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I don't pretend that this tumblr is for anything other than what it is: keeping track of other tumblrs and enjoying the aesthetics of life. Interests include cats (especially mine), history,how women are represented in media, Karl Urban and Star Trek, and oftentimes what my friends are doing.

[jofiel]

[systlin]

So boss just put out the schedule for the next month and not a single week do I work less than 60 hours. My friends who work up at the hospital say theirs are the same and usually worse. My friends who work at grocery stores are the same. 

I imagine most essential employees are all in the same boat.

All I’m saying is that we should all simultaneously go on strike after this is under control.

[systlin]

Me @ my co-worker; you know how you were saying how fucked they’d be here if we all just. Left. Anyway lemme tell you about a thing called unions.

[systlin]

Y’all don’t even get credit half the time for being front-line health care workers, which is bullshit.

[dancing-thru-clouds]

I would honestly be astonished if I worked any 5 day weeks for the next several months

[systlin]

People I know keep asking me if I can work from home, and all I have for them is bitter laughter.

[dancing-thru-clouds]

Not unless we suddenly get way better at robotics, no

[tolightamatch]

@systlin @dancing-thru-clouds What can those of us who are not working and/or working from home do to help people like you out, aside from staying home & not hoarding medical supplies?

(Can we send you groceries? Or something like that?)

[systlin]

The thought is very sweet, but I’m in a lucky position where I can afford groceries. Probably better than a lot of folks right now, given that my site has authorized any and all overtime for essential personnel until the pandemic is under control.

A little commiseration is nice, and go look after vulnerable people in your community. Food banks are scrambling for supplies right now!

[dancing-thru-clouds]

Right? I can afford food and such, and have been using that to help out my friends who are artists and teachers who are now out of a job for A While. But get together a donation for a homeless outreach program or something-I’m really scared for that population

[systlin]

Yeah.

I’ve found a few places online that are selling N95 masks, at inflated prices and incidentally anyone who price gouges like that during a crisis is going to be gnawed by Nidhogg after they die, in-between reporting them for crisis price gouging am seriously considering getting a case and donating it to the hospital.

And donating to the local food bank, because lord knows folks are gonna need it.

[daniel-oneiroi]

@systlin Anyone who has 10 minutes to spend can report price gouging. I’ve been doing it on ebay.  Here’s how: - Take a screencap of the page, which includes the seller name, site URL, item, and price of item being sold. With ebay, this stuff is all at the top, including where they ship from. - Where DO they ship from? One seller on Ebay shipped from New York, NY. I looked up what county that was. Google “price gouging New York”. That sent me to the Attorney Generals’ price gouging form. They had one specific to COVID. I used that one. - Fill out the price gouging online form. Tell them the user ID, what product it is, how much it approximately normally sells for, what the seller is pricing it at. The form will ask for your info, and as much info as you have on them. They can subpeona Amazon, Ebay, wherever for the user’s full info. Don’t worry- they will. - Upload the screenshot. This is important! The listing may be gone, ended, or deleted by the time the AG gets around to it! The screenshot is proof! They can likely get sales history once they have the subpeona, but they need initial proof.

This all takes about 10 minutes. Sometimes less. 

Fuck price gougers.

[systlin]

Good point. Reblogging this for folks who don’t know how to do this.

[businessinsider]

[constant-diablerie]

i want to hide in a box to relieve stress

[antique-scarecrow]

cats make perfect sense actually

[gluttonousgoddess]

I would think cats would realize knocking stuff off causes us to get angry at them, as they just broke a bowl we paid good money for.

[agent-farah-hauville]

Bold of you to assume cats don’t find it amusing to break our shit

[seanchaidh101]

My previous cat would only knock over my roommate’s glasses of water, never mine. I assume it was because she didn’t like my roommmate and/or her cat. It was hard to tell.

My current cat also likes boxes as a convenient place to lurk while hunting.

[chokit-pyrus]

In light of the Bechdel Test, the Vito Russo Test, the Mako Mori Test, and many others, I propose another test for people like me who are neuroatypical/neurodivergent.

The Kieren Walker Test

If anyone has a better name, I’m all ears, this is just the one I felt best. It’s named after the protagonist of zombie-drama In The Flesh, by Dominic Mitchell, Kieren Walker.

This test would have rules as such:

1. The story must contain at least one prominent character who canonically has a mental illness and/or is neurodivergent,

2. Who is not demonized within the narrative,

3. And who doesn’t die or get an unhappy ending.

Because I am sick of mentally ill characters being treated as monsters, psychos, maniacs, crazy people, villains who deserve to be punished, or hopeless tragic characters who suffer because of the things outside their control.

