Queerjay The Bluejay

queer white 18+ trans dude playing fallout and ark, and taking naps. Married to preston garvey (and our boyfriend sturges)

[freshbeeth]

tomodachi life coming through with the representation 👏🏾👏🏾

[weaseltotheface]

Everybody say "thank you south america" for the humble potato

[weaseltotheface]

Actually let's get specific with it

*checks wiki*

Everybody say thank you indigenous people of present-day southern Peru and extreme northwestern Bolivia from 7-10,000 years ago for the humble potato

[anexperimentallife]

See also, "We're in a drought; conserve water!" Meanwhile, bottled water companies and golf courses for rich folk empty the aquifers.

[emeraldastral]

[redstonedust]

theres a lot of jobs i think would be cool to automate but the people being automated out of a job are given no alternatives because this is being done for the employers benefit not the employee. so we're in a weird situation where im lookin at jobs that i really dont think any person should be forced to endure and still having to go "well i guess id rather a human do it than a robot" which kind of sucks major ass actually. why am i on the side of employment. god damn it.

[orcinus-veterinarius]

As a veterinarian, and as a lifelong dog lover, one thing I need dog owners to understand and accept is that dogs can be extremely dangerous, especially large ones. Sometimes they don’t even mean to be, but that doesn’t change the fact that they can do serious harm to a human being. They are very powerful animals.

You should not let your dog free-roam. You should not force your dog to accept touch. You should very heavily supervise interactions with children, and with certain dogs, these interactions may never be safe. You must learn to read canine body language. And if a veterinary professional recommends a muzzle or sedatives for vet visits, take these recommendations seriously.

“But I care about my dog more than people” this is in your dog’s best interest. If they maim or kill a person, especially a child, they will be euthanized. You do not want lose them in that traumatic way, ending their life and ruining your own (and those of others) in the process. You do not want to be responsible for the loss of a human life.

Every dog, no matter how sweet, should be muzzle-trained in case they ever need to wear one. Pain and fear can make them act out of character. And if your dog has aggressive tendencies, especially with humans, seek out professional help and take measures to protect both your dog and people.

Signed,

A vet who wants people and dogs to be safe

[author-a-holmes]

My old dog, Bumble, was named such because he was clumsy as fuck. Within the first week of owning him (a 16 week old puppy), he'd run headfirst into a wall, a metal pole, and the back of my knees dislocating one of them.

He was the loveliest, silliest, friendliest dog ever... but he was chaos and a German Shepard crossed with a Staffordshire Bull Terrier. Which meant he was the size of a Shep, but had the muscle mass and bone density of a bull-terrier.

The first time he went to the vet for his vaccinations, the vet called him a "Tank of a Dog".

We never walked him without a longline lead attached so we could quikly get control of him because he LOVED children. And I mean LOVED them. So much so he'd charge at them to play. But that dog weighed so much he'd knock a full adult flying, let alone a kid.

I loved that dog, but he could EASILY hurt you accidentally, and we accomodated for that from pretty much the moment we got him, until he had to me put down for health reasons.

After he was attacked by another dog on the beach (While he was on lead, and the other dog was off-lead) Bumble because dog reactive. After that we walked him with a muzzle too. He only ever barked and lunged, never struck first, but it protected him and other dogs from accidents. (It also discouraged other dog owners from letting their dogs approach because "she's friendly!")

All-in-all, I'm backing up this vet; Please support your dog in a long, happy, healthy life by protecting them from themselves!

[cock-holliday]

We have got to stop framing our oppression in ways that promote the idea that other people cannot relate to our struggles. Not only does it isolate comrades in the struggle, it actively diminishes recognition of other struggles--often including those even more horrific than what we are at risk of. And this happens especially between Gay and Black struggles.

"when have straight people ever had to check what states were safe for them?" Sundown towns are still a thing. Starlight tours. What states have abortion access? What states have open carry? What states have stand your ground? What states have 3-strike rules? Women, people of color, disabled people, immigrants, and more have had to be abundantly cautious where they travel to. Straight trans people have much more travel risk right now than gay cis people.

It's a new iteration of the same tired question: "imagine if straight people weren't allowed to marry" interracial marriage in the US is younger than my parents. We disgrace people of color by forgetting their history and contemporary struggles, and we abandon queer people of color, Black queer people, by segmenting their overlapping fights.

As lovelyshananigans says, "intersectionality, babes"

[mysticdragon3md3]

[chevaliest]

Her YouTube is Olurinatti. She actually has many channels for different kinds of commentary and research!

Olurinatti

A Webby-nominated mix of culture, commentary, and critical thought from lawyer and creator Olayemi “Olay” Olurin.

[arra-tech]

"Solarpunk was created by a yogurt commercial"

You have not spoken to a Brazilian punk in over 23 years.

Your only exposure to an anti-corporate movement focused around sustainable energy generation and ecological living... has been from a dairy corporation...?

