Poisson-al Blog

Mostly jokes and scifi/fantasy/video game stuff, occasionally sprinkled with original content.

[porcellune]

TO THOSE MAKING NATIVE OCS

I see this a lot, no one has actual names, or any reference for names, that are legit Native American, varying among the tribes, for their characters.

Babynames.com and shit like that will give you names made up by white people.

However, I’ve got your solution.

Native-Languages  is a good website to turn to for knowledge on a lot of native things, including native names. If you’re unsure about the names you’ve picked, they even have a list of made up names here!

Please don’t trust names like babynames.com for native names, they’re made up and often quite offensive to the cultures themselves.

[theangrycomet]

THANK YOU! 

[badtunesboi-deactivated20180307]

“Sweet dreams are made of this. Who am I to disagree?“

[phoenix-phoenix-deactivated2019]

Holy shit this fucking super power. The avengers did Quicksilver WRONG.

[professor-maple-mod]

Holy shit

[ayalaatreides]

The brilliant thing about this isn’t just the CGI, it’s the clever little touches of humor– mussing the boy’s hair, saving the goldfish, drinking the soda can, the moonwalk, lining up the dart with the dartboard. I notice new details every time I see this clip. You can watch this scene with zero context and still fully enjoy it. You don’t need to know who he is or who he’s saving or why. There’s a guy who runs real fast and he’s saving people from an explosion, and he’s having a blast with it, and that’s all you need to know. It’s entertaining and fully comprehensible even if you know nothing about the movie. That’s damn good filmmaking.

[ladylike-foxes]

He’s also accounting for distance, trajectory, force of impact upon landing…? Even if his movement is in relative “real time” for him, he’s doing some crazy fast, sniper-like mental math. Just an A+ amazing clip, even/especially when you add in all the silly realities that “should apply”.

[squeakitties]

new pokemon types! these are free to use and no credit is required!

[bookofjudith]

actually lil nas x is the only celebrity that exists

[compostpile]

city dwelling liberals really make 0 effort to understand why rural voters lean conservative, and fixate on abolishing the electoral college instead of organizing to enfranchise rural non-voters

[compostpile]

rural voters aren’t white conservatives because rural people are white conservatives; rural voters are white conservatives because:

- the rural u.s. is organized around an agricultural industry where white landowners exploit a labor force of migrant workers who are less likely to be citizens than their urban counterparts

- the republican party has bent over backwards to establish a relationship w those white landowners, building a reputation for “supporting rural industry” while advancing policies that maintain/increase rural racial and economic stratification. meanwhile, the democratic party has made no effort to reach out to rural workers, instead fully buying into the myth of the white rural republican and focusing their efforts on city dwellers. consequently the republican party is the party of rural capitalists, the democratic party is the party of urban capitalists, and there is no workers party 

- rural areas are heavily racially segregated, which makes every voter suppression tactic in the book – gerrymandering, uneven transportation access, uneven registration outreach – more effective 

- because city dwelling liberals believe that all rural people are irreformable r*publican scum, rural organizers are left to face these barriers without access to the funding and political influence of a nonprofit industry that’s concentrated in cities

the turnout of indigenous voters who live on reservations, and black voters who live in the rural south and midwest, in this election can be 100% attributed to the voter enfranchisement efforts of organizers from those communities. if city dwelling democrats focused on contributing resources to those efforts, and organizing against policies that disenfranchise rural people of color, they would have an easier time winning elections with or without the electoral college

[iowacitypast]

Ice skaters on Iowa River, Iowa City, Iowa, between 1915 and 1920

Creator: Kent, Frederick W.

Source: https://digital.lib.uiowa.edu/islandora/object/ui%3Aictcs_809

[leaving-fragments]

make a cake to find out what you are missing in life

[raevenlywrites]

HOLY SHIT

[victoriousvocabulary]

GALLIARDISE

[noun]

extreme gaiety; merriment.

Etymology: from Middle French gaillard - lively, vigourous; a lively dance.

[James R. Eads]

[mattymurdox]

I needed a distraction, so have my answers to a tag game I found. rules: bold the statements that apply to you, italicize your aspirations, then tag nine people.

