The Ætherograph

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[aetherograph]

I believe play is the point.

I believe they are human rights, not good person rights.

I believe there is no such thing as an honourable sacrifice if that sacrifice is a person.

I believe there is no such thing as a just cause to execute someone.

I believe everyone should have a say in how they are governed, not just people who haven't been convicted of a crime.

I believe there is no such thing as a just cause to enslave someone.

I believe that the whole of this planet runs on love.

I believe that my country is imperfect and it is my job to act toward a kinder and therefore more perfect future.

I believe that Stories are what make us human.

I believe that Love is what makes us Earthlings.

I believe that Hope is not naive but necessary in order to Act for Social Justice.

I believe in Innocent Until Proven Guilty.

I believe that all religions, except Christianity, are true at the same time, and that all deities, spirits, and entities of those faiths are true and real and that you choose which ones to worship and that is when they act upon your life.

I believe that Empires fall, there are no exceptions.

I believe everyone deserves and has a right to food, water, sleep, comfort, montessori education, shelter, peace, identity, literacy, hygeine, healing, community, privacy, just upholding of law, a say in their governance, art, access to the outdoors, play, freedom of speech/press, freedom of assembly, and bodily autonomy.

I believe you get farther with offering solutions that are actionable now rather than only a list of what not to do.

I believe children are the future whether they are my children or not, and that I am obliged to act to make their future better than my past and my present.

I believe in trying to DO better not trying to BE better, because doing is an active verb and being is a passive one.

I believe that humans are part of this great blue spaceship we call Earth, and that we are mostly friendly, loving, and playful, just like most other species on this planet.

That's us. That's everybody that has ever been, and everybody that is now. We're all together here on our blue home in the big sky. 💙

[pi314rate]

Putting this into the void (if anyone knows anything pls help)

Do colleges look at your ao3 when you apply? Mine is connected to the same email I use for college board.

There's some bad stuff on there. One of which is orphaned so I can't delete.

I'm overall a top student but kinda worried.

Should I:

delete my fics?

delete my "bad/problematic" fics?

delete my account?

orphan all my fics?

delete all my "bad/problematic" bookmarks?

Pls help idk if they actually look at this stuff

[alpaca-clouds]

You have to say what country you are in, given it differs. Ao3 does not have the email addresses public, but depending on how you use usernames online it can be traceable. But whether they care about it or are even allowed to look it up depends on your country though.

[westiec]

There is not a way to look up an ao3 account by email. It's not social media, so it doesn't have that "add your contacts" thing, and it isn't going to just pop up in a google search of your email address or anything like that.

(Exception: If your ao3 account name is the exact same things as the part of your email before the @, people may be able to make an educated guess.)

However, I would still advise:

Make a fandom email address.

Like, I am not a college admissions person, I do not know where in the world you are, etc etc, but the simplest and most expedient solution here is to make a second, separate email address — preferably one that does not include your government name — and change your ao3 email to that one.

You can do this by going to Preferences > Change Email on ao3. Very quick and easy.

(As an aside, I run events, and when you sign up for an exchange? The mods can see your email. It's how we send your assignments through ao3. There's a looooootta y'all out here using [email protected] or [email protected] or [email protected] (!!!!) for your ao3 and omg y'all please do not. 🙈)

Fiction is fiction, and it shouldn't matter, but of course we live in the world. I understand your concern. Change your ao3 email, and breathe easy. :)

[aetherograph]

Also, looking you up that way and discriminating against you is probably illegal. Know your rights! If they break the law, TELL THE ATTORNEY GENERAL (or equivalent in your country). Despite what the news reports, laws still matter and there are still consequences and you still have the ability to report wrongdoing and get justice!

[moniquill]

[mxbitters]

h-hey guys

apparently clouded leopards can use their claws to hang upside down

wild huh

[meet-again]

Pics or it didnt happen

[mxbitters]

they just.  they just do that

[meet-again]

:))))

[brainscrems]

Given the context, more like ((((:

[aetherograph]

these have always been my favourite leopards and everything I learn about them just supports that decision.

[apollosfallen]

The only way forward is to stop treating masculinity as synonymous with harmful, monstrous, or dangerous.

[apollosfallen]

There is a fundamental difference between "men are dangerous" (wrong, bioessentialist) and "the patriarchy allows dangerous men to exist unchecked" (true).

[soycrates]

Gentrification creates a stifling homogeneity in urban areas that makes it less suited for the everyday lives of the lower class and more suited towards the leisure and tourism of those with expendable income.

An old, decrepit laundromat gets replaced by an upscale bakery? And people are mad? It’s not that the poor hate organic vegan cupcakes, it’s that most of us don’t have a way to do laundry in our own home.

Run-down corner stores replaced by hand-made designer clothing boutiques? We don’t hate your eco-fabric shawl, but I can’t eat that for dinner after work like I could have a can of beans I grabbed from that corner store when I don’t have time to take the bus to the real grocery store after work.

What gentrification brings in and of itself is not typically bad, it’s that gentrification brings institutions of leisure and pleasure and makes it so that the poor have to go farther out of their way for basic necessities. It turns low-income living spaces into local tourist attractions. It can even create food deserts by putting restaurants, grocery stores, etc. in that the majority of the lower class cannot afford.

