i know the cotl official art is just silly for jokes but one of my favorite things about it is the implication that narinder chills the fuck out immediately after joining the cult. hes not even snarling or bleeding from the eyes or anything
My narinder is perfectly content in his retirement home (the cult) he’s just there farming peacefully enjoying the feel of dirt on his paws, the warm sun on his face and the gentle breeze on his fur.
Years stuck in the Gateway really does something to him, especially in his early side quests. He was really guarded… but overtime he softened up. It’s heartwarming to see narinder participating in the events in-game as hinted from the promo art.
As much as I love the angst with narinder who’s was in constant fight or flight mode, something about him learning how to live again makes me so emotional.
Every state has a Department of Weights and Measures. One of their jobs is to make sure that companies are actually selling you the quantities they claim they’re selling. For example, this is the department which tests gas pumps and makes sure they’re really pumping out a gallon of gas when they charge you for a gallon of gas.
So….
If you happen to, just as an example, notice that your 1lb (16 ounce) box of San Giorgio spaghetti actually only has 10oz of noodles, and you weigh your other boxes of spaghetti to discover they run from 10 to 14 ounces but never the full pound they’re supposed to have, and that’s why you never seem to have enough pasta for leftovers the next day, then you can report that to the Department of Weights and Measures.
They will want to know where you bought the item, and then will investigate whether the store or the manufacturer is routinely shorting customers. If they do, they will issue a fine to the offending party, you will be eligible for a refund, and under some circumstances lawsuits may follow.
Now, I don’t know the outcome of the complaint I just initiated, but they did not want to know specific receipts or times of purchase. Which is good for me as I didn’t keep any of those things, at the time I just said “Wow, fuck San Giorgio” and switched brands. But this is still enough to get an inspector out.
i think the major issue is that at least in the case of fat people (i would imagine some other marginalized people too, but don’t care to speak past my own experience here) is that the conversation re: chubby chasers has resolved around this mystical spectre of The Fetishist, whose attraction to fat people is bad because it’s Fetishistic (in a way that exclusive attraction to thin bodies, by virtue of being culturally normative, is not) and it Fetishizes their partners and creates toxic Fetish Content. it’s essentially the discussion of a real problem (the sexual exploitation & abuse of fat people) utilizing only the language of reactionary constructions re: “porn addiction” and non-normative attraction. i don’t really give a shit if a guy has only ever dated 300 LB+ women, but what i DO care about is what those women say about him and how he treated them, if he was public about their relationships, if he listened when they said “no,” etc. honest-to-god shitty chubby chasers aren’t bad because of this nebulous idea of Fetishism so much as the violence with which they treat fat people, the harassment they put unconsenting fat people through, the frequent abuse of their sexual partners, and definingly the way in which they exploit cultural fatphobia & the desexualization of fat people to get away with it over and over and over again. and the irony of it is that the more we panic about Fat Fetishists without centering the conversation on power and violence, and the more we by-extension reinforce attraction to fat bodies as an abnormal and abhorrent trait, the deeper this hole is dug – because it’s that very abnormality which pushes fat partners into the shadows and which casts constant doubt over our voices as survivors of sexual violence. it’s goofy
Every state has a Department of Weights and Measures. One of their jobs is to make sure that companies are actually selling you the quantities they claim they’re selling. For example, this is the department which tests gas pumps and makes sure they’re really pumping out a gallon of gas when they charge you for a gallon of gas.
So….
If you happen to, just as an example, notice that your 1lb (16 ounce) box of San Giorgio spaghetti actually only has 10oz of noodles, and you weigh your other boxes of spaghetti to discover they run from 10 to 14 ounces but never the full pound they’re supposed to have, and that’s why you never seem to have enough pasta for leftovers the next day, then you can report that to the Department of Weights and Measures.
They will want to know where you bought the item, and then will investigate whether the store or the manufacturer is routinely shorting customers. If they do, they will issue a fine to the offending party, you will be eligible for a refund, and under some circumstances lawsuits may follow.
