Booksaremytherapy

Obsessed with words, dance, art, skies, sounds, and life

[nihilisticlinguistics]

adulthood notes:

The Rodeo Rule: you only have to do it for the first time once.

The Rohan Rule: if you are at a social function full of new people and you want to be liked, find someone doing important work like setup or food prep and offer to help.

The Tutorial Mode Rule: to navigate an unfamiliar situation where you fear you will mess up an interaction, preface the interaction by mentioning that you've never done this before, and let them know if you have a specific concern or question.

The Rocket Science Rule: most new things you want to try seem very complicated but are simple when taken step by step.

The [X] Will Remember That Rule: if you need to make small talk with the same person on a regular basis, try to save one fact or current event in their life from a given conversation and bring it up next time you talk.

The Cool Binder Rule: by wearing clothes and accessories that are to your taste instead of trying to blend in, people will be more likely to compliment you and show interest in you as a person.

[the-haiku-bot]

The Rodeo Rule:

you only have to do it

for the first time once.

Beep boop! I look for accidental haiku posts. Sometimes I mess up.

[eknippp]

Some of our favorite quotes from Artemis ii so far:

"Copy. Moon joy."

"I have two Microsoft Outlooks, and neither one of those are working."

"Houston, if you could give me about 20 new superlatives in the mission summary for tomorrow that will help out my vocabulary a little bit, that would be great. Thank you."

“If you’ve ever seen the top of the spotlight of the top of the Luxor at night in Vegas, this looks like what it wants to be when it grows up.”

"To all of you down there on Earth... we love you, from the moon. See you on the other side."

"We just went sci fi.

"It is so great to see Earth again. To Asia, Africa, and Oceania: we are looking back at you. We hear you can look up and see the moon right now. We see you too."

"We will always choose Earth. We will always choose each other."

“It’s a bright spot on the moon, and we would like to call it Carroll.” (The name of Commander Reid Wiseman's late wife)

"Amaze amaze amaze."

"I said that we do not leave Earth, but we choose it. And that is true."

"Christina has been sleeping head down in the middle of the vehicle, kind of like a bat"

"It's really fun to be floatin' around, it just makes me feel like a little kid."

"Trust us, you look amazing, you look beautiful."

"'Homo Sapiens' is all of us, no matter where you're from or what you look like. We're all one people."

"We're going to power cycle the toilet from the ground."

"I'm proud to call myself the Space Plumber."

"We were all eagerly awaiting the chorus." (After Mission Control cut off Pink Pony Club early when waking up the crew)

"Copy heart. Copy bracelet." (In response to Wiseman giving his daughters heart hands and showing them the bracelets they made him that he was wearing)

“Welcome back. We are still here. They are in space.”

"Copy. Bubble wrap nominal."

"We have rediscovered the chocolate snacks."

“The truth is, the moon really is its own body in the universe. It's not just a poster in the sky that goes by, it is a real place."

“We will build ships. We will visit again. We will construct science outposts. We will drive rovers, we will do radio astronomy.”

"I've seen a lot of new perspectives, but my perspective has not changed because I launched with the perspective that there is enough for all." (After being asked if they had a new view on humankind.)

"On behalf of all Canadians, we wanted some reassurances of your preferences for maple syrup over Nutella on your pancakes."

"And we have a great view of the moon out window 2. Looks a little smaller than yesterday." (Reid), "Guess we'll have to go back :)" (Mission Control).

[retquits]

so don't get too comfortable.

high resolution free to download [ here ]

[forestgreenandgray]

source

[thesebooksaremytherapy]

If you’re watching Minnesota, you are not mad enough.

I promise you, you are not.

Here is what I experienced today as a white woman of no consequence.

We followed a confirmed ICE car supporting some neighbors who had been on patrol and when ICE noticed them, slowed and stopped in front of their home. They took off when we showed up and we followed to make sure they didn’t circle back because they do that. We followed them eventually back out of our neighborhood. But because they drive recklessly, we lost them.

But later we found them… in a video on Instagram time stamped less than 30 minutes from when we lost them pulling a man with his baby into their car.

There’s nothing we could have done. A crowd was still there filming and yelling. They did it anyway.

There’s nothing we could have done.

In the next moment, I found out the house passed more funding for ICE with the help of 7 democrats who said it wouldn’t have made a difference anyway. Why try something that wouldn’t have solved the whole problem. Why. Try.

We are out every day and the only thing we can do is warn and witness.

You are NOT MAD ENOUGH.

