Luluko17

[sebsketchs]

sticker design for pride this year! 💞🏳️‍⚧️

[jupitersmusings]

good things will happen 🧿

things that are meant to be will fall into place 🧿

[overlord-fire-bubble]

THIS ONE FUCKING WORKS. REBLOG IT.

[tiny-kt]

this for real fucking works

[yuumei-art]

In 2012 I painted the top image: Rise

In 2026 I am saddened to have to repaint this update: Fall

[sandstone72]

They should make a content label for ai posts like they do for mature content so I dont ever have to fucking look at it

[lizardlicks]

okay nah but this is what I've been saying. everyone arguing over how to regulate AI and what it means for copyright and how do we account for AI without hurting creative industries and and and

Require it to be labeled. that's it. require every instance of AI output to be clearly and obviously labeled that it is AI. Every decision made with AI has to be disclosed in plain phrasing, every email, every paper, every image and video must be clearly and obviously watermarked. Make removing the label/identifier a procecutable offence.

Now everyone who doesn't want it can avoid it. Now everyone using it with intent as a bad actor has to jump through extra hoops (and is on the hook for additional charges when caught). Now every single person who has had their insurance claim or credit application or resume rejected or denied because of AI can point to it and demand a reconsideration. Make. Every. Single. Instance. Of AI use mandated to be legally disclosed. That's it!

[jacobintranslationsarchive]

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[meanlesbean]

what's happening in Minnesota

I've been trying to find time to write this post for the last three days because I want to use my platform, limited as it is, and have not had time. Even while typing this up, reports are emerging that someone else was shot by ice agents tonight (Wednesday, Jan. 14), so I am trying to keep this as detailed but brief as possible. I mean this with absolutely no exaggeration: the Twin Cities, Minneapolis and St. Paul, are currently under occupation by federal agents.

Deployment of mass military/paramilitary forces to "blue" cities is not new of course (DC, LA, Chicago), but the Twin Cities are a much smaller metro area and have a lot more agents deployed relative to our population size. Mutual aid groups are scrambling because so many people of color are very understandably terrified of leaving home and being snatched off the sidewalks or the bus stop or at school dropoffs. Minneapolis Public Schools is allowing distance learning until mid-February.

I can't stress enough how many other abductions and atrocities I am missing from the following list because it has been nonstop, but a few highlights of the regime's blatant human rights abuses and atrocities are as followed:

arresting people from hospital stabilization rooms and disappearing asylum seekers here for medical treatment

refusing to let congress members access their building being used as the central detention facility - we know from detainee testimony that conditions are awful, to say the least

breaking into the car of a disabled autistic woman who was trying to navigate driving on a street teeming with observers and ice agents while on her way to a doctor's appointment.

leaving a live flash grenade in the middle of the street after brutalizing the woman above

refusing medical treatment to another man who was brutally dragged from his car. it took three days to get a status update on him, even though the video his disappearance received a lot of attention because he was visibly non responsive while being kidnapped, and a lot of people were speculating that he'd died at the speedway or shortly after

beating two Target workers, one of them a seventeen year old kid, abducting them both, and then dropping them off at a random walmart 10 minutes down the road after

pressuring prosecutors to investigate Renee Good's widow, to the point where six federal prosecutors, including a Trump appointee, have resigned

telling observers that their (completely legal) actions are "obstructing" operations and "that's why that lesbian bitch is dead" (additional MPR source)

ramming the car of a Latino man agents had profiled while he was already pulling over for them

pushing a man into the path of an oncoming bus

ramming more people's cars and leaving vehicles abandoned in the middle of the road - there was one case where the car was not left in park and rolled into traffic

arresting four unhoused Ogala Sioux men and refusing to release information unless the tribe "entered into an immigration agreement with ice" (Salon). one man was released, but three are still being held at Fort Snelling, which historically was used as a concentration camp for the state's crimes against the Dakota people

an important note about above is that there many more Native people who have been detained or arrested, but these three are of particular note because they've been held for days, and they were abducted from an area of the city that is known for its large population of unhoused Native people

again this is just the tip of the iceberg and some incidents that have been spread around more widely. ice agents are going door to door with weapons, they are following people who are organizing aid distribution, they are targeting businesses that have stepped up to help the community. protesters showing up at the whipple building where ice is detaining people know that it is extremely likely they'll be detained or have chemical munitions deployed against them just for gathering outside the building.

