Just a bit of everything

And now, when I find myself making the mistake of going on Instagram, I get to see trans men themselves talking about how historically, trans men didn't do anything for the community, and so we need to step up now. Which, first of all, that isn't true, but second of all, if trans men's contributions are lesser, that makes a lot of sense if we listen to that trans woman talking about the trans men she was in community with back in the day. It's very hard to advance the trans cause if you're not alive.

Our moon is number 5. It is smaller in direct comparison to the above moons. The diameter of the moon is 3475 km. That is a full 27% of the diameter of the Earth. More than a quarter. That's ridiculous. It's unheard of. The universe is large enough that the word unique probably doesn't mean a lot, but this might be about as close as you get.

This has had a huge impact on our planet. Other things aliens might not have are significant tides. One of Mars's dumpy little potatoes wouldn't be able to move oceans the way our moon does.

Our moon has also stabilized our axis to a massive degree. Without her up there our axis would wobble all over the place and our climate would be far more chaotic. Aliens might not be quite so lucky.

Space is big, empty, and loud. Sunspots can cause enough interference to affect global communications. We’re not even loud enough to talk over our own sun. On our own planet. We can barely communicate with Voyager, and we know exactly where it is and what its signal sounds like.

That’s Louis Rossman, a repair technician and YouTuber, who went viral recently for railing against Apple. Apple purposely charges a lot for repairs and you either have to pay up or buy a new device. That’s because Apple withholds necessary tools and information from outside repair shops. And to think, we were just so close to change.

Have an iPhone and are in need of repairs

Have a friend with that problem

Hate Apple and are more than happy to spite them in some way

So I asked the internet, well how hard IS it to repair? And I saw this guy’s video, and while I am no techie, I AM fueled by spite, so I was all “oh, they do that shit on purpose specifically so they can charge me $1200 bucks or make me buy a new computer hunh? FUCK THEM” and I bought all the tools I needed for about $25 and I bought all the parts I needed for about another $25 and I watched a few tutorial videos, and I replaced my own keyboard.

So, once you are doing the actual deed, it becomes pretty obvious that they are finding creative ways to make this much harder than it has to be on purpose. On thing that stood out to me is, instead of all the tiny screws being the same size, there are about two dozen very slightly different sizes. They could easily be all the same size, or like, two sizes at most, but no.

These mother fuckers will take a panel that screws into place and they’ll use a different size screw for each corner. They are so close that you almost cannot tell them apart visually, but they each will only screw into the matching corner. Like, it’s a pretty clear “fuck you” to anyone trying to do repairs.

México, 1968

She didn’t know how to explain it to him, that the moment he jumped into her taxi he introduced her to a world where her words could actually mean a change instead of hiding behind the convenient privilege of writing slop that didn’t matter to anyone, not even to herself. That his passion and interest for fighting for what was right was contagious, and it opened her eyes to injustices, and now she couldn’t look away and ignore them, not when it was affecting him in ways that made her heart heavy and her blood boil with justified anger. That just the thought of him hurting was more hurtful than she could bear.

In 1968, Mexico is getting ready to host the first edition of the Olympic Games in Latin America. Jyn Erso, a British journalist, is sent two weeks before the inauguration to cover the many improvements the country has made for the event. But when she arrives, she discovers not everything is as good as everyone outside thinks.

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A little late, but here's week 2 of Rebelcaptain Month: Historical AU

if was your boyfriend, never let you go keep you on my arm girl, you'd never be alone

druig recomendations

If you wanna watch it I cannot recommend it enough; I just warn that it covers a LOT.

“Wow that adult was being a jerk”

“That sounds really frustrating”

”Good job handling that, I would have lost my mind”

“It’s cool, I don’t expect you to remember me”

“You don’t have to hug me if you don’t want to”

“Yeah sometimes (authority figure you can’t avoid) doesn’t know what they’re talking about, it’s not your fault, just do your best”

“I don’t totally understand what you mean but I get that you’re upset, is there anything I can do?”

”Wanna go yell and break stuff with me?”

“You don’t need to be friends with that kid as long as you can still be polite”

“If an adult tells you to do something that will get you hurt, you don’t have to listen.”

“My number one goal is to keep you safe, but I don’t know everything and sometimes I’m wrong, so let me know if I make a mistake.”

“Man. Today sucked.”

