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New Sketch-a-Wish voted on my wonderful Patreons for January! Featuring Kaz and Inej from Six of Crows!

Artemis Fowl II is not even remotely athletic.

Artemis Fowl II couldn’t shoot the broad side of a barn if he tried.

Artemis Fowl II doesn’t wear anything other than a suit unless he’s robbing a Swiss vault, going through a crisis, or has no other option.

Artemis Fowl II had a very formal relationship with his father before he went to Russia.

Artemis Fowl II would never throw himself into the midst of a battle, he would let Butler handle it.

Artemis Fowl II grew up sneaking around his house frequently enough that he knew exactly what each security camera could see. He definitely would have noticed a conveniently placed hole in the floor.

Artemis Fowl II had very little remorse for any of his actions for a long time.

My blog:

I assumed I just wasn’t writing very well, but maybe it’s not just me.

This blog is down approximately 80%, which doesn’t affect me other than as an annoyance (as this is a hobby and @okayto is small-ish) but the issue undoubtedly hurts others.

Below are instructions for turning it off. You have to do it individually–it doesn’t matter if a blog you follow turns it off, you’ll still be affected unless you do the same.

Once a little boy went to school. One morning The teacher said: “Today we are going to make a picture.” “Good!” thought the little boy. He liked to make all kinds; Lions and tigers, Chickens and cows, Trains and boats; And he took out his box of crayons And began to draw.

But the teacher said, “Wait!” “It is not time to begin!” And she waited until everyone looked ready. “Now,” said the teacher, “We are going to make flowers.” “Good!” thought the little boy, He liked to make beautiful ones With his pink and orange and blue crayons. But the teacher said “Wait!” “And I will show you how.” And it was red, with a green stem. “There,” said the teacher, “Now you may begin.”

The little boy looked at his teacher’s flower Then he looked at his own flower. He liked his flower better than the teacher’s But he did not say this. He just turned his paper over, And made a flower like the teacher’s. It was red, with a green stem.

On another day The teacher said: “Today we are going to make something with clay.” “Good!” thought the little boy; He liked clay. He could make all kinds of things with clay: Snakes and snowmen, Elephants and mice, Cars and trucks And he began to pull and pinch His ball of clay.

But the teacher said, “Wait!” “It is not time to begin!” And she waited until everyone looked ready. “Now,” said the teacher, “We are going to make a dish.” “Good!” thought the little boy, He liked to make dishes. And he began to make some That were all shapes and sizes.

But the teacher said “Wait!” “And I will show you how.” And she showed everyone how to make One deep dish. “There,” said the teacher, “Now you may begin.”

The little boy looked at the teacher’s dish; Then he looked at his own. He liked his better than the teacher’s But he did not say this. He just rolled his clay into a big ball again And made a dish like the teacher’s. It was a deep dish.

And pretty soon The little boy learned to wait, And to watch And to make things just like the teacher. And pretty soon He didn’t make things of his own anymore.

Then it happened That the little boy and his family Moved to another house, In another city, And the little boy Had to go to another school.

The teacher said: “Today we are going to make a picture.” “Good!” thought the little boy. And he waited for the teacher To tell what to do. But the teacher didn’t say anything. She just walked around the room.

When she came to the little boy She asked, “Don’t you want to make a picture?” “Yes,” said the little boy. “What are we going to make?” “I don’t know until you make it,” said the teacher. “How shall I make it?” asked the little boy. “Why, anyway you like,” said the teacher. “And any color?” asked the little boy. “Any color,” said the teacher. And he began to make a red flower with a green stem.

- children and teens who cant get home until a later time have a safe, warm, well lit, populated area to socialize, charge devices, rest, etc

- children and teens have a safe place to go to stay away from danger

if you want this, you need to be at your local community government meetings. you need to be talking to your representatives.  you need to be out there Lobbying.

Just a few weeks ago, my library, me, my coworkers, we had to write letters, send emails, make phone calls, speak at council meetings, just to beg our aldermen to give us our usual funding. Which they didn’t even give to us last year.  Losing last year’s funding forced us to cut staff, hours, and all of our databases.  If we’d lost this year’s funding? two positions would have been gone and we would have likely had to close on Saturdays.  On Saturdays.  The day of the week most of y’all working M-F jobs actually have time to go to the fucking library.

And do you want to know how much money we were asking? We were asking for an increase of approximately 13 cents a person.

13.

Fucking.

Cents.

ACROSS AN ENTIRE YEAR.

