[pollyanoid]

wtf happens on stack overflow

[wosp-reactivated]

Christian babies have so far not found a purpose or use outside of baseball

[sandmandaddy69]

[wooteena]

crazy how there are only 2 hours of doing things every day before you keel over and die. if this werent normal id be worried

[johannestevans]

Watched a documentary about abuse and advice one guy said to give children was, "Tell them that if someone is hurting them, to tell someone - and don't just tell one person. Tell as many people as possible, and keep telling as many people as possible until the abuse stops." and i really liked that

Bc so many ppl focus on the idea of telling A Trusted Adult, but even a well-meaning individual can fuck up and let abuse fall through the cracks or not know what to do

Whereas if a child tells LOADS of adults AND other kids, there's far less opportunity for an abuser to do damage control

Consistently telling their story and spreading it around disempowers the abuser to control and coerce the flow of information, or to utilise gaps and weaknesses in systems of reporting or welfare to isolate the child

Just really good advice. Not suprised I don't hear it more often.

[96haiki]

6.22.2026

[basuralindo]

So I just simultaneously did, and possibly didn't lose my job today :)

Very much did in the sense that I literally do not know where my job is at the moment. But, for the time being I haven't been let go because nobody else including the store owner knows where it is either.

So, I don't wanna risk doxxing myself by posting pictures but goddamn am I tempted because this is not a believable event. This is a cartoon problem. For looneytoons.

But yeah, so, I work(ed?) at a kiosk selling boba tea, right? Freestanding kiosk in the mall with full water and electrical hookups and multiple fridges and sinks and a mini kitchen and the works. Fully functional tea shop. Very important to note that it was there last night, The work chat was discussing another issue last night at closing time. I'll get back to this.

It's been showing signs of being on the way out with how business is being handled lately and I've been considering other options, which is probably why I'm not as torn up about this as I should be, but maybe it just hasn't set in yet, but that's not the point. The point is there's been a lot of shit breaking and not being replaced and nobody mentioning anything about it until I walk into work in the morning and have to figure out why shit like the fucking cash register isn't there today. So I'm kinda used to having to ask questions about big things that nobody bothered to update me on. I was out for two weeks recovering from a surgery, so I came to work this morning assuming there'd be some kind of bullshit, yeah?

So, the question I had to ask the chat this morning was:

Not a text I ever thought I'd have to send in sincerity, but there it is. Because what I found instead was a fenced off patch of discolored tiles and a few holes in the floor where my entire place of employment used to be.

And the answer? Nobody knows! It was there last night when the mall closed, and every single trace of the structure and all its contents including drink making supplies and our safe and cashbox was gone when it opened again. And when I say nobody knows, I mean everyone from last night's closers to the actual (former?) owner of the store jad no fucking clue about this until getting that text from me this morning. For once I am actually the first to know. 🎉.

So. I guess I didn't so much lose my job as had it stolen. Not by AI, but good old fashioned hands-on human beings picking it up and carrying it away somehow. All mall security would tell me was that they were instructed not to tell me anything and have us contact our management. Who also don't know anything. And later on I came across some construction workers around the gravesite of the kiosk discussing filling in the holes, asked them about it, and was told that they "weren't at liberty to say".

So, not only is my job gone in the most literal physical sense of the word, but it was taken in some kind of super secret kiosk extraction in the dead of night without any warning or witnesses and nobody is allowed to speak of it. The store owner said she was gonna figure it out 10 hours ago and still no word back.

I don't know what else to say aside from I've been laughing all day and I'm gonna have a hell of a time explaining Schrodinger's Unemployment to the benefits office.

[basuralindo]

Update that is not an update because I'm basically certain this isn't what actually happened:

My mother in law thinks the FBI took it.

Not any of the other stores around the state. Just the one little kiosk.

Why? Because she loves a conspiracy and is just a little bit extra.

Also because she was around for the massive crackdown on Yakuza-owned businesses in Waikiki (in her homestate) that did actually involve the FBI seizing stores (no confirmation of making kiosks cleanly disappear in the middle of the night though).

Still no word from my job on what's actually going on, but the most likely theory so far is that maybe the kiosk was on lease and got repossessed? The mystery continues

(also shout out to the person who proposed Carmen Sandiego)

[basuralindo]

ACTUAL (partial) UPDATE:

According to the owner, based on what she's been able to find out, the kiosk was not removed legally and they're starting a potentially long process of legal action. I hope she gets to sue the shit out of whoever did it but for now at least I know for sure I'm unemployed.

Really hoping for more details in terms of who/why/how, so I'll keep updating if I learn anything.

