#PLEASE STOP TRYING TO TALK TO ME ABOUT MY COUNTRY AND OUR HISTORY AS IF I DONT LIVE HERE

[aggressiveurbandryad]

@luhlaine

Transcript:

I don't talk to my neighbors. I lived in my house for several years, and I don't think I even see them as people, just as background noise. I know their names, maybe an occupation or two, but that's all I know.

I never thought to ask myself why I don't get to know them. It's just something I've always accepted as normal.

It's something I feel guilty about sometimes, and then I shoo those thoughts away, because I have more important things to focus on... right?

But that's so convenient, isn't it?

Hyper independence, turning actual people into faceless and nameless extraterrestrials that have nothing to do with my own life. A lack of trust, even.

It's so easy and it scares me.

Humans weren't supposed to live like this, cut off from each other, focused solely on themselves, self sufficient to the point of detriment.

I mourn the death of community.

I always swore I would never be like people who stood by in history. No, no. I'd be different. I'd never be brainwashed, you see. I'm stronger than that. I'm better than that.

And then when my neighbors started to get swept away without due process to a foreign country they don't even belong to, to conditions I can't even bring myself to fathom, a whole country became silent.

I became silent.

But we have good reasons, don't we? We can be hypocrites of our own principles out of fear. Why, that's just the American way.

I mourn the death of my morals.

Maybe I don't get to know my neighbors because I would find myself in them. Maybe the truth would scare me. Maybe because then I couldn't get to justify my indifference to them.

Indifference, hatred, apathy, fear, whatever your reasons may be. I don't know. But I do know we can't treat people like they aren't people.

I can't do it anymore.

My neighbors are terrified. They're overcrowded like livestock, they're disappearing without a trace.

Do I need to remind anyone in this room of what happens to people who are vanished to foreign concentration camps?

Please do not delude yourselves into thinking America wouldn't do that. We have done it. We never stopped.

I mourn my neighbors being persecuted, dehumanized, and condemned to fates worse than death, by a country that was supposed to symbolize freedom and hope.

No, I'd never be like those people in the past. I'd never turn a blind eye for my own fear of personal safety or out of my own apathy. I'd never justify every single step of the 10 stages of genocide, rationalizing with ever new step that we won't ever get to the next one.

I'd never be trying to find reasons why I can't call it exactly by its name, right this second. Except I am doing that, and I know a lot of you are too.

It's so easy to deceive our own selves, and everything we stand for in the face of an almost unspeakable truth.

But we have to speak it anyway.

We say we'll never be those people, until we find ourselves becoming them. We say we aren't like them.

Prove it.

Excuse me now, I owe my neighbors a visit.

[witch1nghour]

𝜗𝜚 ⠀𝗕𝗬 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗣𝗥𝗜𝗖𝗞𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗢𝗙 𝗠𝗬 𝗧𝗛𝗨𝗠𝗕   ﹔   various  sentence  starters   (   platonic/romantic/antagonistic/etc   )  from   SHERLOCK HOLMES   (   2009   )   .  please   , like   or reblog �� if  you plan  on  using .   feel free to change pronouns as needed.   content   warning   :   tw   .   part two.

you're  forbidden  to  talk  about  to  this  to  anyone,  not  a  word.

we  should  give  him  a  few  minutes.

he  was  walking  but  his  feet  didn't  touch  the  ground.

i'm  not  daft,  i  know  what  i  saw.

it's  not  right  -  it's  not  nautral.

now  the  game  is  afoot.

you  know,  I've  seen  things  in  war  that  I  couldn't  explain.

I  once  heard  a  man  predict  his  death,  down  to  the  number  and  placement  of  the  bullet  holes  that  killed  him.

you  have  to  admit  that  a  supernatural  explanation  is  at  least  theoretically  possible.

perhaps  we  do  need  a  little  help  from  the  beyond.

you  need  to  hear  what  i  have  to  tell  you.

i  see  two  men,  brothers.  not  in  blood  but  in  bond.

i  see  madness.  a  man  driven  of  his  mind  by  a  malign  force.

this  is  a  new  low  --  even  for  you.

you're  terrified  of  a  life  without  the  thrill  of  the  macabre,  as  well  you  should  be.

do  you  still  have  my  cut  from  the  fight?

i  see  something  in  his  hand  -  darkness  and  great  pain.

warn  your  friend,  he's  not  safe.

i  can  spare  ten  minutes.

he  clearly  felt  something  was  coming  to  get  him.

curious  you'd  still  be  running  errands  for  a  dead  man.

i  haven't  slept  all  night.

i  deserve  this  ...  i  clearly  deserve  it.

you're  not  implying  i  am  responsible  for  our  current  situation  are  you?

we  were  set  upon,  man,  it  was  self-  defense.

why  else  would  I  continually  allow  myself  to  be  led  into  situations  where  you're  deliberately  withholding  your  intentions  from  me?

you've  never  complained  about  my  methods  before.

i'm  not  complaining...  I  never  complain...  I  never  complain  about  your  violin  playing  at  three  in  the  morning,  your  mess,  your  lack  of  hygiene,  your  stealing  my  clothes,  your  setting  our  home  on  fire!

that  was  an  accident  ...

if  i  were  going  to  the  country,  i  would  be  going  with  my  future  wife.

you're  not  human.  you  don't  get  it,  do  you?

you  know,  in  another  life,  you'd  have  made  an  excellent  criminal.

tell  me  you  have  answers.

try  to  behave  yourself.

i'm  sure  it's  quite  the  mystery  as  to  where  you  are,  and  who  i  am.

i  think  we  have  the  right  man.

what  some  call  the  dark  arts,  or  practical  magic.

we  don't  ask  you  to  share  our  faith,  only  our  fears.

very  few  are  privy  to  that  information,  and  we  want  to  keep  it  that  way.

death  followed  him  wherever  he  went,  from  his  birth  to  arms  he  made  and  sold.

no  one  could  prove  anything  of  course,  but  we  all  knew  --

all  this  is  history.  the  present  and  future  are  worse.

we've  done  our  best  to  stop  him  ourselves,  but  it's  not  enough.

his  power  grows  daily  and  exponentially.

[storiesaplenty]

Science Teacher MacTavish (18+)

John "Soap" MacTavish x f/Reader

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This has not been proofread. Please enjoy, though.

Warnings: swearing. Unprotected sex. P in v. Oral (m receiving) car sex. Anal fingering. Cowgirl. Creampie

WC: 1396

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Principle Price (18+) - John Price x f/Reader

Gym Teacher Riley (18+) Simon "Ghost" Riley x f/Reader

Vice-Principal Garrick (18+) - Kyle "Gaz" Garrick x f/Reader

Summary: Science teacher, Mr MacTavish is losing his mind over you, the new history teacher. His friends and fellow staff members have all had a chance with you, and like to bring it up during their weekly poker games, but due to coaching & after-school activities, he hasn't had a chance to shoot his shot. The guys come up with plan to help him.

They were talking about her again.

They also talk about her.

"You do know there are other women right?" Came my snide remark, causing the three of them to stop talking, look at me and laugh.

"Oh come off of it. You are just jealous that you haven't had a chance with her yet." Price said, smirking as he puffed on his cigar.

"I wouldn't have signed up for after-school duties if I knew about her." I wanted pout, knowing that I am just to damn busy with coaching and clubs after school.

"You do know that you two are chaperoning the dance right?" Gaz said to me.

"Yeah, well, can't do anything with a bunch of teens around. Isn't it our job to stop them from having sex or drinking?" My tone was mocking.

"Something could happen to her car, and you have to drive her home." Simon said, making my head turn so fast, not believing what he is saying.

My mouth hung open, I for once in my life speechless.

"I do believe you are on to something Simon. Get ready Soap. You are about to have the time of your life." Price slapped my back, a bit to hard, but I closed my mouth and continued to listen to them talk about her until it was time for them to leave my home.

It is the night of the Halloween dance, and even though I didn't want to chaperone it, I knew this was the best dance to chaperone compared to the other ones.

