#the-fault-in-our-regards

[m1d-45]

Okay last little idea and I'll leave you be for a bit

Xiao actually responding to the names the creator gives him. Little Friend, Pretty Bird, ect. No matter how far away you are, if you call those names, he has to stop himself from turning into a bird and flying away at that very moment. Those pet names are as much his name as any other he's kept.

-sibling anon

me when xiao

in his time with you in his adeptal form, xiao has never told you his name.

and yet, he still hears you.

if he’s in the area and the wind brings him the softest call of “you here, little friend?” he morphs in an instant, instinct taking over as he flies to your summons. he ducks through the trees, landing gracefully in your outstretched hand, meeting your wide smile with a chirp.

“there you are,” you mumble, and he ruffles his wings in an approximation of standing straighter. he is here. for you.

he’s commonly perched on your index finger, or your thumb if he’s eating from your palm. you only feed him simple almonds, yet it tastes of a delightful meal, energy coursing through his body. he’s careful not to nick your skin in his eagerness, but nobody could blame his enthusiasm if they knew what he felt.

by sitting in your hand, he is rested. by staying at your side, he is healed. he still upkeeps his duties, ever vigilant, but he’s quicker now, spurred on by something—someone—to return to. his place is at your side, and he hates keeping you waiting.

even when he has to.

xiao crossed his arms over his chest, staring off at liyue’s plains while he waited for the traveller to finish talking with… whoever. he honestly wasn’t paying attention. all he was there for was the lost adeptal artifact that the commissioner had promised he had, and then he would be on his way.

the man said something with a tilt to his tone. the traveller laughed. xiao grit his teeth.

“friend? little buddy? where are you?”

the call pulled at his soul as every other name he held, and he itched to answer.

paimon made a comment, an ooh! tossed somewhere in the middle, and xiao snapped.

“can we wrap it up? this is not a proper use of an adeptus’ time.”

the man swiftly apologized, handing over the totem, and xiao all but snatched it from his hand. a ‘farewell’ may or may not have slipped from him in time for the traveller to hear, he wasn’t sure. all he knew was that one moment he was dropping the totem off at his room at the inn, and the next he was leaping off the balcony, shifting mid-air to fly towards you.

he let out a loud cry when he spotted you, tucking in his wings to dive. you saw him and held out your hand, a motion so familiar that the actions to land were muscle memory.

he flared his wings, slowing his fall, flapping once, twice, before settling on your index finger. your thumb reached up, as it always did, and he leaned into it, repressing a coo at the feeling of it smoothing over his back.

“there you are, my pretty bird. where were you?”

a shiver rolls down his small body at your words, and he hides behind your thumb. you had many names for him—little friend, blue bird, simply blue—but pretty bird?

your pretty bird?

he’s hot in a way he can’t identify, a melting mix of emotions filling his chest. pride, admiration, adoration, even, all blurring into a messy film that covered his mind.

you turned towards your camp, keeping the hand with him perched close to you. “doesn’t matter. you’re here now, pretty bird. i missed you, you know.”

and you missed him?

xiao’s known for a while that the one on the throne wasn’t truly his god, but now he’s wondering if you were. the swell of confusing feelings was proof enough; were you anybody else, mortal or immortal, god or adepti, he’d have surely struck you down for your behavior long ago. cooing over him as if he were a mere household pet, feeding him scraps of crushed fruit, calling him such names as ‘pretty bird’- he’d have morphed back the second he was strong enough, held his blade to your throat and called you insolent and ungrateful. he’d leave you with a scar, and yet here he was, apologizing for the one he did leave in any way he could.

you carefully poured some almonds pieces in your palm, and he shifted to your thumb as you sat. were you anybody else, you would be dead. but your eyes are still open, carefully watching him, and your heart still beats blood. he can feel your pulse through his claws, sometimes, and often finds his own slowing down to match it.

you had an adeptus eating from the palm of your hand, and yet you were none the wiser. you simply propped your head in your free hand, a gentle smile on your face.

“my pretty bird,” you said quietly, and xiao’s eyes closed of their own volition.

yours.