pay attention to what's happening in Minnesota, start organizing in your community, and please for the love of god do not give one more ounce of attention to that motherfucker jacob frey as he goes on his podcast tour while allowing MPD to arrest protesters and aid & abet ice operations. pay attention to news and reports from: Georgia Fort, On Site Public Media and Toussaint Morrison, Sahan Journal, social accounts of Minneapolis Council member Jason Chavez, Unicorn Riot, and MN ICE Watch.

Editing to add because I included this later in the reblog chain: if you're able to donate, you can find a list of vetted Minnesota mutual aid organizations as well as fundraisers for individuals/families at Stand With Minnesota.

[shutupzo]

I haven’t been on this app in a while, but I know a Black man, Keith Porter, was murdered by ICE on New Year’s Eve (Rest in Power) in Cali. Just one of the countless Black people who’ve been murdered by ICE and other agents of the state.

I log back into this app and see the conversations around the white woman, Renee Good, who was just recently killed. And I can’t help but notice the stark difference in circulation of news and boosting of stories between both of them across this app…

Shit has BEEN happening to Black people across administrations and is currently happening to Black people under this administration, and is met by crickets. Yet when it starts touching white people, I see real anger start being felt from the gen pop followed by amplification and co-opting of Black terms and memorialization… I stg it takes everything in me to give af about yall.

[destroyedbegunagain]

"Friends and family of the 43-year-old man who was fatally shot by a Department of Homeland Security agent in Northridge on New Year's Eve gathered on Sunday to demand accountability and hold a candlelight vigil for their lost loved one."

Northridge community holds candlelight vigil for man fatally shot by DHS agent on New Year's Eve

Friends and family of the 43-year-old man who was fatally shot by a Department of Homeland Security agent in Northridge on New Year's Eve ga

[suntails]

I am facing ~$15k in costs due this month

I've started a gofundme, linked in the title. I'm so sorry to ask this of anyone but I'm at a loss for how to deal with this. My immediate upcoming expenses:

a water bill for almost $3500 dollars, with another one I estimate to be almost $1000 on the way (water leak of 240k+ gallons). I have tried to plead to lower it, but it is controlled through an HOA who refuses to budge. It must be paid on time and in-full. I no longer own this house and lost money in selling it

My car will not start, current unknown cause but likely to be the starter. The car has 200k miles on it and is nearing the end of its life

I have just moved cross-country for a job that may let me go soon (reference the news for context). I am paying to break an old lease, put a deposit on a new lease, and hire movers (saving money by only hiring labor and driving a truck ourselves). Breaking the old lease costs ~$2000, the deposit and first month’s rent on a new place costs $3300; I have not booked any moving help yet but my estimates from research is ~$3500-4000

All relevant proof is included on the gofundme site, and I truly mean it when I say I never wanted to turn to this; I do my best to take care of myself for when times are tough, but this is way too many things at once to have prepared for.

If anyone donates $30 or more, send me the receipt and i can do a small single-colored chibi as a thank you. I'm too daunted by bills to even open regular comms right now, and I'm working overtime to try to compensate, so my hours are quite limited ;;; Thank you all for any and all support, ANYTHING makes a difference whether it be sharing or donating. Love you all forever <3

[ahmedaldani333]

We're not living... we're barely surviving. In a tattered tent amidst the bitter cold, we're struggling to stay alive. The rain has shown us no mercy, seeping into our tent from every side, flooding the ground, soaking our bedding, and drenching everything we own. We have no dry place, no warm blanket, not even a single moment of rest.

[ahmedaldani333]

Two weeks ago, a fierce wind tore away a large part of our tent, leaving us exposed to the elements, at the mercy of the wind and rain. We shiver from the cold, trying to appear strong, but the truth is we're on the verge of collapse because the cold and illnesses are relentless.

