Chat stop trying to make the unyielding silence do something it cant do. Do you look at your friend, who enjoys a piece of media that makes them happy, and try to change them? Do you look at someone quiet and demand that they scream? One should not change what is not harmless, not while there is much joy in the world to be had from a little moment of silence in your dash.
writing? oh, i’m definitely writing. in my head. during the most inconvenient times. like in the shower or when i’m about to fall asleep. actual typing? no, no, we don’t do that here.
really enjoying calling chatgpt a ‘magic 8ball’ because while far from a perfect analogy i feel like it is a very good deflationary weapon against both hype and antihype that helps bring things into perspective by detaching the actual thign from the cultural object it’s attached to. “this magic 8ball is going to become sentient” i dont think thats true. “if you talk to a magic 8ball it will kill your soul” that one doesnt sound true also to be honest
Under Virginia law, a month had to elapse before the death sentence could be carried out. Governor Wise resisted pressures to move up the execution date because, he said, he wanted everyone to see that Brown’s rights had been thoroughly respected.
Brown made it clear repeatedly in his letters and conversations that these were the happiest days of his life. He would be publicly murdered, as he put it, but he was an old man and, he said, near death anyway. Brown was politically shrewd and realized his execution would strike a massive blow against Slave Power, a greater blow than he had made so far or had prospects of making otherwise. His death now had a purpose. In the meantime, the death sentence allowed him to publicize his anti-slavery views through the reporters constantly present in Charles Town, and through his voluminous correspondence.
Before his conviction, reporters were not allowed access to Brown, as the judge and Andrew Hunter feared that his statements, if quickly published, would exacerbate tensions, especially among the enslaved. This was much to Brown’s frustration, as he stated that he wanted to make a full statement of his motives and intentions through the press.[54]: 212 Once he had been convicted, the restriction was lifted, and, glad for the publicity, he talked with reporters and anyone else who wanted to see him, except pro-slavery clergy.[46]
Brown received more letters than he ever had in his life. He wrote replies constantly, hundreds of eloquent letters, often published in newspapers,[133]: 43 and expressed regret that he could not answer every one of the hundreds more he received. His words exuded spirituality and conviction. Letters picked up by the Northern press won him more supporters in the North while infuriating many white people in the South.
KING
Just a couple of the quotes about him that I like:
“His zeal in the cause of freedom was infinitely superior to mine. Mine was as the taper light, his was as the burning sun. Mine was bounded by time. His stretched away to the silent shores of eternity. I could speak for the slave. John Brown could fight for the slave. I could live for the slave. John Brown could die for the slave.”
-Frederick Douglass
“That new saint, than whom nothing purer or more brave was ever led by into conflict and death, — the new saint awaiting his martyrdom, and who, if he shall suffer, will make the gallows glorious like the cross.”
-Ralph Waldo Emerson
[Image Description: initial tweet by Haymarket Books, at HaymarketBooks. It is dated May 9, Twenty twenty-three. It says “Abolitionist John Brown was born May 9, Eighteen hundred.” Beneath the tweet is a grayscale portrait of John Brown, an elderly white man with a long, bushy beard. In reply, Edward Ongweso Jr, @ BigBlackJacobin, tweets “Happy birthday to this crazy ass white boy. One day we are gonna go back in time and give him power armor.” End I.D.]
the pope dying on Easter Monday would’ve gone hard back in the day. full on embroidered carpets, bible revisions, and martyr/devil implications hard. sigh
i like to think i’m secretly in a tv show or book so everytime im on the verge of breaking down some 14 year old on tumblr is going “ohh the blorbo… blorbo having a bad time 2day:(“
Perhaps one of the biggest fish tragedies of all time is that tunas, the large, fast, powerful apex predators of the open ocean that have evolved to be perfectly hydrodynamic thanks to millions of years of evolution, with fins that can be retracted into grooves in the body for maximum smoothness, which can heat up their swimming muscles and brains and eyes to become even more efficient hunters, who are in fact several species of fish, the largest of which (Atlantic bluefin) can reach four meters in length and rivals the marlins in being the largest perciform fish…..
….are just kinda known as a food item by most people. Like cod, this animal should be a symbol of raw power and speed, not fish dinner time
Yeah !! I don’t think it’s all too fair to the tuna that the eating thing is what they’re known for first and foremost, most of the time the only thing they’re known for. I mean, people eat horses, but horses are also known for lots of other things, they are a symbol of agility and speed and strength, and they’re known for being used for work and for leisure, and sometimes they’re fragile and anxious. People eat reindeer but there’s also the Santa Claus aspect and major cultural aspects. Similarly the tuna simply deserves more than what she’s getting </3 A deadly angel of the ocean and her capabilities are underestimated time and time again.
Oh and you’re welcome, I love talking about fish :)
Ooooh, now I also wanna learn about cod!
Oh no, this is a little bit embarrassing, “like cod” is literally just a version of “like god”, as in, “like, god/gosh!!!!” when you’re really frustrated about something. I say “oh cod/by cod” and other variations because fish pun. I don’t sadly have any cool cod facts ^^’
One of my all time biggest pet peeves with historical(ish) fantasy is when the writer constructs a religion with a clear bias that it’s stupid and false and therefore only the Stupid People and/or commoners believe in it and all the smart/elite main characters are like, quasi-atheists or otherwise just routinely flout established religious conventions of orthodoxy and/or orthopraxy because they’re Too Smart for it or etc.
