cakes...............................cookies

[urgetocreate]

Clarence A. Porter (Canadian), Street Light Through the Leaves, Pastel pencils on gessoed board

[drst]

Heads up my trans and queer friends, do not participate in this study. Spread the word to stay away;

Skeet from Alejandra Caraballo that says: If you see this, don't participate. It's a rigged study by Lisa Littman and unethical researcher J. Michael Bailey meant to undermine access to care. Spread the word.

[beaft]

i am not a psychiatrist but i do find it really weird how autism checklists are so often focused on "outward" signs of autism rather than what is going on internally. i don't know how to explain it but "do you make eye contact with other people" feels like a much less relevant question than "how does it feel when you have to make eye contact with other people?"

[beaft]

while i'm here, the other one that always pisses me off is "do you interpret idioms literally, for example 'bull in a china shop'?"

well, no, obviously. i know what "bull in a china shop" means because that is a popular phrase with a clearly defined meaning. and if i hadn't heard it before, then i would still not interpret it literally, because it has the cadence of an idiom and i would probably be able to work out from context what it meant. what is the point of this question

[beaft]

third and final complaint: "are you good at noticing subtext?"

i feel like the problem with this question is best illustrated by a conversation i had with a friend a while back, where i said something like, "i feel very safe with you because you don't do subtle hints and you are always very straight-up with me about what you are thinking and feeling."

and he laid a hand on my shoulder and was like, look dude i'm gonna be straight up here. i am subtle with you constantly and you simply do not notice <3

[beaft]

@luckyybones hope you don't mind me screenshotting but you are actually so correct

[theinternetarchive]

mitten designs from 'mostly mittens: traditional knitting patterns from russia's komi people,' charlene schursch, 1998.

[aire1111]

Palestine Action for aid to overseas supporters

Hind Rajab Foundation against legal impunity

Gaza Medical Tent Project

One Heart Volunteer Team Drop of Life Water Campaign

Dahnoun Mutual Aid

Mawasi al-Qarara Mutual Aid

The Sameer Project for North Gaza Aid

Sameer Project's South Gaza Aid

Medical Campaign x Sameer Project

Team Hussain's Grassroots Aid Campaign

The Mohammed Project's Aid Campaign

Abu Hureirah Aid Network for Sudan and Palestine

Ihyaa's Mission for Students in Gaza

Official Gaza City Water Fund

Official Gaza City Campaign for Prosthetic Limbs for the Children of Gaza

Emergency Water Relief for Gaza City

Ele Elna Enak Emergency Water Food and Hygiene Relief

Water Fund for Khan Younis Camp

Revive Gaza's Farmland Initiative

Ihyaa Initiative: Support Students in Gaza

People's Front For The Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) Fundraiser

Lifeline4Gaza - vetted family fundraisers

Help this pharmacist dispense life-saving medicine

Donate to direct action and gaza municipality and watch your money go to the best cause - if we can be anything we should be efficient. The most effective money you can give is to direct action, to group movements to protect our insurgents from adventurism, to Gazan medical tent for emergency medical relief, to providing water and food for Gaza through grassroots campaigns such as the PFLP's and mutual aid projects, and to Gaza municipality for their infrastructure. These crucial resources for maintaining life remain underfunded. Support BDS however you can against Carrefour, HP, Puma and Siemens. Share the following toolkit with your union and movement:

https://www.workersinpalestine.org/who-arms-israel

[aire1111]

share this frequently, please. or include these into other compilations. these are crucial and don't get as much attention. these are resources that benefit everyone. Look for these resources in other websites with greater traction. Please do your best as you can.

[kedreeva]

Happy winter solstice! The light begins to return tomorrow!!

[kedreeva]

Hello, good day!! There is more light today than there was yesterday! It's finally coming back!! I would like to thank the southern hemisphere for returning it safely.

[songsandswords]

A Letter to the Southern Hemisphere

Dec 21 (Solstice)

Thank you for your safekeeping

For cradling the ball in your hands

And allowing the rays to leak through 

For keeping what is warm, truly warm

And making sure no one felt cold

I will be taking it back now

Just a little

Slowly, so slowly

As it if says fragile, handle with care

Please pass it over 

We can take our time! We can start today

And then

Maybe after 6 months, it’ll all be cradled to my bosom

A warm heavy weight

The rays pounding down

And heat maybe a little heavy

And don’t worry my southern friend

I will give it back

As my custody, my lease expires

and we will start all over again

And trade it back 

-songsandswords

[deadmotelsusa]

Adams Restaurant and the Flame cocktail lounge of Rawlins, Wyoming, pictured in the 1950s and 2023

[jugendstil]

Helene Beland - Un capteur de lumière, 2012

[kaijuno]

[evilrry]

connection spoilers but i’m cracking tf up

like 😭😭😭😭 yeah those are body parts in the song huh

[harrystylesgotmefuckedup]

I feel like when you don’t feel loved, you’ll go out of your way to at least be useful

[acebender]

Dorian Storm meeting Paté de Rolo, colorized 2024

[foxeia]

villabitterlin9

[baddreamland]

Saul Steinberg, Country Noises.

[kropotkindersurprise]

[ponyoisms]

one hyperfixated tumblr mutual has the power of six hundred thousand ad campaigns

[edwordsmyth]

Palestinian artist Asmaa Aljueithni shares a photo of the only thing that survived the airstrike that left her Gaza home in ruins: one of her paintings.