Griminy Cricket

Dear Internet, I'm me. I'm a trans guy. Sometimes I write. Those two things are very connected. Love, Griminy

[pangur-and-grim]

yeah whatever, you can sit there

[pangur-and-grim]

now, I don’t know if you can sit there. that laptop was open for a reason

[mgsr]

cats will be like please i need you to watch me wiggle around on this carpet please hey look look please look at me i’m wiggling

[bentclaw]

[me-and-my-gaster]

Possible Ko-Fi scam, beware.

I got this message today on my Ko-fi inbox. It seemed sus, so I didn't use the link and went to my profile to see if there's anything that needs approval. Everything there seems fine.

It MIGHT be a scam. Especially since ko-fi automated mail said 'Support sent you a direct message'. Which... doesn't sound like something actual site would send if there WAS an issue. The user is just named 'Support'.

Let me know if anyone else had this happen.

[scam-alerts]

It would seem that the 'verify your account' scam is now on ko-fi, be careful ko-fi users!

Remember to read the full url path!

ko-fi.com (real) is NOT the same as ko-fi.editprofile.my (scam website)

This means the actual website, the SCAM website, is editprofile.my.

If you don't know how urls work see my reblog here:

Reblog by @scam-alerts · 1 image

💬 0  🔁 105  ❤️ 92 · These scams fall in line with a lot of the: 'There was an error delivering your package' <insert fake UPS/Fedex' link h

[rimonoroni2]

what people don’t understand about how adhd is disabling is that it’s not just getting temporarily distracted from, like, school work or hobbies. it’s getting distracted/being unable to motivate yourself to go to the doctor, eat regularly, do hygiene tasks, etc. it’s not knowing when or how long it will take you to do something, ANYTHING, and in many cases that thing is taking a shower or keeping your house from turning into a biohazard. it’s about being fundamentally incapable of controlling your attention and focus on anything, even and especially things you need to do to survive.

[sleepy-seal]

im being so serious when i say this but we need to bring back the "my genitals are none of your business" "if gender is whats in my pants then my gender is some loose change" mentality from the late 2010's because too many people on here are openly flirting with exclusionary people who spout enbyphobic rhetoric. stop caring about what people's agabs are you assholes. they literally mean nothing. they're not a zodiac sign or indicative of people's character. you are not wholly pure or wholly evil because of your assigned sex. you're just a person.

[ash-and-art]

"what genitals do you have?" Is sexual harassment regardless if its from a security guard or a chronically online furry

[moveslikekeithrichards]

the role of the person in the passenger seat is not only navigator but secretary as well. you have to type up the drivers messages to random ladies on facebook about cbd cream & google whether that billy joel song was the theme song for that show or not

[moveslikekeithrichards]

you also have to provide a henchmans disdainful scowl at whoever the driver is flipping off in the target parking lot

[the-apocrypha]

other assorted roles may include

retrieval team for objects in the backseat

custodian of the parking garage tickets

"All clear my way"

en-route dining concierge

announcing "Horses!" when there are horses

[lynx-girl]

Don't forget the Tommy Gun

[help-my-ocs-breached-containmen]

You should never forget the Tommy Gun

[worldheritagepostorganization]

World Heritage Post

[redhairandpronouns]

just go find a drug dealer bro. just go take some unregulated street drugs. its just a felony no big deal why are you being such a pussy about it. it's not like testosterone has any medical effects on your body that might interact with other medical conditions or medications or anything that might need to be monitered. you're just making up problems at this point

[salmonandsoup]

get peer approved

[calciumcryptid]

I feel like a lot of people get "All Art is Political" confused with "All Art is made with Political Intentions" which is not the same.

[cantabilechaos]

I like when cats are like busy doing something and not really in the mood to be pet so they like walk past you at exactly the right distance to be just barely out of reach and if you lean forward they very slightly increase their pace to avoid getting caught in the affection zone. Like oh sorry sir I didn’t realize you were in the middle of important business. We can reschedule this for another time

[redstonedust]

well, no, i didn’t expect leopards to eat my face, but this obviously wasn’t what the leopards eating people's face party wanted. they were stifled by their opposition and bureaucratic red tape! i think we should give more power to the leopard eating face party, so the leopards only eat the faces of people who deserve it. plus they just put a new leopard in charge of the face eating, and i think this one really brings something new to the table. so yes i'm voting for the leopards eating people's face party again. why wouldn't i.