#m1d : [chats] #m1d : [secrets] #sibling anon #bird!xiao shenanigans #< sorry for high jacking your post for this king #to stew anon: i saw your ask regarding bird xiao but the topic makes me uncomfortable. while i agree with your last point everything prior #is off the table. not your fault btw i never gave anything to suggest otherwise #anyway here’s another 800 words abt bird xiao in hopefully ‘good enough’ compensation #hey FUCK tumblr for continuing to delete the last paragraph of my fics #wholeheartedly #GOD fuck this fuck everything lesson learned NEVER DO JACK SHIT IN THE DRAFTS #tumblr is hell and i’m not good enough at navigating to get our #i’m fuckin sobbing- on my hands and knees disoriented and confused

[ladyalicentshightower]

I think people overestimate how feminist team black is. If someone brings up how Baela should be the heir to Driftmark, it's always "she would've been Queen if not for the Greens!", ignoring that 1, she would be Queen consort, not a Queen in her own right, and 2 she has a legitimate claim in her own right to Driftmark. Team Black's goal is to crown Rhaenyra, but Rhaenyra becoming Queen isn't a win for feminism because it does nothing to dismantle the rest of the patriarchal system that exists in Westeros. From what we've gotten so far, it reads that Rhaenyra wants to be the exception and not the rule. Rhaenyra has made a lot of bad political decisions, which means she can't acknowledge Baela's claim because it would weaken her own claim (blatantly admitting her eldest sons are illegitimate would not end well for her to say the least). So she betrothes Jace and Luke to Baela and Rhaena to kind of atone for that, like as a consolation prize Baela will be Queen and Rhaena will be lady of Driftmark, neither of them would hold either title in their own right. It's good matches because the kids like each other and will treat each other well, but it's not a feminist win or a feministic liberation. It's usurpation, usurpation that takes place because Rhaenyra has to do damage control after having illegitimate children and after a serious of bad political decisions (both hers and her fathers, Viserys is the arbiter of this entire mess). To me, Rhaenyra is very reminiscent of Mary Queen of Scots, I can see a lot of elements drawn from Mary's history in Rhaenyra's story and character, down to their sons eventually taking the crown they failed to claim/keep.

#hotd #hotd spoilers #house of the dragon #house of the dragon spoilers #Rhaenyra targaryen critical #I'm going to do a rewatch prior to season 2 & I'm going to analyse the bad political decisions from vis & Rhaenyra that lead to the dance #like by no means the only factors at play lets not forget otto daemon larys etc #but it's an interesting factor that the fandom doesn't really acknowledge #and a lot of Rhaenyra's bad political decisions are understandable because of her youth and because viserys does fuck all to prepare her #like even if she wasn't who he choose as heir she should've been given a better political education as a princess #but vis fails his most of his other four kids in that regard to #i mean he also fails to acknowledge them or remember them but anyways #he is a huge part of the reason aegon and aemond became he they did #props to whoever probably alicent for sending daeron to oldtown so he could grow up well adjusted #alicent: i'm writing a letter to daeron is there anything you would like to say to him? #viserys: daemon? why are you writing to daemon? #alicent: daeron? #viserys: who? #alicent: our son? the one you sent to squire in oldtown? #viserys: i think i'd remember if we had a son who's name was one letter different to my brothers #viserys: in fact i do alicent do you mean the one who lost an eye? #alicent: *screaming internally* #viserys targaryen #king viserys #rhaenyra is such an interesting character but i hate how the fandom sanctified her because how dare characters be complex and have flaws #like you dont have to justify their actions or bend over backwards to deny their faults to like a character you know 😭 #and the same thing is done to daemon who is far more fucked up and far more flawed in the show than the fandom allows #i hate the team stuff tho i get hbo going for it as a marketing move that was genius but my god are certain stans insufferable #the entire point of the dance is that its a pointless tragedy there's no good or bad side theyre both awful in their own ways #but thats a longer rant for another time outside of the tags

[alltimewhat]

this is not new to say but i feel like the internet and social media and instant gratification have absolutely destroyed people's will and understanding of being uncomfortable. sometimes it's good to be uncomfortable. sometimes it's necessary. refusing to ever engage with ideas that make you uncomfortable will never get you anywhere but complicity and moral laziness

#its been really clear regarding the way people are using like #therapyspeak and overly cushy language to soothe people ignoring an active genocide #there's a difference between 'managing your emotions' and 'ignoring that ethnic cleansing is happening' #also a lot of the 'anxiety' white people have regarding big events like this or the blm protests is just. white guilt. #knowing you as a white american are responsible in some ways for the suffering of people of color both in and out of america #and its like. yeah it can feel shitty but. good. it should. you know. like. idk man. #the united states is funding a genocide with the tax dollars of its citizens. even if it isnt our 'fault' the LEAST we can do is feel remor #and do what we can to support the people who need our help #it is unimaginably cruel and so blatantly the wrong choice to cover your ears and shut your eyes. and if doing that makes you feel bad #it should. and you should live with that guilt.

