Siren of Silence

when you go to bed significantly earlier than usual, a little menu should pop up asking if you want Wake Up Early or More Sleep. and then you should get what you requested. that's my human body UI improvement for the day.

I have new blorbos, and I'm going to make this everyone's problem.

since mrs, ms, and mr are all descended from the latin word magister, i propose the gender neutral version should be mg, short for "mage"

some people think this is a shitpost so i want to clarify that i am dead fucking serious. make mage the official gender neutral honorific NOW. i want it on my passport. i want it on my bank account. i want doctors and judges to use it for me. i don't care if it sounds a little silly. people thought "missus" sounded crass at first. call me mg.

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and here's what you missed on game changer

I love watching big dogs teach little dogs the rules. They always have such big "old timer employee giving the intern orientation" energy. They're so businesslike about it. This is their valued junior colleague, they are showing them the break room and the photocopier trick.

I hate the sound of babies crying, but I can't hate a baby. They've been here for like five minutes and approach this situation with an unhesitant attitude of "my needs are unmet and I am going to make it everybody's problem", and I respect that.

right. i'm always extremely annoyed by babies crying, it's a sensory issue, but i get such dirty looks when i complain (in private), as if i expressed the desire for the baby in question to explode instantly

the sound is physically painful for me but i don't hate/blame the baby

I recommend trying to reframe the problem more clearly as "us vs. the problem" kind of thing. The baby is crying because the baby has a problem. Your problem is the fact that the baby is crying. Therefore, as an ally, your problem is that the baby has a problem. Like you can just be there like "bitch me too", and the baby is just like

"why do you know that" i am curious about the world around me

sometimes a song is good because you saw it on a fan edit for your favorite ship like ten years ago

no one follows the trees warning

You know the parable about how the foolish man built his house upon sand and the wise man built his house upon rock and it’s always about having a sturdy foundation well there is also the fact of location which is that the sand probably used to be rock except it’s been eroded to sediment because it’s a FUCKING FLOODPLAIN

I feel like a dumbass, but @rapidashmascot just revolutionised my understanding of that parable.

for no reason whatsoever here’s a reminder that if you consider yourself a leftist/punk/abolitionist/anarchist/radical in any sort of way and get called into jury duty, you are to become the most square person on earth during the jury questionnaire!!!

don’t be that guy who says fuck the police in the jury questionnaire! that just gets you sent home! if you want to generate change, interact with the case and use your jury vote for good! ESPECIALLY if it’s a high profile case!

Remember, when you're on the jury, a good "that cop's story didn't add up" will sway a lot more Chads and Karens than "fuck the police."

IN 150 CHARACTERS OR LESS - Nikita Gill

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A tribute to Flow 🐈‍⬛🌊

I know I’ll carry this film in my heart for the rest of my life~

This is the kind of thing I respond with when my conservative relatives (several of whom are cops) complain about movements to defund the police.

If you frame it as "police are supposed to protect us, doing all this other work isn't their job" then it sounds like you are actually on the police's side--like, all the good copaganda shows have cops who want to defend the innocent and put bad guys away, but how can they do that if they're busy doing wellness checks or wrangling stray dogs?

It's a foot in the door, it makes them think, and that's where you have to start with the blue lives matter crowd.

@elodieunderglass horrible thing with legs, sort of?

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