It went off with only a few of the kids acting up. Caught the usual kids trying to sneak alcohol in, but just confiscated that.

Some got caught smoking weed, but I just told them to go back inside like I didn't see or smell or anything.

Now it is the end of the dance, and as her and I were checking around the school grounds, making sure that there were no stragglers.

"You can go home, I will lock up." I told her.

"Thank you." She said with a tired smile.

I couldn't help but watch her ass as she walked away from me. I cleared my throat, turned back around and continued to do what I was doing.

◆

I closed up, already not looking forward to coming in tomorrow and helping the dance committee clean up.

I walked outside towards the teacher's parking lot, and I could see she was still there.

Shit, I didn't think they were actually going to do something to her car.

"You good?" I called out to her, and she turned around to face me.

"I don't know what is wrong. It won't start." I could tell she was upset.

"It's late, I'll drive you home." I offered her.

"I can call for someone to come out." She said to me.

"You will be waiting for hours. I'll drive you home, pick you up in the morning and bring you back here. I'll call Simon as he is coming in tomorrow morning, and he can take a look at your car. He is good with cars."

"If it isn't going out of your way, Mr MacTavish."

I gave her a soft smile when she said that. Finding it adorable that she still can't call us by our first names.

"Even if it was, I don't mind. Come on, tell me the way to your place."

◆

This is going to be one long ride, as she lives out in the country.

There was some small talk until there was silence. It wasn't uncomfortable silence, just I could tell she was tired.

"I should buy you coffee or something as a thank you for this Mr MacTavish."

"You know you can call me Johnny."

"I know, but this is our first real time together."

"But we are colleagues and hopefully you see me as a friend."

"Okay Johnny." My cock twitched in my pants, when she said my name.

"And a coffee sounds great." I told her. Out of the corner of my eye I saw her looking at me and biting her lip.

"Turn up here." She suddenly said.

I did as she asked, turning down some dark abandoned road that I have only seen when driving by here.

I heard her unbuckle her seat belt and I turned my head to look at her, acting confused.

"How about I show my thanks now, and still get you that coffee in the morning." She leaned over and ran her hand up and down my thigh.

"Yes." Was the stupid answer that slipped from my lips as she got closer.

Her lips touched mine and it was like I couldn't hold myself back.

I kissed her, hard, the two of us moaning into the kiss.

Her hands went for the zipper on my pants and lifted my ass off the seat to help her out.

I shuddered once my cock became free, the air a bit chilly.

But I moaned, loudly once her mouth wrapped around the tip of my cock and started to suck.

I felt her moan around my cock, my head leaned against the headrest, my eyes half open as I looked down.

She reached for my hand and placed it on the back of her head as she took me deeper into her mouth.

Fuck, the guys were right. Her mouth really did feel like heaven.

I am enjoying her mouth, my hips bucking up as she moved her head up and down.

Then she pulled away, and hovered over my lap before I could blink.

I put my seat back as far as it could go with one hand, and the other hand I gripped the base of my cock as she slid down it.

"Motherfucker." I grunted as she gasped out my name.

My eyes screwed shut at the feeling of her pussy. She really is tight. The guys weren't lying.

"Johnny. Feel so good." She moaned as she started to bounce in my lap.

I couldn't think property, but when she moaned my name again, I became almost feral.

I wrapped my arms around her and planted my feet as best as I could, fucking up into her.

"Yes say my name."

"Johnny." She cried out, just before she kissed me, nipping my bottom lip forcing a whimper from me.

She pulled her head back, as I angled my hip just so and making sure to hit that spot inside of her.

"Johnny, right there. Right fucking there." She cried out, and how I could say no to that as her pussy clenching around my cock each and every time my cock nudged her spongy spot.

I could feel my balls starting the tighten, fuck.

"Come on I need you to cum for me baby, cum for me." I was almost begging as I started to bounce her even harder in my lap, my hand slipping by mistake, and the tips of my fingers landing between her ass cheeks.

"Yes Johnny, do it." I didn't know what she was meaning until she reached around and spread her ass cheeks.

I placed a finger against her whole and slowly pushed in, not wanting to hurt her.

"Add another." She gasped and I did that, twisting my fingers just a bit and that seemed to do it for her.

She screamed out my name as she came, her pussy and ass clenching my cock and fingers so tight I swear my eyes crossed.

I came as she collapsed against me, her moaning as I filled her pussy with my cum, my fingers still twisting in her ass.

"Such a long drive back to your place. Come spend the night." She said to me, making my softening cock twitch inside her pussy, as I pulled my fingers from her ass.

"Okay." My brain was almost like mush as she reached into her purse and pulled out some handwipes for me to clean my hand with.

I put my cock back in my pants and started up my car.

She sat in my passenger seat, and I just knew our combined juices were leaking onto my seat, but I didn't care.

I have a feeling when we get to her place, there will hardly be any sleep, and I will fucking a whole the other guys haven't even touched

[emohorseboy]

I'm so interested in all of your posts about mad liberation. I've never seen anything that puts my thoughts on the whole psych complex into words. I'm really curious to learn more about this. No pressure if not, but do you happen to know of any more comprehensive resources on this? Like books maybe?

Hi, I can definitely give you some recs! My list is a little bit UK centric because that's where I'm based but hopefully it's useful:

In terms of books:

I read 'Mad World: The Politics of Mental Health' by Micha Frazer-Carroll this summer and I can't recommend it enough.

I'm also making my way through 'Call Me Crazy: Stories from the Mad Movement' by Irit Shimrat, which I think is out of print but can be read as a PDF here (hopefully)

I've only dipped in and out of his books for my dissertation but Andrew Scull has written several well regarded books about the history of psychiatry ('Museums of Madness' is the one I've read bits of, 'Desperate Remedies' is on my TBR)

Some books on my TBR: 'The Protest Psychosis: How Schizophrenia Became a Black Disease' by Johnathan Metzl, 'Drop the Disorder!', 'Searching for a Rose Garden: Challenging Psychiatry, Fostering Mad Studies', 'Anatomy of an Epidemic' by Robert Whitaker

Some really good articles:

'Abolition Must Include Psychiatry' by Stella Akua Mensah

'Mad Activists: The Language We Use Reflects Our Desire for Change' by Lisa Archibold

'Not a naughty child: people’s experiences of service responses to self-injury' by Alison Faulkner and Rachel Rowan Olive

More resources!

The Campaign for Psychiatric Abolition - UK based, they have a lot of really great resources including an extensive recommended reading list, a Psych Abolition 101 Zine, and a resource for making a crisis support plan.

Asylum Magazine - again UK based, radical mental health magazine. To read full issues you need to subscribe (I recently paid for a subscription for a year of digital editions for £10, physical copies are a bit more) but the website has plenty of articles that you can read for free so well worth exploring.

Psych Survivor Archive - US based this time, there is so much on here, the Psych Survivor Zine is the main event but they also have a really great resource list (some of the links are dead though).

Mad in America - publish a lot of really interesting and impactful stuff on their website, I also really like their podcast (particularly recommend this episode about ECT, this one about esketamine, and this one about 'prolonged grief disorder'). There is also Mad in the UK and a number of other country specific sites that exist as part of their Mad in the World Network.

Folks to follow:

Dolly Sen - UK based artist who does and is doing a lot of cool stuff, notably at the moment they are the lead artist for the Birdsong From Inobservable Worlds project. This podcast episode they did is also great.

Nicole / lacey_art_ - another UK based artist, she wrote a poem about a bird recently that I can't stop thinking about (she does a lot of other cool things too).

Rachel Rowan Olive - brilliant and funny artist, she is also on instagram and etsy.

Luna Tic - artist and activist who has been involved with a lot of really brilliant stuff, including the successful StopSIM Coalition here in the UK which managed to bring an end to SIM.

There are so many more I could name and so many more things I could recommend but this post is already so long! I really hope it was helpful. I started trying to be brief and then gave up but I did cut out a fiction and literature recs section because I thought that was overkill lmao. Thank you for giving me an excuse to make this list I had a great time.

