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Its his sworn duty as youngest sibling

#tmnt 2012 #these good boys

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If I had a dollar for every time I used the phrase "If I had a dollar for every time [some event occurs]" as a exaggerated way of indicating that the event in question has occured quite frequently, then I'd have one more dollar than I did before I made this post

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An absolute badass

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The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has made a historic decision—agreeing with the top federal health agency and moving marijuana from Schedule I to Schedule III under the Controlled Substances Act (CSA).

The decision comes more than 50 years after cannabis was first listed as a strictly prohibited drug, on par with heroin and defined as a substance with no known medical value and a significant abuse potential.

#congratulations to drugs for winning the war on drugs #yay weed

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Rise of the TMNT is a Very Serious Show

I spent all day on this and it's my fifth time trying to upload it. Please look at it.

#😂 #rottmnt #rise of the tmnt #rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles #tmnt #these good boys

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Things that work in fiction but not real life

torture getting reliable information out of people

knocking someone out to harmlessly incapacitate them for like an hour

jumping into water from staggering heights and surviving the fall completely intact

calling the police to deescalate a situation

rafting your way off a desert island

correctly profiling total strangers based on vibes

effectively operating every computer by typing and nothing else

ripping an IV out of your arm without consequences

heterosexual cowboy

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Terry Pratchett started his career as a crypto-monarchist and ended up the most consistently humane writer of his generation.  He never entirely lost his affection for benevolent dictatorship, and made a few classic colonial missteps along the way, but in the end you’d be hard pressed to find a more staunchly feminist, anti-racist, anti-classist, unsentimental and clear-sighted writer of Old White British Fantasy.  

The thing I love about Terry’s writing is that he loved - loved - civil society.  He loved the correct functioning of the social contract.  He loved technology, loved innovation, but also loved nature and the ways of living that work with and through it.   He loved Britain, but hated empire (see “Jingo”) - he was a ruralist who hated provincialism, a capitalist who hated wealth, an urbanist who reveled in stories of pollution, crime and decay.  He was above all a man who loved systems, of nature, of thought, of tradition and of culture.  He believed in the best of humanity and knew that we could be even better if we just thought a little more.

As a writer: how skillful, how prolific, how consistent.  The yearly event of a new Discworld book has been a part of my life for more than two decades, and in that barrage of material there have been so few disappointments, so many surprises… to come out with a book as fresh and inspired as “Monstrous Regiment” as the 31st novel in your big fantasy series?  Ludicrous.  He was just full of treasure.  What a thing to have had, what a thing to have lost.

In the end, he set a higher standard, as a writer and as a person.  He got better as he learned, and he kept learning, and there was no “too late” or “too hard” or “I can’t be bothered to do the research.”  He just did the work.  I think in his memory the best thing we can do is to roll up our sleeves and do the same.

#gnu terry pratchett #prev #he genuinely shaped me as a person #i wouldnt be who i am without discworld #ditto

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If you're struggling with the cost of living right now (reasonable), this is your PSA to...

Google universities/colleges near you.

If you can't get out to more than one, look up which one has the highest tuition.

Look-up when the graduation date is

Drive neighborhoods near the university the week before graduation

So much stuff gets left out on the curb. Wealthy college students tend to prioritize convenience over money, so instead of carefully reselling their perfectly good stuff, they frequently give it away or put it out with the trash because that's easier than moving, reselling, or donating. Take advantage of this.

I furnished pretty much my entire apartment from college giveaways and yardsales.

What I got for free:

Mattress and box springs

2 10 ft area rugs

The massive 9-drawer chest (that has a label on the back that it was custom-made and shipped across the country) that my TV sits on.

Two 13 x 2 ft raised garden beds

My desk - just sanded it down and refinished it.

Three short stools

An organizer rack

Watering can

Tommy Bahama outdoor cooler (retails for $350)

Chairs

Shelves

What I got for cheap:

Two futons for $50

Custom coffee table with storage for $25

Three tall stools for $30

#oh good #born in Brooklyn #i grew up going to yard sales on Long Island

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#prev-> #the family guy pose #love this #they too play with jpegs like dolls

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You don’t say.

#this woman did something very respectable and brave #she changed her mind and talked about it so others might listen #don't really think tearing people like that down is a great look tbh #takes a brave person to reevaluate their bullshit and act accordingly #^exactly

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#existentialism and optimism #damn it

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You know what? Fuck it.

The amount of notes that this post gets by the end of April is the amount of words I'll write for one of my books.

#this might actually work #i do feel guilty for not updating #imposter syndrome #my degree is in creative writing #i should have finished this book years ago

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BURY YOUR GAYS (2024)

BURY YOUR GAYS (2024)

#Chuck Tingle writing very important works

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every autistic person watching this episode of dungeon meshi:

#this hit home #i am in this picture and i don't like it #dungeon meshi

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The most important thing to impress on new & returning Tumblr users is that anyone on here with a normal human name is a digital succubus trying to steal your identity and the real & trustworthy souls all have names like ShreksFlamingKnob69

#i love tumblr