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The largest mass shooting in American history was a hate crime against gay people. Don’t ever forget that.

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this blog hates donald trump

Look how many people hate him. I’m pretty damn happy about that 😁😁😁😁😁😁

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DOGE just froze funding to vital Federal and Indigenous conservation programs devoted to supporting the very delicate and tenuous existence of the black-footed ferret.

I fell in love with these animals as a kid traveling to our National Parks. Their rarity and ferocity made me sharply aware, even as a child, of just how much of a responsibility we have toward our environment. I can't bear the thought of them being a fucking casualty of Trump and Musk.

Look at them! They do war dances.

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april is sjögren’s disease awareness month

sjögren’s is one of the most common causes of dysautonomia.

sjögren’s is a chronic systemic autoimmune disease that is commonly considered 'just' a disease of dry eyes and dry mouth.

and this characterization of sjögren’s being just dry eyes and dry mouth (although those alone can be very disabling!), is wrong.

in the US alone, it is estimated that 4 million people have sjögren’s disease (millions more than lupus!), and 75% of those patients are undiagnosed. and a lot of this is because too many people only think of sjögren’s as dry eyes and dry mouth. a LOT of patients do not complain of dryness, or only have dryness after other major damage.

sjögren’s disease can affect anyone at any age. it can harm the nervous system, eyes, ears, skin, muscles, joints, mouth, teeth, brain, liver, gut, lungs, and way more. it can cause chronic pain, fatigue, brain fog, infections, loss of vision or hearing. sjögren’s is NOT just dryness. it can be profoundly disabling and it can fucking kill you.

and there is no real diagnostic criteria. the guidelines were designed for research purposes only, and a lot of patients test negative based on those guidelines. the blood test for sjögren’s, by itself, is negative in 30%-40% of patients who have sjögren’s.

which is especially fucking bad since sjögren’s patients are 40 times more likely to develop cancer of the lymph nodes, or lymphoma. sjögren’s patients are more likely to have strokes, heart attacks, miscarriages. sjögren’s patients often have or develop another disorder of the immune system, like another autoimmune disease.

sjögren’s is everywhere. it is not curable and it is not taken seriously enough. it can cause major problems, it can be deadly, it can be monitored, and it can be treated.

dysautonomiainternational.org

sjogrens.org

vimeo.com/dysautonomia

vimeo.com/819203862

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Well well well, if it isn’t once and future king and his friend/manservant/ other side of the coin/destiny/love of his life/boyfriend

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do y'all write like this? (this is for one chapter. I can only go chapter by chapter or I will lose motivation)

outline, outline, outline

write a version of the chapter that is "John went over here. John said this. John felt this. John wanted this." Some flashes of usable dialogue/narration, but most of it is quite bad! I can't skip this phase with stuff like "[something cool happens here]." I won't write anything that way.

revise revise revise

basically, translate all of the "placeholder" narration into actual narration. (like isn't that penultimate chapter of Persuasion by Jane Austen placeholder narration bc she died and didn't get to revise it????)

Filter words! Show not tell!

Then put in bolded, highlighted notes that yell things like [SUBVERT EXPECTATIONS!!!!!] who tf am i yelling at

print out the chapter to revise again. I print out everything. This is the Jokes Pass where I'm like "heh heh...how do i make this funny"

I finish a chapter, but because I'm going chapter by chapter I know I'll have to go back and go over the entire novel to make it cohesive

revise it again like two weeks later to procrastinate working on next chapter

i feel like i write like a comic book artist draws lmao. "Oh you gotta sketch the thing then refine it when you do pencils and then you ink it and color"

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People with low spoons, someone just recommended this cookbook to me, so I thought I’d pass it on.

I always look at cookbooks for people who have no energy/time to do elaborate meal preparations, and roll my eyes. Like, you want me to stay on my feet for long enough to prepare 15 different ingredients from scratch, and use 5 different pots and pans, when I have chronic fatigue and no dishwasher?

