The universe learning to love itself over and over again

He/They/Xe | Il/Iel, Half Chinese Canadian, Queer, passionate about lots of things. Vaguely pagan but I don't talk a lot about that. Ottawa Senators +Toronto Blue Jays + Ottawa Charge fan. Posts tagged with "walter melons" are my own personal blabering Multifandom and I tend not to tag that well Eng/Fr(when my brain works right) Probably too many people Profile was created with Picrew’s “sushicore! アイコンメーカー!“!! you can find it here --->https://picrew.me/share?cd=8Cui8Utl72

[walterthemelon]

Sources: Dylan Larkin requests trade from Detroit

Elliotte Friedman reports that centre Dylan Larkin, after 11 years with the Detroit Red Wings and just one playoff appearance, has requested

[knighthearts]

happy pride month for it/its users, polyamorous people, xenogenders, non-transitioning trans people, and other "weird" identities. btw

[luxiomahariel]

i just discovered this gorgeous progress flag design by FlailingSpade and was inspired to build upon it

the colorblind and photosensitive friendly color scheme comes from the star of david progress flag by dykeboytism

both of these flags will be placed under the read more just in case either link ends up not working

id like to think of this as the sunrise progress flag : >

[luxiomahariel]

pixeled it :3

[ace-aussie-asshole]

THEY PUT SEX MAGIC BACK IN THE FLAG (and a secret third thing??)!!!!

[luxiomahariel]

secret third thing is killing me thank you lmao 💀

i forgot that not everyone is aware that before he passed, gilbert baker added a lavender stripe to the top of his flag that represents diversity

[luxiomahariel]

a few people have mentioned that 'sunrise' might not be a good idea so alternative name: the daybreak progress flag

[skaianbruja]

Pro-Tip: If you'd like for your diaspora-born child to be fluent in your language, don't shame them for speaking your language with the local accent of wherever they were raised

[skaianbruja]

And don't let others shame them either, including your own fucking relatives, especially if it's some monolingual fuck doing the shaming

[luxwing]

Whenever I hear someone say "the woke mob" I have to stop myself from laughing because even today all I can think of is this fucking tweet

[luxwing]

Happy Pride to the Woke Mob

[the-biornicles]

fun fact "a-spec people can still feel love even if it's different from what amatonormative society considers love" and "some people don't experience love at all and that's fine and doesn't make them any less human or worthy of respect" are two statements that can and do coexist

[flowersforthemachines]

one thing I wish people understood about tumblr posts is that they are not confession booths. if you see a post calling attention to the fact some behaviour patterns may actually be racist or misogynistic or transphobic or anything else you don't actually have to go into op's replies or tags to tell them You Personally have this patterns for detailed unproblematic reasons. I can't speak for the op of every post obviously but the point is likely to make people look at themselves critically and think about why they do the things they do. and if you're capable of introspection and understand that a post does not apply to you, the correct thing is to move on. you are just not its target audience

[self-loving-vampire]

Curious about what percentage of all those pedestrian deaths from cars are actually intentional murders assumed to be accidental. We know some drivers are completely bloodthirsty towards pedestrians and cyclists beyond mere recklessness.

I notice that in general car deaths are simultaneously massive and invisible. Even in my famously hyper-violent country of birth cars used to be about as lethal as organized crime in death statistics.

But while gangs were at times the defining national problem that everyone was sick of, deaths from cars were seemingly not worth discussing.

[self-loving-vampire]

More than one person I know has had people try to hit them with their car as an attempted hate crime, and looking online this doesn't seem uncommon. The cops are useless about it as usual too.

[kreuz-unlimited]

This is a well known issue in Poland

"If you want to kill someone, forget guns, poison, anything like that. Just run them over with your car".

(Reddit thread in polish complaining about this exact thing)

And it does really feel like any homicide that would otherwise be classified as murder will get downgraded to manslaughter if the killer uses a car, almost automatically. Or a mere accident.

[yandere-angela]

Forced participation in religious activities to be classified as child abuse in Japan

Telling children they will go to hell for not joining religious activities will be regarded as abuse. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read mo

looks like the government is doing something about cults

[read-marx-and-lenin]

wish we had this in the US, even if it would probably start a civil war if it were passed

[jackscarab]

The Contraptioning of Shinzo Abe remains the most effective assassination in world history.

