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[techdriveplay]

Facts About RC Cars

In this article, I'll share some fascinating facts about RC cars, drawing from my experience and deep appreciation for this hobby.

Ever since I could remember, Radio Controlled (RC) cars have been a significant part of my life. From the moment I got my hands on my first RC car as a child, the fascination has only grown stronger. In this article, I’ll share some fascinating facts about RC cars, drawing from my experience and deep appreciation for this hobby. These miniature marvels, which can be controlled from a distance,…

[karlachismylife]

I just know Gaz is so fucking good at rock climbing. He's just built perfectly for it, he's got the endurance, the flexibility, the grip, the core strength, the agility, the arm spread, he's not too bulky and heavy like Soap or Ghost, his height gives him quite a lot of advantages (even though sometimes there are trails for us hobbits, but mostly being tall helps). Price could probably give him a run for his money, but since I headcanon that Price has seriously fucked up his spine and joints, especially in his fingers, he might be held back by this. Also I feel like Kyle has the best endurance out of all four of them, so he does extremely well on the long ones. He's also got that magical ability to be able to take a rest at the tiniest little handle, like literally catches himself with two toes and a pinch on a non-existent bump in the rock and relaxes as if he's lounging on a beach, all muscles resting before the upcoming difficult few meters.

Also he's one of those who will climb even in slippers, just because he gotta flex like that.

No I'm not drooling over his fingers wrapped in that tape in places where he ripped calluses off, you are.

Also this was induced by a SoapGaz thought where Gaz runs Soap through some intensive training on the climbing walls and enjoys the view of all that muscle bulk flexing and rippling as Soap struggles to find his balance and makes mistakes in dispersing his weight which limits his reach. He's so tense, he can barely slur his Scottish nonsense out, sweat streaming down the dip of his spine and soaking his tank top through.

When he finally falls of the wall after reaching the top handle, his fingers are shaking and he needs Kyle's help to untie the harness knot. Wipes his forehead, leaving a white streak of magnesia stuck to the wet skin, and huffs and grumbles about how he'll still beat Kyle's PR one day.

Gaz won't let him, of course. But he won't stop Johnny from trying either, because after that he gets to massage all those sore muscles Soap didn't even know existed, and listen to him groan as he shamelessly leaks into his boxers. Because why wouldn't Soap get off the post-gym muscle strain, really. And why wouldn't Gaz enjoy watching him get painfully hard and sensitive from barely sexual touch, exploding into his mouth as soon as Kyle wraps his lips around Soap's tip.

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

Hello! I was wondering if you’d be willing to take commissions someday 👀. No pressure tho! I just love your art so much

The short answer: "not at the moment, but it is very possible in the future'!

The slightly longer answer: I would have to figure out a good pricing and payment system! PD-MDZS is also where most of my free time goes, so until my life settles down a bit, I would be on the slow side to complete them.

[fatliberation]

I remember way back you mentioned you were skinny, when did you start considering yourself “fat”?

I gained a lot of weight over the past couple years and lost access to things like finding my clothing size in stores and being able to fit into seats with arms on them, and my family has tried to put me on weight loss drugs (BARF) because my bmi (fuck the bmi) is in the ob*se category. Idk what to tell ya. Yes, I used to be a size 14 ally who had the capacity to hold people’s hands and teach them about systemic anti-fatness, but after being affected by it every day, I’m sick and tired!

[winxwiki]

Winx Club at Napoli Comicon official poster! Our girls are having a nice tour in the city of Neaples

[fall-and-shadows]

How is everyone this NYE? I miss talking to a bunch of you. What do you have planned for the day or the new year? What goals do you have for 2024? I'm staying in and cuddling with my cats as usual lol, but also trying to decide what to do with some amazing job opportunities I can't believe I got at the end of the year. I also really want to prioritize friendships this year because 2023 I devoted way too much time and effort to work that I hated. Hoping these opportunities allow me to scale back or at least have better work life balance. Oh and read more! Anyone read any good books in 2023?

