, comfortable space to hunker down is the true luxury. The dream of a meticulously curated, Marie Kondo lifestyle seems not just woefully out of reach but also misguided.

The celebrated designer Sheila Bridges, a master of color, says that the waning of interest in minimalist spaces was already gaining traction, and that the quarantine is likely to accelerate a trend toward a “more is more” design sensibility.

“I believe that the trend had already begun to swing back toward maximalism; perhaps, ultimately, we land somewhere in between,” Bridges says.

“The ‘new’ maximalism will be somewhere between the maximalism of the late and legendary interior decorator Mario Buatta and the austerity of Kim and Kanye. Nobody wants to live in a space that is so minimalist that it reminds them of a hospital—or have so much stuff that they can’t see the floor or find their way out the door,” Bridges says.

For inspiration, Bridges’ Instagram is chock-full of beautiful design ideas. We love a signature bright-yellow wallpaper that Gayle King is using as her home video background during quarantine.

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I don’t know about you but lately I’ve become pretty fascinated by the backdrops of people’s homes that I see while they are telecommuting and riding out this strange #covid-19 situation from their kitchens, living rooms and makeshift home offices across the country. Obviously I was thrilled to see that @gayleking has chosen to work with my sunny, original yellow #harlemtoile wallpaper behind her. Thanks Gayle! This made my day! 😊😷🌞 🍋💛 #wallpaper #home #yellow #homedecor #telecommuting #interiors #interiordesign #sheilabridges #harlemtoilegirl #designer #ifthesewallscouldtalk

A post shared by Sheila Bridges (@harlemtoilegirl) on Mar 18, 2020 at 4:35pm PDT

Bridges recalls a similar aesthetic shift after Sept. 11.

“People wanted to be at home with their loved ones, and it became more important for designers and homeowners to create homes that felt safe, secure, warm, and livable,” says Bridges. “Home offices or live/work/play spaces will continue to grow in importance.”

Creating cozy and personal spaces

Minimalist designs tend to look and feel like public spaces, rather than private retreats.

Take the recent listing of the $17 million Los Angeles home of the music superstar Pharrell Williams. It’s a luxurious glass-and-steel marvel that Twitter comedians quickly poked fun at, saying that it looks like an office park and/or community college.

Buried Lede: Pharrell lives in a community college aquatic center. https://t.co/R4gfPOZ87j

— Matthias Reynolds (@RealMReynolds) March 3, 2020

With our current shift away from living and working in common public spaces, it stands to reason that homeowners will be looking for something more customized and personal.

Rising star and Instagram “it” designer Summer Thornton thinks the quarantine will result in new interest in making homes feel more intentional and individual.

Spending 24 hours a day within the confines of your own walls means that you will start to feel your home’s vibe a lot more.

“More people are noticing how their homes were neglected and didn’t reflect their personality well, and how their [homes] didn’t help their mood and emotions,” Thornton says.

“Once they are able, I think we’ll see more people looking for ways to make their homes feel warmer, cozier, and more representative of their style, as places that can enhance mood and energy—rather than just a place to sleep.”

One other trend on the way? Thornton says she expects that huge swaths of people will wind up creating more formalized home offices in the wake of the crisis.

Thornton’s Instagram feed is full of her designs, as well as pictures of her Chicago apartment. Her own kitchen is a testament to her fearless spirit: Its brick-red accents make the light, airy space a welcoming spot to stay inside and cook.

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Anyone else doing a lot more cooking at home? Makes one appreciate a beautiful (& well laid out) kitchen. We prefer sitting at a table rather than bar stools – it is cozier & more intimate – perfect for any time other than when you’re social distancing! Read more about this project at the link in my bio. ​#interiordesign #interiorinspiration #housetour #dreamkitchen #kitchengoals #interiordesigner #homegoals #housegoals #stayhome

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Add a little life into your home

Judging by what Bridges and Thornton say, the move toward a mid-maximalist look is an easy shift for anyone stuck in a stark home that’s simply not suited to sheltering in place.

If you’ve decluttered your home to the point where it looks as if it were staged for a sale, it’s time to start adding back a bit of individuality.

Thornton predicts that infusing design with your personality is the next trend on the horizon. So, hang up a few family photos you stashed away in the name of clean surfaces. Bring out treasures from past travels and memories of a more carefree time.

Bridges says there’s a lot anyone can do with online shopping to warm up cold interiors.

“If you are working from home, it’s easy to shop online for plush blankets and throws,” she says. She also suggests picking up a few extra colorful pillows and interesting rugs to warm up a space.

