#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

[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

[choccy-milky]

I dont know why I had this vision of clora riding a scooter, like a cute light blue one with italy vibes, like a vespa, and sebastian panicking behind her LMAO

I SEE THE VISION AS WELL...idk how shes on a vespa tho since they werent invented yet so lets just assume theres time-turner shenanigans going on LMAO

but also anon this request was so funny to me because the SAME day you sent me it, i also got this one on twitter:

TRULY THE DUALITY OF MAN IS AT PLAY HERE!!! LMAOO debauchery vs wholesomeness...and it made me laugh so much

(and for anyone curious yes i WILL also be honouring the other request......eventually👀)

@jstfndmthngs splitting your ask into 2 again bc its a CHONKER but I LOVED READING IT🥹🥹 "how much they love each other to the abnormal level that i envy" LMAOO THATS FANFICTION FOR YOU, BABY!!😍 also YESS interacting with my readers in the comments was my fav parts of writing a lot of the time, and im SOOO grateful to the ppl who commented bc without them the story would have turned out DRASTICALLY DIFFERENT. like, i know there are some people who write the entirety of their fanfic and then upload it in chunks, but if i had done that/written my story in a vacuum and hadnt incorporated any of my readers ideas/suggestions it would have been SOOOO much worse honestly LMAO. like, not even necessarily putting their requests or ideas in my fic, but even sometimes just reading a comment that would say something like "i cant wait to see how clora/seb reacts to..." would make me think...oh. i was never planning on even showing their reaction to that. but now that they say that, good point, i definitely need to include that LOL. so yeah even just little stuff like that was SUPER important to my writing process and my story and helped me keep in mind what people wanted to see/things i may have missed or glossed over if i'd been writing by myself, but i also just loved getting comments in general bc i loved reading them and they were so motivating🥹 BUT THANK U SO MUCH IM GLAD U LIKED MY STORY/SEB & CLORA SO MUCH, AND TY FOR SHARING ALL YOUR THOUGHTS WITH ME!!🥹💖💖 im lowkey the same way... i cant read any other fics rn bc im still too attached to seb/clora BAHAHA so i still need to give it some time before i delve into other HL fics (i even downloaded a program that will let me replace names so that i can replace the mc's name with clora's LMFAOOOO THATS HOW MENTALLY ILL I AM ABOUT THEM!!😭😭DONT COME FOR ME🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️🚓)

omg...i already love unlocking kinks in people but for it to be specifically seb x clora is even more of an honour BAHAHA omg i love that....but i get it too. clora is submissive and breedable af😍LMAOO (im sorry💀that wasnt me just now that was seb blame him)

@acrenna MERRY LATE CHRISTMAS AND ALSO LATE HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! this is so sweet THANK YOU SO MUCH😭😭im happy my story was able to get you out of your reading slump!! (and hopefully will continue to, with my oneshot im slowly but surely working on😩) BUT THANK YOU AGAIN I APPRECIATE YOU SM🥹🥹💖

@misskkfritz you actually arent the first to say this and i also saw a pinterest comment on my art say this........FELLAS DO I NEED TO WATCH GILMORE GIRLS NOW🤔🤔🤔

[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 🖤

[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!

[stewyhosseini-bf]

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

[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.

[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!

[starflungwaddledee]

*ahem* *cracks knuckles* *rolls shoulders* *taps mic*

Galastruck.

and i promise i’ll write 'i love you' with my fingers on your sleeping hand and when that fox howls i’ll howl with it in its cries i’ll find an end

🩸 happy valentine's day! 🩸

*✩˚ʚ♡ɞ˚ valentines shipaganza masterpost ✩˚ʚ♡ɞ˚ ⋆˙⟡

static images for the above animation!

[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.