carpe noctem

hi, I'm eli. “Sometimes even to live is an act of courage.” - Seneca

[krisatris]

seeing trump gloat that he got a red card for team usa overturned and then watching the us get utterly trounced by belgium has brought so much warmth to my dead, non-soccer following heart

[lavilainepetitecanard]

why am I like this omg

[glorianas]

[lenfanttterrible]

[thatkindoffeminist]

[kiwinning]

[sensoryoverloadistry]

The Grad Student Shuffle- Christ Fleming

[throesofincreasingwonder]

[catherinebunnington]

when you see something that needs to be done and you think “someone should take care of that” just remember that you’re someone

[maliusaidh]

[sometiktoksarevalid]

[creatingblackcharacters]

The drama! The skill! The cinematography! It's ART! IT'S ALL ART!!

[the-haiku-bot]

The drama! The skill!

The cinematography!

It’s ART! IT’S ALL ART!!

Beep boop! I look for accidental haiku posts. Sometimes I mess up.

[lavilainepetitecanard]

One of the worst parts about being chronically ill is the immense loneliness bc you don’t get invited anywhere. Like friend, I’m sick but I’m not dead yet!!!

[lavilainepetitecanard]

I knew I was right to not like my sister’s husband bc he’s been in her ear this whole time isolating her from us and she doesn’t even realise it and it’s so frustrating to see

[rainie-is-seasonchange]

Victoria and Albert museum.

London, England.

[tokyostreetphoto]

Steel Sky, Yurakucho 有楽町

[silvermoon424]

As an ace this is the only time "you just haven't met the right person yet" has made me laugh lmaoooo

[aishiteknight]

[hope-less-aromantic]

genuinely as much as yay he's dead and he is at fault for the extreme pro-genocide and anti pretty much any human rights rhetoric that he has pushed, this has a VERY high chance of inciting violence and so much more, especially against marginalised groups, and is a very clear reason for gun control laws in the US

Charlie Kirk was a despicable human being. this is a fact. gun violence is not ok. these two things can exist at the same time

my heart goes out for the trans and other marginalised people that will most likely have their identities weaponised by right wing media as a result of the shooting today and I feel sick thinking about the possibilities of what could happen as a result of it

[not-to-get-political-but]

The difference between the left and right in America is that if a prominent left wing voice, like say AOC, was shot in the neck in front of a crowd the right would meme the hell out of it. Her slumped over corpse would be redrawn as a wojack and "you talk like you have a hole in your neck" would be the buzz response to any left wing comment anywhere.

They would have zero remorse and they'd be having the time of their lives, yet if a leftist so much as smirks at Charlie Kirk's ironic death then you'll get a half hour lecture about how gun violence is always bad and that killing talking heads won't help the revolution or some obnoxious shit.

[bebemoon]

"u better not be coquettish grima wormtongue when i get there"

me:

[shrimpssss]

@conquerorworm

[lavilainepetitecanard]

Walked into my therapist’s office today and she asked how I was so I said “you know, not great honestly” bc I’m trying to be more honest about how I feel and she goes, “okay, well tell me what’s going on?” And I just totally lost it lol, it was so embarrassing but she’s so nice and patient about it too

[fairycosmos]

basic human empathy has got to make a comeback divas

[probablyasocialecologist]

Bombshell Report Reveals How Much Money Elon Musk Got From Government

Elon Musk is a greedy welfare billionaire.

A new Washington Post report found that the tech mogul/fascism enthusiast built his fortune from $38 billion in government contracts, loans, subsidies, and tax credits going back more than 20 years. Musk’s companies received at least $6.3 billion in commitments from state and local governments in 2024 alone, and this is likely an undercount.  The total amount of government funding that Musk has received is likely much higher, given that federal funding related to defense and intelligence projects is often classified. For example, Musk’s company SpaceX has a contract to build spy satellites from the National Reconnaissance Office, an intelligence agency tasked with building satellites for national defense. That contract is reportedly worth $1.8 billion, according to The Wall Street Journal. According to the Post, Musk’s companies have close to a dozen other local grants, tax credits, and reimbursements whose costs are not publicly known. Musk also has 52 ongoing contracts with seven government agencies—including the Department of Defense, the General Services Administration, and NASA—that could pay his companies $11.8 billion in the next few years.   Tesla has been a major beneficiary of federal and state government funding, receiving $11.4 billion in regulatory credits meant to boost electric cars. Tesla sales have been helped by a $7,500 tax credit for buyers of electric vehicles too.  The electric car company may not have even survived without government help: When Musk took over as CEO of Tesla in 2008, he pressed the Department of Energy for a low-interest loan for the company, which was then cash-poor. A $465 million loan would arrive two years later, allowing Tesla to build its first luxury electric sedan and buy a factory in California.  “Tesla would not have survived without the loan,” said one former high-level Tesla employee, who spoke to the Post anonymously. “It was a critical loan at a critical time.”

26 February 2025