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Looking for a clexa fanfiction, clarke and lexa go back in time, they were sent back by people who have been watching them.
In the new timeline they find an old understudied city and it has a nightblood solution I believe. Any help is greatly appreciated
Holy shit i am SO PLEASED TO SEE THIS TWEET ON MY FEED. My mum is one of the people that’s been helping the Djapwurrung people protect these trees for the last two years (the fight to save the sites has been going on for way longer; two years ago was just when works were about to begin, and attempts to stop the destruction moved from council/legal offices to people literally sitting in front of the trees to block access by large machinery), so it’s an issue I’ve been watching from up close, and and it’s one that hasn’t seen mainstream attention, even though it should have.
There is a core group of individuals who have been on site for TWO YEARS. Other volunteers come in and out to help and live onsite for anywhere between a few days to a few months at a time, but there’s a few individuals who have been on country for TWO YEARS, without pause. They have been camping, unceasingly, on the land to protect these sites (several trees with varying types of cultural importance, including an 800 year old birthing tree which has been the site of over 10,000 Djapwurrung babies being born) for two years. The sites haven’t been left unmanned even for a few hours since this all started.
One of these indigenous protectors has:
been deliberately sprayed in the face with weed poison by a local farmer
been endlessly targetted by the local cops, including being arrested for having an expired licence (even though he was driving a truck on a private field at the time, and not out on the road, so there was no grounds to arrest him) and put in jail for several months over this offence (even though a white would never be arrested for an expired licence. In the end when it finally got to court, the judge was like “You’ve imprisoned this man for months for an expired licence? What the fuck, get out of here, charges are dropped, give the man a warning and let him go”
had the local MacDonalds threaten to call the cops on him for the “crime” of loitering (read: eating a meal in-store)
had a different MacDonalds threaten to call the cops because he didn’t want to give the staff his name and phone number (the COVID restrictions require restaraunts to ask for phone numbers in case of a break out so they can notify people, but it’s not actually a requirement of diners to give those details, and the restaurant certainly doesn’t have the grounds to call the cops on someone for not supplying their number)
strained himself so much by insisting on staying on the land to protect the sites that he wound up hospitalised with various illnesses that struck him because he was physically and emotionally exhausted by the whole situation
walked from the site into Melbourne city, on foot, in an effort to raise awareness (over 200 kilometres/41 hours worth of walking)
The front line camp is alongside a busy road, and all the asshole locals and truck drivers who go past that are pissed about the protest make sure to express their displeasure by honking their horns loudly and repeatedly whenever they go by, whether that’s at 2 pm or 2 am, which I’m sure you can imagine does wonders for the protectors ability to get a good night sleep
That’s just a snippet of what this one person has gone through. That doesn’t cover the constant abuse faced by all of them, the attempts at property destruction, the attitude they get by locals whenever they go into town for supplies, the constant red alerts because someone’s heard that the machinery is being mobilised and that they’re moving to start works tomorrow. There were several occasions where police were called to disperse the protectors so that works could begin, and it’s only because there were more protectors than cops that everyone wasn’t arrested and dragged off.
I could literally go on for days with details about this. An archeologist came out to the site and was absolutely staggered by the stuff that was there – in addition to the trees themselves, there was more archeological evidence of the local indigenous tribe that had lived there, sitting untouched on the surface of the earth than this archeologist has seen at any other site throughout Australia. A detailed report was sent to the supposed Minister for the Environment, who summarily ignored it and gave her stamp of approval for the works to commence without reading any of the reports. The protectors went to court over this and it was found that yeah, the Environment Minister hasn’t done her job at all, and a full review has been ordered —- but the works haven’t been cancelled altogether.
All this for a road that will shave a few minutes of travel off the road that currently already exists. All this for a road that’s got a speed limit of 80 that they want to boost to 110. All this for a road that could go a different route. There’s another route available that the protectors have been pitching for since the start, but VicRoads refuses to consider it for reasons they won’t specify.
This route that they’re insistent on not only cuts directly through several indigenous sites (some of the only ones left in Victoriaof this kind) it also costs around $630 million more. This route is full of hills and valleys that need to be flattened, and it’s twisty and turny. The Northern Route - the one protectors have been wanting since the beginning - is flat and straight, will be literal hundreds of millions of dollars less expensive, will take less time to complete, and doesn’t cut through any indigenous sites.
If you could sign this petition, that would be awesome. Here is another petition.
Here is a copy of an academic petition sent by RMIT to the Victorian government, signed by over 150 academics.
Here is an article written by an indigenous woman (which I am not, by the way; I’m just a white woman who is outraged by what my government is trying to do to these people) on the topic that has some more information.
And thank you, @whitepeopletwitter , for sharing this.
