#Haven't posted in forever

[flashdoesahundredyarddash]

Live reaction of man coming back to the age of tumblr after never posting in forever. (get a load of this guy!!) (featuring cameo of my hc Barry Allen design now new and improved. You guys will not believe it...)

[theleatherdragon]

[could-be-nails-could-be-teeth]

She/her

[a-dragon-dungeon]

Making your D&D character in BG3 is soooo nice because hehehehe I don't have to wait for my group's schedules to line up to play him...

[vulpinesaint]

pspspspsps poetry mutuals come here... new quiz... making you the patron saint of something...

[pinkcrayon]

i made this in 2021, but i never posted it cause i didn't think it looked "polished" enough. looking back on it, i think i was too harsh on myself. so i'm releasing it out into the world!

[hrokkall]

"Sad Cat Poem" by Spencer Madsen

[reasonsforhope]

Given the misinformation that's been going around and will be going around, thought this might be helpful to some people

For a lot of reasons, I'm very good at this/at searching, to the point where I have worked as a professional fact-checker for two different publishers. So, here goes:

My Article Fact-Checking Protocol

Thorough Version

Read the full article. Keep an eye out for emotionally loaded words, and all-or-nothing language

Keep an eye out or anything that sounds too good to be true, and in contrast, anything that sounds so awful it must be true

Run the website/source through the amazing Media Bias/Fact Check. They'll tell you about a publication's bias and history of accuracy

Go to the website's home page and read through the headlines. Look at what topics they cover/prioritize, sensationalist headlines, and whether they're framing anything in a way that feels odd/off to you

Do a search related to the topic. This can be keywords, a question, or even just copy-paste the article title (Recommended: use DuckDuckGo so the results don't change based on what Google thinks they can sell you)

If multiple highly credible sources that say the same thing pop up, and there's no major societal biases that might affect the coverage of the topic in those sources (e.g. anything related to the Israel-Palestine conflict/Palestinian genocide, no matter which side), then I'm done!

If there are major societal biases, or I can't get a consensus of sufficiently credible sources, then I do some combination of:

(1) search the topic again + the words "controversy" and/or "fake"

(2) search the opposite of the topic, or do some sort of other filtered search

(3) look up a sufficiently credible news outlet with the opposite point of view of my source, and see what they have to say

(4) if it's a big enough topic, start by looking up 2 of the top national papers and 1 major paper for your region (I usually do the ones in the US, because that's where I am In the US: the LA Times, the Washington Post, and the NY Times)

Adjust "news" to "relevant type of source, e.g. tech, environmental" as relevant for all of the above options

If no red flags come up, and it's a topic I understand enough to smell huge bullshit,

Then I'm usually done!

If there are red flags, or I actually need a certain amount of detail/understanding, then it gets more complicated, but that would be a whole other thing to break down and such

or

tl;dr

Quick Version

Read the full article. Keep an eye out for emotionally loaded words, and all-or-nothing language

Keep an eye out or anything that sounds too good to be true, and in contrast, anything that sounds so awful it must be true.

If I don't know the website:

Run the website/source through the amazing Media Bias/Fact Check. They'll tell you about a publication's bias and history of accuracy

If I trust the source, but something else pinged my radar:

Do a quick web search to verify anything that sounds suspicious or too good/bad to be true (Recommended: use DuckDuckGo)

[lazylittledragon]

dads bc i've missed them :'))

[bisasterbuckley]

911 as text posts 57/?

[batshaped]

trick(xie) question

[lulu-draws-stuff]

How does that sound?

[themeeplord]

I'm sorry for the blood on your carpet

[aenslem]

JAIME MURRAY as Helena G. Wells WAREHOUSE 13 (2009–2014)

[doodlemeimpressed]

— can't believe that I'm in pain / I need to disassociate / I just wanna be a good passenger

[villainousauthor]

The Villain had them pinned, as despite how much Hero struggled. Another teasing line falls from their lips.

"You look so pretty when you're angry." Villain purrs. They loved to tease, a way to get under Hero's skin, to agitate. They refuse on principle to give Hero what they want, a serious fight. It's from pure stubbornness that their flirty comments come, a simple desire to throw them off.

"I swear to god, I'll rip your tongue from your mouth." Hero bites back. They glare at their nemesis above them, annoyed beyond belief. The way in which Villain refuses to drop the lighthearted teasing for even a moment is a constant thorn in their side, which is exactly why Villain won't.

Villain leans closer, their voice lowering to a quiet drawl, as their breath puffs against the shell of their ear. Hero feels a shiver up their spine.

"Such unbecoming things you always seem to say. Maybe we should find another use for your mouth." Villain doesn't mean it. Hero knows they don't mean it. They tell themselves every time they feel that same wave of heat in their gut that it's only words spoken to get a rise out of them.

This doesn't stop the shudder that overcomes them. Hero could easily pass it off as a reaction of fear, if it wasn't for the crimson flushing up their neck, and painting their cheeks.

Villain leans back, taking note of their reaction for perhaps the first time in all their spats. Their eyebrows raise ever so slightly.

"Oh. Oh, you like that." They smile a sly grin, knowing.

Their eyes meet Hero's as they stay silent for a long moment. Hero purses their lips shut, trying to seem still stern and irritated, but evidently failing judging by Villain's next response.

"I always loved to tease as a way to anger you. I always found it so humorous. However, I think I like this reaction a bit more." Their words are dripping with sultry intent, spoken lowly. "You're more twisted than I gave you credit for, darling. Maybe I can actually make good on my previous suggestion."