[edwordsmyth]

"Friends outside of Minnesota please read. I'm sharing a post written by a personal friend and medical doctor: Friends outside MN, you need to know what is happening here. Everyone knows that ICE shot and killed a woman here on Wednesday. But that’s not the only thing that’s going on:

ICE agents are cruising areas with immigrant-owned businesses, and kidnapping patrons and employees alike. Yesterday they abducted two US citizen employees at a suburban Target, one who was begging them to allow him to go get his passport to show them.

ICE is going door to door in immigrant-heavy neighborhoods, asking residents where their immigrant neighbors live. Read that again. If it sounds like something out of your high school history textbook, that’s because it is.

ICE is targeting schools and school buses. They pepper sprayed teenagers and abducted two school staff members at the high school up the street from me on Wednesday. Police are literally escorting school buses to ensure children can get to school and home safely. The Minneapolis Public Schools have moved to virtual learning for the next 4 weeks because it’s unsafe for children or teachers to physically come to school.

They are targeting hospitals and clinics. Patients are scared and are cancelling their appointments or just not showing up. Kids are missing their checkups and vaccines, folks aren’t getting their cancer care, etc.

They are smashing windows in cars and homes.

ICE is increasingly picking up Native Americans—again, targeting folks based on skin color alone.

They are arresting and beating legal observers. A friend of a friend had her arm broken yesterday. Folks are showing up at local hospitals, brought in in ICE custody, with severe injuries that are absolutely inconsistent with mechanism of injury reported by ICE. (Think: patient appears to have been beaten unconscious, while ICE agent says he slipped and fell.) I can’t emphasize enough that these ICE agents do not have warrants. There are 2,000+ agents here and they are simply hunting for anyone that’s not white. It doesn’t matter if you’re a citizen or a green card holder, they will kidnap you first and ask questions later. But the community is fighting back.

Protests are happening every day.

Community groups have been leading know-your-rights sessions for months, often to packed venues.

Whistles are being distributed by the thousands, carried on keychains and worn on coat zippers, always at the ready to be blown in warning if ICE is spotted.

Drivers are following ICE vehicles, blaring their horns in warning.

Businesses are locking their doors even while open to keep employees and customers safe. As I type this, I’m standing guard at the locked door of our neighborhood burrito joint while I wait for my takeout order, so the employees can focus on their jobs. The place is packed with neighbors supporting this small business.

Anti-ICE signs are posted everywhere. The community is making it crystal clear that ICE is not welcome here.

Parents and neighbors are standing guard outside schools, organizing carpools, and escorting kids to and from school on foot.

Parents of kids in Spanish-immersion daycare (there are a LOT of these daycares here!) are keeping their kids home so the teachers don’t have to take the risk of coming to work.

Churches and community groups are holding fundraisers to buy and deliver groceries to families who don’t feel safe leaving home.

Mutual aid money is going out to folks who can’t make rent because they can’t work or because a breadwinner was abducted, or who need a warm place to stay after their home’s windows were smashed. THAT is what is happening here. This fight is ongoing and it’s horrifying to watch. But we are not backing down. To my friends in other cities and states, don’t think for a minute that this won’t happen in your town. It will. Be ready. Learn from us, as we have learned from Portland and Chicago and New York. Fight back. Don’t let us get to the last line of Martin Niemoller’s poem.” -Grant Boulanger

[bloodmoonlich]

Here's an AP news brief with a little more info. It's limited in the way major news outlets are right now but provides context that supports the personal account shared.

[thesebooksaremytherapy]

I’m local and saw a neighbor who had been picked up, beat up, and dumped back in our neighborhood. He needed stitches and about 10 people showed up within 15 minutes after the call went out on our neighborhood chat to help.

[thesebooksaremytherapy]

It was a rough year but still some great new books (not including the rereads of some of my favorites NK Jemison, Alexandra Rowland, KJ Charles, and Everina Maxwell)

1. Holy Terrors (and the whole series)

2. Hijab Butch Blues

3. The Maid and the Crocodile

4. Woodworking

5. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Universe

6. Hell Followed with Us

7. Vagabonds

[thesebooksaremytherapy]

This is my favorite Raven Boys fic. It’s so gorgeously and lovingly written that in my heart this is 100% cannon.

