Hi y’all,

I don’t really feel comfy asking for just money from people but I’m really broke rn 😭 instead of giving me money, could y’all pls take a look at my Etsy where I sell handmade hats??? 95% of my sales are pride hats, and I have plenty of those of all sorts!! Disclaimer: I do have some h*gwarts hats on there still, but I have them very discounted so I can clear my stock of those and discontinue them bc just kidding rowling is shit. However, I’m not making anymore, and once they’re gone, they’re gone!! As far as pride hats go, I made the more common pride flags, but if there’s one you want that you don’t see, I can make it for you!!! I also do commissions for hats, so if there’s an idea you have that you’d like me to make, I gotcha!!! It’s prime hat season, and I desperately need the business!!!

Here’s the link:

https://etsy.me/3hMqYqR

Thank you!!!

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If you have a Duolingo account, please consider upvoting this request to add Coptic to their language courses.

Coptic is the final stage of the Egyptian language. It is currently endangered, with less than 300 Egyptians speaking it as their native tongue.

It would mean a great deal to indigenous Egyptians in the Coptic community to have our language preserved, and this would be a huge step forward.

If you don’t have a Duolingo account, consider sharing this with those who might. Thank you! <3

It has literally always been a lie.  These lies have killed millions of Americans over the years.  It has cost the US Trillions of dollars in lost efficiency and higher healthcare costs over the years.  It has helped drag down the life expectancy of the US, meaning, ultimately, that Americans have lost hundreds of millions of years from their lives.

It was always a lie.

happy pride month! support your local lesbian gm with nothing but your ears!

do you like fantasy? actual play podcasts? goofs and occasional table talk about the tv show leverage? lesbians? the desert????????

then the birdhouse mysteries podcast might be for you! we are a savage worlds (similar to but different from dnd, please see a primer we created here) actual play fantasy podcast run by a lesbian, for two lesbians (one of whom is nonbinary), a pan dude, and a token straight guy

since starting in february we’ve received almost 700 downloads and have engaged in a lot of ridiculous desert-based fantasy fun including cult kidnappings, hag battles, and prodigious shopping episodes

find us on iTunes, google play, or podbean and enjoy without further ado

I do not know if anyone will see this post or care, but my friend is in dire straits with her house literally falling apart around her. Not only do her plumbing and sewer lines need to be replaced entirely, but the wiring throughout her home needs to be replaced, as well due to most of the outlets in the house not even being grounded. As she mentions in her post, she cannot shower more than once a week, flush the toilet twice a day, and has to wash dishes in a bucket that collects water dripping under the sink. Any further strain on the system causes water and sewage to flood her basement and back up into her toilet, bathtub, and sinks.

I know many people are suffering from financial difficulties because of Covid-19, so just sharing this post would be of great help. She is willing to give away paintings as thanks to people who make more significant donations amounts. Please help!

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I’m an indie Author. It means I do not have a publisher to promote my books with their marketing department so my books rely entirely on word of mouth to be sold. my book blog is @chaoslogsofficial and I’ve got two books out on Amazon here and here. I write futuristic science fiction novels centered on a cast packed with QPOC characters of various ethnicities and orientations under those umbrellas.  

You can get Ebook copies of both of my books for about $7 combined and there are print editions with exclusive art sets in them for the added cost.

I’ve never ONCE seen one of these and not being just like…absolutely riddled with tension, so. Keep passing them around, I guess!

Life Hacks to Banish Back Pain & Neck Pain

Reposting to save some lives, including mine😺

Fuck anyone who says I have to forgive everyone, “for my sake.” I worked hard for this anger. I worked hard to love myself enough to hate them.

Shit, yeah, this is a thing that is hard to articulate. Some people don’t feel healed by forgiving the people who hurt them, because that’s what they kept doing over and over and it only led to getting more hurt. Sometimes you feel healed when you’re finally brave enough to say “This person was horrible to me, and I did not deserve that treatment, and I don’t have to be okay with it.”

