Yeah, That Rosslyn

(she/her) "We can tolerate everything BUT Intolerance." I am a Christian, Indigenous, an INCLUSIVE Feminist, an unapologetic Autistic, , A Chronic Illness Spoonie (CFS/ME) and a nasty hippie who likes using Reason to address things. I don't harass people for their views, life, sexuality, gender, identity, or etc. Let's get along, life is so short.  You Can Expect: Autism Acceptance activism, other Human Rights Activism like Feminism and Native issues, the odd bit of my spiritual Christian uplifting thoughts, Zen philosophy, Spoonie life, and Medieval Reenactor stuff (SCA), Ball Jointed Dolls (Legit Only) Medieval history, and other stuff too.

[rosslynpaladin]

I am not a donation post visibility blog, sorry

those do exist. or exist as a thing some blogs will do on certain days.

but if I don't know you and you're tagging me for Exposure assuming I have a giant follower count or something,

I will be blocking you.

this is my blog and my hangout spot, not your springboard. I cannot verify the reality of total strangers' posts.

[cbk1000]

As a society, we need to go back to understanding that strangers on the internet are, you know, strangers. I feel lately that I'm seeing a rise in 'An author I love blocked me because they took my comment the wrong way' posts on the ao3 subreddit, and then the comment is them calling the author a fucking bitch or something like that.

Don't do this. Tone doesn't translate well in text, and if you don't have a rapport with that author, they are not going to interpret, 'You're a fucking bitch' as, 'Author I hate you for being so talented and making me feel so keenly.' They're going to interpret it as you being an asshole. You can shit talk with your friends because you have an established relationship with them and can distinguish between playful banter and genuine anger. You do not have this with a stranger, no matter how much you like their fics. You will have a much more pleasant time in fandom and not get cockblocked from interacting with your favorite writers if you remember this.

[rosslynpaladin]

Appropriate

Social

Boundaries.

You have a series of circles, outwards from you.

There are things we can and cannot say to CLOSE people like best friends or nearest family,

There are things we can and cannot say to Acquaintances or casual friends or Coworkers,

There are things we can and cannot say to STRANGERS we THINK we know.

[renthony]

It's wild to watch the phrase "tumblr sexyman" morph into "man that tumblr thinks is sexy," because when I first saw the phrase come into use, I always saw it used in reference to the phenomenon of "when presented with a wide array of fictional characters, tumblr will always pick the skinny white man to obsess over, and if the fan-favorite character has no canonical human appearance, the fandom will inevitably create a popular fanon of the character as as a skinny white man."

When I hear "tumblr sexyman," I think of Cecil Night Vale being constantly depicted as a skinny white man instead of literally anything else. I think of the background character white men who get elevated over protagonists that are women, people of color, or otherwise not the white man power fantasy.

"Tumblr sexyman" is, like. An insult. I DON'T want any of my blorbos to win a "tumblr sexyman" poll. "Tumblr sexyman" is the exact opposite of what I want my own OCs to be. If any of my characters ever get called "tumblr sexyman," I will have to immediately re-evaluate myself and the art I'm making.

[renthony]

Things I think of when I hear "tumblr sexyman":

Cecil Night Vale, as previously mentioned.

Oncelercest, because if there aren't two skinny white men to ship, tumblr fandom will start shipping the skinny white man with himself.

Bill Cipher inexplicably being fanon'd as a white twink despite being a fucking triangle.

Everyone fawning over Marvel Loki while shoving every woman and Black person in the MCU aside.

The way nearly every single character in Hazbin Hotel has the same "tall and skinny" body type, along with all the criticisms Black audience members have made about the issues with Alastor's design.

The way tumblr got obsessed with the white man villain in Sinners.

[corvidcall]

to anyone in the areas impacted by the wildfire smoke, my #1 biggest piece of advice as someone whos been dealing with wildfire smoke in the NW united states for years, is build yourself a Corsi-Rosenthal Cube

they perform as well as expensive HEPA air cleaners, and are comparatively VERY inexpensive. all you need is a box fan, 4 air filters, a piece of cardboard, and some duct tape!!!!

i think it took us maybe a half hour to put ours together, if that, and we replace the filters every 3 months. it's really made a HUGE difference, both when the air quality is bad, but also with our allergies

[o0fyuu0o]

Saw these easy to read instructions on Twitter. Stay safe 💚

[sarahthecoat]

where i am, a box fan and the filters run about $20 each, so if $100 is too much of a stretch at the moment, get the fan and one filter. tape the filter to the intake side of the fan, all the way around. this is also good if your space is small and a 20" cube won't fit.

[sunshine-sabre]

there's no satisfaction in being right about the boat sinking when you are also on the boat, never mind below decks, with no hope of a rescue. I don't like smugly saying I Told You So because despite being ardent and vocal and pushing for strategies to mitigate climate change, my people are still dying. Black and Indigenous people in the United States and Canada are nearly always right when it comes to how we navigate disasters collectively, and they're never listened to except for after the fact (usually when its too late!! Huh! Wonder why that is!)

