#support them locally yes

[scrollypoly]

You can and should absolutely criticize our government and the bullshit politicians have pulled and continue to pull, but if you really think voting for third party will change anything youre a dumbass and are gonna be one of the reasons trump has a chance of winning. Be so for real right now.

[artbyfuji]

Hope you all had a frightful STRQOWEEN 🎃👻

[rowenabean]

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[goldkirk]

being the youngest person on my team by like 10 years sometimes is REALLY obvious because everyone is talking about home construction and high school kid sports and stuff and my weekly update is “I got a Razor scooter and some new glitter paint”

[chadsuke]

dude my local bookstore back in my hometown has the special edition of the mxtx books. there was a special limited edition for the final volume in each series and my local bookstore has tgcf and mdzs and maybe svsss (i had to email to inquire on the last one, we'll see)

me, texting my mother: so,,,,,,,,,,, since its my bday next month,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

[lolacouldnotcareless]

waiting for my packages..... 🥺😔🥺😔

[thirtheenprimes]

Hey I got physical copies of some of the Murderbot novellas (my favorite local queer bookshop only had Network Effect and Rogue Protocol I'm going back later to see if they got the rest in) because I have 0 chill. I use my Nook for reading 99% of the time, I find I just read more/better with it and it's very convenient for starting new books right after I finish one.

But when I love a book so much, I also want the physical copies. I love the smell, I miss reading physical books, and it's easier to convince others to read if you can just loan them yours. I got all of the Locked Tomb, I've got my favorite Transformers books, and a few others.

The Murderbot novellas (hardbackl are so fucking pleasant! The book jackets are the most pleasant texture I have ever felt on a book jacket! They are such a pleasant size and shape! They fit in my purse!

[theoneandonlyailat]

just saw the worst possible take about how libraries shouldn’t be praised bc they aren’t perfectly accessible for every single person that exists……..as though a) anything in the entire world is perfectly accessible and b) libraries aren’t one of the top places in communities trying to be as accessible as possible………. these people can’t come back to tumblr please let them stay on tiktok please god

[envolvenuances]

That video that circulates pictures of Socialist Afghanistan and Iran under Zehedi's dictatorship post USA-backed coup of 1953 as the same because women dressed in western clothing and were allowed work and study kinda pisses me off

[anotherpapercut]

yesterday I went to a little meeting at my local queer community center and I was admiring their bookshelves and mentioned that I work at the public library and someone said "well I bet they don't have any [LGBTQ+ books] at our library" and I was like um. yes we do. we have tons of them. half of our employees are queer leftists so they said "oh well I bet they don't in [nearby rural county]" and I was like uh once again yes they absolutely do. gay people live and work there as well

so here's a quick reminder that if you don't think your local library has enough queer centered materials you should actually check before assuming, and if you're not satisfied with their collection you should submit a request for more such books. I don't know what the political landscape of libraries looks like outside the us rn, but within the us no matter where you are, I promise you there are employees at your library fighting for inclusion and intellectual freedom and they can't win without vocal public support

[hiwaga-fucks-up]

it's that time of the year :'D

[clownsindresses]

Of course yes there are nuances to this but!

I actually do live in a small farm. I live in a rural area where it's not uncommon to see chickens in yards. I see goats pretty much every time I drive anywhere. And it's probably the most sustainable way to get any animal products ever.

My chickens? They get reliable food, love, a large area caged away from hawks and racoons. The ducks get hosed down when there's no rain and a kiddie pool to splash in, plus the chicken privileges. Our female turkey who no longer lays eggs gets to stick around because she's chill and a good mother when she goes broody.

We've raised pigs. They had space and were strong and smart enough to escape easily if they wanted. In fact, once they DID escape. One pig got out while our bulldog got in with the other pig. They just kinda hung out and the pig happily went back in. They were butchered. But they lived very very well, even getting back scratches with a rake. They were killed quickly and ALL usable parts of them were used.

My mom has many allergies and sensitivities to chemicals and preservatives. Those pigs that we raised allowed her to actually eat pork and bacon that didn't make her feel sick.

The eggs we get taste different than store bought. They LOOK different. If you pay attention, you can tell exactly what chicken laid what egg. Some are bumpy, some are light blue, we get double and even triple yolks all the time and they lay less if they're angry. (Like in the heat, they have a lot of shade but it's still hot in the summer)

My family raises meat birds usually every year. They don't get stuffed in a small cage per bird, they get to have their own flock and be outside. We don't think of them as these non-animal bags of flesh. They're animals we raise to eat, and we appreciate and care for them because of that! They're seen as valuable chickens who are doing just a different job of our normal flock. They're creating food.

