#it’s govt shut down

[artcallednaturalviews]

After Eyes Of Beauty I’m after Eyes Of Beauty I seek the in between of death and life I stand on corner preaching LIFE Death is for us all Let’s live throughout until then We can harness the Sun Beauty after eyes Of love I still see lovelies I need life and then the death after I on feet dancing give me LIFE Life is for us all We began let’s be better throughout We can harness the Moon I’m after eyes of beauty Beauty after eyes of love I still see lovelies I read the messages of obscured single servant’s relieving old ad here days telling me the object was Hindu it was backwoods backwards eating chili like a Mexican he hunts infidels sorry flag he didn’t preach it correctly sorry white man sittn’ on a border Saw some brothers Bodied left after vultures of sisters Meat picked and cleaned from bone I’ll speak of graves sometimes He got to there We lost contact Just buried in the town before the border He made a journey Killed by Cartel Open the grave for the family He was no. 27 In a wall of graves Some people made it on to continue a journey We grabbed some shoes from that town Hopped on a train hoping to be a slum dog Trillion-sire Get across the border A Statue of z Liberty’s Still open Get mad when she’s covered And WE still crossing But for now z Liberty is Liberty Is O p E n And WE have crossed We are the needed HELP! Even as a fake You know Kickstart with proceeds We walk with nothing And kept going You were already here Taking from each other We battled and in Liberty We conquered It’s old School We know in history We are hear as a simple Family We are here as one We struggled more than you could ever know After eyes of beauty We are people looking for a LIFE In special We’ll start at the bottom I and my wife want to work and our children be seen in education We want for Our children We moved to begin at bottom Our last place was scary horror beyond Hollywood After eyes of beauties Be prepared for Dear familiar familia Be prepared for “ “ “ “ “ “ “ “ More American public service announcements to be made Statistics will talk later, they’ve only increased But I see hire signs all over! A brain working so got damn hot to touch a jest in the god damn to fucked much, persons of beauty give us skincare sins karma Botox pig skin treatment

Trick or Treat US

It’s all treatment

Fuck you Veterans Affairs

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[nando161mando]

Palestine Action shuts down supplier of Israel's largest arms firm

Palestine Action group occupied Grid Defence Systems, physically destroying part of the supply chain for weapons that supply the Israeli military’s campaign in Gaza.

The targeting of Grid Defence Systems, was cracked down upon by riot police. The company is a military hardware suppliers for several arms companies including Israel’s largest weapons firm, Elbit Systems. While the U.K. government continue to arm Israel’s ongoing war crimes, Palestine Action escalates its attempts to prevent such weapons being creating in Britain to begin with.

[tenacquity]

this is so important this is so important this is so important

makes an entire wallpaper out of these 4 screencaps worships it daily sacrifices my body, mind, and soul—

[toughtink]

was the answer to the problem in ratatouille of “a rat cannot work professionally in a french kitchen because it’s a health hazard and that restaurant will be shut down regardless of how good the food or how clean the rat” really to just…open a new restaurant? do it again and not get caught?? and we all just accepted that as a good ending? this is literally one of my favorite pixar movies, but that does kind of undermine the “anyone can cook message,” when the french govt actively disagrees and ends said cooking forcibly. put the rat on the sign like it’s all fine, but like…this will repeat, right? eventually someone will notice the prevalence of rats in the area.

[1-7776]

saw someone saying like "tumblr is only supressing the palestine tag bc the US Govt is making them and if they dont theyll shut down their servers" and like...? while thats not completely unbelievable it feels like ur trying to excuse tumblr moderation for supressing palestine posts and literally terminating blogs for it like. what source do u even have

[1800duckhotline]

the topics gets me so heated so ill be brief and i said it before but i will be repetitive:

if you intend to blame what risks happening to the internet & the censorship of it entirely of children and think that theyre the evil masterminds behind it all (instead of, you know, old farts in power with bigoted beliefs and evangelical actual puritanistic beliefs that definitely do not give a single fuck about children - let alone children from marginalized communities) and make hating minors core part of your personality i have 0 intention of engaging with you, i have no interest whatsoever in getting to know you. get a fucking brain

[timothylawrence]

sorry it turns out hcing your fave fictional white dude as nonwhite makes you go crazy a lil

