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Me yesterday after reading some news: That made me feel worse and also not better

Me today after reading some news: That made me feel worse and also not better

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Blown Away (Netflix)

This season is HOT and FIERY and DANGEROUS and we have a HUGE HOT SHOP! Our contestants are here to compete for some prize that none of the viewers really understand or care about! This is...

BLOWN AWAY

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[interview clip, Contestant A:] I'm here to WIN

Judge lady: Hi everyone, here's our guest judge, Dr Sandy McGlass from Fancypants University

[they walk in]

Contestants: WHOAAAAAA *nudge, gasp, knowing nods*

[interview clip with Contestant F:] Dr Sandy McGlass is a LEGEND.

Viewers: I have no idea who this is

Guest judge to the contestants: In my job I like/do things, so you better impress me

Judge lady: Your job is to make a piece based on this theme, and then we're gonna judge you

[interview clip, Contestant B:] I'm gonna take it right to the final

Generic presenter: Your time starts... now!

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[shots of molten glass getting rolled around in colourful sugar crystals, people breaking up giant crayons, etc]

Contestant D: [drawing on something with chalk] I'm just doing this for my kids, you know?

[interview with contestant E:] I've done a lot of glass and I really like it, so I'm making this cool thing

Contestant A: Blowing guy, blow into the tube

Blowing guy: [blows into the tube]

Contestant A: Stop that

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Presenter: What's your favourite topical item?

Judge lady: Probably this thing, hahahaha

Guest judge: ????? I guess??

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Contestant F: [just, putting a stick into a fire hole to scoop up some gloop] I'm in this minority group so I'm making something to represent my culture

No one: The final winner will definitely be a white person though

Contestant C: Making caaaaane~

[interview clip, Contestant D:] I'm clearly the best, but I am worried about [contestant who is clearly the best], though

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Contestant F: [glass falls off stick and smashes on the floor]

Assistant: [puts on a bomb suit and picks up the smashed thing and runs and puts it very carefully into the magic cupboard]

Presenter on the observation deck: Annealer... isn't that like, a species of mammal that eats insects?

[interview clip, contestant F:] Glass breaks a lot

[interview clip, contestant C:] Glass breaks a lot

Judge lady to presenter: Glass does break a lot, yes

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Contestant A: [sweating all over the place] I started out doing this other job, but then I started blowing glass and never looked back

Contestant B: [squidging some 1,000ºC molten glass about like it's toffee, you want to eat it] I'm just doing this for my kids, you know?

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Judges: We're all very concerned, Contestant D is really good at glass but also really bad at it. And Contestant A is really bad at glass, but also really good at it. Do they have what it takes?

[several shots of contestants being really sweaty and sticking glass together with other glass]

[interview clip, Contestant C:] I'm here to win

Contestant B: [bashing glass with hammer] I just really love glass

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Judge, from observation deck: Contestant A is good, but also bad

[some guy out of shot rolls a die to find out who should shout about time remaining]

Judge/presenter/contestant: X UNITS OF TIME LEFT, PEOPLE!

Contestant (any): What, there is less time left than before?????

[interview with contestant who blatantly displays 3+ ADHD symptoms in one sentence]

Contestant E: Okay, let's put this hot glass thing in a place/position

[it breaks]

[interview with Contestant E:] That was the main part of my piece and there are literally x units of time left, I do not have time to make another, I'm just going to have to wing it

Presenter, from the observation deck: That's tough, man

Judge lady: It is, yes

Random inhabitant on the shop floor: TWO MINUTES LEFT, PUT YOUR GLASS IN THE ANNEALERS!!!

[much running around in bomb suits putting things in magic cupboards]

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[peaceful twinkly music, and a slow shot of each piece in the gallery with a description/explanation. Contestant E's has a broken item in it.]

[judges look at each piece]

Judge: This is pretty good

Other judge: But is it also bad, though

Judge: I guess, but is it also good though

Presenter: I would eat that

Judges: Lol

Judge/presenter: [pun based on show's theme]

[polite chuckling]

Presenter: Let's go hear from the contestants

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[cut to clean tidy hot shop. contestants walk in in slow motion and face the row of judges]

Judge: Contestant B, tell us about why you made this sucky choice

Contestant B: [something about their kids and/or how much they love glass, determination, etc.]

Judge: Thank you

Contestant B: *nods*

Other judge: Contestant E, I noticed that part of your piece was broken, talk to us about that

Contestant E: I broke my piece but then I decided that it's meaningful actually

Judges: *nodding*

Judge: Contestant D, do you think your piece is enough to take you to the next round?

Contestant D: I'm just doing it for my kids, you know?

Presenter: Okay, we'll go and talk about you behind your backs now

[cut to interview with Contestant B:] I'm not ready to go home, you know?

[cut to interview with Contestant D:] If I make good glass, I stay. If I make bad glass, I go home.

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Judges and presenter, hushed voices, in a secret huddle: They all were good, but also they all sucked; but were they actually good, do you think?

[cut to the hot shop face-off again]

Presenter: Just a reminder of the prize that has been repeated 17 times so far and that none of the viewers remember or care about

Judge: Our top best favourite is

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Judge: Contestant C.