Donate to Help Ahmed And His Family Live Safely., organized by Ahmad dany

My name is Ahmad Dany. I am writing to you from the heart of the daily suffering we … Ahmad dany needs your support for Help Ahmed And His F

[ahmedaldani333]

We need your help, friends. Please donate so we can live a safe and warm life, buy blankets and medicine, and repair our tent. Please help us by donating and don't leave us to suffer. Please donate to us.

[closet-keys]

Please have compassion for my dear friend Ahmed. He is only a teenager, and his life has been stolen from him. His education, his community, his health, his future.

To rebuild his future, he must first survive the present moment. He needs warmth, shelter, medicine, and healthcare. Please donate what you can to help him survive this brutal winter.

[pitbolshevik]

please donate

[sporesgalaxy]

Please share and give what you can to Ahmed's vetted campaignto help him and his family aurvive the ongoing seige and the deadly weather

[beserkerjewel]

Please do whatever you can to help out!

[talesfromthecrypts]

They actually make physical media for a much larger percentage of movies than they ever did in the past. Often with a lot more care than any small release was treated in the early dvd days. Its just if you only watch streaming stuff or the big new recent box office hits you won't see that. It is so ridiculously easy to get physical media for movies that even 5 years ago you couldn't even find. Like yes Netflix is a stingy bastard but so many things are available on disc WITH special features than ever before

[talesfromthecrypts]

And here is where you can get them! (mostly American)

Diabolikdvd

Grindhouse Video

Deep Discount

OrbitDVD

Barnes and Noble

And specific labels:

Kino Lorber

Criterion

Arrow Films (UK based)

Shout Factory

Eureka (UK based)

Vinegar Syndrome

Synapse

Warner Archive

Indicator/Powerhouse (UK based)

Severin

Second Sight (UK based)

Umbrella (Australia based)

And many of these have sales several times a year so if you're patient you don't need to buy full price for any of it.

[atlas-andromeda]

For operas, ballets and theatre:

Opus Arte

[cesarescabinet]

Two stores I've used personally (In the U.S)

Thriftbooks<--sells second hand dvds on the cheap.

Samuraidvd <--great resource for obscure Japanese jidaigeki!

[socialistexan]

Cis woman confronted by police officers in Arizona Walmart restroom for looking too masculine speaks out (exclusive)

“The only men in the women’s restroom were the cops,” Kalaya Morton said.

[pussymuncher7]

Daily reminder: Transphobia actively contributes to sexism. If you don’t fit the beauty standard and are seen as masculine in any way shape or form, you are seen as transgender and as a “problem”

[pisshandkerchief]

I think it's incredibly important here to not overlook the fact that she is a Black woman. Transphobia, racism, and sexism overlap significantly because of the incredibly eurocentric beauty standards women are judged on.

[rdepicas]

I'm FED UP with having to check everything, even the damn fridge, to make sure it's not using AI.

I'M GOING TO PULL THE CORD AND GO LIVE IN A CABIN IN THE WOODS LIKE THE UNABOMBER

[titleknown]

Blogging this tweet because this explains SO MUCH about the mindset of pretty much all the folks I’ve known who’re against single-payer, it’s not even funny…

[hopesterling]

This….

This never occurred to me. Not once. That Americans are against Health Care because they think it actually costs tens of thousands of dollars for a broken arm, hundreds of thousands for a complicated birth, millions for cancer treatment.

Because they’ve never known anything different. The idea that a broken arm is only a couple hundred bucks; a complicated birth a couple thousand; cancer treatment only tens of thousands; all easily covered by existing tax structures.

[withasmoothroundstone]

This explains a lot.  And it’s a good example of what I was talking about in my post on scarcity being used to prop up ableism – always question the idea that a resource is genuinely scarce.  Even if it seems obvious that it is, quite often that’s the result of careful manipulation and misconceptions that you’re not even aware of.  

And never think you’re too smart to be fooled by that kind of thing, it doesn’t work like that.  Similarly, don’t think people who are fooled by something are stupid.  Nobody can have all the information about everything, and nobody has the time and energy to investigate and put together conscious conclusions about every piece of information they’re given.  It doesn’t take being stupid, or even just gullible, to believe something like this.