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

[lilapetrichorwinteryrogue]

why would you do this to me

[rionsanura]

don't worry, they do this to him also

[waffilicious]

because i’m STILL thinking about it like a MONTH later

me, browsing the bookstore: oh this one could be interesting, let me take a quick peek at goodreads to get a vibe check

goodreads reviews: romance was good but ugh so much wool business talk whyyyyy, this feels like a textbook

one goodreads review: if you liked a taste of gold and iron by @ariaste you’ll probably like this

me: …….i see only positives here

so i bought it and read it (swordcrossed by freya marske) and loved it so much (the supposition that enjoyers of a taste of gold and iron would like it was correct, they are books with similar vibes. political intrigue and gentle mental health representation and a romance that builds over the course of the book? hell yeah sign me up)

and i can’t stop thinking about the reviews because like… really??? really?????? a textbook? too much wool talk?

it’s literally just the plot. like. i’m sorry the book doesn’t focus on the romance as much as you wanted but literally these men have lives?? and shit to worry about?? idk people can read what they want and like what they like and that’s all fine, and the top review (the one that called it like a textbook) still said it was a good book and gave it four stars, but then others felt so offended that this book had a plot that wasn’t sexy.

and i do have to wonder if maybe people are creating too many expectations for a book that’s been marketed as “romantasy.” like. maybe some people are defining it too narrowly.

and maaaaaaaaaaaaybe they should branch out and read a different genre every now and then. because there’s absolutely nothing wrong with having a favorite genre, or even certain preferences! but the perspective of other kinds of stories can give you will make your reading life so much fuller, more interesting, and more enjoyable. i promise.

[ariaste]

Oh that is.... FUCKING WILD. I feel like the point of romantasy is that you've got the Romance A-plot (they fall in love) and the Fantasy B-plot (and also they're up to some stuff to keep them busy while they're falling in love) -- except... most romance novels I have read still also have a B-plot??? like usually characters are Doing Something besides yearning.

Anyway yes Swordcrossed is Great, it was the first book of Freya's I ever read (way back before it was published when we first became friends!!!) and I definitely agree that if you like A Taste of Gold and Iron, you will like that one as well. GO READ. LEARN A LIL SOMETHING ABOUT WOOL IT'S COOL

[thesebooksaremytherapy]

Omg my two favorite authors know an like each other!

[kidovna]

dreamscape (this was meant to be a part 2 to this)

[il9vemyputer]

everyone on replies is terrified of this fact but i just think it's so sweet and heartwarming. she's holding our hand and leading us somewhere secret and we're both giggling like kids. i love her

[solowinged]

let’s travel through the vast unknown with mama

[omnybus]

Space chickens

[json-derulo]

having the Aviation Accident Investigations Autism™️ has actually done wonders for the way I process and respond to my own fuck-ups

[json-derulo]

And I don't just mean "oh, my little work mistake is actually nothing compared to a fiery crash that kills people," either. The reason commercial flight is so many orders of magnitude safer than any other form of transportation is because after every accident and incident, an independent regulatory body investigated it with the express goal of figuring out exactly what happened, why, and how to prevent the same thing from ever happening again—not to root out which person deserved the blame or the liability.

It's a simple, shockingly effective idea. It's also worlds away from how most people approach their own mistakes and the mistakes of others.

[json-derulo]

Because it’s never just one person’s fault. And even when it is, it still isn’t. 

The sharpest, best-trained pilots make worse decisions when they're tired or sick or stressed out, so there's two of them. The most dedicated and experienced air traffic controllers garble an instruction over the radio sometimes, so pilots are trained to always repeat clearances back to catch misunderstandings quickly. The best and brightest maintenance mechanic still overlooks a screw or misconnects a wire once or twice in her career, so aircraft systems are built with two or three or four layers of redundancy, and pilots are exhaustively trained to deal with failures safely. 

Everyone eventually has a bad day. Every component breaks down. Every computer gets a bad a Windows update and spirals into a reboot doom loop. If it’s possible for one person’s mistake to domino into a mushroom cloud of a fuckup, then that task is too critical to be one person's sole responsibility. The accident sequence starts with the design of the system—so how do you improve the system to keep it from happening again?

[nickifortunati-warren]

Happy Halloween everyone 🎃

[meschersyeux]

found this on Pinterest but. emeric conrad. thank you.

[mymodernmet]

1,400-Year-Old Gingko Tree Sheds a Spectacular Ocean of Golden Leaves

[vincenzonova]

I mean, what else is there to say? Dimension 20 - On A Bus was one of the greatest first episodes of D20 to date. Incredible players, stellar setting, and AMAZING DM-ing by Katie! For a first time running a game, she absolutely NAILED it. I had my doubts, but if there's anyone who can fill Brennan's American Girl Shoes, it's her. @dropoutdottv @dimension20official @gamechangershow, if you need someone to do character art for the new season, I'm your man!

(And to everyone else, I do actual D&D commissions if you're interested)

[quiddie]

Screaming. It’s THEM. 🥰