#and also it’s money so yeah I stopped :

[greencarnation]

I went to an Ilan Pappé talk yesterdays - I really recommend his books if you've not checked them out already. He's arguably one of the worlds leading experts on Zionism and the "Israel"-Palestine conflict, so obviously everything he said was great, but what I want to highlight:

Someone asked him if he thought the protests and petitions and calling you reps and shit would work, and he said no, it never will. It's still important to do that but the powerful will never surrender their power to the powerless just because they ask for it. Asking the UK and the US to cut ties with their imperial outpost in the Middle East is like asking an animal to gnaw off it's own limb - it won't do it unless its only other choice is dying completely.

So who does have the power to put a stop to this, we asked. The working class of the imperial core. That's us, and we are the most powerful people in the world right now, because this war machine can't function without us. Movements like this can only be built from the ground up, so stop looking to the government and start looking to your community. We need to make it more unprofitable to support Israel than it is to cut ties with it.

This is a call to action. The people HAVE the power, and we have to use it. Yes, that's you. Contact your trade union, your workplace, your school, your church, your university. Your friends, family, any connections you have. As many people on board as possible, with one goal: shut it down. Take direct action now.

#were seeing this all over the world so i know we know all this but it bears repeating #stop lamenting on how you wish you could do more. you can #the power is with you #we have to stop begging the government and take it into our own hands #idk we could do so much more #your voice matters it really reallt does #also don't let yourself get distracted #i keep seeing that thing w the watermelon filter on tiktok that apparently raises money #and like sure do that if u have a second #but it isn't really helping palestine because none of that money is getting through #its just another thing keeping you distracted #idk man #ill make a post more abt direct action and shit and what you can do in your community #and what to push for in your school uni ect #anyway yeah #palestine #gaza #israel #free palestine #ilan pappe #mine

[beesinspades]

why am i in witch hat atelier (this is the best thing that has ever happened to me) (please read witch hat atelier)

#witch hat atelier #wha #atuarto #atwert #chin hair in progress sdfjkln #@ my t shots: stop slacking off #COSPLAY ONE DAY???? but i can't sew and i don't have money :((((( but omg can you imagine #imagine if i was wearing his cosplay in that pic #also this pic was taken two weeks before i read tbna so I wasn't even trying!!! #my hair isn't always perfectly like this but it is on the day i wash them #the days after that it gets a bit wavier #bUT YEAH #I LOVE HIM SO MUUUCHHHH #whenever he's on the page i'm like this is both so weird and exciting because i can't unsee myself 😭😭 #when i go “i love you you're so pretty” at him i have to pause like wait. #is this how i start to self-love more #also it makes me feel so good about my gender presentation and my choice to go on t like....... #i'm only one month on t so there are no visible changes and yet i look like this sweetheart!!!! #and it makes me happy!!!! #how could i be wrong about going on t #it's just so unexpectedly affirming idk

[feluka]

my dad when we buy FOOD: oh my god??? you guys need to economize, we are in a CRISIS

my dad when he buys 3 cigarette boxes a day and 2 bottles of booze: yippee!!!

#like yeah we do need to economize but we also need to eat LMAO #we already cut out all meat what the fuck do you want!! #he's like omg guys stop spending my drinking money on necessities!! can't you guys starve a little so i can get drunk? smh so inconsiderate #can't forget when he complained that we ate eggs that he bought and we were like yeah you're right sorry #we should've waited for them to hatch instead my bad

[silenthillbunni]

lately i've been finding it so so hard to be positive and hopeful. and it's making me so bitter and hateful. i hate it but i dont know what to do about it

