Hi! I'm Mel, also now known as Willow, welcome to my life.
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ISFJ-T. Tsundoku
a quote that helps me with this feeling: “The past is gone, and cannot harm you anymore. And while the future is fast coming for you, it always flinches first, and settles in as the gentle present.” - WTNV episode 12, The Candidate
On this day, 8 April 2013, former Conservative prime minister Margaret Thatcher died. Street parties broke out across the UK, particularly in working class areas and in former mining communities which were ravaged by her policies.
Her legacy is best remembered for her destruction of the British workers’ movement, after the defeat of the miners’ strike of 1984-5. This enabled the drastic increase of economic inequality and unemployment in the 1980s. Her government also slashed social housing, helping to create the situation today where it is unavailable for most people, and private property prices are mostly unaffordable for the young.
Thatcher also complained that children were “being cheated of a sound start in life” by being taught that “they have an inalienable right to be gay”, so she introduced the vicious section 28 law prohibiting teaching of homosexuality as acceptable.
Abroad, Thatcher was a powerful advocate for racism, advising the Australian foreign minister to beware of Asians, else his country would “end up like Fiji, where the Indian migrants have taken over”. She hosted apartheid South Africa’s head of state, while denouncing the African National Congress as a “typical terrorist organisation”. Chilean dictator general Augusto Pinochet, responsible for the rape, murder and torture of tens of thousands of people, was a close personal friend.
Back in Britain, she protected numerous politicians accused of paedophilia including Sir Peter Hayman, and MPs Peter Morrison and Cyril Smith. She also lobbied for her friend, serial child abuser Jimmy Savile, to be knighted despite being warned about his behaviour.
Margaret Thatcher was eventually forced to step down after the defeat of her hated poll tax by a mass non-payment campaign.
Pictured: Jimmy Savile welcoming Thatcher to hell, reportedly.
Learn more about the great miners’ strike of 1984-5 in our podcast series: https://workingclasshistory.com/tag/1984-5-miners-strike/https://www.facebook.com/workingclasshistory/photos/a.296224173896073/1689458231239320/?type=3
She also allowed the british army to go to war over the Malvinas Islands, forcing houndreds of men to slaughter a bunch of kids, because when the british saw what they were up against wanted to retreat and weren’t allowed.
today is Yom HaShoah. it’s the Jewish Holocaust Remembrance Day. *This is going to be a very long post*
Here’s a couple things:
- if we held a minute of silence for every Holocaust victim, we would be silent for 11.5 years. related to this, on Yom HaShoah in Israel, there is a siren that goes off in the middle of the day and the entire country comes to a complete standstill for 2 minutes. cars-stopped-on-the-highway-people-getting-out-to-stand type of standstill. it’s truly one of the most powerful things I have ever experience and it’s also genuinely scary. here’s a video of it:
- we are quite possibly the last generation to live amongst Holocaust survivors. LISTEN TO THEM. TALK TO THEM. SHARE THEIR STORIES. don’t ever fucking forget. i don’t think people understand that its heartbreaking to listen to Shoah survivors and realize they’re going to die soon. it’s scary if you think about it too hard. it’s frightening because it wasn’t so long ago (for example, my mom told me that growing up, a lot of her friends parents had numbers tattooed on them from the camps). it’s heartbreaking because people deny the Holocaust and want to forget about it as it is and once there are no more survivors it will be easier than ever to do so. to listen and watch some survivor testimonies, go to namesnotnumbers.org or just search “names not numbers” on youtube
Since the Supernatural finale aired, fans have been creating campaigns to raise money in honor of their favorite characters. So far, so much good has come out of it! We have raised over $60K for multiple organizations. I thought I would share all of the current ones I know of.
The Castiel Project, created by prfoundbond, supports The Trevor Project. They focus in suicide prevention among LGBTQ+ youth.
The original goal was $1500. So far, it has raised over $47,700.
Dean Winchester Is Love, created by wearedeancas, supports NAMI. They focus on building better lives for those who are affected by mental illness.
The original goal was $1500. So far, it has raised over $10,700!