[deus-ex-mona]

kawareeeeeeeeeee~~~~~~~~~

#(aka me when my acid burns randomly start throbbin’ when i bend over :( it’s very inconvenient) #in other news ​this week absolutely s u c k s can i trade it in for a better one— #first there was that acid spill. which. like. ouch???? but the mark is still there and is apparently very obvious. which sucks #then the day after the acid attack™️ meself and one other guy were called out under the assumption that we were doing unnecessary overtime #with the ‘unnecessary’ part running off the basis that there’s a low sample volume bc one single monday had fewer samples than usual #and we were singled out j u s t because our taxi claims for last month were through the roof due to the fact that we live across the country #like??? hellooo????? why are you treating it like it’s my fault that i have to pay upwards of $24 (at least) to get home??? #and??? excuse????? why are you extrapolating the previous day’s sample volume to the previous month’s workload as a whole???? #but. m a n. the way the mildly higher up lady abruptly shouted at me for asking a question just. pissed me off. for some reason. #she was talking in circles regarding the future of our taxi claims #so i asked if we (now) had to submit a second claims form for the transport company dudes to compensate us #and she yelled at me to stop talking before i could finish :( sadded and annoyed tbh #though i get the feeling that she hasn’t liked me ever since i left some results she asked for between her desk and some other guy’s desk #and someone else had placed their notebook or sth atop it so she couldn’t find it. and she blamed me for it. ha. #that was a few weeks ago though. so. hm. i wonder if she’s still mad about that… #either way. i applied for a couple of jobs that are closer to my place bc screw travelling across the country for an hour every day #s c r e w hour-long train rides i’d rather sleep #i prolly won’t even get the other jobs but. oh well. that’s life ig

[thefirstknife]

@aislinavalbane

Aislin. Hello. I would talk to you like adults that we are, but you have made your essay statement and blocked everyone who may disagree with you, despite openly saying that you welcome people "tearing it apart." I will be as brief as possible and focus on a few points only so I will not be tearing it apart. You're lucky that way.

You've given me no choice but to post this in the tag so all of D2 Tumblr will know your shit.

First of all, I don't think you've read The Callout Post(TM) with adequate reading comprehension or perhaps you've read it and didn't fully understand the issues with things me and another user brought up. Reminder.

But let's move past that one. In your essay, you have stated the following:

If there was someone I was interacting with who showed they were racist, bigoted, transphobic, or even fascist (I see that last one being used quite a bit and I don’t think you all are using that in the correct context, but I digress) then I would simply stop interacting with them and block them.

Really? Okay, so you didn't notice any of the bigotry in the actual post that you claim you've read. Maybe I just wasn't pedantic enough. But by the Traveler, can I be pedantic. Thank you for giving me the chance.

Transphobia 1 (anti-puberty blockers and gender affirming healthcare for trans people and youth in particular, paired with the "REEEE" which is often used as an ableist shortcut to mock autistic people, for good measure.) Transphobia 2 (reblogging a post celebrating the ban on trans women in sport and specifically being rude to one particular trans woman for no reason other than pure and utter hatred, calling trans women "men," anti-puberty blockers.) Transphobia 3 (supposed "gotcha" over how kids should not be allowed to express gender dysphoria when they're young because minors can't buy guns. Stay classy at the time of yet another mass shooting that happened in your country where elementary school children have been killed.) Transphobia 4 (just one of the posts supporting Gina Carano, a known transphobe that I have written about in my original post. Just as an addition, here's some stuff about Gina Carano being antisemitic. Ice in the tags noting that Gina was the only good actress in Star Wars. Really? The antisemitic transphobe?)

Is this enough proof of transphobia or do you need more? Is there a specific number of transphobic beliefs your friend has to agree with and spread around for you to acknowledge she's transphobic?

Homophobia (literally for no reason saying that people calling characters like Din, Luke or Han gay is "the stupidest crap she's ever heard." Why are these headcanons bothering her? Answer quickly. Here's Mark Hamill, Luke's actor, affirming people's HCs about Luke being gay if they so desire.)

Asking if supporting Attack on Titan makes her a Nazi (yes.)

Phew, that's a lot of tough topics to go through. Let's take a break with something light. Here's her anti-Crow post that's actually related to Destiny where she keeps calling him Uldren and saying she hasn't done any quests "helping Uldren" and she doesn't want Bungie to force her to side with him. As far as I know, you support Crow. This is a minor nitpick, but I am being pedantic after all.

