If I only like something on here, chances are that it’s in the queue.
If I only reblog something without liking it, chances are it was in the queue.
what do people think about dragons. so far I have found nobody in my life who thinks dragons are cool. I am alone in the world of enjoying dragons. it's so sad. so I am sending this message out into the world, hoping to find maybe one person who also likes dragons
what do people think about dragons. so far I have found nobody in my life who thinks dragons are cool. I am alone in the world of enjoying dragons. it's so sad. so I am sending this message out into the world, hoping to find maybe one person who also likes dragons
dragons
DRAGONS LOCATED
i got tagged on this post at least 6 or 7 times
why are time loops always only like 1 day long?
the real horror is a months or years long time loop. no speedrunning your torture here. you have to sit with the consequences of your actions for a loooong time before the release of knowing the consequences and actions have been erased.
but oh, all the actions and consequences are gone. those relationships you built? empty. you can never build them again without the constant guilt of knowing that it's not as real the second, third, thirtieth time when you already know all their secrets and they none of yours.
but you can't hide. you can't isolate yourself because what if this is the time the loop breaks and then what? years gone by of missed chances with people who have changed you a thousand times and now circumstances have changed. you can never build back what was washed away by your own inaction. they'll never be able to meet you like they did the first time if you don't choose to meet them the first time every time
Official Time Loop Post
look, it isn't that I can't figure out what to do when the company that manufactures basically all of the clothing for my company shuts down with like 16 days notice because of the tariffs. it isn't that i won't find a solution, because i will, somehow, i will find a way to keep this fucking company going because i am not going to let this asshole set eight years of my life on fire in a week and just let it burn and do nothing.
it's that i'm fucking tired of solving MADE UP PROBLEMS. this problem did not need to happen. it did not need to exist. a fragile, shitty old man created this problem so he could feel like less of a fragile, shitty old man. this was a problem that he made up for his own ego.
i am tired of solving made up emergencies.
(no advice. seriously.)
thanks for putting this into words. I have this feeling in regards of so many things - we could be working on how to advance society and use our energy to do things that are nice and fun and things we love, but instead we have to fight fascism again and again and again
Fyi, OP runs NerdyKeppie. A clothing company famous for their skater dresses in a variety of sizes and LGBT themed patterns that all have pockets. 
And the skirts. Can't forget the full-circle skirts.
But yeah. Official announcement tomorrow, with sunset plans and deadlines.
Today, I'm gonna lay around and watch Marvel movies and be overwhelmed so that i don't make rash decisions.
The Felon Guy is "pausing" tariffs for 90 days. He must be getting a LOT of messages (and calls) about them. Which, TBH, he deserves. He's stupid, ignorant, arrogant, and a bully, and I hope the cost to him of his lifestyle goes up about 80% due to his tariffs.
Except on China.
So.
Been thinking about all the small queer businesses I like to get stuff from when I can, and I’m so mad on all y’all’s behalf. This is bullshit made from bullshit asshole decisions and you don’t deserve to be dealing with the fallout with zero help. Anyway, please let the community know how we can best support you when you have had time to think. NerdyKeppie is one of my favorite online stores.
I bought from NerdyKeppie in person at the Trenton Punk Rock Flea Market a bunch of times. They're so cool and they deserve the world. This sucks.
Man, I miss TPRFM so much. There's nothing like that in Portland, really.
Oh hi! I visited the Saturday Market in Portland once in like 2013, did that survive COVID? Not quite the same thing, still good though.
I dunno, we've never vended there, they have some very weird requirements so we've never applied.
it is weird that celiac stuff has become part of the 'culture war'. because it's literally just a medical thing.... I get super anemic unless I cut a certain protein out of my diet, because it bulldozes the villi in my intestines. but if I post about it, right-wingers send me gore images. I guess you can't expect shitty people to be logical, but I've even heard lefty people make fun of gluten stuff, and it's like why are you mad about this??? why are you pissed off that I'm eating bread that doesn't taste as good so that I can have blood in my body? it's so morally neutral.
I'm sorry, I know you weren't actually looking for an explanation but I always have a rant about this locked and loaded.
As far as I can tell the reasons that this happens are:
Anyway, in conclusion: it sucks, I'm sorry.
The fun flipside of this is that I've seen people who are more right wing become aggressively pro regulation and pro accommodation when they or their family members have to suddenly take on the individual burden of making up for a society that doesn't include them by default.
US specific:
Is your ham made with vinegar? Does your ham have the generic word "spices" on the ingredient list? Does your ham include "smoke flavoring"? Does your ham include caramel coloring?
Because malt vinegar has gluten in it. "Spices" may include wheat products in a mix. Smoke flavoring may be made with barley flour. Caramel coloring may be made with wheat or barley syrup.
