[susiephone]

so frustrating to be a skeptic with a sense of whimsy because like. I want there to be cryptids. I want there to be magic. I want there to be evidence of something we don't fully understand and can't explain. but then 99% of the "proof" out there for that stuff is like. the most obvious scam you've ever seen in your life.

[magpie-rat-king]

#born to be mulder forced to be scully

born to be mulder forced to be scully

[mismaxx]

What is the meaning of international law at this point when some countries are allowed complete impunity to do whatever they want without consequences

[sailor-crusader-deactivated2025]

I wonder how traumatized the average person is. Of course there are specific events, maybe a loved one died or you almost died or your parents abused you etc etc. There's also more existential trauma, like simply being a woman or being racialized or... I dont know. I just wonder if my life is particularly tragic compared to the average person. Like I wonder if most people would think its sad.... ultimately there are many who have it much worse than me. But at the same time ive met people who think parents divorcing is a very severe thing when for me its a simple fact of my life, and not close to the worst thing.

[thatraginglesbian-deactivated20]

knowing u existed when ur grandmother was carrying your mother is such a raw female experience and things like that rlly puts into perspective why men r so jealous and had to come up with whole religions that put like the father the son and the holy ghost above real female power. “you were made from Adam’s rib” yeah haha ok buddy. you’ve existed inside two female reproductive systems before u even knew u were ALIVE and have the gall to say some dumb shit like women come from? A RIB? LMAO

[thatraginglesbian-deactivated20]

the father the son and the holy ghost is definitely not a rip from the maiden mother and crone btw definitely not a womb envy based mantra

[dressed2k1ll]

The first man that deigned to suggest anyone was born of a man should have been laughed out of the tribe and into the wilderness

[self-hating-zionist]

This will make you cry.

[i-am-aprl]

🚀 People trying to blame Iran for this measured and calculated “escalation” conveniently ignore the facts. The real question is why are the UK and US so quick to condemn Iran for its attacks tonight, but so unwilling to condemn the Israeli attack on Iran’s embassy in Syria?

[thoughtportal]

DR ADAM LEVY ClimateAdam ROSEMARY MOSCO

[i-am-aprl]

Palestinian activists get their message across on Londons iconic Tower Bridge landmark- one of the cities most historic buildings. We need a ceasefire now.

[odinsblog]

I personally loved it when she told him to calm down.

[lesbiskammerat]

That’s a pretty cool political opinion you got there dude. Did your web of online friends and mutuals who all subconsciously monitor each other and self-correct in a panopticon-esque fashion to ensure that your views all stay in line with each other’s at all times pick it for you?

[lesbiskammerat]

“I’m safe from having my political views dictated by others because I’m catholic” is probably the funniest thing you could add to this

[sycretsside]

So I just started my short story writing class! These are dialogue tips

[lady-feral]

reference later

[queeranarchism]

As far as I’ve noticed, Tumblr is the only social media still in operation that allows you to add links in your text to provide sources for specific statements without interruption the text.

Which is such an easy elegant way to allow people to fact check your work because they do not need to go through a list of sources below, they can quickly see your specific source per statement.

In the forum world of Internet 1.0, you could do that everywhere. That feature was standard. In internet 2.0, this simple feature is almost entirely gone, because social media designers have stripped out anything that takes you away from the social media platform that you’re on. Gotta maximize that engagement so you generate more content for advertisers.

Now that we know more and more about how much social media feeds misinformation.. it’s worth pointing out that none of the platforms that claim to be fighting disinformation have brought back this feature.

[fruitie]

straight people shut up challenge

[didyouknowmagic]

Frank stop. Go read a book or yell at a cloud it would be just as useful as this statement you left on Twitter.

[tentacleteapot]

He did add this later, which is… something?

[tentacleteapot]

[x] good ending

[zofromoh]

[randomslasher]

This is what people mean when they say that privilege is invisible to the people who have it. It never occurred to him that knowing someone’s orientation would be important to anyone, because to him, a straight man, representation is everywhere. It’s overabundant. It’s so common as to be taken for granted. To him, representation of his sexuality isn’t important because it’s there. 

I love that he learned. I love watching people understand their own blind spots when it comes to privilege. 

[107bees-deactivated20230121]

Can also be filed under: why cancel culture is dumb, people need to make mistakes to grow

[trueloveistreacherous]

The Good Place (2016-2020) Created by Michael Schur

[hmsindecision]

So you are for ableist eugenic abortion and the selective abortion of female fetuses?

This is a logical fallacy known as a loaded question.

What you’re deliberately avoiding is the root of the problems you are suggesting, and conflating individual choice with systemic problems. You’re obfuscating the issue so as to derail the topic.

In simple terms: a woman’s choice to end a pregnancy is influenced by, but should not be dependent upon, the society in which she makes her choice. If she is living in a country which views women as property or as lesser than men, she might be more likely to abort a female fetus. If she lives in an ableist society, she might be more likely to abort a child with a real or perceived disability.

But what possible good could come from forcing women to have all fetuses come to term as far as those issues? Would forcing a woman to carry a child to term that would have, to use myself as an example, bipolar disorder, make anyone more accepting of bipolar disorder? Would forcing a woman in a culture that treats female people like trash to bear a female infant make her culture any less likely to throw the baby in the garbage?

No, it wouldn’t. Restricting women’s rights to make decisions would have no positive impact on any prejudices. It simply pretends that those prejudices are the fault of women and mothers. 

I support abortion in all cases. Societal issues are not solved and wars are not won in a woman’s womb. That organ is hers and hers alone, whatever she believes. 

If you’re interested in creating real change on other issues, I suggest you find a better battleground than women’s flesh. 

[swedepea]

This is the BEST answer, thank you

👏👏👏

[whitepeopletwitter]

[salty-vegan]