#micro nation

[fandom-gremlin-1987]

Anyone else a part of the micro nation Ironland?

[vincebutfaker]

@ohbrna @d0dotliv3s @purpleisbluepink @nikolaismalewife sup guys

[deep-down-in-drowsy-town]

Hold on-

Does tumblr apply? According to this definition…

Community- I mean, once you’re a tumblrer, you’re a tumblrer for life

Common culture- fuck yeah, we’ve got that

Common past/ project for the future- most of us have been here for a while. And if by “project for the future” you mean “improving the world through whimsical joy and exstistential shitposting”, we’ve got that too.

Right to rule itself- I mean, we’re the only social media website stubborn enough to bully the developers into doing what we want. I think we can rule ourselves.

So all we’re missing is a clearly demarcated territory. But this shouldn’t be too difficult. After all, size doesn’t really matter- the worlds smallest nation is 0.27 miles, with a population of around 1,000:

A small private island of 0.02 square miles can be bought in Australia for about 12,000,000 USD

In 2020 there were around 426 million tumblr blogs. If we estimate that each person runs an average of three blogs, that’s 142 million tumblr users. If just an eighth of those contribute one dollar to the cause, we’ll have around $17 million-more than enough to buy an island. Then we’ll declare independence from Australia and become an official nation.

So if we do have a country, how would you become a citizen? Other prominent micronations, like Sealand, issue citizenships to anyone who wants. These, however, are not recognized by any governing body like the UN or the EU. Most recognized nations grant citizenship only to those who were born there or whose parents were.

Instead, I propose we follow the example of the Vatican. The pope is allowed, under the authority of the Catholic Church, to grant citizenships to those who work for him. Israel may be a better example: every Jew (with some caveats, of course) has the right to become an Israeli citizen. Religion would be helpful here because it is a precedented ground for citizenship without being tied to ethnicity or race, something not all Tumblr users necessarily share.

So what I propose is that we establish a “church of tumblr” with our nation. Every tumblr user is a de facto practicing member of this church. Our private island nation is our holy land, and so the tumblr devs have the sacred right to declare every tumblr user a citizen. If the UN objects, we’ll point out that there are about ten times more Tumblr users in the world than there are Mormons. Surely we deserve respect as an independent religious nation?

Sure, we don’t have centuries of tradition behind us. Sure, comparing Tumblr to Vatican City or Israel is unfair and maybe disrespectful. But it would be really funny to be able to say “I am a citizen of the tumblr nation” and have legal backing for that. And if we work together, I think we could actually make that happen.

[yuutaguro]

I love love love love ur art…. I originally followed for nanago becuase there was so little content of them 😭😭 but then u started posting getonana 😵‍💫😵‍💫 and getonanago 😵‍💫😵‍💫 like did u open my brain and put it onto ur canvas !!!

Anyways ur art is so delicious and the domesticity always gets me… thx for opening up anon asks becuz im always too chicken to comment or ask publicly lol 😵‍💫 keep doing what ur doing!!!!!

that validates me so much omg <3 tbh for a while i was a little worried by peoples reaction to my getonana drawings and then i decided i didnt care and the five other people in this circle are all i need, so always good to hear people actually like it 🥺

[sitting-on-me-bum]

Revealing a tiny world: Unseeable with the naked eye are the edges of an acupuncture needle (above) lined with clusters of sunflower pollen. The spiky exterior helps pollen cling to plants.

PHOTOGRAPH BY JOHN-OLIVER DUM, NIKON SMALL WORLD

[finnleyshortstuff]

Me: *is absolutely swamped in unfinished projects*

Also me: but what if we tried this new thing called micro crochet?

[friedb4guys]

WE LUV FURRIES!!!!! :3

[sztansescheadache]

polish nf FINALLY having some songs that show that we have a culture, folklore etc and not only import songs from sweden, makes me really happy. and also “lusterka” (my absolute favourite) which is getting a lot of traction in the country, is sung in the podlasie dialect, a micro language that most people don’t know even exists and now is getting nationwide recognition!!!!!!!!!

[newwavesylviaplath]

camryn fanart <3

this actually made me giggle i love it vi thank u 🫶🫶🫶🫶

[photosbyshoffty]

A Field at Dusk

Cuyahoga Valley, Ohio

[murderousink23]

06/27/2024 is National Bingo Day 🌎, International Pineapple Day 🍍🌎, Day of Culture and Artists 🇹🇲, National Orange Blossom Day 🇺🇸, National Sunglasses Day 🇺🇸, National PTSD Awareness Day 🇺🇸, National Handshake Day 🤝 🇺🇸, Micro-, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises Day 🇺🇳

[brambleberrybunches]

Night at the Museum scratches my brain the same way that Hetalia does and I feel like there's something there that can be explored. Like, a regular mortal as a museum where all the reps are from those old paintings or cartoons where they're representing their nations?? I dunno, Night at the Museum slaps and is a fun little premise.

[paradisetemporarilymisplaced]

wow I hate everything abt the world

[childoftimeandmagic]

A dear friend of mine asked me today to be in her wedding.

A different friend took her three week vacation time to visit her grandmother in Khan Younis at the end of September. I lost contact with her in November. Her mother believes she's dead.

I got a client out of county who should have never been there in the first place today.

Mothers I will never know watched their children burn to death not even two weeks ago and I'm forced to do my job like the world's nor actively destroying us.

My sister's girlfriend is all moved into my sister's apartment today after a year and a half apart.

Queer Palestinians are once again facing a pinkwashed genocide.

My cat is turning 21 this year. She's been with me since I was nine.

How many families in Gaza have had to abandon their pets who they loved as fiercely as another family member to save the rest of their loved ones?

My best friend has been dead for the last three years. Her husband still cries on her headstone everyday, like she died yesterday.

How many husbands, fathers, sons, men have no place safe to grieve tonight in Gaza? How many graves have been destroyed, how many partnerships, families, and communities torn and shredded asunder???

I'm 5,634 mi or 9,067 km from Gaza but its pain, it's plight, it's heartache, it's destruction paid for by my taxes and with my elected officials gleeful greedy cheers is never more than a thought from my mind.

[sitting-on-me-bum]

The newfound species seen here is one of about 1,300 known types of tardigrades. It was discovered in moss growing on dead tree trunks in Germany’s Black Forest. Far too small to see with the unaided eye, this creature is among billions of life-forms on the forest floor that are essential to the health of the planet. Magnified 2,400 times.

PHOTOGRAPHS BY OLIVER MECKES AND NICOLE OTTOWA

[selidor]

Badlands national Park by This is a image from our recent tri…