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@instrument-hoarder
Honestly? Not sure what this account was meant be, but, apparently it’s all my shitty Mechs thoughts and occasional instrument shit.
Hey, whaddup,
I’m Queenie,
I’m in my 20s,
they/them,
Scottish
and I never fuckin learned how to read (unfortunate for an English lit student).
I decided to share this around Tumblr, as well
#from an art perspective it's also a great use of space and tone#i love the choice of color between soft blue and stark red#the emptiness of the white side of the bg next to the soft blue invoking a feeling that resonates with the subject#this is an excellent piece of art
Anyone have that image of like 8 ways of settler colonial justifications ? One of them is terra nullius, can't find it.
This one?
Image provided is a list titled 'Eight Stages of White Settler-Colonial Denial,' which lists the following stages:
1. "They didn't exist" (terra nullius) Complete denial of Indigenous presence in a given area (country, province, etc). Includes denial of Indigeneity, e.g. "Indigenous Peoples are Settlers too".
2. "If they did, the weren't here" (terra nullius) Denial that Indigenous People inhabit/travel/harvest/exist in a specific area. Often based on euro-centric definitions of evidence of occupation.
3. "If they were, they didn't use the land" (doctrine of discovery) Denial that Indigenous People have a connection with the Land. Often based on euro-centric worldviews of the land as something to be owned and extracted.
4. "If they did, they didn't deserve it" (great chain of being) Denial that Indigenous People have rights to their Lands. Often based on euro-centric value judgements of "primitive vs. civilized", "nomadic vs. sedentary".
5. "If they did, they lost it" (right of conquest) Denial that Indigenous People retain their rights to their Lands. Often based on colonially imposed European systems of law / "might makes right" worldviews.
6. "If they didn't, it doesn't matter any more" (Westphalian sovereignty) Denial that Indigenous Rights are still binding and take precedence. Often based on false claims of supremacy of colonial legal institutions and systems.
7. "If it does, we need to move on" (liberalism) Denial that violations of Indigenous Rights require redress. Often based on on claims redress is "disruptive/unfair/reverse racism" & false calls for "equality".
8. "If we can't, we are you" (self-indigenization) Denial of separateness of Indigenous Peoples and Rights. Often based on attempts to reduce Indigenous Rights to Human Rights, claim Indigeneity, etc.
Oh hello,
Hot tip from your neighbor archivist, there is no greater lie than “don’t worry, I’ll remember”
No. You won’t. Write down who is in that photo. Note the date and event. Put a year on everything.
“But it is -insert person and/or event here- there is no way I will forget!”
1) WRONG. Years get murky, relationships fade, people change, family members look alike (especially when very old or very young)
2) even if you somehow do, the next generation has no idea who what where when or why.
This message brought to you by a very tired archivist who has spent days trying to find and ID 3 photographs at work and also deal with all her grandmother’s photos when her children can’t name their aunts and uncles let alone cousins.
I say this not just as an archivist, but as someone who regularly has to look up when she got married because I can’t remember.
(I got that engraved inside my spouse’s ring for a reason!)
What in the fanfic hell is this?? 😂😂
While taking a nap today I dreamt there was a hazard sign called "never found" which was used to indicate a location where people disappeared never to be seen again
it looked like this
The imagery and vibes of this were so visceral I had to do art about it
(Grayscale version under cut)
For all my fellow Aussies remember, voting yes in the referendum quite literally means that Indigenous Australians will get a proper spot in parliament. If someone tells you to vote no they are racist, there is no reason why Indigenous Australians shouldn’t be allowed in parliament.
Vote Yes!
VOTE YES!!!!!!
also, "the referendum wont do anything" It's gonna do a hell of a lot more than what we've got now I'm telling you right fucking now
if your not Australian please reblog this, reblogging this will help show this to more Australians who will (hopefully!) vote yes. The people who are on the front lines for voting no are incredibly racist.
The referendum is going to be held on the 14th of October. If you are unable to make it that day remember to apply for early voting. This is something incredibly important, please even if you aren’t australian reblog this
people will just use polynesian words completely incorrectly with completely made up meanings while being really offensive and won't even care huh lol
mana isn't a stand-in word for magicka, it's a specific word for a very specific and very fundamental part of polynesian belief systems that has literally absolutely nothing to do with anything even remotely similar to "magicka". it's not pronounced "man-uh", it's pronounced "muhnuh" if anything. it's impossible to explain in a few sentences but mana describes your prestige, power, importance, and status in society. it's not something to use in a stupid video game to tell people you've run out of magic power and need to recharge.
