#having a democracy moment

[overlordneon]

#shipping #tumblr polls #neon talks a lot #having a democracy moment #i barely had enough to fill up this list jfc #dislestia #zutara #qrowin #shadamy #nelisa #ichiruki #robrae #tomstar #snowbird #ur welcome to reply with why u hate them to (lol just b nice)

[darkwood-sleddog]

because i had to (politely) warn/criticize an acquaintance musher who was out on the trail in 86% humidity and 80F weather running their dogs on a rig when i was there today, i thought now was a good reminder that:

dogs do not cool down effectively when it is more humid

dogs that have previously suffered heat stroke are more at risk of developing it again and will do so more easily than a dog who has never had heat stroke. This ALONE is a great risk to sled dogs.

in the northern hemisphere a majority of dog heat stroke incidents take place in July (which is the month I'm writing this).

most mushers do not recommend running dogs in harness over 50F. No your dogs are likely not an exception. All dogs can develop heat stroke.

HERE is a post with a helpful chart from the Australia Sledding Sports Association about how to determine a safe combination of humidity and heat to run in. (it is in Celcius, but the combination of what we walked in today was easily a 26 on this chart.)

Some mushers CAN train dogs during the summer. Those that are in much more arctic conditions where early am may sometimes be frosty this time of year are clear to do so. Although the Mush with P.R.I.D.E. Sled Dog Welfare Guide has some warnings about the risks running dogs in hot weather poses. Their description of heat stroke even mentions snow which, yes, is true. Sled Dogs can easily overheat even in snowy conditions. Even then though, the summer mushers i see (who are in like...the Yukon...) are regularly monitoring temperatures and not running when it is above 50F.

and look. I've been at the receiving end of weather temperature criticism myself. I once ran Sigurd and Zombie on a like...60F degree evening in summer as a novice and my mentor tore me a new one. I felt bad (and cried lol), but it is what it is and i never did it again. It's also why working with and/or seeking advice from sport veterans is important. I will also never stall or refuse to tell somebody they're posing a risk to their dogs, not only bc i care for their animals well beings, but because mushers pushing dogs like this does reflect badly on the sport.

The one thing i do to make sure i'm aware of how hot my dogs may be besides monitoring the temperatures? I overdress whenever i take them out.

#dogblr #dog sledding #sled dogs #like yeah it doesn't feel great in the moment to be like 'hey you shoudn't be running your dogs' #but if they're unaware i might have just saved them some heartbreak #and if they are aware and still running in the temps it was today? they're not someone i wish to associate with #because you are actively putting your dogs and this sport at risk #also one of the dogs was under 1 year i love democracy. #i have this disease called 'won't shut up about dogs' #also the mush with pride guide my beloved has sourced research on many topics #i especially appreciate their paragraphs about teaching dogs with positive training methods #dogs were pet bred sibes with more coat than my mals they looked. HOT. #if you want an idea of the humidity level i had to change clothes multiple times today bc of how damp i was which yeah tmi but also.

[bonefall]

naruto as a whole is a fucking mess and i say thisas somebody whos read the entireseries 3 times over. “naruto is going to change the system! haha teehee never mind hes not doing anytning about the child soldiers and slave castes and the genocides.” “sasuke can be upset at his brother for committing a genocide but actually genocide against an oppressed bloodline is good if theyre getting uppity and its sanctioned by the government and also have a genetic predisposition to be evil so he should just get over it and be okay with it” “sakura needs to stop obsessing over a guy whos not even interested and become strong for her own sake. actually shes a housewife now”

kishimoto im going to blow you up with my mind

YOU GET IT

For real though I think what they did with Sasuke's arc was one of the most baffling fucking things I've ever seen. "Actually. Your brother who carried out a genocide loved you :( he only put you in the Torment Nexus for several days because uhhh he wanted you to hate him and not find out about the government who ordered it. Everything he ever did was actually to protect you. And Uchihas are actually kinda rotten anyway so it's good an entire GROUP OF PEOPLE died. Don't think about any babies or children who were also slaughtered btw uhh nope all of them were bad."

Sasuke: "Yes I understand. I will now rule the world through fear. Actually nvm Naruto won our fight so, my philosophy is gone now."

Thank goodness that Evil Sasuke killed the three Bad Government Officials before that point, though. We had this whole theme going about toxic structures, cycles of abuse, and how oppressive regimes can propagate themselves even when a leader is well-meaning... but, like, Naruto REALLY wants to be Hokage, so actually if you just kill these Three Bad Governors it's gonna be fine.

