farewell!

*touches ground* still warm…

[sumikatt]

pick your head up queen… your 4 ft long wizard hat is falling

[a-yoda-a-day]

imagine being so bad at moderating your own website you decide to just kill half the user base and not fix any of the actual problems

[raptortooth]

Isn’t this the plot of Infinity War

[somewhereinjersey]

[jamtav]

wait hold on i know how to save tumblr

[milkocalypse]

big sigh bc tumblr is still my favorite platform even tho it’s painfully broken and i never use it anymore but it’s the only account i have where i can rly just. post what makes me happy without feeling like i’m trying to appeal to an audience

[pietriarchy]

I Have No Rights But I Must Post

[milkocalypse]

logged back into tumblr for my obligatory nostalgia trip and they really banning custom themes huh... :///

[nitrosplicer]

This picture of a bunch of college kids trying to keep from getting busted by the police is like something from a baroque painting

[greenandhazy]

little bit of Jewish history: for several centuries, Jews didn’t have fixed, hereditary surnames. they went by “Name son of Father” or similar. Ashkenazi Jews mostly didn’t start taking on surnames until the 18th and 19th century, when surnames were made a condition of being recognized as citizens of modern nations. and apparently there was one Jew in Germany who thought hey, if we’ve got to take it a surname, let’s make it a damn good one.

so this is the name he picked:

Wolfe­schlegel­stein­hausen­berger­dorff­welche­vor­altern­waren­gewissen­haft­schafers­wessen­schafe­waren­wohl­gepflege­und­sorg­faltig­keit­be­schutzen­vor­an­greifen­durch­ihr­raub­gierig­feinde­welche­vor­altern­zwolf­hundert­tausend­jah­res­voran­die­er­scheinen­von­der­erste­erde­mensch­der­raum­schiff­genacht­mit­tung­stein­und­sieben­iridium­elek­trisch­motors­ge­brauch­licht­als­sein­ur­sprung­von­kraft­ge­start­sein­lange­fahrt­hin­zwischen­stern­artig­raum­auf­der­suchen­nach­bar­schaft­der­stern­welche­ge­habt­be­wohn­bar­planeten­kreise­drehen­sich­und­wo­hin­der­neue­rasse­von­ver­stand­ig­mensch­lich­keit­konnte­fort­pflanzen­und­sicher­freuen­an­lebens­lang­lich­freude­und­ru­he­mit­nicht­ein­furcht­vor­an­greifen­vor­anderer­intelligent­ge­schopfs­von­hin­zwischen­stern­art­ig­raum

and the fun doesn’t stop there. roughly translated, this name means “Ages ago, there were conscientious shepherds whose sheep were well tended and carefully protected against attack by their rapacious enemies. Twelve hundred thousand years ago there appeared before these first earthmen, at night, a spaceship powered by seven stone and iridium electric motors. It had originally been launched on its long trip into stellar space in the search for neighboring stars that might have planets revolving about them that were inhabitable and on which planets a new race of intelligent humanity might propagate itself and rejoice for life, without fear of attack by other intelligent beings from interstellar space.”

and then this gentleman’s great-great-grandson was given a 26-word “first name” featuring names beginning with each successive letter of the alphabet: Adolph Blaine Charles David Earl Frederick Gerald Hubert Irvin John Kenneth Lloyd Martin Nero Oliver Paul Quincy Randolph Sherman Thomas Uncas Victor William Xerxes Yancy Zeus.

but of course that’s impractical for everyday use, so he often went by the name Hubert B. Wolfe + 666, Sr. he was born in Germany in 1904 or 1914, emigrated to Philadelphia, and died in 1997.

there is no part of this that is not incredible to me.

[keshetchai]

He just made his whole last name a science fiction story

[goconn-deactivated20230304-deac]

At the 1998 Grammy Awards, Pavarotti was too ill to sing Nessun Dorma. Aretha Franklin filled in on 20 minutes notice.  This is the result.

[themelanintreasury]

🙏🏾

[nomoresuckers]

#big ass mood: the family jewels edition

[npr]

Aretha Franklin, the “Queen of Soul,” died Thursday in her home city of Detroit after battling pancreatic cancer. Her death was confirmed by her publicist, Gwendolyn Quinn. She was 76.

Franklin sold more than 75 million records during her life, making her one of the best-selling artists of all time. She took soul to a new level and inspired generations of singers who came after her.

No one’s life can be condensed to one word — but Aretha Franklin came close when she sang one word: “respect.”

“Respect” was written by the great Otis Redding. In his version, a man is pleading, offering his woman anything she wants in exchange for her respect. He sang: “Hey little girl, you’re sweeter than honey / And I’m about to give you all of my money / But all I want you to do / Is just give it, give it / Respect when I come home …”

Aretha changed those lyrics to demand parity. “Oooh, your kisses,” she sang, “Sweeter than honey / And guess what? / So is my money …” In her hands, “Respect” became an empowering song — for black women and for all women. It was a No. 1 hit in 1967, and it became her signature song.

Franklin was 25 years old when “Respect” was released. But she had been singing since she was a small child in her father’s New Bethel Baptist Church.

Aretha Franklin, The ‘Queen Of Soul,’ Dies At 76

Photos: Getty Images

[starlightandtears]

You cannot…mistreat children….because you think they’re gross or annoying…they’re children.

[starlightandtears]

This is going in the top 5 most contested/controversial posts I’ve ever written.

[lovelyanimal]

[lesbianchemicalplant]

There’s now a gofundme for Maddie, the 12 year-old trans girl being witchhunted, so her family can move somewhere safer: https://www.gofundme.com/move4maddie

[hoodfamous]

Content warning: in giving context to the situation there are a lot of triggering comments, tranphobic slurs and graphic threats of violence against the upping girl. This is a great cause to help this little girl but just be warned if you want to fully read the text.

[lovelysuggestions]

you are my favorite daydream

[plasticblisss]

[unicornlordart-deactivated20190]

[cannedviennasnausage]

#hyrule fight club aka 300% Clench Trench