Neither priest or a beast.

*If you're blatantly misogynistic,homophobic,transphobic,Anti-Semetic,or racist,keep it moving*. Carefree black boy,perpetual nerd,and Wile E Coyote,super genius.

[telltaletypist]

i think eventually we're all just gonna have to come to terms with the fact that it's impossible to tell a story with any degree of subtlety or nuance without risking a portion of the audience taking the "wrong message", and that's ok. art isn't meant to be strictly a teaching tool, and if you're goal is just to convince people or critique an idea, just write an essay or a polemic

[telltaletypist]

people taking the "wrong message" from a story isn't a failure of that story, it's a function of art itself

[beemovieerotica]

struggling with how to word this, but putting it out there anyway:

i can fully understand the posts on here from a lot of americans being tired of “vote blue no matter who” posts when the #1 thing that people are constantly (and sometimes only?) addressing is how the republican party is going treat trans/queer people if elected.

it’s part of an unfortunate pattern of prioritizing the effects on a demographic that includes white + upper class people, when people of color and those in the global south are actively and currently being killed or relegated to circumstances in which their survival is very unlikely

it is genuinely exhausting to witness this, and i was also on the fence about even participating in voting because i a) felt like it didn’t matter and b) every time i voiced being frustrated with the current state of the country, white queer people would immediately step in with “but what about trans people!” -> (i am mixed race trans man)

and i say this with unending patience toward people who do this, because i know that it’s not something they actively think about. but everyone already knows how the republican party is going to treat queer people. you are probably talking to another queer person when you bring up project 2025. the issue is that, for those of us who aren’t white, or for those of us who are but who are conscious of ongoing struggles for people of color worldwide, the safety of people around the world feels more urgent than our own. that is the calculation that’s being made.

you’re not going to win votes for the democratic party by dismissing or minimizing these realities and by continually centering (white) queer people.

very few people on here and twitter are actually talking about issues beyond queer rights that concern people of color, or how the two administrations differ on these issues instead of constantly circling back to single-issue politics. this isn’t an exhaustive list. but these are the issues that have actually altered my perspective and motivated me to the point of committing to casting a vote

the biden administration has been engaged in a years-long fight to allow new applicants to DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, the program that allows undocumented individuals who arrived as children to remain in the country) after the Trump administration attempted to terminate it. the program is in limbo currently because of the actions of Trump-backed judges, with those who applied before the ruling being allowed to stay, but no new applications are being processed. Trump has repeatedly toyed with the idea of just deporting the 1.8 million people, but he continues to change his mind depending on whatever the fuck goes on in his head. he cannot be relied on to be sympathetic toward people of hispanic descent or to guarantee that DREAMers will be allowed stay in the country. biden + a democratic controlled congress will allow legal challenges to the DACA moratorium to gain ground.

the biden administration is open to returning and protecting portions of culturally important indigenous land in a way that the trump administration absolutely does not give a fuck. as of may 2024, they have established seven national monuments with plans to expand the San Gabriel Monument where the Gabrielino, Kizh / Tongva, the Chumash, Kitanemuk, Serrano, and Tataviam reside. the Berryessa Snow Mountain is also on the list, as a sacred region to the Patwin.

i’m recognizing that the US’s plans for clean energy have often come into conflict with tribal sovereignty, and the biden administration could absolutely do better in navigating this. but the unfortunate dichotomy is that there would be zero commitment or investment in clean energy under a trump-led government, which poses an astounding existential threat and destabilizing force to the global south beyond any human-to-human conflict. climate change has caused and will continue to cause resource shortages, greater natural disasters, and near-lethal living conditions for those in the tropics - and the actions of the highest energy consumers (US) are to blame. biden has funneled billions of dollars into climate change mitigation and clean energy generation - trump does not believe that any of it matters.

i may circle back to this and add more as it comes up, but i’m hoping that those who are skeptical / discouraged / tired of the white queer-centric discourse on tumblr and twitter can at least process some of this. please feel free to add more articles + points but i’m asking for the sake of this post to please focus on issues that affect people of color.

[oddbookreport]

As someone who works in immigration, The whole system is fucked. However, Biden has done a lot to make it easier. Here are some highlights:

- Work permits for asylum seekers. Trump did not allow asylum seekers to work above board, forcing them into cash paying, near slavery jobs. Biden has made work permits relatively quick and easy to get. Also, even though they aren’t cheap, ($520 each) his admin has waived fees for many categories including initial asylum seekers and Violence Against Women Act seekers. Also, anyone with a work permit that was renewed this year will have it for 5 years, enough that if trump fucks the process for everyone people can at least still make a living.

