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it is annoying as fuck to be Nahua Native in LA right now, surrounded by (mainly white) people acting like boarders aren’t violent no matter where they’re drawn and Mexico isn’t also a settler colony. Obviously, all solidarity with the folks being directly impacted by ICE violence and the folks on the frontlines. But let’s live in reality, I’m sick of Mexican supremacist narratives dominating our conversations around immigration and deportation.

I don’t give a fucking shit what part of the US used to be Mexico, it’s all stolen Native land and Mexico treats Indigenous people there horrifically. Yes, even if sometimes they are returning land to Indigenous stewardship—real Land Back in Mexico, the US, Canada, and every other colonial state cannot actually be achieved until those entities and their governments are nonexistent. Indigenous people south of the US border are still extant and we see what you think of us when you act like Mexico is somehow inherently universally Indigenous

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before talking about how "fucked up" and "weird" the fingers and eyes in generative ai imagery are, take a second to critically think about whether there are real people who look like that whose bodies you're calling fucked up and weird; things like polydactyly, coloboma, and polycoria are very much real conditions people have and shouldn't be considered freakish even if some of them are rare

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online communities are so strange because people slip away so easily. you can be on here for years, folding people you've never met into the fabric of your daily life, and then they disappear, leaving only ghost posts scattered across tumblr behind. or their blog stays dormant, for weeks, months, years, until you're only still following them because you remember that they love sunflowers or they were kind to you when they didn't have to be or the last thing they posted was sad and raw and you still worry about them sometimes.

and sometimes they come back when you least expect it, years later, even, and there's this sudden rush of relief like there you are, there you are, even though you barely knew each other.

there's a strange kind of love to it. i don't know you and i want to hold your hand across miles and time zones and oceans. i can still see the imprint of you in this community you left. you don't think anyone will notice or care when you're gone, but we notice and we care and we wish you well.

i hope you're all okay out there. i hope the sun is shining on your face and you are breathing deeply. i miss you.

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i didn't miss #makeaterriblecomicday, there's still more than an hour left in my timezone, it's fiiiine! much like i'm sure YOU didn't miss this buny's really cool trick!

...r-right?? oh dear

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dogs might look like their owners but cat people always have a cat with the same mental illness as them

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a treasure found antiquing today

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( <= green bean

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i hope you write (i hope we both write)

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people who are just finding out about internet tracking and data mining in the year 2025 and that your special robot friend does not respect your privacy lol

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Defender of Justice! 707!

i got a bit of an art block but I got to draw Seven for his late birthday <3 now just Saeran is left 🥹

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no connection without willingness to be seen. no connection without curiosity and understanding, without compassion and forgiveness. no connection without tolerance and inconvenience. no connection without the courage to divulge feelings, thoughts and needs. no connection without putting the health of the bond before pride or the comfort of hiding. no connection without embarassing yourself a little. without hard conversations, or the space and will to learn and grow. without accepting and loving imperfection

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I love how Heinrich Unheimlich specified to his human guests that he bought them a nice chair to sit in, as he is a monster who does not sit, and he paid 60 euros for it. He's an eldrich horror who makes haunted toys but he either went into a store or got a bank account and a credit card so he could buy a chair online. For his human friend to use once. Specifically says he bought this chair, he did NOT make it, therefore it is not cursed or haunted and is perfectly safe to sit in.

Or, at least, if it IS cursed and/or haunted, it's not his fault. He bought it for 60 euro