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......suddenly struck by the idea for a piece of worldbuilding of "fae don't like iron bc it is the most stable element*"

*as in elements higher you can extract energy via fission and lower you can extract energy via fusion but iron itself there is no excess binding energy to extract at all

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holy shit, i cannot put into words how much i needed to hear this, hoping me sharing this helps it reach others who also need this

yesterday when working with my case manager, she went through a long checklist of my comprehensive needs to refresh our treatment plan. as a part of the questions she was asking me, she asked for various areas of my financial struggles, including if i was able to afford social activities such as hanging out with friends, going to the movies, etc. as part of my necessary purchases. the question was specifically phrased as "Do you have enough money every month to be able to afford social activities?"

this was not proposed as a "luxury". the question was not phrased as "Do you have enough money every month to afford luxuries/luxury purchases?" this was listed with the necessities like food, housing, medical needs, transportation, bills, and clothing. this made me burst into tears when i realized it was considered a necessary part of everyone's mental and well being. my case manager told me that not a singular person on this planet deserves to have to "earn" the right to socialize, interact with leisure activities, or to do things that bring you personal fulfillment. your money does not, and should not entirely go toward survival and practicality. it will ruin your mental health.

to any poor person who has ever been told that they don't "need" or "deserve" social or leisure activities or that your money "needs" to go 100% toward survival: they are straight up lying to you. it is a fundamental part of your mental health. don't fucking listen to them.

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gay furries vs republicans

so the shit with sieged sec and that stupid fucking project 2025 is so funny to me, esp the messages between vio and mike hoewell (misspelled intentionally) which you can find here: https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2024/07/anti-lgbtq-leader-rages-at-gay-furries-who-hacked-his-orgs-website/

because like. the thing republicans like those assholes don't realize is that money can't buy everything, and they can't always bribe the very people they're oppressing into silence or compliance. also assuming all us furries are zoos??? fuckin nasty as shit. and idk if it's just me, but saying smth about the hacker getting "pounded in the ass in federal prison" almost sounded like a threat. could just be me, but it wouldn't surprise me if politicians like that would pay people to assult people in prison

on another note, asking a far-right asswipe what they think about vore is the ultimate power move, made me laugh my ass off. wish we had more people like seigedsec around that aren't afraid and have the ability to stand up to oppressors like that. that being said, i wish all those hackers luck in all their future endeavors now that the group is dismantled.

tldr? republican asshole who's trying to take away lgbtq+ rights got hacked and owned by gay furries and then acted like a whiney baby about it

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Reading amazing fanfiction, then forgetting to bookmark it

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URGENT, DO NOT INGORE!!

so, my extremely far-right father found out about my being trans, and i am now being kicked out of the house; i've been given 30 days to leave. any help that can be given to me would legitimately mean the world to me. pls reblog if you cant donate, i'm terrified and desperate right now

if you can help:

ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/drgnbeauty

paypal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/DrgnBeauty

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finally moving into an apartment !!!

so, a few years ago, i realized just how bad my home life really was. i ended up moving in with another relative, but recently things fell through and i had to move back in with my monster mother. but, i am finally moving out and getting my own place! i'm going to be able to attend pride events for the first time! i'm going to be able to celebrate the holidays for my religion! i'm finally going to be free of the judgment and abuse i've dealt with my entire life. i am free. or at least, i will be in six days

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This is why it’s so important for parents to support their trans kids.

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Folks, friends, y’all…. esk*mo is a slur. I understand a lot of people don’t know that, I don’t want to be a dick about it, but I’ve been seeing it in fics. Wanna write “esk*mo kisses”? Just say “nuzzled noses” or something.

I’m not here to call anybody out, it’s been in multiple fics, I’m not vague posting. This is just a psa. 👍🏻

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So listen i have this book coming out in uhhh 10 days and I am Worried about it, because it is a Comedy, and comedy is really hard to market (why????? it's funny pirates, what's not to like??) even when it is, yanno, normal mainstream comedy.

