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"Why do you buy books when the library is right there?"

Because publishing houses will not continue printing paper books if libraries are their only customers.

Also, I like being able to read at my leisure and generally have books at hand.

#public libraries are good because they let people access books they might never otherwise read#private book ownership is good because it's Yours#physical books are good because they last a long time and again it's Yours#ebooks are good because you can fit a whole library into the physical space of a single book and they're cheaper to produce#audiobooks are good because they're accessible to people with eyesight or visual reading issues and leave your hands free#in conclusion: all books are good and people should enjoy them however and whenever they can#(lest it be misunderstood I agree with you completely OP I just also really like books in general and it got away from me)

YES. all books. every kind

headspace-hotel

In the future, children will think our ways are strange. "Why do old people always grow so much milkweed in their gardens?" they'll say. "Why do old people always write down when the first bees and butterflies show up? Why do old people hate lawn grass so much? Why do old people like to sit outside and watch bees?"

We will try to explain to them that when we were young, most people's yards were almost entirely short grass with barely any flowers at all, and it was so commonplace to spray poisons to kill insects and weeds that it was feared monarch butterflies and American bumblebees would soon go extinct. We will show them pictures of sidewalks, shops, and houses surrounded by empty grass without any flowers or vegetables and they will stare at them like we stared at pictures of grimy children working in coal mines

headspace-hotel

We will be feeding our grandchildren strawberries and raspberries we grew in our gardens, dragging them along to the farmers' markets for tomatoes and eggs and goats milk and pickles and pecans and salsa and sunflower seed butter and jars of honey, as they complain and drag their feet because Gramma always stands around talking to people for like an HOUR

and we will say "When I was YOUR age, fruits and vegetables came from a supermarket and they were bred to get shipped 1000 miles in a truck and sit on shelves for weeks, and they tasted so sour and watery it was like eating paper compared to these ones. It wasn't even legal in some places to grow your own food"

and they will roll their eyes like yeah yeah just because everything was miserable in the 20s doesn't mean I have to have a smile on my face standing in the hot sun while you listen to that one guy talk about his bees FOREVER

But they will go, because there might be baby goats.

headspace-hotel

Since I made this post, dozens and dozens of people have left tags telling me that it was the first thing today that made them want to continue living, that it was the first thing that made them consider that they might be okay years in the future, that they might grow old, that it was the first and only post of its kind they'd ever seen—the first post that boldly predicts a future where we make it.

And many other people have been just spitting, foaming at the mouth fucking FURIOUS. How dare I have the audacity to imagine a future where things get better?

Don't I know how BAD things are? Am I not aware of the TERROR and DEVASTATION of climate change and fascism and biodiversity loss? How dare someone be so bold, so callous, as to imagine something other than misery and suicide. How dare someone suggest it will get better. How dare a person propose that there is a future where we will be okay, in the face of so much terror. Hasn't she seen the abyss opening its jaws before us?

Well? What do you think?

Do you think I've seen the abyss?

cuntyjugheadfromriverdale

the idea that there is hope for the future is the only way we have this kind of future.

there were kids who stayed inside because of the black plague and went on to help cure it.

there were women who sat at home and cleaned the house and dreamt up a world where they could vote and have jobs.

there were kids in the mines who thought up a life outside of it. there were children who hid in annexes and wrote a diary where they prayed for a future without a terrible man in control

there were slaves who wanted freedom so badly and had hope that it would get better

there were gay people who hid in the corners of clubs and fought back for a future where they could walk down the street together

do you know what all of that has in common? they had hope that things would get better and they made that change. they looked at the world in its cruel ways and fought back.

so now, there are kids and teenagers and young adults and new adults who dream of a world so beautiful and the only amazon their grandchildren know is the rainforest

and it is in everything we do that we find this hope. wishing on dandelions, counting the stars, making our own clothes out of crochet or knit or sewing it, watching the sunset, going to the farmer’s market, feeding the birds, planting seeds.

step by step, we dream up, like our ancestors before us, a beautiful world

headspace-hotel

THE ONLY AMAZON OUR GRANDCHILDREN WILL KNOW IS THE RAINFOREST

sevdrag

You can have hope and fight. In fact, it’s the only way we will possibly succeed.

gaytanic-panic

winter-rabbit-2

This is what that one post was taking about.

You can be as offended as possible about the language used, or you can look at the actual intent behind the words.

