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via @swatercolour here on Tumblr and also on [insta]
EDIT: I do not interpret "just managing" as "just suffering, just enduring, curling into a fetal position and waiting for it to be over." Managing is an active process.
So I'm using this post as a platform to make the reminder that "the power of the people is greater than the people in power," and we all are cordially invited to:
Take good care of ourselves. Mental, physical, emotional health. Hydrate. Move if we can, get outside if we can.
Keep up a routine. Remember quarantine and we all had to find a routine? This is the same.
Be intentional in our news consumption. Let's not stick our heads in the sand but let's not doomscroll either. Get an RSS aggregator. Subscribe to WTF Just Happened Today, Yoour Local Epidemiologist, Fix The News (for some inspiring hopeful news!). We'll check our feeds a few times a week, but no more than once a day.
Connect with friends and loved ones. Remind ourselves that while SOME people are horrible, for the most part people are awesome... if complicated. Share our fears but also our hopes. Eat together.
Now that we're keeping healthy, safe, sane, and hopeful... now we also fight. Quietly if we prefer, loudly if we prefer. But sustainably. I hate that I had to live through three rounds of this nonsense where a few people use half of us as tools to fuck over ALL of us, but here we are again. So let us take just one moment every week or so to...
Use 5calls to keep blowing up our reps phones. Tell them to either break ranks with the Orange Administration, or to stand up louder than just matching outfits and signs. Or to THANK them for standing up.
Use Vote411 to find elections before the midterms. A lot of villages, cities, townships etc have local elections that will affect where we live... and more importantly, the people in office there will affect things upwards too.
Use Ballotpedia to know exactly what's on our ballots ahead of time.
Protest, because it actually works.
Use Vote.org to make a plan to vote in the midterms. Make a plan that is immune to voter suppression tactics. Get our documents in order. Reach out to our friends to go to the polls as a group. Plan to livestream our visit, up until the point we have to turn our cameras off.
Make and share memes that promote hope, organizing, solidarity, and/or resistance.
Get involved with an action network like Indivisible, MoveOn, or Working Families Party.
Go to a local town hall meeting. Speak up.
Heck, start our own local activism networks, letter campaigns, call campaigns, or fundraisers with Action Network.
And we will remember our self-care. We will remind ourselves and each other that they want us scattered, focus is how we resist.
It IS coming back. Things ARE going to get worse. The world has become a place where a very few people are pulling levers and pushing buttons that are actively destroying much of what is good about living in a society where people care for each other.
Many others are in shock, sputtering "but can they do that?" MANY many others are waiting for someone to come save us.
But there are those who are actively, loudly, opposing.
And there are more people speaking up, acting up, every day. More people saying it's time to get scrappy. It's time to get into some good trouble. The shock is wearing off.
Yes, it's gonna get worse before it gets better (the long-term damage of the acts of the past momentum of all the damage that has been done will take that long to be felt -- but it WILL get better.
If WE will it.
#hope#resist#I have this image on my screensaver#I could NOT find the art on Tumblr or I would have RB'd it#I could find it on Xitter I could find it on Insta but not here#Tumblr I beg you - search please#and yeah I'm updating this with text from my Take Action post
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I know that realistically you can only fit so many movies into a list of approximately 100, but I cannot take that "How many of tumblr's favorite movies have you seen?" list that's been going around seriously because there are some truly egregious omissions.
Some of it is very clearly recency bias, which makes me wonder if the op truly wasn't on here in 2013 or so, but you're telling me you made a list of "tumblr's favorite movies" that doesn't include Pacific Rim or Mad Max: Fury Road? Because, like, I was there, Gandalf.
#this isn't even commentary on how much i like those particular films (i have only actually ever watched the former)#i just feel like perhaps we are forgetting the ancient texts#it's also a painfully live-action heavy list which. i am willing to admit i've spent time in more animation-heavy corners than some#but at the same time -- no disney's atlantis?#i saw a gifset on my dash about one ms. helga sinclair TODAY
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I love how even before maomao knew jinshi was a prince, back when she was even convincing herself that he was a eunuch, there would still be moments where she showed her worry for him. Like *spoilers for night novels* we know how later on as jinshi takes on his moon prince responsibilities there are many moments where he overworks himself and maomao shows her care by trying to get him to rest. I think it's cute that even back when she didnt know his identity there would be moments where he would come with a seemingly impossible task (the blue rose & entertaining the envoys) she would internally think to herself how troubled and tired he was.
