#i am so sad and tired today

[irunoncoffeeandcartoons]

after listening and reading to the coverage and discussion of this second major shooting within ~10 days it’s just so clear to me that this fucking country refuses to reckon with the utter root of the problem. and that is the nearly always men who can and are allowed to take out any emotions they have on everyone and anyone via violence. they’re told they can hurt and kill people, they go hurt and kill people, they’re allowed to keep hurting and killing people. that is why this keeps happening. 

and if it’s not super apparent with the upcoming repeal of roe plus the attack on DV victims/metoo backlash (& much more), this all ties back with rising violence from men who feel that their place in the world is threatened. with racist, anti-immigrant, anti-semitic, islamophobic, homophobic, transphobic, and yes misogynistic motivations. it has become tangibly more vitriolic and hateful as of late. yet raining terror down on people abroad and at home is what this country has always been about and will continue to be about, to serve violent primarily white men

america breeds extremism, always has, and I’m dying for mainstream discourse on this to really happen. other factors regarding mass shootings particularly include: gun control of fucking course; everything about the media coverage of shootings; unregulated internet forums aiding radicalization; the culture of worshipping violence in america; and overall, white men slowly losing privilege/their rule being challenged. until we can say that out loud in public, on tv, every day, nothing’s changing. so many oppressed groups have gained power to exist and be freer recently, but white men have not changed, and many of them are willing to kill us all to stop from changing. that’s it 

[screwpinecaprice]

I really don't have time to be bummed out right now so I made them a little sad instead.

[mochiwrites]

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[daily-whistlepaw]

daily whistlepaw until bu becomes PoV day 1098

Songleap showing off the cool bug she found

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[goldkirk]

CONTENT WARNING for weight loss (a percentage number) and mentions of throwing up

In other news I'm waiting impatiently for a GI appointment to tell them "hi I lost 15% of my body weight in six months and I throw up more often than once or twice a year now so can you please fucking listen and do something this time"

[spacemancharisma]

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[catkin-morgs-kookaburralover]

when the thought crossed my mind i realised that i am not in fact in a place where i could psychologically do that kind of thing to myself at present

[moeblob]

I know one (1) person who used to follow me (maybe still does!) who knows this game.

[vaguely-concerned]

I went on a stone age art wikiwalk. come partake in some highlights with me

Çatalhöyük. Often called 'the world's first city' and located in current day Turkey. Here's a probable reconstruction of an interior of the houses:

Seated Woman of Çatalhöyük. A figurine found in Çatalhöyük. Personal note: what the hell this art fucks so incredibly, look at that definition, those shapes!!

Venus of Dolní Věstonice, found in current day Czech Republic. It's dated to 29,000–25,000 BCE (!!!!) and is one of the oldest known ceramic pieces ever made.

I don't know why this got to me as much as it did, but during a scan in 2004 they found the fingerprint of a child between 7-15 on this figurine -- they probably weren't the artist, but must have handled it at some point before it was fired. and somehow that gets me real emotional haha

Venus of Monruz. Found in current day Switzerland, likely about 11,000 years old, and of a profile I feel can only suitably be described as 'absolute dumptruck'. Mostly here for the ass enjoyers to balance out the representation of glorious boobage, if I'm being honest. Some similar figurines were found in Germany and at least one of them are theorized to be made by the same artist; I find this idea absolutely delightful because I love the idea that someone so obviously Knew What They Were About back then. (The actual function of Venus figurines, whether for ritualistic/religious purposes as fertility symbols, works of art, or good old fashioned tit(t)illation is uncertain and contentious (as is the use of 'Venus figurine' as a name for them, accordingly), but in my own humble and entirely unqualified opinion: somehow this one feels deeply horny. someone here was all about that base and didn't care who knew it.)

Venus of Hohle Fels Found in current day Germany, the oldest known clear depiction of a human being we know of, dated to 40,000 -- 30,000 years old. (The Löwenmensch figurine is likely older, but it's kind of unclear if that is meant to depict a human being or a god or what. My unprofessional personal opinion: Yes, that is right; the furries got there first, and I don't see why anyone's surprised fhsdfjak.)

Several male anthropologists have said some deeply exuberantly weird and horny things about this one! It does somehow feel like I'm daring tumblr to strike me down even in the absence of female presenting nipples on display here (nevermind the 'more of a pussy out sort of look' of it all) so maybe they have a point, but I find this piece of art so deeply charming I'm ready to take the chance anyway. I adore the way the hands are rendered especially. I also cannot recommend enough that you go to the wikimedia section of this one, not least because I found THIS in there

the power of transformative art. the anime titty jiggle of our modern day applied to the oldest known human figure. art begets art across the ages

Not a piece of art as such, but the the Neanderthal skeletons found in the Shanidar Cave in the Kurdistan region of northern Iraq fascinate me. Lots of interesting speculation about the possible presence of altruism in Neanderthals brought up from this. Special shoutout to the body known as Shanidar 3: a male person who was between 40 and 50 at the time of his death, and who may have been the first guy we know of to have been stabbed to death by someone. what a claim to fame. Caesar may have done it the most but this guy did it first

This little guy

I can't stop laughing. yes that is exactly how I feel too, trace of French cave art possibly depicting a cave hyena from Le Babiliou Cave, Dordogne, France. You're saying what we're all thinking

[sepulchrorum]

I just think it’s stupid that I can take my antidepressants every day for years and years and will probably take them forever and they can help and make life livable and YET sometimes I can still be so horribly depressed. It seems unfair that that’s how it works. Would the depressive episodes be way worse if I wasn’t taking my antidepressants? Yes but why can I still feel the misery.

[skelelephant]

They should invent employment that doesn’t make you hate every single person on earth including yourself

[herd-reject-arts]

Doog did a swim :3

[seenthisepisode]

(rant in the tags, might be triggering or something)