There is no need for systemic change. Slave castes and child soldiers are fine. It's ok as long as the president is blonde :)

#It also bothers me unreasonably. And HAS bothered me since I was like 15. That in the final-- #--scene where sasuke finally lets Naruto Into His Heart he goes off about how they were both just Lonely Children Looking for Love #Like... no!! No actually! Sasuke's WHOLE THING was that EVERYONE was praising him as a prodigy #But that he was pushing away everyone around him because his brother put him in the fucjing torment nexus #It would have been more appropriate to talk about how THEYVE BOTH BEEN MADE INTO WEAPONS #For Naruto to realize (now that he is Useful to his war-obsessed society) that Sasuke was also undergoing a sort of dehumanization #It should be through THEIR GROWTH AS PEOPLE that they finally have a deeper understanding of each other #THEY DID NOT HAVE A COMMON ORIGIN #THATS THE POINT. THEY BECAME FRIENDS IN SPITE OF IT #iM FLIPPING TABLES #They had the opposite problem as each other but through self-imposed ostracization and proving one's 'worth' *NOW* THEY GET IT #But we cant do that bc you'd have to admit that Sasuke hada fucking point and wasnt just wrong the whole time #And that this system is ROTTEN and that Naruto shouldn't become Hokage but DESTROY THE POSITION #because dictators choosing dictators IS BAD. #They should have changed the government to democracy and then Sakura wins the first free election #Because she's actually deeply connected with the people of the fire nation especially outside of the capital city #For like her humanitarian work during the timeskip #And for being the disciple of Tsunade who was a respected leader #And then have a cute moment where Naruto and her banter about it. That she fulfilled HIS dream lmaoo #And also let the three of them be friends im beggign OTL #She gets over her crush on him and theyre just friends #Animeposting #I shouldn't have mentioned sakura now im yelling about naruto on the cat blog

[spartanlocke]

me: ok this is clearly having a negative impact on my mental and physical health so i'm just gonna ease off the politics for a bit and try to relax- republicans: so head's up you're gonna have to spend the rest of the year checking your registration info because we decided we can just walk into the polls and get your registration removed if it's sus (see: not registered republican) lmao me:

#jem blogs #not a moment's rest while republicans are trying to destroy democracy and equal rights #if i say what i want to happen to every single republican authority i'll be put on a watchlist #current events #us politics #2024 election #also i'm listed as democrat and just got a republican voting ballot so that's. #Just so much fun. #guess i'm going to have to make a call tomorrow. #🙃

[meat-loving-meat]

I want to write a Vanyel/Stefen modern-with-magic AU soooo bad but I don’t know Valdemar lore like at all. There are six books standing between me and feeling comfortable enough in the lore to imagine what Valdemar might look like with the internet and planes

#anyway I have unhinged ideas about what modern Valdemar #like. I’m imagining Valdemar as a prosperous #happy country with a high level of social development and technology #public transit everywhere. universal basic income/free high quality healthcare/etc #like. not utopian. not by a long shot. #but overall doing well (at least in comparison to some of the other countries on Velgarth) #HOWEVER they are having this really divisive cultural moment about Heralds and the King #bc they’re basically appointed by a completely unaccountable higher power? and they have so much direct influence and control over #the life of an average person??? why should that be allowed? #so there’s a movement for direct democracy which is very successful at a local level #and is slowly making its way into higher levels of the government #and there’s suddenly intense scrutiny on the heralds. so when Vanyel gets caught up in a series of scandals it does a LOT of damage to #the institution of the heralds. but Vanyel is very very important to the security of the world #bc he successfully prevented the detonation of a nuclear weapon a few years earlier so he’s sort of the only thing standing between #the world and nuclear war #anyway I think that setting is way too dramatic for a weird gay fanfiction. so I’m workshopping it #vanyel ashkevron #last herald mage #gay herald in a squirrel suit

[genniviva]

The mood was pretty weird while counting votes tonight. We were all... baffled? Baffled, yeah, especially at first when we were unfolding the votes and were met with party four, four, nineteen, four again. Wilders' PVV ended up with more than a quarter of the votes cast at our location.

We tried, but none of us could imagine what that guy would do if he were to somehow form a coalition. He has been opposition for so long that we had to wonder--does he even know? He doesn't have a party program beyond "fuck migrants." He relies on charisma and the neat thing called "not being in charge of the government people hate." Dick.

Anyways. Not happy about this at all.

