[In Labor:] Monty: Oh. Uh huh. He says he's in labor. He's about to give birth. Uh huh. That's cool man. Didn't know you could do that. Well, we might die here, so good luck on your end. I can't believe I'm going to be an uncle. We better survive this one, dude. [Calling again:] Monty: Hey. How's the dad life treating you? Oh, It's not there yet. Right. Yeah well, we're still holding up. Do you have a name yet? Aw. I was hoping you'd name it after me. Huh huh... Well, uh, good luck, dude. Yeah. We got this. Monty: Hey. Just wanted to check in on Juice Dad. Wait!? Right now?! Like, RIGHT NOW? DUDE! UHHHH! UHHHHHH! LIKE.... What do you say to someone who's giving birth? Help me out.

You tell them BIRTH! BIRTH! Monty: Huh huh. Yeah, obviously. ALRIGHT DUDE! BIRTH! BIRTH! BIRTH! BIRTH! BIRTH! BIRTH! BIRTH! BIRTH! BIRTH! BIRTH! BIRTH! BIRTH! BIRTH! BIRTH! BIRTH! BIRTH! BIRTH! BIRTH! BIRTH! BIRTH! BIRTH! BIRTH! BIRTH! BIRTH! BIRTH! No, YOU shut up. BIRTH! You tell them happy birthday. Monty: Oh. Right. BIRTHday. Yeah. That makes sense. HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MAN! YEAH, DUDE! HUH HUH! You tell them to hurry up! Monty: HURRY UP, DUDE! WE GOT SHIT TO DO! HUH HUH! COME ON, MAN! WE DON'T GOT ALL DAY! GET THAT SHIT OVER WITH! Xaria: You tell him to push, Monty.

#lookoutsidetag, birth cw

CRYING WITH LAUGHTER I LOVE THIS GAME

one of the most infuriating things about modern interfaces (web, app, etc) is when they do not expect you to react quickly. I'm so tired of a context menu shifting because I was ready to click my button in less than 3 seconds, or a link not working because some async tracker hasn't responded yet

It’s all part of this show we have to put on for self protection—lower yourself so the members of the dominant paradigm don’t feel threatened. Benches won’t fix that, but adjusting social expectations to make hateful people afraid to be like that would definitely help.

Postscript: the author talks about an unhoused woman sitting on the ground because people are kinder, and that hit me in the gut. As an ambulatory wheelchair user, I often have to carry myself in certain ways to avoid hostility, and those ways don’t usually affirm my dignity and right to space.

If you want to have nice things, you need to facilitate those nice things. For everybody. Lots of talk about community, but if you’re not counting queer, disabled, impoverished, unhoused, and yes, even unpleasant people, it’s not real.

That they choose to sleep in public rather than shelters.

Meanwhile, when patrons approached me in the library looking for shelters, the only options were full, miles away (great if you don’t have a car), oppressively Christian, or with strict intake times.

It’s impossible. On purpose.

The disappearance of places undesirables might rest in any capacity is a physical manifestation of the out of sight out of mind approach demanded by our current societal attitudes.

In Washington state where I was last, there’s this collective narrative that it’s unhoused people’s fault—

Of course, there’s overlap, particularly in the US, of unhoused populations and disabled populations, thereby heightening distaste for both.

In short, our society makes this “problem” for itself by failing to take care of its vulnerable and failing to challenge social prejudices.

The article mentions how we’re used as bludgeons, as ways to justify hostile architecture, but little about how we are shut out of public life, from Ugly Laws to the abandonment of COVID precautions.

Nondisabled people don’t like seeing us.

Trust me, disabled people feel this hostility acutely.

God is a toddler. He is learning to walk, tumbling into everything, touching the surface of your innermost thoughts link coils on a hot plate. He has got to learn. It is up to you to teach him.

Omelette, a 5-week old grey tabby kitten with round blue eyes, pointy little kitten ears and white mitten feet.

Who told these children they were allowed to grow ears!? Omelette & the rest of the Brunch Bunch are 5 weeks old now and all are eating solid food! They’re still nursing supplementally, but since Mom’s milk is drying up a bit early & she hates us, plans are to have mom spayed next week & sent home.

A puffy Easter egger chick poses for the camera, while a black chick hides behind her.

Cheeks here might be the smallest but she’s got a big personality.

Bunni

Design by @yolky_sin. (Twitter)

A small black kitten laying on her back on a puppy pad with little curly front paws. She is glaring at me with excellent side eye because I dared to take photos instead of patting her more.

The best side eye from Greengage this morning.

Photos are getting harder - any time I am close to kittens I get swarmed as they demand pats and belly rubs, so every photo is blurry 🤣

Rex in 2018.

Rex, looking winsome. #greyhound #skyhound

oooouuugggghhhhhhhh...... my brain has felt like a mouthful of unbrushed teeth this week. scuzzy and can't focus on much of anything. alas

Baby Polish Chicken

Mature Polish Chicken

Spike grew a beard 🧔‍♂️
#chicken #bird

[louder, as if that'll improve reception] THE BLUESKY DEVS WOULD BE VERY UPSET BY YOUR JOKES ABOUT VIBE CODING IF THEY COULD LOAD YOUR POSTS

oh thank goodness, i'm glad you're feeling better!!! it sounds like you really needed the break and i'm glad you got one 💜 sometimes the clowns they are a-honkin'

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And here's the full spread, almost ready! Just missing textures I think

#KOKOTÖNA #MÖRKBORG #TTRPG #RPGLatAm

(honestly zooble might be the single most relatable character in the show for me and i would die for them lol)

and like they don't try to do the same hierarchy of Good/Bad Fear Response But Flipped. one of the most impactful, gut-wrenching moments in the show for me personally was zooble making the decision to lay low and antagonize caine less out of fear, because 'he's only holding back because he likes us'

and i appreciate that! i appreciate it a lot! down with standards of what constitutes abuse or mistreatment based entirely on vibes and who tried hardest to placate people! they are not standards with the best interests of any survivor in mind, including the people being coerced into submissiveness!

tadc just generally refuses to buy into this kind of weird shitty fear response astrology i see everywhere i look, where there's a hierarchy of Good Victims and Bad Victims and if you're a survivor who presents as anything but a submissive agreeable shaky wet puppy you're Basically an Abuser Already

for that matter, most of *jax's* most deeply and overtly abusive behavior is rooted in *flight.* right down to him pulling out the good ol 'you must be misremembering :)' and mocking pomni's confusion and hurt at his behavior, because he's terrified at the idea of any of this Mattering at All

much less with this amount of compassion and nuance, spread across multiple characters. it doesn't flinch away from caine's abusiveness going hand in hand with his fawn behavior (born of genuine fear!) *and* it doesn't try to portray ragatha's nonabusive fawning as something that makes her An Angel