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Posted by Nancy Hartunian

https://savage.love/lovecast/2026/02/05/sex-politics-42/

Dan interviews, argues and politely spars with gay evangelical Christian Matthew Vines, author of “God and the Gay Christian.” Vines, who is married to his husband since 2022, was a potent advocate for gay marriage. Now he and Dan have a debate about the role of monogamy in gay life and society in general. They … Read More »

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https://www.girlswithslingshots.com/comic/gws-hair-of-the-dog-833

New comic!
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Props to Thea for hearing her out, though.

Here's the original post! And the chaser post!

https://www.girlswithslingshots.com/comic/gws-hair-of-the-dog-833

cz_unit

Well in another "Bye bye" post, we get to say goodbye to what's left of the "Washington Post". Once a top tier newspaper, it was gutted and destroyed when the editorial staff wanted to endorse Harris and Bezos said "No".

At that moment it ceased to be a newspaper of professionals and showed what it had become: An in house organ for the beliefs and values of its billionaire owner. I was paying a subscription for that now, and that was what I was going to get going forward.

I cancelled my paper and online subscription that day. And I subscribed to the Baltimore Banner, which was founded as a local news source by people fired from the Baltimore Sun.

Apparently a lot of other people did so as well, but the problem wasn't the billionaire, no it was that they simply needed to become more "selective". So they fired 1/3rd of the remaining staff, including at least one reporter who was left stranded in a war zone in Ukraine.

The only department left apparently is "wellness" and "Politics". So basically it is nothing more than a house organ for Bezos to suck on Trump's fat and ugly little cock. And to any "journalist" there, that is all they are working for from now on.

Which seems to be a shrinking number. At least one manager I know asked to be laid off rather than can his staff once he saw what the layoffs were. I would as well, and if I hadn't been I would be insulted that they think I would work for such a shill shit show and resign immediately.

Honestly I think every person there should quit and Jeff can run it all with Amazon's "AI" bot. I did ask it some questions; it refused to answer to anything political, and more interestingly gave me Epstein answers when I asked it to compare the Post's bias based on article sentiment from 2000-2021 and 2021-2025.

It's not even an AI, just a dumb fake search engine. Fitting for such a trash organization.

RIP Washington Post. With you gone, one of the "boxes" of Democracy (the soap box) grows weaker.

Current Mood: blah

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Hi all!

I'm doing some minor operational work tonight. It should be transparent, but there's always a chance that something goes wrong. The main thing I'm touching is testing a replacement for Apache2 (our web server software) in one area of the site.

Thank you!

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https://www.girlswithslingshots.com/comic/gws-hair-of-the-dog-832

New comic!
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Here's the original post, and the chaser post!

Unrelated to any of this, if you were trying to buy anything from my online store recently, but found everything to be "sold out" or "coming soon," it's available now! I was trying to shake a barrage of fraudulent orders. Hopefully it works!

GWS books, daily comics originals and collections, stickers, figure drawing, all of that stuff is back in the shop. And pride stickers are on sale! Knock yourself out!

https://www.girlswithslingshots.com/comic/gws-hair-of-the-dog-832

hannah

In a combined effort of using something up to have fewer things in my apartment, and to add some coziness to cold nights, I've taken to lighting the scented candles I've had around for a good long while - many years, for a few of them. At this point, I'm not really burning them for the scents anymore so much as I am for the ritual.

Speaking of, with my new coat arriving, I definitely don't have any reason to keep the old one around. Just excuses. Not even "I'm at work most of the day" cuts it as the closest place is open before my clients expect me. I don't like that it's just excuses, and hopefully that'll help push me to get it dealt with sooner.

Current Mood: tired
Current Music: nothing now

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Posted by Patrick Kearney

https://savage.love/savagelove/2026/02/03/quickies-89/

https://savage.love/?p=11624

1. I’m an 81-year-old heterosexual woman whose husband died last May. I have found that my 56-year-old gardener of fifteen years can make me sexually happy. But now after four months he says he’s not respecting his wife by having sex with me. He relates this to going to a Catholic priest for confession. He … Read More »

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Posted by Nancy Hartunian

https://savage.love/lovecast/2026/02/03/proof-is-in-the-pudding/

https://savage.love/?p=11620

Yip! Yap! Bite! A woman’s little, nasty, needy dogs are anything but “comfort animals” and her girlfriend isn’t having it. She refuses to move in with the caller while those tiny beasts are around. Are they fundamentally incompatible? A British woman learned that her husband had sexual experiences with other boys at his British boarding … Read More »

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https://savage.love/lovecast/2026/02/03/proof-is-in-the-pudding/

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https://www.girlswithslingshots.com/comic/gws-hair-of-the-dog-831

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Bartender just assumes Hazel's taste is super basic.

Here's the original post! And the chaser post!

https://www.girlswithslingshots.com/comic/gws-hair-of-the-dog-831

hannah

Dinner plans shifted about halfway through cooking: I'd planned to make boxed macaroni and cheese with some vegetables added in, but the vegetables ended up smelling so good, I ditched the cheese. Sauteed onions, garlic, and herbs with rapini and canned tomatoes might've taken well to the cheese sauce, but I'm pleased at how it came out just the same.

My new plan is to make boxed macaroni and cheese with double the cheese sauce at some point in the future, and feel absurdly luxurious for being able to do so.