[lizardtitties]

I currently live in a country without free medical care and still, it’s enormously cheap compared to the USA. An American expat wrote a piece for our English language paper about how she paid more for parking at the hospital than giving birth to her baby that’s pretty interesting:

https://grapevine.is/mag/articles/2016/01/06/healthcare-in-iceland-vs-the-us-weve-got-it-so-good/

[thebibliosphere]

Yesterday I had to go to the hospital cause I injured my eye, I’m frankly dreading what the bill is going to be, but what made me balk was being told in the pharmacy that my insurance was denied for the antibiotic eye drops and it’d be over $100 out of pocket. So I didn’t get my eyedrops.

I’ve had these same drops before living in the UK. They cost me seven GBP.

It’s the exact same drug, same steroid, same strain of antibiotic. But somehow the US gets away with charging $100 for a generic non brand version of a drug which is easy to create and widely used. It’s downright robbery, but also a form of eugenics through poverty and class warfare. You keep the poor poor by making sure basic necessities remain unattainable and then you make it seem like the norm so no one fights it.

The rest of the world is not like this.

Eat the rich. Resist.

[dyannehs]

When I was travelling in Germany once, I seriously hurt my ankle. In a few hours, it had swollen to twice its size, and I went to a little ER in a tiny town. I spoke no German and only one nurse spoke English. They ran an X-ray and an MRI to determine what had happened (turned out I had bruised my peroneus brevis muscle and pulled the tendon), gave me a ton of very regulated meds for the pain and swelling, including some supports so I could walk…and my poor little 22-year-old ass was sat there, knowing all of this would cost thousands, if not tens of thousands, back in the US. I was shaking.

I’m in the exam room, post diagnosis and with pill bottles in hand, and in walks the one nurse I’ve been able to speak to the entire time. She pats my hand and tells me (and this is verbatim—I will never forget this conversation as long as I live), “I’m so sorry. We had to run those tests, and they are expensive. You don’t have insurance so you will have to cover the full cost.”

I start crying.

She continues, softly, as if telling me someone has died, “It’s going to be three hundred.”

I start sobbing, certain I’ve misheard, certain that I would be absolutely fucked, broke and going into debt in a foreign country. “Thousand?” I clarify.

Her entire demeanor changed, and she looked at me as if I had sprouted four extra heads. “No,” she says, “euros.”

That moment radicalised me.

[queern-bn]

My family got charged several thousand dollars for a late-night trip to the ER when I was a kid after an oops at home resulted in a large cut that needed almost 40 sutures. We lived in the US at the time.

Now we live in Canada. Last year my leg got rolled over by one of the front tires on a pickup truck. I spent 3 weeks in hospital, had 3 surgeries, one of which included skin grafting to cover the half of my leg that was degloved in my accident. I had IV antibiotics 4 times a day, I had physiotherapy daily, I was on a lot of meds for pain and having complex wound dressings changed every day. After all that, I had a home care nurse visit me every 1-2 days for 6 weeks to help with my wound care. The greatest expense to us as a family for the amazing care I received was my parents and husband using the parkade next to the hospital, which was like $13 a day. If we’d lived in the US, that injury absolutely could have bankrupted us.

[cranquis]

This information needs to be part of the US med school curriculum.

[beaniebaneenie]

I remember the moment that radicalized me.

I went to the UK for graduate school, and being there for that long meant I had to buy insurance for the duration. 18 months was something like £800 (this was in the early 2010’s). I, being American, figured “oh ok, that’s the premium and if I need serious medical care, I’ll get charged deductibles and all other kinds of fees at the time of care), because that’s how it works here.

Some time in the early part of that winter, I got incredibly sick. I’m immunocompromised, so sometimes that happens. But being a broke ass grad student in a foreign country, and dealing with unrelated financial abuse from family members, I figured I couldn’t afford going to the hospital. I figured I’d go to their version of Walgreen’s (Superdrug, and yes that is really that store’s name, load up on cough drops, some OTC meds, and try to ride it out as best I could.

