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Is it so much to ask to lounge on a divan like a depraved and decadent emperor while beautiful men fan me and feed me pomegranate seeds?

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i'm in kyiv for the week for the first time in 4 years.

russia launched 300+ drones at ukraine last night over the course of 5 hours; one of the biggest attacks of the war so far. the explosions were constant, some of them so close that our building was shaking from the impact. i could hear the buzzing of the shaheds overhead; normally, russia sends around 5-7 of these drones to kyiv every night, but last night, it was around 40. by the time the sun came up, the cloud of smoke that hung over kyiv was so dark that you couldn't see the sky.

but being pulled out of bed at 2 am under threat of ballistics and drone attacks has been an average experience for ukrainians for over 3 years now. they're used to it, they say "I'm from sumy/zaporozhzhia/kramatorsk, this is nothing". it doesn't matter if they're tired or they've been bombed out of their homes, they still have to get up and go to work or school or run errands and do all the things that make their country function while russia tries to grind it down by turning their peaceful skies into fire.

don't forget about them. don't forget about what's happening here in ukraine.

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Oh look, another russian scumbag, lacking any shred of humanity. I got a few of such comments under this particular post (not from bots either), blocked immediately. Each of them thinks they are so funny and original. You're not clever, funny or "edgy", you're just shameless. And it's this shamelessness that gets me every time. You see your people committing atrocities and you openly, proudly joke about it, for everyone to see your disgusting true self. There is no hope for you.

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Katya Buchatska, This World is Recording, 2022, Ukraine

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It's impressive how Neil Gaiman vanished from the internet. Wish Rowling would do the same.

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Full of admiration for the righteous and brave people of Minnesota in this hour of darkness and violence

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          The clinic, as people have begun referring to it, is little more than two wobbly, rotten tables and a basket of poultices Lirene managed to scrounge up for him. Anders isn't entirely sure how people end up finding this place. This ... hole in the dirt he's apparently calling his these days. But it keeps him busy. And busy is good.

          At least, it is when it isn't the middle of the night.

          He'll have to look into getting a lock.

          Anders pushes himself off his pathetic excuse for a bedroll and gauges the man who's run in here like an ogre through an Orlesian imports shop. The stranger is clearly drunk, but that hardly matters. What Anders finds interesting is that he doesn't seem like your normal, run-of-the-mill sot.

          He's broad shouldered, muscled from what Anders can see in the low moonlight streaming in through the cracks in the wall. And his accent is distinctly Ferelden. A soldier, Anders easily pieces together. Maybe a deserter from the King's army. Or a mercenary, running from the Blight like the rest of them.

          ❝ I don't turn Fereldens away, ❞   Anders says, kind of wishing he did.   ❝​​​​​​​ Even the besotted ones. And I don't take payment either, ❞   he promises, kind of wishing he did that, too.   ❝​​​​​​​ And, ❞   he stresses, holding out a hand like cautioning a wild animal and warily tossing a handful of sparks at a nearby candle to illuminate the wound he squints to see,   ❝​​​​​​​ I don't do tricks on demand. ❞

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It’s sad how much of what is taught in school is useless to over 99% of the population.

There are literally math concepts taught in high school and middle school that are only used in extremely specialized fields or that are even so outdated they aren’t used anymore!

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death of the author yeah whatever but death of the fandom is so integral to enjoying legitimately anything like that is just a necessary step to take in ur head always. do not let them affect the text in any way exterminate them all with ur death ray. they r not real and cannot hurt u

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me: I can be normal about Dragon Age: Inquisition, I swear. I’m pretty sure the hyperfocus is about to burn off at any moment now, anyway.

*five seconds later*

me: Actually you can tell that Bull was going to go Tal-Vashoth from the moment you meet him. *Pulls out comically long scroll that rolls across the floor* You see, his heart as actually way too big and he doesn’t actually join the Inquisition because the Ben-Hassrath told him to. His son, Krem, convinces him (and then Krem turns around and covers for him by saying it’s the first time Bull has picked a side) to join because it’s good fights for a good cause. Bull tries to spin it like a true Ben-Hassrath because he’ll need to explain why he’s joining a Chantry splinter cell, and remain on good terms with Qunandar. But Gaat points out that the Ben-Hassrath didn’t like that he joined the Inquisition. Bull straight up lies to you in the beginning, not just by pretending he doesn’t remember Josephine’s name but then admitting he researched Leliana, he lies and said he was ordered to join! He wasn’t! He was already going rogue! Making sure there was a world for his band of outcasts to come home to! He justified joining AFTER the fact to cover his ass with the Ben-Hassrath because his greatest fear is Madness. That he would become a mindless and rageful animal like a dragon that needs to be put down without the Qun to keep him in check. And yet the first thing he does whenever you talk to him is worry about someone else. Like the guy who made the fish wraps in Seheron with the bad back. Like losing an eye for Krem when he didn’t even know him. Like rescuing Gaat and telling NO ONE that story. Like imagining what life would be like for everyone under the Qun and NOT! Liking that! Despite having the number one job for making sure the Qun is upheld! It’s not like we’re converting — *I’m pulled off stage by a comically large hook*

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AND turned out the artist @annikvs that drew their white tav and ascended Astarion drinking from Wyll's skull is a nazi :/

Fork found in the kitchen I fear. I can't even act shocked because they were already racist, and people defended them, so why are we surprised now...

A lot of people need to realize it shouldn’t take much to sense someone’s motives from their actions the "Well they didn’t outright SAY they hated black people" doesn't fly when they are acting like racist dipshits

These racists feel comfortable acting & saying all this out loud because Larian has enabled their behavior by consistently pandering to them, ignoring Wyll, and obviously treating him like shit.

So we as a fandom shouldn't let these racists and bigots be comfortable enough to just join us at the table!

The art I'm talking about:

+ People were educating them in the comments but they ignored these people and liked and replied to stuff like this:

From another post:

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If your goals basically amount to "after The Revolution everything will be great because people will all have the Good Ethics and work together in my Perfect System and the Evil People with Bad Morals and Bad Behaviour who are making this world bad will be gone (killed/imprisoned/exiled/all converted to agree with us when they see our Perfect System)" then that's just fascism. I hate to say it but you've put a gay socialist hat on fascism.

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Care for a drink?

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just a heads up that this user @/anatheriaart is a massive fucking racist. screencaps in the undercut for said racism and murder of a black fictional character.