we go through this every hurricane season but the way people will find any excuse to point the finger at the victims of natural disasters and say cruel shit like "fuck around and find out" like it's not horrifying having to leave behind your home and all your belongings and potentially your pets with the full knowledge that there might not be anything to come back to after... ignoring that there are people that don't have a car or the money to evacuate, ignoring disabled people who have no way to get out, ignoring people that can't find places for their pets to shelter, ignoring people that have medical equipment that can't be moved or replaced, etc... and even if someone stays behind solely because they want to, they still don't deserve to suffer.

as someone who worked extensively in disaster response previously, it is not easy to "just" evacuate, and the relief that comes afterwards is intentionally difficult to obtain. and already the forces that be are trying to spin this narrative that the victims are at fault, to put the blame on them so that if (probably when) people are forced to resort to looting (because the aid never comes) everyone will nod and agree that they're all bad people and deserved it... rather than acknowledging the fact that there was no attempt to make the evacuation accessible and safe for everyone, no guarantee that aid will be waiting for them when they return to a home that has been swept away... no empathy for the fact that these people's entire lives are potentially destroyed with no safety net to catch them.

now that we're starting to see the aftermath and damage done throughout southern appalachia in places like chimney rock (which does not have the infrastructure for this kind of natural disaster. the last time something comparable like this happened was the flood in 1916) please be ready to combat this victim-blaming narrative that will no doubt be weaponized against the people suffering here.

mudslides and flooding will continue even though the storm has passed, and this time following natural disasters like this is the hardest as more people are lost or left struggling without power, aid, or any way to contact help or family.

some places in NC are completely inaccessible, towns in appalachia have been completely wiped off the map. chimney rock and lake lure have been devastated. asheville is cut off and only accessible by air.

until the flooding recedes and power is reestablished, we're not going to know the true extent of the damage or how many people have been lost. there are people stranded right now without food or water or medical supplies and no way out. this is catastrophic. these next few days are going to be the hardest as people struggle to get aid with so many roads destroyed.

Devastating flooding in Appalachia - Appalachia Service Project (asphome.org)

CARE and partners are responding to families impacted by Hurricane Helene which landed in Florida as a Category 4 storm. | CARE.org

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• Car Trunk vs Car Boot: A clear win for US English, trunk was already a thing in which you stored items, frequently for transport.
• Crisps vs Chips: I gotta admit, the Brits have this one. They're thin slices of potato that have been made crispy. No chipping of any materials involved.
• Car Park vs Parking Lot: Equally matched. What's a car park? A place to park cars. What's a parking lot? An otherwise empty lot where you can park.
• Elevator vs Lift: Both equally fail to address that the damn thing also goes down.

gender is a coin that everyone said was gonna land on heads or tails but i turned mine into one of those pressed pennies from the museum. it’s got a dinosaur on it

Use household objects if you're unable to install a pullup bar!

I still highly recommend getting a pullup bar or some gymnastic rings.

I rarely say this, but even if you currently lack the funds, consider saving up and investing in one that can last for years (decades, even). $30 can get a decent one.

They're just very handy.

On the other hand, if you must want a quick way to do pullups and horizontal pullups, try this!

this is who youre asking to work 40hrs per week btw

It will never not baffle me how hard society tries to insist that fatness is an abnormality. The average western woman wears plus size clothing. One of the smallest garments on the scale is called a medium. Most people with anorexia are in the overweight bmi category, yet somehow that's known as "atypical anorexia". Fatness is often labeled the cause of a number of diseases, but there are literally no diseases exclusive to fat bodies. Looking at movies and television, you'd think the world was 98% thin people. It's not.

My point isn't that if it was pretty rare to be fat, fatphobia would be okay. Of course not.

My point is that we're surrounded by all these artificial indicators that fatness is unnatural and uncommon and it's just not true?? Humans are not always thin and we've never all been thin and we're not all meant to be thin. Fat humans are a normal type of human. Fatness is a feature, not a bug.

I freehanded this stitchery in about 7 hours today for a pal:

It was, of course, inspired by this post:

lol this is so true. and also really cool in a way i could never explain to anyone who isn't Like This

[ID: 1: Three tweets from Frog @/oversized_frog dated September 23rd 2024: nsfw fandom friendships are fucking hilarious because sometimes it's just like "hey bro, just thought of something that will give you a boner, check this out"

there's a directness to it that is fucking inexplicable to anyone who isn't In On It, it's so apart from any other dynamic in the non-nsfw-fandom-space and it's such a mutually agreed upon kind of cool non-pressurized thing, it feels safe in a way that is hard to describe but is!

the incredible beauty of "hey bud hey bro i found a thing that I thin will hit several specific buttons in your psyche and possibly cause both a boner and psychic damage, do you want it" and it's like yeah, I do! thanks man! I do want that! thanks for thinking of me!