- Prosecutorial discretion. Under Trump, if you didn’t have a path to citizenship and you had immigration court, you were finished. Biden has essentially paused proceedings for hundreds of thousands of people who don’t have a case now, but might in the future, giving them time to work, marry, have children, and potentially open new doors for themselves.

- The one that made the news: Parole in place. To immigrate legally, you have to enter the country legally except under very narrow circumstances. If you crossed the border and don’t win in court, you currently have to apply for a hard to get waiver with a 4 year waiting list to leave and come back legally. Biden is trying to waive this by expanding the options for people who crossed the border and married citizens to eliminate the waiver process.

These changes could be gone as soon as january 25th 2025 if Biden loses, as the new administration will replace the whole administration with political appointees frothing at the mouth to send people back regardless of their personal circumstances.

Sure, immigrating to the US isn’t what everyone wants. I dream of a future with truly open borders where nobody would have to do any of the things I do for them. Right now though, Biden will make things better, even if only to a point. Trump will make them much worse.

[jabberwockypie]

Also poor disabled people.

Recipients of SSI are - by definition - not “upper class” because you can’t have more than $2000 at any give time. Half of SSI recipients aren’t white. (People of Color are also more likely to have jobs where they’re injured or working in dangerous conditions, and have also been disproportionately impacted by COVID.)

The Biden Administration removed the In-Kind Support and Maintenance Rule as it applies to food. This means that - as of September 30th, at least - you won’t be at risk of losing your benefits if someone shares food with you. Previously, if your parents bought you groceries or your friend cooked for you, you could have your benefits reduced by up to 1/3.

The Biden Administration is also removing some of the obsolete jobs that are used to deny people disability benefits. Applying for disability benefits involves the government telling you “Well these are jobs you could do with your disabilities” - and the list of jobs was established in the 1970s and hasn’t really been updated, and a lot of the jobs don’t really exist in the US anymore. So you can be told “Sure, you’re too disabled to stand, but you could be a Linen Grader, so you’re not Disabled Enough that you can’t work.” - even though that’s not really a job that exists in the US anymore. Under Biden, the SSA is removing some of those jobs like “reptile farmer”, “barrel assembler”, “nut sorter”, and “microfiche mounter”, so you can’t be denied disability benefits based on your hypothetical ability to farm reptiles.

[theamazingsallyhogan]

Being told every four years “we need you to vote for the lesser evil” is hell. I know. I want to scream.

We vote for the lesser evil every four years because there’s a fundamental flaw in our voting system. We use a “first past the pole” voting system, awarding the prize to whoever gets the most votes (with some electoral college nonsense thrown in). That inevitably means that if there’s a candidate “sorta-like the Democrats, only better” then all the non-Republican votes will be split between two candidates and the Republicans will win.

It inevitably results in two parties. There’s no room for alternatives because alternatives just hurt your own side.

The good news is that Ranked Choice Voting is spreading. Ranked Choice Voting lets you rank the candidates in order of how much you like them. Under Ranked Choice Voting you can say “I like Jill Stein the most, then I suppose Biden’s better than Trump, and Trump is the worst.” Under this system if no candidate wins over 50%, then the candidates with the least votes are removed, and everyone that picked those candidates as their #1 choice has their vote shifted to their #2 choice. Under this system you can vote for Jill Stein (or Kennedy, or Ralph Nader) without electing Trump. It’s a system that allows third parties to grow, gain recognition, and hopefully put an end to “pick the lesser evil” politics (here, have a link).

But that system won’t be in place for the November 2024 election.

Things aren’t completely hopeless, we do have a path forward, there are things we can do. But it’s not going to be done by November 2024. You’re going to have to vote for the lesser evil. You’re going to have to remember just how much this election matters, because it’s very likely the next President is going to pick another two Supreme Court Justices. And they will be young judges, given lifetime appointments. This next election could have repercussions for generations. Donald Trump appointed 1/3 of this court, and in a short amount of time it has repealed Roe vs. Wade, gutted the EPA, FDA, and other Federal regulatory bodies, ruled that it’s okay to pass laws making it illegal to be homeless, and gave Trump and other Presidents nearly complete immunity. They essentially ruled that Nixon could have said “the men I sent to Watergate were just investigating” and he would’ve been fine.

It’s not hopeless, there are things we can do beyond just “voting for the lesser evil,” but I cannot emphasize enough that your vote (or lack of vote) in November will have repercussions for generations to come.

