#continuously

[sunsetsandsunshine]

Hmmmm so metaphorically speaking…but if I made another Sonic tickle fic……would you all read it…?

[loneliestpeopleinnewport]

The Best Chrismukkah Ever, 1x13.

The Perfect Storm, 3x05

[wichitalk]

im experiencing declan lynch delirium

[rowanthestrange]

strongly against abuse and oppression of all kinds obviously but if i ruled the earth every person would have a permanent shock collar that activates if they exceed a certain number of decibels

[shamebats]

This AI situation reminds me of the initial outsourcing boom when I every company was rushing to find workers in countries with worse wages and labor protections to replace their already underpaid local workers and lots of the time they ended up coming to the conclusion that it wasn't worth it cuz the work output was worse, slower, less reliable and communication was harder due to time zone & language differences but things never went back to how they were before bc if there is a way for companies to cut labor costs and get away with it, they will do it or die trying

[wolfram-afternoons]

mri machine is a monarch faery that gets violently enraged whenever it smells metal in a 1000 km radius. that's why mri readouts look so fucked. if we cleaned the world of iron all mri readouts would sing and kill all billionaires

[kind-des-universums]

Happy Birthday, Venti 💚

[jrwiyuri]

It’s really sad seeing dream have the same mindset as like 12 y/o socially anxiety ridden me where he feels such an overwhelming need to make sure every person in the world likes him and that he can be forgiven and accepted by everyone.

[mulletmitsuya]

so sorry for the random unannounced inactivity!! i am depressed.

[boobasprite]

Continuously Changing Shape

Christopher L G Hill with Gian Manik and text by Eva Birch 

Opens Saturday 16th of September 3-5pm

Exhibition runs 16 – 30 September 2023 (*Fridays and Saturdays, 1-5pm)

Sutton Projects 230 Young Street Fitzroy, 3065 Victoria, Australia

[tobacconist]

homage the neb.

[zeezeepearl]

ok im going to #seriouspost for a second here. I don't think Harry Potter is a manifesto. I think it was a flawed passion project that millennials latched onto because of the fantasy of sticking it to their mean teachers and arbitrarily categorizing themselves (hogwarts houses; it's the thinking millennial's astrology). I think the fact that the series got popular when and how it did was very much a product of its time.

I don't think Harry Potter is the biggest symbol of JKR's bigotry. I think the most flagrant sign of that was how she responded to critics. I watched her become radicalized in real time. I watched how she doubled down on her racism when she was called out for the ways she promoted her tragically mid fantastic beasts movies. I watched her chase marginalized teenagers with a double digit follower count off of twitter for daring to criticize her thought process, and no one with any kind of power standing against her because she was the one who was paying them. This isn't to say Harry Potter is without flaws. This is to say she really didn't give a shit about that. Getting rich and powerful is a hell of a drug, and she had enough sycophants that she had no reason to care about what her critics were saying.

She was convinced that she was a martyr; a voice for the unheard; a leader for the ages, so of course her detractors were the bad guys. And I think we should take this to heart. We should see this as an example of how easy it is to get radicalized; if you think of yourself as a paragon of virtue, you are going to think that whatever you see as good and right is an objective fact. Most people don't know this, but the majority of terfs start out as trans allies. You are not immune to propaganda! You are not immune to falling into dangerous ideologies!!!

This is why the most important thing you can do as an activist is to listen. Do NOT think you're above being wrong; do NOT develop a god complex; do NOT form an identity out of being right all the time. Involve yourselves in the groups you claim to speak for. Listen to trans women; share resources that help trans women; familiarize yourself with the diversity of experiences that trans people have and the struggles they face.

No, none of you are as bad as JKR because you don't have her money or her power. You will likely never have the capacity for harm she does. But check yourselves. Do not affirm yourselves into thinking you always have the moral high ground. Watch yourselves; humble yourselves; check yourselves for signs of cult behavior and internalized prejudice. You are always learning. You will always be learning. Do not allow yourselves to get a power trip from brushing off marginalized voices.

[mearchy]

my favorite genre of fictional character is like "i am terrifying to almost everyone, i'm very good at killing, i can endure anything, i've become exceptionally good at playing into my reputation, and if you try to give me positive social interaction i will react with confusion and cower in a corner like an abused animal. and i may try to shoot you. but there is also a chance i may imprint on you like a feral dog receiving its first loving touch! good luck."

[bookwyrminspiration]

god I would be UNSTOPPABLE if I was capable of consistently initiating tasks. just you wait. you'll be waiting a while but just you wait

[evenlyevi]

Goodnight.