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They/them/xe/it pronouns!

[vilecrocodile]

YOU CAN HELP!

Layla @sallymosworld is struggling to provide for her two young children. Please donate and share this post as much as you can.

Even small amounts make a difference - for example, the price of a single diaper is about $4, and Layla needs 4 per day: Less than $20 will help her children be cleaner and more comfortable for a day.

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[sandandglass]

Donald Trump gets attacked by an eagle.

This eagle truly represents America. What a majestic symbol.

[lukcskywalkcrs]

It’s only fitting that this gets reblogged today

[rinokami]

This is the only eagle that deserves reblogging on the 4th

[ilinit]

Happy 4th of July Americans. Be like this eagle. Attack fascists.

[3liza]

love when im watching a documentary and im like "yep thats an egyptologist alright"

[3liza]

oh my god?

[3liza]

[rudjedet]

*hisses in Egyptologist*

So for those of you who don't know yet, this is Colleen Darnell, also known as The Vintage Egyptologist on Instagram where she goes full colonialist in 1920s/1930s clothing complete with pith helmets and using Egyptians both living and dead as props. (Not kidding: she takes Aesthetique™ photos in tombs.) She's married to John Darnell, who was formerly her professor and PhD supervisor at Yale, and it's quite a well-known scandal in Egyptological circles that the two were having an affair before and at the time of her working on that PhD. John, who was married during that affair, eventually divorced his wife and then married Colleen.

In the field, they're considered bad scholars. Beyond the Yale scandal, beyond the fact they're being ridiculously colonialist in the way they present themselves and their "vintage fashion" choices, which they will extend to wearing on actual digs in Egypt itself, their condescending attitudes bleed through in their scholarship. A scholarship that's mediocre at best to begin with, especially John's. However, because they (especially Colleen) have such a strong social media presence, they keep getting asked for docus or to serve as consultants for popular media (e.g. Jodi Picoult heavily consulted them for her novel The Book of Two Ways and whoof it shows), and most people won't question their fashion choices because "ohh aesthetic".

However, by far most Egyptologists severely dislike them for their academic dishonesty and refusal to acknowledge the loaded history behind their chosen mode of dress.

ETA to address some things I've seen in the notes: enjoying 1920s/1930s fashion on its own doesn't make you colonialist. It's the intersect between the choice of fashion and where to wear it - in this case in a professional setting, in a field with a colonialist history - as well as the overall attitude displayed towards the subject of study.

[owlgams]

Time for a new Jelly, new good vibes! Good luck everyone, it’s gunna be good soon

[owlgams]

So many people are reblogging this and tagging that the money jelly looks stressed. Shes not stressed, shes old and wise. Eyebags aren't always a sign of stress.

[kaelio]

my favorite thing about navigating fanfiction is finding a really good one and being all “oh boy this was good, I hope they have more!” and literally every other story they’ve ever written was for like Miami Vice 

[kaelio]

the tag game on this post is so strong

[mikkeneko]

#a lot of the time this happens because someone in their 40’s got into 1 new thing and threw a fic at it before resuming business as usual#like sorry gang they’re not a youth who’s weirdly into your mom’s shows they’re your mom who played genshin impact

[personsonable-deactivated201908]

me holding a gun to a mushroom: tell me the name of god you fungal piece of shit

mushroom: can you feel your heart burning? can you feel the struggle within? the fear within me is beyond anything your soul can make. you cannot kill me in a way that matters

me cocking the gun, tears streaming down my face: I’M NOT FUCKING SCARED OF YOU

[miaislying]

Hey OP? What the FUCK does this mean?

[personsonable-deactivated201908]

decay exists as an extant form of life

[miaislying]

That’s a terrifying answer, have a nice day

[breelandwalker]

THE SACRED TEXTS

[warcrimesimulator]

thinking about creatures.

[warcrimesimulator]

look at this thing

[warcrimesimulator]

Tumblr users will see some kind of animal or beast and just slam the reblog button

[otiksimr]

That is a banded linsang.

They sit very politely.

[theknightlywolfe]

Reminder:

Police are using sonic weapons against protesters that can cause permanent hearing loss

LRADs, a sound-producing device used to control crowds, can inflict permanent damage on subjects

[iamfarfromvibingrightnow]

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[beemovieerotica]

people who are just finding out about internet tracking and data mining in the year 2025 and that your special robot friend does not respect your privacy lol

[postalpacalypticllamas]

I know this wasn't entirely the point of this post, but if you know someone like this who's unfamiliar with basic interent security, it might be useful to send these articles their way.

