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Bugs became way cooler to me when I realized they're basically tiny biological robots. He ain't botherin nobody his prime directive is just [SEEK NUTRIENT]

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That Swiss alps tweet rlly made its rounds cause the writers gofundme hit 50% 2 days ago :)

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TW: This post contains explicit discussions of white supremacy and the alt-right, including mentions of racism and antisemitism.

One of my most impactful recent library reads was Sisters In Hate by Seyward Darby, and I want to take a moment to encourage other white Americans to check it out as we prepare for next years' presidential election and all the shit it's going to kick up.

Sisters In Hate is a book about the role of women in American white supremacist movements and specifically in the alt-right. Darby does a really excellent job of showing just how critical white women are to these hate movements. The book also gives us a detailed look at what radicalization looks like and how that process can be different for different genders.

The book is divided into three sections, each of which follows a real woman through her radicalization into the alt-right. I especially want to draw Tumblr's attention to the story of Ayla, a self-proclaimed "polyamorous, raw foodist-vegan, feminist, pagan" whose radicalization started in college with natural living and homebirth and ended with her running a popular tradwife blog and speaking at the Unite the Right rally.

I think a lot of leftists and liberals feel that we're too smart, or too educated, or too savvy to fall for white supremacist recruitment schemes. We are not. Intelligent, college-educated, left-leaning people are radicalized every day. Some of them are less overtly hateful, like your college friend who starts voting Republican in their 30s. Some of them are like Ayla, and their radicalization takes them all the way to the other end of the political spectrum until they're openly and genuinely calling for a white ethnostate with the same passion they once used to advocate for feminism, racial equity, and queer rights. And we need to remember that any one of us intelligent, college-educated, left-leaning white folks could be in her position, which is why it's so important to learn about radicalization tactics so we can recognize and resist them.

I'm not gonna lie -- this book is hard to read. The text contains racial slurs, white supremacist rhetoric, antisemitism, and anti-Black racism. All of this is condemned by the author, but Darby doesn't shy away from showing just how vile this movement is. I had to take a lot of breaks from this book and read it over several weeks, but I'm very glad I did because I feel like I needed this information.

White supremacist recruitment efforts are going to pick up in the next year, especially if Tr*mp is the Republican nominee for president. Stay informed and stay ready.

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This is your daily reminder:

You can't pour from an empty cup. You really can't.

You can't help other people if you never help yourself.

The demon you summoned is off somewhere with the haunted doll from your attic, could be anywhere.

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This is your daily reminder:

You can't pour from an empty cup. You really can't.

You can't help other people if you never help yourself.

The demon you summoned is off somewhere with the haunted doll from your attic, could be anywhere.

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It’s crazy and fucked up that being yourself is actually the solution.

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daily witch things

light a candle

light some incense

meditate/ground/center

cleanse the room

cleanse yourself

set up new wards or do maintenance on your current ones

refresh the shield you have around yourself

charge crystals

cleanse/charge your tarot deck/runes/pendulum/etc.

practice divination and record your interpretation

add info to your book of shadows

journal

tend to your altar

cook or make drinks with ingredients that match your intent

make spell jars and sachets

collect naturally occurring water (river, rain, lake, etc.)

forage for flowers or plants

water your own plants

self love and low effort glamours

take a walk in nature

renew your money bowl

make a charm for restful sleep

© 2024 𝚊𝚍-𝚌𝚊𝚎𝚕𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚊

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There’s a recent surge of reality shifting posts on my dash and let me be clear, keep that shit on your side of the highway. I watched “reality shifting” destroy one of my high school best friends.

She was a kind, outgoing, bubbly person who journaled about everything, sang songs a little off key, and cared for everything and everyone.

She started RS in our sophomore year. I remember her being so excited about the prospects of talking to her favorite characters from gravity falls or fort Salem, and me finding the whole thing to be a little too much.

We didn’t bring it up much after so It honestly slipped my mind for the longest, but she began noticeably changing. She no longer spoke unless spoken too, and always seemed to be looking just too far to the left. When she would speak, it was short and reserved. You couldn’t keep her focused for more than 5 minutes.

