Spiletta42 (one L double T)

Fanfic Writer, Sci-Fi Fan. Ravenclaw. Chaotic Good. Female. Cis. Bi. Gen X. Here you'll find fandom, horse racing, archeology, cephalopods, paleontology, and politics. Both my feminism and my Christianity include my trans sisters and brothers, and I have friends of many faiths. All are welcome.

[clickholeofficial]

[wilwheaton]

“The Supreme Court’s conservative majority has protected Republican minority rule. It gave the wealthy freedom to spend unlimited dark money on elections, while crippling the finances of unions. It sustained gerrymandering and voter-suppression laws that reduce participation of minority voters. And, of course, it gave the presidency to George W. Bush. Control of the judiciary, and the resulting protection of minority rule, has been the prize for Republicans who tolerated President Trump’s starting a trade war, losing allies while getting cozy with Kim Jong Un and Vladimir Putin, flirting with white supremacists, paying off a porn star and attacking the justice system while his former advisers are indicted and convicted. Now Republicans will seize their solid fifth vote on the court without pause or compunction. But how long do they think they can sustain this? What happens when Roe is overturned? The backlash is coming. It is the deserved consequence of minority-rule government protecting the rich over everybody else, corporations over workers, whites over nonwhites and despots over democracies. It will explode, God willing, at the ballot box and not in the streets.”

— An explosion is coming

[brainstatic]

If Democrats take the House, their current ranking member of the Financial Services Committee becomes the chair of the committee, and has the power to subpoena Trump’s bank records. That member is Maxine Waters. Vote.

[melyzard]

REGISTER TO VOTE

OR REGISTER HERE

YOU MUST BE REGISTERED AHEAD OF TIME BEFORE YOU CAN SHOW UP TO VOTE!!

[wholesome-suggestion]

you have something to offer. i know its hard to believe that you have something special about you when everyone seems to be better. but you absolutely have something to offer. don’t belittle yourself, one day you will realize the true extent of what you can do. your smile can save a life, your kindness can heal a wound, your courage can inspire. you might not see it now but you can literally change the world.

[kamuysaurus]

Kylo Ren: “THAT LIGHTSABER, IT BELONGS TO ME.”

Finn:

[nyx-aphroditus]

Considering he built it, I’d say yes. Yes it does.

[kamuysaurus]

hey guys did you know Kylo built Anakin’s lightsaber

[spiletta42]

I didn’t know there was time travel in Star Wars.

[reclaiming-god]

Hi, here’s a reminder that many times, God works through people – that includes psychologists and psychiatrists. We should never take our gift of knowledge for granted, and if you feel you need to get help, get help: prayer will aid you, but allow God to work through others as well!

[princen-jasper]

“There are no trigger warnings in real life”

“The real world is cruel, get over it.”

My boyfriend is triggered by Christmas and Christmas music. We were in a restaurant, and Christmas music was playing, and he started panicking so he went outside for a cigarette. The manager of the restaurant overheard him saying he had to get out, and changed the music over for the rest of the time we were there. There are safe spaces in the real world. People are nicer than you think. And bullshit people who try to tell you to get over your triggers, ain’t shit.

[itsnotmatthew]

Other examples:

[oockitty]

And you know the same motherfuckers who say shit like that are the FIRST ONES who bitch if something isn’t labelled with one of these.

[indi-flying-with-dragons]

^^^^^

All those count as trigger warnings.

We’re using them already.

[wynx-hates-pedos]

Triggers are important and really easy to respect.

[spiletta42]

Triggers aren’t always easy to respect but you should always try anyway.

[audrocur-deactivated20221128]

[peniswakt-deactivated20210717]

HELL

YES

WE

ARE

[spiletta42]

I think that’s a fantastic idea.

[beanybooboo]

hey reblog this with ur race/ethnicity and whether u eat rice with a spoon or a fork

[severalowls]

The “Alexa play [X]” meme was created in a lab by a team of marketing scientists paid $3 an hour without breaks or air conditioning by Jeff Bezos himself and if you don’t reblog any versions Alexa uploads your middle school fanfic history directly to the CIA.

[brainstatic]

[fuckyeahasexual]

So if you lived in a society where you had to secure your communication in order to be yourself around others, here are the apps that could help you do that.

[fuckyeahasexual]

Signal let’s you securely text and make phone calls.

Onion Browser allows you to surf the web without leaving a trail.

Duck Duck Go isn’t super secure but it won’t record your searches like Google.

ProtonMail is a email client that lets you email other secure email accounts.

Periscope allows you to stream live video.

Semaphor is there so you can securely make group chat rooms.

American privacy laws allow you to use these all. So that’s pretty cool.

[fuckyeahasexual]

Bunch of protests this weekend so here’s some added tips. Don’t officially sign up for them, many RSVP’s are a Terms of Service saying you will fully and quickly follow every direction an officer gives and protestors often do get arrested for a number of (bullshit) things. Signing proves you were there and may give up other rights you have depending the TOS. (Normally your right to sue if something bad happens.)