Imagine if someone totally renovated your house and turned it into a mini theme park - they took away your sleeping space, where you prepare food, where you clean yourself and get ready for your day, and replaced it with things that will please people who are visiting, who have their own homes they can go back to, who are here not for their entire life but just as a distraction from their otherwise mundane existence. It’s not that you hate theme parks, it’s not like you’ve never been to a theme park and vow to never visit one again. It’s just that you need to live! To survive! And the leisure of those who have more than you should not invalidate your existence.

[soycrates]

I am glad this has made the rounds. Some people feel a dense misunderstanding or misinterpretation concerning gentrification, and I think it helps to hear a description/explanation of what gentrification is from those who are both affected by it and educated by the culture from which it hails. I and many others enjoy some of the delights of gentrification while simultaneously having their livelihoods threatened by it. 

[sacred-portal]

[dsudis]

Maybe... can have shit in Detroit?

Historic wild rice restoration underway in the Detroit River: ‘Living tribute to the First Nations'

Historic wild rice restoration begins in Detroit River as tribal partners work to bring back sacred grain that disappeared from ancestral wa

[aetherograph]

The problem with seeking out obscure films is that you might fall in love with a film you can't fucking FIND!! Not even for ready money!!!

[aetherograph]

this post is about Funnyman (1994)

[space-snowflake-1]

This feels so stupid to communicate via reblog LMAOOO but do you want a link to funnyman ? The whole movie, no ad, I love searching things on the internet and I found your movie.

[aetherograph]

The only place I've found it, though it cuts off the credits and therefore the epilogue, is Youtube. I have an adblocker so youtube has no ads for me.

It's VERY hard to find hard copies of even on ebay and such. Think of it as a live-action R-rated scooby doo where the gang go up against an actual murderous supernatural entity. Also it feels like those 1970s psychadelic movies like the whole movie feels like its on drugs. Many people in the movie ARE on drugs AND I LOVE THIS MOVIE SO SO MUCH.

Killer clown is a trope I hate hate hate, because usually the people doing it are Americans, and the US has no clown tradition and has a cultural phobia of clowns so there aren't any TROPES. The clowns in killer clown movies are just murderous lamps--i.e. you could replace them with a lamp and the movie would not change. This movie actually does CLOWN shit, like he kills people in a specifically clownish silly cartoony way. He acts like the character Mr Punch/Pulcinella/Harlequin and uses UK tropes for clowns and draws on that rich history, so it WORKS. Does the movie always pull this idea off perfectly? No, but like, damn it's the only movie even TRYING to! The actor does an AMAZING job, even if the one-liner jokes in the script aren't always perfectly polished.

Edit: whoops I misread what you said there. Thought you were ASKING for a link. If you have a different link than this that includes the credits I would love to have it thank you so much!

[ravioliet]

"why can't they just be friends?" not in the homophobic sense, but in the "in your need to center romance in everything you are missing the whole point of the media in question" sense

[ld14u2]

At least i dont vape

[dovesndecay]

I see a lot of folks defending their vitriolic repugnance towards toddlers with cries of "but my sensory needs!" as if children are not also in possession of sensory needs. As if you, an adult here on Tumblr.com, do not have the capability and resources to learn the skills or acquire aids for coping with competing access needs. Or, y'know, just the option to leave, the way children most often do not.

You're holding an actual child to higher standards than you hold yourself, but it's the child that should be removed from public and community spaces. For your comfort.

Go fuck yourselves.

[thornendless2498]

As someone with high sensory needs... I do not claim assholes like that.

If you are using your issues to force kids out of public spaces you can go choke on your own saliva. A grocery store is sensory hell on a good day (and that includes without children screaming) but I would never advocate for someone leaving public because their child, who just so happens to be upset or having sensory issues of their own is now screaming or crying in that same store.

If you try to advocate for children (which my brain automatically categorizes as 'anyone under 18' but that's neither here nor there) not being allowed in public spaces because they might cry, or scream, or otherwise make loud noises/throw tantrums, go fuck yourself. I hope you trip and hurt yourself. I HATE you and everyone like you. You are not more important than a child.

[imsopopfly]

It’s like some people have never heard of noise canceling headphones. Or ordering your groceries delivered if you’re having a REALLY bad sensory day. There are a million ways to deal with sensory issues without making it some kid’s problem

[aetherograph]

^^^^^^

Children are legally chattel property. They have almost zero rights and we treat animals better than our own young. It's fucking evil.

YOU are the adult. It's shameful for you to get mad at a child. That is a baby. you really gonna have beef with a BABY??? You're the adult, you are the one with power and responsibility to deal with your own problems. Put some fucking headphones on like the rest of us!

[free-my-mindd]

[byjove]

could you imagine if it happened this pride month

[penandinkprincess]

the real challenge of adulthood that no one tells you about in advance is how many goddamn pieces of paper you have to keep up with that are never important until they are suddenly VERY important

[blu3b3rryj4mp1r3]

beanie baby dragon is crossing your dash

[space-snowflake-1]

I'd love to have a podcast with someone where it's like 10 minutes max per episodes and we talk about the dream(s) we had last night and maybe give a little comment to the meaning we think it had. Then we go to interview people in an hotel and we ask them what they dreamed of and it would be a special episode like maybe episode number 10.

Idk.