Current Mood: full
Current Music: nothing now

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https://www.girlswithslingshots.com/comic/gws-hair-of-the-dog-830

New comic!
Today's News:

All flavors of sorbet are welcome here. ????????????????

Here's the original post! Here's the chaser!

Oh hey, February 1st is Hourly Comic Day and I probably* made hourly comics all day long and am preparing to share them on my Patreon for free (you won't have to be a paying member of mine to see it) if you wanna read 'em!

*"probably" because I'm almost certainly doing it, but I prepared this post several days ago so I wouldn't have to prepare it the same day I was making nonstop comics. Check it out later in the day Monday!

https://www.girlswithslingshots.com/comic/gws-hair-of-the-dog-830

hannah

It remains below freezing, and I remain inside most of the day. I got my laundry done by going to the basement and I spent a little time at the gym by walking down the block to get to the relevant building. Other than that, it's not just been inside my building, but inside my apartment. There's not much desire to get out and head around right now, especially not with a day as slow as a Sunday. I had the possibility to make it more rapid, but I hadn't gotten myself together early enough in the day to spend three hours at the movies far downtown - a screening of Short Cuts - and I'm doing what I can to tell myself it'll come back around sometime.

That said, staying close by got the laundry done, got me to the gym for one of those "something is better than nothing" sessions, and got some lunch prep done, so I can live with that.

Current Mood: cold
Current Music: Hunger Strike - Temple of the Dog

jazzfish

Among the better things in life: a cat sleeping next to the laptop while I'm eating dinner.

Sadly he really dislikes the sound of me typing next to him, to the point that he woke up and got bitey. So now I am on the couch with the laptop and he's having a bath on the table.

hannah

Because I needed a new winter coat after the zippers on my old one broke, a not-insignificant amount of money was spent today on a new coat. It's got me thinking about two things: where this old coat came from, and the last time I got entirely new clothes. I can't remember where I got it, just at some point in the last ten years or so, which means I probably salvaged it from somewhere - likely my building's laundry room. Given the state of the elastic tags to tighten or loosen the hood as well as everything else about it, it must've been tossed aside after a few years of use. I've commented on the quality of cast-offs of New York City in general and the Upper West Side in particular, and this really speaks to that, because aside from the elastics and the zipper, everything works to keep me warm.

As for the last time I got entirely new clothes, excluding undergarments and shoes, I definitely can't remember. Most of the clothes I've bought the last few years came secondhand, eBay and Mercari and Poshmark, so while they're new to me and might be functionally new based on how often they'd been worn before I got them, they're not new to the world. I think the last new purchase was a dress for one of my brothers' weddings, so it would've been 2022 or 2023. Not that long ago, but certainly a while.

The amount spent on the new coat's certainly more than it'd cost to replace the zippers, but I'm buying more than zippers in getting a new, high-quality coat. I'm thinking of buying new zippers just the same, replacing them and then donating it somewhere to give someone else a few more years' use of it.

Current Mood: thoughtful
Current Music: The New Year - Death Cab for Cutie

hannah

Challenge #15

How Did the Fandom Snowflake Challenge Go? Post your answer to today’s challenge in your own space and leave a comment in this post saying you did it.

Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so. Also, feel free to entice engagement by giving us a preview of what your post covers.

It got me back into the habit of daily posting, which I find comfortable and familiar, so I'd say it went well. I didn't do every day's challenge and I didn't follow along with other people much, and I still found myself trying to get a little bit of the day down and a little bit of myself outside of my head on a regular basis, both of which are genuinely helpful. Blogging's a lot like riding a bike: you don't forget how to do it, but you need to rebuilt your stamina. And, of course, you have to want to keep at it. Now that I've gotten back into it, I feel like I do.

I'm sure if I looked back at past years, I'd be saying much the same thing. That's a trick about journaling in general and blogging in particular - you can look back and see what you've put down, and even though you might not remember the choices behind those words, you remember enough to recognize the part of you that said them. Hopefully, at any rate. I don't particularly want to go back and look at this time last year, or the year before, or the one before that. I want to keep moving forward like this for a while longer before looking back. That's another trick about this kind of thing. You build your own momentum.

This year I've spent more time than usual thinking about what's come before and how long I've been doing this. I'm not against having done it for so long or to keep doing it for as long as I can manage to keep the momentum going. Just something to consider as a neutral statement and a fact of the matter. A statement I can look forward to making this time next year, to be around to keep making it.

Snowflake Challenge: A flatlay of a snowflake shaped shortbread cake, a mug with coffee, and a string of holiday lights on top of a rustic napkin.

Current Mood: contemplative
Current Music: nothing now

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Posted by Nancy Hartunian

https://savage.love/after-action-report/2026/01/30/your-gang-bang-is-ready-for-you-madam/

https://savage.love/?p=11608

A swinging couple found a service that would fulfill their fantasy: a gang bang composed of men she chose. You may never think of gang bangs the same way again. Do you have a tale to tell? Write us at Q@Savage.Love, and let us have it.

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Sex & Politics #42

Girls With Slingshots - GWS Hair of the Dog #833

Bye Bye Post!

Minor operations; testing new serving path

Girls With Slingshots - GWS Hair of the Dog #832

Winter objects.

Quickies

Proof is in the Pudding…

Girls With Slingshots - GWS Hair of the Dog #831

Second of the second.

Girls With Slingshots - GWS Hair of the Dog #830

February the first.

nice mice that suffice for him, or cream

Best suit or dress.

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After Action Report #14

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