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I...tried to make a meme and got carried away and made A Thing that is like partially unfinished because i spent like 3 hours on it and then got tired.

I think this is mostly scientifically accurate but truth be told, there seems to be relatively little research on succession in regards to lawns specifically (as opposed to like, pastures). I am not exaggerating how bad they are for biodiversity though—recent research has referred to them as "ecological deserts."

Feel free to repost, no need for credit

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Former bandmate 🦔

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Compilation of spotify playlists I enjoy :]

Various playlists that I listen to on spotify, some made by me and most not. Many bangers tho

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My primary punk playlist, lots of hardcore, still a wip. 4.5 hours long - https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0D2D2rSEI7nkTb1qb8CfiP?si=f75a424e43e24259

Me and my partners punk playlist, not updated as frequently anymore but its 18 hours long so - https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5hPQmA0X5Nge3onqjozWVq?si=629ad26504144691

Vegan Hardcore playlist by Colin Simonds, found some amazing bands from this playlist <3, 3.5 hours long - https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1mmiTKCVqJXqyMYavRJDhj?si=6128decf2ac6491e

D-beat raw punk playlist by Harry, good variety of songs for ppl looking for heavier punk music, 5.5 hours long - https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6CwcsP0s35LyqGlOKPv1Ww?si=805dd4313b5c4a04

Hardcore punk playlist by Gabe Cevallos, this playlist introduced me to so much music when I was a newbie punk omg, amazing place to start when youre new to punk, 22 hours long - https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7jz5CBvloB0JmsCS6U7wL5?si=5ca765ae1f354eaf

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My metal playlist, wip still cuz ive been fixated on hc and not metal, but theres some niche stuff in here <3, 2 hours long - https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5qExlQ2KvIP8sw0hkAYXO3?si=c917f9b35d30439c

Crustpunk playlist by Berenice Espinosa, one of my top fave metal playlists, ive listened to it quite a few times, 21 hours long - https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4JRiB74lCWY83jTk5usDIk?si=2c2161b0602641a5

Crust playlist by xDystopianChaosx, absolute unit of a playlist, ive yet to finish it but def need to, 24+ hours long - https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0e5NmJxlCiCZJRmhp9lGda?si=07ec1b7da11b4d94

Blackened death playlist by Wictor Alexander Lindstrom, I think ive liked every song on this playlist, a lot of bands from various countries, a fave <3, 11 hours long - https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6nj02q1pq5B6MJKKQQOLoO?si=03774fecdf8b4e71

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#may add to this at a later date #music #hardcore punk #anarchopunk #d beat #spotify #spotify playlist #punk playlist #metal playlist #personal music recommendations #music recs #personal music recs #crust punk #ratten man

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WHEN THE KITE STRING POPS

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♡ asks ♡

 Do you have freckles? 

 Do you drink tea or coffee? How do you take it? 

What was the last song you listened to? 

Do you sleep on your back, stomach or side? 

Do you sleep with a stuffed animal? 

Do you prefer drawing or writing? 

What’s your ideal number of blankets to sleep with? 

What’s your favorite band/artist? 

When is your birthday? 

How tall are you? 

What color are your eyes? 

Who are five (or more) people you want to hug right now? 

Fears? 

What’s your favorite color? 

What’s your favorite season? 

Want any tattoos? What of? 

Want any piercings? Where? 

Who is the last person you texted? 

Do you have a best friend? How long have you been friends? 

What/who do you miss? 

How was your day today? 

How much sleep did you get last night? 

Do you believe in aliens? 

When was the last time you cried? Why? 

What’s your favorite decade? 

What are some seemingly childish things you like? 

What’s your favorite book? Or just one you’ve read a few times? 

How are you, really? 

Does it take you a long time to make decisions? 

What are you looking forward to in the near future? 

What are you looking forward to in the distant future? 

If you could go anywhere right now, where would you go? 

Do you sleep with your door open or closed? 

What’s your favorite flower? 

Do you currently have a squish? 

Do you like your middle name? 

Do you prefer dogs or cats? 

Do you have any phobias? 

Do you stay up late?

Do you like the beach? Do you prefer it sunny or cloudy? 

What’s your favorite cartoon? 

Tag 5 of your favorite blogs

Do you have siblings? How many? 

Who was the last person you said “I love you” to? 

Is there anyone you would die for? 

What do you need when you’re sad? 

Have you memorized your phone number? 

