#trump will kill a lot of us

[sl-walker]

Voting third party is absolutely voting for your friends, neighbors and selves to suffer. Never mind the whole world. In case anyone out there thinks it's somehow ambiguous.

[lazylittledragon]

taking all my american followers by the shoulders. listen to me. just because you have a more promising candidate now doesn't mean you just assume it's going to be fine and don't bother voting. assuming trump wasn't going to win is how you got here in the first place so you go out and fucking vote for harris and give everyone a fighting chance.

also if you're still in the 'they're both as bad as eachother' delirium, please take your head out from between your cheeks and consider that your options are an imperfect president and the literal worst person alive who is going to get masses of people killed. i've said it like this before, but it's like deciding between maybe getting food poisoning or definitely having a brain aneurysm. take your pick i guess but don't be surprised when you drop dead.

[nyloww]

there’s a lot of stupid scary shit in project 2025 but killing the national weather service for me (a weather nerd who has hyperfixated on this kind of stuff for years) is one of the least thought through decisions, especially with how bad tornadoes and hurricanes have gotten over the years.

like… the NWS is who alerts people about oncoming tornadoes… take that away and now you have thousands of sitting ducks who don’t know that death is barreling toward them. Despite all of the rampant destruction we’ve seen from tornadoes in even the last year alone, deaths from those events have remained in the single digits. Why? Because the NWS and NOAA have worked tirelessly to increase the amount of warning time people have between when a tornado is spotted and when it’s predicted to hit. If I remember correctly, they’ve managed to bring it from seconds of advance warning to up to 16-20 minutes, time that is instrumental in saving lives. Take that away, and now you have people scrambling around trying to figure out what’s happening on their own.

Not to mention the amount of time and research they pour into predicting tragic events like Hurricane Helene and other disasters in waiting. Idk, it’s just…

[lady-hibiscus]

the election results are basically confirmed and tensions are running high right now, but condemning people for wanting to exterminate entire groups then turning around and saying they should all slit their throats is... not something we want to be doing.

also, trolls are looking for rage bait or engagement. it's easier to report and block their comments, or delete them if it's your post.

[aquarianlights]

How do you keep going when it looks like 99% of your country has joined a cult whose soul purpose is hatred of everything you & everyone you know & love are when all you're doing is existing just like everyone else?

[kabutone]

d/n/c like “four years ago this would have been a super spreader, but here we are, no masks! how does that make you feel as a healthcare professional” n this bitch answers that like ‘oh it’s great! glad we’re all vaccinated now!’

IT WILL BE IT STILL WILL BE A SUPERSPREADER AND EVERYONES VACCINE IS OUT OF DATE BC IT WANES AFTER 6 MONTHS !!!!!!!! UR JUST GONNA IGNORE IT AND PRETEND ITS NOT REAL

[applesofdaventry]

2+3 Trust Issues and Set Up for Failure

This one is a two-in-one. I got halfway through writing for just trust issues before I realize that, hey, wait a minute, this can also be set up for failure! And so it is. Warnings for Major Character Death and Violence.

Here's some recommended listening (I found the King's Chill albums the other day and I have been enjoying them very much)

Summary: It's the end of the latest Knight's Tourney in Daventry. King Graham is here to appoint the victor as the newest knight for the kingdom. It's also the anniversary of his son's kidnapping but that has nothing to do with knighting this young man who refuses to take his helmet off, one with a bright green feathery plume.

"...And thus, you are now a knight of Daventry." The King stated, officially ending the latest Knight's Tourney. He managed to crack a brief smile before it died back down again, today was the anniversary. "Do you have any words as our latest knight?"

The newly minted knight fumbled with his helmet. "Uh, yes, but I'd rather say it. Face to face."

"Go ahead."

The young man's helmet was off now. He had familiar eyes. "...I'm sorry about this, really."

"What are you sorry for?" King Graham asked. The young knight looked like he could've been Alexander, grown up.

He gripped something in his offhand, the other holding his helmet. "...This." He said, stabbing Graham. It went in as smooth as one of the Hobblepots cheesecakes. But without the creamy, cheesy goodness of eating a cheesecake, and all of the regret of eating an entire one in a single sitting.

Graham grasped at the wound. "...What? Why would you do this?"

"I need my freedom. This is how I get it."

"From who? If you needed help you could've asked for help, we would have helped you!" Graham's face was drawn tight in pain now.