#dutch #the netherlands #anyways other moments from tonight's vote counting: #that person who voted for the final person on the list. that was the only vote cast for the last six parties. #all votes for NSC were for Omzigt. to be expected given the whole situation but it was pretty funny getting to tonelessly read “one. one. #one. one.“ 124 times in a row. #*clenches fist* if i hadn't send away those few people who had invalid voting passes we could have reached 1000 votes. damn my integrity! #today was. good. long--eleven hours from start to finish of unbroken work--but fullfilling. the other volunteers were really nice #listening to their life stories you could see this position attracted a certain kind of person #all volunteer librarians and working with getting immigrants all set up with a new life and guided living for disabled people and-- #i liked working with them :) #oh! and i got gravely wounded in the battle for democracy #read: i got a papercut :(

[andromedasummer]

i ended up having a like. 30 minute conversation with some of those "freedom convoy" people. was at the bus stop. they were wearing trump hats. i ended up roped into the conversation because i was so taken aback at seeing one in public i was just. staring at it. ive never felt more depressed about someone elses life and beliefs than when i talked to them.

#they fucking. tokd me about the litterboxes in schools for kids identifying as cats and i had to #break it to them that that wasnt true and explained that. also explained. what its like yo be autistic. how i find it joyful #and also discussed how they believe trump has been spoken to by god and chosen to lead and how they arent christians or catholics like they #used to be but instead talk directly to him and have him inside them #and also apparently how 15 minute cities in china are used to keep people imprisoned where they are #and we arent a democracy anymore. which was so funny considering. they are participating for a party #running in the election #i gave them my perspective on being transgender and gay and watched them have like. 3 or 4 ''are we the baddies'' moments #explained what puberty blockers actually do. that surgery is paid out of peoples own pockets. that we literally only have #one doctor who can perform these surgeries and hes abt to retire #and at the end of the convo they were like ''youre so pleasant. youre really smart young lady'' and i was like ''ty? i just. read a lot' #god i hope they learned. something. or i changed some opinion. they seemed to have a more positive view of autistic people at least #i just like. fuck dude. these fuckin right wing grifters are ruining these peoples lives. #the lady has been unemployeed since covid cos she got sucked into this antivax stuff and now theyre both financially unstable #perfect targets for tamaki and the freedoms people who were known for squeezing money out of people through bogus religious stuff #those two have been twisted into just. hateful and scared and are saying the most. insane shit and they dont even realize it. #and the worst part of it was the amount of young people there. so many people my age just deluded into this nonsense. #and kids JESUS CHRIST so many kids holding signs about ''protecting the kiwi way of life'' like bro every single thing #you are getting upset about an imported culture war. you arent threatened by this shit. #youve latched onto american culture war stuff because youre insecure in your whiteness and existence in a colonial country #its so fucking evil.

[kafkaguy]

hey guys.

#my feminism and bisexuality instinct are telling me i should have one with all 3 of them #other part of my brain is just 'diego luna with the bra...' so.......... #democracy moment.

[i-will-always-love-the-jedi]

Elzar Mann shortest firebrand confirmed

(I passed the first half of the final two years of school, so this is my celebration I guess)

whole panel:

Anyways we stan tall lady Avar Kriss, who btw is way too tired to put up with her best friends bullshit

...

#pls ignore the horrendous background #and my inconsistent drawing style #anyways #i like tiny elzar he looks so silly #the boots suit him tho #stellan thinks hes going crazy the moment he first sees them #they hold a council of the firebrands #and decide with democracy 2 against 1 that the hot pink boots need to go #elzar does not like that outcome #cuz hes back to being shortest #tbh for all avar cares #he could have kept them #girl is too busy losing her mental health anyways #for anyone who has not read thr yet: #this is their relationship #also how tf does starlight beacon look on the inside #i dont know for certain #so i improvised #the high republic #avar kriss #elzar mann #stellan gios #hes not IN it #but he is a firebrand so #and part of the story in the tags which no one will read anyways

[thisismenow3]

Semantics or genuine misunderstandings?

I keep feeling such… depression, I guess? Anger ain’t the right word, nor is sadness. It’s just an all encompassing defeat kind of feeling when I see someone defend their position on an important topic by pretending only the most egregious kind of idiotic arguments against their position are the other side.

The specific instance for this right now is seeing people act like anti-Zionism means anti Jew ignoring the multiple meanings of the word. And then do things such as act like the only way people could side with Palestinians (they usually just say Hamas and limit how often they say the name of the people group being oppressed… wonder why) is if no Israelis were harmed October 7 2023. Bru, some people are malicious idiots that think this way, but I and many people who don’t believe in reactionary group punishment (war crimes) don’t need to ignore the rape and murder and etc of Israelis on October 7 to know two wrongs don’t make a right.

