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Okay so Victorian erotica is literally the most heinous, morally bankrupt, horrific shit I've ever read - but I've read a fair bit, partly from historical interest but also because a while back I helped a friend with a university project she was doing about censorship and pornography in 19th century England.

Anyway I need to share with you all the most hilarious line that has ever been written, circa 1887:

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Bedtime Story.

Short story by Jeffery Whitmore! Wanted to make this into a comic for a while :] just in a girl boss sorta mood hehe

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We've lost a lot to the onslaught of enshittification but I can think of none more brazen than Discord getting rid of the send button

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Ya Zhou Pottery

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READ THIS IF YOU PLAN TO BOYCOTT YOUTUBE LONG-TERM

get an invidious account. it is an alternative front-end to youtube, allowing you to make an account, subscribe to channels, make playlists, and all the other things you use youtube for; all without giving the company a single cent. swearing off youtube long-term is a tall ask, so you can use this to still follow the creators you want to keep up with while continuing the youtube boycott. it has a built-in adblock and anti-tracker, meaning that you can really keep fucking them over.

it doesnt interact with the API at all, it scrapes the metadata to make sure they get as little as possible.

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Don't Hurry Coelacanth Mug by CRAFTHAIN

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The nice people of Whitby are very concerned about the poor escaped doggy

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Solid life advice from Sue the T. Rex.

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Call me whatever names you wish, but I think this is a much better (and healthier) attitude than “anyone under 18 should never be allowed to see any sexual imagery ever”

(For reference: this was at the Tom of Finland exhibition, containing actual, queer, kinky af pornography. There were definitely some young people there, perhaps in their late teens. There was even a parent with their baby who was probably too young to understand anything at all. And guess what, all those people are probably going to be fine.)

[ID: a sign saying “Please note: there is no age limit, but the exhibition is not recommended for children due to the explicit sexual imagery it contains. Parental or guardian discretion is advised.”]

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dracula daily girlies on august 12

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You died! Choose your next reincarnation.

Remember, amount of karma farmed during lifetime will vary depending on chosen form.

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Soviet postcard, 1955

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🎨 [Abel Chapman’s Sudan sketchbooks] [between 1913 and 1919] Original source Image description: Pencil sketches on aged paper depicting various Sudan wildlife, including two detailed stick-insects mimicking dead grass, a large fly, and two birds—one standing and one in flight. Annotations note dates from March 1919 and descriptions, such as “Colour V. pale cream” and “quill open.” The drawings capture anatomical details with simple lines and shading, reflecting naturalistic observation. Handwritten notes and marks surround the illustrations, emphasizing their study purpose in Abel Chapman’s early 20th-century sketchbook.

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Ali, Ollie, Oxen in: Kill It!

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I don’t want to know what people say about me when I’m not there because frankly that’s not my business