Bookstuffs and Lifestuffs

Proud Jew, proud anti-Zionist Fan of clarinet and books (24 she/her)

[galileosballs]

Yinz do realize that the reason tumblr is doing age verification for the UK and Brazil is that they'll be fined into the sun if they don't. I think it's very reasonable to use this as an opportunity to get on the site's ass about the (let us quite generously say) non-functional mature content filter, but I don't really think it's fair to say 'hey tumblr the only ethical thing to do is to break several laws'.

The blame here rests with the governments of the UK and Brazil. Probably a lot of other places soon. If we hate this, and I certainly do, that's the right lever to pull.

[galileosballs]

Also, wrt the 'third party verification' thing. How much faith do you have in the tumblr devs to make a functional and secure age verification system. Be honest.

[galileosballs]

Not to put too fine a point on it, but this is going to be one of the great political fights of our lives. These bans are broadly popular, across both right and left (for different reasons) in many, many different countries. I've been doing a lot of research on the topic because it's happening in my country too. If we're going to make the case against them, we need to know why people are making these arguments, why they're making them, and how to push back against each argument specifically. The responsible parties here are 100% not the websites. The websites do not want to be doing this. It is against their interests to be doing this. They want as many users as they can get, and it's a huge logistical headache for them that governments are making that harder. You can complain to them all you like and it won't do a damn thing. This is something that every citizen of every country needs to fight for in their country specifically.

[a-literary-dumpster]

I fully support banning social media before a certain age due to the effect it has on children’s mental health.

However, there has to be a more effective way to rollout and mandate age verification. Governments need to consider that without reasonable solutions and an assurance of privacy, people will resort to finding ways around age verification, defeating the entire purpose of these laws.

[a-reads]

Free him

[dcvina-claires]

everyone leave your favorite war criminal in the tags

[a-literary-dumpster]

Having friends with doctorates is crazy. Like what do you mean this man who spent 5 minutes looking for a specific SpongeBob clip so I could understand the reference he was making is doing a post-doc in atmospheric science??????

[a-literary-dumpster]

How embarrassed should I be that I figured out what frottées meant in a cymbal part because of AO3

[a-literary-dumpster]

Dear Google,

What does it mean if he makes fun of you for getting a speeding ticket?

Best!

A

[a-literary-dumpster]

Dear Google,

What does it mean if I genuinely do not remember who this post is about?

Best!

A

[a-literary-dumpster]

When my mom says she googled “why is my cat fat”

[a-literary-dumpster]

sorry I cant come to your wedding rebecca, im going to bukovina

[a-literary-dumpster]

How are your high school bands divided?

One band 9-12

Two bands 9 and 10-12

Two bands 9-10 and 11-12

Bands based on ability

Other (described in tags)

Voting ended onDec 22, 2023

My coworker and I are having a debate

(For non-US people this would be the last four years of schooling before university)

[a-literary-dumpster]

Dear Google,

What does it mean if he makes fun of you for getting a speeding ticket?

Best!

A

[a-literary-dumpster]

Every Rosh Hashanah I remember that when I was a kid I literally thought I would not be inscribed in the book of life if I didn’t behave and therefore actually thought I would die if I did anything bad. Honestly, probably a better motivator than no gifts from Santa.

[uwuplasmiusuwu]

I just remembered my second Pride, where I made different flag themed daisy chain bracelets/necklaces to hand out. I need folks to understand something:

They were free.

They were fucking free.

They were maybe ¢60 of acrylic yarn each at the most, and the whole ziploc bag of them took 2 hours max.

Three people gave me sad eyes until I took their money.

Someone who was clearly the mom friend of their group made me take a $5 and gave a 10 minute pep talk.

At least four more people insisted on getting change to pay for the, once again, free bracelets.

In spite of all these shenanigans, the absolute best was this one person who I can only describe as, “queer surfer dude who looks like a boyfriend who looks like a girlfriend.” I can remember nothing of the outfit, only the impeccable vibes. I did the same thing I did with everyone else, explaining the bracelets were free, and they nodded along as they took the last 6 strand rainbow bracelet. As soon as they had it on their wrist, they pointed at something over my shoulder and, like a fool, I looked.

Next thing I know, they’re running off cackling, yelling, “YOU’LL NEVER CATCH ME!” and I’m holding a fucking $20. I had to stop at least two people from chasing them, cause they thought the person stole something, and then they tried to give me money cause they thought it was funny seeing me flail over people being Too Nice.

That was the year I got reverse-robbed at Pride. I hope everyone out there is having a good time and, in particular, that queer surfer dude is out there still causing benevolent chaos.

[shiftythrifting]

Where are you on the Beet Poot Friends moodboard today?

[charlataninred]

Love how tumblr has its own folk stories. Yeah the God of Arepo we’ve all heard the story and we all still cry about it. Yeah that one about the woman locked up for centuries finally getting free. That one about the witch who would marry anyone who could get her house key from her cat and it’s revealed she IS the cat after the narrator befriends the cat.