Learning about the Mad and psych survivor movements has been so transformative and empowering for me and I could honestly talk about it all day. Please do feel free to send me a message if you want to chat about it more!

[r0entgen]

Writing to you in English so it reaches more audience.

As a venezuelan still in Venezuela, I appreciate a lot what you're trying to do in this space of the internet. If I could I would. I would post the facts, the statistics, the studies, the books, the evidence of how our country is. I'd even talk about my own experiences. But I can't. I am deeply scared of the government. Half my family is still in the country and I can't talk freely out of fear. I've had friends almost being kidnapped by the military, but fortunately were let free. I've had friends being called to their own personal phone numbers by the government as a threat to stop posting memes and general posts anti government in their public Facebook accounts. I've had people I know tell me in fear in hushed tones how in their recent travel from Oriente to Occidente the bus they were in was researched by military and all the people in the bus had to give their phones unlocked so the military could search up anything, anything anti government, or else they couldn't continue traveling.

I am a venezuelan history enthusiast. The people that claim that our country is going through something planned by foreign governments is laughable. They ignore our history, they silence our voices, they speak over us and impose what we can or not think or believe. And it's sick. How little disregard there is to our own rich history.

Guess what , gringos? The government was deemed since the 80s to fall into an economic crisis!

These are people that weren't even born during the Caracazo (as I am, as are all the people in my life whose lives and futures were ruined), they don't even know what El Viernes Negro was and how it was an omen of how much we were screwing up ourselves. They don't even care to know, they are actively erasing our history. Former president Gallegos well said: el petróleo nos trajo una lluvia de riqueza, si bien fue un chubasco pasajero.

We were one of the first modern world countries to give FREE & EQUAL EDUCATION during Guzman Blanco back in the 1880s and it has remained that way even during the far right dictatorships of Gómez and MPJ. And now? Our public universities, once the best ones in the continent, don't even have professors nor students because most of the venezuelan youth has to decide between either studying and not eating or eating but not studying or neither eating nor studying because they had to flee.

I can't speak my mind, just having Twitter downloaded on my phone can be enough of a reason to be detained.

All the pro government people don't know, and I wish they'd never know what it is like to live this misery.

Thank you, thank you for speaking up, for doing what a lot of us would like to do- write our own history.

Be safe.

I appreciate you reaching out. Also replying in English for continuity.

Trust me when I say - I get you. I get you so much it is almost painful. As a Venezuelan also living in Venezuela, I am a little too familiar with the fear.

But we've had enough of the regime rewriting Venezuelan history, and enough of people comprándoles la labia. Someone who hasn't had to live a day in our shoes will not speak louder. Someone who has actively participated in erasing our history will not speak louder. Someone who can't even locate Venezuela on a map will not speak louder. We will speak up and we will not stop. Ya no tenemos miedo.

Please stay safe and feel free to reach out again if you need someone to talk to. Entre nosotros nos apoyamos.

Te mando un abrazo fuerte. Vamos a estar bien.

[badlysummedupmoviestournament]

If you recognize the movies/characters hiding behind the decoy titles, please do not give identifying details about them in the notes.

Villain n°1: Chicken Submarine

I was betrayed by the man I loved and that's enough to drive anyone to do some crazy shit, right? Look, most of my life has sucked ass. I was born with a debilitating illness that requires constant, miserably unpleasant procedures to keep me alive. I like to have fun, and every time I do, I suffer. I got used to it, but I never stopped dreaming things could be better. My best friend--met him in the pediatric hospital, same illness--finally concocts this INCREDIBLE cure, it works on him, and he TELLS ME NOT TO TAKE IT? Of COURSE I took it.

Okay, so there were side effects, but honestly, I think he was complaining too much. I'm healthy as a horse now. People talk shit on my boy? I defend his honor. I can do that with my fists now, instead of just Daddy's money. That's my best friend, no one gets to insult his beautiful, brilliant brain with those eyes that you could just drown in... What was I saying?

Oh yeah, he got mad at ME for NO REASON. I said, babe, let's run away together, the world is at our feet, and he ran away FROM me. So I decided to get his attention--his girlfriend is fine, unfortunately--and he not only attacked me but set hundreds of his new friends on me! Like we don't have a history? Like I'm not important to him? I could even follow his annoying petty lifestyle demands if he would just share his life with me. Maybe. For now, anyway. But I really don't think I was asking too much.

Villain n°2: Greensleeves

I was trying to take a bath when these fools just demolished the entire building and that was an attempt to CLEAN IT! Anyway that's just the first thing. I told them they were not qualified for a promotion which is TRUE have you seen the state my bathroom is in? And they were all gloomy and shit. Then a girl came around, complaining about some other idiots who also work for me and asking me to put people under her orders so she'd be protected from the second group, so I got rid of the first group by putting them under her orders. Yk. Get rid of the first group when the second group screws up again. And then they screwed up so magistrally that I had to get my right hand woman to do most of the job, then myself. I dressed a guy in drag as well but that was the plan since the beginning. Then I offered a good spectacle to the people of my country by going myself on the opera stage and doing a whole fighting routine there. And they still have the galls to not like me.

[befuddledcinnamonroll]

Because you said Taiwan might be your favorite country for BLs. What are some of your favorites or ones you think are underrated? I'm just looking for recs 😊

Why Anon, I am so glad you asked! I have such a soft spot for Taiwan. Thai BLs are usually most people's starting point (understandably so), and Japan and Korea get a fair amount of attention and praise, but no one should be sleeping on Taiwan.

I don't know your level of experience with Taiwanese BLs, so I may be repeating some that you're already very familiar with, but hopefully there's something new for you in there!

Also I have not watched everything, and still have some to catch up on, so if anyone else wants to chime in with something I am missing, please do!

History 3: Trapped

My official entry into BL obsession. A cop and a gangster falling in love while trying to figure out who is responsible for the deaths of people they both cared about. Side couple is the most innocent and naive policeman in existence and a bad boy who just wants to be his househusband. Co-written by Lin Pei Yu, whose name is behind a lot of the shows on this list, so her filmography on MDL is a great resource.

History 4: Close to You

Warning Anon, some people really hate this one. It has a stepbrothers romance, so depends on your comfort level with that kind of story. And there is some dubcon. There are a few bits I usually skip on rewatch, though overall I still enjoy their romance. But for me, the real selling point is couple number two, who are my all time favorite friends to lovers couple. They are both disasters in their own way, but when they fall in love, it's so damn romantic and sweet.

History 1: Obsessed

Lol, yes, I like the History series a lot. This is just a single episode, they didn't have the money for full series at this point, so they have three one hour stand alone stories. The other two in season 1 were pretty forgettable for me, but this one stuck. Another warning here, this one does live up to the title and there is dubcon. As the first season, it's clearly low budget. But you can tell it's a labor of love. I have a fondness for it, the acting is really good, and actor Teddy (who is gay and married irl) has talked about how much it meant to him to do a queer story that was different from the norm of what had been portrayed up to that point.

I enjoyed other History series, but the above are my favorites. Also you may have already heard, History 3: Make Our Days Count is very, very good, but has a tragic ending that was excruciating to get through. If you want to dive in, just be prepared.

DNA Says Love You

This is one I feel is super underrated. I almost never see people talk about it, but it is so incredibly sweet and uplifting. It does start a little bit slow, but it picks up once Amber arrives. Amber is the most precious blorbo ever, and I just want to put him in my pocket and keep him safe. Also, I don't want to spoil anything, because it is plot-related, but it has a form of representation that we almost never get to see in QLs, and is handled well.

See You After Quarantine?

A very quick watch, takes place almost entirely over video chat. This is a really fun one, it's a romance between a Japanese man and a Taiwanese man, and considering the limitations of the format, they do a fantastic job of selling two people falling in love when they cannot see each other in person.

Kiseki: Dear to Me

I don't know if anyone could have missed this one, as it's so popular on here, but it's such a good series. Totally lives up to the hype. Basically Taiwan's version of "what if the entire mafia was gay, and also bad at their jobs".