Xentari is currently doing the same as you, supporting Ice-6 and claiming there's no bigotry involved anywhere and you're all a nice little support group who support other bigots. And I thought you all just support each other no matter what, but Xentari answered an ask tonight and this was reblogged by one of you who made a sideblog specifically to engage with this discourse and be transphobic. Transphobia in the tags, Xentari liked the reply so I will assume she agrees with the transphobic reply and transphobic tags. This person, whichever one of you it is, has called trans women "men" before and was already transphobic before.

Xentari has been particularly bothersome and outright stalking one of my friends despite my friend not wanting to interact with them. Xentari said my friend is "hiding behind the block button." Curious. Aislin, you're doing the same. This will be a tough one for Xentari to parse through: on one hand, hiding behind a block button is bad, but on the other hand her bestie is doing it too.

Extremely suspicious that both Xentari and you went to dig out stuff posted by trans people, with you, Aislin, specifically not just clipping bits of text but also implying the text wasn't AI generated. And then defending yourself by saying you wrote the person "claimed" it was AI generated. It being AI generated isn't a claim. It's a fact. OP didn't claim anything, he stated a fact. The text is AI generated.

You don't find it funny, whatever. It's not your place to police trans and LGBT+ people about which jokes they will make about themselves. You don't care about that at all. You only care about a post making fun of Cayde because falsely accusing Cayde, a fictional character, of sexism is worse than your friends supporting human rights being taken away.

Your next point I want to address:

Post to donation sites for those who have the means to and may like to contribute to.  Especially for those in the US and Ukraine, cause things are crazy and scary right now all around and backing organizations and people who want to make a real difference and help people is far more helpful than going after random blogs on Tumblr.

Oh things are scary in the US right now? I see you're pro-choice so I will assume you are referring to that.

The person you're willing to die on the hill for is not.

Anti-abortion 1 Anti-abortion 2 Anti-abortion 3 Anti-abortion 4

For as long as you support people who actively made this happen by voting against abortion, you are at fault for what is happening. Whatever little posts and statements you're making about being pro-choice are futile for as long as you're coddling people who want human rights being taken away and chalking it up to "different opinions." This is what "different opinions" on human rights have done. Really "crazy and scary."

Don't fucking dare say that you can still be friends with people who have "different opinions" when those "opinions" are literally about whether or not human beings should have bodily autonomy and the right to choose. Human rights are not an opinion. You cannot be friends with people over this. Different opinions are about what's your favourite colour, not whether or not millions of people will die because your bestie is voting for their rights to be taken away.

I hope I have provided you with sufficient evidence at least for transphobia and anti-abortion stuff. You have explicitly stated that you will stop interacting with and block people who support any kind of bigotry and I believe I have given enough links and explanations and links for further reading to prove this.

If you still can't see transphobia, you are a transphobe.

I will wait with bated breath to see you publicly denounce your friendship with transphobes and transphobe supporters that you are currently very friendly with. As per your own admission that you will.

I also hope that you are hardcore donating to those organisations since you've spent a lot of time coddling people who are responsible for this happening to your country. Links to these organisations that Bungie promoted, for your ease of access:

URGE

Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice

NARAL Pro-Choice America Foundation

In Your Own Voice

Trans Lifeline (hope you have a huge donation to this one in particular given the scope of transphobia exhibited by your (hopefully former) friends)

#destiny 2 #discourse #tw transphobia #tw antisemitism #tw gun violence #tw homophobia #tw anti-abortion #long post #I apologise to everyone who just wants destiny content but i can't in good conscience ignore bigots in our community #i want these people to be blocked by as many people as possible #to make their d2 tag as desolate and barren as their regard for human rights #however if aislin actually does what she has promised to do she is welcome to stay. though i am not going to fault anyone for not forgiving

[swallowtail-ageha]

The devastating effects that my anxiety-induced ED left on my body and health and me SHing with needles when i was 15 suddenly leaving me because dafne said that my problems weren't as bad as hers because she got diagnosed with depression and i didn't:

#namedropping her btw i am so fucking tired of her bullshit #you dont get to invalidate me and my trauma and emotionally blackmail me by saying that if i stop accomodating you #by saying 'oooh you're doing so well it's never your fault' you're gonna commit suicide #jesus christ. i am 18. i don't have a psychology degree and i don't want to ruin my already fleeting stability #to help a person who functionally was never there for me when i was at the bottom of the barrel #and like. just because you aren't diagnosed doesnt mean you arent suffering. im probably never going to a psychiatrist #until i do something extreme because my parents are the classical italian conservatives that think of therapy as a get out scot free card #and i already have trauma regarding psychiatry #but i have issues. i have massive fucking issues and i had suicidal thoughts even before i left kindergarten because my early childhood #was fucking awful! i am pretty much emotionally numb to most of the things around me because i had to force myself to be like that #to not have daily mental breakdowns! #but of course you won't know because i have never been a fucking friend to you@ #for all the five years of our 'friendship' i was only the girl who you only approached to use as a psychologist #i have never been a person to you!