#idk it's just all too much to deal w #i have sm pains and physical discomforts. money issues. stress bc my avpd is making school very hard for me to finish #i have suicidal thoughts and really bad anxiety every single day. i've basically begged the mental health care system for help for 7 months #like i've kept contacting them and asking them but they havent done anything at all for me. i dont even get to see anyone and talk #i just dont know what to do or how to handle it #im so stressed abt the future. i have to finish school but then choose smth so i can go to school/get a degree & get a job #im holding my mom down and back and i need to find a way to kove out from her and support myself #i have no friends to meet or hangout with and destress with etc etc and im really feeling the lack of it #idk the list just goes on and on and on #nothing is working and idk how to fix it. but also i know that me and only me have to find a way bc there is no help #i struggle bc of my avpd and mental health but there is no treatment for me to get. they just dont wanna give me *any* help at all #im just so frustrated. and every day is the same. everyday is full of some physical pain anxiety stress worries suicidal thoughts etc etc #i cant break free idk how!!!! my life is so fkn boring and pathetic and miserable #i never get to relax bc all of a sudden last year i got extremely noise sensitive. and it's never quiet anywhere in this city #anyway yeah i could just keep going. and like now im feeling anxious bc my tooth is aching :(( #it -everything- never stops or lets up or relents. and it makes me wanna die even more. #so... idk im just incapable of being hopeful abt anything and that's really killing me idk

[recklessmoss]

i'm so unironically baffled at the amount of downgrades this site pushes out on a nearly weekly basis at this point. Near half if not all of them are almost completely useless and give absolutely zero benefit to user experience, if anything @staff is quite literally distancing their userbase.... do you think i want another twitter? Like what purpose or benefit does taking away dash avatars has... what's the benefit of taking away basic accessibility features.. fucking genuinely. I hate it here. I don't know how many more feedback letters I have to send in order for all this shit to stop... i'm so tired.

#i'm so tired. like genuinely. #i'm so very tired how as an artist who also relies partially on a FUNCTIONAL social media is being forced into a fucking corner like this #where the site is broken in every sense imaginable. and you have no intention to fix it. other than making it worse. #I've seen 12 year olds with java codes do a better job than this site #and u think i'm rambling nonsense bc i'm angry and yeah. i kinda am but then again i'm fuckign exhausted. and every day I have less desire #to spend even more than a second on this site #sorry! #anyways tldr. i hate it here. #please for the love of god stop giving this site money. in anyway. #i get u want the funny checkmarks but this staff doesnt deserve your pennies in any shape.

[harbingersecho]

some short felix stuff. also price is there for a second

#red vs blue #rvb #aiden price #price #felix #*24 #mine #video #i dont think these are as good as the other one but i REALLY like the felix's eye shift thing i did so. im posting it #i dont get to draw price like ever. which is a shame cuz i love that guy. even if he was a manipulative pos ''counsellor'' who ruined live #so was hannibal!! at least price doesnt eat ppl you know. he just lets them be taken over by an ai and abuses his position to test his #''patients''. free my mans! also im putting quotes on all that bc (i think ive said this before) its a genuine fucking miracle if he has a #license. like post-pfl it def got revoked but UNSC's vetting process or the state of the intragalactic psych licensing sucks ass. idk which #it is! or if its a third options where price just didnt have a license/it got revoked way before pfl and there's just a small disclaimer of #''this is not medical advice im not a licensed professional'' hidden in his resume that no one ever read theyre just. yeah hes got a phd! #idk enough abt halo lore to know which one it is but considering the spartan program i wouldnt be surprised if their ethics board is just a #money-laundering front or smth. if they even HAVE one. ok im rambling i'll stop

[tomwambsmilk]

As a side note I think what makes Succession such an excellent critique of capitalism is how it handles the idea of meritocracy. It's very easy to imagine conservatives (especially wealthy conservatives) as Scrooge McDuck kind of figures who really just want whatever brings in the most money. But the truth is that most of them are deeply, deeply invested in the belief that capitalism is a meritocracy, and that their own success is the result of hard work and others' failure is the result of personal failings. They are so invested in this idea that they will go to amazing lengths to reinterpret any piece of information that challenges it. Succession does a really, really good job of depicting that conviction, and depicting it so well that the audience will be occasionally sucked into it, before slapping you in the face with the utter pathetic incompetency of these people who are essentially running America.