Now, I don’t know the outcome of the complaint I just initiated, but they did not want to know specific receipts or times of purchase. Which is good for me as I didn’t keep any of those things, at the time I just said “Wow, fuck San Giorgio” and switched brands. But this is still enough to get an inspector out.
my mundane super power is being really good at picking out what strings of words can be sung to the tune of “teenage mutant ninja turtles.” this is primarily a curse.
TRANS OHIOANS - START STOCKPILING YOUR HRT AND PLAN HOW YOU WILL BE ABLE TO CONTINUE YOUR TRANSITION CARE
Ohio has taken a page out of Florida’s book and is proposing to effectively ban adult transition care via the requirements of numerous specialists - a psychiatrist, endocrinologist, and a bioethicist.
Since most trans people get their HRT from nurse practioners via the informed consent model, this will create undue burden on both trans people and the medical system – the bottlenecks will effectively ban transition care for adults. This is what has happened in Florida, and Ohio’s rules look much more draconian and surveiliance-heavy. All trans healthcare will be reported to the state.
These new rules have not taken effect yet. Trans Ohioans should plan for the worst now.
The rules are open to public comment through 5pm Friday, Jan 19, 2024. The full copy of the rules and how to comment are below:
As a Floridian who saw the writing on the wall and fled his state (my clinic hasn’t been allowed to fill HRT prescriptions since May 2023 now) – do not delay on making preparations. If this is approved, the rules will likely catch everyone by surprise. Start talking with your providers now and plan out your options assuming the ban will take place.
sorry since realizing my gender i have zero tolerance for the whole “man hating” angle of being queer i hate i hate it i hate you. stop. you are hurting people.
You shouldn’t have to be trans to get any sex characteristic-related surgery. It’s not a limited resource. Plenty of cis men get implants and cis women get breast reductions. From Colby Gordon today and Leslie Feinberg in Transgender Warriors (1996).
fundamentally it’s all just body modification and that’s all good
Look you don’t have to be dysphoric about your entire gender to be dysphoric about specific body parts. People should be able to get top surgery or a hysterectomy or whatever, on demand. For whatever reason.
Getting rid of my uterus was one of my first experiences of gender euphoria, before I knew what nonbinary was.
I asked for a breast reduction, they refused on the grounds that it was cosmetic, that my breasts weren’t large enough to require a medical reduction. I boggled at that, and then said, “Fine, I’m nonbinary, we’ll go the gender confirmation route.”
And that got the process done. I am nonbinary, but it shouldn’t have taken that to get 22 fucking pounds of breast tissue removed. How goddamn large did they have to be to justify a medical reduction? My O2 sats went up after the surgery despite the post surgical binder. I medically needed them gone. I could not medically get them gone, but could do it as gender affirming care.
Someone close to me would benefit from a hysterectomy, wants a hysterectomy, and was told that her excruciating pain and excessive bleeding and exhaustion and lack of interest in future procreation was not sufficient to get a hysterectomy paid for by medicaid, but when that person said, “I’m genderfluid and I want gender affirming care” suddenly everything was covered.
And I 100% support that, even though it didn’t even occur to her to think of herself as anything but female until I suggested it, but on thinking about it she decided genderfluid worked for her.
But even as a nonbinary person, I am DEEPLY disturbed that the easiest way to get essential care is to stop being female. What the everlasting fuck. Just give women hysterectomies if they want them. Same as you do for vasectomies. Someone wants smaller tits or no tits? De-vavavoom them.
And if you have to ask for gender affirming care in order to get necessary medical treatment? Go forth with my blessing.
