#GET THOSE VOTES IN

[umhuhwellthen]

Last name poll!!!!

Orange catgirl!✨

VVV me stopping myself from posting designs and ranting about hcs and thoughts before names are chosen

Azusa

亜 - Next. Near. Similar. Companions. Branching points.

都 - Capital. Metropolis. A large city...To control. To unite. Gorgeous. Beautiful. The city's style and elegance.

沙 - Sand. Sandy beach. Waterfront. Desert. The place where the sand meets the water. To wash with water and select the good ones.

Nao

奈 - Red apple. The name of a fruit tree called "kara-nashi". A word expressing a question or antonym.

桜 - Cherry blossom. A small deciduous tree of the rose family. The language of this flower is "spiritual beauty" and "a good education".

Mikina

美 - Beautiful. Excellent. Splendid. Delicious.

希 - Rare. To be few in number, precious. To desire. To seek. To wish for. Faint. Sparse. Thin.

奈 - Red apple. The name of a fruit tree called "kara-nashi". A word expressing a question or antonym.

[captainjonnitkessler]

You know I used to think "tumblr's absolute refusal to actually engage with the Trolley Problem in favor of insisting that there must be a third, morally pure option that doesn't require them to make a hard decision and anyone who asks them to make a binary choice is just a short-sighted idiot is really fucking annoying, but I guess it's not actually doing any harm".

Anyway that was before we asked tumblr at large to decide between "guy aiding a genocide but making progress elsewhere" and "guy who would actively and enthusiastically participate in a genocide and would also make everything else much, much worse for everyone elsewhere" and the response was that there must be a third, morally pure option that doesn't require them to make a hard decision and that anyone who asks them to make a binary choice is a short-sighted idiot.

[teamthunderdome]

Quarter 2 - Halfway Point

As with last quarter, good luck to the teams still competing in the thunderdome! As of writing, there are 3 days, 12 hours left until the polls end, but just on the off chance you see this later than now -

ROUND 1 QUARTER 2 POLLS END JUNE 14TH @ 11:59 EDT!!!

Also the same as last time, remember that propaganda is highly encouraged! Don't let your team take any beatings lying down!

In other news, ROUND 1, QUARTER 3 participants will be revealed at this time! Keep reading for a sneak peek at next week's polls.

ROUND 1, QUARTER 3

POLLS OPEN JUNE 15TH @ 12:00 MIDNIGHT EDT!!!

FIGHT #1 TEAM LAYTON (Layton, Luke, Emmy) VS TEAM KRISPIES (Snap, Crackle, Pop)

FIGHT #2 TEAM SMILING FRIENDS (Pim, Charlie, Alan, Glep) VS TEAM RWBY (Ruby, Weiss, Blake, Yang)

FIGHT #3 TEAM MYSTERY INC (Fred, Shaggy, Velma, Daphne) VS TEAM WIGGLES (Jeff, Anthony, Murray, Greg)

FIGHT #4 TEAM GARFIELD (Garfield, Jon, Odie, Liz) VS TEAM WRIGHT (Phoenix, Apollo, Athena, Trucy)

FIGHT #5 TEAM OF LIGHT (Harker, Seward, Morris, Van Helsing) VS TEAM WONDER PETS (Linny, Tuck, Ming Ming)

FIGHT #6 TEAM BAKUGO (Bakugo, Mina, Denki, Eijirou) VS TEAM BEATLES (John, Paul, George, Ringo)

FIGHT #7 TEAM PUYO PUYO (Ringo, Amitie, Arle, Lemres) VS TEAM WOOHP (Sam, Alex, Clover)

FIGHT #8 TEAM PILLAR MEN (Santana, Wham, ACDC, Kars) VS TEAM HERCULES (Hercules, Iolaus, Salmoneus, Autolycus)

Good luck to all participating teams!

