#offering solutions

[alyosiuscreightonward]

Dear Diary. Today I’m sitting in the laundromat waiting for my clothes to finish and I hear two people talking about politics.

They both ramble on about how Biden is going to lose in the next election. They mentioned Ukraine and Hawaii. They both agreed that Biden doesn’t care about them in this neighborhood.

They went on how Ukraine got x amount of money and military assistance from the USA and how Hawaii got nothing. Therefore the president doesn’t care.

I don’t understand how people can bitch and complain about this that and third yet they’re unable to offer up a solution. I ponder if either one has ever voted? 🤔 Like my sister in law who watches videos on her phone and believes every single word that she hears and sees. 🤦‍♀️

Now I’m not an idiot and I know that there is some shady shit going down however when I’m sitting in my recliner with my dog, I personally don’t believe that I’m the target of something nefarious. It’s like some years ago when someone said something about Obama. I had to ask them, did Obama knock on your front door and tell you that he was out to get you and that you have folks who would fill Yankee Stadium to prove your point?

I’m wondering if any elected official of any sort has ever been to your house and with malice and forethought deliberately took advantage of you? If so, then I’ll offer up Dodger Stadium.

I mean I am ineligible for any sort of government assistance because apparently I made fifty cents too much an hour and this was from the 90s till today. During the pandemic I had made an attempt to get food stamps and was denied yet again meanwhile several people I know still get them and I’m food insecure. I’m eating most meals from the dollar store and I’ve no clue what healthy food is nor what fresh vegetables taste like.

Though I think that I could possibly find a solution however something else in my life would be neglected and I’d find myself behind the eight ball 🎱 again for the umpteenth time.

The situation I am in right now being at the laundromat is because of my sister in law. Yet I’m going out on a limb here but I’m sure that there are several reasons why I’m here but one of them is because a video she saw on her phone.

In the final analysis, the government didn’t have any say in making me go the laundromat. Ukraine is under siege by Russia. Hawaii is in the midst of a massive natural disaster. Things are being sorted out and a tick mark will be added to the butchers list but it won’t be tomorrow morning.

Another thing that I think of is of a advertisement for a presidential candidate. They’re claiming that every single person who has passed away from an overdose of Fentanyl is directly related to the Southern Border. That’s a small percentage yet they apparently don’t know how the opioid crisis actually started. I’m guessing it could have started with the blue collar workers who were injured and then it went to the nicer neighborhoods. Though I pondered, isn’t there a possibility that in some rural communities there could be an issue of methamphetamines? Yet the television news 📰 is only available in the inner city. 🤔

Y’all can talk about politics and all that rot but have you ever considered the possibility of having a clear understanding of what it means to solve the problem. I’m sure y’all have a hundred page policy with 8 X 10 glossy colored photographs with circles and arrows and a PowerPoint presentation ready to go. I’m sure you have it readily available on your website.

post script…I will admit that that one point in my life, if you called my house over the years, I may have answered the phone with, Thank you for calling, the Libertarian Party, the Republican Party, the Conservative Party and my favorite, Lassiez Faire.

[sexhaver]

when i was 7 i played a lot of Tonka Construction on the family PC. it was a pretty straightforward game, just focused on building (as the name suggests)

and because this was a game targeted at children, they'd have friendly characters pop up in the corner to say stuff like "great job laying the foundations! now let's put in some walls" or "uh-oh! looks like you need to finish the walls before we can place the roof!". stuff like that.

anyways the reason im posting about this today is that one of my most enduring memories of 9/11 was going home early from school and watching news footage of people jumping from the towers and when i went to sleep that night, my dream was entirely in the graphics of Tonka Construction except it had little pixelated people falling headfirst down the side of the unfinished building while the black guy in a hardhat from the last screenshot popped in to say "wuh-oh! that's not good!"

[corpsentry]

a glass sun 1/2

[tbposting]

i don't know how to explain to young, scared, hurt, angry and hopeless queer people that they have everything in common with the other young, scared, hurt, angry and hopeless queer people that they spend all their time yelling at on the internet, and that nothing will help the fear, hurt, anger or hopelessness except the extension of solidarity and community

[neechees]

Me and many many other people have said this before, but White ppl saying that our opinion is only valid when calling someone out as racist if we "provide solutions" (and if we don't, then it's not really racist, we're "overreacting", and any fallout is OUR fault) is literally just them saying that it's not only our burden to bear racism & they think we ought to do the labor of educating people on it, but we also have to do the labor of offering solutions for THEIR behavior

[gayofthefae]

Okay, simplest possible explanation. Core breakdown.

They had a character say that as an outcast, he feels like a mistake, but there is someone who makes him feel like he is not a mistake.

The show ends with him not being with that person.

The theme of the show is outcasts deserve to not feel like mistakes.

Do we honestly think that's gonna happen?

"There is one thing in this world that would make me feel like not a mistake, one thing specifically, nothing else specified. I do not have that thing and won't"????

Like he didn't say "a boyfriend" please realize, he said Mike. "I hate myself and there is a solution to that. That solution is not something I will receive and then the show ends. The theme of the show is receiving solutions to self hatred."