The Sam Winchester Project, my fundraiser (witchchester), supports Together We Rise. They assist foster youth. This campaign helps displaced college students w/grocery, utility, & housing resources.
The original goal was $250. So far, it has raised over $2200!
The Jack Kline Project, created by dearkmnj + CROWLEYBEANS, supports Random Acts. They focus on making the world a better place with one random act of kindness at a time.
The current goal is $1500. So far, it has raised over $1000!
The Miracle Project, created by adoreyouackles, supports ASPCA. They focus on preventing animal cruelty throughout the United States.
The current goal is $1000. So far, it has raised over $90!
Gabriel’s Gift, created by zepptapes, supports Action Against Hunger. They focus on giving everyone access to clean water, food, training, and healthcare.
The current goal is $2000. So far, it has raised over $50!
The Charlie Bradbury Project, created by ClearlyNoLabel, supports Girls Who Code. They focus on supporting + increasing the number of women in computer science.
The current goal is $1500. It just opened a few hours ago!
In honor of Eileen, many are also donating to the National Association of the Deaf. They focus on promoting the rights of deaf people in the United States.
Morpheus AKA Dream of The Endless has his own language. It’s a simple enough language once you learn the basics. Here are a few translations of Morpheus to English…
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“Perhaps.” - Yes. Definitely yes. Yes, but I don’t want to actually say the word “Yes” to this for various reasons, usually out of pride, sometimes something else, but usually pride.
“You dare…” - The Morpheus equivalent of “I can’t even…” or various swear words.
“I did not need rescuing.” - Thank you for rescuing me.
“I was doing perfectly well on my own.” - I was NOT doing perfectly well on my own. I was in deep shit.
“I believe I was quite capable, given enough time, of rescuing myself.” - I have no idea how I was going to get out of that…
“Petty hedge-magick.” - (Actual meaning: Novice or amateur spellcasting.) Morpheus meaning: Something I woefully under-estimate.
“…help me… …please…” - I am weak, defenseless, and completely at your mercy and if you nurse me back to health we shall never speak of this again and no one else will ever hear those words uttered from me. I am going to lose consciousness now. Bye.
“After a fashion, I can.” - It’ll happen. Might take me a few decades but it’ll happen. I can do it. I will do it. But I’ll be lazy about it. Don’t rush me.
“I mislike (insert random thing here)” - I hate this thing!
“I feel cold.” or “It is cold.” - I am traumatized by what is currently happening.
“What could possibly go wrong?” - Equitable to Sarah saying “It’s a piece of cake.” in Jim Henson’s Labyrinth. He might as well say “Everything is about to go very, very, very, wrong.”
“I am perfectly self-sufficient.” - Oh, God, I am so lonely! Please, hold me.
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Bonus:
Daniel:
“I walked.” - You REALLY want me to sit here and explain the mechanics of interdimensional travel to you right here and now? No. This is easier. And technically true.
“Time to go for a walk.” - I have a mission. (or) I have to set right one of Morpheus’ many f–k ups. Keep supper heated for me until I get back. Also I’m being cryptic because of wibbly wobbly Timey Wimey… stuff.
I just sent this to the Sandman lead showrunner, Allan Heinberg, suspecting he was deep enough into the Morpheus World that he would find it funny and accurate. He did.
i feel like everyone’s forgotten some Covid basics so please let me remind you:
Your mask protects others more than it protects you
You can still spread covid even if you’re vaccinated or not showing any symptoms
The more this spreads around, the more mutated variants of the virus will appear and they WILL be stronger than the original
so like maybe stop being a little bitch and endangering others because you really, really needed to go out to dinner or get fucked up at a bar instead of in your home like a respectable person
just saw someone post “it’s common knowledge ur not supposed to spam reblog from someone ur not mutuals with” …..?????????? am i confused??? IS that common knowledge???? i try not to spam if i can help it but i actually personally love seeing spam notifs lmao??? unless i dont know what spam reblog means
Reblog if you like it when people “spam reblog” from you or whenever that means at any time
Honestly I love when I see a long of chain of likes and reblogs in my notifications from the same person, it makes me feel like I have earned a good grade in Tumblr.
