A Degenerate Elite

Part of a Degenerate Elite. - D. Elfman Thought, rants, and so on about Steampunk, politics, life, security, Wicca, various intersections, and any number of things that wander into my head.

[battle-metal]

[la-laborista-republiko]

[curriebelle]

1) I fear this greatly but this is exactly why higher ed needs more passionate, articulate teachers - to reprogram hate

2) this post has 1 blatant lie in it because nobody WANTS to do a week on Baudrillard

[timetraveldean]

[bmwiid]

omg

[wittywallflower-deactivated2018]

REblog if you are Asexual, support Asexuals, or spend most of your time actually thinking about Superheroes.

[holzmantweed]

There’s an awful lot of fanfic suggesting that thinking about superheroes is not what distinguished sexual from asexual.

[muslim-daily]

China is putting Uyghur Muslims into Concentration Camps

This is one of the greatest attrocities and oppression taking place in the world today yet still it is one of the least talked about issues. It’s estimated possibly over 2 million Uyghur Muslims have been put into these concentration camps which China calls “re-edcuation camps” and the goals is to wipe out and clean them from their cultural and religious identity. They have built dozens of these camps with fortified walls and barbed wire fences which they hide from the world media.

China sees Islam as an ‘ideological disease’. Many of the people put in these camps don’t make it out alive due to to the harsh living conditions inside. Many leave behind children who are then sent to government run orphanages and are brainwashed from a young age removing their cultural and religious identity.

Uyghur Muslims can be arrested and put in these camps for the smallest of reasons and every step they take is monitored by the authorities. Facial recognition cameras and high tech equipment has been deployed in East Turkestan turning it into a complete surveillance state. This isn’t fantasy or ‘fake news’. This is happening now in East Turkestan. Don’t let history repeat itself. Share and let the world know the truth.

[moon--and--star]

please boost this!!!!

[trapbinch]

I believe every word here because I remember China’s infiltration in African countries especially Uganda. Forcing the women to marry Chinese men and give up their culture as a way to maintain tight control of their minerals and resources. The Chinese are the new colonizers but they are getting away with because no one is aware of it. They are being a lot smarter about it and thus history repeats itself. Please spread awareness about their literal concentration/ death camps.

[jhameia]

I believe every word here because something similar happened in Indonesia where Chinese people were forced to assimilate into “Indonesian” culture. Names being changed. Something similar happened in early colonial Philippines as well, with indigenous people AND Chinese migrants there being forced to change their names into something “Spanish.” 

China joins a long list of genocidal states. 

[geekandmisandry]

As a pansexual the swerving of bisexuals into our definition makes us uncomfortable

Nah, I doubt that very much. I don’t think my long recognised definition of bisexual makes pansexuals uncomfortable, I think it makes biphobes uncomfortable and it’s really not my place our priority to make biphobes feel good about trying to limit the definition and expression of bisexuality.

[gunpla]

heads up to my underage followers

don’t join mastodon. the lax nature of regulations makes it an extremely popular platform for maps and pedophiles.

[gunpla]

there are always alternatives to tumblr but mastodon is Not a trustworthy or good one

[anarchopuppy]

This is based on a drastic misunderstanding of what Mastodon is. It’s not a social media site like tumblr - it’s open-source code that allows anyone to create a social media site, which can then interact with other sites using that code. To say Mastodon has “lax regulations” is really misleading, because Mastodon itself has no regulations, it only has tools for moderators to regulate their own instances

Mastodon “allows” pedophiles in the same way that email “allows” identity theft scams. No, “email” doesn’t put a stop to identity theft, but “email” is just a set of protocols for sending messages - it’d be absurd to expect it to

Most Mastodon instances (including mastodon.social, the largest and oldest) do more to keep pedophiles off their platform than tumblr ever has, by having strict rules against it, banning any instances that don’t have strict rules against it, and actively moderating to enforce those rules. At that point it’s as if the pedophiles are on a different website entirely - because they literally are on a different domain

As someone who actually uses it, I can confirm that I’ve never had or even heard of a run-in with pedophiles. Admins know the instances that allow it and quickly block and spread the word about any new ones that pop up. Again, it’s been more of an issue for me on tumblr than it’s ever been on masto

Please reblog this. People love spreading this rumor without knowing what they’re talking about, and it’s driving people away from non-corporate, community-controlled, secure open-source social media. And that’s a real big shame

[psyclone-joker]

Tumblr on December 17th.

