Notices by Girl on the Net (girlonthenet@mastodon.social), page 6

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 😍 )

@Dtl @BethanyBlack sorry you’re like this too 😢Every object should be padded at all times imo

@BethanyBlack ohhh this is a good idea!! I need indoor trainers! Thanks 😂

This isn’t very important but I’m 80% sure I broke one of my toes today. I kicked something hard, *very* hard, by accident and then tried to just walk it off. Turns out you cannot ‘walk off’ this sort of thing and now I have huge, throbbing regrets.

#MoneySaving tip: save cash on expensive salon manicures by hanging out with a 4 year old

Some of you believe this to be a comment upon the gender of the Duolingo owl, but it is not. It is a comment on whether or not birds canonically have nipples.

A friend of mine just shared this because some random bigot on his FB was kicking off that the Duo owl would be pro-LGBT+ rights ("I'll DELETE THE APP!! OMG"). Obviously this is hilariously tragic and bigots should fuck off but I feel like there's a deeper question that needs answering here.

Namely: why does this owl have tits?

Is the Duolingo owl... a mammal?

#ICYMI, last week's fabulous guest blog by Violet Grey takes apart #HarrisonButker's terrible commencement speech, and explains why his take is more eerily reminiscent of The Stepford Wives than of the Gospel she loves.

https://www.girlonthenet.com/blog/who-are-you-mrs-harrison-butker/

PSA: #AudioPorn is NOT more 'ethical' than video.

This time last year I had a big rant about why the dominant narrative around audio being more ethical is harmful and wildly inaccurate.

https://www.girlonthenet.com/blog/audio-porn-more-ethical-than-video/