[frankierotwinkdeath]

Speed running my book for book club in 3 hours

[romance-incubomp3]

ughhhhh I wish I had access to a goth club:( I know I’d get sensory overload in like 2 seconds but I wish I had the option at least?

[track2hack]

23.01.2023

Three days of pony club camp is over!! I am so exhausted!!

Day 1 - settling in day, setting up the yards and having a good hack along the cross country track and through the water jump to cool off. Waaaaay too hot to do any serious riding, was 29 degrees 🥵

Day 2 - Chaneys forest/Brooklands lagoon hack! Ed was so so super in a small group through the whole of the forest portion on the way to the lagoon but did get very hot and excited when we caught up with the others in the faster groups 😅 He settled down once we had some lunch and a break and walked home down the road and back through Chaneys cool as a cucumber and even had a couple different riders on him!

Once we were back at camp we had a Fancy Browband making session and a chill out in the evening - Ed was safe as houses for his little pony ride while we were hand grazing the horses and he cemented himself as a Super Cool Dude even though he almost lost his shit at the lagoon lol

Day 3 - chill do-whatever day, we had a super fascinating talk with a horse chiropractor who brought in one of her skeleton horses Lester for a demonstration! Had a quick walk/trot schooling ride in the morning on Ed who was feeling very tired and stiff after yesterday 😮‍💨 Then packing up and home time! He floated super and by the end of it even made friends with my mate’s cantankerous old mare who tried to kill him when we loaded them together 😆

[ladyinshiningarmor]

on this blog we stan our local library

[sensenotsense]

its hard trying to make friends at work like everyone is either 40+ or fresh 19. also since i dont really drink or leave my class so i barely know anybody's name lmao

[bedbugbiting]

I see a lot of ridiculous scam posts on FB, but the most asinine that I have seen at least six times now is one where someone will post in some random group like “My child just died from a terminal illness. I bought them a PS5 for Christmas and they never got to open it. I can’t even look at it. I will give someone a PS5 for free, just respond.” 

Even if this were real, no one is going to say “Sorry about your dead kid, but HELL YEAH, hook me up with a PS5!”

But also, it’s very, very fake.

[jack-of-aces]

Happy new year this year my resolution is to get worse!

2023 is my villain arc.

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Just the other day I was chatting with an older woman about this exact thing. She's retired so she enjoys going on almost-daily walks around her neighborhood and the surrounding neighborhoods. Well she told me that it was really weird that in the newer constructions where the younger families live, EVERYONE has their blinds closed all the time. In fact she can tell a younger family lives in a house based on the simple fact of whether or not their blinds are closed in the middle of a sunny day. It's to the point where she can't even tell if they're even HOME and available for a visit to welcome them to the neighborhood!

When she said that, I realized that I do that too when I live in a more publicly visible apartment. I told her that I think it's because of the internet. Younger people feel like we're constantly being watched, observed, and JUDGED for merely existing. So when we're home, we just want to be alone, unbothered, and unobserved because it's the one place we can control that. She was very surprised to hear that I felt like that and she was VERY concerned for us young folk (and to be honest after talking with her I became pretty concerned too...)

People from her generation will have their blinds open all day, hang out on their front porch, and randomly visit/enjoy random visits from neighbors and strangers. If a stranger knocks on my door it's scary and if they want to stay and chat? It's a huge inconvenience and it feels super awkward and weird and I'm stuck wondering why exactly they're talking to me, when just a few decades ago welcoming someone new to the neighborhood was just what you did! In fact to not do so was rude!

It made me really worried that as the Panopticon sinks its teeth deeper into our psyches, we are losing the very essence of what makes us human and got us this far as a species: community. I find that being on the internet for hours a day tends to almost trick my brain into thinking "I've been social all day, my social need is full" when in reality I've only talked to one, maybe two people I know from my real life all day, and only for short bursts, not REAL conversation.

