#LUIZA MENTIONED !!!!!

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Hi hello I have been knee deep in a genre binge so here are some literary sci-fi books that deal with loneliness as a core theme

I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman

Translated from French this book follows the youngest girl in a group of 40 women who are being kept in a cage underground in an unknown place, for unknown reasons, until one day they get the chance to escape triggering a search for answers and survival on a desolate surface.

Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro

This is a very subtle dystopian story about a group of people who spend their childhoods at an extremely secretive english boarding school, the course of their relationships, and where they are at the end of their lives. There's a subtle feeling of wrongness from the first chapter and the author spends the rest of the novel very slowly revealing the reasons why.

Everything You Ever Wanted by Luiza Sauma

The super short form pitch for this book is 'Fleabag if there was an option to yeet herself to another planet'. Iris is in a long term relationship with depression, kind of hates her pointless job, sometimes hates her family, and is generally overwhelmed by the weight of existence, when she hears about Nyx - earth's first space colony - and thinks that just maybe it could be the answer to all her problems.

Remnant Population by Elizabeth Moon

When the population of a company sponsored colony finds out they have been designated a failure and the people are to be packed up and shipped off to another planet to try again, one little old lady decides that for the first time in her long life she's going to break the rules - she's going to stay and live her best life alone on the planet, and finally get some peace and quiet. What could go wrong?

Skyward Inn by Aliya Whiteley

Skyward Inn is an odd little book set in a future where Earth has come into contact with an alien world that quickly surrendered to humanity. The story follows a small group of kind of unlikeable people who live behind the walls of the 'western protectorate' - a place in the moors that's decided to isolate itself and live like the old days with rudimentary technology for a simple life. Until strangers appear and things start to get... weird. Slower, stranger and with more body horror than you might expect.

[leonsliga]

Happy birthday Bri!!!

Muito obrigada Luiza!! ❤️ I love you and your blog sm!!

[mvrrow]

"Two different people? Very scandalous - very Mamma Mia." There wasn't a tone of judgement in Eden's voice - just a grin as she sunk back into her seat. "It's nice seeing everyone get together without the fear of seeing Catherine on the TV the next day. It feels peaceful. Even the fights in that god forsaken group chat don't feel as bad. Like, it's all just normal." She stayed out of others' drama regardless - but at least people weren't accusing one another of murder this time. "Can't help that we're getting older - hangovers haunt us more. But - I think I have one of those tiny shot-sized bottles of tequila in my purse - if you want a drop in your coffee. Might make you feel better?"

"It's all fun and games until the next morning." Regrets flood her mind paired with fake promises of never drinking like this again. "I have glimpses of making out with two different people, but their names go over my head. But it was good. I don't know, it's just with you-know-who dead we can move on and actually live our lives. Last night was a win, I won't let this headache ruin that - or I'll try."

[khaoala]

hi bibi what are your top 5 songs for each of the fk couples? if you think it's fun to elaborate please do

also if any of your mutuals wanna do it too 😸

as always, i preface this by saying i don't know how to pick favorites. to be fair, most of the songs i put on my playlists happen to be there bc of a line or two, but anyway, these songs are still very good, so i hope you enjoy them. i won't give explanations to most of them, tbh, but i'll at least put the lyrics i relate to each of them, hence why this is under read more, because again, it got too long.

AKKAYAN

iris - the goo goo dolls

And you can't fight the tears that ain't coming Or the moment of truth in your lies

this is what falling in love feels like - jvke

I got a lot on my mind Got some more on my plate My baby got me looking forward to the end of the day

as the world caves in - sarah cothran

And here it is Our final night alive As the Earth burns to the ground Oh, boy, it's you that I lie with

line without a hook - ricky montgomery

Oh, baby, I am a wreck when I'm without you I need you here to stay I broke all my bones that day I found you

i love you so - the walters

I just need someone in my life To give it structure To handle all the selfish ways

honorable brazilian songs mentions:

passarinho - gabriel froede, carol biazin (this one can work for all three of them to be honest, it's a song i really like)

I'll take you away from here To anywhere else where there's no one Just us, and us only

aliança - tribalistas

If I find you someday The way I dreamed of Maybe even be your perfect match And love you the way I imagined

você me faz tão bem - detonautas

When I get lost, that's when I find you When I let go, your eyes see me When I fool myself, that's when I forget about you When I have you, I feel so good

SANDRAY

nobody gets me - sza

I don't wanna see you with anyone but me Nobody gets me like you How am I supposed to let you go? Only like myself when I'm with you