So what you're trying to tell me is that you view corporations as more valid than communities from 'the global south'?

That a singular ad is enough to delegitimize and erase any and all work done by people with brown skin?

It's not just 'shitting on punk as just aesthetics' which also ignores everything punks have done politically, practically, and socially. It's blatantly racist.

[roguedeer]

Being asexual and racist is embarassing as fuck. Being racist at all is obviously embarassing as fuck but the amount of racism and especially antiblackness i have been seeing from asexuals recently is obscene.

One of the only asexual activists is Yasmin Benoit, a Black woman. She has raised so much awareness for the community. She was the first asexual person to lead Pride in London, she started the #thisiswhatasexuallookslike movement and is THE leading voice for the community.

And you all will celebrate international asexuality day on April 6th but we wouldn't even have that if she hadn't cofounded it.

Edit: why are you all too scared to repost this. Cmon. Be vocal about being against racism

[the-quasar-hero]

For this Juneteenth, I would like to recommend some Black artists I follow on here.

@uptownlowdown who has a wonderful retro style I admire and a lot of video game love.

@nostalgic-teddyy has an excellent eye for color, shine, and love for different body types.

@dragonfruityyy a traditional artist with sharp line work and unique designs.

@thickness-protection-program hardly even needs an introduction, skilled painter with a gorgeous sense for light, and all around huge personality.

I follow more but my brain goes in a billion different directions 😅 if you know more Black artists and wanna give them a shoutout or hype yourself, go ahead use this post! Have no shame, no hesitation, I won’t allow anything but pride for your work here!

[uptownlowdown]

some of my favorite black creatives and bloggers!🫶🏾 check em out and give them a follow! you’re gonna like what you see, i guarantee it 🖤

@bimboopo

@lovingparts

@decodium

@iridessence

@patrochilles-or-bust

@googieghoul

@geminiluvv

@the-quasar-hero

@niggatycricket

@nostalgic-teddyy

@justacupcakewithablog

@cheshirepirouette

@isisafrofairy

@pandyssiandiaspora

@valledorata

@queam

[nudityandnerdery]

Hey, we’re in line for some absurd temperatures here in the southwest this week. This is very important to know and keep in mind. Be safe, stay hydrated, stay out of the sun as much as you can.

[katajainen]

For my fellow Europeans south of us who are currently suffering from extreme heat. Stay safe!

[belovedapollo]

I’d also like to add this

Additional you can also put them on your palms, also, make sure to always use a light towel or kitchen paper and don’t put the ice bags directly onto your skin!

[blackbearmagic]

Good morning,

museums should repatriate artifacts belonging to living cultures and display reproductions instead

[blackbearmagic]

Good afternoon,

no one is entitled to the sacred art, tools, or costumes of another culture (save members of the culture itself) and nonsacred reproductions will serve just as well for the purposes of education and appreciation

[blackbearmagic]

Good evening,

having museums full of reproductions would be even cooler than having museums full of sacred artifacts because when modern craftspeople are able to replicate those artifacts, it’s usually because they still make the same items the same way today

this means that you could have description tags emphasizing that such-and-such item has been made by these people in almost the same way for hundreds of years

having museums full of beautiful reproductions takes the emphasis off of Things and places it on the People who make them, which is really as it should be

[horsefigureoftheday]

Sucks how many people were taught that "horses put their ears back when they're mad" but then never taught the difference between "angry backwards ears," "mildly annoyed backwards ears," "pain backwards ears," "concentrated backwards ears," "sleepy backwards ears" and "just happens to be listening to something behind it."

"Horses put their ears back when they're mad" idk man i think it depends

[horsefigureoftheday]

These are all completely different expressions in completely different scenarios, and only two of them are decidedly negative.

[horsefigureoftheday]

Actually, I wanna talk about the third horse, the one putting its ears back in pain. Over the last 15 years veterinarians and animal scientists have worked out pain scales for most domestic animals by taking photos of the during routine procedures.

We know vaccines painful, and by comparing horses at rest with horses getting vaccinated, we've been able to determine how they express pain visually. By looking at horses with disorders like colic, broken bones, wounds, and so on, we can determine their facial expressions during more severe pain.

At zookeeper school we were drilled through the pain faces of the most common lab animals and livestock. Nowadays I believe this has become a routine lesson in all animal related fields, but the general public still doesn't know that this is a thing that exists.

Here are all the pain face/grimace scales I've been able to find. Please study them if you interact with any of these animals on a regular basis:

[roystory4]

learning important skills at the third rail

[trannydurden]

happy juneteenth but dont forget that prisoners are legally allowed to be subject to slave labor and also black people are disproportionately arrested and subjected to that legality. happy juneteenth but slavery still lives in america. america is still dependant on slave labor.

[creatingblackcharacters]

[luxus-aeterna]

A series of Juneteenth celebratory wagons in the early 1900s, in Houston, Austin and Corpus Christi.