#and this is only the first section of the fight!

[theconstitutionisgayculture]

The bill quite clearly lays out how babies born alive are persons deserving of equal legal protections, and that they must receive medical care. "If an abortion results in the live birth of an infant, the infant is a legal person for all purposes under the laws of the United States, and entitled to all the protections of such laws," the bill states in its findings. "Any infant born alive after an abortion or within a hospital, clinic, or other facility has the same claim to the protection of the law that would arise for any newborn, or for any person who comes to a hospital, clinic, or other facility for screening and treatment or otherwise becomes a patient within its care," it also adds under such a section. Not only is the mother of the child not prosecuted under such a bill, she may also bring civil action for violations. Those medical professionals who fail to ensure the child is sent to the hospital and given the same care that any other child born at that gestational age can be fined, imprisoned for up to five years, or both.  Banks released a statement that same afternoon. "Almost every American agrees that a baby that takes their first breath deserves the same right to life as the rest of us do. I won’t give up this fight for common sense legislation to save the most vulnerable," he said.

...

Indeed, such bills enjoy wide public support. Previous polls released by Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America found that 77 percent of voters support such legislation, including 50 percent who say they do so strongly. 

Unsurprising. The death cult demands its sacrifices.

[solacescastleglow]

Preventing Activist Burnout

One thing about me is that I was really into activism as a teenager until I got burnt out as a result of how I was doing it and couldn't engage in politics at all without having a panic attack. It's only been in these past 3 months that I've been able to get into it again, and this time I'm not gonna let burnout happen. Here's how to do it:

1. Pick a struggle

OK, so the title of this section is a little tongue-in-cheek, but seriously, you can't do it all. What you can do, though, is choose what's most productive, and do that. For me, the focus is on making sure nobody in my local area goes hungry, and national disability rights when I have the energy.

Let's say that there's only one can of water, but you have 50 plants. If you try and water them all, some will get left out, you'll have no water left for yourself, and they'll all die because you're not giving them water consistently. If you pick one or two plants to water, they'll stay alive, which is one or two more than if you tried the first one. The beauty of activism is that you're not alone; you watering just those couple of plants means that other people can focus on the other plants, and every plant can survive.

2. Turn off the news

You will not find anything of value there. Humans were not made to be bombarded with all the most awful information, unable to do anything about most of it. You will break down if you do this. If something's that big of a deal, your comrades will be talking about it. Staying the bare minimum of informed about anything that isn't your focus is possible through osmosis.

3. Graphic imagery

I have seen people brag about having nightmares because of what they expose themselves to in the name of activism. Let me make one thing clear: watching people dying all the time is not activism; it's torture porn. You are not heroically withstanding the evils of this world, you're just sensitising yourself more and more to violence.

Furthermore, you're linking activism with the feeling you get from watching those videos, putting yourself into fight/flight/freeze mode. If you go into flight or freeze, you won't be helping because the topic will cause avoidance. If you go into fight, you're acting impulsively and out of fear, and might not make the choices that would be most effective or beneficial. Just don't do it, you're not helping the cause or yourself.

4. Boundaries

Treat activism like a job. Have a second account where you post and consume activist stuff, so your dashboard or FYP or whatever isn't literally always telling you the worst things. Set aside particular times of the day or week to participate in your activism, and don't engage outside of those times. This isn't letting anyone down - it's preventing burnout, which means you can keep fighting.

This goes with IRL stuff too; make sure your friendship group isn't literally always talking politics. Sometimes you need to unwind and talk about music or games or something. It's perfectly fine to not engage in a conversation if it's starting to make you uneasy. It's never your responsibility to feel upset on someone else's behalf.

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And that's all I have. I hope you can keep fighting the good fight, and I hope for a better world for us all. <3

[lightofraye]

Happy Birthday, Dean Winchester

I decided to write a little short story in honor of one of my favorite characters from Supernatural. Please enjoy.

Note: I do not give permission for my work to be reposted, translated, or published to any third-party sites, apps, or AI generators/readers. (Reblogging it is fine.)