tiki isn't some random word, tiki is the first human in some (not all) māori iwi beliefs. "tiki bars" are the culmination of white USamerican soldiers being stationed in the south pacific during the world wars, missing our culture when they leave, and forcing hawai'i and other north polynesian groups to cater to them despite not having anything labelled "tiki" in their beliefs. the closest is the hawaiian ki'i. polynesians didn't even have alcohol before european colonisation (except for one or two very specific drinks in one single culture), tiki bars are purely the result of white soldiers wanting south polynesian culture closer to the USA.
to add onto the previous paragraph, tiki is an atua (the closest translation is a deity but it's not the same, just understand it has that level of importance) in te ao māori. if people are talking about "tiki totems" at best they're talking about tekoteko, an extremely sacred form of carving that represents a real life ancestor. any real tekoteko being sold are the moral equivalent of our real ancestors being sold.
like can people please just think about the words they're using for once. our cultures aren't a fucking joke and we aren't some theoretical group that never actually interacts with the rest of the world. we're here and we're reading your posts lol. stop saying mana when you mean magicka and stop using tiki bars as an aesthetic altogether.
shit i could read over and over again in kobylu fics and never get tired of:
-Luffy being blunt about his feelings
-Koby angst about wether or not he could have the heart to capture Luffy
-Koby angst about what if the marines find out he’s dating/in love with Luffy
-strawhats reactions to Kobylu (especially if they all find out at once and their jaws hit the floor with the exception of Zoro)
-Garp supporting Kobylu
-Koby internal monologue just being “luffy is amazing i love him and his recklessness”
-Luffy calling Koby cute when he’s flustered
This one I found on r/funny
it’s really important that everyone read mallory ortberg’s sir gawain and the green knight parody
agree 100%. so important that I am going to paste the rest of it here. (one note– the author goes by Daniel Lavery nowadays. he’s a treasure)
GAWAIN: your clothes – your hair – your face – they’re all green
GREEN KNIGHT: that’s not all of me that’s green
GAWAIN: what is that supposed to mean
GREEN KNIGHT: let’s play a game you hit me today and i’ll hit you a year from now
GAWAIN: it’s Christmas
GREEN KNIGHT: fine hit me today and i’ll hit you a year and a day from now happy?
GAWAIN: I don’t understand the rules of this game or the prize what is the end goal here
GREEN KNIGHT: are you going to try to cut my head off or what
[GAWAIN cuts the GREEN KNIGHT’s head off]
GREEN KNIGHT: great hit see you in a year
[The GREEN KNIGHT picks his head up and rides away]
GAWAIN: oh my God
KING ARTHUR: honestly my advice to you is not even worry about this
GUINEVERE: yeah do not take this seriously
GAWAIN: why would I do that that’s a terrible idea this man can’t die and I have to let him strike me in a year
KING ARTHUR: look i just said that was my advice
GREEN KNIGHT: welcome to my castle, we’ve definitely never cut off each other’s heads before, my name is Bertilak and I am a regular human color, how are you
GAWAIN: Hello thank you for your hospitality, but I cannot stay long I have an appointment with a man at the Green Chapel in a few days
GREEN KNIGHT: that is JUST down the road from here, probably you should just stay here until it’s time for that, stay here with me and my wife
GAWAIN: very well I accept
GREEN KNIGHT: oh but shoot I have to go on a hunt, like right now so why don’t we just agree to play a game for as long as you’re staying here where I bring you whatever I find during the day and you bring me whatever you find during the day
GAWAIN: what an odd suggestion why don’t I just come hunting with you instead?
