[adandelioninspring]

cw: csa, estrangement, indigenous lateral violence "Salutations, Jules', plural. If the dead one's watching, I haven't seen you in almost two years. If you're alive. I haven't seen you in a year and a half. Either way, miss you. If you're wondering why I'm not in your life anymore, maybe when you're older, you can ask your mom. If you see this first, know that..." full text transcribed, here

[i'm still learning ASL and SimCom both for hearing and to fight off catatonia, please be nice]

[taylortut]

the “sexy lamp test” but for disabled folks: if you can replace your disabled character with a beloved pet dog that needs an expensive surgery to survive then you have to throw out your manuscript 

[taylortut]

reblogging one of my most underrated posts: the dying dog test

[byjove]

Cemeteries are not wastes of space. Historical cemeteries ESPECIALLY are not wastes of space. The fact developers are continuously foaming at the mouth to destroy them and put a strip mall up in their place should make you even more determined to help maintain them. In urban areas, they are a haven for wildlife. They are a green space. If you are too afraid of death to utilize them for that purpose, that is on you.

[zooophagous]

Thank you. Historically cemeteries were treated as parks, and it wasn't uncommon to see people not only enjoying the grounds but actually playing games and having picnics there. Somewhere along the line we decided that these activities were inappropriate and that cemeteries were off limits and now people see them as wasted space because they feel too awkward to enjoy them.

They're not only beautiful green spaces but excellent public displays of history and art history, and if you care to look closely you can find out a lot just by studying stones.

For example- notice how few modern headstones are dedicated to young children versus the ones erected before vaccines were widespread.

The cemetery near here has the state's largest silver maple crowning its grounds. Many of the trees in older cemeteries are some of the largest and oldest trees in an area.

Cemeteries are for the living, not the dead. Enjoy them. Go birdwatching in them. Don't be stupid in them sure but don't be too afraid to touch them either.

And for the love of God don't mindlessly support turning them into parking lots and ""luxury"" condos.

[throathole]

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[trisscar368]

Rule one of fandom: there are some things that only exist for us.

Don’t send actors fics

Don’t give them explicit art ever

Don’t tag them in rpf questions or theories

Don’t try to bring them into fandom drama of any kind

Don’t hold them responsible for what the producers and writers decide

They’re still people.  They have private lives, which do not include fandom.

[thekristen999]

louder for the people in the back!

[thinkanddoodle-batch]

Louder for the media!

[midonz]

Don’t trick crew members into retweeting your crack.

Don’t tell the show runners how to run the show.

Don’t show up on set and threaten suicide if you don’t get to meet your fave. (Yes this has happened).

Don’t harass actors. THEY ARE NOT THEIR CHARACTERS.

Don’t fish for spoilers at cons.

I could go on…

[kill-the-reviews]

DON’T HARASS ACTORS ABOUT YOUR SHIPS

DON’T INVADE THEIR SPACE

[persnickkitty]

small musicians who don't post their lyrics online anywhere. Why do you hate me

[godisafujoshi]

They don’t hate you. It’s just hard for them to use keyboards cause they gotta jump from one button to the next and they aren’t heavy enough to actually press them

[chibifatou]

🛸 .。.:*°　🌙　•　　.°•　　🚀 ✯　.°• ★　*　　　°　　 .。.:*・°.　.°• 🛰 　°· 🪐.　 •　° 　 •  ☄ .。.:* ・°☆. •　.°•💫 .。.:*・°☆.。.:*・°

mutuals look we are in the planetarium together

[havingapoemwithyou]

the 26th birthday poem by Jackson Holbert

[spacefroggoo]

[heartpeacenquiet]

Sending love to those who made it this far without feeling proud of it.

[shalmonsdraws]

honkin yappin

[mountaincripple]

you have got to kill the abled version of you that lives inside your head and makes you feel like dogshit and i’m not joking.

[originalzin]

It especially hits when you've had a good day recently and you're like "Haha holy shit that was rad. Very little pain today, I managed to actually get some shit done? I made progress and people are proud of me 😊"

And then you start treating yourself like that should be your normal, even when you're dragging yourself bloody and bruised towards that finish line. You start comparing yourself to that good day, wondering why you're failing to be *that* you instead of the useless one you are now.

God, fuck those feelings

She said, knowing damn well she'd do it again at some point

[chronicillnesshumor-deactivated]

[homunculus-argument]

I know that I'll certainly never be someone they'd build a memorial for, but if I could get one, I'd like to get one of those park bench statues that are sitting on the bench. Specifically of me sitting casually looking towards the other seat at an angle, looking intrigued with a "surprised but not disappointed" kind of a look on my face. Kind of a "huh, won't you look at that."

I want that specifically so people can make it a meme to post pictures of themselves showing me stuff. Like memes off their phone.

Or maybe things that they are proud of but don't have anyone else to show them to. Like your school graduation papers, this cool knitting project you finally finished, your baby who's never going to see their grandparents.

And I also want a clause that they will absolutely fucking never put those anti-homeless things of any kind on my damn bench. So if there's ever someone who's got nobody else to keep them company, they can at least spend the night with me.

[ayshela]

oh, I like this. As someone they would also never make a memorial to, but someone who has spent their life looking and listening with interest, i would love this. People always have something interesting to show or to tell, if someone is willing to be their audience. I am a willing audience, and I would love to continue to be even after death.

I love this.

[homunculus-argument]

That's kind of how I've been with people in my life. I don't do jack shit but people want to involve me in their own lives because they can tell or show me anything and I don't judge. Which is literally just a way of not doing anything, but it's somehow a form of nothing that they're not used to getting.

[puffbirdstudio]

Since it’s Spotify Wrapped season I thought I’d share this reminder that streaming services are killing the music industry. Musicians can’t make a living like this. If you love an artist, find them on Bandcamp and actually buy their albums.

[void-admin]

Reminder: This friday (December 5th) is Bandcamp Friday! That means 100% of the proceeds from album sales on Bandcamp go directly to the artists you buy from.

[trans-girl-hank-hill]

if you're a resident of the United States, you have likely benefited, in some way, from the continued colonization of Puerto Rico. if you'd like to know more, I highly recommend Nelson A. Denis's War Against All Puerto Ricans, an excellent history of the independentista movement and the fucked up things that the US has done to Puerto Ricans, Nuyoricans, and the whole diasporic community.

free Puerto Rico.

[slayingholofernes]

Hey this site tells you what indigenous land you’re on. If you haven’t already, take time to acknowledge who’s ancestral homeland you live on.

Territory acknowledgement is a way that people insert an awareness of Indigenous presence and land rights in everyday life. All settlers, including recent arrivants, have a responsibility to consider what it means to acknowledge the history and legacy of colonialism.

[chaos-of-nyx]

I was totally expecting this to be a North American map/site, so heads-up that it's absolutely not - it covers the whole world!

I'm not sure how accurate its info is for everywhere, but the Native Land Map checks out for all the places I'm familiar with in Western Australia (although the data on the Placenames Map is a little sparse, but we also don't have as good existing GIS databases for those, so fair)