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[strangepersonthefirst]

Doing cruel things.

Ah, emory. You dropped dead when it happened, and we didn't realize.

here I stand, in front of your barely-marked grave, painting the world. Slow and steady.

I promised you. You would get to live your life, and then, when it was done. You'd get to see what you took from those after you, and I would end it myself.

You think there's an escape from that?

Hah. Not a chance. Wake up.

you have more years ahead.

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So I just saw a post by a random personal blog that said “don’t follow me if we never even had a conversation before” and?????? Not to be rude but literally what the fuck??????????

I’ve had people (non-pornbots) try to strike conversation out of nowhere in my DMs recently, and now I’m wondering if they were doing that because they wanted to follow me and thought they needed to interact first. I feel compelled to say, just in case, that it’s totally okay to follow this blog (or my side blog, for that matter) even if we’ve never talked before.

Also, I’m legit confused. Is this how follow culture works right now? It was worded like it’s common sense but is that really a thing?

[strangepersonthefirst]

Can't Have Nice Things

The Ketamine King Musk has shutdown the IRS's Free Tax Filing system.

Of all the things a government could off, a way to Freely calculate and file your taxes seems like a good one. But the richest man in the world thinks we shouldn't have that.

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Hi, it's brooks, I'm making a post to hopefully kick my beloved in the shin so he can see how wonderful he is, because he won't fucking believe you if you tell him.

to preface- I'm a spirit, or.. close enough at this point, I exist on the astral, I mess around, I bat at his wings, I giggle when he melts stuff.

I think.. the third time I met strange? I met him because he was getting me out of the way of my then-abuser. He just.. well, to me it sure felt like he just decided and it was done. I had been told that nobody was breaking the code on their little bunker, and strange basically kicked down the entire fucking wall and murdered that fuck in front of me. It hadn't even gotten started and it was over, like that.

So he started looking a little like a superhero. That view has changed- He's not really a hero, or a villain. He's just.. a force of nature, I guess? If he's decided the thing he's looking at is wrong, the thing is going to break before he does.

I'm reminded of that quote from doctor who. “Loving the doctor is like loving the stars.” But strange loves like a mountain. He's always there. Just below your feet, waiting for you to ask so he can pour himself into fixing it. And I really don't think I'm the only one who believes that.

We love you, strange. I love you, [I'd tag his truename here, but I'm not stupid.]

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If you're going to a protest, wear a mask, not makeup. Makeup designed to confuse AI can still get you recognized by law enforcement, and Juggalo makeup won't be helpful as Juggalo's are recognized as a gang by the FBI. Stay safe. Wear full face masks, hide piercings and tattoos or any other distinguishing features.

Please reblog so this can reach more people.

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I cannot stress enough to you that all American government agencies are falling apart at the seams right now and they will not be put back together for the foreseeable future. EPA DHS ED VA FDA NIH IRS CDC HHS NPS etc... Elon Musk is dismantling everything. Anyone who resigns or is laid off now, the word we (I am an agency employee) are receiving internally is that their position will be abolished, not backfilled.

Do you like eating clean, safe food?

Do you like having clean, safe air and water?

Do you want experts monitoring developing infectious diseases?

Do you like getting tax returns?

Do you want your children to have free, quality, public education?

If so, you need to write to your senators and representatives RIGHT NOW. Trump is not obeying the rule of law. He is illegally firing all the inspectors general of these agencies (they are literally being escorted by security out of their offices) so that there is no one left to stop him from doing quite literally anything he wants. He has bypassed the internal structure of all of the agencies by plugging in external email servers to push typo-filled emails and memos written by employees of the heritage foundation directly into the inbox of every federal agency employee in the country, threatening to terminate them.

The rule of law is dead. The only mechanism left to stop any of this is mass public outcry via convincing your state's congressmen & women to do something, because right now they are staying absolutely silent and none of us in these agencies can figure out why. A massacre is happening right now and every single American will feel the material, concrete consequences of this in their daily lives very soon if nothing is done.

Please help me boost this information.

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Okay all -- few quick thoughts about the Elon Muskifying of the government, especially the takeover of the Treasury and associated financial data for every single US citizen and organization, that we are learning about in detail today.

Don't panic. This sounds bad, because it is bad. It's really, really bad. It's outrageously fascist bad. But we've still gotta take a deep breath and get through it.

This is the kind of shock-and-awe exercise of untrammeled fascist power where they are absolutely counting on gleefully terrorizing, paralyzing, and stunning you into mounting no resistance, or just giving up and giving in. They are literally live-tweeting it in real time and boasting about all the access and influence they have right now. They want you to know about it and feel like you can't do anything, so you might as well let it happen.

We have to show them that's not true.

TIME TO MAKE SOME NOISE. Because it's Sunday night, I've gone ahead and contacted my state Attorney General and both senators by email (but come Monday morning, we should all be calling). Here is the email that I wrote to my AG:

Dear Mr. [AG],

As you will be aware, today (February 2, 2025) the Trump administration has granted wide-ranging access to sensitive US Treasury data, including the personal and private information of [state] citizens, to Elon Musk's so-called "Department of Government Efficiency." Musk is an unelected private citizen who has no legal right to access this data, and is engaging in extensive intimidation and coercion to fulfill his personal and harmful ideological agenda. The present and material harm that this causes to US citizens, [state] residents, and basic laws of government, privacy, and financial security is direct, unconscionable, and actionable. I strongly urge you, in your capacity as [state] Attorney General, to file direct suit against the Trump administration, Elon Musk, the "DOGE" office, and any identifiable individuals who have taken part in this action, in order to protect consumer data, citizen privacy, and basic faith and trust in government.