Unknown

Anon, this one will make you feel things. I literally had to stop watching because it was hurting too much to wait between episodes, and I needed to be able to binge it. It's another brothers romance, in this case an adoptive brother, but it was so beautifully done. There is quite a bit of angst, but the payoffs are worth it.

First Note of Love

Another really sweet one. Two people struggling with where they are in life lifting each other up, and finding their own balance in the process. A rare BL reappearance for an actor, as Charles Tu from History 4 comes back to work with a new partner, and they're fantastic together. Also a very cute side couple, and genuinely good music (if singing scares you in BLs).

I'm sure I'm forgetting something, but hopefully this gives you a few ideas of things to watch!

[i-eat-nail-polish]

Hey I’m gonna probably post more serious stuff because I need to have discussions with people about Palestine. For one I live in an area and am surrounded by people who aren’t pro Palestinian. They don’t take anything surround boycotts or information in general about the genocide serious at all because it doesnt effect them. It’s starting to wear on me because there’s no one to cope (idk if that’s the right word) with what I see online on a daily basis. Ever since mid October or so? (When the tik tok algorithm caught up with the time) I’ve seen countless atrocities that I’ve only ever seen in video games or movies played out in real life against real people. I learned what real bombs sound like both far away and up close because of these videos. Lately I’ve also started to dream about being trapped in Gaza with that feeling of death looming. It sounds dramatic but it’s true. Every day I’m thankful that I’m constantly shown information about Palestine and surrounding Arab countries and I’m also in shock. I’m in shock for a few reasons. 1: I’ve watched for months now, a country, a land and it’s people go through something worse than hell and nobody around feels the same sadness and basic human empathy. No one cares to take in that there’s a massive loss of life and culture and future for whatever reason. It’s gut renching to think about it. 2: I can’t help beyond witnessing and documenting. It seems stupid and corny to think that we’re privileged to have phones but documenting this horrible event through a phone camera is so incredible for history. It just feels almost insulting that that’s all I can do as a poor college student in America. Yes, I can call my representatives which thankfully where I live do support a free and liberated Palestine, but others won’t even do much as think about their constituents. It’s hard because it feels like we’re trying to move a volcano with plastic beach shovels. So all we can do is sit and save videos before social media giants take them down. 3: coming to terms that nobody looks out for each other on a large scale. Because I follow now many journalists from various sectors ranging from on the ground in Gaza to political scientists giving me lessons on the United Nations history, I’m shocked at how all of it is fake. Nothing makes sense anymore. You’re telling me because 2 countries won’t vote on a ceasefire but 98% do we can’t move on with it? Why does the US get privileges that to my limited knowledge no one else has the same power leverage as. How has nobody else stepped in when MANY war crimes are being committed. Why do they even exist if countries are never seriously prosecuted? Why even have rules if you can’t follow them? It’s disheartening to watch but I can’t give up hope. I’m not giving up hope because that’s all we have. I may not have direct ties to Palestine but as if needless suffering is enough for me to care, I care especially for the queer family in Gaza. They are as much apart of the queer family as my roommates are. I don’t know if and when we lose LGBTQ+ people in Gaza but I know it’s happening so I cry for the loss of our family. I need to see an end to this. I need to. I don’t know how to process any of what I’ve witnessed or feel right now or even what else I can do to help stop a genocide. I need to talk to people so please may you strike up conversation. Correct me in any place, tell me about the latest boycotts, show me protests. Please converse we have to keep hope alive.

[marchwardenofmordor]

Ok so a dilemma I have.

Whilst yes, I do technically agree with the one dude on the news who got REALLY irate about Welsh culture / language / folklore being used in fantasy novels without being researched and being used wrongly, and him wanting anyone who isn’t Welsh to outright STOP using Welsh culture.

How many fantasy writers nowadays are actually welsh?

I feel like by telling people NOT to include Welsh language / folklore / culture in their fantasy books, that kind of actually erases some of our culture.

And that’s *because* we are so engrained in the fantasy genre. I feel strongly attached to elves and the fae because of it (and also because autism but)

Honestly. LOTR did it well. The Witcher had some lovely little surprises that made me squeak - I remember hearing witcher-elven for the first time and it flicked that internal switch of “ooh, I kind of understand this and its scritching the good part of my brain” and also because the Witcher elves are fucking awesome. Dragon Age!! All the Welsh Dalish elves and their song ‘once we were’ incorporating our hiraeth into the game was something really heartfelt to me.

HOWEVER.

And this is a big however. I feel very uncomfortable when all this welsh folklore / language / culture is used… only for the characters to be given ENGLISH accents.

It’s a huge kick in the gut. If you know anything about Welsh history, you’ll instantly know why. And not only that, but I don’t know if anyone else has noticed, but where British TV is concerned…

Filming in Wales? Check. Talking about Welsh things? Check. Welsh person being interviewed? ❌❌ incorrect buzzer.

English reporters literally go to a celtic country and find another English person to put on the TV. And it’s the same with Scotland.

BBC reporter goes to a scottish university to ask the students what they think of something. You’d think they’d ask one of the actual Scottish students, right? Wrong! They pulled up the most rahh wheres my baccy daddy’s trust fund middle to upper class English kids they could, and actually spoke OVER and deleted footage of an interview with a Scottish student who had genuine concerns.

I dare say Northern Ireland gets the same shitty treatment.

So when there’s a fantasy book using all these celtic components, and ALL THE FUCKING CHARACTERS ARE ENGLISH, I GET A BIT IRATE. 👹👹👹👹👹👹

Not to mention that they never pronounce anything right.

I read a book where there is a beautiful incorporation of the welsh language, blended with Irish gaelic, a little peppering kiss of Scots in there too, and I hear it in my head as the fucking gods intended

And then I see the film / series adaptation and there’s English people butchering it. Especially when attempts are made at Welsh letters they don’t have in their alphabets or they try to speak (what’s essentially welsh c’mon) ‘correctly’ with received pronunciation. It makes me want to turn myself inside out.

It’s like being in Rivendell and hearing black speech

Tolkien had good intentions. I know that mfer LOVED my home. Tolkien gets a pass.

Andrej Sapkowski also gets a pass.

The writers of Dragon Age who worked on the Dalish and Solas DEFINITELY get a pass.

… but Acotar. Acotar.

Do not. If you have any sort of love for me, do not.

And that’s my take on it, as an actual Welsh person who was born and raised in Wales.

Whilst I won’t rip your heads off like the dude on the news. I beg of you. I beg; please do your research. And if you are going to use the welsh language, please at least have the decency to give the character a matching accent.

Also desperately begging film studios and series creators to hire actual fucking celtic actors. PLEASE.

If I get excited over one more mfer with a name like Rhys or Llewellyn or Morgana or Gwyn and they rock up like “aha rahhh I’m CkLeweCklyn” I’m going to pull a Solas and find and rip open our equivalent of the veil before putting myself into a millennia long godsleep.

[impossiblyatomictiger-blog]

I agree with this post on Reddit: “

For context, my immediate family has a private blog we use for fun updates on our lives. Today’s SC ruling spurred me to action and I posted this- I thought others might find it helpful when talking to religious and/or conservative family members. My family is mostly believing Mormon and Republican/reluctant Trump voters. It gets more Project 2025 specific about halfway through.

I’ve hesitated to write this for a very long time. I didn’t want to inject politics into what is supposed to be fun updates about the family. I didn’t want to offend parents or siblings whom I love and care for deeply but who disagree with my positions or opinions, as is their right.

But I can’t be quiet anymore on this. My conscience won’t let me. When all is said and done, I want to be able to, at the end of my life, say I tried everything that was within my power to prevent the destruction of my country and its people. So here goes.

Please recognize this in the spirit it was written. I’m not trying to offend, hurt, or wound. But I do need to be clear, because the stakes are monumental. If I come across as undiplomatic or histrionic, I apologize for the tone but not the underlying message.