Divider: credit to @talesmaniac89

Dean let out a contented sigh as he walked back into his home, stretching out his body. He’d spent the majority of the day in celebration with Sam, his parents, even with the Harvelles, Bobby, and Rufus. The restored Roadhouse—if one could call it that in Heaven—was everything Ellen had ever wanted, but couldn’t afford to do when they were still living.

The new Roadhouse was enormous. One whole room was established for billiards, with a section divided off for darts. Another section was for the various taps, all of different flavors that she’d always wanted to experiment with. The bar room alone was constantly crowded, filled with people the Winchesters they’d encountered in the past, friends, allies, and people they’ve met and saved. Heaven was a dream come true.

When Dean had told Sam that the first time, Sam smiled. There was a peace that settled over the brothers once they’d died, Dean from the rebar, Sam from illness. Dean no longer had to fight, to live on the mission of the hunt. He could finally, finally, finally rest.

It took Dean some time to adjust to the fact he didn’t have to hunt anymore. That he could sleep as long as he wanted, eat and drink what he wanted, wander around the new Heaven without fear, without issue. No monsters, no darkness, no demons.

The first few… he supposed he could call it ‘months’, as time didn’t really flow the same on Heaven as it did on Earth… had been devoted to a great deal of rest, of healing. He reconnected with his parents, spent hours talking with John. That particular conversation was hard, forced Dean and John to turn introspective and eventually come to terms to their complicated relationship.

Then there was Sam. God, Sam. His baby brother. Decades passed for Sam since he’d last seen Dean, yet for Dean, it had been a drive around Heaven. Dean was astonished at the fact Jack recreated Baby for him in Heaven. Or, as Jack tried to explain, Heaven was the fulfillment of their wishes, of their inner most needs.

Evidently, a part of Dean would always need the Impala around. When Sam saw it, his first reaction was to laugh.

“You really can’t live without this car, can you, Dean?” Sam remarked, after they broke their hug at the bridge.

“What’s wrong with the Impala?” Dean demanded, grinning.

“Nothing, Dean, nothing at all,” Sam said with a smile.

The brothers had taken a tour of Heaven. They found their parents, caught up with Bobby, found the Roadhouse—and God, there was Jo, smiling, and Ellen, her usual rough self. Then Ash came swaggering out with his usual conspiracy theories and Dean could only smile.

Months—if you wanted to call it that—passed. A kind of peace sank into Dean’s soul. Jack visited often, which was strange at first, but eventually, it dawned on Dean that Jack wanted to reconnect to humanity.

“Why me?” Dean asked one day as he and Jack strolled around the rolling hills of Heaven’s version of Lawrence, Kansas.

Jack was silent for a moment. He looked human, sounded human, the same young-faced man Dean remembered from Earth. His aura, however, was vastly different. Potent, powerful, with infinite calm. “You ask why I’m choosing to walk with you over the billions of souls here in Heaven,” he confirmed.

“Yeah.”

“You and Sam were essentially my human fathers,” Jack said calmly. “You taught me how to drive, remember? And spent the day with me when we feared I would die.”

“I remember,” Dean said, thinking back. It was one of the few rare times he allowed someone else to drive Baby. “We fished, had some hamburgers, and I let you drive like a madman down the road because we were alone.”

A flash of a smile passed over Jack’s face. “I remembered.” They walked for a few moments in companionable silence. “Sam completed my education, but you began it.”

“Me? Jack, when we first discovered you, I wanted to kill you,” Dean said, startled.

“I know.” Jack gave him a serene smile. “You showed me the darker sides of humanity. You carried so much rage, Dean. You were scared, because I was the son of Lucifer. Sam balanced that with his compassion.”

Dean stared at Jack, more than a bit confused. “I don’t get it. You’re sayin’ I showed you the darker sides of humanity and that’s why you wanna talk to me now?”

Jack paused, rubbed his forehead. “I was not clear. Forgive me, Dean.” He regarded Dean thoughtfully for a moment, then said, “In recreating—in reforming Heaven—this was one of the aspects of humanity I had to take into account. The weight of darkness on humanity’s soul. And you were my first experience with it.”

“You’re sayin’… I helped you with this?” Dean asked, glancing around the idyllic landscape about them.

