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Thinking about how trains call to each other in the rainy night like whales do in the inky black of the sea.

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my mom called our lazy susan a sleazy susan by accident once and now I can't call it anything else

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In Sikh temples (gurdwaras), anyone—of any background—can share the free communal meal called langar. It’s a core Sikh practice symbolizing equality and service; many gurdwaras serve it after worship, and some offer it throughout the day. There’s no payment or expectation—just sit, eat, and be welcomed.

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forgot to post this earlier today but Terra w a summer swimsuit outfit cause yyyyeaaaagh

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paintings of ulysses and the sirens rated by how securely he is tied to the mast

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We have this interesting situation where we basically no longer have privacy nor the expectation of privacy, but we also don't have community or meaningful connection with others, so we're all simultaneously both completely exposed and absolutely alone, and please understand that when I say this situation is "interesting", what I in fact mean is that it's "nightmarish and I wish I could wake up"

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Autumn colours and fungi, Lida Sweden.

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A few weeks ago, after Spotify announced it will be pouring hundreds of millions of dollars into the AI drone weapon technologies of Helsing (for which Spotify CEO Daniel Ek is chairman), the bands Deerhoof and King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard pulled all of their music from the streaming service. Xiu Xiu is working to join them.

A few days ago, Godspeed You! Black Emperor pulled their music from every streaming service except for their Bandcamp page, which is managed directly by their record company Constellation.

Incidentally here is the art their album Yanqui U.X.O. came packaged in, illustrating how a large portion of the music industry feeds its funds directly into defense industries.

From Wikipedia: "The band later apologized for some extensions of the chart, conceding that some of their research had been inaccurate."

Spotify, not included in this image because it did not exist at the time, is worse.

One of GY!BE's record companies, Constellation, has pulled itself from Twitter/X, leaving this middle finger of a farewell message:

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polyamory is one of those things that lets you determine if people's political beliefs are based on like, material principals of peoples' wellbeing and freedom, or just self interest and whatever's currently politically acceptable and normalized.

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The thing is that I don't want to be employed but I also don't want to be unemployed. I actually want our entire economic system to explode but that's not really a feasible option right now

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^ Venting on main. (Also kinda transition goals)

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there's a jewish story about a rich man who goes to his rabbi to ask him about building an orphanage, and the rabbi is like "yeah duh go for it!!" and then later the rich guy comes back and is like "actually I've decided not to... I was just doing it for my own image and not coz I cared about orphans" and the rabbi was like "bitch the orphans don't care why you're building the orphanage!!!" and sometimes I wish I could say that to lefties who haven't unpacked their christian upbringing. sometimes motives don't matter!! who give a fuck why a politician wants to do a good thing? bitch the orphans don't!!

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Eons ago I won a tumblr racehorse contest and won a picture of Gato del Sol complete with a lock of his hair.

Does anyone want this??? It is going to go in the garbage otherwise which is such a waste but...

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the thing is, sitting with your legs curled up underneath you is so so comfy. until it's not. and your feet and legs are numb and cramping. and this happens every time

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I have excellent news