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somecunttookmyurl · 2 years

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my boyfriend is not any flavour of queer. he says he "wishes he was" because queer people "just seem to understand the world so much" by which i assume he means we by default actually consider society wrt sex and gender, but he is unfortunately both cis and het. he's checked.

he carries around a copy of "the little book of lgbtq" in his backpack at all times in case he needs to look something up.

a good chunk of his youtube history is queer history / queer media / 'what it's like to be x' videos. he thinks all of you with the less famous identities (ie not the L G B or T) are very cool and funky and hopes you have a good day.

he knows he's straight because he has kissed men on several occasions and was not into it sexually. one of those times was a gay dude who promised to buy him drinks all night in exchange for a kiss and my boyfriend is nothing if not a wee whore. one of the others was kissing his gay friend who was depressed about not being able to hook up with anyone, because he is a very sweet wee whore.

he would do it again because he is very neutral on the kiss itself (not into it, but not grossed out by it. it's just a kiss, innit) and because he doesn't want people to be so lonely and sad that they cry in the smoking area of the club.

#i still think he has some gender fuckery going on that he hasnt unearthed yet #he grew up in a very MEN! ARE! MEN! community and is very insecure about his masculinity #he WANTS to be perceived as male but to the extent he frequently laments not being able to wear certain things bc they are 'too feminine'#and thinks women get cooler clothes than men #i mean we do but also you can just wear them it's goth attire its basically gender neutral by default #he started wearing (black) nail polish as a regular thing after we met and is just now branching out to other colours #he gets hit on by gay/bi men a lot which is funny bc he's always like #'i'm so sorry i WISH i was but i simply am not you are very handsome though'

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moe-broey · 5 days

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Got inspired to revisit this FEH comic redraw I did when it first dropped! Specifically these panels:

Ended up freestyling that second Xane though LMFAOO he is just so impish to me...

If you wanna get Old Art Jumpscared I'll also include the original sketch under cut!

AAAAAAAAA JUMPSACRE AAAAAAAAAHHH!!!!

In a way though, I'm glad that I dropped it and picked it up again later... like I feel like this isn't even from that long ago (guy who has no sense of the passage of time voice), but the characterization and even design of Moe is so different. The Scrunch and :< face were game changers for it LMFAOOO (also just making it autisticer 👍)

Beyond that I think everyone looks a lot better and closer to how I envision them, esp Loki!

#fire emblem #feh #please do not the moe. it doesn't like it :(#TRIED. to capture that really pretty hair gradient that's in loki's mythic but idk if i got it #i am really satisfied w the little changes i made to xane's pallette though! his halloween alt is just. So Red LMFAO #WHICH. UNDERSTANDABLE. that is his signature color. i feel like just a few changes pull it together more though #which does tempt me to do a full body art of him...... but don't hold me to it LMFAO #ALSO DAMN....... moe interactions with other charas that aren't the askr siblings/unofficial extended family.......#like in universe it probably happens frequently/casually but. it's rare for me to actually draw it LMFAOO #i just.... always have the askr siblings on my mind.......#also i am just deeply in love w alfonse here like. this WAS the initial pose i was imagining when i first drew this #i ended up cropping it so much though. wasn't as skilled in Drawing Really Small yet #also just. i feel like there's more layers here w the updated moe characterization like. he's not just In Too Deep for the summoner #he knows it really doesn't like that (being touched ESP without warning/permission).#like beyond his own feelings he has a reason to be so intensely protective. which i'm also sure #is what he tells himself.#they just have a really funny dynamic. that i hope shines through every now and again! 😅#fe alfonse #fe xane #fe loki #moe tag #summoner oc #my art #my comics

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seventh-district · 2 months

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i’ve just finished season one of TMA, and being someone who’s okay with spoilers is fun because it means i can peruse the wiki and scroll through the tag and i get to become privy to all sorts of weird, wonderful, halfway-out-of-context information that i get to look forward to understanding in the future

like. what do you mean Leitner’s in the tunnels?

what do you mean Jon eats the extinguished sun??

what do you mean it’s spelled Gerard Keay???

