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[elderghost]

i JUST LOGGED INTO THIS ACCOUNT TO FIND THAT JASPER @grammaticalmustaches HAS SENT ME NO LESS THAN THIRTY ONE (31) POSTS ABOUT VORE

[elderghost]

Oh my god I got absolutely wasted with my family last night and also over the past week I've accidentally set my sleep schedule so I wake up at 5am and also blaire is being needy So now its not even 6am, im real fucking hungover, and I'm trying to defend my water from my cat

[defractum]

defractum’s 2k/Christmas giveaway

Heyyyyy!

I was going to wait until I hit 2k, but I also want to get these out before international delivery dates for Christmas, soooooo it’s happening now.

Anyway. As a huge THANK YOU to the entire lot of you, who have stuck with me through many a-fandom and much Discourse, I am giving away these two boxes of beauty products.

But Cass, you ask, what on earth do these have to do Les Mis or Captive Prince or the Foxhole Court? And the answer is: absolutely sod all. I usually do fic giveaways for milestones but given that I have four (4!!!) fic due before Christmas plus two ongoing WIPs, this is just better for my sanity. Also, in my previous job, I used to get many, many random samples. (Not just beauty products. I have about 300 sachets of tabasco too.) So I thought I’d share the love.

Info/whatever:

must be following me, obviously, as this is a thanks for my followers

reblog to enter

will ship internationally to anywhere

must be willing to send me a message w your name/initials and an address

closes 30th Nov, 23:59 GMT

(Also, if you happen to like characters from any of the following, please mention in your tags as you may get a bonus: The Avengers/MCU, Free!, Haikyuu!, Kuroko, Prince of Tennis)

[yahooentertainment]

Billie Joe Armstrong adds extra “Bang Bang” lyrics at the AMAs

[xlivvielockex]

Reposted from something I saw on Facebook

“I just called the House Oversight Committee (202-225-5074) to support the call for a bipartisan review of Trump’s financials and apparent conflicts of interest. It took me two minutes, and the woman on the phone said that they are absolutely tallying calls - the more they get, the more likely the Committee is to demand ALL of Trump’s financial information.

She said that there’s not much time left, as they are out of the office next week for Thanksgiving. And after that, they’re going to make a decision.

NOW is your chance to use what’s left of democracy to send a strong message and demand change. Please, do this ASAFP. If you get a “mailbox is full” message, call back in a minute or so - that seems to be the default when lines are busy.

That number again is (202-225-5074). Website here:

https://oversight.house.gov/

“Likes” feel nice in the short term. “Shares” get the word out. ACTUALLY CALLING ACTUALLY DOES SOMETHING.”

[sashayed]

NICE; GOOD; AS IMPORTANT AS CALLING YOUR REPS. I sometimes have an instinctive feeling that I have to stay focused on just one issue or lose the effectiveness of my voice. In some situations that might be true, but it’s just not the case when it comes to phone calls. Especially once you realize how easy they are. I have not gotten through yet, but I intend to keep trying!

We can also call committee members directly. Here’s a full list. If your own rep isn’t on there, I recommend going after the following two:

Jason Chaffetz, Chair DC Office:  [phone] UT Office: [phone]

and the amazing Elijah Cummings, ranking member: DC Office: [phone] Baltimore Office: [phone]

[sashayed]

There’s a great sample script from @theworsthobby here.

“Hello, my name is _____ and I live in _____ and I would like to log my support of the bipartisan review of Donald Trump’s financials and conflicts of interest. Thanks! Have a great day.”

[leupagus]

I did this too! The voicemail kind of kicks in halfway through the spiel so be prepared for that - it’s also entirely possible that you’ll get a Real Live Human, which is obviously very exciting. But I did this and it was 67 seconds (I timed it).

ETA: KIDS, YOU CAN FAX THEM TOO! THE FAX NUMBER IS 202-225-3974 AND YOU CAN GO HERE TO USE A FREE FAX WEBSITE. SO ALL Y’ALL WHO LIKE WRITING MEAN LETTERS? IT’S TIME TO GET VICIOUS. 

ETA PART 2, ELECTRIC BOOGALOO: it has been brought to my attention that y’all might think I’m serious about writing mean letters. I am not being serious. I think you should write commanding and forceful letters that get your point across and communicate your support for/opposition to whatever issue you are faxing about. But kindly refrain from calling anyone a buttface.

[sursumursa-deactivated20180131]

Truly, if it’s letters you’re going for, it is time for some blistering articulacy.

“Excruciating politeness” is also a phrase I wish to use here.

Call on the phone if at all possible (and then just be the regular kind of polite, you’re probably speaking to an intern).

But contact your reps, Americans. Put those rhetorical skills to work. And then reblog and tell us how it went!

[thefederalistfreestyle]

oh my god tear this dude apart [x x x x v x x x]

[glassceilingbreakers]

Mike Pence attended Hamilton and the cast had something to say to him: “We are the diverse America who are alarmed and anxious that your new administration will not protect us.” (x)

[michonnegrimes]

@HamiltonMusical: Tonight, VP-Elect Mike Pence attended #HamiltonBway. After the show, @BrandonVDixon delivered the following statement on behalf of the show.

