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Saw that post about "strikes are supposed to be disruptive" and I've felt for some time that one of the best ways to practice worker solidarity is to learn to deal with unexpected inconveniences in a calm and civilised way.

Whether it's a strike, or just that the person serving you is a mere human being who is subject to the laws of physics, things will not always go your way. A little patience and humour in the face of inconvenience will do far more for the workers of the world than any amount of social media activism.

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Another thing that's worth noting is that it may be something that would not remotely traumatise other people. I wasted a lot of time in counselling trying to get to the bottom of why I'm So Messed Up. Turns out I'm just very very sensitive and probably some flavour of neurodivergent, and what traumatised me was just Being Alive. It also brought me inexpressible joy, up until I burned out from excessive input and had to figure out how to Be Alive in a more sustainable way.

Folks have got to understand that they probably aren't messed up by some Secret Big Trauma that they just can't remember; but rather by a million tiny microtraumas that they do mostly remember but don't even register as traumatic because nobody actually understood that these things would cause trauma, much less stack on each other over the years.

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Mulligan is the goodest bravest girl.

i need everyone to know that mulligan got her nails cut today and she was VERY brave and got a whole bag of dog treats for being good and letting me trim them

the face of a brave girl:

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Ballpoint bird sketches

-3029

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If you would like to print out my art and put it on your wall, I am happy for you to do so. Just don't use it for anything commercial, and don't repost without credit.

If you want to use it for a tattoo, please do! I have always loved the idea of my art being used for body art. I would really love to see a picture of the finished tattoo.

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He owns the clifftops.

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my incredibly hot take for today is that cis/trans is a false dichotomy

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Also your 40-minute paper written in a blind panic may reveal more knowledge than you knew you had. I mean, obviously we'd rather you studied, but since you haven't. Please. Do yourself the compliment of betting on yourself, not assuming a robotic fib machine will do a better job.

chatgpt is the coward's way out. if you have a paper due in 40 minutes you should be chugging six energy drinks, blasting frantic circus music so loud you shatter an eardrum, and typing the most dogshit essay mankind has ever seen with your own carpel tunnel laden hands

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Making Easter baskets!

I watched a video about people making Easter baskets with like Louis Vuitton purses in them and luxury perfumes and stuff like that. Apparently that's what they're doing over on TikTok when they're not stealing each other's labubus or whatever.

These are made from foil food containers with the lids cut up to make handles, doilies made of kitchen towel and a bit of washi tape for decoration.

The foil containers were probably made in China, so they're basically Louis Vuitton, aren't they? And the cakes were hand made in Scotland, so these are premium luxury products. Take that, Tiktok.

Happy Easter!

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Tripe!

Actually people should say “rubbish” more. And also “nonsense”, “gibberish”, and “balderdash” too.

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Do you have your wisdom teeth?

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Thanks, Anon!

-submit your poll!-

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If you reblog, please say where you’re from!

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I meet my childhood whenever I see a springer spaniel.

the thing is that childhood doesn't just end when you turn 18 or when you turn 21. it's going to end dozens of times over. your childhood pet will die. actors you loved in movies you watched as a kid will die. your grandparents will die, and then your parents will die. it's going to end dozens and dozens of times and all you can do is let it. all you can do is stand in the middle of the grocery store and stare at freezers full of microwave pizza because you've suddenly been seized by the memory of what it felt like to have a pizza party on the last day of school before summer break. which is another ending in and of itself

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Have any billionaires actually been to space? (Virgin Galactic never actually went to space, by the way, it's just a glorified vomit comet).

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Watcher of the tides