Even the animals on a good farm that are raised purely to be killed will be treated well and kept safe. It's better for both the animals and the humans, and farmers will always realize that. Love your local farms. That love will be passed to the plants and animals there.

listen. listen. the consumption of animal products is about mutually beneficial relationships Not domination and that's why prioritizing animal r*ghts over animal welfare is an absolutely brain fungus take to have

[nuadaargetlamh]

One is a convicted criminal that wants to:

Institute a dictatorship “on day one only” (with majority support from his party!)

Give a greenlight to Project 2025

Use a weakened Schedule F to install THOUSANDS of cronies

Institute military tribunals for his political enemies (and allies!)

Gun down “enemies from within”

Support Russia in wiping Ukraine off the map

Use the combo of the removal of the Chevron deference/the Supreme Court allowing people to openly bribe them/Schedule F to extend the far-right’s reach into every government agency and deregulate everything to the benefit of his rich capitalist buddies

Has gotten total immunity for “official acts” (what counts as “official”? Whatever his Schedule F appointed judges choose of course.)

Already took away so many freedoms from racial minorities/queer people/women/anyone-that-isn’t-a-rich-white-man that it would take ages to list them all in this post

and so so so so SO MUCH MORE.

The other is a typical neoliberal politician.

Remember also, you’re not just choosing a president, you’re choosing their cabinet, potential Supreme Court justices, federal employees as well. With the above listed ALONE, Trump would do so much more damage than just what he can do himself. That’s not including everything else his Federalist Society Supreme Court would and have given him on a silver platter. Supreme Court Justices are for LIFE, and we’ve already seen the potentially irreparable damage this far-right activist court has done to the fabric of democracy.

Project 2025 really deserves a part to itself just to list some of what it includes: complete abortion/contraceptive ban (no exceptions), destroying worker’s unions and protections, remove Social Security/Medicare/Affordable Care Act, end civil rights protections in government, ban teaching the history of slavery, remove climate protections while gutting the EPA, end equal marriage and enforce the “traditional family ideal”, use the military to gun down protests, mass deportation of legal immigrants (especially Muslims), ending birthright citizenship, pack the lower courts, and plenty more. The far-right wasn’t able to take full advantage of Trump’s presidency the first time since it was so unexpected. They’re preparing so that they won’t make the same mistake again. THERE ARE OVER 900 PAGES OF POLICIES AND PLANS THAT THEY ABSOLUTELY WILL IMPLEMENT IF THEY WIN. READ IT. Anyone that says they won’t is either a liar or already drank the Kool-Aid. Isn’t it interesting that every politician that supports it, including his vice president, wants Trump to win?

Not to mention, if you care about Palestine (like I do, a lot), Trump would be MUCH WORSE for Palestine than the other candidate, supporting Bibi going “from the river to the sea” and already cut off millions in aid to Palestine in 2018 (which Dems reversed!). If you support a free Palestine and don’t vote blue, you have categorically hurt them more than if you did. Even Palestinians themselves want the Democrat candidate over Trump. There is no quick and bloodless peace deal that both Palestine and Israel would ever agree to. The road to an end of the Palestine-Israel conflict is going to be long and difficult, probably decades of dedicated de-radicalization in both states, and will involve far more than one person’s decisions in the end. Unless Trump takes power, and avoids all that by sending enough bombs to turn the Gaza Strip into dust.

There are a few reasons you would choose to vote third party in a FPTP system (support ranked choice voting btw) or not vote “in protest” while ignoring all the state and local elections that affect your area more than the president. Either you’re privileged enough to not be affected by what Trump would bring, you’re ignorant of the consequences, or you care more about doing nothing perfectly rather than doing something, anything that isn’t 100% ideologically “pure” to fight against the far-right fascist movement.

Am I a democratic socialist? Yes. Am I a realist? Also yes. In every single down-ballot race, and through my activism, I will fight for the rights of the oppressed and working-class. But the Presidency isn’t fucking winnable right now, and probably won’t be for decades. Pro-corporatist/anti-worker sentiment is baked into the fucking bones of this country and its people. A majority of eligible voters wouldn’t vote for Bernie, and he’s barely center-left. Voting for anything other than one of the two big parties is a useless feel-good gesture at the moment. Or you’re a dumbass accelerationist, and if you are, honestly go fuck yourself.

