Land of Celebration and Bells

headspace-hotel:

average-monster:

I see a lot of talk about how neurodivergence evolved and stayed in the gene pool because it was somehow ‘useful’ to our ancient ancestors. While I don’t necessarily disagree with this theory, I would like to propose an alternative. A theory that we already have physical evidence for. Humans just love each other and care for each other. Don’t you think that a species that cared for it’s people while they recovered from broken bones, or nursed their elderly well beyond their ‘usefulness’ would leave a member out because they didn’t make eye contact, or couldn’t stay focused on a particular task, or whatever other trait you associate with neurodivergence? I really don’t.

Sure, maybe it was useful to have someone around who didn’t mind making arrowheads all day, or who knew absolutely everything about all of the local flora and fauna, or who keyed in on every little distraction. At the end of the day, though, these people weren’t kept around because they were useful, they were cared for because they were loved.

This. This. This.

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anatheshrimp:

That one fanfiction in every fandom that mentally affects you and slaps you with feels but yet you keep going back to read it again and again and again while simultaneously calling it the bane of your existence.

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deal-right:

I love him so much ahdnfkgk

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fvlter:

Saw this joke about post-redemption azula a while ago and i can’t find it for the life of me now 😭 pls tag me if u happen to see it 🥺

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hummerous:

palestinianbitch:

palestinianbitch:

demolishing peoples houses to make room for an amusement park is literally movie villain shit

I cannot believe the world is letting Israel get away with this garbage

This post is 2 weeks old and I just wanna say that this is still ongoing.

Palestinian families are quickly becoming homeless. Many are living on the streets or from their cars right now with what little belongings they were able to salvage from their houses as Israel continues to demolish Palestinian homes

17/07/21,

still going

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thepavi:

thepavi:

thepavi:

Boutta say smthn mean but afabs makin posts about how they don’t read theory or literature or engage with reading complex topics cuz “it’s all just common sense to care about people” is absolutely tied directly to the way that they then get indoctrinated by TERFs by like. hatereading 1 fucking radfem blog for too long. because TERFs have done their research and have their sources and statistics and their journals and their historic documents on hand (partly because trans people are an entire category of humans simply living our lives while TERFs are a specific culty fascist political hate group with a specific set of goals and beliefs, so you might follow 20 trans people and see very little in the way of loud trans rights activism because we simply don’t devote our entire life to fighting for our rights whereas a TERF blog is going to be devoted fulltime to the political stances of trans exclusionary radical feminism, and even cryptos will have the dog whistles EVERYWHERE if you are educated enough to catch them), and it’s all hateful skewed bullshit meant to manipulate people into furthering the marginalization of a vulnerable oppressed group, but it’s unironically the first actual theory on privilege and oppression that 75% of these people have read and they have not actually put tangible thought into the oppression that trans people face so suddenly that radfem article about The Scientific Proof Of Sex Based Oppression, Medical Transition As A Tool For Misogyny, And How Trans Women Are Behind It All sounds real impressive.

The reality is that a lot of people end up in this area of the internet where being a leftist is like, the default and they have this weird mindset that’s like “I don’t need to engage in in-depth conversations or critically analyze myself or research statistics or read about experiences that arent my own because of COURSE I support minorities!” but the thing is, when a group of people are actively being marginalized and oppressed supporting them is not some easy neutral default. There is going to be opposition from every side and the scary thing with TERFs in particular is that, unlike the open cruelty of conservative republican types that make it EASY to disagree with them, most TERFs also wrap up their language in leftist rhetoric so they are very good at breaking down walls you’ve built by using the same rhetoric as you and finding “common ground“ with you. And quite frankly if you are not directly impacted by TERFs and have not actually spent the time building up empathy and understanding and actual knowledge about trans people and WHY their opposition is so vile and evil then you are going to be susceptible to falling for their sweet talk.