In Germany in the early thirties we had some distant relatives who were upset with the failings of the German government. The economy sucked, inflation was rampant, and armed leftist gangs roamed the streets. They didn’t like what the mustachioed man was saying, they thought he was over the top, but they also thought that he made some sense about the importance of Germany rising again, of being respected on the world stage and stopping the subversives in their own country who were hurting and holding the people back. They and others thought that there would be responsible people like Hindenburg and Von Papen who would rein in the worst of this guy’s tendencies, and direct the energy of him and his supporters to only the good stuff. What do we call these people, reluctant supporters of Adolf Hitler?

We call them Nazis.

We do not remember or care about their reservations. We aren’t interested in their feeble protests that this isn’t what they meant to happen, that the Socialists scared them or Germany was seen as a laughingstock. We don’t care that near the end of the war, as Hitler was throwing fourteen year olds in front of Soviet tank treads, some of them protested. They were Nazis. They were complicit. They voted for a Nazi.

No one outside of Hitler’s inner circle knew what he was going to unleash, at least not fully. The people who voted for him can rightly say they had no idea where this would lead, that they thought the system would stop the excesses of the Nazi movement. They didn’t have the benefit we do of history, to see what Hitler was from the very beginning. No one in their own story thinks they are the bad guy, no one thinks they are doing something evil. But they voted him into the chancellorship and it cost them everything, and plunged Europe into destruction and horror and holocaust, and then consigned half of it to Soviet tyranny.

You know where I am going with this. You might think I am being ridiculous or hysterical. But someone in 1932 screaming that a vote for Hitler was a vote for death camps, the gestapo, mass murder, and destruction on a level never before seen in human history would have been similarly dismissed. Except he wouldn’t have been hysterical or exaggerating. He would be correct in every respect.

I was told as a child decency in public life mattered. We should only elect moral people. Bill Clinton was pilloried and denounced by my friends and family for cheating on his wife and lying about it. He was unworthy of the office of the Presidency. Those same people then excused the behavior of a thrice married adulterer who was caught on tape admitting to and joking about sexual assault. They voted for a man who oppressed the hireling in his wages, paid for abortions and mocked disabled people and women.

If I may be blunt, many people I know surrendered their religious convictions on the altar of political power. The fact he was a Republican mattered more than the fact he was the exact opposite of what their Savior and Redeemer was. Power mattered more than Christianity.

I told friends and family in 2016 that Trump would try to stay in office even if he lost, that he would commit acts of illegality and criminality without regard to ethics, morals or the law. I was told I was being hysterical, that experts around him would prevent it.

Over the next four years that wicked man enriched himself by abusing his office. That wicked man broke the law to punish the nation of Ukraine by withholding congressionally ordered aid from being delivered unless they announced on live TV they were prosecuting Hunter Biden. He even admitted he did exactly that. That wicked man banned religious minorities from entering the country – something that happened to our ancestors. That wicked man separated families at the border and placed children – CHILDREN – in cages, and did so deliberately, admitting it was happening as a way to “discourage” future immigration. Some of those families were broken permanently – the children were never reunited with their parents. That wicked man repeatedly attempted to use deadly force on peaceful protestors. He gave security clearances to his son in law who was ineligible, a son in law who received massive kickbacks from the Saudi government. That wicked man supported the Saudis in a campaign of famine in Yemen that killed millions. This wicked man sicced military police against his own citizens so he could walk across the street and wave the Bible upside down and backwards as a bloody shirt. This wicked man so catastrophically mismanaged a pandemic that over a million Americans died, we stored corpses in freezers and states were left on their own to find ventilators. “Stop the testing” he thundered, and continued to hold rallies that killed his own supporters.

Finally, and unforgivably: This evil man lost a free and fair election, and attempted to remain in office. This wasn’t just hyperbole, he wasn’t just speaking. He was meeting with lunatics and loons in the Oval Office. Orders to declare martial law were drafted.

Do you know why our democracy survived? It wasn’t because Trump didn’t try or suddenly had a change of heart. Three people refused to follow his unlawful orders to seize voting machines, deploy the military to shoot protestors, and overturn the certification in Congress. Three people. One at the Department of Justice who threatened to resign, one in the Defense Department who organized a shadow military government to prevent Trump’s orders from going through, and the Vice President of the United States.

We were three spines away from losing our constitutional system, a system friends and family claim is divinely inspired and worth fighting for.

When those three refused, Trump sicced a mob on the Capitol, where raving bands of terrorists came within feet of a Vice President and Speaker they were trying to kill. The man tried to get his own Vice President killed.

This isn’t hyperbole. We all saw it on live TV. I’m not making this up. These facts were discovered by a bipartisan congressional investigation and by a prosecutor in the DOJ after the fact.

I’m not even touching the classified documents case, the fact that 44 members of his Cabinet have stated he is unfit for future office, “very fine people” in a crowd full of Nazis, or illegal payments to a porn star here.

So what about now? What about this election? We survived one term, we can survive another, right?

In his first term there were people around him who prevented catastrophe. There were “regular” Republicans like Pence, Nikki Haley, and Generals Milley and Kelly who managed to hold off the flying monkeys. Not completely, as I pointed out, but the system held; just barely.

There are no adults in Trump’s campaign. There are no “regular” Republicans anymore, because Trump will not stomach someone telling him “no” this time. He is surrounded by sycophants and true believers, many of them convicted criminals.

Trump is going to implement something called Project 2025. It was dreamed up by think tanks and was endorsed by his campaign and Trump personally. Among other things, it will, on January 20, 2025, involve the mass firings of federal bureaucrats who have ALREADY BEEN IDENTIFIED by the campaign as people that will resist illegal orders. They have ALREADY selected replacements who will rubber stamp whatever Trump says. Independent organizations will lose their independence, including the FTC, FCC, SEC and others. Trump has stated repeatedly he will revoke the licenses for “liberal” outlets like CNN, MSNBC, and others. Under this plan he can do it and the underlings will not resist.

It also involves the FDA immediately banning all forms of birth control. Pregnancy will be carried to term even if the mother dies. It’s already happening in red states like Idaho!

Public expressions of gay or trans behavior will be reclassified as pornographic – and pornography will be outlawed. THIS IS NOT A HYPOTHETICAL DISCUSSION FOR ME. THERE IS A TARGET ON MY BACK.

Detention camps will be set up and mass roundups of anyone suspected of being illegal will occur – without due process. Forgive me, but imagine that [half hispanic relative] is picking up her kids from school and ICE does a raid. She “looks” Hispanic, as do her kids. Into the van she goes, and she is unable to prove her citizenship because THERE IS NO DUE PROCESS.

If liberal states resist, the Insurrection Act will be invoked and the National Guard will be federalized. American soldiers, reporting to Generals handpicked by Trump for loyalty to him, not to the law, will be allowed to roam free in liberal cities, opening fire on “seditious” protesters and replacing local police departments.

I am not making this up. This isn’t some wild-eyed fantasy by a liberal who watches too much CNN. They are saying they will do this out in the open. It’s on Trump’s website, he has talked about it, it’s in the social media posts of his campaign and his staffers, it’s being refined and added on by his think tanks. There are dozens of more points I haven’t even touched about Project 2025.

Who will stop him? The courts? They quite literally this morning said he couldn’t be prosecuted for official acts – one of the official acts cited by the Chief Justice was meeting with the DOJ and ordering them to carry out illegal orders. If Trump says it’s an official act, he can’t be held accountable for it.

Congress? The Senate failed to convict him two weeks after he tried to have them murdered.

The people? He lost the popular vote in 2016 and still won.

Prosecutors? They just got their cases gutted by a 6-3 Supreme Court.

Please, listen to me. I am your son, your brother. I am not a wild eyed loon shouting about fluoride in the water or contrails in the sky. I am telling you plainly (and perhaps rudely) that my existence and the existence of other people you love is at stake here. You have family members who are discussing plans with each other for self defense, for ways to protect themselves from the horror that may descend this winter. You have family members discussing the possibility of fleeing the country.

