hello darling

[trippinonstars]

hello darkness my old friend

[mckitterick]

[mckitterick]

On April 13, 1985, Danuta Danielsson - a Jewish-Polish woman whose mother was taken to a concentration camp in WWII - hit a local neonazi with her handbag in Växjö, Sweden.

Update: The neonazis were subsequently expelled from the city, and a statue was erected in her honor.

This week 34 years ago, Danuta Danielsson demonstrated how much respect fascists deserve.

[metapianycist]

not all heroes wear capes

[redadhdventures]

I’ve seen the photo many times but never knew her name and I definitely didn’t know there was a statue in her honor!

[biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist]

I hope all gay, lesbian, bi, pan, trans, intersex, nonbinary, genderqueer, agender, genderfluid, demifluid, pangender, asexual, aromantic, demisexual, demiromantic, grey a-spec, homoromantic, biromantic, polyamorous, queerplatonic partnered, they/them, he/them, she/them, ze/hir, neopronouned, he/him lesbian, nonbinary lesbian, butch, femme, androgynous, wlw, mlm, nblnb, questioning, QTPOC, queer neurodivegent, queer autistic, queer disabled, and every other flavor of queer folks have a very nice pride month, and that someone hands you a plate of warm waffles with freshly-poured syrup.

[biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist]

#and melted butter and strawberry slices and a dusting of powdered sugar!

[liberalsarecool]

Workers owning the means of production. Sharing the profits. #CopyAndPaste

[liberalsarecool]

Unions are powerful. Management knows that.

[steampunktendencies]

Kevin Lenaghan, “Stairway”, “Glass Palace”, and “Crystal Stairway” (2021)

[deactivated-102479239856294-dea]

cat living in a radio station

[cryptonature]

Human lives don’t follow conventional story structure. No distinct central conflict. No culmination in success or failure. We are not curated collections of achievements or mishaps. Don’t fear you won’t be good enough. Just be here. Present in this dance between joy and sorrow.

[barbucomedie]

La Tène Style Copper Alloy Helmet possibly found in Northern England from 50-150 CE on display at the British Museum in London

Made from beaten copper the helmet copies the Roman Coolus helmet in its form with the neck guard decorated in the La Tène style. This suggests the influence of Roman military technology of the later Republican period in Celtic design. Helmets were a rare sight among Celtic warriors and worn by those to indicate their status. Most helmets were intended for display rather than war.

Photographs taken by myself 2015

[oneheadtoanother]

fitted

[ancientanimalart]

Rattle in the Shape of a Recumbent Lion

Greek (Corinth)

600 - 575 BCE

“A lion resting with his legs tucked under his body forms the body of this Corinthian plastic vase. So-called plastic vases, vessels made in the form of a human, animal, or mythological being, were popular in the Greek world from about 650 to 550 B.C. Although such vessels were made in many places, Corinth was a leading manufacturing center. The lion’s resting pose and the use of rows of dots to indicate the fur are typical features of Corinthian plastic vases.”

Getty Museum

[trippinonstars]

look at that friendly smile!

[aqua-regia009]

Les Souris et le Chat-Huant / The Mice and the Owl (1867) Illustration by Gustave Doré for “The Fables of La Fontaine”

[whitepeopletwitter]

[shubbabang]

happy 420 and day i reserve a spot in hell

[shubbabang]

its that time again folks

[oct2pus]

@shubbabang

(Source)

[gahdamnpunk]

OMFG

[finnglas]

I’m going to give you the best piece of Adult Life Is Hard advice I’ve ever learned:

Talk to people when things go to shit.

I don’t just mean get it off your chest, although that’s good. I mean: Something’s wrong with your paycheck/you lost your job/you had unexpected emergency car repairs and now you’re broke so your credit card payment is late. Like, not just 15 days late. We’re talking, shit got crazy and now you’re 90 days late with compounded interest and late fees and the Minimum Payment Due is, like, $390, and you’ve got about $3.90 in your bank account. Call the credit card company. 

I know it’s scary. I know you feel like you’re going to get in trouble, like you’re gong to get yelled at or scolded for not having your life together. But the credit card company isn’t your parents; they’re just interested in getting money from you. And you can’t squeeze blood from a stone or money from someone who doesn’t have any. So what you do is you call them. You explain you’re experiencing temporary financial hardships, and you’re currently unable to bring your account up to date, but you don’t want to just let it get worse. Can you maybe talk to someone about a payment plan so you can work something out? Nine times out of ten you’ll be able to negotiate something so that at least it’s not just taking a constant, giant shit on your credit score.