505 - arctic monkeys

When you look at me like that My darling, what did you expect? I'd probably still adore you With your hands around my neck Or I did last time I checked

wildfire - syml

In good time, you'll come to know When you release, when you let go You can find yourself where you belong You're not a curse, you're not too much You are needed here, you are enough And nothing’s gonna hold you down for long

teeth - 5 seconds of summer

Fight so dirty, but your love so sweet Talk so pretty, but your heart got teeth Late night devil, put your hands on me And never, never, never ever let go

Fight so dirty, but your love so sweet Talk so pretty, but your heart got teeth Late night devil, put your hands on me And never, never, never ever let go

atlantis - seafret (sand, ep 8, break up in front of yolo)

I can't save us, my Atlantis, we fall We built this town on shaky ground I can't save us, my Atlantis, oh, no We built it up to pull it down

honorable brazilian song mention:

hotel caro - baco exu do blues, luiza sonza (this whole song tbh, so sandray coded, i even made a gifset using it here)

You're a bad liar, you're a bad pretender It's on your face that you didn't forget me Lie so badly, pretend so badly It's on your face that you didn't forget me

Other bodies, other smells to forget mine You're gonna call me pretending nothing happened Asking when you can stop by my house Feeling is gone, but the attraction is not over This is the fifth last time, there are no words

Prioritizing myself feels like choosing to lose you Don't leave me alone, let me be near you Bad relationships are easier to forget I know it's going to hurt because it was so good

KANTBISON

play with fire - sam tinnesz

Insane, inside the danger gets me high Can't help myself got secrets I can't tell I love the smell of gasoline I light the match to taste the heat

I've always liked to play with fire Play with fire I've always liked to play with fire

catious - tyler shaw

Look like an angel In devil's clothes A perfect picture Hanging on burning walls They say your kiss is deadly But I still wanna know Pull me into the flame

sailor song - gigi perez

My mom says that she's worried, but I'm covered in this favor And when we're getting dirty, I forget all that is wrong I sleep so I can see you 'cause I hate to wait so long I sleep so I can see you and I hate to wait so long

i wanna be your slave - måneskin

I wanna be your slave I wanna be your master I wanna make your heartbeat Run like rollercoasters

I wanna be a good boy I wanna be a gangster 'Cause you can be the beauty And I could be the monster

kill bill - sza

Oh, I just killed my ex, not the best idea (idea) Killed his girlfriend next, how'd I get here? I just killed my ex, I still love him, though (I do) Rather be in hell than alone

honorable brazilian songs mentions:

tenta acreditar - anavitória

What if our romance played in the radio? What if the news talked about us? What if the rest of our lives was one step ahead? What if today could be when I find you? The start of everything

escada do prédio - pedro sampaio, marina sena

You wanna meet me, I wanna see you Let's go on an adventure, me and you The stairs of the building is already our bedroom In each floor we get soaked

[swervdcity-arc]

“ i’m sorry, i’m sorry. ”   and this apology is a hair genuine, not just some appeasement behavior. miles, no matter how many braincells he lacks, know this isn’t cool. it’s fucking uncouth. and, though the bar is incredibly low, miles is embarrassed. but   :   “ i probably look like a complete jackass right now. and you’re probably right. ” this is going to be an attempt on marcus’ heartstrings. a sigh. posture deflates as he rips his vape, blowing smoke away from marcus. a sign of respect in frat boy language. “ i just   …   i don’t got a lot of money right now                   ” nevermind the brand new cart on his pen. anyways. “                   but i legit think you could be the only person who could help me. you don’t seem easily freaked out. i’m sure you could handle a demon or something. me ??? i can’t. and i got a legion of ghosts who won’t let me sleep or anything until i fix this. do you know what it’s like to be cockblocked by your own grandmother’s ghost ??? it’s not fun man. it’s not cool. can we just consider this an IOU, maybe set up a payment plan or something ??? ”

             [     ...     ]               𝐇𝐄   𝐒𝐇𝐎𝐔𝐋𝐃   𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐁𝐀𝐁𝐋𝐘   be   offended,    right    ?    he   went   all   the   way   there,    for   fuck's   sake    ...    even   told   luiza   that   he's   busy,    that   their   boy   has   a   job   to   do    —    and   actual,    paid   one    ...    with   ADULT   MONEY,    and   there   goes   this   fucker,    looking   at   him   like   he   can't   even   cut   a   cucumber   correctly    (    yes,    he   saw   that   kendall   jenner   video   and   laughed   for   twenty-minutes   straight    ).    "    yeah    ...    ?    d'you   see   anyone   else   here    ?     "    it   it   'cause   he   doesn't   look   like   a    '    marcus    '    or   'cause   he   doesn't   look   like   ryan   reynolds   in   a   shitty   latex   suit    ?    mercenaries   come   in   all   shapes   and   sizes    !!    "    ...    look,    are   you   'gonna   waste   my   fucking   time    ?    'cause   i   could   very   much   be   going   on   a   date   with   the   they   of   my   dreams   right   now,    "