Like GIRL WAHT???

[she-posts-nerdy-stuff]

Sometimes I think I’m not that weird and then I spend a solid amount of time wondering what kind of contraceptives are available in the Grishaverse and specifically how accessible they are in the Barrel, particularly based on the quote “Getting pregnant isn’t actually a special talent. Ask any luckless girl in the Barrel”. Is unwanted pregnancy more common in the Barrel than elsewhere in Ketterdam because of the lack of social services in the city and especially in its poorest areas? is it because teen pregnancies often lead to kids being kicked out so they end up in the Barrel? is there a higher statistic by product of the pleasure houses and especially if there aren’t safe contraceptives readily available in the pleasure houses? and if so what do the people running the pleasure houses do to the girls because of it? is it because unexpected pregnancies in higher social classes would just lead to rushed marriages so it’s more noticeable in the Barrel? or is the comment based solely on Kaz’s individual experience of the city, ie its slums, in which case whilst it’s telling us about the Barrel it’s not making any particular comparison to the rest of the city? I kind of assume there must be some contraceptives available because the possibility of pregnancies in the pleasure houses is never discussed but I doubt they’re readily available and based on what we know about the resources and development in the worldbuilding and timeline may not be the most reliable, in which case what is happening to indentured girls who end up impregnated? Because, somehow, I just don’t think they’re safe. (Where could I have possibly gotten that idea?) So yeah, I am, in fact, that weird. But I really need to know the answer to this.

[themisterhip]

The bunny selfie! 🐰 ✨

[twistcmyk]

i can't remember which FA crisis i drew this about but it has not aged well

[shitpostingfromthebarricade]

Holy shit holy shit HOLY SHIT.

So last year I won @pandamomentum 's @bishopmyrielfundraiser offering of binding a fanfic of my choice. (Speaking of, they're offering it again, I HIGHLY recommend their work, especially for such a good cause!) I requested @starkey 's iconic Icarus Experiment to be shipped to a friend's place to stay until I was able to visit, and!!! I'm finally here, and so is it, and!!!!! It's so gorgeous????? Probably the most beautiful book I own, just look at the binding!

And then, as an unexpected bonus, they also formatted and printed my Leveller AU? (Truly, nothing could have prepared me to see my own tag "Gerrard Winstanley Call Me" in printed form.)

Weeping openly, it's beautiful and perfect, I am spiritually kissing Panda on the mouth with tongue for this incredible gift and their work.

(Go bid on their offering, and also read Starkey's Icarus Experiment if you haven't yet, it's so good.)

[gaywarcriminals]

Thinking about Qi-jie mournfully resigning herself to a life of back pain because of her huge boobs 😔

[meruz]

hi there!! i really admire how lived-in your environment lineworks feel and that despite being just lines, they dont feel static at all.. how long does it take to line out a detailed background for you? I feel like i am so slow when it comes to it.. but maybe it just comes with practice?

DETAILED bg? oh my god it takes so long. this is actually a major pain point for me because i love drawing bgs and I really want to do a lot of bgs for personal art, it's pretty within my skill level etc. but i don't have a lot of free time and drawing takes. SO long. and I'm normally a fast artist.

I think a lot of people get around this by painting which has a little more flexibility with your detail drop off than line does..? but i love line... I would say a truly complex "establishing shot" bg where you rly get a sense of the construction of the space + a bunch of items/props/etc easily can take me 5-10 hours. especially for animation work when something has to be production ready i think 10-16 hrs is not unheard of. for my personal work... I can sometimes eke something similar but maybe less particular out in 2-5 hours. i recognize 2-16 is a crazy range of hours but yk art is kind of just like that... lots of variables

drawing is supposed to get faster the more you do it and i think theres a lot of stuff that used to take me way longer that i can now do in less time... but watch out because sometimes you get faster and that makes you want to draw more complex things that take longer. thats kinda my issue... you could be me so be careful what you wish for.

[fl00mie]

how calmly he's saying this makes me think that he actually had good intentions because he gave ink the opportunity to remedy things

or at least that's a way to see it

[moghedien]

Jaheira offering to watch Durge while they sleep legit caught me so off guard the first time I got there and made me so emotional that it completely changed the way I was playing my Durge for the rest of the game and I’m still emotional about it

[torchlitinthedesert]

Up for auction: 1971 letter from John, inviting Eric Clapton to join the Plastic Ono Band. John sounds excited and enthusiastic, filling eight pages with ideas for new approaches to touring (including a bit about performing/recording on a boat that gave me Get Back QE2 flashbacks, especially since he wants EMI to pay for it all. And make an experimental film of it.). John suggests people bring partners (who might appear on stage) and their families - interesting given how negative the rock press would be about that. I'm also rolling my eyes at the macho phrasing of "you could make the kind of sound that could bring back the Balls in rock'n'roll" - very early 1970s rock world.

It's a real charm offensive. John is working hard for Clapton's favour: repeatedly assuring him that he admires him, discreetly sympathising with Clapton's recent health problems (heroin addiction), promising he wouldn't have to do anything he didn't like and John will still "love and respect" him if he says no. He mentions Yoko often, but writes as "I" rather than JohnandYoko. He noticeably doesn't mention George or the other Beatles.

