Ah! Hobo!

there's a hobo in my attic 30s f

[radiqueer]

Human relationships are not transactional but they are reciprocal, which I think many of you with your ‘i don’t owe anyone anything’ shtick are too happy to forget

[aromanticduck]

Transactional: everything has to be exactly 50/50 all the time, pay me back for the £5 sandwich or buy me something worth exactly £5, I refuse to make an effort for you if there’s nothing in it for me

Reciprocal: you were there for me when I needed help, and I’m going to do the same for you, it doesn’t matter if one of us needs more or is capable of less, because the point is not equivalent exchange but mutual care

[sheikonfleek]

“You need to believe in things that aren’t true. How else can they become” - Hogfather, Terry Pratchett

[captainlordauditor]

it’s seasonal lads

[captainlordauditor]

IT’S SEASONAL AGAIN LADS

[terrible-tentacle-theatre]

‘Tis the season so I’ll reblog my absolute favorite Terry Pratchett quote ever

Happy holidays folks

[otatma]

welp

[variablejabberwocky]

#The wisdom#The kind that sits on your chest heavily#And you don’t so much get over it as you learn to keep existing with its weight

[kiratoshii]

Watching Guillermo Del Toro's Frankenstein already made me feel so hopeful for the future of movies but after watching the behind the scenes even inspired me. Truly, as long as human beings are alive, art will never die. There will always be people passionate enough and hard working enough to keep creating art in a meaningful way, in a loving way and a human way. Seeing so many artists in different fields come together with the sole purpose of saying something was so beautiful. It's so draining constantly seeing AI shoved into EVERY SINGLE creative space sometimes I wonder why keep trying?

This is why. Movies like Frankenstein are the reason.

[kosmogrl]

there’s something very beautiful about being able to try again tomorrow

[mintbecrazy]

I have been trying tomorrow for the past 3 years

[kosmogrl]

and you still have tomorrow to try again

[irishshauna]

[marmotini-of-the-world-unite]

Learning this was an intentional genocide changed me.

[fighterkimburgess]

I know most of those following me know this, but just to make it super clear. An Gorta Mór (The Great Hunger/the Great Famine) was a deliberate genocide of the Irish people. There was enough food grown in Ireland to make sure everyone was alive and healthy and survived. Instead it was exported, sent to England and elsewhere for profit while men, women, and children starved in the streets. While the English landlords fucked off and evicted starving families who couldn’t afford rent. While babies were too weak to cry and died at the side of the road.

They tried to kill us, but they did not succeed. And we owe so much thanks to the other oppressed peoples, in particular the Choctaw Nation and the Masai, who sent money and grain to us.

Let me repeat that. The Choctaw Nation who had just gone through the Trail of Tears sent us money to try save Irish lives. It’s led to an understanding between Irish people and Native American tribes, most recently when we donated to the Navajo and Hopi fundraisers for COVID-19 relief, because while it may be a different tribe, Irish people will never forget those who helped us and we’ll help back.

The entire population of the island is less than seven million people. We’re still a million less on this island than pre famine. And it’s not that long ago. My grandmother’s grandparents lived through it. We’ve told the stories, it literally changed the DNA of the country. We have a national fear of renting, because so many people were evicted. People joke about Irish people always offering loads of food, but it’s because there’s that cultural memory of not being able to.

They tried to kill us, but they did not succeed. We will not let them take our lives, we will not let them take our language. We lost so much, but we will not lose it all.

[saltedweather]

This is why I get so angry when people say “it was the potato famine, it was because of monoculture/microbes.”

Nope. The potatoes were the only thing Irish people were allowed to fucking eat, because as pointed out, the rest of the crops they were growing were for their landlords to ship to England. So when the one “worthless” crop they were allowed to eat rotted in the field, the English crown, empire, landlords, all shrugged and carried on. People starved to death lying next to productive fields.

[nudityandnerdery]

I want you to remember:

The fascists hate you too and they just will pretend otherwise until after they've killed the rest of us, before they turn on you.

[nudityandnerdery]

Thanks to whoever tried, but I knew they'd never allow it.

[library-graffiti]

Let's do it the old fashioned way. Spread it far and wide.

[victusinveritas]

Reminder: you can't be the whole wall against stopping fascism by yourself. Nobody can. But you damn sure can be a brick.

[nudityandnerdery]

There's a lot of good comments and tags in the notes, but this one is very important, I feel like it deserves some emphasis.

Part of how authoritarianism works is telling you that you can't stop it. And you can't stop it by yourself. But it wants to stop the train of thought there and let you fall into despair.

You need to remember the next part: you don't have to stop it by yourself.

You're not alone. Take care of your community and let your community take care of you. Supporting each other is so vital.

