Do I Dare to Eat a Peach?

Alexandra, 26, She/Her, Bisexual, White, Librarian.

[heated-rivalry-two-souls]

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Wild Geese by Mary Oliver (read by Helena Bonham Carter)

Wild geese

You do not have to be good. You do not have to walk on your knees For a hundred miles through the desert, repenting. You only have to let the soft animal of your body love what it loves. Tell me about despair, yours, and I will tell you mine. Meanwhile the world goes on. Meanwhile the sun and the clear pebbles of the rain are moving across the landscapes, over the prairies and the deep trees, the mountains and the rivers. Meanwhile the wild geese, high in the clean blue air, are heading home again. Whoever you are, no matter how lonely, the world offers itself to your imagination, calls to you like the wild geese, harsh and exciting -- over and over announcing your place in the family of things.

[thisisnotenuff]

i love you and it's getting worse.

Edgar Allen Poe // Alicia Ostriker // Alexander Pushkin // Mayy Sayigh // Audre Lorde // Margarita Karapanou // Tishani Doshi // Joseph Morris // Cecilia Woloch // Audre Lorde // Faiz Ahmed Faiz // love is a dog from hell, the limousines

[flythesail]

Growing up on the internet it was drilled into us to not give our real name, age, etc. only for all these social platforms to turn around and be like 😦☝️ um actually, we really need your social security number, credit card, and full government ID.

[ben-shapiro-onlyfans]

wikipedia is a gem

[laineysbucketlist]

If I’m correct, this is from the article “list of common misconceptions” which happens to be one of my favorite Wikipedia articles

[mctreeleth]

https://xkcd.com/843/

[luckhaver]

The whole article is a wild ride.

[justheretobreakthings]

So within two days of each other, Fox News writes an article comparing aromanticism and asexuality to pedophilia, and then Matt Walsh releases a video saying asexuality is a mental illness and asexuals are tricking teenagers into having depression.

Not sure what’s going on right now over in Conservative World, but it’s a hell of wild U-turn for them to suddenly switch from “Oh no! The left is sexualizing our children!” to “Oh no! The left is asexualizing our children!”

[ohnoitstbskyen]

It’s a reminder, I guess, that they’re coming for all of us. The fash and the white supremacists will not make nice distinctions between the queers when they put us up against the wall. There is no gatekeeping, no label-policing, no purity-purging and no assimilation that any of us can do that will save us. They want us dead, and while they’ll start with whoever is most vulnerable at any given time, they’ll get around to all of us eventually.

Queer solidarity means all of us because the fash are coming for all of us.

[cryptotheism]

If companies are allowed to sue you for losses during a strike, there is now no longer an incentive to not simply burn down your place of work.

[cryptotheism]

For most people, there's really no difference between say, 15,000$ of debt, and 200,000$ of debt. They are equally life-ruining sums of money. Why not, you know, leave that gas stove on? Cost the company some real money? Maybe if it happens enough times they won't be able to buy insurance.

[changingnikkiwi]

[bookgeekdom]

[skulls-n-ivy]

They also usually have free wifi. One of the few places you can use the wifi without being expected to buy something.

[miscue]

Some of them have maker spaces! That might mean 3D printers, sewing machines, photography studio space, etc. Most of them have welcoming teen zones, with comfy furniture to sprawl on, the young adult books, often a helpful teen-specific librarian. I’ve even seen gaming spaces and signs gently reminding older folks that this area is designated for teens and to respect that. Mine will loan you fishing poles, muffin tins and such for baking, an entire giant tote bag of book club stuff (multiple copies of the book, advice, questions, etc), and a backpack with day pass for the state park system. There are usually great kids’ programs, for many age groups, which can be a lifesaver for stressed parents. Sometimes their are author talks. Often you can book a conference type room for your DnD group (usually free, schedule usually first-come and as-available.) It’s *always* worth investigating what your local library has available! And as people have said, the more you can drive numbers up, the more likely they are to get funding. So get a library card, check and recheck books. Visit often, as many libraries do a rough daily head count. Use the computers and wifi. Access the maker space. Borrow ebooks. Attend board/friends of the library meetings and let the staff know you support and value them

[suigintou]

manifesting

[matarsack]

i think the world doesn’t know what it really means to live in a theocratic dictatorship. Let me tell you about our experiences living in the islamic regime of iran.

1. Your parents were born to muslim parents so they’re automatically muslim. You’re automatically a muslim too. You didn’t choose your religion and you can’t opt out of it or you will be executed.