All the best,

[Qqueenofhades]

Short! To the point! Doesn't waste time, tells him what I want him to do, how Elmo's nonsense directly harms the residents of my state, and why he should take action to stop it! And frankly, given how on-the-ball blue-state AGs have been thus far, they're probably already working on it. You are very welcome to copy-and-paste this message and fill in your AG's last name and your state as appropriate. Super easy to do. Takes five minutes. Call tomorrow.

If you are in a red state, your voice is particularly important right now. The Trumpsters are counting on and are even emboldened by blue state pushback, but you really need to make it start coming from Republican strongholds. Congressional Republicans will only feel the slightest amount of unease about docilely enabling this BS when it starts threatening their own personal power. Hit them where it hurts.

Other lawsuits are coming. Marc Elias, Democratic lawyer extraordinaire, is well aware of this situation and has noted on Bluesky that more lawsuits are in the works. He often wins his cases. This does not mean that you shouldn't loudly make noise elsewhere, but please remember that this is one of those 24-hour periods where, as noted, they are counting on demoralizing you with a nonstop blizzard of bullshit. It does not say anything about how this will play out long-term or the opposition that can and will be mobilized to stop it.

Once again: courage. Take the small steps that you can do today. Then take a breath and get off social media for a little while. Try to take the long view. One step at a time, we will get through this.

Courage.

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hey if you use AI for any reason in practice I hope your PC explodes. while you're at it.

You, the person, aren't even creating the mashup. a practice is nothing without the practitioner, and you have clearly decided to no longer be involved.

Friggin. nature witches using ChatGPT to make up incantations are wild to me.

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wondering if I am gonna have to block like 50 shifting blogs simply because of incorrect tagging.

I get it. I don't even thing your practice is wrong. take it out of the AP tags you are cramping my style

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..clumsy sounds like imprecise to me, i dunno

Was chewing on why I latched onto Masego most prominently on the scene in which his Name transitions and it took until today to figure it out. (Book 3 PGTE spoilers below.)

Much like he saw the Sun, I was in the impossible and yet rose out of it. The exacts are very, very different but it's that giddy claiming of what you've got. Growing from the impossible and going on to take.

"The only changes were the level of precision" my ass. The other iterations I found on this spell are clumsy and have high odds of lethal failure, brother.

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So like. Hate to op, but only halfway. Yay, you do astral travel! I hope! fuck yeah!

WHY ARE YOU TAGGING IT SHIFTING. OH MY GODS. Astral Projection. you just said it. tag it ap, and only ap. For the love of your family, tag it as just ap. stop homogenizing the tags, I am going to find you.

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To be perfectly clear: not real in the sense of practice does not mean it is not happening to you, or to friends.

I know shifters have some hellish debate on what shifting even is. I think it falls under an extended umbrella of self hypnosis and mental plane work lined into lucid dreaming, where you bind the rules tight enough it's indistinguishable long as you rest.

Not the point I wanna make, anyhow. Point I wanna make is this: shifting is on the up because people want to escape again. because the world is scary, and facing it is worse. Sit up, if you're an adult practicing shifting. sit up and breathe. Things are happening fast, and that means people will get hurt and die, yes. But you need to be there for your community, even if it's a gaggle of fellow shifters. Get out there and build something, rather than run into your head.

as a person who is apart of the spiritual community and has been for a while,

Shifting isn't real.

"oh but it's been around for 5000 years ancient buddhists used t-"

no nononon shut up. just stfu. that is a lie that you just made up or heard from someone lying to you. that is cultural appropriation. shut up

"b b b but if you just keep trying, no just listen, think about if it IS real! what you're missing out on! just meditate a little bit more!!!!"

...

cult-like behavior, no?

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what do you mean elon musk did a nazi salute on live tv at the united states presidential inauguration twice and is now erasing the evidence off the internet by replacing the footage with the crowd cheering instead?

would be a shame if people reblogged this, wouldn’t it?

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so I got into grad school today with my shitty 2.8 gpa and the moral of the story is reblog those good luck posts for the love of god

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Good morning! I’m salty.

I think we, as a general community, need to start taking this little moment more seriously.

This, right here? This is asking for consent. It’s a legal necessity, yes, but it is also you, the reader, actively consenting to see adult content; and in doing so, saying that you are of an age to see it, and that you’re emotionally capable of handling it.

You find the content you find behind this warning disgusting, horrifying, upsetting, triggering? You consented. You said you could handle it, and you were able to back out at any time. You take responsibility for yourself when you click through this, and so long as the creator used warnings and tags correctly, you bear full responsibility for its impact on you.

“Children are going to lie about their age” is probably true, but that’s the problem of them and the people who are responsible for them, not the people that they lie to.

If you’re not prepared to see adult content, created by and for adults, don’t fucking click through this. And if you do, for all that’s holy, don’t blame anyone else for it.

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spin the wheel for a genre!