#what you do matters

[gifsbysimplysonia]

[thyroideater]

strike for freedom this week

[adastra-sf]

It is what you do from now on that will either move our civilization forward a few tiny steps, or else begin to march us steadily backward.

- Sir Patrick Stewart

[thethirdman8]

If I were president of the United States I would reach out to Vladimir Putin to end this conflict in Ukraine asap and I would stop all support to Israel's genocide.. I would.. what would you do? What would you do? What you do matters..

[slippinninque]

Update!!!

I know I have been gone for a while, it's been a bit hard trying to find the muse for writing when I've been putting so much pressure on myself. Now this is a totally self-made problem lol!

Nothing flowed right, the ideas didn't fit the characters, I started to feel more and more of a fraud the more that time has gone by.

My drafts are bursting and I have so much to say, but I don't know where to put it. My brain was stagnant and my hands were still. I hated it.

I needed away from the blank page. So I picked up another hobby of mine to remember that I am capable of making things with these hands of mine.

My sister's birthday is coming up and while I'm already crocheting her a huge bumblebee, I wanted her to have something special. Something for her to squeeze and to remember her weird, little sister

Lilo & Stitch has been our movie. We were already close at that time but I remember us sitting down and watching it for the first time and both of us just being so grateful for each other.

I will never forget when my sister looked over at me with tears in her eyes and said,

"I could never let anyone take you from me."

She saw me in Lilo, a creative and eccentric little bean who had some hard times trying to fit in. I saw in her a sister who could give me a hard time, but only because she cared and wanted me to be myself.

Not what my parents hoped I would be, not what the kids at school said I was, but me.

I wanted to make something for my big sister, my bestest friend, my Cool Mom. Something for the both of us, really...

THIS IS SCRUMP! My sister's birthday is next month but I don't know if I can wait to give this to her. I know she's gonna love it cause she loves surprises lol! It's not a perfect replica, but this is the first plush/stuffie that I have made like this and I'm very happy with it!

Whole point is that I've gotten the urge to write again! Yeah, a lot of crafting fics and some weird stuff--but my pen is moving. I don't look down at my hands in shame anymore, I'm not banging my head against wall anymore to make something just because.

Remind yourself your heart is capable. Not only of survival and how much it can hold, but what it can lead you to.

Be nice to yourself and wherever you are in the present. Be there for a long as you need to be. Make out of it whatever you want because it's beautiful all the same.

[vanalex]

[surkeart]

be free!!

[fleshadept]

looking at (vetted) gofundmes for people trying to escape palestine and i don't know how many of you actually click on the gofundme links you reblog but i would like to point out, for what it's worth, just how amazing it is that so many have raised so much money. it may overall feel like a drop in the ocean but the fact that several gofundmes have raised tens of thousands of dollars is amazing. it is so expensive to leave gaza right now, and people still need money after they escape. but regardless of what propaganda the US, UK, canada, and other western nations are trying to pump out, people across the world are doing what they can to help these people survive. many of them are still very far from their goals (like this one and this one and this one) and some of them are very close to high goals (like this one), and some of them have reached almost double their original goal.

and that's not even addressing direct aid or organizations that take continuous donations for distribution of food, menstrual products, etc. the PCRF has raised $16,000,000 of their target goal of $20,000,000 to fund current aid and long-term relief efforts in gaza. ANERA's febuary 13th update discusses the material ways they helped palestinians today:

(ANERA donate link)

my point is, it often feels like the world is turning a blind eye to palestine. but i would like to point out that there is an important difference between "the world" and "western political leaders and media narratives". a breathtaking amount of real people, the people who make up the world, are trying to help. in the face of israel attempting to commit genocide, the world is saying No. These people deserve to live. and literally sending millions of dollars internationally, through the internet connection that israel has desperately been trying to destroy.

it may not feel like it matters in the grand scheme of things. but to the people who get fresh clothes, or a hot meal, or blankets, or the kids who get new toys, or to the people who are able to bring their families to safety, it matters to them. go make someone's day better. i've linked so many options with ways to do that.

[truuskn]

he's so cute and sillyyy 😫 my goood, look at him, just look at him!! how do we even have the nerve to pump his life with angst? my dude deserves to be happy 24/7

[ashotasfireandasdeepastheocean1]

...everyone holds a special place in the lives of so many, touching them with their spirit and heart..

Never forget those ❤️

Such an emotional message in this great movie!

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...❤️

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It's a Wonderful Life (1946) dir. Frank Capra

[technically-human]

First meeting

[scriblesandbits]

God IS a middle schooler and we ARE a science project except he does know we exist and has very mixed feelings about the whole ordeal

[et-in-arkadia]

* * *

Mission mode change detected, now in Monument Mode Goodnight friends. After exchanging our final bits of data,

I will hold vigil on this spot in Mare Crisium to watch humanity's continued journey to the stars.

Here, I will outlast your mightiest rivers, your tallest mountains, and perhaps even your species as we know it.

But it is remarkable that a species might be outlasted by its own ingenuity.

Here lies Blue Ghost, a testament to the team who, with the loving support of their families and friends, built and operated this machine and its payloads,

to push the capabilities and knowledge of humanity one small step further.

Per aspera ad astra!

Love, Blue Ghost

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no you are actively crying over a dying robot on the moon i am doing just fine thanks

[marciaillust]

your design of me

[flora-tea]

Actually, no.

You don't owe your parents/guardians anything for raising you.

You don't owe them in-laws.

You don't owe them grandkids.

You don't owe them favors.

It's your life!

You decide how you want to live it.

You decide what you want or don't want in your life.