#so this is v broad

[solar-sunnyside-up]

hey, something i've been struggling with recently is i've been struggling with "finding my people" because i'm a minority in my hometown, and a lot of people... aren't. they don't understand me, and often when i try to get them to understand they seem like they fall back into the old systems they were traumatized with (elitism, classism ect.,). 1/2 -solidarity anon

Im gunna say this at the top, this is so rough and im so sorry you gotta go through this sweetie. We are so isolated and filtered into categories within our current system in order to keep that isolation and to fight solidarity and unity. Now I cannot know for 100% sure what your going through or the extend your suffering. But will say I am from and currently still live in a oil loving, god fearing, anti-LGBT, and very racist city while i was raised wiccan by a poly core family and all my gay aunts/uncles and have been dreaming of an earthship my whole life plus every summer id be stuck in an even more harsh farming community that was so small they gotntheir first street light when i was 9 and the chruch is also town hall (mayor works in a wing off of the building). So there is at least some overlap in the experiences your having.

But that being said, how I got weirdly connected to people and involved in so many projects and stuff might not work for you.

Personally? I just yelled and yelled about the injustice of the system at work, about cool forestry projects and people buying ghost towns to start up Co-loving villages. Sharing discworld and different philosophers with coworkers backed up by their fave hobby. About how terrible the conservative politics are. About how cool transit could be if we funded it. About community art projects and how cool solar glass would make things look. About drags shows and events and did you know there is A SOUP FESTIVAL? I'm autistic and have only really interacted my whole childhood with friends with ADHD so my brain is weird and won't shut up once it starts going.

As a result of my ramblings, I have gotten a lot of responses mostly ones that are positive since if they didn't agree with my absurdist philosophy ramblings or solar project ideas they'd just leave the coffee shop. If they enjoyed it, say they want to join a community garden/event or if someone was as stoked as I was about again UNLIMITED TASTINGS SOUP FESTIVAL than we'd chat about that. The thing is a lot of these things have overlap. Someone who wants to convert their lawn into a pollinators habitate prob also likes little libraries and as a result prob also likes the idea of dark sky street lights. And down the rabbit hole you go.

That being said... my best actual advice is 2 pronged.

RESEARCH and REACH OUT

I personally have done years worth of research on my city. What local events and politics are happening? Even in rural places there is at least garderns, there's engineers, there's usually a LGBT focused club. And from these spaces, you can build a network. Doing research I found out about 5 different organizations in my city (most of which was founded 40 yrs ago??) That where sustainability focused. Doing research made me realize how cool community associations could be and how I could help mine out. It also gives you all those ideas for convos.

Second, I reached out to those groups about weird ideas I had, about if I could hang up posters for them in my local area, if I could buy groups worth of tickets in advance, and than also reaching out to the ppl I already talked to and had these ppl interact. My fave example of this is T. T is an engineer who built a fully functioning solar car during his degree program but specializes in hydroponics (how we ended up talking was over plants) he than gets shown my fave farm near by and now he's building the farms hydro system and Seedling house. Writing in to newsletter ppl and showing off weird layout design. This is ultimately very anxiety indusing. What if I'm bothering them? Why should I be spamming them like this? But the secret here is-

No one will ever be mad about you showing interest in their interest once you find those ppl. They want the interaction just as much as you do.

#sprout guide #solarpunk #community #hopepunk #connecting is so hard and swallowing differences that might seem hostile is so hard #asks #if you need more direct answers id need a more accurate idea how small/area if the place you live in sadly #so this is v broad #but feel free to DM me bout it with more details if you want

[trevor-phillips]

kinda crazy to me how trevor's super skinny all over except for his pecs. the speed took it all away minus the titties

#you ever. you ever think about that #trevor philips #i love t's chest. it's so broad and fuzzy and i would just. i would. C H O M P #really wish we got to see him at a normal healthy weight. might draw that sometime actually #gta v #gta 5

[acircusfullofdemons]

Having a paracosm for 7ish years has spoiled me. Trying to not only start but keep a new paracosm going is just. insanely difficult. who are you people what is going on why am I here. all boring answers till everything gets some real development i hate it so much.

