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he told me something that hurt today. he said that I have potential, that he believed in me. he's the only person that's ever said that to me besides you. I can't bring myself to believe him, but… I want to. Is that wrong of me? do I deserve it? alienhazy's temporary blog reon • 27 • he/him

[sycamorality]

oh no i will lose my !

[grimeclown]

I got a job at a gas station across from a casino and a guy keeps coming in to buy whole cartons of cigarettes and talks in the third person calling himself "snake eyes pete" and every time I tell him his total hes like "tell ya what if old Pete rolls a snake eyes why dont you give it to him for free?" and he rolls the same set of loaded dice on the counter and it does not matter how many times he rolls snake eyes I will not give him the cartons for free he gets so mad

[grimeclown]

Snakeyes Pete is from Toronto he gave me a button once that said "Canadians have the best luck" and i said i thought that was the Irish and he said "I fucking hate the irish" and i said okay

[stabbed-to-death]

[meezer]

haters will see you going to therapy and be like he cant afford sixpenceee heals

[tortellinigirl]

men really be like “well this woman has studied this subject her whole life, and i am a man, so we have equal knowledge on this”

[hcrzallerliebst-a-deactivated20]

it’s ok you could have just said “i hate men”

[tortellinigirl]

okay, i hate men

[ammnontet]

oyster

[validblogname]

one fight at a time

[lizardlicks]

Black Hills drilling project canceled after backlash from tribes

A South Dakota mining company has canceled a drilling project in the Black Hills after opposition from Native American tribes and local grou

[wizxrdpendrxgon]

The backlash was a major lawsuit from 9 tribes alongside other lawsuits from advocacy groups like NDN Collective. You can support NDN Collective by donating to them here.

[were--ralph]

Idk man the one thing that makes me dislike this site is the way people will sniff for mistakes like a shark for blood just to be all haughty and snooty

Like idk man people make mistakes

[were--ralph]

Like some weeks back a white coworker called a raccoon a "coon" and instead of jumping to racist conclusions I was just like "oh you can't say that it's an old slur for us" and we was like genuinely sorry. Like. People make mistakes. Not everyone on the internet is going to be like. Evil.

[thechanelmuse]

Hazel Scott playing two pianos at the same damn time with ease

[erinbowbooks]

Hazel Scott was a musical sorcerer and a civil rights hero.   She:

 was admitted to Julliard at 8.  

was performing in top venues by 16.  

pioneered “swinging the classics” and made the equivalent of a million dollars a year doing it.  

was the first person of color to have their own national TV show.  

went to Hollywood but refused to be cast as a “singing maid.”  Demanded and got control over her casting, her wardrobe, and how footage featuring her was cut.  

refused to perform in segregated venues and led charges for integration in several northern cities, notably Spokane.  

She was brought down by the House Committee on Unamerican Activities, and has been largely forgotten.  But she was a sorcerer, and a hero.  

[domduongart]

@theladyragnell

[violent-darts]

Let’s un-forget her.

[dream-piper]

So I learned something new today!

[ganondorf]

[huariqueje]

Calm waters Dorset   -   Ruth Stage

British, b.1969 -

Egg tempera on handmade gesso board, 30 x 35 cm.

[kristina100000]

[kords-kock-kloset]

[02decay]

via

[aorish]

a general note on historical accuracy in the Iliad and Odyssey:

the Iliad and Odyssey are not historically accurate depictions of mycenaean greece in the bronze age. they didnt preserve a cultural memory of a past civilization in the oral tradition, they were projecting their own life and times onto the ruins of bronze age cities that were still visible during their own times. thats also why they "knew" where "troy" was, because they had already built a small colony in the ruins around the time the Iliad was written.

and the Iliad and Odyssey arent technically historically accurate depictions of the iron age, either, despite being written during that time period, because they are works of fiction being told by people who are trying to tell a good story. also the Odyssey poet doesnt even get the damned geography of the peloponnese correct! probably he'd never even been there.

if you want to make your own version of the Iliad and Odyssey with period-accurate depictions of the bronze age, or even just an accurate depiction of the poems as written, there's more than enough historical data out there to do that. apparently christopher nolan thought it would be cooler to have Matt Damon wearing a roman centurion helmet from several centuries after the poems were written. which i find tasteless and boring, sure, but my favorite modern rendition of the Odyssey has a lip-syncing George Clooney so whatever.

[juicetrump2]

Chick-fil-A mounts PR campaign to push back against its anti-LGBTQ+ reputation - LGBTQ Nation

The chicken chain was told to "cluck off" the last time it tried to move into the UK. This time, it hired bigger guns.

[tehjleck]

me: "have they tried not being fucking ignorant religious bigots?"

article: “I suspect that a bit of the steam has gone out of the LGBT thing,” Backman told the right-wing outlet, staying ahead of the issue. “There may be the odd protester, but if they have got armies of PR people laser-focused on that then I suspect it may be OK.”

me: no surprises there... fuck them

sandwich recipe

[warriorsmurf]

We go through a lot of pickles here and this recipe is a good way to use leftover brine.

[jfk-blown-away-blog]

The thing that pisses me off the most though is the fact I know so many LGBTQ+ individuals that still go there, and they are surprised when I actually don't. It's literally like that tweet.

[powerarmor]

this guy created mcafee antivirus and then went completely off the rails. like absolute chaos. he got super rich, moved to Belize, was suspected of murdering his neighbor, fled Belize, had his location accidentally leaked by a Vice journalist who was with him lmfao, was apprehended in Guatemala, faked not one but two heart attacks while in custody to buy time for his lawyer, was deported back to the US, and then ran for president as a libertarian

[gorps]

hes so unintentionally funny

[gorps]

HOW could I forget this classic

[kosmogrl]