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Mr Cheese doodle

fun fact - in polish Sir Humphrey Bone literally means: Cheese Humphrey Bone

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zinetober day 12....

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A comic collab I made with my non-binary transmasc friend LM about our experiences feeling at home in our bodies 🪷

Check out more from my amazingly talented friend LM on Instagram:

https://instagram.com/lmperttula_design?igshid=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==

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Just him being a happy bouncy bwoy🖤❤️

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How are my sweetie pees

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Pointing and laughing

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Some face sketches to warm up ✨

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just started watching a show called ghosts

and im loving it anyone here seen it? is there a fandom or something it's so cute and feels safe and warm

it just makes me feel nice

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Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat (2024, Johan Grimonprez)

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They have become free in death

I know they are gossiping together even now. I love the dynamic they had even if we only saw a small snippet of it.

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Heartwarming story: Little girl doesn’t have to do anything to fund her dad’s surgery because his expenses are covered by his country’s universal healthcare.

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train car was empty so i used my gameboy camera

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I think part of my problem is that this past year I got introduced to a lot of inside perspective on the daily workings of local government. So I know more than the average person in my town, but not nearly enough to make actionable change.

Like... little stuff!

This June, a drinking fountain stopped working suddenly, and people complain all the time that we haven't fixed it.

But I know that to fix it, it has to be taken apart and examined by someone in the water dept- and that the cost of parts and labor to do this comes both from the water dept and from parks and rec.

I also know that both departments only have a certain allotment of funds for unplanned repairs, and that the budget gets set in January. Which means that it can be folded into the budget for next year.

I also know that you have to make a case for every purchase made on behalf of your department, and that if the board of directors doesn't think it's a priority, they can deny the request.

But to the average person in our parks, it looks like we don't fix things.

Processes of government are slow-moving to make sure there's little room for error. A person who isn't involved in the process on a conscious level likely doesn't see the wheels are turning in their favor- reads inaction as apathy.

Can a city government be apathetic about certain things? Totally! But that's why local elections matter- they give you a chance to vote in more progressive people, even if the process of it is slow.