the Salem storyline in Sabrina the teenage witch is so so good bc like the wizard supreme court or whatever is like ‘this man is the most dangerous war criminal in history. he has tried to commit genocide and become a dictator in many different dimensions. we can’t give him the death penalty bc he used dark ancient magic to make himself immortal so we’ve trapped him in the body of a feline for eternal torture. it is the Spellman’s duty to hold him prisoner for us’. and then the Spellman’s are just like kitty,,,………..we’re gonna get him a special pillow to sit on and buy him funny little outfits and cuddle with him while we sleep. he’s the glue holding this family together we love him so much
Landlocked states, provinces and territories of North America
In Nebraska it’s illegal to talk about the ocean
i showed this to my dad and he said “nebraskans should stay in nebraska because the culture shock of talking to people who know what the ocean is would kill them instantly” and im not over it
whenever i find a good world heritage post i do my best to carefully remove unnecessary “why is this so funny!!” or “i cant believe i found the original” reblog comments. sometimes it takes a bit of work digging back through the reblog graph to accomplish this but fine art restoration is tedious but important work
Landlocked states, provinces and territories of North America
In Nebraska it’s illegal to talk about the ocean
i showed this to my dad and he said “nebraskans should stay in nebraska because the culture shock of talking to people who know what the ocean is would kill them instantly” and im not over it
rick riordan made his bones with pretty vanilla YA fantasy and then when he was too successful to stop hit em with the Muslim valkyries and the genderfluid homeless teenagers
Rick Riordan’s “vanilla YA fantasy” series was written for his son with ADHD and dyslexia because there weren’t any books about kids with learning disorders. He “made his bones” on representation, you just didn’t notice because disabled people don’t count.
whats the difference between “warm” and “swarm? your gonna find out when i abandon your naked ass on the tundra with a hiveful of pepped up & rowdy bees, fucker
i got to thinking about something i said… going to turn these into prints, stickers, shirts, buttons, etc. soon. thought folks might like this, i’m way more pleased with the design than i thought i would be (: consider adding more flags too!
happy pride to everyone who refuses to be cisgender (or cissexual!) in the face of a world that demands we bow to their needs. we do not owe anyone cisgenderism or cissexuality- we owe it to ourselves to be who we are instead.
hi did you know that ancient mesopotamians buried their dead under the floors of their own houses to always be close to them? i can’t write a poem about this but by god i will write a master’s thesis
hey, remember this? i just successfully defended this master’s thesis and i’m now officially an archaeologist
Are those “Biden protections” in the room with us at the moment? Go eat shit and die.
They are in fact in the room with us right now.
4/26/24 - Biden/Harris administration incorporates latest rule to the ACA that includes protections on the basis of sexual orientation and improves pre-existing protections for gender identity, mandating nondiscrimination in health care and insurance coverage for LGBTQ+ Americans.
4/19/24 - Biden/Harris administration finalized a Title IX rule that clarifies the scope of nondiscrimination protections on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity throughout educational activities and programs.
1/9/24 - Biden/Harris administration reverses Trump/Pence era “License to Discriminate” rules.
6/8/23 - Biden personally announces a series of initiatives that include efforts to protect queer and trans foster youth, improve access to mental health services for LGBTQ+ youth and address the rise in hate-fueled violence.
4/26/23 - Biden/Harris administration files lawsuit against the state of Tennessee, challenging the constitutionality of recently enacted legislation banning age-appropriate, medically necessary gender-affirming care for transgender youth.
2/7/23 - Biden uses his SotU address to encouraged Congress to pass the Equality Act “to ensure LGBTQ Americans, especially transgender young people, can live with safety and dignity.”
12/13/22 - Biden signs the Respect for Marriage Act, one of the biggest legislative wins in the fight for LGBTQ+ equality in over a decade, guaranteeing federal rights, benefits and obligations of marriages in the federal code for same-sex couples. The legislation also repealed the Defense of Marriage Act and affirmed public acts, records and proceedings should be recognized by all states.
8/4/22 - Biden/Harris administration declares Monkeypox a public emergency and wields federal power to ensure equal access in the distribution of vaccines and treatment.
3/21/22 - Biden/Harris administration takes steps on Transgender Day of Visibility to protect trans Americans that includes issuing passports with an “X” gender marker, streamlining identity verification during the travel experience and providing resources to transgender kids and their families.
And that’s just the last two years, without including any educational or research work done towards new policies or educating Americans about LGBTQ identities and politics, like displaying parts of the AIDS quilt in the White House or regularly acknowledging Pride, days of visibility, or other issues within the community.
You may be too young to remember this, but Biden was one of the first major federal-level politicians to support gay marriage, and he dragged Obama along kicking and screaming to the finish line. This administration is one of the strongest allies the LGBTQ community has had. Ever.