[1dinodaily]

11/05/2024 Palestine Sunbird

[inkskinned]

one of the things that's the most fucking frustrating for me about arguing with climate change deniers is the sheer fucking scope of how much it matters. sweating in my father's car, thinking about how it's the "hottest summer so far," every summer. and there's this deep, roiling rage that comes over me, every time.

the stakes are wrong, is the thing. that's part of what makes it not an actual debate: the other side isn't coming to the table with anything to fucking lose.

like okay. i am obviously pro gun control. but there is a basic human part of me that can understand and empathize with someone who says, "i'm worried that would lead to the law-abiding citizens being punished while criminals now essentially have a superpower." i don't agree, but i can tell the stakes for them are also very high.

but let's say the science is wrong and i'm wrong and the visible reality is wrong and every climate disaster refugee is wrong. let's say you're right, humans aren't causing it or it's not happening or whatever else. let's just say that, for fun.

so we spend hundreds of millions of dollars making the earth cleaner, and then it turns out we didn't need to do that. oops! we cleaned the earth. our children grow up with skies full of more butterflies and bees. lawns are taken over with rich local biodiversity. we don't cry over our electric bills anymore. and, if you're staunchly capitalist and i need to speak ROI with you - we've created so many jobs in developing sectors and we have exciting new investment opportunities.

i am reminded of kodak, and how they did not make "the switch" to digital photography; how within 20 years kodak was no longer a household brand. do we, as a nation, feel comfortable watching as the world makes "the switch" while we ride the laurels of oil? this boggles me. i have heard so much propaganda about how america cannot "fall behind" other countries, but in this crucial sector - the one that could actually influence our own monopolies - suddenly we turn the other cheek. but maybe you're right! maybe it will collapse like just another silicone valley dream. but isn't that the crux of capitalism? that some economies will peter out eventually?

but let's say you're right, and i'm wrong, and we stopped fracking for no good reason. that they re-seed quarries. that we tear down unused corporate-owned buildings or at least repurpose them for communities. that we make an effort, and that effort doesn't really help. what happens then? what are the stakes. what have we lost, and what have we gained?

sometimes we take our cars through a car wash and then later, it rains. "oh," we laugh to ourselves. we gripe about it over coffee with our coworkers. what a shame! but we are also aware: the car is cleaner. is that what you are worried about? that you'll make the effort but things will resolve naturally? that it will just be "a waste"?

and what i'm right. what if we're already seeing people lose their houses and their lives. what if it is happening everywhere, not just in coastal towns or equatorial countries you don't care about. what if i'm right and you're wrong but you're yelling and rich and powerful. so we ignore all of the bellwethers and all of the indicators and all of the sirens. what if we say - well, if it happens, it's fate.

nevermind. you wouldn't even wear a mask, anyway. i know what happens when you see disaster. you think the disaster will flinch if you just shout louder. that you can toss enough lives into the storm for the storm to recognize your sacrifice and balk. you argue because it feels good to stand up against "the liberals" even when the situation should not be political. you are busy crying for jesus with a bullhorn while i am trying to usher people into a shelter. you've already locked the doors, even on the church.

the stakes are skewed. you think this is some intellectual "debate" to win, some funny banter. you fuel up your huge unmuddied truck and say suck it to every citizen of that shitbird state california. serves them right for voting blue!

and the rest of us are terrified of the entire fucking environment collapsing.

[potofsoup]

Guess who's excited to get their ballot in the mail tomorrow? Me! So I slapped together a quick comic, as well as a map based off of this and this. A list of when same day registration is available is at the bottom of this article.

But also: wow, early voting stuff is so confusing! For example, I get my ballot in the mail tomorrow, and I can immediately mail it back. But if I want to drop it off in person, I need to either go to a special ballot drop box by city hall, or wait for early in-person voting sites to open, which isn't until Oct 22nd for my state.

Or like, early voting in Louisiana is apparently from Oct 16 to Oct 29th? And then there's a week of no voting, and then polls open again on Nov 5th? Or like how the only day you can register and then immediately vote is Oct 26th?

Anyway, best way to figure out the info for your area is to check your state and county's election website. I've found usvotefoundation.org to have clear fact sheets for each state (including ID requirements, polling location finders, as well as direct links to state election websites): https://www.usvotefoundation.org/state-voter-information . You can also jump to each state's election websites via usa.gov, or by searching directly, though some websites are more confusing than others.

Happy voting!

Oh, and here's the voter registration deadlines map from last time, in case you haven't registered and want to register. Oct 7th is the last day for a bunch of states!

