#or/and the forest itself is

[decolonize-the-left]

This week alone saw Atlanta-area raids by law enforcement that took a woman out of her house with no shirt, left a naked photo of another woman on display after ransacking a room and dragged a man by his hair – while arresting none of them.

The pre-dawn raids on three houses on Thursday were the third Swat-style operation in residential areas of Atlanta and nearby unincorporated DeKalb county tied to a movement that began in 2021 – and the first in which the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) played a prominent role.

The fight against Cop City has attracted national and global headlines, especially after police shot and killed one environmental protester at a campsite in a public park – the first such incident of its kind in US history. At least one of the search warrants for Thursday’s raid seen by the Guardian authorized the FBI to confiscate dozens of items from the raided homes – including laptops, cellphones, “Defend the Atlanta Forest” stickers and posters and personal journals. The operation came after weeks of Atlanta officials promoting a campaign to catch activists linked to arson against construction and police equipment, all the while activists have been committing more acts of sabotage, alternating with nonviolent, civil disobedience.

COINTELPRO 2.0. if you don't know what that is:

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#cop city #weelaunee forest #police brutality #politics #abolish police #acab #police state #surveillance state #history repeating itself #red scare #capitalism #fbi #leftist #biden #colonization #fascism #human rights #civil rights

[aimasup]

sure i COULD ramble about how ai is one of the multiple things that check all the marks of humanity's seven deadly sins but would that be extreme

^^^ possibly insufficiently educated

#the pride the hubris of believing you can do better than innovation and nature by playing god and not in the fun way #the lust it's being used for in so many awful cases #the sloth the way its encouraging everyone to check original sources less before believing anything. Also to not take time to develop skill #the greed its being used for profit without consideration for ethics or fair labour #gluttony. we always have to be faster. shinier. better. no matter if it ends up being less convenient or wonky #the wrath it sows in between people creating more differences to be frustrated over. more hatred #the envy how it takes and takes. always trying to be as clever as the best humans. as beautiful as a real forest or sunset. #do you think the ai wants itself #if this were a scifi movie would we be the bad guys #but this is not a movie and the ai cannot love us. so we cannot love it. and there's that #my post #personal stuff #thinking aloud just silly yapping n jazz 没啥事做就这样咯~ #(￣▽￣)~* #when i was in primary school our textbooks for chinese had short stories and articles to learn about #there was a fictional scifi oneshot about a family in the future going to the zoo #the scifi zoo trip was going great until the zoo's systems went offline for a moment #and it was revealed that all the animals roaming in their enclosures were holograms #the real ones went extinct ages ago #when the computers came back online the holograms returned and there they were #honestly at first I thought it was a bit exaggerating #but I still think about it once in a while

[rudymentari]

#art #wc #warrior cats #hawkfrost #tigerstar #dark forest #background #digital art #illustration #tigerclaw #waca #hawkfrost wc #tigerstar wc #this looks so blurry in this preview i am seeing before my eyes hopefully it will fix itself upon posting o.o

[tathrin]

Oh my gods, suddenly going feral over—

Legolas Greenleaf long under tree In joy thou hast lived. Beware of the Sea! If thou hearest the cry of the gull on the shore, Thy heart shall then rest in the forest no more.

Which, yes, obviously refers to the Sea-longing that came upon him at Pelargir, and of which he later said:

To the Sea, to the Sea! The white gulls are crying, The wind is blowing and the white foam is flying. West, west away, the round sun is falling. Grey ship, grey ship, do you hear them calling, The voice of my people that have gone before me? I will leave, I will leave the woods that bore me; For our days are ending and our years are failing. I will pass the wide waters lonely sailing. Long are the waves on the Last Shore falling, Sweet are the voices of the Lost Isle calling, In Eressea, in Elvenhome that no man can discover, Where the leaves fall not: land of my people forever!

But of course, we know that he did not pass the wide waters "lonely sailing," for he brought Gimli with him...

Because his heart was in Gimli's keeping by then. After the War of the Ring his heart dwelt in glittering caves under the stones of Rohan; his heart rested in the strong and gentle hands of a dwarf. The very same dwarf who then sailed that Sea with him, and after dwelt beside him in Elvenhome ever-more. It was no longer the forest that held his heart: it was the solid dwarven stone of Gimli's soul.

Fuck.