[giantkillerjack]

If you don't reblog this post,

nothing will happen.

REBLOG THIS POST

to make no observable effect on the indifference of the fates.

If you like this post instead of reblogging it,

neither act shall be counted for or against your sins when your soul is weighed against Anubis' feather at the end of your life. The gods have ceased to check our homework, if they ever did at all.

The magic you carry within you is simple but real, as dangerous as it is essential: nothing matters until you decide it does. I will never know your face as well as I know my own. But I carry you in my heart as easy as breathing.

#original #what do i tag this as? #egyptian mythology #brennan lee mulligan #for giving me the quote 'people are the instrument through which the universe cares. if you care then the universe cares. if you don't then #it doesn't.' #reblog within 30 seconds to apply an arbitrary time limit to your actions! no one will know either way! #hi i believe people ought to reblog art they wish to see more of but that a like is still a nice thing to say #but also! it is! your choice! and i fucking hate when posts say you're a BAD PERSON for not reblogging something #i don't fucking care if the post is like 'reblog if you believe puppies shouldn't be murdered!' if it is followed by a guilt trip fuck off #this is my space and i am here to be silly and peaceful in a brutal world and i will do as i please while doing no harm #i also dislike 'reblog in 30 seconds to make something good happen' posts #because i was raised catholic and the idea of being at fault for something good not happening due to my inaction or failure #in regards to arbitrary and impossible to verify rules' was... really fucking bad for me as a kid. #because if those posts DO work (like how prayers are supposed to work) then at what point is it my fault for not doing more??? #bc in Catholic school we were taught very clearly that it is indeed our fault for not doing more at all times bc it is #impossible to be good enough #but I suppose I shouldn't begrudge people their small spells and prayers. #I just don't like when they're directed at me with an imperative statement. #anyway everyone go watch dimension 20 it is a delight

[malaky-nightm4r3]

Okay because Im reentering FNAF phase (it just came back after being asleep for years) and Im actually looking around at what other people create, I'm just amazed tbh. I was grounded off and on forna majority of teenagerhood so I didn't get to have this raw experience of just properly discovering the fandom beyond youtube.

And I've discovered. I never knew I needed Springtrap in normal situations. Like its so oddly amusing to me. Throw that mold boy on a bus looking out a window, what's he doing there, how did he get there?

Also Im very sad, inbetween the car and the apartment somewhere along the line my copy of The Silver Eyes went missing and Im very emotionally attached to it because it was a gift I was given second hand from someone who got it not knowing it was a game book and ended up not liking it, but knew I liked it, and I read it over and over so many times the book showed my love for it. For context why that's important, I own books older than me without much sign of wear if I was their only or second owner because Im overly careful when reading. Ik its a 12-14 dollar book but I don't want to just REPLACE it when it was so important to me, Idk, the memories. Let me be sentimental for once.

Also Im very much focused on SB ruin despite the story of SB getting fucked by cuts- I feel like Ruin saves it.

Im also mortal enemies with team Hate Gregory rn (Lighthearted but hear me out) bc I can't believe people actually played or watched through the game, learning the gregory we heard was actually the mimic all along, finally hear REAL Gregory again, and then don't find it suspicious when his whole tune changes again in the elevator? There is static and suddenly he goes from explaining what Cassie ran from to....Killing her? Thats the damn mimic and its mad he had no escape so it's fucking taking her down.

And, if it WASN'T the mimic, put yourself in Gregory's shoes for a minute. Your friend is trapped with that thing, and you don't know if you just led your friend or it into that elevator. It can copy anyone. You're a child and don't have much time at all, you're freaking out, you don't know what to do- if it escapes thats really, really, really bad, if you drop it you KILL Cassie-

Ultimately, what's the worst choice...?

