ancient wyrm

they/them. i'm 25, i like nice smells, I'm gay and i love to relax. follow my aesth blog @wormswood

[mothpoem]

so direct action is not an option available to you. what can you do right now instead?

Be mindful of the content you’re putting on your social media accounts. Stop retweeting/reposting violent images and videos of black people dying. Know that content like this, even with trigger warnings included, can be very emotionally disturbing/distressing and yes, even traumatic, for black people navigating the internet right now.

Report any images and videos you see where protestors’ faces are visible/unblurred, particularly in content surrounding the lootings. Don’t retweet or repost these images and videos. This can be a death sentence. 

DONATE, PARTICULARLY TO MINNESOTA-BASED BLACK YOUTH MOVEMENTS / MUTUAL AID FUNDS WHO ARE DOING WORK ON THE GROUND. FOLLOW/BOOST IF YOU CAN’T.

• The Minnesota Freedom Fund, a mutual aid group fighting back against the unjust MN bail system, is taking donations. (Twitter)

• The Black Visions Collective, a Minnesota-based freedom fighter organization creating campaigns for justice, is taking donations. (Twitter)

• Reclaim the Block, a coalition to demand that Minneapolis divest from policing, is taking donations. (Twitter)

• Crowdfunding for black trans people in need thread. 

• Comprehensive Minnesota bail fund/support document for May and June.

[kwillow]

A Memorial Fund created by George Floyd’s sister is here.

[hungry-joe]

Hey so MFF has asked people to switch over where they’re donating due to the flood of support, link to the links here

[gay-irl]

[1dietcokeinacan]

“This Is Why You’re Always So Tired”

[durianpunk]

These pictures from Faye Wong’s Sing and Play (1998) are so fucking solarpunk. Queen of trends; queen of ecofuturism; queen of aesthetic tbh. 

[foreverfluidfantasy]

[unbossed-deactivated20251218]

“Left to themselves people grow their hair. Left to themselves they take off their shoes. Left to themselves they make love sleep easily share blankets, dope & children they are not lazy or afraid they plant seeds, they smile, they speak to one another. The word coming into its own: touch of love on the brain, the ear. We return with the seas, the tides we return as often as leaves, as numerous as grass, gentle, insistent, we remember the way, our babes toddle barefoot thru the cities of the universe.”

— Diane di Prima, Revolutionary Letter #4

[sovietnam]

[original-syn]

[bentleyhacker]

@aesculin

[koobaxion-deactivated20220403]

[aesculin]

tumblr fucking blows now so I can’t insert an audio file but please listen to Freedom ‘90 while watching thi svideo

[lambily-deactivated20200702]

what do you mean, alex?

[staggot]

this is the most embarrassing thing I’ve ever seen

[aburisasimi]

[bawarementally]

““I do not particularly like the word ‘work.’ Human beings are the only animals who have to work, and I think that is the most ridiculous thing in the world. Other animals make their livings by living, but people work like crazy, thinking that they have to in order to stay alive. The bigger the job, the greater the challenge, the more wonderful they think it is. It would be good to give up that way of thinking and live an easy, comfortable life with plenty of free time. I think that the way animals live in the tropics, stepping outside in the morning and evening to see if there is something to eat, and taking a long nap in the afternoon, must be a wonderful life. For human beings, a life of such simplicity would be possible if one worked to produce directly his daily necessities. In such a life, work is not work as people generally think of it, but simply doing what needs to be done.””

—

Masanobu Fukuoka, The One-Straw Revolution

[guooey]

Written on the Body, Jeanette Winterson

[kelvintimeline]

[whimsycore]

COVID is straight up more deadly for people of color in the western world. Like we’re not going to be the ones screened. If you have mild symptoms they’ll say you’re overreacting. I know especially black people are more at risk because we have a 20% higher chance of having Asthma. 40-60% higher chance of having lupus. And Especially Indigenous and Black people have a History in the US of being denied healthcare

[mmelaninmedicine-deactivated202]

One of the things I’ve learned as a healthcare provider and a person of color is the strongest words you can use against any medical provider is “ I want it documented in my chart that you are refusing to test me OR that you deem this test unnecessary.” The most important part is getting a copy of your discharge paperwork with those words written. Everything in our notes is permissible in court and in healthcare we have a strong saying “ if you didn’t document it then it didn’t happen”. I’d love to say that 99% of physicians do believe they are doing the right thing or making the right judgement call and do not mean any malice or have ill intent towards any patient regardless of the persons race or socioeconomic status but we all know that shit just isn’t true. Trust your healthcare providers but if you don’t feel heard try explaing that to them and if not you can always ask to speak to another provider for a second opinion. We all have bosses just like you do.

[randomfandomteacher]

In Chicago, 70% of COVID-19 Deaths Are Black

Black residents make up only 23% of the population in Cook County, yet they account for more than half of the COVID-19 deaths. A retired nur

[sweetlikeacherry]

[powerfulwizard]

I think cars are too normalized in this society that we live in. Because the concept of them is so weird. I think everyone on the road just forgot that they’re blasting around a 3000 pound chunk of metal at inhuman speeds. Maybe be a little safer about it? Maybe don’t tailgate people? Maybe stop at crosswalks when there are people crossing?

[powerfulwizard]

People really tailgate so pettily and pointlessly even though that shit (which once again accomplishes nothing) causes the most rear end accidents.... cringe

[powerfulwizard]