- Can’t pay your power bill? Call the power company.

- Can’t pay your full rent? Talk to your landlord.

- Had to go to the hospital without insurance and have giant medical bills looming in your place? Call the hospital and ask if they have someone who helps people with financial hardships. Many do.

- Got super sick and missed half a semester of class because flu/pneumonia/auto-immune problems/depressive episode? Talk to your professor. If that doesn’t help, talk to your advisor.

You may not be able to fix everything, but you’ll likely be able to make improvements. At the very least, it’s possible that they have a list of people you can contact to help you with things. (Also, don’t be afraid to google things like, “I can’t pay my power bill [state you live in]” because you’d be surprised at what turns up on Google!) But the thing is, people in these positions gain nothing if you fail. There’s no emotional satisfaction for them if your attempts at having your life together completely bite the dust. In fact, they stand to benefit if things work out for you! And chances are, they’ll be completely happy to take $20 a month from you over getting $0 a month from you, your account will be considered current because you’ve talked to them and made an agreement, you won’t get reported to a collections agency, and your credit score won’t completely tank.

Here’s some helpful tips to keep in mind:

1. Be polite. Don’t demand things; request them. Let me tell you about how customer service people hold your life in their hands and how many extra miles they’ll go for someone who is nice to them.

2. Stick to the facts, and keep them minimal unless asked for them. Chances are they’re not really interested in the details. “We had several family emergencies in a row, and now I’m having trouble making the payments” is better than “Well, two months ago my husband wrecked his bike, and then he had a reaction to the muscle relaxer they gave him, and then our dog swallowed a shoestring and we had to take him to the emergency clinic, and just last week MY car broke down, and now my account’s in the negatives and I don’t know how I’m gonna get it back out.” The person you’re talking to is aware shit happens to everyone; they don’t need the details to prove you’re somehow “worthy” of being helped. They may ask you for details at a certain point if they have to fill out any kind of request form, but let them do that.

3. Ask questions. “Is there anything we can do about X?” “Would it be possible to move my payment date to Y day instead so it’s not coming out of the same paycheck as my rent?” The answer may be “no.” That’s not a failure on your part. But a good customer service person may have an alternate solution. 

Anyway! I hope that helps! Don’t just assume the answer is “no” before you’ve even begun. There is more help out there than you ever imagined.

[finnglas]

Hey guys, this is an old post, but it’s still relevant, and I thought I’d re-up it for living in COVID times when a lot of people are losing income. Don’t be afraid to toss that in when you call to ask for help! “I’ve experienced a loss of income due to COVID-19″ is gonna be all you need to say for most places, because wow let me tell you how much this is the case. A lot of places are setting up COVID-19 specific relief policies, so this may be even easier than normal. 

Good luck, stay safe, stay inside if you can, and wash your hands. <3 

[whitepeopletwitter]

[pseudodesigner]

[sameboot]

This is such an important and genuinely terrifying post. I could completely go off on the rise of anti-science, but for now I’ll just add: it isn’t just boomers that get deceived. This is a warning to all of us.

Pay ATTENTION to what you are being told. If you think you cannot be deceived, you leave yourself open to deception. Question, doubt, research research research. Learn about your personal biases, dig up any subconscious cognitive dissonance. Keep an eye on your mind.

[oldmanyellsatcloud]

It needs to be stressed that biases, not a lack of intelligence, is very much the issue here. Being aware of the need to fact check yourself is key: Intelligence won’t protect you from bad or unhealthy mental states, or keep you safe from cults of any sort. Intelligence will just make it easier for you to rationalize and attempt to justify the malformed tools you’ve taken/been given to yourself and others. You need to be wise enough to challenge yourself.

[gardenofroseandthorn]

As a cult survivor, this is lethally accurate.

[productivegabs]

✨🍄 e x i s t e n t i a l d r e a d 🍄✨

Inspired by this frog painting meme on Twitter, i wanted to sculpt a frog yearningly staring at a candle (also cuz a friend asked) It was kind of my first real sculpture I’ve done in a really long time, and I had so much fun making it! Also frogs are just,, their existence is so fun :) anyways, I hope you guys like it!

[pinkpolkabat]

so my super religious and republican family member finally unfriended me on fb and i was trying to figure out which post really put her over the edge and i think i figured out which one it might be...