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Wildflowers

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Anyone is allowed to say no to sex for any reason, or no reason.

You do not need a good or morally correct reason for saying no, ever.

No one does.

If someone says no to sex for terfy reasons, or racist reasons, or whatever

they are still allowed to say no

always.

You're free to criticize someone's racist beliefs, or terfy beliefs

but if you criticize someone for saying no to sex

you come across as rape-y.

"I don't respect your right to say no if you can't sufficiently justify yourself to me" is fucked up

even if you're talking to a terf or a racist.

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i have understood so many things about online leftist culture by the fact that when i said "your local community has people you will morally and politically disagree with but you cannot lock them out of accessing any tangible service you’re organising" one of the tags responding said "this isn’t about proshippers in here you’re not welcome" like. folks. focus with me. some of us are homeless here.

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More watermelon for them.

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hey let's start spreading the reminder now that you cannot safely self-manage an abortion with herbal medicine or essential oils. natural abortifacients function by poisoning you; you wait for your body to realize you're dying and reject the pregnancy in order to conserve resources, and hope that happens before the rest of your organs shut down.

i think there will be an upsurge soon of unscrupulous and/or malicious actors preying on desperate pregnant people; do not help them kill people. don't spread recipes for herbal medicines or ingestible essential oil mixtures that purport to cause a pregnancy termination.

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just had an absolutely atrocious thought

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I often find myself wanting to reblog a political post just because it got me fired up about something I think is important...only to realize a bit later that I don't think it was necessarily very helpful. Or, I might pass by a post that felt a bit dry, only to realize later that it was a useful resource I might want later.

So, here are some questions I ask myself before I share a political post:

What is the post trying to get me to do? Does it suggest an action I could take (including stopping doing something)? Do I intend to take that action or want to encourage others to do the same? If a large number of people do this action, what effect would it have? (Think of many small donations helping a fundraiser reach a goal, or a large number of users sending hateful messages to a single person who said something slightly stupid.)

Who is this post for? Am I in the OP's intended audience? Are my followers part of the intended audience?

If there are links in the post, am I going to click them to see where they go? Do I trust the website or author the OP is linking to?

How does the post make me feel? Do I think this is intentional (like someone encouraging me to be hopeful, or trying to make me mad at a certain group) or unintentional (like a complaint about a personal issue that resonated with enough people to go viral)?

Does this post primarily make me feel ashamed and hopeless? If so, do I want my followers to feel the same?

Do I feel like I "have" to reblog this? What would happen if I didn't? What would happen if I did? Does it feel urgent, and if so, do I know why?

If you found this post condescending or felt like I was judging you, I would encourage you to not share it. Or do -- it's your decision!

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The final boss branch manager

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putting this under the cut so you all have the same emotional experience i just did

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I swear I try not to make my car accident my whole personality but fuck man I can’t help that it completely shifted my worldview

It’s my birthday today! I’m older! What a concept, getting older! I got pancaked between a pickup and a logging truck! My car was crumpled like an empty beer can against the forehead of a frat bro! And I lived! And I continue to live!

Earlier this year I was approaching my birthday like an angry bengal tiger. And now I’m older. Incredible. Astounding. What a thing, to live

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The world's oldest story? Astronomers say global myths about 'seven sisters' stars may reach back 100,000 years https://phys.org/news/2020-12-world-oldest-story-astronomers-global.html

Holy shit, this is cool!

So many cultures call the Pleiades some variation of the "seven sisters" despite only having six visible stars. There only appear to be six because two of the stars are so close together as to appear as one.

The myths also mention one sister leaving or hiding to explain why there's only six. And based off observations and measurements, those two that are so close together used to be visibly separate. One literally has moved to hide.

And based off the similarities between the more commonly known Greek myth and the Aboriginal Australian myth, plus some other stuff, this myth could possibly even date back to when humanity still all resided in Africa!

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Cozy farming sim but with realistic crop growth times. Just. Just fucking ruin everyone's day with the endless patience required.

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It took this vining milkweed two seasons to get established in the (mostly) wildflower garden, but it was lovely this summer and drew lots of nice insects.

Cochise County, Arizona, August 2022.

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