[katjohnadams]

fuCK

[holzmantweed]

[holzmantweed]

Meet me on Dreamwidth, maybe pillowfort if they get their act together

I will not support a site that won’t support contributors of adult content.  I’ll be migrating selected content to my long-dormant Dreamwidth and removing it from here.

[doggie-girl-deactivated20230214]

[still-godless-david]

Abd they’ll do their best to destroy local businesses.

[holzmantweed]

DO NOT WANT.

This is my community Amazon’s poised to destroy.

[sevenmoths-deactivated20250325]

full offense but the increase in cop shows in recent years being concurrent with the more widespread condemnation of the police is not a fucking coincidence

[vague-humanoid]

‘Dragnet’ was straight up LAPD propaganda, on national TV for years

The show created the idea of the American cop, but racial rebellions shattered that image

Since the inception of television, portrayal of crime and justice has been a central feature on television. In particular, the police are fe

Some history, cop shows exist to make the public like cops.

[ororomunroedontpullout]

Remember when I said this and people where mad because I would kiss the ground B99 walked on?

[shinosarna]

Original detective stories of Sherlock Holmes: depict police as stiff and lacking imagination

Later developments from early 20th century (Agatha Christie and such): similarly, police is stupid and easily tricked by criminals, and smart amateurs have to save the day

around 1930s ‘hardboiled’ and noir fiction: police are every bit and corrupt and detestable as criminals, and sometimes ARE the gangsters. These are almost entirely realistic, as they’re often written from actual experiences of real private detectives

1940s, vigilante detective fiction like Batman and the Shadow: where as always, police is portrayed as at worst corrupt and at best useless, and it’s up to brilliant people in masks to solve crimes

1950s: SUDDENLY with Dragnet, police are all brilliant crimefighter heroes who solve all the crimes, and are Always Lawful Good, and criminals are Always Chaotic Evil

onwards: 80-90% of detective fiction is about cops, and usually follows the Dragnet formula (e.g. stuff like CSI)

Thesis: police procedural is a predatory creation that has co-opted the notoriously anti-cop genre of detective fiction, whose primary starting idea was that cops were little more than thugish brutes, unsuited to subtle scientific art of solving crimes, and turned it into shallow propaganda.

Thesis point 2: Scooby Doo are the only unproblematic modern detective stories.

[lewd-plants]

New goddess idea: She’s an earth goddess of the new age who’s domain is spinning and weaving, but specifically spinning and weaving gigantic structural steel cables for construction and other industrial purposes. Her skin is steel grey and hard to the touch and her hair is like long dredlocks of woven steel. She laughs at shitty architecture deigns that will fall apart if actually built and protects well-made bridges and buildings she likes. She might warn you of unforseen danger if you always wear your proper PPE.

Okay now what do I name her

[systlin]

O’sha. 

Obviously 

[lewd-plants]

THAT’S PERFECT

[systlin]

I AM ALWAYS HERE FOR QUALITY WORKPLACE SAFETY REGULATION PUNS

[fishmalazahn]

That’s my goddess. 👍🏻

[systlin]

May O’sha bless you with earplugs that are comfortable and respirators that fit perfectly. 

[lewd-plants]

And good steel. Always good steel.

[systlin]

May your steel deliveries be always on time and your rebar strong

[skiptomy]

I’m just gonna…. put this here…..

hope you don’t mind

[nonsensicallycereal]

BEAUTIFUL

[dealingwithaces]

“Amongst the calm grasslands, forests and fresh water streams of beloved Himachal Pradesh - here’s an original folk metal track "Jee Veerey” (literal translation: Live, Brave One). A song that speaks about enduring and braving through a highly overlooked but rampant problem - mental illness.”

[byecolonizer]

[deadcatwithaflamethrower]

people I still want to stab over a decade later:

Creative Writing Professor at a former college: Welcome to creative writing! By the way, you will not write fantasy, ghost stories, pranormal, or science fiction in this class, as this is a creative writing course.”

[morgynleri]

What the ever loving fuck is with “creative” writing professors who think that speculative fiction of any stripe ISN’T CREATIVE?

[thebibliosphere]

I still remember my own creative writing teacher telling me this because he saw the Terry Pratchett book on my desk and got this smug smirk on his face like “aha, gotcha”. He had the nerve to pick it up and call it “popularist fiction”, like somehow being popular and easily accessible made it less inherent in intellectual value.

I had it in my back pack because I did my final thesis on the evolution of mythology and folk tails into fantasy and sci-fi and the societal importance of telling stories (before anyone asks, no I don’t have it, I lost it when I moved continents), and I used Terry Pratchett because there wasn’t a single humanitarian issue the man did not touch on.

