Shovels and Rakes and Implements of Destruction @sassysousa - Tumblr Blog

Holy god in hell, how long has mobile had a dark mode?????

So mad i've only found it now. Anyway, go to settings and scroll down to Color Pallet, that easy!

While you're there, there's also settings in like Dashboard Preferences that make mobile so much better, like turning off "best stuff" and turning on timestamps

#tumblr settings #tumblr #dark mode

shamebats

revcleo

finalgirldigital

People love natives in such a superficial way. People wanna stand with natives when we’re talking about the trees, and the land. People wanna stand with natives when we talk about philosophies of love and togetherness. But as soon as it’s time to talk about political side of being native. About dismantling a system built on the genocide of our people. About how we need a new system that isn’t built upon capital gain and benefitting white bodies. About putting up a fight. About how the colonial state we reside in is a disgusting imperial plague on this land. Suddenly y’all don’t wanna talk native.

neechees

"They spent hundreds of years trying to assimilate my ancestors, trying to create indians like me, who could blend in, but now they don’t want me either. They can’t make up their minds.

They want buckskin and face paint, drumming, songs in languages they can’t understand recorded for them but with English subtitles, of course. They want educated, well spoken, but not too smart. Christian, well behaved, never question. They want to learn the history of the people, but not the ones that are here now, waving signs in their faces, asking them for clean drinking water, asking them why their women are going missing, asking them why their land is being ruined.

They want fantastical stories of Indians that used to roam this land. They want my culture behind glass in a museum.

But they don’t want me." -Shelby Lisk

thoughtkick

“Confidence isn’t walking into a room with your nose in the air and thinking you are better than everyone else. It’s walking into a room and not having to compare yourself to anyone in the first place.”

— Unknown

rustmarty

guys. please

this-whole-situation

creature-amalgam

guessed-starred-deactivated2025

both of these simultaneously

primeministerofantarctica

Therapy is expensive, but there are free non-chatgpt resources out there

Free worksheets, treatment guides, and videos for mental health professionals. Topics include CBT, anger management, self-esteem, relaxation

Finch - Your New Self Care Best Friend

You feel like shit. That sucks. You Feel Like Shit is a game designed to help you help yourself through your shitty times and practice self

Introduction to the Analog Brain - Skip the intro and go to the tool - Sometimes (lots of times) (all the time), I have the urge to do

I've used all of these and can vouch for them. Stay safe, love u guys 💖

meaniezuchinni

I was writing a response to a post but then my tumblr went weird and it alll vanished (and of course I cant find the post now. *sigh*)

It was an anon talking about how it sucks that the only fat masc inspo is for Bears (nothing wrong with bears). Anon wanted more feminine masculinity and androgyny to be an okay way to be as a fat guy. And easier to find inspo for.

Fatphobia and gender norms/policing of "the right way to look" for your size/gender go hand in hand. And anon was noticing that fat bear/hyper masculine seems to be the only "ok" way to transition into a fat guy.

So i was throwing together some of my fave fat 'guy' inspo.

Harvy Guillén ->

He always has a lovely mix of clothing, especially on the red carpet where he doesnt usually wear traditionally masc things.

Nikhil Kapoor ->

I will admit they are probably a fave of mine. He started as fat androgyny/fat guy fashion inspo on social media and now they've started their own clothing line called Posh Heat.

Jordan Underwood ->

They lean a bit more masc in their clothing, but not always! Jordan is a model and does all sorts. Really good stuff.

More to the masc side (but I'd argue not a bear(?)) Bonus:

Richmond Rockson ->

He's fat. He's fine. He's fashion. <3

I hope the random anon finds this haha, but if not, enjoy.

@fatphobiabusters maybe it was your post I couldnt re-find?

Also, random anon: Pinterest has weirdly good fashion inspo so long as you put the word "fat" and "androgyny" in your search (and i'd argue you should use an adblocker cause otherwise pintrest sucks)

acvoice

What they did with Claire and Amelia in later seasons feels a little bit like a retcon.

Claire is believable. Trauma changes people, especially children. When we first meet her, she’s quiet, timid, polite. But after losing both of her parents, she lashes out at the world, at Castiel, at her mother and the forces that took everything away from her.