I think that's one of the things that really sets it above a lot of other 'eat the rich' type movies that write their wealthy characters with more of a Scrooge McDuck mindset. Personally, I think any good critique is written so that the critiqued party can see themselves in the story. They may not accept the critique, but if it's good and it's accurate there will be a character they recognize as themselves. No conservative is going to see themselves in Miles Bron, a man who is clearly out of his depth and incompetent and stealing other people's ideas, or the rich people from Squid Game, who insist on 'levelling the playing field' through random chance. But they DO see themselves in characters like Tom Wamsbgans and Kendall Roy (hence why an army of reddit bros turn out to defend their every move), and I think that's what gives Succession's critique a fighting chance of actually landing with the people who need to hear it

#fun fact most conservatives think squid game is a critique of communism #which yeah is at least in part a massive failure of media literacy #but I think the fact that the wealthy are so caricatured and unrealistic - and the games stop being at all meritorious so quickly - really #don't help #if you aren't at least needling conservatives then all you're doing is making a point to an audience that already gets it #also this is why good critiques are so widely misunderstood #for instance. 1984 #they're nuanced and they have to be!! #if you depict the wealthy as cartoon villains then when people encounter real wealthy people who are not cartoon villains and instead #have complex views on the relationship between money and work that boil down to the idea that the world is a meritocracy but do it in a way #that sound reasonable and realistic to those who don't know any better #everyone goes well idk what glass onion is going on about. elon musk has all these great ideas about working hard and productivity and #rewarding people who do well he can't be all that bad #and completely miss the fact that he's operating under a total misapprehension of the world

[icewindandboringhorror]

Obligatory fancier outfit that must be present anytime I post outfits 

#self #fantasy costume #If I had the money for a custom tailored fantasy-ish victorian-ish suit instead of piecing together random thrift store items with like walm #rt halloween costume type jackets and stuff.. #unstoppable..... #I would actually lean more straight up historical with my wardrobe it's just that everything I own basically is thrifted aside from a very #small portion of things (like usually socks for example I get from ebay. wigs from ebay. things that it's hard to find in thrift stores. etc #) and I rarely ever find stuff like that at the bins. Your closest bet is like. hopeing that the week you come in just so happens to also be #a week that a church costume department recently donated a bunch of old stuff. but I just haven't really had much luck finding like fancy ve #sts and suit coats and cloaks or like tunics and etc. etc. #Styles like mori kei or cult party kei are pretty accessible and easy for places like the bins (where youre usually digging through piles of #curtains and fabric scraps and doilies anyway). but finding like.. a straight up tudor england costume or something is . VERY rare #Sometimes you do find halloween costumes. Or like. stuff that's clearly like cheap 'Goth' stuff from shein or aliexpress that someone has do #nated and they can be a LITTLE okay in terms of usable for costumes. But you rarely find actual good quality stuff. obviously because like #real very good quality historical costumes are expensive and most people aren't just like 'yeah dump it off to goodwill' lol #In an ideal world though I would have fancy top hats and neck ruffles and stuff .. know this ghhjbhj #Lack of that will not stop me from taking picturesin basically the same outfit 6000 times though. My one single silky black vest and #one of the two solitary ruffly neck shirts I have every been able to find. #Pointy-ish little boots that I put with everything even thogugh they look terrible up close because they're literally like over 10 yrs old #I bought them so long ago and the black fake leather lining is like peeling off of the outside #ANYWAY #he's back again... the same little generic like elf vampire ruffle shirt with vest look.. might as well be the same guy #I support him and his dumbass disintegrating shoes anyway

[screamingay]

someone on here will literally say "encouraging plastic surgery for the sole purpose of conforming to eurocentric beauty standards isn't actually feminism" and 200 other people will come out of the woodworks and chant in harmony LET WOMEN BE HAPPY and WHAT ABOUT TRANS PEOPLE AND BURN VICTIMS as if the post wasn't clearly 1. about womens' self image & insecurities being strongly influenced by the richest and whitest of society and 2. not about trans people or burn victims at all

