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13.08.21
Well, technically the 14th since I got up at 2am. Pictured above are Cassiopeia, Perseus, probably part of Andromeda, Triangulum, and part of Auriga. Listened to Claire de Lune; Moonlight Sonata (1st Movement); Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake, Op. 20, Act 2: Scene (Moderato); Nocturne No. 2 in E-Flat Major; Near Light; Gymnopédie No. 1; and the episode entitled Capacity for Wonder in John Green’s The Anthropocene Reviewed. In the hour that I was out, I saw at least 42 meteors: a number obtained through a bit of selective counting. At one point I just stopped to take it all in.
“That, then, is loveliness, we said,/ Children in wonder watching the stars,/ Is the aim at the end.” —Dylan Thomas, Being But Men
Kirby and the Starfall
Feels like drawing again! :p
Anyway enjoy this one.
wanna see the Meteor Shower tonight but its CLOUDY AND I LIVE IN THE CITY.
can we stop pretending like it’s so super easy for trans men to pass. “oh just put on a baggy shirt and cut your hair-“ it literally doesn’t work like that and I refuse to believe you actually think it’s that easy
I'm not gonna tell you how to vote, BUT...
Here are some truths about the upcoming United States election.
Either Trump or Biden will win.
Our political system is designed around ensuring that either the Democrat or the Republican win. There is no "but if everyone rallies around a third party candidate..." argument, because...
Grassroots campaigns can't work. There are areas of the country that don't have internet or television. Congress just allowed the Affordable Connectivity Program to lapse, denying internet to even more people. There is literally no way for some candidates to get their message to huge parts of the country.
The Republican and Democrat candidates are backed by huge donor machines that enable them to tour a campaign trail. Independent candidates do not have this luxury.
Our country still uses a First Past the Post (FPTP) voting system, which is specifically designed to support only two candidates.
Our country uses an electoral (all or none) system, which is why you hear that voting for a third party candidate "takes votes away" from one of the major party candidates. For example, if Trump gets 48,999 votes, Biden gets 50,000 votes, and a third party candidate gets one single vote, Biden takes all the electoral votes in the state. All of them.
I really hope you make your peace with this now. Please, vote how you want, but with one candidate saying he will essentially outlaw transgender people, I can't imagine NOT voting for the only other candidate who can possibly win. Right now the polls are 50/50, which is absolutely insane to me.
In my experience, it's usually younger people who talk about either voting their conscience, or not voting at all to "send a message." I assure you, not voting doesn't send a message to the candidate who loses. Your message is only received by the millions of Americans who will suffer as a result.
I don't want to argue. I have no desire to fight with anyone over this anymore. And if you want to ask me "so I have to choose between two killers?" as a gotcha, then I'm sorry to say... The answer is yes. Those are the choices we've been given. And because the United States is no longer a true democratic republic, there's not a whole lot we can do to change that right now.
i made a new uquiz to figure out what kind of guy you are
H-R-T-T-O-G-O
you can take testosterone
Remus Lupin is trans! This is a fact
![the trolly problem meme edited with a title of "Trans Healthcare Trolly Problem." Following that is a description of the setup and with orientation added says "An unknown number of trans people have been tied to one of the train tracks [upper right], while a runaway trolley [top left] is set to roll down the empty track [middle right], saving the trans people. However, that guy over there [bottom center] might voluntarily walk onto the [empty] train track. Do you pull the lever, sacrificing the trans people to protect that one guy from possibly making a mistake?"](https://64.media.tumblr.com/e932ec4b49805da39c67c2fc31d8f126/8b34a970fff386ee-74/s500x750/8fc6e87e80a4f34278543d19f150234517d4ceb9.jpg)
New reaction pic for y'all to be used when you get into an argument about trans healthcare and your opponent starts talking about the 0.8% or whatever of trans people who regret transitioning
🤞🤞
reblog and make a wish! this was removed from tumbrl due to “violating one or more of Tumblr’s Community Guidelines”, but since my wish came true the first time, I’m putting it back. :)
reblog and make a wish! this was removed from tumbrl due to “violating one or more of Tumblr’s Community Guidelines”, but since my wish came true the first time, I’m putting it back. :)
Saw the aurora borealis and a meteor shower
Geminids from Gemini
Credit: Wang Jin
I’ve stayed outside the last two late evenings to watch the Perseids. Only 11 so far which is a lot fewer than I saw last year.
Different chemicals in meteors produce different colors; the faster a meteor moves, the more intense the color may appear(x)
The night of the meteor shower
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This is your friendly reminder to go and lay down outside on the floor to look for shooting stars tonight