I find it hard to have the energy to invite friends to hang out, and when I want to I feel like I'm a big inconvenience for asking them to take a break from their busy lives for me (not that they would ever say that's the case, but it's this nagging feeling internally). I feel like while we used to be a series of large islands of local community, our islands splintered apart and started drifting away from each other. Now your island is just you, your immediate family, and maybe a couple close friends. Those living physically closest to you feel like they're miles away and unreachable, to the point where you might as well not even bother.

I guess I just have one question for you: Do you know the names of your next door neighbors?

[itgetsbetterproject]

🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ GOOD queer news for the TL: a bunch of students across the U.S. are using grants to make their schools more welcoming for LGBTQ+ youth

Queer students deserve to feel safe at school! We're in our third year of giving grants to put the power in their hands to make their schools more welcoming - students know what they need most in their own communities and their own schools.

Through 50 States, 50 Grants, 5,000 Voices, we've awarded over $1.5 million in grants across the U.S. to support student-led projects. Our third season has some of the most badass projects yet, like these:

❤️ “With this grant, we’ll establish an LGBTQIA+ community space in the library, open to all students, with guest speakers, arts and crafts, LGBTQIA+ books and literature, and LGBTQIA+-specific resources.” - Pocatello, Idaho

🧡 “Our project aims to support LGBTQ+ students through teacher training, development of gender-neutral bathroom protocols, and the organization of a district-wide Queer Prom.” - Gypsum, Colorado

💛 “We’ll take students from the 3 middle schools and our local high school to Honolulu Pride to make local LGBTQ+ friends, feel accepted in a large group, and see the community beyond just school.” - Ewa Beach, Hawai'i

💚 “We’re going to increase access to queer literature by working with a local nonprofit to expand our school’s collection, host storytelling events, and foster community connection." - Mobile, Alabama

💙 “Our plan is to create new Inclusivity Zones across the state in critical areas for local GSA clubs to meet, plan shared events, and be their own safe space.” - Charleston, West Virginia

💜 “We’ll host the Rainbow Youth Summit for LGBTQIA+ youth from across southern California to network, learn, and have fun in a safe, judgement free and supportive environment.” - Cathedral City, California

These students are truly the definition of making things better - you can see the rest of the amazing projects lined up across the country on our blog here!

[ableism]

I know i’m functionally a gay DARE officer at this point but I do in fact feel some sort of way about Cocaine being back in vogue. Surely I sound like a square + narc and I’ll concede ok do whatever you want, nobody can materially stop another person from using drugs if they really want to 🤷🏻 I don’t really care that it’s hip to do party drugs, moreso I want to articulate a general level of caution and concern that I never see a sidecar of harm reduction and safe using practices along with the commonplace clips of people straight up snorting coke I’ve seen for “brat summer!!!1!!”

You 🫵 are not immune to ingesting fentanyl or any number of other additives. Do you think drugs at the gay club are different than the drugs people are taking under bridges and in gutters? I promise they’re not! So if you want to use drugs and continue being alive, do your part to be safe. Protecting yourself protects others and your community.

Do not accept drugs from strangers. Test your drugs with fentanyl test strips. Carry narcan and know how to administer it. Never use alone. Have an exit strategy if you’re using drugs in a public space. Know the contact information for your local harm reduction groups, overdose emergency hotline, and if you need/want it, addiction treatment orgs. This is all the bare minimum for community care if you intend to be out in the world using drugs. Mainly I encourage you all to be buzzkills if it means you don’t have to die of an accidental overdose. Overdose is the leading cause of death for Americans under 40. I have a whole lot of social workers in my network and however bad you think the synthetic opioid crisis is, it’s worse. The war stories I’ve heard from my people on the ground are… The shit of nightmares. Don’t let it be you or anybody you love.

If you live in the state of Georgia, DM me for a longer list of resources.

Fentanyl information (harm reduction.org)

Get Narcan

How to use fentanyl test strips

Call 311 to find out where to get Narcan in your community at no cost to you