Fandoms And Nerdy Things

After all this time? ..... Always

[catchymemes]

[vaspider]

Hey @mistresskabooms do you think something like this would work for us?

[exceptionallyautistic]

@candidlyautistic check this out! :o

[13faeinapenguinsuit]

This is pretty cool!

[auressea]

For my peeps with executive dysfunction!  

You can even make it double sided! 

Fabulous for breaking large/intimidating goals into bite-sized-bits

[somadyoucouldbite]

Oh my -god-

[masamunearts]

HOLY SHIT WHAT A GREAT IDEA OP

[mysimpsonsblogisgreaterthanyours]

[beeishappy]

LSSC | 2016.11.21

[stuckylikeglue-deactivated20171]

He is so DELIGHTED

[adulthoodisokay]

“They want to hire a part of me.”

[decepticonsensual]

Everything about this, from Carrie’s viscerally presented and excellent point, to the pun, to the look on Stephen’s face like he just fell in love.  Everything is so, so good.

[duettaeann]

Cotton candy winter sky

[franpaw]

Part 1 of Alliance, a comic story alternative to TROS.

Rey and Ben meet in a disused depot on Arjan Kloss to discuss joining forces to tackle the strange message detected from the Unknown Regions.

But Ben has other things on his mind!

[justsomeantifas]

BREAKING! The police just arrested Alvin Cole & Jacob Blake's family!!

Tonight, October 8th 2020, the parents of Jacob Blake and Alvin Cole were arrested by the Wauwatosa Police Department for PROTESTING THEIR CHILDREN BEING SHOT BY THE POLICE!

Tracy, Taleavia and Tristiana Cole have all been arrested, as well as Jacob Blake Sr., there are also others that have been swept up for protesting the decision not to charge Officer Joseph Mensah for the murder of Alvin Cole.  

The officers threatened to use a taser on those in the crowd and Tracy Cole has seemingly had her arm broken. They also hit her in the head. On the livestreams, she could be heard her telling them her head is bleeding and the cops say “well, that’s too bad.”

 LINK TO THEIR LAWYER’S DONATION PAGE - SHE IS ACCEPTING DONATIONS FOR THE FAMILY 

#BLACKLIVESMATTER 

#JUSTICEFORALVINCOLE 

#JUSTICEFORJACOBBLAKE

[vitruvians]

The Signs as Instrumental Playlists

Aries (listen)

20th of March - 20th of April

Taurus (listen)

20th of April - 21st of May

Gemini (listen)

21st of May - 21st of June

Cancer (listen)

21st of June - 22nd of July

Leo (listen)

23rd of July - 22nd of August

Virgo (listen)

23rd of August - 23rd of September

Libra (listen)

23rd of September - 23rd of October

Scorpio (listen)

23rd of October - 22nd of November

Sagittarius (listen)

22nd of November - 22nd of December

Capricorn (listen)

22nd of December - 20th of January

Aquarius (listen)

20th of January - 19th of February

Pisces (listen)

19th of February - 20th of March

[bacchanalium]

Some dude in 2020: You should not judge a historical figure, a man from the past, by the modern ethics! He was a product of his time. 500 years ago his actions were completely normal! It’s present-ism, we can’t judge… bla-bla-bla…

People from 500 years ago: Oh my, this guy is such a bastard, a genocidal butcher, a total piece of garbage. Let’s keep records of this douche so people from the future shall hate him too. 

[shining-dawn]

[explorerrowan]

Columbus’s crew were writing about what a genocidal monster he was. There were mutinies and uprisings by his crews and colonists constantly. If his contemporaries were willing to risk the ire of the queen of Spain to oppose him, we have every right to call him out on it too.

[booksandpetrichor]

My fave professor always says “there have always been antiracist people doing antiracist work”. So yeah, I can hold historical peeps to a higher standard because there were good, ethical people who knew better

[odinsblog]

Saying “you can’t judge the founding fathers on slavery” because “they didn’t know any better” or “that’s just how it was back then” is a cop out. It’s a standard whitewash that is still used to excuse racists today.

And I can promise you that there absolutely positively were people back then who knew slavery was wrong, and voiced their opinion that slavery was evil. Starting with the slaves themselves.