It shows her care but it also shows how maomao is actually paying attention to jinshi and is conscious of him. Like that time she noticed he has a nervous tick of taping his fingers or shoes. It's cute how we have these moments that subtlety point to her growing affections for jinshi and how close they're getting.
Even though she would never admit it, at least at this point, maomao is a character where you have to not take what she says at face value but at her actions as well. You must weigh both what she says and what she actually ends up doing
#the apothecary diaries#my ramblings#jinmao#maomao#jinshi#text-post#its so fascinating how you really do have to be read into a lot of her actions to know what she really thinks#she'll say that she doesnt care for the hairpin jinshi gave her and would sell it if she could#but it was that same hair pin that she wore the moment she got kidnapped as though seeking comfort#that she kept it at her bedside but when asked - by shisui - will phrase it as though she doesnt care for it#i love how uniquely frustrating it can be watching her play at unaffected especially knowing why shes like this* great character writing#love how its always that deep when it comes to apothecary diaries
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some arthur lester design ideas and doodles
#malevolent#malevolent podcast#arthur lester#i had a sheet explaining his designs but it's too much text#and it all boils down to 2 main things#i wanted it to look like some higher power just watched too many action/adventure movies and is now toying with him#but i also didn't want many variations in his core features in all this madness idk almost like he was made for it?#(this is getting too meta)#my main inspiration was the scene in s2 where he says they can throw anything at him and he'll go down swinging every time#he's so good at adapting and enduring you forget he's kinda just a guy who didn't sign up to any of this#ily arthur#if you read all this i'm so sorry but also thank you and ily too#my stuff#pls picture 4th arthur saying “start the music” and john immediately rasing his hand like a conductor
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I will try to make a more detailed post in a bit but the organization Anera has announced they have resumed aid distribution in north Gaza. Please consider donating to them, they have worked on the ground in Gaza for decades and they provide emergency aid as well as have many wonderful long-term programs.
#actions#north gaza#gaza#gaza genocide#gaza strip#gaza under attack#free gaza#from the river to the sea palestine will be free#palestinian genocide#aid for gaza#gaza under fire#gaza under siege#gazaunderfire#gazaunderattack#save north gaza#save gaza#text
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DEMO (TBA) | FORUM (TBA) | CHARACTER INTROS (TBA)
BLOOD AND IRON is a compelling and mature action IF made for an adult audience. This story includes content that some may find disturbing, such as explicit language, mentions of child trafficking, child abuse, sexism, psychological stress, homophobia, intense violence, death, gore, and much more.
Inspired by Batman, John Wick, Ninja Assassin, The Punisher, and The Equalizer.
ABBREVIATION: B&I
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Chicago, 1994.
Chicago bleeds quietly these days. Not in the headlines, but in basements, behind unmarked doors, in the flicker of broken streetlamps, no proper badge patrols.
The world didn’t ask if you were ready. It just kept turning and grinding down the soft parts until only the sharp edges remained.
Raised in a hidden facility outside Chicago, you were one of many children. An experiment in obedience, efficiency, and silence. They didn’t call it a home. They called it a program. And you survived it.
Barely.
They stripped your name. Trained your body. Broke your will, up until they didn’t.
You escaped.
The world didn’t know what to do with you.
But he did—the man who saved you, giving you a name, cover, and a second chance dressed up as a normal life.
By day, you blend seamlessly into the crowd, adopting a new name and working a steady job making pizzas. To the citizens of South Chicago, you’re just another face on the street.
But by night, you take on a different role—one that cleans up the shadows left by a broken system: dismantling organ trafficking rings, confronting human traffickers, and bringing to justice those killers shielded by power or wealth.
But this isn’t just an act of heroism on your part.
It’s personal.
You’re digging through the filth of this city, tearing up every buried secret, because somewhere beneath it all lies the truth.
The Facility.
And the man who ran it.
Whitaker.
He’s not on any official record—and the place that you escaped from doesn’t exist on paper.
But you remember the rooms. The drills. The screaming. The numbers burned into your skin like a barcode.
Every body you drop might be connected. Every whisper might lead back to him.
You’re not a hero.