Do you want your granddaughters, your nieces, to grow up in a world where they cannot divorce abusive husbands (another part of Project 2025 is the elimination of no fault divorce), they cannot use birth control and must carry even non-viable pregnancies to term? Where their role is to serve as breeding stock for the next generation of taxpayers? Do you want a world where your son, your brother, is arrested for flying a pride flag or because he has a boyfriend? (I’m not asking you to approve of my life choices; just asking you to respect my right to make it).

If I may be even more blunt: What the hell has Biden done or Clinton would have done that compares to this? You paid a little more in gas, so the constitution must be terminated? You disagree with some of the protections given to sexual minorities, so they need to be herded into camps? What has Biden done that even compares to what the Trump campaign is promising to do? Are our lives really so bad, are we really so oppressed by Joe Biden and Nancy Pelosi, that we will vote for literal fascists?

You cannot count on decent people to surround this monster and prevent his excesses. They tried it in Germany, and fifty five million people died. We tried it in 2016, and over a million people died from Covid and we came within moments of losing our democracy.

Please. I’m not asking for you to register as a Democrat and support gay marriage or abortion. But do not vote for this monster. For some people in the family it is not a hypothetical exercise. It’s our lives.”

[sparkiekong]

Ugh!! Elita back on the smokes again!! Major yuck!! Major turn off. Somebody needs to tell her that. Also she needs to try harder to stop. Chosen one myass!! I bet Lyra and Cat are to blame somehow!

Hi there nonny. Sorry this is gonna be long winded...again.

TLDR: Yeah, it seems she's slipped off the wagon. Addiction is not an easy wagon ride! I'm afraid for some people it's much harder than others. The gang will have relapses and struggles just like anyone else who has addictive tendances. It's not going to stop entirely anytime soon, I'm afraid.

We depict a lot of these types things. Much of mine and @helenofsimblr's writing is taken from real world examples. history, mythology and we do copious amounts of research and add about 300% creativity. Smoking (even the underage smoking) is probably the LEAST worrisome topic in this story and much worse is to come. I hope you're ready nonny... the roller coaster has just started and it's not a smooth ride... It's also completely ok to unfollow for that reason alone if smoking is your line. I promise you that we are definitely going to go beyond that, so stay safe friend! It's quite ok to stop reading. I promise we won't be offended. This story is not everyone's cup of tea and that's ok.

If you're still interested in reading and it's just that I missed adding a trigger or you'd like an additional trigger, please let me know and I will add it. Especially if it's one that you like to use... At the end of the day we're all responsible for our own mental safety on the internet... I can only provide the trigger words to block. You have to do your part. Thanks for the ask friend. I hope you have a lovely and wonderful day.

Rest is under cut with a bit more examples of differences of KSU and IRL world and informational links on medical information on addiction:

There is a key thing to remember about this story and that is that the universe (lovingly called the KSU) is a kind of alternate universe to our own, some scientific developments happened at very different times to our own and smoking science has not yet caught up to ours. In some ways, it's got sort of a sixties feel and in others, it seems like future-vision. It can be a bit confusing, so I'll provide some examples!

A big example is that the KSU recently just discovered ultrasound tech that can be used to check on fetus health and that smoking is generally bad for one's health, but the KSU has been in space for quite a long time, is well established in space and have computers and cell phones... While the real world (the one you and I live in), ultrasound has been around for a long time and is quite advanced, the anti-smoking campaign has been going on for many years with decent success. However, we in IRL we have not until recently (maybe the last 10-15 years) been able to reliably get into space and back safely in various different countries. Admittingly, I don't track all space travel, just the ones that hit the trending list of my news app.

The rest of this is for people who are struggling to understand addiction and/or are suffering or watching someone suffer with it and are looking for understanding. Please! Talk with your family doctors or google your country of origin + addiction help and you can find the help that you or a friend or family member may need.

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Here are a few links that explain a bit about addiction and why it's not always just as easy as "just don't do that" or "Stop".

[aimmyarrowshigh]

Chapter Ten posted!

It felt pointless to try to chatter niceties to a man who probably didn’t know English from a Hobbit-hole in the wall. Still, Steve was instructed to just keep talking until the Asset replied, so he did. He walked through the repertoire of his entire record collection, explaining his choices and the best songs on each album that he owned. He explained what he knew of the history of the symphony on the radio and tried asking, to a series of blinks in response, whether the Asset had been present for the atrocities of the Russian front. He demonstrated his tin ear by singing a bit of the “Chattanooga Choo-Choo,” until Natasha came over the speakers into the pod and begged him to please for the love of god and country, stop singing, Steve. Steve tapped his thumb against the side of his leg as he wracked his brain for anything more to say. “Wish I knew a little about you, pal,” he finally settled on. “So that our conversations could be a bit less one-sided. You don’t have to tell me your name, but at least tell me something about yourself. What you like on the radio or who your favorite star is at the pictures. Or what you like to eat. You know, it is safe to eat the food that we send in here for you, it’s not poisoned. We’re not gonna torture you, other than with my singing, and I already told Natasha I’d stop. It’s not right to waste food. Don’t you know we’re rationing?”

[uncloseted]

Imho we need to stop research deep diving into the people behind our entertainment and holding them to impossible standards because you will literally end up not being able to consume any media again. Your favorite actors/musicians/influencers/writer/etc have all done something problematic at some point and aren't morally perfect people that consumers are slowly demanding them to be. Of course it's different if they've committed a crime but I'm not talking about those types of creators here

I agree, 100%. I think people online need to have an honest conversation with themselves about what their actual goals are and what the best way to achieve those goals would be. Do you want someone to change their views or actions? If that's the case, the best way to achieve that goal is to nicely call them in to a conversation about it. It's not to dig up a post from fifteen years ago, send the person death threats, and then refuse to change your mind about them when they tell you that that's no longer their position. Doing that will only push the person further in the direction of the "problematic" belief or action, because at least the people who support that belief/action aren't trying to dox their families and get them fired from their jobs.

But I think truthfully, a lot of people online don't want other people to grow and change. They want to feel morally superior by punishing "bad" people who have done "bad" things. And in doing so, a lot of those people then start doing the bad things they accuse others of doing and justify it by saying that they had to do those things so that the "bad people" would be held accountable. Righteousness is a dangerous cycle to get trapped in.

I also think it's really strange because people don't apply this same logic in any other area of their lives. Like, would I start boycotting a restaurant because some line cook posted a bad take on his Facebook or stop buying from a store because the owner is an absent parent to his children? No. As long as I get the product I paid for, I don't really care what the personal lives of the employees are like beyond hoping that they're, like, happy and healthy and being paid a fair wage. But the minute the product in question is a celebrity, people lose the plot so quickly. Why should any of us care if actors are uninvolved parents or in a weird relationship as long as they're good at acting, the thing we pay them to do?

And of course, there are some important parameters on that, which I feel like I need to say lest I too be mobbed for having a bad take. For example, the Me Too movement was hugely important because it was about removing people with a history of illegal behavior from having access to the influence that would allow them to continue to abuse people. That's huge. I am in no way saying that we should uncancel Harvey Weinstein or Kevin Spacey. Cancelling them removed them from the film industry, which meant that they were removed from the position of power that they held over others and used to abuse people who were subordinate to them. The film industry is safer without them there.

But... do I care that, for example, Barry Keoghan is "problematic" because he got divorced, moved to a different country from his son, and started dating someone new? Is that worth boycotting his movies over? Saltburn was a good movie. Please, Please, Please is a good song with a good music video. I got what I paid for, which is him being a good actor. Me refusing to watch him in things because he's "problematic" would do very little in the way of his son seeing him more. Even if he wasn't famous, he very well might have done the same thing. Would I care about this if he was a guy who served me a drink in Dublin or something? No. So why should I care because he's someone famous?

