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Ain't no way my people had to survive the complete and purposeful destruction of our own cultures to be assimilated into one Color and slave class, to create and be stolen from and erased from our own creations to this day, every day. Ain't no way Native Americans were genocided in every way possible and are still fighting the good fight to maintain their cultural norms and practices.

The kid was picked up by an ambulance 30 minutes later.

Now as an adult working in security I get SO MANY folks- upper-middle aged mostly- coming to me to 'rat out' people they think are faking it.

I was once sent into a bathroom because a client demanded that the "fucker won't get out, so go drag them out"- I was NEVER going to do that, so I did a wellness check instead. You know who it was? A person recently released from the hospital after a car accident. They had a hole in their skull and major hearing loss. They couldn't answer the owner because they couldn't HEAR the owner.

Another time about a homeless man who got around town by kicking the ground from his wheelchair. "You know he doesn't actually need that thing, his legs work fine, it's just for pity points"- Oh, so he's not paralyzed, his wheelchair is performative? Funny story Dale, I actually know that guy, he was backed over by a truck and has chronic pain from his shattered pelvis. But sure, let's make him stand up and walk everywhere so nobody feels too bad for him and tries to help him or something.

"She doesn't need that scooter, I've seen her get out of it."

"Look how fat he is, because he just rides around and refuses to get up."

"She doesn't really need that cane- she comes here without it all the time"

we're looking to create an AI policy, and when we were talking about this, my boss (older millennial) was genuinely shocked to hear that younger people do not (seem) to view AI positively (a la the recent commencement speakers being booed)

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Let’s talk about the harmonics of the Eridian Language

First: canon facts. We know that Grace is able to interpret Eridian language using the twelve tone equal temperament tuning that is most often used in modern western musical instruments. I’m sure there are some tones which he approximates from subharmonics or other harmonic systems, but I’ll start from here.

We also know that Eridians make sound by passing air through vents in their carapaces. They can make chords, so I assume there are anywhere between 5 and 12 carapace slots (this depends on if they can manipulate the length their carapace vents, which can change pitch and octave. think: are vents more similar to trombones and human vocal chords or a pipe organ?).

With these two facts in mind, I assume that more simple Eridian words are of simpler chord structure. Think of words that babies first learn, such as whatever bable is used to indicate a parent, words like “food,” “love,” “no,” “yes,” and other daily needs.

For Eridians, these words would most likely sound in unisons, octaves, or fifths, because of PHYSICS!! When something vibrates, if you cut it in half: that’s an octave. Cut that in half again: that’s a fifth. Building in more complex would start to include major thirds and sixths (resulting in major and minor chords), and fourths, eventually expanding to major and minor sevenths, sixths, and seconds. More complex than that would be tritones, and intervals displaced more than an octave.

The most complex words (scientific words) would be large cluster and flavor chords (think like in jazz where you could see a F°11).

Keys would be interesting as well, assuming that the size of each carapace determines their “home base” key (think: F vs. C Trumpets). Would words be tonally reliant (the exact pitch said can change the meaning of a word) or is it more based on intervallic relation (the distance between notes, exact notes don’t change the meaning).

And of course, words can have syllables, and multiple pitches to them. The rhythm of speech determines just as much as the pitch. Again: more simple rhythms for simpler words, complex rhythms for complex words.

Found some more bootleg merchandise. Wow I love bootlegs. Wait a minute—

WHERE ARE THEIR EYES??????

AND THEIR ARMS?

poor shun he lost his mouth AND his eyes now 💔 (reference to a bootleg coloring page I posted about

A gun he didn't even show until 3 crazed adults chased him FOR NO REASON over 1000 yards WITH THEIR GUN.

https://abc7chicago.com/post/south-carolina-jury-finds-store-owner-not-guilty-murder-killing-black-teen/19218916/

It was flagged as "Eksplicit", shadowbanned, and every reblog turned invisible. The flagging is also unappealable (unless that is an error, thanks tumblr)

Happy Trans Day of Invisibility from your tumblr mods!

Only found out because I tried to reblog with an update from your local trans unicorn siblings!

I cannot even LINK to my old comic without every new post getting deleted.

The original post was pardoned, but the shadowban still persisted and every reblog was hidden from the dash and flagged explicit. I'm not sure if it recovered by now, or if it's always going to be at risk of banning.

So whatever staff reviewed my complaint agreed that it wasn't explicit. So thank you for that, moderator. This highlights that the problem starts with bad actors reporting anything they don't like, and that it's a tossup if your appeal is seen by a bot, a normal human, or a bigot.

I'm grateful I can still touch people and spread positivity. Many of my queer siblings, brothers, and sisters - especially trans sisters - can't say the same.

But no matter what happens, we will always have each other. Every letter in our alphabet is a pillar holding up a beautiful world that only stands if we're all in it together. The rest of society may call you a monster, but it calls me one too. Maybe you won't hear it from the rest of them, but listen and you will hear it from me.

I love you.