[menstitsillness]

ik i've gone on abt this A Lot recently but it genuinely is so exhausting to exist as a queer woman in sports fanbases but especially in football recently because i love the highs and lows of emotions i experience when watching my favourite teams and players but seeing ppl you look up to and admire for their work casually embrace generally shitty people but specifically shitty towards women hurts man, and that's not even to Begin taking about the casual sexism and general queerphobia so many fans display

[loronoazoro]

I thought I was over it but coming out of this episode I realized just how much I really dislike coby lol

[hyperculture]

hunter biden is the most boring person alive imagine being obsessed w him like that

[nando161mando]

[Maidenhead , UK]

Call to rally support for four actionists from Palestine Action at the local copshop after they are detained for trashing the offices of Elbit Systems, (war profiteers) (SL6 8LP)

[hobismilitarywife]

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[tiodolma]

Hey sometimes murdering enemies immediately ASAP isnt the most satisfying thing!

Why cant you all see that prolonging suffering and inflicting psychological damage is also a valid and actually more impactful punishment?

There’s a reason why “an eye for an eye; a tooth for a tooth,” kind of punishment was always a thing. The punishment must be of equal value with the crime committed!

Ya’ll are just buying into Merlin’s brand of justice if you want every enemy to die a quick and brutal death regardless of the crime!

[joyousmaximus]

Also! The library is your best friend. And honestly she really takes care of her friends bc she needs them to survive! Check out your local library's website! Even the smallest libraries hold group events.

Contrary to popular stereotypes, librarians are usually really cool people (As opposed to angry old shushing ladies). Librarians go through a LOT of school to be qualified for the position, so they have pretty niche interests & are dedicated to doing things the community wants.

You can ask a librarian to help you find or even set up meetings re your interests. Now hang on walking up to a stranger to ask about activities is just as scary?? That's the best part! You have a built in excuse to talk to the librarian just by being there. Sign up for a library card. IT'S FREE!! Check out a book, a movie, a manga, anything about something you like! Talk about the thing you're checking out with them. Even if they're not interested they probably know someone who is.

I'm assuming, since you asked Neil, you are at least somewhat "meh" about literature & reading. There is at the very least a book club or reading group at the library and they are usually sectioned by age group and genre. (YA, Teen, fantasy, romance, etc) Plus! Libraries are gonna be full of secret nerds and fandom people.

Specifically if you are in the united states, libraries are one of the few places left where we can exist in public for free. Library late fines are still extremely cheap, a few cents a day, and (in my library system) they max at the price of the book.

I cannot emphasize enough that the library is FREE!! It's something you can be glad your taxes are going to!

Libraries are FREE

Dear Advisor,

I tend to be a very reserved and shy person so making friends is super hard. Recently I’ve been wanting to socialize more , but I genuinely don’t know how. Is there any advice that you have that can make me look more approachable and not be scared to talk to people. I’m so stressed about being alone and not having any friends, but I just find it so hard to go up to people and make a conversation. I tried once but it became super awkward. I just really need good advice from someone on how to approach a person and continue a conversation.

Dear Awkward Anonymous,

It would be so easy to get into a whole deep let's-skeetshoot-therapy-on-the-internet session and try to help a total stranger unpack all of the GA-FUCKING-ZILLION ways in which social awkwardness shows up in a person's life. It seems easy, and it even seems meaningful and worthwhile, but to do so I would have to presume a bunch about your life, and make a bunch of assumptions about the ways in which my own experiences maybe/probably track with yours, and it would be a whole big wank-fest, and frankly ... it would be awkward. I'd be like you, standing there at the party, hoping that what I'm saying resonates or lands or even vaguely tracks with anything a stranger has ever known or experienced, presuming (probably rightly!) that it doesn't, and then flailing and blaming myself when I didn't emerge from the interaction with all the world's gold stars.

So here's what: stop talking to other people as a primary social occupation. Going up to people and just talking is fucking terrifying. The Bad Advisor says this as a Certified Extrovert™ who rarely shuts the fuck up.

