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A bookplate for the good person at Blue Willow Bookshop! They bent over backwards to help me get copies of Check, Please!: Sticks & Scones signed and to readers last month. Thank you! 🍂!🦞!
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Hey fellas I have an official Tumblr now because
Yes
I begin this tumblr with a HLVRAI video
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Leonard Nimoy: Bill is the only actor with whom I have that spark, that chemistry—to anything like the extent I have it with him… When we step into a scene, I always know—something’s going to happen. Just amazing. Just amazing the tremendous spark of some kind that he would set off. You remember, Bill, what used to happen in the makeup department in the morning. You’d come in. We’d have these screaming, yelling, laughing discussions. Walk out of there exhausted, exhausted— William Shatner: (Laughing.) The day’s over. Right. Leonard Nimoy: Exhausted, just totally depleted. You know—how can I do a day’s work? I’m aching from laughing. Just amazing. Just amazing the kind of spark that he would set off. And I think, as I really think about it, the idea of working together again on STAR TREK—it’s that thing that I would look forward to most. That happening again. I have no doubt in my mind that it would. Amazing spark that I get from him…
From Shatner: Where No Man… (1979)
Gif credit @iffltd
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As Midnight sweeps across the land my new album is being released ! It’s NOW OR NEVER !!
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4 Scenes from @kianspo‘s LOVELY 5+1 Spirk Fic, “Something Smart To Do”!
I recently re-watched the Star Trek 2009 reboot movies and fell back in love with the cast. I stayed up obscenely late and stumbled upon Kianspo’s work somewhere around the 3 am mark. And oh boy, what a treat it was. Their depictions of each character’s personalities felt spot on, with just enough of that heart-fluttery cheesiness to make me giggle out loud. TW for a bit of graphic violence in the latter portion, but it’s all worth it in the end. Please go check it out and give them some kudos!!
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sweet vulcan kiss
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Any designs with witchy vibes?
long overdue witchy post, more witchy designs on the way!
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the Raymond hype is incredibly hilarious because people who know the incredibly huge (and even wholesome at times) discord for animal crossing know that Raymond has always been a special case for everything involving trading for him. in a particular case, he, out of 400+ villagers have a rule catered to him because of the chaos it wroughts to put him up for free
And you can get insta banned for failing even ONE of these steps
he’s for sale on eBay and apparently there’s rumors of faked/hacked Raymonds with inaccurate rooms that can brick your game going for $20, and even listed ones hitting an upwards of $1,000
what even gets me is the last listing here says “amiibo” when there isn’t an amiibo for him
things Raymond has also been on sale for and I’ve seen is:
>400 nook mile tickets. yes. 400. Sometimes 800.
>100 golden crowns (yes, the one that’s 1,000,000+ bells)
>150 MILLION bells, you can’t even carry that on your person. doing the math I’m pretty sure you have to go on and off someone’s island over 20 times
>40 pagodas
>and again, legitimate money for possibly hacked Raymonds
this one business “sexyman” cat has exposed the hubris of human greed in under 2 months and I am living to watch it down
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I love them all,,, (John, Tim, Martin, Sasha, Melanie, Daisy, Basira)
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I'm sorry, but again in need.
MAY 7TH, 2020 10:02 PM
I'm going to get to the quick of it - as you've all seen lately, I've been struggling even before the covid situation and now that it's as bad as it is, I'm only worse off.
I am not getting a stimulus check. I am working dramatically reduced hours at work, I am making no commission. I need to figure out how i'm going to pay my bills, how i'm going to pay for transportation, how I'm going to feed myself.
Every single dollar counts. Transportation for the next 2 weeks should come to about $250ish, Utilities another approx $150, Food is whatever else I can get my hands on honestly.
Donations can go here (https://www.paypal.me/deadnamed)
If you can give, thank you, but please do not give if you cannot afford to. I am not going to put another person out so I can survive.
Reblogs and boosts are greatly appreciated
I'm so sorry things have come to this.
please please please help
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hello, internet land!
a very special webcomic released its finale recently, and i preemptively made this sketchy sentimental thing to talk about my feelings about it. (i swear my art is normally better than this i just dont have the time or energy to make mona lisas over here)
if you havent read “check, please!” by ngozi ukazu, i dont know what youve been doing with your life. its an amazing story with relatable characters, hilarious storytelling and heart-shattering emotions. “check, please!” got me through some tough times, seriously, because i got to see the main character go through all kinds of tough times and make it.
thank you, @omgcheckplease. from the bottom of my heart, thank you.
thank you for the laughs, and the hockey shit, and the really good looking art, and the messages, and everything that made the comic special.
thank you.
-quark
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“Navajo Nation — in the “Four Corners” area, with land that borders part of Northeastern Arizona, Southeastern Utah, and Northwestern New Mexico — has been hit hard by COVID-19. So far there are 354 confirmed cases with 15 confirmed deaths. As with much of the nation, the testing picture is incomplete. Navajo Schools stayed open two days longer than non-reservation schools, but the Navajo Nation has taken up strong distancing precautions since then. The Diné have now issued stay-at-home orders and instituted a strict curfew. They’ve also declared a state of emergency.
The seriousness of this response isn’t without precedent. The Spanish Flu pandemic of 1918-1920 was devastating for the Navajo Nation. According to historical records, 12 percent of the population perished, or 3,377 people. So far, COVID-19 has mortality rates anywhere from less than one percent to ten percent or more, depending on a long list of factors. But preparedness seems to be a major determiner and Navajo Nation is woefully ill-equipped to fight off a virus like this. It’s certainly worth noting that 2009’s Swine Flu was four times more deadly in Indian Country than the rest of the U.S.