It is even worse when it is Unhinged Comedy That's Mostly Going To Be Funny To People On Tumblr. (For example, the main character being a supreme gremlin made of 90% memes by weight (examples: carries around a bag that is never called anything but his "little rucksack"; has a near-verbatim "stick me legy out real far" moment; talks about his metaphorical "orphan gruel bowl" which is a direct reference to that one Oliver Twist gif) because those are funny to me personally.) Unhinged Tumblr Comedy is difficult because tumblr is not a platform where it is easy to market things to people, because we are generally violently anti-capitalist and LOATHE advertisements and reflexively resist being marketed to for most anything. I LOVE that about this website. Except for right now, because I have bills to pay and a cat to feed. So look, fellow tumblr gremlins, I am just trying to say that if your personal brand of comedy is laughing at the kind of jokes that could only be produced on this hell website, and:

you like pirates

you're queer and want to read more books by queer authors

you want your fictional queer characters to be a hell of a lot more Messy and Unhinged than they often are depicted as being

you're interested in seeing a love triangle (M/M/NB) that resolves into polyamory

you want books where the hottest character gets to makes Passionate Speeches about rebelling against oppressive institutional regimes like governments and organized religions

you believe that capitalism is the most oppressive institutional regime of them all

you think it's fun when two characters have been in a 15-year-long relationship where the vibes have been "We're Newly Divorced" nearly since day one

you believe that All Cops Are Bastards and want to know what to do when you get pulled over by the boat cops

you think the Great British Bake-Off would be improved with weaponry, ritualized bribery/coercion of judges, and elaborate shit-talk

then this book might be for you. Beneath the wall-to-wall hijinks, it is political and it is righteously angry and it is the funniest thing I have ever written (which is saying something, because I have written some funny shit). It's called RUNNING CLOSE TO THE WIND. Here's a picture of it.

If all that sounds cool, you can read a review of it here and the first chapter of it here to see if it as funny as I am claiming it is, and then if you think that it is, you can preorder it here. It comes out on June 11! Ten days from now!

Thank you for letting me market to you for a minute. Signal boosting would be very much appreciated.

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reblog if vampires are valid and your blog is a vampire safe zone

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Nobody deserves to get shot.

People should NOT have to be ideal fucking citizens in order to not get fucking murdered by the fucking police. The can be petty thieves and addicts who don't contribute to society and STILL should be fucking murdered by the police because that's what it's supposed to mean to live in a free fucking country. The justice system is supposed to protect the lives and rights of all citizens. Not just citizens who adhere to the law. We have all these laws about due process and fair punishment so that people who have committed crimes still get to live.

Why do we overlook this whenever criminals are killed by a cop. Where is the punishment for cops who steal those rights. Yes, if a criminal is armed and attacking the police, that's self defense. but there are plenty of cases of unarmed criminals being killed, and the murderer getting away with little or no punishment. Why are these murders somehow rationalized by the victim's criminal record? Last time I checked, the vast majority of crimes don't have death sentences attached, and the ones that are still get a trial. Why aren't cops punished for taking away these rights. Why aren't these cases treated like the murders that they are.

When cops kill, the only thing they need to escape punishment is a flimsy "I thought they were armed." or "they robbed a bank with a gun last week." Why is this allowed. How can people benefit from due process and fair sentencing when that can be stolen by the whim of a trigger happy cop.

Police brutality against innocents wouldn't be such a problem if police brutality against the guilty was adequately punished. If criminals and suspected criminals were treated the same way anybody else is, we would not have to be scared of the police.

When criminals do not have their rights enforced, then all that's needed to take away a person's rights is to label them as a criminal. The moment anyone's rights are taken away is the moment everyone's rights are no longer guaranteed.

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Happy pride month to the tiny cowboy and tiny Trojan man from Night at the Museum

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Reblog this post if you are professionally diagnosed and you support informed self diagnosis and you hate people accusing others of faking disorders when they have no evidence to support that

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Happy Pride!