#I know people don't want to see it

[butchfalin]

the funniest meltdown ive ever had was in college when i got so overstimulated that i could Not speak, including over text. one of my friends was trying to talk me through it but i was solely using emojis because they were easier than trying to come up with words so he started using primarily emojis as well just to make things feel balanced. this was not the Most effective strategy... until. he tried to ask me "you okay?" but the way he chose to do that was by sending "👉🏼👌🏼❓" and i was so shocked by suddenly being asked if i was dtf that i was like WHAT???? WHAT DID YOU JUST SAY TO ME?????????? and thus was verbal again

[batcavescolony]

Katniss is such an unreliable narrator. She says "Then something unexpected happens. At least, I don't expect it because I don't think of District 12 as a place that cares about me" girl you deliver strawberries to the Mayor, you hunt and trade for the district, when you fell at Prim being chosen someone caught you, when you went to Prim people parted for you, when you volunteered EVERYONE stopped. Idk how to tell you but I think you're a pillar of the community.

[perrieedwards]

i feel like people are skimming over the uk riots in a way that makes me want to tear my hair out. muslims in the uk are in active danger. immigrants in the uk are in active danger. refugees in the uk are in active danger. people of colour in the uk are in active danger. asian communities in the uk are in active danger. black communities in the uk are in active danger.

there are massive far right riots throughout the country right now and people like fucking elon musk and nigel farage are inciting it and still have a platform to speak. people have used three young girls deaths, people's genuine grief in southport, to try and gain traction for their own racist bullshit and it's working.

a lot of refugee charities have been forced to close leaving many people without support, homes, funding, food, etc. if you aren't able to donate please consider sending a message via the conversation over borders campaign! it will send a hopeful, welcoming letter to a refugee in the uk. there is also a guide to staying safe here.

please do your own research and donate to refugee charities, anti-islamophobia charities, mosques who are trying to rebuild after being destroyed, counter protesters, here are some i've heard positive things about but the list is extensive; southport strong together (support for the southport victims and their families), southport mosque rebuilding, riot repair fund, middlesbrough vulnerable residents, nasir mosque rebuilding, hull help for refugees, bristol welcomes migrants,

[tokkiyuna-rabbit]

Post contains politics and political topics. If this is not something you wish to read, then please feel free to ignore this post. I hope you have a nice day/evening. I will like to add a disclaimer: that there are parts that I may be wrong on and some are just things people have been saying. Also, thanks to those who have been concerned with me based on my previous post.

Note: I added some links and images in the post

Yeah, my country is a fucking joke and now a oligarchy state (no longer a Federal Republic).

I am not sure if any of my non-American followers are aware, but there are now huge ICE (Immigration and Custom Enforcement) raids occurring. Now, my family and I are not worried about ourselves since we are legally in the country. Anyways, there was a law that stated that ICE raids could not occur at schools, churches, hospitals, etc. Now, Trump had reversed that law and causing ICE raids to occur in those places. [Source]

And it is so fucked up. Parents are now no longer sending their children to schools and I think people are now avoiding churches. ICE are waiting outside to ask CHILDREN about their legal status. They are even at school bus stops too. Honestly, I think that is just deplorable to go after children.

Also, apparently for Bakersville, CA, 75% of workers for farms are not showing up. This is going to fuck the economy up. Many farms in the United States rely on those immigrants to do the job. Because Americans will not do it. This was proven when Florida went after immigrants. There were videos of Americans doing hard labor and they could barely handle it. It was honestly embarrassing. And look, I know I can't handle that work either so I don't wanna be too mean. Also Americans were asking for increase in prices and benefits, which owners of farms did not like. That is why they liked undoucmented workers because they cannot ask for more because they had no rights.

Now, onto a different topic: Tariffs. Oh my goodness are Americans/MAGA stupid as fuck. They don't know how tariffs work! Now, as a business student, I had to learn about tariffs. So, I can confidently say: putting 25% tariffs on Canada and Mexico is not going to fucking work. You are punishing AMERICAN companies for importing goods from those countries. They don't realize that Americans are the ones paying the prices for tariffs. Here, let me brake it down:

Tariffs are taxes that are placed for goods coming from a specific country. Which means, if you put tariffs on Mexican product, this is how it is going to work:

A product will be produced in Mexico -> An American company will want to buy that product to sell in the States -> Product is imported from MX to USA -> taxes will be imposed onto the company for importing MX goods -> American company pays of the tax and other tax liabilities they have

It is not the best explanation since I am bad at it. Oh yeah, both Canada and Mexico have come out to say that they will retaliate if tariffs are placed. And you may be wondeirng: if American companies have to pay the tax then why are they mad? Because it means American companies will slow down imports from those two countries which will impact their economy as well. This is pathetic. Especially since Mexico is already showing signs that they will not mind doing business with China. The literal thing that the US have been preventing. Who is to say Mexico will not import and export goods from China?

Now, MAGA are talking about going to war with MX or at least have the army go into Mexico to fight the cartels. Like huh??? Why??? I get that the cartels are an issue, but that is for Mexico to deal with. Not us. *And plus, we all know the true intentions. They don't want to stop the cartels. They want to invade the country to put under American rule*. Trump has already spoken about Mexico joining the United States. Does he not think that the cartels and the army will put their differences aside to fight agaisnt the US? Because Mexican people are proud people despite the shit they are in. Also, if they do that, they will destroy their relations with the rest of Latin America because despite the hate between the LATAM nations, Mexico is still family. This will push the region become pro-China (maybe not pro-Russia, but who knows?).

