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A collection of things that made me smile.
Strawberry, 38, married, pan genderqueer afab, she/her or he/him
Made this blog with the express purpose of just having a space to gather shiny things that make me smile, since literally all my other social media has degraded into constant living hell. Still working on finding peace and not falling into the "there's horrible things happening in the world and therefore I have to make that my entire personality" trap.
My sideblog is kitchensinkwitch for witchy/pagan topics 🔮
New sideblog strawberryrose-writes for writing shenanigans 📝
❤️ Harry Potter / ❌ JKR and all TERFs
Will I be safe here?
This blog is a mess of fandoms and topics, but if you'd like to hang around I'd like to assure you that it is safe here regardless of your race, sex, gender, orientation, religion, or the place you were born. I'm only human, though, so if I ever mess up please tell me!
To be especially clear (because there's a lot of spaces out there being exclusionary right now), that means this blog IS safe for you if you're transfem, transmasc, nonbinary or genderqueer of any expression, a woman, a man, an intersex person, a queer person whose partner is of the "opposite" sex and/or gender, Jewish, or from Israel.
However, this blog is NOT safe for you if you're racist, a TERF, hate men, hate women, transphobic, gatekeep the queer community, support Hamas, antisemitic, an anti, tell people to kill themselves, or voted for Trump. Please keep this in mind if you fall under any of these labels, as this blog will occasionally come for you and I will happily block anyone who threatens to make this space unsafe.
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Fandoms and Media:
#animal crossing
#care bears
#disney
#harry potter fandom (as opposed to the character Harry Potter)
#kirby
#lotr
#my little pony
#neopets
#pokémon
#sims
#sims 4
#sims medieval
#sailor moon fandom (as opposed to the character Sailor Moon)
#sailor moon crystal
Individual Characters and Similar:
#harry potter
#drarry (Harry Potter/Draco Malfoy)
#usagi tsukino
#sailor moon
#princess serenity
#mamoru chiba
#prince endymion
#sailor mercury
#sailor star fighter
#sailor star maker
#sailor star healer
General Interests:
#architecture
#art
#camping
#crafts
#fandom
#fashion
#food
#interior design
#music
#plushies
#writing (general writing/writer moods tag)
#other people's writing
#archaeology
#history
#humanity
#language
#philosophy
#queer stuff
#wales
#science!
#nature (going to be curating this tag to only be the more informative or science-based posts, with aesthetic posts going into #nature aesthetic)
#animals
#bugs
#cats
#reading list (things I want to read; not a rec list because I haven't read them yet)
#writing inspiration
#references (lots of links)
Aesthetics:
#pretty ❤️
#colors
#rainbow
#sparkly
#cottagecore (I just like the aesthetic)
#garden aesthetic
#strawberries! 🍓
#nature aesthetic
#forests
#spring
#summer
#autumn
#winter
#halloween
#christmas
Moods:
#amazing
#incredible
#lmao
#excellent lmao
#oh my gosh
#oh my god
#oh my god lmao
#🤣
#❤️
#bless (not religious)
#laugh rule
#mood
#positivity
#shitpost
#tumblr dot com
#reblogging to show my husband (a specially-curated list ❤️)
Stuff:
#reblogging to save a life (PSAs, warnings, important info)
#resources (lots of links, but this time for inherently serious topics)
#gif (for safety purposes EVERY gif on my blog is tagged this, if you see one I missed please feel free to message!)
#video (likewise with videos, if you see an untagged one hmu!)
#boop
#poll
#tw: covid
#tw: death
#tw: vomit
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The sign many left wingers have subconsciously accepted moving right on covid and embraced lowering public health standards is when people seem to think “masks should be mandatory in healthcare settings /airplanes “ is somehow a radical position to take in an ongoing pandemic
its so fucking weird because "masks in healthcare" should be the default all of the time. Doctors and nurses are literally employed to go from sick person to sick person, treating immunocompromised people especially often.
A three-circle venn-diagram where the circles are "sex workers", "the furry community", and "people working in morgues". I don't know what the overlap parts are.
