[scrollgirl]

I'm not sure why, but I can't seem to leave replies on posts. And my private messages have disappeared so I can't message people directly. This has been going on for a couple of weeks, but I just don't have the bandwidth to open a Tumblr help ticket or whatever it is I need to do SINCE OCTOBER WITH NO RESPONSE FROM STAFF. Ugh.

If you need to reach me, please leave a comment on my last AO3 fic or my last post on Dreamwdith/LiveJournal. Those comments are emailed to me so I will see them.

[kateammann]

Happy Pride Month to all of my fellow aces!! 🖤🩶🤍💜

[2percentsugar]

the fact that "eco" and "ethical" are two separate concerns in the global north, and that "eco" is a much more popular concern, with many "eco" products being made in actual sweatshops, is a big part of why i am The Joker

[2percentsugar]

if you think this is an exaggeration or splitting hairs where it doesn't matter:

i used to work at a Local Organic Produce store that's popular with the lefties in my city who are interested in food justice. i quit for a lot of reasons, mostly the boss, but something i will always remember is one of our suppliers coming in to drop off produce, being told her check wasn't ready, and her laughing and responding it didn't matter -- even a low bank account was more than enough to pay the migrants who picked her produce. i am not filling in any blanks here. she said this.

after quitting, this was a common story i told people about my time there. some then became annoyed at me, acting like i was a wokescold trying to undermine the store's "eco" mission with unrelated "ethical" concerns. but, like -- if food justice isn't for the people making food, who the fuck is it for?

like, don't get me wrong. my contention here is that the things go hand in hand, and that something which is unethical isn't actually eco. after all, humans are a part of the fucking ecosystem, and if a product can only be made by unsustainably exploiting humans, then it's unsustainable. doesn't matter which chemicals were used in making it, or whether or not animals were factory farmed.

[falseficus]

they *cannot* be separated. a product cannot be either eco or ethical — it must be both. a product that is made through human suffering cannot be eco for the reasons you said; a product that causes human suffering by contributing to the destruction of the ecosystem cannot be ethical. it must be both and we must insist on both

[degrommunism]

I'm a WNBA player. Don't use athletes like me to exclude trans women.

IOC's policy invites unequal scrutiny. We cannot choose our genes or chromosomes, but we can choose whether we protect the dignity of every

In more than 15 years of organized basketball, I’ve played with and against people who are transgender and undoubtedly people with intersex variations, and I've never experienced any unfair advantages. I saw these players as my fellow athletes, not my enemies. We cannot choose our genes or chromosomes, but we can choose how hard we work, how we treat one another and whether we protect the dignity of every athlete.

[hyenaswine]

"Brianna Turner is a 2019 first-round draft pick and has played for the Phoenix Mercury, Chicago Sky and Indiana Fever. She has been an outspoken ally for social and racial justice and for LGBTQ+ athletes, including specifically in support of transgender women in women’s sports."

[scrollgirl]

"Focusing on who should be allowed to call themselves a woman distracts from the structural inequities that actually limit women’s opportunities.

"This policy also invites unequal scrutiny for women who already face heightened suspicion; Black and Brown athletes and competitors from the Global South will be unfairly targeted."

[flashandtheholograms]

Gif Request Meme

@agreatandhonorablesoldier​ asked: Bradley + Body Parts

[sailorsenshigifs]

[catboybiologist]

sorry i told u to kill yourself the other day, i was like crazy horny and not thinking straight

Understandable girlboss let's channel that energy into getting laid next time

[catboybiologist]

Only valid character tag here post everyone else pack it up

[louferrignojrofficial]

big

[visenyaism]

I’m realizing House of the Dragon will be in the middle of airing when TRSC debuts The Mad King. ASOIAF summer is going to be crazy

How are you honoring asoiaf summer

Getting really wine drunk on a too-often basis

Eating sumptuous meals

Having and ignoring your weirdly prophetic dreams

Engaging in petty cyclical disputes with an old enemy

Putting the letter Y places god did not intend it to be

Deconstructing the patriarchal gender politics of state violence and war

Grasping a star overreaching and falling

Practicing kindness in a cruel world even when it is disadvantageous to do so

Killing your father with a crossbow

Remaining time: 6 days 9 hours

[royalfig]

Ryland grace and his clothing which almost always features a red line esp when he’s on earth

And he always has his red watch and red lined converse !

Fated for the petrova like since the beginning

[katerinapetrova]

Neal Caffrey + The Sims interactions.

[politijohn]

Source

Happy Pride Month!

[theequus]

Running Free by local483 on Flickr.

[louferrignojrofficial]

interesting.

[venndaai]

have you guys heard about the greenland shark. some crazy shit happening there.

[venndaai]

they are sexually mature at ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY YEARS OLD.

their (live!) young gestate for. wait for it. eight to eighteen (??) YEARS. can have up to 10 at a time. good grief.

longest lifespan of any vertebrate, up to five hundred years

toxic flesh

has giant eyes but is usually blind because of a weird little crustacean that's evolved to live on and eat their eyes. this doesn't seem to bother them much.

lives in deep cold water and has the lowest swim speed and tail-beat frequency for its size across all fish species. just generally lives life in extreme slow motion

largest genome of any shark

eats everything including moose and polar bears

ma'am you are delightfully strange and I'm privileged to share a planet with you

[fluorescentbrains]

this post prompted me to refresh my memory on Greenland Shark Facts and this detail about how they feed goes so hard

just vacuuming up their unsuspecting prey. whole !

[muffinlance]

Good news good news good news! Recent research suggests the eye parasites do NOT blind them!

Eye-opening research: Greenland sharks maintain vision for centuries through DNA repair mechanism

Dorota Skowronska-Krawczyk sits in her office, eyes fixed on the computer monitor in front of her. "You see it move its eye," says the UC Ir

I <3 you a normal amount Greenland sharks

[askhistorians]

Black youngsters performing on an empty lot at 5440 South Princeton Avenue on Chicago’s South Side at a small community program called “an open air fashion and talent show”. Presented by “the New Between the Tracks Council”, it is one of many block clubs and community groups organized to help youngsters “do their thing” during special weekend programs in empty lots in black communities. August 1973.

(US National Archives)

[stephkalyn]

HOUSE, M.D. 1.02 Paternity