#paraportal #system: eternal labyrinth #system: dream a little dream of me #decided to start fleshing out my secondary paracosm universe. which doesnt have a lot going for it #its basically just the scraps of whatever i couldnt fit in eternal labyrinth somehow #like yeah brain...a shitty r0tg rewrite fanfic/au will save us from boredom. sure. why not. #i mean ive had morphues for a while so its nice to put him in action again (same w cloud). #and harper seems cool so far i guess #idk my cosms have v broad concepts (phanta - video games / maac - superheroes/comic books / ff - fairytales) #and daldom is dreams . so far. so i just gotta figure out a way to work w it #maybe add some scifi since i dont typically do that kind of stuff #this'll probably just be like. the opposite of what i typically do/like. just to add some spice yknow.

[valfeathers]

Love your Wammy house artwork

could you try and draw some other obscure Wammy OCs

Thank you sm!!!

you like my wammy's characters? well you're in luck!!

meet Q!

the tech expert to end all tech experts, Q is responsible for L's famous 'delete all' countermeasure. mentioned briefly in L-change-the-world,, i've wanted to design this character for months!

the elusive Q (they/she), with a cool and unruffled presence, left the House at their earliest convenience, only occasionally returning at the direct request of watari. Q often works remotely, with a near supernatural success rate at whatever task she is assigned to. she is a trusted member of their organisation.

nobody knows where exactly she moved to after graduating, and she expertly sidesteps any questions about her life before the orphanage took them in.

despite their reclusive nature, they can be a lively person when you get to know them. once they decide that you're friend material, they will take you under their wing before you know what's happening.

they can come off a bit arrogant, and they know it, but they have the skills to back it up (much to x's annoyance). the few times the two have interacted, they've clashed, although the rivalry is far more one sided than x believes.

(other than the book mentioning them, all of the above is a big intricate hc)

#death note #v wammyposting #asks #now there IS a fan theory that q is matt #however #i thought it'd be fun to design a new little guy!! #with definite matt parallels #she's in early development so shes very malleable rn but these are the broad strokes #tysm for enjoying my art and giving me an excuse to post Q!! #q death note

[shinobicyrus]

It cannot be overstated just how earth-shattering Alito’s leaked Supreme Court opinion is - not simply for its dismantling of womens’ bodily autonomy (though that in itself is egregious enough) but also for how it goes about overturning the foundational precedent Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey are built on: the right to privacy and the due process clauses as outlined in the 14th Amendment.

Roe and Casey work on the precedent that the “privacy” of the 14th Amendment can be applied to a woman’s personal medical decisions. This is what’s called an “unenumerated right,” or a right that is implied to exist based off of what other laws say. For instance, the right to a public defender isn’t stated in the constitution at all, but was implied to exist because of a Supreme Court decision in 1963. Alito’s opinion however, asserts that a right must “must be deeply rooted in this Nation's history and tradition.”

The fuck does that mean?

Y’see, as an Originalist (like Amy Coney Barrett), Alito is concerned with the original public meaning of a law at the time it was written.

To an Originalist, since the 14th Amendment was drafted in 1868 - a time when most states criminalized abortion - to apply a “modern” interpretation of privacy to abortion like Roe did twists the 14th Amendment beyond what the drafters would have ever intended or even considered, which to Alito and other Originalists like him is Constitutional anathema.

So why is this legalese important?

Simple: while Alito insists that Roe v. Wade is a special case because abortion is a unique issue, that doesn’t change the fact that his Originalist interpretation of the 14 Amendment will topple that privacy precedent, setting a brand new legal precedent that can be applied to a huge number cases that were also decided on the 14th’s Privacy and Due Process clauses. Rights that may also lack the “history and tradition” that Alito so treasures.

What other unenumerated rights does this endanger? To name a few:

Interracial marriage (Loving v. Virginia)

The right to a public defender (Gideon v. Wainwright)

“Miranda Rights,” or a person’s legal rights being read to them by police during arrest (Miranda v. Arizona)

The right to buy and use contraceptives (Griswold v. Connecticut)

The illegality of sodomy laws (Lawrence v. Texas)   

Same-sex marriage (Obergefell v. Hodges)

Overruling Roe and Casey isn’t solely a horrible miscarriage of justice for women’s reproductive rights. If the legal logic of Alito’s draft carries into the Court’s final decision, then the legal precedence that toppled it will be legitimized and could theoretically be applied to...well. Pretty much all modern civil rights.

Now, Alito assures us that Roe is a special case and that other decisions such as interracial marriage (Loving) or contraception (Griswold) are in no danger of being overturned. They are decided law, so we have nothing to worry about.

