Petrichor

just a silly person on the internet (it/its)

[ptr1chr]

Linux from scratch

Finally making my own post for once!!!

decided I would get a bit silly and over the last two days installed linux from scratch, and it was quite an experience. here we are though!!

security? strong passwords?? user access controls??? what are those /s

my install was pretty boring probably except for having to do a few more things to use the nvme drive that my laptop has and configuring uefi instead of mbr, both of which became problems later down the line unexpectedly, i feel like i learnt a lot from doing this and i hope ill never have to compile gcc again

(i got neofetch to run on it :3)

@lfs-official haii idk if you want to see this but im tagging you anyway

[biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist]

Windcatchers are fascinating.

Also called wind towers and wind scoops, windcatchers have been used in North Africa and the Middle East for thousands of years to provide natural ventilation & passive cooling. They fell out of popularity after the introduction of HVAC systems, but are now experiencing a revival because they’re so practical and cost-effective. Here’s how they work:

Not only are they an engineering masterpiece–they’re gorgeous

Windcatchers rely on local weather instead of the electric grid, making them affordable, reliable, and eco-friendly. they’re a terrific example of how vernacular and traditional architecture is often more suited to its environment–and more livable–than modern polite architecture. 

[mclovin616]

Gaud I just love uncontrolled humidity and insects freely coming into my house as they please. Or am I missing something here?

[very-gay-alkyrion]

I mean these are fairly arid climates (hence the comment about them being more adapted to their natural environment than modern cookie-cutter buildings), unlike much of the United States, and against insects there’s this great stuff called “insect nets”.

[mousiebites]

sometimes i don’t feel trans enough even tho i’ve been nonbinary for years, and typically don’t refer to myself as being trans. i thought i wasn’t doing enough to separate myself from cis people (whatever that means) however, i feel like a hare while my cis coworkers are rabbits and also i look and feel super queer and literally haveee gender dysphoria. point is, idk what else ive been expecting from myself to feel i deserve to refer to myself as trans with all this mounting evidence lol. ive finally come to terms with it 🙏🏾

[mousiebites]

me: idk, i like using fem pronouns, i’m not doing enough to be considered trans :/

also me:

[chisiuwu]

growth

[k1ntsug1-r0b0t-g1rl]

I'm not mourning my teenage years because i falsely believe all girls have a magical adolescence I'm fucking mourning it because i didn't get to be a real person. I'm really fucking glad you can talk about how being a teenager wasn't perfect, i didn't exist.

[deceased-bunny]

Freaks

[tgirl-tamag0tchi]

The fun part about my experience with trauma is that I only recognized the stuff in my early childhood as traumatic… and was unaware I was in an unhealthy environment… even after my father left the story.

It’s like… I was too busy bleeding from a gunshot… to notice I was being stabbed by needles for a decade.

[tgirl-tamag0tchi]

The gunshot might have given me a fear of shouting and a distrust of physical contact from most men. Probably is the origin of our system.

But the needle stabs permeate every aspect of who I am. How we treat others and ourselves. Our fear of confrontation, our inability to really feel anger and sadness, our inability to want things for ourselves, our need to be useful, and a myriad of bad coping mechanisms we picked up from our mom.

[illogicalconsistency]

A very apt way to put a lot of trauma that is associated with parents of trans women.

The father destroys in large sweeps, the mother subtly disintegrates what’s left. All unintentionally too, so when confronted with the reality of their actions they will usually claim no responsibility for such damages, as their brains cannot comprehend that they could’ve done something so damaging…

I’m rather familiar… though in subtly different ways in my own experiences with parents.

[tgirl-tamag0tchi]

My mom sees the harm my father did. But she will never recognize her own part to play in the patterns of my mind. Even though the harm she did… is far more pervasive and subtle.

[illogicalconsistency]

*Hugs*

Sadly, rather accurate as well.

Sending you big tight hugs

In the end, i only staved off the horrors of my own mother by forcing myself to be an optimist. It worked a little, i’m at least still alive.

[tgirl-tamag0tchi]

*hugs*

Fucking real!

Optimism got me through a LOT.

Now I’m just… kinda a fucked up burnout… but I’m alive. And out of there.

[lo1bits]

Pessimism is what helped me, stopping to think stuff could get better and just trying to get through each day.

[eepyraven]

i want to hug all of you so tight and give you all a life in which you never have to suffer again

[musiicpix3l]

Yes yes i know love is love. But they are still killing CHILDREN. over this.

[lo1bits]

As someone who regularly helps trans kids, they are in so much fucking danger and need so much support.

[konoayaha]

This is very Irasya

[orteil42]

given the current climate this pride especially i feel i must mention that i love my trans friends, i stand with trans people in the fight against transphobic legislation and those who would enforce it, and this blog is not a good place for you to be if you do not vibe with that

[soup-mother]

Yeah well idk. I just find "he/him" pronouns pretty dehumanising¹ so I'm not really comfortable calling you that. I'm just gonna use she/her or it/its for you instead. Please respect my boundaries ok?

¹men aren't humans

[never-kill-on-the-first-dat-blog]

Hey, what’s Winnie the pooh’s favorite color?

[taco-bout-a-shit-blog]

Yellow

[never-kill-on-the-first-dat-blog]

No it’s red because of his shirt

[taco-bout-a-shit-blog]

No, it’s yellow because he loves honey

[never-kill-on-the-first-dat-blog]

You have no idea what you’re talking about

[taco-bout-a-shit-blog]

DID I FUCKING STUTTER?

[voaga]

Things heating up at the Winnie the Pooh fandom

[sun-of-a-watcher]

@hellsite-hall-of-fame

[queer-as-city-folk]

I saw a deer today...

[queer-as-city-folk]

Does she want to see my deer?

[queer-as-city-folk]

#mydeer

[uninventedtypeof-autism-creature]

we need to all get angrier about ableism. we all need to be more activly aware of it and against it

[uninventedtypeof-autism-creature]

why is being on time so important for every job? why dont they just care about what you get done? why is a little bit of contibution seen as worse than you not being there? why is it all about conformity?

why is being on pace so important for every study program? why do they care about complicated assignments and scores and deadlines and limited amount of attempts? if you display skill they should let you pass no?

why is everything about climbing over arbitrary bariers rather than just learning and contributing? how many people aren't disables untill authority tells them that theyre not allowed to be tired, that theyre not allwed to take it slow? that they cant sleep in even if it's what they need? how many people could contribute to our world beutifully if it werent for unnecesery barriers to entry at every job and school? why do people have to be "good enough?" isn't every contributiom valuable? dont we all deserve our place and our voice?

[jewish-converting-dinosaur]

Every time I have to watch leftists celebrate the death of anyone because they've deemed them lesser for their occupation or nationality a part of my soul dies.

Because what the fuck do you mean you're celebrating the death of U.S. Military personnel in Iran? I'm the first person to criticize the military, but holy fucking shit balls.

"They're not living to my moral purity standards and not like me so they should die."

DO YOU REALIZE THAT IS EXACTLY THE SAME RHETORIC THE RIGHT HAS BEEN THROWING AROUND FOR FUCKING YEARS?

[sailatina3]

US soldiers are being turned into stains on the floor as we speak and are going to hell. Bless ✨️🙏🏽

[bitchautism]

rb to kill another US soldier

[squeaky-hawkmoth]

years of scientific research

[meowthingss]

can i come over.. and sleep a little longer in your bed?