And underneath it all is a failure to engage with the biggest and most salient point of the “side” they rail against; why do people in the West Bank deserve to have their homes taken over and themselves violently thrown out by Israeli settlers? Oh that’s already been happening for 75 years? Seems like you’re ignoring the real issue then. Hamas will always have recruits as long as the Palestinians are treated as sub humans who cannot have freedom of movement, cannot have freedom to keep their stuff or their lives. This applies to Gaza as well, but it’s curious that even with the two step of “they killed and raped civilians! So of course we must snipe grandmas in the streets and in mosques and churches while pillaging and raping in the rubble!” they can’t engage with the fact that they’ve tied their idea of their own and their group’s safety to the genocide of the outgroup. And that on top of that they misuse accusation of antisemitism to hide from this reality like some kind of American Christofascist would, or Russian propagandist, or Azeri nationalist.

But this reality levels their whole wordview, not just argument. They need the delusion of settlers stealing land and houses and soldiers sniping old women and children and denying food, clean water and healthcare to somehow being necessary to combat Hamas… cause otherwise you’d have to admit you are supporting a government that is trying to speed run the American genocide of native Americans. We, Americans, didn’t have to fully regime change or do anything to Iraq to fight terrorism or to keep ourselves safe. More people should’ve listened to how this was reactionary “spill more of their blood to salve our wounded pride and the hearts of those who died in the towers!!!!!!!!” bullshit, but they didn’t. What Israel did and does to Palestinians before October 7 and since makes all of the Levant less safe. Just like with counter terrorism, war and war crimes actually make the problem worse and soft power non military solutions are the actual defenses

#I want to believe these people have just only seen the actually anti semitic people using this anti genocide moment to try to rant openly #But Zionist can mean a bunch of things #And if that or Palestinian rights or being anti genocide is equated to automatically being anti semitic #Me thinks y’all subconsciously know Arendt was right #The USA has myths that people here refuse to unlearn to keep their put upon world view #And they are built upon straw man arguments and all kinds of fallacies #Israel does as well #The government of Israel is an oppressive force #Just like the US government #Both have always been so #Accepting this is paramount to actually fixing that #Otherwise I guess get used to Israel sliding toward their own version of Orbanism #Aka “it’s still technically a democracy cause there’s lots of steps stripping the people who would vote us out of power from having #The ability to! #Palestinian genocide #looks a lot like what the Azerbaijani gov’t is doing to Armenians

[herequeerexitentialfear]

Cecio & his fathers family

Cecios' father is an old noble of Andoran, from a family who made the smart decision of backing the rebellion. Taking in his bastard son was a double edged move, on one hand, he's displaying the ideal that everyone is equal, while also displaying the pedigree & faith of their lineage by having an Aasimar son. 

His father mainly pulled this move because rumors were getting loud about how the family had not fully changed to the nation's new beliefs, and were merely paying lip service to them.

His family is made up of four, his father, the patriarch, a noble turned merchant, who does the bare minimum of lip service towards the current principles of Andoran. He's not particularly corrupt, and by the standards of the previous regime, would have been a gracious lord, but his lack of care towards what used to be the lower classes and particularly his bastard son is a stain on what would be an average merchant lord. 

The eldest son, a man who did his time in the eagle knights, and is now working his way up in the government, hoping to take over his fathers role as the one in council seat, a cold and distant man, one who failed to shed his noble air, and thus only has friends among the nobles, neutral or unpopular among most people.

The youngest son, a shirt chasing fool who is currently a squire for a suffering knight, but one can suppose that the coin makes up for it, he's completely unfit for command and will probably spend the rest of his life wasting his father's coin on cover ups and fine food and clothes

The deceased wife, Cecio's stepmother, a woman who was understandably uncomfortable with the proof of her husbands infidelity under her roof, but who took it out on the neglected child, orchestrating the stealing of his finances, leading to Celia needing to fund his training, all as his father neglected him.

The family enjoyed little change in conditions, as they used their power to gain a large share of the artifact and treasure seeking market, not to mention offering their troops to the eagle knights, meaning they have considerable power for a noble family. It seems the new family tradition is the eldest going into government, and the second eldest going into the eagle knights. 

It seems that Cecio will be the one in the eagle knights, as while all three have gone through knight training, the eldest has firmly gone into government, and the youngest is ill equipped to fight on a serious battlefield, let alone take command and rise to the position expected of him. 

So Cecio works his way up through the Eagle Knights, being sent with the knight he's a squire for to the World Wound, and Mendev. He quickly becomes a full knight, and is granted command over a small group of crusaders thanks to his diligent studying. 

He only enjoys command for a year or two, before he wakes up in Drezden on a stretcher. Only time will tell where he goes from there.