This man grew up in a time when trans people used that word for themselves. He probably hung out with a few often enough and just absorbed the language.

He was very much using it in a positive context. The barista he’s referring too is probably the only one that makes his favorite drink just right.

This is why Queer elders get so annoyed with the younger members of the community. Too focused on policing the terms people use while there are far bigger problems we are all dealing with.

dancinbutterfly

#this is all true#baby gays PLEASE learn that the words you scream at people online for are still in active use AMONG OUR COMMUNITY IN REAL LIFE#there are trans people who refer to themselves as trannies & transssexuals. there are lesbians who call themselves bulldykes. gay men who#call ourselves faggots. and it's done not in a self-effacing way but in honest joy and reclamation and it is NOT your place as#self-appointed keyboard warriors to bitch at us to stop. YOU'RE the new ones here. learn the culture if you want to survive.#and make the fucking effort to go meet queer people older than 20 in meatspace for FUCK'S sake#i get that you didn't get the trial by fire that the rest of us got but we'll be goddamned if we're gonna let you tell us we're not allowed#to be in OUR spaces smelling like smoke#old man yells at cloud#queerdom#trans matters#twitter dot com#blog together queue alone

This.

I'm 30something and new(a year and change) to my transition and you can pry tranny from my cold dead hands.

I'm also a gay man and you can pull faggot out of my clenched teeth.

I stood on the outside for decades like an orphan in the rain but I never stopped fighting the good fight as an "ally" and now I'm inside I will say and do whatever I fucking want forever because those words feel right on me.

It's fun and it's sexy and its mine and just fuck all the way off. I didn't walk alone through the dark for 25 years to get here to be told by angry children with anxiety what I am not allowed to do.

sunderwight

This is part of what "kill the cop in your head" means, btw.

Stop looking for Rules to follow or punish people for not following, pay the most attention to actions, intentions, and consequences.

the-haiku-bot

This is part of what

“kill the cop in your head” means,

btw.

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

mamawasatesttube

the thing about media literacy is that understanding why the author chose to specify that the curtains are blue is the same skill set as understanding that the way the author characterizes all black characters as angry or all chinese characters as meek and silent is racist. it is the same skill set as being able to identify when a news source is biased or when someone is feeding you propaganda. the ability to ask "why did this person choose to present this premise in this specific way?" is a critical skill in a world full of misinformation. why are the curtains blue? maybe it's a characterization detail. maybe it's extraneous worldbuilding. why is this character written as being right all the time? maybe you're intended to disagree with them. maybe it doesn't matter. maybe you should still ask why.

bebx

Reblog if you have contributed to the 17 million fanworks posted on Archive of Our Own ♡

jamiesfootball

Huge shout out to all the people who read fics. Who actually take the time out of their busy days to open a fic and read it

Before I started writing in earnest, I did not understand how much writing was going to eat into my fic reading time. We joke about having too many tabs open, but I have a different problem: the amount of tabs I have open on new fics is way smaller than it used to be. My ao3 wrapped would be a sad affair. Unless I’ve subscribed to an author or come across something on my dash, I basically don’t see it

Which has really driven home for me how much fandom cannot just be creators. You have to have people who want to read fic and meta discussions and joke posts. You have to have people who want to look at art and gifs. It has to be mutual.

Community thrives on flow. You have to have that movement of people sharing things with each other for a community to exist

Thank you fic readers. You keep things flowing

brainstatic

Psst, hey, Marilyn Monroe’s image as a freewheeling sexpot was a carefully constructed lie. The real Marilyn Monroe was a roiling tragedy and her life was an indictment of our society as a whole. She was orphaned after her mother had a schizophrenic breakdown, bounced around between foster homes where she was sexually abused, and married a 21-year-old at 16 to get out of being sent to an orphanage. Hugh Hefner published nude photos of her without her consent that were taken when she was 23 and desperate. She suffered severe anxiety and depression, which she coped with by drinking and using barbiturates, and was already a full-blown addict when she became famous in the mid-50s. Her career was one of exploitation, condescension and alienation, and she killed herself at 36. That Hugh Hefner, a man who was at best an unpleasant footnote in her life, felt entitled to be buried next to her is one more humiliation in a pop cultural landscape we should all be ashamed of.

class-struggle-anarchism

“Please don’t make me a joke… I don’t mind making jokes, but I don’t want to look like one… I want to be an artist, an actress with integrity..”

