I am a little white heartbeat that moves very fast

I invented my body and it was the best idea. I honk at you, I honk directly up to God, and I will never leave! white, autistic, nb butch. they/them

[parakeet]

hello

[wheelie-sick]

sometimes people experiencing psychosis and/or mania will come up to you on the street and talk in confusing or upsetting ways. your job is to either have a regular human-to-human conversation with that person or politely leave. your job is not to call 911. do not call 911. you might kill that person if you call 911.

[wheelie-sick]

I don't even have the energy to screenshot and respond to your tags- what the actual fuck is wrong with you? "the cops are scared and rightfully so" "mental health calls are the scariest for cops" OH so this isn't about the safety of psychotic & manic people this is about piggy feelings?

and no, actually, this is not USA specific and no, actually, people from other countries should not ignore this post. police violence and sanism weren't invented in the US and they are certainly not unique to here. if you (or anyone) thinks that this bullshit doesn't happen elsewhere then you are not listening.

[headspace-hotel]

cops r Some Guy with a Gun

do we want Some Guy with a Gun in this situation? answer is usually "NO"

[uncivilliberties]

This is legitimately useful reframing. A while ago I started replacing the word "cop" in my vocabulary with "a man with a gun." It really puts things into perspective.

This homeless person is making me uncomfortable. Should I call [a man with a gun]?

My neighbor is having a loud party. Should I get [a man with a gun] involved?

There are some teenagers skateboarding. Do you think [a man with a gun] would get rid of them for me?

It makes it very clear what you're saying. I can call a man with a gun to threaten or hurt someone mildly inconveniencing me. You're not calling the cops, you're calling A MAN WITH A GUN into a situation that does not warrant a firearm handled by a volatile lunatic who will not be held accountable for his actions.

[headspace-hotel]

^ ^ ^

[rowanfalls]

Check if your area has a crisis response program or other non cop emergency lines. There's a group in my area of trained professionals you can call, I think specifically for someone youre worried will cause harm to themselves, who roll up in a truck and just sit and talk with the person until they're safe to leave.

Obviously, research them before you call them, but like having a crisis response team in your phone can help in situations where your programming is gonna tell you to call the cops.

[draconym]

Keep in mind also that in many areas, "nonemergency" lines do go to the exact same police dispatch as 911, and crisis response teams will often get the police involved.

The important point the original post is making is: if a psychotic person is simply saying things that are weird or hard to understand, that is not a danger to you and you do not need to call anybody about it.

[rthwrms]

thinking about coptic mummy paintings and weeping

like. i know these people

[kanelbullarna]

I bring you more pigeons being cute at the Goldener Sod fountain.

@todaysbird @aapeels

[metamelonisle]

no one hates nonbinary people more than deltarune fans

[metamelonisle]

it should not feel like a revolutionary post to state that a nonbinary character is already trans

[beloved13579]

NEW MALICIOUS BOTS!

There's several accounts stealing popular art (mainly comics) and using "part 1 | part 2" links. DO NOT CLICK ON THEM. THEY ARE MALICIOUS LINKS!

Check the notes!

[pjharvey]

we have to start running a massive PSA campaign to young gay people so everyone understands there is a difference between being a dom and being a top and between being a sub and being a bottom. and also that sometimes you are neither a sub nor a bottom and you're just like shy. we need to be handing out flyers we need ads at every train station spreading the word

[traniform]

it should make you angrier how few black transfems are on this site let alone active

[traniform]

like i feel insane. why do so few people notice this disparity? so many black transfems have fled, deactivated, or been terminated. the few who are left are usually getting targeted by harassment campaigns, denied autonomy, treated as mere scapegoats, and are often forced to stay in this murderously hostile environment for mutual aid reasons. why do we not notice this more???

[storyweavingspider]

I have a lot to say on this tbh but more than anything I want to say that as a Black doll who’s been active on a lot of social media sites, theres a lot of transfemmes of color, especially Black transfemmes, who got banned or deactivated or just stopped logging onto a site before I could get other contact info for them, who I now just sit here wondering if they’re still alive or not. I’ve tried looking for some of them on other platforms and rarely do I find them.

I really hope theyre all still ok.

[evergreen-femme]

had to share this

[wizardshark]

In every way this is set up to be a joke like any other short video, it even uses the trope of main character in a wig to represent their mom, but it isn't funny at all. It's just sweet and nice

[afeelgoodblog]

Fantastic idea

[durnesque-esque]

Article about it here. 

[nougatto-archived]

what’s important to note and missing from the “headline” tweet is that they simultaneously constructed additional good public transit to the public transit already in the city (bus rapid transit, train stations). Just removing highway alone isn’t going to make traffic better, the bigger part of the story is that they improved public transportation. And the current mayor wants to do more - cyclist lanes and reinstate a tram system

[tpwrtrmnky]

I think the word "transmedicalism" needs to be reserved for ideas that support giving authority over trans identity to medical institutions, actually.

The political project of trans self-determination can't be transmedicalist, no matter how much someone says "we need to prioritize access to medical transition," because increasing access in pretty much every real-world context is the same thing as attacking the authority of institutional gatekeepers.

[tpwrtrmnky]

Like when you're calling DIY advocates "transmeds" you have Lost The Fucking Plot. You have decided that "transmed" means "trans person whose vibes I don't like." Words actually need to mean things to be useful.

[tpwrtrmnky]

Anyone who's never had to deal with trans healthcare in the gatekeeping model especially needs to put in work to learn this: What transmedicalists are advocating for, whether they understand it or not, is a system where a cis man with a history of sexually harassing patients determines if you're "trans enough" to transition.

[aesfocus]

Fallout 4 Replay (5/?)

Ghouls? What are Ghouls?

[gwensy]

spaceman

[theshadowrealmitself]

So I saw on tiktok that Palestinian journalist, Bisan Owda, has called for a boycott of Spider-Man: Brand New Day because its producer, Avi Arad, has publicly supported the genocide of the Palestinian people and has defended Netanyahu

I’m also seeing that there are posts about it on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook, but I’m not seeing any posts about it on Tumblr? Am I not looking up the right keywords in the search bar or are we all out of the loop?

(I can’t find the original post from Owda because I have the worst time navigating Instagram, but this link is from The Jamia Times on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/DblMMDKTyub/?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ== )

[Image ID: Picture of a quote from Bisan Owda that reads: “Waiting for Zendaya and Tom Holland to say something about this maybe? We cannot separate art from accountability. Every ticket sold supports a production led by a producer who has publicly defended Israel’s war on Gaza. Boycott is one of the few peaceful tools we have to demand justice.” /End ID]

[cock-holliday]

so so crazy to hear the conversation in the US about "if employees get 1 or god forbid two whole weeks of vacation they will all drop their jobs and leave forever" when all my european friends have jobs with like 3+ week minimum vacation time. Some as many as 6. I know of people with 8 weeks of vacation because they're past a certain age.

"is 10 days of vacation time too much" jump off a fuckin bridge you hack journalist

[radioactivebreadcrumbs]

Wait what was that last bit? UNLIMITED sick days?

[uglygirlstatus]

forget L and Light my new favourite Death Note character is Justin the Jewel Skeleton

[hypokeimena]

#me when i get the rules for various situations from justin the jewel skeleton

[femmchantress]

I don’t care if Monday’s yuck

Tuesday, Wednesday tread through muck

Thursday maybe eat a duck

It’s Friday, Flat as Fuck