[standwithdaanes]

from June 1, 2026:

South Carolina store owner acquitted of murder in 2023 killing of Black teen wrongly suspected of shoplifting

Chikei Rick Chow, 61, shot Cyrus Carmack-Belton in the back after chasing him from his convenience store in Columbia. He maintained he acted

A South Carolina jury on Monday found a store owner not guilty of murder in the 2023 shooting of a Black 14-year-old. Chikei Rick Chow, 61, who is Asian, shot Cyrus Carmack-Belton in the back after chasing him from his convenience store in Columbia, but maintained he acted to defend his son. The killing sent waves of anguish and grief through the African American community in Richland County, where nearly half the population is Black. After the verdict was read, sobs and cries of distress could be heard coming from Carmack-Belton's family seated in the gallery. Chow sat silently frozen before slowly bowing his head onto his interlocked hands. [...] "This case is not about a shoplifter. This case is about a father who sees a gun pointed at his son and had to make a decision," defense attorney Shaun Kent told jurors during closing arguments. The defense attorney said Andy Chow testified that Carmack-Belton pointed a gun at him. Prosecutors acknowledged Carmack-Belton had a semiautomatic pistol, but they say it fell on the ground during the chase, and he never threatened anyone with it. Prosecutors said Chow chased the teen more than 130 yards from the store. There was no indication that the teen and Chow had a fight in the store before Carmack-Belton ran away, Richland County Coroner Nadia Rutherford said at the time. She also confirmed the teen died from a gunshot wound to the right lower back, "consistent with someone who was running away." [...] Gipson said multiple witnesses testified that they didn't see anything in Carmack-Belton's hands and didn't see him point a gun as he ran from the store. "Nobody testified that happened that doesn't have the last name Chow," Gipson said.

'We do not accept it': Family reacts to acquittal in fatal shooting of 14-year-old Cyrus Carmack-Belton

The family of Cyrus Carmack-Belton expressed their indignation towards a jury’s decision to acquit Chikei Rick Chow in the 2023 fatal shooti

“Yesterday a jury watched our 14-year-old boy run away from two grown men on video. They knew one of them shot him in the back and they still said no one is to blame,” the family said in a statement first released to ABC News. “We are heartbroken. We do not accept it. Cyrus stole nothing. He was a child, and he was running for his life. Our son mattered.” [...] “To everyone hurting with us: honor Cyrus in peace. We will not stop. We’re taking this fight to civil court, and we will not rest until our son’s life is given the dignity this verdict denied him,” the family added. According to family attorney Todd Rutherford, the family filed a civil lawsuit against Rick Chow in Richland County, which was put on hold until the conclusion of the criminal case.

Donate to Justice for Cyrus Carmack-Belton, organized by Todd Rutherford

We have started this GoFundMe to help support the family of Cyrus Carmack-Belton and … Todd Rutherford needs your support for Justice for Cy

You can donate to Cyrus' family. They never fully completed their goal for his funeral costs in 2023, and as they plan to continue a legal fight, they need all the funds they can get.

[willgrahamscock]

something that made me sit down and stare at my wall for an hour

[just-your-average-cryptid]

point of reference from an able-bodied person: standing in one place for an hour kinda makes my feet/legs hurt. longer than that is when it really hits but it takes an hour to get there.

if you are in pain within minutes or seconds, that is not normal. that is a Symptom. poke your doctor into finding out what it is or connect with disabled and chronic pain groups.

if you are in extreme pain, not just "ugh my feet ache" pain but "i am going to pass out" pain, that is not normal. that is a Symptom. poke your doctor into finding out what it is or connect with disabled and chronic pain groups.

I know some people try to rationalize as "well it's not excruciating compared to my baseline" and I am gently reminding you that the baseline is zero. zero is normal. this ^ is not. be kind to yourself.

[junequeer]

AN HOUR???????

[just-your-average-cryptid]

"walking for 15 minutes makes the bones in my calves hurt for 2 hours"

buddy... that's the Symptoms...

[alpaca-clouds]

... Wait, what?

I mean, I can walk just fine, but standing in one spot for like 15 to 20 minutes will leave me in pain for days.

That is... not normal?

[willgrahamscock]

I love how everyone is still asking hey so my symptoms are actually symptoms? Even if I feel only x amount of pain after x amount of time? BUDDY THE NORM IS FEELING MILD DISCOMFORT AT MOST AFTER STANDING FOR AN HOUR AND THEY RECOVER WITHIN A FEW HOURS TO A DAY

[geekyoldlady]

So, I talked to my doctor and she suggested weight loss drugs

So that didn’t help

What do I do now?

[findingfeather]

I mean ideally get a new doctor.

Meanwhile document the actual effect the pain/etc has on your life. Document how it impacts your ability to cook; your ability to clean; your ability to clean yourself; your ability to sleep; your ability to work; document all attempts to be more active and how the pain interferes with them. If you have to do something other than just go stand in the kitchen for ~1hr to cook a meal, that's something to write down; if you have to choose not to have a shower because it'll hurt, write that down. If the pain prevents you from going for a walk, write that down.

Every single time you make a decision about what you're doing based on the pain, you document that; every time you have to endure the pain for a necessary activity which then impacts what ELSE you can do, write that down too, with a direct connection.

(Warning: this will probably be depressing as all fuck and you will probably hate it. You are almost certainly ignoring the impact of pain on you way more than you think you are, and having to face it will feel bad in the short run. Very bad.)

And then you bring it either to your new doctor or if you MUST, to your current doctor, and you say: this is how the pain currently affects my quality of life. This is what I would be doing if I weren't prevented from doing it because of the pain.