#Jon‚ narrating a statement: '…whose passport had identified him as Gerard Keay.'#Me‚ an American‚ not yet in the habit of following along with the transcripts: 'Ah‚ yes. Jared Key.'#tma spoilers #the magnus archives #gerry keay #gerard keay #tma #i’m sorry but Why do british ppl apparently pronounce Gerard like that how do y’all audibly tell Gerard and Jared apart #anyways based on how i’ve glossed over the other two arguably much more shocking revelations i mentioned #i’m sure you can tell that i’ve latched onto Gerry and everything else is just background noise to me #okay that’s an exaggeration. i Do love the entire show and am invested in the entire cast to varying degrees but.#Gerry… my beloved… his role in Ep. 12 hooked me instantly #it’s bad‚ guys. ive already started making him a playlist. it’s safe to say there’s no hope for me. the fixation train has left the station #Gerry (and Michael) have moved in and will live rent free in my brain indefinitely #listen. you can’t just present to me a cryptic goth man with long poorly dyed black hair and mommy issues who’s covered in eye tattoos-#-and is frequently affiliated with the supernatural and then expect me to Not fall in love with him!!!#*looks at DoorKeay* …and i am also not immune to the opposites attract & human x supernatural entity tropes…#tbh looking at all this DoorKeay fan art has me suddenly remembering my EraserMic days #which is a wild thing to say i know but listen. it’s just the whole long-black-hair x long-blonde-hair similarity #and maybe a bit of the opposite personalities. idk why but i was just admiring one particular DoorKeay fanart and it suddenly hit me #i literally whispered to myself out loud ‘holy shit it’s EraserMic again…’ and it's not Really but also it kinda is and i think it's funny #but then i did More thinking and i think it goes beyond just them. i think i rlly just have a thing for Dark & Light coded character ships #Michael & Gerry… Navia & Chlorinde... Sun & Moon… Mic & Aizawa…#i think i’m learning smthn abt myself now i’ve gotta think if there’s more examples…#i'd almost say Alphonse and Seth but eeehhh not quite. and honestly i think the bigger-brain way to see their relationship through the-#-Dark x Light trope would be to take into account the resurgence of DM!Al and that kinds flips the dynamic #i think that if either of them are Moon-coded it'd be DM!Al. but they honestly just don't quite fit in that trope's box anyways #they're Pink/Black x Brown coded. not Yellow x Black #i do gotta say that i've pulled an Interesting number of songs off Seth's playlist while working on Gerry's... it's the mommy issues innit #i'd almost say PB x Marcy but once again we've got a character that's pink-coded‚ not yellow. i think they fall into a different category

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mattodore · 8 months

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anon be honest... are you wearing a wire

#river dipping #sdfhlkdjhkn no but uhhhhhh #am i reading this wrong or are you asking if he's ever beat the shit out of someone kjfnkhjnkjn #because he's someone who frequently flouts the law lmao... like he does not care #and i could talk about all of that easily but when you mention it being specific behavior that hurts people...........#the only thing that comes to mind is has he ever physically harmed someone...#which. like. yeah. multiple people... some way worse than others...#but to go into the ''why'' of some of that would mean i'd have to explain some information about theo i've not mentioned before...#and idk if i want to do that just yet...#because yeah he's been in a lot of fights but the worst thing he's ever done was almost killing someone... and it's bc of theo in a way...#so like... hm.#this isn't me answering you just yet................... i will get back to you on this when my brain is functioning better #just give me some time on this one...... i have to decide what all i want to share and how far back i'm willing to go...#i might walk this back tho... depends.#maybe i'll just be vague abt the why of it all.......... idk.#idk idk will circle back to this i promise #i just gotta think abt it for a while #so give me a bit <3 #also hi again friends and lovers..... i only slept for two hours and feel so ill but let's move on <3 #putting on my i'm so normal cosplay and ignoring that

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mejomonster · 9 months

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If enough of you hype me up with (hopefully not false) promises, I will watch Hannibal and liveblog it

Caveat: I like horror but I have a lot of sad tummy health issues so if for some reason the food scenes get too triggering it will just not be the show For me which is okay. Just means I won't finish the show

#rant #hannibal #i mean. im watching riverdale now to figure out if i actually like it so. why the fuck not #and regarding tummy issues?#lets just say somrtimes people sharing a meal or enjoying the cooking process reminds me of sad fuckef up stuff i go thru #so like yes even Our Dining Table and Beyond Evil diner scenes sometimes Hurt alas :c #so like. if hannibal makes it so divorced ftom sharing a loving meal? wooh good for me #if hannibal does likr many stories and equates food to a love language? if its done too frequently i may not be able to watch show #which is the BIGGEST reason i havent watched it yet to be frank with you #seeing people bond while eating makes me hella depressed #cause i wish i could do that too but all too often i cant #cause my tummy actively hates me

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abusivelittlebunny · 10 months

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Eli Sunday would wear this.

