tunglr

they/them. not sure what im doing and eternally nervous about it.

[chaumas-deactivated20240115]

Children are born into a state of implicit debt.

Good parents forgive this debt. Bad parents expect it to be repaid, one way or another. The accepted currencies are varied and cryptic and might be mostly innocuous or they might be horrifically criminal.

Many families don’t realize that there is a debt until the child defaults on it somehow. That could be for any reason—the child simply fails to deliver on the parental investment by not adequately being the child they paid for.

“Inspiration porn” is a disability term, but I’m using it here because it’s appropriately provocative, and because the state of being a child is functionally a disability. A child who fails to be life-affirming and inspirational and to perform heartwarming innocence is breaking a contract, and adults are no longer obligated to uphold their own end and nurture the child. A child is a resource from which inspiration porn can be mined, or it is a kind of brood parasite.

[elliespectacular]

wanna hang out [remembers it's rude to put expectations on people] it's cool if not [remembers people like to know they're wanted] but I'd really like it if you did [remembers selfishness is bad] we can do whatever you want though [remembers that handing someone a blank canvas isn't as effective as providing a suggestion to bounce ideas off of] like sucking each others fingers for example

[elevenquietseas]

mistterrious wind~ 🍃🍂

[donuts-multifandom-hellhole]

Something that I get chills about is the fact that the oldest story told made by the oldest civilization opens with "In those days, in those distant days, in those ancient nights."

This confirms that there is a civilization older than the Sumerians that we have yet to find

Some people get existential dread from this

Me? I think it's fucking awesome it shows just how much of this world we have yet to discover and that is just fascinating

[sleepymccoy]

@makaeru peer review cos this made me check when the Sumerians happened and I forget how recent history is for every other continent. 7000 - 8000 years ago just isn't that long when you're in Australia, and the amount of detailed history we have access to here is wonderful and should be recognised more internationally

Source (non Aboriginal)

And a quote I picked out from a longer interview with an Aboriginal local elder about the area where he touched on the history

Source (the rest of the interview is really interesting and all transcribed, have a look if you're curious)

[chaotic-archaeologist]

This is part of my Ancient Civilizations class that I teach, which does a whole week about Australia and the Torres Strait Islands because I was sick of never seeing them represented in USAmerican history contexts. With the help of @micewithknives and @acearchaeologist I've learned so many incredible things about Australia's past and it's been incredibly rewarding to share them with students.

[aggressivelybicaptainamerica]

My favorite fact about Aboriginal oral history is the fact that we pretty recently discovered that the Aboriginal myth of the 7 Sisters, an origin story for the Pleiades star cluster, accurately reflects a point TEN THOUSAND YEARS AGO when two stars in the constellation got close enough together to no longer be distinguishable by the naked eye.

The story? 6 sisters running from something that took their 7th sister.

[jinkohhh]

as a gilgar gunditj woman, i was not expecting to see my culture on my dash.

thank you for spreading our words and treating our culture with respect.

[ratsquinks]

olive in her favourite spot having a ponder

[ratsquinks]

me showing olive all the lovely things everyone wrote about her in the tags

[ofironandivory]

@wonbubee literally the cutest rat I’ve ever seen

[bbyhog]

monster needs to release a "smol bean" flavor. that tastes like pure cinnamon roll

[pokkin]

monster needs to release a heckin pupper flavor that tastes like wet dog

[jame7t]

monster needs to stop these two before their dark work is complete

[hellokittydirtblock]

i love my mutuals because we never talk but we still… like… follow each other……….. and i admire that we stick together even tho there is no communication in the slightest………u kno what i mean… hello…

[funeralcity]

toby “nippon” fox has used foul homestuckian tricknology refined for years in hussies secret evil underground dojo to make women i know want to fuck barney the dinosaur

[dat-soldier]

Commission for @zomdogzam.bsky.social thank you for allowing me to go with the idea I had for our zombies 🙏 this is a bit that could ONLY work with another zobie OC 🖤

[contemptible-scoundrel]

my aura farm was ransacked by the kings men because we couldnt pay their exorbitant tithes. the winter famine is going to no diff my entire family

[angelbabyspice]

I think more people should just be ok with being single

[angelbabyspice]

I love this site

[alleesaur]

bittersweet shortcake

[alleesaur]

wistful

[alleesaur]

uaaa i was very inspired by the notes.. you articulated my feelings in drawing such a creature with many bows quite well

thank you..

[lierabee]

awawa

[ladyofspoons]

me n the other echolalia girlies in the discord vc

[jackerknack]

toby's first tumblr unsexyman

[weaver-z]

This satire article resonated with me so much

[gudetama-tamad]

[appeypie]

That's right, go outside. It's beautiful.