"You couldn't have helped me. He would've found out no matter what we do to hide it." Did he stab the King right? He was still standing, and talking. Doesn't stabbing people kill them quickly?

"Who?" Graham asked again, he was flagging now. Starting to sag.

"...You're dying either way. So. I guess I can tell you. Manannan." Gwydion said. He was feeling conflicted now, this wasn't quite how it was supposed to go.

Shock entered the king's face. Manannan. The first time he hears of that wizard in nearly 17 years and he's dying from a stab wound. His vision was getting hazy now. He looked at the young man again. "What... Is your name?" he asked.

"Gwydion. Shouldn't you know that already?" He snapped back in return.

Graham's already pale face paled further. "Alexander?" he whispered. Then he collapsed. Finally. Finally, his freedom was at hand.

The king was dead now. Gwydion let his helmet fall to the ground. "Manannan, I want my freedom now." He said to the shocked arena. The horrified queen and princess, the knights who were already rushing in his direction too late to do anything. He broke a figurine that he had carried this entire time, that Manannan had said would summon him.

"Manannan. My freedom. The king is-" he said again, getting bodily tackled by a dozen royal guards.

The telltale sounds of Manannan teleporting in silenced the arena. This silence was broken by laughter. This was the first time Gwydion had ever heard Manannan laugh. The knights atop him suddenly tensed. "So he is!" the wizard laughed.

"It's Manannan! Get him!" One of the knights yelled. There was another crush as the knights swarmed off of him to rush Manannan. Screaming resulted.

"Did you really think that work on me? It didn't the first time." Manannan mocked. Knights went flying with a flourish, or were otherwise killed. "Now, back to business. Gwydion, did he see your face before his royal stubborness kicked it?"

Gwydion got back up. "Yes."

"Good, good. Now I believe I promised you something."

"My freedom."

"Before I can grant that, just one more thing." He turned to face the still petrified queen and princess, oh, magically restrained queen and princess. If looks from normal people could kill, he and Manannan both would be very dead. "Oh Valanice, and little Rosella too, my, how you've grown. I'd say this was a fantastic family reunion, wouldn't you?"

Gwydion saw a realization come across the queen's face. She spoke. "Alexander?" He didn't understand. What was it with these people and that name?

"My name is Gwydion." He looked back at Mannanan. "What are they talking about?"

"Why, that you have two names. I may be biased but I much prefer Gwydion over Alexander."

"I don't understand."

"That's fine, since you won't have to worry about that once I grant you your... freedom." His face had that expression again, like he knew a secret joke that you didn't. Gwydion didn't really care. He wanted to never see the wizard again.

"Please grant it to me already then." he asked.

"Well, you asked for it. Don't say I didn't warn you before." He cast a spell at Gwydion, who then clutched at his chest and slowly went back down.

"What. What did you do-?" He asked, gasping for breathe. "This isn't freedom, it's-"

"Death, yes. But! What is death if not freedom? Freedom from me, freedom from life, from expectations. From the consequences of messing around with my magic. You know, if you hadn't've messed with my laboratory I would have granted you living freedom. Made you a king! But it just goes to show that I can't trust this blood line anymore than I can trust a wind spirit to know to wash colors separate from whites." He leaned in to whisper the last words Gwydion would ever hear. "This is exactly what you wanted, was it worth it?" Manannan asked rhetorically, knowing that the spell he used to kill Alexander would have mostly run its course by now. He looked back up at Valanice and Rosella, and with a wave of his hand released them from their magical restraints. "Well that was fun, let's never do this again. Ciao!"

He left as suddenly as he came. This time, with more corpses than there were the last time he had visited Daventry.

[vampyroteuthid]

i know some white supremacist catholics who i'm certain are absolutely losing their tiny minds over the trump vance combination

[jvzebel-x]

🦋

[beemovieerotica]

struggling with how to word this, but putting it out there anyway:

i can fully understand the posts on here from a lot of americans being tired of "vote blue no matter who" posts when the #1 thing that people are constantly (and sometimes only?) addressing is how the republican party is going treat trans/queer people if elected.