2: Tweet from [honey pot emoji] Ivy [honey pot emoji] @/Ivy_WildeVA: Love sending my friends porn. Hey man! This gave me a boner. Hope it gives you a boner also :) love you! /end ID]

appalachia is devastated. towns i loved, towns i visited all the time, are gone. not damaged, GONE. they are leveled to the ground. there is nothing left but rubble and ruin. people are dead. appalachia is poor to begin with and relies on tourism for a lot of its income, and multiple of those tourist locations are just...gone.

my town is okay, but it's flooded and wrecked. trees are blocking all but one way out of our neighborhood. power lines are hanging limp in the roads. we've been without power for over 24 hours and will continue to be without power for likely another 24+. disabled people and poor people are GOING to die from this. gods save appalachia.

it's always a hit or miss with appalachian charities. a lot are just evangelism with no action behind what they do. i suggest looking into them before donating.

operation airdrop

nc community foundation

mountain projects

homeward bound

manna food bank

adding some additional photos from the other side of the mountains here in northeast tennessee. there has been genuinely catastrophic flooding in many areas and billions of dollars of damage across NETN and WNC. we are not built to withstand this. 33 people are currently missing in unicoi county alone

to those of you reblogging this, thank you. i have not seen one negative comment about appalachia and i cannot put into words what that means as someone who has lived here for their entire life. we are used to being mocked, scorned, and dismissed, to being the butt of classist jokes, and y'all aren't doing that. thank you. so much.

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Closest match: Leistus spinibarbis genome assembly, chromosome: 17
Common name: Ground Beetle

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Had a dream about Amphibia

This actively happened in my lifetime, and I’m in my 30s. A lot of us experienced it in real time and no one stopped it. No one helped us.

When I was 16 we would hang out outside and inside the library. We ranged from a group of 20 to a group of 3-4 people on any given day, because us 16 year olds also hung out with whatever other kid was around the area. (Mostly younger siblings and then their friends.) We never did anything wrong, never mind illegal. We were never loud in the library and were always polite to the staff. We sometimes got a little loud outside on the street when there was some contest thing going on, but not very often. We mostly hung out and talked about stuff going on in our lives.

Then one day someone called the cops on us.

And the cops showed up all ready angry, then started yelling at us for doing nothing. They couldn’t even come up with a real reason to be there yelling at us, other than to demand to know if we were a ‘gang’. When one of my friends started crying, I turned to tell her that it would be ok. The cop grabbed me, screamed at me to not look away when he was talking to me, then demand I get in the cop car and go down to the station. It took almost an hour for my mother to find out where I was because I didn’t have a cellphone at the time and the cops had just fucking kidnapped me. For comforting a friend while they screamed at us. And you know what happened?

We never hung out like that again. None of us. We all got banned from the library for a year. Again, all of this for literally no reason. They told us we were ‘misbehaving’ for simply hanging around outside being kids. And then we had no where to go. Some of those kids were forced back into their abusive homes. I literally never saw half of them again. Ever. And I lived in that town for several years after that.

So, yeah. They just started kicking us out from the outside years ago and not a single adult or group of adults gave a shit.

ppl on fb were being so mean to this baby and i got so sad... it is just a baby with ears...... :(

i like it when trans people are happy

PSA: Paypal on some more shady shit

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tag an artist save a life etc

this seems to be a US only thing atm but check your accounts just to be sure

just saw a post where someone put “detrans dni” and like… hey we should be supporting detransitioned people bc if we don’t terfs will

sometimes you’re wrong about your identity and that’s ok like i used to think i was bi but it turns out i was wrong and i know ppl who thought they were trans but it turns out they were wrong and it should be ok and accepted that sometimes people don’t get it right on the first try

F is for friends who do stuff togetherrrr

Kanzi the hyena gets a watermelon 🍉

This is a good thing! A lot of stuff that's considered "common knowledge" is actually wrong or misleading, or it really has changed since you learned it. It was common knowledge that the Sun revolver around the Earth...except that's not true. It's common knowledge to hide under freeway overpasses during tornadoes...except this is extremely dangerous and warned against. It's common knowledge that you have to wait 24-48 hours in the US to file a missing person report...except it's actually recommended to file as soon as you know someone's missing because the first few days are the most critical to finding them.

I get that this post is about anxiety and memory issues, but the truth is that knowledge changes all the time. It's good to avoid spreading false information, even if you do it by accident.

considering that just within my lifetime the names and borders of a third the countries in Central Asia have changed, and Pluto is no longer a planet, I cast zero shade.

Whachalooking

They say that when you're giving a cat scritches, you should also take the opportunity to squoosh their pad paws, fiddle with their ears, make them do little dances, etc. to whatever extent they're willing to tolerate without distress, because working to build positive associations with being handled in this way will make medical examination and treatment much easier in the future. How fortunate, then, that this is exactly what 90% of cat owners are instinctively driven to do anyway.

My partner saw this incredible poster in the wild today and sent me a picture

Whoever made this, you’re so beautiful

of all the phrases we used to say in the 2010s era we need to bring back ‘what the hap is fuckening’ because honestly… what the hap is fuckening lately brother

“ They… can recite every number of Pi backwards.”