Except...that’s exactly what a few recent Supreme Court nominees said about Roe, as well.

#alternative title: Samuel Alito is an Originalist Piece of Shit #Honestly the entire b.s. of Alito's ''history and tradition'' requirement for rights to be legally legitimate #is so enraging because it targets basically *all* unenumerated rights over the past half-century #not to mention Alito isn't a historian - he's a scholar of law #when he talks about history he is speaking as someone who has no credentials as a historian #so when he wields words like ''history'' and worse - ''tradition'' he is wielding them as ideological cudgels #because that's Originalism - it pretends to be unbiased but it chooses worship of the Law as a thing in and of itself #rather than a thing created by people trying to achieve fairness and justice #if this draft becomes precedent then it *WILL* be a domino #and will affect law and civil rights for generations #this is the culmination of a 50 year conservative project #this will be a generational fight Folks #so get ready #Supreme Court #Abortion #Originalism #Samuel Alito #Civil Rights #Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization #(also I am totally not a lawyer and I probably got a few details wrong - this is mostly broad strokes)

[megaloserrr]

Must suck being a proshipper, huh?

im not but thanks for the ask! im sure there are people following me who wanted to know my stance on that whole debacle <3

#loseranswers #anonymous #its gonna be one of those days isnt it #if this is because i have antis dni somewhere in my personal stuff thats so silly #considering saying antis dni is extremely broad #if it clears up confusion #when i say dni if you're an anti #i don't mean just anti ship in the whole proship v anti debate #i mean antis as a whole... or the extremists in those communities

[yappacadaver]

what

what cologne does he wear

#im down horrendous babes #part of me wants to say none lol #like he could just be a shower and deodorant type of man which is truly a fine thing! #but im scent obsessed :( #GUUUUUUUUU ik he doesn't care i s2g if he wears literally anything it's probably something cheap from the drugstore T_T #which again is a fine thing! but whats the profile. what is the flavoure. #can we get basic as hell and say like spicy citrus pine #herbal pine #spicy amber #cause like my preferences are super broad i just want to Know #knowing what someone likes to smell means so much to me :( #for examply my signature is fruity gormand Vanilla (capital v) because a bitch think with her stomach #smell layers on that guy: cigarette smoke. hair gel. deodorant (and possibly cologne). clean shirt. sweat. blood. embalming chemicals. #those layers are all out of order but im too lazy to fix u_u

[apollotronica]

dont ever give me a group of characters

#☆ apollo singing #im thinking about vale headcanons auuughgghh I need to read their lore so im not just lying #i just have gender + body type headcanons rn BUT dtill. #who tryna hear #v bigender a tgirl l+e tboys #v average-tall ish? thinkin 5'8 . broad shoulders #a Tall tall . 5'11-6'0+ . lanky bony . kinda built like a fridge #l short . around 5'2-5'4 . sharp features kinda strong lookin (its fake) #e Short short . 4'11-5'0 ish . soft edges an curves . a lil chubby #theyrr all so skinny in game i dont belueve in thay #if they have canon heights im ignoring the fucj out of them for ankle biters edluca

[birlwrites]

tried listening to an audiobook for a road trip. immediate result is that whenever i read something that's written in an even SLIGHTLY conversational style, i hear it in the voice of the audiobook narrator

#it was a decent experience overall #but i think that listening to audiobooks when i also need directions will irritate me #because no matter what the directions interfere slightly with hearing the audiobook #so i would need to like. a) listen to audiobooks alone in the car w/o directions #b) listen to audiobooks in the car w/o directions with a CAR-WIDE TALKING BAN so i can hear #or c) listen to audiobooks when in situations in which i'm unlikely to be interrupted by other talking #but i also don't spend a lot of consecutive time in situation c #except for like. time when i'm dealing with written text #and thus cannot also concentrate on spoken text #so audiobooks may be more of a situation specific thing for me than a broad application thing #e.g. i have a v short commute so the audiobook would be annoyingly bite sized in that scenario

[pistachiotalenti]

ok i don't even Really go here but like. the hair. it's the same.