2. The compulsory hijab law makes you a criminal if you choose not to wear hijab even tho you didn’t choose to be a muslim and you don’t consider yourself a muslim but the regime has forced you into that role whether you like it or not. And when you ‘break that law’, they can do with you as they please.

3. little girls as young as 7 yrs old are forced to wear hijab at school even tho the islam itself says the age is 9. and all the schools are gender segregated so imagine how they force you to get used to hijab even when you’re just surrounded by other girls. And all day long at school they tell you horrible stories about what will happen to you in hell if someone sees even a strand of your hair.

4. the regime modifies all the textbooks, story books, cartoons and movies to represent the ideal woman with full on hijab. The iranian media is ordered to photoshop every photo of a woman that may be showing a little skin. And if they’re iranian, no hair is supposed to be seen or that will be photoshopped away. Women are mostly excluded from billboards and tv commercials.

5. imagine going to work or meeting up with a friend when suddenly the morality police kidnap you in broad daylight and force you into a van to take you to a station where they will treat you like a criminal and if you don’t agree to get humiliated and do as they say, they will put you in prison. And in case of Mahsa Amini and so many more before her, they will beat you to death. My sister was barely 18 when she got kidnapped and they didn’t let her call home and she’d been so fucking scared and we had no idea where she was. Imagine all the psychological trauma.

6. If you’re in a car and not wearing hijab they will fine you and seize your car. So when u get into a taxi the driver will ask you to keep your hijab on otherwise they’ll get fined. And if you refuse they’ll ask you to get off the car.

7. And its not just about hijab. In Ramadan, they get even more vicious. If they catch you eating or even drinking water on the street they will give you lashes as punishment and even imprison you for breaking the law. If you work in a state-owned company it’s even worse. They will close the cafeteria and take away the water dispensers. All restaurants are banned from delivering food before iftar. It’s a fucking mess. Everyone has to pretend they’re fasting or they’ll be severely punished.

8. And how could I forget about this! iranian women are banned from singing! the islamic regime prohibits women’s singing voices to be heard by men so imagine the horror of having 50% of the population banned from ever becoming a singer. If they identify a female singer in iran, they will take her to jail and force her to repent her sins in the most humiliating way so that she will never dare sing again.

9. And every time the regime gets wind of a private gathering of men and women trying to have fun and live their fucking private lives, the police crash the party and take everyone to jail bc the Islamic regime bans iranian men and women from having fun.

So if you see Islam has become for many iranians a symbol of oppression and torture and discrimination, that’s why. The regime uses islam as a weapon to silence and punish anyone who opposes them. You can love islam all you want from the safety of your home in a free country and talk about how kind and benevolent the religion is, but in iran, it’s a whole different story.

Our economy is fucked. All govt officials are corrupt as fuck. Most websites are banned in iran. Even tumblr is banned. The world has cut the iranian ppl from many services. We don’t have intl credit cards like visa card. Amazon doesn’t do delivery to iran. We cant get netflix, spotify or even a gamepass subscription. we don’t get any Apple services here. iran isn’t listed as a country you could choose when signing up for a lot of services. and when we decide to leave iran and escape this hellhole, every country out there will make it sooo much harder for us to get a visa just bc we had the misfortune to be born in iran at the wrong time.

This is the story of iran for the past 44 years. Held hostage by a corrupt regime that uses religion to suppress and torture the people and being abandoned by the rest of the world bc our lives don’t matter.

Please be our voice. Once they shut down the internet completely and silence our voice, they will start slaughtering us to stifle the protests just like they did in 2019. Please help us. We want this fucking regime gone.

[dduane]

And their internet is in the process of being shut down right now.

(https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/sep/22/iran-blocks-capitals-internet-access-as-amini-protests-grow)

Reblog this and other voices from Iran. Help be their voices. They need us now.

[clickbeetle]

a lot of pieces of media will show characters catching fireflies with just their bare hands. in some cases they will just land on the persons fingers. to gently be placed inside of a jar..

for people who live in areas who don’t have fireflies, i want you to know that is not made up or exaggerated for those scenes. fireflies are really like that. they are slow and not cautious at all. while camping i would just walk up to one flying in the air and grab it. and it would sit on my hands like “oh ok.” they are my friends.

[clickbeetle]

also i think it’s funny when fireflies are portrayed as round light bulb-ish shapes. they are skinny.

[clickbeetle]

also their butts are yellow even when not lit up. they’re not just all black until suddenly lighting up yellow! they always got little yellow asses!