it's part of an unfortunate pattern of prioritizing the effects on a demographic that includes white + upper class people, when people of color and those in the global south are actively and currently being killed or relegated to circumstances in which their survival is very unlikely

it is genuinely exhausting to witness this, and i was also on the fence about even participating in voting because i a) felt like it didn't matter and b) every time i voiced being frustrated with the current state of the country, white queer people would immediately step in with "but what about trans people!" -> (i am mixed race trans man)

and i say this with unending patience toward people who do this, because i know that it's not something they actively think about. but everyone already knows how the republican party is going to treat queer people. you are probably talking to another queer person when you bring up project 2025. the issue is that, for those of us who aren't white, or for those of us who are but who are conscious of ongoing struggles for people of color worldwide, the safety of people around the world feels more urgent than our own. that is the calculation that's being made.

you're not going to win votes for the democratic party by dismissing or minimizing these realities and by continually centering (white) queer people.

very few people on here and twitter are actually talking about issues beyond queer rights that concern people of color, or how the two administrations differ on these issues instead of constantly circling back to single-issue politics. this isn't an exhaustive list. but these are the issues that have actually altered my perspective and motivated me to the point of committing to casting a vote

the biden administration has been engaged in a years-long fight to allow new applicants to DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, the program that allows undocumented individuals who arrived as children to remain in the country) after the Trump administration attempted to terminate it. the program is in limbo currently because of the actions of Trump-backed judges, with those who applied before the ruling being allowed to stay, but no new applications are being processed. Trump has repeatedly toyed with the idea of just deporting the 1.8 million people, but he continues to change his mind depending on whatever the fuck goes on in his head. he cannot be relied on to be sympathetic toward people of hispanic descent or to guarantee that DREAMers will be allowed stay in the country. biden + a democratic controlled congress will allow legal challenges to the DACA moratorium to gain ground.

the biden administration is open to returning and protecting portions of culturally important indigenous land in a way that the trump administration absolutely does not give a fuck. as of may 2024, they have established seven national monuments with plans to expand the San Gabriel Monument where the Gabrielino, Kizh / Tongva, the Chumash, Kitanemuk, Serrano, and Tataviam reside. the Berryessa Snow Mountain is also on the list, as a sacred region to the Patwin.

i'm recognizing that the US's plans for clean energy have often come into conflict with tribal sovereignty, and the biden administration could absolutely do better in navigating this. but the unfortunate dichotomy is that there would be zero commitment or investment in clean energy under a trump-led government, which poses an astounding existential threat and destabilizing force to the global south beyond any human-to-human conflict. climate change has caused and will continue to cause resource shortages, greater natural disasters, and near-lethal living conditions for those in the tropics - and the actions of the highest energy consumers (US) are to blame. biden has funneled billions of dollars into climate change mitigation and clean energy generation - trump does not believe that any of it matters.

i may circle back to this and add more as it comes up, but i'm hoping that those who are skeptical / discouraged / tired of the white queer-centric discourse on tumblr and twitter can at least process some of this. please feel free to add more articles + points but i'm asking for the sake of this post to please focus on issues that affect people of color.

[everdreamtree]

Ugh

[imaginesomethingrand]

I get mad at dad bc of our past... but. Mom and i were arguing about trump (she is voting for him bc he's Republican but doesn't like him as a person) and bc lots of ppl around me are like this (some really pro trump ppl also) sometimes i think im the crazy one. Being in isolation and just seeing things from the internet... i cant always trust my own mind

But then dad comes up and says "trump is off his rocker" and I'm like i forgive you for everything thank you for taking my side and showing I'm not the only one around who isnt trumpcrazy

[angstandhappiness]

IMPORTANT

This is the thing with the "I won't vote for Harris" supposed leftists.

None of them will tell you how allowing Trump to be elected helps.

Because they don't have an answer.

Because they don't really care about anything other than how they personally feel.

Actual leftism involves making pragmatic moves. The public will for revolution doesn't exist, and we live in a two party system. If you want to fight that system, great. There are things like ranked choice voting and the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact we need to be fighting for. But those are fights that have to happen year round, at the state level, and not just in an election year.

And in the meanwhile, you vote defensively and strategically, in an attempt to save as many people as possible.

Saying you aren't voting for Harris isn't taking a stand against genocide. It's putting your head in the sand and admitting you care more about your own comfort than making a difference in the world.

Why aren't you getting involved in your local politics? Why aren't you running leftist candidates at a local level, so you can move them up in the system and eventually move the political discussion left. You want to know why politics have moved right? It's because the right wing has been doing that for decades.

Your refusal to participate won't save a single life.

It only means you're abandoning everyone else.