A Starter Guide to Protecting Your Data From Hackers and Corporations

Hackers. AI data scrapes. Government surveillance. Yeah, thinking about where to start when it comes to protecting your online privacy can b

Services That Delete Your Data From People-Search Sites Don’t Work Very Well, Study Finds - Consumer Reports

A Consumer Reports study evaluated people-search removal services and found they generally don't work very well.

[mikkeneko]

The conclusion of the second report btw, is "Manually opting out of people-search sites is likely to be the most effective (and least expensive) approach, but it requires a significant investment of time and energy—anywhere from several hours to several days, depending on how thorough you want to be. And there’s a good chance that much of the information you succeed in deleting will eventually reappear, so privacy experts suggest treating it as a twice-annual maintenance task, not a one-time event."

[ahmadwaleed55]

In 1972, photographer Nick Ut captured Kim Phuc running naked, screaming as napalm burned her.

That photo shook the world and helped end a war.

Yesterday, Haneen Al-Wadiya walked through flames, her burnt face shown to all—but the world did not move. Nothing changed.

Perhaps because the world is no longer just less humane,but complicit, accustomed to brutality, and trusting it has become a cruel joke.

Yet amid this moral collapse, some still try to survive.

A 15-year-old child in this campaign struggles to support his family in daily hell— just trying to survive.

Do not let another Haneen burn.

Do not let another photo pass without effect.

Contribute. Not for the sake of feeling good, but because silence is complicity, and ignoring is another form of killing.

Share the campaign or donate to support his voice—

every share counts and every support makes a difference.

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[abnormoinfo]

new ebbits! new site!

[poison-liker]

this is probably my favourite comic of all time jsyk

[sonic-gems-collection]

can someone explain this to me?

[shadeddaxion]

Sure thing! For convenience I’ll refer to the guy with his arms in his pockets as SG (shorter guy) and the one on the computer as TG (taller guy).

In the first panel, SG sees TG playing on the computer and is disappointed. SG puts a lot of value in the idea of “making things,” specifically “art,” and thinks TG is just wasting their time

So he asks them if they wouldn’t rather be “making something” instead of just playing games and listening to music, implying that TG isn’t doing anything worthwhile or creative with their time

But TG replies that “interpreting is generative,” meaning that even if they spend their time just doing fun stuff, the mere act of enjoying something is creating an experience and an interpretation. Talking about something, dancing to music or sharing a piece of art with your friends IS “making something,” and each of those can be worthwhile and artistic.

SG leaves, complaining he “can’t be an auteur of [interpretation].” Auteur is a movie term that refers to a filmmaker with artistic control and vision enough to be considered essentially the singular creator of the resulting work of art. Turns out, SG doesn’t just want to “make things,” he wants to make things he and others see as “important.” He wants to make art not for the sake of art, but for the sake of being recognized and praised for his art.

This comic really speaks to elitism within the artistic community, the idea that art needs to meet certain standards to be considered art. SG’s viewpoint is really traditionalist, that art need to be “approved” and validated in order to be considered “really art;” while TG recognizes that art can be as little as just talking about what you love.

TLDR: Art is for everyone, not just some sort of social “artistic elite.”

[abnormoinfo]

ooh i love the explanation

[trickstertime]

Rebloging for that in depth and not even a little snarky explanation. 10/10

[yourfavpunchesnazis]

you punch nazis!

(requested by anonymous)

[yourfavpunchesnazis]

[tnystrk-exe]

[entropychronicles]

[axolotl-detector]

Dont forget to punch nazis

[whimsy-beetle]

i drew Miku as a Marrella, need I say more

[soloh]

I hate when I say things like "oh I want an ipod classic but with bluetooth so I can use wireless headphones" and some peanut comes in and replies with "so a smartphone with spotify?" No. I want a 160GB+ rectangular monstrosity where I can download every version of every song I want to it and it does nothing except play music and I don't need a data connection and don't have to pay a subscription to not have ads and don't have popups suggesting terrible AI playlists all over the menus.

Gimme the clicky wheel and song titles like "My Chemical Romance- The Black Parade- Blood (Bonus Track)- secret track- album rip- high quality"

[foone]

Tangara is an open source iPod clone, which includes bluetooth:

Tangara

The music player you wish you had in the early 2000s

[piranya]

[kairithemang0]

There are only 2 genders

[aboodgaza100]

In the past, I used to celebrate my birthday🎂 every year with my family and friends at work.

Today, on my birthday, I am alone after most of my friends were killed in the war, the family was scattered, and some of them were killed as well.💔

My wish on my birthday is for you to participate and donate to help the rest of my family get out of Gaza.🍉 donation🫂

Verified✅