“Yeah I also kinda wanna cry right now”

“Whoops, yeah, my bad”

she got her freedom taken away by the very fans who once supported her travels. was forced to stay by the side of a man who didn't even care for her. sat there as someone else wearing his face calls her his goddess- objectifying her and deifying her once again- and then? gets locked on the same floor as him for a month!

A MONTH.

yes they got along by the end and yes lin ling was considerate. but really. after having to face the reality she would be tied to this guy for as long as their fans wish, it must've been agony.

and then! when she's finally able to leave, to be free as she wished, she's stranded on an uninhabited island. doomed to send out messages in bottles in the vain hope that someone, anyone would save her.

then the boy that saved her- because really, as loathe as she is to call anyone a hero, he saved her- shows up again. properly gives her back her freedom. the public believes she's dead, but they gave her the power to go wherever she pleases. she can be free. really free.

and then she got shot in the head.

no frills, no monologue- just a quick, dismissive death. one meant to impact lin ling.

even in her death xiao yueqing was not granted decency.

She didn't want to be tied to men. Her fans made her personality completely circling around the guy who she met trying to save THEM.

It was either she reveals the stunt, lose trust and forced to retire. Or keep being in the same loveless relationship while being seen just as a trophy wife to Nice's 'perfect' world.

Someone handsome and tall

"someone to lean on"

"I didn't even have to convince him of how important it is!"

"I didn't even have to convince him of how important it is!"

"I didn't even have to convince him of how important it is!"

Zuko trying to make his partner understand that there are more important things to worry about than their relationship

"a special connection"

Due to being left all alone when he would usually be with his parents, Bruce was put in increasingly unsafe situations over and over. Most of the time, there was no safe adult for him to feel comfortable enough telling. And if there was, how would he know they were safe?

He could tell Alfred, but what good would that do? Alfred has told him time and time again that he is his employee, nothing more and nothing less. Alfred cannot help him. Alfred cannot save him

Alfred doesn’t want to

I believe that at a very early age, due to how most of the socialites and rich people are in Gotham, Bruce had to get used to unwanted stares, touches, and advances

And he’s so pretty. He’s been so pretty ever since he was small, even with his parents alive they had to work hard to keep him safe. To keep others away. To draw a hard line in the sand for what is acceptable and what is not. But now they’re gone and he’s trying to keep himself safe. But people always want to touch, take, possess, and destroy pretty things

But all of his children are pretty too.

With all of his kids he makes sure that they’re as safe as can be, unlike how it was with him

The first time that he brings Dick to a gala, he holds the boy the entire time. Dick’s face is mostly tucking into Bruce’s suit jacket, shielding him from the flashes of the paparazzi and unwanted stares. Especially with his ‘exotic’ heritage of being Romani… it’s a recipe for disaster in Gotham

Bruce refuses to let a single person touch Dick, even socialites that he trusts. He knows how quickly someone you trust can turn on you once they realize you’re vulnerable.

He keeps Jason by his side as well. Gotham high society hates anyone who didn’t grow up rich. Is he’s not by Jason’s side, he makes sure Dick is. Dick can now fend for himself, but Bruce always makes sure they’re in his line of sight.

Tim has been to these parties before, and considering how negligent his parents were… Bruce makes sure to tell Tim that he would never be mad at him for anything that happened and he is not to blame. That adults should have protected him and saved him. He tells Tim all the things he wished someone had told him when he was younger. They hug and cry about it.

He’s always so thankful that Stephanie never wanted to go to galas as mean as it makes him sound. She never had to be subjected to the cruelties of adults who had no business leering after young girls. Now that she’s older and sometimes pops in if Tim’s going, Bruce knows that they’ll protect each other.

Cass is strong and smart, but she’s also very very new to this life and more vulnerable than the rest of his kids. Bruce wishes he could give her a sense of normalcy. It’s just another thing that’s he failed at.

He knows that if push came to shove, like the rest of his children, she would not hesitate to defend herself. But there should be no shove. She shouldn’t have to. Bruce dances with her all through the night every time she decides to grace a gala with her magnificent presence. It keeps her happy, it keeps her away from harm

His youngest baby is a fire cracker, ready to take on anyone and anything that could possibly be perceived as a threat to him and his family. As much as his other babies joke that he keeps Damian nearby to stop him from stabbing people, he doesn’t want anyone to look at Damian.