No one seems to understand how libraries are funded.  It’s not just Free Stuff.  It’s your tax dollars being paid back into your community.  It’s crowdfunding.  The highest cost anyone in my community pays for the library a year is approximately $250.  Divide that up.  That’s just $4 a week.  That’s less than a coffee.  It’s the equivalent of purchasing about 10 hardcover books a year.  For that price, you could have access to every book that has ever been written, a place to go that’s not a bar, programs for kids, teens, and adults, educated staff that can help you find the answers to your questions, and so much more.

You want these late-night libraries?  You want all this stuff?  Start fighting for it.  Start showing up.  Start making phone calls.  It’s not going to come out of thin air.  Start fighting to erase the idea that taxes = evil.  Start fighting to spread the understanding that taxes are what help us build a better society.

Make sure the people who represent you know that you want this.  That this is where you want your tax dollars to go.  That this is what you want them to support.  That you are willing to see your tax bill go up a few more dollars for this.

Because otherwise?  None of this is going to happen.  Libraries are going to keep cutting their opening hours.  Keep cutting staff.  Keep cutting programs and databases and collections.

tw for sexual violence and assault ahead

according to the account of the survivor, most of the girls in her ring ended up going into pornography once they turned 18 because it was harder to get clients once they were of “legal” age, but the porn industry would take them in because 18 = good, right? and sex work was the only option for these girls. it was all they knew. at 18, most of them had been performing sex work for over a decade. and they didn’t see that as a problem. most of them went to school. had lives that appeared outwardly normal. had friends and family who had no idea what was going on.

when they entered the porn industry, do you think there were background checks? do you think there was counseling? considering amateur porn stars are financially responsible for their own travel fees, their preventative healthcare, their birth control, their wardrobes, their urgent care costs when they inevitably injure themselves/wear out their bodies from hours upon hours of performing often physically demanding sex acts... do you think they were fairly compensated? it’s actually quite uncommon for a porn star to last more than 1-3 months in the industry, even those with thousands of videos produced and who continue to trend on sites like pornhub today. and the way pay works is like this: you get paid the more graphic and violent the content you film is. solo films don’t earn you much. regardless of your gender, filming scenes with other women only pay a little more than solo films. filming scenes with men is what pays, for both genders. the more aggressive and demeaning, the better the pay. you get paid a whole lot if you, for instance, let man violently deepthroat you to the point that you vomit. (source: documentary ‘hot girls wanted’)

how much more likely do you think women who have been groomed since early childhood are to accept these more demeaning roles? one of the most heartbreaking things i have heard one say to justify accepting this treatment was something along the lines of, “i figure as long as it’s happening to me on screen, i may be preventing men from going out and doing it to other girls.” this self-deprecating perspective is such a red flag, an indication that this is a person who was groomed. because when you have been sexually abused since you were a child, your self worth isn’t going to be very high. your boundaries will be stripped away before you are even given the blueprint for building them. and the industry doesn’t care. these aren’t human beings to them. they are products.

so when one audience member of the panel raised their hand and asked what the average person can do to combat human trafficking, the psychologist and agent exchanged a look and said, “you may not like this answer, but for starters, a huge step would be to stop consuming porn.” the fact is, there is no ethical consumption of it. ESPECIALLY when you are streaming from free hosting sites like pornhub, or xvideos, or redtube, or the countless others. there is no way to verify that the content uploaded there is consensual. or that, even in the cases where it is, one or all of the people filmed haven’t been groomed since childhood to perform sex work and are continuing to be exploited by the porn industry. even in the unlikely chance that the website you are using hasn’t had anyone upload such videos to it, free sites rely on ad revenue and often advertise websites that DO offer this. just a couple of clicks from pornhub can take you to actual child pornography.

there is no ethical consumption under capitalism, and that includes porn.

Indentured servitude is not chattel slavery.

The Irish were oppressed and have a history of indentured servitude.

The Irish were not bought and sold or held as property generation to generation.

society acts like we’re supposed to outgrow hope somewhere between sixteen and twenty-two and it’s absolute bullshit

being an adult isn’t about giving up

hold on, let me repeat that

just in case y'all didn’t hear me in the back

so lets see. netflix apparently has 139,260,000 accounts, with each and every one of those accounts paying anywhere from $13 to $16 a month, which means each account is generating about $156 to $192 every year, which all adds up to, unless i messed up my math, $21,724,560,000‬ generated every year. Twenty one billion dollars, at least.