Lace

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guys let’s play a little game, I say one word and you say something that rhymes with it.

vase

Punk is whatever the state fucking hates so I'm sorry to announce to the functionally conservative but contemporary punk isn't leather jackets and punk rock from the 2000s, it's hyperfemininity, it's transsexualism, it's kinky leather harnesses, it's polyamory, it's Black female rappers, it's reading books from the library, it's pirating media, it's sharing your Netflix and Prime and Spotify passwords, it's patching up your thrifted clothes with cute embroidery until they're in tatters, it's "borrowing" groceries from corporations that make up inflation that doesn't exist, it's supporting small weird freaky artists on Etsy instead of buying the newest Official™️ boring low effort promotional image enamel pins, it's drawing and writing the raunchiest most disgusting and freaky porn you could possibly fathom, it's showing off your tits or top surgery scars in public, it's cis women packing and cis men tucking, it's dykefags and fagdykes and boylesbians and girlgays, it's paying for OnlyFans of trans people fisting themselves, it's making up new genders and sexualities and romantic orientations and editing whole new flags for them, it's refusing to label yourself for the gratification of a government that wants to know under what misspelled drafty legislation they should legally kill you

Punk is being/supporting whatever the state currently fucking despises and wants to burn off the face of the earth, not whatever you think is Punk Aesthetic. If you wanna be punk just to look like you were born in the 80s instead of actually BEING PUNK by supporting the degenerates and the freaks and the sex workers and the BIPOC and the transsexuals and the faggots and the dykes, burn your fucking $800 corp bought leather jacket because you're not Hobie Brown you're just a fucking poser.

Punk is fighting the system beside the ones the system is fighting against, Punk isn't a Pinterest moodboard.

“Hello, I know this is a long shot, but I am a citizen of Palestine in urgent need of help. I have type 1 diabetes and due to the current situation in Gaza, I am unable to get my insulin (Humalog) injection. I’m asking for your support to help me get just one injection today to save my life. I need financial assistance to purchase insulin for this week, and I still need $263. I apologize if I’ve already sent this request, but any amount you can donate would be greatly appreciated. You can find my donation link in my pinned post. Thank you and may you be blessed. ❤️🇵🇸”

This is a scam ask that’s currently used by krispywhispersvoid but may be used by multiple other blogs later on. This ask is slightly tweaked and combines multiple ask versions though this time posing as a Palestinian. Any claims of verification that krispywhispersvoid makes should be considered fake as they are not legitmate and are part of the scammers who pretend to be Palestinians and always uses Humalog and insulin in their scams.

If you live in the US, STOP SCROLLING

This is your reminder to make a Voting Plan!

Step 1: Check your Registration

Registered already? Go to Step 3!

Step 2: Register to Vote

Step 3: Learn about your state's Early Voting Options

Like early voting and have that option? Skip to Step 5!

Step 4: Explore your Day-Of Voting Options

Step 5: Research Candidates

Step 6: Share your Plans

Detailed sample down below!

Step 1: I'm in California, so I clicked here at https://www.vote411.org/check-registration

Clicking on that took me to my state's registration check page, where I filled out in those fun black squares with my info...

...and there's my confirmation! This also provides info on where I'm currently registered to vote, which is good to know when looking up ballot drop-off locations.

Step 2: Since I already am registered I could skip this, but just to show it off here's what the online tool at https://www.vote411.org/register looks like!

The site asks you to put in your name and mailing address, and then sends you off to your own state's voter registration page to finish it up!

Step 3: Since I'm in California, I went to https://www.vote411.org/select-state and selected that state to bring up CA's voting information page.

And here's what my info looks like! The top of the page gives a quick overview of registration deadlines...

...and scrolling down reveals a bunch of additional info for any further questions! I've selected Early Voting on the lefthand tab to bring that up here.

Skimming this, it looks like California offers voting by mail, which is what I want to do.

Scrolling further down the lefthand menu I pulled up the Vote by Mail tab to learn more...

...and based on the information there I went to find the tab that would tell me about Drop Boxes in California!

Following that link brings me to California's early voting drop-off page.

For now let's just use Disneyland as our address to see where we can drop things off. Entering the county and city information we get this list:

Checking the box to Display Results on Map, it looks like there's a drop off location right by Disney that is open 24 hours! I went ahead and screenshotted the address on my computer, and opened it in google maps so that I could keep track of where it was.

Perfect, I now have a plan for dropping off my mail-in ballot!

Finally, I want to know where my mail-in ballot is. Assuming you live in a state with mail-in ballots but haven't seen yours yet, you can usually track them or request new ones if your address has recently changed.

I just googled "California mail in ballot tracking" and wound up on this page.

Filling out the little form at the Where'sMyBallot link (name and date of birth), I can see that my ballot has been sent out and is en route!

