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ABBA.

Im gonna shuffle my giant playlist of every song i like and if the very first one that plays isnt exactly what i want to hear right this second im gna lose it

i am a big believer in letting music (and other media) come to you when you're ready for it. you may only know vaguely of an acclaimed beloved artist and suspect that you'd be into them but just... not ever get around to it. and then in 15 years one of their songs just hits you the right way and what a gift to suddenly have all of their works to explore! there is no hurry; what is good is always good.

i miss vhs tapes and cds i miss feeding my computers and tvs yummy treats. now theyre eating nothing. theyre being born without mouths

US centrism is incredible. You write something about the history of your country that faced some oppression from its neighbours and you get (sometimes seemingly well meaning) USamericans all yelling "me!me!me! What about the oppression WE did? The most important oppression ever, we are THE worst, that is what must be talked about!" And it's literally silencing the voices and experiences of those whose history was NOT related to those very specific US policies. It's still a form of imperialism, too, by the way, stealing voices and agency from others for the sake of your own main character syndrome.

I see so many reflections today from different people: someone woke up from the explosions, some from a phone call, some woke up and saw hundreds of notifications from different telegram channels. It is still so unimaginably bizarre. I have no ability to put into words the feeling of your world falling apart and we didn’t even understand half of the danger that was surrounding us. We were so damn close to disaster with half of Europe believing that nothing good will come out of it.

Ukrainians didn’t care what Europeans thought though, I personally saw news pieces about "Russia will take control of Kyiv" a lot later, somewhere in May, when Ukrainian military took control over the north of the country. And I’m so eternally grateful to every Ukrainian who made sure that all this "experts" sat in those flashy studios red from guilt. I’m grateful for my life, I’m grateful for our Ukraine. She persist. She is still the love of our lives. She’s hurt and devastated but she lives despite all the attempts to destroy her. Same as us. Somehow still here.

Yet I feel more detached from the western world than ever and I’m so fucking jealous of you all. It’s not even about the rockets or shakheds - somewhere along the lines you accept the fact that you may die in any moment - it’s about normal things like your Twitter feed that doesn’t look like a necrology, military terms that don’t make any sense to you, your city that doesn’t stop everyday to mourn the dead, you don’t feel guilty for trying to live a normal life while your classmate, who wanted to be a director, posts stories from the trenches. All of that and more. I’m not even entitled to my emotions because there always will be someone who says that my country is not suffering enough. I no longer react to comments like this as emotionally as I’ve done before but it is still so bizarre to see stuff like that from people whose countries have always been the one to inflict suffering on others.

I may sound mean or sarcastic or whatever but there is so much negativity inside of us that was put there by people like I’ve mentioned above that it is going to be released from time to time. "Your country shouldn’t exist", "Only 9 thousand killed", "You all are nazis/racist/zionists/any of the -ist terms" - yet you should always react in a constructive way because the moment you let your emotions go, you are the worst person on the planet. But who am I kidding, some people here do believe that we are. There is a thousand bad people with sketchy patches in a 40-million country and suddenly "That’s why I no longer support Ukraine". Well, honey, that means you never did. Because Syrian flags were quickly replaced with Ukrainian ones and just as quickly with Palestinian. It’s not about the "Support the oppressed", it’s "Anything to not feel guilty" because then you’ll find the reason to hate Palestinians, just as you did with us. If only you cared about the problematic shit happening in you country as much as you care about our political and social life.

But there are people who still are there for us. Countries that are still here. We may not say it as often but we are thankful. So very thankful for everything you’ve done and are doing for us. Thank you for hearing us and uplifting our voices.

Recently one of the most beautiful people here have lost her life defending me and you. She was always in my notes, always making sure that we didn’t feel uncomfortable even if she of all the people had all the right to be upfront about her thoughts and feelings. I don’t think I will ever get rid of the feeling of guilt. She was there while I wasn’t. She said to mourn her through anger. Anger towards the oppressor. Anger that should be directed into something useful: donations, sharing info, contacting your MPs and so on.

The soldier‘s death is not something out of ordinary during the war, it’s not considered a war crime but what if half of the army are civilians? Volunteers who left their homes to protect them. What if the soldier was a teacher, a poet, an actor, an IT-specialist, a scientist, what then? Isn’t it a tragedy? My country is loosing yet another generation of beautiful talented people and it makes my view of the future even darker.

But what can I say? I’m still here. My country still stands. Ukrainian air defence is doing everything possible and impossible to protect the lives of the civilians. Ukrainian military is still the only thing keeping us all alive. Heroes, titans, gods. Glory to them. Eternal glory to those who lost their lives defending Ukraine.

To Ukrainians: якось буде, прорвемся.

abba in stockholm, 1974🩷

J-H♡PE IN 2022

Embrace the cringe.

Write weird fanfic.

Read weird fanfic.

Almost forgot to make this post: Happy 100th Anniversary of Lenin's death, everyone!

i wanna be a rockstar, i want it all mine {cr. 0613data}

Agnetha Fältskog

It hurts so much 😔

you can’t follow, know, recognize, react to, and mourn every mass tragedy and mass conflict and mass killing on earth, but you can avoid using language that talks about them being “not that bad” or “not so many children died” or “imagine if this happened in [somewhere This absolutely has happened]” or “nothing like this has ever happened” because it gaslights the experiences and realities of the people for whom it is real, right now

Sometimes a guy in a fanfiction has the ability to read someone's gaze with the same level of detail a wine taster can taste the wine

looking for fics about your favorite character on ao3 be like:

dont care

dont care

dont care

what the actual fuck

dont care

ooh that sounds- what the fuck

unfinished

don't care

the best fic ive ever read in my life. this absolutely ruined me and ill never be the same ever again

dont care

📦 Shipping update: we're not delivering your parcel because you checked the tracking page too much and we got shy about it

this site needs an "i'm not american" badge

JIMIN PERFORMING TONY MONTANA WITH YOONGI

What really makes me mad is the double standards of the Western media that tell the tragic story of two dead Russians (who were on the occupied territory of the other country during the war), show their photos, say their names. BUT then report the everyday losses of Ukraine by simply stating the number of casualties. At best it is mentioned that it was a man or a woman who died. Those Ukrainians that die every day and night when the cities are shelled and bombed by Russians, those that die of tortures in Russian captivity - newsflash - they were people. Civilians with their own plans and hopes.

Western media sources turn us into numbers, dehumanize us, give the audience an idea that our deaths are not something to worry about too much. But that poor couple that was crossing a bridge - a strategic object, on the territory of Ukraine that was lawlessly annexed by their fellow citizens - their death should be depicted as a personal tragedy everywhere, that's for sure.

By the way, maybe Western media would also like to show a few photos of that Russian couple on the Victory Day marches, with St George's Ribbons? Because these would be a perfect exposure of "not all russians" bullshit.

Hobie Brown cosplay at Anime Expo 2023 by whoachriswhoa.

I watch tankies go apoplectic over how “war is hell, why is nobody talking about negotiations, people are dying, god, I’m so empathetic, does anyone other than me know that war is hell, feeling like I’m screaming into a void here”, yet mysteriously never directing that rage at Russia for committing a genocide, rather at anyone advocating for Ukraine having the means to resist said genocide, and it always re-affirms to me that what these terminally online larpers mean when they clamor for “muh revolushan” is “the system will collapse on its own without me having to contribute in any way and then I’ll wave the Soviet flag in the streets while singing the Internationale until I’m installed as the acting Minister for Managing the Cheka Basement, a position I’ve dreamed of holding ever since I was bullied in middle school.”

i saw across the spiderverse last night and my life will never be the same again