Similarly, and this is maybe my more controversial take here, I don't really care if celebrities have an opinion on global sociopolitical events or not. The majority of celebrities barely have a high school education. For the most part, they don't really have the educational or informational background to comment on complex and nuanced issues in any meaningful way. There are some exceptions to that (Tom Morello especially comes to mind- also Natalie Portman, Emma Watson, and Bridgit Mendler), but those are also the people who are using their platform exclusively for business and have opted out of trying to be "relatable" celebrities on social media. And if I'm being honest, I think that's fine. I don't really want, like, Ariana Grande's publicist to post on Instagram about Palestine telling me what they think I want to hear so that Ariana doesn't lose public support (not sure if this is actually a thing that happened- just an example I'm making up). If anything, I think celebrities should be platforming people who are actually experts on these topics and sharing donation links for reputable organizations.

But nobody wants that, because by and large, people don't care about understanding any one conflict in particular. They just want proof that their fave agrees with them on whatever issue is most popular on the internet at that moment, and they want to prove that they're on the right side of history. And that's fine, I guess. Like I was saying the other day, I think people doing the right thing for the wrong reasons is better than people doing the wrong thing for the right reasons. The way things work now, at least people in Palestine are getting the aid that they need. But I think it also creates an environment in which the voices of experts (including the people who are actually living through the conflict) are getting drowned out, and it creates an environment where misinformation can spread rapidly.

All this is just to say that I think we need to be more aware of our motivations and make sure we have all of the information we need before we act. I think it's really easy to get caught up in internet hate trains, especially if you already didn't like the person and have been looking for a reason to justify your dislike for them. And the internet makes it really easy to jump onto those hate trains and feel totally justified in doing so. But as boring as it is, I think we have to take a step back and ask ourselves, "do I have a legitimate reason to dislike this person or are they just not for me? If I think I have a legitimate reason to dislike them, do I have all of the facts, or am I going off the word of someone who already dislikes them? If I have a legitimate reason to dislike them, will my actions encourage them to think differently about the issue, or do I just want to see them be punished? What would this person have to do for me to change my mind on them/forgive them? If there's nothing that would change my mind or make me forgive them, is it better to just block them so I don't waste mental energy on them?" I think it's better for ourselves and for the world at large if we choose to engage thoughtfully online instead of engaging impulsively.

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Former President Joe Biden, a Democrat who succeeded Trump, repealed that ban on nationals from Iran, Libya, Somalia, Syria and Yemen in 2021, calling it "a stain on our national conscience".

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Secrecy and Deception Chapter 39

Diplomacy and Treaties  (Wattpad | Ao3)

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Event: US and PRC establish diplomatic relations

Location: Taiwan’s House, the Land In-Between

Date: January 1, 1979

China was angry with America. America had promised that he would continue to recognize her as China despite the United Nations removing her from power, and yet here he was, recognizing the false China.

It was a betrayal that stung deeply.

America had promised to be her ally despite everything with the United Nations, not to mention that he was one of the most anti-communist countries out there. Was he really so willing to give into the demands of the false China? 

China knew about the diplomacy and diplomatic visits that had started between the two countries, but she never really thought it would lead to a betrayal like this.

China was angry. She wished it hadn’t come to this. Each day, she felt a little more alone, a little more abandoned by the rest of the world as they forgot her history and struggles in favor of pretending the false government was the personification of China.

China still tried not to give into her rage, to keep a clear head, even as the chance of her going back to her childhood home faded, as the dreams of regaining her people and her land faded, as the—

China tried not to wallow in her despair. It was unbecoming. She was still China, regardless of what anyone thought. The false China could not change that, no matter how many people she talked into joining her side.

China’s musings were interrupted by a knock on the door. China stood up, brushing off her dress before answering the door.

Not many people visited her anymore, as more and more of her allies bowed to the false China.

So when she opened the door and saw the United States standing there, China was quick to try to shut it before America stopped her by sticking his foot in the door.

“China, I need to talk to you,” America said, calling her by her real name, a gesture that stung fiercely after his betrayal.

“Why? I thought today was the day you recognized the other as China. What brings you to the home of a false nation?” China asked, her voice mocking.

“I know you have been under martial law for a long time, but we can disagree with our governments. I am not in favor of recognizing your daughter as China, but my government believes she has grown too powerful to ignore. I want to keep recognizing you. I know you see this as a betrayal, but please trust me when I say my people feel the same way,” America said, making eye contact so China could see the honesty in his eyes.

“That does not remove the hurt,” China said. America nodded.

“I know. Would I be allowed to explain further? While my government wants to recognize your child as the new China, we are not just abandoning you. We are still against communism,” America said, his care to avoid naming the false China causing China to sigh before letting him in.

“Due to the One China policy, we are incapable of recognizing you both, which would be the ideal solution,” America began, causing China to let out a small scoff.

“Would it?” China asked. 

“I know you don’t like it, but it would. I supported it when the United Nations removed you, and I support both of you in getting rid of it now. While I know you do not want to admit any sort of defeat to the mainland personification, that doesn’t remove the fact that she is an incredibly large nation with power. People will switch to recognizing her for that reason alone, even if they don’t support it,” America continued.

“Like you?” China asked. America nodded.

“My people still want to help you, and my government won’t let the mainland one invade you. But…” America trailed off, guilt in his eyes.

“But you cannot recognize me as what I am,” China said with a small sigh. “I need time to think.”

“Of course,” America said before getting up and leaving. China sighed. She knew America had some points, but she wouldn’t back down. She couldn’t give in.

China wanted to live.

She needed to stand strong. 

• ───────────────── •

Event: SALT II signed

Location: Vienna, Republic of Austria

Date: July 17, 1979

America was glad for the second SALT treaty. It was some good news to come out of the world recently, especially with how tense things were with China—Taiwan—the one stuck on an island. America wished he could do more, but he had felt a growing feeling of helplessness in the modern age.

But he couldn’t waste time thinking about that. The world marched on as always. America needed to as well.

“You are needlessly depressing,” Lydia deadpanned. America just shrugged in response. Sometimes, being realistic was the only way he could stay sane.

SALT II was important regardless of the comings and goings of the rest of the political sphere. Anything that limited the arms race limited the risks of war and the end of humanity as they knew it.

It would place a limit on the total nuclear forces to 2,250 delivery vehicles, as well as a bunch of other limits that would help control the situation. Despite the disagreements they had in the process of making it, it was finally here.

Soviet and America had signed their copy about an hour earlier; that way, they could watch the signing of the treaty between their leaders—another display of unity. America wished he didn’t have to be here.

“It’s important that this treaty has support,” James chided. 

“But it is a little redundant,” Caleb said, sounding just as tired and bored as America. Luckily, this wasn’t a long, drawn-out event, and soon enough, the two leaders were signing the treaty.

Then Brezhnev kissed President Carter.

America tried not to look too aghast at the sight, turning to Soviet.

“You try to do that to me, and not even MAD will keep me from nuking you,” America deadpanned, ignoring Caleb’s laughter. Soviet scoffed.

“Well, that’s another thing we can agree on,” Soviet said, sounding equally as unnerved as America. America let a small smile cross his face.

There were definitely more important things they should agree on.

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17 Things to See and Do in Wexford, Ireland

Today, you’ll learn about 17 things to see and do in Wexford, Ireland. Just in time for my Celtic Invasion of Wexford that happens in June. I share one of the best ways to make effective climate change happen along with an easy personal change. And you’ll hear music from Kinnfolk, Tarren, and Erin Ruth.

This is Folk Songs & Stories #294

0:22 - Tarren “Sunk” from Outside Time

4:54 - WELCOME TO FOLK SONGS & STORIES

I am Marc Gunn. I’m a Celtic and Folk musician and also host of the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast, an hour-long radio show of some of the best indie Celtic music online. That was…

If you’re new to this show, please subscribe. You can do that PubSong.com or Just send an email to follow@celtfather.

I had hip replacement surgery on the 13th of January. It’s incredible that two weeks later I’m up and walking around. Yeah. I got a gruesome scar, but the medical professions are just amazing.