Which I told him. And then he kind of floundered and went “ah, well but, it’s…well I mean it’s not exactly high brow”, like neither the fuck was Shakespeare or Dickens you self-important turnip. Dickens was literally selling his stories by the chapter. He was the popular author of his time. Shakespeare was too, he fucking made up words and phrases all the time because the language he needed to express himself didn’t exist in the way he needed it too.

Intellectual elitism is nothing more than a hold over from class warfare and the belief that only certain people should get to be truly educated. And it needs to be smashed.

[iamthecutestofborg]

This kind of thing pisses me the fuck off

[reverseracism]

Good

[socialistexan]

Reminder that the mayor of Pittsburgh and Rabbis and Jewish leaders asked Trump not to come to Pittsburgh.

The former Rabbi of Tree of Life went on MSNBC just last night to implore Trump not to come.

He did not listen, just like he never does.

[holzmantweed]

That’s how you do it.

[date-a-jew-suggestions]

I’m so fucking tired of goyim ignoring antisemitism. They ignore everything until something so extreme happens, like the recent shooting. How about you start caring about us BEFORE WE FUCKING DIE. Just fucking LISTEN for ONCE when we say we’re angry or scared or sad about the injustices we as a people have faced OVER AND OVER AGAIN. I don’t know one single Jewish person who hasnt been touched by antisemitism. I’ve been called a kike more times than I can count. I went to elementary school with a boy who told me he wished Hitler had won the war. I was shouted at and threatened by a stranger for wearing a Magen David. My grandpa has had to respond to bomb threats at our synagogue. My grandma had to switch roommates in college because her roommate was violently antisemitic. My fucking Jewish PRESCHOOL had to have ARMED GUARDS to keep people from fucking MURDERING PRESCHOOL AGED JEWISH CHILDREN. I thought all preschools had armed guards until I was like 12. Just fucking LISTEN when we say things. Here, I’ll give you a list of things you NEED to listen to us about.

Holocaust deniers are violent antisemites, no exceptions. They are dangerous and do not deserve a platform to speak.

Jewish people cannot be nazis, no matter how much you disagree with them. Ben Shapiro is a piece of transphobic racist shit, but he’s not and will never be a Nazi.

Trump and many people in his cabinet have repeatedly used antisemitic dog whistles, most recently calling himself a nationalist.

We. Are not. All. White. Stop being dicks to Jewish people of color.

And we’re not all ashkenazi!!! Google is your friend if you don’t know what that means.

Don’t do that “Nazi puncher” bullshit if you don’t actively uplift and defend Jewish people. Punching nazis is a great thing but you need to uplift and support jews at the same time.

Stop pinning Israeli war crimes on random Jewish people. And stop demanding we tell you our opinions on Israel before you treat us with basic human decency.

GOY IS NOT A SLUR

Judaism is an ETHNORELIGION. I am both religiously AND ethnically Jewish. It’s not that hard to understand.

Stop tone policing us

Just fucking listen when we speak

[date-a-jew-suggestions]

Goyim please reblog

[webelieveinyoukris-blog]

Being gay is natural? Okay.

You have three islands. Divide them into groups of one. The straight island, the gay island, and the lesbian island. The straight island is going to reproduce and keep going strong for millions of generations to come. The gay and lesbian islands will both wipe out in not even one century. This isn’t just about religion or morals, it’s just simple common sense. Being gay is unnatural, and not just because God said so, but because you yourself wouldn’t even be born without a REAL natural man and woman. And no, there is no such thing as a lesbian bone marrow “thing” to have children. That’s a biased fact that came from a lesbian scientist who has false opinions. If it’s not a real penis or vagina, then it’s fucking false and you’re just opinionated by dumb facts. I’m done here. Read over what I said and if you still think that being gay is normal and natural, then I hope you achieve some common sense one day. Bye

[yeinns-blog]

Where is this gay island located.. asking for a friend

[queercakes]

