[ilikepjo24]

Sokkla art by Artcraawl on Instagram!

[detectivehole]

i can understand the use of large house for a family but what do those single rich fucks with the goddamn true mansions do with all that space exactly? like let's table all valid criticisms of the spending and constructing of them aside and just focus on what exactly you do with that space

[chefboyard-bag]

As a real estate photographer I can tell you with a confidence that most of that space is entirely unused. Extra kitchens which have never seen a meal, billiards rooms with untouched felt, an office that no one has ever worked in, a second, or third family room, that no family member has spent any significant amount of time in. I once shot a place with a walk-in closet so large the dude had an 8-person dining room table in the middle of it.. like.. no one is hanging out in your closet homie.. maybe downsize?

[detectivehole]

this is a fantastic answer, thank you for replying. sadly it confirmed my fears that these people are all insane

[severalowls]

Traditionally mansions and manors had a lot of space because they were the lifelong homes of multiple generations of a family (the lord and lady, their unmarried children and heirs, and various widowed aunts and in-laws), dozens of servants, and rooms or even wings set aside for a constantly rotating cast of guests who had travelled days or weeks to visit so of course they were going to stay a while.

Now there's just Hank, Kate, Keighleyee, and their sterile palace.

[somecunttookmyurl]

#obviously the landed gentry had uuuuuh their own problems but at least their nonsense houses were actual homes

[watchthekittycatcher]

I gotta tell you I could never in a million years have guessed how Andy Biersack would age

[troutreznor]

hows your vision?

20/20

nearsighted

farsighted

astigmatism

blind

combo/other

better than 20/20

psychic 🔮

take two bc i cant post a poll without typos to save my fuckin life 💀

[sagwgastrikeupdates]

ALT

ALT

they’re already trying to change the narrative of the strike.

[fans4wga]

Keep an eye out for this kind of anti-union narrative spin in the coming days, especially when it's sourced from Matt Belloni and similar (Belloni is an entertainment reporter who wrote a lot of anti-WGA, pro-AMPTP garbage during the strike!) Ellen Stutzman is chief negotiator for the WGA and knows what she's talking about.

[brightlotusmoon]

[theonewhopoops]

[richincolor]

Book Bans Affect Everybody — Here’s How You Can Help

I have been a librarian for more than a decade, and a school librarian for nearly half of that. I didn’t get into this field to wage a war a

Tor.com

Definitely read the whole article, but here are some highlights:

• Understand what book banning is. "People often conflate censorship, bans, and challenges even though they mean different things. A challenge is when someone makes an official request to have a book removed. Censorship is when portion of a book is edited or removed. A ban is when the entire book is removed from the collection."
• Donate money, not books: "Do not donate banned books to libraries." (The libraries usually already have these books, and they don't typically put donated books on shelves anyway.) "Instead, donate money."
• Advocate actively for these issues. "The time for “bringing awareness” is over. We need to stop bans from happening in the first place rather than merely issuing a finger-wagging statement once the ban is in place."
• Find out what's happening at your local library and tell people about it. "If books are being removed, especially without undergoing proper procedures, get loud about it. Attend and speak up at school and library board meetings. Write letters defending your library workers and collections to boards and administrators giving airtime to bans. Protest and send out petitions when books are at risk of removal. Post on social media and contact your local news."
• There's a lot you can do! Stay involved: "Vote in and run for library and school board positions. Campaign for more funding through tax increases or bonds and measures. Many libraries allow patrons to request books for purchase, so put in requests for titles by marginalized authors. Even something as simple as getting to know your library’s collection development policy can be a big help. If your school or public library doesn’t have one or doesn’t have a strong one, put pressure on them to address the issue."

[cadmium-free]

terribly charmed by my sibling sending me a voice message that just said “i just always take ibuprofen at the wrong time. i had a headache all afternoon, from three to eight pm and then i took an ibuprofen half an hour before the headache went away! i could have just saved an ibuprofen!”

[gaybastich]

[cpunkhobie2]

shoutout to everyone with forget disorders (adhd, DID/osdd, ptsd/c-ptsd, asd, dementia/alzeheimers, schizophrenia, other psychotic disorders, major depressive, chronically ill/phys disabled people with brain fog, people with long-Covid, natural memory degradation, and etc.)

[steviestudying]

Shout-out to people studying with a mental illness.

You’re doing this with half your brain tied behind your back and that’s pretty badass

[ecologybarbie]

“Half your brain tied behind your back” is truly the most accurate description of my life I could possibly imagine

[softchad]

*heavy southern accent*: terfs aint got no friends

[hickeywiththegoodhair]

[ithelpstodream]

[captain-price-unofficially]

Banners saying "Genocide Gaza" and "Victory looks like zero people in Gaza" hanging in Tel Aviv

[determinate-negation]

israel was an interesting experiment proving that genocide victims also will happily do genocide but can we end the experiment now

[voidpumpkin]

[coughloop]

It's so wild how many grown adults can't grasp such a basic concept like "if you are nicer to strangers they will usually be nicer to you in return"

[reasonablywittyatbest]

I work a job where I interact with the public. If my customers are nice and pleasant I will bend over backwards for them. If my customers are unpleasant I will do the absolute minimum as required to not get in trouble. I'll never not do my job, but by god I can and will do the bare minimum.

[mcdreary]

I think it’s time for us to all collectively return to the library. Get a card, go to a club meeting, volunteer on an off day, rent some equipment. You don’t even have to read a book. But since the digital world is rapidly becoming a subscription-only hellscape requiring a criminal amount of private personal information to use even CASUALLY, the library has become our last safe haven to just exist with information present and not have our labour or information exploited for money.

[certifiedlibraryposts]

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