jesus christ, the french government has decided to refuse to grant any entry visas to the citizens of mali, burkina faso and niger "with no exceptions". not only that, they've given the orders that all artistic/cultural collaborations or hosting of artists who happen to be citizens of these countries should also be suspended, and any subvention or financial support to structures that collaborate with either their governments or citizens must cease immediately. (i do not know if this only linked to artistic/cultural projects or if this includes ngos or even like. local groups/associations in france of malian/nigeriens/burkinese people who live here. i have no idea what's going to happen to these immigrants in france who don't have french citizenship--are their visa renewals going to be denied? will they be expelled? this is horrifying. the french government is essentially enraged that its former colonies are kicking it out and is punishing them and their citizens in france in return.
here's my translation of the message the DRACs (regional cultural affairs department essentially, in charge of allowing and giving financial support artistic/cultural organisations, institutions and events) have received. tried to make it as understandable as possible not just in language but in how the french bureaucracy works.
Tous les projets de coopération qui sont menés par vos établissements ou vos services avec des institutions ou des ressortissants de ces trois pays doivent être suspendus, sans délai, et sans aucune exception. Tous les soutiens financiers doivent également être suspendus, y compris via des structures françaises, comme des associations par exemple. De la même manière, aucune invitation de tout ressortissant de ces pays ne doit être lancée. A compter de ce jour, la France ne délivre plus de visas pour les ressortissants de ces trois pays sans aucune exception, et ce jusqu’à nouvel ordre. » All cooperative projects that are hosted/led by your own institutions or departments with institutions or nationals from these three countries must be suspended without delay and with no exception allowed. All financial support must also be suspended, including any of these coming from french structures such as associations/non-profits (AN: these are usually not affiliated to the government but they all are authorized by and receive subventions from the governments). In the same way, there shall be no invitations to nationals of these countries [to participate in events/activities]. From this day forward, France is no longer delivering visas to the nationals of these three countries, with no exception until further notice.
Obsessed with characters who portray themselves as worse than they are. Who are lying to everyone including themselves about it. People generally assume if someone's lying about themselves they're trying to look better but sometimes they're trying to look worse. They attribute agency to where they had none, add intend to accidents, try to convince everyone that this is something they did instead of something that happened to them.
I think so much about the food people ate pre-Columbian exchange. Huge parts of cuisine extremely important on both sides of the pond just didn't exist.
You've probably heard a little about what was brought over from the New World, corn, potatoes, cocoa, cassava, peanuts, chili peppers, avocadoes, cranberries, pumpkins, and the like. Imagine cooking without chili! Without potatoes! Modern Indian cuisine contains enormous amounts of potatoes and we just didn't have those for the vast majority of history. The best of the nightshades all on one contiguous hunk of land. Hell, tomatoes! Almost forgot about those.
But we don't often look at what the Old World had. Wheat! Barley! Rice! A profusion of incredible grains, really, the finest poaceae has to offer. Carrots! Tons of rosaceous plants like apples and cherries and pears and peaches and apricots! Grapes! Soy and Bamboo! Okra and watermelon! All these things were simply never found in the Americas. The grains one is the wildest for me, the variety of grains available across Eurasia and Africa was truly astounding.
You know what binds together the food of all cultures across the world? Onions. Onions are fucking everywhere. There's probably onions growing near you right now. Allium Gang Unite.
The most terrifying part of having memory issues is when you can feel something from 5 seconds ago be thrown out the window and there's an empty hole where it once was. You remember that you forgot something.
My favorite beanie baby is the one ominously named The End and it’s just black void bear with no birthday
You’re telling me there’s a bear out there that hurt has “the” embroidered on it and nothing else
Here’s the beginning if anyone’s curious
Video games are simultaneously the best medium for morally complex narratives because it’s harder for the player to distance themselves from the situation and come to a smug outsider’s conclusion than it would be with other mediums but also the worst option because most gamers are fucking idiots.
i mean i also agree that it is important and good to have centralized systems of education that can teach people how to be doctors and make sure they know what they're doing! however if you have ever talked to a med student you should probably be aware that the capitalist higher education system is at best tangentially that
med school in the capitalist world tests people's ability to have disposable income, suffer immense amounts of stress and mistreatment, work for physically unsustainable hours, play the most insane game of thrones politics games you could possibly imagine, and put up with incredible amounts of racism and misogyny. and also, finally, their knowledge of medicine--and even that ofc. is fraught as 'knowledge about medicine' as produced and disseminated by medical schools is not some pure apolitical gnostic knowledge--as anyone who is fat or trans or Black or disabled and has had to interact with doctors will very well know!
pros of making your antagonist female: you can say "god forbid women do anything" when someone criticizes her
I just wrote 8 pages when I haven't written in months and was beginning to think I'd never be able to again. Idk what it is, but I am sharing and manifesting this energy for every writer who sees this. May you write 8 quality pages effortlessly and find joy writing once more
Screencap redraws for fun
PSA as we go into spooky season and people start using activated charcoal to make foods look spooky.
Rebloggin' for this year's spooky season.