[rallamajoop]

Resident Evil Village: A needlessly detailed hour-by-hour timeline

Say what you like about Ethan Winters, that man can get a heck of a lot done in a day. Roughly the complete events of Resident Evil Village, just for a start – the timeline’s actually pretty clear on that front. Ethan stumbles into the village just before dawn on February 9, and fights his final boss battle with Miranda at just about the same time on February 10, the following day.

Look, he’s got a daughter to rescue, okay, he’ll sleep when he’s dead (almost literally, in fact – that period just before dawn after Miranda rips his heart out is all the shut-eye he gets).

Exactly what time everything happens within that day is a little less obvious – so naturally, it’s only after I’ve already posted a whole fic that kind of hinges on building a semi-complete timeline of every memorable injury Ethan receives that I went back to the game and realised, oh shit, there actually are specific times of day spelled out all over the place! There are clocks in some buildings, diary entries complete with date and time – and it (mostly) all stacks up!

I mean, up to a point – somewhere in Donna’s house, things get weird. But I don’t think that part will really surprise anyone.

And since I’ve already spent way too long piecing together disparate clues for my timeline posts about the ages of the four lords and when the Mia/Miranda switcheroo happened in the days leading up to the game, what the hell – let’s take it one level finer, and look at the hour-to-hour events of the game itself.

Our first major source is the in-game diary, which you can access via the maps page. I wouldn't take this thing too literally – I really doubt Ethan’s actually sitting down every so often to write about his day and sketch detailed pictures of whatever shit he’s just seen – it’s more here just to summarise recent events for any player who accidentally skipped some cutscenes or wants a quick refresher.

Times in the diary aren’t very precise, just ‘dawn’, ‘early morning’, etc, but they map out a rough series of events.

Dawn (or probably some time before dawn): Ethan wakes up after the truck crash in the forest Early Morning: Ethan reaches the village, encounters the old hag, etc Morning: Ethan reaches Luiza’s house, is put on trial by Miranda, escapes and reaches the castle Noon: Ethan escapes the castle and the Duke sends him on his quest Afternoon: Ethan defeats Donna and Moreau, and battles through the stronghold. Evening: Ethan sets off for Heisenberg’s factory, meets Chris, battles Heisenberg, etc Dawn: Final battle with Miranda

I’d have called it the middle of the night by the time Ethan finally battles Heisenberg, but the slight timeskip to dawn does make sense, since Ethan spends some time dead in the gap there. Also, damn, that was one busy afternoon! (Especially if you’re me, and squeezing all the optional bosses and side-areas into your schedule.) But maybe we can take it that not much actual time passes in Donna’s house – who knows how long hallucinations take in real time?

Anyway, those are the broad strokes, let’s get to finer detail: clocks!

The first clocks you’ll see in the game show up in the Winters’ home, both putting the time of day at 7:34 PM. Time for dinner, and to put the baby to bed.

There are no clocks available when Ethan wakes up in the snow in the dark, but the sun rises while he’s in the first hut you encounter just outside the village. The Internet would lead me to believe that sunrise in Romania in February is around 7:15 AM, so nearly 12 hours have gone by since our opening scene. So either that was a very long drive, or Ethan spent a lot of hours wandering in the woods in the dark, or he was "unconscious" for a long while after the truck rolled over (but then, I already got to share a few of my own theories about that one in that fic I mentioned above, so I get to feel validated there. *g*)

Note that Miranda also holds her ceremony to divide Rose into four crystalline pieces at dawn. The lycan attack on the village seems to have started before dawn even breaks (and I can only assume it's over by the time Eugen staggers home, presumably in too much of a funk to even notice, because there's no mention of it in his diary. But shhh, don't think too hard about that one).

As Ethan arrives on the outskirts of the village and sees his first view of the castle, an attentive gamer will hear a clock strike 8 times, so it's 8AM. Given the sun's just peaking over the mountains, that would about fit too.

There are no clocks that I’ve found in the village proper, probably so the devs don’t have to worry about updating them as the day progresses (though the light and position of the sun certainly changes through the day). But once you make it into the castle, there are clocks everywhere.

