#with the cost of human lives

[avonsnumberonefan]

this is the same character...

[metamorphesque]

To love. To be loved. To never forget your own insignificance. To never get used to the unspeakable violence and the vulgar disparity of life around you. To seek joy in the saddest places. To pursue beauty to its lair. To never simplify what is complicated or complicate what is simple. To respect strength, never power. Above all, to watch. To try and understand. To never look away. And never, never to forget.

— Arundhati Roy, The Cost of Living

[stillgotscars]

so let me get this straight, when fans gathered on the streets of vienna, singing together and leaning on each other in the wake of the shows being cancelled due to a thwarted terrorist attack, that was celebrated. but when taylor and her team — who also could have lost their lives as a result of said attack — have a private dinner just a few days later, that’s criticised heavily and people are questioning taylor’s character. make it make sense.

[rellasnowheenim]

“Andrew Garfield Wants to Crack Open Your Heart”, from Modern Love Podcast

[mahoganygold213]

[chio-chan2artbox]

[crimeronan]

Something i really appreciate is how open you are about Keeping The Bitchyness At Bay because its helped me realize people who are dicks choose to be dicks and its not worth my time or energy to let myself deal with or stick around people who choose to be horrible

indeed! people who treat you badly choose to treat you badly. there's no sense in waiting around for them to feel bad about it if they're not committed to growth. both "this is just how i am, take it or leave it" and "i'm doomed to be like this always because i have a personality disorder/anxiety/bipolar/etc" are unacceptable.

[levon]

the band as yogurt flavors

Richard - Chobani Flip S'more S'mores

Rick - Chobani Flip Key Lime Crumble

Robbie - Trader Joe's Blueberries & Cream

Garth - ALDI Indulgent Greek Yogurt Honey

Levon - Homemade Cottage Cheese

[poisonousquinzel]

"a dude in Texas legally changed his name to "Literally Anyone Else" and he's attempting to run for President against Biden & Trump" [source]

okay, but putting aside the comedic aspect of this, it is concerning the amount of people who are prompted to vote for candidates just because it's funny. I'm not the biggest fan of how his policy about the boarder sounds [Site], but I do implore anyone who is able to vote in the 2024 US election to please research other candidates.

The media is only going to continue pushing the idea it's inevitably going to be Trump vs Biden 2.0 and we have no other options, that we have to vote for Biden again because of Project 2025. Is that whole thing terrifying?

Yeah, fucking absolutely.

But voting for Biden will not solidify our safety from that. Biden is exactly like the rest of them. He always has been. You can't make the lesser of two evils argument when they're both just plain evil.

You cannot say that Biden is even mildly a better choice than Trump when he is currently directly involved in a genocide. That is not some little fucking thing. That in and of itself disqualifies him as a lesser evil. Biden is just as bad as him and he will not save us because he doesn't fucking care.

Cornel West [Site] is an Independent candidate running for President in the 2024 Election. [Policies]

Claudia De la Cruz and Karina Garcia [Site] are running for President and Vice-President as the candidates of the Party for Socialism and Liberation in the 2024 Election. [Policies]

There are options.

There are people trying to change the corrupt foundation our system is built on, but we have to help amplify them because the mainstream media will not.

[guilty-feminist]

[blujayonthewing]

gnome culture emphasizes playfulness and a good sense of humor partly because gnomes are physically small and vulnerable and tend to settle in wild places with a lot of hazards and if they had to take every completely real threat to their safety seriously while also Taking Them Seriously they'd just be paralyzed by fear

[crocsandbitches]

A modern day Dracula where the plot is my boy Vlad realising that remortgaging his entire castle in Transylvania buys him a one bedroom flat in London with a sink for a toilet and he has to chose between having electricity for the month or buying a muffin from Prêt a Manger

[c4tto626]

Martha Wells — Exit Strategy: The Murderbot Diaries

still thinking about this whole moment tbh

[trollhunters-eldritch-princess]

no series has ever managed to fill me with a sense of pity and tragedy more than the series finale of Trollhunters.

[dannybobany]

Fnaf au where William figures out how to actually resurrect cc and then the aftons just have to live with that— not only is cc undead now but dad is freaking victor Frankenstein !! (like, literally, I imagine William discovered how to harvest remnant from recently deceased corpses rather then killing anyone himself, thus the mci doesn’t happen and Charlie doesn’t die either)

They just have to pretend this is normal and fine

[blueeyesfilledwithpassion]

The Cost Of Living

To love. To be loved. To never forget your own insignificance. To never get used to the unspeakable violence and the vulgar disparity of life around you. To seek joy in the saddest places. To pursue beauty to its lair. To never simplify what is complicated or complicate what is simple. To respect strength, never power. Above all, to watch. To try and understand. To never look away. And never, never to forget.

— Arundhati Roy, The Cost of Living