Let’s say you want a socialist revolution, full-tilt government takeover. I want that too, in my wildest dreams! We’re on the same page there. So how are you going to do it. How? HOW? What pro-worker activist groups are you working with? Are you encouraging your workplace to form a union? Volunteering for/donating to your local farmers’ co-op? Canvassing for pro-worker legislation? Hell, even something as small as distributing free copies of high-school/college textbooks, so that those of poorer means have a better chance at affording advanced education? Are you doing anything to help? Any praxis at all, rather than typing wishful thoughts of revolution alongside insults to people who aren’t as “correct” as you on the internet?

Every voter that still supports Trump is energized by every cruelty he enacts, while millions of Democrats and third-partyists care more about purity tests and manifesting socialist revolution tulpas than avoiding a fascist dictatorship.

Have a brain, touch grass, and vote blue all the way down that fucking ballot.

[genderfreakxx]

Sometimes when ally cishets start talking to me in cartoonishly overplayed displays of support for queer people without me ever openly discussing my own queer identity i get the urge to just act like I’m massively homophobic to see how they would respond

[spoopy-soup]

Extra tips from me and people in the notes:

slosher can two-shots fish stick easily, aim two consecutive shots towards the top right side (where the fish are going towards you), its easier not to be right below it

slosher can take stingers down in one shot if you shoot towards the top at max-ish range

if you have a line of enemies, lessers or not, its very satisfying to send a few shots in there because of slosh's piercing

dualies can also get flyfish down if you can get above them

dualies can also take down fish stick in one roll at the top

dualies get a boost in range if you shoot after a dodge roll if you need to ink the side of a fishstick or reach a steelhead

dualies is very good at clearing lessers, that being said, careful for scrappers and steel eels that can instantly splat you

stringer also has a few spots where the shots line up closer together on the sides, you don't have to aim it straight

if you can get really close with the stringer, it can instant kill most bosses, and even kill a shielded flipper flopper before it cycles

splatana can kill maws during its attack if you have a full charge, you don't have to leave the circle if you just aim down and slice when it comes up (which with splatana's slow speed while charging is very nice)

I usually only use the lunge for steelheads as when they are taken down the resulting explosion makes it pretty safe with the endlag

as long as you're swinging youre pretty safe from lessers, do not fear being close range because you are close range

the roller's vertical is high risk high reward, it does a lot of damage (600!), though take care to think about if rolling into it will do the job.

you can kill maws by rolling into the side of them when they surface!

If you want to take down a steelhead with the roller, you have to do the vertical RIGHT when you see the charge up animation, or before it if you can

A lot of weapons are ink hungry so you DO NOT want to be stuck in enemy ink, if you have a weapon that inks turf easily, like the stringer or brella or even the charger, do so! It also helps everyone with retrieving eggs. This includes killing fishsticks!

Oh yeah and because this is a good chance to say so a pet peeve of mine, DO NOT OVERLURE, it is tempting to bring everything to the basket, but this leads to it being easily overwhelmed. Always be doing something, and if its the beginning of a round get the first few bosses down and bring the eggs back while spawns happen (unless its like. 3 maws 2 scrappers of course) If you get overwhelmed even a little bit, it will snowball and you will spend more time surviving than fighting/splatting or grabbing eggs, so I say; a clean workstation is a happy workstation!

a tired octoling's advice for gold ???? salmon run rotations

so i'm in evp950-999 bracket right now and seeing people clearly not use their weapons correctly and it's kind of driving me bananas. i don't know why this is happening. but it makes me want to make a cheatsheet for Grizzco weapons and what they should be doing to make the shift smoother.

note that anyone can deal with maws because of how you dispose of them, same with flippers. "grounded bosses" refers to eels + big shots + scrappers (not steelheads bc you need range or piercing to get them).

so here's some weapon-based tips for anyone who may need them during the last few hours of big run + for later gold rotations:

grizzco slosher: like the explosher, a flyfish killer. hitting the cockpit of a flyfish with a gslosh projectile is an instant splat. aim well and move fast. prioritize flyfish. also armored bosses (drizzlers, steelheads, sometimes scrappers + lids) because you two-hit all of them regardless where you hit them. mind your ink, you have 4 shots on a full tank.

unless you have 3+ gsloshers in team comp, please don't waste your shots on fish sticks i beg you

grizzco brella & blaster: as rapid-fire, you need to help handle fish sticks and stingers the most; deal with them as they show up. but outside of that, you are the flexible team slot(s) and can generally handle a lot of threats.