Damian is barely older than he was when he returned back to Gotham high society. The only difference is that Damian now has him and all of his siblings. It’s still hard to let go, even if he knows his children are there to keep an eye on everything

Duke is very similar to Jason in more ways than one, epically since he was also born on the ‘poorer’ side of Gotham that most elites loathe unjustly. He’s seen it before, even with high standing black families. Being suddenly accused of stealing a watch or pickpocketing an expensive pearl necklace. Lives ruined simply because of the color of their skin

Nothing like that will ever happen to Duke in his presence. Bruce knows he can’t protect Duke from all the racism in the world, but man if he doesn’t want to try

Bruce has never let his family deal with his issues. He believes he’s simply not worth the trouble. So whenever he gets hit on at galas in ways that make him uncomfortable he just fakes a smile. When he feels unfamiliar hands touching him and grabbing at his body, he fakes more smiles and leans into if there are too many people watching.

Just as he’s about to make an excuse, any kind of excuse to finally get away and take a breather, Dick suddenly pops up in front of him while he feels Jason and Duke slide up behind him, pushing away the elites that had circled him

Bruce makes a soft confused sound, trying to figure out what was happening, but then Damian’s tugging on his sleeve and he already has his baby in his arms. The whirlwind that is Tim and Steph together sweep him away from the confused group of elites.

The group makes their way back over to where Cassandra is smiling expectantly, giggling softly at the confused expression on Bruce’s face.

“Dance with me?” She requested softly, knowing that Bruce would never refuse her. Bruce squeezes Damian to his chest before handing him over to Tim, which Damian surprisingly doesn’t protest

Bruce takes Cassandra’s hand and they dance around the ballroom floor with ease, over and over one of Bruce’s children came and swept him away before anyone else could get the chance

“Don’t worry, we got you Dad.” Dick smiled softly as Bruce spun him around before being passed over to Stephanie and Damian.

He did not put the duffle bag full of eight heads on Bruce’s doorstep. He threw it in front of the eight drug lords who were bosses of the people whose heads Jason cut off. (Source: Batman #635, Under the Red Hood, which I have read.)

I have not read any comic in which Jason shoots Tim, but that doesn’t mean it can’t have happened at some point. Would you mind providing the name or number of the issue where he does so? Jason absolutely does shoot AT Tim in Battle For the Cowl (which I have read), after Tim hunts Jason down to his underground lair and attacks him. Tim initiates the fight, Jason shoots at Tim several times, Tim beats him in the head (with a crowbar, of course), and Jason stabs Tim with a batarang, incapacitating him. Again, I haven’t read every single Batman comic, so it’s possible that you’re thinking of a different issue—would you mind providing the issue # where Jason shoots Tim? Because in BFtC #3, Tim shows up to ambush Jason, and Jason responds with self-defense.

To my knowledge, the only time Jason shoots Damian is also in Battle For the Cowl, after Jason rescues Dick — who is badly injured— and Damian from gunmen who have them cornered. Dick tells Damian to hide, then tries to draw the gunmen’s attention because he’s too injured to run away. Just as the gunmen are preparing to fire at Dick, Jason arrives on the scene and kills the gunmen; Dick and Damian then attack Jason, and Damian threatens to kill him, telling him “the hole in the ground should fit you just fine!” At which point Jason shoots Damian in the shoulder and quickly leaves. Again, maybe there’s a different time when Jason shoots Damian that I haven’t read; but in this case Jason shot a whole bunch of people to SAVE DICK AND DAMIAN’S LIVES, they responded by attacking him, and he defended himself.

I will admit the “lobotomy” is not literal: in Gotham War (which I have read), Bruce purposefully alters Jason’s brain chemistry with fear toxin, removing his free will and leaving him virtually incapacitated. Jason can literally not even stand up, making him a sitting duck. In a way, it was worse than a lobotomy — it was a death sentence, in the current world of Gotham. Indeed, Jason is almost immediately at the mercy of Scarecrow and the Joker, and the only reason he survives is due to the latter’s perverse sense of humor.

Do you remember the time that Bruce killed Jason? Because I do.

No, he wasn’t, actually. In Vol #1 of Battle For the Cowl, Gotham has gone to absolute shit in the absence of Batman. Multiple people comment that they’re losing control of the city, and Black Mask busts a bunch of villains out of Arkham then blows up Blackgate. Dick refuses to take up the mantle, but calls up a ton of allies to help out.

