That Civics 099 tag was a really good idea, huh. I’m not an expert either, but some of the comments I’m seeing on shit, man.
They were barely teaching government classes by the time I got to high school, but either these people just straight up slept through it or those classes don’t exist anymore, I’m not sure which.
It’s no wonder the MAGAts are trying to take down PBS, though.
Can’t have any free (publicly funded, gasp!) educational programming out there, people might get organized and learn how to do something more useful than screeching online about how horrible everything is.
Nope. Can’t have that.
Anyway, I’m going to keep collecting explainers and other useful breakdown stuff under #Civics 099, because I could use the refresher and other people might find it useful in targeting their efforts.
Edit: The tag “how to help” might also be of interest, and anything about Donnie himself is tagged “His Fraudulency”.
(Musk’s is “Extended Stench”)
magicalgirlmindcrank:
There was something a trans woman said to us long before we came to realize ourselves. I think this was back in 2008 or so, I can hardly be sure of the time or site, and those specifics aren’t important. We had exchanged DMs on most days for a while, and I asked her how she was doing. She replied, “I looked in the mirror and there was a pretty woman with stubble staring back at me.”
I recall asking her whether this was a good thing or not, and she affirmed it was. Her body felt like hers, and she could only see herself as a girl, regardless of such things. She had simply admired her reflection for what it is, shaved, and moved happily on.
I think why it stuck with us for so long, was that it was the first time I had heard a trans woman talk about herself in such a way. I was in a few lgbt groups at the time, identifying as a gay man, and had interacted with them a number of times, finding them good company and relatable for reasons that needed another few years to come out. They had always couched such things in disappointment, as though any incongruence with femininity had snatched all the joy it brought them.
This was the first time it occurred to me, that you could learn to see yourself as inalienably feminine. That your body is a woman’s body, if you want it to be, and nothing can take from you.
thebibliosphere:
This is your reminder that if you are feeling helpless and cannot be on the front lines, there are other ways to help.
People need to be fed. Check to see what your local food pantry situation is. Make hot meals for people you know have been out in the cold for hours on end. Emergency kits for field medics need to be supplied. People need help getting to the pharmacy, the grocery store. Help shovel your neighbor’s sidewalk if you’re able. Find a way to do something.
Build connections. Build community. They want us frightened and isolated. Refuse.
libraford:
damnfool-of-a-took:
helenvaughans:
^^^ This. The COMBINED population of the Twin Cities (Minneapolis and St. Paul) is only about 2.6 million. That’s not small town numbers, sure, but compared to NYC (20.1 million in the metropolitan area)? LA? (12.9 million “”)?
Minneapolis is being made an example of because they’re the most bitesized target, and if you’re doing a shock and awe campaign like this you need to not choke on national tv.
(And they’re still having to fight for it. Minneapolis isn’t taking this laying down, and more power to them for their courage.)
Just as a side note, ICE raids are currently also happening in Columbus OH- which is double the size of Minneapolis but still much smaller than Chicago or LA.
Also this! Just because Minneapolis is dealing with the largest ICE operation and getting more media attention right now does not mean that ICE isn’t still an active threat in other parts of the country.
moderndryad3:
shabbytigers:
ANHEDONIA REMEDIES!
GET YOUR ANHEDONIA REMEDIES HERE!
if you are lost in the rut, i am begging you to read this essay by Sasha Chapin suggesting what, essentially, my take, are potential jump-starts back into living life in real time. like actually experiencing experiences
do it now! don’t lose months, years, or decades! there is a life beyond doomscrolling, and it’s finite (sorry. sorry. i know okay)
Ok I found this genuinely helpful today, having recently been dealing with long-term stress and a creeping amount of anhedonia. There are several brilliant ideas in here, I highly recommend giving it a read.
helenvaughans:
^^^ This. The COMBINED population of the Twin Cities (Minneapolis and St. Paul) is only about 2.6 million. That’s not small town numbers, sure, but compared to NYC (20.1 million in the metropolitan area)? LA? (12.9 million “”)?
