Twitter user Edgar Allan Cointelpro (@Holy_Cointelpro):

Arachnophobia is stupid... like just let the spiders get married source

Tumblr user commiekinkshamer:

Many people on here and in activist spaces believe that emotions are praxis. That feeling miserable, anxious, ashamed, never allowing yourself a moment’s peace or joy, is a legitimate force that propels meaningful action and sustainable efforts.

Your own misery doesn’t take away other people’s anymore than throwing out your slice of leftovers isn’t going to feed a hungry person somewhere else.

Wilful ignorance, or avoiding ANY negative emotions, fragility etc is obviously a problem. But that’s not what I’m referring to here.

Misery is not a virtue, it’s not a sustainable motivator, etc etc source

Tumblr user voidspacecowboy:

Not only should it be law that anything AI generated on the internet should be labelled as such but every website, app, and digital service should have a button I can click that removes any AI from my interactions with that site/service. I don't want your AI assistant I don't want your AI-generated ad copy I don't want this insidious little thing that has crept into so much of the internet that I can be using it without even realising or knowing. If you couldn't be bothered to have a human make it I can't be bothered to look at it sorry bye source

Tumblr user clementine-kesh:

the big three questions of media analysis: what the author wanted to say, what they actually said, and what they didn’t know they were saying

Tumblr user clementine-kesh:

for the last one i don’t just mean oh the author inadvertently wrote in gay subtext or whatever i’m talking about media as a cultural artifact which can reveal a ton about societal norms, biases, ideals, etc. it’s all about positionality and an unexamined positionality is often the most revealing of all

Tumblr user pomrania:

This also heavily ties in to the concept of "all art is political", because even if something just portrays what the creator thinks is normal... "defining what is 'normal' and thus unquestioned" is the win condition for any political position. source

Image: With highlights in pastel shades:

"Chronic illness is _trying_ to _work out_ how many things you will _have to_ skip ..

"to be _able_ to do that thing you really have to do in _two weeks_ time ..

"but _also_ ensuring that you will have _time to recover_ after _that_ thing before you have to do the _next thing_" source

Transcript: autistic-leslieKnope

"One thing I wish people knew about auditory processing disorder was that when I ask you to repeat something, I need to you repeat the whole thing.

"If I hear "I ???? ????? my keys"

"And ask "what?"

So many people just respond with "my KEYS!"

"And I have to guess if they said "I need you to grab my keys" or "I already have my keys" or something else, or ask "what about them?"
"Which frequently annoys people and makes the conversation longer and more complicated than it needs to be.

PLEASE just repeat the whole sentence it saves everyone so much awkwardness and confusion

#AuditoryProcessingDisorder
#apd source

Image: An artistic story in three panels. A series of balls in stripes of various LGBTIQA+ Pride Flag designs during a heavy rain storm. LGBallT.

Panel 1: Two balls, a Non-Binary Pride Flag (yellow, white, purple, black), and an Agender Pride Flag (black, grey, white, light green, & reverse) are in a heavy rain storm.

Agender Pride says, "Wow, it's really coming down."

Panel 2: A Trans Pride Flag (light blue, light pink, white, & reverse) arrives, with a Trans Pride Flag umbrella with an LGBTIQA+ Pride Flag handle (red, orange, yellow, green blue, purple), and shelters all three of them.

Non-Binary Pride says, "Thanks for the umbrella, Trans!".

Panel 3: The heavy rain storm continues, and Trans Pride Flag ball continues to hold up the Trans Pride & LGBTIQA+ Pride umbrella as more and more balls arrive in various stages of water-damage.

Trans Pride says, "Of course! It's for all of us!"
pictured with:
Genderfluid Pride (light pink, white, magenta, black and blue); source

If you have a second, we would love for you to help recognize the incomparable excellence of MN State Representative Leigh Finke! Our family and MN communities have benefited so much from her leadership, and we would love to see her recognized with this award. Voting is open now! source

When this happens, it's usually because the owner only shared it with a small group of people, changed who can see it or it's been deleted. source

Rev. Schultz of Anchorage First Presbyterian Church said he decided to run to improve access to health care and address the high cost of living, among other issues. source

On today’s episode of women they probably didn't teach you about at school 👇 source