Most are either the large grandfather model…

…or the small, mantelpiece model.

There are also a couple of really small ones of a third model, which you can find in castle saferooms.

And they all tell roughly the same time, which is… er, 10:00? 10:05? 10:30?

Seriously, look at these things: the minute hands are pointing to the 5 (or 12 on the mantlepiece model, suggesting someone hasn’t synchronised their clocks perfectly), but the hour hands are consistently stuck midway between 10 and 11, which suggests it should be 10:30. But maybe this is just the devs' way of hedging their bets about the fact time passes while Ethan's in the castle. Or maybe this is just what happens when you eat the guy who comes in to do clock repairs before he’s even finished.

Still, let’s take this basically at face value: Ethan enters the castle around 10AM, and is out again by around noon (as per the diary).

Our next time-of-day indicator isn’t a clock, but the diary left by Chris’ team on the computer that shows up in the church.

So, sounds like the team legitimately arrived while Ethan was in the castle, around 11:35 AM. Presumably, Ethan isn’t supposed to be able to find the computer until after 1:10 PM (time of the latest entry). And while I'm here, I just have to point to that "Found evidence of EW" line ‒ found what evidence? A bunch of broken crates and dead lycans? A wallet dropped while frantically reloading his gun? Two severed fingers? We'll never know.

Also, for those keeping track: it is 100% canon that in the time Ethan needs to take out both Donna and Moreau, clear out the stronghold, battle his way through the factory, and defeat Sturm, all Chris has managed to do is futz around the factory for a bit, mess around with an old tank, and not-quite-finish planting explosives. Pff, loser. (Okay, I tell a lie ‒ he also shows up in the reservoir, so maybe he just procrastinated and hung out with his friends for a few hours instead of actually getting to the one job he promised everyone he was actually going to do. C'mon, we've all done it.)

Moving on, there are more clocks waiting for us in Donna’s domain, but here’s where things get… weird.

To begin with, the first clock you can find (ticking loudly by the stairs) thinks it’s 6 o’clock. Whether this is AM or PM, neither makes any sense here. But the fact it’s ticking suggests it’s working, and the time doesn’t change after Donna is dead and her hallucination-flowers are all wilted, so… I don’t know, maybe Donna and Angie just don’t live in the same mental time zone as the rest of us. Or maybe the devs just didn’t bother changing clock.asset from its default setting.

Downstairs, in the basement, you can find another clock in the workroom, and it’s not 6:00 down here, but 9:21. Again, the time doesn’t change as events progress.

More interesting is a smaller clock you might spot on a table in the hall on your way down, next to a lantern and a bowl of rotten fruit, which shows yet another different time.

What makes this little elaborate-portico-model clock interesting, though, is that it’s an asset from RE7 – cap below comes from the Baker house.

And like every clock in RE7, the one in Donna's house shows 10:15. The attentive player may even remember this, since in RE7 that time was part of a puzzle.

It’s not the only call-back you’ll find to RE7 down here – the ringing phone is other one I caught, very reminiscent of Zoe’s calls from RE7. The phone's actually not a reused asset, though – the RE8 version has an old-fashioned rotary dial, where the RE7 phones had buttons, making them substantially more modern.

I was thinking there were more RE7 assets down in this section – the torn floral wallpaper in a run-down corridor definitely has RE7-vibes, and the horror potential of sending Ethan back through a literal scene from his nightmares goes without saying. But I couldn’t find anything specific that was reused. Even the fuse-box puzzles use completely different assets.

Which all begs the question, are we supposed to notice that clock as an intentional callback on Ethan’s Hallucinatory Journey? Or is it just a casually reused asset without greater meaning?

In all honesty, I would not have noticed the portico-clock came from RE7 if I hadn’t seen it pointed out in a Reddit thread somewhere – and if we are supposed to notice it, it’s not the model I’d have chosen. The large grandfather clocks from RE7 are far more memorable (and, impressively, distinct from both the large-grandfather-clock models found in RE8). The portico clock is used in a couple of different places, but isn't super-memorable, and is easily missed.

You can find it there in the Daughter’s DLC as well (prequel set before the events of the game), though there it and all other clocks have been dutifully adjusted to show a different time (7:22PM).

What's much stranger is that there are actually two of these clocks in Ethan’s home back at the start of the game. And they read 10:15 there too, even though the main wall clocks read 7:34.

Heck, I even found this damn thing down in the Umbrella facility in the remake of RE2, still reading 10:15.

