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this is how the kitten looks at the end btw

i think as adults it's our responsibility to be nice to kids and treat them with the respect we wish we got at that age and im not kidding or exaggerating in the least

today i overheard a girl say "no, f*ck that. i will be lovely to everyone. maybe some people will remember they have a heart."

Too many people on this site think being a woman or gender minority automatically means they’re experts on gender/patriarchy/cissexism without ever learning about experiences outside their own or looking into any analysis of how any of it works. Same with being lgbt+ and thinking they’re experts on sexuality/heterosexism. It’s bonkers lol. Do you know everything about mammals because you are one? Does being a carbon-based life form make you a chemist? I’m being hyperbolic with these comparisons but my point is, you can live in a system and be impacted by it all your life without ever knowing anything beyond the tiny microcosm of your own subjectivity. You actually do have to show some curiosity and willingness to question your gut reactions to really develop a meaningful analysis and act in accordance with it. Which is a lifelong process. “I’m gay so I know everything about what it means to be gay” is a pathetic outlook lol

Yes Elon is bad at running Twitter. It should be noted that he is more than likely intentionally tanking the value of Twitter, so he can declare bankruptcy. He must do this while looking like he's doing his best.

Remember, all this happened because he joked on Twitter about buying Twitter to temporarily spike his Twitter stock. This is blatantly insider trading, and the sort of thing the SEC loves punishing people for.

This put Elon in a tricky place. He could say he was joking, and risk getting investigated by the SEC. Or he could double down, and actually buy Twitter to prove he wasn't lying to boost his stock price. These were both horrible options for Elon. But being investigated by the SEC is the type of thing that rich people have nightmares about.

So he was forced to buy Twitter. He could not afford Twitter. So he was forced to engage in a leveraged buyout, meaning he had to pay a big chunk of the check in Tesla stock. This was a shit deal for Elon. Twitter was well known for essentially being at the peak of it's profitability, and the previous owners were looking for a nice exit. They were happy to sell the company to Elon for what was probably the highest price tag Twitter would ever have.

What this meant for Elon, was he had just used several billion dollars of his actually profitable company, and had to tie it's ankles to a company that would only drop in value. (and a company he had no idea how to run.) If Twitter drowns, Tesla does too.

His only way out is to tank Twitters value so the company can declare bankruptcy, sell off the assets, and stop bleeding money. But he can't LOOK like he's doing that ON PURPOSE for the same reason that he had to double down on buying Twitter in the first place: the SEC is very scary.

holy shit they actually updated filias sexual assault and the blatant nazi shit in skullgirls right after i complained about it? took them fucking long enough but finally

its going about as well as expected

No it isn't. Please try to avoid saying things that aren't easily disproven by basic searching or knowledge - Skullgirls has had a huge resurgence since the mobile game has taken off, MikeZ, the original creator (and a huge pervy shithead, presumably the reason why things like everything Shitty that's being removed existed in the first place) was kicked out of the company a year ago. The company restructured, is putting out content regularly, and there's literally nothing but positives about the game since that restructuring. The game even showed up on the main stage of EVO 2022, and Sonicfox is a pretty notable player that supports the game.

I'm sure you come off as very cool for being so disinterested in hot topics though.

it's pretty simple actually ! You said something wrong and I wanted to correct you so people weren't uninformed, and I didn't use your actual url so people didn't harass you

Oh, and just for full clarity - I have no issue with you (The Royal You) or anybody else not liking Skullgirls! It's perfectly fine to dislike a game, especially one with a history. I like it but took big issue with how much of it was sexualizing minors/women and generally just giving off creepy vibes. But having reductive mindsets like "The game is dead and bad so who cares if it's striving to improve itself" is unhealthy.

“you’re so sweet!” thank you i have abandonment issues

hey btw i would NOT recommend using Bluesky either...

this is just repeating the cycle again

In general, I think it's currently really important for progressive Christians to be very loud about being both progressive and deeply religious Christians, and for everyone else fighting for progressive values to be supportive of them doing just that. I know that's like, idk, counter-intuitive or cringe or whatever, but seriously folks, the alternative is that progressive Christians have to be quiet about their faith to be accepted within broader secular and interfaith progressive advocacy, which means that the regressive asshole Christians (a) sound that much louder and (b) dominate the USian religious landscape all the more. That's a problem, for all of us.

