swear that I would die for this revelation

Stats ain't that hard, we can just be a bit mean sometimes ;). Break Maslow's Pyramid at the base for maximum carnage. Old enough to drink, young enough to have hope. She/Her.

[baddywronglegs]

We're gonna have a hard time convincing future generations the phrase "Trumped-up charges" is etymologically unrelated.

[anglaised]

is tumblr like ever going to address these spam bots like i have literally blocked more than 50 in two days and they keep popping up on diff post ik other ppl r being targeted too but idk how they r able to crank out this many blogs so quickly like didnt someone on here find out who was behind this and like nothing happened? like as of rn all i can do is block and then rbs off on the post these bots r going on but atp id have to turn rbs off on all my post that get more than like a couple hundred notes like……

[lacquerchopstickslover]

you were asking for username so the blog is @/mellowclaritystalker, formerly known as cockslinger, with subsequent numbers after the username after he got banned. Fairly sure he's actually a troll, but he pretends to be a transmasc anti feminist.

[afloweroutofstone]

The Atlantic now exists as an emotional support group for Bush-era neoconservatives and center-left war hawks who feel like Trump’s incoherent imperialism has damaged America’s brand. The things published in this magazine do not have to be accurate, or even correct. They just have to feed into a particular worldview of American exceptionalism which suggests that things can still “go back to normal” after Trump, that we can return to fighting “good” wars in the name of “freedom,” apple pie, and the American Way. This is why they feature so many pieces from supposed public intellectuals like Applebaum who constantly insist upon claims which are not just false but absurd on their face.

[afloweroutofstone]

As the United States celebrates its 250th anniversary, it is worth asking: who gets to control the celebration? The government, the President, or the corporations that fund them both?

In my latest, I discuss President Trump's takeover of the 250 celebrations, the corporations and military contractors who have sponsored them, and the corruption that emerges when corporate power collaborates with unaccountable state power.

Who Is Running America’s 250th Anniversary? - The American Prospect

The private-private partnership behind the semiquincentennial celebrations.

There are currently two different organizations organizing America’s 250th anniversary, and they are in direct competition with one another. America250 is a bipartisan organization created by Congress with the goal of organizing an anniversary that could be celebrated by all Americans. Freedom 250, on the other hand, is a company created by the White House shortly after President Trump was sworn back into office; though it is technically part of the National Park Foundation, it is controlled by the president and his appointees. Trump’s initiative has gradually absorbed many of the responsibilities that were supposed to be overseen by America250 over the last year, a power grab that mirrors the president’s other efforts to remake the federal government in his own image. Massive posters with Freedom 250 branding now adorn several government agency headquarters across downtown D.C. Freedom 250 has sponsored ads in the city’s Metro system to announce that the CIA is hiring new recruits, and its logo will even be placed on the Social Security cards of all newborn babies for the rest of the year. Both anniversary initiatives are funded by massive corporations that are simultaneously lobbying Congress, donating to politicians, and running advertising campaigns to influence the government. The large pool of money dedicated to the anniversary celebrations—including funds from both the government and the private sector—helped to encourage the president’s takeover: The more events Freedom 250 controls, the more of these funds it can absorb. The result has been a three-way tug-of-war between the public, the president, and corporate boardrooms over who gets to define American culture on this historic occasion. Right now, the public is losing.

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[baddywronglegs]

The people who insist AI is smarter than a human are doing their fucking damnedest to manifest that

[shrewreadings]

Не верите. Доверите.

Do not trust: verify.

[afurioushawk]

[lacquerchopstickslover]

Yes, this *is* the case for the majority of historical genocides. Einstein left Germany to teach in the states because no universities in Germany would hire him... Because he was a Jew.

[afurioushawk]

When did Einstein leave Germany, sib?

When did the Nazis seize power?

[lacquerchopstickslover]

He left in 1932, a few months before Hitler seized power. You did catch me in that he visited CIT because he wanted to and not because no teaching opportunities were available in Germany (that would come about a year later with Jewish exclusion acts in academia), but what seems like academic sources do say he was facing extreme antisemitism which motivated him to leave Germany even before he was officially banned: https://library.yu.edu/c.php?g=1073982&p=7823903

Anyway, what's your point? Mine is just that genocidal governments will often deny official/state employment to oppressed groups in order to keep them impoverished, unable to communicate their plight through official channels and foster crimes of desperation which can then be blamed on the groups and used as propaganda to motivate the dominant class to violence.