People horrifically fucking up facts about evolution and genetics too support their stupid beliefs or to seem smart and “rational” is probably one of my big pet peeves
Yeah. An enormous number of racists, misogynists, homophobes and transphobes I’ve met eventually whip out something about evolutionary biology and they never, ever, ever, ever have the slightest shadow of even a half-right idea what any of it means or ever cite a claim ever actually made by a scientific study.
Here’s a quick handy reference list or anyone who isn’t sure:
Homosexuality does exist in almost all social species.
“Alpha males” are not a real phenomenon and in fact the most aggressive males tend to be the least reproductively successful.
“Survival of the fittest” simply means that the success of a species hinges on how well it “fits” its environment. It does not mean that stronger or smarter individuals are supposed to succeed. Those things can even be a detriment in nature by wasting too many resources.
“Race” is not a biological concept. Someone who looks different from you has the same human genes, just a different grab-bag of dominant traits.
Evolution is not a march towards higher complexity, more intelligence or even more adaptability. It’s just a fluctuation of characteristics dictated by environmental pressures and mutation. A slime mold isn’t “less evolved” than a hawk, just adapted for success under different parameters.
People didn’t evolve “from apes.” It’s more complicated than that. We are a category of ape, sharing a common ancestor with the other apes.
No human on Earth is “closer” to an evolutionary ancestor than any other. We all descended from the same one.
Neanderthals were also a “sibling” species of ours. We didn’t evolve from them.
Some of us did, however, cross-breed with Neandethal man. It is exclusively non-African races, such as white people, who still carry hybrid human/Neanderthal genes. Whoops, sorry “white purity” skinheads, you’re actually mixed with a whole other species.
Some more stuff!
Humans are actually more genetically homogeneous than most people suspect. This is possibly due to a population bottleneck at some point in our evolutionary past. Two chimpanzees from different sides of a jungle are likely more genetically different to each other than any two human beings in the world.
Our big brains may help us use tools, but what was really principal in their development was the need for empathy, communication, and cooperation.
Humans. Are. Social. So social it drove an incredibly energetically costly increase in our brain size. Don’t believe anyone who says its our nature to fight “every man for themself.” We’re humans, not bears. We fight for each other.
And we always have. Fossil remains are found of ancient humans who bore signs of crucial mobility impairments that lived to notable ages. Some even have sticks or other mobility aids – community care and support is our way. We don’t cast off those with impairments, we stand by them.
Human sexual dimorphism is on a decreasing trend. Our ancestors had greater difference in canine size and overall size. Our dimorphism gap has gotten smaller.
Occam’s razor is the principal that whatever is the simplest explanation is probably the most likely one. Don’t believe someone who says the reason we evolved bipedalism is so that males could carry gifts to females to woo them. Yes, this is a real ‘theory’ on how bipedalism evolved.
Skin tone is an adaptation of UV levels vs vitamin D levels. Both come from the sun. UV is harmful, so where sun is plentiful populations develop a darker skin tone for more protection. The skin needs sun to create vitamin D, so where sun is scarce, the skin tone lightens to allow more sun in. This is literally all it is.
Final thing: No one’s mind is really equipped to fully understand how long a billion years is, or a million, or even tens of thousands of years. Evolution takes place over a loooong time. Its very, very, slow, slower than we can really comprehend. We can’t “stand in the way” of natural selection by caring for our ill. We don’t need to “help” evolution in any way. It inevitably happens, but not on any sort of timescale we could possibly affect, so don’t fall for anyone that tells you not to “stand in the way” of natural selection. That’s fascism, and its utterly pseudo-scientific.
Not to mention natural selection doesn’t have a “will” that you can stand in the way of. Its not an entity with wants, its a millions-year long process. And its impossible for our decisions to “stand in its way.” Our decisions to care for one another are what brought our species where it is, plain and simple.
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Hey guys, im looking for the supercorp fic where kara is asexual and lena totally understands and it jist helps show how asexual people feel in relationships.... also lena is a legend in this fic with understanding karas feelings of not wanting to have sex with anyone
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by Elle_Becca
Written for a prompt from tumblr user drunklenaluthor;
“Need me a scene where Kara just barges into Lena’s office, slams a metal box on her pristine white desk, opens it, lets a truth seeker attach to her arm, looks Lena in the eye, and says, Ask me anything.”
Words: 2776, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English
Fandoms: Supergirl (TV 2015)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Categories: F/F
Characters: Kara Danvers, Lena Luthor
Relationships: Kara Danvers/Lena Luthor
Additional Tags: tumblr promt, SuperCorp, Kara Danvers - Freeform, Lena Luthor Needs a Hug, Lena Luthor - Freeform
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Written for drunklenaluthor’s prompt; "Need me a scene where Kara just barges into Lena's office, slams a metal box on her pristine white desk, opens it, lets a truth seeker attach to her arm, looks Lena in the eye, and says, Ask me anything."
https://archiveofourown.org/works/21983002
need me a scene where kara just barges into lena's office, slams a metal box on her pristine white desk, opens it, lets a truth seeker attach to her arm, look lena in the eye, and say,
"Ask me anything."