grizzco roller: your speed and contact damage helps you destroy hordes of lessers as well as grounded bosses. use your speed to run eggs and revive teammates, too. your flick is slow and can easily get you splatted; use it to fell steelheads, ink fish sticks, etc in a pinch. you can also use your speed to set off slammin lids very safely.

also please note the knockback from running into scrappers, it can and will get you into trouble. ALSO this weapon completely trivializes Glowflies/Rush. move slowly at the swarm.

grizzco dualies: like the rapid-fire weapons, you destroy stingers; unlike them you can't climb fish sticks easily without help. work on thinning hordes of lessers, reviving teammates, running eggs and dealing with grounded bosses. your dodge roll is a very safe bet to get slammin lids to go off. PLEASE be mindful of where you end up after you're done dodge rolling or you will get splatted.

if you don't have anything better to do, just run eggs or throw bombs at flyfish.... but this is advice for most generalist and low-range weapons.

grizzco charger: first get used to spamming it at max charge. good? okay, you handle steelheads, slammin lids, stingers, and sometimes drizzlers. you can also spam shots at steel eels and scrappers pretty effectively. in a sense you are a generalist with a lot of range.

for the love of fax machine kamisama, DO NOT WASTE YOUR SHOTS ON FISH STICKS. DO NOT. even a groller will do it better and faster than you. ink the side of a fish stick for a teammate and go do something better. please

grizzco splatana: all power, no range. focus on armored foes like drizzlers + steelheads, grounded bosses and hordes of lessers. you can kill flyfish in a pinch but you risk being hit by their exhaust and they need to be on land.

grizzco stringer: another generalist/flex team slot. you have the reach for steelheads and slammin lids but you need to align your shots well to oneshot them. i suggest helping with grounded bosses + fish sticks + stingers and then doing general duties like bombing maws/flyfish, running eggs, reviving allies.

a lot of this does rely on your whole team having common sense and knowing what each weapon is best at. and that's not always reasonable in random queue! but if you know what you're doing, then you're already doing a great job. if you're doing your best and your team still fails, it's not really your fault. it happens.

be willing to be flexible based on team composition. sometimes you get 3 stringer 1 splatana and you just have to deal with it. i've had multiple 2 roller 2 dualies compositions this weekend... and had times where the only bosses that spawn in the first 20 seconds are flyfish, with no slosher present. you gotta do stupid things to survive and hit quota and that is okay!

but being informed about what each weapon can do is very helpful too. i hope i could help. :3 please feel free to add since this is just for normal wave!

[mortalityplays]

Unprintable: Artists Against Authority

I am absolutely beside myself with excitement to announce the launch of Unprintable.

Unprintable is an online free shop, where original artwork and arts resources are released into the public domain.

Everything listed here is free to use, copy and remix any way you like. You can print off hi-res artwork to decorate your apartment, or to use in your own projects. You can use the writing in your own zines, anthologies or performances. You can put it on a t-shirt. You can read it on the radio. You can paint it on a truck. It's up to you, entirely and forever.

The collection will be updated continuously, on an unfixed schedule, with contributions from a wide range of named and anonymous artists and activists. You can read the FAQ for a full rundown of what Unprintable is and why it exists, but these are the really important parts:

Can I download/print/use the work listed here? Yes. Can I use it for [X]? You can do whatever you want with it forever. But what if I want to [Y]? You can do whatever you want with it forever. Why do this? A few reasons: 1. We want a space to just share things, no strings attached. We recognise that copyright is an irrational system that was designed to protect the profit interests of publishing middlemen and IP hoarders. In fact, copyright is often weaponised against the creators it pretends to protect. As long as it exists, we are unlikely to win any other form of protection for our work, and we are profoundly limited from engaging in the kind of communal artistic and storytelling practices that were the norm around the world for thousands of years. 2. Radical art is often unprintable. Profit motives make people cautious. A lot of print-on-demand or local print shop services will refuse artwork with controversial, sensitive or political content. This is very frustrating when these themes are the focus of so much of our work (and indeed our lives). Rather than waste any more breath trying to explain why a trans artist might want to print the word ‘faggot’, we can give our work away for free. Got a printer? It’s yours. 3. It feels good. Sharing is joyful. It’s the reason we love making things in the first place. We don’t write poems because we look forward to filleting them for consumption, or layer colours so that we can sell a canvas by the ounce. We have only ever wanted to be able to support ourselves so that we can make, but that relationship is deeply dysfunctional under capitalism. We made these things, and we want you to have them. It doesn’t need to be complicated.

I'll write up some more posts introducing the launch collection soon. In the meantime...be free, enjoy, explore, have fun!

https://free.mortalityplays.com