merlamer

.. horticulturist .. novice artist ..

[dustedstrawberry]

[dustedstrawberry]

After about 6 years

I finally drove

Through that shithole town

I tried so hard to ignore

To forget I ever lived there

To forget that period of life existed

But I drove through that town

For the first time

Without crying

I drove by that road

That led to my childhood house

Where I know my mom still lives

Without being consumed

By memories I didn't want

And didn't deserve

And that made me smile a bit

[homeboygirl]

"it was in 2020" oh so like a year or so ago. a couple years. im sorry 5? did you just say five? five years ago ?

[dustedstrawberry]

[dustedstrawberry]

Enjoy a video of my angelfish fry. They are a few weeks old now 😁

[ghost-in-the-corner]

just as a general reminder

learn how to fact-check for yourself, cause soon enough, most online sources won't be reliable

[lilja4ever]

the david zwirner gallery and the felix gonzalez torres foundation in the smithsonian removed the descriptive plaque for portrait of ross in la by felix gonzalez-torres. the old plaque explained portrait for ross' origins as the artist's partner's aids related death, and replaced it with a plaque with absolutely no information about the piece itself, who ross was, or who gonzalez-torres was either. portrait of ross was also reeranged to lay on the floor long ways instead of in a pile as it typically is situated, and the plaque outside the exhibition FOR GONZALEZ-TORRES omits his sexuality, as well as his aids related death. i'm in utter disbelief

The Smithsonian's queer erasure of an AIDS artwork should alarm us all

By omitting the tragic story behind Felix González-Torres "Untitled" (Portrait of Ross in L.A.), the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery i

[dustedstrawberry]

[lizardthingie]

[wokefrogvirus]

elon musk did a nazi salute twice at the inauguration, and republicans are defending him.

trump revoked executive order 11246, which prohibited discrimination.

trump put all dei employees on leave to be fired.

trump banned all lgbtq+ flags from being hung in government buildings.

trump rolled back biden’s executive order to lower prescription drug costs for people using medicare and medicaid.

trump rescinded the $35 cap on insulin, and prices are expected to rise to $1500 a month.

trump ordered the national institutes of health to cancel their review panels on cancer research.

when sean hannity asked trump about the economy, he said “i don’t care”, after campaigning with the economy as his main talking point.

trump has withdrawn the us from the world health organization.

trump is ordering health agencies to stop reporting on bird flu and halt publications of scientific reports.

trump has pardoned over 1500 people who stormed the capitol on january 6th.

trump changed mount denali back to mount mckinley.

trump signed an executive order to rename the gulf of mexico to gulf of america.

trump shut down cbp one, an app which granted legal entry to 1 million+ immigrants.

trump is allowing ice raids at churches and elementary schools.

trump announced plans to declare a national emergency at the us-mexico border.

trump signed an executive order to expand the use of the death penalty.

trump withdrew from the paris climate act.

trump revoked all protections for transgender troops in the us military.

trump rescinded executive orders made by biden that benefited and protected women, lgbtq+ people, black americans, hispanic americans, asian americans, native hawaiians, and pacific islanders.

trump is attempting to make it legal to refuse to hire or fire pregnant women.

trump pardoned 23 individuals convicted under the freedom of access to clinic entrances (FACE) act for their anti-abortion activism, including oftentimes violent protests at abortion clinics.

trump announced that the us government will from here on out only recognize male and female as sexes. intersex is not legally recognized anymore.

andy ogles drafted a constitutional amendment to allow trump to be president for a third term.

georgia republican congressman mike collins called for the deportation of new jersey born mariann budde, the bishop who urged trump to “have mercy” on the lgbtq+ community and immigrants during a service at the national cathedral.

amazon revoked protections for lgbtq+ and black employees.

every single republican told us we were overreacting. trump swore he had nothing to do with project 2025 yet continues implementing details outlined in it. not a single person has the right to tell us we’re being dramatic anymore.

hope the possibility of cheaper eggs and gas was worth it.

[ayeforscotland]

Trump is probably going to remove the TikTok ban shortly after his inauguration and secure a chunk of the youth vote.

[ayeforscotland]

Lol…literally lmao. Enjoy the propaganda👍

[lurks-no-more]

Remember, everybody, that Trump started this thing. He literally did. And now he's pretending to fix the situation he caused.

Everybody who thinks Trump is saving anything here is a sucker.

[daenerys-targaryen]

[sjw-dipper]

on top of this, people have noticed that since tiktok came back it's weird. we expected as much, but still disappointing. comments about luigi are removed, negative comments about trump are removed, negative comments about meta are removed, the livestream feature has been removed (probably because it's harder to control and censor), and someone who went on an account that hasn't gotten a curated algorithm yet had a bunch of cutesy funny trump videos. tiktok is effectively dead for what it provided

[dustedstrawberry]

"Your brain is rotting"

Better than spiraling out of control

"Humans are loosing touch with one another"

Why would I want to touch another human?

"Your attention span is getting worse"

Why do I need to pay attention?

"It's not good to absorb that much information in a day"

There's a lot to look at

[dustedstrawberry]

Rise and shine!

With the rising sun

A new day has begun

🌞🌞🌞🌞🌞🌞🌞🌞🌞🌞

[dustedstrawberry]

I can see through the bottom half

Of the partially closed blind

That the moon is shining extra bright

Making the brown dead grass

Reflect a brilliant silvery blue

[dustedstrawberry]

I accidentally got paint

On my expensive leather boots

I did what any girl would do

And brought them to my mother

She said she could clean them

Easy

But there they sit

Years later

Unable to wear

Because she said she would clean it

The day I decide to wear them

Paint and all

She says she can clean them

But now she can't

Because I'm wearing them

And it's my fault

[dustedstrawberry]

Never more will you see me

Laughing how I did

Smiling how I did

Existing how I did

Because you broke my trust

Too many times

And now all you'll see

Is a hard exterior

Replacing my once carefree facade

[dustedstrawberry]