Anyways fuck hating Gregory I find it unoriginal tbh everyone likes hating something and because Vanny wasn't satisfying in-game and Afton has been dead for ages, and the Mimic isn't properly sentient- Y'all wanna hate on the kid who got kidnapped to the plex in the first place and was hunted and potentially killed by the animatronics he chose to break in the end. Who were used for the cheap mind control plot- thats besides the point anyways FUCK hating Gregory

(I don't hate any of you, I just wish you read into what details happened more)

#Random #fnaf #There's a lot that goes on in my mind regarding FNAF again but by far the best has gotta be rotating Roxy and GlamFreddy with my mind #Little secret its actually Chance (ME) who reignited the FNAF phase on accident but you didn't hear that from me. #Our friend claims all credit so obviously what I said above is impossible since its all my friend's fault oooo #(positively said)

[eeunwoo]

so crazy how my mom repeatedly fatshames random ppl either on tv or real life like out of nowhere like im not RIGHT there

#she thinks she’s fat and she’s 40kg like get a grip you are crazy ? #she also made some kinda weight loss comment as in like. telling me I should visit this new place that opened in our town #and after I explained to her that you don’t just lose medication weight gain she did a 180 and was like I meant for me! #like … #she didn’t used to be this awful about things but the last few years have been hell in terms of the bigotry and these casual shitty comments #my entire life I’ve tried to teach her not to do that. god knows it’s not like she taught me not to be an awful person I had to go thru #everything myself and take care of myself in that regard #and like she hardly processes anything I say but then she’s like I’m not racist/fatphobic/homophobic etc #while being exactly that #it’s .. frustrating and it ruins my mood and then she’s mad at me for that like it’s my fault she’s the way she is lmaodnsndn. #anyway sorry but wow #mrow.org

[vaugarde]

warrior cat fans will be like “ok but child abuse is ok if we dont like the kid right?” without an iota of doubt

#echoed voice #i honestly dont have strong feelings on breezepelt like hes obviously written as a strawman to be like #''ugh look at crowfeathers BITCH wife and IDIOT son that he has instead of the uwu so cute family he couldve had with leafpool'' #like hes purposely written to be annoying and ur supposed to hate him as a ''aw our ship cant be together'' element #but the way the fandom talks abt how its ok that crowfeather neglects him and hit him that one time is genuinely disturbing #same w the way the fandom regards death and grief like if a fave character accidentally kills someone #the fandom will be like ''ummm the grieving families are sooooo stupid lmao dont they care it was an accident? its their fault'' #and thats not a strawman thats a commonly held opinion thats the majority thing #like dawnpelt is constantly painted as a harpy petty bitch for being upset w jayfeather over flametails death #bc she didnt just stay in her place and have an uwu so sad breakdown offscreen andinstead was mean to fan favorite best boy #who. lets be real. did in fact look suspicious as hell from her perspective. and also shes grieving and wont be logical #but its common for parody vids to paint her as this idiot brat who doesnt know anything and is so bitchy

[veilchenjaeger]

Youtubers who know nothing about history stop making videos about queer history challenge

#[talk less smile more] #/like i don't think it's inherently bad it's making queer history more accessible #/but so often these videos are oversimplified and misinformative #/if you talk about how a historical figure was queer by modern standards you need to include the historical context!!! #/you need to consider what the norms regarding sexuality of the time were and how/if that person diverged from them! #/instead of projecting modern terminology and modern (western!) views on completely different cultural settings! #/most of the time that's way more interesting anyways! #/also there's just a lot of the 'i read this on the internet' kind of misinformation going around #/that completely disregards the scientific discourse on these topics and doesn't consider historical sources at all #/like. how do we know this thing? what kind of sources do we actually have for this and can they be trusted? #/basic source criticism come on people #/my general advice is to believe nothing anyone ever says about sappho. we know jack fucking shit about sappho. #/sigh it's our own fault isn't it. as historians. we need to get youtube channels.

[king-of-thracia]

Hi. No one talk about Cosmos to us. At least. Not without asking. No one has (talked of them). Should just make this clear anyhow.

[vent in tags.]

#yes it was our fault. #but i dislike - jaz dislikes - losing major fronters because they learn of what happened #likely too stressful is my theory; even now. #i do not want to lose eldigan. i do not want to lose the next major fronter. #i speak as if they are dead. they are not. they visit #but still. still. #carousel.txt #i very much acknowledge we hold fault even if i don't. i can't. remember clearly. i still remember a friend. that is it. #i just. dont know. #i feel sad. #i know that is normal for us. #regarding this. #but still. #i do not want to lose eldigan to him finding more details and bring too stressed. #apparently there were more issues than we knew of. #not told of so we could not fix things. #there is a reason we ask people to be upfront about issues. #so we can try to fix it for figure it out and make it better. some solution. #it did not help we only found out by being screamed at by another ex friend. #we do care. we do. #we're just oblivious #as much as we don't try to be. #we should've waited for morn. we should've. #and yet. i also feel relief that we do not speak or interact #we have issues with people. venting very often. #not that we arent open to listening to others issues. we just. have to be asked. and it cannot be so often #it feels like its the only time we interact #which is not the case with anyone we speak with. #we got overwhelmed but did not wish to talk about it because wouldn't that be ruder? #beyond that. we had those channels muted at all times.

