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politics and race 

@Absolutely_Blakely this also ties in so heavily with the “Irish were slaves” myth. Loads of wealthy Irish people were slave owners, and loads of Irish people who emigrated to America ended up becoming cops and kkk members.

@realtoddhoward i love and care for you but every time this post places itself before my long suffering eyes the thought of doing grievous bodily harm to you does cross my mind. i say this with love, of course

this is the energy i'm tryna embody in this year two thousand and nineteen

@JohnBrownJr
I think it's a matter of personal metabolism. There isn't really a universal "too much".

"We demand rigidly defined areas of doubt and uncertainty!"

"There's no point in using the word impossible to describe something that has clearly happened."

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"This must be Thursday. I could never get the hang of Thursdays."

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Douglas Adams Quotes I Can Remember:

"The ships hung in the sky in exactly the way that bricks don't."

"Let us prepare to grapple with the ineffable itself, and see if we may not eff it after all."

"I love deadlines. I love the whooshing sound they make as they go by."

"For a moment, nothing happened. Then, after a few seconds, nothing continued to happen."

"Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job."

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How Inuit Parents Teach Kids To Control Their Anger [npr.org] 

This article is incredible.
npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/

>> "Shouting, 'Think about what you just did. Go to your room!' " Jaw says. "I disagree with that. [...] When we yell at a child [...] We're training them to yell when they get upset and that yelling solves problems."

In contrast, parents who control their own anger are helping their children learn to do the same, Markham says. "Kids learn emotional regulation from us."<<

KNOWN ACADEMIC TRANSPHOBES IN UK AND ELSEWHERE BY THIS TRANS EATS TERF. 

@PaladinQuinn
The sad news is that some of these people have wikipedia articles about them.

KNOWN ACADEMIC TRANSPHOBES IN UK AND ELSEWHERE BY THIS TRANS EATS TERF. 

Information for everyone and allows you to avoid these people.

Military; capitalism; transience 

@slightlyflightyone@vulpine.club
And I'm guessing they are white too?

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