Things that FAIL:

Arthur Fleck/Joker - Joker (2019) Wilson Fisk - Daredevil John Doe - Batman the Telltale Series: The Enemy Within Josh Washington - Until Dawn Laurie Strode - Halloween 2 (2009) A Star Is Born (All Versions) Norman Bates - Psycho (1960/1998/Book) Kevin Wendell Crumb - Split (2016) Two-Face/Harvey Dent - DC Comics The Joker - DC Comics Hannah Baker - 13 Reasons Why Harley Quinn - Batman the Telltale Series: The Enemy Within Pamela Voorhees - Friday the 13th Movies/Comics Jack Torrance - The Shining Eurus Holmes - Sherlock (BBC) Gollum/Sméagol - The Lord of the Rings

Pretty much any horror movie

Things that PASS:

River Tam - Firefly Evan Hanson - Dear Evan Hanson Kieren Walker & Simon Monroe - In the Flesh Alice Liddel - Alice: Madness Returns Rose DeWitt Bukater - Titanic (1997) Rebecca Bunch - Crazy Ex-Girlfriend Hank Thompson - Swiss Army Man (2016)

Feel free to add more!.

[seanchaidh101]

I would say that Betty in Riverdale is a FAIL. She has ADHD but with the melodramatic storylines her mental health has been gaslighted like you wouldn’t believe.

[never-obsolete]

The Underwater screen saver, from Windows 98

[19rachel]

This was the last time the world knew peace

[programmerhumour]

Repost to spread. (Not really humor)

[weirdhologurl]

https://www.theverge.com/interface/2020/3/12/21174815/earn-it-act-encryption-killer-lindsay-graham-match-group

A sneaky attempt to end encryption is worming its way through Congress

The EARN IT Act could give law enforcement officials the backdoor they have long wanted — unless tech companies come together to stop it

[lesbianjamies]

im gay and i deserve to see a tv show remake of fried green tomatoes at the whistle stop cafe

[seanchaidh101]

Seconded, thirded and fourthed.

[shirodevorak]

For all of you who need to hear this

[fidnru]

it was really heartening to learn that the purpose of creating such a thick uterine lining during the menstrual period was to prevent the implantation of embryos rather than encourage them, and that our uterus is basically flushing out anything it deems unworthy during the period itself rather than “punishing” us for not being pregnant (which is how it’s usually framed). it’s almost as if your female body is more concerned with the protection and continuation of itself rather than being used as a procreative vessel.

the fact that we’ve come to accept the idea that our reproductive organs are punishing us for not being continuously pregnant is proof of how deeply patriarchal brainwashing has convinced women that we are nothing but broodmares for ‘their’ children.

[thebeezcnys]

This is honestly a life changing outlook. Thanks for protecting me uterus

[seanchaidh101]

Mind blown.

[allthecanadianpolitics]

Jan Simpson is the new National President of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW). She is now the first Black Women to lead a National Union in Canada.

This is the union that represents all Canada Post workers in Canada.

[seanchaidh101]

<3

[sixpenceee]

An ant trying to attack a human

Source

[marzi-pan-dulce]

Fucken rekt

[shoestepper]

Yeet yourself fool

[seanchaidh101]

This made my night!

[pure]

I wish i could find this one article written in I believe the 90’s that went under the radar on abortion. The author said that the “life” arguments are basically useless on either side and what actually matters is that humans shouldn’t have a right to use other human bodies as a resource without consent no matter how alive or sentient they are, even if they’re on the brink of death you have the right to deny them access to you. It probably was too radical for pro-choice activists back in those days but like…that’s the most robust arguement lol so we need 2 being that back and dead the pontifications and splitting hairs about “life” in my honest onion

[pure]

I found it. Actually, it was written in the 70’s. She was way ahead of the curve.

The article is ‘A Defense of Abortion’ by Judith Jarvis Thomson. Essential reading!

http://spot.colorado.edu/~heathwoo/Phil160,Fall02/thomson.htm

[soprie]

If you cannot demand that a person donate their organs to keep you alive, you have no right to legislate that an embryo gets to use a person’s body to keep itself alive without the person’s consent.