#ive thought about it a lot and i know the main argument is that it's bodily autonomy and also having it more widely available makes it #easier for the people who really do need it to get it #but like. first of all the industry (and it is an industry) spends SO much money convincing women their bodies look wrong #if it wasnt advertised everywhere and if the expectation wasnt there to look 'perfect' according to the most recent trends #the amount of women getting elective plastic surgery would be drastically lower #second of all. yeah having more surgeons out there means more experience and safer treatments for those who really need it.. #as long as they have the money #and for trans people as long as they have money and/or good insurance and/or all the required medical documentation and/or therapy #and at the end of the day you can criticize just part of something but not all of it. i feel like a lot of people forget that when they #start saying shit online. just stop and think and dont interact with people assuming the worst of them!! #when i criticize the beauty industry im never calling any woman who's ever worn makeup or gotten a facelift evil it's an INDUSTRY #it's systemic!!! #almost reminds me of how criticizing the patriarchy and systemic misogyny as a lesbian will get u painted as some man hating terf #i love men! i dont blame individual men for the system we're all a part of i just criticize its existence and try to work to dismantle it #and i know complaining on the internet is like a little raindrop in the ocean but still. it needs to be discussed i think

[notthestarwar]

Since I'm going through my notes. Here's a snippet from an old WIP

Cody and Fox after the war, no order 66, the stories called 'Fox gets a job' and I wrote quite a bit of it but then I hit a point where I didn't know what happened next lol so I moved on to something else.

Cody gives him a long look, one of the ones he's learnt from his Jedi. Theyre beginning to merge in to one person. "Fox, do you actually want a job?"

Fox smiles. "Brother, you don't go to interviews if you don't want a job. We can't all marry in to wealth!"

"He's a monk, Fox. He took a vow of poverty."

"Ah." Fox tilts his head. "There's more to wealth than the material."

"True." Cody Acquiesces. "There is a wealth in connections. Much like the ones I used to get you this interview."

His brother shoots him a dirty look.

"If you want the job, you don't tell them you killed your last boss! You aren't stupid Fox, I don't need to explain cause and affect to you! So what is this? Really?"

Fox shrugs. "I'm just done lying to natborns to keep them happy. "

Cody narrows his eyes. "OK fine, but no-one is asking you to get a job with natborns! There are dozens of brothers who'd kill to have you working with them. You know Wolffe keeps offering. Hell! You don't even need a job. Come live with us."

"Oh yes nothing I want more than to live in Cody and Obi Wans home for wayward siblings. Me and Skywalker can share a bunkbed!"

Cody rolls his eyes. "You know there's another spare room."

Then he sighs, looking up at him with those stupid eyes. All hopeful and sickeningly sincere. The Jedi were honestly getting to the guy, Cody was getting all soft. Too much time with tubies and religion could do that to a man.

"Look, just tell me you're doing this for fun." He says. "If you are fucking up all these interviews for shits and giggles then go ahead. We can meet up for drinks and laugh about the stupid natborn of the week. But Fox. If this is something else...Just tell me this isn't some kind of self destruction, OK?"

"I don't not want a job." Fox tries.

The look Cody gives him is pained. "Go on."

#commander Fox #commander Cody #snippet #star wars au #order 66 didn't happen #lol so this is not reflective of the part of the fic I've written at all. fox ends up as a noir esque private detective #and he's investigating an illegal cloning op with teenage boba of all people? #and i couldn't figure out where the investigation was leading to so that's where i stopped. but yeah. not representative looool #fox is also secretly having all his bills paid by Quinlan #(its secret cause fox feels weird about it. he doesn't want to admit to his brothers that he and Quinlan are a thing) #so there's a sideplot where cody is very worried fox has no money to feed himself. but Fox is fine. #(tho slightly emotionally constipated. he keeps being like. 'this doesn't mean anything' with quin. but it does. they're in love #fox just won't admit it) #yeah he killed Palpatine and keeps telling interviewers. what about it

[mxbitters]

why is it that financial aid doesnt cover taking one class. why is it that having adhd and not having access to technology and not being able to afford a textbook and getting dropped from a class for lack of participation (because you Can Not and also the workload for the class is SO very heavy) suddenly disqualifies you from any sort of financial assistance suddenly making you owe almost $800 (which you do not have) which further distracts you from paying attention so you can pass that class and not waste that same almost $800 and uh yeah

anyway i am ever so very financially In Trouble uh if anyone wants to be a bud and have my eternal gratitude.. $lunchpunk

#as if i didnt ALREADY havr so many fucking Expenses i am paying and i am also trying to save up So much money to move out and also keep thi #this car and also have insurance and have food and take care of my cat and the love of my life.. #i am. fwustrated my job is Very part time and whenever i do get hired somewhere else its still gonna be ridiculous #hrgrh ok im gonna stop complaining i need to try and clean and read for that class or someyhing #i am in. a not good place rn i feel uncomfortable posting this especially being Less Active but like. .. yeah