For the many many people who do not seem to understand how a government actually works, this doesn’t mean Biden himself came up with these decisions, but they were approved and implemented by Congress because conservatives didn’t have both the presidency and a majority. They desperately want the white house right now because it will allow them to make any policy changes they want uncontested.
I don’t think enough people remember that the Very First Thing Trump’s team did when he took office in 2017 was remove the LGBT rights page from the White House site. Like, it was mere hours into his presidency. The whole site went down to make their changes, and everything else was replaced fairly quickly, but not that one.
Or his lawyers arguing, while he was in office, that employers fully should be allowed to fire people for being gay.
I also don’t think enough people remember various military leaders, and thus entire units, -literally ignoring orders- in order to protect trans service members.
He is the country’s biggest drain on actual social progress, and it’ll happen again if he’s re-elected.
Are those “Biden protections” in the room with us at the moment? Go eat shit and die.
They are in fact in the room with us right now.
4/26/24 - Biden/Harris administration incorporates latest rule to the ACA that includes protections on the basis of sexual orientation and improves pre-existing protections for gender identity, mandating nondiscrimination in health care and insurance coverage for LGBTQ+ Americans.
4/19/24 - Biden/Harris administration finalized a Title IX rule that clarifies the scope of nondiscrimination protections on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity throughout educational activities and programs.
1/9/24 - Biden/Harris administration reverses Trump/Pence era “License to Discriminate” rules.
6/8/23 - Biden personally announces a series of initiatives that include efforts to protect queer and trans foster youth, improve access to mental health services for LGBTQ+ youth and address the rise in hate-fueled violence.
4/26/23 - Biden/Harris administration files lawsuit against the state of Tennessee, challenging the constitutionality of recently enacted legislation banning age-appropriate, medically necessary gender-affirming care for transgender youth.
2/7/23 - Biden uses his SotU address to encouraged Congress to pass the Equality Act “to ensure LGBTQ Americans, especially transgender young people, can live with safety and dignity.”
12/13/22 - Biden signs the Respect for Marriage Act, one of the biggest legislative wins in the fight for LGBTQ+ equality in over a decade, guaranteeing federal rights, benefits and obligations of marriages in the federal code for same-sex couples. The legislation also repealed the Defense of Marriage Act and affirmed public acts, records and proceedings should be recognized by all states.
8/4/22 - Biden/Harris administration declares Monkeypox a public emergency and wields federal power to ensure equal access in the distribution of vaccines and treatment.
3/21/22 - Biden/Harris administration takes steps on Transgender Day of Visibility to protect trans Americans that includes issuing passports with an “X” gender marker, streamlining identity verification during the travel experience and providing resources to transgender kids and their families.
And that’s just the last two years, without including any educational or research work done towards new policies or educating Americans about LGBTQ identities and politics, like displaying parts of the AIDS quilt in the White House or regularly acknowledging Pride, days of visibility, or other issues within the community.
You may be too young to remember this, but Biden was one of the first major federal-level politicians to support gay marriage, and he dragged Obama along kicking and screaming to the finish line. This administration is one of the strongest allies the LGBTQ community has had. Ever.
For the many many people who do not seem to understand how a government actually works, this doesn’t mean Biden himself came up with these decisions, but they were approved and implemented by Congress because conservatives didn’t have both the presidency and a majority. They desperately want the white house right now because it will allow them to make any policy changes they want uncontested.
I don’t think enough people remember that the Very First Thing Trump’s team did when he took office in 2017 was remove the LGBT rights page from the White House site. Like, it was mere hours into his presidency. The whole site went down to make their changes, and everything else was replaced fairly quickly, but not that one.
Or his lawyers arguing, while he was in office, that employers fully should be allowed to fire people for being gay.
I also don’t think enough people remember various military leaders, and thus entire units, -literally ignoring orders- in order to protect trans service members.
He is the country’s biggest drain on actual social progress, and it’ll happen again if he’s re-elected.
Are those “Biden protections” in the room with us at the moment? Go eat shit and die.
They are in fact in the room with us right now.
