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[richo1915]

[howifeltabouthim]

If he doesn't love me, what then? What can I expect?

Irina Reyn, from What Happened to Anna K.

[derangedrhythms]

Edward Thomas, The Poems of Edward Thomas; from 'The Unknown'

[tinysoultimetravel]

you look in the mirror and don't recognize the reflection staring back at you anymore

who are you, the whispers ask

daughter, sister, friend

(worthless, broken, mess)

who are you, the whispers insist

i am who I've always been, you say

(anxious, desperate, borderline)

the thoughts are like a maelstrom swirling in your eyes

teetering on the edge of a cliff, one step away from falling

(go on, do it, let go, the fall will be glorious )

[per-a-painters-poet]

You don’t taste as vividly as I wanted

But your heart’s perfectly shaped in my locket

Oh please,

you’re all I need.

Our minds are so perfectly guarded

And our bodies so hopefully honest

My heart is poundin right out my body

Will you bleed as much as you promised?

baby please,

tell me what you need.

Your fingers are awfully artly

And your skin tastes just like brandy

I’m so high breathing you in darling

Oh please,

you’re all I wanted.

— a.b.

[ardent-reflections]

A writer can never escape the labyrinth of words inside his mind.

Unknown

[starfallkaz]

I wasn’t a very sad child, but I was always in tears and my classmates called me a cry baby. By all accounts I had a very happy and loved childhood but I struggled to emotionally regulate - I still do to a degree, but my sensitivity is now a personality trait. I found the loss of that stability and love in my teenage years very difficult to manage, but ironically that was the point when the tears stopped. Walls are built and the concept of intimacy or being vulnerable is a frightening possibility I’d rather avoid than accept the idea of being known and disregarded.

[vania-evangelique]

How can i ever expect to get better at something if i never try it.

You took yourself out of the running before you even had the chance to start.

[walrusmagazine]

What UFO Fears Tell Us about Trust in Government

The horrors of the world wars shook public confidence in technical expertise and the state’s ability to ensure the safety of its citizens

Sightings of UFOs remain steady today, although citizen organizations now perform all the data collection and analysis. This small, disconnected group of citizens, which began writing to the government for answers in the early 1960s, still exists today and continues to ask the same questions. A recent edited collection of essays by leading ufologists notes that, some seventy-five years after the Kenneth Arnold sighting and the alleged Roswell crash, we arguably know no more than we did then: “The UFO field has produced thousands of dedicated researchers over the years, and reams of literature; but to what end? What can we claim to know conclusively today about the underlying nature of UFO phenomena that we didn’t know in the late-1940s?”

We do know one thing. Namely, that the UFO issue in Canada represents a failure on both sides: citizens unable to convince the state of the reality of flying saucers and extraterrestrials, and the state unable to convince its citizens the pursuit was utterly irrational.

Read more at thewalrus.ca.

[harukokittie]

Pour me into the pond. That I may finally rest singing against the bottom, mingling into the substrate along with all the little things down there in the dark, letting the little fishes feed on whatever is left of us in me. I welcome the decomposition for I have worked very hard in this here life and am to darn pretty to sulk all day about that Grand Canyon smile.

[bloodyparagraphs]

Voices of characters I Will Never Complete

No, I do not want the truth from you. I wanted to continue to live in the lie that was “us”, “you and me”, and “us against the world”. It was all that I had. Your “truth” was never true at all. It was malicious. Instead of the truth, now all I have is “your truth”. “This is who I am; I made a mistake, but I am human; I am allowed to.” The truth is suppose to be the blade that cuts cord from our wrists, not the blade you drive into another’s heart.The shocking thing is not that you betrayed me, but that you would deny me the decency of a lie. I was so worthless that you could look me in my eyes and be so unashamed of your actions, “your truth”. -Paragraphs(04.01.2023)

[otherpeoplescreativity]

Behold: The first two paragraphs of the novel that introduced me to my favorite tropes in science fiction. But We Are Not Of Earth by Jean E Karl, originally published in 1981, found its way into my hands within a month of its publication. It is the reason I kept searching the shelves in that specific part of the library that led me to find The Girl with the Silver Eyes by Willo Davis Roberts, So You Want to be a Wizard by @dduane, Enchantress from the Stars by Sylvia Engdahl, and eventually Heinlein's juveniles.

