#it’s not over yet

[fly-chicken]

A Pragmatic and surprisingly comforting perspective about the Trump 2nd Presidency from the ACLU

***Apologies if this is how you found out the 2024 election results***

Blacked out part is my name.

I’m not going to let this make me give up. It’s disheartening, and today I will wallow, probably tomorrow too

AND

I will continue to do my part in my community to spread the activism and promote change for the world I want to live in. I want to change the world AND help with the dishes.

And I won’t let an orange pit stain be what stops me from trying to be better.

A link to donate to the ACLU if able and inclined. I know I am

[juicehashtag]

Trend and random sketches of me trying to draw them from memory

[ims0vain]

❤️‍🔥

[ragana62]

This is a reminder: (edited to add links to resources)

Votes are still being counted. Check your ballot, make sure yours was. Call your local election authorities/follow appropriate means as indicated in your vote tracking to cure your ballot if need be. The website you’re looking for here is vote.org, where state specific resources are listed out and linked. If you need better internet access to do this, public libraries are your best friend.

Democratic votes are disproportionately represented in early/mail in ballots. Those are typically counted last.

Democratic votes are disproportionately represented in major cities. Higher population density means it takes longer to reach, submit, and verify final vote counts. These also report later than other areas.

Unreported vote margins in several key states including Georgia, Pennsylvania, Michigan, and many others are high enough that it can still flip the state.

He did this in 2020 too. He called the vote for himself before all votes were in, then threw a fit when people wouldn’t “stop the count”. The reasons above are why they want to stop the count prematurely.

Things look bad right now. I’m fucking stressed. We’re all fucking stressed. I’m fucking angry. A lot of people are justifiably fucking angry.

I’m not going to say “oh, we survived last Trump presidency” because a lot of people didn’t. I’m not going to say “oh, if we flip those states and the final counts put Harris in, everything will be fine” because that still means WAY TOO MANY people were ok voting for a convicted traitor, rapist, and bigot and last time he tried to overthrow the government because he was mad he couldn’t have it.

We probably won’t know anything for sure until Thursday. Plan for the worst, hope for the best, don’t burn yourself out before the fight begins.

Renew your passport or get one (not just as a ‘I’m leaving if my person doesn’t win’, as a ‘they have pitched voting reforms that will for all intents and purposes require one to vote and it’s a good thing to have if you can’). You can now renew your passport online if you meet certain requirements. Travel.state.gov is your friend for that.

If you have a uterus, now is a great time to get in with a gyno to talk about long term birth control options like IUDs/Implants or even surgical sterilization if you aren’t interested in having more kids than you already have. This is the list affectionately dubbed the TikTok Tubal List, in case you do not have a reliable provider or the one you have will not perform the procedures you need (and odds are, if a doc is willing to surgically sterilize you, they will prescribe you birth control if you’d prefer). The Brigid Alliance is great for helping support people who need to travel out of state for abortions. This is the National Domestic Violence Hotline.

Check the phone numbers of organizations focused on immigration law and refugee/immigrant resources like orgs that help process asylum requests, refugee/immigrant settlement orgs, and obviously legal aid, not just for yourself, but because you never know who might need it, and make sure you know them, not just save them in your phone. This will vary state to state as well as the specific variety of aid needed and the person needing it. There are religious based groups (shout out to LIRS/Global Refuge for helping my family flea WWII and its aftermath.) You can find ones for other denominations and religions by googling “*religious group* Refugee Aid”. You can use the same process for nationality specific ones as well. Community specific ones might be your best chance at finding someone who speaks your language if you aren’t a native English speaker, at finding community support as well. General practice, IMMLAW is well regarded for a reason.

Do the same for those focused on queer advocacy and support. Get specific. Knowing your local chapter of the ACLU is good, knowing trans specific resources, youth specific resources, intersectional resources for queer folx of color and disabled queer folx, knowing how to reach your local community outreach groups, etc. is better. Most of these resources are local specific. Check in with your local community organizers (if you don’t know who that is, find a local queer centric space and ask people), to find out where people need help most and what organizations and resources they trust locally. Trevor Project is also a good nationwide resource for personal support and information if you need that now, but note that they are usually very busy after elections.

Do the same for women’s health and safety groups (using this term because it is what usually gets used by the groups/resources themselves, but these resources are also good for anyone in possession of a uterus). Abortion access groups that are dedicated to helping people who cannot financially leave a state trying to stop them, domestic violence shelters, resources for accessing birth control. Even better, get to know your neighbors and community, and help each other. Plan B has a shelf life, as does Plan C, as do condoms and spermicide. Stock what you can, share what you can, help each other out. (Links are above for TikTok Tubal List, Brigid Aliance, and National Domestic Violence Hotline) AidAccess will mail abortion pills to every state, both for emergency use (within 1-5 days) and to have on hand (there is a separate form and it may take longer to fulfill).