[zlukaka]

Everything movies taught me about archery is wrong. This is a complete mind-blower. 8D

If you are even remotely interested in archery or medieval combat, check this out, it’s just great!

[luffik]

OMFG EVERYONE PLEASE DROP WHAT YOU’RE DOING AND WATCH IT RIGHT NOW O_O

[secondlina]

HOLY HELL

[medievalpoc]

Not only is this fascinating, there are a lot of images from art history here. It just goes to show that what you can learn from the past isn’t limited to facts you can know, but things you can do.

My favorite part?

He learned this doing research for LARPs (Live Action Role Playing):

Lars Andersen originally started using bow and arrow to fight in pretend battles during Larps (live action role play) events, where he played a soldier in a medieval-inspired army. While Larps can be about anything – the Danish/Polish Harry Potter inspired larp College of Wizardry (cowlarp.com) recently got world-wide media attention and there wasn’t a rubber sword in sight there – many Larps take place in fantasy worlds inspired by J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings. And it was at one of these Larps, that Lars started to learn to shoot fast while moving.

In 2012, Lars Andersen released his video, “Reinventing the fastest forgotten archery”, where he showed how he had learned to shoot from old archery manuscripts. Using these old, forgotten techniques, Lars demonstrated how he was now the fastest archer on the planet, and after its release, the video got 3 million hits on YouTube in two days.

Since the 2012 video was released, Lars has studied and practiced, and he is now able to fire three arrows in 0.6 seconds – a truly stunning feat making him much faster than the legendary fictional archer Legolas (played by Orlando Bloom in the Lord of the Rings movies).

The time benchmark he was trying to achieve, according to the video, was the expectation of the speed at which “Saracen“ archers were expected to shoot. In fact, most of the source material as far as I can see isn’t European.

A lot of the techniques described are also used in Mongolian Archery, which requires being able to shoot from horseback, and is traditionally practiced by men and women. You can see a video here.

[cthulhu]

i keep meaning to look for this video every time I play D&D because of the rules on archery i know the rules are there for balancing combat but my DM also sits there and goes “drawing and firing an arrow takes 6 seconds and if you’re near someone they’re gonna try to bat it out of your hand so you have a penalty on attack” and like nah son nah

[etrogim-deactivated20200109]

some things about this election to think about amidst the chaos:

the attack on voting rights (and how that skewed the vote)

the popular vote (i.e. why we have the electoral college and how it screwed us over)

the juncture of poverty, disenfranchisement, and racism influencing the white vote (and how trump actually got the wealthy vote)

the radicalization of white males (and why they kept quiet before now)

[etrogim-deactivated20200109]

how the dnc is responsible and how they are abandoning us now

[etrogim-deactivated20200109]

i’m seeing a lot of calls to mobilization, but as a college freshman with no experience organizing at an unprecedented crest in global fascism, what does that look like?? what’s effective? how do we make this a national uprising? leftists who’ve been studying and preparing for this need to step up and tell us where we’re going from here.

[libraford]

Alright guys. I’m pissed as hell that Mike Pence is VP. But can we refrain from calling him a ‘Lizard Man’ since that phrase has anti-semitic history.

Here’s some options:

-homophobic cotton ball

-waxen statuette of hate

-literal comic book villain

-ignorant Q-tip

[youngbadmanbrown-deactivated201]

I wish every white person at one of these protests would commit to doing one-on-one relational work with other whites to deal with their racism

[youngbadmanbrown-deactivated201]

This frustrates me because I’m in a very “liberal” academic space and my white classmates are always having lil breakout groups to discuss allyship, meetings to talk about how they can support black and brown efforts and organizing

But they seem to have zero idea how to actually talk about racism to other white people who don’t already agree with them

I was talking to a classmate today who told me he “felt bad” because his parents and siblings voted trump

And I’m just like: what’s the fucking point of doing all this chatting about allyship if you can’t even sit down and reason with the people closest to you.

Why are you always looking to us for a free education on race when you just compartmentalize that shit or use the insights to get closer to other poc

[l0veless-generation-deactivated]

I think I can add something here as a piece of advice on how to go about this:

I work with a mix of people who carry a wide array of political viewpoints. I work closely with a guy in his 60s who tends to lean Republican on most issues. 

One day, I was in a car with him and another colleague, around my age. The conversation diverted into entitlement spending and race. Us 20 somethings were on one side of the issues and a 60-year-old white guy was on the other. 

After hearing him rant for a bit, I calmly asked, “Hey ____, what’s so wrong with those living in the projects getting unemployment benefits?” I let him answer and then posed another question off of his response. I kept calm and kept letting him speak, then asking follow-up questions. Eventually, he was calm and I could tell he was satisfied that I heard his point and where he was coming from. I also noticed that his views became less and less extreme every time I posed a question. His emotions were subsiding and he was critically thinking about each question. So, I expressed my position of how certain people are exposed to certain opportunity and race plays a major role in exposure. I related to people we both knew. I related to stories of friends that he didn’t know. I asked him, again calmly, if that perspective changes anything. 