You’re a survivor searching for the ghost of the man who made you—and the trail of blood he left behind.
The closer you get, the more unstable everything becomes—your past, your purpose, his goal.
You can follow orders. Break free. Burn it all down. But one question echoes through every silence:
Who will you become when you finally reach the end?
Play as male, female, or nonbinary.
Define who you are beyond the number—whether you seek connection, crave freedom, or prefer to walk alone.
Be straight, gay, lesbian, bisexual, pansexual, aromantic, or asexual.
Establish your cover identity—first and last name. C-4 doesn’t exist outside the wire.
Explore Chicago in the 90s.
Experience flashbacks of your harrowing and unforgiving childhood at the facility.
Define your body and presence with scars, tattoos and more, including flavour stats that affect immersion and narrative tone.
Choose out of four languages your MC can speak and understand.
Choose your ride, customize it, and leave your mark in burnt rubber and broken taillights. Whether it’s a snarling muscle car, a rumbling motorcycle, a rugged Jeep, or a heavy-duty pickup, you’ll be behind the wheel.
Experience a world where the way you choose your character's appearance influences how others perceive and interact with you. (Intimidation Meter)
Choose your physical appearance, build and height—whether towering and lithe, or compact and deadly.
Meet six ROs, each with their own storylines, layered personalities, and emotional arcs that evolve with your choices. It’s up to you to decide how the story unfolds: as allies, enemies, or even the possibility of something more.
Get ready for action. This story pulls no punches—literally. You’ll be thrown headfirst into brutal gunfights, savage fistfights, high-speed car chases, and close-quarters takedowns.
Define your personality through detailed flavour choices: are you brutal or merciful, stoic or emotional, cautious or impulsive, friendly or rude?
Navigate the grim underworld of adulthood: surveillance, corruption, organized crime, and the scars of memory.
Shape your legacy in a world that tried to erase your humanity. It's all down to you C-4.
OPERATIVE D-6 (RO)
Age: 24 Gender: Player-selectable (M/F) Nationality/Ethnicity: Korean-American Vibe: Ghost of the past. Loyalty carved from trauma. Quiet intensity.
The Operative — the life you left behind, still trying to follow you home.
D-6 is a shadow stitched to your childhood, moving with a precision that speaks louder than words ever could. They don’t flinch, don’t blink, and rarely break eye contact—yet there’s no threat in it. Just memory. Just calculation. The facility shaped them like it shaped you, but where you ran, they stayed. Hardened. Refined. Perfected into something cold and frighteningly still.
They barely speak, but understand everything. Loyal not by choice, but by conditioning—yet something in their gaze suggests the cracks are forming.
Whether D-6 is here to kill you, bring you back or break away with you… even they haven’t decided. But they’ve always been watching. And they never forget.
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DETECTIVE JUNO REYES (RO)
Age: 33 Gender: Player-selectable (M/F) Nationality/Ethnicity: Puerto Rican-American Vibe: Gravely moral. Sharp-jawed justice. Righteous conflict.
The Detective — your ideological foil, and mirror of what you could have been with a badge instead of a body count.
Detective Juno Reyes is the type of person to walk like they carry the whole city on their shoulders, and honestly, maybe they do. Every crime scene clings to their coat, every unsolved case etched into the set of their jaw. They believe in justice, not the easy kind, but the kind that scrapes its knuckles bloody. The kind that keeps them up at night because they still think it matters.
Juno doesn’t trust you. Maybe they never will. But they understand you in the way only someone on the other side of the line can.
Where you cut through the rot with a blade, they try to dig it out with a badge. Righteous, relentless, and furious with the system that fails people like you, and maybe even with themselves for not walking away from it.
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NICO/NIA RUSSO (RO)
Age: 22 Gender: Player-selectable (M/F) Nationality/Ethnicity: Italian-American Vibe: Snark-as-armour. Trash-mouth tendencies. Hot grease and soft heart.
The Co-worker — the one who has their worst days, yet still shows up.
Russo talks like the world owes them a fistfight and a cigarette break. All bite, all bark, and just enough burn to keep people at arm’s length. They’ve got grease on their apron, a permanent chip on their shoulder, and a mouth that never learned the word “filter.” You’re not sure they even like the job, but they’re here, day after day, late at times, but constantly grinding out those shifts like it's a special part of their routine.
