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Cain the Emperor

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if you like it, PLEASE REBLOG IT

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I'M DOING AN EXPERIMENT

To prove something to a friend, please

REBLOG IF YOU THINK ASEXUALS BELONG IN LGBTQ+ SPACES

LIKE IF YOU THINK ASEXUALS DON’T BELONG IN LGBTQ+ SPACES

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Sometimes all i want in life is to lay down on the floor and listen to shoegaze in peace

#shoegaze #i'm not sad it's just my idea of relaxation

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mine is named 'hmm' and contains 2000 songs, so yeah, same

Im gonna shuffle my giant playlist of every song i like and if the very first one that plays isnt exactly what i want to hear right this second im gna lose it

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Fata Morgana

a superior mirage caused by warm air resting on patches of colder air in an atmospheric duct that acts like a refracting lens. Objects on the horizon could appear to be mirrored, distorted, or float. This form of mirage could be the reason for the Flying Dutchman Legend.

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I know one of my posts is getting traction, but if anyone sees this and is able to help, it would mean a lot!

Today, I was in an emergency “all hands on deck” meeting to prepare for how the nonprofit’s operations will need to shift in response to the worst case scenarios happen- on the front and in the cities. It feels good to be part of a team that is always trying to evolve as quickly, if not faster, than the conditions of war in Ukraine and stay on top of their shit to help as many people as we can, but the reality of everything we discussed is terrifying. I don’t feel like I’m qualified enough to be a part of these meetings, but here we are.

There will be a meeting with frontline defenders later this week to learn about the evolving battle conditions and technological landscape and hear it directly from them.

Without critical aid being sent now, it might be too late by the time it gets there. In the past 15 minutes I’ve been writing this, explosions are being reported in Eastern cities and villages. Kharkiv is suffering aerial attacks every day.

This collective trauma is ongoing, and hasn’t stopped for a single day in the past two years. Today we’re mourning the attacks from every day this past month. We’re mourning the attack on the Kramatorsk railway two years ago. It is almost the one year anniversary of a family member of mine being KIA in Bakhmut. This loss is personally painful, he was too young. My cousin is too young to be a widow, they should have had the rest of their lives together. I can’t mourn him without also remembering every fallen hero. Without seeing all the flags honoring fallen defenders in Kyiv square. Every flag representing one loss. Without thinking of every person who must feel the pain of their loss and absence for the rest of their lives. Without thinking of the injured defenders who are currently fighting for their lives. Four that work closely with our nonprofits are in that position right now. One was buried last week. Even though I haven’t met them personally, my heart is broken.

My cousin only 23 and she has lost absolutely everything. I never know what to say to her. We made plans to go somewhere remote to scream, cry, and mourn when we see each other again, because what else is there to do?

Even for Ukrainians who no longer live there, there’s no chance to heal. I myself haven’t been back to Ukraine in over 20 years, and every fucking day feels agonizing. “Heal” also feels like the wrong word to use. Is this a trauma anyone can recover from? Nothing can fill the void that has been left from everything and everyone we’ve lost.

The scariest thing about today for me is hearing how much worse things can get and how likely it is if Ukraine doesn’t get support NOW. I’m terrified and I’m worried.

But so is my family and everyone back home. Yet they don’t stop, they keep going every single day. I hate the word “resilient.” They shouldn’t have to be, but holy shit they are the most resilient humans I know. I don’t have an excuse to give up while I am living in the cozy cushy safety and privilege of the US, while they are doing everything they can to survive a literal hellscape and war zone. I feel like if I collapse and regress into the completely dysfunctional mess I was when this first began, I’ll be failing them. And I can’t live with myself if I do.

Sorry, this ended up being more of a stream of consciousness thing rather than a well-thought out post, but I’m trying my best. Excuse any typos or grammatical errors, I am very unwell right now.

I’m going to end this post as I end every post regarding Ukraine and beg you to help in any way you can.

PLEASE URGE YOUR GOVERNMENTS TO BE PRODUCTIVE EVERY DAY, anything short of this enables Russia and continues the unnecessary and perpetual loss of innocent lives.

