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A general tip for students who are sending those dreaded Religious Absence Emails to your professors: Rather than asking permission to take the day(s) off, politely let them know that you will be taking the day(s) off.
In other words, consider not saying this:
"May I miss class on [date] so I can observe [holiday]?"
It's not that there's anything wrong with the above, per se. But because it's phrased as a request, it risks coming across as optional — a favor you hope to be granted. Problem is, favors are not owed, and so unfortunately asking permission opens the door for the professor to respond "Thanks for asking. No, you may not. :)"
Instead, try something along the lines of:
"I will need to miss class on [date] because I will be observing [holiday]. I wanted to let you know of this conflict now, and to ask your assistance in making arrangements for making up whatever material I may miss as a result of this absence."
This is pretty formal language (naturally, you can and should tweak it to sound more like your voice). But the important piece is that, while still being respectful, it shifts the focus of the discussion so that the question becomes not "Is it okay for me to observe my religion?", but rather, "How can we best accommodate my observance?"
Because the first question should not be up for debate: freedom of religion is a right, not a favor. And the second question is the subject you need to discuss.
(Ideally, do this after you've looked up your school's policy on religious absences, so you know what you're working within and that religious discrimination is illegal. Just in case your professor forgot.)
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Týr 🤝 Archangel Michael
Being used as a patron by those who protect and serve property not people.
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Hey Americans! If you buy things from overseas, as of August 22 you probably don’t anymore.
Most foreign postal services have paused shipping of packages under $800 to the USA. You will hear that it’s “because of tariffs,” but that’s not exactly true.
It’s because the US:
Has not given anyone a way to pay those tariffs and
Has not been clear on what will ACTUALLY have to be paid. (The country’s tariff has been floated, but a US$80 flat fee has also been floated.
Many countries require people to pay tariffs when they receive a package. That’s fine. But you have to give people a way to pay the damn tariff. And there isn’t a way to do so. Apparently there isn’t even a PLAN for a way to do so.
So: if you have been buying from Etsy or eBay or a little shop overseas, if you subscribe to a foreign magazine, if you are an immigrant and you buy food from home via mail, now you will need to fly there and bring it home. Of course, the people who can afford that are also the ones responsible for this dumb policy.
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Sometimes it's a fine line between hagiography and whump fic.
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Sketch of Iðunn~🍎
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Rune stick:
᛭ᚴᛆᚢᛐᛂ᛬ᛐᛁᛂ᛬ᚴᛁᚿᛁᛐᚱ᛫ᛍᚢᛂᚱᛘᚮᛁᚿ᛫ᛘᚮᚴᚢᛚᛆᛐᛆ᛫ᚵᛆᚢᛐᛂᚴ...ᚵᛆᚢᛐᛂ᛬ᚴᚢᛂ⋮ᚵᛂᚿᚢᛁᛍᛐᛁ᛬ᛂᛐᛂᚱᚿᛁ⋮ᛚᚢᛘᛁᚿ-ᚴᛚ-ᚱ...
Gaude, Dei genetrix, virgo immaculata. Gaude q[uae]...Gaude, quae genuisti aeterni lumi[nis] cl[a]r[itatem]...
‘Rejoice, mother of God, immaculate virgin! Rejoice, thou who...Rejoice, thou who created clarity from eternal light!’
Possibly part of a childbirth charm.
Rundata: N629 | Bergen 341 | N B341
Verses from this prayer/antiphon 👇
Gaude, Dei genetrix, virgo immaculata!
Gaude, quae gaudium ab angelo suscepisti!
Gaude, quae genuisti aeterni luminis claritatem!
Gaude, mater!
Gaude, sancta Dei genetrix virgo!
‘Rejoice, mother of God, immaculate virgin!
Rejoice, thou who received the tidings of joy from the angel!
Rejoice, thou who brought forth the clarity of light eternal!
Rejoice, mother!
Rejoice, holy virgin, mother of God!’
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reposting from bsky, but heres a cheat sheet for how to properly send a message to payment processing companies over the recent highly conservative shift in where youre allowed to legally spend your money
more info here!
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Free Making Queer History Resources
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Alright, it's still a work in progress, but there's still A LOT of information on this page if you want to take a gander:
I'll let you all know when I've added more content.
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Gonna be deleting my Etsy by the end of the month, everything is currently 20% off while I move listings~💖
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"Your body is a temple!"
"Yes. And if you worship here, tithes are expected 👅~"
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"B-but your body is a temple!"
"And I don't recall you being ordained into its service."
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The first simulated image of a black hole was calculated with an IBM 7040 computer using 1960 punch cards and hand-plotted by French astrophysicist Jean-Pierre Luminet in 1978.
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Hey so like it's 2 weeks before payday and we're out of food and meds and the doctor isn't taking my health insurance anymore so like. My cashapp is $NatalieIronside and like. If somebody could kick us a couple bucks to help keep us alive till next Thursday that'd be really great. :/
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in all seriousness it's very alienating knowing theres Something Wrong With You. like seeing your mental illness come through in your behaviour and thought processes and knowing it's irrational and unhealthy, knowing other people are reading you as weird or stupid, and not being able to do anything about it is such a lonely experience
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You know what they say about making Assumptions...
"Holy Mother Mary, who bore the sin of a Man, we come together today to feast and rejoice–"
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