So… yeah, I’m gonna have to go with ‘clumsily reused asset’ for all appearances of this clock in RE8. And having now spent way too long down the mad rabbit-hole that is the clocks of House Beneviento, I'm forced to conclude: nothing means anything, everything is just here to fuck with me, and for all I know Ethan stumbles out of this place before he ever went in, IDEK.

It doesn't help that post-House Beneviento, I found no clocks anywhere, nor any more documents citing time-of-day. None in Moreau’s Reservoir, none in Heisenberg’s Factory (which doesn’t mean there aren’t any I didn’t catch, but I was definitely looking for them).

The sun’s pretty clearly setting by the time Ethan reaches the factory, and it’s set by the time you fight Heisenberg. What time of night it is while Chris is doing his mad run through the village is anyone’s guess, but presumably a bunch of hours go by somewhere, since the whole night has passed before our showdown. But then, as already established, Chris is a guy who can canonically burn most of his afternoon lost in one factory (granted, the place is one hell of a maze), so maybe he does the same down in the village.

The important thing is that the Duke’s here to get Ethan to his appointment with Miranda at dawn ‒ cue ending sequence and credits.

So, for those keeping track, here's the 'complete' hour-by-hour timeline for Resident Evil Village, as close as we can track it.

February 8 7:34 PM: Opening scene. Chris burst into the Winters' home, kills "Mia" and kidnaps Ethan and Rose.

February 9 Pre-dawn: Ethan wakes up next to the crashed truck. Lycan attack on the village begins. Dawn (around 7:15 AM): Miranda holds her ceremony to crystalise Rose and divide her into four pieces

8:00 AM: Ethan reaches the outskirts of the village, explores, encounters the the lycans and the old hag, etc Morning: Ethan reaches Luiza’s house, is put on trial by Miranda, escapes and reaches the castle 10:00 AM (approx): Ethan reaches the castle 11:35 AM: Chris' team arrives on site 12:10 PM: Chris' team infiltrates the village Noon (approx): Ethan defeats Dimitrescu and escapes the castle, and the Duke sends him on his quest 01:10 PM: Chris' team establish their base in the church and split up to investigate separately Afternoon: Ethan defeats Donna and Moreau, and battles through the stronghold Evening: Ethan sets off for Heisenberg’s factory, meets Chris, battles Heisenberg, etc Night: Chris fights his way through the village and discovers Mia in Miranda's lab

February 10 Pre-dawn: Ethan wakes up in the Duke's wagon Dawn (around 7:15 AM): Final battle with Miranda

So... yeah. Up to early afternoon on the 9th, the timeline here is surprisingly detailed. And considering what a chaotic fairy-tale mind-fuck of a game this thing is, that's actually pretty impressive. But beyond Donna's House of Extreme Mindfuckery, Ethan has lost all track of what's going on in his life, and I think we can all forgive him for that.

And now I will never be able to walk past a clock in an RE game without getting the urge to take a screenshot again.

[amaclucky13]

Stupid Wife - 2x05 Review

This is a little chaotic, but I didn't want to forget anything!!

Okay, alright, let’s knock this review out. A little chaotic, but hey, my brain is a mess. You’re welcome to try and clean it, if you want to attempt, but I don’t recommend. Luiza remembered her first kiss with Valentina! Don’t trust the snake! I’m with Duda, 100% here. Don’t do it! Not to mention I think that woman is a stone-cold liar. Anyone buying what’s she selling? Luiza, you do not…

[bewilderedbunny]

SALLY THOSE TAGS RUINED MY LIFE

but now that you've mentioned it with the eldrich beast comment i'll raise you: the next time you fuck, eddie uses a dildo in one of your holes and his cock in the other. or maybe you start with a plug and work up from there. double penetration but just one man<3 heh

Luiza I'm sorry 😭 but also 👀 yeah, I'm very into that. Also into the idea of Eddie fucking you over and over again, filling all of your holes with his cum, just to call you his creampuff <3

[beyondicelebrities]

All We Can Save - review by Luiza Whately

Provide an overview of the anthology and describe the most resonant aspects of the book. (2-3 paragraphs)

The book edited by Ayana Elizabeth Johnson is an interesting and different reading experience. This book addresses the most important crisis we have in the world right now, climate change, but in a very uncommon way, not bringing only facts about natural tragedies and scientific data, but also bringing personal stories and experiences, through the lenses of empowering and inspiring women who decided to take action regarding the topic, or reflect on ways that it might affect communities in our society. This book does not only address the Climate Change topic but also the feminine power to make a change and the importance of having more female figures in leadership positions to achieve change.

