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HEY BEYBLADE FANDOM

Kind reminder — because I’ve noticed a few instances of this recently — that Takao Aoki has requested that the art from his website NOT be reposted anywhere else. Even with credit.

If I recall correctly, we agreed to post announcements with links to his website instead when new art goes up.

There have been lots of new folks joining tumblr recently. If you are one of them and didn’t know about this (or if you are old hat and didn’t know this) — that’s okay!! We’re not born knowing the rules of fandom engagement. Just going forward, please respect his wishes as an artist and the creator of this series.

Thanks, team! (And if any of this info is incorrect, please let me know in the notes!)

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serious post. start combating any misinformation you find. monkeypox is not an sti. monkeypox spreads through *any form of contact*. it is not exclusive to gay people, and it is *not* gay people's fault. we can not let history repeat itself. don't let flashy headlines take the place of medical facts and information.

conservatives are already itching to start a witchhunt against LGBT people and monkeypox is something they are going to latch onto.

don't let them. don't let this turn into a repeat of the AIDS crisis.

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this fourth of july think of the indigenous people of america who had their country and land stolen from them with little to no reparations or apologies. land is still being taken. sacred grounds are still being ripped away. there is no “independence” for the people who were here first.

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i love when people are like “Oh my god, I couldn’t possibly imagine being asexual, how sad, you’re missing so much…” Bitch!!! You know what’s sad? Being gluten intolerant. If you placed two pills in front of me right now, one which would turn me allosexual and one which would enable me to tear into a freshly-baked oven-warm olive-and-rosemary ciabatta without utterly destroying my body, it would not even be a choice. “hyuhhh-duhhhh aren’t you worried you’ll die alone” aren’t you worried i’ll just launch myself over the bakery counter in our local grocery store one day and stuff croissants in my mouth like a starving racoon til i die and the whole place has to be closed down as a health risk while they peel my bloated body off the linoleum floor? You should be

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if you're from Ukraine, you have a uterus and don't want to be pregnant:

1. First of all AVOID AT ANY COST people and sites that have the name of "Ordo Iuris" or "pro-prawo do życia" (translate: pro-life). If you see a logo of fetus inside a heart, run.

Pro-prawo do życia foundation informed that one woman from Ukraine contacted them, asking for abortion. She barely spoke polish, which they admitted without any shame, that's why she thought that if they talk about abortion, they can provide it. They informed that they "explained children are not killed in Poland" and that now she's "in a safe place where no harm can come to her and her baby". I don't have words for how fucking inhuman it is to manipulate traumatized woman into carrying pregnancy she's not ready for since she's a refugee with no finances.

2. If you need abortion, contact:

Aborcyjny Dream Team

Ciocia Basia (abortion in Berlin; they can be found on facebook and theor email is [email protected])/ Ciocia Czesia (abortion in Czech Republic)

Abortion without borders (all of the above cooperate with them)

They will give you information on how to perform safe abortion with right medicaments or will help to travel abroad.

3. If anyone would try to threat you, remember than in Poland it is still legal to do abortion yourself, that's why it's mostly done with pills. Don't let them manipulate you. Fuck these people. You're not evil for needing abortion.

Please, help me spread this message and translate it in Ukrainian, please

#ukraine #україна #pro choice

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The old school lack of transparency on tumblr is amazing because you assume the people you follow must all be equivalent to you and then you see someone write “I brought my youngest to college today” and someone else write “my mom wouldn’t let me listen to Ariana Grande when I was a kid” and then your head explodes

#yep #novak loves beyblade #beyblade #kai hiwatari

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Yup.

Let’s hype up our favourite breads! I’ll start:

1. The round Swedish tea breads (tekakor) that my Grandma makes

2. Swedish saffron buns (lussekatter)

3. A delicious olive bread, also made by my Grandma

4. Levain

5. Garlic flatbread

Fucking kills me how diet culture has ruined bread. Bread! One of the oldest and most universal foods on earth! The thing that connects us to each other and to our ancestors whose names and faces are lost to history! And some dipshits decided that it’s “so bad for you” because they’re scared of carbs and love shaming fat people.

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Corporations commercializing the aesthetics of Squid Game reminds me so much of when they were all doing the same thing to the Hunger Games film adaptations. And that comparison is not a coincidence.

Marketers know exactly what they’re doing, attempting to dilute anti-capitalism messages into fun visuals and memes. Don’t fucking fall for it.

#squid game #hunger games #anti capitalism

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Signed and sealed!

#tweets #eu initiative #ubi

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Yes.

Because of my ADHD, I also suffer from hyperacusis (sensitivity to everyday sounds and environmental noise). Seemingly ordinary sounds are painful to me and, needless to say, distracting.

My one wish when out in public is that everyone would SHUT UP, or at least for there to be more silent places in society. I’m a librarian, but nowadays - and because of the trend with open planning architecture - not even libraries are silent anymore.

I do have special earplugs that help a bit. I can still hold a conversation with them in. Problem is, I feel so stressed when I wear them. I fear that anytime now someone will be offended and think that I’m just listening to music or being disrespectful.

If everyone would be just a bit more quiet, and respect that some spaces need to be calmer, it would help me tremendously. Even more so if more people used similar earplugs and spread awareness of them (they are GREAT to wear in open office spaces, according to my Dad).

Most of all, society needs more quiet spaces. More places where small children are not allowed (and of course places where families can be as loud as they please as well! I imagine that many parents are stressed out when their children make so much noise that people around them react).

More spaces where I don’t need my aids to even be able to think straight.

My very unpopular opinion apparently:

Straight cis perisex able-bodied neurotypical people using aids designed for disabled people (I.e weighted blankets, grabby claw, sock holder, etc), going to therapists occasionally to keep up their mental health, using fidget toys, choosing to call their bf/gf their partner, using pronouns besides the ones associated with their gender just because they like it, and doing a million other small things that make us fitting in and being accepted a little bit easier is in fact exactly the type of support these communities need, and will ultimately help us so much more than gatekeeping ever fuckin will

#novak speaks

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stupid leftists and their belief in *checks notes* the intrinsic value of human life

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Life as a fangirl with inattentive ADHD in a nutshell

do you also zone out while someone’s talking to you because you’re too busy fantasizing about your fictional universe or have you not hit rock bottom yet

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Yuletide blessings!

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I have never been in an healthier fandom than Beyblade. It’s been almost 20 years since I got hooked on the show, and I’m just so surprised and happy that there’s a fandom - and a supportive, creative one!

i seriously love the bey fandom for us all being so dedicated to making stuff of our faves and very specific headcanons and there’s so much stuff despite the fandom being so small. just because we all love our faves so much. i know i have followers who don’t exactly like the same things as i do but rather just like me liking the things i do and to me that’s perfectly lovely LMAO

#novak loves beyblade #beyblade