For now the summary is: An unnamed entity that is most likely mall management (on account of mall security cooperating with them) stole an entire kiosk and all the contents including money and machinery with barely a trace in the middle of the night grinch-style, with zero warning or explanation, and ensured the silence of both security and the construction crew, in an action that was definitely preplanned and illegal, and as far as I know nobody knows its whereabouts.

So now I'm officially out of a job. Because my workplace was literally stolen in the night.

[basuralindo]

Actually fuck it let's share some photos cause I wouldn't be inclined to believe this myself. It's not like anyone can stalk me at my job now and I'm not gonna have to see any coworkers that might find my tumblr.

Enjoy the unintentionally funniest text I've ever sent in my life

Aaand a close-up:

The last remains of a once Very Much Solid And Immobile Workplace

[basuralindo]

HEY HI HELLO THIS ONE'S MY FAVORITE

via @kagaminilen

[mysteryteacup]

[cut to a kiosk on legs, sipping a boba, while wandering into the nearest forest on chicken legs]

[ardanelvilyafeanturi]

Here you go @a-bit-too-dyscrasic

[rabbitkinglune777]

this is my truesona he is badass🐇🔥 (REPOSTS)

[rabbitkinglune777]

better a nigga than a Nazi!!!!

[rabbitkinglune777]

btw, this bunny is black pride bunny trans boy! epic

[towerofglass]

[towerofglass]

[scruq]

This study is being done by Dr. Lisa Littman, Dr. Kenneth Zucker, and J. Michael Bailey. The same people behind the “Rapid Onset Gender Dysphoria” and other Transphobic pseudoscience. Do NOT give information to them via ayagdos, they have a long history of retractions and reported misconduct.

Report this ad wherever you see it. The fact that staff allows this kind of shit yet still turning a blind eye to everything else is just pure hatred.

Burden of Proof:

Scientists Behind the "Social Contagion" Myth Are Recruiting Trans Young People For Study, Community Leaders Warn

The project is called AYAGDOS—brought to you by the same names behind “Rapid Onset Gender Dysphoria” pseudoscience.

Alejandra Caraballo (@esqueer.net)

If you see this, don't participate. It's a rigged study by Lisa Littman and unethical researcher J. Michael Bailey meant to undermine access

[murkymarco]

Caught myself spiraling and then remembered it's just my body not wanting to exist in these temperatures

[hay-bails]

I might delete this eventually, because I really try to keep this account free of too much personal stuff. But yesterday my alma mater, the most loving place I’ve ever called home, was the site of a mass shooting. My heart is breaking for all the students and faculty there, who should never have to feel fear of that kind—especially not in the classroom. While I’m no longer there, so many people I love—family, friends, and mentors—still are and I can’t stop thinking about what they’ve had to endure. I just wanted to post this as a reminder to you all to hold your friends and family extra close these days. Check in on and care for one another <3

Below is a link to the GoFundMe supporting one of the victims’ families, if you feel like donating—the other link is a petition to change security features on campus. Like I said, I try to keep this acc free of too much personal stuff but it’s the biggest platform I have, and after thinking a lot on it, it would feel wrong to me not to say something here

This fund has been established by friends and colleagues of Betty Morales, the wife of … Jami Bond needs your support for Robert Morales: F

FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY - LOCKS ON ALL CLASSROOM DOORS

♥️🖤💛🤍

[raangmanch]

Saw the news about Venezuela. Two back to back earthquakes, that's terrifying.

[raangmanch]

Venezuela declares state of emergency after powerful earthquakes kill dozens, injure hundreds - Maktoob

Powerful earthquakes struck western Venezuela, killing at least 32 people, injuring over 700, and prompting the government to declare a stat

[closet-keys]

update as of 11:04 EDT, via Reuters

Thousands of Venezuelans are feared dead. The U.S. Geological Survey, using predictive modeling, estimated that the death toll would most likely rise to the thousands, with a substantial probability of exceeding 10,000. For now, the official figure given by Rodríguez is 164 people confirmed dead and nearly 1,000 injured. The authorities have not given an update for more than six hours.

[raangmanch]

Please redirect your attention to @carpenter-sab 's post. It has links for donations for relief.

[amr307]

Mylene.

In my AU, Mylene performed surgeries and experiments on dozens of victims. If a victim didn't survive, she would have the body incinerated. Her victims were typically homeless people, those without family, or the mentally ill, so no one ever suspected her. She had intended to operate on Shun while he was still alive, but he managed to escape before she could do so.

[shiftythrifting]

I apologized in advance to the cashier for getting these at the same time. They couldn't stop laughing. From a Goodwill

[catgirl-kaiju]

Items that convince you to assassinate the rest of the Beatles

[mismedleym]

visitation by an angel (revisited)

[drchucktingle]

you prove love