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“People should pass a test before being allowed to have kids.” “Isn’t it scary how white people have this inborn capacity for evil?” “I’ll never pass because males and females have different skull shapes.” “Autistic people have a stronger sense of justice than anyone else.” “I don’t want AMABs in my space because they’re dangerous.” “You shouldn’t have access to hormones if you dress like THAT.” “Anyone who does something that awful isn’t human.” “Some people really shouldn’t be allowed to vote.”
This is eugenics. This is phrenology. THIS IS NAZI SHIT, YOU ARE A LEFTIST BUYING INTO NAZI SHIT. YOU ARE NOT IMMUNE TO NAZI SHIT.
I've seen a lot of people in the comments saying people needing to pass a test to have kids is a good idea, but I don't think they understand what that means. The US government used to take Indigenous children from their parents for reasons as asinine as grandparents living in the home (called "overcrowded environment") or using only their native language at home instead of English (because it "failed to prepare" children for a world where English is the dominant langauge).
Children placed in residental schools were abused, murdered, and sold into arranged marriages with white men. More recently, children "adopted" out into white households are often also subjected to the same, as well as forcibly converted to Christianity.
The most effective way to protect children in the country is to give them rights to ensure their safety, autonomy and dignity. Eugenics and laws to control reproduction will not do that. Crafting legislation with the help of child wellness experts is a better choice.
I should add - the US government STILL disproportionately targets Indigenous families for child welfare checks. ICWA is supposed to protect against this but is unevenly enforced, and there's even talk of overturning it. Protect ICWA and Indigenous children.
[id. A twitter post by @/Bennieeexyz
Jury duty letter came addressed to my cat.
Not a mistake. "Felix Martinez" - that's his full name according to his vet records.
My last name. His first name. Somehow he's a registered voter now.
Called the county clerk.
Me: My cat got summoned for jury duty.
Clerk: Is the name correct on the summons?
Me: Yes, but he's a cat.
Clerk: Is Felix Martinez a legal resident of this county?
Me: He's a legal cat.
Clerk: Sir, if the name matches our records, he needs to appear or file an exemption.
Me: He can't file anything. He has paws.
Clerk: You can file on his behalf.
Me: Under what exemption? There's no box for "is a cat."
Clerk: (pause) Check "unable to serve due to medical reasons."
Me: What's the medical reason?
Clerk: He's a cat.
Me: That's not a medical condition.
Clerk: It is if it prevents him from serving.
Sent in the form. Got rejected two weeks later.
"Insufficient documentation. Please provide medical professional's statement."
Took the letter to my vet.
Me: I need you to write that my cat can't do jury duty.
Vet: Why is your cat summoned for jury duty?
Me: Excellent question. No good answer.
Vet: This is the weirdest request I've gotten.
Me: Can you just write that he's medically unfit to serve?
Vet: On what grounds?
Me: He's a cat.
Vet: (started typing) "Patient is unable to serve due to species-related limitations including inability to speak, read, or comprehend legal proceedings."
Me: Perfect.
Sent it in. Got another rejection.
"Summons is mandatory. Failure to appear will result in contempt of court."
My roommate thought this was hilarious.
Roommate: Felix is going to jail.
Me: This is serious.
Roommate: Bring him to court. See what happens.
Decided that was actually the only option left.
Day of jury duty, put Felix in his carrier. Brought the entire paper trail of rejection letters.
Checked in at the courthouse.
Clerk: Name?
Me: Felix Martinez.
Clerk: (looked at the cat carrier) Is that Felix?
Me: Yes.
Clerk: (long stare) He's a cat.
Me: I've been saying that for six weeks.
Clerk: Why didn't you file an exemption?
Me: I filed three. All rejected.
Showed her the letters. She read through them, expression shifting from confusion to disbelief.
Clerk: Someone rejected the veterinary documentation?
Me: Twice.
Clerk: (called her supervisor over) You need to see this.
Supervisor read everything. Looked at Felix. Looked at me.
Supervisor: How did a cat get registered to vote?
Me: You tell me.
Supervisor: This is a data error.
Me: Took you six weeks to figure that out.
They dismissed Felix immediately. Apologized for the inconvenience.
