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I’m picking on the wrong person here but I hate this attitude so much. The Democrats aren’t cowardly or useless or any of that. I thought they were, at first, because I like to give people (even politicians) the benefit of the doubt. They’re not cowards, unless you mean “too cowardly to tell us their real goals.” They’re not useless. They’re VERY useful. Just not for working people.

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WE’RE VOX MACHINA, WE FUCK SHIT UP!

THE LEGEND OF VOX MACHINA, season one | episodes 1, 2 & 3. 

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I think the moment that convinced me the operating logic of our society is truly fucked in a way that cannot merely be reformed was after that eclipse in 2017 when the articles started coming out about how much money had been lost by productivity dropping from people stopping momentarily to watch it happen. To measure the world by the metric of the dollar to such a devotion that any cult leader would be jealous of that you would look at one of the most sublime experiences in nature which we, our ancestors, and even a not insignificant number of non-human species, have been observing in awestruck wonder for millennia, and decide that such a moment of profundity is something to be fought and preferably expunged from the human experience because it briefly impacts quarterly revenue.

It's a feeling that has been coming up repeatedly, but with increasing frequency in the last few years. That being: what is all of this for? Where are we going? Nobody who defends the status quo can seem to answer it. What's the point of an uninterrupted quarterly revenue stream if we can't even look at an eclipse every few years? What's the point of hustling and grinding 50, 60, 70 hour weeks if you never have time to have dinner with your friends, talk to your family on the phone, but on a bigger spectrum, what's the point of all of that if you still don't have any way of retiring in the future? With the way that our lives are being increasingly monetized and squeezed every second, what is there to look forward to?

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as much as the concept of Jesus being a fairly normal lad has its charms, im personally very intrigued by the idea of him being just… extremely weird. not even in a mystical sense, just…….staggeringly BIZZARRE. 

you go to the well to get some water, and here’s Miriam’s boy, staring at the sky, completely still. his expression is unreadable. you hazard a hello and ask how he’s doing, and he slowly, unblinkingly, lowers his gaze on you (he’s 8 and is missing his frontal teeth, not that this is making you any less uncomfortable) and says “I cannot speak of the state of my being, Nathan son of Saul, my brother, but rejoice for the water you shall take today will be as pure as the soul of the children of Heaven”

…you start sweating

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🎄 Yule Tarot Spread 🎄

1. PAST - Releasing 2020 

What are you still carrying from this year and what needs to be released, or purged, before the new year? What is the hardest lesson you have learned in 2020?

2. PRESENT - Navigating the darkness

As we are currently going through the darkest days of the year, what lightness can you focus on to navigate through this period? What is your guiding light? 

3. FUTURE - Hopes for the new year

What will you bring with you into 2021? What hopes, ambitions and dreams can you start working on now to prepare for Spring and the return of light? 

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🎄 Find more information on Yule meaning, correspondences and rituals in my Yule masterpost here 🎄

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ok, it's almost Christmas time, so here's a reminder to my fellow white witches & pagans that we are not systematically oppressed, and our religion/craft is not erased and appropriated in the same way/at the same level as jewish people, BIPOC, muslims, or hindus. even during this time of year.

PLEASE do not compare our struggles to that of these groups. we can sympathize that our winter holiday(s) are also erased/treated like another christmas, but our experiences are vastly different, mostly in the fact that we as white witches/pagans are not systematically oppressed.

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The Yule Deer. Happy holidays everyone!

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Memories of Autumn dreams among the bloody leaves and dark dreams...

Model - Mari Gohberg.

Natalie Ina Photography 2019.

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🔮 🧹

The Witch (2015) The Love Witch (2016) The Witches of Eastwick (1987) The Witches (1990) The Craft (1996) Sleepy Hollow (1999) Hocus Pocus (1993) Black Sunday (1960) Practical Magic (1998) Gretel & Hansel (2020)

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I just want to remind everyone how affordable buying food from indigenous tribes is. I live in a major city and I was able to purchase and ship (15) pounds of fish from back home to myself for cheaper than I could buy it from a grocery store here in the city. Yeah, shipping has its own environmental factors but I was able to support an indigenous owned business while also getting my groceries at a lesser cost. (Buying in bulk is always a good idea if you’re planning on having something shipped to you)

Some tribal owned grocers that ship:

Bow and Arrow (Ute Mountain)

Native Harvest (White Earth)

Red Lake Fishery (Red Lake)

Wozupi (Mdewakanton Dakota)

Ramona Farms (Gila River)

Tanka Bars (Oglala)

Indian Pueblo Store (Pueblos)

Twisted Cedar Wine (Cedar Paiutes)

Ute Bison (Ute)

Seka Hills Olive Oil and Vinegars (Yocha Dehe Wintun)

She Nah Nam Seafood (Nisqually)

Sakari Botanicals (Inupiaq)

Honor the Earth (? Anishinaabe)

Nett Lake Wild Rice (Boise Forte Anishinaabe)

Passamaquoddy maple (Passamaquoddy)

BONUS: coffee :)

Yeego Coffee (Navajo)

Spirit Mountain Roasting (Yuma Quechan)

Birchbark Coffee (Anishinaabe)

Thunder Island Coffee (Shinnecock)

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These just came in the mail! Been looking forward to reading Psychic Witch for a while, never heard anything but good about it. Of Blood and Bones was pretty well reviewed too and claims to cover a bit more of the darker side of the craft than most other books do. #witchesofinstagram #witch #pagan #pagansofinstagram #books #psychicwitchbook #ofbloodandbonesbook https://www.instagram.com/p/CQ1mAtTr_6l/?utm_medium=tumblr

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+ BONUS

Favourite line of Joe Henderson, showrunner:

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Banned for 70 years under Communist rule, shamanism has seen a recent resurgence in Mongolia. In these incredible images Mongolian Shamans or “Buu”, take part in a fire ritual meant to summon spirits to mark the Summer Solstice in Ulaanbaatar grasslands.

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You know what I love? Calling it "Christian Mythology." Referring to their god as "The Christian God." Refusing to conform to the idea that their religion is any more valid than anyone else's.

Oh, it makes them spicy. Gets them all twitchy. They wanna fistfight me in a Denny's parking lot, but they know they can't 'cause I'm right.

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Eating while on shift is not permitted, staff are told. “If the system detects no keyboard stroke and mouse click, it will show you as idle for that particular duration, and it will be reported to your supervisor. So please avoid hampering your productivity.”

A training video about the webcam system, seen by the Guardian, says it “monitors and tracks real-time employee behaviour and detects any violations to pre-set business rules, and sends real-time alerts to managers to take corrective actions immediately”.

Capitalism is so exhausting