dustbunnies
all the environmental prophecies I heard while I was in DSA are coming true
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they closed the border
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they're oppressing unpapered migrants
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they're kicking people out who were here with all the proper paperwork
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they're working on ways to revoke citizenship
literally everything I was told ten years ago about how this was gonna go down is how it is going down. stopped watch and all, I know, but still. it's just very surreal to see it so fucking obvious, so very soon.
I just feel like if we had a movement to harness the fury of trans women and perimenopausal women, the ICE nazis would literally run and hide from us
I have made men twice my size cower from the look in my eyes, by myself, alone. we could shake governments with our fury combined.
oh hello, you're talking about me
I'm gonna be real with you, though: nobody cares about my takes. since I don't have a Real Job and have only done paperwork (women's work, donchano) and childcare (same) for the last two decades, none of my opinions count.
being a perimenopausal lady has not been helping my case; as you all have experienced, I'm not exactly ✨stable✨
it's not great: women are either locked up in childcare until they're perimenopausal psychopaths like myself, or their opinions are ignored because they didn't raise children so what do they know.
this plus a conversation today on /r/perimenopause has me ready to try to restart the Womyn's Circles movement
gingerbrat has taken up the mantle of being a super-supporter of everyone, and that gives me peace ❤️❤️❤️
🫂 thank you for being the kind light that everyone needs 
I'm sorry I'm not here to echo that kindness constantly, but all of you, please know that I do think of you and do wish endless blessings upon all of you ❤️
honestly kinda pissed that you fuckers drove off Ivysaur
sure, I've been under a rock, but what the actual fuck
come to the blue dots
there's usually at least one other person masked in my grocery store
ME TOO
they are really great kids who care deeply about the world, and I will protect them with my life
this tickles the fuck outta me, what is this from?!
other possible tags: refrigerator, run, running, frig
that last one pains me to type but I know some people abbreviate it that way
commie tinkerer/mad genius mods a bicycle with a ring & pinion gear from a trailer jack. why? who knows, @shadowinlight@hexbear.net assures me that this kind of gear is not meant for speed, so it's not a very practical mod, but it is very interesting.
watch the wall behind him with he gets into the workshop in the first minute and you'll see his hammer & sickle 
he didn't play the anthem snippet when he showed it this time, but he usually does
the parantheticals are referencing teacher names to tell which room to go to for that presentation – left in a couple so you could appreciate the very appropriate location for the Law Enforcement presentation
these options leave a lot to be desired and make me wonder how the fuck they recruit for them, because it doesn't seem like there's much effort to get a wide breadth of interests and options.
what has worked for me is telling them you don't have any actual plans to do anything
spoiler
example:Q: Do you ever feel like harming yourself or want to die?
A: sometimes I just wish I didn't exist, but I know that would hurt the people who care about me, so I just <take a nap, do a chore, etc> to distract myself, and keep telling myself this feeling is temporary, and that usually works
and if you need help with the distraction part, then maybe try telling them that? like:
A: sometimes I just wish I didn't exist, but I know that would hurt the people who care about me, so I just <take a nap, do a chore, etc> to distract myself, and keep telling myself this feeling is temporary, and that sometimes works but it's a struggle, and I wish I had some medication that I could take when I feel like that to help quiet things so I could get my head on straight and remember how much I have to live for
you are so courageous for even trying
I believe in you.