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List 5 things that make you happy, then put this in the askbox for the last 10 people who reblogged something from you! Get to know your mutuals and followers (ू•‧̫•ू⑅)��

Hmm...

1. Writing for fun

2. Reading fictional stories

3. Talking with people I love

4. Hugs

5. Bagels

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Alex Hirsch put together a massive online art auction to raise relief funds for the LA fires. The artwork that's available is incredible!! Rebecca Sugar, James Baxter, Pat McHale, Alex Hirsch, Joe Pitt, myself, and more!

You can bid on some original BCG artwork here!!

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So you don’t have to watch the video every time you need one of these hacks immediately:

1. If you feel nauseated, smell rubbing alcohol.

2. If you feel like throwing up, start humming.

3. If you have a runny nose, put your tongue to the roof of your mouth and press your thumb to your forehead for about 20 seconds.

4. If you have a headache, pinch the webbing between your fingers and rub it back and forth for about 1 minute.

5. If you’re lightheaded from standing up too quickly, clench your butt cheeks.

6. If your arm’s dead/has the pins and needles feeling, rock your head back and forth.

7. If you need to pee badly, think of sex to trick your brain and relieve the pressure.

8. If you have a migraine, stick your hands in ice water.

9. If you wanna calm your racing heart, blow on your thumb.

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That's climate change, babes.

It's a serious problem.

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I feel super bad doing this once again but I was fired from my job a month ago and have desperately trying to find a job but the job market where I live is terrible and knowing my luck I won't be able to find a job until february where I will then be homeless because I will have run out of my savings. If you at all like my content and have disposable income you're willing to toss my way it would mean the world to me

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To all the writers out there,

If you want to write the same trope, story, plot, prompt, whatever 12 million fucking times

Please for the love of god DO IT!!!!!!

I want to read that shit 12 million times, I want to read that shit so fucking much I fucking swear someone out there will cry tears of FUCKING joy. Just do it! Please!

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Being 30 is fun. I was discussing anime with a teen at work and asked her how much of bnha she had watched. She had trouble answering and wasn't sure how to approach it. I said "better question was who was your husbando" and she turned bright red before mumbling an answer. They never expect me to know how deep their love of anime boys runs....

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Y'all

Im not on tiktok and never have been, but I downloaded RedNote just to see what is up, and I am witnessing something truly amazing

The Chinese user community is giving the American tiktok refugees an overwhelmingly warm welcome, meanwhile the American users seem to have collectively agreed that not only will they not let the app be taken over with English and they will provide Mandarin subtitles for everything, they are LEARNING MANDARIN. Ive scrolled through so many videos of Americans offering greetings in Mandarin to try to acclimate to the new environment and be respectful, and speakers of both languages are posting lots of tutorials on language basics and internet slang in Mandarin

My God, there is an AMAZING outpouring of curiosity and delight among everyone to learn about each others cultures and daily lives. People are posting videos of landscapes, cities, towns, and natural areas in USA and China, posting recipes and traditional foods, vlogs of everyday life, and reaching out to find people with similar hobbies.

And it's not just young people! There are loads of videos from middle-aged American guys who have come to post about fishing or motorcycles and are now happily chatting with Chinese users sharing the same interests using Google translate

One American guy who was like. in his 60's had a comment on one of his videos that was like "Red Neck?" and he replied "Yes!" and I just about fucking lost it

Also the Chinese users love, and I mean LOVE, Luigi Mangione. He is apparently broadly adored in China. There is SO much fanart and SO many edits.

There are many threads initiating Chinese users to ask questions of American users about the USA, and vice versa, and everyone on both sides is clearing up a lot of misconceptions. Some of the questions I saw a lot from Chinese users were: "Is it true that American parents kick you out of the house as soon as you turn 18" (not often, but sometimes) "Do you all really wear shoes in bed" (NO!!! Apparently a lot of characters in American sitcoms are shown lying in bed with shoes on which I never noticed before!) and "are there really guns everywhere" (yes).

For the most part Chinese content creators seem just overwhelmed by the sudden influx of hundreds of followers that are super enthusiastic about what they're doing. A lot of them have made posts about how initially they thought the uptick in follower count was some kind of error, or that there was some kind of joke or prank, but then they realized the interest and enthusiasm was genuine and now they're welcoming all the newcomers.

I found several posts by Chinese users saying that this felt like a really profound historical moment, where these previously separated worlds are suddenly smashing together and suddenly there is freedom to learn about each other's cultures and connect. One of them said something along the lines of "This is a 21st century Tower of Babel and even though I'm an atheist I hope God lets this tower stand." OUGH MY HEART.

The app itself works a little bit like a video-based version of Pinterest. It's not really my thing so I probably won't be on there long term but it's been amazing to see what's happening.

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[ID: Tags related to this post from an unknown user: {hashtag} i asked my friend about these scams {hashtag} (they're from gaza) {hashtag} cause i figured she knows best how to help her people {hashtag} and she said that 99% of them are scams {hashtag} {three shrugging person emojis} {hashtag} just people taking advantage of performative activism End ID] Now, I will say that the person they spoke with may not be the final say on the situation. But, trusting that the person who wrote the tags is telling the truth and knowing about the pervasiveness of online scams and where the money from these scams go, I also can't say they're wrong. It's best to be very careful. Don't just trust them because they have pictures. GoFundMe is safer to work with since they have a money-back guarantee, but they aren't immune to scams. You may be better off donating to organizations started or directly on-the-ground in Gaza that help swaths of people instead of individual families, but if you want to give to individual families, either vet them thoroughly or trust known vetters to do so, like the ones on GazaFunds.com.

I swear we used to be able to think critically about random GoFundMe asks

It used to be understood that if someone using a throwaway blog suddenly starts messaging a bunch of accounts to beg for money, they were most likely a scammer.

Now suddenly there are fucking swarms of throwaway bots relentlessly shilling GoFundMe campaigns to anyone who even so much as breathes in the direction of a trending tag or post, yet the mere suggestion that any of these could be a scam will immediately get you yelled at by self-righteous strangers.

What changed?

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[ID: Twitter post by Zeru @/DoubleStraps Every single scientist I know: sex can't be called a binary because we know it exists on a broad spectrum controlled by gene expression. Transphobes: excuse me, but when I was 8 someone told me about X and Y chromosomes. End ID]

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[ID: A post by Rev. Nenê PhD @/NeneHilarious on Twitter You may be deciding between insulin and groceries while the CEOs decide between Paris or Barcelona, but at least that one trans girl in your state can't play badminton anymore {yellow thumbs up emoji} End ID]

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please remember that a ceasefire has not been reached yet and that israel's attacks have actually recently ramped up. people are also still being starved. combat this by donating to gaza soup kitchen

edit that i was asked to make: you can also donate to @/olasfamily and @/amalshour here