i slithered here from eden

Hozier

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mad respect to kensington palace for setting itself on fire just because they can apparently

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i ran free

i almost ran fast enough to get away from me

[funnytwittertweets]

[dduane]

(chuckle)

[papenathys]

Please do not ignore this post. As some of you know, my grandma is in the ICU and has deteriorated overnight. We are trying to cover the cost of her stay in the ICU (it is a private hospital, and the medical bills are very high). Everyone in my family is contributing, but being a non earning member, I'm unable to put forth any amount. I would be very VERY grateful if you all donated any amount on my kofi / gpay so I can use to cover my grandma's expenses. Thank you for understanding.

kofi: papenathys

gpay: dm me (for safety reasons)

[cafffine]

bro just add some green onion to that rice dish you’ll be ok. bro? you don’t have any green onion? oh don’t worry bro I saved the butts of my green onions and left them in a cup of water in my sunny kitchen window for a week, and now they are tall and luscious again because growth is inevitable. Here, you can have them bro. I love you.

[the-songs-i-write]

Rainbow flags against burning buildings

What a sight it is that the youth is seeing

Morning walks that turn into yelling

If bodies are the problem then why is it wrong to not want them

The world moves on and brings nothing new

And I'm sitting in my car

I'm dreaming of you

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Oh didn't you, didn't you promise you would get to me so soon

And didn't I, didn't I look pretty waiting on the shore for you

In my imaginary jewlery and the pitchforks stacked up next to me

Oh didn't we, didn't we say we would meet again on this day

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When you first touched me a million years ago

When you first loved me, painted in silver and in gold

Oh this dress is for you, just like everything I do

Is all is all is all it's all for you

When you first layed your hands on top of mine

When you kissed my red lips for the very first time

Oh from then on til now it's been you somehow

Is you is you is you it's all for you

[fxlthyangxl-deactivated20240122]

[kiyomimooon]

does anyone else completely ignore the queue option on tumblr. i’m here when i’m here

[whitepeopletwitter]

[weaselle]

There was an arrest across the street from my place in Oakland one day – three cop cars with a bullhorn and guns out – and before I could even get out the gate there were a couple people posted up and one of them was filming and another one was narrating in a calm but very loud voice, just

“HE IS COOPERATING! HIS HANDS ARE EMPTY! HE IS DOING WHAT HE IS TOLD TO DO! HE IS HOLDING STILL! HIS HANDS ARE EMPTY! HE IS NOT BEING THREATENING! HE HAS PUT HIS HANDS BEHIND HIS HEAD AS ASKED! HE IS NOT RESISTING!”

and that was something I hadn’t thought to do before. It certainly let the cops know what the narrative of eye witnesses was going to be. 

I especially liked “his hands are empty” because this statement would still be true and a witnessed reason the police should not become violent even if it turned out he had a weapon on his person somewhere.

[lotrlocked]

I see people in NYC stop and record a lot. Even if they are just being nosey, that’s still witnesses if shit goes down.

[robphoton7]

We must be vigilant.  The New Solidarity.  You might just save a fellow human being.

[paddysnuffles]

If you don’t feel comfortable with doing the narrating thing (which really is quite clever), even just standing around and blatantly staring actually legit helps immensely.

There are studies that show that even an image of someone looking can be effective to change people’s behaviours.

Sidenote: If you see a cop stopping an Indigenous person, the same protocol applies.

[prismatic-bell]

I did this in a parking lot when I saw a group of Black men and teens being harassed by a cop. Stayed in my car, but whipped out my phone and started to record, pointing out via narrative when I could hear the cop contradicting himself and changing his story. At the eight-minute mark, when I knew he was past the reasonable-stop guideline time (thanks, legal tips side of tumblr!), I flipped on my dome light.

Fam, what happened next was INCREDIBLE.

The cop had been gesturing in a wild way, almost flailing, like he was actively trying to get these guys agitated. He saw my dome light, saw a white face with a phone, and suddenly his hands came to rest on his vest. Within 90 seconds he’d packed his shit up and gone.

The most outspoken gentleman in the group came up to me and went “whatchu doing in there?” So I straight-up told him “it looked like you were being harassed, so I was recording.” The whole group recognized someone who was on their side, and started venting about the shit that had just gone down.

Turns out the asshole had had them stopped for a good five minutes before I pulled in. That means they were stopped, with no probable cause and a cop changing his story no fewer than three times, for AT LEAST THIRTEEN MINUTES. While chatting in a parking lot. One car had pulled in next to another that turned out to belong to one of his buddies and they were just shooting the shit when Officer Bacon came by.

Want to know the kicker here? One of the cop’s stories was that a group “matching their description” had been reported by the grocery store security guy for shoplifting. Black man, red shirt with a sports logo, jeans. Know what this convenient report didn’t mention?

HIS HEIGHT.