AIR

i have small hands / i love the night sky / i watch small animals and birds when i pass them by / i drink herbal tea / i wake to see dawn / the smell of dust is comforting / i’m valued for being wise / i prefer books to music / i meditate / i find joy in learning new truths from the world around me

FIRE

i don’t have straight hair / i like to wear ripped jeans and overalls / i play an organized sport / i love dogs / i am not afraid of adventure / i love to talk to strangers / i always try new foods / i enjoy road trips / summer is my favorite season / my radio is always playing

WATER

i wear bracelets on my wrists / i love the bustle of the city / i have more than one set of piercings / i read poetry / i love the sound of a thunderstorm / i want to travel the world / i sleep past midday most days / i love dimly lit diners and fluorescent signs / i rewatch kids’ shows out of nostalgia / i see emotions in colors not words

EARTH

i wear glasses or contacts / i enjoy doing the laundry / i am a vegetarian or vegan / i have an excellent sense of time / my humor is very cheerful / i am a valued advisor to my friends / i believe in true love / i love the chill of mountain air / i’m always listening to music / i am highly trusted by the people in my life

AETHER

i go without makeup in my daily life / i make my own artwork / i keep on track of my tasks and time / i always know true north / i see beauty in everything / i can always smell flowers / i smile at everyone i pass by / i always fear history repeating itself / i have recovered from a mental disorder /

I’m tagging @youareiron-andyouarestrong @aceofwonders @a-heart-of-kyber @bookstoreromantic @aprillka @orangetigger @lavenderlinn and anyone who wants to do it really 

[lockheedelektra]

[snip for length]

rules: bold the statements that apply to you, italicize your aspirations, then tag nine people.

AIR

i have small hands / i love the night sky / i watch small animals and birds when i pass them by / i drink herbal tea / i wake to see dawn / the smell of dust is comforting / i’m valued for being wise / i prefer books to music / i meditate / i find joy in learning new truths from the world around me

FIRE

i don’t have straight hair / i like to wear ripped jeans and overalls / i play an organized sport / i love dogs / i am not afraid of adventure / i love to talk to strangers / i always try new foods/ i enjoy road trips / summer is my favorite season / my radio is always playing

WATER

i wear bracelets on my wrists / i love the bustle of the city / i have more than one set of piercings /i read poetry / i love the sound of a thunderstorm / i want to travel the world / i sleep past midday most days / i love dimly lit diners and fluorescent signs / i rewatch kids’ shows out of nostalgia / i see emotions in colors not words

EARTH

i wear glasses or contacts / i enjoy doing the laundry / i am a vegetarian or vegan / i have an excellent sense of time / my humor is very cheerful / i am a valued advisor to my friends / i believe in true love / i love the chill of mountain air / i’m always listening to music / i am highly trusted by the people in my life

AETHER

i go without makeup in my daily life / i make my own artwork / i keep on track of my tasks and time / i always know true north / i see beauty in everything / i can always smell flowers /i smile at everyone i pass by / i always fear history repeating itself / i have recovered from a mental disorder

[chocolate-and-discourse]

Sorry, I could never be a capitalist, I suffer from “wanting humans to have their basic needs met” disorder, where I care about people who aren’t me.

[chocolate-and-discourse]

Someone once asked me if, assuming we got universal healthcare, I would be okay with the rise in “healthcare tourism” where people who are sick come to our country to get their medical bills taken care of and life-saving medical treatment cheaper than in their home countries. I was just like, yeah thats fine, I’d actually prefer it if 0 people died from preventable causes kept behind a paywall for no reason.

[soul-hammered]

today is indigenous peoples day and it’s a great day to give to the sovereign bodies institute

it’s a database and info hub for missing and murdered indigenous women. it’s trans inclusive and doing vital work.

i kicked them 10bux. i’m not telling you this because i want to humblebrag about how performatively woke i am, but because there’s research to suggest that the more visibly common/popular an act is, the more likely other people will do it.

as usual, thanks to @the-blackfoot-contessa for the rec

[mango-habanero-autism-deactivat]

Thank you! The sovereign bodies institute is a great organization that does critically important work that crosses colonial boundaries. Donations this month will go towards a healing house in Peru that is specifically dedicated to meet the needs of Indigenous women recovering from forced sterilization. They also work with Black women on the Uniting Against Femicide Project to address MMIW and missing Black women and girls. 

[bookofjudith]

whatever u do don’t think about the fact that yue has just turned 16 when she made the incredibly selfless and heartbreaking decision to sacrifice herself so that her people might have a CHANCE against the Fire Nation siege

And definitely don’t think about the fact that Sokka was only fifteen when Yue essentially died in his arms, and that every time the moon rises and sets he has a reminder of how he couldn’t protect her

[indigenousandangry]

Found this on Facebook! BOOST!

