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I currently don't have a dog but I would like to get a dog.

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thingswithwings@thingswithwings· 1d

my beautiful pickled beets (9 pints). I love pickled beets on salad but buying them in the store is legitimately much more expensive than making them myself, especially since our farmshare has provided an endless supply of beets lately

a line of nine pint jars on a marble countertop, all with beautiful dark purple beets inside

thingswithwings@thingswithwings· 6d

the flashbacks to Grace's life on earth are in 2:35:1, but the current timeline on the Hail Mary is all in 16:9/1:7:1. then there's an occasional light rays effect over the flashbacks/memories that blur into the black boxes on the 2:35:1 shots, like so:

still from PHM in 2:35:1 aspect ratio, with large black bars at top and bottom. the scene is Stratt meeting Grace in his classroom.

still from PHM with smaller black bars at top and bottom, in 16:9 aspect ratio. The scene is Grace on the Hail Mary putting mustard on ramen.

still from PHM where the scene is in 2:35:1 but there is a light rays effect that blurs some of the image into the large black bars at top and bottom, making use of the 16:9 aspect ratio. The scene is one of Grace's memories of Ilyukhina.

thingswithwings@thingswithwings· 25d

yesterday during Wildfire Smoke Hours I needed an indoor activity so I picked all the black currants from the bushes in our backyard (while wearing a mask!) and then made black currant jam. It's rustic (aka, I didn't strain out the seeds and skins) but I did blend it, and it's super interesting

four pint jars labelled "Black currant jam, 07/16/26." The jars are filled with jam so dark purple it looks black.

thingswithwings@thingswithwings· Jun 9

for those who missed it:

thingswithwings@thingswithwings· Jun 3

girl you know I got you whenever a fun language meme goes around

headline from Variety, May 6 2026: "Robert Downey Jr. Says 'It's Absolute Horses--' to Declare That Social Media Influencers Are the 'Stars of the Future'"

thingswithwings@thingswithwings· May 27

RIGHT??? look at them

Robert Picardo and Jane Lynch both leaning out of the window of a blue Winnebago

thingswithwings@thingswithwings· May 26

rhubarb rhubarb! picked, washed, chopped, stewed, canned. though I left some in the fridge to eat later. perfect on toast with butter or on vanilla ice cream

picture of jars from the side so you can see the lovely red-brown colour inside

thingswithwings@thingswithwings· Feb 18

I just want someone to appreciate how funny I am when I design a syllabus. This set of readings paired together makes me laugh every time I look at it

Reading: Ahmed, "Feminist Killjoys." Reading: Le Guin, "The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas." Reading: Kim, "Why Don't We Just Kill the Kid in the Omelas Hole."

thingswithwings@thingswithwings· Feb 7

trying to upload all the signed versions of my festivids but we're having a very "I consent!" "I consent!" "I don't!" situation with the AO3 at the moment

screenshot of a cloudfare error. It says YOU/Browser - working; Network/Cloudflare - working; archiveofourown.org/Host - ERROR

thingswithwings@thingswithwings· Jan 15

I did a project on tv/film copaganda a while ago, and one of the most telling things I found was from the 1917 Charlie Chaplin film Easy Street, in which a woman chides Chaplin's police officer character and says "but you promised to reform!" It just goes round and round, decade after decade.

screenshot from Easy Street. Two women stand together, one looking poor and tired. The other woman is yelling at a police officer, played by Charlie Chaplin.

title card with dialogue for the preceding scene. It reads "A policeman? And you promised to reform!"

thingswithwings@thingswithwings· Jan 12

"Please, Captain, not in front of the Klingons."

in Star Trek font, the meme asks "What can you say during sex, but also on the bridge of a Federation starship?"

thingswithwings@thingswithwings· Jan 8

Captain Janeway in her white tux from "The Killing Game"

thingswithwings@thingswithwings· Jan 7

it's just the vomit emoji over and over for me. it'd be farcical if it weren't also fucking dangerous

text from article: "There is a marriage 'crisis,' a loneliness 'epidemic,' a demographic 'collapse.' People are flirting with A.I. boyfriends and virtually undressing strangers on X. Could more technology help?"

thingswithwings@thingswithwings· Jan 7

YUP! or like this poem (sorry, can't alt-text atm) (it's a poem called "ChatGPT fucks my wife")

thingswithwings@thingswithwings· Dec 25

a beautiful gift for a canadian living in the states 😭

thingswithwings@thingswithwings· Dec 24

focus on this image until the bad dream fades

John Robins riding a fake bull while wering a black and white diamond-patterned onesie that clings to everything except his chest, which is bare

thingswithwings@thingswithwings· Dec 22

got some books from @roomofonesownbooks.bsky.social in the mail! I usually shop at my local indie, which is also great, but I try to buy a few things from Room now and then just because I adore them. I'm looking forward to the Rivers Solomon one especially, as I loved An Unkindness of Ghosts

thingswithwings@thingswithwings· Nov 25

Introduce yourself with four spaceships (yes two are from Star Trek, I couldn't pick)

the city of Atlantis from Stargate: Atlantis

The solar-sail ship from the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode Explorers

thingswithwings@thingswithwings· Nov 23

it's VERY boring, but also, counterpoint:

still from Star Trek: The Motion Picture where Kirk and Spock are holding hands and staring into one another's eyes while Bones looks on in the background

thingswithwings@thingswithwings· Nov 14

you love to see it

a paragraph from the Wired article linked below: Data Center Watch’s first report covered a period from May 2024 to March of 2025; in that period, it found, local opposition had blocked or delayed a total of $64 billion in data center projects (six projects were blocked entirely, while 10 were delayed). But Data Center Watch’s new report found that opposition blocked or delayed $98 billion in projects from March to June of 2025 alone—eight projects, including two in Indiana and Kentucky, were blocked in those three months, while nine were delayed. One of those projects, a $17 billion development in the Atlanta suburbs, was put on hold in May after the county imposed a 180-day moratorium on data center development, following significant pushback from local residents.