[bogleech]

People who knee jerk that “it’s still a vote for a warmonger” have GOT to get it through their heads that if republicans win, they worsen everything, including the situation in Gaza. They said they wanted to escalate, they said they think Biden is “too soft,” they immediately want more violence.

The only way that isn’t happening is if the only current threat to them wins instead, and there is no third party with even 1% the backing of the two big parties.

It’s not that we want Democrats to win because we like them or they’re good people. It’s that either Republicans or Democrats will win, and NOBODY else will be able to improve anything about this country or even hope to counter the violence we perpetuate elsewhere under a Republican presidency. They aim to ensure everyone will be more powerless than ever and their policies will kill more people everywhere, of every demographic.

[batshua]

I’m starting to believe that “don’t vote for Biden, he’s not worth it” is a psyop. I dunno if it is, and if it is, I don’t know who is behind it, but I bet you can think of plenty of people, groups, and powers who would be happy for us to give up. So, let’s not give up.

[vaspider]

I’ve been listening to “Blowout” by Rachel Maddow & it’s… interesting… how much what you see on social media now about Biden matches what was explicitly coming out of troll farms in St. Petersburg in the run up to the 2016 election, right down to “Killary” vs “Genocide Joe.”

I’m sure not saying that reasonable people can’t have objections to the man’s candidacy, but I would really recommend reading/listening to chapters 26 & 27 of Blowout, if not the whole book. It was really eye-opening.

[kaijuno]

If the USA is so great then why did they make a USB?

[bonyassfish]

[kaijuno]

Yeah okay that’s fair

[catsbeaversandducks]

This speech-language pathologist taught her dog 29 words, and he can even form full sentences.

Video by Christina Hunger

[trustmeimanengiqueer]

[jenniferrpovey]

Dogs actually do have a language center in their brains. They process language just the same way we do, just not as well.

They do understand our words. This is not true of all domesticated animals (horses, for example, can only manage to distinguish a relatively small number of spoken commands…but boy do they know what you’re really saying).

They don’t understand “just your tone of voice” as a lot of people think.

As of 2016 the record vocabulary for a dog demonstrating understanding of words is over 1,000.

So if you give them a way to talk back, they’re going to use it.

The development of language skills is probably a side effect of domestication and of being kept in close contact with humans. A dog that was a better hunting partner would be kept and bred and over time they developed a better understanding of language.

In other words, dogs are pretty dang smart because we need them to understand us.

And also that is a very good boy.

[the-haiku-bot]

They don’t understand

“just your tone of voice” as a

lot of people think.

Beep boop! I look for accidental haiku posts. Sometimes I mess up.

[is-the-post-reliable]

requested by @humanpeoplefanblog

RATING: RELIABLE

Dogs understand words comparatively better than horses, which may be able to understand a few words but primarily understand vocal tone and body language.

From a scientific paper on human-horse interactions: ‘This suggests that, while horses can learn associations between human vocal patterns and positive or negative experiences and potentially learn words, their primary communication techniques (in both use and receptivity) do not align with that of humans.’

Meanwhile, dogs on average understand 89 distinct words or phrases.

From a New Science article on dog vocabulary: ‘A survey of dog owners has concluded that the average pet can respond to 89 words or phrases, with some dogs responding to 215’

The record for the largest vocabulary in a dog is over 1000 words.

From a New Science article on the record for highest dog vocabulary: 'A border collie called Chaser has been taught the names of 1022 items – more than any other animal. She can also categorise them according to function and shape, something children learn to do around the age of 3.’

It is likely that the domestication of dogs lead them to have such skills with human communication.

From a scientific paper on the domestication hypothesis for dogs’ skills with human communication: 'The sophistication that dogs show in using human communicative cues led researchers to investigate the origins of these abilities and to conclude that these social skills are not simply inherited from wolves nor are they simply learned as a result of exposure to humans in ontogeny, but rather they have evolved as a result of domestication (Hare & Tomasello 2005).’

[tapacamino]

Scavengers Reign (2023)

[chillyfeetsteak]

everyone should be watching this show. i’m so happy it was made; i hope it is a sign of things to come in adult animation

[djjo-keerys]

THE BOYS + SOLDIER BOY Jensen Ackles (behind the scenes) "Jensen really brought an 'A' game and I think it actually really helped raise the level of everybody that he was working with" - Karl Urban/Billy Butcher

[mbqnoyolo]

YOU NEED TO GIVE HIM BACK TO ME IM NOT EVEN JOKING

[ratfuck]

I put a smell on you

[markingatlightspeed]

cats when they headbutt you

[zackisontumblr]

and now you’re mine

[unbotheredmuse]

[cheeseanonioncrisps]

True, but the “parenting is hell” thing also comes from the move, over the past 150 years or so, from a culture of large extended families living under one roof (or at least very near each other) to a culture of neolocal families who, in extreme cases, might not even have family members in the same county.

