Pls don't follow until 2027

Idk. Probably going to post all my hot takes here bc I'm tired of telling them to my loved ones and need more feedback to refine them. Probable topics: - The Goblin Emperor and Cemeteries of Amalo series - LDS/Mormon/tumblrstake -STEM vibes -Thoughts about gender/gender identity type stuf

[revolutionary-optimism-now]

I wish when people would conceptualize of a solarpunk society they would focus less on the idea of everyone growing their own food on their own quarter-acre plot of land that is not enough to sustain one person for more than a month or two, and more on the idea of neighborhoods being designed with a huge communal vegetable garden and pollinator patch in the center with communal amenities and all the houses/apartments radiating around the center of it.

Not everyone has to have an individual vegetable garden. Not everyone has to farm or even can. You gotta have a neighbor who knows how to fix bikes, someone with the tools and know-how to fix the air conditioner, you need people who understand fiber arts, people that know how to cook and/bake, people that can preserve the vegetables, people to watch the kids or pets when people are at work or out of town.

[i-had-great-name-but-i-forgor]

I agree, solarpunk is not about individualism, it's about community.

[paradoxspaceheater]

the thing about misogyny is that femininity is both devalued AND forced on women (and those misgendered as women). if you fail to meet the arbitrary standard of Womanly Charm you're ugly and unwanted and hate yourself and if you succeed you're shallow and brainless and weak. if you don't try to conform you're lazy and if you do you're vain. it is not possible to beat this system. feminism needs both "feminine doesn't mean weak or less-than" AND "women don't have to be feminine to have value", and if you are fighting for one of these the people fighting for the other are not your enemies, nor are they privileged over you.

this post is inclusive of trans people, including but not limited to trans women and transfeminine people. exclusionary sentiment is not welcome.

[dragon-in-a-fez]

you can believe victims about what they experienced and also not want to torch the lives of the people they've accused without proof. that is a space you can walk in and usually it's not even that hard. I say this as a survivor of domestic violence. "believe victims" doesn't mean get torches and pitchforks any more than "innocent until proven guilty" means victims are lying. please please learn this "believe victims" isn't about the perpetrators it's about the victims

[nephis-bow-and-aroace]

I keep seeing these anti-mormon videos that are just so bizarre to me. The premise is a member from the 2000s talking to one from the 2020s and they're discussing dress standards.

2000s member is like "you immodest freak" and the 2020s one is like "what are you talking about? why wouldn't I be able to show my shoulders?"

anyway the moral of the video ends up being "the church isn't true because they used to preach all this toxic modesty rhetoric BUT THEN they changed and they don't do it anymore, THEREFORE it's not true!"

Which is a fascinating conclusion to me. Like, I feel like the knowledge that we change and believe in modern revelation is fairly well taught. But more importantly, I find it strange that an exmo is complaining about how we don't body and clothing shame anymore

Like I think that's a good thing? The girls that grew up with you recognized it was bad and took steps to change it? We should celebrate this?

[ten-toes-mcgee]

I think the bitter reaction of ex-members is bc the church changes to better systems without acknowledging or reconciling the harm the old systems caused. The church and church community will gaslight you while you're being harmed, saying the system can't be bad, it must be a *you* problem. And then when they change the system (because the old one was bad), they say, "why are you still upset, they changed it? Why do you keep bringing up past wrongs if they're not in effect anymore?"

That double gaslighting leads to a lot of hurt people. When you're gaslight that much, you build up a strong protection mechanism that doesn't let you let go of your hurt. So when an ex-member seems unable to let go of past wrongs, remember that our church community is part of why they haven't healed that part of themselves.

[pinkplushiestar]

I hope the streets get more colourful, the city’s more walkable and the woods get more biodiversity

[ten-toes-mcgee]

Sometimes I dream that in the future we'll know so much about material science and find so many high-volume, high-quality ways to manufacture things that we'll someday be able to make anything out of anything.

And this will make it more viable to use sustainable materials for everything. Even for low-cost, mass-produced items. Or high strength, complex items.

Water bottles made out of a jellyfish-like film. Tall buildings made out of mushrooms. Knee and hip implants made out of biocompatible materials that are both cheap and long-lasting, etc. Pulse oximeters that are more accessible to regions in need, etc.

Idk what that would all look like, but I believe it's a future we're headed towards.

