Maille, 30, queer, she/they, white. Favorite pastime is yelling about my faves. Please let me know if you need me to tag anything. You can check me out on AO3 under the same username!
if you're living in the western half of the u.s. and worried about forest fires, i cannot recommend the app "watch duty" enough. it's up to date with its fire tracking, sends alerts about evac notices, and even told me about a community meeting re: an encroaching fire that idk i would have heard of otherwise
Some beautiful cows I met on an evening walk.
[ID: two photos of white and brown cows grazing in a field and looking at the viewer. They look peaceful, and the whole image has a soft feel to it. End ID.]
Two weeks ago I went to my local museum and saw her and loved her so much I took a picture. Recognized her right away from the art!
Aw there she is! It's so cool to see more pictures!
Image description:
Image 1: digital art showing a woman standing in a river holding a spear looking into the water, a second woman sits at the shore holding a basket in her lap with another basket next to her. A pair of shoes lays on the shore too. Both women have brown skin and black hair, the fishing woman wears a loin cloth, hoop earrings and bracelets, the woman sitting down wears a skirt, earrings, a necklace and a anklet.
Image 2: a tweet showing an ceramic figure of a standing woman, from the front and the back. The woman wears a loincloth, bracelets and shoes. The text of the image reads: "Female Figurine c. 1500-500 BC Mexico, Guerrero, Xalitla, Xochipala style [4442 x 3400]"
Image 3: photo of the Above figure on display in a glass case. Text next to it reads: "Female Figurine c. 1500-500 BC Ceramic, Pigment Mesoamerica, Guerrero, Xalitla?, Xochipala style John L. Serverance Fund 1993.2003". end Image description
Link to the figure at the Cleveland Museum of art website here.
Hey do y'all remember several years ago when we were all freaking out about net neutrality being overturned? Well despite net neutrality's win in 2024, a federal court just overturned it.
For those who aren't aware, net neutrality is the simple principle that companies like Verizon and Comcast should treat all web traffic equally – not pick and choose based on who is willing to pay more or who they like best. Big Tech companies obviously don’t like that – which is why they spent millions lobbying against it over the years.
Now, these megacorporations will be able to seize control back over our Internet. The likely result? Throttled access to streaming services, monopolistic pricing that cuts out competition, and a slower, walled off, and less free Internet for all of us.
And unfortunately, rulings like this will only get more common now that the Supreme Court has overturned the “Chevron deference” – giving judges, rather than qualified public servants, a blank check to toss out protections like net neutrality, environmental safeguards, or food safety standards.
When Trump’s FCC repealed net neutrality back in 2017, they gave big corporations total control over our Internet – putting free and open access at risk.
Internet providers responded by exploiting their newfound power to speed up certain websites, and slow down – or even block – others. They failed to provide crucial Internet infrastructure in rural areas, low-income communities, and communities of color. They even slashed firefighters’ Internet access during severe wildfires.
But over 126,000 people spoke out and we were able to reinstate net neutrality – until now.
The time has come again to take action: please sign this petition from Common Cause so we can reinstate net neutrality.
I hope parents never stop making their little kids wear those hats with pom-poms on both sides like teddy bear ears. Brightens my day every time. The winter is dark and the winds are harsh but at least there's little ewoks toddling about.
it’s been six years so i’m sure we’ve discussed this without me but the same cold snap that caused the terror to start terroring was also the one that fucked the donner party down in the sierras because 1846 weather simply had that dog in it. crazy
Go whiteboys go, it's unrestrained winter cannibalism. Break it down starvation style.
a little gouache illustration inspired by a very beautiful scarf that appeared on my pinterest feed 🌷✨
[ID: Illustration of a person wearing a green hijab, the bottom end of which turns into red tulips, hanging upside down. The person looks to the side with a neutral expression, and has medium light skin. /end ID]
i was talking to this guy yesterday and he said "i'm pretty sure i'm straight but i might be a little bicurious. there are definitely some guys i might hook up with. like samson." and i said "samson?" and he said "yeah. like from the bible"
Oh _lovely_. Everyone go turn this off:
Enhanced Visual Search in Photos allows you to search for photos using landmarks or points of interest. Your device privately matches places in your photos to a global index Apple maintains on our servers. We apply homomorphic encryption and differential privacy, and use an OHTTP relay that hides [your] IP address. This prevents Apple from learning about the information in your photos. You can turn off Enhanced Visual Search at any time on your iOS or iPadOS device by going to Settings > Apps > Photos. On Mac, open Photos and go to Settings > General.
Disabling this is easy on iPhone: go to settings > apps > photos, and scroll all the way down to the bottom.