Hey Mark

what’s the first number they’ll say?

hi, you there who are or are thinking about spending all day in bed, it’s okay, I’m not telling you to get up. I’d just like to do a quick check in to make sure you’ve got everything you need to be comfortable and safe.

Have you gotten up to take any meds you need?

Do you need to open or close your windows or curtains/blinds to make your environment nicer? (Fresh air, keep the cold out, sunlight/darkness)

Do you have a water bottle or a glass of water easily accessible? (Can also be juice, cordial, a meal replacement drink or anything else)

Do you have any over the counter or prescription as required meds you might need, like painkillers or anti nausea meds?

Is your phone or laptop charged?

Are you wearing comfortable clothing?

Do you have enough blankets/pillows to be warm and comfortable?

Do you have any snacks like fruit or chips or muesli bars in case you can’t get up to make a meal?

Are you able to change positions in bed (or sit up if you’re able)?

Do you have any regulation tools like fidgets, ear plugs, or journaling/art books or low energy hobbies you might want?

Are you being gentle and patient with yourself and your body today?

Thanks for doing this check in with me.
I like to have some of these things prepared on my nightstand, or all together in the same space in my room so I don’t have to do as much work on low energy days.
It can also help to have someone else prepare or get these things for you if you’re unable.
Hope you have an uncomplicated day.

Bedtime Story.

Short story by Jeffery Whitmore! Wanted to make this into a comic for a while :] just in a girl boss sorta mood hehe

elven wizard miku!! yes i forgot to post her yesterday SORRY

rogue miku tomorrow <3

evanescence bring me to life and britney spears toxic are sisters to me

do you see

Their mother

reblog to give a plushie to the person you reblogged this from

i want to lock him in my basement [gets scared about the optics ] with his permission,

First time

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Oh look, it seems like there's a Republican-led movement to purge voter rolls in the lead-up to the election! It's almost as if your vote matters and they don't want you to vote! Anyway, I whipped up a quick map (based on this) that shows when the voter registration deadline is in each state. There are a few deadlines coming up in the next week or so.

If you live in a state that regularly purges voter rolls for infrequent voters (the orange ones in the first map), or if you moved recently, it's good to check if you're still registered to vote.

Vote.org makes it super easy to check your registration: https://www.vote.org/am-i-registered-to-vote/

Just put in your address and DOB and they'll tell you whether you're registered. (And they give you a quick link to register online if it turns out that you're not! Only the 9 states in white on my map don't have online registration, and for those they provide instructions on how to do it via mail or in person.)

So yeah, give yourself peace of mind -- do a quick check. :)

Quick correction - Minnesota has same day voter registration, so if you aren't registered you can bring proof of residence with you and register when you vote, all the way up to election day, November 5.

IIRC Michigan also has in-person voter registration up to election day -- you have to go to your county clerk to register past Oct. 21st.

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Closest match: Leistus spinibarbis genome assembly, chromosome: 17
Common name: Ground Beetle

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i made a ground beetle in spore [2008]

vote for hellsitegenetics so we can battle next round!

So cosy

People who try to copy historical writing styles don't say enough weird stuff in them. I'm listening to a 1909 story about a ghost car right now, and the narrator just said he honked the car horn a bunch of times, but the way he phrased it was "I wrought a wild concerto on the hooter".

:O

I promised somewhere that I'll paint Ashton with a regular face angle and here it is c:

hey don’t cry. trees grow out of the ground.

the night sky has sparkles on it

the creatures live in the grass.

The image captures the miraculous moment when the rays of sun hit a rare cloud called a pile cloud, and the angle and other subtle conditions are reflected in a divine rainbow color. (Source)

ALL HAIL THE GLOW CLOUD

“what that mouth do” gnaw on bone and chew through ligaments

Murderbot literally gave itself idle animations

I've literally imagined Murderbot getting pissed at itself of doing its idles because that means it's been idle for long enough to do them. Just imagine it yawning, looking at its own hand and going:

"For fuck's sake we've been sitting here doing nothing for long enough for me to trigger a yawn! Do you know how often that happens? Random intervals of 3-5 minutes of being idle. I repeat, 3-5 minutes. Long fucking time."

This lever makes a new guy and buddy I'm about to crank it.

Her name is FIGGLY LILYPAD and she was born right here in the Little Guys Institute!!

And this lever over here gives her an OFFICE JOB WITH A SALARY!!

No more frolicking for you! Time to join the workforce!

how could you

pulls the unemployment lever

NO, STOP! YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE AQUIRING DEBT AND THEN PAYING IT OFF!!

I've accidentally type perv instead of prev before and that's actually funnier to me. I agree with what the pervert before me said

I forgot what the tags were but it was something innocuous like "#my favorite fruit is strawberries 😄" and I was basically like "#<- this twisted sexual deviant is correct"