What Grows in Salted Earth

Quinn (he/him). I do normal person stuff and have too many little hobbies.

[weepingpussywillowtree-deactiva]

sometimes I think about how far we still have to go with consent

my worst relatives try to sneak meat or meat products into my food despite the fact that I'm a vegetarian

my ex's brother gave his mother an edible without her knowledge and when she got freaked out and paranoid they laughed, and people I've told that go "yeah that's shitty but it's just weed"

when I go to the doctor and ask them to describe what they are going to do before touching me they get frustrated

when I ask a friends of a friend who is a small influencer to keep me out of frame in videos they film for social media in public they look at me like I've pissed in their cereal

idk man, we've got a long way to go.

[spicymochi]

they are sitting and pondering

[tlirsgender]

Also a really useful thing in lefty queer progressive whatever type spaces is "getting over yourself" and really knowing the phrase "sure they get on my nerves but I don't think we should hunt them for sport". Like sometimes your morals/principles/political goals/etc are more important than whatever interpersonal beef you have. I mean just in general you need to be able to be annoyed without killing someone about it but especially if you're aiming for, like... actual meaningful solidarity and community and shit like that

[tlirsgender]

Like you know I'm a hater. Off the top of my head I can name Three pretty prominent names in the Trans Blogging sphere who irritate me for, like, reasons of varying validity, yknow. Sometimes you just don't vibe with somebody that's natural. They also happen to get Harassment Campaigned a lot & I won't participate in any of that because I'm not a fucking ghoul. Something something rules of engagement. You can't have exceptions

[crabussy]

I don't understand how cis people obsessed with gender norms think trans people are the weird ones. they're going around believing that your name has to correlate to your genitals. your fashion has to correlate to your genitals. your behaviours have to correlate to your genitals. your hobbies have to correlate to your genitals. who you date has to correlate to your genitals. whether you can put sparkles on your eyelids or not has to correlate to your genitals. and then people like me go "hmm. I might not do that. maybe I'll just do what feels fun and okay instead" and they LOSE their MINDS

[evenlyevi]

Moonlight Dandelions (in color) - original bw ver!

[creekfiend]

I realized long ago that shit just fucking happens. oddly the shit fucking happening is distributed very unevenly among the general population which I am sure is due to a variety of factors. and also due to some people having God's Terrible Eye upon them

[technicolordreamgoat]

[creekfiend]

yeah

[depsidase]

[parkchanwoohoo]

Sobbing ofnfjfkfklg

[miinobobeano]

It bothers me so much that the healthcare system relies so much on the patient's ability to advocate for themselves, organize their history, and be so persistent against every medical “professional” who says there’s nothing wrong/they can do. But so many struggle with fatigue, brain fog, and face such ingrained systemic barriers, that the people who need and deserve help and support can’t access it.

I saw something recently that resonated with me: “Access shouldn't depend on who has the energy to fight for it.” And I’ve never agreed with anything more.

[aubreyappears]

THE SENSATIONAL SNUFFLER

[fluffysheeps]

Bumble sharks 🐝🦈

[riseofthecommonwoodpile]

you make one fucking post where the point is “women are encouraged to develop disordered eating from a very young age and that impacts how we view the ‘natural’ size and shape of women” and too many reblogs later i am being accused of saying short people wouldn’t exist if they ate better growing up. i’m sorry but if you genuinely think i was saying that you are just a buffoon. i cannot and will not sanction your buffoonery.

[quinn-the-human]

lol the “safe” indoor air is testing with an air quality index of >200 still and we wouldn’t have known this had my boss not asked environmental health services to actually measure it

[quinn-the-human]

The CO2 level upstairs is also at 1000ppm which is…not great

[quinn-the-human]

lol the “safe” indoor air is testing with an air quality index of >200 still and we wouldn’t have known this had my boss not asked environmental health services to actually measure it

[quinn-the-human]

I hate days that make you have to learn about 1-3 new safety hazards you have very little time to react to

[quinn-the-human]

The air quality is so bad where I live due to wildfire smoke from Canada that my boss told everyone not to come in tomorrow. I still have to for logistical reasons, to cover a couple essential things, but I get a half day and a ride both ways so I don’t have to be outside for 2 hours like I am on a typical day. So I don’t mind. It’s also a reasonable ask, especially because I am never going to be put on call (due to not having a car I can drive in the event that the buses are down for the night when shit goes down)

I wasn’t really sure how my wall AC unit works when I left the house this morning, like i vaguely understand the chemical reaction with the refrigerant but I mean in terms of the air circulation circuit. But I looked some shit up and now I know that it’s just recirculating indoor air and exhausting heat which means it’s not making the situation inside worse. I don’t have the best air purification/filtration system and there’s no realistic way for me to get items but at least it’s really not terrible indoors

[hungwy]

letting family members sit in for dead senators is just monarchy logic im appalled that this has even happened before

[sugoiney-weaver]

Each state gets to decide how their state is represented in Congress

This has been a common method for a long time in some states

The idea is that a Senator's sibling/spouse/parent/child knows their intentions and policies better than a political rival or a random person would. It's a pretty good way to prevent political assassinations tbh

[prizedpesto]

An unelected individual getting grandfathered into a real political position due to their blood or legal relationship with a deceased elected official is not pretty good actually