“What helped you the most, Dean, when you found yourself here?”

“You mean, besides Baby?”

Jack’s smile flickered into appearance. “Yes, besides the car.”

Dean pondered it for a long moment. “Peace,” he said at last. “There was a sense of… peace. Even before Sam came here, I felt peace.”

“Exactly,” Jack said. “I had you in mind, Dean. I wanted you to find rest and peace once you came here.”

“Jack…” Dean swallowed hard. “Thank you.”

“Happy birthday, Dean,” Jack said with a calm smile.

Dean blinked. “What?”

“It’s your birthday, according to time on Earth.”

Jack took him to the Roadhouse, where the Harvelles, his parents, and even Sam, had decorated it. There were streamers, decorations in a variety of color. Dean was shocked, gazing around in utter surprise. Then the rest of the guests arrived.

He suffered through a discordant version of Happy Birthday, teased by Jo about the cake—a decent replica of the Impala in cake form. Dean wasn’t sure if he could bring himself to cut it, which amused his family.

“Come on, Dean, it’s cake,” Sam urged. “You’re supposed to eat it.”

“It’s also a damned decent copy of Baby, Sam!”

“Oh come on, Dean,” Mary said with a smile, rubbing his back. “How many times can you say you ate your car?”

Amused, Dean allowed the cake to be divided into pieces. It was a flavorful vanilla cake with a fruitful layer. He chatted, socialized, drank beer, and had several pieces of cake. It wasn’t so bad. Then Sam pulled him aside to a quiet corner.

“I know this is Heaven and it’s basically whatever you want is granted,” Sam said, reaching into his pocket, “but… I made this for you before. It makes sense that I make it for you again.”

“Sam, what—” Dean was rendered speechless as Sam took his hand and placed it in his hand: the amulet. The childhood amulet Sam had gifted him all those years ago. It was almost an exact replica, down to the color. “You’re kidding me.”

“I wanted you to have it here, in Heaven.”

Dean smiled, putting it on. “Thanks, Sammy.”

Sam chuckled, and the brothers embraced. “Happy birthday, Dean.”

[lateleviathan]

Saki, Mai, Michiru, and Kaoru vs Goyan(Full Power)

[bet-on-me-13]

The Fentonworks Mega-Lab.

So! AU where the Fentonworks Labs actually stretch Miles upon Miles below the City of Amity Park.

It started when the Fentons wanted to add a simple addition to the original Lab when they ran out of space to store their more dangerous weapons. They didn't want their (at the time) young children getting their hands on their experimental Weaponry, it could blow up in their faces!

So they built a different Wing of the Lab to hold all those Inventions.

Then they ran out of space and added a few extra Storage Rooms. But then they decided it was a hassle to have to carefully transport their Dangerous Inventions all the way to the Storage Rooms, and built a Lab specifically for Dangerous Experiments near that same Section. Then that Lab was occupied for a while, and Jack wanted to start a different experiment as well, so they built a few more.

In the end they just never stopped building onto their Labs.

There are sections of the Mega-Lab that are entirely walled off because a few of their more unstable Experiments contaminated the area. Walking into them was not recommended, else you could walk out with an extra eye or 5.

In other sections, their Captured Ghosts had taken over a few Labs and created a sort of Mad Max style civilization using their discarded weapons and vehicles.

In another, all Ghosts became Humans and all Humans became Ghosts. That was a weird one, to this day they still didn't understand how they pulled that off.

In another, some type of Eldritch Time Ghost had been born, and now sort of always existed and never existed, and began experimenting with its powers. They nicknamed it Clocky because it liked to carry around a stopwatch.

And so many more. At one point a failed Portal Experiment messed with the internal Space of the entire thing. Now there was literally no way of Mapping it. The Fentons still somehow managed to navigate it perfectly.

When Jazz and Danny grew up, they too learned how to navigate the Labs, which is how Danny managed to show his friends the Portal Experimentation Wing in the first place.

Unfortunately, it wasn't safe for anyone aside from the Fentons to enter the Mega-Labs, so one day when the Fenton Family+friends left town on a Week Long Camping/Road Trip, they put up a few Ghost Shields to keep both Humans out and the Ghosts in.

