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i hate how you get desensitized to the cool stuff in your WIP if you've been writing it for a long time so when you read back over it you're like "this isn't as cool as i thought :(" but it still is! you just read it too many times

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Hey is anybody having trouble with those Captcha test things lately? Mine are getting kinda weird and I’m even not too sure what to click on

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trying to get irl friends into watching mash is insane, i'll be like "have you heard about this critically-acclaimed, emmy-award-winning, 11-seasons-long sitcom-turned-dramedy that established the A-plot-B-plot structure of modern tv writing and to this day holds the all-time record for the most concurrent viewers on a single episode of any tv show ever?" and they'll be like "no i haven't!"

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this is targeted tumblr content

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"Would you look at that, mercury's in Gatorade."

"I don't believe in astrology."

"No, I mean there is a recall."

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I’m starting to sound like a nutcase at work because upper management keeps trying to implement AI programs and AI assistants and Chat GPT and my middle-of-the-road, don’t-infodump, don’t-engage response has been “I don’t like AI”, “I prefer to remain in control of my own tasks”, “I’d rather make my own mistakes”, and “I don’t trust any machine smarter than a toaster”

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Tumblr holidays not being used for the rest of the world is weird. What do you mean I have to go to school/work? Don't you people know Julius Caesar was stabbed multiple times?

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suck, and i cannot stress this enough, my cock to the fucking base

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Meta doesn't want you to know about Sarah Wynn-Williams book Careless People. So much so they got the courts involved so she can't promote herself. Would be a shame if a bunch of people not tied up in court promoted it for her…

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Twitter users will not survive the winter

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This is an interesting thing. Looks like testimonies of people who left the MAGA movement- how they got into it and why.

Leaving a cult is really hard, so I really respect the people who are speaking from this place.

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Need to move states because of anti-LGBTQ+ policies?

Keshet and the Hebrew Free Loan Society are partnering to offer interest-free loans of up to $10,000 for individuals and families to support relocation costs to another state because of anti-LGBTQ+ laws, policies, and climate in their current state of residence.

Applicants do not have to be Jewish and can be moving from any state in the U.S. to any state in the U.S. (but not outside of the country).

Instructions on how to apply are at the above link. 💗

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it'd be really cool if everyone put their money where their mouths are and went and saw the new fully 2d animated looney tunes movie that's in theaters RIGHT NOW instead of continuing to scream about the snow white and lilo and stitch remakes

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This is a shout-out to anyone registered to vote in Indiana. We're hoping to get signatures on a petition to revamp IN's contraceptive laws in order to make effective birth control more accessible and affordable. Please go to ipetitions, search Indiana, read the one about revamping the laws, sign, and add the zip code of where you are registered to vote. If not from IN, spread the word! This includes emergency contraception in ERs, IUDs covered by laws, and more OBGYNs across the state

So I did some googling to get details on this, because citizen's ballot measures are super important and a great way for Red State citizens to fight back against Republican state government.

and according to Ballotpedia and an explainer NPR did ahead of last years election, Ballot initiatives in Indiana are always proposed constitutional amendments that have to be voted on by the State Legislature. In other words Indiana's General Assembly votes to put a ballot measure on the ballot for the public to vote for, the public has no way to directly put something on the ballot.

looking at the Indiana General Assembly, the Indiana state Senate is 40 Republicans to 10 Democrats and the Indiana state House is 70 Republicans to 30 Democrats. In other words a Republican super majority in both houses.

so seems very unlikely that a Republican super majority would agree to put a law expanding contraception access on the ballot for citizens.

any ways I think the best thing anyone in Indiana might do is

volunteer for Planned Parenthood Action, to lobby for women's health care.

join a local Democratic org breaking the Republican Super majority in 2026 will be key to bring some level of sanity back to the state

Sign up for Run For Something which supports local candidates, as of right now they don't have any 2025 candidates in Indiana but there are always elections happening at the city, town, school board, and county levels and I'd bet at least some young progressive could use your help getting elected this year.

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Here is your mission.

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“The old magic persists thanks to it’s unfathomable power.”

No, the old magic persists because the new magic can’t run the legacy spells I need to do my job, and keeps trying to install spirits I don’t want or need onto my orb.

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ok not to be that guy but like. labor rights and working class rights can coexist with 24h services and late amenities. its certainly hard to do so without worker exploitation in this political and social environment, it’s not a conflict likely to resolve overnight. but 24h services are important and especially valuable to those of us that are disabled or are on a different circadian rhythm. in fact more professional, health, and government services should be available or at least possible to work on asynchronously (if applicable) during late or odd hours, while workers also get sufficient pay for their labor and proper consistent scheduling. this would be much easier on the workers with night schedules if the entire professional world didn’t grind to a halt at 5pmEST