Instead, find a thing to do with other people that involves some sort of task or goal or activity. Talk about the thing you're doing together, when you're doing it. If it feels okay, maybe introduce one or two of your own relatable-to-the-activity experiences in the process. See who picks up on it. Ask the people who pick up on it genuinely interested questions in response. This is what we awkward people call: engineering a conversation. It is the way, I am told, humans make connections with other humans. I have seen it work in my own life.

Depending on where you live and your ability level and skill set, I bet you have some options! You could seek out an open board game night, pub quiz session, knitting/quilting circle, or mutual aid meetup that's looking for volunteers. Especially look for social activities with strangers that involve a dedicated, pre-prescribed activity (such as a hiking or mall-walking group, stuffing envelopes for a political candidate or cause you care about, planting trees at your local park, or tasting tea/wine/beer/etc.). (Somebody is going to say join a ballroom dancing club or suchlike; I am personally terrified of this, but if you have a higher tolerance for strangers touching you and fewer than two left feet: it's literally an option. Line-dancing, on the other hand ... absofuckinglutely.)

Even if what's available in your area isn't your precise and specific interest, it might be worthwhile to check out something you are decidedly meh about -- you might not be the only meh person there. You can bond over shit that's boring or shitty with other people who find it boring or shitty! Some of my best friends, arguably my very best friends, came out of experiences we mutually loathed or found at least moderately and mutually miserable.

Consider especially finding an activity where you yourself are the manager of operations and/or have a designated task to take care of that is unique to your position! This doesn't have to be complicated or skill-dependent; can you become a voter registrar in your area? Well, bam! You've got paperwork people have to fill out and a good reason to jibber-jabber with folks who have to ask you the questions. Other ideas: join your local neighborhood association board, become a notary public, or see if your local pet rescue is looking for intake line volunteers. Do you have a trustworthy, especially outgoing friend who might agree to play "social glue" for you a couple of times at their activity-centric events? Make it explicit! Ask them if they'll play friendly wing-person for you at their D&D game, fantasy sports league, or some such.

Alternately: Do you have a unique and fun and shareable skillset you can share with others? Are you pretty good at drawing, programming? Simply a font of endless Merlin or NFL or Real Housewives knowledge? You might start a local Discord or other online social group to discuss and share your interests, then move it to the real world in a few weeks once folks get comfortable. You get the idea.

Most of all: Look for stuff that has more-than-just-talking opportunities available outside the designated group jam for you to maintain connections. Perhaps a group chat, a Discord, a Slack, what-have-you, where you can take more time to consider and draft your responses and posts? Connections with humans get made a thousand ways, and talking raw-dog with strangers is but one.

It takes a true social unicorn to be simply good at talking and only talking to other people. There are some of these one-horned wonders out there, to be sure — but let me assure you that the vast majority of folks want to be accepted and seen just as much as you do, and they're staring at the ceiling at night thinking just as much (more, probably) about all the weird, wonky shit they themselves threw at you than they are anything you ever said to them.

[queenerdloser]

every relative over 50 i've talked to since 2020: why are there so many jobs available and not enough workers? :( obviously the answer is no one is working and no one wants to work, everyone is lazily mooching off of their parents and aren't interested in REAL jobs.

me: yeah, why wouldn't they want to work a retail or food service job that gives them terrible benefits, horrible pay, in positions where a LOT of people in 2020 learned were essential but never going to be afforded the respect their necessity warrented. it's a complete mystery why people are not rushing to fill these entry-level positions after seeing firsthand how the job market imploded in 2020, at seeing firsthand how retail and food service people were treated as garbage, with their health put second to convenience. also, maybe instead of just assuming that people are lazy (they aren't) or deciding that living with your parents as an adult is somehow mooching (it isn't), it might be more helpful to honestly ask yourself: would you take that job? if you didn't have your job, would you sign up for the position that's paying at best minimum wage, no benefits, no perks, and also treats you like shit? people these days have a higher respect for what they deserve as workers and that's contributing to a shortage in food service and retail positions being filled bc those employers aren't keeping up with the demand for actual job security. the accusations should be at the fucking employers, not the potential workers. and, to whit, job unemployment is actually way down, so are there are actually a ton of people not working or are you projecting bc there were less cashiers than normal at your local walgreens?

[bun-parade]

It's so tempting to go full Villain Mode and just say fuck this shit and burn society to the ground