My addition to this, I couldn’t not write something.
https://archiveofourown.org/works/21983002
“You don’t always realize it, but sometimes you aren’t in love with a person. You’re in love with the way they make you feel. That’s what makes it difficult when they leave. You begin to miss the way you felt, as if nobody could make you feel that way again.”
— ekta somera
Me too
https://archiveofourown.org/works/21485929
It takes them two weeks to rescue the others, Nico doesn’t think she slept more than a total of 24hrs the whole time, too worried about Karolina, too worried about losing her like she lost Amy. She honestly doesn’t remember much of the rescue, the plan had been simple at best, Molly and Alex would go out into a highly populated area with plenty of CCTV, let PRIDE’s system find them and notify the parents, while Nico and Xavin would wait outside Chase’s house. Nico didn’t think it would actually work, but within 20 minutes of Alex letting her know Molly and himself where at their location Xavin and her watched all of them pile into cars and speed off.
The last thing she remembers from the mission is seeing Karolina suspended in a weird looking tank, her eyes closed, unmoving, not even a twitch at the loud explosion she made to get into the room, then the anger took over her, and everything went dark.
When she comes too, it’s to the feeling of fingers trailing down her cheek, the faintest whisper of her name reaching her ears. She tries to open her eyes but they refuse to move, her whole bodying feeling like its being weighed down by lead. She feels those soft fingers blazing a trail down her neck, over her shoulder then slowly down her arm, its isn’t until those fingers slowly run over her hand that she realises she has the Staff of One in a death grip. Soft fingers caress over her hand, she feels a warm puff of air near her neck before she feels it against her ear, the smell of wildflowers taking over her senses as words are whispered into her ear, ‘it’s okay, take down the barrier Nico’. She would recognise that smell anywhere, that voice, Karolina, the second the name pops into her mind Nico releases her hold on the Staff, as soon as her fingers have left the pole she feels the weight lift itself from her body, her eyes no longer feeling like they are sealed shut. Slowly, she forces her eyes open, blinking in an attempt to clear here vision. The second her vision clears her breath catches in her throat.
Karolina is leaning over her, supporting herself on her arms as she looks down at the smaller girl, her blues eyes are shinning with unshed tears as she give Nico a shy smile, ‘Hey’ the word leaves Karolina’s lips in a soft whisper, the sound of her voice washing over Nico, making her body relax even further into the soft bed beneath her, ‘we’re safe Nico’ A feeling of warmth erupts from Nico’s chest and spreads throughout her body – she can hear Karolina talking to her but none of the words are actually registering in her brain, she doesn’t even realise her arms are moving on she sees her hands making their way to Karolina’s, her left palm cups Karolina’s cheek while her right hands curls itself around her neck, her fingers scratching across soft skin. Karolina was here, she was alive.
She can’t process any of the thoughts shooting through her head, it feels like she has no control over anything as this warmth seems to engulph her, a tingling sensation now making its way down her arms to join in the sensation. The feel of Karolina’s skin under her hands, the warmth, spreading throughout her body, the feeling of soft lips meeting hers as she pulls Karolina towards her. Nico isn’t soft with her, she knows she should be, she knows that Karolina is probably weak and needs time to heal but she just can’t stop herself. Karolina is here, she’s alive, Nico needs to feel her, feel the sharp gasp that pushes across her face as she bites on Karolina’s lower lip, feel the tremble running through the blonde girl as she licks her way into her mouth.
A moan escapes Nico as she feels Karolina relax into her, her arms no longer holding her above the shorter girl, one tangling into dark hair while the other finds a slim waist, pulling them closer together. Nico moves her left-hand down Karolina’s body, tugging and pulling at the girl as she continues to explore her mouth, her right hand still gently tugging at the blonde’s girls’ neck, attempting to move the other girl closer, as if she wanted them to become one. Nico feels Karolina pulling away, a soft whine leaving her throat and her hand tightening around the taller girl’s neck as she tries to bring her back towards her.
‘Nico…’ the softness of Karolina’s voice makes Nico open her eyes to look at the other girl, Karolina is looking at her with a soft smile on her face, her eyes shining brightly behind hooded lashes, ‘someone’s knocking’. The words still leave Karolina in a soft whisper as Nico finally registers the banging sound coming from the door to the room. The loud interruption now registering in Nico’s ears she takes a moment to actually assess where she is, with Karolina still laying on top of her she recognises the ceiling of their tree room in the hostel. Breathing out heavily through her nose she readjusts her eyes to focus on Karolina, who is looking at her with a shy smile, happiness shinning in her eyes as she looks down at the smaller girl.
