Willowlyn’s Thoughts

Bisexual•Cat Mom•Teacher

[cchanticleer]

posting this for no particular reason

[catherinebunnington]

I'm gonna be real explicit because some of y'all are dumb as rocks. If we don't pay for their overpriced bullshit, they will have to make it be more reasonably priced bullshit. Do not buy $70-$80 video games. Don't fucking do it. I don't care that you own every Mario kart and Mario party and Zelda game and that's what you base your personality around. You're gonna have an identity crisis for like 2 months and then they'll lower the prices because we all did good and didn't buy them, and then you can have your favorite piece of shit game, ok?

[theconcealedweapon]

[theconcealedweapon]

[saywhat-politics]

Keep your messaging simple:

“Trump fired everyone in charge of airplane safety, and a week later planes started crashing into each other.”

That’s it. That’s the messaging. Don’t get bogged down disputing Trump’s false claims. Just blame him, in short and repeatable sentences.

[queerculus]

Trump removed bird safety regulations in his first term and now bird flu is killing so many laying hens that eggs are $5 a carton

Trump removed food safety standards his first term and now we have recalls every few weeks

Trump cut the subsidies for the solar farms under construction so now electricity costs more

Trump disbanded the pandemic response team and we now we have bird flu and tuberculosis outbreaks

[shed-some-light]

reminders for today:

if you or someone you know might need it in the next few years, purchase plan b. the shelf life of plan b is 4 years, and we might not be able to access it as easily as we can now in the days ahead.

if you are larger/plus size: go online and purchase ella instead of plan b. plan b is less effective if you aren’t under 160 pounds.

if you can, purchase books that project 2025 is looking to ban.

mass deportations are starting. if you see ice vehicles or agents, yell ice raid and la migra as loud as you can.

if someone asks who you voted for, keep your mouth shut. they’re fishing for traitors.

if anyone, anyone at all asks about your neighbors or their legal status in the us, you know nothing. don’t be the reason that their family is separated.

if anyone asks about your religion or lack thereof, keep it vague. this administration will look for any excuse to persecute you.

your friends are trans or queer? for the next four years they’re not. don’t expose anyone’s status as a trans or queer person to anyone else, even if you think you can trust them.

did someone you know get an abortion? no, they didn’t. they were never pregnant.

in short, don’t be a snitch, and keep to yourself these next four years. we’ll make it through this even if it seems hopeless at times.

this is all i can think of at the moment, but i’ll be adding on to this as the day continues.

we can survive this. we’ve survived before, and we’ll survive again.

[shed-some-light]

[nudityandnerdery]

I want you to remember:

The fascists hate you too and they just will pretend otherwise until after they've killed the rest of us, before they turn on you.

[nudityandnerdery]

Thanks to whoever tried, but I knew they'd never allow it.

[library-graffiti]

Let's do it the old fashioned way. Spread it far and wide.

[arkham]

"they should teach media literacy in schools" english class "they should teach students how to spot misinformation" it's english class "they should teach kids critical thinking" it's called english class

[brionysea]

usamericans, do you remember in the incredibles when syndrome made the robot go haywire just so he could swoop in and 'save the day'

[sea-salted-wolverine]

yeah, it was after the part where Bob nearly kills his boss at the insurance company for denying claims

[ayeforscotland]

As we see a barrage of evil executive orders come in, they are not immediately enforceable and will takes months or years to implement.

That’s still not great, but don’t let these pile up to the point of hopelessness. Take a breath, and look community leaders who will fight it every step of the way.

[everentropy]

Reminder that when Trump was in office before a LOT of his orders got overturned or held up in lower courts for long enough that they became irrelevant. It also does not mean they WILL be enforced. Stand with your community where you can. The fight is not over. Do not obey in advance.

[ayeforscotland]

Last sentence above is the most important. Tyranny requires people to shut up and fall in line. Do not obey in advance.

[pussiesaregod]

once i beat the depression and the burnout and the anxiety and the loneliness and the exhaustion and the guilt and the awkwardness and the apathy and the low income and the chronic illness and the impatience and the vulnerability and the creative block and the capitalism and the cruelty THEN you'll see

[0-lost-heart-0]

So, I have a chronic illness called ulcerative colitis and I have learned a lot as to why I feel certain ways.

