The scorpion and the swan.

My name is Alison. She/her pronouns.

[headspace-hotel]

Look. There's a creek near where I live that has its own volunteer non-profit organization.

It's just one creek. One trickle of water among millions. But people decided to care about that creek. A bunch of people, volunteers, got together and they cleaned several tons of trash out of the creek.

They got to work removing non-native plants from the creek banks and planting native trees.

They got a nearby water treatment plant to upgrade and stop polluting the creek.

They educate people and tell them about the fish and invertebrates that live in creeks and why they should care.

I think that it matters. I think that making sure your community has clean water matters. I think making sure one specific old lady's house doesn't flood matters. I think one stream where fish can live again matters. I think one patch of green space in a downtown area matters. If nothing else, it makes people's lives less shitty, and that's worthwhile in itself.

Stop asking "how do I save the world?" Start asking "can I get together several people to clean up that creek downtown?"

[classicmeevs]

stacey’s dad ♪

is getting really sad ♪

[rainbowgazes-archive]

new organs coming out soon

medium intestine

gallkidneys

inferior vena cava

table of contents

semi-colon

die-r (opposite of liver)

pancreas 2 

[salmon404]

I showed my mom this (a genuine doctor) and she says that the inferior vena cava is real so I’m sorry but your post has been canceled op

[rainbowgazes-archive]

yeah well this one is even more inferior

[rainbowgazes-archive]

just a dogshit vena cava

[grittymemewarehouse]

[cannibalchicken]

[anais-ninja-bitch]

if you’re too young or not american, what you need to know about Betty White is that she has been on american television for as long as american television has existed, and before that she was a radio star. she belongs to every living generation of americans, and she will be so so missed.

time to watch some “Golden Girls” and fucking weep.

[anais-ninja-bitch]

she was nominated for an emmy 23 times (won 6), which is pretty impressive in any event, but she also had a successful career in entertainment years before the award even existed.

[prismatic-bell]

She was on AT LEAST two groundbreaking TV shows that I know of (keep in mind I don’t pop culture, so for me to know two means there were undoubtedly more): The Golden Girls of course, where elderly women were allowed to have full and vibrant lives, but also The Mary Tyler Moore Show, which was one of the first sitcoms about 1) a female main character who 2) was not married and 3) was self-sufficient with no need for a father, brother, close male friend, etc. to ‘save her from herself’. It’s been cited as a key work in the second-wave feminist movement and much of it still holds up and is relevant today.

An actor is lucky if they get to be on one “show that changed the world” in their lifetime. Betty White managed AT LEAST TWO.

[idontevenknowwhatimdoingbruh]

Let alone the fact that she was a major advocate for animals and the environment. Betty White was a good woman who did her best to fight for everyone, especially animals. If there is one bit of solace we can get it’s that she’s with her true love again.

[at-the-sign-of-the-fox-n-phoenix]

She had her own talk show and featured black performers* and when criticized for it, she said GET USED TO IT

and that got her show canceled.  Betty.  White.  Really cared for her fellow humans.

*Invisible disability haver here.  I have run out of spoons & still need to eat & shower.  Feel free to find this man’s name - he was one of my favorites as a child and even knowing that, i’m losing his name - and add it on if you know/can. I’m sorry I lost steam so soon.

[anais-ninja-bitch]

Arthur Duncan. from the rolling stone obit:

“She was just the perfect person. This is a tremendous loss,” tap-dancing legend Arthur Duncan tells Rolling Stone. Duncan, 88, was a regular featured performer on White’s NBC variety talk show, The Betty White Show, in the Fifties. When some Southern stations objected to his appearances due to his skin color, White refused to budge on his inclusion. “There was some resistance that was put up. Some people were calling in and objecting to me being on the show. She just thrust it off like it was nothing,” he says.

“It’s very heart-warming that she so preciously pursued fairness,” he adds. “She had so much respect for the people who surrounded her. She just loved everybody. And everybody loved her. I’ve never heard one unkind word about her.” Duncan adds that White gave him his “first shot” in television. “I know at the time, it was such a surprise that I went on that show. I’ll never, never forget what she did for me and many others. I have so much respect and love for her.”

An 'Original' 'Role Model' Who Fought for Her Co-Stars and Swilled Vodka and Hot Dogs: Stars Remember Betty White

Seth Meyers, Ryan Reynolds, Jenny Lewis, and more pay tribute to the late, great icon

[bigscaryd]

She was arguably on TV before there was TV: her first TV appearance was on an experimental station.

[aqueerkettleofish]

It’s important to note that her support of Mr. Duncan cost her the show. And if you think Ms. Betty White didn’t know she was taking that chance, stop talking. It wasn’t viewers complaining to her. It was AFFILIATE STATIONS. She had her own television show as a woman in the 1950’s, and she put it on the line because she just didn’t do racism.

[diver-up]

u all ever lose the ability to socialize in the middle of a convo like.... ok i’m done now there’s no more words in here brain shutting off

[slipping-into-madness]

[wholeheartedsuggestions]

good luck to anyone who struggles around the holidays. sending some love.

[henrycavilledits]

HENRY CAVILL  Behind of the Scenes of Witcher S2

[valtsv]

since most people who can wear them are (correctly) continuing to wear masks even when it's not mandatory i feel like we should start getting more creative with it. like where can i get a venetian carnival mask or something that lets me practice safe social distancing and avoid facial recognition software in style

[valtsv]

me and the girls on our way to the gas station 7/11 to pick up some chips and slushies

[yungapricot]

I looked up “how to exact revenge” and I came across an image that resonates with me daily.

[hopelesscalico-deactivated20230]

i am so fucking sick of people trying to act like it’s ableist to acknowledge that disabled people Are Disabled. this whole movement has started around people saying “disabled people are just as capable as abled people” when the conversation that SHOULD be being had is “there is nothing wrong with needing accommodations that abled people don’t”

[1995lahaine]

everyone posting that “my generation lost hobbies” post is so stupid like no you fuckwits hobbies were stolen from you by a system that demands you work 8 hours a day to earn a tiny percentage of the profit you generate, leaving you too exhausted and brainwashed to enjoy exercising passion without financial incentive

[darkwingsnark]

Not to mention if you DO somehow have that energy to create, people put pressure on you to monetize it. You can’t draw for the sake of drawing, your family and friends think you’re good enough that you need to sell it. You can’t sing for the sake of singing, you have to turn that into a career or shut up. You can’t write fanfiction for your own enjoyment, you’re wasting time when you could be working on your OWN novel.

These are sentiments that have been told to me over the years. That people think you are ‘wasting your talents’ if everything you do isn’t for the sake of profit. And I’m here to tell you folks… that’s SAD.

[therightprometheanfire]

American Children: Hey, can we be murdered a little less please?

Republicans: What the fuck? What about my guns? What about me, a person innocently playing with my death-machines as a hobby? I am the real victim here. Kids these days are so entitled…

[thateagleguy]

[fatsexybitch]

This is funny, but I can tell you why right now without a study

Glasses give you an immediate and blinding indication if your mask is not worn properly. If you wear glasses you are more likely to secure the mask tightly to ensure you dont fog up your glasses.

And 2, no one can sneeze or cough on ur eyeballs

[snipertrifle]

I know the study hypothesized that it’s because glasses wearers don’t touch their face as much. But as a glasses wearer, I think Fatsexybitch is onto something with #1.

[note-a-bear]

Truly love employers just ruthlessly outting themselves as having shit ass workplaces