Who’s someone you can trust with your life? 

What does your last text say? 

Wild Card. Any question, ask away. 

#ask me anything #I like receiving asks <3

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Friendly reminder NOT to bully people (especially literal children) for their battle jackets/vests, even if they suck absolute ass.

Try giving constructive criticism instead of being a dick about it. No matter how bad one looks, or how far it may be from what a battle jacket/vest is supposed to be, a lot of time and love went into that shit. Somebody worked hard on that, and are hopefully proud of their work. It's okay to tell them what's wrong with it, and how they can improve, but it's not okay to make fun of the way it's put together, or how it looks. Help people get better, don't put them down.

#This #Omg i will go inSANE #if one more person online accuses me #of being a poser #because I didnt put bands on ONE!!! jacket #i actively chose for my patchpants to have only bands #and for my jacket to have political stuff #it made me feel like shit about it for a while #make human connection #instead of shitting on ppl mby #you can critique #but mby see the passion #and the eagerness to engage #instead of someone worth making fun of #+ also big chunk of the doing the “opinion jacket” comments dont actually #care or interact with the local scene #or meaningfully engage with the community #i respect corny jackets more #than someone who accuses someone for being fake #for not abiding to tHEIR rules and THEIR opinions

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But isn't a trans man someone who transitioned into manhood?

Yes, but everyone has their own experience for what that entails exactly.

For me, technically medically, im afab so ive transitioned into a man. But for me , I never felt like I was a girl, Ive always felt like I was just me, and that me is a boy, now a man. If people say I was a girl as a child, it feels wrong and incorrect. People seeing me as a girl just appalled me. My deadname was and is someone else, completely disconnected from me.

I dont have a connection to girlhood, the closest thing is that I always liked dolls and animals lol

I had a mostly genderless upbringing, but anything that was gendered felt like I was an outsider getting a peek in, for years bc of the disconnect I felt I was a ghost operating a girl puppet

I was always a boy, now Im a man, and for me hrt is medical intervention, to fix what estrogen did to me.

Some trans men feel like they were girls, some trans men feel like they were boys that were seen as girls, some trans men felt genderless, some were always boys etc etc

Its up to each person to decide what is more accurate to their life

I say im a trans man, cuz I had the experience of ppl seeing me differently and not having my body fit me, and taking measures to mend that. Ive transitioned in the eyes of other people, not mine

and bears repeating: this is what my experience as a trans man has been, everyone has a different one, even if similar. Everyones exp is valid, this is just what its like for me

#personal #answering asks #trans man #trans man experience #transmasc experience #what my gender means to me #transgender

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The "radical leftists" on this site who talk constantly about the importance of solidarity and kindness and compassion and then immediately tell anyone who disagrees with them to kill themselves are going to be devastated when they learn how much of actual union organizing involves talking to people whose politics you find incredibly repugnant and meeting them where they're at in order to find common ground

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Palestine Masterlist 

Introduction to Palestine: 

Decolonize Palestine:

Palestine 101

Rainbow washing 

Frequently asked questions 

Myths 

IMEU (Institute for Middle East Understanding):

Quick Facts - The Palestinian Nakba 

The Nakba and Palestinian Refugees 

The Gaza Strip

The Palestinian catastrophe (Al-Nakba)

Al-Nakba (documentary)

The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 1917-2017 (book)

The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine (book)

Nakba Day: What happened in Palestine in 1948? (Article)

The Nakba did not start or end in 1948 (Article)

Donations and charities: 

Al-Shabaka

Electronic Intifada 

Adalah Justice Project 

IMEU Fundraiser 

Medical Aid for Palestinians 

Palestine Children’s Relief Fund 

Addameer

Muslim Aid

Palestine Red Crescent

Gaza Mutual Aid Patreon

Books:

A New Critical Approach to the History of Palestine

The Idea of Israel: A History of Power and Knowledge

Hidden Histories: Palestine and the Eastern Mediterranean

The Balfour Declaration: Empire, the Mandate and Resistance in Palestine

Queer Palestine and the Empire of Critique

From Haven to Conquest: Readings in Zionism and the Palestine Problem until 1948

Captive Revolution - Palestinian Women’s Anti-Colonial Struggle within the Israeli Prison System