The big challenge, of course, is that I haven’t had time to work on podcasts or music or much of anything else. I'm largely exercising and taking care of my family. All while trying to ignore the pain. Sleeping is one of the worst parts of it all. But I’m hoping to get some new medicine that might make me at least a little bit more comfortable.

So that said, I realized the Brobdingnagian Bards’ Kickstarter is now delayed a couple months. Andrew and I planned to get together in person to record in February. I don’t think it’s gonna happen. Tho there’s still a small possibility.

In the meantime, we are planning to get together in April to record when I head to Texas for Sherwood Forest Faire.

But that also didn’t stop me from launching Another Kickstarter. This one is for the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast. It funds a CD and Album Pin and other merch to promote the podcast with a really cool design that reads “Celtic Forever”.

I’ll tell you more about that in a little bit. But if you want to support the Kickstarter, I would greatly appreciate it. Follow the link in the shownotes.

But before we goton with the show, I have a really important way for you to fight climate change. It all begins with your local government.

The current administration is dismantling all the good climate progress we had these past few years. But that just reminds me that since the beginning of our country, there’s been a big discussion about States Rights vs Federal Rights.

States Rights was a big issue when our nation started. I’m learning more about that as I help my daughter with American History. While I think some issues like Climate Change progress should be national, that’s not the way America will work for the next four years. We need to take it local.

I heard about a recent analysis, state and local programs, such as improved building efficiency standards and ambitious renewable energy adoption targets. They have the potential to reduce U.S. greenhouse gas emissions by up to 62%.

You can join a local group. Or you can talk to your city legislators or county or state legislators. If enough of us reach out locally, we can make change happen in our physical communities. Which will blossom up to our State and hopefully eventually our National. Start small. Start local.

That idea was inspired while reading One5C, a website that shares climate news and actions.

Bring your water bottle (or reusable mug) everywhere

One of the biggest challenges in terms of both climate change and overconsumption is the world’s dependence on single-use plastic. It’s a dilemma in terms of fossil fuel use, pollution, ecosystem destruction, human health, and more. According to the U.N., 1 million plastic bottles are purchased every single minute across the world, and half of all plastic produced is used just once and then thrown away.

The easiest thing we can do right this moment is make sure to grab your water bottle or coffee cup whenever you leave the house. You never know when thirst will strike, and bringing your own container no matter the destination takes away the need to buy something you’ll just toss when it’s empty—a win for both your wallet and the planet.

11:21 - Marc Gunn “Kilty Pleasure” from Selcouth

Listen to the full story of “Kilty Pleasure” on show #251.

Vote: Favorite songs on Selcouth?

15:25 - UPCOMING SHOWS

MAR 1: The Lost Druid Brewery, Avondale Estates, GA @ 6-9 PM

MAR 16: The Wings Cafe & Tap House, Marietta, GA @ 3-7 PM

MAR 17: The Wings Cafe & Tap House, Marietta, GA @ 6-9:30 PM

APR 12-13: Sherwood Forest Faire, Paige, TX

APR 19-20: Sherwood Forest Faire, Paige, TX

APR 25-27: Jordan Con, Atlanta, GA

MAY 3: Maggie McGuinness Pub, Huntsville, AL

JUL 19: Fiddler's Green Coffeehouse Concert series @ 8 PM

JUN 21-28: Celtic Invasion of Wexford, Ireland

SEP 24-28: ALEP 6, Harrodsburg, KY

15:53 - LATEST NEWS

See pictures from my Celtic Invasion of Scotland’s Whiskey

A few more weeks and I’ll have shared all of my photos from my Celtic Invasion of Scotland’s Whisky. You can see those on Patreon.

Merch: Celtic Forever: Best Celtic Music of 2024

Celtic Forever is a compilation CD (you have…) and Album Pin (you have…) featuring 14 of the best songs and tunes as voted on by fans of the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast. There’s music from The Gothard Sisters, Poitín, Vicki Swan & Jonny Dyer, Cherish The Ladies, Marc Gunn, Sorcha, Mànran, Arise & Go, The Byrne Brothers, Screaming Orphans, Ian Fontova, Fialla, Matt & Shannon Heaton, Dancing With Hobbits.

You can hear the complete list of songs and tunes on the Irish & Celtic Music Podcasts ​​Celtic Top 20 of 2024 #691.

And if you check out show #695 Celtic Forever, you’ll hear other tracks from these amazing Celtic artists.

So why Celtic Forever. It goes back to the last song I featured earlier, “Kilty Pleasure”.

Then I’m off to the pub or the fair or the fest

A wee swing goes into each step

‘Cause I’m American born and Celtic forever

And both are truly blessed

I was trying to use that phrase to promote Selcouth with an album pin for the past couple of years. But the ideas just weren’t working. Then Christopher Toler made the Cat in front of a Celtic Moon design that inspired the compilation artwork.

I love the Album Pin design. So when you support the Album Pin on Kickstarter, you will get both the 14 track compilation, plus you’ll get my album, Selcouth, as a bonus gift.

19:54 - THANK YOU GUNN RUNNERS

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Sign up as an official Gunn Runner for as little as $5 per month. You’ll get exclusive, unreleased songs. You’ll get podcasts, blogs, and you’ll enjoy access to a huge archive of video concerts.

If you can’t support me financially right now, that’s okay, take care of yourself first. You can join the club for free and get weekly photos of my Celtic invasions and regular updates of my musical adventures.

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21:27 - Kinnfolk "The Water's Rising / Gwendal" from Star Above The Mountain

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27:10 - TODAY’S SHOW IS BROUGHT TO BY CELTIC INVASION VACATIONS

Every year, I take a small group of people on a relaxing adventure to one of the Celtic nations. We don’t see everything. Instead we stay in one area. We get to know the region through its culture, history, and legends. You can join me with an auditory and visual adventure through podcasts, blogs, videos, and photos.

In 2025, you can join me for a Celtic Invasion of Wexford, Ireland. Sign to the Celtic Invasion Vacations mailing list at CelticInvasion.com.

28:33 - 17 Things to See and Do in Wexford, Ireland

  Hook Lighthouse: Visit the world’s oldest operational lighthouse and take a guided tour.

Irish National Heritage Park: Explore this open-air museum showcasing 9,000 years of Irish history.

Curracloe Beach: A pristine beach famous for being featured in Saving Private Ryan.

Johnstown Castle & Gardens: Tour the Gothic Revival castle and stroll through its beautifully landscaped gardens.

Tintern Abbey: Discover this 13th-century Cistercian abbey and nearby walking trails.

Wexford Wildfowl Reserve: A haven for birdwatchers and nature enthusiasts.

Selskar Abbey: Visit the ruins of this 12th-century abbey in Wexford town.

Dunbrody Famine Ship: Step aboard a replica of a 19th-century emigrant ship.

Rosslare Strand: Enjoy the beach, water sports, and seaside charm of Rosslare.

Duncannon Fort: Explore this star-shaped fort with stunning views of the coast.

Loftus Hall: A haunted 14th-century mansion on the Hook Peninsula.

Ballyhack Castle: Tour this 15th-century tower house with connections to the Knights Hospitaller.

Tacumshane Windmill: Visit one of Ireland’s oldest windmills.

Baginbun Beach: A secluded spot with historical significance tied to the Norman invasion.

Saltee Islands: Take a boat trip to these birdwatcher’s paradises.

Enniscorthy Castle: Explore the medieval castle and its exhibitions.

Raven Nature Reserve: Hike through this coastal woodland adjacent to Curracloe Beach.

33:12 - Erin Ruth "Oro My Little Boat" from single

25:42 - CREDITS

Thanks for listening to Folk Songs & Stories. This episode was edited by Mitchell Petersen. It was produced by Marc Gunn and my Gunn Runners on Patreon. Follow my Patreon blog for free updates and to listen to the podcast. Sign up to my mailing list for monthly updates and to discover where I’m performing.

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And Remember. Reduce, reuse, recycle, and talk with others about how you can make a positive impact on climate change and your community.

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