- Marilyn Monroe, last taped interview, days before her death

She deserved better than this

tikkunolamorgtfo

Can I just also say, in addition to all this, that I’m still pissed off about the fact that Joe DiMaggio swooped in and gave Marilyn a Christian funeral before her Rabbi could return from a trip overseas? ‘Cause that shit is fucked up.

So many men who claimed to be in love with her, and not one could fucking respect her wishes, even in death.

emily84

“I’ve never fooled anyone. I’ve let people fool themselves. They didn’t bother to find out who and what I was. Instead they would invent a character for me. I wouldn’t argue with them. They were obviously loving somebody I wasn’t.”” — Marilyn Monroe

Also:

As one of the biggest Ella Fitzgerald fans, she literally helped desegregate her performances. Ella was not allowed to play at Mocambo because of her race.

Ella Fitzgerald: “I owe Marilyn Monroe a real debt… she personally called the owner of the Mocambo, and told him she wanted me booked immediately, and if he would do it, she would take a front table every night. She told him – and it was true, due to Marilyn’s superstar status – that the press would go wild. The owner said yes, and Marilyn was there, front table, every night. The press went overboard. After that, I never had to play a small jazz club again. She was an unusual woman – a little ahead of her times. And she didn’t know it.” thisisnotmyfairytaleendingg (Source: dmvnessa)

ALSO:

In August 1956, Monroe began filming The Prince and the Showgirl, with Laurence Olivier staring and directing. The production was complicated by conflicts between him and Monroe. He angered her with the patronizing statement “All you have to do is be sexy” and his attempts to get her to replicate Vivien Leigh’s interpretation. She became pregnant and miscarried during the production, which heavily worsened her depression and increased her drug abuse.

A L S O , I will never forget watching a documentary about her once and, speaking about her marriage with Arthur Miller, the narrator said, verbatim: “America’s Brain had married America’s Body”. Like, literally, because he was a famous writer, he was entitled to personhood; she, being an actress, and a beautiful woman, was reduced to being “a body”. I have never been more enraged with her portrayal in the media. If you want to be dismissive of her, literally come for you.

amuseoffyre

She was also chronically ill her whole life: she suffered from endometriosis with pain so debilitating that a clause was written into her contracts accounting for the days when she would not physically be able to work during her periods.

She was on courses of strong medication, had invasive surgery to try and limit the damage caused, and despite trying for a baby numerous times, suffered many miscarriages because of her condition. The miscarriages especially sent her into deep depression, since she desperately wanted to be a mother.

There is speculation that the condition may have been one of the triggers in her drug dependency as well, because when you have endo, you will take whatever you can to stop. it. hurting.

Marilyn Monroe was smart and strong as hell in a world that saw her as a sexy doll and nothing more.

wiciclesatmidnight

She deserves better

blamebrampton

Marilyn was a founding member of the Hollywood branch of the Committee for a Sane Nuclear Policy and had lifelong left-wing political views with a particular emphasis on racial equality. She formed her own independent production company that survived for several years and earned a credit as an executive producer on several films. Additionally, she was not only concerned for workers rights, she acted for them, using her own fame to stop staff being unfairly sacked from several of her films. She was a loyal, kind woman and her early death remains a great tragedy. Worse still, as OP notes, is the co-opting of her image by exactly the sort of people she would have loathed in life.

cryptid-crw

HAPPY STABBY DAY 🗡️🗡️🗡️🗡️🗡️🗡️🗡️🗡️🗡️🗡️🗡️

fangirlshenaniganrex-deactivate

REBLOG if you are old enough to remember what a VCR is.

sexy-people-contests-2026

I always forget there are maga people on tumblr, this doesn’t feel like a website you’d find them on, so to keep them away:

Reblog if your blog is a maga free zone because if it wasn’t clear enough fuck ice, fuck maga, fuck Trump, Fuck Rowling, and fuck all the other bigots I missed

cake-and-leave

another set of ms paint valentines, rock based this time

shadowgremlin

My wife’s idea of decompressing after the busy holiday was to rearrange every piece of furniture in our home is this an ADHD thing or just a her thing

I’m not complaining the way she’s done it is much better than it was it’s just like how is this your idea of a relaxing weekend

kaity--did

Listen I don't get to decide when the drunk elf that is my executive actually does the functioning but when he does we have a SMALL WINDOW OF TIME before he finds the schnapps again and we're done

honeysbunchesofoats

kaity--did

yes this exactly

luminouspica

So to me, there are spoons (general energy cost) and carnival tickets (specific energy cost).