One of my holiday gifts this year was a retired library copy of this book. I still admire the perfect establishment of adolescent character in these opening paragraphs:

[howifeltabouthim]

'Grief is a part of life. It's the unknown that truly ruins us.'

Chris Whitaker, from All the Colors of the Dark

[odraziduse]

it's not even the fact you love me because i think you'll only grow to it's the fact you care that sets me off

from a letter, october '23

[arsenenicholas]

https://goodlawproject.org/crowdfunder/nhs-cyp-guidance/?fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAaadkVMoRUHpcFptnjlifnc1xJ0i7YGVi78tfv2vEXVaVIQDPTEp1-ozNcY_aem_AfqNP9xEERFn6GRCZCIP7B2RriLi8ZN7pVAFzmNwdvqIXW0nmc1mTe5Hq0UV3xC6VPWdYe1x64wHk7O6-HPOhIdf

Please share, tag someone who could bring this to a lot of people, and post to other platforms. Not originally mine, idk who is the source of the screenshots.

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In thick white text on black background-> NHS ENGLAND ARE PLANNING A HONEYPOT WHERE THEY SEND ALL KIDS ON GIDS WAITLIST TO CAHMS TO HAVE THEM BE ASKED IF THEY ARE TAKING BLOCKERS/HRT VIA PRIVATE OR DIY ROUTES

Text is broken and in the middle is an excerpt from a leaked nhs document-> a) For medication sourced directly (e.g via the internet), explain the increased risks of harm due to the unregulated nature of these medicines/products. These may include the use of counterfeit chemicals, unsafe/unknown ancilliary ingredients or variability of potency etc. More information can be found here (link to nhs website). // b) Do not initiate or continue prescribing puberty surpressing hormones or gender affirming hormones. The General Medical Council's guidance to medical professionals on 'bridging prescriptions (a course of endocrine intervention managed by a healthcare professional outside of the specialised gender service while an individual is waiting to be seen) does not apply to care offered to young people under 18 years of age. // c) If the child/young person or their carer disregards your advice and you consider that this puts the child/young person at increased risk, then a safeguarding referral might also be appropriate in line with standard safeguarding approaches. Discuss with your line manager and your organization's safeguarding team.

Thick white text on black background continues-> ANY WHO SAYS YES AND DO NOT DESIST FROM DOING SO WILL BE THREATENED WITH SAFEGUARDING REFERRAL (TAKEN INTO STATE CARE)

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In black text on white background, from the news article linked above-> It seems to us - and to those inside the NHS who have leaked the document to us - that what purports to be an "assessment" in fact an exercise in bringing very significant pressure to bear on trans youth and their families to cease private treatment, backed up with a threat of a safeguarding referral to social services if they do not. // We are concerned about what appears to be a misleading exercise in gathering data on which trans youth are obtaining private treatment from abroad, for the purposes of seeking to cause or compel them to stop treatment.

In the same thick white text on black background as previous image-> So an internal NHS document has been leaked basically asking trans kids on excruciatingly ling waiting lists to come to a 'mental health assessment' where the NHS will harvest their personal information & threaten their families with a social services referral if they're found to be on private blockers/hormones & refuse to come off them. // This country is for dogs i swear.

[mossy-aro]

love as religion; am i doomed? / on aromanticism

all highlighted sections from ‘aromanticism’ by moses sumney - the album notes // other excerpts in order: ‘doomed’ - moses sumney / quote by Naïmah Janse / earthlings - sayaka murata / ‘sun bleached flies’ - ethel cain / unknown / ‘doomed’ - final verse