It's beautiful

unfortunately, the world is filled with endless beauty

[pollen]

Mary Oliver, from "Such Singing in the Wild Branches"

[fellshish]

i’m so glad goncharov happened pre ai slop era

[romanitas]

#weird way to describe 1973 but i guess it’s accurate

[base-and-superstructure]

Just saw a petition in a group chat about "don't bring ICE to Europe!" and I felt insane for a minute. We already have militarised borders and concentration camps for migrants and we let people die in the sea and we banish people to unfamiliar countries and we brutalise them and we terrorise them and we detain and deport them!! The UK and the EU are not the liberal paradises we pretend they are!! Our borders kill people!! We don't need a petition to keep US violence away, we need to organise against the European violence we already have!!

[deadbirds-and-daydreams]

The amount of pictures of people dying in boats trying to get to europe. and the amount of few survivors who then get denied put into prisons (remembering the harlem panopticon where we put immigrants for a while. and i do mean like an actual literal panopticon.) or camps and then send back. and why? because some europeans are so fucking racist and xenophobics theyd rather see their fellow men die than to have absolutely nothing change in their lifes to help these people survive. Words will never be enough to explain my rage for how EU has treated people like absolute fucking cattle. all my life the news here. the politicians. the US is a shithole. the EU is a shithole but tries a lot harder to hide it. theres so much blood on these hands. its sickening.

[dostoyevsky-official]

Italy's Meloni moves to allow naval blockades against migrants

Italy's cabinet approved a bill on Wednesday authorising naval blockades to halt migrant boats during periods of "exceptional pressure" at the country's borders, a government source said, further tightening measures against irregular arrivals. [...] The move comes after the European Parliament this week approved changes to EU asylum rules, responding to pressure from member states including Italy for a tougher approach. Under a draft of the legislation seen by Reuters, the government could ban boats from entering its territorial waters for up to six months "in cases of serious threat to public order or national security". Those breaching it would face fines of up to 50,000 euros (60,000) and in case of repeated violations have their boats confiscated -- a measure aimed at charity rescue ships.

double-checked what italian government started the closure of migrant NGOs and the impoundment of rescue ships like the Iuventa and saw this headline from 12 hours ago

[jessebloom]

they’re taking my haterism card away because i experienced too much joy and whimsy tonight

[februarytrash]

[norahsdove]

"The Stranglehold of English Lit." by Malawian poet and scholar Felix Mnthali

[primulaceas]

Naomi Shihab Nye, “Sifter.” A Maze Me: Poems for Girls

[userfish]

who else up for the #challenge

[rockabillywife]

Giving up on academia to pursue a life of sudoku

[dogpuppy]

[zackstriker]

dnp should win an award for most emotionally complex podcast announcement ever

[orpheuslament]

will graham was pushing 40 when he bagged a hot european sugar daddy. never kill yourself

[toruandmidori]

[megmelodia]

[somethingusefulfromflorida]

I was not expecting a woman to just straight up go "wa wa wa" into a microphone

[cheekykit]

Thank you tags @romanceyourdemons

[gabriestat]

Jaipur Rug constructed a full-sized tennis court with their rugs

[goldensunset]

my thing i haven’t made is so good 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[dragondriana]

[glavilio]

Osamu Tezuka Masterpiece Collection Vol 9, 10 – "Vampire"

[redstonedust]

ideal living situation is what i call the 'sitcom special' : having all your closest friends live in the same apartment building or neighborhood where you each have your own space but can wander in and out of eachothers homes at will, seemingly always welcome and never at bad times. and also all of you only have jobs when its important to the plot.