[hollygl125]

Nearly 14,000 Nevada voters must verify their identity with election officials to cure the signature on their mail-in ballots or their votes won’t count in what was expected to be a close presidential race, according to the secretary of state.

The deadline for voters to cure their ballots is 5 p.m. Nov. 12, officials said. [. . .]

Ballots need to be cured if the signature on file with the elections department doesn’t match, or if the voter failed to sign their mail ballot.

When there is a signature issue, the Clark County Election Department notifies voters by telephone, email, and U.S. mail. The phone call from Clark County will come from 702-455-8683, officials said.

Officials urge voters to check if their ballot was accepted by using the state's online tool.

[shwarmii]

i just heard one of my favorite youtubers say this meme out loud in a video and the pronounciation FLOORED ME so now i gotta know:

poll is just "which way do you say it"; tags is "which way is right", assuming your answer to "which way is right" is different to "which way do you say it". or i guess tags are also for uhhhhhh if your answer is complicated and if you wanna explain, if you have a diff way of pronouncing (pls tell meeeee), or whatever else you want, im not your parents, idk

[imjestergirl]

POV: you are about to have the best night of your life or the last night of your life

Minthara won the poll! So here she is trying to kill you🥰

I have so much fun drawing her 🖤

[rhiangalaxy]

Some Things Never Change...

(Piece chosen by this week's poll!)

[ID: Scum Villain Drawings. The top image depicts Shen Yuan, Shen Jiu and Yue Qi as street rats/kids. SY is the youngest and being carried piggy back style by SJ due to his legs being injured. SY is a little teary and red eyed with a nervous expression, gripping onto SJ's shoulder. SJ looks towards YQ with a annoyed/angry expression whilst YQ smiles and gestures placatingly. The bottom image depicts SY, SQQ and YGY in current/peak lord era. SY nervously smiles and has a hand on SQQ's shoulder as if to calm him down. SQQ angrily points a closed fan at YGY who has his clenched fists drawn up nervously as if to avoid getting his hands smacked by the fan. He has a slightly flustered but mostly nervous expression, attempting to placate SQQ. End ID]

[navree]

genuinely would love for some of the "both parties are the same" people to name me a single election in the entirety of the twenty first century where the outcome for the country wouldn't have been better if a democrat had won

[stewyhosseini-bf]

they are literally brothers that's his little brother man!!!!!! you don't get it!!!!!!

[teamthunderdome]

Quarter 1 - Halfway Point

Good luck to the teams still battling in the Thunderdome! I'd like to take this time to remind everyone that propaganda-posting is not only allowed, but encouraged! Your mutuals may be too dumb to form the correct opinion (read: Your Opinion), and your followers might see your post and be completely lost without some form of direction, so don't be afraid to tell them all what-for!

Remember, Round 1, Quarter 1 polls close June 7th, 2024 @ 11:59!

In other news, ROUND 1, QUARTER 2 participants will also be revealed at this time! The 16 teams participating in Quarter 2 are as follows:

ROUND 1 - QUARTER 2

POLLS OPEN JUNE 8TH, 2024 @ 12:00 MIDNIGHT EDT!!!

Fight #1 TEAM JIGSAW (Kramer, Young, Hoffman, Gordon) VS TEAM MUSKETEERS (Athos, Porthos, Aramis, D'Artagnan)

Fight #2 TEAM ELITE BEAT (Agents Spin, J, Chieftain, Starr) VS TEAM 1908 THOMAS FLYER (Schuster, Roberts, Hansen, MacAdam)

Fight #3 TEAM FORTRESS (Heavy, Engineer, Medic, Soldier) VS TEAM BIONIS (Shulk, Reyn, Dunban, Sharla)

Fight #4 TEAM COOL RUNNINGS (Derice, Sanka, Junior, Yul) VS TEAM SCIENCE (Gordon, Tommy, Bubby, Dr. Coomer)

Fight #5 TEAM AIONIOS (Noah, Lanz, Eunie, Riku) VS TEAM MARIO (Mario, Luigi, Wario, Waluigi)

Fight #6 TEAM GHOSTS (Blinky, Pinky, Inky, Clyde) VS TEAM NARUTO (Naruto, Sasuke, Sakura)

Fight #7 TEAM SONIC (Sonic, Tails, Knuckles) VS TEAM METROCITY (Megamind, Metro Man, Roxanne, Minion)

Fight #8 TEAM PERSONA (Makoto, Kotone, Yu, Ren) VS TEAM DOODLEBOPS (Deedee, Rooney, Moe)

Good luck to all participating teams!

