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Iranian photographer Hossein Fatemi, offers a glimpse of an entirely different side to Iran than the image usually broadcasted by domestic and foreign media. In his photo series An Iranian Journey, many of the photographs reveal an Iran that most people never see, presenting an eye-opening look at the amazing diversity and contrasts that exist in the country.

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“what’s the song of the summer” ?? it’s DANCING IN THE DARK by bruce springsteen for the 41st year in a row

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i feel like 90% of adaptations don't justify their own existence. And the types of adaptations that fans of the source material like and the types of adaptations that production companies like to make are both some of the worst most pointless ones imaginable

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Well!

So first, let's clear a common misconception: no, President Abraham Lincoln did not love Black people nor see them as human equals. At best he was centrist about it (though, even his implication that 'exceptional' Black men ought to vote got him assassinated).

"My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or to destroy slavery. If I could save the Union without freeing any slave I would do, it, and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing some and leaving others alone I would also do that. What I do about slavery, and the colored race, I do because I believe it helps to save the Union...I have here stated my purpose according to my view of official duty; and I intend no modification of my oft-expressed personal wish that all men everywhere could be free."

The "freeing of slaves" after the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863 was meant to kneecap the economic and military powers of the seceded South. Lettuce stop making a white savior figure out of Lincoln, or thinking that my people's shackles were unchained via anything other than desperate war strategy and extreme violence. Think on that, for a moment.

That being said!

But not everyone in Confederate territory would immediately be free. Even though the Emancipation Proclamation was made effective in 1863, it could not be implemented in places still under Confederate control. As a result, in the westernmost Confederate state of Texas, enslaved people would not be free until much later. Freedom finally came on June 19, 1865, when some 2,000 Union troops arrived in Galveston Bay, Texas. The army announced that the more than 250,000 enslaved black people in the state, were free by executive decree. This day came to be known as "Juneteenth," by the newly freed people in Texas.

Consider going through the Smithsonian website to learn about Juneteenth! Recognize why it's an actual day of freedom, versus July 4th and the independence of a select few.

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refugee fam beach day feat. elwing and elros :)

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hot coffee or iced coffee ? coke or pepsi ? smoothie or milkshake ? orange juice or apple juice ? whats your boba order ?

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me, unloading a fitted sheet from the dryer: *squinting* what's that you've got in your mouth

fitted sheet: nothing :)))))))

me, prying open its twisted jaws: na-ah!!! give it to me RIGHT now!!

fitted sheet: *resentfully spits out a wad of 3 very damp dishtowels, a pillowcase, and a pathetically sodden washcloth*

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if you have like 20 variations of 1 fandom, count that as 1

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Asexual people who feel pressured into having sex when they don’t want to and queer people that are afraid or ashamed of having sex even though they want to are actually being repressed by the same societal forces but nobody seems to want to talk about that

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I think it’s interesting that the LGBTQ community at large doesn’t really seem to acknowledge that sexual shame is one of the most common and profoundly felt emotions in the community still to this day. I think people confuse an ability to bite back at bigots or knowing on paper that their identity, body, etc is “valid” with true self-acceptance…yet I know huge numbers of people who have serious trouble fucking because they think of themselves as deeply abject and it’s weirdly normalized, or framed as a personal hangup instead of something that can be brought out into the open. No amount of claiming infinitesimal victories over people who get out slightly less than you can really confront shame at its core. I really think it should be something we raise more consciousness about and (ironically) shame people for less.

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Yeah, aces can have sex! Congratulations on figuring out that labels don't dictate behavior, they describe it. But do you ever consider that even aces who have sex don't always have happy-sparkly-sunshiney relationships with sex?

Have you considered how your rhetoric might sound to an ace person who sexually self-harms?

Have you considered how your rhetoric might affect ace people with OCD compulsions related to sexuality or sexual activity?

Have you considered that some ace people who have sex only do so because they're convinced that they won't be worth anything unless they do? How does this interact with your discussion of "doing it for your partner"?

Have you considered how your rhetoric affects fraysexual people who are already made to feel insecure about the fact that lessening sexual interest is part of how their relationships mature over time?

Have you considered that we are a disproportionately sexually traumatized population and often have difficulty setting sexual boundaries because of it?

I don't think you have, no. I think you see an ace person having sex and automatically think their relationship with sex is fun, happy, and empowering even when it's obviously not.

I think if you people actually gave a shit about consent, your advocacy for aces who choose to be sexually active would be less about reminding them that they can have sex and more about helping them learn how to make sure their experience with sex, if they're going to have one at all, is beneficial to them.

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The pics and videos from all the protests are making me emotional … but none more than this.

Our hearts are with you, Minnesota. 💙

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Tango. Uniform. Mike. Bravo. Lima. Romeo.

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United Healthcare getting sued by its investors, because it didn't warn them that the CEO getting murdered (by the tendrils of their unmitigated greed) was going to lead to them approving more claims (for covered services that they had no right to deny) is a cartoonish example of exactly why their CEO got murdered.

Their argument is essentially "You promised us a specific profit margin that is not possible to achieve under this increased public scrutiny of your unethical practices. We only agreed to invest because of those unethical practices. So we demand compensation because you didn't warn us that you'd be behaving more ethically"

And idk. Satire isn't just dead. We've pissed on its corpse and now it's dissolving in lye.

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“Nessa, the sister of Oromë, and she also is lithe and fleetfooted … in dancing she delights, and she dances in Valimar on lawns of never-fading green.”

A bharatanatyam-inspired Nessa for @arwenindomiel’s Tolkien South Asian Week 2025!