Pinned
Started a sideblog for poetry @finchrospection
Might put some of mine there at some point if you're interested
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Reblogged
Lumity YCH Comm for @clockwork--coyote! <3
Reblogged
i agree with previous anon about your boys having depth and nuance. i see a lot of myself in machete--he's not prickly because he thinks he's superior or that other people don't deserve kindness. he's prickly because he's scared every moment of his life. he has to always be on hyper-alert because in his experience, nobody cares if he's hurt or unhappy. some people enjoy it, even.
so: if i can make myself seem like someone that shouldn't be fucked with, people will automatically give me a wide berth. projecting a cold, aloof, disdainful persona keeps him safe.
and this is why he's almost a completely different person around vasco. vasco is safe. vasco has seen him at his most hurt and vulnerable and chosen over and over again to only offer him kindness and support. machete is gentle and lighthearted and relaxed around vasco because he knows vasco would never take advantage of it.
i like ur dogs i rotate them frequently
Gnawing on this comment, you put it so succinctly.
Yes, I don't think Machete is hostile or domineering by nature, it's more likely the opposite. But he has found his way into an environment where displaying weakness could cost him his reputation or his position. His innate nervousness has morphed into distrust and avoidance. He can't afford to seem like an easy target. He's very much a trapped animal, living things rarely show their best sides when they're stressed and threatened.
(If we're talking about the original setting, probably the biggest reason he was so insistent on becoming a priest since young age was the level of respect and protection associated with the title. He didn't have a true spiritual calling for becoming a preacher, nor did he do it purely for the power or the wealth. But being treated with reverence, being considered someone valuable and worth keeping safe, even being seen as holy, was something he desperately longed for as a sickly kid who had been given up by his parents for being too difficult to care for. And with that role comes certain elevated dehumanization. He's playing the part of a man who is a conduit of God, and that raises the stakes for any potential failures. He has no delusions of grandeur, he's painfully aware of his own shortcomings, but he can't let others see how tired, sick, lost and scared he still is. Coming across as cold and impersonal and keeping your guard up keeps the cracks in his facade from showing and the pedestal under his feet solid. If he performs his duties just right, nothing will hurt him.)
Reblogged status-quo-hater
I remember when I first found out the truth about “Somali pirates” I got chills because of how horrific the truth was and how insanely creepily well the media had twisted the situation. Every single fucking article making it seem like these “pirates” were just after money or something holding innocent people hostage and I never gave it a second thought, why would I? There was no indication that people were trying to legitimately fight off disgusting imperialism that left nuclear waste in their waters, that over 300 people have died from radiation sickness, that Europeans have been stealing Somalia’s seafood because they overfished their own waters and the indigenous fisherman are starving and so these “pirates” emerged to deal with those stealing their country’s natural resources. The truth is enough to make anyone sick to their stomachs.
thebicker
This is a great article about the truth about Somali pirates, in case anyone wants a source.
Reblogged queer-disability-aotearoa
your regular reminder that "we protect the data we collect about you" will literally never be as safe as "we don't collect that data about you". If that information doesn't need to exist, then it shouldn't.
Reblogged queer-disability-aotearoa
what you need to do if i have a convulsive seizure
I was just complaining to my friend that my oldest sister didn’t know what to do the last time I had a convulsive seizure, and I ended up injured because of it. And my friend said that actually, they don’t know what to do when they see someone have a convulsive seizure, either.
So I thought I’d explain it to you. I’m not a doctor, and I have no medical training and not everything here will apply to everyone who has convulsive seizures, these are just the things that apply to me, and when in doubt, call an ambulance.
Here’s what you do:
Look around. Am I lying in the middle of a busy street or on the railroad tracks, or somewhere else dangerous, like in the bathtub? If yes, drag me to somewhere where I am not in imminent danger of being hit by a truck or drowning.
Am I somewhere safe, but lying near dangerous things like fire or knives or broken glass or pans of boiling water or anything that can hurt me? Move the dangerous things away from me.
My body will be convulsing. That means my head and my arms and my legs are rapidly hitting the ground. Put something soft underneath my head. If there’s a cushion right there, perfect. If not, wad up your coat or shove your shopping bag under my head. If there’s nothing immediately to hand that would take you more than a few seconds to grab, stick your feet underneath my head, it’ll work.
