An organic chemist in the RL, a vidder and an artist during my spare time - Maybe I'm just dreaming out loud
Italia
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Silviᐰ * back from hiatus* retweeted
“Help me provide for my pregnant wife, son and 5 dishwashers”
My dear friends and fellow radicals, the day finally came where I'm genuinely in need of one of these. I aimed for the least amount to get us over the hump. Any help would be appreciated, especially in sharing this. Pray much and suffer well 💪⚜️
gofund.me/56f2dcd37
Silviᐰ * back from hiatus* retweeted
It is sad bc when i was young we had multiple fanfic sites. Livejournal ff net quotev and some ships/fandoms had individual fanfic sites specifically for that ship. Now its deadass just ao3
Silviᐰ * back from hiatus* retweeted
One interesting development that sits on top of all this is the mainstreaming of fandom and fanfic. AO3 is the 56th most visited site website IN THE WORLD and is in the top 30-40 in the US depending on the month. Semrush estimates that AO3 gets more monthly visitors than eBay or ESPN or the NYT with users spending more than 20 minutes per visit.
Those are astonishing metrics, but has also opened a door that not everyone wants ajar which is partially what this story is about.
On October 29th, AO3 unexpectedly went down. It’s still offline, and may be that way for several more weeks as they investigate a security breach. The site’s downtime has created a lot of panic and stress, but it’s also winched open a rift between fan fiction writers and readers, all made worse by the state of modern publishing, AI, and the feeling that art and media are just grist for the scroll.
I reported it all out for @CNN and found out a lot about the current state of fan fiction in the process. Huge thanks to @momovolution2 for being my guide here, and for all the authors who talked to me about what’s going on and how they feel about it.
cnn.com/2026/11/07/entertain…
Silviᐰ * back from hiatus* retweeted
Meet the Israelis who just stole 8 homes from Palestinian families in Jericho.
1/ Rabbi Uzi Sharbaf, a mass murderer who shot up a Palestinian school while wearing a ski mask. Israel set him free. Now the Rabbi is stealing houses.
Silviᐰ * back from hiatus* retweeted
Israelis under army cover dump waste at the entrance of a school in the village of al-Mughayyir, just northeast of Ramallah, in central Palestine
Silviᐰ * back from hiatus* retweeted
"Rome .. complete lack of proper coffeeshops with good coffee"
😂🤣
Italy is basically a third world country with a failing economy, aging population and crazy taxes
Rome is all this multiplied by terrible accommodations, overtourism, and complete lack of proper coffeeshops with good coffee, wifi and laptop places (ironic given Italy was one of the pioneers of coffee in Europe)
but man the amount of culture and history is so insane here i would move to this city in a blink of an eye
and i don’t even mention the amazing food (although probably too much carbs), friendly and open people (complete opposite of Switzerland/Germany), beautiful language and amazing climate (i’m wearing a shirt in November!)
Italy has such a crazy cultural capital, so sad the italian government is not using and abusing it to attract expats and businesses
i am convinced a proper nomad visa program + lower taxes and social contributions for expats would bring its economy to the top of europe in a couple of years
Silviᐰ * back from hiatus* retweeted
Israel didn’t even allow them to remove their belongings. The soldiers showed up first thing this morning, threw stun grenades into the apartments and made everyone leave. Then they brought in their bulldozers and demolished everything.
The “reason”? Improper building permits.
The real reason: because they can.
This is what American politicians support. This is what American taxpayers are forced to pay for.
Evil is the only appropriate word.
Silviᐰ * back from hiatus* retweeted
Settlers move into Palestinian homes near Jericho, as residents reportedly flee haaretz.com/west-bank/2026-1…
Silviᐰ * back from hiatus* retweeted
I'm doing fine without Ao3, I'm just missing my nightly fic. And my morning fic. And my lunch break fic. And my between classes fic. And my procrastination fic
Silviᐰ * back from hiatus* retweeted
Italian chef fired for refusing to put pineapple on pizza bbc.in/4egT8uf
Silviᐰ * back from hiatus* retweeted
Photo's of Richard Dean Anderson, Amanda Tapping, Lexa Doig and Michael Shanks during their talk at @WinnipegCC Photo's by Dallas Rudkavitch #savestargate #stargatesg1 #samandjack
Silviᐰ * back from hiatus* retweeted
U know when u have a cold and ur nose is stuffed and u can’t breathe an all u do is think about how much u took regular respiration for granted?? That’s what losing AO3 feels like. I’m sorry, I’ll never take u for granted again pls come back.
Silviᐰ * back from hiatus* retweeted
"Maybe if you go to bed you will feel better in the morning" is the human equivalent of
"Have you tried turning it off and back on again?"
Silviᐰ * back from hiatus* retweeted
Jerusalem District Court (unsurprisingly) sided with the terrorists.
Yesterday we submitted an appeal against my 2-month ban from the West Bank after being attacked by a settler. Israeli judge Elad Persky (pictured below) rejected the appeal, siding with the terrorist Tomer Liani.
One more reminder that settler terror is state terror in the West Bank. It is supported and facilitated at the highest levels, by the IDF, the police, the courts, and the government itself.
Silviᐰ * back from hiatus* retweeted
I didn't know there was a word for it, but this is my generation
We're in our 40s. We've seen the good, the bad and the "once in a lifetime" about five times already.
We came home when the streetlights came on. We can programme a VCR, burn a CD and troubleshoot the Wi-Fi.
Most of us still feel like we're in our 20s, half of us still look it.
And we are eternally grateful that our teenage stupidity wasn't being documented, uploaded and permanently preserved on the internet for the world to see.