He absolutely fucking would omg imagine. Daniel doesn't rip it off of him because he likes the lingerie too much for that but he'll stain it with plenty of Eli's blood during sex which makes both of them like it more.

#eli sunday outfit folder #im still living the modern au babysitter paul and eli and billionaire single father Daniel fantasy which i never ended up writing #where daniel first takes on paul as a babysitter and tutor for HW so Daniel also has something pretty and pliant to fuck when he goes home #but Paul can't always make it so Eli substitutes and adds some unnecessary religious teaching to HW's lessons which makes #Daniel's blood boil but its also confusing bc Eli shares the same face and body with the boy he's been fucking on the daily so he wants #to beat Eli into a sticky pulp but also fuck him over the counter until he can't walk. he ends up doing both and surprisingly both paul #and eli are into it so now daniel has two twins frequenting his bed who want to get beaten and bruised and fight physically and get abused #and fucked in the nastiest way possible sometimes even together and before daniel knows it he's going to bed with both insane boys #waiting for him on either side of the bed with his belt ready in the middle and their bruises from yesterday not yet faded #is it healthy? no. is it toxic and abusive and morally questionable and disturbing? hell yes. do they all love it? baby you know it.#daniel x eli #there will be blood

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twelvedaysinaugust · 1 year

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#I really think that anon going around about AOTV is a troll #idk if cinemas regularly screen films for their employees to make sure they work properly (?)#especially in the digital age #something about that seems a little eh to me but idk enough either way #but it’s weird to me that the anon would reveal which cinema they work at #if they’re seeing unreleased films #more importantly #the blog who received the anon had kind of been a frequent target of zot3 #and the talking points about drinking and smoking and swearing all sound like that blog verbatim #plus the fact that multiple blogs have now received asks like #have you seen this?#do you think it’s true?#makes me think it’s a troll trying to start drama #obviously I could be wrong but that was my initial reaction to that anon #either way I’d encourage everyone to not get too worried or pressed #about a documentary that we haven’t even seen yet :)

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quaddmgd · 1 year

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#i love this park so much #it feels concealed from the entire city #hidden deep beneath the treetops #if i were living in night city i'd go there frequently to clear my head #these screenshots kinda remind me of ghostwire tokyo #which i haven't played yet but i plan on doing so #cyberpunk 2077 #cyberpunk game #female v #oc: crystal hartley #screen.qd

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sonofsin · 10 months

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actually it'd be great if an asthma attack would kill me about now

#so the main system has somewhat of a friendship with our neighbor who is. well we don't feel particularly safe with him tbh #he's lowkey a transphobic conservative but we didn't find that out until we'd already hung out multiple times #he's also a stoner and works at a local dispensary #so we see him pretty frequently and it's not exactly like we can back out. it's not a wonderful situation but it's what it is #well. most nights I come outside and smoke on our floor's back deck. I sit right outside our door (corner unit so we have one)#there's only one door for the rest of the floor which is on the other side of the deck from our door #he's out here. I have NEVER seen him out here this late. it's 3 AM.#I do NOT want to talk to him or engage with him at all. I don't want him to see me #I'm lucky he hasn't yet.#the only reason he hasnt is because the light on this side is burnt out and it's pretty shadowy where I am #but I can't keep smoking or he'll notice #and I can't get up to go back inside or he'll notice #he's literally right across from me like 15 meters away #it's 3 AM!!!!! go back inside!!!!#he won't. I know he won't. I'm fucking trapped #please. please kill me.

