FERN SEHEN

"You're beginning to believe the illusions we're spinning here. You're beginning to think that the tube is reality, and that your own lives are unreal. (...) " From the movie NETWORK  [My avatar is an illustration by the glorious Harriet Lee Merrion]

[you-can-be-what-you-want-to-be]

"Immature people crave and demand moral certainty: This is bad, this is good. Kids and adolescents struggle to find a sure moral foothold in this bewildering world; they long to feel they’re on the winning side, or at least a member of the team. To them, heroic fantasy may offer a vision of moral clarity. Unfortunately, the pretended Battle Between (unquestioned) Good and (unexamined) Evil obscures instead of clarifying, serving as a mere excuse for violence — as brainless, useless, and base as aggressive war in the real world."

Ursula K Le Guin at it again, being right as always

[weavemama]

daily reminder that there is absolutely nothing normal about being expected to waste a majority of your life at a corporation to survive instead of indulging in better life experiences ✨

[ralfmaximus]

In the 1960s it was a common speculation that by 1980 the typical work week would consist of 4 days. And by the year 2000 we’d be working no more than 3 days a week.

Because of computerization, automation, and better efficiencies in workflow.

Guess what happened instead?

[yeahiwasintheshit]

[floridakilo]

social media has evolved into such a voyeuristic spectacle over the last five to ten years its truly shocking to me like excluding tumblr 90% of the explore pages on other apps is just videos of peoples faces set to music or people talking directly to the camera etc etc......by contrast on tumblr there is still a sort of sheen of anonymity based on how its formatted and usually when you interact with a post you read or watch the content first and then learn the users identity second by clicking on their profile ie the dash is not just a wall of people filming themselves unless its a repost......i remember even only a couple of years ago there was a distinction between people who were influencers and got paid to film themselves 24/7 for instagram but now its like every average person on reels/tiktok is performing the same kind of theater for free......i cant imagine what that would do to your psyche long term

[fernsehn]

Absolutely insane how many bright and goodhearted (and most likely overly privileged people) completely miss the subversive way in which far right rethoric intends to destroy discourse and any attempt at social policy-making, by labeling anything that furthers justice and equality as "leftist".

[w0nderland42]

i get that americans love their cultural imperialism, but it really does piss me off that june is “international” pride month just because something happened in the united states.

in aotearoa, june isn’t our pride, it’s theirs. marsha p johnson and sylvia rivera are their historical figures, not ours. the phrase that “you owe your rights to Black trans women” is true there, but here we owe our rights to (mostly) Māori historical figures. i have the freedoms i do because of the legacy of an entirely different set of people operating in an entirely different context at entirely different times.

But because of american cultural imperialism, most queer people in Aotearoa don’t even know our own queer history. Carmen Rupe, Ngahuia Te Awekotuku, the Dorian Society, Gillian Laundon, Georgina Beyer, and the Wolfenden Association are some of our queer history. We should know their names! we should know what they did for us! but because of the power of the american imperial machine, we don’t.

our national pride month should be july, the month that the Homosexual Law Reform Act passed in 1986. our two largest cities hold their pride festivals in february and march, respectively. american queer history has very little (or nothing, depending on who you ask) to do with our queer history. anecdotally, from my own queries, queer youth in aotearoa know more about american queer history than our own.

anyway, happy pride, americans. i’m truly sorry that most of you don’t see the negative impact your nation’s culture has on the rest of the world. and to the rest of the world reading this, try searching for your own country and culture’s queer history, don’t accept the american narratives as your own. we deserve our own histories divorced from the cultural hegemony of the USA.

[great-and-small]

Just in case anyone needs a reason to not feed wildlife- this story out of Washington is a pretty good reminder. This lady has been feeding raccoons for years and now she’s just had to call authorities for help because hundreds of them are parked out on her property and are so aggressive trying to get food that she can’t get into her house.

Neighbors have been reporting excessive raccoon mortality on the adjacent road and several attacks on pets, but still everyone on this video was just talking about how cute it is. Why can’t people see how unfair it is to disrupt an animal’s life like this? What do they think will happen to these raccoons? They should be scampering through a forest or marsh eating crayfish and berries and bugs, not hotdogs and cat food. This is a nightmare situation and it’s entirely one person’s fault.

[datderpycookie]

- tags by @sigmastolen

[huariqueje]

Tending Flowers I - Chloe Chlumecky , 2026

Canadian , b. 1999 -

Oil on wood panel , 30 x 40 in.