This guy was, without exaggeration, at least 6’10”. I assure you any report of him would have mentioned his height FIRST. And you’d best believe I pointed that out in my narration.

Cops WILL try shit. You CAN stop them. I did it and it was as simple as having some patience and a camera.

[gayfirebird]

Same for muslims!

Look out for your fellow marginalized people!

[chloe-baboey]

Finally, a hotel that understands color theory

[secretwriter-studentjaune]

Once again we bring you Tumblr’s One Joke

[angelrinisadork]

[samshepard]

shoutout to everyone dealing with. thhe fucking difficulty

[ashtray-girl]

"In the 70s it was black and minority ethnic people, in the 80s it was gay people, trans people are just the latest to get it in the neck from comedians who can't be bothered to try at their jobs anymore. I cannot stand there and watch another dogshit comedian go: 'Ooohh if a woman can identify as a man, maybe I'll identify as a chair!' Why don't you identify as good comedians, you hack motherfuckers?!"

- Nish Kumar: "It's In Your Nature To Destroy Yourselves pt.2"

[sophiamcdougall]

Yeah but you need to actually hear the full clip and the fury and passion and glee (because he knows he's nailing them) in his voice. (Wish I could find the audio somewhere other than Twitter, but I can't.

[dtbird]

here it is!

[trellanyx]

Transcription:

It’s a fucking piece of shit! The first ten minutes are shit comedy. No judgments, we’ve all done that, some of us are doing it right now. But then the next ten minutes is just him having a go at trans people! Guys, why is everyone so angry with trans people? What did they do, there’s like twelve of them! Why is everyone so upset? Everyone’s like “oh, do you say he or she” - I dunno, ask, it’s not an unsolvable conundrum! Also, in my experience, trans people are not deliberately mysterious when you do ask, it’s not like you ask and they go, “OOOooOoooOooh, oooOooOOoh I’ll never teeeell~!” You’re thinking of poltergeists!

And there are a lot of people, to be fair most of them cisgender heterosexual men, who say things like this: “Oh, if you let trans women use women bathrooms, then they’ll do sex attacks!” Now there’s a few problems with that. Firstly, to be fair, they don’t say ‘do sex attacks’. Secondly, trans people are overwhelmingly the victims of sexual violence moreso than they are the perpetrators of it by an unbelievably large amount. And thirdly, do you honestly think if there is someone out there willing to commit a sex attack, arguably THE worst thing one human being can do to another, do you honestly think if there is someone out there, regardless of their gender identity, who has done the logical gymnastics required in going into thinking that you can perpetrate the worst thing one human being can do to another, do you honestly, do, do you think they’re currently being put off by a sign on a door? This has never happened: “Oh I’m gonna do such a big sex attack, why it’s gonna be the biggest sex attack, why it’s gonna be the big sex—oh sorry I didn’t realize this was the ladies’.” THAT’S NEVER HAPPENED!

FUCK Ricky Gervais! FUCK Ricky Gervais! Because what he’s doing is not edgy or interesting. He seems to think that it makes him an edgy or interesting comedian. It’s not, all he is is just the same as every other rich white dude comedian who gets too successful, runs out of ideas, and tries to shit on the latest minority group. In the 1970s that was my fucking family, it was black and brown minority ethnic people, in the 80s it was gay people, trans people are just the latest to get it in the neck from comedians who can't be bothered to try at their jobs anymore. I cannot stand there and watch another dogshit comedian go, “Ooohh if a woman can identify as a man, maybe I'll identify as a chair!” Why don't you identify as a good comedian, you hack motherfuckers?!

[evilkitten3]

this is amazing and i already love but now i have the image of a trans poltergeist stuck in my head and honestly goals

[silberschillerndesglurak]

if you're from the EU and haven't done so yet, please please please sign the petition for unconditional basic income!

it needs 1 million signatures by the 25th june, as well as reach a certain threshold in at least seven countries which it only has in three, and it's also still missing so many signatures to reach 1 million and time is running out

please just do it, it's free, it should be safe cause it's quite literally an official EU site, and literally all you need to do is put your name and address on there (not visible to the public, but they will check if the signatures are legit so please don't fake any signatures, that'll just make it look like the goal was reached when it wasn't)

please just do this, time is running out for this initiative. if there's any reason you haven't signed it yet and won't do it, tell me the reason, maybe i can debunk it

here's the link to the petition: https://eci.ec.europa.eu/014/public/#/screen/home

[sleepy-bebby]

[gomjabbar]

every time a new Star War movie or show is announced all the fans are like “OMG Glup Shitto is back 😭😭😭”

[annabelle--cane]

podcast writer, being responsible and giving a content warning: hey, as a heads up, this next episode is really emotionally heavy even in the context of the rest of the show, so please take care of yourself and be cognizant of you needs.

me, slamming the play button at the speed of sound: "listening to fucked up stories" is one of my most basic needs, thank you