[stealthily]

the amount of people on tiktok who wrap up their comments with 15 layers of progressive language to disguise the fact the points they’re making are still incredibly harmful is truly astounding

#‘bi women are contributing the patriarchy and need to take responsibility for the fact the sexualization of wlw spaces is their fault’ #i’m SORRY??? #the gender+sexuality combo with the highest rate of intimate partner violence at 61% and its all our fault!!! who knew!!! #‘oh my godddd you’re so brave for promoting body positivity’ on a person who made a video that had NOTHING to do with their weight??? #you’re the one centering their appearance and implying there’s something wrong with it????? #this is not even covering GOD AWFUL takes regarding racism or the extent of lgbt+ infighting on there like jesus christ #but didn’t u know!! if ur talking like a backwoods conservative then it’s bigotry but if u sprinkle in enough woke buzzwords it’s a ✨psa✨ #even if you’re saying the exact same thing at it’s core!!! #ANYWAYS i wish it wasn’t such a fucking popular source for videos now bc it is truly a hell app (derogatory) #txt

[giffingthingsss]

Bar Guy: You fly all around space telling every species you meet where to find Earth. Did it ever occur to you that might not be the smartest thing to do?

I mean he’s the bad guy, but that doesn’t mean he’s wrong. 

Humanity goes around saying hi to people they’ve never met, ‘hey we’re from Earth! We’re new in town! Our home is right over *there!* We have no experience, we’re the only ship out here, there aren’t any ships as good as this one back home, we’re explorers not soldiers - Hey! Stop firing at us!’

#enterprise things #home #we do that crap now #there could be some highly advanced species that would regard us as cattle #and we're just sending out info on us assuming it will end well #lol #if earth is conquered it's our own fault #lez be real #oh well #we died friendly

[strohller27]

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#okay. so given the response of one of my supervisors it seems like I’m the one being the asshole in the work drama #which. if having a stress response so bad I wake up one night feeling like I’m having a mild panic attack is being the asshole then. yeah. #fair I guess #I’ll admit I am judging this person rather harshly but…let’s look at where that’s coming from shall we? #she gave me extra work that I attempted to say no to and felt completely ignored about #when I tried to meet with her and her supervisor to refuse again I was told I had to participate anyway #which made it feel like I was being ignored by two people #and my stress response is basically: a) get so flustered I can’t speak b) cry or c) both #so hearing ‘yeah I’m so sorry I gave you extra work. would you please suck it up and deal with it tho? I’d really appreciate it’ #causes me to shut down and go ‘okay I must be required to put my entire life on hold for you. got it.’ #so I’m the asshole for that and for assuming that this lady sees our team as a problem to be fixed #and for assuming she thinks the team is not responding to her on purpose and thus it’s *our* fault she’s not getting participation #(when let’s be real here…I led a team training and had no problem getting the team to participate…who’s fault is it really???) #honey her words and her actions are both giving me that impression #and I’m not the only one saying it. so maybe I’m the asshole but I’m not the only asshole #but that’s fine. if I have to be the asshole in this situation I’ll play the damn part #as long as this shit gets resolved. the team may need me to play the bad guy #at this point I won’t feel like it’s really resolved until she experiences some consequences for her damn actions #she needs to learn that just because she’s team leader doesn’t mean she gets to do whatever the hell she wants #with no regard for how her actions affect others goddamn it #also as long as I don’t get fired for this because if I do I am going to raise absolute hell #I’ll take a second to think about it like ‘how would you feel if someone was criticising your work?’ #and I’ll think ‘well. first off I wouldn’t disrespect my team members so hard and if I did I would deserve a swift slap in the face’ #‘and second off. I would feel so utterly terrible for just making someone do extra stuff that wasn’t in their job description #especially if they weren’t my direct subordinate. and if I ever did that I do hope someone woulf sit me down and say hey. not fucken cool.’ #and I would apologise and come up with an actionable plan that didn’t involve disrespecting that person’s autonomy #because I feel like that’s a common courtesy I was not afforded in this situation #so yes. if I ever start acting like this girl slap my cheeks and tell me to wake the fuck up and stop being rude #and I will face the music without making others suffer for it

[homo-house]

hey uh so I haven't seen anyone talking about this here yet, but

the amazon river, like the biggest river in the fucking world, in the middle of the amazon fucking rainforest, is currently going through its worst drought since the records began 121 years ago

picture from Folha PE

there's a lot going on but I haven't seen much international buzz around this like there was when the forest was on fire (maybe because it's harder to shift the narrative to blame brazil exclusively as if the rest of the world didn't have fault in this) so I wanted to bring this to tumblr's attention