And if the words of the slaves somehow isn’t good enough, then listen to what one of the founding fathers had to say about the evils of slavery: (x)

Saying people didn’t know any better is whitewashing history, and perpetuating a false image of white purity and innocence. Slavers knew exactly what they were doing. All in the name of free labor and profit. The exploitive nature of capitalism hasn’t changed very much. I’ll bet 100 years from now people will argue that Jeff Bezos didn’t know he was risking the lives of his employees in the middle of a pandemic. Because “times were different back then.”

So yeah, people who insist that “times were just different back then” are racism apologists, whether they realize it or not. That worn out excuse is as old as slavery itself. Call those fuckers out.

[lovelysuggestions]

Your soul is made of stardust and you’re my favorite constellation

[stuckinreversemode]

ENOLA HOLMES 2020, dir. Harry Bradbeer

[maaarine]

@MariliaSavvides

[armitageadoration-deactivated20]

And men make fun of women for travelling in packs. Sighs.

Seriously, if you see this happening and you can speak up…do. If you are unable see if you can find someone who will help.

[okay]

Hello everyone! My name is Cess, I am a frontliner, I work as a medical technologist/scientist in a hospital in the Philippines. As you all know, we are all battling covid-19. We are experiencing a shortage of PPEs, N96/3ply masks, alcohol, goggles, gloves. Not just in my workplace but also in other hospitals all over the Philippines. 

So I decided to start a fund raising to be able to help my fellow medtechs, nurses, doctors and all health workers. 

You can drop your donations here. https://www.paypal.me/PrincessShalada

pls add “for covid-19 in your message”

Thank you everyone! Together we fight covid-19! PLS STAY AT HOME FOR US!

BTW you can check my facebook if you are in doubt https://www.facebook.com/cessyouu

also, I will be posting the medical supplies that i’ll be able to purchase from your donations. And ill be updating this post with screenshots of your donations! 

If ever I gather enough donations, I will be helping other hospitals too, because almost all hospitals in MANILA are already lacking from med supplies. Thank you so much! <3

If you have any questions pls message me! STAY SAFE!

[okay]

update guys I just received the first donation from Rebecca! Thank youuuu!!! Converted it to Philippine peso which is 440Php! this means a lot thank you so much!

*edited got two donors already* tysm meredith!

[reshipped]

signal boost

important

[beepbeepbitchhhh-deactivated202]

please donate if you can

[okay]

thank you guys I’m wearing our new PPE :)

Also I did the swabbing for my coworkers last wednesday! 

[pascalcampion]

Today is the day

#pascalcampion

[dailylittlewomen]

March sisters + hand-me-down dresses

An interesting costuming decision in the 1994 adaptation of Little Women was having the younger March sisters wear the elder sisters’ old dresses. At the Christmas party after her recovery from scarlet fever, Beth wears Jo’s red dress which she wore to the Gardiners’ New Years’ party a year prior. Years later, teenage Amy is seen wearing Meg’s old blue dress which she wore to Sallie Moffat’s coming out party. Considering that the Marches lived in genteel poverty, it was unlikely that they could afford new clothes for all four children, so it would make sense that the younger sisters wore hand-me-downs. The choices also reflect the sisters’ bond: Beth is closer to Jo, while Amy is closer to Meg. 

[dan-mcneely-deactivated20210328]

this sort of kind of reminds me of this class i had a few years ago where we talked about boundaries, how to keep them, and how to make sure people near you are safe too. probably because i think about it most of the time lol

the instructor was this big tall kind of imposing man who commented on how this exercise was one of the only times he thought that was a good thing. he asked for a volunteer and had them stand a few feet away from the wall on one end of the classroom while he walked over to the one opposite them. it was a big room so he was pretty far away

“i’m going to walk towards you and talk to you about my son,” he explained, in a totally friendly and disarming way. “im just going to talk and maybe gesture a little and walk towards you, just talking! and when i get too close, all you have to do is tell me to stop and i’ll stop. its ok! really! i wont be upset at all and this is just a class, i’ll stop on a dime!”

and then he did exactly what he said he was going to, but very loud and walking kind of fast. the room echoed and everyone was watching. he hadn’t lied at all, but it was just kind of a lot. the volunteer immediately took a step back and looked more guarded but didn’t say anything until he was basically on top of her. 

he stopped, and then he asked her “when did you WANT me to stop?”

she admitted that she was a little uncomfortable about how fast he was moving from the start, but halfway across the room is when she really didnt want him closer.

