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got another code red moment for us... :/

please actually reblog this post this time, as this one will gut national parks for more fucking paper. we have 14 days to stop it, giving us literally no time to do so.

they are literally betting on us to not do anything about it, because they're that desperate on keeping control, and ruining lives for everyone, but themselves.

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the reason I've been radicalized to not engage in call-out culture unfortunately is my own experiences and seeing it played out on other people. the people who run these campaigns clearly do it for the enjoyment of running their target offline. they say what they're doing is in good faith and to protect others, but why is thier target person always a minority (albeit a black person or trans woman or both)

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wannabee twitter already bending the knee to terfs

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Many people like to (correctly) point out the hypocrisy of religious extremists claiming to "protect the children" by restricting their access to information. As has been proven time and again, knowledge protects children from harm, helps them to identify abuse, and teaches them ways to protect themselves proactively. An "innocent, pure" child is a euphemism for a child that is ignorant, kept in the dark about things that could harm them. No amount of distress brought on by learning disturbing information could endanger a child the way that information control can.

The issue with this criticism is that it misunderstands what conservatives mean by "protecting" children. They don't think of children as independent beings who deserve dignity and respect. They think of them as future investments, cultural tokens, and blank slates to pour their dogma into. A church wants to "protect" children from information that might make them leave the faith, even if that information could improve the child's life. A conservative parent wants to "protect" children from information about abuse, religious coercion, bodily autonomy... anything that could loosen the parent's power and control over the child. What these groups are really "protecting" is their investment. They see children as property that they are entitled to groom and manipulate to whatever purposes they see fit, and they attack anyone and anything that suggests otherwise.

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Your dislike or phobia for certain animals never outweights the animal's right to exist and live, i keep running into this behavior and i don't know why some folks never got to learn that. Who do you think you are

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Progress pride flag x original Gilbert Baker pride flag 🌈🏳️‍⚧️

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black intersex people i love u. brown intersex people i love u. please dont ever quiet down or downplay ur experiences. thank u forever for being alive. u are love itself so please love urself.

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[ID: An orange-toned anthro lynx with fangs and bat wings, posed with one leg up and holding her paws in a heart shape over her chest as she grins. She has a wavy brown bob with bangs and hot pink tips. She's wearing a yellow off the shoulder shirt with wide sleeves, teal shorts tied at the waistband, and dangly heart earrings; one pink and one turquoise. End ID.]

commission i just finished for @sugarbutts ! this was so much fun to work on :D

commission me?

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aoba commission for my friend @aobasgirlfriend :)

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artfight attack for @vanglaggle !! everyone say i love u strudel!!!!

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another really fun commission for @steampunkhobo !! i was asked to turn delmar o'donnell into a furry... so i chose a jackrabbit since i thought it suited his lanky awkwardness and his Plainness :)

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companies make billions from you thinking you're ugly btw. only ugly thing is their bottom line. log out of tiktok right now.

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junk food is always better than no food

I’ve met people who will actually argue against this (and I suggest just blocking anyone who does) but if your choice is between going hungry and getting fast food or snack food….PLEASE JUST FEED YOURSELF. No food is actually bad enough that it’s better to skip eating entirely. Malnutrition is more dangerous, more immediately, and more long-term than any consequences of eating a damn twinkie or a cheeseburger.

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reminder that adhd medication isn’t a luxury or preference, but a lifesaving medication. a 10 year long study in the usa showed that, when properly medicated, the rate of car crashes people with adhd get into goes down significantly–men’s rate drops by 38%, and women’s by 42%. the med shortage, denial of meds by doctors, rising prices, and war on drugs has killed–with such a car dependent society, not driving frequently isn’t an option, which means we need better healthcare and need it now.

https://shorturl.at/8VD8B

edit because i forgot to explain: short link is to an article by the washington post, it should be free to read

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Little bit funny how people's dislike of Harry Potter has now lapsed into like complete and total dismissal. The other day I was at a flower show and the theme for the displays at this particular flower show were book themed. And of course an admiring crowd went round and did the circuit of displays, ooh-ing and aah-ing at various renditions of The Railway Children and Little Red Riding Hood and taking photos. All extremely cool. And then they got to the Harry Potter section and there was just a complete blank look on a lot of people's faces. They didn't even comment like with the other displays, they simply walked by giving each other what-the-fuck-is-this shrugs. My sister is getting offered the opportunity to go to Harry Potter World by her college for art purposes this year and she said people were so distinctly unpsyched by even the offer of a very cheap coach trip and abysmally low priced tickets that they were already counting themselves out of the trip months in advance. There are stores with discount Gryffindor lunchboxes and scarves piling up desperately by the masses. Little stickers on them denoting price drops. Some stickers on top of others. Nobody gives a fuck about Harry Potter. It's all terribly exciting. I hope the HBO show is the nail in the coffin and we can finally put this shambolic corpse to a stake through the chest rest

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(hasn’t inventoried my spices in a while) ohhh i got plany of thyme