[afurioushawk]

[lacquerchopstickslover]

Yes, this *is* the case for the majority of historical genocides. Einstein left Germany to teach in the states because no universities in Germany would hire him... Because he was a Jew.

[henstomper]

now i can finally play as a vampire: the masquerade character in a tabletop roleplaying game

[jennamoran]

I've mostly been playing mine in beach volleyball and not gonna lie it hasn't gone very well

[txttletale]

likely because volleyballs are notoriously terrible LARP partners

[lacquerchopstickslover]

Wilson is possibly the most famous volleyball in film history and you insult him like this?

[zegalba]

Kelly Rowland Texting Nelly Via Microsoft Excel And Then Getting Annoyed When He Doesn’t Text Back (2002)

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[holy-leapin-splits-batman]

[biglawbear]

Rainbow capitalism was good actually, for many reasons.

It wasn't that long ago that banks and companies would refuse to serve gay people. People are going all the way up to the Supreme Court to enshrine the right not to serve LGBTQ people in their business. Rainbow capitalism showed which companies were safe to do business with and it pressured other companies to do the same.

Likewise, companies did and do try to discrominate against LGBTQ employees. Rainbow capitalism let employees be open about their identities and feel safe. The 50 year old gay man marching with Bank of America may have hidden his sexuality for decades because it wasn't safe to come out at work.

It helped set top down societal values and norms that LGBTQ people are a welcome part of society.

It pressured companies to adopt nondiscrimination policies and DEI policies.

It made companies donate to pride celebrations and LGBTQ causes.

with mixed success, it provided powerful and visible allies for political change, like the Respect for Marriage Act. Businesses pulled out of North Carolina and forced it to go back on a bathroom bill.

The drawdown of rainbow capitalism has real consequences. Pride celebrations losing corporate sponsorships means they are not able to hold those celebrations. DEI programs are being rolled back. Companies are buying less from queer owned businesses. Support for gay marriage is actually decreasing in polls.

Are these all cause and effect? No. Is it sometimes just a lagging indicator? Yeah. Are fair weather allies like big corps really not great? Yeah.

Like we're seeing greater threats to LGBTQ people and rights now than in 20 years and if you're still complaining about rainbow capitalism or having to qualify it by saying "I know rainbow capitalism is bad but" then I think you've lost the plot as surely as we've lost some of our biggest most powerful and most visible allies

[ryliith]

He likes the blue ones better. The yellow ones are his second favorite. He does not stop eating crayons after this.

Based on this:

[afloweroutofstone]

The general rule of thumb is that cultural cycles move in 20 year intervals, so that each generation borrows heavily from the culture of two decades ago. By that standard, the Myspace Deathcore subgenre/scene is now officially old enough for a cultural revival. Siri play LILITH'S DEMISE

REAP WHAT YOU SOW - LILITH'S DEMISE (2024)

Watch your fucking back

[mariacallous]

Marjane Satrapi, Iranian-French author of graphic novel 'Persepolis', dies aged 56 - https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/marjane-satrapi-iranian-french-author-graphic-novel-persepolis-dies-aged-56-2026-06-04/

https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/marjane-satrapi-iranian-french-author-graphic-novel-persepolis-dies-aged-56-2026-06-04/

[thelocalg0blin]

Butch 13 doodles

[i-like-reblog-maps]

What month were you born in?

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

Voting ended onMay 28

Doing a final project in my stats class, we have to pick a subject and collect data on it. We need at least 100 data points, and I figured this blog is big enough that a poll on here could get to that pretty easily!

Doing my project on if it’s more likely to be born in certain months :]

I have gotten the OK from my teacher to collect data using a Tumblr poll, btw. I’m also going to have to send her this post as proof of where I got the data from / proof I didn’t just make up the numbers. So. Behave

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[comicaurora]

If you could have one Shakespeare play done by the Muppets what would it be?

obviously a Midsummer Night's Dream, can you imagine? Kermit as Oberon, Miss Piggy as Titania, the non-fae characters are played by the only humans, when Bottom is transformed he physically becomes a muppet, Puck is naturally Gonzo with bonus Rizzo

[comicaurora]

drawings you can hear

[comicaurora]

*new yawk voice*