Light up your life

Susan Solliday serves as president of Arizona’s American Society of Interior Designers and calls the quarantine a period of “forced nesting.” The designer adds that homeowners who have the most minimalist interiors will still find they have plenty to work with.

“You can work wonders with lighting,” she says. “Think about a fabulous hotel you have stayed in—or for that matter, an image of one. They are not cluttered with things, but they do have the right lighting.

“The amount and type of lighting directly affects your concentration, appetite, and mood. Lighting also creates depth, shadow, and accentuates the important.”

She suggests experimenting with everything from candlelight and a fireplace to lamps and lightbulbs, to switch up the atmosphere in the interior of your home.

And whether your style is minimalist or maximalist, Bridges reminds us that the fundamental rules of smart design still apply.

“Most people want a home that feels comfortable and beautiful,” she says. “You shouldn’t have to sacrifice one for the other.”

The post A Farewell to Stark Spaces: How COVID-19 Is Ushering In the End of Minimalist Design appeared first on Real Estate News & Insights | realtor.com®.

[i-still-mask-because]

I still mask because there’s really no guarantee I would recover 100% from covid even though I’m relatively healthy.

And I also still mask because I believe we have an obligation to help protect our immunocompromised and disabled community members.

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#thank you for sharing 😷💛 #covid #i still mask because #covid isn't over #covid is airborne #covid pandemic #covid awareness #ask queue

[i-still-mask-because]

I still mask because I refuse to participate in the widespread gaslighting that's happening on every level right now, and I refuse to allow the people around me to comfortably bury their heads in the sand and passively support eugenics. Masking is a way for us to take back our power and resist the destructive systems we're forced to participate in.

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#all of this!!! #thank you for sharing 😷💛 #covid #i still mask because #covid isn't over #covid is airborne #covid pandemic #covid awareness #ask queue

[i-still-mask-because]

I still mask because… I want to protect my mom, who has lupus, in addition to protecting other immunocompromised people like her

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#thank you for sharing 😷💛 #covid #i still mask because #covid isn't over #covid is airborne #covid pandemic #covid awareness #ask queue

[i-still-mask-because]

the reasons i still mask are numerous and interconnected:

because my grandmother is in hospice and i’ll be damned if i’m the one to kill her by getting her sick, i want her to live the rest of her life as healthy as she can be with cancer and dementia

because my mother works with covid+ patients every shift and i don’t want to spread a hospital-borne infection into the public, or get my mother sick and have her bring something into work or further disable her

because my city website lied about there being no covid+ patients in hospitals or ICUs, meaning that their statements about why they relax covid precautions cannot be trusted

to demonstrate to unmasked people around me that they can (and should) choose to resume masking at any point, though the sooner the better

because part of being queer for me is caring about others around me even when it goes against the status quo or “common sense”, knowing that the societal conventions of heterosexuality/cisgenderism/able-bodiedness do more harm than good

because i enjoy the fact that wearing a mask makes me look mysterious and frees me from having to care about controlling social cues for the bottom half of my face

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#ALL of this!!!!!!!! #that fifth point about embracing queerness and the queerness of being different as we choose to mask up!!! #EXACTLY!!!!!! #we HAVE to embrace the fact our survival depends on us not fitting in right now. we HAVE to. #our survival and the survival of marginalized folks depends on us rejecting the temptation of giving into eugenics in order to fit in #we have to ACTIVELY reject participating in the normalization of eugenics in order to save & protect each other #and 110% none of their statements about relaxing covid precautions can be trusted. #i recently found out the WHO straight up lied about covid not being airborne BACK IN MARCH 2020. #SINCE DAY 1. #i DO NOT trust these people with my life and the lives of the marginalized & vulnerable #thank you for sharing 😷💛 #covid #i still mask because #covid is airborne #covid isn't over #covid pandemic #covid awareness #ask queue

[i-still-mask-because]

Its barely an inconvenience to do and improves public saftey.

Thank you for submitting!

Definitely feel free to ignore this if you meant it's barely an inconvenience to you personally. Otherwise, I believe it's necessary to put it out there that masking definitely can be an inconvenience to bare for those that have a difficult time dealing with sensory issues, and I want to emphasize to anyone who does experience sensory issues when masking that there are mask & respirator alternatives that can make the experience more bearable. I list some examples here in this post.

I also want to emphasize to everyone that has not been masking that because there are people who experience sensory issues when masking as well as people who straight-up cannot mask for whatever reason, that it's extremely necessary for everyone who CAN mask TO mask so that we can protect those that can't/have a difficult time doing so.