It is amazing how the editor combined such different backgrounds, from indigenous women to mothers, lawyers, mayors, educators, and journalists… ensuring that different information would be covered for the reader. But still making the topic relational to the readers.

Climate change is affecting our lives in ways we can never measure. Other crises are related to Climate Change crisis and many people don’t realise their relationship. Or if they are aware many, (being a big part of them) corporative leaders choose not to care, as the effects of their acts would only be visible at a further time in history. However, as Sherri Mitchel, one of the writers mentions “ We must recognize that Climate Chnage is only one symptom of a larger problem. Human beings have fallen out of alignment with life. Their beliefs and ways of being have shifted dramatically from those of their ancestors, taking them further and further away from the sources of their survival.”

Why do you think the editors chose to include so many voices using different formats of self-expression? (2-3 paragraphs)

By providing us with the reader’s different perspectives on the topic, it was possible to analyze the problem from lenses that I would never before imagine, such as the lens of a woman who lived in Hawai and experienced the population worries about the floats and the next years of their island. Or the point of view of a very religious woman who explains and connects climate change to her religious mission in this life. 

More personally, I think that seeing all of these different forms of self-expression coming from women, just made me feel empowered as a woman to don’t wait for a command, or join an initiative that has already been started, but to take action on my own. There are so many ways of doing that, and this book is proof of that.

Does this book provide concrete solutions? Does it inspire hopefulness in you as a reader? Why are hope and solutions important in these times? Provide six specific quotes and examples from the book. 

This book doesn’t have a concrete solution, instead, it has a call to action and an infinite reflection on the topic. Each writer has their own story, but all of them advocated for love, compassion, strength, and prosperity for a better world, and ways that we can all work together to fight climate change and other crises related to it. On the last page of the book, Ayana E johnson and Katharine K Wilknson say that they hope that this book embroidered a kindred circle and that it awakens in each reader a ferocious love for Mother Earth, and each other. 

I think that was a great way of summarizing the book and I hope that others were able to finish this book just as passionate about each of these stories as I did. 

It is too easy to be sad about the fact that the world might end. It is too easy to be conformed, not caring about the next generations, and not believing that Global Warming is true. It takes passion, courage, determination, and hope to make a change, and that is why I believe that this book is such an important reading for young design thinkers and students. Here are some quotes ( there are so many others) that will stay with me: 

“We know we don’t have time to sit around and wait for someone else to make decisions. Instead, we are simply finding ways in our communities to effect change.” “Communities, our mothers, and our daughters are depending on us, and because our ancestors are watching. We shall make them all proud.”

“I was born during a phenomenal burst of consciousness and lawmaking, and I come to cherish our bedrock environmental laws as a birthright.”

“Our sense of responsibility for the coming generations is reflected in this awareness.”

“This project is an example of the opportunity that adaptation investments present. It will transform the waterfront of the Lower East Side with a park that will serve the community while also protecting it.”

“Across the country and the world, community by community, people are building microcosmos of the systems and societies we need to reverse the tide of catastrophic climate change and become a world that respects all rights for all people, in harmony with Mother Earth.”

“We must make fundamental shifts: from a society that drills and burns to power our communities to one that harnesses the sun and the wind; from a society that buries or burns our waste to one that recovers, reuses, and recycles, from a society that genetically modifies, trucks and ships food to one that advances local productions of food that is nutritious and accessible for all.”

“We are never far from the answer to the problem we have created- it is within each of us.”

A. Many of the contributors to All We Can Save have had long, varied trajectories to and in climate work. Choose a contributor from the book who you identify with. Research their story and learn about their climate awakening. What galvanized them to take action? How did they develop their expertise? How did they locate community support, and what groups have they helped to form or elevate? Why does this person's story inspire you? Give concrete examples. (4-6 paragraphs)

Sherri L. Mitchell - 

Weh'na Ha'mu Kwasset is a Native American lawyer, author, teacher and activist from Maine.

Sherri has a deep connection to Mother Earth, coming from a Native American background she shares her culture, traditions, and perspectives with people who don’t have the same connections with grounding as she does. And that is why I love her writing. I grew up in São Paulo, the biggest city in South America, however, during my whole life I had the privilege to be connected to nature at the farm. My family is from the countryside, and the farm became a space of deep connection to nature, myself, and my loved ones. During the pandemic I moved to the farm and for 5 months I lived an alternative realizing that in my mind was never before possible. No internet, (wifi in some spots) animals everywhere, people with different backgrounds than mine, different values, different perspectives of life, calmer, more attention, people that had a deeper connection to nature and with their surroundings.