[sizzlingsandwichperfection-blog]

have you guys been on the rest of the internet? because as bad as this, that shit is terrible.

tumblr is reduced harm internet.

[sizzlingsandwichperfection-blog]

oh wait just realized i can edit my own posts.

like you can't edit reblogs anymore but you can still edit your own post even after it has a thousand notes or whatever.

[sizzlingsandwichperfection-blog]

i have the opportunity to do the funniest thing.

[pangur-and-grim]

I’m teaching him how to operate light switches

[pangur-and-grim]

you're not going to believe it, but this is now a problem

[creatingblackcharacters]

so, i noticed that in “sinners,” remmick is portrayed as playing a banjo when he performs. that piqued my interest because i know somebody, hannah mayree, who runs something called the “Black banjo reclamation project” which aims to educate people about the banjo’s african origins and history in Black music, accepts donations of banjos to be distributed for free to Black folks who are interested in playing, and offers shows and events oriented toward helping Black people reconnect to their roots through this instrument.

there’s a campout that starts tomorrow, june 4th, and an online study group that starts this weekend, june 6th, and some events and shows this summer that look really fun. there’s also a newsletter for any future events!

looks like i can’t put the link to the website, but it’s just the name of the project dot org

I have always loved a good banjo. It's crazy bc it's from Africa, but it always gets a bad rap as a Southern White Hick stereotype. Which, interestingly enough, is probably why they gave it to Remmick. A sort of sign that even in this, he's trying to use Our Music to get Inside to Us. But anyway, somebody shredding on a banjo is 🤌🏾🔥

I'd actually love to participate in something like that, because I gave up on this guitar 😭 I don't have the memory and focus anymore to teach myself music.

[rockatanskette]

This seems like a great place to plug the full-length documentary about the all-Black old-time string band Carolina Chocolate Drops:

They formed at a Black Banjo Gathering in North Carolina in 2005 and have been a big influence in the revival of Black traditional/string band/old-time/folk music in general but also from the Piedmont region of the Carolinas.

I especially like this documentary because they talk about how you take a style of music that's been whitewashed/repressed and bring it back for a modern audience, while repairing its ties to and honoring the Black ancestors who played it first. The origins of the banjo are a huge part of that and a huge part of the documentary.

[vatio-nuked]

Donate to Justice for Cyrus Carmack-Belton, organized by Todd Rutherford

We have started this GoFundMe to help support the family of Cyrus Carmack-Belton and … Todd Rutherford needs your support for Justice for Cy

the upcoming civil case is going to be his family's next chance at legal justice, but the legal feels are going to become TREMENDOUS

[gahdamnpunk]

Can you imagine the heat?? Badass af

[nordichealthnut]

How could you forget all the cool heavy metal ladies!? The metal scene of Botswana is NOT just a boys club

[joshscorcher]

Botswana Metal aesthetic is something I never knew I needed until it was shown to me.

[creatingblackcharacters]

I know this is a page that is intended for the purpose of discussing Black characters, however I have seen discussion of race and racism in general so I hope this is fine to ask on this blog specifically:

So I was driving with my dad earlier and he was discussing a house he used to live in (we are both white) and said that it was in a "bad part of town" and referred to this part as "the hood". Now I know these are terms with a lot of racial history and often are meant to refer to the amount of Black people in an area, but he wasn't incorrect that it is an underprivileged and often more dangerous area. How should I handle a situation like this? What should he have said if he still wanted to convey that it was a dangerous area? Or is there no reason to emphasize the specific danger of these places as compared to others?

Thank you for your time

Ask him "what makes it the bad part of town? WHY?" "Why do you call it the hood?" This my friend, is what we call a dog whistle!

Make him SAY the quiet part out loud! Because the reason those neighborhoods are impoverished and full of Black people and Latinos is very purposeful and systemic! There's a REASON that we got pushed into ghettos and projects! There's a reason it's called "the hood"!

He could have just said "this area is underprivileged and has a higher rate of crime". You know, like you did. Because if he's calling it run down, poverty begets poverty. People who are cared for and have what they need socioeconomically tend to commit less crime. He specifically used racially charged (yet color-blind!) words to describe the area. It also doesn't help that Black and Brown neighborhoods are more policed- so there could be the same amount of crime happening (if not more so!) in the white trash section of town, but will be addressed less because of less policing.

I would recommend The New Jim Crow, personally. For you and your Dad. I also enjoyed Rise of the Warrior Cop;, though it can be very centrist at times, more than I like, the numbers are undeniable.