[ten-toes-mcgee]

The Cemeteries of Amalo trilogy really does peak in book 3. ~vague spoilers~

When Othala Thara Celehar finally says to Vernezar, "No, I don't." 👏👏👏

Something about spending several months cleaning up someone else's mess, untangling bureaucracy, staring into the face of certain death and eldritch horrors, facing and accepting huge life changes, and standing up for others against fierce opposition...

Something about it all really builds a backbone for finally standing up for yourself.

Shout-out to every friend along the way that said, 'maybe Celehar, you should care for your well-being a little bit more.'

Just a bro and all his best friends. Who hold his hands and tell him that they care for him and want him to sleep more. Oh, plus the one he rides off into the sunset with at the end ❤️. Love it.

[rayroo1223]

Hello! So I know you from the neurostake tag (which I think is genius and I wish would catch on), and I wanted to send an ask instead of posting on my main blog, because I need advice from a fellow neurodivergent lds.

Do you or anyone you know get overstimulated from garments? And what can you do to like not do that? (Just got endowed and hahahha save me.)

First off, congratulations! The temple can be a lot, so I'm proud of you.

Second off, OOOOOOHHHH yes!!! I have different kinds of garments for this reason. And even then, sometimes they're still a sensory nightmare. Not to mention they sometimes don't fit well, but you can't alter them :(

It can take a while to get used to as well, especially during the summer months. I suggest that you get different kinds of fabric ones and see how they feel throughout the day. I usually wear cotton poly during the day and cotton jersey (which is a lot looser (although thicker)) at night. They did come out with a cooling fabric one that I'm trying out, and I kind of like them. Jury's still out on that one. Although those ones don't have low waisted ones, so that sucks.

I'm not aware of others experiences with it, however. I'd imagine if anyone is still uncomfortable with it, that's something that they can talk to Heavenly Father about, probably their bishop/branch president as well.

Anyway, congrats again!!!

[ten-toes-mcgee]

Neurostake, please know and spread the word that you can order custom garments for any of your needs.

The information is here.

i just got an email recently because of my calling that encouraged providing this resource to people who need it, including for sensory issues or sizing issues.

"Special-order garments do not require a bishop’s approval and are the same price the member would pay online or in their local distribution store."

Afaik, you just call the number and describe what you need and how many, then they make it and ship it back to you. I've heard 2nd or 3rd hand about people getting different shapes, materials, or new holes for medical equipment. I was even told that they can take like, white Underarmour brand undergarments and modify them to be garments for military members (take this all with a grain of salt, I could be misunderstanding/misrepresenting).

Basically, please don't suffer. You don't have to. There are options to make it easier for you.

[mountain-jumper]

Solarpunk seems to get a lot of flak these days and like yeah, the yogurt commercial isn't exactly grounds for a political ideology. But also to me solarpunk really boils down to the premise that technological advancement and quality of life aren't inherently linked to increased consumption and environmental degradation. In a way I think it's a counterpoint to the warning of the cyberpunk genre that technological advancement and quality of life aren't inherently linked either.

I don't think either of these is in and of itself enough to make a meaningful political identity but I do think that they both share a message that we should reconsider how we measure progress. Also maybe it's not like a sin to think about the possibility of a utopia? Regardless of the world we find ourselves in our conditions will have the ability to improve or degrade, there's no final state just the current circumstances.

[gaykarstaagforever]

"DID YOU KNOW IN DENMARK THEY ONLY WORK 2 HOURS A WEEK AND THEY GET 7 MONTHS VACATION A YEAR AND THE MINIMUM WAGE IS $72 AN HOUR AND IF YOU HAVE A BABY, THE GOVERNMENT GIVES YOU A VAN??"

They have 6 million people living in an area the size of Maryland and all of them work for Novo Nordisk. Fucking cheating.

[charmwasjess]

Having someone ask ChatGPT in a meeting is like being a grown-ass professional adult in a room full of other grown-ass professional adults trying to solve a problem, while a colleague with one of those baby toys that makes animal sounds repeatedly presses the cow button. And we all have to stop what we're doing and listen to cow go moo and say "wow hm yeah that's not really what we're asking but the cow does definitely go moo, good thoughts"

[brothermouse]

Sunday Doodles for 5/10/26

I’ve been thinking about a solar punk temple, so I took a crack at it with the Chicago Illinois Temple.

And because I forgot, here’s last Sunday’s Fast Sunday Doodles

[ladygirl004]

Grace crediting Carl as an essential co-contributor for figuring out why astrophage is attracted to Venus and for the breeding of astrophage doesn’t get talked about nearly enough.