Presenter: And one guy [gn] is going to be leaving the hot shop today. That person is

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[shots of individual nervous contestants]

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Presenter: Contestant A

Contestant A: [nods, smiles, hugs everyone on the way out]

Presenter: Everyone else rules. All of you remaining white people will be going on to the next round.

[interview with Contestant A, wearing the same outfit as the interview at the beginning when they said they were here to win:] At the end of the day I came here to have a nice time and/or do it for my kids, and I think I can go home proud, I basically won

[end credits]

#Blown Away

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UK petition: Sandyford Clinic [Scotland] to immediately continue to prescribe trans kids hormone blockers

[ Sign here ]

Following the Cass Review, trans kids are no longer able to receive puberty blocker prescriptions from Sandyford, Scotland's only gender identity clinic for under 18s. This is devastating news for trans kids who will now see their bodies change in ways that will trigger dysphoria. It will ultimately cost lives as trans kids are driven to suicide. All this will happen because of some despicable, manufactured "trans debate", where trans kids, and adults, are being used as a scapegoat for society's problems. Trans charities and advocate groups are condemning the awful Cass Review all over the country. The only groups celebrating this dreadful document are anti-trans ones. Hormone blockers have been used for decades safely, and the vast majority of trans kids that go on to transition are happy. A common argument against blockers is that trans kids are not old enough to make such decisions. This is exactly what puberty blockers are for; to hit the pause button on any irreversible changes; to give trans kids time to make these decisions. We urge Sandyford clinic to immediately resume providing trans kids with their life-saving puberty blockers.

[ Sign here ]

#petition #UK #signal boost #cass review #cass report #armchair activism #puberty blockers #sandyford clinic #scotland #trans

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to succeed in adult friendship you must remember the key tenets of child friendship:

Play Toys

Play Pretend

Snack Time

#humaning

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it is past time we jettisoned the useless false dichotomy of introversion vs. extroversion and just accepted that everybody has a minimum amount of social interaction, failing which, they get really weird. and everybody has a maximum amount of social interaction, exceeding which, they get really weird. these levels are different for everyone, for a variety of reasons, and have no moral dimension. and that is all.

#humaning

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I have two additions for the for-sale page today.

QTPOC pride handwarmers (£20 plus P&P to wherever you are)

Pride socks (UK size 4-7, £17 plus P&P to wherever you are)

Plus, there are plenty of other LGBTQ+ handwarmers and zines already listed. :) DM me if you're interested!

#knitting #queer #LGBT #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #for sale #ad #handmade #pride

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my step mom was asking me more questions about the nonbinary thing and after talking to me for a bit, she said "oh, so youre a rosé! not a chardonnay transitioning to a merlot, just your own unique type" which was such a middle aged white woman way to frame it, but i cannot lie gang. it did make me want to cry

#gender #nonbinary #amazing

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#politics

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manga shops are all like yeah weve got manga. volumes 2,5, and 4 copies of 9

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#Brooklyn 99 #Brooklyn Nine-Nine #B99 #poll

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Flashback Friday: Originally posted May 20th, 2020

I like having some sort of schedule, but if there's a lot that needs to be done, especially if they're outside my home, my brain freaks out.

#comics #it me #Actually ADHD #Actually AuDHD

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UK petition: Recognise nonbinary people's genders in law and in identity documents

It's that time again. There was no active UK parliament petition about nonbinary identities being recognised in law, so I made one.

The UK government has repeatedly acknowledged the existence of nonbinary people, but it has repeatedly refused to grant recognition in law and systems. Nonbinary genders should be recognised on: - Passports - GRCs - Marriage documents - Death certificates

[ Sign here ]

Deadline: 11 October 2024

Signatures: 54 of 100,000

See a graph: here

Who can sign:

Anyone living in the UK, regardless of citizenship

Anyone with UK citizenship, living anywhere in the world

No one else! Don't fake your postcode or whatever, it'll invalidate the petition

#signal boost #nonbinary #non-binary #trans #LGBT #LGBTQ #LGBTQ+ #genderqueer #agender #UK #petition #armchair activism #nonbinary rights #transgender rights

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i do think theres something sad about how largely only the literature that's considered especially good or important is intentionally preserved. i want to read stuff that ancient people thought sucked enormous balls

#overthinking but in the good way #literature

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UK petition: Recognise nonbinary people's genders in law and in identity documents

It's that time again. There was no active UK parliament petition about nonbinary identities being recognised in law, so I made one.

The UK government has repeatedly acknowledged the existence of nonbinary people, but it has repeatedly refused to grant recognition in law and systems. Nonbinary genders should be recognised on: - Passports - GRCs - Marriage documents - Death certificates

[ Sign here ]

Deadline: 11 October 2024

Signatures: 54 of 100,000

See a graph: here

Who can sign:

Anyone living in the UK, regardless of citizenship

Anyone with UK citizenship, living anywhere in the world

No one else! Don't fake your postcode or whatever, it'll invalidate the petition

#nonbinary #non-binary #trans #LGBT #LGBTQ #LGBTQ+ #genderqueer #agender #UK #petition #armchair activism #nonbinary rights #transgender rights

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why don't you do arts and crafts for 5 hours and then you'll calm down

#it me

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season one mohinder suresh the man that you are

#previous tags: #sendhil ramamurthy voted most beautiful man alive 2006 #very accurate #heroes

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#Is this: #Actually Autistic #Actually ADHD #Actually AuDHD #it me