Minneapolis is being made an example of because they’re the most bitesized target, and if you’re doing a shock and awe campaign like this you need to not choke on national tv.
(And they’re still having to fight for it. Minneapolis isn’t taking this laying down, and more power to them for their courage.)
gender-trash:
i don’t know what’s going on lately with people going “oooh maybe chinese state censorship is a good idea oooooh” but like, they keep sending BL (boys’ love, also known as danmei, basically equivalent to yaoi) webnovel authors to prison, dude. this is far from the biggest problem with the CCP, to be clear. but they very much are sending BL webnovel authors to prison for selling webnovels with gay sex in them. it’s such a fundamentally unserious take — it’s one thing if you have zero exposure to the chinese-language internet, and you’re posting Takes based on rumors of rumors of party propaganda that it is Healthy for Youths to never accidentally run across Bad Content (such as a webnovel with gay sex in it), but if you brand yourself as A China Watcher or like your whole thing is blogging about china and you’re popping up with “oh i think the Great Firewall might be good” i think you should have to tithe all your substack revenue to BL webnovel authors who have been imprisoned for writing BL webnovels.
paulgadzikowski:
fremedon:
rat-girl-big-tits:
ruckuscauser:
shredsandpatches:
genteelblackhole42:
finally-figured-it-out:
finally-figured-it-out:
There was a young man from Peru
Whose limericks stopped at line two
There once was a man from Verdun
There once was a man from the sticks
Whose limericks stopped at line six.
They were fine till line five
Then they took quite a dive —
But the problem is easy to fix
If you just ignore the last line, it doesn’t even follow the rhyme scheme oh god I’ve really lost control of this thing I’m so sorry…
There once was a man
From Cork who got limericks
And haiku confused.
There once was a man from the sticks
Who liked to compose limericks
But he failed at the sport
Because he wrote them too short
@limerickshere
There once was a fellow named Dan,
Whose poetry never would scan.
When told this was so,
He replied, “Yes, I know–
It’s because I try to squeeze as many syllables into the last line as I possibly can.”
On Tumblr did lasses and lads
Their way with fail poetry had.
You’re having your fun
But you’re fooling no one -
It takes skill to do something this bad.
floratropics:
i’m super curious to see what the responses to this are
feel free to put why you do/don’t shave your legs, or any other nuances in the tags! reblogs for reach are appreciated :)
gerardsofarchive:
I’m curious. Tag this with your sexuality and what your favorite M/F ship is.
skelotan:
A lot of public media will be destroyed by this. Public TV and radio are vital for rural areas in our country, and without them, anyone living there will have a difficult time finding out about important news in their area.
One thing you can do is find your local PBS station and click “donate” at the top of the page. https://www.pbs.org/stations/
hesperocyon-lesbian:
A whistleblower at the fascist DHS has released the names of 4,500 ICE and Border Patrol agents, providing an unprecedented means to monitor and counter their local presence
amythewhore:
kshkonskpon:
Periodic Table of the Polycules, by u/aprilarcus on Reddit
The unicorn quad must be achieved
The unicorn quad has been achieved and tbh is not an experiment worth repeating
source: done it 👍
auxryn:
Many people are aware that copyright originated as and remains a protection for publishers, not authors.
However, there are longstanding rights intended to protect authors. These are legally called ‘the moral rights of authors.’ Good naming.
These rights include:
The right to attribution. To have your name on your work. Don’t repost peoples work without attribution.
The right to use a pen name or to publish anonymously. Publishers should protect the privacy of authors. Service providers shouldn’t require posters to provide ID.
The right to integrity. Editors should not cut up your work to make it say something you do not endorse.
So let’s review:
❌ AI harms authors because it violates copyright.
✅ AI harms authors because it violates their rights to attribution and integrity.
lena-oleanderson:
also a poem from the new, unreleased collection. very possibly my own all-time favourite.