We need people pushing back within the faith as well as outside of it, because that destroys any edifice that this is about Christianity and religious freedom.

You can be a devout Christian and also:

• Openly, proudly, and without being forced to remain celibate or otherwise limit your full expression of self, identify as LGBTQ+ or be a supportive ally.
• Advocate for full reproductive autonomy and comprehensive sex education.
• Love and support people of other religious groups, non-religious people and/or atheists, by choosing to believe that a truly loving God would not pursue anything less than universal salvation.
• Stand against evangelism and proselytizing as they have thus far been interpreted and used, because there are ways to interpret the Great Commission that don't promote colonialism and cultural genocide.
• A steward of the earth, protecting God's beautiful creation and lovingly tending to it as the unique and incredible gift that it is.
• A believer in science, rationalism, and human progress as part of God's divine plan for humanity.
• A believer in history and someone who understands that the Bible can be both divinely given and open to interpretation (no really)(if you're confused, please talk to a knowledgeable traditional Jew)
• An ally to Jews, who stands against supercessionism and antisemitism in the church.

And in before regressive Christians come shouting at me that (1) what do I know, I'm a Jew and (2) no lol you can't because of ___ reason:

My source is that I've personally met and talked to Christians of great faith and integrity - people who embody the closest forms of kindness I've seen to what Jesus himself advocated - who are each of these things.

It is 100% possible; you just choose to believe otherwise.

At this point I think it's time to start preaching and claiming the moral high ground here.

Right-wing evangelical Christians want you to think that they're the moral ones, when they EXPLICITLY defy the word of God. They routinely:

• Evade taxes intended to help the poor
• Oppress the foreigner
• Hoard wealth
• Hate their fellow in their hearts
• Destroy God's creation that they were entrusted to steward, intentionally and recklessly as well as carelessly
• Cast the first stone
• Preach idolatry through the prosperity gospel and the American cult of nationalism
• Sacrifice their children to Molech through encouraging a culture of gun violence
• Commit true sexual abominations, such as rape and pedophilia, and/or cover these things up or engage in apologetics
• Encourage actual child and spousal abuse while calling it "traditional family values"
• Oppress and demean women, when their main guy uplifted and valued women outside of marginal roles
• Smugly quote scripture to satisfy their bigotries and to benefit themselves without caring about the true message
• Fail to acknowledge God as the True Judge by substituting their prejudices for God's love and mercy

.......and plenty more. These are not just a few bad actors; this lifestyle is ENCOURAGED by this irresponsible and immoral cult. They are leading people astray into a life of sin and a culture of callous cruelty.

Is this the Christianity you want the world to know you by?

15 “Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves. 16 You will know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes from thornbushes or figs from thistles? 17 Even so, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit. 18 A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a bad tree bear good fruit. 19 Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. 20 Therefore by their fruits you will know them.

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ONLY IT WEREN’T THE CHEESE THEY WERE HUNGERIN FOR

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hey i know that i dont talk about it a lot on here but this blog is pro masking. official govt and world organizations ending the health emergency doesn't mean covid is over. long term organ damage happens w every infection. the chances of long covid increase w each infection. we are facing an ever evolving infectious disease with no institutional protection. respirators protect you and others, please mask up!

you can request free n95 masks from project n95 here:

all we have is each other, mask up and take care of your community

as air quality worsens each year during fire season here's a reminder that n95s also help protect against smoke

if you live so close to the fires that even indoors is smokey an air purifier is a good investment. you can build a high quality purifier yourself with a box fan and filters

its going to get worse every year so we need to start thinking now about how we protect ourselves as climate change threatens our health. no one is coming to save us so we all need to step up and start making plans to protect our communities from disease and air pollution.

my air quality is in the red today so im reblogging this again. get some masks, tape a filter to a box fan, stay inside if you can and limit activity as much as possible.

fags are allowed to say dyke and dykes are allowed to say fag in the same way that youre allowed to run up and slap your sibling on the back of the head

I fully agree with the sentiment but also seeing this reblogged onto my dash by my sibling feels like a warning.