I just have SO MANY questions. Why were we all separated onto different islands? Did the government sanction this? If so, why? Why didn’t we revolt against this tyrannical government? Where are these islands? How were they chosen? Are the continents of the world abandoned? What kind of resources are on each island? Are they the same or different? Does each island have a right to form its own government or does the government that segregated us still rule? If so, what island do they rule from and how do they communicate with the other two islands? If they can communicate with the other two islands, can all three islands communicate with each other? If the straight people keep reproducing, won’t their island become overpopulated and their resources depleted? Islands only have so much space right? Do straight people stop having gay kids? Isn’t it a fact that, to date, straight people are the largest manufacturers of gay kids? If a gay kid is born on straight island, do they get sent to their appropriate island? Wouldn’t that aid in the re-population of gay and lesbian island? What about people who are attracted to more than one gender? Are they just lost at sea, floating aimlessly? Is the ocean full of listless pansexuals, floating nowhere? Or are they trapped in some sort of purgatory because they don’t fit on any one island? Are there trees on lesbian island? Is it conceivable that if there were, a large group of lesbians could build a boat? Have you ever seen lesbians around timber? If they built a boat, could they travel to gay island? How far apart are the islands? If they could travel to gay island, would they be able to collect semen, return to lesbian island, and repopulate the island? Would they be able to send some of those children to gay island? Do trans people exist in this world? If so, wouldn’t they be able to aid in repopulation? If the lesbians decided to declare war on the heterosexuals, would they be able to reach their island? On the way to heterosexual island, could the lesbians pick up the gays and scoop the floating bisexuals from the sea? If so, would they all be able to go and attack heterosexual island together, wiping out its people’s, stealing its children and taking all its resources? Does this fantasy world get you off at night? Please write back soon!

[fieldbears]

Speaking up from the pansexual archipelago: I too have these questions

[nothowtheforceworks]

Checking in from bisexual bay: The boats are nearly complete and are equipped with a special invisibility function. We attack at dawn

[fieldbears]

Fuck the questions, lemme on that boat, I’m coming with you

[aspiring-weird-old-man]

*random ace just floating away into the sky like a balloon*

[jezunya]

I am so here for an asexual sky nation. We live in floating cities and master the wind currents. Newly minted ace youths are sent up to us in baskets suspended under hot air balloons. We breed giant birds to bear us through the skies, or else build ourselves wings and gliders to fly in their midst. The only land we know are the tallest mountain peaks and the world is a bright blue gem spreading out beneath us.

(And we will of course be providing air support for the impending attack on Straight Island)

[thatwriterchickyouknow]

OP’s nasty-ass post got turned into a goddamn sci-fi dystopian adventure and I’m so here for it.

[whalleyrulz]

oh my god Bisexual Buccaneers from Both-Ways Bay is both a porn tile and my new life goals

[space-flannel-deactivated201707]

i’m an asexual homoromantic does this make me our young heroine torn between worlds

[lectorel]

You spend part of your time on lesbian island, learning the stories, and traditions, and part of your time in the vast floating asexual cities, training with your eagle so that you can one day become one of the chosen few: the messengers, who carry letters and passengers between islands, jumping the heterosexual blockades. When you enter this select group, you’re assigned the job of collecting reports from spies pretending to heterosexual on straight island, flying in at the dead of night, risking discovery to collect vital intelligence. You fall in love with a pansexual girl who’s chosen to hide her orientation so she can aid the Resistance. At the climax of the novel, you swoop down from above on your giant eagle to rescue your lady love from a frenzied mob. As straight island burns in the background, you share a chaste kiss and cuddle while discussing the possibility of a mountain-top pansexual outpost.

[lynati]

IT CAME BACK AROUND AND IT GOT BETTER!

[coronaofastar]

…would anyone mind if I actually wrote this?

[jhameia]

Frankly, I would read an entire anthology of this. 

[counterftnoire]

And this is why I love tumblr.

[jhameia]

SOMEONE WROTE A BOOOKKKK

[jillyofbean-deactivated20181221]

The OP is from more than a year ago, but I’m just seeing it and queercakes is my new hero. Although sarsparillo has given me my new tag of the year.

[serakosumosu]

@deadcatwithaflamethrower

Have you seen this?

[deadcatwithaflamethrower]

Book Book Book Book!

[ab-artist]

Would read the fuck outta this if it became a book

The gay and lesbian would strive still cus transgenders, pansexuals, bisexuals. Pans and bis could be on either island. Also adoption. Also sperm and egg donors.

Im gonna join the sky nation(visit the lesbian island to look for a gf)

I WANT THE BOOK PLSSS

[thesearcher1092]

Where is this book??!

[jamiebluewind]

This is the best response to bigotry ever ^_^

[jhameia]

Y’ALL I POSTED THE LINK TO THE BOOK WRITTEN IN DIRECT RESPONSE TO THIS JUST A FEW POSTS UP READ THE RESPONSES SILLYCAKES

ITS CALLED RAINBOW ISLANDS AND IT’S BY DEVIN HARNOIS

I HAVE RECEIVED MESSAGES FROM MAYBE TWO MORE PEOPLE WITH THIS VERY CONCEPT