Since it was sent on October 7th, I suspect it's already arrived, and lo and behold checking my mailbox there it is buried under all the political mailers!

Step 4: Since I will be voting by mail, I will skip Step 4 for now (though vote411.org lists traditional voting areas/what I'd need to bring so that's where I'd get that info if needed!)

Step 5: When doing research I started with https://www.vote411.org/ballot, since it gives a preview image of all of the items that will be on my ballot based on my address.

I can click on any of these to see the candidate options, and their statements if they've been provided. However for many of these options on vote411.org there aren't too many additional details, so I want to do my own research looking at neutral voting summaries and candidate endorsements by groups I align with politically!

For the election summary, I started with the General Election Official Voter Information Guide booklet that was mailed to my address a few weeks ago. This is the best source of unbiased voting information in my opinion, especially when it comes to state and local propositions since it will summarize them and also include opinion pieces written for and against each one. You can also access it online, as shown below!

To find it, I googled "California Official Voter Information Guide", and made sure it was sourced from my local government.

Another good source of information I used is npr.org, or National Public Radio. NPR provides news that is free to read and listen to, and is one of my personal favorite ways to stay informed. There's also local branches of the station for every state, and each one will usually have a voting guide with side-by-side comparisons that makes it easy to read.

To find mine, I googled "California NPR Voting Guide"

Finally if there was anything on the ballot where I wasn't convinced one way or the other on certain candidates or initiatives, I checked out some political endorsements!

A few of the ones I looked at are Planned Parenthood (women's health and abortion access), the Sunrise Movement (climate activism), the Sierra Club (climate change, national park preservation). I found these by googling "[Name of org] voting guide california".

Since I'm voting by mail I could keep these webpages opened as I filled out my ballot.

For voting in person, I'd recommend writing candidates down as a cheat sheet to bring into the poll so you can remember what you want to vote for! https://www.vote411.org/ballot will let you arrange that cheat sheet real easily.

Now that my ballot is filled out I'll just drop it off at the address I found in Step 3 - setting a time for myself, I'll plan to drop it off when I go for a walk this afternoon! 👍

Step 6:

After I finished up I went ahead and posted on facebook and to my friends in discord on how I'd made a voting plan, to help encourage friends/family to do the same!

You can be as public or as personal as you want here, but sharing can help encourage others to put a plan together too - if you made it this far it can even be as simple as reblogging this post with a message saying "I Made a Voting Plan"!

even if you're not raphael rn. i'm not going to kill a person who's done nothing to me, after all i try to see everyone as a friend

someone should rip all of my organs out and kill me painfully methinks

Little Wolf (Telemachus’s Birthday Edition)

Antinous (and suitors): 

Slice little wolf slice Birthday cake made by me Bite little wolf bite Let’s see if you taste the Spice little wolf spice Now a man, have the first Slice little wolf slice little wolf slice

Antinous:

You’ve made your biggest wish here Won’t be your last one too You’ll have run out of candles to blow when you and I are through

I’ll teach you this one lesson Your daddy never could Always open the card not present First, it’s always good so

Antinous (and suitors): 

Slice little wolf slice Birthday cake made by me Bite little wolf bite Let’s see if you taste the Spice little wolf spice Now a man, have the first Slice little wolf slice little wolf slice

Or 

Antinous (and Suitors): 

Pie little wolf pie Don’t you know it’s bright key lime little wolf lime All because you have to try little wolf try Pick your favorite cake or Pie little wolf pie little wolf pie

*Telemachus is stuck between picking cake or pie to eat for his birthday

Athena:

Need some help?

Telemachus:

What's going on here?

Athena: Is your plan to stand around cause I suggest you pick fast

Telemachus:

I don’t know how

Athena: Take them both, now!

*Telemachus takes a slice of both cake and pie 

Telemachus: 

Woah Why did I do that? Is it too much on one plate?

Athena:

No, on birthday’s you shouldn’t restrict

Telemachus:

Oh I’m gonna be so sick

Athena: 

Alright now, lets try this again

I’m all for having options Those not imposed by will I’ve had plenty enough of cake to understand this kind of skill Let’s teach this chef a lesson In front of all his kind This young wolf has a larger palette than all these men combined!

Slice little wolf slice! Show them that you’d love a Bite little wolf bite Compliment him on the Spice little wolf spice Don’t go yet without a Slice little wolf slice little wolf

Go have a slice

(Slice little wolf slice Birthday cake made by me)

Oh

(Bite little wolf bite Let’s see if you taste the)

Spice

(Spice little wolf spice Be a man and have a)

Go have a slice!

(Slice little wolf slice little wolf slice!)

Antinous:

Stay here and wait at this table I’ll see if your mother’s here If I’m right her own palette is tasteful She’ll cry happy tears

Telemachus:

Thank you Athena for making it to my birthday