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cikero

did anyone else see that seal that just ended up on the street in connecticut

cikero

bonyassfish

No place for a little seal

batmanisagatewaydrug

idk man I know it's been said many times that this website is grieviously white (and I am of course. Part Of That) but it's genuinely kind of astonishing (derogatory) to accept even very mild criticism of (I think sincerely unintentional) racism/colonialism/xenophobia as a serious argument and not as an excuse to cover for personal discomfort. like the utter skepticism that that's an argument anyone would make entirely on its own merit is... telling, to put it lightly! not that that's a new realization either; you see it constantly with individuals racialized as non-white being treated as if they're needlessly stirring the pot when they point out racism in their friendships, workplaces, fandom and hobby spaces, etc.

santijpg-gone-deactivated202303

americans are like i was gifted child but also i didnt learn other countries existed until i was 35 years old

santijpg-gone-deactivated202303

making this post ruined my life

#some of you didn't take World Geopolitics at nerd camp and it shows #look I barely qualified as gifted but my intellect was evenly distributed at least #don't know if it still is I've mostly focused on learning STEM stuff in my professional life #and no one who tests you on non-professional matters is worth answering much less finding out your grade

dogpuppy

makrustic

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batmanisagatewaydrug

i’m entitled to you telling me every detail about your personal life, because you’ve already shared some details about it.

it all started when I was born in Monowi, Nebraska, in 1983

batmanisagatewaydrug

my father was a sailor and my mother was an infamously corrupt escheator

batmanisagatewaydrug

I was born in a blizzard. it was February 29th and the moon was full.

batmanisagatewaydrug

literally my birthday...

dogpuppy

dangerous-crow-boy

Haven’t posted about plastic in a minute. Rest assured, I am still hard at work eating all plastic on earth

dangerous-crow-boy

They could never hurt me in any way that matters. I will not be kept from my calling

assiraphales

frodo getting criticized for decades for not doing much / not being a hero compared to sam is fitting when you consider mental health and strength is often trivialized. frodo carried the most dangerous and insidious item in middle earth for YEARS. ancient beings (elves, gandalf, etc) were taunted and tempted by it. boromir was corrupted within weeks without even touching it. men and hobbits turned against their brethren for it. killed for it. and frodo, with a wound from a morgul knife, bore it’s weight when no one else could. had it been anyone else, middle earth would have fallen.

no, he couldn’t have done it without his samwise. but isn’t that a lesson in itself?

makingqueerhistory

taylor-titmouse

there was once a story you told here when i first discovered this blog (and was an egg) about how trying on a strap-on at a party was part of the "hold up" moment on your journey. I was like "oh huh, indeed, very interesting to think about" and then moved on with my life and kinda forgot for a while. I think it un-dormanted the bulb in my brain, cuz eventually, i dreamt i had a penis and when i woke up i was like "bwuh... ...where is peebis..." and now im trying out a new name this month so thankss!!

lmaaaaaoooo. yeah that is a true story about me. good luck on your journey!!!!! i hope you find happeebis

cosmonautroger

jellyfish babies

#look at 'em go!

dethrood

☠️☠️☠️ KAIJUNE ☠️☠️☠️

glxtter-moved-deactivated202001

ashyminivet

india is not a democracy anymore.

everyone needs to hear about the situation in india right now. the youth of this nation are going through hell and back to protect the foundations that our country was built on in the first place, while the adults who are supposed to actually be in charge try to silence our voices.

NEET, which is an exam taken by millions of students per year and is the ONLY gateway for medical admissions across the country, had its papers leaked. so many took their lives because this exam meant everything for their future. and NTA, the agency who conducts this exam, was not held accountable.

there was national backlash. cockroach janta party (initially a satirical political party formed by abhijeet dipke in retaliation to the remarks of the chief justice of india calling the youth "cockroaches" and "parasites of society") started protests at jantar mantar, demanding the resignation of the union education minister, dharmendra pradhan. the movement also asked for ten million inr (~100,000 usd) in compensation for the families of students who died by suicide and wanted NTA be held accountable.

sonam wangchuk, a climate activist and education reformer, also went on a hunger strike at jantar mantar to protest against this corruption in india's higher education system. his fast began on june 28, demanding the resignation of the union education minister. his fast lasted for 20 days until delhi police FORCIBLY removed him and admitted him to safdarjung hospital on july 18.

because of this, cockroach janta party announced "chalo sansad," a march to the parliament beginning on june 20th, 9:00 am ist. but the police seems to be responding with water cannons, mobile jammers, and baton charge. all of this, because of a peaceful protest led by people no older than 30.

and yet there has been absolutely no indian media coverage about a movement that spans the entirety of this nation. so, please, if you see this, keep talking about us. we will not let those old bastards stoop any lower than they've already had. we will not let them ruin our country any further. we will not be silenced

your-mom-friend

Please look it up. Students have been beaten bloody. They’re using electrified batons. They’re using batons with nails hammered in. They’re dragging people off and locking them up for no reason. People are being beaten, assaulted, and even molested by the police.

The government is doing everything it can except for actually having an honest dialogue with the protestors.

It’s important to note that despite all the police brutality, despite how the government has had extra forces airlifted to Delhi to help quash the protest, this has deterred no one.

Not only is the protest in Delhi going strong, the government closed down every metro station in Central Delhi in an effort to stop them and it still hasn’t.

There’s protests in most major cities in India in solidarity. Palakkad, Chennai, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Bangalore, Kochi, and probably more besides. There has been a protest in the UK as well in solidarity.

People who aren’t at the protest are donating so much food that the organisers have had to ask them to stop doing so because there’s more than enough. In lieu of that people are donating money for medicine, lawyers, cleanup, and umbrellas.

Most crucially, hopes aren’t broken. Spirits aren’t broken. People with bruises and broken bones are still showing up. People are showing up cosplaying as freedom fighters and super heroes and a dinosaur. People are doxxing goons who show up trying to incite violence. People are making reels. People in Mumbai literally opened a moving police detainment van to allow arrested students to escape.

*all links lead to Instagram posts or reels showing the same. Almost every major Indian news network has been bought and either ignores the protests or depicts them unfairly. All honest news comes from people on the ground and smaller independent news outlets.