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ok i just got this thought out of nowhere but blog divers (people who scroll through a blog and reblog things that were posted YEARS AGO) are actually a super important part of the tumblr ecosystem

With people going inactive and deactivating, a lot of classic tumblr posts and also missed gems get lost because those connections get broken. Even on my own blog I forget about posts I made until I see someone in my activity reblog one of them- which then inspires me to reblog it myself because it was a good post and I want my new followers to see

do not feel bad about diving through someone's blog and reblogging shit from years ago, it keeps dashboards alive

(and if anyone has a problem with that, they can just block you or they can delete the root post ¯\_(ツ)_/¯, two things that have absolutely no effect on the grand scheme of our lives)

Cycling nutrients (old tumblr posts) from the ocean floor (mutual's blog archive) to increase (dashboard) ecosystem productivity

Whale Fall Scavengers Spreading Vital Nutrients From The Surface Back Into The Ecosystem

Winter has arrived on Poob.

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suggestions for gender neutral version of mom/dad? something less formal than just ‘parent’

please note that while progenitor, guardian, spawnpoint etc are all respected titles, they are more the equivalent of mother/father than an affectionate nickname you would scream through the house multiple times a day. gimme something we can use people

I just tried to combine the words and got “dom” and i cant-

but wait, if we reverse ‘dom’ you get ‘mod’. I suggest we use ‘moderator’ as a gender neutral version of mom/dad

Admin and op would work makes them sound powerful and in charge of everything

Admin (respectful) Op (derogatory)

i was going to add something else to this but instead i got to thinking and i was like huh. what could you use.

in most languages the word for ‘mother’ usually starts with an M, because phonetically [m] is one of the easiest sounds for a newborn to make when they start babbling, and mothers tend to be the one most around the child. so in my mind that crosses M off the list, because it’s automatically associated with a feminine figure

similarly, ‘father’ tends to start with D, T, P, or B. (phonetically these sounds are very close together; [p, b] and [d, t] are all only different because of being voiced or unvoiced.) these are also phonetically easy letters and ones kids pick up on earlier.

now the hard sounds for kids are the following: [ɹ, d͡ʒ, tʃ, θ, ð] or in normal speak: the English R, the “j” or “dge” sound in “judge,” the “th” sound in “thigh” and the “th” sound in “the.” and we don’t want kids unable to say their parent’s name for years, so those are also off the list.

additionally, it’s easiest for young kids to just repeat the same sound twice rather than figuring out the tongue gymnastics of putting different sounds together, which is why kids will say Ma-Ma or Da-Da and not Ma-Mo or Da-Po. and we’ll want to stick with low back vowels like “ah” and avoid ones like the hard “i” or “ee.”

so what does that leave us? when we want a sound kids can learn easily and early but don’t want to just put a funky spin on “mama” or “dada”?

my suggestions: G, K, W, L. i personally lean towards W and L. they’re called liquids, since they’re the consonants that kind of aren’t consonants, and kids (and ESL learners) will tend to swap out the English R for a W or L until they can learn the R.

if i ever have a child, they’ll start calling me Wawa. then when they get older, they’ll call me Wala, or maybe even Wally.

and then, once they’re finally phonetically developed, they can call me by my true title as their nonbinary guardian for their 18+ years:

Waluigi.

Okay, but on an actually serious note, Baba is used in several different languages, but the meaning changes between mother, father, or grandparent. However, it is not used in English afaik, so it could be a good English option.

baba is what I use as a nonbinary parent (it has a long history for butches!) and this post hit me like a two-by-four to the back of the goddamn HEAD

How about Tata, because no matter what, they’re gonna try to latch onto a nipple

wait wait wait, do babies try to latch on to the nipples of non-lactating parents too? is this a thing? do babies just automatically zero in on any nipple in the vicinity, regardless of the presence of breasts or breast milk? is this an experience cis men deal with I need to KNOW

UPDATE: based on the notes the answer is a resounding YES!!!

I can’t speak to cis men’s experience, but my house has this kind of lamp, and my progeny were both very fascinated by it whenever I would carry them under one of them.

The lamp thing is legit, I’ve discussed it with so many fellow breastfeeding parents. The weirdest one for me was when my son latched onto the tied knot of a balloon.

I am so so grateful I decided to scroll through the tags:

oh fantastic tags:

#maud  #when i was little i called both my parents mom/dad mixture i didn’t know who i wanted so just who ever came first to me yelling that

Enter the WISE AND GAUDY SLIME, attendants, clowns, and wizards, with DOGGONLO the SEER

GAUDY SLIME Again I come to you, my followers, To ask a question near my goopy heart: When speaking to a parent, gender - none, What name am I to give them when I call? For, while “progenitor” is accurate, ‘Tis not a quip to call across the town.

