Everyone Who Reblogs This Will Get A Surprise In Their Inbox

there is a lot of misinformation, misleading footage, DELIBERATE infiltration, and scams online during these protests. please please PLEASE be extremely careful before you reblog or retweet. i work in the news (but i also think all cops are bastards), if you have a question, feel free to ask. there are even white supremacist 4chan civil war 2 baiting people. be VERY VERY careful. be careful of the bullshit tropes police departments and city mayors will feed and local news will regurgitate. be careful of screenshots of random stan twitter accounts claiming things to scare people. be careful of random accounts of organizations you don’t know.

here’s a few things to look out for

1) right now, a common signal to the white supremacist crowd is the boogaloo meme. aka the “break 2: electric boogaloo” meme is code for “civil war 2: electric boogaloo”. they use iconography of words that SOUND like boogaloo (”big luau” and “igloo”) to signal to each other, EVEN when they look like they’re supporting BLM. if you see hawaiian print or an igloo, it’s a nazi.

2) twitter accounts or screenshots of twitter accounts that claim to be “updates” or “breaking news” from sources you’ve never heard of. i work in mainstream media, but i also don’t trust it, so i get not trusting it. however accounts like these are common sockpuppets for russian bots, law enforcement infiltration, and more. sometimes, they don’t even try too hard to cover their tracks. they often embed real news videos for retweets and follows, the accounts aren’t very old, and they have weird, or keyword-laden names to end up in searches like BLM PROTESTS JUSTICE NOW NEWS.

3) mainstream news, especially TV news and local news stations, love to just regurgitate a police press release or press conference about a case, or the mayor’s speech or press conference, as fact. they may report more in depth later, but the first point of contact is always deference to the police. they are then copied and syndicated by other news outlets, so the mistakes are multiplied. take everything they say with a grain of salt, knowing it came straight out of the police commissioner’s mouth.

4) if you couldn’t attend a protest, or want to help further, many local organizations suddenly thrust into the spotlight get flooded with support and often recommend other organizations. wait about 24 hours. research before you donate. support locally. you want to make sure things are both legit and that they are also still accepting or needing assistance (information changes quickly).

remake of this thing i did (x)

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Why do you reblog your own fics so much?

Because someone might as well!? And look at this. Look. At. This.

Does this look right to you??

These are just the last three fics I wrote. I appreciate the likes, believe me I do, but you have to understand. Likes do nothing for content creators. It’s the reblogs. Because that’s how you find shit on your dashboard. Through reblogs. Not likes. This isn’t twitter or tiktok or instagram. This is a website that’s run by the reblog system.

Reblogging helps content creators put their stuff out there. Why do you think so many people stopped writing fanfic and creating beautiful fanart and edits? It’s because they put in hours of work and don’t get nearly enough notes for their masterpieces. Yes we do this because we enjoy it but like...some validation won’t hurt. A boost of confidence here and there might be all someone needs to finish whatever thing they started and left.

Anyway, I’m still going to reblog my shit...

Two weeks until the Ides of March!

god please to every person of color, every queer person, every community that has been endangered and harassed due to trump’s disgusting rhetoric these past nine years, know that you deserve to live, no matter what happens in the next four years. god please know that

Writing Tips for Writer’s Block - Making Your Writing Palace

So here is a collection of some pointers that I use when I get stuck while writing (which as some of you know happens literly all the time)— I hope it helps anyone else who is struggling! These work for me but they might not work for everyone! I urge you to try them out!

Make Your Writing Palace

settle your mind and create a space for your thoughts and ideas to flow

Make sure you are comfortable in your surroundings wherever that might be. I personally prefer to be tucked into my comfy armchair with a blanket!

Take a shower!! Might sound weird but if I feel dirty or oily or gross I can’t not write!!! Go take a shower, get clean!!

Get a snack and/or drink. Fuel for your brain!!! My favorite writing snack is tea with cookies, scones, biscotti, or any other pasty type of thing.

Write when you are alone! I can tell you that you will not accomplish much if your surrounded with family or friends. Distractions are your enemy!!!!!

Pick a time to write! I prefer writing early early morning or at late night (probably bc those are the time my world and family are silent and still sleeping).

If you are stuck on a specific scene try to imagine yourself there and as your character. Or even go to that place irl—idk if y’all got forests near you but if that’s where your scene takes place march your ass down there, find a nice tree to climb, and write. (Just don’t get wacked, I would be very sad to hear that my tip got you murdered lol)

Get background noise! I personally find songs with lyrics to be too distracting when I try to write. I use an app: Relax Meditation (it’s free). You can pick whatever sounds you want and lump them together and into like a song/mix. I usually play the sounds I need to try and immerse myself into the enviroment of my character. It really helps!!

Don’t keep stopping to change words or think “I’m being to repetitive in my language” —just keep going and fix it later. At the end of ur writing session go back and google some synonyms!!!

Put down some bullet points of what you wanna write—give yourself a mini outline to work with.

Do not write something that you don’t wanna write!!! (Unless it’s for school then you kinda gotta) if someone requested a mushy love scene between two characters that you just loath DONT DO IT!!! It will probably be shit bc your heart is just not in it.

Try changing up what your writing! If you are stuck on your fanfic/book/essay/whatever and just can’t look at it any longer, try writing a one shot or drabble of something completely different.

Take a break and pet a furrybaby (or a slimy one idk what kind of wacko pets y’all have)!!

I hope this helped for some of you guys! I love you all so much and don’t ever give up on writing!!

KEEP GOING, KEEP IMPROVING, YOU GOT THIS!

❤️(◍•ڡ•◍)❤

*Looks at menu closely for 10 minutes*

“yeah i’ll order the exact same thing i order every single time i come here”

If you would be so kind as to reblog this if you feel insecure about your writing skills.

Big fat mood