windowlicker [she/her]

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Cake day: May 3rd, 2023

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  • i think they’re a great idea and they’re pretty fun to ride, but i really don’t enjoy how fast people go with them on busy sidewalks with lots of pedestrians and how they’re just left to clutter up sidewalks when people throw them to the ground after use. they’re not much else than an annoyance on tighter sidewalks to me, but i’m sure to people who require mobility aids they can make life really difficult.












  • mcdonald’s is franchised, so locations are technically owned and operated by independent owners. the franchisee that owned all the israeli locations gave the free meals to the IOF and in response corporate is buying back their locations from the franchisee. corporate shows no intention of stopping doing business in israel.









  • in russia it has historically been very similar to the rest of europe. heavy suppression of homosexual activity (criminalization of sodomy, especially in the army) in the imperial era but with a queer underground that existed in traditionally masculine spaces and brothels. the tsarist code of law was abolished after the revolution, and with it the anti-sodomy law, but unfortunately the medical/psychiatric structure of the RSFSR and the USSR as a whole was plagued by conservative views that pathologized queerness. this queerphobia in the psychiatric system lead to it being abused for finding extralegal means to repress homosexual behaviors in the 20s. this kind of changed with the first five year plan and trans people were given a little more legal leeway but in kind of a strange spot. trans people were often allowed to exist and transition legally, and in one case a trans woman was permitted by a local people’s court in kazan to obtain a female name and documents stating she was a female. though it was seen more with the lens of “there’s something psychologically wrong with these people, but letting them change their gender will treat some of that psychological pain”. if you’re interested in more about this, homosexual desire in revolutionary russia has a lot of historical information thats been translated from original documents, just be wary of the looming liberal ideology that the author sprinkles in there. just stick to the historical information in there and make your own conclusions.