When I read Michell’s text and her reflection about the connections of the trees, and the way that nature works together to survive and thrive, I minimally understand what she is saying, I emphatize, I connected and I agree a million percent. 

Nature has been in our planet for much longer than we did, they are the best professors we could possible have. And indigenous people know that, they value that connection, which very few of us do. 

Michelle knew that, and knew the importance of sharing indigenous beliefs and ways of living as one way to provoke change. Do to that, she started her career as a lawyer, teacher and activist. Her goal was to keep her mothers and acestrals beliefs and practices  alive for a more united, conscious way of living. With that in mind, some of her actions were, to write a book, participate in several podcasts, get involved with initiatives from different parts of the world that would help native people, natura and practices to try slowing down Global Warming.

[secondfuckingguessing]

9th feb

I had a dream in three parts.

First, weirdly enough, i was at disney world. It was a weird kinda decript place, but that was it. We were just walking around it, not paying for the attractions. I think there was me, my sister and luiza, my mom and aunt mirna. We sat somewhere to have lunch, and I'm not sure anymore it was disney still. Then i remember being in candeias, and it was one of those weird dreams in which i think I'm blind. I could only see through my left eye, although I saw with the right after looking with the left. I got my vision back just fine at the end. Somewhere along it, we were in a place where there was a woman talking about shrimp and how to clean it. She mentioned some rune? And the shell had to come out whole. I think halu was there for while getting to the shrimp lady, and she said unfortunately, whoever didn't some disease i can't recall was gonna end up with hepatitis, there was no running from it. Finally, I was in bh, and after some debate in which i said i was going to have dinner by myself or maybe my sister and luiza and i even thought about a restaurant that doesn't exist in real life but I've dreamt about before but then I decided to try f. I had to find my phone to send him a message on Instagram but i only found my old one and then after much hard work i found the other one and couldn't find instagram and it was big and complicated, my fingers seemed to have a will of their own. I found the contact of his number and even though I'm pretty sure i had it under "antichrist" in real life, in the dream it read "all i want" but as he deleted my whatsapp contact it had to be Instagram. I managed to send him the message asking if he was busy and whether he'd like to grab dinner, but ready not to get an answer in time then I woke up.

[practicallynonsensical]

🎆MY FAVORITE FIRST READS OF 2023🎆

As the year comes to a close, I wanted to share 5 favorites of the 257 books I have read in 2023 (and some honorable mentions). My goal was to read 100 books this year and then I changed the goal to 200, so I am pretty proud to see the year end at 257.

I don’t know if I will go for 300 in #2024, but I do want to focus on quality vs. quantity.

The 5:

Kingdom of Needle and Bone by Mira Grant

Antigonick by Anne Carson

Soul Eater by Lily Mayne

Kushiel’s Dart by Jaqueline Carey

Human by Olympia Black

Honorable Mentions:

Into the North by Amber Huxley

Everything You Ever Wanted by Luiza Souma

Devil’s Line Vol. 11 by Ryo Hanada

Audition by Ryu Murakami

Falling Bodies by Rebecca Roanhorse

I wish us all a year of clarity, understanding, and liberation.

Happy New Year!

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[swervdcity-arc]

had a dream that i read someones rules and i was mentioned in their dni and i was like. why i dont know you. and it linked to a document about proof why im problematic and it just had screenshots of my luiza and it was like "plays a mexican cartel, unironically plays league of legends" and honestly i deserve it for the second reason ngl

[dystopicjumpsuit]

More Tup-centric fics below the cut! Reminder: some of the fics are NSFW, so minors DNI.

@the-bad-batch-baroness

@thefact0rygirl

@wanderinginksplot - Note: this is a masterlist of Tup fics, so there's lots of deliciousness within!

@arcsimper5, written for @tcwmatchmakingau

@cloneloverrrrr, written for @tcwmatchmakingau

@tup-ika-5385

Both by @letitrainathousandflames

Tup Tuesday Roundup - Fics, Headcanons, and Artwork

A collection of delicious Tup fanworks, because our boy deserves all the love. Please reblog and add links to your favorite Tup-centric works! I'll be reblogging this a few times with more links, since I have apparently offended the Tumblr gods and can't add any more.