“yeah, i know! i was paying attention. i saw your nonverbal cues right away, but a lot of people who preface their actions with a speech like mine won’t. by constantly reassuring someone they can tell you to stop, the responsibility falls on YOU instead, in their eyes, and also makes you second guess using that to begin with! because you knew i didnt want to hurt you, or thought you knew that, the idea of telling me to stop, of suggesting i wasn’t safe, made you second guess your gut and worry about my feelings. it’s good to check in like i did, but it doesn’t mean you can stop being perceptive, and you have to keep in mind that just because you give them this tool doesn’t mean they’ll feel comfortable using it. once you understand that, there will be a lot fewer cases of people “blowing up” at you”

[dan-mcneely-deactivated20210328]

good evening, gamers

its 3am and i just wanted to say that this post has 10k notes now and its the only self-helpy people-decodery post ive made that spread this far without people twisting it into absolute garbage, so thank you so much for that alone

but the thing that really makes me feel emotional about it is that with most posts like this you see around, picking at how manipulation works and how abuse can bloom, they’re either presented or taken as things to watch out for in others, as things to look at and go ARGH, THIS EXPLAINS MY EX!!! and there is some of that! a lot of that! and its good and i love that people might be a little safer now dealing with others

but a significant portion of the tags and replies are from people who realize they do this, or even that they might do this. and of those, people have seemed embarrassed, mortified, scared, saddened, sure, but every single one has had an underlying current of “well, now i know a thing i can get better at”. you want to treat people better, and thats amazing. it also says that even if it feels disgusting to see this in yourself, that somewhere on some level you know you can improve. and its true!

thats so fucking cool i cannot get over it. 

[randomslasher]

You know…I’ve seen this post before but it didn’t hit me until this time. Especially the idea of “just because someone has a tool doesn’t mean they’re comfortable using it.” And it goes in both directions, too, because I’ve seen people who feel bad about not using tools–people who say things like, “well, I should’ve said stop” or “if I really felt strongly about it I should’ve said something, that’s on me” and while maybe there’s some truth to that, there’s also a lot of truth to the fact that we should never stop sharing the responsibility for one another’s safety and comfort. Yeah I’ve said “hey you can tell me if I’m making you uncomfortable” and you’ve said “I can speak up if I need to” but that doesn’t mean I can’t respect your non-verbal cues and it also doesn’t mean you are at fault if you weren’t able to use a tool you’ve been trained to be afraid of using

anyway OP this is mind-opening and I appreciate you lots

[clintfbarton-deactivated2025012]

[astrangeenchantedboy]

thinking about when i was small, how my mom told me that pipe cleaners were just a tool until people started idly shaping things with them and it grew so popular that they were marketed as crafting materials. and that story about how the original frisbees were disposable pie plates that students flattened to throw. and how when i was a child i had a wooden mancala set with shiny, colorful stones, but on invention it was played with rocks and grooves dug into the dirt. and middle school, paper football and tic-tac-toe and mash and mad libs, games that just need pen and paper. and before that, games of pretend with pirates and princes and masked marauders. how at slumber parties after lights out, we used to whisper storytelling games, i say one sentence and you say the next. and shadow puppets. and the way all the kids in the neighborhood used to divide into teams and throw fallen pine cones at one another. and the floor is lava game, and the quiet game, and the games i play with my coworkers that are just words and retention. and “put a finger down” on the high school bus. and little girls clapping together, and how the first jump-rope was undoubtedly just a length of rope who knows how long ago, and how natural it is to play, how we seek play at every age and with any resources we have and with whatever time we can squeeze it into in a day. i’m not an anthropologist or a psychologist but i think after food and shelter and water and air what comes next is games and stories and laughter. i think that there is nothing – not sex or fighting or forming unlikely bonds with animals – there is nothing more human than to play.