[mighteenyx]

I love to scribble and this time i was not rushed so they actually look like mulder and scully this time

[snoopyoftheday]

snoopy of the day

[merlinsprat]

ORION in men in black (1997)

[felysha]

Jonathan Joss was an Indigenous, gay man who was murdered on the first day of Pride month as well as Indigenous History Month. He died protecting his trans husband. Homophobia and racism aren’t marks of the past, and this is a heart breaking reminder of that.

Praying for a safe journey back to the spirit world, Uncle ❤️‍🩹🦅

[felysha]

Today is the anniversary of the death of Jonathan Joss (King of the Hill, Parks and Rec). Jonathan Joss was an Indigenous, gay man who died protecting his transgender husband, on the first day of Pride month. Today we remember him and how he protected his family.

[kylieminvogue]

"COLUMBO" S1E5 - "Dead Weight"

[fernsehn]

As with all iconic film/tv performances or characters, something about David's Mulder performance is deeply connected to his core-charisma. The headiness, the outsider-consciousness, the sensitivity, .....

I really would like to see him get cast in a role with some of these traits again because I think that's where he does the best performance work. He's been playing so many boring male characters as of late (except the role he wrote himself in Bucky). It's also why I think the "See You When I See You"-casting was a step forward - can't wait to see it. And it was also what I loved about his What Happens Later performance (even though it was at first view another boring male lol - but the sensitivity was there...all that).

[fernsehn]

I think my disillusionment with the world couldn't be turned back once my LEAST psychologically aware friends were becoming youth/children psychiatrists ...because it was the doctor-job with the best working hours (and that still had contact with humans) for them?

I still haven't fully researched this but....I just noticed that some of my other friends who became psychotherapists spent so many years and hours and seminars to learn their craft so to speak. Meanwhile it seems to me like the doctor-friend who became a psychiatrist had like....a handful of psychotherapist seminars???? While already working as a junior psychiatrist full time. 🤔

The other day a psychiatrist friend also took me to the kids/youth practice where they work. I swear to god ...it had the WEIRDEST animal photography hanging on the walls. Like literally ..the last thing you would want to have hanging at a place where people might go who might feel shitty but you wanna spread a good comfy vibe?

Idk where i'm going with this. But it's nagging at me often. 🤣

[fernsehn]

Ah wait^^. This seemed relevant to me because psychiatrist friend thought my therapist was totally wrong about something regarding myself. Guess who knows my inner secrets and has ten times more experience at their job though ... 😏

[fernsehn]

I think my disillusionment with the world couldn't be turned back once my LEAST psychologically aware friends were becoming youth/children psychiatrists ...because it was the doctor-job with the best working hours (and that still had contact with humans) for them?

I still haven't fully researched this but....I just noticed that some of my other friends who became psychotherapists spent so many years and hours and seminars to learn their craft so to speak. Meanwhile it seems to me like the doctor-friend who became a psychiatrist had like....a handful of psychotherapist seminars???? While already working as a junior psychiatrist full time. 🤔

The other day a psychiatrist friend also took me to the kids/youth practice where they work. I swear to god ...it had the WEIRDEST animal photography hanging on the walls. Like literally ..the last thing you would want to have hanging at a place where people might go who might feel shitty but you wanna spread a good comfy vibe?

Idk where i'm going with this. But it's nagging at me often. 🤣

[anarchistmemedistro]

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[fernsehn]

I played in a christian pop band in my catholic high school. Throughout the years it became clear that about 50% of us were queer.

A highlight for us was always when we played church services that not only had a rainbow theme but also...extravagant rainbow accessoires ...I remember these huge rainbow colored cloths hanging in the church. And we were always like...😏😏😏😏

[literaryera]

I keep hearing John Green say he's retired from working and lemme just say John Green is the least retired retired person I've ever seen.

[sizzlingsandwichperfection-blog]

I am retired!!! I retired in October of 2017 and have kept my promise not to exchange my labor for money.

Since 2017, I have only done stuff that I thought was interesting or useful regardless of whether it pays, because we have more than enough money, and despite what billionaires might tell you, there is literally no difference between "more than enough" and "much more than enough."

So I no longer work for money. But in retirement one must keep busy, which is why I have taken on an unpaid gig as the social media intern for a coffee and tea business that donates 100% of its profit to charity.

I also sometimes travel to universities and other places to speak in support of Partners in Health and global access to tuberculosis care, and sometimes I write books because writing makes me happy, and every Tuesday I make a video on vlogbrothers, and I make a podcast about the world cup with my friends from high school, and so on, but none of these things constitutes work. These are just Retirement Projects, which are essential to a happy retirement.