"The trouble is that we have a bad habit, encouraged by pedants and sophisticates, of considering happiness as something rather stupid. Only pain is intellectual, only evil interesting. This is the treason of the artist; a refusal to admit the banality of evil and the terrible boredom of pain."
-Ursula K. LeGuin, The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas
"Evil is boring. Right? I kinda believe in the banality and mundaneness of evil. Evil is just selfish impulses, which at the end of the day are really easy to understand. It’s easy to understand why people do bad things. It’s like “yeah, ok, you’re selfish and scared and cruel, I get it”. Being good is complex and beautiful and hard." - Brennan Lee Mulligan
“Imaginary evil is romantic and varied; real evil is gloomy, monotonous, barren, boring. Imaginary good is boring; real good is always new, marvelous, intoxicating.”
"Many people seem to think it foolish, even superstitious, to believe that the world could still change for the better. And it is true that in winter it is sometimes so bitingly cold that one is tempted to say, ‘What do I care if there is a summer; its warmth is no help to me now.’ Yes, evil often seems to surpass good. But then, in spite of us, and without our permission, there comes at last an end to the bitter frosts. One morning the wind turns, and there is a thaw. And so I must still have hope."
My science education nonprofit, Skype a Scientist (you might know her, creator of the squid facts hotline and matcher of classrooms + scientists) has secured absolutely no grants to support general operations for 2025. But! We're selling advent calendars to fund our program! They absolutely rule. They can save our nonprofit asses. If we sell 5000, which I realize, is so many, we can fund our program for 2025. Then I can offer a bunch of programming for free. Running a nonprofit is a weird job.
Every day, counting down to frankly whatever you want (it's usually Christmas, but man, maybe you want to count down to Halloween, that's fine by me) scratch off the sparkly sparkly iridescence and reveal a fact about frogs! We have 24 top-notch frog facts here.
You should get one for every kid in your life, then get one for all the adults who still let themselves access joy in critters.
i am scheduled for top surgery in just a few short months! i’ve wanted this surgery since i was 14, and i’m beyond stoked that it’s really truly finally happening
although i have a little in savings, i live paycheck to paycheck, and i need your help to keep the lights on while i’m recovering
click here to view my gofundme campaign! even a $5 or $10 gift goes a long way towards offsetting the costs of surgery not covered by my insurance provider and carrying me through recovery while i am unable to work
if you’re unable to donate right now, please share this post to your dashboard, with your personal trainer, on your nearest bathroom stall wall, or with that one 3 person group chat with the really specific name. you know the one i’m talking about
sincerely, thank you so much for taking the time to read and share and donate. this online space has been beyond important to me through transition, and i wouldn’t be the person i am today without you and your shitposts and meta and edits and fanart and fic and friendship
i meant to make this update earlier, but i am still reeling a little bit
last week, i was diagnosed with cervical precancer. i am so fortunate that this was caught when it was, and it is very treatable.
unfortunately, this means more surgery.
my top surgery is november 12, and my pelvic surgery is december 4. i am hoping that recovery from my pelvic procedure is much easier than top surgery, but i’ve never had surgery before, let alone two back to back. i don’t know how my body will fare recovering from this, but i hope to be back to work as previously planned when i thought i was just having top surgery.
as much as it pains me to keep asking, i still need help affording basic household expenses as i recover from these surgeries to compensate for lost income, on top of needing to purchase immune supplements, menstrual care products for post-op, and other medical and post-op equipment not covered by my insurance.
you can check out my campaign 🌟 here 🌟
thank you so much to everyone who has shared and contributed so far. your support means everything to me during this super freaking tumultuous time. i wish i could hug every single one of you.
“If you choose to face Vader, you will do it alone,” Ben warned Luke. “I cannot intervene.”
Luke paused halfway through getting up.
“...what?” he asked. “Why not?”
Ben blinked at him.
“I’m dead, Luke,” he said.
“That wouldn’t stop you showing up to distract him,” Luke replied. “I imagine you’d be quite distracting – you’re still able to give me advice right now.”
He pointed. “And Master Yoda over there was going on and on about how ‘cannot’ is a word that shouldn’t exist.”
“A point, he has,” Yoda said, nodding.
“Oh, don’t you start,” Ben muttered. “What do you expect me to do, exactly, Luke? Use the Force?”
Luke looked back at him.
“...actually, is that possible?” Ben asked, curious. “I’ve never tried.”
R2-D2 rose slowly into the air, then dropped again, and Ben examined his semi-transparent hands.
“...hold on a minute, please,” he requested, and faded out.
Several thousand light years away, the pitch-black rock ceiling of Emperor Palpatine’s office creaked, then came free and mashed him absolutely flat.
“Well, well,” Ben said, fading back into view on Dagobah. “It appears that what I told Anakin was literally true, I have become more powerful than he could possibly imagine.”
“...what?” Luke asked. “Did you say Anakin?”
Ben looked put out.
“Whoops,” he said. “Oh well. Leia’s your sister. May as well get it all out there now.”
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