They’re also halfway through a criminal justice degree at a city college they never talk about unless they’re arguing with the news playing in the background. Claims it’s all bullshit—cops, lawyers, the system. But you’ve caught Russo studying case law in the backroom between deliveries. Says it’s for the credits, but the way their jaw tightens during certain stories on the news? It’s more than that.
They're not just pissed off. They’re paying attention.
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KIERAN/KIERA MYLES (RO)
Age: 27 Gender: Player-selectable (M/F) Nationality/Ethnicity: Half White, Half Mexican-American Vibe: Fragrance, coded language, and too many knives hidden in tailored jackets
The Interloper — the one who wasn’t supposed to be on your radar—but is.
Myles moves through rooms like a whispered secret and the scent of money—sharp, intentional, impossible to ignore. Head high, steps measured, eyes always calculating. They speak in layers, smile in puzzles, and dress like they’re late for a gala or an ambush, maybe both. Everything about them feels curated, controlled… until it isn’t.
You don’t know what they want, not really.
One minute it’s intel, the next it’s something softer, more dangerous.
Myles wasn't part of your mission. Not part of your world. But now they’re in it, circling closer, asking questions with too much knowledge behind the eyes. You're not sure if they’re here to ruin you, or to remind you there’s still something left worth ruining.
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ALEX/ALEXI MONROE (RO)
Age: 25 Gender: Player-selectable (M/F) Nationality/Ethnicity: Scandanavian-American Vibe: Softness meets suspicion. The light in the hallway. The warmth in the cold
The Neighbor — the one who sees past the walls and doesn’t look away.
Monroe lives two doors down and leaves their window open when it rains. They laugh too loudly at sitcom reruns, forget to water their plants, and hum under their breath while waiting for the kettle to boil. On the surface: harmless. Gentle. The kind of softness you’d expect to break easy.
But there’s something behind the smile—something watchful—subtly. Thoughtfully. The way someone does when they’re used to reading what isn’t said.
Monroe doesn't pry. They just linger. Just look a little too long sometimes, like they’re trying to put a puzzle together without knowing what the picture will exactly be.
And worse, they still smile at you anyway.
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ROWAN/RHEA CARTER (RO)
Age: 29 Gender: Player-selectable (M/F) Nationality/Ethnicity: African-American Vibe: Revolutionary soul. Firebrand idealism. Beautiful, dangerous hope.
The Crusader — the one who wants to save the world, even if it means breaking it.
Carter speaks like every word could spark a revolution, and maybe it could, if they weren’t already carrying the weight of too many failed ones. There’s something magnetic in the way they move through a room, controlled chaos, dressed in confidence and defiance. Their voice carries conviction like heat, and they never seem to doubt it. Not publicly, at least.
They believe in something bigger. In justice. In tearing down the structures that rot people from the inside out. It’s not naive, what they preach, it’s dangerous. The kind of hope that gets people killed. The kind that inspires others to follow anyway.
Carter sees what’s broken and doesn't look away. They demand change, even if it has to be carved from ruin. That makes them dangerous. That makes them rare.
And when they look at you, it’s like they see the potential for something more, something bigger than just blood and vengeance. But whether that makes you want to run toward them or burn everything down before they get too close… that’s up to you.
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ELIJAH CREED
Age: 44 Gender: Male Nationality/Ethnicity: Irish-American Vibe: Cigars, classical music, hollow warmth. That voice that makes monsters feel like myths.
The Father — the one who gave you a name, a roof, and a purpose.
Elijah Creed moves through the world like a man carrying both a lifetime of regrets and the weight of unshakable resolve. There’s a quiet authority in his voice, calm, deliberate, the kind that can soothe storms or summon lightning. His days are marked by the scent of cigars and the soft notes of classical music drifting through the rooms of the house you guys used to share.
He’s not just a guardian, he’s the father you never truly had, the one who took you in when the world wanted to erase you. Behind that steady warmth lies a steel core, forged by loss and haunted by the past. Elijah gave you a name, a place to belong, and a reason to fight, but never illusions that the world outside is anything less than brutal.
He is both shelter and shadow, a man who knows the cost of survival—and who will make sure you never pay it alone.
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MS. CLAUDIA BELLAMY
Age: 49 Gender: Female Nationality/Ethnicity: American (Afro-Puerto Rican) Vibe: Gold hoops, chipped nail polish, a cigarette always halfway gone. Keeps a revolver in her sewing kit and a bottle of gin under the sink.