My exhaustion is purely from being chronically ill. And the more I take care of it the more energy I slowly accumulate. I still have days with no energy but they become less and less.

Flare ups suck ass. Imagine having to worry where the nearest bathroom is and if you can get there in time. That is my life. And it’s beyond just that. Physical manifestations of my illness occur as well. I get skin issues when I am flaring. So not only am I in pain but my skin is itchy and has acne.

Doctors don’t believe you until you are super sick or having a full on panic attack in their office. I had multiple doctors tell me my weight was the issue and that I needed to drink less caffeine and eat more fiber. And that didn’t help at all. They also thought I was coming to ask for prescription painkillers. Which was far from the damn truth. When I finally met my current team of doctors, I had developed such severe medical anxiety that I full on had a panic attack in the waiting room and in the room with doctor. They saw I was upset and tired of being pushed off. And that I was super sick. Thanks to them I’m medicated and being monitored to ensure it doesn’t worsen.

So the US medical system sucks. It makes people jump through hoops and judges people based on appearance and weight. So if any of you are planning on becoming a doctor, just listen to your patients. Don’t make a judgement call without testing.

[0-lost-heart-0]

Reminders for those who are here from TikTok.

Use today to take care of yourself. I mean it. Get out of bed, brush your teeth, eat something, drink water, take a shower/bath, do things you love, take a nap.

Be gentle with yourself. We lost a battle not a war. Recover, so you can get back to life and then we can start pushing back. They are more scared of us than you think.

[anartisticdreamer0]

not my usual stuff but remember:

if/when tiktok comes back,

it is not the same place. it is not the same. and most importantly do NOT under any circumstances forget that The Tangerine was the one who wanted it banned in the first place and he is no savior, he, like everyone else in government, is doing what benefits him.

DO NOT FORGET THIS.

pick up the patterns, look at history.

[eggsaladstain]

this is truly the funniest timeline

[luckystarchild]

I've been keeping it off my face as much as I can on video, but I'm livid about the TikTok ban.

I have about 100,000 followers on that app. I joined during the pandemic. I was lucky to find a community full of incredible people, many of whom I now consider lifelong friends. Because of the community I found on that app, I found space to experiment with my gender presentation. I was able to come out as nonbinary (to feel SAFE ENOUGH to come out as nonbinary) because of that app.

I've seen a few Tumblr posts in which people gloat they never got into TikTok. Good for you. You won't suffer emotionally, and that makes you feel superior. But if you have no concept of what that app has meant for more than 170,000,000 Americans (that's half of all Americans!), many of whom do not have access to community in physical spaces, kindly sit down.

The ban constitutes the largest mass layoff in American history. We will lose billions of dollars in our domestic economy. Over 7 million small businesses are shuttering because of the ban. You will feel the effect of that whether or not you were on the app. If you can't grasp the significance of that, again: kindly sit down.

The language of the TikTok ban has set a dangerous precedent for the American government to shutter any tech platforms they deem "dangerous" for arbitrary, undisclosed, nebulous reasons. This will affect Americans' ability to organize, spread information, and protest. They have effectively banned our right to assembly in digital spaces. This is the greatest infringement of free speech that has ever occurred in the United States. If you can't grasp the significance of that, either: kindly sit down.

This is bigger than "never falling for the TikTok craze." This is an enormous governmental overreach sanctioned by our own Supreme Court. It's bigger than teens doing silly dances you can sneer at from your smug high horse.

And if you can't grasp that: Kindly. Sit. Down.

[dottysdokis]

pour one out

[0-lost-heart-0]

Well….guess I’m back to my roots? Hello tumblr, haven’t been on here in a hot minute. Back to quietly liking and reposting things here instead of TikTok.

I used to be pretty optimistic they wouldn’t ban it. But being on the app and being kicked off before midnight kinda stung. But that’s the US government for ya. Horrible, seedy, and money driven.

As more rights are stripped away, I hope people start to realize that this isn’t a left or right issue. It is a class issue and has been for many years. It’s always been the 1% in charge. It shouldn’t have taken people downloading Little Red Book to know that we are a third world country wearing a Gucci belt.

Let’s remember we are in this together. We are all humans. And let’s support one another as we go through this uneasy time. Even if all we can feel is dread.