Amelia is different. She is someone grounded in reality. Despite witnessing with her own eyes that Jimmy’s hand was completely fine after being submerged in boiling water, she doesn’t let herself slip into the belief that it was a divine miracle. She begs Jimmy to get help, no matter how much he tries to explain. When she realizes her husband isn’t going to budge, she makes an ultimatum to take Claire away, believing him to be a danger in his current state.

When Jimmy comes back a year later, we find out they’ve stopped looking for him. Amelia isn’t all that sympathetic towards Jimmy. She is angry that he never kept in touch. She doesn’t allow him to see Claire. She says their relationship can’t be the same. Very reluctantly, she allows him to have dinner together.

Now, after their neighbours get posessed, we aren’t sure if Jimmy was actually talking to Amelia or to the demon. “Amelia’s” insistence that they can’t split up again hints towards the fact that the demon might have been trying to keep Jimmy close so they could grab him once the Winchesters drove away. This is further supported by the fact that the demon then slaps Claire in anger and points out how “it’s just not my day, is it?” Implying they were trying to keep Jimmy from getting away.

After that, we only see actual Amelia run to check over Claire after her being posessed by Castiel, despite her husband bleeding out on the floor. Now, you could make an argument that she was frozen in fear at the sight on an angel posessing her daughter. Understandable. Yet, when Jimmy is re-posessed, Amelia makes no move to chase after her husband, try to get him to stay, talk to him again. If you believe it was truly Amelia, and not the demon, who said they shouldn’t split again in that car, those actions make even less sense. Plausible deniability here is that, once again, seeing an angel in the flesh is very intimidating. But alternatively, that could mean Amelia has moved on. She’s accepted the fact that Jimmy is gone. He was not the same person anymore, and chasing after him would be pointless.

If it was indeed the demon in the car, that would mean that the last time we saw actual Amelia speak to Jimmy was when she tried holding him back from hammering their “neighbour” to death. She never took back any of her previous words. We don’t know if she changed her mind on giving Jimmy another chance after finding out angels and demons were real.

Now, we flash forward to season 10. We find out Amelia has abandoned Claire at her mother’s. She has been searching for Jimmy tirelessly for years. So long, she lost sight of what was important — taking care of Claire. She is grief-stricken. All she wants is to find Jimmy.

Now, that seems like a very drastic shift to me. Once again, plausible deniability: maybe, after she got over her fear of angels, she realized Jimmy was way too important for her to let go. But we also can’t forget the fact that Amelia from season 4 comes across like an extremely different person. If you asked me to describe what I thought Amelia was doing before we found it out from canon, I would have said she moved away, settled down somewhere quiet with Claire, enrolled her in school, found a quiet job. Maybe found love again. Season 4 Amelia feels like someone who is ready to let go of things out of her control and prioritize what is more important to her, mainly Claire and her wellbeing.

Of course, season 4 Amelia is a character that appears very briefly. There are many holes to fill with her character, and the writers did just that by giving her a different path to follow than what we may have expected. It wasn’t a wholly unbelievable route for her to take, but it also wasn’t entirely supported by what had already been established for her character. At least in my opinion.

I think Amelia had some really great potential. It really is a shame she was killed off so easily for the crime of being a woman on supernatural. I would have loved to see her try to repair her relationship with Claire. To speak with Castiel about who Jimmy was, properly grieve his loss. Instead, well. We got what we got.

theconcealedweapon

When you hear about the Epstein files and you can't understand how people can be so monstrous, keep in mind that every monstrosity that happened on Epstein's island was legal just two lifetimes ago.

A monster kidnaps a barely pubescent girl, rapes and impregnates her, then traffics the baby. That seems like a horror story when you hear about it happening on Epstein's island. But it used to be legal. They used to do this openly. It was not only legal to do this, but also illegal to try to rescue the victims. The police enforced that. The police were originally created for the main purpose of enforcing that.

Rich people acting entitled to do whatever they want? Large numbers of people engaged in human trafficking? Police making the most monstrous people look like saints compared to them? That's nothing new. That's our country's history.

themoreyoustrex

Historian here - the original tweet is actually slightly inaccurate, but only in that it is way too generous to Jefferson.

It is difficult to tell when Jefferson and Hemmings "met," per se, but she was a baby when she was first enslaved to his family. He could have met her before she could even walk, and she would have not had knowledge of life experience outside of his household.

Fourteen was not her age when they met - fourteen is the age when some historians believe he began raping her. Disgustingly, there is still a lot of debate around whether or not there was "true affection" there, as though that would make any difference in this situation.