Spoons can be used pretty much anywhere.

Carnival tickets are only good for the carnival, and it’s only in town for a limited amount of time.

So like, if I get “kitchen cleaning” carnival tickets, I can’t use that to clean my bedroom, that’s not where the carnival is.

lingonberry24

phrase added to permanent vocabulary

tpwrtrmnky

Analyzing the politics of a work that's meant to be apolitical is actually a really interesting exercise because it asks you to critically examine what the creator considers to be "political" in the first place. Which ideas are just How Things Are, and which ones are Political, and how is that influenced by the creator's beliefs?

takashi0

Usually this just ends up with you looking like a moron btw

tpwrtrmnky

Angrily lashing out at the suggestion that it's possible to do basic media analysis was foundational to the ragebait ecosystem of the 2010s, from which we got basically the entire culture of modern far right politics, btw.

iteh3xael

I genuinely believe myself and others are being so sincere and literal when we say TOUCH GRASS

tpwrtrmnky

I went outside and got an education, that's where I learned that you can obtain knowledge and insight through analytical methods, then noticed that some people who sit on the internet yelling at strangers get really mad about that constantly.

finelythreadedsky

"none of those words are in the bible" but it's me nitpicking about what textile manufacturing techniques weren't invented until late antiquity and are thus anachronistic translations of biblical language

hypokeimena

#you did NOT knit me together in my mother's womb. that was weaving. #offshoot of me wincing every time someone uses 'embroidered' to describe ancient greek fabrics that would've definitely been tapestry-woven #it makes a difference!!! #knitting and weaving have VERY different symbolic/metaphorical connotations!!! #embroidery is a secondary process applied to already-complete textiles! different implications! (op)

whatthehelloh

Time to update this and add information for protesters having to deal with LRADS, the new sonic weapons the feds are deploying against citizens:

yipyipallyall

[ID: 1: PROTESTING SAFELY: WHAT TO WEAR: Nondescript, solid color, layered clothing; cover identifying tattoos; Heat resistant gloves; Goggles and mask; Emergency contacts written down [image shows Sharpie on arm]; Tie your hair up. WHAT TO BRING: Water for drinking and tear gas; Cash/change and ID; Bandages and first aid supplies; Snacks; Washcloth; Ear plugs; Protest signs. DON'T BRING: Cell phone without first turning off Face/Touch ID, going on airplane mode, and disabling data; Jewelry; Anything you don't want to be arrested with [images of switchblade knife and baggie of green stuff that is probably weed]; Contact lenses.

2: LRAD SAFETY FACTSHEET FOR PROTESTERS compiled by: Ron & Frosty Crunch 2020. GET OFF-AXIS FIRST. GET FAR AWAY SECOND. Folks out in the streets: this is a short guide below to staying safe from LRADs (Long Range Acoustical Device), which is a form of sonic weaponry that police have deployed in recent protests to disperse crowds. I am sharing what I know not to cause alarm, but so that people are aware of what LRADs are and can act to protect themselves, should they be deployed at any point. I am writing this as an electrical engineer working in audio and do not claim to be an expert on LRADs or sonic weaponry. This fact sheet has been cobbled together from available information online (LRAD instruction manuals, marketing datasheets, interviews, other disparate online sources) and from professional experience working in audio.

LRADs (Long Range Acoustical Device) have been deployed at actions in many major US cities. They produce high-frequency, highly directional sound to disperse crowds. Typical LRAD maximum SPLs (Sound Pressure Level) are 140dB-160dB. This is enough to burst eardrums even at a distance. The longer you are subjected to the sound, the more severe the damage to your hearing may be. Depending on proximity, permanent hearing damage is very possible.

The best safety measure is getting as off-axis and as far away as possible before it's activated. If you can't do that:

First priority is still to get as off-axis (i.e., out of its "spotlight") as you can, as far away as possible, as quickly as possible. Side-step the beam first, move away from it second. Try not to panic and abandon caution when trying to do this.

Bring earplugs, but keep in mind they alone will not be sufficient protection for prolonged periods of time. Inventor Woody Norris said in a 2008 AP interview, "What if they wear earplugs or put their fingers in their ears? The device is designed with sufficient intensity… That doesn't do a heck of a lot." Despite that, the LRAD 100x, 500x, and 1000x instruction manuals indicate that the operator (who is standing behind the beam) and people way off to the side of the beam should wear hearing protection (such as foam plugs). Having them will be better than nothing, but do not rely on them solely.

