East of the Sun. West of the Moon.

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See, that’s what the app is perfect for.

Sounds perfect Wahhhh, I don’t wanna

If I follow you…

It is because I used to follow you on my old tumblr and am back. Speaking of back, no obligation to follow me back. Times have changed, you may have changed as well. Me? I am sitll the one with “many names and a singular nature”, so there is that.

Of those names the one I recall using here the most was void-liminality (yes the same name I once had on the unfriendly bird site. I may have changed it from a different name. Will have to search my archives. More on that in the next paragraph.)

But wait, you may ask, “How did this person even remember or know who I am now after nearly a decade?!”

Well, you see…even though I ditched my tumblr (I had a stalker or two…one of which was my employer at the time and tumblr had much less robust features to shield from that) I kept every single notification I got just to remember what I had here. And have an extensive archive of my own blog to boot.

Every reblog. Every ask. Every follow notification. Why yes, yes I am a bit of a sentimental fool at times, why do you ask?

So hey there, nice to meet you all. Again.

Pinned Post Greetings. Stay a while and listen. finding friends found friends i hath returned
tenibear
foone

The thing I hate most about transhumanism discourse are the appeals to "humanity". Like, "are you less human if you have cybernetics?" and "does it affect your humanity if you change your genes?"


And I just.. Look man, I'm trans, disabled, and autistic. Half the world already barely considers me human, on a good day.

So I don't think it makes sense to get mad at me for wanting fangs and a gender you can pick up on a Geiger counter.

You're yelling about this being a slippery slope, and meanwhile you pushed me down it. You can't justify annoyance at me deciding to go "weeee" all the way down.

swordofomens
alagaisia

Hey. Why isn’t the moon landing a national holiday in the US. Isn’t that fucked up? Does anyone else think that’s absurd?

alagaisia

It was a huge milestone of scientific and technological advancement. (Plus, at the time, politically significant). Humanity went to space! We set foot on a celestial body that was not earth for the first time in human history! That’s a big deal! I’ve never thought about it before but now that I have, it’s ridiculous to me that that’s not part of our everyday lives and the public consciousness anymore. Why don’t we have a public holiday and a family barbecue about it. Why have I never seen the original broadcast of the moon landing? It should be all over the news every year!

alagaisia

It’s July 20th. That’s the day of the moon landing. Next year is going to be the 54th anniversary. I’m ordering astronaut shaped cookie cutters on Etsy and I’m going to have a goddamn potluck. You’re all invited.

tenibear
lazorsandparadox: “thereallieutenantcommanderdata: ““ “A collection of common glyphs of the poorly understood Memeorite civilization of the Second Silicon Age. Memeorite glyphs possess multiple conflicting interpretations and a complexity of meaning...
thereallieutenantcommanderdata

“A collection of common glyphs of the poorly understood Memeorite civilization of the Second Silicon Age. Memeorite glyphs possess multiple conflicting interpretations and a complexity of meaning impossible to capture in a few short words. These are rough translations only.”

Source: https://twitter.com/beach_fox/status/1325668490431246336 (which include more “memeorite glyphs”

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sapphixxx

I think the moment that convinced me the operating logic of our society is truly fucked in a way that cannot merely be reformed was after that eclipse in 2017 when the articles started coming out about how much money had been lost by productivity dropping from people stopping momentarily to watch it happen. To measure the world by the metric of the dollar to such a devotion that any cult leader would be jealous of that you would look at one of the most sublime experiences in nature which we, our ancestors, and even a not insignificant number of non-human species, have been observing in awestruck wonder for millennia, and decide that such a moment of profundity is something to be fought and preferably expunged from the human experience because it briefly impacts quarterly revenue.

It's a feeling that has been coming up repeatedly, but with increasing frequency in the last few years. That being: what is all of this for? Where are we going? Nobody who defends the status quo can seem to answer it. What's the point of an uninterrupted quarterly revenue stream if we can't even look at an eclipse every few years? What's the point of hustling and grinding 50, 60, 70 hour weeks if you never have time to have dinner with your friends, talk to your family on the phone, but on a bigger spectrum, what's the point of all of that if you still don't have any way of retiring in the future? With the way that our lives are being increasingly monetized and squeezed every second, what is there to look forward to?

whatbigotspost

Oh god this is such a good take and it makes me so sad. I truly don’t understand how/when any of us agreed that money, the economy, productivity etc., should trump all…that it’s our duty to maximize profits for?? our?? overlords?? I don’t know. I’m tired.

thephilosophershavequestions
chismosite

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LAPD detonated 5000 lbs of fireworks in the middle of a residential area, injuring at least 17 people and causing $900 million in various damages in a low-income, majority-POC neighborhood.

They then continue to pursue caging the person whose fireworks they stole while news media misreports to cover for police incompetency and destruction.

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in depth article

gayberdnird
LAPD refused to ID officers behind a huge fireworks explosion. Now we have their names
The LAPD destroyed much of a South L.A. neighborhood, but would not identify the officers involved. Through investigative records, court doc
Los Angeles Times

It took TWO YEARS to get the names of those involved with this incident. There are people still protesting, still living in hotels, still with unfulfilled claims to the city from this shit