[fatcowboys]

frustrating how fucking. disabling. being disabled is rn. im tired

#migraine buddy helpfully showed me my midas score which puts me in severely disabled bc of my migraines based on their impact #which on one hand was helpful in a sense of like. hey dude. these things fuck you up and have a huge impact and jts a thing #most peiple dont have to deal with. but also was like. god yeah i sure am and also i sure am still working full time and having to just. #work thru them and cope bc i certainly cant afford to have less money #its so fuckin i furiating being disabled in the us. i cant stop working bc then ill loose my healthcare which still costs me so much money #scream. tired. #my PA for nurtec was denied bc my ins wants me to try a diff one first #which is stupid bc like one why do u get to override my dr for your budget. #why does my healthcare need to suffer because youre cheap. you arent living with this shit. #and also the alternatives they suggested are injection based which. is scary for me as someone who used to have a terrible needle phobia #jax is able to help me w them which is good bc i know i cant give myself them (maybe could do the auto injectors but idk) #but its still so. why are u like thia. also it took u so long to deny my PA and im on no preventatives rn waiting for Something #to be approved. ugh. scream.

[girlfriendsofthegalaxy]

im a smidge drunk and i think this job ending fucked me up worse than the games one? At least with the games one i had constant visual evidence that that company didn’t give a fuck about anything other than profits and was super willing to grind me into dust, but this nonprofit job had unlimited PTO, the longest and nicest trainings ive ever had, and the work was genuinely not very complicated or stressful. and they still let me go with zero warning whatsoever and not even a whimper that anything could be wrong. bc while the current campaign was doing Bad, there was a really clear reason to point to (the war). and when i was let go my boss was still talking really hopefully about a major donor who hadn’t given yet, all the new grants we were going to pursue, and how our reserve and investments were still doing well. so what the fuck. was my $55k a year really the fucking breaking point for this four mil a year nonprofit. i am still so so so anxious that my old boss is secretly going to give bad reference letters bc this still makes no sense to me

#it’s been three weeks and i have been unable to do much of anything #i have not prioritized applying to jobs bc i have been so focused on getting shit together for unemployment #but im not even eligible for tx unemployment and ma still hasn’t gotten back to me #so i think perhaps i just bite the bullet on crippling credit card debt and stop thinking about unemployment money even tho i am fully #fucking entitled to it #the snap process in tx is also a fucking nightmare!!! #and doing all this on a laptop from 2016 is less than ideal #but yeah this firing/being let go/whatever has really really fucked me up

[jessiesjaded]

most interesting popular accounts to me are the ones that just post stuff like gifsets or art or writing but never ever say anything, like no tag rambles, no personal posts, no opinions, no rants. im always like surely.... surely you have something to say....

#idgi #like its so boring yeah your posts are pretty or what have you but give me someone who talks and makes stuff only half as pretty #and im gonna prefer them bc i can see some personality behind it #idk maybe im just mean but its intriguing #esp since ive followed a bunch of blogs for the new thing im into and so many of them are like this #also on the rare occasions they do say stuff the posts never get notes #or replies and meanwhile they just posted a thanks for 9k followers post #i dont see the point of 9 thousand people if no one talks EVER #ALSO EVIDENTLY THEY WANT TO TALK BC MY ASS CANNOT BE STOPPED FROM REPLYING #and then they be out here following me even tho im some lil nobody so like #they must be like yay! someones talking! #again whats the point of this website if we dont reply and reblog and talk and have fun bro #see again this just makes me squint bc its like a lot of big influencer ig accs who just post perfectly edited pics and sell shit #and never say a word that could get in the way of a sponsorship #why are you acting like that on tumblr you dont even get money from being popualr here lmao

[chrisbangs]

hello... (and bye ig 👋)

