[memories-of-ancients]

Jar with mountain goats, Central Iran, 4000 - 3600 BC

from The MET

[imsobadatnicknames2]

Also while we're on the topic of anglo language imperialism. It's extremely fucked up that

1) a lot of job opportunities with upward mobility in non-Anglo countries require a mandatory level of English proficiency

2) demonstrating this proficiency is usually done through internationally certified english assessment tests, which are offered by institutions from anglo countries, and which you usually have to pay hundreds of dollars to take

3) the results for the vast majority of these tests are only valid for two years, after which you have to pay to take them again

Which means that anglos have created an extremely lucrative industry built entirely on coercing millions of people all over the world into a lifelong cycle of paying millions of dollars to people in the US and England for a chance to prove that they still know how to speak their language with a sufficient level of proficiency to be able to keep their jobs.

[mousidy]

the state does not need to assign you a sex, nor does it need to keep inalterable record of it btw

[supljekosti]

my teeth collection

[tenderstems]

various sacred hearts (damien hirst; tim tate; antique ex-voto; 19th c. french religious card; 19th c. french reliquary; repousee antique; carved wood frame c. 1890-1920; unknown painting)

[lronage-deactivated20250901]

Ultima Thule by Henrik Saxgren

[alcoholicanarchist]

[bobodenkirkisgay]

[sunshinerotting]

ever since i was a child ive had a headache

[w00z13sbackup]

logan roy - rolling with the LGBT

[jenny-holzer]

[childofchapel]

[porcelain-dollbones]

the "empathy fatigue" stuff is also very revealing because when you examine health professionals' self-reporting on the matter there is a specific type of person they describe losing empathy for- unsurprisingly, it's people with particularly chronic health issues and disability, drug users, people who "refuse to take care of themselves" and especially anyone with a health condition perceived to be "their own fault". very often what they describe as "empathy fatigue" is actually just the mask slipping on the seething contempt they already held

[porcelain-dollbones]

oh, during burnout you happen to feel less empathetic toward criminals, alcoholics, teens and drug users? that's really interesting and i feel so sorry for how hard your job must be that its caused these feelings in you.

[offshoreoilrig]

What jobs even exist

[caffeinatedopossum]

(remembers) -1 hp (remembers) -1 hp (remembers) -1 hp (remember-

[onrtrp]

text-based lifeform

[disease]

“UNTITLED (HEADACHE)” YOSHITOMO NARA 奈良 美智 // 1998 [acrylic and coloured pencil on paper | 41.6 x 35.4 cm.]