Am I wearing anything around my neck, like a tight collar, or a necktie, or a choker? Loosen it, so my airway is clear.
Don’t restrict my movements - don’t try to hold my arms and legs down. You’ve already moved all the dangerous things away from me, and cushioned my head, so don’t hold me down, unless it is necessary to keep me from doing serious harm.
Don’t put anything in my mouth. A lot of people think you need to stick your fingers or a spoon or something into the person’s mouth to prevent them choking on their tongue. Don’t do this.
Try to make a note of the time the seizure first started. If the seizure lasts for longer than five minutes, call an ambulance.
When the convulsing/jerking has stopped, roll me onto my side. If you know what the recovery position is, put me in the recovery position, if you don’t, just roll me onto my side, and check my airway. If I’m not breathing, or I’m having trouble breathing, call an ambulance.
It seems to be instinctive to help someone get back to their feet as soon as the seizure is over. Don’t do this with me. After a seizure, I’m in something called a post-ictal state. It makes me very, very confused, and lying on the ground or sitting somewhere soft is the safest place for me. If you pull me to my feet while I’m still this confused, I will walk directly into traffic or put my hand on a hot stove because I won’t know where I am, or what’s happening, and often I won’t be able to see at all for a few minutes. Keep me somewhere safe until I’ve fully recovered.
If I have another seizure before I’ve fully recovered from the earlier one, call an ambulance.
If you think I might be hurt, or you’re confused or not sure about what to do, call an ambulance.
That’s all there is to it. Make sure I’m not in immediate physical danger; cushion my head (but don’t restrain it); when the jerking stops, roll me onto my side and check my airway; keep me somewhere safe until I’m fully recovered, and if the seizure lasts a long time, or I have a second one, or you aren’t sure what to do or you think I might be hurt, call an ambulance. That’s it. It’s not hard, and I promise you can do this.
hands-full-of-hospital-bands
THIS THIS THIS The last time I had a convulsive seizure in public, somebody held my arms down and both shoulders dislocated
Reblogged rebrandedbard
Some Jaskier doodles from my sketch book 🩷🌼
Reblogged queer-disability-aotearoa
therapy language final boss: the person who is arguing with you that it's desirable to kill civilians and dislikes that you're pressing them to make actual arguments has to "step back from this conversation" for their "own mental health"
i like that people can't reblog this because they don't know which flavor of "person who supports killing civilians" im talking about and don't want to risk accidentally opposing killing the wrong civilians
Reblogged piiwakawaka
tumblr should have an ” i feel u” button on posts
This is one of the few posts with more reblogs than likes
Reblogged fawntastic
I'm not afraid of dying
Reblogged piiwakawaka
You can tell this is the social anxiety website because of all the people you see act like it's impossible to host hookups if you have roommates
"how are any of us supposed to have sex in this economy" you tell your roommates you have someone coming over and then they all put their earbuds in for a couple hours
@northgreatern okay so listen. idk what your living situation is but imagine if you will: you live with roommates. you have a friend who wants to come over and watch TV. you want to have a steady viewing experience that is free from interruptions. so you tell your roomates: "hey I have a friend coming over later to watch TV, try and keep it down if you have to go through the living room while we're watching."
this is like a totally normal interaction to have, right? but the best part is, you can say this for literally any activity and it's fine. even for sex. you can literally just say "hey I'm having a hookup come over later, so take whatever precautions you think are necessary to not hear me fuck." (you might want to say it more delicately than that but that's not important here)
the reason you can do this for sex is because sex is not special, it's literally just another activity that people can do for fun. I sometimes see people posting shit like "if you have sex in your house while other people are there then you are a sex criminal traumatizing your cohabitants by exposing them to sexual activity without their consent" but like, you literally are not doing that. you are just doing an activity with a friend, most likely within the relative privacy of your bedroom, while everyone else in your house does their own thing. I feel like we can agree that if your roommate said to you, "you're not allowed to watch TV in the living room because I don't want to hear any noises produced by your activities", that would be completely insane, so there's no reason that sex should be held to a different standard
relatedly, I'm kind of bothered by your usage of the phrase "just for the sake of your roommates hooking up". sometimes people want to have sex! those of us who do it tend to think it's a lot of fun! living with other people should not (and does not) require you to Simply Forsake The Unnecessary Pleasures Of The Flesh for the (imagined) benefit of those other people!