Say that you would like to find the reason for this pain and you would like them to order relevant diagnostic tests. If they refuse, or hem and haw, ask them to document clearly in your records that you requested this and both that they refuse and their reasons for refusing.

If you must deal with the same doctor, document the concerns you have with the weight-loss drugs, and ask your doctor to be explicit about why she thinks that these risks are worth something that does not directly address your actual concerns. Ask why this is their first line treatment for the rest of what you've described, and why they are more concerned with pushing an overprescribed treatment than actually investigating the cause of your pain and addressing it appropriately based on an evidence-based diagnosis.

This isn't a guarantee, but it's part of the process.

[findingfeather]

…. Also yes, I AM serious that you should be able to be in the kitchen for about an hour, on your feet and doing Cooking Things, without pain and without needing Recovery Time, in order to make yourself dinner and if you CAN’T - if that long results in Pain or Dramatic Fatigue or extended recovery - that is a Symptom. A big symptom.

[gregorvorbarra]

A while ago, I started keeping a pain journal to log my chronic pain and other things, so that I could take it to my doctor’s appointments. I go into detail about it in this post if anyone is interested. My doctor is fantastic and actually listened to me and bothered to investigate my pain, but the pain journal was still a huge help in communicating my health issues clearly. I highly recommend logging your pain (and anything else you feel might be relevant).

Side note: I found the pain journal experience to be really enjoyable because I got to pull out my colorful pens and my cute stationery supplies and make something pretty every day. I decorated my notebook with stickers. I did have to face the way my pain was impacting me, but I got to do it in a fun and colorful way. It helped a lot.

[vaspider]

When I stopped being able to stand up without pain, it was because there was a slow-growing tumor crushing my spinal cord.

Don't ignore your fucking symptoms.

[chrissyjoshys]

"mutuals can dm" "mutuals can ask for discord" mutuals can ask for my finch friend code

[curioscurio]

i dont have the strengrh to finish coloring the rest of the comic rn (3am) but i need everyone to know that the last panel is the best kiss ive drawn in awhile. so prepare

Zzzzz

[curioscurio]

completion

[gershwyndl]

[socialistexan]

French-Iranian author Marjane Satrapi, author of 'Persepolis', dies of 'sadness' at 56

French-Iranian author and illustrator Marjane Satrapi, best known for the book and film “Persopolis”, has died of "sadness", members of her

This one hurt, her work had such a profound effect on my life, thoughts, and politics.

May her memory be a blessing

[deactivatedatsomepoint]

One day, western leftists will need to come to terms with the fact that Arab and Islamic colonization very much did and still does exist and that the negative impacts are still felt by ethnic groups that have been and still are violently colonized and brutalized by that colonial power.

[deactivatedatsomepoint]

It’s actually really narcissistic to think that only white European or American countries can do wrong or violently colonize peoples and places. It simultaneously erases the suffering of indigenous peoples who suffered extremely at the hands of non-white colonial powers and infantilizes non-white people by believing they somehow aren’t able to do bad things.

You should be able to recognize that some groups can be oppressed minorities in America and still be majority oppressors in other places.

[thenablade]

Historically, Islamic colonizers have been just as insanely violent and destructive towards native cultures and people as Christian ones.

People just don’t want to admit that the Islamic Golden Age, like the Dutch Golden Age, doesn’t justify the widespread slavery and brutal war campaigns that occurred under multiple caliphates and sultanates such as the Delhi Sultanate, the Umayyad Caliphate, Timur, the Ottoman Empire (specifically the late stage Ottomans) and the Mughal Empire.

Did the Mughals, Ottomans, Umayyads, Timur etc patronize great artists, poets, scientists and create great architecture? Did they occasionally rule over long stages of peace and prosperity? Absolutely, but you can use this argument for the Bri’ish, the French, the Dutch etc and it still wouldn’t erase their atrocities.

[hugewoman]

[sprinkledsalt]

My supervisor is from Algeria, and has told us a bit about her experience coming from a Berber culture. I know “Berber” isn’t always considered an appropriate term, but she’s only described herself, people, culture, and language as “Berber”, so I’m just using the terminology she’s used for herself (and our Algerian clients also say they speak “Berber”). I believe the specific language she speaks is Kabyle, in addition to French and Arabic. She told us a bit about the anti-Berber discrimination she faced in Algeria, and how a security officer at the airport realized she was Berber after seeing her name on her passport, and began mocking her. She wanted to argue back, but was 8 months pregnant and afraid of being thrown in jail. She and her husband were on their way to America, and her husband told her to swallow her pride and think of the baby, because they were almost out of there.

Anyway, how many Westerners even know that there were already indigenous groups in North Africa before Arabs arrived? Not many!

[rosalui]

there's a general widespread american-centric issue with people thinking that social and racial dynamics within their own country in the 21st century somehow reflects the power dynamics of the rest of the world throughout history

[winningmachine]

Being small Nobody quite recovers from being a child: the asymmetry of power between parents and children always leaves a trace

[depsidase]