#Time to get the ball rolling

[thesaltyace]

Y'all I did NOT know this about Harris, and I think it's really critical that we all listen and understand as we approach this election. Video at the end.

This creator's video describes how progressive Harris was as a prosecutor -- actively going against the grain to the point she was accused of being soft on crime. Accused of being a social worker, not a prosecutor. She calls it being smart on crime. She's pushing for systemic changes to give real pathways to reintegrate incarcerated folks back into society and prevent their past from continuing to haunt them moving forward.

"Kamala's a cop" is a catchy dismissive response usually used to shut down conversation rather than add nuance. But this kind of reform is ESSENTIAL to work towards a present and future that treats incarcerated people with value.

I fell for it in 2020 and have thought "Kamala's a cop" without further inspection since - and I'm sobered by the realization that (you guessed it!) I'm not immune to propaganda.

A better system only follows liberal democracy, because library democracy allows for exploration of better systems. If authoritarianism takes hold, it will not allow for the exploration of better systems. We will have to fight tooth and nail just to try to get back to liberal democracy, and I suspect we could not achieve it in our lifetimes.

Harris isn't perfect. But she's a hell of a lot better than many leftists have led me to believe. Don't let perfection be the enemy of good. Don't let perfection be the enemy of harm reduction.

We can either help elect Trump and usher in authoritarian fascism, or we can help defeat him and pull things back in the direction we want to go. Not liking the choices doesn't absolve you from participating and doing the most good you can with the options available.

I'll link the original video in the replies. The original video has captions if you need them.

[watmels]

Hinata 🌞🌼

[buwheal]

Merry (Kris)mas

[therealraewest]

Logan asking Wade if he's been screened for ADHD gives me Emotions because this Logan definitely picked that up at Xavier's school. Was he a teacher? Did he hang around the other teachers enough to pick it up? Was there some x-kid bouncing off the walls who explained it to him?

[tariah23]

Thinking about it now, (I forgot….) but were Sasuke and Naruto purposely placed on the same team for the sole purpose of using Sasuke as a tool to control the kyuubi right from the very beginning…? To further place surveillance over Naruto’s life so that they’d be able to keep him on a chain whenever he leaves the village for missions and so on. That’s so ugly…

[thingscanalwaysgetworse]

Thinking about the Ian/Ellie/Ian reunion through a romantic lens. Spending decades trying to convince themselves that they didn’t miss each other and then they meet up and it’s like?? Alan and Ellie are already gazing at each other like long-lost lovers. When they walk into Ian’s lecture, he pauses and looks like his world has just shifted on its axis. Ellie and Ian always had something going on between them but now Alan’s realizing that his own feelings for Ian are maybe less platonic than he thought. And then later they’re all bickering lovingly like they’ve been married for years. I’m unwell

[otogariado]

i am actually glad that fionna's finally starting the part of her character arc in the last ep that involves seeing the people and creatures she fights (and usually kills) as actual living beings and not just video game NPCs or something. she was shown to be brash and physical with others since the first ep, and while i'm not gonna sit here and say she should be more dainty or some other crap like that, i am glad she's finally starting to realize how her actions affect other people and that the reality of the multiverse is sinking into her. interesting stuff!

[thewhizzyhead]

if I said eisa davis' influence in making lmm actually write something rather radically progressive has subsequently inspired me to return to my roots of actually fucking thinking of making radically progressive musicals after a 3-year long hiatus in doing so, then what-

[aurora-boreas-borealis]

RPM canon divergence AU where Tenaya never revealed her true identity and successfully became the green ranger instead of Ziggy

[moonshine-nightlight]

We are not worthy of your stories love ♡

thanks! i'm not worthy of all the lovely comments i get on them! -- or more likely, we are both worthy lol

its so fun to share stories

my brain wasn't cooperating with finishing off the werebear story for part of yesterday/today, but i was able to mess around doing other things, read something to get back into the spirit of it, and i'm up to 2.5k! i think tomorrow for the finale is a very real possibility and i'm looking forward to wrapping this whole thing in less than a week!

wild, truly wild. everyone's comments and tags and asks were so so helpful in find the motivation to somehow get this whole story out there and i'm very grateful!

[constehlla]

What happens when Foolish and Bad start to lose it together and they make each other worse by using the other as a feedback loop. What then.

[altcvnningham]

got hit by “adlerbell cowboy western” au thought during work today and i am wracking my brain trying to come up with a comprehensive plot to have an excuse to write it besides uhhhrhrh. Ummmb adler gunslinging bounty hunter & bell girl on the run after a crime she may or may not have committed………………

[itsalwaysdark]

i like overthink everything now it makes me feel so dumb. i used 2 be able to just talk 2 ppl but nowadays every single thing im like Is that actually going to make them hate me. Yes probably. and then i just dont respond which makes ppl hate me. this is how it is

[wheelchairtetris]

truly having a secondhand wheelchair is just an endless cycle of repairs and upgrades

[cangrellesteponme]

i'm working on something

[mostlyghostlyy]

Can only imagine the stress of getting as many asks as you do… you’re a true pioneer in Longloving and your effort doesn’t go unnoticed. Please take all the time you need answering everyone we appreciate you!!🤍

Oh, don't worry, I don't answer anything that I dont want too. It just happens that I'm a fucking 𝓯𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓴 and I love writing bizarre shit.