4/26/24 - Biden/Harris administration incorporates latest rule to the ACA that includes protections on the basis of sexual orientation and improves pre-existing protections for gender identity, mandating nondiscrimination in health care and insurance coverage for LGBTQ+ Americans.
4/19/24 - Biden/Harris administration finalized a Title IX rule that clarifies the scope of nondiscrimination protections on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity throughout educational activities and programs.
1/9/24 - Biden/Harris administration reverses Trump/Pence era “License to Discriminate” rules.
6/8/23 - Biden personally announces a series of initiatives that include efforts to protect queer and trans foster youth, improve access to mental health services for LGBTQ+ youth and address the rise in hate-fueled violence.
4/26/23 - Biden/Harris administration files lawsuit against the state of Tennessee, challenging the constitutionality of recently enacted legislation banning age-appropriate, medically necessary gender-affirming care for transgender youth.
2/7/23 - Biden uses his SotU address to encouraged Congress to pass the Equality Act “to ensure LGBTQ Americans, especially transgender young people, can live with safety and dignity.”
12/13/22 - Biden signs the Respect for Marriage Act, one of the biggest legislative wins in the fight for LGBTQ+ equality in over a decade, guaranteeing federal rights, benefits and obligations of marriages in the federal code for same-sex couples. The legislation also repealed the Defense of Marriage Act and affirmed public acts, records and proceedings should be recognized by all states.
8/4/22 - Biden/Harris administration declares Monkeypox a public emergency and wields federal power to ensure equal access in the distribution of vaccines and treatment.
3/21/22 - Biden/Harris administration takes steps on Transgender Day of Visibility to protect trans Americans that includes issuing passports with an “X” gender marker, streamlining identity verification during the travel experience and providing resources to transgender kids and their families.
And that’s just the last two years, without including any educational or research work done towards new policies or educating Americans about LGBTQ identities and politics, like displaying parts of the AIDS quilt in the White House or regularly acknowledging Pride, days of visibility, or other issues within the community.
You may be too young to remember this, but Biden was one of the first major federal-level politicians to support gay marriage, and he dragged Obama along kicking and screaming to the finish line. This administration is one of the strongest allies the LGBTQ community has had. Ever.
For the many many people who do not seem to understand how a government actually works, this doesn’t mean Biden himself came up with these decisions, but they were approved and implemented by Congress because conservatives didn’t have both the presidency and a majority. They desperately want the white house right now because it will allow them to make any policy changes they want uncontested.
I don’t think enough people remember that the Very First Thing Trump’s team did when he took office in 2017 was remove the LGBT rights page from the White House site. Like, it was mere hours into his presidency. The whole site went down to make their changes, and everything else was replaced fairly quickly, but not that one.
Or his lawyers arguing, while he was in office, that employers fully should be allowed to fire people for being gay.
I also don’t think enough people remember various military leaders, and thus entire units, -literally ignoring orders- in order to protect trans service members.
He is the country’s biggest drain on actual social progress, and it’ll happen again if he’s re-elected.
Heyo! With pride month starting, here’s a quick comic on pride Etiquette, a short guide / general tips on treating lgbt+ people, for the new, curious, and those who forgot!
1) Treat people’s identities as the indisputable truth. Even if you don’t think they fit the definition, even if you don’t understand (the identity), even if you think they’re lying, even if they’re a bad person. It’s not your job nor your business to tell people what to call themselves. Unless they ask for your opinion, only the individual can make that decision.
*There’s very few times when an identity can actually be harmful. This includes predatory labels, labels that are bigoted by definition, or people identifying with culture-specific labels when they’re not part of that culture. Otherwise, leave them be!
2) Respect and use people’s pronouns, regardless of how you feel about them! If you don’t know how they work, ask! If you accidentally misgender someone, correct yourself and move on! No need for lengthy or dramatic apologies. However, also make sure to ask when it’s appropriate to use them! Someone may not be out to parents, certain friends, etc, and will ask you to purposefully misgender them for safety.
3) LGBT+ people are not responsible for someone else’s anti-lgbt+ views! Strange, unbelievable or confusing identities do not cause bigots to be bigots- the lgbt+ community was made because we don’t fit society’s box, don’t fall into the trap of forcing people into another one! If they’re not actually hurting anyone, then leave them be!
