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im fucking losing it

#i don't go here but this is how i feel exactly #dungeon meshi

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#me

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Bit telling that for years and years evangelical religious extremists have been allowed on university campuses with their bullhorns and horrific imagery where they harass students into physical altercations and when students complain to the university’s administration they just shrug their shoulders citing freedom of speech but when those same tuition-paying students start protesting against war and genocide they call SWAT

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Me when Spock

From TV Guide, April 29-May 5, 1967

#star trek

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i do not think i will emotionally be able to handle "dead boy detectives" can someone tell me if it ends sad?

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tmi probably, top surgery posting but

i'm OBSESSED with my new chest, it feels like it's what i was supposed to have. anyway, i'm constantly handling my moobs, feels great

#transitional tag

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my mom said we can't be friends if you don't like wyll. yeah even if you don't care about him. no sorry i don't make the rules but she's right you know

#bg3

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why are you as. a man haunted by anotherman

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NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO THEY CAN'T DO THIS! IT ISNT RIGHT

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Honestly funniest thing Dragon Age could do is confirm that the only people who were ever correct about Andraste were that one mountain cult. Like yes actually she WAS reincarnated as a dragon and she DID live on this mountain and now her chosen are all dead thanks the the wardens and the chantry.

#yes #dragon age

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also i had a bad day, and just realized the mayo i bought is like, the sweet gross kind and not the normal kind, so my world is kind of shattered right now

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ok excuse me putting on my emotional educator voice here

there is an effort nationwide to return higher education to its original status as an exclusive club for wealthy white kids. refusing to reduce student loan debt is a way to create access only for those who can afford it. cracking down on freedom of speech and DEI programs on college campuses is intended to silence marginalized voices. there's also a strong media campaign to tell young people that college isn't worth it, despite all of the statistics indicating that people with college degrees are doing better than those without.

i work here, and i am party to the conversations happening amongst administrators that students don't get to hear. there are a lot of complaints about how much students "have changed" (read: become poorer and browner than generations past), there's even more disdainful talk behind closed doors about how ungrateful, needy, and ignorant today's kids are (read: poorer and browner, again).

they know that unless they close the doors on higher education, it will continue to serve as one of the ONLY accessible pathways to upward economic and social mobility for marginalized groups. with upward mobility, these groups become more powerful.

DO NOT let them convince you that an education is worthless. that it's a waste of time and money.

once you have it, knowledge is one of the only things they can't take from you. once you have it, it's one of the few barriers they can't deny you. knowledge is power.

and there are more resources than ever to get you through college - hybrid coursework, scholarships, fee waivers, on-campus food banks, etc. It's especially worthwhile to look into community colleges in your area if time and money are very tight. some schools will even pay to support low-income students, though the admissions requirements can be pretty steep. (and there are definitely resources that will pay for your application cost!)

that's not to say it will be easy! but if you can go to school, you might have to fight tooth and nail for it, just like our relatives did at the start of desegregation. but it's worth that fight. you've GOT to get an education, maybe now more than ever.

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Hundreds of Jewish anti-war demonstrators have been arrested during a Passover seder that doubled as a protest in New York, as they shut down a major thoroughfare to pray for a ceasefire and urge the Senate majority leader, Chuck Schumer, to end US military aid to Israel.

The 300 or so arrests took place on Tuesday night at Grand Army Plaza, on the doorstep of Schumer’s Brooklyn residence, where thousands of mostly Jewish New Yorkers gathered for the seder, a ritual that marked the second night of the holiday celebrated as a festival of freedom by Jews worldwide.

The seder came just before the US Senate resoundingly passed a military package that includes $26bn for Israel.

#and this is why it's blatant bullshit when admin and politicians say they're concerned for jewish safety #palestine

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for the first time in our years together, my partner whipped out his queer man card to keep me in my lane and he did it over the fucking cowboy ghoul from the fallout show

#1. no he doesn't and 2. country girls make do #fallout #fallout show

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today was ROUGH :(

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columbia administration is threatening to call in the national guard tonight

#as someone in education this shit is chilling #palestine #columbia university #note that right now this claim is not solidly verified. students say it's so