[inkskinned]

she's singing in another room and my dog is asleep at my feet. my grandma asked me why i haven't found a man yet and i laughed. oh, you know. i like my house clean.

my girlfriend is also my man is also "my partner" if i'm in a professional setting. yesterday we went to a ren faire and a man mimed at me - you're together? and at my delighted nod, his baffled, you're gay? made me laugh. a woman with rainbow hair said i love the two of you together. you're both so beautiful it's absurd.

my dad introduced my partner as my "..... friend. or whatever" the other day. he knows we're dating. in the same way, i was never able to get my sister's husband to stop saying that's gay like it's 2008. he still uses the word fa***t, and my sister's defense of him has always been well, he's just kidding.

my lover and i dance to old music in a tiny kitchen. we judge new music together and take food critique very seriously. we watch love is blind before we fall asleep and agree that if they had a queer season, it would be bloody but also make for excellent tv. of fucking course queer people would know someone for only 2 weeks and agree to get married. what are you saying.

at a bar with friends, a man puts his hand on my wrist. got a boyfriend? and yes, i do have a boyfriend, she's amazing. i am texting her while i wander around a gas station named after geese. i am visiting a swing state for a wedding. in the candy aisle i overhear: she's actually like a lesbian it's disgusting. two teenage girls with packaged sandwiches in their hands, giggling. no literally, like. i'm not, like. okay with her being there while we're all, like, naked and changing.

my girlfriend and i tailgate, drink gin and cider out of cups. from the frat group beside us, a man corrects himself with one of his friends: bro, i mean, nonbinary entity, and it makes everyone around him laugh, myself included. he razzes his friend the same way i would have killed for at 19 years old - like nothing happened, he continues: you apply sunscreen like an alien. he does a little sassy (and fairly accurate) dance interpretation of the motion. his friend is laughing so hard they're crying.

i am lucky, i live in a safe neighborhood in a safe state. my masc passenger princess comes up from DC. i drive her for an hour to where all the leaves are a violent arrangement of color. we walk along the trails, letting autumn into our blood. in this part of the state, there's a lot of pickup trucks and trump signs. when we chastely kiss before getting into the car, i accidentally make eye contact with a woman holding her child's wrist. she looks disgusted. she looks fucking pissed.

two hours later my girl and i are eating dinner on a patio, soaking in the last warmth of new england sun before the chill of winter sets in. we are giggling and trying to talk through plastic vampire teeth. at another table, i see a young woman sit up straighter. i watch her watch us. she blushes and takes her partner's hand from across the table. shy, like the taste of evening has just become something deeper.

it's worth it for this moment, i think. my lover is still humming the same song she's been singing for four days straight and i don't want to kill her for it. her guitar is beside my bed. her toothbrush is in my bathroom. in a few moments i will make us lunch. we are lucky enough to have found each other. it is lucky enough to be in love.

[vampirecatboy]

and for the love of god, do not vote third party, that is a waste of a vote

the current electoral system is an unfairly weighted corrupt mess that will not save us, but

abstaining from voting does nothing to destabilize or replace it

participation can reduce harm and be strategically applied to your larger more revolutionary goals

(plus following electoral politics just keeps you aware of what specifically to expect from The Powers you oppose)

there is no materially revolutionary argument against voting if you are at all able.

[freepassbound]

Galaxy, Star, Neptune, Jupiter, Aries & Libra.

Por favor, and thanks!

Galaxy- Do you have any nicknames? What are they?

Not really, anymore.

Star- What song(s) do you feel describes you?

Do you know, I think I used to have an answer for this... but I don't remember what it was.

I don't listen to music much anymore, and I haven't really had access to my library since I got this laptop a couple years ago - so it's slipped out of my mind.

Neptune- Describe yourself in one sentence.

I don't know anymore - if I ever did.

(...that's actually the sentence. I suppose I could be strictly factual, or go all James Joyce - and believe me, I had to restrain the urge to an extent... but that's as honest an answer as I can think of right now.)

Jupiter- If you had to pick one color to use for an entire week, what color would you choose?

Well, this one's pretty easy, at least. 🤭😂

I could go with blue for way more than a week!

Aries- What is something you enjoy doing?

That's a good question. Some days now it doesn't feel like anything.

Reading, I suppose.

Libra- If you could talk to your past self, what would you tell yourself?

Gosh. I don't know. Has it been worth it? Am I okay? Is living a dream sufficient, if one outlives the dream? Should I tell him to change course, and erase myself? Should I remain silent? What else is there to say, if a premonitory spectre cannot give reassurance about the future?

Better not to try, I think. I'll pass.