*This is just my opinion and allegations based on other stuff said by MAGA and Trump and based on a YT video I saw so I can definitely be wrong here w/ the US wanting to go to war with MX

The current government does not understand international relations. We legit got a Danish politician saying "Fuck you" to Trump when he talked about taking Greenland. Like that is embarrassing. There are Germans online telling Americans to fear what is happening because all of what is happening now is similar to what acertain Austrian painter did in the 1930s-1940s. The United States is losing. And China must be estatic. They recently won a huge soft power battle with Americans on Xiaohongshu who are willing to listen to them.

OH oh, get this: The rich folks and companies are getting tax cuts. While those who are not are getting tax raise. The middle class and lower class are going to be the one to pay the price for the fuck up that is happening. Below are some charts from the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy:

Also, it's funny how Elon Musk did a WW2 salute on national tv!

I say funny because you have people who never once advocated for autism say that "oh but Elon is autistic!" To that I say: so what? I am also autistic but you don't see me doing that! How dare you try to use autism to justify this shit?! MAGA has already proven themselves to be ableist and willing to cut disability benefits. So, how dare they try to use a medical condition that they hate in order to defend a stupid man. I never want to hear MAGA say shit about neurodivergent people!

Final thing: apparently now having children is a "social obligation". I heard that the government is trying to punish those without children by putting higher taxes on those without kids. While they are trying to get rid of/lower child tax credit.... I still am not going to have a child and the government can fight me (and my boyfriend).

To end this, let me lighten the mood with something hilarious:

So, now that "legally" there are only two genders in the US? Turns out, there is only ONE. Why? Well...

To combat transgender, the Trump administration said that gender is based on what gender someone was at the time of conception. And well, are babies are off as female. So, that means all the men in the country are women! Lol. There are people in the comment section saying that is how that works But it is lol. I guess my brother is my sister, and my dad is my mom as well. My dad will not be happy to hear this. I now made a $20 bet with my sister whether or not she will call our dad "mom".

[captainbee66]

I miss the era of the internet where everyone had an evil alter ego/character that would show up on their channel, just to be silly, that eventually got a lot of lore from the fandom for no reason. It was a simpler time.

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

Happy one year anniversary to In Stars and Time!

[egophiliac]

still ruminating over Lost In the Book With Spooky Skeletons Part 1, so here's a selection of some of my favorite little bits! (...some more loosely paraphrased than others) (I just feel like Idia has no room to criticize in general, okay)

anyway, I'm sure we're just going to have a fun time celebrating Halloween and nothing bad is going to happen whatsoever! :)

[coolerdracula]

saying “visual style" because, for example, if you would swap your current wardrobe for an identical, ethically made counterpart, there would be no visible change

[swordsonnet]

i'm sorry but i don't think we should call this the "autism website" when there's still posts with tons of notes mocking people who:

struggle with social skills / have anxiety around social settings

are unemployed / unable to work certain jobs

have intense or "age-inappropriate" interests

haven't had certain life experiences that are deemed universal/essential

struggle with personal hygiene

don't have any friends or dating experience

don't go outside much or at all

take things literally / don't get sarcasm/jokes

have unusual ways of speaking

generally aren't "normal"

[iliothermia]

Hey y'all. It's International Holocaust Awareness day Both of these books changed me. Consider reading them or please share for someone else who might. It's never a bad thing to learn more.

Inside the Gas Chambers: Eight Months in the Sonderkommando of Auschwitz by Slomo Venezia This is one of the only books I've found that touches on the living conditions and viewpoint of a Jew from Greece. Reading it, the author felt like a friend. It was horrifying.

Nazi Doctors: Medical Killing and the Psychology of Genocide this book explained people were taught to completely separate Jews from being human in people's minds in the years leading up to the Holocaust- especially in the medical field. It has interviews with some of the doctors who did these things. The site for the books also has an archive of images, films, objects, publications, recorded sounds and documents. You can find information on many communities. Thank you

[barghest-land]

drawings from paleo expedition to dagestan, done right on the trip. sometimes messy when it was cold and rainy, but i won't correct it. i think it's cool to leave it just the way it was done, and not retouch it after. there will be more drawings later, but those will be done from home

[katsigian]

Why are fandom discord servers some of the most stress inducing places in the world like why is it when you post anything into any chat it feels like either a) you're purposely being ignored or b) you've pissed someone off just by speaking. And it's such a pain in the dick because if you want any sort of help with anything or want to be even a little bit apart of a community you have to be in these servers. While the whole time it feels like that one meme picture of all the girls sneering at the camera because you dared show your face in there

[chapollynh]

Screenshot redraw from Star Trek DS9! As a person who's favorite dnd race is a changeling can you guess who my favorite little guy is? Come on, Odo lives in a BUCKET, he's so silly and so dear to me...

[sherurose]

challengers twitter pointed out something very cool: art's coach speaking to him in german!

the subs says "just invite her to serve." (which doesn't make any sense? and art doesn't even go to her after that lmao?) but he apparently actually says "wirf den ball etwas höher." which means "throw the ball a little higher.".

so art knows what patrick's house looks like which means he went there, he understands when his coach speaks to him in german and he's the only one who can pronounce "zweig", a german surname, the right way.

art learning german for patrick and spending holidays with him and his family is canon, i don't make the rules.

[lazylittledragon]

hey idk which anxious pre-t babe needs to hear this but i didn't get to when i was younger so. testosterone will not make you ugly. it won't make you a horrible person. it won't 'mutilate' or ruin your body. if you want to go on testosterone then literally all that happens is it makes you really fucking hot and REALLY fucking happy.

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

Congratulations to TEAM CHEESE for winning the popular vote on the Charcuterie poll!