What's up for auction is a draft copy, with crossings out and omissions (I'm amused by "Dear Eric and", John presumably not being completely sure who Eric's current girlfriend was).

More images and transcript below the cut.

Dear Eric and

I've been meaning to write or call you for a few weeks now. i think maybe writing will give you and yours more time to think.

You must know by now that Yoko and i rate your music and yourself very highly, always have. you also know the kind of music we've been making and hope to make. Anyway the point is, after missing the Bangla-Desh concert, we began to feel more and more like going on the road, but not the way I used to with the Beatles - night after night of torture. We mean to enjoy ourselves, take it easy, and maybe even see some of the places we go to! We have many 'revolutionary' ideas for presenting shows that completely involve teh audience - not just the 'superstars' 'up there' - blessing the people - but that's another letter really.

I'll get more to the point. We've asked Klaus Jim Keltner, Nicky Hopkins - Phil Spector even! to form a 'nucleus' group (Plastic Ono band) - and between us all would decide what - if any - augmentation to the group we'd like - eg saxs, vocal group whatever we like, they all seem to agreed so far - and of course we had YOU!!! in mind as soon as we decided.

in the past when Nicky was working around (Stones etc) bringing your girl/woman/wife was frowned on - with us it's the opposite, Nicky's missus - will also come with us - on stage if she wants (Yoko has ideas for her!) - or backstage. Our uppermost concern is to have a happy group in body & mind. Nobody will be asked to do anything that they don't want to, no-one will be held to any contract of any sort - (unless they wanted to of course!)

back to music. i've/we've long admired your music - and always kept an eye open to see what your up to of late. [lately] i really feel real I/we can bring out the best in you - (some kind of security financial or otherwise will help) but the main thing is the music. I consider, Klaus, Jim, Nicky, Phil, Yoko, you could make the kind of sound that could bring back the Balls in rock'n'roll.

Both of us have been thru the same kind of shit/pain that I know you've had - and i know we could help each other in that area - but mainly Eric - i know i can bring out something great - in fact greater in you that has been so far evident in your music, I hope to bring out the same kind of greatness in all of us - which i know will happen if/when we get together.

i'm not trying to pressure you in anyway and would quite understand if you decide against joining us, we would still love and respect you. We're not asking you for your 'name', i'm sure you know this - its your mind we want!

Yoko and i are not interested in earning bread from public appearances, but neither do we expect the rest of the band (who mostly have familys) to work for free - they/you must all be happy monewise as well - otherwise what's the use for them to join us. We don't ask you/them to ratify everything we believe politically - but we're certainly interested in 'revolutionising' the world thru music, we'd love to 'do' Russia, China, Hungary, Poland, etc. A friend of ours just got back from Moscow, and the kids over there are really hip - they have all the latest sounds on tape from giant radios they have. 'Don't come without your guitar' was the message they sent us, there are millions of people in the East - who need to be exposed to our kind of freedom/music/. We can change the world - and have a ball at the same time.

We don't want to work under such pressure that we feel dead on stage or have to pep ourselves up to live, maybe we could do 2 shows a week even, it would be entirely up to us. One idea that i had which we've discussed tentatively (nothing definite) is goes like this,

I know we have to rehearse sometime or other, i'm sick of going on and jamming every live session. i've also always wanted to go across the Pacific from the U.S. thru all those beautiful islands - across to Australia, New Zealand, Japan - wherever, you know - Tahiti, Tonga - etc, so I came up with this

How about a kind of 'Easy Rider' at sea. i mean we get Emi or a sane film co, to finance a big ship with 30 people aboard (including crew) - we take 8 track recording equipment with us (mine probably) more equipment - and we rehearse on the way over - record if we want, play anywhere we fancy - say we film from L.A. to Tahiti, we stop there if we want - maybe have the film developed there - stay a week or as long as we want - collect the film, (of course we'll might probably film wherever we stop (if we want) and edit it on board etc. (Having just finished a movie we made around our albums 'imagine' 'fly' - it's a beautiful surreal film, very surreal, all music, only about Two words spoken in the whole thing! We know we are ready to make a major movie). Anyway its just a thought, we'd always stay as near to land as possible, and of coruse we'd take Doctors etc, in case of any kind of bother. We'd always be able to get to a place where someone could fly off if they've had enough. The whole trip could take 3-4-5-6 months, depending how we all felt - all familys children whatever are welcome etc. Please don't think you have to go along with the boat trip, to be in the band. I just wanted to let you know everything we've been talking about. (I thought we'd really be ready to hit the road after such a healthy restful rehearsal.

Anyway there it is, if you want to talk more please call me us, or even come over here to N. York. We're at the St. Regis here til Nov 30 at least (753-4500- ext | room 1701) all expenses paid of course! or write. At least think about it, please don't be frightened, i understand paranoia, only to well, i think it could only do good for you, and would bring to work with people who love and respect you, and that's from all of us. anyway enough of that, lots of love to you both from

John + Yoko