#what can i do?

[vodid]

zero's pressure

[yujeong]

I don't think you guys understand how much of a chokehold White has on me. White is the perfect human being. He is a pretty kid with rich parents. He's kind, cute, smart, compassionate, loving, the perfect boyfriend. White has no flaws. Both Tee and the audience see that. They count on that. "That means he was a bad character," I hear you say, but I disagree. Because all of the above make him so much better in my opinion. And the reason for that is the few times we got his POV. Because White, from his point of view, is a dirty slut who Tee will one day come to hate. Because from our point of view - and Tee's - his parallels to Non make him vulnerable to the narrative. White is the perfect human being because Tee is the one who put that role on him. He's perfect, because he's not Non (he's not poor, or as much sexually active, or mentally ill, or introverted, or or or). Except, he is. White being so similar to Non doomed him from the start. And it was Tee who did that to him.

[bbluejoseph]

idk who's been leaving positive reminders in my inbox since august but it's one of the only reasons i look at my tumblr notifications anymore

[aceywaceyy]

hot freaks fixation

IM GOING TO END IT WHY IS EVERY HOT FREAKS POST FROM LIKE A YEAR OR TWO OR THREE AGO OMFGFGGHH PLEASE I NEED PEOPLE TO BE INFECTED BY THE BUG PLEASE

[genius-built-donatello]

Master Donatello, I'm so sorry to interrupt, but have you been able to communicate with past Donnie or Toby? I think something's wrong, but Toby isn't responding to my messages....

@corporal-darner

I spoke with Donatello about an hour ago, but haven’t heard personally from Toby. Is something bothering you?

[phroexx]

Folks, real talk. As much as I love seeing republicans repeatedly fail, we need a functional House.

You - YOU! - have a chance to make this country better, right now. If your representative is a republican, call this number, ask for their office, and ask them to vote "present"

(202) 224-3121

Because he doesn't understand crazy, McCarthy will not budge if he doesn't see the walls crumbling. But I understand crazy. The Never McCarthy's don't give a damn, and they will never let hik have this.

Call your republican representative. Ask them to vote present.

Thanks for your time.

(202) 224-3121

[allo-frouto]

You are already so horny in the morning? Wanna make the day more pleasant 😉🤤

I am always horny...

[razmahdaz-art]

Tis..my birthday :)

[this-user-is-sus]

Where to start?

The biggest problem I've been having with sustainability and doing something about the mess we're in is .... where to start? How to start? So I'm going to give the Cliff Notes for my thinking and learning so far.

Decreasing use of fossil fuels (as fuels) is #1. Duh. Does this even need to be said? Half by 2030. None by 2050. That means our cars, our water heaters, our cook stoves, our ovens, our heat, etc etc etc. If you own it and it burns gas, petrol, diesel, natural gas, methane, propane, or whatever you call it, think about how you're going to phase it out.

By extension, increasing your renewable energy usage instead of electricity generated from fossil fuels is #2, and a subset of #1. Wind. Solar. Tidal. Geothermal. Hydroelectric. Etc. They are safe. They are proven. They don't put more carbon (and other pollutants) into the atmosphere.

Advocacy is #3, and the best way to achieve #1 and #2. Start at the top. It's powerful if you, a person, puts solar on their house (assuming you can afford a house or live where there's a lot of sunshine), but it's more powerful if your town pressures your local electric utility to install a solar project to power 1,000 homes. It's powerful if you install a heat pump but it's more powerful if your government passes a bill to pay for heat pumps for low-income homeowners. Etc etc etc. Attend a city council meeting. Write a letter. Yell at your congressperson.

Transportation is #4. Drive your goddamn cars less. Go electric. Take the bus. Take the train. Vacation closer to home.

#5 if a subset of #4, and is to to take fewer long flights. Seriously. You don't have to visit a foreign country every year for fun. Or more often than twice a year. (I'm more understanding about visiting family.) That business trip could be a Zoom call. Every time I get a message from someone that they're in Hawaii because they're getting away from <insert climate-change-caused-unpleasant-weather-here> I want to strangle them.

If you can, go vegetarian or vegan. If you can't, at least reduce your meat intake. Especially eat less beef. Eat less dairy if you can. (I'm totally a hypocrite on this one. I love dairy. But at least I don't eat beef and eat minimal meat, period, so I feel like I'm trying my best.)

[guiiay]

jinx and isha visit a walmart

[yujeong]

So, Bible's Alo boxing pics resulted in me getting a new VP fic idea. I'm blaming him for the brainrot, how dare he? The reason I'm sharing it is because I'm too fucking excited about exploring it. I already have 5 pages of notes - mostly very rough snippets - and besides, I have already shared my other WIPs here, so why not this one too? So, basically, the main premise is this: 1 year after the coup, Vegas asks Pete to teach him boxing. Pete takes it as well as you would expect, but eventually agrees. It is an enlightening experience for both of them. It'll be really challenging for me, an able-bodied person, to write about the experiences of a disabled character (can't imagine a different kind of Vegas post-canon, sorry folks), but I'll do my best to portray him as accurately and gracefully as possible. It'll also be super fun to touch upon the repressed feelings Pete *surely* has about his past, and other issues they might encounter along the way (Macau is side-eyeing me so hard right now). I'm sharing a snippet too, though keep in mind it's very first draft-y:

"Was boxing difficult for you?" Pete was thankful his face wasn't visible when Vegas asked the question. He wasn't sure what his expression was, but he knew he didn't want it to be seen. He really wished Vegas wouldn't do that sometimes; say things that had the force of pool water hitting Pete's face as he dived in, hands and feet bound, unable to do much besides fighting to get himself free. In contrast to that, though, the option to get free wasn't available to him now.

(I have prohibited myself from making a Gdoc for it until I finish my somno VP fic, which I want to have ready to post by the time my birthday comes around, which is the 19th of February, to give you an estimate of when to expect it lol)

[awxareness]

Thank you for reminding me.

“To be a Jew is to take the risk of believing that the evils of this world are not inevitable or irremediable; that we can mend some of the fractures of humanity; that we, by loving others as God loves us, can bring the Shekhina into our lives, turning a little of the pride of the human condition into poetry and song.”

— The Koren Machzor Yamim Nora’im, Rohr Family Addition. Commentary on Ne’ila, page 1393.

[12neonlit-stage]

you're allowed to discuss and work together, reblog for a higher sample size or something

You have 1 week, good luck!

[butchfalin]

the funniest meltdown ive ever had was in college when i got so overstimulated that i could Not speak, including over text. one of my friends was trying to talk me through it but i was solely using emojis because they were easier than trying to come up with words so he started using primarily emojis as well just to make things feel balanced. this was not the Most effective strategy... until. he tried to ask me "you okay?" but the way he chose to do that was by sending "👉🏼👌🏼❓" and i was so shocked by suddenly being asked if i was dtf that i was like WHAT???? WHAT DID YOU JUST SAY TO ME?????????? and thus was verbal again