Lose the Battle, Win the War.

----- Hayley | 26 | INFJ

[otherwindow]

a dim and grim fantasy tavern but the drinks are very colourful and fruity with little umbrellas & curly straws

[minuty]

[madamserpentessa]

“The fruit was never an apple”

Max Svabinsky, (1873-1962)

“In Paradise” circa 1918

[jvlianbashir]

i think we should have a custom blog theme renaissance

[jvlianbashir]

and i don't just mean making more of them, i also mean appreciation of them and making them a central part of tumblr's site culture again. no other popular social media site (although tumblr technically is a microblogging site) really offers this level of aesthetic and functional customization anymore. it's maybe a header, a bio, and an icon.

i remember when putting a lot of effort into themes, mutual theme "ratings", complimenting users on their pages, proudly announcing theme changes/customizations, and appreciating theme makers for their work was a norm on this site. it's how many young people got into html.

i know many people are primarily mobile users but when on desktop... who cares if tumblr makes it a little difficult to get directly to someone's blog page these days. i think themes are a really excellent part of tumblr and i don't want them quietly guttering out.

[meowyjean]

wait for it performed by leslie odom jr. send post.

[whitepeopletwitter]

[psychictoastmaker]

People in the comments being all bitter. As if the arts aren’t out here giving you a reprieve from all the shit y'all go through. As if the arts aren’t out here making sure you live a little bit instead of just surviving.

[miranova23]

[fullofmultitudesfullofshit]

OH TRUE

[wobblydev]

Why do we say that capitalism must be “dismantled”?

You’ll hear phrases like “Smash the state!” “Eat the rich!” and “Smash capitalism!”

And, yes, of course, but… :)

However relevant those sayings are, our work must be careful, highly organized and above all planned.

Because capitalism and all of its associated systems are not discrete, abstracted entities we can attack independently.

It is a structure, like a complicated machine with many thousands of working parts…

And right now it is connected to absolutely everything.

If we do this… [picks up huge hammer and smashes the machine]

Then a lot of vulnerable people will die.

The machine was built and improved and redesigned and patched over the course of generations. It is very good at its intended purpose, which is ultimately to generate profit.

Every human being alive today relies on the byproducts of the machine to survive, without exception.

The machine’s engineers want it to keep working like it does. In fact, they want to optimise it.

That will kill all remaining life on Earth.

So, we must destroy the machine, quickly and carefully

We must examine its deadly programs and mechanics and replace them with alternatives we built together.

The engineers don’t want us tampering with the machine.

However, we make it run…

So we can make it STOP. Together.

How will YOU help us to safely dismantle the machine?

iww.org

p.s. My computer is on its last legs. If you would like me to draw you a little cartoon and help me get a new computer, learn more at this post.

[tylha]

maybe i am too old for tiktok

[sabrinareno]

My son once came back from a record shop visit with his uncle and with wide eyes and excited smile presented me with a cassette tape. “Look what I found!” As though he’d unearthed ancient pottery at a dig sight.

I love it. I love when my kids discover something that I take for granted. I hear songs with new ears because they are in a state of wonder. My son played me “Paint it Black” the other day, I’m like yeah Rolling Stones so what? And then I see his face and that LOOK like he just discovered sunsets and he’s like yeah but listen to this part, listen to the guitar right here - and I hear a song anew. Like watching a puppy see a bird for the first time, and oh oh right yeah birds are fucking amazing, forgot about that.

[geoffreytoday]

#finally a comment that doesn’t have disdain for kids discovering old things #isn’t it cool that someone didn’t know Queen and they got to hear it for the first time? #isn’t it cool to witness that excitement?

I think this is largely why “react” channels on YouTube have become so popular. Watching someone experience something you love for the first time is exciting. Rediscovering that thing through their eyes is also exciting. 

[livebloggingmydescentintomadness]

i feel compelled to add this video of a nigerian (i think?) man listening to bohemian rhapsody for the first time, because it is an experience of such pure joy.

[oratopygous]

I was so excited and emotional watching him experience this for the first time! It was like I got to experience it for the first time all over again.

[ryttu3k]

#dude had a religious experience and is entirely correct for having done so  (tag by feltelures)

[justcatposts]

Every year a bobcat mama gives birth to a litter of kittens on my roof. I set up a camera this time around. 

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[takineko]

[supreme-leader-stoat]

Youth fascination with technology

[egberts]

[pekingopera]

merry christmas eve to this post only

[underwaterslopgirl-deactivated2]

Never forget the reason for the season

[rylandgraces]

*me plugging in my phone in the dark* dont think about it dont think about it dont think about it dont think abotu it dont thinka botu it donmt think aboiut it dont think about it dont think abotu it dont thihnk about it dont think about it dont think about it dojnt think abtiou it dont thi

[guerrillatech]

[braindamaged007-deactivated2024]

[radiofreederry]

This divorce is so strange

[markv5]

[ankle-beez]

Tumblr users who didn't leave after the big NSFW ban seeing people come back after Elon Musk buys Twitter

[mental-ch-illness]

“what’s wrong with you?” bitch what isn’t