A year went by and I all but stopped hearing from her. Her attendance faltered and she failed every class our junior year. I later heard from her younger sister that she would spend almost 15 hrs a day “sleeping”. It immediately dawned on me what was happening, she was RSing her entire life away and no one except me knew what was going on. And even then, I didn’t really know. She mentioned it one time a year before but… I wish I would have paid more attention when she first told me about it because I can’t help but feel somewhat responsible for her. She was one of my best friends.

I had to tell her parents what she was doing. They took her to see a psychiatrist and she was subsequently placed in an inpatient unit so she could learn how to cope in the real world. I haven’t heard from her since.

It went from harmless dreams, to her every waking moment. It consumed her until there was barely anything left.

This may be controversial but I firmly believe reality shifting is just extreme maladaptive daydreaming/lucid dreaming and it needs to stay on the other side of the fence. It is not magic. It is harmful.

I miss you, Peanut.

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Today has been really nice :) played my switch for a while, hung out with my partner, organized my pokemon cards some, made stew… I’m happy :)

Also peep the fresh in the pop stew shot closeup

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So sorry for how inconsistent I’ve been with my activity on here. I think I need to come to terms with the fact that I don’t have the mental bandwidth to be a full time blogger while also working full time. Maybe next year when I have a shot at reducing my hours I can get more into it.

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"How can I be a witch?"

Practice witchcraft.

"No, like a proper witch!"

Uhh, get a witch hat...I guess?

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Poem for Herbs

Basil in the garden grows brings money and luck into your own Witches drink it before flight and take off swift into the night

Peppermint in the garden grows reminds the mind of what it knows Can purify, can illness heal, may bring sleep in full appeal

Lavender in the garden grows, allows energy to lay low Brings a witch to sleep and calm and protects the home from outside harm

Pepper in the garden grows little flakes that itch your nose Cast out spirits, cast out strangers, aggressively repels most dangers

Sage in the garden grows, cleansing hearth and cleansing home Repels strange spirits but take heed it does pretty much smell like weed

Bay in the garden grows a tree of leaves through wind does blow Cast your wish, let it burn through your inner power is restored anew

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Hey folks, something to keep in mind - far right indoctrination runs on a lot of pseudoscience and pseudohistory. Promoting and spreading real science and real history is incredibly important, both to help people deradicalize and to prevent people from being radicalized.

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Upcoming Events, December 2024

Nevermore Witch Market Sunday, December 1 2024, 12pm-5pm Diversity Richmond 1407 Sherwood Ave, Richmond VA (USA) Hosted by River City Witch Markets

The Witches Table Discussion Group, Williamsburg Chapter Wednesday, December 4 2024, 6pm-8pm Alewerks Taproom (Williamsburg Outlets) 5715 Richmond Rd, Williamsburg VA (USA) Hosted by The Witches Table

Krampusnacht in the Village Saturday, December 7 2024, 4pm-9pm Historic Hilton Village Warwick & Main, Newport News VA (USA) Hosted by Styx & Stones

Alewerks Yule & Krampus Market Saturday, December 21 2024, 12pm-9pm Alewerks Main Taproom 189 B Ewell Rd, Williamsburg VA (USA) Hosted by Alewerks Brewing

Yule Witch Market Sunday, December 22 2024, 12pm-5pm Diversity Richmond 1407 Sherwood Ave, Richmond VA (USA) Hosted by River City Witch Markets

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This is the coolest fucking thing I’ve seen all day I will be doing this as SOON as I’m home lmao

Swear to god im not kidding you. I found some of my old pokemon collector magazines from back in the day and found this article in one of them! I figured id share for the rest of you poke-practitioners!

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i know we're all sick of self-care being a marketing tactic now, but i don't think a lot of us have any other concept of self-care beyond what companies have tried to sell us, so i thought i'd share my favorite self-care hand out

brought to you by how mad i just got at a Target ad

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Sometimes I mindlessly shuffle until cards fall out and every once in a while, they get it just right.

I’ve been in a tumultuous state of mind recently and this reminded me that; the world will always change over, petty men will always bicker over riches and power, but the gardens are plentiful if you remember how good things can be if you let them.