Given the high directionality of the sound, sufficiently large obstacles create effective acoustical shadows. Treat the LRAD almost like a spotlight and find large, dense cover. That said, remember that sound is a wave: it will reflect off of hard surfaces. Account for reflection when trying to take cover.

There is a video circulating suggesting signs (depending on their construction) may provide effective acoustical shielding. There are significant trade-offs and risks with this method. It should go without saying that if you block your face with a sign, you will not be able to see in front of you, leaving you vulnerable to both projectiles and to direct attacks by police. Additionally, the sign will reflect the signal, potentially at another innocent party. Bear this in mind if you are forced to use this method.

Additionally, an LRAD is not as directional as a spotlight, and depending on the model, the beam angle can be arbitrarily focused or widened. It is safest to be behind one. Since that won't be possible (that's where the police will be), getting perpendicular to the LRAD's beam (not perpendicular to the LRADS face) will also provide cover. That may also be difficult since police will likely occupy that space too. LRADs are often mounted on a pivoting stand too and can be pointed and aimed. Keep this in mind when finding cover.

{Image labeled "NYPD using an LRAD 100; larger models may be mounted on vehicles.")

LRAD Hazard Areas (from Acoustic Deterrent Systems website - a distributor of LRAD):

A diagram of the hazard areas when the LRAD is used at limited power and maximum volume. A circle around the LRAD is labeled Operator Hazard Area (Hearing protection recommended for sustained operations). A cone shoots out from the front of the LRAD in the direction of targeted subject(s), reaching 15 degrees to each side of the LRAD's aim. This cone is labeled Tone Hazard Area (Hearing damage may result in tone mode. Do not use tone if individuals are within Tone Hazard Area. Use voice mode only.). In this case, the cone shoots 10m out from the LRAD.

Another diagram illustrates the hazard areas when the LRAD is used at maximum power and maximum volume. A half-circle behind the LRAD is labeled Operator Hazard Area (Hearing protection recommended for sustained operations). A half-circle in frong of the LRAD and a beam 40 degrees to either side of the direction of targeted subject(s) reaching out ~15m is labeled Voice-Tone Hazard Area (Hearing damage may result in both tone mode and voice modes). A narrower but longer cone shoots out from the front of the LRAD in the direction of targeted subject(s), reaching 15 degrees to each side of the LRAD's aim. This cone is labeled Tone Hazard Area (Hearing damage may result in tone mode. Do not use tone if individuals are within Tone Hazard Area. Use voice mode only.). In this case, the cone shoots 75m out from the LRAD.

Tone Beam Width: 38m at range of 75m, 25m at range of 50m, 5m at range of 10m.

Chart of typical sounds by decibels and their impact: No sound perceptible to human ear (0dB) - threshhold of hearing. Normal breathing (10dB). Whisper (20dB). Library / Quiet office / Watch ticking (30dB). Quiet residential/rural area (40dB). Quiet suburban area / Rainfall / Fridge (50dB). Dishwasher / Air conditioner (60dB) - Normal conversation. Highway traffic / Vacuum cleaner (70dB). Alarm clock / Doorbell / Ringing phone (80dB). Noisy restaurant / Heavy traffic (85dB) - Maximum permitted level in workplace (8 hours). Tractor / Bus or truck (90dB). Electric drill / Underground train (95dB - Sustained exposure may result in hearing loss. Motorbike / Walkman (max. volume) (100dB). Disco / Pneumatic drill / Car horn (110dB). Chain saw / Rock concert / Stadium (115dB). Jet plane taking off / Thunder (120dB) - Threshhold of pain. Vuvuzela horn (world cup) (127dB). Power drill / Orchestra percussion (130dB). Air-raid siren (135dB). LRAD-100X max (137dB). Firearms / Gunshot (140dB) - Brief exposure can cause permanent damage. LRAD-300X max (143dB). LRAD-500X max (149dB). Artillery fire (at 500 ft / 150m) (150dB). LRAD-1000X max (153dB). Balloon pop (at 3 ft / 1m) (157dB) LRAD-2000X max (162dB). Rocket launch (180dB) - Death of hearing tissue.]

hottestthingalive

playing this awesome game I call getting so angry I become deathly calm and begin to coolly and deliberately plot the downfall of those who wronged me