He kind of grumbled something and we arrived at our destination, ending the conversation.

However, the next day he came in and stated that he gave my position a lot of thought and felt like I brought up a lot of great points. He said was willing to think about these things. 

I was COMPLETELY taken aback. I realized that my conversation was effective. I honestly don’t know who he voted for or if there a major impact on his thinking, but something changed enough for him to thank me and bring up a willingness to change, albeit how small.

So I guess my advice would be the following:

1) Have people re-examine their own thinking. Don’t tell them how to think or haw you think. Ask them questions that have them explore their thought process.

2) Relate your position to shared experience. Put a face and a name to the marginalized group. Don’t let them go to the ‘well they’re the exception’ answer. Go back to 1) and ask them questions.

3) Stay calm. Like 100% be calm. Disarm their emotions and don’t escalate with your own. This gives them an opportunity to think rationally rather than emotionally. 

4) Don’t do it to feel good about yourself. Do it because it’s the right thing. If you are white/male/straight/cis, you need to do this for those who are not. Keep your thoughts on the marginalized and not making yourself feel good or ‘not like them’. This is not about you.

5) On the flip side, understand white poverty and what is going on in the manufacturing industry. Get the other viewpoint, even if you don’t think it’s worth empathizing with. Just understand that issue. Keep it in the back of your mind when asking questions.

I honestly don’t know if this will work in every circumstance or is enough. I feel like I made a change in someone’s way of thinking.  I thought it was worth sharing. 

[youngbadmanbrown-deactivated201]

Thank you for this.

[emolumentsclause-deactivated201]

When Obama won, the right threatened violence and uprisings. They spewed vitriol and simmered in their own hatred and this is what we got.

Today, I’ve had so many conversations with people who are considering and embarking on new paths of public service. People who are talking about law school, public policy, teaching, international engagement, volunteering, even just giving radical amounts of kindness to the people around us who need it. I’m not seeing violent rhetoric or talk of violent uprisings. I’m just seeing a lot of good people saying “It’s going to be hard work, and we’ll do that hard work because we need each other.”

We can take our country back. When they go low, we go high.

[emmydeactivated-deactivated2017]

carecen la // center for community change // immigration center for women and children  // american civil liberties union // esperanza immigrant rights project // national immigration law center // kids in need of defense 

other orgs you can help by volunteering/donating: campaign zero (anti police violence) // council on american-islamic relations (support for muslims) // showing up for racial justice (fighting racism)  // friends of the earth (an environmental group) // nextgen climate action (fighting climate change)  // rape, abuse, & incest national network (combating sexual violence) // planned parenthood (healthcare and education) 

[scullyseviltwin]

Go out tomorrow, find a cause. NARAL, ASPCA, Planned Parenthood, A New Way Forward, The Innocence Project, Oxfam, Greenpeace… find out about programs and groups that deal with human trafficking, with racism, with sexism, with women’s health, LGBTQA rights, with what you want to fucking change! Sign up, and fucking fight.

Intern at your local congressional office! Stuff envelops! Listen to citizen complaints! Help dig us out of this shitstorm!

Donate money! Donate time! Be a Big Brother or a Big Sister. Reach out and find what your community needs! Join a litter collecting squad or write cards for people at an elderly community or buy a family in need groceries.

There is. So. Much. You. Can. Still. Do.

Online activism is all well and good, but these groups need feet on the fucking pavement. Don’t confuse shouting at people online as activism! So put up, and let’s shut this racist, classist, misogynistic, rape apologist down.

[magicianmew]

OFFERING ASSISTANCE to American women, PoC’s, queer/LGBTQ folk, disabled people, non-Christians...

I am seeing so many posts from those who are going to fight like angry fucking badgers in the wake of what is looking to be a Trump presidency, and as an American expat who had limited ability to mobilize things on the ground, that is great to see.

But I know not all of you are in that position. Some of you are at risk of literally losing your lives. Some of you are not able to join the war.

I would like to offer my personal assistance in assessing your situation for immigration if you would like to escape America and feel that is safer for you. Specifically, I am very familiar with the British and European immigration systems. This is COMPLETELY FREE OF CHARGE.

Please send me a message if you would like to be added to a list of people I will assist.

I am going to start small, and I will decide on a specific number of slots I can work on at one time shortly.

I plan to start up a new blog for this purpose, as well as reaching out to other activist witches, and using my Discord server to power both this effort, and as a place where those who are staying in the US can plan and congregate.

But right now, it’s important that I simply start, so that is what I am doing.

PLEASE reblog! I don’t care how many requests I get (just keep in mind that if it is a lot, I may not get to all of them right away). I want to make sure I have a list of everyone who needs help, and I will try to get through as many as quickly as I can.

Be aware that me assessing your situation will require me to ask you questions about your family, education, work situation, BASIC finances and legal status. However, I will never ask you for any personally identifying information. No name, no bank details, no place of employment, nothing like that ever.

Please be safe and love each other. Fight if you can, reach out if you can’t.

Love,

Germ

[breelandwalker]

Reblogging because I know people who are going to need this.

If we have to Schindler people out of this country to keep them safe, then by all the gods, let’s get to work.