One of my friends in my program came over to check on me and offer help. When she got to my room and saw how sick I was, she asked why I hadn’t gone to hospital. I was near tears and said I couldn’t afford it.

This is when I suspect my friend knew she was dealing with an American who was ignorant of how socialized healthcare actually worked, and realized that I couldn’t really be reasoned with. So she said, “I’ll pay for it- let’s go.”

Off we went to hospital, my friend did the talking bc my voice was so shot. The receptionist said, “as you don’t have an appointment, you may need to wait quite a bit.” I heard that and figured 5+ hours was at least what I was in for.

23 minutes later, my name was called.

My friend went back with me, bc I was pretty out of it. The nurse leading us back apologized for the “huge wait” because having a sick patient wait “nearly half an hour just for medical care” was unacceptable. I was stunned.

The nurse and doc asked some questions, looked at the medical records I had on my phone (bc I was a foreigner with very little medical history in the country), did a few rapid tests. The whole time, I’m seeing an old-timey calculator ringing up charges and freaking out… even though my friend said she’d pay, I was so conditioned to believe this would cost a fortune.

About 30 mins later, the rapid tests confirm I have both bronchitis and pneumonia. Doc writes me a prescription for some serious heavy-duty meds. My American ass is thinking, “ok, so now I go home, wait for 4 days for the pharmacy to fill it, then go get it.” The doc tells me that there’s a pharmacy counter on the way out, and I can stop there to collect the meds before heading home.

I’m skeptical but thank him. My friend gets me to the pharmacy counter. I give my name and hand over the paper, fully expecting to be told that it’ll take days to fill. The pharmacist turns around, pulls a bag off the shelf, hands it to me. Because my meds were already filled and waiting.

Me: you had them already?

Pharmacist: of course- there’d be no point in sending you home without medication, that’s why you came here. To get medical help.

Me: that’s so fast? (I am very confused)

Pharmacist: well, we expect people to have these illnesses at a higher rate this time of year, so we do our best to stock up on our end.

Me: that’s so nice? Also, what do I owe you?

Pharm: sorry, love?

Me: what do I owe you? For the medication? And the visit. All of it, how much do I need to pay?

Chat, her whole fact changed. She realized I didn’t just sound funny because I was in respiratory distress. I had an American accent. She reached over and patted my hand.

“Love, that’s what the health insurance is meant to be for. You’ve already paid for this. We’re not taking extra money off you, we don’t do that here.”

The entire visit was less than 2 hours, absolutely free, and everyone worked to be as efficient as possible in the goal of providing comprehensive healthcare for me, the patient.

Once I got home with the meds, I did actually recover pretty well (and relatively quickly, as far as I’m concerned). I talked to the friend after, and she admitted that she knew it was going to be free, but that I wouldn’t or couldn’t understand that in the brain fog of serious illness, so she said what she had to in order to get my stubborn (and terrified of bankruptcy) ass to the doctor.

That’s what healthcare should be. A goal of providing comprehensive and compassionate care to your patients, being well-staffed enough that no one waits for hours, anticipating medication needs, ensuring that patients leave with the medical care they sought- and that they’re not afraid to seek it, because they know medical care won’t make them homeless.

[elodieunderglass]

I love that friend in the story. Yep. Absolutely. She’ll pay for it.

[bob-belcher]

The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) dir. Henry Selick

[classichorrorblog]

The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)

[moxie-girl]

ok guys claim your stickers here

[soullessseraphim]

ATTENTION EVERYBODY!!! PLEASE DON’T FALL FOR THOSE MESSAGES

TUMBLR ALREADY ISSUED A WARNING ABOUT THEM BUT I LITTERALLY ALMOST JUST FELL FOR IT RIGHT NOW. I THINK THIS USER GOT RECENTLY HACKED PLEASE DO NOT GO AND HARASS THEM

THE MESSAGE IS A SCAM,, AND HERE IS THE DISCORD ACCOUNT THEY ARE TRYING TO GET YOU TO TALK TO