4) You’re not expected to learn every single lgbt+ term / identity. Nobody knows all of them, not even lgbt+ people, so don’t worry about it! Simply learn and ask questions as you go!
5) If you’re curious about someone’s identity, ask if they’re comfortable with questions first! There’s no harm in educating yourself, but sometimes we get tired of being walking encyclopedias!
the silly looking narinder youtooz finally arrived but i needed boo’s approval before i let another cat into her house (she tried to bite his hand off)
I don’t care how contrived it is. I will always enjoy two characters who don’t like each other somehow getting trapped in the same place, and having to work together to escape, while at the same time growing closer and learning that maybe, the other person isn’t so bad after all.
being autistic is like using google translate for emotions. like, yeah, its right sometimes, but a lot of the time its a little bit off and sometimes its completely fucking wrong
#that is the most venomous native lizard in north america
so i was compelled to look that up and
A) the most venomous lizard in north america is called the Gila Monster
B) I’m no expert obviously but that boy there sure looks like a Gila Monster
C) from the Gila Monster wikipedia article, here is the funniest doctor that ever lived:
“I have never been called to attend a case of Gila monster bite, and I don’t want to be. I think a man who is fool enough to get bitten by a Gila monster ought to die. The creature is so sluggish and slow of movement that the victim of its bite is compelled to help largely in order to get bitten.”
–Dr. Ward, Arizona Graphic, September 23, 1899
I’m also no expert but I’m pretty sure that’s a leopard gecko, which is a type of lizard commonly kept as a pet, which I personally have been bitten by and lived to tell the tale
Nah that looks more like a gila monster to me, though I am also not an expert
Just looked at images of both and a gila walking on a road and that’s 100% a Gila monster
Aren’t Gila Monsters enormous and not spotted like that?
Not enourmous:
And yes spotted like that:
Even before I saw other people mention gilas I was like “oh hey Gila monster”
i have been trying for like. months to explain how the relationship between butch lesbians and trans men is not something akin to polar opposites and this is all i got. like it’s not like this:
it’s a venn diagram with a massive overlap in the middle. i’m not saying EVERY butch is a trans guy and EVERY trans guy is a butch dyke , i’m just saying it looks more like this:
these are not “mutually exclusive” terms- they do not mean the same thing, but we can be the same people, an very often are. there is a long history of butches who identify as FTM, trans men, drag kings, genderqueer, genderfluid, transmasculine, male, polygender, and two-spirit lesbians, and so much more. the relationship between lesbianism and queer masculinity is inseparable and the only people telling you that butches and trans men need to violently separate from one another and be at each other’s throats are terfs. even if we do not share identities, we share our struggle together as heavily misunderstood and unseen masculine queers.
we stand up for each other when our identities get confused by strangers, and we get misgendered. we stand up for each other when terfs and terfpilled people tell us that transmasculine people and men can’t be lesbians, when people say “butches just want to be men”, when people say “butches aren’t real women”, when people call each of us bull dykes and trannies, when people mock the way FTMs walk and talk and look, and when people tell trans men they’re “just butch dykes in denial”. we stand up for each other and understand each others struggles.
whenever a butch lesbian asserts they’re a woman no matter how masc they are, whenever a trans man asserts that they are a man and not a butch, whenever a butch struggles to be seen as both a man and a lesbian, and whenever a trans man returns to the lesbian community while embracing their manhood, we are part of the same community, we share the same struggles, and we owe it to each other to stay strong.
we are not enemies. we are bedfellows, lovers, family, spouses, partners, husbands, wives, brothers, sisters, siblings, friends, each others support networks, even if we don’t share identities perfectly. whether you are butch and a woman, butch and a man, butch and something else entirely, a male, ftm, genderfluid, polygender, genderqueer, transmasculine, nonbinary, two-spirit or whatever else you may be lesbian, you are part of our family and your experience is worth being heard.
trans people i’m happy you’re alive!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i’m so glad you’re here!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! keep doing your best!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i love you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