If the label says "gluten free" that means that the "spices," caramel coloring, vinegar, and smoke flavor are certified to contain 20ppm or less of gluten.
If the ham is cured in any way, it may include gluten. If the ham was marinated, it probably includes gluten. If the ham was prepared in a facility that processes wheat in any way, it might be cross contaminated with gluten.
There's a company out there called "Gluten Free Water" that makes water in plastic bottles, poking fun at the idea that too many things have a gluten free label. I fucking hate that company. Because that company is functionally saying "lol, people are so sensitive and over the top about this, let's be a little silly and laugh about how crazy people can be with their 'gluten free' nonsense."
Did you know that there are sustainable food containers and straws that contain wheat? And that you don't have to label them? There are definitely people with celiac who have been sickened by biodegradable plastic straws in their "obviously water is gluten free there's no risk here" water.
"It's over-labeled so it looks trendy" just means you don't know how foods are made or what foods contain gluten. Gluten is ridiculously common in foods in general, and also in packaged meats.
Your ham has to say gluten free because it distinguishes it from the hams that do contain gluten, which is a fucking lot of them. And you're annoyed that your ham has to say gluten free and I'm annoyed that I'm standing in the grocery store calling a ham company to figure out where they source their caramel coloring so I can figure out if the damned ham is safe to eat.
"lol, oats don't have wheat in them, are people so stupid that they have to be told what is and isn't wheat? why does this oatmeal have a gluten free label?" Cross contamination; gluten free oats are not grown near wheat and are not processed in facilities that process wheat.
"lol, rice doesn't have wheat in it, why is this rice labeled gluten free, all rice is gluten free" Cross contamination; the rice isn't processed on equipment that processes wheat.
"lol why does this turkey breast say gluten free, it's just fucking turkey" read the ingredients on your "just" turkey, lots of packaged meat is packed in broth, some of which contains modified food starch, which may contain wheat.
"lol why are these strawberries labeled gluten free? they're fucking strawberries" WAX, BUDDY. SOME FRUITS ARE COATED IN PRESERVATIVE WAX FILMS BY THE MANUFACTURER AND SOME OF THOSE FUCKING FILMS CONTAIN GLUTEN.
I think that part of the reason that people are so irritated by g-free labels is because it exposes them to just how vast and alienating their food systems are.
"Ham should just be meat from a pig, maybe with sugar and salt; what on earth is happening that there might be wheat in that process? Nothing in that process should involve wheat." And then you might have to think about it for a second, might have to wonder what "sugar" and "salt" mean when someone is producing a million hams to be delivered thousands of miles away. It's not just sugar and salt; it's preservatives and nitrates and batch cooking and getting corn syrup instead of sugar and getting smoke flavoring instead of smoking the ham and turning your "whole food" into all the ingredients that make up the ingredients that make up the ingredients.
A "gluten free" label says "you can eat this" to somebody with celiac disease, who has already pounded their skull against the shittiness of the medical system and the food system.
But to someone who doesn't have to worry that their food is going to disable them, a "gluten free" sticker on ham takes a known quantity and turns their sandwich into a hyperobject that contains animal agriculture and industrial additive production and shipping pollution and the ongoing assault on regulation.
If it doesn't have the label, you can just eat your lunch. If it does have the label, you are haunted by the specter of RFK junior imploding the FDA.
Turns out that everyone in the US with celiac is already constantly haunted by the possible implosion of the FDA because food regulation is an up-close and personal part of our daily lives that most people would rather not think about.
Hey, people with actual celiac who are seeing this in the notes, this is a great way to make yourself incredibly sick. There are no enzyme treatments currently on the market that will make it safe for you to eat gluten. There are a couple of treatments that are in trials but the otc jar of glutimase in the drugstore is not like taking lactase for lactose intolerance, and consuming gluten while taking otc enzyme treatments will increase your risk of malnutrition and intestinal damage and will add to your long-term colon cancer risk.
This isn't like lactose intolerance where your body gets mad at you because it can't break down and process a protein or sugar so you get gassy, this is an autoimmune condition that is triggered by tiny trace amounts of gluten and can cause vomiting, diarrhea, anemia, malnutrition, and intestinal damage that takes literal years to recover from and permanently increases your cancer risk.
Do not trust *your ability to absorb vitamin c* to an otc enzyme.
Also for folks with mast cell diseases, you might not test positive for celiac in the same way, but the mechanism by which gluten makes us ill is the same, it just manifests differently.
It can also be an anaphylaxis risk depending on the severity of your mast cell symptoms.
Which is also why having cosmetics labeled as gluten free is helpful because some of us react to skin exposure to gluten, even if we test negative for wheat allergies because mast cell diseases are a fucking nightmare.