#👋😭 hi... #i haven't come on in about a month and i didn't realize a month passed by like that... i've kinda stopped using any apps on my phone #i barely even talk to my friends anymore lol 😭 #i just saw my follower count this morning and realized i hit 13k and i was like 🥸 huh... #uhhhhhhh 😭 idk i wanted to say thank you i guess 🫂 #i'm done with stayblr and tumblr in general 😭 this much has been obvious for a while now... i tried to fit myself back in during 5star but #i think i realized i've outgrown the vibes here and in online spaces in general... i don't really enjoy it anymore 😭 which is weird cause #i've used tumblr since i was in middle school so 🫡 end of an era some would say... #i think it sucks because i don't have the same feelings about this place or skz or anything in my life right now... i tried to ignore it bu #it's so obvious now that the entirety of december passed without me really talking to a single person / without me using social media / #without me really doing much except for like homework and assignments lmao #i think genuinely i've stopped enjoying everything i used to like and i don't know why 😭 it hit me the other day bc i don't even enjoy #pc collecting anymore which is CRAZY considering how much time and money i've put into that hobby so 👋🥸 who knows what goes on #i haven't consumed any skz content since rockstar dropped 😭 and that also feels weird to me... idk... i would say maybe i'm going through a #depressive episode but i don't really feel how i do then... i think i'm just tired like i always am and that's just how i am now .. i think #i'm just not really interested in things anymore? weird but .. yeah idk😭 if i knew what was wrong i would Fix It sndjdndkd mostly i'm just #sad because i haven't been talking to friends... i keep ignoring everyone and not replying to any texts from anyone because ???? #i tell myself i will do it later but i know i won't ... idk i genuinely don't know why i'm struggling to talk to ppl anymore 😭 i've become #even more of a reclusive hermit than i already was 💀 and the worst part is i feel normal abt it #i don't feel /bad/ i just feel guilty that i'm not replying to ppl bc i don't want to hurt ppls feelings... on my end i feel Normal abt it #like i ??? is it weird that i'm so detached from everything that not even a month ago made me so happy..? that's weird right 😭 like idgi #i don't feel (as) depressed (as i usually do) but clearly ?? smth is wrong ?? like ik i'm not a clingy sentimental person but ? it kinda #makes me sad wondering if i really don't care abt ppl anymore ... but i think 😭 it's also the object permanence issues that come with adhd #not seeing or talking to the ppl i love . not doing my hobbies or seeing the groups i care abt . makes it easy to not care or forget what #they make me feel etc etc ... i get it... but idk 😭 if that's what this is . well wow it sucks ASS.. cause i feel guilty for not feeling #anything at all ... 😭 idk how to explain that HENSKDNISJS anywayyyy 💀 #i came on cause i wanted to say thank you for 13k followers 😭‼️ and that i probably will not be online anymore unless i really want to say #this was a really long winded way to say i feel bad but i'm done with stayblr fr 👋🥸 i tried so hard for the last 2 years to make it feel #like home again but it stopped ages ago so 🥹 that's ok.. i still cherish my memories here 🫂 anyway thanku and sjsjsksksks bye i guess 😭 #who knows maybe i'll enjoy it one day again and come back :') never know what the future holds 🫡

[monty-glasses-roxy]

I haven't watched this, but I hope he says it's because he's right, and not because it's boring the shit out of me and probably many other people now too lmao

#why is it 26 minutes though like how much of this is an ad #do I even wanna know? #fair play he's gotta make money he's got a kid and shit #but like. yeah the answer is easy. I'm just bored rehashing fnaf 1-Pizza Sim over and over again #I stopped watching cause I just. don't wanna hear someone grasping at straws to answer fnaf 4 or make everything fit together #it's not going to this isn't designed to be put together #and can we PLEASE stop dragging fnaf 4's body through the streets let the poor thing REST #pop rox talks #before anyone gets at me #kudos to everyone still fitting the pieces together! your dedication is admirable! #at some point for game theory though it seemed like he stopped enjoying it #it's not a mystery worth solving if you're not enjoying the following of threads... #to me anyway #the old stuff? yeah it's cool! it's neat! #but he seems to have twisted himself into so many knots he's forgotten the joy... #and that makes me not want to watch even more #it's not a topic I'm interested in anymore and also he keeps beating his head off a wall instead of having fun with it #buddy you're a theory blog! theorise! there's no one right answer this isn't an exam it's okay! #hhhhhhh #stuff to do. #don't mind me