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hi reading ted chiang again and these two stories from his exhalation collection rewired my little brain, he truly never misses when it comes to interesting concepts that make u Think so here are some links to where they are published online <3

the truth of fact, the truth of feeling

anxiety is the dizziness of freedom

!! highly recommend

theoptia

Simone de Beauvoir, from Diary of a Philosophy Student: Volume 1, 1926-27

Text ID: I observe how much I have matured since last year despite my belief that I was losing myself, how something strong was born from the painful experiences survived and from the numerous minutes that I believed were wasted.

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large button clips by me

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"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

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Hi !! I know it's hard to know which donation requests to trust, especially since there seems to be a wave of bots sending messages on tumblr, I understand that we all need to be careful

(the reason i believe there is a wave of bots at the moment is because i’ve been getting dozens of messages a day from blogs with identical content, profile pictures, and copy pasted messages, claiming to be different people)

but i know you guys still want to help!

so if you’re unsure where to put your money, here are some campaigns that i trust fully, that you can donate to if you can afford to (the list will be updated regularly) :

amal ashour, her sister reem shehab, and their joint family

nour ashour (amal’s other sister) and her disabled son muhammad

enas majed, her husband and their 4 children

mohammed rageh, his wife, and their 2 sons

abu rass family and its 14 members

youssef, his wife, and their 3 sons

mutualised donation organisations :

bridge of solidarity (a mutual aid organisation)

connecting humanity (esims for gaza)

feeding gaza’s future

the sameer project (medical campaign)

the sameer project (south gaza: tents, food and water)

gaza city resilience fund

heal palestine (health education aid leadership - a nonprofit to empower local communities)

palestine children’s relief fund

and if you can’t donate anything, you can always click for palestine!

exitwound

ursula k leguin, the left hand of darkness

im starting a collection

mmagpye

Bioregional Quiz

subsequentibis

not an apologizer but a contextualizer. yes the character did that but please understand the Circumstance. yes they had other options but they had to make this choice in a sea of available bad choices. and also it made the narrative more interesting. won't anybody think about the narrative!!!!!

tarantula-hawk-wasp

Do NOT let family obligations keep you from thinking about yaoi.

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someone (totally not renee) stole Allison's hoops

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homecoming

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"How does one hate a country, or love one?... I know people, I know towns, farms, hills and rivers and rocks, I know how the sun at sunset in autumn falls on the side of a certain plowland in the hills; but what is the sense of giving a boundary to all that, of giving a name and ceasing to love where the name ceases to apply?"

punkrockismyreligion

How does one hate a country, or love one? […] I know people, I know towns, farms, hills and rivers and rocks, I know how the sun at sunset in autumn falls on the side of a certain plowland in the hills; but what is the sense of giving a boundary to all that, of giving it a name and ceasing to love where the name ceases to apply?

— Ursula K. Le Guin – The Left Hand of Darkness (1969, p. 212)