The Landlady — the building’s backbone, eyes, and occasional judge, jury, and babysitter.
Ms. Bellamy has lived in the building longer than the cockroaches, and even they know better than to cross her. Her voice rarely rises, but when it does, even the radiators stop rattling. Always in gold hoops and a housecoat with yesterday’s cigarette still smoldering in the ashtray, she moves like someone who’s already seen the worst and didn’t flinch.
She doesn’t run the building. She rules it, half landlady, half neighbourhood matriarch. Rent better be on time, the hallways better stay quiet, and no one better mess with the kid on the second floor unless they want a lecture followed by a left hook.
She calls your new name like it’s your real one, sees through lies like smoke through sunlight, and keeps a .38 tucked behind the cans of beans in her pantry. Whatever history she has, it walks with her, but she’ll never speak of it unless the city starts burning again. And even then, only maybe.
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SALVATORE “SAL” RUSSO
Age: 47 Gender: Male Nationality/Ethnicity: Italian-American Vibe: Loud shirt, louder laugh. The kind of man who sings to the tomato sauce and cries at baseball games.
The Pizza King — a local legend with marinara in his veins and a heart too big for this city.
Salvatore Russo isn’t just the owner of the pizza shop—he is the pizza shop. Grease-stained apron, gold chain bouncing with every belly laugh, and a voice that could carry through a riot. He talks with his hands, loves like he’s got something to prove, and swears every pie has a soul.
To the neighborhood, he’s an uncle. To his niece/nephew, he’s a safety net and a headache. And to you? He’s the rare kind of man who doesn’t ask questions he doesn’t want the answers to, so long as you show up, work hard, and don’t scare the regulars.
Somehow, Sal always knows when to push, and when to just slide you a slice and say nothing at all, but could all the smile and laughter be hiding a deeper truth than what's shown on the surface?
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WHEELS
Age: 36 Gender: Male Nationality/Ethnicity: Polish-American Vibe: Motor oil and Marlboro smoke. Burnt fingers. Mismatched socks stuffed into combat boots. A man who can hotwire your car with a bottle cap and grudge.
The Arms Dealer — your supplier and the only man in Chicago who listens to Public Enemy while cleaning an M4.
Wheels moves through the city like a ghost with a purpose—fast, sharp, and unpredictable. He’s not just an arms dealer; he’s a craftsman, a collector of weapons with stories carved into their blades. Among his prized possessions are three custom knives, each named after people who shaped his life, two exes who taught him lessons in pain and betrayal, and one for his mother, the only person he never wanted to disappoint.
His sharp gaze misses nothing, always sizing up threats and opportunities with cold precision. Reliable when it counts, Wheels plays the game on his own terms, offering more than just firepower, he’s a lifeline in a city drowning in chaos, but one that carries a warning: trust him carefully, or not at all.
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DR. SILAS CROSS
Age: 55 Gender: Male Nationality/Ethnicity: Lebanese-American Vibe: Tailored suits under his lab coat. Surgical gloves and bourbon. The hum of high-end equipment beneath the jazz playing low through recessed speakers.
The Surgeon — not your friend, not your enemy, just the man who keeps you stitched together.
Dr. Cross is not the kind of man you thank.
You show up bleeding, broken, maybe dying, and he fixes you anyway. No questions. No judgment. Just the quiet clink of surgical tools and the faint smell of antiseptic layered beneath expensive cologne. His clinic hides behind the façade of a luxury med spa, but the back rooms tell a different story. Marble floors, climate control, and machines that hum like symphonies, because pain, here, is handled with elegance.
He wears tailored suits under his lab coat, pours bourbon like it’s medicine, and plays Coltrane through speakers you’ll never find. Every stitch comes with an unspoken rule: you don’t ask about him, and he doesn’t ask about you. His price is steep, but he’s the reason a dozen corpses aren’t yours.
He’s not your friend. Not your savior. He’s the man who puts you back together because it’s the only thing he still knows how to do.
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REESE
Age: 12 Gender: Male Nationality/Ethnicity: African-American Vibe: Scuffed sneakers. Sharp eyes. A heart still intact—but only barely.
The Kid — street-smart pickpocket and your stubborn follower.
