Eleven-pipers-piping - This Is Just Stuff I Like And Whatnot

i was tagged by @browneyes-and-starryskies which is so awesome!

Rules: We’re snooping your playlist. Shuffle your entire music library from Spotify or whatever you use and list the first ten songs that come up. Then tag ten people.

1.) Weep No More - Arr. David N Childs

2.) Old Maui - The Longest Johns

3.) Mii Channel Theme - 8 Bit Arcade

4.) Poisoning Pigeons In The Park - Tom Lehrer

5.) The Only Good Thing About Bad Bob - Tom Rosenthal

6.) Happy - Marina And The Diamonds

7.) My Lady's A Wild, Flying Dove - Tom Paxton

8.) Sing Sorrow - National Gallery Vocal Arts Ensemble

9.) I Will Go Anywhere With You - Julia Nunes

10.) Ophelia - Natalie Merchant

i love these songs, even if some of them are not really "serious" songs. (poisoning pigeons in the park, mii channel theme) and i definitely suggest them, even if youre not a big fan of classical in the cases of weep no more or sing sorrow. theyre all worth a listen

i think ill tag people i know from my side blog @woodwind-goddess

so, im tagging @flutejesus @flute-jesus @flute-saraswati @band-god @tuba-holy-spirit and @tuba-jesus

im sorry to drop this long ass post but i think i meed a second opinion

okay so all my native folks i have a dilemma and an existential crisis and im genuinely uncertain if im like, unintentionally trying to appropriate a culture i dont actually belong to, or if im trying to actively join my community.

so i am largely white, and i am translucent, and my moms side of my family is an amalgamation of french, abenaki, and i think some german. however, for the few years of my life where i was fully under my parents jurisdiction with little outside contact, i was sort of raised outside of culture. culture-adjacent. barely anything you could call heritage except for antique family photos, the occasional mention of a great grandparent, and addiction problems. no traditions. little community. barely any family stories. and when i finally started forming a personality around 7 or so, and meeting humans and talking to them i realized oh shit, everyone has like.... a place. a group.

my french canadian friends visit family in canada every summer, my british and irish friends visit the uk and shit, my portuguese friends eat portueguese food and do their hair different. the people born and raised in my middle of buttfuck nowhere massachusetts town are all the worst and going nowhere. my black friends have a group of friends that know what their life is like

and i was looking for my place as this lost 7 year old. i didnt fit with the hillbilly, learned to rode on a tractor family. i definitely didnt fit with the rich uptight texas family. i didnt fit with the town i was in. and i was going through my genealogy, and talking to my family members, and i learned about my abenaki family members. theyre kinda distant but i do feel liek i fit with them. am i doing a bad? is this internalized racism? im sleep deprived and struggling and i dont wanna hurt anyone or hurt anyone elses culture or insert myself where i dont belong please someone help

Black + Native disabled Two-Spirit seeking community support this pride month so they can take a fuckin health break

Me again ❣️ so I’ll get right to the point, I really struggled to keep up with work all of May & have severely neglected my health to just barely make it happen. On top of managing my physical disability, I’ve had some very grim schizophrenia moments triggered by recent racist exps with my family that I’m still trying to cope with. I’m super unwell, I cannot recover from this & work at the pace required rn.

I write poetry + do pick a cards & weekly readings on patreon, and I want to put a pause on the latter this month so I can have the time + energy to do things like go to the doctor.

I make about $350/month from my readings, so that’s all I’m hoping for. I wanna continue to write & offer reiki sessions to anybody who needs it as a way to give back- for every $100 raised, I’ll take at least 3 clients for reiki regardless of whether or not u donated! Black LGBTs will take priority, if you’re interested just dm me or send me an ask n if there’s free space then we’ll talk :•) here’s a link (from the school where I was attuned + certified !) for info if ur unfamiliar !!

Ways to support: my writing + patreon; reading reviews + patreon (there will be some readings sporadically this month + u can still access all the older posts ofc!); heartemojie on cashapp + venmo (no paypal currently it’s $15 in the red 🤪)

Thanks I love you happy pride !!

AND a race one since the most affected regions will be Africa, Asia and Oceania

it me! i am tired child

thanks for tagging me @the-stabbiest-dragon ! i really appreciate it!

i guess ill tag @browneyes-and-starryskies @ashisstrongerthanfire

with all the picrew tag games going around, I figured I’d start one with this fun one I found: https://picrew.me/image_maker/94097

it’s got a crapload if lgbtqia+ flags, pins, and backgrounds and is pretty fun.

tagging @tranquilbiitch @a-literate-snail @a-small-bastard @yellowfighter88 @3amsnek @justspillingcoldtea @coolblueintrovert @iindigodingo @eleven-pipers-piping and @ anyone else who sees this and thinks it looks fun or feels left out!