Tim, working with Squire, is pursuing some Joker henchmen who are shooting at him. He bursts into a room and finds the henchmen already tied up and left behind by Jason, who has taken up the mantle — and the henchmen are alive. Meaning that Jason isn’t killing indiscriminately. He is not, in fact, killing civilians.

(I should really do a whole series on Jason’s actual kills in the comics, because there are way fewer than people attribute to him.)

Anyway, continued. Shortly after, Tim muses internally about how the city is in a downward spiral and is looking for Batman, “or a Batman.” The last sentence is accompanied by a pane showing three bodies hanging from a highway overpass, hooded and with signs on their chests. The signs read: “RAPIST,” I can’t read the middle one, and “KILLER.” It’s not stated outright that these people were killed by Jason, but considering one of them is labeled a rapist and he has a long history of hating sex abusers, I’m gonna say it’s strongly implied. Again: not innocent civilians.

The next time we see Jason in BFtC, he’s in silhouette fighting criminals as Batman - NON-LETHALLY. He’s using his hands, non-lethally using batarangs, and again leaving people tied up. Dick comments, “The three suspects he apprehended on Monday swore up and down that it was Batman.” Meaning that they lived, meaning that Jason didn’t kill them and in fact turned them over to the police.

Is that the work of a psychotic person? Because that sounds a lot like what Bruce does as Batman.

Now. Jason does kill people in BFtC. He kills rapists and killers. He kills the gunmen who have an injured Dick cornered and are about to shoot him, as noted above. Later, in pursuit of Black Mask — who is behind the surge in violence — Jason non-lethally shoots an armed henchmen about to shoot him then questions him by shooting him some more in his limbs. It’s unclear if this guy dies but it’s likely. He stabs Tim in the chest with a batarang while Tim is hitting Jason in the head with a crowbar, also a potentially fatal injury (blunt force trauma to the head kills people, guys) in a fight that Tim tracked him down to initiate.

Dick then also shows up in Jason’s lair to fight him, rescue Tim, and reveal that he knows Jason is a survivor of child sexual abuse, a fact that he learned from a private recording that Bruce made for Jason. Dick and Jason fight — with their hands. Jason is shown to have his guns but never once shoots them at Dick, even after Dick plays the recording, badly triggering Jason. The two fight, Dick gets the upper hand, and Jason chooses to fall off a speeding train into the water, apparently dying.

And in the end of the fucking comic, Dick becomes Batman after all. Because he decides Gotham needs Batman. WHICH WAS JASON’S WHOLE POINT ALL ALONG!!! His whole point was that he became Batman because someone had to, and Dick was refusing to do it even when Tim and Alfred asked him to, so Jason stepped up.

It is INFURIATING to me that people think Jason was acting like a villain in this arc. He wasn’t killing indiscriminately! He killed when attacked. He killed when Dick was threatened. He is implied to have killed rapists and killers, though we don’t see the circumstances of the killing. Other than that, he ties up and leaves the goons and criminals behind. He never once is shown to kill civilians. He never once is shown to kill without a good goddamned reason.

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And then Jason dies.

Bruce goes through all his library obsessively to the point he remembers the page of every little bookmark Jason left, and he knows his little notes on the margins by the heart. He watches movie adaptations, too, even though Jason only ever watched it to hate on them. He finds new books, books he thinks Jason would like if he was alive, and reads them, imagining what kind of analysis would Jason finalise by the end of it; his opinion not always matches with Jason's, but that doesn't matter. Bruce just likes to imagine.

Years pass, and Jason returns to Gotham. Not as a boy Bruce missed so much. Or, at least, he thinks so.

But then Jason does some bitter, irritated reference, comparing them to characters of one of the books he had on his shelf, and Bruce catches himself thinking... well, they still think similarly, but the conclusion they drew had always differed from each other. It is a different situation, of course, but... but maybe he could try to make this work.

Because, if anything, Bruce is tired of imagining. Especially, not when he finally has a chance to get everything back.

On the next day after their fight, someone sends Jason a copy of a new book from his favourite author - the one that he still hadn't read - his old set of colourful bookmarks, and a little note.

Let me know what you think.

Bruce gets the book back in a week, full of frantic notes, a bunch of bookmarks, and a short note explaining what each colour means (a mystery he didn't resolve years ago, after he passed away).