[aashiqeddiediaz]

you know, after watching day 3 of the democratic national convention, i need to say something, especially to other muslims like me.

most of the muslim communities that i'm a part of have chosen to vote uncommitted, or independent, or sometimes, even trump. they refuse to give their vote to kamala harris and tim walz, because of the way the us has handled the war in gaza, and how they have been careless with acknowledging palestinian lives lost, how it was american bombs and american tax money that went towards funding this genocide. it's fucked up, and it's wrong, and there shouldn't be any debate on that.

and i am 100% in support of that anger. i am 100% in support of forcing america to stop funding this genocide. no one wants to keep seeing palestinian lives suffer. no one is free until we're all free, and i believe that to my very core.

my only concern is that where this anger is being placed, from 1 year to 11 weeks before the presidential election, is so scary. because the reality of the situation is that america has a bipartisan outlook. whoever gets the presidency is either democrat or republican. and every vote that doesn't go towards democracy (i.e. voting for kamala harris) inadvertently goes towards trump's big plan of project 2025, which is basically dictatorship. Even voting uncommitted, even voting independent. we cannot afford to elect trump for a second term, and voting anything other than democrat draws that line way too close, especially in swing states like michigan, pennsylvania, wisconsin, georgia.

yes, there are many issues that we wish joe biden would handle better. there are many ways that the democratic party has fucked up beyond repair. there are many ways the democratic party has refused to acknowledge the pain of people affected by their military people throughout the years, and we've been seeing it for years. this is not a new thing. this did not start on october 7th. we see it during pretty much every administration.

however, voting for your candidate should never be based on a singular issue. no political candidate is ever going to check every single box. and its so unfortunate that we have to always take the "lesser of two evils" approach when nominating our president, but that's the reality of the situation at this very moment. there are many other rights to be considered that are at stake this election, all of which trump is trying to remove. abortion bans, women's rights, healthcare, social security, climate change, to name a few.

(and, somehow, there's a belief that trump will lead to a ceasefire deal where biden-harris didn't? let me tell you that is never going to happen.)

does this mean we just stop protesting or pressuring? absolutely not. you NEVER stop, because if our votes are the ones that put the candidate in their position of power, then we expect results. we expect them to work towards what they promised. and we can't let up on reaching out to our local county offices and our state governors and escalating these issues further until someone takes notice and does something about them. we don't elect them and just leave them to do what they want. we keep them accountable. use that anger i was talking about.

but it also means not having tunnel vision. the election in november could very well mean the end of democracy if kamala harris doesn't win. this post is not me all giggly-happy over the democratic party, because trust me, i have my fair share of issues with them as well. this post isn't to tell you what to do, because i can't force you to vote blue. i can't force the community i'm in to change their minds about toss-up votes. but what i can do is put down plainly what's at stake this election. and that is, very simply, our right to choose everything.

so if you are eligible to vote and haven't registered, please do. if you haven't voted before because "what's the point", please see above what the point is. a handful of votes is enough to flip the outcome of an election, especially with the electoral college.

and if you're still on the fence on whether to vote for kamala or trump, hopefully this post gives a little bit more perspective in the most streamlined way i could manage without bogging you down with statistics and numbers.

the choice is yours.

[heynhay]

hey ive had a couple ppl say they like the way i do colors and some others say they dont know HOW i apply weird palettes would anyone be interested in a tutorial. because i find a palette i like before i even lay out base color usually.

[hollygl125]

Allison Janney in THE WEST WING (1999-2006), “College Kids” (04x03) Insp.

There is a feeling like the clenching of a fist There is a hunger in the center of the chest There is a passage through the darkness and the mist And though the body sleeps, the heart will never rest (*)

Decisions are made by those who show up. You gotta rock the vote!