If you do sign one, make sure you are on your best behavior don’t want to risk everyone on the list because you were forced to jaywalk and the police start grabbing whoever is close for it. And now suddenly warrants are going out days later for more people.

Don’t fingerprint or face unlock your phone. Neither are legally protected by the 4th amendment.

If you are white and privileged dress like you are going to church and use that privilege as a buffer between anyone who might be trouble and someone who needs protecting.

99% of protests are actually nothing but shouting chants and waking peacefully along. Expect the best but prepare for the worst.

[thefingerfuckingfemalefury]

^ Boost!

[spiletta42]

If you are scared to go to a protest, you can start by attending events in smaller towns that coincide with bigger marches.  Mostly because of the weather, we chose the smaller event in the small city today, instead of the larger event in the real city -- in four hours we didn’t see a single cop.  The protest we attended was led by a partnership of churches and college students, and the dominant demographic was baby boomer age white people.  I’m not saying it’s impossible for them to arrest such a group, but it’s not the optics they want.

Once you’re at such an event, you’ll find plenty of information on direct action you can take -- volunteer opportunities, other protests, etc.  Marching is good, but it’s not the only thing that needs doing.

[berniesrevolution]

[queeranarchism]

I love these examples.

‘Having an argument you lose’, YES.

Actual resistant doesn’t always look cool, it’s about whatever achieves results.

[rock-fish-deactivated20201231]

in other words, you know your instinct to flip fucking shit like an entitled asshole as a way of reestablishing a sense of control? and how usually you contain it bc causing a bunch of bullshit for no reason isn’t cool?

lose your fucking mind if it means stopping ICE

[juicetrump]

use your white privilege for good

[greenekangaroo]

touring Hamilton tickets in my area are still 190+ dollars, without the original broadway cast.

I don’t want to hear SHIT about ‘pirated musicals ruining theatre’.

Classism is ruining theatre. Capitalism is ruining theatre. You know what happens when you don’t pay people enough money to do things? THEY DON’T DO THEM. And your movie theatres, your playhouses, your minigolf courses and your amusement parks? Are all fucking empty. 

[antifainternational]

German pilots ground over 200 flights after refusing to deport asylum seekers

Flight crews did not want to help send people back to Afghanistan, local media report

German pilots have reportedly grounded more than 200 flights after refusing to be involved in the deportations of failed asylum-seekers.

Flight crews said they did not want to participate in sending people back to Afghanistan, where violence is still rife following years of war and occupation by Western forces.

Between January and September 222 flights were cancelled, according to German government figures, with most – 140 – coming at Frankfurt airport.

[…]

At least one similar refusal is known to have taken place in the UK when British Airways pilot refused to take off while Samim Bigzad was on board earlier this year.

Mr Bigzad, an Afghan, faced deportation to the city where the Taliban had threatened to kill him before the pilot intervened, saying: “You’re not going to take him; I’m not flying. Someone’s life is at risk.”

Direct action! “Just following orders” is never an excuse! [article]

[saywhat-politics]

[reagan-was-a-horrible-president]

Exactly.

If you didn’t vote in the last election because of reasons, then PLEASE vote this year and in 2020.

I know the Democrats are far from perfect, but Good God Almighty, they are not the evil bastards that the Republicans are.

[thefingerfuckingfemalefury]

Especially and most importantly vote this year though because the elections this year are FAR MORE IMPORTANT AND CRUCIAL than the presidential election in 2020

To be clear: if we can flip enough seats to Democrats then the Democrats can control the senate or congress

What that means is that even if Donald Trump isn’t impeached, even if he stays president for the next two years hell even if he runs in 2020 and somehow wins another election through some unholy pact with Satan…he and the Republicans will not be able to pass laws that harm innocent people. They will not be able to pass laws that hurt people based on their gender, the colour of their skin, the country they came from or their sexuality

A democrat majority MUST HAPPEN this year. That is the single most crucial victory needed to end the agenda of evil and hatred that the Republicans are pushing

[spiletta42]

Remember:  Republican strategy always includes every form of voter suppression they can manage.  Not only will they purge voter rolls and pass voter ID laws, but they also spread misinformation about when, how, and where to vote, and what you need to bring to do so.  They actively discourage voting by any means they can imagine -- making the electorate so disgusted by the campaigns paid well for them last time.  They also like to tell young people that they aren’t smart enough or educated enough to vote yet, or try to spread false messages about how staying home on voting day is a form of protest.   Don’t fall for all of this.  Register.  Check your registration.  Vote.

[letters-to-lgbt-kids]

My dear lgbt+ kids, 

It honestly disgusts me that this is even up to debate on some blogs currently but: 

Hating trans men is not feminist. 

Telling trans men to “embrace their womanhood” is not feminist. 

Accusing trans men of being anti-women is not feminist. 

Saying trans men are just “manipulated by the patriarchy” is not feminist. 

Those people are not “feminists” - they’re transphobic. 

They are, quite frankly, a**holes and you don’t need to listen to them. 

With all my love, 

Your Tumblr Mom