Supervisor: We'll remove him from the voter registry.
Me: Appreciate it.
Supervisor: (pause) Out of curiosity, how would he have voted?
Me: Probably whatever party supports universal treats.
Got a formal apology letter a week later and a voter registration card.
For me this time. Apparently I wasn't registered, but my cat was.
Roommate: Felix committed voter fraud.
Me: Felix committed nothing. He's innocent.
Roommate: That's what they all say.
Felix is sleeping on the jury summons now.
Fitting end to his legal career.
end id]
Wait youre telling me in the usa if youre sick you cant just show up to a hospital, get checked, sent home and get your day paid by the social security or sometimws your job?
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I spent the afternoon arranging our books by size and color (and it’s so satisfying and looks amazing) and my partner came home and stared in shock at the bookcase and then said “i’m a librarian, you can’t do this.”
it has occurred me during this process that apparently not everyone thinks about books by what color they are? like, literally when i’m looking for a book, i picture it in my mind. i have a very…tactile experience with the books i read and idk! i thought everyone did that lol.
my partner was like “how will i find [this book] for instance” and i replied “easy, it’s purple” and he looked at me like i was a witch.
This actually is interesting in terms of information-seeking behavior, which is a thing librarians think about a lot and often actually study (some library jobs require you to publish, and academic librarians, for instance, will often use the students at the college they work at to study how they search for information in order to figure out how to best provide them services).
When you go for an MLS (Master’s of Library Science, which is a thing, and which is usually required for “professional-level” library work [which is also a weird and contentious concept that I won’t go into here]), one of the things you study is the organization of information. This deals with how to determine what a book or other material is “about"—a concept we tongue-in-cheek call “aboutness"—and how to convey that to a potential user of the item and make it easy for them to find. Things like keywords and subject headings, do I put this book about how often wild birds attack aerial drones in with books about birds or with books about technology, if its a fictional novel do I put fantasy in it’s own section or mix it in with all of the other fiction, so on and so on.
OP is organizing books by how they would look for them. OP’s partner is thinking in terms of aboutness. This is a system that works for OP because it’s their personal library: they know basically what books they own and they only own books that are relevant to them, and if they know what the book looks like, that can be a quick way to find it.
In a library that assumes the public (or people who do not own that particular collection of books) are using the collection, that doesn’t work. Books are often re-issued in multiple covers, or re-bound in new covers when they get worn out, and if the user doesn’t know what the book looks like or is expecting a different cover, they’re lost. That’s why non-personal libraries used standardized cataloging systems like the Dewey Decimal System or Library of Congress System to organize a book by what it’s “about”, and then put books about the same or similar topics together, marked with labels and signage so a person unfamiliar with the book or collection can find their way to it.
Basically, OP’s system works for their own personal library, because it’s best suited to how the primary user—OP themselves—looks for books. OP’s librarian partner is coming from a background of thinking in terms of a public-facing collection, where aboutness is the key criteria and communicating it to a user unfamiliar with the collection is the priority.
Spin the wheel again. That’s who’s trying to protect you.
(If you have zero idea about a name you got, spin until you see someone you recognize.)
Are you safe?
Absolutely not. I'm dead. 100% dead.
I might stay alive, but it'll be a really close thing.
I'll take some hits, for certain, but I should be okay in the end.
A few attacks might get through, but nothing concerning.
The attacker might be able to get in one lucky hit. If that.
I am the opposite of worried. I'm 100% safe.
…Look. I've tried picturing this. But I honestly don't know how to answer.
Remaining time: 4 days 22 hours
(I've run this poll twice before, expanding it significantly for the second run. With about a year passed since that second run, I thought it was time to add another couple hundred names to the list and have another go.)
so a normal world loading square is supposed to look like this
and not like this (or the abover screenshots)
anything deviating from the regular world loading square, generally implies something about your world is fucked, it can't load the data like it's supposed to, or the world is corrupted in some way
Did you ever just feel so lucky for knowing someone you met online? Like.. I was one click away from not following you. I was one second away from never even knowing of your existence.I would never have been this happy!!!...
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