don't die

my fear grows by the minute and my love burns me alive

[heavensghost]

Richard Siken, planet of love

[my-legs-hurt]

i love you so much that if you stabbed me it would hurt less

[gaycommunist]

tender love

thomas merton // “eurydice” sarah ruhl // ernest hemingway // anis mojgani “in the pockets of small gods” // lemony snicket // franz kafka “the castle” // @fridayiminlovemp3 (mitski “strawberry blonde”) // mitski “pink in the night” // khalil gibran // gustave flaubert from a letter to george sand, 1876 // danez smith “acknowledgments” // “love freely” E.C. @desultory-suggestions

[my-legs-hurt]

i could have loved you for a minute, a day, for years, and i would still carry you in my heart, willingly or not

[my-legs-hurt]

i remember being eager about falling in love. especially with some guy. but as it turns out i dont think thats what i want anymore. i was a hopeless romantic for so long that it became my primary problem that i was single. i felt that if i was in a relationship i would be complete. that i can have a happily ever after but now i know thats complete bullshit. i mean, its an incredible dream but its only a dream. a piece of fiction. i wont have a movie perfect relationship that will make me a better person than i am right now. thats because the only person can do that is me.

anyways i dont have a point to this because i really hate myself currently but that doesnt mean i will hate myself in the future. and i guess i can say the same about falling in love. i might not know romantic love and i might not have it or want it right now doesnt mean ill feel the same way in the future. nothing is really permanent and thats wonderful. i can always change and so can the people i used to like and i can go my merry way of living a life that will actually be meaningful. with or without a boyfriend or a girlfriend. dont settle.

[solisaureums]

Pedro: Who does Oscar Isaac look like?

Oscar: I get David Krumholtz often—

Pedro: oH *wheeze* i remember whO you look LIKE!

Oscar: who’s that?

Pedro: that MUPPET I tOld you aBOUT!

Oscar: *wheeze* what muppet??

Pedro: *laughs* the—the

Oscar: *lightly slaps Pedro’s face*

Pedro: the-the grumpy eagle! *continues to laugh*

Oscar: the grumpy eagle???!

Pedro: remember!?

Oscar: oh, cause of the eyebrows??

Pedro: *fucking dying of laughter*

Oscar: malo

[jackhawksmoor]

[runmild]

[my-legs-hurt]

i swear to FUCKING CHRIST i have seen this scene of idiots probably six times in the last THREE DAYS and i still love them 😌✨

[mostlysignssomeportents]

How Big Oil lied about "recyclable" plastics

Exxon knew.

They knew, 50 years ago, that they were going to murder the planet and our species with their oil.

And they acted.

Oh, how they acted!

They created a campaign of lies to distort the public perception of climate change.

https://exxonknew.org/

Exxon knew.

They knew in ‘73, when their researchers told them: plastics would never be recycled. There would not be a cost effective way to recycle plastic.

And they acted.

They created a disinformation campaign to convince us plastic COULD be recycled.

https://www.npr.org/2020/09/11/897692090/how-big-oil-misled-the-public-into-believing-plastic-would-be-recycled

That campaign - the little recycling logos on our plastics, the upbeat videos about a future where plastic was part of a circular economy of use and recycling - convinced us to buy, wash, and sort plastic.

90% of that plastic was never recycled. It never will be.

NONE of those splashy campaigns - the announcement that all NYC school plastics would be recycled, the recycling in national parks - ever worked. They all lasted long enough to get some upbeat press, and then they quietly shut down.

This week’s NPR/Planet Money investigation by Laura Sullivan doesn’t just talk to the ex-chief lobbyists, now serving as belated Oppenheimers, lamenting the impending destruction of our planet.

It also talks to the current round of executives who have announced a fresh round of plans to recycle plastics - completely disingenuous, insultingly obvious distraction tactics to convince us that their projections of TRIPLING production by 2050 isn’t a form of mass murder.

Then Sullivan circles back to those retired executives, the ones who oversaw the first disinformation campaign, and they confirm that this latest round of promises are literally the same tactic, barely updated for a world on fire.

The world is on fire. My sky has been orange all week. Our family’s socially distanced meetings with friends in parks or back yards have been cancelled because we cannot breathe outside.

Exxon - and Chevron, and the rest of Big Oil - knows.

In a secret recording released to the New York Times, oil execs meet to cheerfully discuss how they will burn the world and murder us all but make a buck in the process.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/12/climate/methane-natural-gas-flaring.html

Their plans for climate change don’t involve reducing emissions - they’re building bunkers and hiring mercenaries to keep us at bay when we come for them. They know what they’ve done.

Exxon knows.

Exxon knows.

When I searched for the “Exxon Knew” campaign to find a link for this piece, the top of Google’s search results included a blisteringly expensive ad for a disinformation site, paid for by Exxon.

The sky is orange. The oceans are choking. The air is unbreathable. Your body is full of microplastics.

Exxon.