Also it is not to be ignored and is in fact very relevant that I have seen a million times over trans women (especially TWOC) get ignored or yelled at for speaking up on social media because the same exact type of afabs that would eventually get indoctrinated by 1 eloquent radfem with half a dozen skewed statistics bitched at them for being “too wordy” and not dumbing down what they were saying to make it more accessible or for wording things “nicer” in their posts lol.

I’m just sooo pissed off at how often I see people (always tme people) go “hmm actually I used to hate TERFs but now I see they make good points” when those same people spent years going “lol punch TERFs they’re smelly! Of course transphobia is bad!!” but you can just fucking tell that these people have not critically engaged with ANYTHING regarding trans rights or transmisogyny or why TERFs are actually damaging. They treated supporting trans people as a default that they didn’t have to be critical or thoughtful about and the second it was questioned by people with more power than any trans person they buckled. And TERF rhetoric is soooo good at convincing cis girls and to some extent really all afabs that they should care more about their own victim complex than other marginalized people (namely trans women, especially nonwhite trans women), and it feels really good to feel sorry for yourself while punching down at people with less than you. It’s much easier and more immediately gratifying than actually making an effort to care about other people.

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constellrose:

jenniferrpovey:

So, this hasn’t crossed my dash yet. (Not blaming anyone, there is soooo much going on in the world and I’d also missed it in the noise).

There is currently a strike at Frito-Lay. in Topeka. These workers are striking because:

They were being forced to work 84 hour weeks. The company’s best offer so far is a 60 hour cap. This is shit we fought for a century ago, people.

Their generous offer also includes a whole 4 percent wage increase…over the next 2 years. I’m not sure what COL is in Topeka, but… Well, it’s better than the entire 77 cents they’ve apparently gotten in the last decade.

There’s also a report that a worker literally collapsed and dropped dead on the line and the foreman’s response was to make them move the body out of the way and put in a replacement. (However, this is unconfirmed and, of course, the company denies it).

There have been multiple OSHA violations at this plant over the last few years, including a forklift accident that’s under investigation.

They’ve now been striking since July 5 but, of course, it only hit the national media yesterday.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/07/14/frito-lay-strike-forced-overtime/

So, why am I signal boosting this?

Because Frito-Lay is refusing to budge. They are attempting to make the excuse that union leadership agreed to the 60 hour work week and crappy pay cut…when union leadership only agreed to put it to a vote.

And this means that we need to put the thumbscrews on them. Remember, this is about 19th century style working conditions.

So, I’m calling on my followers to boycott Frito Lay’s until the strike is involved.

Frito-Lay owns:

Lay’s

Doritos (Sorry. I really am. I KNOW there’s no good alternative to Doritos, although Zapp’s are good if you can find them).

Fritos

Tostitos

Cheetos

Ruffles

Sun Chips

Baken-ets

Chester’s

Cracker Jack

Islen plantain chips

Funyuns

Grandma’s (the cookies)

Matador Meat Snacks

Maui style potato chips

Miss Vickie’s

Munchies

Munchos

Rolled Gold

Sabritones

Santitas

Simply

Smartfood

Stacys

The Walking Taco

NatuChips

PopCorners (this one wasn’t on their website, but was bought by Pepsi’s in 2019 with the intent of adding it. So best avoided just in case).

Yes, this really is more than half of the snack aisle. Suggested alternatives:

Kettle Brand Chips

Zapp’s (If you can find them. My supermarket had them once and not since, so I’m guessing the culinary cowards in this neighborhood were afraid of “Voodoo” flavored chips).

Pringles

On the Border for salsa.

Wise Cheez Doodles

Bugles

Utz

Store own brand alternatives, if your store has ones that are any good.

Cheez-its

Check before you buy and let’s tell these people they don’t get to treat workers like that.

This was posted on FB recently by someone supporting the strike!

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wilwheaton:

Eat shit and die, Ted Cruz.

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irljackieboy:

boy my neuro sure is diverging today

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