Groaning softly at another pounding to the door, Nico gives Karolina an annoyed look before calling out loud enough for whoever it is to hear, ‘What do you want?!’ the knocking instantly stops. Karolina rolls off, of Nico suddenly as they both hear the door to their room opening.
“oh, thank god, I wasn’t sure when we were going to be able to come and finally check on you’ Leslie stands in the doorway, one eyebrow slightly raised as she appraises the two girls before her.
Coughing slightly, Nico sits up in the bed slowly as she looks at Leslie, she’s standing in the doorway in a light-yellow maternity dress, her belly protruding out in front of her.
‘how long have we been here’ the words don’t register in Nico’s head until Leslie has replied to Karolina, the clear relief in her voice, ‘nearly three days…’
‘what..?’ The words escape Nico’s mouth before she can help herself,
‘you sealed the room the second you got back with Karolina, no one’s been able to get in, Xavins been waiting outside since you got back, they just grabbed me, said they heard a noise…’ Leslie steps into the room, making her way around the bed to the side that Karolina is on, sitting on the edge of the bed she lifts her hand up to her daughters face, her fingers running along blonde hair, ‘how’re you feeling sweetie?”
Nico turns to face Karolina at the question too, her eyes roaming over the other girl, checking for anything untoward.
‘I’m… I actually feel fine?’ the words leave Karolina as a question, unsure as to why she’s feeling perfectly fine. Nico looks down at her staff, reaching for it slowly she picks it up, it takes her a minute to activate it, feeling drained, as if she had been using a lot more magic than that of a barrier spell. ‘Healing spell’
Leslie and Karolina both look over at Nico at her words, Karolina’s eyebrows scrunching together as she appraises the other girl, dark circles rest under Nico’s eyes and her skin is paler then it normally is.
‘Nico…’ Karolina says Nico’s name so softly as she moves to position herself so she’s facing the girl, her mother adjusting herself so she was looking at the smaller girl as well, ‘how do you feel?’ Karolina doesn’t remove her eyes from the other girl, silently waiting for a reply as she continues to appraise the girl’s appearance.
Nico licks her lips, they’re starting to dry out, beginning to chap, she slowly places the Staff of One on the bedside table beside her, her body feeling the relief of not having the staff activated the second the pole retracts into itself. ‘Weak…. Tired… I just need to rest, I must have cast both the boundary and healing spell while we were out’ the words leave her weakly, now that she’s actually paying attention to how she feels, Nico doesn’t even feel like she has the strength to pull herself down into the bed so she’s lying back down. Looking over at Karolina she gives the girl a small smile, trying to appease the look of worry that is shining through those blues eyes, ‘I’m fine Karolina, I just need to sleep some more’
Karolina only continues to look at her, watching as Nico slowly shuffles herself down further into the bed until she’s laying down again, ‘…just need a…. a litt… slee..’ Nico’s passed out before her head even fully hits the pillow, a hmph leaves Karolina’s throat as she moves closer to the small girl, pulling the blanket up around her shoulders, she slowly traces her finger down the sleeping girl’s cheek, moving a few stray stands of her on her way.
‘Karolina…’
Karolina looks back towards her mother at the sounds of her name, making sure to keep her hand in contact with Nico as she gives her mother a small smile ‘I’m going to stay in here mum, make sure she’s okay ’ she looks back to the other girl, a smile gracing her lips as she looks down at Nico’s face, void of any worried lines the smaller girl looks peaceful in her sleep.
‘But Karolina, Xavin….’
A short puff escapes Karolina at the mention of them, ‘Xavin can wait mum, for now though, I’d really love to make sure my girlfriend is okay’ Karolina’s tone leaves no room for arguments as she turns her head to face her mother again.
A small sigh leaves Leslies lips as she regards her daughter, ‘of course honey,’ her eyes flicker down to the hand still resting on Nico’s face and a small smile graces the older women’s lips, ‘I’ll come check on you two tomorrow ‘reaching out, Leslie gives Karolina’s arm a light squeeze before she stands from the bed, making her way to the bedroom door. Just as she’s about to leave, her hand on the door handle reading to pull the door closed behind her, Leslie turns back to the two younger girls. ‘Karolina….’
Leslie waits until her daughters’ eyes are on her again, her eyebrows raised in question at the older women.
‘I know it doesn’t mean much coming from me, but…. But I’m really glad you two have each other’
Leslie doesn’t wait for a reply, simply pulls the door closed quietly after her as she makes her way out of the room. Karolina looks back down at the sleeping girl beside her, a smile pulling at her lips as she drops a kiss to the girl’s forehead, ‘me too mum, me too’.
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