FIRST CLOWN The word that comes to mind at first is “dom”.

FIRST WIZARD ‘Tis true, but if revers’d thy message is, A “moderator” comes to mind, with “mod”.

SECOND WIZARD Why, “op” would work when paired with “admin” ‘tis.

GAUDY SLIME Say “admin” when respect and love thou needst, Say “op” when meant derogatorily.

DOGGONLO At first, hearing thy words, I was to jest; But then, at second thought, I pondered it. What could one use when not a “ma” or “pa”? So, “ma”, the word, comes from a babe’s outcry, Since “em” and “ah” are easy to pronounce. And “da” and “pa” are also simply said. So what for gender-null? What for our Slime? Well, “ja” and “tha” and “tsa” are none a fit, As “ja-tha-tsa” are difficult to say - No babe could speak them while still in its youth. And in addition, repetition’s key, For “ma-ma” is to “pa-ma” pref'rable. We’ll stay with low and back-held vowels, too, For “ee” and “eye” are too complex for babes, So to the “ah” and “ooh” we keep our sound. Remaining still available to us, Good “ga”, kind “ka”, wise “wa”, and, lastly, “la”. Of these fine gents I point to “la” and “wa” As consonants that almost vowels be And make for ease of song for baby voice. If ever I a child take to me (For man or woman, neither one am I) A “wawa” or a “lala” will I be. And as they grow, their speech will strong become Till finally my true name’s in their grasp: ‘Tis Waluigi.

FIRST ATTENDANT Spite! O, I am hit! I thought I was to learn the lore of words But struck by cruel and slapstick strike am I!

THIRD WIZARD Uh, “baba” works, it’s used in other tongues.

SECOND ATTENDANT Yes, “baba” is the one I use, i'faith. But still - o Seer, why must thou attack?

SECOND CLOWN It seems to me that “tata” is the one For babes to “tatas” cling, no matter what.

GAUDY SLIME Wait, clown, dost thou speak truth to me? Real truth? Will babes reach for a breast devoid of milk?

CLOWNS and ATTENDANTS cheer in affirmation.

O never had I thought this day would come.

Enter the gay mothers, THOUGHTFUL and SUZLOUA.

THOUGHTFUL I cannot of a milkless breast inform, But lights shaped like a breast will draw the babe.

SUZLOUA I’ve heard the same by others said before. My son’s reached out for tied balloons in past.

GAUDY SLIME In gratitude I share with you a tale ‘Twas whisper’d to my ear a moment since: One said, when baptised, he then look’d about And tried to eat the “milk” of candles lit.

THIRD CLOWN This scene has all that ever I could want, The milk of human kindness shows itself, The gender-neutral words are brought along, And finally, our Waluigi’s here.

GAUDY SLIME Before we go, one final note to say: A friend has lately told that, as a child, They’d call for “maud” to come, for ‘twas A combination “ma” and “dad” in brief.

Merriment and rejoicing. The SHAKESPEAREIFIER lurks in the corner, taking notes.

Exeunt.

Archived.

Sam Reich should buy tumblr.

has anyone told @samreich this yet

Almost two percent of the population of the United States turned out to demonstrate against the orange bluffoon.

Five million people! And you can assume that there were a lot of people who were there in spirit if not in body.

You can see the photos all over the internet. Boston, New York, Chicago, of course. But a lot of smaller towns with populations less than 5000 turned out as many as 1000 protesters.

There was no violence to speak of. And there was cleverness of all kinds -- signs and banners.

And the real takeaway is that for the first time in months, Americans are feeling unified. People came away from the protests feeling good about their ability to show up and make a difference. Even those of us who, for whatever reasons, could not join a protest near us, felt good about the massive turnout nationwide.

Even though nothing has changed politically, something more important has changed. We have experienced a shift in the wind.

We have discovered we are not alone, we are not lone voices crying in the wilderness, we are not holding our lanterns aloft in darkness. We are in a sea of light, with millions of us holding our lanterns high.

The perpetraitor did respond. And no, it was not his usual word salad. It was just a bunch of lonely ingredients lying there listlessly with no hope of even becoming a salad.

The rethuglicans might still think they are going to bull their way through this -- and they will certainly try. After all, it's just a demonstration, just a march, nothing really was accomplished -- right?