[crys134]

Kenny's Return at World's End Gifs Part 1

[mjfass]

[fair-dinkum-mechanic]

I can’t actually verbalise just how SHITTED I am that the entire internet is being sanitised just so I can be absolutely ACCOSTED with ads for products that I don’t want

AND they’re making it the rules that you can’t opt out of ads unless you pay? Like literally everywhere?

[so-much-for-subtlety]

kill all advertising execs now

[stream]

PG: Psycho Goreman (2021) dir. Steven Kostanski

[mousettte-deactivated20241119]

[bprdeeznuts]

[homeboygirl]

theres bikes around the city you can rent but you have to use an app that needs your drivers license. theres buses that drive right to your destination, but if you dont have change you need the app. you can wash your car here if you sign into the app. you can go to the bathroom here you just have to unlock it with the app that needs your location on. you can order at this restaurant if you scan the code and download the app. im losing my freaking mind

[wonderingwishes]

the last time I went to urgent care there was no paper sign in -- they had a QR code that took you to a third party website that asked you to submit a photo of yourself and your driver's license.

they did not have free wifi, and I was out of data, so I asked if they had a paper sign in that I could use instead; the receptionist made me try again several more times before begrudgingly looking up the file and printing me out a copy. she also made sure to let me know that this was not just inconvenient for her, but inconvenient for me, as I would be bumped backwards in line.

you should not be required to afford a smart phone and infinite data to be able to navigate day to day life.

[ryanthedemiguy]

You should also not be required to give your personal data (phone fingerprint, IP address, photo, location, sex, age, address, etc etc) to unknown third parties to use a service. Especially without the option to opt out

[stuckinapril]

Holy shit. The Israeli whistleblower story CNN just broke is insane. I cannot believe what I’m reading

[stuckinapril]

Rare firsthand accounts by Israeli whistleblowers cast light on the horrific conditions in the Sde Teiman torture camp in Naqab Desert. Palestinians are stripped down, blindfolded, forced in diapers, and forbidden from speaking. They are subjected to beatings and mental degradation regularly. So much depravity that has gone unseen. Doctors performing procedures outside of their expertise, amputations due to zip-typing of abductees’ wrists, having large dogs unleashed on them at night. Being fed food through straws. I can’t believe it. I am truly in shock. And this is just one whistleblower accounting of this. Who knows what else is happening beyond our knowledge

[stuckinapril]

My heart is breaking into a million pieces

[fairuzfan]

Worth mentioning that multiple Palestinians have recounted these stories before, as direct victims detailing their experiences. What's unique about these accounts from CNN Israeli whistle-blower is that they're from an Israeli, therefore people are more likely to take this seriously.

[valcaira]

People who used to be vocal about Ukraine now being exclusively vocal about Palestine while calling the Ukrainian genocide "low priority" or "attention seeking" are a special kind of evil.

Treating global conflicts like fandom has rotted your brains.

[gehe-lihiyot-androgynos-varda-d]

But everyone is watching the new show! I don't want to be in a dead fandom.

[gehe-lihiyot-androgynos-varda-d]

For real, just to spell it out.

You're literally floating from one cause to another, and never sticking around to see it through.

Young Americans complaining about Biden and Trump.... The time to begin planning the grass roots campaign for the kind of Presidential Candidate you want was before the last election, the time to start raising that candidates profile was in 2021 so that your candidate can be visible campaigning for progressive politicians in the midterms, and secure endorsements and donations through public notoriety and a good policy platform.... Getting to an election year and complaining about shit options that don't represent your views is your fault for being politically apathetic and not advancing an option that does represent you.

You dive passionately into causes without learning about them in depth, you trust your ability to absorb the necessary information as you go which leaves you open to manipulation, conspiracy theories and swallowing hateful bigotry so long as it is phrased in progressive language.

You make terrible allies because as soon as the attention of the masses has been captured you abandon your previous causes... Environmental causes, indigenous land rights, education, labour rights... Yes you continue to "care" about these things nebulously, but beyond the occasional "don't stop talking about ______" you leave the supposed subjects of your allyship out to dry.

Find a cause to actually dedicate yourself to... Savannah restoration, join a local organisation that feeds the homeless and provides them with season appropriate clothing and gear... Or start one if there aren't any, volunteer with your local community centre.

If you want to do international aid, then raise money for the World Food Programme, the UNHCR, etc... the United nations humanitarian assistance programs are expecting a record funding shortfall this year, raise money for Medecins Sans Frontieres... If you're really dedicated, do the necessary education to be a valuable humanitarian aid worker for these organisations so you can help people around the world.

Just be passionate about helping people, and making the world better... Then stick with a project.

[sugas6thtooth]

[cyelatm]