Tell Etsy that #ThisIsNotNative

[mahtheyzhawey]

This is why I stopped selling on Etsy. I got really sick and tired of all that nonsense.

[genderresister]

To purchase authentic native american artistry, heres a list of indigenous owned businesses you can support:

-http://shop.beyondbuckskin.com/

-https://www.manitobah.ca/

-https://eighthgeneration.com/collections/all

-http://oxdx.storenvy.com/

-https://www.jokuma.com/

-http://www.virgilortiz.com/

-https://dorothygrant.com/

-https://www.byellowtail.com/

-http://www.kristendorseydesigns.com/

-https://tammybeauvais.com/

-http://nsrgnts.com/

-https://www.salishstyle.com/

-https://www.thentvs.com/

-http://www.urbannativeera.com/

-http://www.nishology.com/

-https://www.neechiegear.com/collections/products

-https://www.tansiclothing.com/

-https://www.nativethreads.com/

-https://www.milocreations.net/

-http://www.gourdjewels.com/

-https://sabahut.com/

-http://peacelovetsoul.bigcartel.com/

-http://www.tsosie-gaussoin.com/

-http://www.qwalsius.com/

-http://www.moonstonecreation.ca/index.php/catalog/

-http://www.tashinaemery.com/

-https://trickstercompany.com/

-https://rezmade.com/

-http://www.tconnorandco.com/

-https://www.wearenate.com/

-https://www.aconav.com/

-https://www.shenative.com/

-http://www.handofsolomon.ca/

-https://www.tpmocs.com/

-https://www.nishiin.ca/

-http://tundraberry.com/

-http://michellebrownwear.com/

More at: http://www.beyondbuckskin.com/p/buy-native.html

[kwen-but-from-the-future]

Please support Native people!!!! In any way!!! Even if its spreading this good message around!!!!

[saqriphrx]

there’s also salwaycc.com!!!

[pangur-and-grim]

ursula k le guin was such a massive fucking chad

[gods-no-longer-tread-here]

Can… can you explain? I’ve always liked her writing…

[pangur-and-grim]

“Things don’t have purposes, as if the universe were a machine, where every part has a useful function. What’s the function of a galaxy? I don’t know if our life has a purpose and I don’t see that it matters. What does matter is that we’re a part. Like a thread in a cloth or a grass-blade in a field. It is and we are. What we do is like wind blowing on the grass. […] We’re in the world, not against it. […] The world is, no matter how we think it ought to be. You have to be with it. You have to let it be.”

— Ursula Le Guin, The Lathe of Heaven

[pangur-and-grim]

[ancient-bruises-ancient-moon]

obsession with validation is proof that these identities mean nothing

you’re embarrassing yourself publicly. 10 years from now you’re gunna feel the weight of this shame.

[pangur-and-grim]

anyways stan Le Guin, the genderfucking chad of my dreams

“The Gethenians do not see one another as men or women. This is almost impossible for our imaginations to accept. After all, what is the first question we ask about a newborn baby? ….there is no division of humanity into strong and weak halves, protected/ protective. One is respected and judged only as a human being. You cannot cast a Gethnian in the role of Man or Woman, while adopting towards ‘him’ a corresponding role dependant on your expetations of the interactions between persons of the same or oppositve sex. It is an appalling experience for a Terran ”

— Ursula Le Guin, The Left Hand of Darkness, 1969 

- Steering the Craft, Ursula Le Guin, 1998

“I am a man. Now you may think I’ve made some kind of silly mistake about gender, or maybe that I’m trying to fool you, because my first name ends in a, and I own three bras, and I’ve been pregnant five times, and other things like that that you might have noticed, little details. But details don’t matter… I predate the invention of women by decades. Well, if you insist on pedantic accuracy, women have been invented several times in widely varying localities, but the inventors just didn’t know how to sell the product. Their distribution techniques were rudimentary and their market research was nil, and so of course the concept just didn’t get off the ground……And that brings up the real proof of what a mess I have made of being a man: I am not even young. Just about the time they finally started inventing women, I started getting old. And I went right on doing it.”

- The Wave In The Mind, Ursula Le Guin, 2004

[michellechang]

[ogaferoga]

It’s super effective!

Bonus:

[ankle-beez]