Reese has a grin too big for someone who’s had to survive this much.
He moves like he owns the sidewalk, dodging adults, snatching wallets, slipping through crowds like smoke. Every scrape on his knees and tear in his hoodie tells a story, and most of them end with him outrunning someone bigger. Or meaner. Or both. But behind all the swagger and mouthiness, there’s a kid who still believes in something. Maybe not people. But moments. Mercy. Second chances.
Reese follows you like a stray cat that decided you were home. Doesn’t care how cold you get, how many times you warn him off. You’re a ghost in a city full of monsters, and somehow, he’s decided you’re one of the better ones. Maybe the only one.
He’s not smart enough to know who you truly are.
But is young enough to believe that there’s still more to you than what meets the eye.
TBA.
#bloodandiron-if#interactive fiction#interactive story#choice of games#wip game#if wip#action#choicescript#B&I#choose your own adventure#cyoa#interactive novel#cog#action if#hosted games#wip#status: no demo#text game#if: intro
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oh yeah i'm a huge fan of d&d. my friends and I are playing a homebrew campaign and it's really fun!! we use a lot of houserules to cut out a lot of the boring combat & exploration stuff and it's more about us being witches trying to investigate the disappearance of a neighbor's cat in a small village in the alps
you guys are idiots go play a pbta game or something. or even just pathfinder, or lancer. or fabula ultima or something.
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DOWN THE HALL — R. ZORO
𖤐 biceps made for biting
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EXTRAS!
𖤐 luffy my messy king
𖤐 zoro 100% posted that gym pic hoping you would say something. my fav plotter
𖤐 contact name reveal soon
𖤐 zoro is nonchalant asf but just know this man is grinning and giggling to himself every time reader flirts with him or presnts any interest in him
𖤐 vivi text nami back pls, we need a wlw victory in these times
pairing — roronoa zoro x fem! reader
synopsis — when your cat suddenly disappears from your apartment, you go crazy trying to find him. only to find your beloved cat, kuro, in the arms of your hot neighbor, roronoa zoro. trying to get your cat and the heart of your neighbor proves to be a difficult mission to say the least. genre/tags — social media!au, neighbor!zoro, modern!au, crack, fluff! not much angst tbh.
#— writings.#one piece#one piece headcanons#one piece x reader#one piece smau#one piece imagine#luffy x reader#zoro x reader#smau#sanji x reader#zoro x y/n#zoro headcanons#roronoa zoro#roronoa zoro x reader#roronoa zoro x y/n#one piece x you#one piece fluff#op#op x reader#one piece texts#op texts#monkey d. luffy#sanji vinsmoke#one piece live action#zoro#zoro opla#zoro fluff#zoro x you#zoro imagine#zoro roronoa x reader
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Teehee i hope you enjoyed :3
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#in stars and time#isat comic#isat#in stars and time fanart#isat siffrin#isafrin#isat isabeau#well mainly its bros hands and obscured text boxes#new isat character#Isas hands#with how worried he is about changing into someone whos likable one could argue his mind and body(aka actions) are 2 seperate characters#teeheeee#saintofcorn comics
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"Helio da Silva, a retired business executive from Brazil, single-handedly planted over 41,000 trees in his hometown of Sao Paulo over the last two decades.
Flying over the Brazilian metropolis of Sao Paulo, it’s tough to miss the 3.2-kilometers-long and 100-meter-wide green strip of trees wedged between two of the city’s busiest roads. It is known as Tiquatira Linear Park, and it is the work of a single man who worked tirelessly for over 20 years in order to transform a previously dilapidated area into an actual jungle within the urban jungle that is Sao Paulo. Originally from the town of Promissao, about 500km from Sao Paulo, Helio da Silva was a successful business executive for many years, but after retiring, he took it upon himself to transform the degraded banks of the Tiquatira River into a green oasis for his community. He started planting trees there in 2003 and hasn’t stopped since.
73-year-old da Silva recently told AFP that he wanted to leave a legacy to the city that adopted him decades ago. Within the first four years of his epic project, he single-handedly planted 5,000 trees in an area that had long been abandoned and known to be frequented by drug dealers and users. His impressive feat prompted the municipality of Sao Paulo to recognize his efforts and acknowledge the area as the first linear park in Sao Paulo. This only emboldened da Silva, who continued planting native trees.