Palestine: A Four Thousand Year History

Except for Palestine: The Limits of Progressive Politics

Before Their Diaspora: A Photographic History of The Palestinians 1876-1948

The Battle for Justice in Palestine Paperback

Uncivil Rites: Palestine and the Limits of Academic Freedom

Palestine Rising: How I survived the 1948 Deir Yasin Massacre

The Transformation of Palestine: Essays on the Origin and Development of the Arab-Israeli Conflict

A Land Without a People: Israel, Transfer, and the Palestinians 1949-1996

The Iron Cage: The Story of the Palestinian Struggle for Statehood

A History of Modern Palestine: One Land, Two Peoples

Where Now for Palestine?: The Demise of the Two-State Solution

Terrorist Assemblages - Homonationalism in Queer Times

Militarization and Violence against Women in Conflict Zones in the Middle East

The one-state solution: A breakthrough for peace in the Israeli-Palestinian deadlock

The Persistence of the Palestinian Question: Essays on Zionism and the Palestinians

Fateful Triangle: The United States, Israel and the Palestinians

The False Prophets of Peace: Liberal Zionism and the Struggle for Palestine

Ten myths about Israel

Blaming the Victims: Spurious Scholarship and the Palestinian Question

Israel and its Palestinian Citizens - Ethnic Privileges in the Jewish State

Palestinians in Israel: Segregation, Discrimination and Democracy

Greater than the Sum of Our Parts: Feminism, Inter/Nationalism, and Palestine

Palestine Hijacked 

Palestinian Culture:

Mountain against the Sea: Essays on Palestinian Society and Culture

Palestinian Costume

Traditional Palestinian Costume: Origins and Evolution

Tatreez & Tea: Embroidery and Storytelling in the Palestinian Diaspora

Embroidering Identities: A Century of Palestinian Clothing (Oriental Institute Museum Publications)

The Palestinian Table (Authentic Palestinian Recipes)

Falastin: A Cookbook

Palestine on a Plate: Memories from My Mother’s Kitchen

Palestinian Social Customs and Traditions

Palestinian Culture before the Nakba

Tatreez & Tea (Website)

The Traditional Clothing of Palestine

The Palestinian thobe: A creative expression of national identity

Embroidering Identities:A Century of Palestinian Clothing

Palestine Traditional Costumes

Palestine Family 

Palestinian Costume

Encyclopedia of World Dress and Fashion, v5: Volume 5: Central and Southwest Asia

Tent Work in Palestine: A Record of Discovery and Adventure

Documentaries, Films, and Video Essays:

Jenin, Jenin

Born in Gaza

GAZA 

Wedding in Galilee 

Omar

5 Broken Cameras

OBAIDA

Indigeneity, Indigenous Liberation, and Settler Colonialism (not entirely about Palestine, but an important watch for indigenous struggles worldwide - including Palestine)

Edward Said - Reflections on Exile and Other Essays

Palestine Remix: 

AL NAKBA

Gaza Lives On

Gaza we are coming

Lost cities of Palestine 

Stories from the Intifada 

Last Shepherds of the Valley

Voices from Gaza

Muhammad Smiry

Najla Shawa

Nour Naim

Wael Al dahdouh

Motaz Azaiza

Ghassan Abu Sitta

Refaat Alareer (murdered by Israel - 12/7/2023. Inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi raji'un)

Plestia Alaqad

Bisan Owda

Ebrahem Ateef

Mohammed Zaanoun

Doaa Mohammad

Hind Khoudary

Palestinian Voices, Organizations, and News 

Boycott Divest and Sanction (BDS)

Defense for Children in Palestine

Palestine Legal 

Palestine Action

Palestine Action US

United Nations relief and works for Palestinian refugees in the Middle East (UNRWA)

National Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP)

Times of Gaza

Middle East Eye

Middle East Monitor

Mohammed El-Kurd

Muna El-Kurd 

Electronic Intifada 

Dr. Yara Hawari 

Mariam Barghouti

Omar Ghraieb

Steven Salaita

Noura Erakat

The Palestinian Museum N.G.

