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Hey, do me a favor?

For Five minutes, just, let yourself off the hook. You can get back on the hook after, you don't have to forsake everything, just. Take a slow, deep breath, hold it for two whole seconds, and let it out even slower. As you exhale, put down the sky, and just, rest.

No duties, no obligations, even emotional, even social. No scrolling, no need to be your best. Just you, and five minutes where your problems are somewhere else.

You can pick up the sky in a bit. You work hard every day just to live through all that stress; just because it's normal to you doesn't mean it's not heavy.

Thank you. I love you, I really do. You can do this again later, too, if you need, or for longer. Just remember to put the sky down every once in a while, alright? It'll stay there.

Take care, I love you

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WHAT?? WHAT??? WHAT??? WHAT????????

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Hey y'all. Here's something for you.

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I think Tumblr will love this

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the lesson I'm taking away from this election is not that the Democrats need to become more left wing or more right wing but moreso that they need to find a way to cater their rhetoric towards people who genuinly have no idea what is going on. the target audience for every speech and political appearance should be someone who doesn't know what the three branches of government are because they were drawing a Cool S during high school civics

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Can we please get one thing straight?

Nobody should be giving Mao Zedong any ups. None whatsoever.

This is a man who accidentally killed tens of millions of his own citizens (look up Great Leap Forward) and then killed or brutalized millions more on purpose while also decimating his country’s intellectual and artistic landscape in ways that took decades to recover from (look up the Cultural Revolution - and if you could stomach that Neil Gaiman article, you may be able to stomach firsthand accounts from survivors of it).

I LOVE what’s happening on 小红书 right now! I am SO EXCITED for more Americans to realize the lies they’ve been sold about modern China and to discover this rich cultural, historical, and linguistic landscape that many of us in Chinese fandoms have become obsessed with.

But do not romanticize Mao or the devastation he wrought. The only reason he’s still venerated there is that the CCP felt like admitting he was wrong would undermine people’s trust in The Party and so after his death they managed to blame most of the worst of his shit on his wife Jiang Qing and the Gang of Four.

There are other issues, obviously - it will be interesting to see what happens when TikTok refugees run up against CCP censorship, which tends to be harder to get around than just saying “unalive” - but this is one that I’m truly worried about. Don’t forget that capitalism and communism are economic systems, not systems of government, and they can both be paired with many types of government - yes, we’ve got a guy who wants to be a capitalist dictator, but that doesn’t make Mao less of a communist dictator.

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Key visuals of Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha: EXCEEDS

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btw while people continue to fight the system don't forget about Undue Medical Debt (formerly RIP Medical Debt), a charity that buys and forgives medical debt. on average a donation of $10 will forgive $1,000 of medical debt.

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Zone of the Enders: The 2nd Runner  Concept Art

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natlan final quest: tl;dr battle shonen with lore dumps on the side

i'm seeing a lot of ppl hate on what the story did with capitano but imo given how long i've been playing the game and the very particular flavor of gameplay/story separation that hoyo abides by I can't say I'm surprised. From a Doylist perspective they really needed Mavuika to live... so this is the particular method they chose to make it happen.

mavuika could have used more moments where she vocalized her doubts/regrets but otherwise is... fine. the story quest didn't do enough world building for me but that's what world quests are for.

i do think natlan as a whole is a much better "war" arc than inazuma. i actually felt things when all the NPCs and playables show up to cheer for us during the final battle, truly what teppei should have been

the main question now is why the heck we are not getting the last pyro region in 5.4... i am going to cope that that final flint stone is gonna revive capitano and make him playable

that and who the heck mavuika was talking to at the end of the ignition trailer... i feel like it has to do with the supposed secret that Dain was talking about in the Travail quest. Though I gotta say these trailers sure are doing a lot of heavy lifting.

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Okami Sequel - Project Teaser

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The SAO goddess collection continues to grow

Saw an unopened Sinon going for under $160 - while the QC continues to be garbage it was a nice feeling to get it at a reasonable price... And then I saw it on Nin-Nin for $158 including the tapestry.

I guess the main benefit was the seller I ordered from was already stateside, so I didn't have to wait for customs which was nice. (This is all I can do to comfort myself). That and the included tapestry was the least cool looking one out of the 3.

But yeah this Sinon was rougher than the Asuna I got... The bow hand (that is also attached to the hoodie) is a real mess. I think I will invest in some paints to at least attempt to cover up the missing splotches. But looking from a viewing distance, the sculpt is still hella good and the colors are solid enough.

Now, to find a reasonably price Leafa...

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i recreated the "i'll kill you" scene from gundam wing

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LUCANIS + WINGS OUT Dragon Age: The Veilguard (2024)

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dash is dead im teleporting to the past

https://www.tumblr.com/dashboard?max_post_id=606474489540042752

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One of the stranger things about training brand new nurses is explaining how to min max small talk. It feels very weird to coach people on how to chat.