By 2020, Helio had planted more than 25,047 trees over a 3.2-km-long area, achieving a survival rate of 88 percent. For every 12 trees, he planted a fruit-bearing species in the hopes of attracting birds and animals to his green oasis. His bet paid off, as according to the municipality, 45 types of birds have been identified in the park. Today, the Tiquatira Linear Park numbers over 41,000 individual trees, and Helio da Silva doesn’t plan on stopping planting until he reaches at least 50,000 of them.
“My motivation comes from the trees themselves because trees give us flowers and fruits, absorb rainwater, attract birds and provide us with wonderful shade and fresh air,” da Silva told Common Earth.
The retired executive estimates that he spent about $7,000 per year on his tree-planting efforts since 2022, but the way he sees it, it was a worthwhile investment for himself, his family and the whole of Sao Paulo. Plus, he saved a lot of money by planting the trees himself.
Once labeled as crazy for spending most of his time planting trees in an area most people avoided, Helio da Silva is now hailed as a local hero. He sometimes receives help from like-minded nature lovers, but he is still the driving force behind this amazing project. Every Sunday, he comes to Tiquatira Park to plant more trees.
Over the years, the city gym and playground equipment, tables, benches, toilets, and Tiquatira Linear Park eventually became one of Sao Paulo’s most popular areas."
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-Article via OddityCentral, October 4, 2024. Video via France24, September 26, 2024.
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Note: ONE SINGLE PERSON CAN MAKE A SUCH A DIFFERENCE
#brazil#sao paulo#south america#park#urban park#trees#nature#biodiversity#climate action#climate adaptation#hopepunk#solarpunk#native plants#environment#plants#ecology#good news#hope#Youtube#edited to fix the spelling of Sao Paulo#can only do that in the article text tho#not the title#sorry about that
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coordinated actions in NYC today (8 Jan 24) shut down morning rush hour traffic in lower Manhattan for several hours in solidarity with Palestine









slides via @.palestinianyouthmovement on ig, full statement from organizers here coverage: Reuters, NYT, ABC
on blockading: Blockades: a short guide to getting in the way Basic blockading Practical Protest Techniques: using your body Blockading: a guide ACT UP civil disobedience guide always look up protest safety & know-your-rights guides specific to your location
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Kat Mikaelsen + text posts (7/?)
Bonus Pickpoet:

#kat kat kat kat kaaaaat#this was my favorite comp to put together but I felt bad there were so many of her looking angry lol#I love that she's full of internal contradictions and so full of (justifiable) rage with that sweet baby face#I see shades of chloe in her but I like that dn gave her higher stakes and morally gray beliefs and actions. makes her so interesting to me#lrbr#lr text posts#kat mikaelsen#nora malakian#lost records kat#kat lost records#lost records bloom and rage#lost records: bloom & rage#lost records bloom & rage#lost records: bloom and rage#lost records#text posts#text post meme#my post
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remake of an old post of mine!! i love the idea that barry likes to mess with joe like this lol. but also he is not joking.
#sorry joe#i know he's a criminal but is he really that bad#having sex with him doesn't mean i condone his actions#coldflash#the flash#barry allen#leonard snart#captain cold#text post#coldflash incorrect quotes#incorrect quotes
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21 y/o journalist Hossam Shabat is often cited by numerous media outlets, social media accounts, and this blog. He has spent the last 150+ days documenting the genocide while also organizing relief efforts and food drives that have fed thousands of people in north Gaza. Today he is asking for help for his family, whose home was destroyed because of his journalism. He writes,
I have decided to launch a personal fundraiser to help my family. Initially, I decided to first help my people and community, and have been supporting them in North Gaza for months. However, this campaign is dedicated to helping my family, who lost everything due to my profession. The Israeli forces contacted me directly, threatening me, and then bombed the house, of my family and built this house with our blood and sweat. Now, my family, consisting of 13 members, finds themselves living in a tent. Thus, I am launching this campaign to seek assistance for myself and my family during these challenging times.
Please consider donating and/or share
https://gofund.me/5bc4d041
#actions#hossam shabat#north gaza#gaza#gaza genocide#gaza strip#gaza under attack#free gaza#from the river to the sea palestine will be free#palestinian genocide#gaza journalists#link#text
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