#shit's fucked

[smokingbomber]

[kragehund-est]

one thing about me is im stupidly resilient. for better or for worse, i persist.

[robin-dot-net]

A tip for anyone who feels overwhelmed by the current US events.

It's from a zine called "Shit's Fucked, Still: Another Positivity Guide" by Gina Sarti. I really recommend the whole series if you can find it!

[telltalebatman]

southern poland is currently suffering from a catastrophic flood, the worst one in decades. countless people had lost their homes; this is one of many, many fundraisers that aims to help those affected get back on their feet.

(the website has an english version; click the PL button in the upper right part of the screen. only the core layout has an English version; but a tl;dr version of the longer description is above.)

[somethingusefulfromflorida]

I do honestly believe that we are in the middle of the second dark ages.

I'd say it started in the 1970s or 80s but it has definitely accelerated throughout the 21st century. Right-wing extremism, religious nationalism, social regression, democratic backsliding driven by voter apathy driven by unchecked late stage capitalism; the winds are blowing in a very dangerous direction and I don't think we're anywhere near the hump. You could argue the decline started even earlier than that; the period between the 1870s and 1940s was the nadir of race relations in the United States, followed by a brief period of hard-fought civil rights progress, followed by the state stamping down hard on the counterculture ever since. Whenever it started, there's little doubt in my mind that we are currently living through another nadir, not just nationally but worldwide, and there doesn't seem to be any effective opposition; leftists get crushed before they can really organize and the moderate centrists in power consistently lose elections which fuels the growth of the far right. I can only imagine how much worse things will get in the coming decades. I hope my grandchildren will live long enough to see the next progressive era, maybe in the 22nd century, and their grandkids will inherit a better world than the one we're stuck in.

[crawthornsharkinson]

Dear crowdstrike thank you for cocking shit up so badly that I didn't need a train ticket because most of the ticket machines and terminals were down so train guards weren't doing ticket checks and I got to go to the cricket and back for free I appreciate that very much

[wingsoverlagos]

I've found the absolute worst part of Tune In:

John Lennon, well-known abuser, wrote a cute little story about a man who beats his wife to death. I could see why a biographer might want to mention it. John wrote lyrics that centered on the physical abuse of women ("Run For Your Life", "Getting Better"). Perhaps there's something to learn here: is this silly bit of prose in the style of Lewis Carroll a bizarre manifestation of guilt? Or, conversely, does it demonstrate a lack of remorse? Maybe it simply stems from his urge to shock readers?

Mark Lewisohn does not have time to discuss such things! Instead, he confidently asserts that John's wife, Cynthia, who he beat, found John's creative writing exercise about a man beating his wife to death to be "one of the few bright spots in her increasingly hemmed-in life."

This is tremendously fucked up. It would be one thing if Cyn said she enjoyed John's fictional accounts of spousal homicide, but Lewisohn offers no source, and there's certainly no passage to that effect in either of Cynthia's autobiographies.

Maybe she said as much in an interview somewhere, but I really think not. Lewisohn himself thought John's "Jabberwocky, but make it about intimate partner violence" was cute and clever, so surely Cynthia must have found it to be a ray of sunshine in her life. Great take, Mark!

[jinruihokankeikaku]

Trump now openly discussing invasion plans against Greenland while the head of NATO refuses to push back.

[nightowlqueen]

Bright is only 19, but was forced to take command of White Base by virtue of being the highest ranking person on board.

Everyone older and more experienced either died or had to leave, most of the crew are not only civilians but teenagers, Zeon is constantly on their ass, and the Federation has been barely any help at all.

Bright can't even get five minutes to breathe. I'd hate to see how bad things would get if he ever broke down. Hell, it would terrible if any of them broke down to the point of being non-functional, considering how they barely have enough people to keep a ship this size going in the first place.

[iamsweden]

Holy shit, I just figured out a plot twist for Star Fall that's literally so evil. Ya'll are going to lose your minds in like 15 chapters.

[polka-spots]

Started watch the Handmaid's Tale (have read both books multiple times), and I love June's little sassy voice over's, especially the moments where her internal monologue is saying something like 'I want to kill her and tear her liver out' but then her dialogue is just 'praised be'.

[transratsactivist]

neuwahlen im märz wären glaub ich der todesstoß für potentielle gesetzliche verankerung von trans gesundheitsversorgung 🫠

[drakonovisny]

i'm gonna eat a tub of tiramisu and forget that life outside exists

[gauntletqueen]

I used to do a lot of rollerskating during a period when I was little, and for the past few years I've been thinking "dang I'd honestly love to do that again" and for NO RECENT EVENTS AT ALL I PROMISE, that feeling has gotten stronger

[stickbug-made-entirely-of-spite]

Hello friends!

I don't have any art updates to post this time, I just wanted to let you know that you are absolutely wonderful, and that I appreciate every single one of you!! You're amazing, if you're reading this (and if you aren't, let's be real bahahaha), and I hope you're having a wonderful day ^-^ <3

Yours truly, Stickbug 🪲🧡