Logging off to do some art. I'm waiting on a phone call back from Dr. Cox office. Need to update him on Mom's ascites returning & get prescription refills sent to pharmacy.

Story time. I was an older student; I wasted seven years of my life before having to finish my upper-secondary education so that I could study at university.

I took comparative literature in my fourth year, as the last subject in my under-graduate degree. At the end of the second semester, the head of the comp. lit. department, one of my lecturers, came out for a drink with the students to celebrate the end of the academic year.

As the evening drew on, and the drink was flowing, this lecturer leaned in closer to me, and began pointing out some of the female students, expressing his lust in no uncertain terms, and trying to get me on board (he was only a few years my senior, which perhaps is why he thought I would go along).

I wasn't interested, and I was frankly appalled at his behaviour. So when he said, “I do like the young students,” I looked him dead in the eye, and said: “Yes, I’ve heard that about you.”

He was shocked. Even though I hadn’t heard any rumour about him, I think I must have struck a chord. He reddened, went back to his drink, and tried to shake off the shade.

I sat there, glaring at him until he grew uncomfortable enough to leave the bar.

My point is this: SHUT THEM DOWN, FELLAS!

Young women who only desire to live their lives in peace and security should be allowed to do so; and if our helping out means we lose the friendship of a creep, then we have lost nothing worth keeping.

#SexualHarrassment

@the_etrain I long to be an artificial reef. I should donate my body to an aquarium.

Hairy men on a deforested planet.
It's an unwanted daymare.
My imagination is a blessing & a curse.

My Uncle goes back to Vancouver in December for follow-up cancer treatment.
Mom's still waiting on her 1st cancer centre appointment to be rebooked & for her treatments to begin as outpatient.

@PhoenixSerenity Rural Peacock is my new garage band name.

Today, millions of people across Spain participated in a general strike that shut down highways, shopping districts, and factories.

The general strike in Spain echoes the general strike that occurred in Minnesota last January in protest against the ICE occupation. In both cases, momentum began in the streets and then spread to the unions—not vice versa.

In other words, all powerful movements start at the grassroots.

https://crimethinc.com/2026generalstrikes

“How Has Serving Impacted You?”
US Military Veterans in Their Own Words

https://crimethinc.com/serving

What is it like to serve in the United States military? If only it were possible for those who are considering enlisting to learn the unvarnished truth. In 2019, a viral tweet from the official US Army twitter account unexpectedly drew over 11,000 candid replies in the course of 48 hours. These responses offer a rare window into the real experiences of servicemembers and veterans.

For Veterans' Day, we present a selection of these responses for the benefit of anyone who is thinking about joining the military.

I am safe from the possibility of being honeypotted because I apparently I will not notice someone was flirting with me until I am in the car, leaving the party.

When you see my office and desk you will know I love plants 😃 . I have probably the greenest office in the whole building and people often call our office the 'jungle office'. I love being surrounded by plants, even at work. There is also some 'wildlife' hidden in the foliage! #plants #houseplants

YOU… YOU HAZ CAN OPENERER, YES? #CatsOfMastodon

@PhoenixSerenity
I always say this and shut the door.

"Ἀπὸ παντὸς κακοδαίμονος
Apò pantòs kakodaímonos."

They don't understand ancient Greek, but no matter.

"Away from me every evil spirit" (or idiomatically, "Begone, all evil demons!").

happy autumn leaf-spirit friend says don't let the monday (etc.) get you down. at least not too down. unless you're a leaf, in which case down is probably where you'll be heading. but gently! and peacefully to the ground, where you can have a lovely rest.

a very good one to you all :momiji:

Should the #bear and its three cubs been murdered because they attacked and killed two people in #Canada?

New Life Fellowship church, 1 block from our house, is full of MapleMAGA folks. Lots of anti-science/anti-vaxxer/anti-maskers. Even if I didn't hate churches - I actively avoid being near any MapleMAGA people.

It's really weird they even tried knocking on our door. Our front yard is full of Chinese warrior & Buddha & Guan-Yin statues, anarchist signs/stickers & a large Palestinian support flag.

@akareilly great points, and for those that would use the violence as a tool for victim blaming, allow me to add this:

It takes a surprisingly low amount of violence to keep an asshole out of a space. As a bouncer for several years, I maybe had to use physical violence only three times, and nobody ever went to see a doctor for it. A little reminder that being an asshole can have consequences is pretty far from a death penalty.

Point being there's no revenge whatsoever indeed, the job is just to avoid harm.

And the better society does at keeping abusers away from their victims, the safer even the abusers are. You're doing them a favor by banning them.

Accountability isn’t revenge.

Accountability feels bad to someone who did bad things.

Don’t get it twisted.

Refusal to embrace accountability is often buried in lots of flowery language, but it’s simple:

It’s the assertion that putting an abusive person through anything close to what the victims experienced is a bridge too far.

It’s the assertion what victims go through is acceptable, and not only that, they haven’t suffered enough. Meanwhile, the perpetrators get handled with soft gloves, even if this keeps the harm to victims going.

It’s the acceptance of a world in which the characteristics you were born with, not your actions, determine whether everyone looks away when someone hurts you.

Some door to door church recruitment volunteers are easier to deal with than others. The guy from New Life left pretty fast & wasn't trying to be pushy. I've had to be more weird/aggressive with pushier, less respectful religious recruiters from LDS churches. Had to scare them off by pretending to put curses on them, only speaking in Teochew & that got us blacklisted from their future doorknocks because they think I'm a crazy Asian witch.

Just got doorknocked by a recruiting volunteer from nearby New Life Fellowship church. I told him that we're Taoists, not interested in any churches, have bad church traumas, gave him back his leaflet & said we don't have anything against you, personally, but we don't want anyone else from your church, knocking on our doors again. Thank you. Have a good day.

#DirectCommunication #AntiChurch