Fucking.

Knows.

[my-legs-hurt]

oop u dropped this :))💙💙

AN I LOVE YOU BEAR !!

thank you love him,, and u 🥺🖤🖤🖤

[transexualheart-1]

Stop scrolling.

End SARS: ‘At least 12 killed by government forces’ as anti-police brutality protests continue in Nigeria

Transcript of the article(slightly abridged)

Shots were fired at protesters by the Lekki toll plaza in Lagos on Tuesday night, causing injuries and an unknown number of deaths.

Human rights group Amnesty said an investigation has uncovered evidence of 12 deaths and hundreds of injuries, and accused the police and military of using excessive force.

The protests began two weeks ago after a video circulated showing a man being beaten, apparently by police officers from the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, known as SARS.

As the “End SARS” movement has spread across Nigeria over the past fortnight, at least 56 people have died - 38 of them on Tuesday alone, Amnesty claims.

Witnesses to the scenes in Lekki on Tuesday said more than 20 officers started firing at demonstrators.

Lagos governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu confirmed more than 20 injuries, but said no one had been killed.

UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said he was “alarmed” by reports civilians had been killed during the protests, which have attracted attention and support worldwide.

Mr Raab said: “I am deeply concerned by the recent violence and continued clashes in Nigeria, and am alarmed by widespread reports of civilian deaths.

“We call for an end to violence. The Nigerian government must urgently investigate reports of brutality at the hands of the security forces and hold those responsible to account.”

Protesters ignored a 24-hour government curfew and President Muhammadu Buhari’s appeal for calm to continue demonstrating on Wednesday.

There were reports of gunfire across Nigeria’s largest city of 14 million - including on the highway to the airport, at a major bus station, and outside the offices of a television station.

Nobel Prize winner Wole Soyinka told Sky News the atmosphere in the city was “very, very dark, very ominous”.

He said he had seen lots of evidence and testimony from witnesses who said the government was responsible for the shootings.

Demonstrations and gunfire were also reported in several other Nigerian cities, including the capital Abuja.

Supporters gathered at the Nigerian High Commission in London for a march in solidarity with those in Lagos.

One man told Sky News: “The army killed people, they have killed innocent protestors and it’s unacceptable.”

Before the shootings in Lekki, a Nigerian police statement warned that security forces would now “exercise the full powers of the law to prevent any further attempt on lives and property of citizens”.

Speaking in a televised address, Mr Sanwo-Olu said he has ordered an investigation into the actions of the military.

here and here are some petitions you can sign, if you know of any more please please reblog with them!

A more in-depth history of the situation

Please sign and signal boost!

[transexualheart-1]

@queer-as-frikc @ice-dispenser @augustdieshemust @thebluxforxst @cosmoshunger @uniheart1 @agent–nova @yonaga-chan @crows-void @world-wide-hottie @rainbow-valley-furbys @incorrect-sge-quotes @planeta12 @aadya23 @schoolforgoodandevil-official @furbyfuzz @furbypurrs @givemeallthesaintquartz @generic-internet-name @holding-infinity-and-a-book @justaconfusedqueerkid @x-bones-please-x @cryptidbreathmints @cursesthemusical @castorfordean @bexplain @bleachandoreos @blackclumps @merlin-gifs @mistythegirlfluxmess @mango-pickle

Tagging as many people as I can think of. Some of you I don’t actually know and I’m very sorry to bother you but please boost!

[seaoflove]

some of my favourite vídeo essays about art history:

whose migrant mother was this? the story of the native american woman who became the face of the 1930s depression (and got almost nothing for it)

bauhaus design is everywhere, but its roots are political how even a simple choice between what font to use can be a political act

edvard munch: what a cigarette means munch + tobacco = art? (yes we’re still on the topic of art as a political weapon)

art that was never finished how great masters sometimes even didn’t finish stuff. also! the history behind the colour aquamarine

fka twigs on mary magdalene (if you like asmr you’re gonna love this)

having a coke with frank ohara (technically not art history but this video is too good for me not to mention)

video postcard: woman at her toilette a quick dive into my favourite painting of woman impressionist berthe morisot

this documentary about georgia o´keeffe (that ive seen about 10 times)

david hockney on vincent van gogh on love of nature, beauty, attention, and the art of looking (essentially a mary oliver poem in interview format!!!!)

[capozzy]

an assortment of weird cats

for every note i will add another cat

[gimbledim]

Alright so. Most of my posts usually cap out at about 5 notes so i wasnt expecting all of yall! I hit 25 and got tired,so thats what we’ve got lol. 

shoutout to @trans-anarchy​ for giving me ideas, particlarly Babs, Table, and Moose

[capozzy]

wHERE DID ALL YOU PEOPLE COME FROM ASFHNKSJFSJF

anyway i guess yall like this. ill add a few more tonight after work

[capozzy]

new cats! with these im at 60, which is solid but not nearly as many as the notes! this is going be i think a warmup thing i add to over time

[thatdisasterauthor]

I love all of them.