[meraarts]

Might I add:

The defeat of the wizard who made people choose how they’d be to be executed

The woman who raised the changeling alongside her biological child

The human who died of radiation poisoning after repairing the spaceship

[eater-of-hopes-and-dreams]

The adventures of a space roomba

Cinderella finding Araura (and falling in love)

I don’t know a snappy description but the my nemesis cynthia story certainly lives in my head

[blitzlowin]

hilariously, these are almost all in my fic tag. so, a compiled list from the notes (and some extras):

The God of Arepo (graphic novel 1 / 2 / 3) (ebook)

The Monster of Sentan

The Witch’s Cat

Raise Both Children

Stabby the Roomba (honorable mention)

Cinderella Marries the Prince (comic)

My Arch Nemesis Cynthia

Pirates and Mermaid

Eindred and the Witch

The Demon King

The Cornerwitch

Grandmother Beetroot

Apocalypse Daycare Worker

Grandmother Accidentally Summons a Demon

New Year Saga

A Story About Changelings

Ranger in the King’s Forest

The Difference Between a Hare and a Rabbit

Goblin Men (Canines)

[charlataninred]

I am in love with you /p

[inkvoices]

Adding Faceblind Prince Charming and Cinderella

[inkvoices]

21. The human who died of radiation poisoning after repairing the spaceship

22. The defeat of the wizard who made people choose how they’d be to be executed

[lightningladybug]

adding the Doctors Without Borders one

[inkvoices]

I LOVE tumblr storytime, so here’s a bunch more your weekend reading. Enjoy!

24. The Queen with Three Cursed Children

25. Tiny Dragon with one coin hoard

26. Haunted house

27. Shark hero was about to go rogue

28. Grandma lives in the woods comic

29. A Different Aftermath comic

30. Battery (microstory but I love it so much)

31. It’s A Date comic

32. Supervillian kidnaps rival’s kid and they want to stay

33. Narrative Town

34. I have been hired to clean the wizard tower comic

35. Robot Apocalypse

36. The Statues That Do Not Weather

37. Kushiel

38. Tooth Fairy

39. Alien abduction

40. Felonious wish-granting

41. When humans met actual space orcs

42. Space cousins

[dannnnnnnnnnnnex]

WAIT REBLOG THIS VERSION INSTEAD

[mutecrows]

43. Ne, Ne

44. Mediocre Superpower

45. The Secret Language

46. The Power of Hope

47. One Last Chance

48. Farmers and Foundlings

49. The Auditor/TEST

50. Suzy of House Miller (wattpad)

[dragonladdie]

Hey remember when they found over 200 bodies of native children buried behind a residential school and the world cared for... what, a week?

They've counted about 6,000-7,000 now, for those of you who do still care

[dragonladdie]

It should NOT fall on Indigenous people's shoulders to keep this known still. We’ve been doing that for generations at this point and NO ONE wants to listen to us.

We’re tired, mourning and constantly reopening our trauma and pain to keep people caring about us. It’s terrible.

[foxgirltail]

I should start by noting that I am white, and not Canadian, and that if op wants me to remove this comment for any reason, please let me know.

This is a map of all the residential schools in Canada:

[link to the article it’s attached to, it’s interactable there, so you can get a better look around]

Each dot on this map represents a residential school. Blue dots mean the school is considered completely searched. Yellow dots mean they are either in the process of being searched or there are plans to be searched. Red dots indicate that no search has happened and that no search is currently planned

There were more than 130 residential schools in Canada. This map suggests that only six have been fully searched, and a little more than a dozen partially searched (I counted 15 yellow dots). That leaves at least 109 schools completely untouched.

Let that sink in; if 6,000-7,000 unmarked, indigenous children’s graves were found by searching less than a fifth of all the schools, how many are still undiscovered.

Wikipedia estimates that the body count could be over 50,000, and honestly, that could be a low estimate

[pronouncingitwang]

[ID: A map of Canada with dozens of dots on it, 6 of which are blue and 7 of which are yellow; the rest are red. Later there is a screenshot from wikipedia reading, “Estimates range from 3,200 to over 50,000 children that were killed. Most of the recorded student deaths at residential schools took place before the 1950s. /end ID]

[femonologue]

The residential school system was a calculated, open, and forthrightly declared attempt at the total genocide of all indigenous peoples in this country. It was literally meant to wipe them out entirely, through a combination of attrition and assimilation.

Never forget that this is what Canada is really built upon.

[jocarthage]

These are the residential schools in the U.S. I've mapped out the ones in California and there are articles about burials on these sites, some marked and some not.

I hope Secretary Haaland's Federal Indian Boarding School Initiative investigates every single one; their report is Due on April 1, 2022,

[spacelazarwolf]

reminder that genocide doesn’t just include ending people’s lives, it includes eradicating their culture. forced assimilation of an entire people is an attempt at genocide.

[khangi]

Also a little add in: states like Texas didn’t have any residential schools because they kicked all the natives out. Not because they’re better.

[theslowesthnery]

the wretched abomination known as the minotaur has discovered some chalk

[a-literary-dumpster]

Jair