Living in a multi-generational household in theory ensures that there will always be someone else to hold the baby or watch the younger kids while Mum and Dad have a nap, or to cook dinner and help clean the house while Mum and Dad hold the baby. This has been a fundamental part of human parenting for long enough that scientists believe it could be the reason why human women so consistently outlive our fertility.

Like, for female chimps menopause typically signals the end of life— you’re no longer able to reproduce, so evolution is dropping you from the team— but human women can expect to live roughly third to fully half of their lives unable to reproduce, and could expect that even before modern medicine. And the best theory we have to explain this is that it was just that beneficial to have a bunch of elderly women hanging around who weren’t preoccupied with any children of their own, that their usefulness in looking after the young kids outweighed the cost of having to support them in old age. Caring for children was never intended to be a two person job.

Equally, it used to be way more accepted and common to just chuck your kids out of the house for a few hours whenever you needed a break from them. The invention and popularisation of Huge Metal Death Machines for whom 30 miles an hour is considered slow has greatly increased the risk of children playing in the street. Plus we’re also way more conscious of the existence of child predators and kidnappers nowadays, though that’s largely paranoia based around a few rare but high profile cases.

And children have become much more high maintenance, while at the same time an increased awareness of the impact of childhood on adult mental health has made everyone significantly more aware of all the ways they could be screwing them up. Parents are expected to be much more personally involved in their child’s education than they were in the past (which I’m not saying is an inherently bad thing, but does add to the stress) and the idea of a typical childhood education now involves a much wider range of topics than it did before. It’s not just a matter of keeping them alive— you also have to be prepared to help them learn nuclear physics if it comes down to it.

I mean, look at all the posts on Tumblr that were shaming parents for complaining about home education during the pandemic.

“If you didn’t want to spend time with your kids, why did you have them?”

“If you weren’t prepared to maintain a full-time job while simultaneously being a full-time teacher/classroom assistant, while also carrying out your usual duties as a parent, while also presumably finding time to eat and sleep when you have a minute, and do it all while living through a hideously traumatic experience with a smile on your face and no complaints ever, then why did you become a parent?”

Like yeah, “parenting is hell” culture is definitely related to the peer pressure to have children thing, but also there are many actual ways that our society seems to go out of its way to make parenting hell.

[wondersmith-and-sons]

foreman. babe. we’re at the bottom end of season 8. you have worked here for almost a decade. why are you still surprised there's medical malpractice going on at the medical malpractice department that you, personally, used to do medical malpractice at

[wondersmith-and-sons]

some of my fave tags on this post

god this show is truly bonkers isn’t it.

[dynamic-desperado]

Also he watched House shoot a dead body

[gauntletqueen]

Hi Zoey. Asking from a place of ignorance, could you please explain why Threads is dogshit?

Threads is the Hot New Garbagedump by Certified Scum Of The Earth and Facebook/Meta owner Zuckerburg. It is like if twitter was even worse.

There is ONLY a For You page, meaning you can never just see the posts from your followed accounts who, yknow, you followed for the purpose of seeing their posts.You can't see those. you have to see the algorithm's posts ONLY. You also require an instagram to get full access to all the features like Posting Images. You need a separate social media account to properly access this new social media. And once you've done so, the only way to delete your Threads account, is to delete you instagram account. The Whole Thing. For Some Fucking Reason. Not to mention, obviously since it's zuckerburg, the thing syphons your personal information like crazy, worse still than twitter.

Like ALL your data. as much as it can get. (Love that it says "Other Data" btw. Nice subtle way of saying "whatever else we want") ALSO wouldn't you know it? It's fucking banned in the EU because it violates a bunch of fucking privacy laws!! So it's DEFINITELY not safe to use!

It is as predatory and exploitative as can be, created by someone that we collectively agreed Sucks Shit and Has No Empathy For Human Life and Individuality, and nobody should be touching it with a ten foot pole let alone sign up for it. Not even to test the waters or because it's where everyone is heading, or to see how bad it is for yourself. It doesn't matter if you're joining to get an account ready in case the platform ends up the new big thing. You're feeding the statistics. Even if you're not using that account, Zuckerburg can show the number of signups to shareholders and investors to prove to them that it's viable. Instead of jumping on the bandwagon in case it succeeds, inform people why they shouldn't join, to reduce its chance of success! It's like strikes and protests; The more of us get the word out, the more effective it'll be!

