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Old vs new pfp! I have no idea how old the first one is at this point but I've been working on this character design for a while now and I'm finally at a point where I'm happy with it!!!

#spacebug does art #artist sona #bugge #bugsona #new icon #yippee!!!#i'm keeping the banner tho bc its perfect :3 #tumblr has of course fried the quality but thats fine

Hi! How are you? :3

#whoa an ask!#haven't had one of these in a minute hehe

spiribia

I like in rpgs where if you don’t romance two of the characters they start romancing each other instead. You think you’re the only fish in the sea

dreamycastaway

The original pride flag and the sewing machine it was sewn on

iwriterobots

strongintherealgay

You don't have to like weed but I find people who are vehemently anti-weed but claim to be left leaning infuriating. If you go into a rage because you smelled someone smoking pot, how the fuck do you expect to form community with people addicted to meth? It's easier to say you hate smokers than to say you hate all drug users in leftist spaces because one makes you sound a bit like a square while the other is the writing on the wall. You aren't anti-weed, you're anti-drug user and anyone who uses substances is not safe around you.

strongintherealgay

I know dozens of people who use meth, coke, and fentanyl. While heroin is harder to get I do know some folks who use it when they can. Some of these drug users are my neighbors, some are my clients, and some are my friends & family. One does not cease to be human just because they use a substance you find scary.

Community doesn't mean you need to invite them to your home and look away if they smoke there. It means you don't call your property manager because you suspect your neighbor uses. It means you don't require drug tests for homeless shelters and housing services. It means the very idea of someone who smokes meth in your community doesn't make you go, "what the hell."

Genuinely kind of a wild thing to see in the replies as someone who has been professionally practicing harm reduction for years.

strongintherealgay

Considering recent events over here in the States, this seemed like a good time to bring this back. Over the next four years, expect an increase in discourse around "undesirables." This will include but not be limited to drug addicts.

cowboymalewife

Also, from someone who works at a smoke/head shop: WAY MORE PEOPLE ARE DRUG USERS THAN YOU THINK. Way more people are addicted to opiates, meth, whippets, cocaine, you name it, than you have been lead to believe, and on top of that, they are often the "normal" or "functional" people you see every day, not just the person tweaking out at the gas stations. Judges, bank tellers, grandmas, teachers, the nice lady who runs your bakery— all of them. You are ALREADY IN COMMUNITY WITH THESE PEOPLE. Start fucking acting like it.

dittohasadhd

It means knowing how to administer narcan should be as common as knowing how to administer an EpiPen or inhaler, and having some on hand as common as knowing where your friend stores their rescue meds. We need to know about other interventions, including withdrawal meds.

"What to do if Someone has Nodded Off" and "What is the Recovery Position, and Who Needs it?" should be in little informational pamphlets just as much as "How to Perform the Heimlich Maneuver"

We need safe sharps disposal as much as we need any other waste disposal. We need safe injection sites as much as we need bars. We need to know what too much looks like, and that only happens when we get rid of this unrealistic notion of Abstinence Only.

vergess

My employer and others I know have started banning employees from using narcan on the clock, carrying it in the building, etc. They do this by fearmongering about people being enraged and violent when they wake from the narcan.

This means that the number 1 way people in the US receive first aid training is now saying "this extremely safe, freely available, effective method of saving lives is Bad Actually and if you don't Die from using it, you'll be fired."

Do not. Believe. The fucking. Lies.

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teaboot

My mom likes to tell me about how when I was a little kid riding public transport with her I'd always smile and giggle and chat with weird old ladies who smelled like cat pee and homeless folks and strangers dressed in bizarre outfits but any time a tidy and respectable businessman in a suit and tie waved at me I'd immediately clam up, and she takes a great deal of pride in my supposed inherentability to clock personalities but the truth is I do vaguely remember those bus rides, and it was never about the clothes or the hair or the smell, but more because everyone "strange" asked interesting questions and listened to what I had to say and seemed to think about what I said while the neat and tidy and rigid folks only ever acted like they were going through the motions, which was boring as hell and also pretty annoying

teaboot

Well-to-do finance manager with tidy shoes: "Why hello, sweetheart. Can you say 'hi'? Aren't you cute. Are you on a trip with your mom?"

4 year old me: why must we do this

Fantastic old woman in the leopard print coat: "Why yes, my tooth IS real silver! Nobody ever asks me that. Do you like cats?"

4 year old me, suddenly paying attention: Finally, A Person Of Intellect

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maachine-deactivated20250630

lets All lock in starting Right Now

virusgeist

how i feel about locking in

definitely-not-a-plant

how i feel about locking in

everythingfox

Really enjoying the scritches

icarus-suraki

politijohn

Source

Happy Pride Month!

reasonsforhope

Holy shit!!!!!!! HUNGARY DID IT!!!!

-via the Los Angeles Blade, June 1, 2026

mewnosodenwyma

"just retrace your steps" I have adhd. as far as my memory is concerned i teleported here

mxjackparker

If you're at work in a retail or hospitality environment and you see a sex worker with a client... no you didn't.

If your boss asks you if you think that person's a sex worker, you tell them you do not believe that. You don't report their presence to anyone. You don't joke about it with a coworker. You don't eavesdrop or bother them.

We're working the same as you are. Leave us alone!

mxjackparker

Some examples of situations where you might need to keep your mouth shut about a potential sex worker:

You see someone you don't recognize walk past reception at your hotel to head directly for the stairs or elevator or towards the rooms without acknowledging you at the reception desk. Yes, this includes when the person is wearing revealing clothing or a nice dress and heels. This is not your business.

You notice multiple men going to the same hotel room during the same evening, each only staying for an hour or so at a time. This is not your business.

You seat two customers for dinner and work as their waiter/waitress for the night. You see one give an envelope of cash to the other. Yes, this includes when there's a huge age gap between the two and they're being affectionate. This is not your business.

You overhear one customer ask another how much they charge for a night, whilst making drinks for them. You heard nothing. This is not your business.

I do not care what kind of retail or hospitality setting you work in. If you see a sex worker, no you didn't!