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Who Are You And What Are You Doing Here?

Hello! I'm Wrath. I've been here for one million years and have fossilized in the geologic record of tumblr. I have a bad habit of crashing into fandoms and back out again like a car going through a mall in a madcap chase sequence from a 1980's action movie. If you remember me from any of those, (1) I'm sorry for the damage, and (2) I hope it was at least fun to watch.

Primarily, I write stuff. You may want to check out:

My website, where my large back catalog of original writing lives

My writing tumblr, @mindfulwrathwrites, if you prefer to stay onsite

My AO3, where my large back catalog of fanfic lives. These days it's mostly Kingdom Hearts, but I've also written for TAZ:Balance, The Glass Scientists, Critical Role (campaign 1), the Yogscast of yore, and a smattering of other miscellaneous fandoms

You can also subscribe to my monthly newsletter if you want to get extra behind-the-scenes tidbits, regular updates on my upcoming superhero novel, Powered, and brief stories from my Real Life... like the time I rolled a d20 literally 200 times because one of my D&D players claimed it was the dice, and not him, which was cursed.

(He was right. Unfortunately, he is also cursed and has continued to roll spectacularly badly even with confirmed-fair dice.)

This is a reblog-heavy tumblr account. Tags of note include:

#writing and #reference, for stuff I find useful

#skybox, aesthetic pictures

#SPAAAAAAAAACE, outer space

#birds, i like birds

#birds (allegedly), i also like hilariously bad bird photography

#to read, for book recommendations or other reading material that interests me

But I do make original posts, too:

#powered novel, for all things relating to my upcoming superhero book with Duck Prints Press

#my-music, what it says on the tin

#perso, for personal, quotidian stuff

And I do my best to tag for various triggers and unpleasantnesses - if I put something on your dash that you want to filter out, please let me know so I can tag for it!

#perso #about me #pinned post #blog intro

tobiasbones

The other day i bought this yarn cause that’s obviously the trans flag, and I just saw that this colour is called ‘life’! I’m gonna cry

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@this-is-trans-joy 🥹🥹🥹🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️

this-is-trans-joy

This is trans joy!!!

thotful-opinions4u

one of the reasons why Columbo is so funny is because he will get on his suspect's nerves sooo badly and then the suspect cannot do anything about it because Columbo will go "I'm just a little guy and it's my birthday! I'm just a little birthday boy!" with the suspect and Columbo both knowing full well that Columbo is lying but the suspect cannot say a word about it not being Columbo's birthday due to the social conventions surrounding them and the fact that they are indeed guilty of murder

#columbo

epicallyepicnerdery

stevishabitat

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From pics community on reddit

You can fight ICE by annoying them

Mess up their food/drink orders- Lose their tickets/reservations

Overtighten lug nuts, strip spark plugs

Give them incorrect but real-sounding information

Record them with your phones

Disrupt them with loud noises (car alarms, music, banging metal) and bright lights (flashlights, headlights)

Shame them

(fuck yeah)

The fascists want complacency.

Do not give it to them.

(fuck them white supremacists )

It is your right to make "Mistakes"

bumblebeeappletree

It’s important to note that this is a poster on a glass window. It’s very important to note that the (fuck yeah) and the (fuck them white supremacists) have been written in with a pen by someone on said poster.

Anyways fuck fascists and white supremacists

#uspol

lastoneout

I do actually wonder if part of the reason people start believing ancient aliens type conspiracy bullshit is because they're so divorced from labor they don't understand that a bunch of guys could absolutely quarry a large rock, move it somewhere, and build something with it because that's not actually all that hard or complicated. I've seen people use a simple chisel and hammer to crack boulders the size of houses clean in half, this stuff is a skill that needs to be learned ofc, but the idea that it was impossible for humans to build large, complex, sturdy structures with relatively "primative" tools is so silly I struggle to understand how someone could believe that unless they legit have no idea how labor works.

It's the same beef I have with Fallout. I know they excuse humans being so slow to redevelop society with all "knowledge being lost in the war" but that's just...not how things work. Humans figured out construction and farming very early. There's no way for humans to truly forget how to do this stuff, especially since people survived and could preserve and share what they know. But I just cannot fathom how in 300 years no one's figured out construction or fiber arts or soap making or anything humans have historically figured out super early in the process of being human.

And the only way I can see someone write a world like that is if they either didn't care (fine, it's not real and I get digging the apocalypse vibe) or were so divorced from the process of labor and creation that they actually think those things are way too hard for someone to figure out on their own.

If you think humans couldn't do these things without being taught or helped you have a very warped idea of technological progress and human ingenuity. No one taught humans how to build and create, we figured it out on our own, and it was not just smacking rocks together until something clicked either, ancient humans were just as intelligent as modern ones, they could use logic and reasoning to figure out how to do something new based on what they already know.

