we need to buy seasonal vegetables for our table we need to decorate for our chosen holidays we need to engage with a weekly show we need to have semi-regular meal times we need to write down friends' birthdays and have movie night and attend fairs we need to change the flowers on our balcony with plants that can survive the cold and get soil under our fingernails we need to be able to plan and wait and anticipate and find comfort and joy in things leaving but returning we need RITUALS to survive
Im feeling more and more like a genuine refugee. Displaced from my home due to Trans bigotry, and now i can't return to OK. The Great Lakes are my home now, but I know the places I can go to in the USA are limited. There is no true freedom for trans people, and I grieve for every single person we have lost.
I fear for myself and my safety, and the safety of every Trans person in this country.
I miss my home, and these fascist fucks have taken it from me. Fascism in America is hell. Trans people are not terrorists or threats. We are people.
I don’t think I’m ever going to be over Edi Gathegi and can’t help but feel so happy for him with his role in James Gunn’s Superman
For those of you who don’t know Edi Gathegi starred in X-Men First Class as the character Dawrin (aka Armando Muñoz)
Dawrin’s powers are literally super adaptation, his body changes to every possible scenario in order to survive.
Gills to breath under water and fins when submerged
Stone skin when struck with an attack
In space his body will change to be able to breathe, when fire is directed at him he will become fire proof, etc. he is essentially unkillable dude to his mutation!
And yet in the movie he gets introduced solely to be killed
The unkillable, Black, Hispanic, Male, character literally gets killed first and acts as a ‘motivator’ for the rest of the cast even though they hardly mention him after his death.
Edi Gathegi even voiced his concerns, only for the studio to promise him that Darwin would eventually come back and be resurrected in future movies but surprise surprise. That never happened.
Years later James Gunn reaches out and askes him to audition to the point he sees 200 people and still ask if Edi Gathegi’s tape has come in.
Edi Gathegi despite his hesitation due to his last super hero movie experience decided to give it a shot and what a way to right a broken promise from the past!!
He not only doesn’t die but plays a vital role in the story, he’s been praised as a scene stealer being one of the most liked characters right behind Superman
Edi has been open in interviews about what this means to him and how happy he was to have this opportunity
YouTube giving me Zyn ads after I quit nicotine? Google executives continue to act unethically in their advertising practices and go on to blame the algorithm, as if these systems are not under their direct control.
Not to mention i get ads that are literal Israeli war propaganda that says there are food markets open in Gaza and that the Hamas is hiding it.
The corporate decision makers who choose to allow ads like this will not see heaven
Cops and law enforcement is so fake bro. I have to say some magic words so I don't get tricked into saying something I don't mean and going to prison *forever*. Like bro that's fake as hell.
"I invoke my right to remain silent." Like bro I gotta say wizard words just for the cops to get all aggro. Like bruh ?????
ps John Mullaney was right. Ice T really does just say the nastiest shit on SVU. Like that's fr prime time TV... but drag gets censored ok
If you want a good object lesson about what we can and can't know about the past, we don't know Ea-Nasir was a dishonest merchant selling shoddy goods.
What we know is we have found a cache of complaint tablets about him selling low quality copper as high quality, in a site that was probably his own residence. We know multiple people complained he was a cheat. It's entirely possible they were right. It's also entirely possible that he kept these complaint letters as records of people he would no longer do business with, because they had made accusations and threats in order to bully him into giving them free copper. That is an equally valid interpretation of the evidence.
My point is not that we have maligned Ea-Nasir, my point is that thousands of years later, we do not and cannot know.
You're not a bad person for wasting food because you forgot to eat it or left it out or didn't have the time/energy/executive function to prepare it or didn't have an appetite or whatever. Unlearn the guilt your parents taught you.
Have veggies like tomatoes, bell peppers, zucchini, etc where the skin has started to wrinkle but no mold has begun to form? For example....
Try roasting them! They can then be eaten in a variety of ways (on toast with hummus or smear of choice, put in a blender with other ingredients of choice and make a delicious soup, or it can even be frozen for later use to add some extra flavor).
Have some bread that got dry and stale but hasn't begun to grow mold yet?
Use it to make budget-friendly breadcrumbs, soak it in custard for bread pudding or strata or make the absolute best French toast. Whatever you decide, you'll be glad you didn't toss those crusty slices.
Your bananas have started to brown and bruise (but again mold-free)?
Congrats on having the primary ingredient for some delicious baked banana goods: banana bread (very versatile if you switch out different additions like chocolate chips, walnuts, pumpkin puree, nutella, etc), banana bread waffles, banana bread French toast, banana nut muffins, etc.
Have some random partial bags of cereal that probably won't get eaten even though they're still in date? Ice cream or yogurt toppings. Same goes for any random sweet treat you have a handful left of: Graham crackers, cookies, chocolate candies, etc.
Also, if your potatoes start growing little nubs......
And you have even so much as a balcony that you can keep a potted plant on then you can grow your own endless supply of potatoes....
Here's a article that may be helpful to get started...
Yes, you can plant a sprouted potato, grow a plant and regrow new potatoes. It's easy to do! Learn how, step by step with photos.
I grew up in a house where we didn't have much so we were harshly scolded for any perceived waste but I've been working hard to shift my mindset out of that negative view into a more positive and creative approach. The first time I roasted my wrinkly peppers instead of tossing them and used them to make a delicious soup it really made me appreciate the progress I've made.
This is the version of zero waste that I think is more realistic and achievable for the majority of people instead of that overpriced nonsense people pushed.
There are so many tips and tricks like this out there that I wish came to mind when people hear the phrase "zero waste" instead of the version that benefits capitalism with greenwashing.
Also the phrase "zero waste" is offputting as it can be intimidating to people that are just starting off who don't feel like they can really belong to the community because they aren't able to buy all the sustainable and eco-friendly products that are ridiculously marked up to appeal to white middle-class people who want to appear morally superior to the lower class who can't afford the privilege of just buying a sense of morality.
However because the term zero waste is tainted by such people, I'm suggesting this version of sustainability that is more attainable be called "resource-efficient", "waste reducing", or "sustainable consumption". Whichever you prefer.
I think it will help people shift out of that guilt and shame that has been taught to us by the more uppity members of the sustainability community.
Don't let this die. Taylor Swift is the Pollution Queen now. We need meme edits with her photoshopped onto backgrounds of wildfire-ravaged landscapes and oil refineries chugging out black smoke.
Photo of smudgy black eye shadow? That's THE Taylor Swift-inspired look now, it represents fossil fuels.
We need parodies of Taylor Swift songs about pollution and killing polar bears.
Give her representatives a full-time job for the rest of their lives defending her from the phrase "Pollution Queen." Make this meme a the figurehead of an entire fleet of other celebrity-terrorizing memes.
"But this doesn't dismantle the system that—" Shut. Don't care. Isn't it great that such a huge portion of environmental damage is being done by human individuals with egos, whose feelings can be hurt when people are mean?
Money can save you from physical harm, but can it save you from looking ridiculous?
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