Palestine Museum US

Artists for Palestine UK 

Eye on Palestine 

#Omg i was looking for a good resources list #thank you #resources #resource list #masterlist #free palestine #civilians should never suffer #abolish the military #civilians deserve to not have to fear their lives #support palestine #the worst person on earth #doesnt deserve even half #of whats happening in palestine

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less “therapy is for everyone!” more advice on how to recognize when therapy is helping you and when it is harming you, more educating people on their rights and what they can do when their rights have been violated, more advice on navigating finding a therapist that isn’t only applicable to private practice situations

less “don’t forget to take your meds!” more sharing of studies on the effects of psychiatric medication (wanted and unwanted/positive and negative), more discussion of how to document your experiences on medications so you can understand how they are effecting you, more support for people struggling to navigate getting prescribed/using/going off of psychiatric medication

less “always reblog the suicide hotline!“ more sharing information on what happens if you do actually call one of these lines (i.e. will they send the cops to your house), more teaching individuals and communities how to help someone in crisis without involving police or hospitalization, more open discussions of how to share what we feel and make others feel seen, understood, and supported when it comes to extremely difficult feelings and situations

#if you repeat a phrase enough times #you forget the meaning of it #these phrases are that #they helped contribute somewhat to less shame bout these #but actual info is always more helpful #ACCESSIBLE info is always more helpful #what detracts people from finding necessary info #is having to seo hundreds of times #cite your things! #link to places for info! #make information sheets!

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Rat desires are strong

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Belt pouch I made after a while of fantasizing about it <3

I find it quite funny that coincidentally reptil diy did a video on a bag like this, like a day after i finished it, shouldve waited for his video instead of what i did lol :D

It isnt the prettiest and i still have to install a zipper but im very happy with it. It holds small things that i always forget to specifically bring with me when leaving the house

#punk #alternative #diy punk #diy clothing #punk diy #diy or die

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Reminder

Not every diy project has to or needs to look good

Especially bc of social media there can be pressure to make every diy project look professional. But thats not necessary! Things can look ugly! Utility and having fun making it is more important than it looking nice.

These are some of the diys of mine that are ugly (or obviously handmade lol)

The belt bag is a project im proud of but its obv not professional quality, my hemming is atrocious and my pin cushion? Ugliest thing ive ever made

And thats perfectly okay!

I use these things everyday, and i had fun sewing them. Nitpicking each flaw wouldve ruined it and made me not wanna sew

#punk #Diy #diy craft #Diy projects #Sewing #Crafts #alternative #Its okay to fail #Ugliness is okay #diy clothing

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i got tagged :]

rats rats rats rats big and small i love em all i currently have 3 boys that are getting there in age, so ive been feeding them lots of treats and makig sure to boop them a lot

Horror games, i love indie horror and ive been watching horror game lps for a decade :D my fave is manlybadasshero, i watch every upload of his for like 5 years maybe more i genuinely dont remember

Collecting things, i was uber poor growing up, and now i have some disposable income so i get to relive my childhood that was cut short, and get all the toys and cool lil trinkets i always wanted

Body mods! This is a slow burn one but getting piercings and tattoos rrly boosts my self confidence and makes me feel like my truest self. I mean being trans is one big body mod/j. Planning tattoos and piercings and finding info and jewelry is real fun

Sewing. I sew genuinely everyday, whether its patch pants or jackets or bags or small lil useful things. I like having things and making them myself allows me to have things that would be ridiculously outta budget lol

Tagging: @faux-mance @patched-up-pants @hexalt @hobbitpunk-dreamer @sam-the-skelepun @wewerethekidsfromyesterday @finnoah @cheezete-gazette @jawbone-xylophone @modest-revolution

And @ to anyone that wants to :]

What are 5 things that make you happy? After you answer, pass the question to the last 10 people who reblogged your posts! Let's spread positivity!🌻

1. being shrouded in several layers and an overcoat at all times

2. seeing practical effects and prosthetics in modern horror flicks

3. the atmosphere of cemeteries and mortician's attitude towards death

4. author's articulating what I struggle to through fictional analogies

5. feeling connected to humanity through understanding history

anyone feel free to comment but I'll tag @calcium-makes-ur-bones-weak @lust-and-violence @vide0n4sty @trannibalcorpse @evileldestdaughter @unheoly-confessions @vamprisms @vampyresheart @dykejet @weyounpussyindulgence @endlace

#tag game #fun #hobbies #personal #have fun

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Advice if you love/care about an addict but they're not ready for abstinence. This is meeting people where they're at- the most important part of harm reduction

#Harm reduction #Healthcare #Prioritise access to information #recovery #compassion

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Update on my (mostly) folk punk jacket

Opossum, pentagram, Harley Poe, Mischief Brew, The Front Bottoms, and Night Gaunts patches all made by me. Everything else is thrifted, salvaged, found, or bought from small business.

#i love the opossum #hes just a lil guy #punx #punk #folk punk #punk jacket