But ... this was a lot more than a warning shot. It was a shot across the bow. Because the next time, it will be a general strike. A general strike can happen everywhere at once. Ten million, twenty million people can refuse to go to work, can refuse to shop, can refuse to do anything that supports the status quo.

And if that still doesn't work, then after that -- ?

The perpetraitor has indicated he is willing to turn American troops loose on American citizens. Will those troops follow an unconstitutional order? I hope not.

But if they do, then the consequences will be horrendous. For the rethuglicans. I would hope that the Joint Chiefs would march into the oval office and say, "Hell, no. We will not act against our own people."

There is a way out for the rethuglican party -- and it isn't impossible. Abandon ship. Get in the lifeboats and sail as far away as you can from the Trumptanic. Acknowledge that he has lost the support of the people. Acknowledge that he is mentally unfit. Acknowledge that his policies are bad for the nation. Or simply acknowledge that he's a dirty stinky poo-poo head. Whatever.

But call for his resignation. Demand his resignation. Tell him that if he does not resign, there are the votes in the Senate to convict him.

He won't resign, he can't ever admit he was wrong. He can't admit failure. He will double-down. At which point, the cabinet can invoke the 25th amendment. That's faster and easier anyway.

But here's the thing. In 76 days, he's destroyed our economy, our relationships with our allies, and driven us to the brink of recession. He has divided us so badly that the talk of secession has become reasonable.

Anyone who loves America, who stands for our Constitution, has to acknowledge that he is unfit, he is dangerous, and he must go. He must go now.

And if he does not go, he must be removed by any legal means possible. (There are illegal means, yes -- but we need to do this with the tools provided by law. Because we are not a banana republic.)

Regardless of their public utterances, there are rumblings that a lot of Republicans are embarrassed by this man and want out. They can do it easily. Just provide enough votes for impeachment AND conviction. Do that and the Republican party can still be a political force in this nation. But all those who have their heads too far up his ass likely going down the same golden toilet.

That's the feeling in America tonight. That feeling is not ephemeral, it's not going away. Because today's protests sent a message heard round the world, but mostly in the hearts of those of us who were despairing -- we're not alone. Five million of us hit the streets, many more cheered from home. That feeling that we can do something, that there are enough of us to force a change, that feeling is not going away.

Yes, there will be dark and terrible days ahead. There will be uncertainty. But at least now we have some hope that the light at the end of the tunnel is not an oncoming train.

Next time, ten million. Twenty. No government can stand without the support of the people.

He might not know it, but today we took a big step toward letting the world know it.

- David Gerrold

I bring up Erica Chenoweth's work on nonviolent resistance a lot, and I'm going to bring it up right now because 2% of the population sounds small, but it is more than halfway to the critical number for success with a sustained nonviolent resistance campaign (3.5%).

[source: https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2019/02/why-nonviolent-resistance-beats-violent-force-in-effecting-social-political-change/ ]

it's 50lbs rodent monday

It really says something that a lot of monogamous people consider polyamorous and aromantic to be "opposites" but every polyam person I know took one look at aromantics and said "they're just like me for real"

Poly folks x aro folks in the sense that "alloromantic heterosexual monogamous people view love and sex as an entirely different entity than me, and that makes life kinda strange"

the unicorn, freed

the original "unicorn in captivity" tapestry actually represents a happy confinement in marriage, with the pomegranate tree and various flowers symbolizing marriage and fertility. so you could say that I have drawn. horse divorce

It’s pronounced “appetizer”

@elodieunderglass here’s a pigurse. He’s delightful.

Ahhhh yeh! Thank you! I had a purse similar as a child (it wasn’t a pig but it was made of similarly attractive jointed plate things.) I wonder how I’d find it now

you can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear, but you can do whatever the hell this is

Paper plane maybe?

Not to start discourse but I will be forever mad that every time I go into the Goncharov tag I see people complaining that they watched the movie expecting a soft queer romcom about pure cinnamon rolls and instead they got a complex and violent film about deeply flawed people where everyone dies.

By all means, engage in fandom however you choose. But don’t blame the source material for not being consistent with some random fanon on tumblr. Kinda wild to get mad that the movie about violent, morally dark grey criminals has violence, crime and moral greyness in it. You know? Also, imho given the time this movie was made, the queer coding was daring; this is NOT an example of queerbaiting.

Sam Reich is even more terrifying when you realize he’s the one person on tumblr who’s had the motive, means, and opportunity to steal the president’s shoelaces

F

Hummingbird pool party. [full video]

party at the M O I S T U R E C U B E