Idk it's a theory anyway, but I really do think it's interesting how as a kid I def could believe doing these things is impossible for ancient humans to being an adult who knows things and literally cannot even comprehend believing any of the incredible things ancient humans can do were "impossible" in any way. It wasn't. Humans are incredible, stop underestimating us. And crack open some wiki pages or even youtube tutorials so you get a grasp of how the world works, it's good for you.

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Archeology educator Milo Rossi in his Ancient Aliens debunked video (link under the cut)

lastoneout

You'll never guess what video inspired this post lmao

larval-tear

why not

girlcodedhamlet

it's very frustrating seeing otherwise well-structured posts about media literacy and critical thinking bookended with statements about "nowadays", "nobody has literacy anymore", "this generation is so anti-intellectual", and the like, unquestioningly falling into better past fallacies.

Do we really think the 80s and its Satanic Panic were better at critical thinking? what about the 40s? the Victorian era? societies have always had problems with critical thinking and literacy, because most societies have dealt with propaganda, corrupt leadership, difficulty providing education (due to poverty or discrimination or other issues), and/or people who resist critical thinking (due to privilege or circumstance or what have you). we can criticize media trends without pulling a "well back in the GOOD OLD DAYS" about it.

valtsv

today i learned that there are cave paintings of bats and i think you all deserve to see them

ashlgcostumes

In a weird way I miss the 2000s. It feels like nobody uses the word wageslave anymore. Instead full time artists on instagram are telling me I should find moral fulfilment from writing work emails

rank your anxiety on the scale of my own neuroses

always looks both ways before crossing the street

never lets the gas tank get below half full

washes hands first thing when arriving home

reads the manual for the new toaster

won't run the washer and dryer at the same time

checks for suspicious puddles under the car daily

won't stand near windows during a thunderstorm

maintains strict but arbitrary "quiet hours" to keep from disturbing the neighbo

Remaining time: 2 days 7 hours

toxicworkplaceyaoi

new fave tweet

In general I think people who are thinking about going out into the wilderness are way too scared of wildlife (bears, mountain lions, etc.) and not nearly scared ENOUGH about weather and terrain.

Because the top two most likely things to kill you in the wilderness are:

Hypothermia

Falling

Because, you see, a bear or a mountain lion or what have you is running a risk calculation on killing you. Mostly they don't want anything to do with people and will get out of your way looooong before you ever know they're there. They're just guys, living their lives. Occasionally, sometimes, one animal will run the math a little different and think you're a threat, or a competitor, or maybe even a good meal. Or you'll leave your food where they can get to it and they'll take exception to the fact that you're trying to take what is now their food. But you can affect the outcome of those scenarios. You can fight hard enough or play dead well enough to change the math on the animal's risk calculation (you're either too much of a hassle or not enough of a threat to bother wasting precious energy on).

The point is, wildlife can be negotiated with. It can respond to you. You can meaningfully affect an animal's behavior.

A thunderstorm doesn't give one shit of a fuck what you do. You cannot bear-spray lightning. Playing dead won't get hypothermia to leave you alone when you're drenched and night is coming on. No amount of calling "hey, bear!" will scare off sinkholes or rock slides. You can't back away slowly from a ledge you've already slipped off of.

Fundamentally, the weather and the terrain do not care about you. They aren't trying to kill you, but they don't care if you die. And that makes them a hell of a lot more dangerous than anything you'll meet out there with teeth.

#wilderness #hiking #backpacking #CARRY A MAP AND COMPASS #LET SOMEONE KNOW WHERE YOU'RE GOING #CHECK THE WEATHER #AND WHEN IN DOUBT. GET THE FUCK OUT.

dysphoria-things

is it a hot take to say that i think you need to understand why something is bad, not just that it simply is?

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this is a part of the problem

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you need to be able to explain why you shouldnt use ai rather than “oh well its obviously bad and you shouldnt use it or else youre a bad person” because that isn’t logic. “ai generates child porn based off of real children and whether or not it does is entirely up to how it is built and if pedophiles are able to find ways around those safeguards, because ai cannot in itself discern right from wrong” is a genuine criticism. “amazon tried to build a data center the size of tuson outside of tuson just to power their ai that would’ve increased the inability to stay alive outside in parts of arizona” is a genuine criticism. even “using generative ai teaches you not to learn how to do things yourself even when they’re difficult, devaluing necessary skills out of practice” is a genuine criticism when you look at the amount of people who think they are able of doing a difficult major when they couldnt write their own papers in high school.

but “ai is just bad because it’s bad” will convince no one and is a morally lazy position to take. about anything!

you need to know why reading someone’s diary is wrong if you want to learn about privacy and respect. you need to know why child sexual assault is wrong if you want to be able to help children form healthy age appropriate relationships. you need to know why capitalism is bad if you want to replace it with something else. you need actual concrete ideas and ideologies rather than “you should agree with me because i have the right vibe”

#to paraphrase anyaustin:#'don't just say ''it's good'' or ''it's bad''#okay #say that and then keep talking'