[dooper64-deactivated20250211]

Please do your research and don’t blindly follow trends.

[feralratbitesu]

soxy i'm sorry but what the fuck does "crab rangoon is a food thats an animal" supposed to mean

i bet u feel so stupid rn. theyre grazing

[evilscientist3]

[theblackparadeisdead]

If you people start giving Hobie Brown the Eddie Munson effect I'm going to start killing. His ass would not be listening to arctic monkeys be so fr

[polari]

i like never do this & im sorry to hijack yr post (especially seeing as you are a person i do not know!!) but another thing im seeing on these playlists is an absolutely abysmal amount of black artists. spider-punk is and has always been a black character, and black people are frequently pushed out of alternative and subcultural spaces, so i'm going to offer some black punk artists i personally enjoy for i guess playlist consideration aimed towards some of the ppl in the notes, although this isn't definitive & hobie's taste will of course not necessarily be my own.

also to note before we get into this is that punk is a culture of resistance. hobie in specific (though i don't know how much of this will be part of his characterization in the spiderverse trilogy going forward---he's pretty different in atsv, which isn't a bad thing) has been depicted in the comics as a homeless teenager living under a fascist government. regardless of whether or not that depiction is accurate for this version of hobie is irrelevant for now; the point i'm making is that his attachment to punk is not purely aesthetic in nature. i think keeping the radical aspects of punk in general and of spider-punk in specific in mind are important when discussing the character.

anyway.

death (this one is kind of essential in terms of punk history. they started recording songs under the band name death in 1971 and disbanded in 1977, but their music was only relatively recently properly released. they've been occasionally cited as the first punk band ever.)

pure hell (another early & extremely influential punk group, this one from 1974. in contrast with the isolation death operated within, pure hell were heavily involved in the early punk scene.)

bad brains (originally an american jazz group who became punk with a reggae fusion. they cite pure hell as an early influence, which is pretty cool.)

x-ray spex (70s english punk band fronted by poly styrene, whose vocals greatly influenced the later riot grrrl movement. notable for lyrical attacks on commercialism and corporate artifice.)

zulu (i fucking love zulu so much guys you should all listen to zulu right now. they're frequently described as powerviolence, which is accurate, but they also incorporate elements from various historically black genres, like funk, jazz, & soul. you can listen to one zulu album and get a ton of different musical experiences it rules.)

bob vylan (london-based punk rap duo. to me they're like the ideal of what punk set out to be in the first place, ideologically speaking. i don't even know what else to say here. if you're interested in modern punk and aren't listening to bob vylan you should be. they're insanely skilled and deserve to be the center of the conversation.)

this post has gone on long enough you get the gist. & if you actually feel inspired enough to want to make a 100% accurate spider-punk playlist, get into your local scene and see what's playing there. it's what he would want, probably.

[petewentzisblack1312]

i'd also recommend big joanie, soul glo, the muslims and minority threat!!

[xxxzabe]

durand bernarr x sam’s vibe

[nikidanger]

Durand’s vox were on point from start to finish & this was the best tiny desk I’ve seen in years.

The Proud Family outfits will never not give me life

😂😂😂

Also if you’re not hip, his Twitter account is the main reason I haven’t deleted that god forsaken app yet. The man is hilarious.

[screenshotsofdespair]

[eternalcyclicality]

[simoneashley]

The Spiderverse Cast + their Marvel live action roles

[keikomivra]

INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE | ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE

Foreshadowing 🕷

[starstuffandalotofcoffee]

Really fucked up actually that the "you are valid" culture which, usefulness and uh, validity thereof aside, was intended to provide some some perspective for people who may have been blamed for harmless things they could not control morphed into "if strangers on the internet do not constantly tell me I'm good and perfect they are the oppressor" and "even constructively and gently telling me that I hold some power and responsibility to seek a better situation is an unspeakably cruel act."

[kaurwreck]

Once, in an argument with my therapist about a decision I made to antagonize my mother, I snapped, "My feelings are valid," and he shot back, "They're valid because they're real, but that doesn't make them rational."

It was a more nuanced and tailored conversation after that, but that particular quote struck me especially and made me realize how often I was conflating "valid" with "reasonable" or "justified."