However evil you think Thomas Jefferson is, the reality is far worse. He spent as much time degrading Black people - especially Black women, free or enslaved - as he did philosophizing, and one of my goals is to ensure that his name is never mentioned separately from his abuses.

tired-fandom-ndn

I am whatever the opposite of a speed runner is. I am a game meanderer. I have to look at literally everything. I am overly cautious in every way. I forget to pause and wander away from the game. I take a minimum 7 hours to get through any given level. If you give me a timer I will cry.

json-derulo

doomtribble73

sock-ness-monster

Everybody shut the HECK up and look at this

S H O R K

thedeepsharks

big and round shark

earhartsease

*slaps shork* this bad boy can hold so many remoras

swagging-back-to

for those wondering, she was/is 2.5x the size of the average bullshark.

bull sharks are usually 250lbs. she was around 600.

she was also a complete diva

asteroidtroglodyte

Ok so lemme get this straight the boys get advertised their body weight in protein powder and girls are told to get by on uncooked foliage and I’m supposed to believe that the observed differences in gender are strictly because of sex chromosomes with no cultural influence at all uh huh sure hey buddy what kind of idiot

doorjamb

oh like how sarcopenia (muscle loss) and the associated osteoporosis effects women significantly more than men? and we dont really talk about why, we just assume its biological? like yes okay it has to do with estrogen but HAVE WE NOT COMSIDERED. THAT WOMEN ARE TOLD TO EAT SALADS. AND MEN ARE TOLD TO SUBSIST PURELY ON TOMAHAWK STEAKS. and then men are at a higher risk of cholesterol issues and heart failure in later age HMMMMMMM.

daydreaming-scheming-demon

tumblr staff will let the thousands of porn bots on here run rampant yet will take down trans comics with no actual nudity

i originally reblogged this post, but since staff took it down you can't fucking see my reblog anymore. well i liked this comic, i want it on my blog, and it does not include any fucking nudity. especially compared to all the straight up porn staff allows to go free

so here it is

untitled by Pas (paxiti), all pages from May 23, 2018 to June 22, 2023

freegan-life

Dumpster diving tip: What to do with more than you need

Well I’m at it again. From one dumpster diving haul from a single pet store I will be able to feed 4 dogs for a month.

Pictured above is 2 dog food containers, each with about 60 pounds of kibble, and another bag of dog food at 30 pounds. Yes, out of 1 haul I got 150 pounds of perfectly edible dog food. This waste is inherent to capitalism, especially the late capitalism we’re living in now, and even in the middle of a pandemic.

For 4 years now I have been feeding my dog for free, not just with freegan kibble but with meat, eggs, and veggies saved from being thrown away from households, restaurants, and retailers.

But more often than not I come across way more food than I need, and it’s not always shelf stable kibble. So what now? Take a portion and leave the rest to rot? Well, you don’t have to!

If you find yourself with the time and enthusiasm, a dumpster full of perfectly good potatoes can quickly become an empty dumpster, but how do you disperse this much food? First, try to find a Buy Nothing Project near you, see if your city has a free store, a food rescue project, or if you need to get your precious perishables to a fridge ASAP, donate to the closest homeless shelter (they’re usually open 24/7, but make sure to call ahead first). But if it can wait, food banks do take “expired” food, and are always in dire need of bulk donations.

Whichever method you choose, always make it a point to connect with people, dive and donate regularly if you can, and most importantly, get organized. Because when you donate what you don’t need, you’re taking direct action, and you are more powerful together.

Dumpster diving safety

Dumpster diving legalities

Go dumpster diving, y’all

freegan-life

I lied, that food lasted for months. And then we refilled the containers again, from one haul ( from a dumpster 1-6 days full of kibble [just one pet store throws away enough kibble to feed 4 large dogs for 2 months every 1-6 days, think about that).

This is why you organize. This is why you share your enthusiasm and ask around. You never know who used to sew and had heaps of sewing supplies, power tools, gardening stuff, etc.! When the right people know what you’re about, you will naturally form community and share what you can give. Whether that be skills , goods, or a helping hand.

Find a Mutual Aid group (U.S.)

Find a seed saving network

How to start sharing in your community

Now more than ever, we need each other, and you can make a difference. Whether that’s by feeding dogs, feeding your household, or feeding others.

Put yourself in situations where your have more than you need and distribute.

Direct action works. Organize.