These people seem to get it, though. It’s very simple in places. It’s basically the cookbook for people who think, ���I’m really bored of those same five low-spoons meals I eat, but I can’t think of anything else to cook that won’t exhaust me’. And it’s free!

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my full comic for @ohshc20thzine

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Merthur edit

I’ve only watched this far so no spoilers pls

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me when i find a new batman fanartist to follow 😈😈😈😈

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the return of the two kings

It takes 1500 years for it to finally happen and its not in the way merlin thought it would. He thought Arthur would return, but when a man that looks exactly like arthur sits beside merlin in his political science class, well merlin realises that reincarnation wasn’t completely off the table.

Merlin introduces himself on the 3rd class, the first two spent of him subtly studying arthur, his face, his mannerisms, trying to figure out if it was really him, though when he heard the voice and name any doubt was swept away.

From that point on they quickly grew as friends. Merlin wasnt really sure what to do, he was told arthur would return when the world needed him, but nothing about if he was reborn again with no memories of his past reign whatsoever.

It stresses merlin out for a while, he constantly was on edge for any world changing dangers, however after a while he just accepted that maybe there was no reason. Arthur was just born again and he should appreciate that.

They quickly grew close, becoming the best of friends and eventually roommates and merlin couldnt have been happier, content with have the blonde back in his life.

Until one day he gets this urge to walk near the lake of avalon again, something hes not felt like doing since he found arthur again. But he does, distantly thinking it was around this time of year he had lost his king all those years ago. So he goes, the sun still rising as he begins his usual route around the lake. He takes it in, smiling at how much life has changed since he last took this walk.

He was distracted so you cant blame him for how much he was caught off guard, really that wasnt his fault.

“Merlin?”

Despite what anyone who saw would say Merlin did not let out a scream.

He spins around and comes face to face with his best friend, his roommate, his destiny walking out of the lake soaking wet.

“Arthur? What are you doing here? And why are you in the lake? I-“

He pauses, the air ripped out of his lungs as he realises what hes actually looking at. Something was different. Something was wrong. Because this arthur wasnt wearing his usual jeans and jumper, his hair wasn’t slightly too long because hes been too busy with work to get it cut, he wasnt making some joke about merlins poor coffee making skills.

He was wearing chainmail and armour, a sword in his hand one that merlin hadnt seen since that day.

This wasnt the same arthur he left at home this morning, the same arthur who was too busy watching last nights football on catchup to make fun of merlin burning his toast, the same arthur who he has lived with for 6 years and thought was his arthur.

No, this was the same arthur that he held in his arms as he thanked him and took his final breath.

Merlin doesnt know what kind of sick game the world is playing on him but that doesnt matter,

Because now theres two Arthur Pendragons gracing this earth and merlin doesn’t think hes quite as cut out for this destiny thing as he thought he was.

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my first offering to the merlin fandom, good god i'm so obsessed. look at what i've done to my boy.

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me when im still on season two of merlin and i know too much: 😦☹️😐🤬🫠

me when i want lancelot to COMEBACK after every episode: 🙏🏻🤲🛐🤭🤭🤭🤭🤭

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what if merlin was too late this time. what if he didnt see the assassin throw the knife, what if the dragon refused to give him advice. what if gaius had nothing in his books or his brain. what if merlin’s magic couldnt bring him back. what if he has to live without a destiny. what if he meets a young boy with golden hair eleven years later. what if merlin leads him to a sword in a stone, and there is hope left for camelot, but there was never hope for arthur.

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Mission: befriend robin

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Arthur: So you have magic?

Merlin: Uh… yeah?

Arthur: for how long?

Merlin: Since birth.

Arthur: And you’re a dragon lord?

Merlin: Yeah my father was and it gets passed down.

Arthur: Sounds like royalty.

Merlin: No? I don’t think so.

Arthur: Yes it is, that means you’re a noble, a lord. We can get married now.

Merlin: WHAT???

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