#sorry in advance if i misinterpreted what you meant anon #thank you for sharing 😷💛 #covid #i still mask because #covid isn't over #covid is airborne #covid pandemic #covid awareness #ask queue #link(s) provided

[i-still-mask-because]

I still mask because I can't live with myself knowing I coukd be the reason somebody never recovers from sonething they could have avoided, even if it isn't me who they run into. I still have nightmares about entering stores without one on, lol.

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#thank you for sharing 😷💛 #i still mask because #covid isn't over #covid is airborne #covid pandemic #covid awareness #covid #ask queue

[i-still-mask-because]

I have a surgically repaired lung thanks to two occurrences of 'spontaneous pneumothorax' from 23 years ago. I almost died the second time my left lung collapsed and I'm not particularly interested in finding out if I can survive the latest mutations.

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[Image Description: A flyer with a background image of a cluster of corona virus cells. There's text in the top and bottom of the image. On the top of the image, the text reads, "You can pretend I'm gone, but I'm still here. I've killed almost 6.95 MILLION humans across the globe in 3 years...". On the bottom of the image, the text reads, "If I don't kill you, I'll just mutate and try again. Good luck. ~Covid-19."; End of Image Description]

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#thank you for sharing 😷💛 #and thank you for the flyer! I'll tag it so it's easy to find #flyers #covid #i still mask because #covid isn't over #covid is airborne #covid pandemic #covid awareness #ask queue #ask to tag #image description provided

[i-still-mask-because]

I still mask because I know peer pressure, avoidance, and ignorance don't work against physics and infectious disease.

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#👆🏾👆🏾👆🏾👆🏾👆🏾 #thank you for sharing 😷💛 #i still mask because #covid isn't over #covid is airborne #covid pandemic #covid awareness #covid #ask queue

[i-still-mask-because]

I still mask because I don't want long covid. Not everyone who gets covid end up with long covid, but enough people do that I don't want to take those chances.

I still mask because I don't want to spread covid to my friends and family or to anyone else I interact with if i happen to catch it despite all the precautions I take. I mask with high-quality N95s, I test, I eat outside, I do my best to have good ventilation, I get boosters whenever I'm eligible, but those are good, not perfect.

I still mask because if I get sick, I will have to miss school until I'm no longer contagious. I know myself well enough to be sure that if I miss more than a day or two, which I'd need to, I will never be able to catch up and my whole semester will go down the drain and I will fail at least one class and I will not be able to graduate from university on time.

I still mask because I don't like being sick. Even if long covid didn't exist and it was only feeling awful for a week or so, I still hate feeling sick and I want to avoid it as much as possible.

I still mask because it's easy. If masking were hard or uncomfortable I'd still do it, but since it is easy for me to keep doing and it doesn't bother me, I don't even have to think about it all that much and it's really a no-brainer. (I'm aware that masking is difficult for some people, and I appreciate the effort that people put in to keep masking despite that.)

I still mask because science says it is helpful and is a good way to reduce the risk of getting infected, and I trust science and scientists more than I trust companies and governments who want to pretend that covid is over for the sake of businesses and restaurants and the economy in general.

I still mask because it helps keep me and people around me safe, and in a society where covid is ignored, it's one of the few things that I can do to make things a little less terrible.

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#thank you for sharing 😷💛 #i still mask because #covid isn't over #covid is airborne #covid pandemic #covid awareness #covid #ask queue

[i-still-mask-because]

i still mask because i don't want to get anyone around me sick - and it makes my interactions with other cautious people safer. it's a simple gesture that can have life- and health-saving impact !

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#thank you for sharing 😷💛 #covid #i still mask because #covid isn't over #covid is airborne #covid pandemic #covid awareness #ask queue

[i-still-mask-because]

i still mask because i 1) work with the public, 2) can barely take care of my chores and life when im not sick, 3) am too multiply- marginalized to trust that i'd safely receive compassionate care where i live, 4) i live so far away from anyone who could take care of my pets if something happened to me and 5) i really. really. don't want to be sick nor do i want to get anyone else sick 😷

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#i feel this so much #thank you for sharing 😷💛 #covid #i still mask because #covid isn't over #covid is airborne #covid awareness #covid pandemic #so so much #ask queue

[i-still-mask-because]

I still mask because I work in the medical feild, and want to set a good example for my coworkers and let the patients know I value them and their health. I mask because if I get sick again it could kill me.

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#thank you for sharing 😷💛 #i still mask because #covid isn't over #covid is airborne #covid awareness #covid pandemic #covid #ask queue