Fics (please assume NSFW; minors DNI)

Hold on Tight by @deejadabbles

This masterpiece by @blueink-bluesoul

Do it Again by @dystopicjumpsuit AKA yours truly

Tup à Trois also by me

Untitled Tup fic by @freesia-writes

Not So Silent by @mandos-mind-trick

Headcanons

Art

@literallyjustanerd

@cobaltbeam

[galvanizedfriend]

I’ve been curious but what’s your all time favorite KC fic? Or top five if that’s a little easier.

Even top 5 is hard! 🤣 It's very hard to compare fics I love for me. I couldn't tell you which is my all time favorite, for instance. I have a few that I consider to be my faves. I'll just mention five by different authors, in no order of preference, just as they come to mind:

The Parisian Deal by Borzoi

The Birth and Death of the Day by @little-miss-sunny-daisy

This is a Harvest by @highgaarden

Light Years aka Klarolijah Trilogy My Beloved by @definedareasofuncertainty

Inertia Overcome by @avari20 (my first ever KC fic and still one of my favorites!)

I love all of these writers so, so very much and picking just ONE fic by them is very difficult for me, which is one of the reasons why it's so hard to make rankings or define my *one* favorite fic ever. Just consider that anything written by them ever is on my list (because I think I've read almost everything by them, if not all) and highly recommend it.

[unusual-ly]

“I failed you once, but I won’t fail again.” (If I Fail You from Black Friday)

Alonzo is making some changes, and it’s time Hazel did, too

@the-duke-remus @kokinu09 (Ask to be tagged in future updates!)

Please reblog/review/comment/tag~

[letitrainathousandflames-archive]

Millennials are obviously very angry. Is that why you continuously take guns into schools and shoot people? Adam Lanza, Nikolas Cruz. Cho Seung-hui. James Holmes (theater but you get my meaning). Why is your generation so violent?

I’m not American, so I don’t live in this reality where it is so easy to get a gun and end a bunch of lives on a whim.

I don’t like talking about what I don’t know so I did a quick google search over these names. Aside from Cho Seung-Hui, what I saw was more of the usual. White males most likely grown in privilege in a country with a flawed gun legislation and an amendment that is over 200 years old that had been created in order to protect the nation from a corrupt government in a time prior to machine guns. A law that should’ve been revised and changed when the very first mass shooting happened, but there’s too much money and influence in this game, there’s too much blood on the hands of politicians, the very same hands they use to shake the hand of the NRA. So this change, this decision on an urgent matter keeps being delayed and postponed.

And in the meantime, innocents die.

It’s not a generation thing. I went quickly on Wikipedia - mind you, Wikipedia, which is not an official source with a ton of perfectly researched data - and I searched specifically for school shootings in america. I was met with a horrifyingly long list of cases which grew quite frequent in the 50′s. 1950′s.

Let that sink in, since the times of the greased hair, A-line skirts and motorcycle jacketsthere are people walking into schools and shooting principals, teachers and kids/teens with a frequency of twice a year or more. This is a recurring thing since my grandma was a teenager, younger than i am today. And it only increased in frequency in the 60′s. 70′s. 80′s. Decade after decade, it’s just a thing that happens and everyone sends their thoughts and prayers, and everyone goes back to their business as if this was supposed to be a fact of life.

Teenagers! Dead! In classrooms! Since before the 50′s, and only to increase in frequency since! And it’s just a fact of life! This can’t be right!

The Millennials and the Gen Z have flaws. Tons of them. We are far too disperse because there’s too much information everywhere all the time. We take risks unapologetically, we’re the “do it for the vine” guys, we crave validation, we are loud, obnoxious, outspoken. A new flavor of punk, if you will.

But gun violence - something I know well, because my country, too, has gun violence as well (just last week a judge was shot execution-style in her car for her positioning as a human rights activist).  This digsusting, absurd reality of living in a country that refuses to acknowledge the flaws in its gun laws and the outcomes of it?

Don’t you dare pin this on our entire generation. We aren’t the ones making sure the laws don’t ever change. We aren’t the ones siting on comfy chairs wearing suits and ties and carelessly saying we should “maybe solve the gun problem with more guns and arm the teachers”. We aren’t the ones saying for the hundreth time, generation after generation, that sometimes one or twenty fifteen-year-olds and their teachers will die like it was the doing of some unstoppable force of nature. We are not the ones sitting in those rooms where laws that deal with our lives and how they might be taken are made.

We are the ones dying in this wretched world crafted by those who came before us. And we are just trying to survive.

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Again, I am NOT American and I’m talking about a sensitive topic of which I have limited knowledge. I am more than open to be educated and corrected on my stance. Politeness is free of charge, so make use of it.