This drew some unwanted attention after some tourists saw the giant Glowng Green Building in the middle of an Illinois Town, and rightfully called the Justice League.

Now, the Justice League had tried to call the owners of the house, but nobody picked up the phone. (An incident with Jack and a Canoe had knocked most of their phones into the lake. They weren't even at the lake yet.)

When nobody picked up, they decided to investigate personally.

After getting into the House, they quickly found a door labeled "Labs: Do Not Enter (unless it we are late for Dinner)" and went into ignoring all the warnings.

They quickly regretted it.

[yuwuta]

can i ask why do you dislike satosugu?👀 not hate! i'm not particularily fond of them either outside of a platonic relationship tbh, i have a long mental essay as to why lol (feel free to not answer if you feel like this is controversial, i don't wanna make anyone uncomfortable)

not a problem, i love openly bashing this man. it’s mostly because i don’t like geto to begin with LOL the short version is: i think he’s kind of a bitch, really wack villain arc, and his ct it overrated 🙄 also he was a terrible friend omg… i feel no sympathy for him all around, and pairing him with satoru doesn’t gain him any points in my book.

even as a pair, i don’t see the appeal. sure, they were the strongest at the time (but even in that statement i roll my eyes) but the second satoru started to take himself seriously, geto started to crash out like an insecure dcom second lead, there’s no way i could overlook that in their relationship. he was not the only one who got his ass kicked by toji and he was acting like he was and the whole universe was plotting against him 🙄 one little mission goes awry and he’s ready to be a villain? LOSER! that is so not the ninja way!! and even if toji caused him that much pyschological damage: (1) toji died, so he’s not your problem anymore, (2) he was in hs like sorry you thought you were the shit and got your world rocked like oh nooo there are people more seasoned and more powerful out there than a second-year highschooler 😱 knuck up, buttercup!! do you see anybody else losing their marbles? NO! 

i could be serious and give an elaborate answer but unserious shorthand version is really don’t think he needed to do all that nor do i think he had the status to be doing all of that 🙄 

[ieidolon]

now that i'm playing dragon age: veilguard i understand hbomberguy so much better. think i could probably do a 3.5 hours long video called "dragon age: the veilguard is FINE and here's why"

[teamhawkeye]

me anytime someone tells me that I don't have to fight and kill my way through every single enemy in the video game i'm playing:

[knbwn]

"oh man! i'm so excited to clear chapter 6 for the first time in a day!", i exclaimed. little did i know, it was a feature, a creature feature. featuring, 20+ battle nodes that locked me into using cards i have never known existed

[masked-and-doomed]

Anyway listening to Pulse and Anxiety 2 makes me wanna paint the Conclave as Funger enemies. I think they could fuck hard as bosses.

[orcelito]

Sasuke is Out! Sasuke is Doing things! What will Sasuke do?! I have no idea!!! I've never gotten this far in the story before, so I have no idea how things are going from here!!!! But Sasuke is Loose!!!!!!

Quoting this post to myself as I see Sasuke walking around and doing things. I haven't seen this guy do anything in like a hundred episodes. It's so exciting

[lyricalambrosia]

I think my current timeline is that im gonna finish can you feel the sun then participate in millionsummers week (which may or may not necessitate pausing cyfts if i havent finished it by then) and once both those things are out of the way i want to start working on "i never want to miss you again" like i said i would months ago

[cisthoughtcrime]

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[mostlygibberish]

Every now and then I will see someone mentioning the Dragon Age games like they're still relevant and wonder what exactly I missed that they had any sort of lasting impression on people.

[midnightwind]

yeah I still hate the story beats around killing Ghilan'nain the second time around lmao this coulda been so mean, but instead it's suuuuper rushed

[jpasionr]

close to the end type of spoilers

I’m at the last boss but jfc

the fact there is no halfway checkpoint because the stupid boss’ hit box dropped me into the portal

I had to quit playing for the day because of the finicky dodge rolls

also the stupid respawn rate of the enemies during the section where you need to bomb a certain enemy (it’s fucking infuriating especially with the fiery vampire betches holy shit)