#dnf #dreamnotfound #i don't think the stuff in the bottom right is george's nose and mouth at a top-down angle #bc the above part looks too much like his hair and that angle couldn't make sense #**side profile of george is a screenshot of qbdream's gifset!! #now it is a blurry photo so maybe the skin in the bottom right is just an artifact of dream's hand #but i think it's v plausible for the shadow to be dream's broad ass shoulder or something. so. #gnf..... shirtless? 😳 #no i doubt that too but it's fun to imagine #thoughts

[heavenlyyshecomes]

what are your top 3 recs for someone who is trying to get into translated and literary fiction? tysm<3

adding three of each if u don't mind !!!

piranesi, susanna clarke

a certain hunger, chelsea g. summers

disappearing earth, julia phillips

the memory police, yoko ogawa tr. stephen snyder

tokyo ueno station, yu miri tr. morgan giles

the blind earthworm in the labyrinth, veerporn nitiprapha tr. kong rithdee

#it's a v broad genre entirely depends on what kind of stories u like so tried to keep it diverse #hope u like these ^_^ #asks #book recs

[birbfeeder2artisticboogaloo]

shout out 2 my mam for listenning to me bark angrily about the most recent 'scream' sequel wiTHOUT beating me to death with a wooden spoon !!!!!!! bc im annoying. about films i like when the sequels or remakes are bad. and this most recent 'scream'. was. bad

if i may be so bold as to put forth a personal opinion, 'scream' should NEVER EVER have had ANY SEQUELS EVER. listennn i LOVED 'scream'!!!!! i truly did!!!!!! but given that it's half satire half deconstruction of the slasher genre (as the genre had become) it should ALWAYS have been a standalone film imo. it was pitch perfect and they should have just!!! LET IT BE!!!! but nooooOOOOoooo they had to make moORE MONEY~~~

adsoasdafdjiai whatever at least they didn't bring sidney back just to kill her. that would have really boiled my piss i swear i would have. BEEN VERY CROSS >:V

anyway as it stands i am. completely dissatisfied with this film, cannot in good conscience recommend. rated 3/10 but only bc hayden panettierre was there to calm my rage AND the ppl who survived did not annoy me too much 😔👌

#and they add all these family connections like 'oh this is billy loomis's daughter' (HE DIED AT LIKE??? 17?????) #(WHEN DID HE HAVE THE TIME TO FIND ANOTHER GIRLFRIEND AND IMPREGNATE HER???? BTWN SCHOOL AND THE FUCKING. MURDERS????????) #BUT OK FINE let's go with 'billy loomis secret daughter' #HOW ARE THESE OTHER TWO GUYS??? RAnDY'S NIECE AND NEPHEW????? #did randy have a sibling??? I DO NOT RECALL THIS??? #AND DEWEY #HOW COULD U KILL OFF DEWEY?????? #ALSO!!!!! UNDERMINING SIDNEY'S PUNCH!!!! despicable #AND THE GREATEST CRIME OF ALL: #GHOSTFACE USED A GUN TO KILL SOMEONE >:V #that is ILLEGAL and UNSPORTSMANLIKE!!! slasher killers MAY NOT USE GUNS!!!! EVER!!!!!!!! #everything about the situation becomes more and more ridiculous #it's not scary or clever #it's just annoying!! #AND THE SCENE!!! the one that's meant to be like randy's 'horror rules' scene!!! #THAT WAS TERRIBLE???? it was done so early in the film?? outdoors?? in broad daylight??? #there was no buildup no atmosphere no mood setting #and she just!!! goes on about IP and tony stark and all??? LIKE??? am i DREAMING????? #I DONT??? UNDERSTAND HOW WE GOT HERE????? #they only used a few bars of 'red right hand' which made me. very sad #it's a good song as well as very ICONIC :P #birb watch #scream 6 #i think??? #whatever i don't care 😒

[mikoriin]

hhhHHNGN GNG NGN AH NUGH FOAMING AT THE MOUTH MY BOYFRIEND IS SOOOOOO HANDSOME!!!!!!

#he sent me a snap earlier that just #omg it gets my heart #he has the most beautiful deep blue eyes were light is reflected by the sine on his glasses #and his hair is poofy and curly and hes BIG BOI BROAD SHOULDER BIG TUMMY STRONG BOY #he used to wrestle and hes done moves on me LMAO (v gently tho dw hes never hurt me) #hes just so...dreamy sigh #hes always telling me how pretty he thinks i am #it was one of the first things he said to me when we first started talking #he told me he thought i was super pretty and he loved looking at me #like what omg i blush #he also LOVES making me blush #ok im rambling in the tags of my own post at this point now gomen na sorry