"As a tattoo artist, I feel like there are enough guys out there with Joaquin Phoenix Joker tattoos. But hear me out, I have an idea for something more original that I think you'll love."

Does everyone who listens to subliminals all night have AdBlock? Subliminal Interstitials would be a cool name for something.

I don't know how much longer still it'll take for all the routine inheritance stuff to be finished, but if any falcon cult has use for a small summer cottage & plot of land in rural Kangasala (where you can somehow still hear a highway) and can give me a ride there sometimes...

Sorry had to rant about the superficial mainstream acceptance of ToF in Finland, it has nothing to do with our tolerant fatherland's critical appreciation for queer art, it's just him being famous and having "Finland" in the name. Finlayson is ok though, they don't sell at that Nazi retail chain.

And bc that film was directed at an international market, of course they could only trust it to be largely made by straights. His imagery fits into the still quite restrictive masculinity here (I have some art books from under Franco the far right couldn't find any statue material in).

People talk openly about WWII as Winter and Continuation wars, and while many want him to be this symbol of Finnish openness, more would see it as disrespectful of veterans if the biopic started with seeing a Finnish soldier as a subject of gay lust.

For years he was only in foreign media (I first heard in TKITH), later bc of his fame and Finns commitment to caring about what foreigners think of us, there was a statue of him proposed by a far-right politician. A retail chain refused to stock the stamps, but not the one owned by a nazi.

@caelan.bsky.social Re: legacy of Tom of Finland, it was interesting hear what the foundation is doing, as opposed to the huge exhibit of his work that just finished in Finland. His name alone is excellent branding for a country that did away with forced sterilization for trans people a year ago.

This wasn't always so intensely branded as PRISON STUFF. The predecessor to this store also sold crafts made by young people recovering from mental illness, including some that I made in a program that was very helpful, despite not training me to sit in front of a computer: www.kakolanmyymala.com

So I have been put on a divine mission to convince people that Finland sucks. I just had a job interview that went great, other than a tiny little thing they mentioned in passing: their training data is labeled by incarcerated people.

OMG this train, what a place: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezyQ...

Society has quietly admitted that positive eugenics is totally cool. Ask a doctor about birth control options as a young white student, an immigrant POC with kids, or while incarcerated. The recommended options will likely prioritize preserving fertility regardless of your priorities in 1/3.

The word of the year should have been putsch.

"I've heard from members of sexual minorites that they find these explicit, happy depictions of gay sex liberating" boomed the museum guide leading a group of 20 other upper middle class women into the exhibit of leather daddy orgies and the like, so loud I couldn't hear my gay date talk.

Thinking about where else the resources that went into putting trash cans behind an access code could have been spent on. Power outages are not uncommon here, and during those hours you just can't take out the trash. One of The Most Advanced Civilizations on Earth!

Having lived in more "Eastern" and "Southern" countries for a decade, where *for some reason* everything is assumed to be worse, especially infrastructure, I never experienced more than a brief power outage. Here hours-long ones are so common they have an app for tracking them.

I want to know if there are more examples of 90's/00's cheesy European pop videos that are also ads for the local armed forces (excluding the Balkans). Please let there be an Italian one.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rER...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXPa...

Typical American individualism... Meanwhile in collectivist Sweden: www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rER...

I don't have designs for my own religion, this grift would be secular:
1. "Libertarian" can mean a lot of things
2. Criticism of the State is far more common from the right in the mainstream
3. I do think local culture and language are under threat, just not by immigrants
4. ???
5. Profit

It is not responsible coverage when the photo illustration might as well be an ad for a Nazi MMA gym, a decades old problem known to anyone even a little antifascist and involved in combat sports. I don't have a subscription to read this, and neither will the new recruits this will attract.

This one is bigger and I haven't found a frame for it yet, but it is a whimsical reminder to keep it down and not disturb neighbors.

Not sure whether to have this visible on my balcony or by my front door to best express my opposition to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Assuming truth in advertising to be part of ethical consumption, how come more second hand clothing is labeled "pre-loved" instead of "sloppy seconds"?

I have a sweater from the 70's/80's in storage, and literally has a patch on the chest showing it's unisex. Made in Eastern Europe. This is not frivolous, considering the direction they're going in, and are allowed to go in. Very likely you haven't heard of this: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Br...

While in high fashion, probably the most famous images from the 70's are Helmut Newton's work featuring YSL's Le Smoking. Robin Osler, on the right in the third image, is still modeling today as seen in the fourth picture. Warning for breasts.

Some more Tradition I wish we'd Retvrn to. Especially the flares, because a small difference (or ok, not that small) in how a fabric is cut and sewn together from the usual for your perceived gender is can be really tough on some unfortunate people.

TurningPoint USA wanted attendees of their Young Women's Leadership Summit to dress in 70-inspired clothing, and I was disappointed to learn that their reference point was the degenerate celebrities of Studio 54 and not the unisex fashion worn by my parents when they first met (and still married).

On a practical level it often feels like outside certain local communities, trans visibility was a mistake. Just bad opsec.

There were 12 voicemails already when I took out the SIM card, after blocking as she tried to call me 30 times in an hour after midnight. I haven't listened to them, I know she will be screaming threats, inane insults at me and my dog etc., but I'd like to be able to use that number again.

Any knowledge on how get texts, missed calls and voicemails into a format that could be sent to the police in two countries? I mean, it's all prob useless bc I have anti-cop connections, people think I'm AMAB and she's a cis woman, but if the useless bastards could just visit, or even call her.