thingswithwings@thingswithwings· Nov 3

very occasionally, if you are quiet and patient, you can observe one in the wild:

screenshot of an AO3 fic. text ellipses and line breaks around the "Oh." and then the italicized "Oh." before the story continues

thingswithwings@thingswithwings· Nov 2

today's the one-year anniversary of the day we lost Rorschach. I miss my boy. He was the best boy.

a black and white pitbull lying on his side amid blankets. His dual colour paw is prominent in the foreground and his inside out ear is adorable in the background.

a black and white pitbull looking up at a person who is offscreen. He looks patient and attentive.

thingswithwings@thingswithwings· Oct 26

I only recently realized that the Lower Decks opening credits take this scene directly from TNG's Realm of Fear (in which the Enterprise is assisting the crew of the USS Yosemite (get it), a science vessel that got stuck in the plasma stream). Lower Decks you are an unending delight

screencap from TNG "Realm of Fear." The Enterprise is positioned near a sun with a big orange plasma stream that radiates outward and curls around a blue astronomical body

Screencap from the Lower Decks opening credits. The Cerritos is escaping from a plasma stream that curls around another astronomical body. It's very similar to the TNG screenshot, except the colors are reversed, so the plasma is blue and the astronomical body is orange.

thingswithwings@thingswithwings· Sep 24

lately I think a lot about this New American Movement poster from the seventies. as true now as it was then. (NAM is a precursor of the DSA)

hand-lettered poster. Title reads: "If you're unemployed it's not because there isn't any work." Text reads: "Just look around: a housing shortage, crime, pollution: we need better schools and parks. Whatever our needs, they all require work. And as long as we have unsatisfied needs, there's work to be done. So ask yourself, what kind of world has work but no jobs. It's a world where work is not related to satisfying our needs. A world where work is only related to satisfying the profit needs of business. This country was not built by the huge corporations or government bureaucracies. It was built by people who work. And, it is working people who should control the work to be done. Yet, as long as employment is tied to somebody else's profits, the work won't get done." At the bottom is some illegible text and the address for NAM 1 (New American Movement).

thingswithwings@thingswithwings· Sep 16

just want to point out that this middle section is exclusively Magnus Archives Scottish Safehouse fic (tho the sex is usually kissing. otherwise it's right on)

a list of tags from AO3: cosmic horror, eldritch horror, cottagecore, crying during sex, cryptids

thingswithwings@thingswithwings· Sep 8

literally I have a shirt that says MAKE BAD ART lol there's also the Cheap Art Manifesto (sorry, not image described, I gotta go to work)

thingswithwings@thingswithwings· Jul 26

here's the outfit he was wearing when about to use his saddle, hope that clears things up

Picard walking down the corridor of the Enterprise. He is wearing knee-high black leather boots, a red velvety coat, tight grey pants, and a cleavage-bearing green shirt. He is carrying a saddle.

thingswithwings@thingswithwings· Jul 6

trekkies: if you see this, post your first experience with Star Trek. (this is tough because I know I watched a lot of TNG as a kid that I don't remember, but this is the first episode I have a very concrete memory of watching when it aired. because it FREAKED ME THE HELL OUT)

two images from Star Trek: TNG. Both are Beverly Crusher, in her blue lab coat, standing and then sitting at the helm of the Enterprise. The first one has the caption "If there's nothing wrong with me . . . " and the second one has the caption "Maybe there's something wrong with the universe."

thingswithwings@thingswithwings· Jul 3

omg honey lavender ice cream sounds amazing! here's the recipe (from my stepmother).

Janet's Lavender Jelly   
3 1/2 cups water 
1/2 cup dried lavender flowers 
Juice of 1 lemon (1/4 cup) 
1 (1 3/4-ounces) box powdered pectin or 1 pouch (3-ounces) liquid pectin 
4 cups sugar

 In a large saucepan over high heat bring water just to a boil. Remove from heat, stir in dried lavender flowers, and let steep for 20 minutes. After 20 minutes, strain mixture into a deep kettle or pot, discarding the lavender flowers. Stir in lemon juice and pectin; continue stirring until the pectin is dissolved. 

Over high heat, bring the mixture to a boil; add sugar. When the jelly solution returns to a hard rolling boil, let it boil for 2 to 4 minutes (see below), stirring occasionally. After boiling, transfer the jelly into hot sterilized jars. Fill them to within 1/4 inch of the top, wipe any spilled jam off the top, seat the lids and tighten the ring around them.

 Makes five 1/2 pints.

thingswithwings@thingswithwings· Jun 18

non-controversial list is something like: TOS Mudd's Women TNG Code of Honor ENT Cogenitor VOY Retrospect or TNG A Matter of Perspective DS9 Melora controversial list is more like: DS9 Far Beyond the Stars TOS Space Seed TNG A Fistful of Datas DS9 Sons of Mogh VOY Fury