Diné attorney and leader Ethel Branch has set up the Navajo & Hopi Families COVID-19 Relief Fund on GoFundMe (she also set up a Relief Fund for the Havasupai). This is the fastest and most direct way you can help people right now.
So far the Relief Fund has 2,000 families seeking assistance. The money is going to packages that are being dispatched throughout Navajo Nation. The Guardian reports that each package is filled with “flour, beans, rice, canned soups, dried meat, fever and cough medicine, as well as fresh vegetables, fruit, and meat when available.” These are crucial lifelines for many Diné.
So far, the Navajo & Hopi Families COVID-19 Relief Fund is at about 50 percent of its goal. You can donate directly right here.”
Read the full piece here
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Anonymous asked:
My friend says not to vote in the upcoming election because our liberal establishment is no different from fascism and because Trump's policies are merely an extension of existing policies (like the ICE concentration camps that were established under Obama). How would you, being a leftist like me and my friend, respond to this attitude?
When I was in high school there was one cataclysmic, catastrophic, Very Important school board meeting.
It was a perfect storm of religious freedom, LGBT Rights, and Holy Shit You’re Talking About Taking Daycare Away from Students Who Are Parents.
The first thing, religious freedom, was exceptionally stupid but I think it’s a great example of how shitty the suburb I lived in was and what we were dealing with. Basically the D&D club that I started was accused of being Satanists and the Campus Christian Club was trying to get us shut down for worshipping satan. (I live in the fucking WORST part of LA County, I swear). The defense for the D&D club was pretty simple: If we’re worshipping satan as an on-campus activity at lunchtime we have every right to do so just like the Campus Christian Club an in fact if the Campus Christian Club got us shut down for practicing a different religion they’d made a very effective argument for shutting down their Praising Christ on-campus lunchtime activity.
The second thing was ANOTHER conflict with the Campus Christian Club - this was more serious. This was “High schoolers shouldn’t be exposed to deviant lifestyles and therefore we need to shut down the Gay/Straight Alliance.” At that point the GSA was also very new and I was also the VP of it. Spoilers: we were allowed to continue existing and we had speakers come in from time to time - we had grownups who talked to us about dealing with homophobia and resources for what happened if your parents kicked you out; we had a trans woman in her 50s come and talk to us (in 2003!) about transphobia and dysphoria and how to cope. The adviser handed out a packet to all of us that had the suicide hotline number right at the top, I know at least three people used that number the first year. The defense for the GSA was actually another handy-dandy page out of the ACLU handbook: The Campus Christian Club’s definition of deviance is something they have a right to hold but not to impose on other people - if you ban the GSA based on being ‘deviants’ you are imposing someone else’s belief system on us so knock it off unless you want to be a fun LA Times story.
The third thing didn’t have ANYTHING to do with the Campus Christian Club and was much worse because it had to do with funding and teen moms. The third thing was “The district believes it’s a waste of money to continue to pay for childcare at the district continuation school; if you can’t afford childcare you should have thought of that before becoming a teen mom, good luck getting a babysitter while you’re trying to finish high school.” Four of the students from the continuation school had showed up with their children and their defense of the daycare program was basically (and understandably) “What the fuck you fucking ghouls we just want to finish school and it’s one fucking daycare provider on campus you already have to pay the insurance for childcare providers for other schools in the district what the fucking fuck.”
The D&D Club, GSA, and Childcare for Teen Parents Program were all allowed to continue existing.
By one vote.
By someone who had recently been elected to the school board.
By four votes.
Four people went out and voted that November. Four people filled in a bubble on a ballot.
The GSA did fundraisers to pay for STI testing and suicide prevention. My friend Michelle graduated on time with her daughter waiting in the crowd. Knowing that adult trans people could survive and exist and thrive and love themselves was lifesaving information for a few kids in the GSA.
Four votes. If four people stayed home that’s a hundred fewer STI tests, that’s wondering if Michelle would ever be able to get a job when she didn’t have a diploma and couldn’t hire a babysitter. That’s three dead queer kids and another two homeless.
And it didn’t happen. Because four people filled in a couple of bubbles one night in November.
Voting is not activism but it is by no means useless. If your friend is incapable of distinguishing fascism and liberalism that sounds like a them problem and it sucks to be them; that amount of nihilism is hard to carry around.
People who criticize leftists for “electoral apologism” or whatever for voting are the “yet you participate in society, curious. I am very intelligent” comic
Yeah, the system’s shitty. Yeah, it sucks and should be overthrown. But it’s not overthrown YET so we may as well take advantage of the few areas of harm reduction the system allows. Voting doesn’t mean you STOP doing direct action or that you stop pushing for change, it just means you’re doing the single easiest real-world thing to alleviate suffering. And if it doesn’t work who gives a fuck - you did the bare minimum and it cost you a small amount of time.
Vote and then go hand out food in the park or cut the valve stems off a cop car if you’re feeling angsty about conceding to the system.
(also FUCK, you have no idea how much I hate having to defend the Obama administration but please go talk to a trans person about whether it is easier or harder to get healthcare in their state under Trump or under Obama. I fucking hate liberals but I don’t think that they’re actively interested in overturning Roe V. Wade. Fuck this political purity culture and go learn about harm reduction.)
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Thank you @ngoziu for making a phenomenal comic and one of my all-time favorite stories!!! Gonna miss these goons :’)
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I’m so emotional you guys...
late birthday present for @unfairlawyer 🧡
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Take me to snurch…