Gluten free labels aren’t marketing scams to raise the price on things, they are a vital necessity for people with complex medical needs.
Also because not everyone knows this, gluten can stick to things like cast iron and non-stick surfaces so just in case you’re wondering why you don’t feel better after cutting out gluten, it could be your utensils. We had to replace Everything in our kitchen when I got my MCAS diagnosis to avoid remnant contamination. It sucks.
Literally anything porous can carry gluten contamination: plastic, wood, silicone, non-stick pans, cast iron, badly scratched glass or stainless steel, colanders, mesh... And that's not counting toasters, dirty microwaves, and other appliances with their various crevices. I had to give away my KitchenAid mixer bc it just can't be cleaned thoroughly enough.
You cannot decontaminate colanders, mesh, non-stick pans, silicone, or plastic which has been contaminated. While you can theoretically decontaminate a toaster or mixer, it isn't really possible in practice in 99% of home kitchens.
However, you CAN decontaminate cast iron. It's a huge pain in the ass, though, and no, you can't "burn off" gluten, that's a myth.
I love people who craft and I love learning about other people's crafts because every single one is full of little things that non-practitioners wouldn't notice but others in the craft RAVE about.
Like, I'm a knitter, and before I started I couldn't tell a knit fabric from a crocheted one, and I mostly would appreciate pretty color choices and overall patterns. But now I drool over perfectly uniform stockinette or a good stretchy bind off, and don't even start me on neat floats on the back of fair isle!
Quilters will talk about the binding and stitch choice on a finished quilt, ceramics artists will gush over how a glaze turned out, embroiderers will sigh at perfectly smooth satin stitch, and a woodworker can spot a good join from a mile away.
There is so much more beauty and artistry in the world than we can see on our own.
People don’t realize how much we sound like other things because we are created from the same laws of physics. “That potato in the microwave sounds like it’s screaming” is funny because it really is, air is vibrating out of a small hole which is how our throat works too. The babbling river that sounds like humans whispering, that’s because it’s a wet hollow cave with echo delivering the same functionality. The river doesn’t just sound like us, we sound like a river. They use a metal trashcan to create a lion’s roar for movie sound effects. But the truth is, not only does a trashcan sound like a lion, a lion sounds like a trashcan. Cars purr when you turn them on. Everything is like everything else. Inanimate objects are not so far away from life as it seems.
Remember the next time you feel more alone in the company of large buildings, or maybe less alone among the rocks of the river, that they are not completely unlike the parts of you.
I got this comment on my reddit post and I've got a bad feeling anyone who creates surreal art is going to have to deal with this going forward. My Otis art took about 15 hours to create and I don't actually think it has that uncanny look of AI, but anything weird is now being deemed to look the same.
Reminder: you can always just stop hating and being an asshole. You'll probably even feel better about yourself.
IR: You helped one young man who was at that film showing, Scott Britt, to leave the neo-Nazi Skinhead movement. What happened?
LEFKOWITH: It wasn’t like all of a sudden a light bulb came on. About 15 Nazi Skinheads came to that event, and their leader was Scott. He was the head of Aryan Pride in Salem, where he had organized a group of 40 Nazis. That night, he encountered Eric Ward [a local human rights activist], and Eric engaged him in a conversation. Scott said later that here was this black guy, and he was really nice. The same night, this Jewish rabbi came up to him and said, “If you ever want to get out of this stuff, give me a call.” The president of the NAACP talked to him, too. It totally surprised Scott. He was also tired of all the backbiting and the violence and stress of the Nazi scene. And shortly after that, his girlfriend had their baby. He started thinking about some of the things the Nazi skins talked about, like how if it comes down to race war they would go from house to house killing black families, even their babies. He went and met with the rabbi, and actually gave him his boots and his laces [important parts of the Skinhead uniform]. He met with the president of the NAACP. He finally approached my organization. That was two and a half years ago.
IR: How did you interact with Britt?
LEFKOWITH: The first thing I had him do was to go up and make a public apology to the community of Salem. About 400 people showed up. He went up and talked about what he had done. I didn’t get all emotional and fuzzy when he did — it was his responsibility to do that.
Anti-Racist Organizer Michele Lefkowith Discusses Skinhead Movement in Pacific Northwest
fascinated by the nurse who did my mental health assessment who was apparently so allergic to the concept of they/them pronouns that they unprompted decided i'm a she/he instead. it's so bizzare it kind of loops back around to based tbh. i'll take it.
[Image IDs: three sections of text:
"He describes her pace as very slow;"
"He takes her medications on her own accord"
Suicidal Ideation: She sometimes has thoughts of ending his life"
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Describing you like a toxic couple