#cecio #gold & silver #<3 #his family are not corrupt nobles who are secretly trading slaves or black market goods #but they are just... Meh. #and then extremely neglectful #just personal assholes #which means rip celias dramatic execution to signal the rebellion #and her badass speech about one death to satisfy the blood lust and vengeance of the poor #instead of making the city streets flow rivers of blood #which also serves as a violent reminder of the alternative to the largely peaceful aftermath of the rebellion #and also gives people the leverage to make sure good shit actually gets passed in the fledgling democracy #bc 'be nice to us and we wont let this madwoman and her followers public execute you corrupt arseholes' #and she exchanges murdering cecios pos father for her calling of the more violent side of the rebellion & making them play nice #but i mean the threat is always there she publicly executed a guy and made a speech and these people still love her #so if the noble arnt playing nice she can always have a summer vacation back home<333 #so rip that but she still gets her girboss moment of offing Cecios father #if the family structure seems similar *no it doesnt* [i will write about his inspiration & how different he is but heyy just ignore it]

[lady-nightmare]

DONALD TUSK NOWYM PREMIEREM. "INACZEJ NIE MOGŁEM, MUSIAŁEM WRÓCIĆ"

#youtube #it`s official #we have our new prime minister #donald tusk #democracy has win #polblr #polska #poland #podniosły moment a na końcu mały bąbel kaczyński #musiał dać wyraz swojej dziecięcej złości #jazda bez trzymanki

[deathshallbenomore]

one thing about me is that I love putting lots of little “...” and - ... - in my academic writing because they allow me to be witty and make little imperceptible jokes and metaphors. as a treat :) 

#I love the way I do academic writing because it's entertaining #it's not dry and apathetic #at the same time I HATE it because to me. at the umpteenth rererereading it doesn't even feel like I managed to include actual and valuable #information. shame on me for having a heart at the worst possible moments. my writing is punctual and exact #but there's too much heart at times. such a shame that I'm writing about crumbling and or endangered democracies :)

[actual-sleeping-beauty]

On the one hand I do not think we would ever get here in the RWRB universe. On the other hand boy would I like to see Alex respond to Ted Cruz saying this shit.

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#i obviously do not want my most beloved characters to go through this shit #but i do think that alex #as a texan #would have a hell of a lot to say about it #also like to be clear ted cruz is evil incarnate #the scum of the earth #right up there with #as alex put it #bitch mcconnell #fun fact that was the moment i was sold on alex as a character #when he graffitied my senator's office #bc my senator is one of the worst things to happen to the us democracy in the past century #anyyyyyyyyway #im done ranting in the tags now #alex claremont diaz #rwrb

[detnuah]

ok ok but the idea that both agamemnon and orestes had already made the decisions they would make (she’s been dead since the beginning), that they had already decided to say yes and commit the acts they would do. along with the ways that fatherhood/manhood is aligned with divinity through the ability to become a creator. they, as god, had already decided these deaths and the signs were borne of the act that was to happen and not the other way around. (the note that says child killer they both read) the signs become their justifications and their explanation rather than the driving agent/decision maker. in conclusion i have no idea what i’m talking about but icke oresteia fun……. anyway there is a DEATH OUTSTANDING etc etc

#one moment that ! sticks with me still is when klytemnestra says to #iphigenia that it was always about her . chewing glass perhaps #have not turned the elektra thing around in my head enough but #robert icke #ok ALSO #there’s a line about the family effectively having eaten itself whole #save orestes. #the burning of the house. #family as the family table anf the family altar of sacrifice #the structure and form of the table mirror the pillars and lintel of the temple of the set #the temple that crosses with the modern minimalism and the steel beams #a court of blood and sacrifice that for ill or better is taken over by the court of law and democracy

[235uranium]

god reading about the state of things rn makes me want to just break shit

#☢️.txt #the fun thing about being physically disabled is that i cant do most of the things that would be of the most help #calling reps is all i have and they just dont fucking care! they dont care! #im almost always an optimist who believes the best of humaninity but this shit is so fucking bleak #israel is going to continue their genocide and the us is gonna help no matter how much us citizens actually complain because they dont care #theyve never cared. us foreign policy has never been based on democracy its just based on pure imperialism and white supremacy n capitalism #but i think usually its. usually i can just assume the average american doesnt know #most americans are calling for a ceasefire and we cant even get that fucking done #because the government doesnt care! they dont fucking care! #and unfortunately the left is so fucking disorganized at the moment. maybe itll finally actually galvanize people but. itll be too late #im trying not to despair bc i know myself and i know that despair doesnt motivate me #i know that unfortunately my anger rarely translates into action #but god. i just want to scream. does it matter if most of humanity is good if the people in power #will sit and watch atrocities?