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[akajustmerry]

may 2026 bring us closer to a Palestine liberated from zionist occupation, and a Democratic Republic of Congo and Sudan free from proxy exploitation. May 2026 see more people gain the courage to make the world a little better than before. May we all remember to tend seeds whose trees we may never sit beneath. Consider donating to/sharing The Sameer Project, or Khartoum Aid Kitchen or Focus Congo. All power to all the people. Happy new year.

[lelif]

on survival

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[littlemedievalbitch]

evary cat is a little celebrity 2 me

[windtraces]

baklava is yummy but it's delicious

[garbage-empress]

I'm glad that we're finally talking about the negative aspects of baklava

[iwilleatyourenglish]

something i have always found really weird is when english texts italicize words from other languages.

i remember reading a book as a kid and the author continually italicizing the word tamales

[iwilleatyourenglish]

[official-linguistics-post]

official linguistics post

[roundabout-declarations]

poem i wrote for @montereybayaquarium and @mbari-blog's winter art theme. (day 11's theme was precious, which is exactly how i felt about these kids.)

full poem text underneath the cut.

based on my very real experience of working at an underfunded elementary school and being the under-trained lead teacher for a week while they learned about the ocean.

Whale fall Room 303 is learning about the ocean

I'm reading them a book about whale fall

They listen, rapt, eyes wide and mouths

open like so many gasping fish

"Ew" and "Gross" and shrieks ready behind

the ridges of their gums

But they refrain, for now,

Too entranced by the cycle of life

The cycle of death

The cycle of nourishment

A closed loop, a noose, an engagement ring,

the rotating plate of a microwave  

Room 303 goes to recess

I watch over them and wonder

If they know they're dancing in whale fall

If they know how thoroughly they may be failed

If they do not learn to sustain themselves on scraps

Life flourishes, in the deepest oceans, in the coldest climates,

in the ribcage of the whale, in the belly of the beast

Life can flourish here, too

That's what I tell myself

  The children of Room 303 will feast one day

They will inherit the earth in a state unfit to be passed down

They will rage and resent and renew

And I will regret, already do

regret, not serving them as an anchor longer

For rusting all the way through  

The children of Room 303 do not belong there any more than I did

May they be guided by their own light

May they wield their bioluminescence with conviction and joy

May they grow into a thousand forms that have yet to be discovered

But for today, let them dance in the whale fall

Let them think this is all the world is

And find peace in ignorance of abundance

And find joy in the taste of what trickles down to them

[montereybayaquarium]

🩵

[wellwaterhysteria]

if i don't get to speak in hyperbole (which is my greatest joy in life) literally every single day i will explode and die.

[sproutrage]

what it's like every time I open procreate

[jennyforeigner]

Just got a chatgpt ad where the use case was "can't decide a new years resolution". I can't think of anything more sad than needing a robot to tell you what your own ambitions are. Loser shit.

[hopeless-eccentric]

(mid-divorce) the american education system never taught me how to cherish a woman

[punkrock-bottom]

It’s so fucked up that experiences from previous relationships can forever impact your ability to form and maintain new relationships. They should patch that out

[meloncholy-solstice]

Its so funny being a person who loves to chat but never knows what to talk about. I feel like Hi Can we play staring and breathing together.

[important-animal-images]

[niceferatu]

this happened to my friends Jonathan and Thomas actually

[targetedknowledge]

[krasnoarmeyets]

anyway you should always remember that all those foreigners you see dying on the news are just as real people as you are who have just as much interiority as you do. there is nothing about you that makes you more important and it is by pure chance that you are not in their position. in fact, this holds for all of history. every person, no matter the horror of the fate that befell them, had just as much interiority as you do. i feel like some people haven't fully internalized this.

[krasnoarmeyets]

let's use this post for something good. if you are considering being annoying in my notes, please instead consider donating to gaza soup kitchen. thanks!

[smokeydabear420422]

[bebewrites]

woop there it is