Scientific contributions and discoveries made by people of color, women, and non-advanced degree holders so often get swept under the rug or erased entirely and Grace made sure Carl was recognized.

It’s one of the first things we see in the movie that shows us as an audience that, at his core, Grace is a good person who isn’t driven by ego. A lot of scientists wouldn’t have thought to credit Carl or would have intentionally downplayed his contribution.

I’m really glad the writers included that in the movie and I’m also curious about people’s thoughts on Carls presence during project Hail Mary before the launch.

[ten-toes-mcgee]

[ten-toes-mcgee]

Numbers 11 summary, AKA "Moses is really tired of his church calling."

Some of the people catch on fire. Moses prays to put them out. The people complain, missing the food in their land of captivity, and ask Moses for something to eat besides manna.

Moses prays to God, saying 'God, why do you make me suffer by giving me all these people to care for? They're not my children, are they? I don't have meat for them. Leadership is hard, pls just kill me.'

God: *ignores a lot of that prayer* I'll give you people to delegate responsibilities to. Also, I'm going to give everyone what they asked for 'until it's coming out of their nostrils and they hate it.'

Moses: But how, that's a lot of people?

God: Did I stutter? 😤

God bestows authority on the new delegates assembled at the tabernacle, as well as two who were in the camp. They all start prophesying. One of Moses's servants, a young man, ran in from the two prophesying in the camp and told Moses to forbid them to prophesy. Moses says, "are you jealous on my behalf? The more the merrier!"

God blows a bunch of (dead? Immobile?) Quails into the camp. The people are now up to their knees in quails within the camp and as far as a day's journey on either side.

The people, of their own volition, spent 48 straight hours gathering 10+ quails each. But before they finish eating, God smites the people with a plague. Many die.

They call this place "The Graves of Lust" and then move elsewhere.

Any thoughts?

[amethystmoons]

I don't even mind anti mormons I just wish they made sense and didn't spread misinformation

[chikennougatman]

If you're gonna criticize Mormons at least get you're facts right. Heck I might even agree with you if ya did. It just seems like 80% of the time whoever is making those talking points they all say is either misconstruing or being intentionally misleading about Mormon doctrine and culture.

And it's like, there are plenty of valid criticisms for both! You don't need to be misleading and/or sensationalist (*cough* Alyssa Grenfell *cough*)!

I don't inheritly dislike people who don't like mormonism, but I can't stand "Anti-mormons"

I'm so tired of Alyssa Grenfell dawg. Everyone on insta thinks backflips are like a Mormon thing now because she was like "A lot of Mormons do backflips because it's the only way they know how to seem cool because they're not allow to drink," and like, first of all: I'm 100% sure the only reason she said was because of the jokes about Benson Boone and Porter Ballard (the guy on reels who does backflips while jumproping while wearing a suit) going viral, and second of all: if you think the only ways to be cool are backfliping and doing substance abuse then you're probably a shitty person and not fun to be around for any length of time over 5 minutes. I know this from experience because growing up there were some guys in ward who are like this. Emphasis on some, because while that archetype does exist, most people aren't like that—now, I wouldn't be surprised if there were more people like that in Utah than outside, but even then! I doubt it's a majority of the people in Utah! They're just very religious frat bros, and those exist in mainstream Christianity too. It's an archetype that isn't even exclusive to Mormonism!

And Grenfell's content is so clearly made for sensationalism. I'm not even sure if she cares as much about "warning people about the mormons" as she cares about making money off of how Mormonism is being sensationalized in general right now

[ten-toes-mcgee]

Just wanted to add my frustration with Alyssa Grenfell's content.

I just saw a clip from her that claimed the new YW names are actually just the church reacting to backlash from a Salt Lake Tribune article posted a few days before the announcement that said the YW don't have a purpose.

Meanwhile, you can find video interviews of the YW presidency talking about how these new names were years in the making and that they'd had that announcement date on their calendar for a long time (Source). There's even a Salt Lake Tribune interview to work off of too. Good work punching down the patriarchy by belittling the work of women to improve the state of women, Alyssa!

They're are plenty of ex-mormons and non-mormons who do good stuff. I just hate her specifically.

[thevastnessof]

it’s actually quite easy to take over a small local government group if you really want to, bc if you volunteer consistently people will just put you in charge of whatever. I’m now one of like three people at a nature preserve making official decisions about trails, events, putting in a prairie, and designing a series of illustrations for a storybook trail etc., and it’s just because last summer I started coming over once a week to help the naturalist out for a couple hours. Mine now. you too can steal an organization and shape it to your will 🫵