[notentirely]

no idea if this is true, but it feels true

[pleasedontsqueezetheshhh]

I heard an interview, can’t remember the psychologist, but he was explaining this idea and encouraging people to stop and take a deep breath and literally drink in small moments like you’re a dryass plant when something is ever satisfactory, positive, mildly successful, randomly joyful so your brain can code and integrate that experience because our natural lizard brain will quickly tape over it with mostly unnecessary negative survival shit. Sounds dumb and dorky but sometimes I remember this when I’m feeling good about a moment because our cave brains are still catching up with modern life without sabertooths. I like that it’s not just a pollyanna gosh just be more positive thing but more of a legit brain wiring phenomenon can be gradually hacked through small behavioral changes.

[elidyce]

Another super important one: Take the time to tell yourself, when something you did or bought or decided works out “That was a good decision and I’m glad I made it! Go me!” 

Seriously, it can have a huge impact. suddenly you go from remembering nothing but bad decisions to adding in a series of Excellent Choices You Feel Good About, and it makes things so much better. 

[silentwalrus1]

#we’re all running happiness software on survival hardware and we gotta do our own firmware updates   from @galwednesday 

[maculategiraffe]

me, reaching into my dresser drawer for black pants: I hope this isn’t the pair with big holes worn in the inner thighs

Marie Kondo, gently over my shoulder: why is a pair of pants you find unwearable still in your dresser drawer

me: oh shit that’s right!! The dresser is for clothes that under some circumstance I might conceivably wear!!

Marie Kondo, beaming proudly: Yes, that’s correct!! These pants must have been your favorites. How wonderful that they were so comfortable and practical that you wore them out. But now since they no longer function as pants, you should move them from the drawer where you keep your functioning pants!

me: Yes thanks I got it they’re in the fabric basket now

Marie Kondo, fading back into the darkness: I love what you’ve done with the kitchen!!

[cwicseolfor]

The notion of KonMari as some creepy semi-embodied but entirely benevolent spirit, like a well-intentioned Bloody Mary, is so perfect and wonderful.

[seanchaidh101]

Can this be a real thing?

[solarpunk-aesthetic]

This adorable little robot is designed to make sure its photosynthesising passenger is well taken care of. It moves towards brighter light if it needs, or hides in the shade to keep cool. When in the light, it rotates to make sure the plant gets plenty of illumination. It even likes to play with humans.

Oh, and apparently, it gets antsy when it’s thirsty.

The robot is actually an art project called “Sharing Human Technology with Plants” by a roboticist named Sun Tianqi. It’s made from a modified version of a Vincross HEXA robot, and in his own words, its purpose is “to explore the relationship between living beings and robots.”

I don’t care if it’s silly. I want one.

[seanchaidh101]

I might need one. Or two. Or 10.

[sandersstudies]

If you and your partner practice frequent, non-sexual consent, your relationship will be healthier and easier.

“Are you comfortable with me ranting about my day for a few minutes?”

“Oh, this is your poetry? Would it be okay if I read it?”

“Do you mind if I use your phone for a few minutes?”

“Wow, your meal looks awesome. Could I try some?”

It will save a lot of grief, especially in a developing relationship. Eventually, with consistent “yes’s” and “no’s” you can figure out more permanent boundaries and guidelines.

“I need to ask before ranting about my day or taking their food, but my partner is okay with me using their phone whenever. However, my partner does not like me reading their poetry unless they offer first.”

[sandersstudies]

And this goes for friendships too! Even just stuff like “do you mind if I leave this door open?” 

[doomhamster]

…I never fully realized it before but this is a big part of why my relationship with my husband is so conflict-free. Both because him doing this all the time made it easy to trust him, back when we were a new item, and because it helped ME break out of the toxic idea that you should never ask about a partner’s preferences because if you Really Loved Them you should be able to intuit what they want, all the time, about anything. 

[chairpersonchair]

Can we talk about how Netflix has this ‘Recommended Gay TV Shows’ section but every single show is either a drag show or a show that has one (1) minor gay character/gay best friend. Like where are all the LGBTQ+ shows with good LGBTQ+ representation and two women or two men in a healthy normal relationship just like any tv show with a heterosexual relationship. They’re not there because Netflix. Doesn’t. Advertise. Them.

Why when we search for LGBTQ+ shows on Netflix are we not shown One Day At A Time, Wynonna Earp, Everything Sucks!, and probably many other good LGBTQ+ shows that I don’t know of because they’re not advertised???

Like no wonder so many shows with healthy LGBTQ+ representation are cancelled due to not enough viewers. IT’S BECAUSE NO ONE. KNOWS. THEY’RE THERE!