[clickbeetle]

they are such friends

[exceptionerroralex]

fireflies our beloveds <3

[toasty-bat]

Thought people might appreciate this video I got of a firefly that landed on my mom’s ring and sat there flashing for about a good minute or two. They really are just like that

[headspace-hotel]

I've had to let a couple people know that fireflies are in fact real.

If you're one of todays lucky ten thousand, i'm happy for you. The world is a marvelous place <3

[alexis-royce]

Much like Monarch butterflies, Fireflies are also not doing so great. If you live in a place with native fireflies and you'd like to help, consider making a space in your yard to leave a small pile of fallen branches, or your leaf pile once they start to fall. Turn off outside lights at night. And of course, if you absolutely must keep a lawn, please ditch the pesticides.

[upsettingandunfortunateclasshate]

A third of Pakistan is under water. A third of the entire country. Absolutely mad.

[upsettingandunfortunateclasshate]

9.5 million houses have been destroyed

[ratsstick]

Pakistan pleads for international help as parts of country 'resemble a small ocean'

Pakistan is racing to prevent further loss of life as it reels from one of its worst climate disasters with floodwater threatening to cover

Idk where you're getting those numbers. It's predicted that up to a one quarter to a third of the country could be underwater by the end of monsoon season.

Nearly 500k homes have been destroyed and as of this article published this morning, August 29th, more than 3.1 million have been displaced.

Here are some aid organizations you can donate to (don't worry, I looked into them and checked Charity Navigator and stuff). You can also call on your country's government to provide aid and if you live in a country participating in the IMF you can urge them to send IMF aid too https://www.imf.org/en/Countries

Pakistan Floods Emergency Appeal | Muslim Aid

[slipping-into-madness]

[crazy-brazilian]

[athelind]

SO MUCH THIS

[kaijuno]

Also: it’s because in literally 5 minutes I did this

Jesse Dornfled is ~36 years old and lives in St. Paul Minnesota. I know his phone number and all of his previous addresses for the past 11 years. I know what high school he went to. Just because he used his real name

[rainbow-femme]

Cross your fingers for Disney losing full Avengers rights

[littlemissonewhoisall]

Just to be clear this would not make them unable to make the movies they’d just have to properly pay the creators and their families for the use of the characters.

[alethiaii]

I fucking hope they lose so bad.

[delestre]

like to charge, reblog to cast

[neutroisenjolras-moved-deactiva]

why are So Many practitioners/teachers of psychology and related fields neurotypical. you wanna talk fetishizing lets talk how many people get into psychology just because my Brain Problems are Fascinating

[farinurlaubofficial-deactivated]

its funny bcs when the leading expert on bpd admitted that she has bpd other psychiatrists who are neurotypical suddenly became dedicated to discrediting her when previously they had agreed with her like thats how fuckin deep ableism goes

[manicdepressivenightmare]

Her name is Marcia Linehan, the therapy program she designed for BPD is called dialectical behavioral therapy (DBT) and is incredibly innovative and immensely helpful to so many people and is used to treat a variety of mental illnesses aside from BPD, and all of that is 100% accurate, other folks in the field started treating her like absolute shit after she “came out.”

[galahadwilder]

I'M CRYING I'M ACTUALLY CRYING

How to qualify for Biden's new student loan forgiveness plan

President Joe Biden on Wednesday announced his plan to address student loan debt, which includes debt forgiveness for certain borrowers and

[myrrhemaid]

Folks: Back in June the Biden administration also made it possible to claim LOAN CANCELLATION for over a hundred predatory for-profit colleges. Thousands are illegible for total relief-- return of money paid, and credit score readjustment. Now that other student relief action is in the news a LOT of people are just learning about Borrowers Defense.

[roach-works]

ohhhh my heart is so full right now. ive watched the art institute eat naive young artists alive for decades now. i hope they all burn down. i hope the upper management all die broke and ashamed, like so many hundreds of their graduates have.

[sumeriasmith]

This is, obviously, amazing, but CRUCIALLY, if your school is listed here, you have to apply for the cancellation. This is NOT automatic. This is a payout from a settlement based on a government suit against the conglomerate running these schools. I urge everyone who has outstanding student loans to go to this website and APPLY FOR A SETTLEMENT. YOU HAVE TO APPLY.

ASAP there is a deadline.

THIS IS THE LINK YOU WANT.

https://studentaid.gov/borrower-defense/

[apas-95]

love how this is all just openly acknowledged fact but if you tried to tell any of this to the average usamerican they would consider you some insane conspiracist