GREEN KNIGHT: NO YOU STAY HERE IN THE CASTLE AND YOU GIVE ME WHATEVER YOU FIND HERE
GAWAIN: but you already own everything in the castle, it’s your c –
GREEN KNIGHT: I WILL SEE YOU ON THE MORROW
LADY BERTILAK: whatcha kissin’
GAWAIN: what? nothing
LADY BERTILAK: let’s make out
GAWAIN: I don’t feel like we should do that
LADY BERTILAK: if you don’t kiss me at least once it would really hurt my feelings
GAWAIN: well if it would hurt your feelings
LADY BERTILAK: great now you can make out with my husband tonight
GREEN KNIGHT: GAWAIN I have brought you a deer from today’s hunt what do you have for me
GAWAIN: I uh I guess I have some kissing for you to have
GREEN KNIGHT: sounds great [they kiss] ok see you tomorrow
GAWAIN: oh I really don’t want to play this game again, this is making me sort of unco –
GREEN KNIGHT: see you tomorrow
LADY BERTILAK: let’s have sex
GAWAIN: Okay, no for two reasons one is that you are my host’s wife and also it goes against every vow of knighthood ever and the second half of the second reason is that then I would have to also have sex with your husband according to your weird castle sex game
LADY BERTILAK: mm that sounds like a Gawain problem not a Lady Bertilak problem
GAWAIN: I’m not having sex with you
LADY BERTILAK: fine here’s my underwear though, you have to take it otherwise it would be rude
GAWAIN: well I don’t want to be rude excuse me, I have to go kiss your husband again
GREEN KNIGHT: Well, Gawain it’s been a great time here at Castle Makeout but you’d better go fight that Green Knight you keep talking about
GAWAIN: I will probably perish when it is his turn to deliver the blow Farewell, friend
GREEN KNIGHT: Gawain Gawain it was me the whole time
GAWAIN: what
GREEN KNIGHT: I’m the same guy and I’m not gonna kill you I’m just gonna fuck up your neck a little because you kept my wife’s underwear and didn’t tell me but you’re all right, guy you’re all right
GAWAIN: what the hell what the hell was the point of any of this why the hell did you set all this up for
GREEN KNIGHT: :)
GAWAIN: what the HELL
KNIGHTS OF THE ROUND TABLE: henceforth we shall all wear green sashes to celebrate the valuable lesson we have learned this day
GAWAIN: WHAT LESSON WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED
KNIGHTS OF THE ROUND TABLE: :)
I like stories where a normal human child is being raised by a sinister supernatural being who is totally malevolent except when it comes to their kid. Those are so much better than the “kids are scary” changeling type horror movies.
Like a perfectly well-adjusted well-mannered friendly child that is like “This is my dad, Surazal. He comes out of the mirrors in dark rooms. He makes really good blood pudding but he’s bad at playing catch. Most people can’t see his corporal form but I can because he says I have special eyes.”
“Mom says that you can stay over but you have to promise not to leave my room between midnight and 1 am. You can play Mario Cart with me! But you have to knock on every closed door in the house before entering just because dad might be in there and if you look upon his visage without drinking the holy fruit juice, you might go crazy or something. Also dad is really excited I have a new friend and he’s going to to make hardtack and mystery stew for us! You’ll love it!”
In high school the kid gets a friend that is an amateur demonologist who initially befriends them in hopes of exorcizing their house but ends up becoming buddies with Surazal too because they crave parental affection.
Surazal stands at the end of the vast dark hallway and says “You Too Have Special Eyes, Little One. You Can See Me Without Being Taken By The Madness. Within You, I Sense Great Turmoil And Sadness. In My Younger Years, I Would Have Exploited The Sadness As Weakness In Your Very Soul. I Would Have Worn Your Skin Like A Mask And Run Through The Village Streets, Supping Blood From Every Man I Encountered. But Now I Have No Use For Woe. Perhaps You Would Like To Watch Beetlejuice In The Family Room With My Daughter While I Prepare Cupcakes. I Am Sensing You Have A Fondness for Red Velvet.”
Monsterfucking is out. Monsterparenting is in.
Why would you hide this in the tags
Oh fuck off
Anyway the best opening line to a book is still from The Restaurant at the End of the Universe:
“In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move.”
Another favorite is the opener from CS Lewis's Voyage of the Dawn Treader:
"There was a boy named Eustice Clarence Scrubb, and he almost deserved it."
May I present a strong contender as well:
JESUS CHRIST. Killer opening.
For those of you who are curios:
“Mr. and Mrs. Dursley of number four, Privet Drive, were proud to say that they were perfectly normal, thank you very much.”
"I'm pretty much fucked."
The martian - Andy Weir
"I could have become a mass murderer after I hacked my governor module, but then I realized I could access the combined feed of entertainment channels carried on the company satellites."
All Systems Red, The Murderbot Diairies - Margaret Wells
As if Rick Riordan isn’t the voice of the people
the accent really makes this
The Godmother
This is one of the funniest noises I've ever heard in my life
for the love of god unmute
Generally, I need me some Coby/Koby mutuals. Specifically, I need more Kobylu/Cobylu friends. I want to scream about them so much. I want. I need. Im actually a pile of tears on the ground for them for Koby listen hey JUST LISTEN IM NOT ENTIRELY INSANE JUST
Need y’all to know that in the 1970’s a letter to the editor was published in Daily Telegraph where the author offhandedly used the phrase “Tolkien-like gloom” to describe an area with barren trees and JRRT himself wrote back an incensed rebuttal at the use of his name in a context that suggested anything negative about trees.
“I feel that it is unfair to use my name as an adjective qualifying ‘gloom’, especially in a context dealing with trees. In all my works I take the part of trees as against all their enemies”
He was like how dare you sir I am the biggest tree fan out there