[gallusrostromegalus]

RIP to your activity page but this is a delightful artwork and a great warmup exercise and OH MY GOD I HAVE DARKMODE ON I DODN’T REALIZE YOU GAVE THEM ALL *NAMES*

[mothmans-sexy-lamp-deactivated2]

They have names? *turns off dark mode* THEY HAVE NAMES :000

[turnipoddity]

y’all miss my still life works yet

[macbethoff]

[viennabybillyjoel-deactivated20]

it’s not easy being a person who listens to fall out boy in the year 2020 but SOMEone has to do it

[lookingforanepiphany]

Keith Haring in 1989: “Unfinished Painting”. Haring died few months after and this is his last painting. This is supposed to be a self-portrait. Haring knew he wouldn’t have enough time to finish it. This is one of the saddest but certainly the most powerful thing I’ve ever seen.

[auntbutch]

to clarify: this is a finished self portrait. haring did know that he would be unable to continue to work; this “unfinished” painting refers to that self-consciously as a visualization of how the aids crisis and government neglect robbed him of his life and future career.

i feel like this distinction is important? there are many artists who died due to hiv/aids and left unfinished work, but haring made this specifically to comment on his impending death. i feel like stating that it’s actually unfinished takes away some of his agency as an artist/activist/pwa and the political power of the work. 

[radicalgraff]

“If you promise to stay alive just a little bit longer I promise that we are going to make this world a place worth living in by any means necessary. I ain’t giving up. I swear.” 

Spotted in Clackamas, Oregon

[anarchopuppy]

I can’t stop thinking about this message, so I spent a while trying to isolate just the writing and make it transparent. I might order a shirt with it

Whoever in Clackamas wrote this message on their bus stop, I love you

[docholligay]

Doc, what are the top five items food banks LOVE to receive? I'm doing a collection soon and want to ask for specifics.

MONEY. WE WANT MONEY. MONEY MONEY MONEY MONEY MONEY. WE CAN DO SO MUCH WITH IT. WE HAVE ACCESS TO DEALS YOU COULD NEVER. MONEY

That aside.

 I’m only going to talk about food items but if your food bank takes personal items, a lot of times diapers, feminine hygiene products, etc, are very very welcome. 

1) Canned chicken and beef 

looooooove this stuff. It’s expensive, it lasts forever, it tastes good and it can be used a variety of ways. This stuff is fucking catnip to food banks, it’s so hard for us to provide proteins. 

2) Fancy nut butters

Peanut butter is a standby for food banks as a shelf-stable inexpensive protein, but if we have a family with a kid with a peanut allergy that’s not going to work. Non-peanut butters are expensive and it’s something we hardly ever see donated. (we also like peanut butter, but that’s easier for us to buy ourselves than non-peanut butters)

3) Canned or packaged tuna

You may notice a trend here in shelf-stable proteins. And yeah. That’s basically it, so I’m not going to keep harping on it. But this stuff is a godsend. 

4) Easy breakfast things for kids (Granola bars, instant oatmeal, and the like) 

Whatever Donald Trump tells you, most people who get food from food banks are actually working their asses off and so they have to leave Obama to raise their baby or whatever, and they don’t have a lot of time in the morning. Things like this that kids can make for themselves are expensive. (Another trend you may be noticing–donate shit that costs a lot of money. That helps us more than all the shitty green bean cans in the world) But they are so helpful for busy working families where the parents may not have a set schedule and sometimes little Amanda is making her own breakfast before she runs off to school. Don’t let kids go to school hungry. 

5) Shelf-stable juice

This is one people never think of! But if you show up with a bunch of (preferably reduced sugar stuff) bottles of juice at my door, oh man, you are gonna get so many check mark and okay hand emoticons. This stuff is great for kids, and it doesn’t require refrigeration until it’s opened, so it works great for food drives. 

[kesonafyren]

But seriously, give money

And it’s way better food, too, anything you get prepackaged has A TON of sugar and/or salt in it…collecting cans may be more exciting than writing a check, but if the point is to help people, the check is going to get a lot more done

[pennie-dreadful]

Yoooooo heads up for those of you with kids, I know this time of year schools start holding canned food drives so keep this in mind if you’re able to give.

[kyraneko]

collecting cans may be more exciting than writing a check, but if the point is to help people, the check is going to get a lot more done .

hint: the point should be to help people.

[cumaeansibyl]

It’s food drive season which means it’s time for me to remind you to GIVE FOOD BANKS MONEY.

You know what else food banks can do with money? Pay the rent. Pay the utility bills. Pay their employees. Pay for repairs. Pay for new equipment.

Operating costs get ignored all too often but no one gets any food if the food bank can’t open its doors.

(also if you’re looking for donations like “this has been in my cabinet for three years” you can just go ahead and throw that out. You didn’t want to eat it and no one else does either.)