Notices by Girl on the Net (girlonthenet@mastodon.social), page 5

Came THIS CLOSE to putting a kiss at the end of a text to my plumber. I just have a lot of love to give, ya know?

I just think it's fun to be reminded that not only are humans pretty cool and brave and badass, making it to the literal moon with technology that was less advanced than the phone you carry in your pocket, but that at least part of that was held together by work that was 'TEMPORARY - I HOPE HOPE HOPE'.

I have quite a big problem with pubs that put up big signs warning you about spiking then... make you leave your drinks on a random, unsupervised table while you go outside to smoke. Can I call bullshit on this pls?

Fun fact: the code which took Apollo 11 to the moon is available on github https://github.com/chrislgarry/Apollo-11/blob/master/Luminary099/LUNAR_LANDING_GUIDANCE_EQUATIONS.agc#L179

And if you look through it you'll see that - joyfully - it also includes original comments.

My absolute favourite thing about the Moon Code is that it includes comments like this: "TEMPORARY - I HOPE HOPE HOPE"

He’s literally telling us he’s distressed and worried, and I’m not surprised when she’s so blasé about his feelings and needs... ‘yeah I’m definitely gonna shag him less because he cut his hair, and besides it’s not like men ever have societal pressure about their appearance’ 😡

Irresponsible to publish this imo.

This poor guy needs support to leave this controlling relationship, not to be bullied in a national newspaper.

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/article/2024/aug/16/you-be-the-judge-should-my-boyfriend-consult-me-before-he-gets-a-haircut

Anyway this is the topic for one of the angriest things I ever wrote.

Tl;dr - it is never OK to issue unsolicited ‘corrections’ on how your partner looks. Ever. Columns like the one above feed into the idea that it is, but it’s really, absolutely not OK at all. It’s damaging and cruel.

https://www.girlonthenet.com/blog/my-body-dont-like-it-dont-fuck-it/

#DidYouKnow that Bottom was originally meant to be called 'My Bottom' because Rik and Ade wanted the continuity announcers to have to say "coming up next on BBC2 - My Bottom" and for people to ask each other "did you see My Bottom last night?"

I love them.

(I am listening to Ade's autobiography at the moment and it's great)

Fuck Apple.

The thing people don’t often understand about creative jobs is that absolutely loads of us are in them with no desire to be ‘famous’ or in the top 1% of earners - the dream is to make a living wage from doing something we love. Not all musicians want to be Green Day, plenty would be more than happy just being able to pay their bills.

I met someone last night who is an artist (gonna remain super vague about which kind) whose work I really admire. He’s exceptional, and he had the status of ‘famous person’ to me so I was nervous about meeting him. But we hung out and swapped stories about making money off art and v quickly he was like ‘omg I can’t believe you get to do your art full time.’ It absolutely shocked me that this person at the top of their game only barely covers their rent, no bills. Support creators innit ❤️

I wasn’t sure what I was saving this story for.

Turns out it’s this weird week right here.

NEW blog: in which I fuck the furniture.

https://www.girlonthenet.com/blog/fuck-furniture/

Share it please - it’s way less embarrassing if I get boosts.

“Services like this rely on a basic level of human decency and trust"

Just the British Museum there, lecturing people about theft.

The British Museum.

Lecturing people about theft.

Well done to this artist who has well and truly made his point 😂

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/article/2024/jul/22/brazilian-artist-swaps-historical-coin-in-british-museum-for-a-fake?utm_source=press.coop

When I die, please show your respects by not policing how the fuck anyone dresses at my funeral.

For reasons I don’t quite understand I have VIP access at this festival. And to those who’ve never been behind the curtain on these things, allow me to lift the veil: VIP is exactly the same as normal access but with slightly better WiFi.

Anyway I just watched one of my fave bouncy bands absolutely smash it and I’m surrounded by lovely festival pals and I’m very happy. Share the blog links and audio if you can while I’m gone, thanks you lovely fuckers x

Scientists announce discovery of nanoparticle-sized violin.

The opposite of #ToxicMasculinity is when dudes in their late 40s use social media to gently exchange and retweet mediocre, inoffensive Dad jokes.

OMG just saw Joanna Cherry lost her seat? LOVELY STUFF!

Super gutted that Duffield is still in her seat, BUT there is more good 'TERFs getting humiliated' news from this election - Posy Parker got so few votes she lost her deposit along with someone else from the "Women's" "Party" (or whatever the fuck the single-issue-transphobe one is called) in one of my mate's constituencies. That's at least 3 bigots humiliated, 2 of whom are £500 out of pocket. Lol. Lmao. Fuck you.

Just dipped into the stats and I see that lots of you are enjoying @SpenPErotica's gorgeous hotel #threesome story.

If you haven't already heard 'Champagne and Lust', here's part 1: https://www.girlonthenet.com/blog/champagne-lust-1-exhibitionism/

And part 2: https://www.girlonthenet.com/blog/champagne-lust-threesome/ (Absolutely adore the custom art for this second part - @stuart_cb is a marvel 😍 )