Folks want a quote from a Black or Indigenous person for their blog, but they don't wanna change their environments or GOD FORBID their consumer habits, even as the oceans rise to your door and the wildfires and logging bring down every old-growth forest.

(the history you cut out and paste into your cutesy little Revolutionary Scrapbook is still happening and still being made, btw. Your actions are part of it.)

anyway. I'm sitting here under a pungent yellow sky and aching for my people and the forests of Ontario. The Namaygoosisagagun First Nation (Collins First Nation, for the colonizers) fled on boats while the trees next to their houses burned. Thunder Bay is full of displaced Indigenous peoples trying to breathe with air full of ash. Gayaashki-zaagiing Anishinaabeg (Gull Bay First Nation, again, for You Folks) peoples were ordered to evacuate in the middle of the night and were just told there are no accommodations for them, now that they've escaped. Thousands of people scrambling for protection and safety, while a bunch of white colonizers complain about the smell of smoke.

None of this is new. It's all a very old song.

But, as my mother would say, the drums will get louder and louder until you listen.

[redlipstickresurrected]

Charles van den Eycken (Belgian, 1859-1923, b. Antwerp, Belgium, d. Brussels, Belgium) - A Cat with her Kittens, 1896, Paintings: Oil on Canvas

[suliveyn]

The forest goats Luke and Myrtle

[is-the-fox-video-cute]

Imagine being so braindead that you think the UK being one of the most nature-depleted countries in the world is a good thing 🤡

[the-perfect-wagnerite-again]

wtf are you talking about, they didn't "deplete" the nature of their country, they cultivated their wilderness over centuries into some of the most idyllic pastoral landscapes in the entire world. And they did such a good job of it that the phrase "English countryside" is now synonymous with beauty and serenity and peacefulness. They didn't destroy their country's nature, they became its caretaker, they're right to be proud of it. All you're doing is pretending that the only kind of nature that should count is whatever is completely untouched by human hands.

[is-the-fox-video-cute]

The UK is literally ranked in the bottom 10% of most nature-depleted countries in the world. The 2023 State of Nature report shows just how dire the situation is. A third of UK bird species have declined since the 1990s, 97% of the UK's wildflower meadows have been lost since the 1930s, raw sewage is constantly being pumped into our rivers and seas with agricultural slurry also causing massive damage to rivers, three quarters of Britain's hedgehogs have been lost in the past 20 years and UK butterfly numbers are at their lowest ever, a sign of impending ecosystem collapse. Plus people in Britain are the most disconnected from nature in Europe.

Not to mention over populated deer destroying what little is left due to a lack of predators, 60 million non-native birds released for sport shooting every year, plus huge amounts of wildlife crime, including large numbers of birds of prey being shot/poisoned.

There is nothing beautiful about a sterile, ecologically damaged landscape that contains nothing but sheep and deer. Don't comment on something you clearly know nothing about. I live in England. I can see first hand just how dire the situation is.

[graaaaceeliz]

REBLOG TO ADD WE ARE NOW IN THE

BOTTOM 5%.

:)

[themaveriqueagenda]

shoutout to nonbinary people who are deemed complicated or confusing. shoutout to nonbinary people who have 5 names. shoutout to nonbinary people who go by neopronouns. shoutout to xenogender people. shoutout to nonbinary people who use gendered terms for themselves but allow no one else to. shoutout to nonbinary people who go by different pronouns every day. shoutout to multigender people. shoutout to transmascs who were amab. shoutout to transfems who were afab. shoutout to nonbinary people who are neither cis nor trans. shoutout to nonbinary people who have pronouns that only certain people are allowed to use. shoutout to nonbinary people who are known by different names to different people. shoutout to outherine people. shoutout to transmascfems. shoutout to nonbinary people who are both cis and trans. shoutout to nonbinary people who don't care about making sense to others. shoutout to nonbinary people who actively want to confuse people.

[wizardarchetypes]

i am so serious when i say dark and quiet are both human rights.

i don't mean like absolute silence. obviously in an ideal community, there would still be sound and noise from people and music and work etc. but it haunts me that when i camp in the forest i can hear the howl of semi trucks on the interstate miles away. and the people who live beside it never know quiet. it haunts me that many people will live their whole lives never seeing the stars in the sky that were fully visible with NO electric light pollution as recently as my great-grandparents' childhoods.

so much of our lives is bright bright unnecessary noise. neon mcdonalds signs 200 feet in the air so we can see it from the road. led lights over billboards. parking lots lit up like sports stadiums at closed office buildings. advertisements playing at gasoline pumps. streets lined with led porch lights and decorative garden lights that genuinely threaten entire species of wildlife. music blaring outside pharmacies to deter homeless people. everything always shining and wailing for no purpose but profit and cruelty.

obviously not everything can be turned off or made quiet and i wouldn't want it to be anyway and there is a lot of nuance and room for "but what about" here, but MANY things HAVE to change because none of us are supposed to live like this and we shouldn't have to!!!