It’s usually an extension of assumptions that people in the past were just less intelligent than in the contemporary, just being like “I know that the sun is a star millions of miles away that the earth orbits, but this ancient religion describes it as a chariot flying through the sky” and not really bothering to learn the context and just (consciously or subconsciously) settling on ‘that’s a crazy thing to think and was probably believed in because they were Stupid’.
And that whole attitude pisses me off so much. People were as 'smart’ 10,000 years ago as they are today. These beliefs aren’t just desperate, random flailing to explain phenomena that could not directly be accounted for either, it’s not like people just looked at the sun and went “Uhhh I don’t know what the fuck that thing is, actually. I guess it might be a chariot or a boat or something?? Yeah let’s go with that.” and based entire religious practices on this. Every well-established belief system exists within broader contexts of cultural values/subjective perceptions of reality/knowledge systems/etc, and exist as part of a historical continuum of religious practices that came before. Even when not Materially Correct, they have context and internal logic, they’re not always dead literal with zero levels of allegory, and they’re never a result of stupidity.
i was irritated as FUCK when i had to make a lowes run yesterday mid-project when it was pouring down rain, but i found out when i got home that the power had gone out briefly while i was gone
so if i hadn’t needed to run an errand, i would have been alone in the room of my basement with no windows and the staircase to nowhere when it all went pitch black
and tbh? i think the fright might actually have killed me
just imagine it being completely dark and you just know that this
is in the room with you
I may be an atheist, but I think the Bible is a good addition to that space…
Oh ok so it turns out ive been borrowing grief from the future ! it turns out ive been preparing to lose the things i love rather than basking in the light of them while they last. Maybe i should nt do that
The ehlers danlos syndrome person to historical costumer pipeline is or will be a thing and I shall explain why.
At some point one discovers that some sort of supportive structure around your torso feels incredibly comfortable and gives your tired muscles a rest. What’s the coolest and most non obtrusive torso bracing garment? A corset. Believe me when I say that when your torso has the structural integrity of a wet sack of jello, a tightly laced corset makes you feel like a god.
And because historical corsets tend to be more comfortable and are usually made with regular wear in mind, they are the natural choice.
Then you have the shoes. What shoes is someone with unstable ankles supposed to wear, you ask?Lace up boots, for stability. And due to their middle of the heel heel placement, historical lace up boots tend to be way more comfortable than the modern variety.Even the non healed ones, really. Couple that with the fact that Edwardian and Victorian boots are really really pretty…
And after the boots and the corset, it’s a very slippery slope.
Pretty soon you’ll be wondering how to hide your corset under your clothes for when an outer corset is not the vibe, and you’ll be buying yourself a corset cover. Or making one yourself. They’re a great starter project. But that looks weird with a fitted top so cool flowy blouse it is.
Then you realize wearing this with a skirt makes you feel intensely powerful but you don’t want to keep tripping over it so you add petticoats.
And then you realize your neck isn’t so great at holding up your head so you really need to find a hairstyle where your hair sits on top of your head instead of to the sides or to the back so that it’s balanced and you don’t get a neck ache. A high bun it is. Not too tightly, because your scalp is sensitive, but a high bun still works if you bobby-pin it in place.
And then one day, you look in the mirror and you’re dressed like Anne of Green Gables.
Detective story set in a posthuman milieu were people are biologically immortal and immune to all diseases, but can still be killed instantly by massive physical trauma, so the leading causes of death are a. murder, and b. getting Final Destinationed in bizarre accidents. The protagonist’s job is figuring out which is which.
Feels like too many people have forgotten that everyone on earth also has feelings and interior lives and experiences and are themselves entire universes that exist beyond the current and fleeting moment…
Guy who transforms into a swarm of locusts when shaken vigorously: hey can you turn the music down it’s resonating kind of hard and shaking the ground and I don’t want to endanger anyone
DJ Loudmusic: SORRY I CAN’T HEAR YOU OVER THESE SICK JAMS! HERE’S MY NEXT SONG, “EPIC JUNGLE BEAT THAT GIVES LOCUSTS THE DESIRE TO KILL HUMAN BEINGS”
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I get no notes because as soon as someone finishes reading my post they are compelled to put down their phone and experience the wonders of the world around them with fresh eyes
Student : Wowww the cafeteria food is so nastyyyy today right Alyssa ?
Alyssa : Yes
Their friend Randy who has been trying to convince them for months that he was a death row inmate in his previous life: For my final meal they fed me the worlds roundest pea
i hate driving. here are the laws! if you break them there will be consequences! except youre also expected to break the law just a little bit. people will get mad at you if you dont. you dont have right of way but the person who does is waving you forward for some reason. here’s the speed limit! it’s not the speed limit, the actual speed limit is that plus ~5-10. the light is green but you’re in the turning lane. can you go? should you have gone just then? the person behind you is honking at you. there’s a weird noise coming from your engine; if you try to do the right thing and get it checked out, will you get scammed? you are driving a 1-2 ton metal machine rocketing at speeds unknown to humankind for most of history. around a million people die in car accidents every year; that’s about one person every thirty seconds. if you take that seriously and try to drive safely then people get mad at you.
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