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very beautiful very powerful

Babygirl I know fandom history that you wouldn’t even care about

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Girl you need to get out of bed faster than this

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During the 2008 recession, my aunt lost her job. Her, her partner, and my three cousins moved across the country to stay with us while they got back on their feet. My house turned from a family of four to a family of nine overnight, complete with three dogs and five cats between us.

It took a few years for them to get a place of their own, but after a few rentals and apartments, they now own a split level ranch in a town nearby. I’ve lost track of how many coworkers and friends have stayed with them when they were in a tight spot. A mother and son getting out of an abusive relationship, a divorcee trying to stay local for his kids while they work out a custody agreement, you name it. My aunt and uncle knew first hand what that kindness meant, and always find space for someone who needed it, the way my parents had for them.

That same aunt and uncle visited me in [redacted] city last year. They are prolific drinkers, so we spent most of the day bar hopping. As we wandered the city, any time we passed a homeless person, my uncle would pull out a fresh cigarette and ask them if they had a light. Regardless of if they had a lighter on hand or not, he offered them a few bucks in exchange, which he explained to me after was because he felt it would be easier for them to accept in exchange for a service, no matter how small.

I work for a company that produces a lot of fabric waste. Every few weeks, I bring two big black trash bags full of discarded material over to a woman who works down the hall. She distributes them to local churches, quilting clubs, and teachers who can use them for crafts. She’s currently in the process of working with our building to set up a recycling program for the smaller pieces of fabric that are harder to find use for.

One of my best friends gives monthly donations to four or five local organizations. She’s fortunate enough to have a tech job that gives her a good salary, and she knows that a recurring donation is more valuable to a non-profit because they can rely on that money month after month, and can plan ways to stretch that dollar for maximum impact. One of those organizations is a native plant trust, and once she’s out of her apartment complex and in a home with a yard, she has plans to convert it into a haven of local flora.

My partner works for a company that is working to help regulate crypto and hold the current bad actors in the space accountable for their actions. We unfortunately live in a time where technology develops far too fast for bureaucracy to keep up with, but just because people use a technology for ill gain doesn’t mean the technology itself is bad. The blockchain is something that she finds fascinating and powerful, and she is using her degree and her expertise to turn it into a tool for good.

I knew someone who always had a bag of treats in their purse, on the odd chance they came across a stray cat or dog, they had something to offer them.

I follow artists who post about every local election they know of, because they know their platform gives them more reach than the average person, and that they can leverage that platform to encourage people to vote in elections that get less attention, but in many ways have more impact on the direction our country is going to go.

All of this to say, there’s more than one way to do good in the world. Social media leads us to believe that the loudest, the most vocal, the most prolific poster is the most virtuous, but they are only a piece of the puzzle. (And if virtue for virtues sake is your end goal, you’ve already lost, but that’s a different post). Community is built of people leveraging their privileges to help those without them. We need people doing all of those things and more, because no individual can or should do all of it. You would be stretched too thin, your efforts valiant, but less effective in your ambition.

None of this is to encourage inaction. Identify your unique strengths, skills, and privileges, and put them to use. Determine what causes are important to you, and commit to doing what you can to help them. Collective action is how change is made, but don’t forget that we need diversity in actions taken.

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the ship of theseus wikipedia article in 2003. 20 years later, after 1792 total edits, 0% of its original phrasing remains. (x)

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@roach-works // Melissa Broder, "Problem Area" // Mary Oliver, "The Return" // @annavonsyfert // Koyoharu Gotouge, Demon Slayer // Haruki Murakami, Dance Dance Dance // David Levithan, How They Met and Other Stories // Tennessee Williams, Notebooks

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not enough secret gardens and hidden passageways and bookshelves that open to a mysterious library these days. get working on that girls.

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do you constantly recite mark. MARK he’s wired in sorry? he’s wired in is he? yes (SMASHES LAPTOP) call security you issued 24 MILLION new shares of stock you were told if new investors came along- how much were ur shares diluted, how much were his? what was mr zuckerbergs ownership share diluted down to? it wasn’t. what was mr moskovitzs ownership share diluted down to? it wasn’t what was sean parkers ownership share diluted down to? it wasn’t what was peter teals ownership share diluted down to? it wasn’t and what was ur ownership share diluted down to? .03%. you signed the papers you set me up! ur gonna blame me bc u were the business head of the company and you made a bad business deal with your own company? it’s gonna be like I’m not apart of facebook! it won’t be like you’re not apart of Facebook. you’re not apart of facebook. my names on the masthead !- you might wanna check again. IS THIS BECAUSE I FROZE THE ACCOUNT?? you think we were gonna let you parade around in your ridiculous suits pretending you were running the company?- SORRY MY PRADAS AT THE CLEANERS ALONG WITH MY HOODIE AND MY FUCK YOU FLIP FLOPS, YOU PRETENTIOUS DOUCHEBAG security’s here, you’ll be leaving now. I’m not signing those papers. we will get the signature. tell me this isn’t about me getting into the phoenix. YOU- YOU DID IT I KNEW YOU DID IT YOU PLANTED THAT STORY ABOUT THE CHICKEN I didn’t plant the story about the chicken what’s he talking about? he had me accused of animal cruelty seriously what the hells the chicken and I’ll bet what you hated the most is they identified me as a cofounder of facebook which I am you better lawyer up asshole cuz I’m not coming back for 30%, I’m coming back for EVERYTHING get him out of here I’m going, HANG ON here’s ur 19,000 dollars, I wouldn’t cash it tho I drew it on the account you froze ATTEMPTS PUNCH I like standing next to you sean. makes me look so tough daily or are you normal?

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andrew garfield is peak "man written by a woman"

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in case anyone hasn't seen this gem

(insta source)

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And I’ll eat it up every time 😌

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I like to imagine Andrew Garfield minding his own business doing whatever, sleeping, reading, gardening, and then out of nowhere he just gets a chill down his spine and says to himself, "another religion based biopic needs me," and then he just teleports onto set.

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in case anyone hasn't seen this gem

(insta source)

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And I’ll eat it up every time 😌

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Straight faxx.

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Emily Dickinson, from a letter to Mrs. J. G. Holland written c. October 1870

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goodnight moon. goodnight Milky Way. goodnight Ursa Major (UMa I dSph). goodnight 24IC 1613 (UGC 662.350[8].