stop fucking using the word psychotic to describe bad behaviour and violence already god fucking damn it

im not a doctor, im just also a mess of shitty cartilage, and this is my experience, so like, dont quote me or anything lol

neoprene knee braces and ankle brace work pretty well, but i can never sleep in them, its just very uncomfortable, it gets really sweaty and kind sore. ive not yet tried elbow/shoulder/wrist braces, but i imagine its a similar experience. they do limit joint movement to an extent, but that means it can also be hard to go about your business. i think id recommend full on braces for liek, exercising, and particularly wobbly days. on better days, flex tape works pretty well

hope this helps!

dumb question but do those joint braces keep your joints in place and could i use them for subluxations

Your sailor nickname is [what color your shirt is] [your first pet’s name]. You are [phone battery percentage] years old. Your ship is the HMS [last thing you ate].

now since tumblr apparently loves to support non-american authors, but is surprisingly mum about this, imma tell you.

you see, everybody's favorite evil corp, Amazon, bought Indian publishing house Westland some six years ago. Now Westland is a very famous and reputed publishing house in India, and has put forth some of the best titles the country has seen. It didn't shy away from controversial and uncomfortable topics, and some of its books quite vocally criticise the current government, which has been responsible for the current state of india as a pseudo-democratic, pseudo-secular, economically ruined country, the most notable one being The Price of the Modi years by Aakar Patel. It also produced Amish Tripathi's pathbreaking Shiva Trilogy.

Now here's the thing that got me nuts.

AMAZON. SHUT. IT. DOWN. A WEEK AGO.

JUST OUT OF THE BLUE, IT IS CLOSING DOWN WESTLAND FOREVER. NOBODY KNOWS WHAT IS TO COME OF THE HUNDREDS OF TITLES PUBLISHED BY IT, OR OF THE AUTHORS ITS CONTRACTED, OR THE PEOPLE EMPLOYED BY IT.

It has triggered a buying surge in India, as people go on shopping spress to get their hands on the titles they want from this house. Short on supply and high on demand, bookstores across India are showing solidarity and moving surplus books around.

here you go with a few links that i think sum up the problem quite nicely, and please guys. just. please support westland.

here they talk about how this is becoming a trend with global corps.

here they talk about the future of indian publishing houses.

this one talks about a bleak future for literature and how it feels like we're living in a dystopian novel

spread this around. jeff bezos continues to be evil, and will be. he is quite literally, irredeemable.

While we continue to donate to personal evacuation funds, I think it is crucial to keep in mind that these individuals as well as millions more in Gaza are currently actively in need of basic necessities like food, water, shelter, and medical care. Keeping this in mind, and recognising that there is no way to know when the border crossing with Egypt will reopen, I think our attention should also be on raising funds for organisations currently on the ground who will have the widest impact on the lives of Palestinians who are still enduring the genocide in Gaza.

Below are some verified donation links of organisations that are currently providing assistance for the people in Gaza directly:

Food, water, and shelter

Taawon has launched a campaign to provide support in Gaza through food parcels, shopping vouchers, fresh produce, water bottles and shelter tents.

Watermelon Relief is a project initiated and implemented by a group of activists in Gaza, who work to provide aid to displaced families in Gaza through meals, support and activities.

World Food Programme (WFP) managed to provide assistance to more than 1 million people in Gaza in May by delivering food in shelters, makeshift camps and shops.

Life for Gaza is an initiative through which the Municipality of Gaza aims to provide basic necessities for the people of Gaza such as water projects, waste collection and the reconstruction of roads.

Arab Group for the Protection of Nature (APN) is working to plant farmlands in Gaza through their "Revive Gaza Farmlands" project, through which they had already started planting vegetables, fruits and leafy greens in Gaza.

Purchasing eSIMs is one of the only remaining ways to keep Gazans connected with the outside world, to get their stories out or even enable them to call for help after Israeli strikes.

The Sameer Project is a donation based aid initiative that provides tents, cash aid, diapers and formula for displaced families in Gaza.

Care For Gaza is an organisation that works to provide essential aid such as food packages and cash to deliver to displaced families in Gaza.

Palestine Children's Relief Fund, through their "Gaza Relief and Recovery" campaign, plan to provide essential medical supplies and treatments, as well as food and clean water.

The UNRWA has an Emergency Appeal for Gaza, where donations will provide families in Gaza with lifesaving food and water, winter kits and to repair UNRWA shelters.

Mutual Aid for the People of Gaza is a fundraiser managed by Mona in Gaza, who personally purchases and distributes basic supplies including food parcels to families in Gaza.

Help Gaza Children is another grassroots effort operating on the ground in Gaza to support families with food, water and clothing.

Medical care

Palestinian Red Crescent has been on the ground in Palestine since 1968 as part of the Red Cross & Crescent movement. They have had a continuous presence on the ground in Gaza as the main source of medical care and assistance.

Medical Aid for Palestine (MAP) provides medical supplies and supports healthcare services in Gaza.

Doctors Without Borders (MSF) provide medical and humanitarian aid in Palestine and have had their teams on the ground operating from MSF-supported health facilities across Gaza.

Gaza Wound Care is a medical team in a tent in Nuseirat, providing care to children and supporting pregnant women.

Children Not Numbers is an NGO dedicated to providing medical care for the children in Gaza including delivery of medical aid and medical evacuation for children.