and speaking of those other people: in what I imagine is the vast majority of situations, all of you pay for the apartment you all live in. that includes the people who want to have sex there! they are also allowed to "just chill in the apartment (they) pay for"!
now, sometimes one person's chilling can conflict with the ways in which another person wants to chill, this is true. but frankly, that's just the reality of living with other people, regardless of your relationship with them. you gotta compromise with each other sometimes. communicate your needs and desires so you can all experience chilling sometimes, instead of living with the impossible expectation that you specifically can chill all the time. it's a necessary skill for group living, which is something people have been doing since long before the invention of paying rent, and will continue to do long after the idea of rent is merely a memory.
hope this helps!
as a sex-repulsed asexual, i cannot express how important it is for people to remember that sex is just an activity.
it is an activity that some people quite enjoy and others loathe. this is normal.
this puritan view of sex as a sacred and deeply private thing doesnt help anyone.
i do not want to see/hear anyone have sex. but to expect my roommates to become celibate on my behalf is unreasonable. like any activity that might be loud or intrusive, you should give your roommates a heads up when it’s about to happen and generally try to be courteous.
and by the way, the view of sex as anything other than a normal fucking activity (pun intended) is harmful to us, too! it plays into the stereotype of us being innocent, childlike, and naive. and when sex is never discussed, it can make it especially hard for ace people to find ourselves and each other, especially when purity culture reinforces the idea that things like attraction, libido, and/or liking the act itself will come with marriage.
this is why asexual-inclusive sex education is so important. this is why asexual activism must come hand-in-hand with sexual liberation. this is why, even if we find sex personally disgusting, we can’t fall for the rhetoric of purity culture (and yes, that does mean supporting kink communities).
sex is literally just a thing some people do sometimes. i have been the roommate of couples that wanted more space a lot. they have sex, I do not, and this has never been a problem. just be adults, have conversations, and you will be fine.
A lot of folks seem to feel that it is Very Important that we all be allowed to pretend that no one around us has sex. Like something terrible will happen if we are forced to acknowledge, even in our private thoughts, that someone else has had sex - especially if it's someone we're not personally attracted to. And I think that's weird and unhealthy.
Like... don't go on an unprompted ramble about your sexual escapades with your coworkers, sure. But if you live in close proximity with other people, there's a decent chance that you will at some point hear or otherwise become aware that they have sex. That's just how it works. And it's your responsibility not to be fucking weird about it or to convince yourself that this has somehow injured or traumatized you. It hasn't. Most people don't enjoy hearing their roommate or neighbor or whatever have sex, but most people don't enjoy hearing their roommate's TV or music or heavy footsteps either, and the appropriate thing to do is to realize that they have as much a right to live in their own goddamn home as you do and they have to deal with the same paper-thin walls as you do. So unless they are actually causing you problems like waking you up at unusual hours, you just sigh and mind your own business.
Like... I was the most sheltered possible Christian homeschooled kid when I went to college and when my freshman dorm roommate was like "I'm gonna have my boyfriend over" I was like "ok" and went and hung out in my friends' dorm room for a few hours. If I could figure out how to not be an ass about it, anyone else should be able to.
Reblogged becausegoodheroesdeservekidneys
Btw much as I love to make fun of twitter and reddit's business decisions, I have 0% trust in tumblr's management to not go a similar route so this is your gentle reminder that you should regularly go to your blog settings to export your blog. That's a fancy way of saying you can download a backup of your blog so if everything goes down you'll still have a backup of your posts & convos.
It's gonna come as a surprise to most of you, but if you don't want to do that for whatever reason you're allowed to not reblog this post. I'm not holding a gun to your head here I'm just trying to spread the word for people who do want a backup of their stuff.
Also, made this guide for backup Tumblr blogs (ft. export blog method, and python 3 script method):
Reblogged madeofspite
i’ve said it before and i’ll say it again: what we want is for these things to be run like a HOUSEHOLD… a home. A household still has a budget and an income and resources to manage; all the moving parts are the same but the focus is different.
a business will let every person in it die a terrible death if it makes the business profit. A household will spend it’s last dollar to keep the people in it safe and healthy.
A household will use money as a resource to add value to the lives of the people in the household. A business will use people as a resource to add monetary value to the business
We don’t want a government run like a business, we want a country run like a household. Because we live here.