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In case you missed it

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“I shall never forget the occasion when I was visiting a school as a writer and the whole place suddenly fell into an uproar because the school tomboy - a most splendid Britomart of a girl - had beaten up the school bully. Everything stopped in the staffroom while the teachers debated what to do. They wanted to give the tomboy a prize, but decided reluctantly that they had better punish her and the bully too. They knew that if, as a child, you do pluck up courage to hit the bully, it is an act of true heroism - as great as that of Beowulf in his old age. I remember passing the tomboy, sitting in her special place of punishment opposite the bully. She was blazing with her deed, as if she had actually been touched by a god. And I thought that this confirmed all my theories: a child in her position is open to any heroic myth I care to use; she is inward with folktales; she would feel the force of any magical or divine intervention.”

— Diana Wynne Jones (via joeyvermeil)

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The psychiatrist who wrote the criteria for narcissism just made an extremely important point about what’s wrong with diagnosing Trump with mental disorders

Dr. Allen Frances says in speculating about Trump’s mental health, we are doing a disservice to those who do suffer from mental illness. In a series of tweets, he explained why he doesn’t think Trump is a narcissist — and how harmful it can be for us to keep assuming that he is.

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I think people have truly lost any ability to be patient with storytelling.

‘I don’t understand this’ They’ll explain it if you wait.

‘I don’t like how this episode left things hanging’ There’s a continuation next week.

‘This character is flat’ Wait for them to be fleshed out.

So many of the complaints I see about shows lately are people being confused by things THAT THE SHOW WANTS YOU TO BE CONFUSED BY THATS THE FUN OF MYSTERY AND FORESHADOWING YOU ABSOLUTE GOBLINS THE MAIN CHARACTER IS ALSO CONFUSED AND THEYRE GONNA DO A BIG REVEAL AND EXPLANATION LATER IF YOU WOULD JUST FUCKING WAIT

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Two page comic I made for @doctorassistedzine

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When I walk into a room of people, the first person I look for is you.

(crowley's version)

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These are my beautiful grandparents! They have lived incredible lives and are absolutely wonderful people. Sadly, my grandmother is in a predicament that may need your help.

My grandfather passed away Jan. 4 of 2022, and things have been a slow decline for my grandmother ever since. She's now in a situation where her health requires someone to be with her constantly, but her current carer has to go back home suddenly, and very soon.

My family has organized a fundraiser to help move our grandmother back here to us. She has to move from Alaska back to Kentucky with basically no money, no furniture, and no place to permanently stay. She currently lives on a boat in Ketchikan by herself now, since my grandfather passed away. She can't take care of herself any longer due to ongoing health issues, and the isolation of the island where she's currently staying has made things worse.

Her daughter had come up from Kentucky to be her carer until they could sell the boat and use the money to come back, but her daughter's husband was diagnosed with ALS while she was there and he is declining more rapidly than they expected, so she has no choice but to come home far earlier than expected to be with him.

This would leave our grandmother alone and unable to care for herself. We're trying to raise enough money to pay to bring her home, move what belongings she does have, and find her a place near us (hopefully somewhere that can provide some additional care or assistance). It's very sudden and super overwhelming, and we could use all the help we can get.

If you're in a place where you can comfortably donate *anything* to help out, we would appreciate it so, so much. If you aren't in a comfortable place to donate, that's just fine too, I completely understand and you don't need to feel guilty.

Please share/reblog this. We only have until April 22nd, as that's when her daughter is going home.

Right now we're at $1,025 / $9,000

I will update it as we get closer!

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French kisses down under :)

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was talking to my mom about how white people ignore the contributions of poc to academia and I found myself saying the words "I bet those idiots think Louis Pasteur was the first to discover germ theory"

which admittedly sounded pretentious as fuck but I'm just so angry that so few people know about the academic advancements during the golden age of Islam.

Islamic doctors were washing their hands and equipment when Europeans were still shoving dirty ass hands into bullet wounds. ancient Indians were describing tiny organisms worsening illness that could travel from person to person before Greece and Rome even started theorizing that some illnesses could be transmitted

also, not related to germ theory, but during the golden age of Islam, they developed an early version of surgery on the cornea. as in the fucking eye. and they were successful

and what have white people contributed exactly?

please go research the golden age of Islamic academia. so many of us wouldn't be alive today if not for their discoveries

people ask sometimes how I can be proud to be Muslim. this is just one of many reasons

some sources to get you started:

but keep in mind, it wasn't just science and medicine! we contributed to literature and philosophy and mathematics and political theory and more!

maybe show us some damn respect

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beast of love

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SOMEONE HAS BEATEN MINECRAFT IN UNDER A MINUTE

I REPEAT. SOMEONE HAS BEATEN MINECRAFT IN UNDER A MINUTE

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escultura de debra baxter

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They beat me to that joke

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