IF YOU ARE IN THE US: please raise your voice for Ukraine every day by taking a few minutes to call your representatives and make sure they know what their constituents expect from them, and demand that Speaker of the House Mike Johnson bring Ukraine aid to the floor for a vote. Ask your representatives to bully Mike Johnson into doing something useful for once in his life (you can choose to word this more professionally ofc). Find your representatives here.

DONT RELY ON YOUR GOVERNMENTS TO DO THE ESSENTIAL WORK. It’s clear more than ever right now that there is no sense of urgency.

Donate to nonprofits, participate in local events, support Ukrainians in your communities. If you can’t find any fundraisers near you, organize one yourself! If you would like recommendations for nonprofits to donate proceeds to, I am happy to share a few recommendations. I will likely make a longer post dedicated to nonprofits specifically, but my top recommendations that I personally know and can vouch for are always:

Mamay Foundation

Sunflower Seeds Ukraine

Lastly, celebrate Ukraine. Our culture and our land is beautiful, and when Russians are trying to erase us off the face of the Earth, keep us alive literally, but in your hearts as well. Music, movies, folklore, food, everything!

Thank you all. Slava Ukraini. Heroam slava.

Glory to Ukraine. Glory to the Heroes. 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦

Take care of yourselves, and stay safe.

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dying.

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I don't go on Tumblr for one (ONE!) day, and what do I miss? The boop button!!!

#rip to me #boop #life is pain

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I crave attention, please ask stupid things.

Reblog if I can go on your page and write stupid things in your ask box whenever I'd like to.

you definitely can :]

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Me, in 3 colours and a filter

#art style #artists on tumblr #my art #artwork #drawing #illustration #traditional drawing #original art #self portrait #meet the artist #art

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Had to.

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Oh my god, they're adorable!

Hey, I’m Ethan!

I’m a 23 year old trans man who does art whenever he has free time.

I have some art here that I’d love to turn into buttons, stickers, pins, etc. and I just wanted to see if there would be any interest in them! This is my first time sharing my art publicly as well as possibly creating products, so any and all feedback would be appreciated. <3 I have pride flags and pronoun pins and I am more than happy to change/edit/add more flags and pronouns if there is interest in them!

Thank you so so much for your time, I appreciate you!

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#art style #artists on tumblr #artwork #drawing #my art #original art #traditional drawing #illustration #body horro tw #nature

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You know, an interesting tumblr transformation that's happened gradually, and which I've seen no one talk about: ask-culture has essentially dropped off to nothing.

By which I mean, asks used to be WAY more of the tumblr economy. They used to be more common to send, and receive, and see. They were integral to the collaborative, forum-like behavior of old tumblr communities, not even to speak on the HUGE number of ask-blogs that used to exist to only be interacted with in ask-form.

I'm not saying this in a vying-for-attention way but instead in an observational way: I used to get way way more asks in like 2015, even with a fraction of my follower count. I wonder if it's due to the homogenization of social media sites? There's a lot more of this divide between "content creator" and "consumer" instead of just a bunch of peer blogs who would talk to each other. "Asks" aren't really a thing on twitter, are they? And as I understand it, the closest thing to an "ask" on instagram or tiktok would be a creator screenshotting some comment and responding to it in a new reel or video or whatever those content mediums are. Are asks just too tumblr-specific? Is that aspect of the site culture dying out as more and more people converge to using all their social media sites in the same way?

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A person underground

I know nothing about nature or anatomy, but that's not going to stop me from drawing. Also - sorry everyone, I wasn't sure how to safely tag artwork that contains nudity, hope this is ok! (help is very welcome)

#art style #artists on tumblr #artwork #drawing #my art #traditional drawing #original art #illustration #nature #body horro tw #art #nudity

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Various photographs of Ukrainian women in men's folkwear.

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Svetlana Kim’s illustrations for the Ukrainian-language edition of George Sand’s The Pink Cloud.