[becausegoodheroesdeservekidneys]

Tossing a signal boost out into the world, but AO3 is currently seeking Welsh speaking volunteers for translating the website itself and also support emails. Applications close 22 July

I have zero time myself but this is very cool

[thejoyofseax]

The Night Before The Pursuit

I just found this in older notes, and am reposting it. It's from 2020.

This sonnet arises from my research in historical Irish hospitality, and the way in which it was codified in law, contrasted against the story of Diarmuid & Gráinne, the Tóraíocht, "the pursuit". It was written in about 15 minutes for a competition, so it's far from my best, but I kind of like the clunkiness of it.

The duties of the host are manifold; To meet, to provide, to comfort, to hold. The duties of the guest, it’s clear, less so; To eat, to drink, and finally, to go. The ancient laws of Ireland bind them both Where written word sets forth the bread and broth And though the Brehon keep those laws no more Each Irish home still has them at its core. But how do we address these duties when Our feelings cloud the written word, and then The host and guest become no longer such And other urgent roles take form, so much We go from Brehon Law to Celtic Tale; We run, pursued, on horse, on foot and sail.

[sycamorality]

shoutout all my neurodivergent folk who Dont have autism or adhd

[sycamorality]

hey fellow autistic folk and adhders. this post isn't about you. this post is about all the other neurodivergence that is specifically Not autism or adhd. maybe the clearest post on the site about that actually. i'm autistic and have adhd too, but this post is specifically not about that. stop making it about your autism or your adhd.

it's about npd, bpd, psychosis, schizophrenia, dyslexia, dyscalculia, dyspraxia, dysgraphia, epilepsy, DLD, did, osdd (and any other plurality/multiplicity), depression, brain damage, anxiety, tourettes, down syndrome, ptsd, and everything else. it's specifically about neurodivergence that ISNT autism or adhd.

[alphacrone]

as a child i assumed that martha’s vineyard was a fancy private vineyard owned by martha stewart and the reason rich people vacationed there was because they were friends with martha

[fallingtowers]

"grackle" really is a perfect name for a bird. knocked it out of the park w/ that one

[dollsahoy]

@rosslynpaladin asked about the chocolate bean dip. It's a modification of a so-called "dessert hummus" recipe (I don't call it that out of respect for all the people from hummus cultures who laugh and say No at the concept)

I start with dry Great Northern beans, but any bean should work, and of course canned is fine. White beans are generally milder in flavor.

I'm American, so this is in American cooking volume units. If you're familiar with how I customize dolls, the slightly haphazard nature of this 'recipe' won't surprise you

½ c sugar

¼ c cocoa powder

¼ c or less flax meal (I don't always measure with care)

½ tsp salt

1½ tsp vanilla extract/flavoring

1½ tsp oil (I haven't tested the recipe without this, so I have no idea if it's necessary)

Aquafaba reserved from draining the beans (although if you forget, water is fine)

1/3 c or more peanut butter (since I'm not weighing the ingredients, and I do not like cleaning peanut butter out of measuring cups, I get a generous scoop with a regular table spoon and compare it to the measuring cup. It's usually well over a half cup.) I like smooth peanut butter, but you can use any texture of any nut butter

2 c cooked/canned beans, drained

Mix all the dry ingredients

Put the vanilla and oil in the measuring cup used for the cocoa powder (honestly, I use that for the sugar, too, just, y'know, twice) then fill the cup the rest of the way with aquafaba/water and add this to the bowl

Add another ¼ cup of aquafaba/water

Mix everything together with a spoon

Add peanut butter and beans

Blend. I cook the beans soft enough that everything can be blended with a hand mixer. Add more aquafaba/water until everything blends easily. Because of the presence of flax meal, it's fine if it seems a bit watery, because the flax meal will cause it to set up, as will the process of chilling it in the refrigerator

Store covered. I've usually eaten it by the time the week has passed, so I don't know how long it can be stored before going bad. You can probably half the ingredients to make a less overwhelming amount

The more peanut butter you use, the more likely this is to taste like no-bake cookies. I can't guarantee that the bean flavor won't be overwhelming to people who don't love beans, because I do love beans

Since this isn't baking, you should be able to play around with the quantities of everything to figure out what you like best

I use this as a dip for fruit and crackers, a spread on bread (it works very nicely on that Better Homes and Gardens yeast roll recipe I shared), and, mostly, eating straight out of the bowl when a chocolate craving hits

I make no pretenses about this being healthy, although it probably does have a decent amount (for something nominally chocolate) of both protein and fiber. Hooray for beans.

[rosslynpaladin]

Thank you! This sounds tasty!

[dduane]

Wow, but this sums up the situation exquisitely

[rosslynpaladin]

only works if they steal pizza from two other people, put it together, then hand it to you and THEN you say look what I made.