#legolas never did demonstrate foresight after all; of course he couldn't predict his future...while galadriel could #she doesn't even outright say you'll be unhappy; she just says ''no longer the forest for you boyo'' #pairs it right up with ''hands shall flow with gold'' doesn't it #and yes for the record i DID in fact tear-up when I was copying-over legolas's lament because i always do when i read that THANK YOU #i will NEVER be normal over that passage; never ever be normal over the sea-longing #gimleaf #gigolas #this ship sails itself all the way to valinior #legolas #gimli #galadriel #sea longing #lotr #lord of the rings #lotr meta

[swan2swan]

It always amuses me when people call the Lion-Turtle's appearance "convenient" or something similar.

Yep, it sure is convenient that an omnipotent, all-knowing being would appear to the One Who Is the Mystical Bridge right before he faces his Ultimate Test in the Final Days of the World. Sure is neat that the most ancient and colossal creature on the planet would choose to summon the boy who will stand in the path of the man about to burn the forests*. As ships of steel and smoke drift into the sky so they may rain fire in the blazing wake of a centennial calamity, it's impossible to comprehend why the Last Guardian of Nature Itself would choose to approach the battlefield.

Truly, questioning this plausibility of this chapter proves that you have progressed beyond childish acceptance of cartoon fairytales, and are now capable of seeing where the author's hand provided unearned aid. That's literary comprehension.

#*people also question that decision and miss the symbolism and message and threat inherent in attacking the land itself #YES he's just burning a forest he is attacking the WORLD ITSELF #he is going for an extinction-level event #he wants the skies choked with smoke for days #atla #avatar the last airbender #the lion turtle #Sozin's Comet #aang #avatar aang #this is a war on all fronts #and after an unknowable time the Lion Turtle has shown himself to see if humanity deserves to live on #or if it is truly time for the world to end in fire #and for the spirits and beasts to succumb to an era of metal and order

[dollopheadedmerlin]

I'm working on a Merlin fic rn where Merlin's perception of time gets all weird and I'm worried that the way I'm writing it will come off as me not knowing how to write coherently instead of me being deliberately disorienting with how the events are structured lol

#mine #merlin #like #he says like three things are happening at once #and I will jusy jump from one instance to another #like he is in the forest talking to one person and then turns around to talk to Arthur in his chambers #stuff like that #and I'm worried it will just come off as like #when authors lose track of what position someone is in #like Merlin says he is standing #lying down #and sitting #all at the same time #but in reality he is sitting from Arthur's perspective #so when he gets up later #i worry people with think i forgot he was lying down #but he never actually was lying down #he just was experiencing a different moment in time in which he WAS lying down #in the moment when he is sitting #dgodoyditdoyupfl #idk it will have to speak for itself when the time comes i suppose

[akcioma]

Man and a Gun

Just coloured this sketch to remember how to use my tablet

#hermitcraft #hermitcraft doc #docm77 #docm fanart #I’m kinda disappeared cause was in a forest #so didn’t have any internet #sorry about that #in fact it isn’t a gun itself #it is just its aim #and I didn’t watch Doc’s episode #so idk how much it is a canon

[kirbymusicdaily]

Kirby Music of the Day: Beware the Forest Fungus from Kirby and the Rainbow Curse

#kirby #music #kirby and the rainbow curse #daily #The title is very reminiscent of a certain Mario RPG track #But the actual song itself is very evocative of Murisaki Forest from MOTHER 3

[bonefall]

How much do the clans understand about the radio collars? Have they made the connection between the collars, the trail cams, and the two leg gifts? Do they understand that they're being studied, or do they just categorize it all as "twoleg weirdness"?

Clan cats are scared of humans. They're aggressive when they get too close, definitely related to trauma stemming from the destruction of the White Hart Woods.

They removed Millie's radio collar (ironically) as soon as Graystripe re-entered ThunderClan, and intentionally yank off any more the team has tried to put back on them.

They definitely know the cams, collars, and traps are related. If they get too frustrated, these things get destroyed. This could be very expensive. The team is VERY careful to not put too much pressure on them, both for the sanctity of the research, and for the safety of the public.

After all, what if they start feeling stressed out and lash out at Sanctuary Lake's visitors? It would be unsafe for everyone.

So, the Clan cats don't know that they are being 'studied,' but they do know the cameras are twoleg things. They also know that there are different types of humans, and that generally, they like to watch them go about their days. Smartphones (glowstones) and cameras (flashstones) are actually a sign to relax; a human occupied with a doodad is not a human engaging in Twoleg Trickery.

#Millie's Radio Collar AU #Not fond of how canon has the cats kinda handwave humans off #They destroyed your whole forest?? girl you should have GENERATIONAL trauma about this #They're not 'just mad' they are terrifying unknowable beings #Their beasts eat trees and regularly flatten your clanmates #I think of that hare comic all the time. Y'know the one #''What kind of horrible beast chains itself to a dog?'' #Yeah

[cornerful]

When the day came the mood of the world about them had become soft and sad. Slowly the dawn grew to a pale light, diffused and shadowless.

