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A reminder with PBS being defunded that it is SO MUCH MORE than PBS Kids. It broadcasts educational shows about science, history, current events, nature, art and so much more, instructional television for cooking and home improvement, British shows that might not be available in the states if it wasn’t for PBS, theatre productions, indie productions that PBS gives an opportunity to broadcast they might not get otherwise, and all that’s not even mentioning NPR!!!!! Losing PBS would not only be losing nostalgic shows like Sesame Street and Arthur, but shows for teens and adults who might not be able to afford other channels as well, and THAT is one of the many reasons why it’s so important to fight for it. The link below is a form that lets you send a message to your lawmakers to not defund the extremely important resource to millions that is PBS!!!!!

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"kindness is punk <3" ok that's great but do you mean giving money to homeless people and listening to people of color and calling out racism when you see it and having compassion for drug addicts or do you mean like. holding the door open for people sometimes

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Unmute !

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I'm just saying, the room should be empty, then. If you can't follow the tenets of your own faith, then why have a fucking Pope? Remember that time Jesus WHIPPED people for using a church as a marketplace? And that wasn't as egregious as hiding abuse of children in a House of God.

Anyways, Christianity at its core has a good message, but I've long since given up on any institutionalized religion, given the brainwashing and wildly false teachings that come out of the scum allowed to lead most of them, no matter the sect/church. It's sad what most of America has turned Christianity into, but I've got to say - for once there's a good law: report child abuse, and it's the church that's balking?

Sometimes I think about those awful, horrifying Left Behind books I was lured into reading as a kid... and wonder if they weren't at least a little real, given the state of the world at present.

Not to be too lapsed Catholic on main here but I do chafe seeing non-Catholics talk about the appointment of the head of a two thousand year old oppressive institution like an actual woke option was possible but overlooked. “The new Pope covered up sexual abuse of minors” if they removed every cardinal that covered up sexual abuse of minors from the conclave the room would be empty.

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It's called emotional maturity, and clear communication, and every adult is capable of both.

one thing I really like about my relationship with my boyfriend is that we can express negative feelings about each other's actions without assigning blame or requiring apology. I mean like for morally neutral things like "it drives me crazy when you leave a wet towel on the floor instead of hanging it up"

cause now like instead of "oh I'm so sorry, I didn't mean to drive you crazy, I'm terrible and unsocialized" or "um well that's dumb, who cares" it's like

"it does? I didn't know that. how come?"

"because it will mildew and I keep tripping over it and I don't know whether you intend to reuse that towel or whether it needs to go in the wash"

"okay so usually if I intend to reuse it I hang it up, and if it needs to go in the wash I drop it on the floor. I guess because I thought I shouldn't put it in the hamper because it would get all the other dirty clothes wet and then THEY might mildew before we do the laundry."

"that's valid. what if we have a specific place to hang wet towels that need to be washed? how about this one hook here"

"perfect!"

no hurt feelings, nobody being made to feel shitty and sloppy on one hand or uptight and bitchy in the other hand. just, we're partners right? let's workshop this

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The Discourse: Azula was evil at the core, rotten and twisted even as a young child, a born psychopath, she can’t be saved and is completely irredeemable

The Narrative:

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I'm gonna try this! I've moved my WoW stuff to this blog, and came back from hiatus a while back, but it's a ghost town over here! I'm looking for WoW RP blogs that are active and interact with others! I'm trying to meet people, and posting into my silent void of a blog isn't helping with that, so any reblogs would help, and be very appreciated!

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y’all know what day it is

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thank uou for showing me your little white boy i do not like him can you put him away please

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the concept of cuteness aggression is so funny. awww you're adorable I need to hurt you

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Me, a known internet freak, getting this push notification right as o take my first sip of coffee for the morning, still deeply discombobulated: 😳

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I'm gonna try this! I've moved my WoW stuff to this blog, and came back from hiatus a while back, but it's a ghost town over here! I'm looking for WoW RP blogs that are active and interact with others! I'm trying to meet people, and posting into my silent void of a blog isn't helping with that, so any reblogs would help, and be very appreciated!

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Luna, I need a little help with writing (* ´ ▽ ` *)ﾉ

My community wants two characters to fall in love with each other, and I'm not 100% sure how to do that...

I actually know how, but they've been best friends since childhood and I don't know what gestures to start with.

So far, I've only brought together characters who later meet and fall in love, but never best friends who have known each other their whole lives.

Do you have any tips for me on how to get started?

Hi. Yeah, I get what you mean, it’s a completely different kind of love story than writing about strangers who fall for each other. You don’t need the initial spark of “getting to know you”… the magic here is in the realization - the shift from “I’ve always known you” to “I think I’ve always loved you and didn’t realize it.”

Since they’ve been close forever, I think the first step is to not make it about big, obvious gestures at all, at least not yet. It’s more about noticing the change in how they see each other. Let one of them start to notice something familiar in a new light, like the way the other laughs, the way they absentmindedly hum while working, or how they always seem to know when something’s wrong without asking. These things have always been there, but now they feel different. More tender. More precious. A little more dangerous, maybe.

And the other one might start picking up on it too - not the feeling, necessarily, but the difference in behavior. The way the air feels just a bit heavier in certain silences. How eye contact suddenly lingers. You could write these moments like tiny, almost accidental slips, like brushing hands and pulling away too quickly, or one of them realizing they’re watching the other sleep and catching themselves thinking something like “God, I’d miss this.”

Maybe you let them have a moment where something breaks the routine, a scare, or a small separation, or one of them going on a date with someone else… and suddenly the stakes feel real. Like, “Wait, what if I actually lose them?” That kind of realization can hit like a punch in the chest, and it’s so emotionally rich to explore. Especially when the fear of ruining the friendship stands in the way of saying anything.

When you do reach the point where one of them starts to act on those feelings, keep it awkward, tentative, maybe even scared, because it would be. The more platonic and familiar the love has been, the more terrifying it is to risk changing that. A small confession could carry more weight than a grand romantic gesture ever could.

And It’s not about falling in love all of a sudden, it’s about realizing that the love that’s always been there has changed shape. Or maybe it was always that shape, and they just didn’t dare to name it until now. 💛

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Hey y'all! I don't often ask for help, but my soul sibling is struggling and I'm putting this out there in hopes it can get shared around and they can hopefully get the funds they need.

For my folks in the US, y'all know how fucking borked our medical system is and this is one of those stories. Selah is eight, she's been having suicidal ideations, behavioral difficulties, learning that her brain doesn't work the way 'normal' peoples brains work and she's struggling HARD. Her mom, though, is stepping up in a way a lot of parents do not. She's putting her own mental well being and job on the line to try to get Selah to psychiatric specialists (in Idaho of all goddamn places) who can help, but the expense is not covered by insurance. Literally at all.

The doctor she is seeing doesn't want to just throw medications after medications at an eight year old child and wants to find the best way to treat her to help her be happy and well adjusted and walked through how to deal with her own brain. It's hard for any adult, let alone a kiddo. This appointment alone is enough to break my soul sibling in this Capitalistic nightmare hellscape we call reality. If you can, please donate or share this. It would mean a whole lot to me. <3

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