I think maybe it's a little arrogant of us to believe that we could destroy the planet. We're like. Specks. If the earth had eyes we would gone before she finished blinking. Nothing we can do is irreparable to something as long lasting as a planet. No matter what we do, earth will heal, and eventually forget us just as she forgot her other children.
However, I think we do have the power to destroy ourselves. We could do that very easily. No other species in the history of the planet (as far as we know) has had the power to do that and I think maybe nowadays we brush past that sometimes because we've gotten so used to that idea. Pollution and poor land use and corporate greed and nuclear armament and...etc.
But, I also think we have the power to save ourselves, too. Already we're pulling tons of plastic out of the ocean, we're constantly learning how to better manage the land and our resources, more and more people are realizing how greedy corporations are and they're stepping up to intervene, threat of nuclear war is becoming less prominent.
My point being: maybe today, and for as many tomorrows as we can muster, we could all remember to breathe. We could all remember that we can grow, and change. In fact that's something we've always done quite splendidly.
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Various - A Tribute To State Of Fear LP
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went to two of my favorite record stores and picked these up over the week
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I hate it when my anxiety is through the roof and every little task feels like I'm gonna die
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You know, I feel like we're not talking enough about the fact that Alastor has in his room a full reproduction (?) of a swamp-forest that's highly likely very similar to the one where he was killed. Talk about being morbid.
Edit: someone pointed out in the comments that the swamp-forest is called bayou. It's a kind of ecosystem in Louisiana.
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You know how white people use being scared as a weapon?
All those videos of white women saying, "I called the cops because I felt like I was in danger" and how white guys have tiktoks about, "You need at least one semi automatic weapon close at hand at all times to defend your family" kinda shit?
That's what bothers me so much about watching fellow jews acting like just seeing a Palestinian flag or keffiyeh somehow automatically makes a place unsafe.
I mostly see it in US American jews posting about how they feel threatened by a Palestinian flag, or saying that anything referencing not wanting thousands and thousands of Palestinians to die is 'a call for jewish genocide'
Y'all. No. This tells me you have never interacted with a Palestinian or even the Muslim community at large. We diaspora Jews are not the victims here.
Your assimilation has ended on the path of weaponisation of your fears, which is not a great place to be.
If you honestly believe "The only safe place in the world for Jews is Israel" you've bought into someone fearmongering. I'm begging you to investigate why you bought that lie and who is benefiting from you buying it
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Sometimes I find myself happy. Then I get scared. I forget all the things happening to me now, and allow myself to be happy. Then I get scared.
I don't want to live in a state of fear, I deserve to be happy. I deserve to smile, and feel at peace.
But why do I default to scared?
Actually dumb question. I know why. Because I don't want to be disappointed if something doesn't work out, or if someone lets me down.
But if I am doing all that I can, why would I let myself down?
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