I'm very attached to this description of morning light, that's all

#lotr newsletter #lotrn224 #imagery #memories of the forest around mt hood tbh <3 #slowly slowly going from dim to gentle grey #the ground cool long into the morning #there's a quality to the air at dawn and the mist over bodies of water you dont get in a city #even in the fields i used to bike by nearer to the outskirts there was that humming stillness #like the breath before a sigh and then the sigh itself and nothing violent #idk i find it very reassuring #despite the elevated sense of natural danger

[gender-euphowrya]

it really fucks me up how fiction isn't allowed to just end anymore like. creators will tell a full story that has a clear definite ending and instead of being like ''wow great story !'' it's all ''make a sequel ! a prequel ! an epilogue ! a spin-off ! dlc !"

like maybe move on

#i'm begging you if you love something you Have to let it be finished #before it's fucking milked and milked and milked until it's lost all meaning and charm because so much was added or changed #i LOVE ori and the blind forest. ori & the will of the wisps was a damn great game too #i don't want ori 3. the ending of the 2nd game wraps up ori's story in a way where it cannot be continued #that's fine ! it was amazing ! moon studio is making no rest for the wicked now and it's gonna be a very different game #and that's cool ! i'm gonna play it because this studio has proven itself to be really competent #if they ever decide to make a 3rd metroidvania set in the world of ori with a new story i'll play it & prob love it #i'm not gonna beg moon to make it or act like they're Obligated to because the first 2 games were good

[brownie-hatter1nwonderland]

I have never laughed so much in my life.

My sister kept running away into the store, Jervis had to go get her all the time.

YOUR SISTER RUNS AS FAST AS THE WHITE RABBIT! I couldn't stop running! She made me do sports, I HATE SPORTS! What do you give her to eat????

Kiwis. 🥝

#jervis tetch #mad hatter #batman rogues #batman #RUN FOREST RUUUUUN #My sister is the devil itself

[taviokapudding]

You know who my favorite duo to play as in Genshin?

The "Dottore is a lucky mf we didn't chose violence & got varying degrees of therapy" duo

I really hope they do meet because for similar backstories, it's surprising they didn't met or overlap in canon.

Also the dynamic of their friendship would be pretty endearing & a lot of Sumeru needs dendro, which anemo can't resonate with.

#mun post #genshin impact #im just saying #and also trauma bonding for collei who's idle voiceline speaks for itself + wanderer getting to have a friend who never knew baladeer #collei #wanderer #scaramouche #and it would absolutely be a sweet platonic friendship- Collei is a huge Amber simp and Wanderer is more interested in the traveler & Kazu #just going off their voicelines and how they talk to the traveler #im tempted to draw little comics about the forest ranger meeting the blueberry gum drop dealing with dendro puzzles because they're #my go to duo since I got them #also I read the reblogs yes they should both beat the shit out fo Dottore #I would pay money to see Collei and Wanderer tag team Dottore off a cliff

[ptolemaz]

🌳new specialest girl🪷

#theyre a mage but in my mind theyre a forest nymph?? a forest in itself #like they are the forest... they take care of the animals and the flora but they also create it #havent thought of a name yet tho im not good at names. sorry girl #simblr #the sims 4 #ts4 #sims #sims 4 #sims community #sims screenshots #ts4 cas #cas creations

[glasswaters]

my darling. my sweet. come with me.

won't you take my outstretched hands and the claws I've filed dull, for you? won't you fit yourself between my jaws and the soft parts of my gums? nevermind the mushrooms around you, my sweet. nevermind the soft light of the dying sun.

nevermind the way your hair stands on edge at the back of your neck, or the stories that have long since rooted themselves into these woods.

come. would i hurt you?

#fae #fae folk #faery folk #on abductions and love #on following something that makes itself soft into a world that is anything but #on early mornings and forests and fae rings #writers of tumblr #writerblr #poetry #poets of tumblr #snippet

[gaelicwordofthesometimes]

This sums up my feelings about the way that the Hozier fandom treats Ireland and the Irish language nicely

#to be clear i love that Hozier is representing the Irish language #both the language itself in De Selby #and the minority language feels in Butchered Tongue #but the fandom has a real habit of going in for the “mystical immortal forest man” #and the “fantasy fairy elf language” tropes #hozier #unreal unearth #de selby pt 1 #butchered tongue #gaeilge