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saw a tiktok that was making good points except it was like "if you're over 23 you shouldn't even know anyone under 20 unless they're family and it's weird if you do" and I just. have you guys ever had coworkers. students. family friends. clubs. is no one going back to school for their BA/MA/PhD. what kind of isolated world are you living in where as a 23+ year old you never interact w anyone under the age of 20. this idea that even Talking to anyone younger than you is somehow predatory is absolutely insane god I hate western individualism so bad. no your best friend ever probably shouldn't be a teenager when you're a grown ass adult but we do in fact need to be in community w people younger than us

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In the 1700s, blood transfusion was used to treat psychosis. Oddly, sometimes it worked.

So a question for my followers: Give your best guess as to why this could have worked without looking it up.

I will answer tomorrow.

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I see a lot of posts from Americans urging people to phone senators and other representatives when something happens, or is about to happen, that would have a detrimental affect on the lives of many people.

I honestly feel that Brits should be partaking in this kind of lobbying, especially when the Prime Minister of a party that is supposed to stand up for minorities and worker's rights males a speech about curtailing immigration that's so heinous that it bears comparison to Enoch Powell's 'Rivers of blood' speech.

I don't think it's an exaggeration that Starmer's speech was that Xenophobic. To say that Britain is becoming an 'Island of Stangers' belongs in Nigel Farage's mouth. I didn't vote for this. This is so far beyond what I thought my government might try to do that I'm speechless.

But I'm NOT powerless. And nor are YOU! And this is where the lobbying takes place. Care for calais, one of the charities supporting migrants and refugees has drafted an email you san send. You can find it here

So many petition sites have email drafts on a vast range of things to local MPs or the Prime Minister. Use them. Fill inboxes with your thoughts and wishes to ensure the UK doesn't slide backwards. You can edit most of them to add personal thoughts. I've been adding a sentence on most to say I'm now regretting voting Labour. I don't know who to turn to (but Reform can jump in the sea)

Please use your voice.

USA followers, please reblog to spread the word.

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My brother in law recently became a veterinarian and it has really driven the point home as to how fucking bonkers veterinary medicine is. We don't expect human physicians to really know much outside of their own specialty - a dentist, an otolaryngologist, and a maxillofacial surgeon are three totally different dudes. Meanwhile a veterinarian at a wildlife rehab center is doing orthopedic surgery on a hawk and then doing rounds on baby hedgehogs in the hedgehog NICU and administering antibiotics to a ratsnake. And he also knows how to perform surgical interventions on a cow! What the fuck! Those are all totally, wildly different kinds of animal!!

Shout out to veterinarians, they know Too Much.

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"In a time of slavery and deep suffering, the slaves who broke their chains and escaped would return to try to free others. Slaves were not allowed to carry paper. They were always stopped and searched. But the women were very clever. They could make their hair into many shapes and patterns. And in one style, hair could be braided to the scalp, bending and curling like roads or paths. So the women would weave maps into their hair and pass it on - mothers to daughters, slave to slave, plantation to plantation.

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”the internet is an evil place!!” for you. i have a mile long blocklist and the best mutuals ever

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not all character interpretations are valid some of you are sexist

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They complained that a 4% surtax would force the ultra-wealthy people to flee the state. It passed narrowly. Not only are these multi-millionaires NOT fleeing en masse, more of them live here now than before the tax was enacted. It raised almost two and a half BILLION dollars in 2023 alone, funding free school lunch statewide and free community college for state residents.

Moral: TAX THE FUCKIN RICH

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Sorry, sweetie, you are thinking on Podiatry and pediatrics. Bixesuality is the scientific study of the individual celestial bodies (excluding the earth) and of the universe as a whole. Meanwhile Pansexuality is the belief that heavenly bodies influence human affairs and the study of such influence.

99% of queer discourse stops right before they define the true difference between bisexual and pansexual!

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Infighting only helps our oppressors.

Infighting only helps our oppressors.

Infighting only helps our oppressors.

Infighting only helps our oppressors.

Infighting only helps our oppressors.

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Something that I get chills about is the fact that the oldest story told made by the oldest civilization opens with "In those days, in those distant days, in those ancient nights."

This confirms that there is a civilization older than the Sumerians that we have yet to find

Some people get existential dread from this

Me? I think it's fucking awesome it shows just how much of this world we have yet to discover and that is just fascinating

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Fanfic is a free hobby.

It's one of the last few things we can have as a society that's free. You can engage, for free. People give you things (art, stories, etc), for free.

Don't buy into the consummerism just because it's everywhere else.

You don't have to consume everything you interact with. You don't have to use things, just because they exist.

You're allowed (still, for now), to have things that are enjoyable for free.

Do you realise how insane the world is? We don't have many places where we can just be, for free anymore, but ao3 is. Did you notice we don't have ads in ao3? We don't have pop ups? Where ELSE do we not have that?

Where else can you just go and not have to wait for a commercial to be over or for ads to be on the sidelines?

I don't think the younger people understand, but the whole of internet used to be like this. YouTubers would do Youtube for free, just because. You couldn't monetise your internet presence before.

Ao3 is like a little preserved corner of the internet where the old internet used to be, and it's being attacked by people who do not understand that free things are allowed to exist without judgment.

Please don't ruin this for us.

Some of us need it.

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Por si no le ha quedado claro a alguno de mis últimos seguidores

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This is from 5 years ago and still brings me joy every time I watch it.

We all need joy right now!