From Toxic Parents:

stop romanticizing mic dropping… damage to sound equipment is no joke

Modern stage microphones for concert use are actually designed specifically with mic dropping in mind. When the move started to become fairly popular amongst performers back in like the early 90’s manufacturers started making their products more durable so that sound technicians didn’t have to buy a new mic every concert. The biggest concern most sound guys have when mic dropping is concerned is actually the feedback that’s going to be coming from the mic when it hits the ground. That’s why you always see the performers hold the mic out for a second before they actually drop it, to give the dude at the soundboard time to mute!

thank u sound technician side of tumblr

“Black transgender people live in extreme poverty with 34% reporting a household income of $10,000 or less, over eight times the general population rate - National Black Justice Coalition” via Deviant Phoenix

Reblogging this again because this needs to change

Lifesaver

Some (like wapo iirc) throw a whole div over the content (you can tell if you can briefly see the content before it fades or flashes before the warning) - in that case if you just delete the bg div (usually near the top of the HTML) yr gucci

I have exactly one (1) lifehack for every adult thing and that is “admit your ignorance to customer service people”

no, seriously! I know how nothing in adult life works, but I have learned it by calling up the customer service division of whatever agency I am having a problem with and then just asking about whatever the problem is, emphasizing my complete lack of knowledge about the thing.

my actual literal script for these interactions: “Hi, my name is [name]. This is my problem: [problem]. I don’t know how [adult thing] works. could you explain how [adult thing] works?” it fucking works every time.

me: I keep getting conflicting information as to whether my therapist is covered by my health insurance. I don’t know anything about health insurance, so this is very confusing to me. could you explain why this might be happening? health insurance customer service: it’s because your normal health insurance is X company but your mental healthcare is subcontracted out to Y company, and Y covers your therapist but X doesn’t. just always bill Y when you go to your therapist and you’ll be fine.

me: I accidentally put the wrong date to pay my credit card off and I’m afraid it will post before I get paid. this is my first credit card so I don’t know what I’m doing. could you tell me when it will post? customer service person: it will send a message to your bank today, but your bank won’t respond to it until tomorrow when you get paid, so you’re fine. and even if it does bounce, the fee is only $25 and you qualify for a waiver.

me: I went to an urgent care place that said they’d take my health insurance, but now i have a big bill. I don’t know how billing works: can you explain why the amount is so much for such a routine trip? customer service person: it’s because you were out of network at the time. however, since your insurance hasn’t covered the cost of care, the urgent care people should refund you for the cost of the services you paid for. me: [gets actual check in mail for the $200 I spent on testing my pee]

I would not recommend this method for retail (for the love of god, do not tell a sleazy car dealer that you don’t know how cars work), and sure, sometimes you have to speak to the manager or threaten a credit card chargeback or whatever you need to do. but 99% of the time, speaking nicely and admitting to needing help has worked wonders for me, and means I don’t have to stew in terror over doing some adult thing Wrong.

Ohmygod please do this ESPECIALLY FOR MEDICAL THINGS because most of the time if you’re doing a medical thing that isn’t a provider (i.e. everything that isn’t going to see a doctor if some kind) WE’RE NOT ALLOWED TO CORRECT YOU IF YOU HAVE IT WRONG AND DON’T ASK because corporate gets mad because it’s not a “customer first attitude”

This 4/20 please remember that even in legalized states, black Americans are still being arrested for possession or use of cannabis 10x more than white Americans despite both groups using cannabis at similar levels.

Most important to remember this. Also many states have laws in place that prevent people with drug offense on their record to work on the cannabis industry.

hey let me draw your DND characters!

i am genuinely terrible at coming up with things to draw, so i’m asking for your DND character descriptions so i can draw you something like one of the above. this isn’t a commission (although you could tip me) and won’t get into super detail but you can get a sketchy flats drawing of your character for free in a random time-frame in exchange for me getting drawing practice

if you’re interested, just shoot me an email at [email protected] with a character description (personality in addition to physical description would help) and your tumblr url and i’ll get back to you with some art :)))))

I remember when I first found out the truth about “Somali pirates” I got chills because of how horrific the truth was and how insanely creepily well the media had twisted the situation. Every single fucking article making it seem like these “pirates” were just after money or something holding innocent people hostage and I never gave it a second thought, why would I? There was no indication that people were trying to legitimately fight off disgusting imperialism that left nuclear waste in their waters, that over 300 people have died from radiation sickness, that Europeans have been stealing Somalia’s seafood because they overfished their own waters and the indigenous fisherman are starving and so these “pirates” emerged to deal with those stealing their country’s natural resources. The truth is enough to make anyone sick to their stomachs.

This is a great article about the truth about Somali pirates, in case anyone wants a source.