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martin blackwood is me fr and that's a threat

@rocksanddeadflowers

any pronouns/asexual & demiromantic/extremely hyperfixated on the mechanisms & the forgetmenauts & magpod & lisa frankenstein & epic

Mini intro post bc I think I'm finally in the mood to make one!!

You can call me Rocks! (bc I never came up with a name I like but I like it when people call me that so I'm sticking with it). 19 y/o.

Any pronouns (but I am inclined to she/they). I'm asexual and demi-romantic! (Probably also bi-romantic but we're figuring that one out over at headquarters still.)

Spoonie! Chronically ill and looking for an autism diagnosis....

My art blog is @rocksmakingthings !! (That is where I make silly trinkets and homemade fandom merch. Its not dead I promise I just forget to post from there sometimes.) This is my main blog that I usually use for fandom posts/reblogs (obviously).

This is my Ao3 account! I post things there sometimes!! Currently mostly Mechs stuff tho :)

And this is my Spotify account! Just linking it bc I have a lot of mechs playlists and stuff there I'll occasionally tweak or update, or I might hyperfocus on making a new one now and again.

Gosh I hate grind culture. My little sister just started medical school and all of her orientation leaders are like โ€œyou absolutely cannot have a life WHATsoever you WILL have to give up EVERYTHING besides this program say GOODBYE to your hobbies and relationshipsโ€ and now sheโ€™s calling me feeling guilty for running and going to the grocery store and thatโ€™s just WRONG! And that is exactly what I was told starting law school as well, and rejecting that mentality was the best thing I ever did but it was so hard not to buy into. Anyway if any of you are in an intense academic program PLEASE take time to sleep and eat and exercise and maintain your relationships and keep up your hobbies! you are not a robot who exists solely to study and I promise that living a life and staying physically and mentally healthy is not going to make you fail

Workaholism is not just a โ€œmillennial quirkโ€, itโ€™s a very real psychological problem that should not be normalized and praised. Diligence and self-realization? Awesome!!! Working so much you forget to eat, sleep and socialize? Not okay under any circumstances.

Are you an American? Do you love our nation's national parks, our libraries, affordable health care, and essential checks and balances? DO YOU NOT WANT TO GO TO WAR WITH CANADA?

Fuck, are you just a European and you're highly emotionally invested in what's going on?

Well good news, help spread the news. Special elections April 1st and this is going to help break down the narrow majority Republicans hold on Congress.

Florida has two congressional seats up for election April 1st, and Wisconsin has a highly televised race for their supreme court Court that Elon Musk has invested millions into.

If you're Floridian, check to see if you're eligible to vote in either of the elections listed here.

If you're a Wisconsinite, for some ungodly reason about half of your election information is buried in Google and hidden amongst government websites but, find your polling place now.

dear usamerican high schoolers looking for a way to resist fascism: sit through the pledge of allegiance.

no getting up. no looking at the flag.

everyone will be looking at you. you'll be sweating like a fucking hippopotamus. your teacher will sternly tell you to get up. you'll feel stupid and that maybe its not worth it because you're just a kid in a classroom. but I'm here to remind you that there are no real life consequences to detention. there are however real life consequences to resisting a thoughtless performance of nationalism.

Also, the Supreme Court says you don't have to recite it. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Virginia_State_Board_of_Education_v._Barnette

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