Talk to your neighbors where it is safe to do so. Make plans for what happens if the worst happens. Who needs to leave, who can’t leave, who has what support needs, who has what resources, etc. The only way through this is together.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst, and know that nothing is official until the last county reports and confirms the last ballot. That could be Thursday, that could be this weekend, but until it happens, we aren’t completely fucked just yet.

I know I’ve been freaking the fuck out about this, despite normally being a mostly fandom blog. It’s worth freaking out about. But freak out in a way that does not do more harm than good if at all possible. Feel your feelings, but channel them towards protecting yourself, protecting others, and most importantly, not burning yourself out. There’s a lot of fear-mongering out there. There’s a lot to be afraid about. It isn’t official yet.

Plan like it is, hope like it isn’t.

[a-screeching-dragon]

idk. i’m not american but i’m still not really in the headspace to write inspiring stuff. there are other people who can do that better than me. i think wtnv put it best: we are not history yet.

[atomicradiogirl]

literally me after finishing justified

[h0wt0sleep]

can’t get that video off my mind so i’m rereading BTY and what

[aniah-who]

You’re gonna make it through.

[justawanderer]

Trump is still on the ballot.

He can still be president.

I promise you he will do LESS and will not care about the on going genocides and wars.

You HAVE to vote for Biden.

You have to vote for all the positions in your area up for election and you have to vote against the republicans.

[lil-als]

So last year I wrote myself a letter (to be opened today) meant to be vaguely threatening… okay then

[teecupangel]

Hello!! It is me the anon who requested the Desmond ties Ezio up and #wrecks him fic, and oh my gosh. It was so good thank you. This is about to sound so silly, but I had actually been looking forward to Ezio’s bday cause when I reqed it, I said take you time even if it’s a couple years and you said ‘nah. It’ll be Ezios bday.’ And then I completely forgot until you started teasing smut for Ezio’s bday this month🤣🤣🤣. I was like ‘wait. Is that what I??? OHHHH THIS IS GONNA BE GOOD!!’

Anyway. Yeah. I really liked the fic thank you for writing it, and I also really liked the Yew Branches as well, that was. So good. Those fics are always such bittersweet ‘little’ fics that I devour on the spot and this morning was no exception lol, I didn’t even eat breakfast before I started it, I woke up, scrolled tumblr a couple seconds and then saw you posting Ezio bday stuff and went ‘ohhhhShit fic time!!’ And read both fics lol.

Idk how to end this off, but I hope your move goes well, and that you have a safe trip to wherever your movin to, and yeah. I hope your day goes good too!!🖤

Hi nonny!

I’m glad you liked the fic. I didn’t expect it to have shibari kink but it was pretty fun describing how to do one of the common shibari ‘styles’.

Hahahahaha, ngl, your request and the request for the bottom!Altaïr smut is the reason why I have a ‘Desmond Should Top... As A Treat’ agenda this year XD

And yes, Yew Branch fics have always been more on the side of bittersweet ‘little’ fics and I hope you enjoyed it as your ‘alternative’ breakfast today, lol.

Thank you! I’m still trying to get a hang of the new ‘schedule’ here but I think it’s going well. The trip was also pretty uneventful. I hope you have a great day too, nonny!

[pigswithwings]

the angel staying over at my house asked for a nightlight in their room and i told them buddy, don't you produce your own light? what're you gonna do with more? and they said they wanted to see why people like it so much. and also that the nightlight i own is blue and they've been trying to understand color. anyways i think they've stared at it for an hour now

[goodgirlgonebard]

me reading the dealbreaker comments about how you’re so happy that everything seems to be going really well for them

[yourenumber1]

In twilight's glow, where shadows play,

I weave my thoughts of you each day.

A whisper carried on the breeze,

Your laughter dances through the trees.

With every star that lights the night,

I search for traces of your flight.

In moonlit dreams, your face appears,

A fleeting glimpse that stirs my tears.

I conjure spells of warmth and light,

To bridge the distance, hold you tight.

But though the magic may remain,

The ache of absence brings me pain.

Oh, fairy of my heart so dear,

In every wish, I call you near.

[rigor-mortis-radio]

Me? Releasing chapters 7 and 8? In this economy?

[aniah-who]

It doesn’t last forever 🤍