I don't know too many details as I live in the other side of the country and we are suffering from the exact opposite (at least three cyclones this year, honestly have stopped counting - it's unusual for us to get hit by even one - floods, landslides, we have a death toll, people are losing everything to the water), but like, I as a brazilian have literally never seen pictures of the river like this before. every single city in the amazonas state is in a state of emergency as of november 1st.

pictures by Adriano Liziero (ig: geopanoramas)

we are used to seeing images of rio negro and solimões, the two main amazon river affluents, in all their grandiose and beauty and seeing these pictures is really fucking chilling. some of our news outlets are saying the solimões has turned to a sand desert... can you imagine this watery sight turning into a desert in the span of a year?

while down south we are seeing amounts of rain and hailstorms the likes of which our infrastructure is simply not built to deal with, up north people who have built everything around the river are at a loss of what to do.

the houses there that are built to float are just on the ground, people who depend on fishing for a living have to walk kilometers to find any fish that are still alive at all, the biodiversity there is at risk, and on an economic level it's hard to grasp how people from the northern states are getting by at all - the main means of transport for ANYTHING in that region is via the river water. this will impact the region for months to come. it doesnt make a lot of sense to build a lot of roads bc it's just better to use the waterway system, everything is built around or floats on the river after all. and like, the water level is so incomprehensibly low the boats are just STUCK. people are having a hard time getting from one place to another - keep in mind the widest parts of the river are over 10 km apart!!

this shit is really serious and i am trying not to think about it because we have a different kind of problem to worry about down south but it's really terrifying when I stop to think about it. you already know the climate crisis is real and the effects are beyond preventable now (we're past global warming, get used to calling it "global boiling"). we'll be switching strategies to damage control from now on and like, this is what it's come to.

I don't like to be alarmist but it's hard not to be alarmed. I'm sorry that I can't end this post with very clear intructions on how people overseas can help, there really isn't much to do except hope the water level rises soon, maybe pray if you believe in something. in that regard we just have to keep pressing for change at a global level; local conditions only would not, COULD NOT be causing this - the amazon river is a CONTINENTAL body of water, it spans across multiple countries. so my advice is spread the word, let your representatives know that you're worried and you want change towards sustainability, degrowth and reduced carbon emissions, support your local NGOs, maybe join a cause, I don't know? I recommend reading on ecological and feminist economics though

however, I know you can help the affected riverine families by donating to organizations dedicated to helping the region. keep in mind a single US dollar, pound or euro is worth over 5x more in our currency so anything you donate at all will certainly help those affected.

FAS - Sustainable Amazon Fundation

Idesam - Sustainable Developent and Preservation Institute of Amazonas

Greenpeace Brasil - I know Greenpeace isn't the best but they're one of the few options I can think of that have a bridge to the international world and they are helping directly

There are a lot of other smaller/local NGOs but I'm not sure how you could donate to them from overseas, I'll leave some of them here anyway:

Projeto Gari

Caritás Brasileira

If you know any other organizations please link them, I'll be sure to reblog though my reach isn't a lot

thank you so much for reading this to the end, don't feel obligated to share but please do if you can! even if you just read up to here it means a lot to me that someone out there knows

also as an afterthought, I wanted to expand on why I think this hasn't made big news yet: because unlike the case of the 2020 forest fires, other countries have to hold themselves accountable when looking at this situation. while in 2020 it was easier to pretend the fires were all our fault and people were talking about taking the amazon away from us like they wouldn't do much worse. global superpowers have no more forests to speak of so I guess they've been eyeing what latin america still has. so like this bit of the post is just to say if you're thinking of saying anything of the sort, maybe think of what your own country has done to contribute to this instead of blaming brazil exclusively and saying the amazon should be protected by force or whatever

#solarpunk #sustainability #environmentalism #climate change #climate crisis #global warming #amazon rainforest #amazon river #geography #brazil #degrowth #punk #global boiling #ecopunk #anti capitalism #climate action #climate activism #the world does not die on my watch #i saw someone use that tag and uh i like it we should make it a thing #long post #:/ sorry i know no one likes lengthy bad news posts on their dashes but i've been thinking about this quite a bit #and i don't really know what to do to help bc i don't have money to donate and i am 10 thousand km away #i think i could be doing more to help but i am already trying my best #again dont feel obligated to share or read this but it would be nice and i would love you forever #have removed lbv from the post