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gibbearish · 1 year

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#had an issue a while ago where my bf was leaving his dirty clothes in piles on the floor which is fine except when the piles #are kept in the same room as the litterbox and the cat takes that as a cue to start pissing in piles of clothes #so i told him he couldnt do it anymore he said ok and then a bit later i caught the cat right as he was abt to piss in said clothes again #and when i was like 'hey i said you cant do this it can ruin your clothes if it gets left there' and he was like 'oh yeah i know but it's #my clothes so that's a risk i just decided to take' which uhhhh No????? no in so many ways?????????#but i didnt process how wack that is at the time so i just moved on and was like 'no but for real you cant do this anymore like not #a suggestion like legit This Cannot Continur Happening bc the end of this road is that the cat learns pissing in clothes piles is #ok whenever he wants' which did actually get him to stop but that was apparently enough learning time for mr carrot #we've had a few issues with it not toooo bad but its definitely been getting steadily more frequent #anyways guess whose electric blanket got pissed in today bc he left it in a pile on the floor and taught the cat its ok to piss in those #im having trouble giving a shit about it in the ways i should #like. idc that the blanket is maybe ruined #when he bought it he said it was for both of us but its just his so like idc but what i AM feeling is mad at him #cause like. i told him not to #and i shouldn't have HAD to tell him not to‚ 'the cat is pissing in my clothes so i will make it no longer possible for that to happen'#should be a no brainer i cannot imagine going 'welp i guess if it happens it happens' ITS PISS IN YOUR CLOTHES SITTING STALE FOR #WHO KNOWS HOW LONG and now we have to be hypervigilant abt Any Fabric Ever and who knows if itll escalate even further #hes already escalated from exclusively floor fabric to pissing in MY clothes that i was keeping on a table #like. the next stop is obviously couches/beds but like once they learn something its real hard to train them not to #and im just. frustrated that this is just gonna be yet another thing i have to deal with all the time when he shouldve just #Not Decided It Was Fine For The Cat To Piss In His Clothes In The First Place Hello?????!!!#but i also feel bad bc i feel like im holding a grudge about something small but i also Cant Let It Go #usually when the thing im mad abt is something insignificant its annoying for a bit then i let go but im just like !!!!!! what the fuck!!!!#idk. whatever #its his problem now idk how to get the heating psrt separate from the blanket part so i just sprayed some urine enzyme #on it and he can figure out wtf to do with in once he gets home in like two hours #and if thats too long and the smell gets baked in. oh well i guess #he hasnt been able to smell since we got covid anyways so like. its whatever i guess he can stew in a cat piss blanket if he wants #but i also cant tell if this is just a side effect of my General Irritability over the last few months and i really am mad abt nothing #ESPECIALLY because i keep saying it doesnt really directly effect me at this point then its like ok why are you so mad abt it then

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earlyspringtranscendence · 2 years

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i wish betting on wrestling was like a thing because while i would never win if i bet on anything else (am bad at recognising patterns that actually mean anything) i would cash in soooooo much because i can ALWAYS tell when a jericho feud’s gonna run way too long again 😌

#hello hi . im stressed out this fair sunday evening #feel like im failing at school already its been like a month and yet #one of my teachers v much implied i'd fail her assignment if i didnt do a bunch of extra shit and like #theres reasons for it that i can see from her side but theres also just the issue that i told her about of like #i just dont know how to work with that many materials and slash or i cant go out and buy all these things right now #and then she's like well go down to xyz and ask them to do it for you and its like honey i dont know why you think we've got such a like #mutually beneficial relationship going on between all the applied and fine arts in this school like #thats a fiction that lives in your head ... especially after we just didn't exist in this school for a whole year #and anyway. i went ahead and tried some different materials and its just like. you cant make up what an insane failure thats been #and its not that i didnt try my best its just that like idk what she wants from me #cause anyway theres a reason i picked the materials that i did the first time round #changing those just kinda changes the meaning of the thing in general... which is something SHE teaches us #anyway. and tomorrow i have class w someone who i'm Difficult with (as in like i have a hard time around her im not purposefully difficult)#(its just that she makes me feel that way cause of the 'tism and cause of the fact she thinks she knows how to handle the 'tism)#(she doesnt)#and again i did a lot of work for her im just sure she's gonna expect me to have done more #but in my defense. i need to go to the doctor and see if they can prescribe me some form of ritalin bc my exhaustion was so bad last wk #and has been bad for a hot second lately #and theres really only so much i can do with the spoons at hand #anyway. and im also Sad Right Now because ive been ignored and interrupted while saying things a little too frequently recently #and im not laughing. im having a Time.#i didnt even have that bad of a week all things considered but goddd i need a break

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confinesofmy · 2 years

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my life is such a mindfuck rn because i'm running around giving constructive advice, helping solve major problems, and generally being the first to chime in with an optimistic comment but also. i am in the deepest darkest pit i have ever even heard of and if you ask me direct questions about what i'm looking forward to or my plans for the next year or anything like that it becomes immediately clear that i can't see a future beyond this week. it's not that i don't think i have a future. i don't know why i wouldn't have one. but i refuse to plan for it on an emotional level. i'm not getting invested, you can't fucking trick me. i don't even care if the things i am actually planning for happen, like i'll get ready, sure, but i don't give a shit either way. i'm functioning on such a high level but i'm totally dead inside. :(

#the major problem here is that i'm indicating an overall sense of hopefulness #yet people around me are frequently bumping into my deep sense of despair #and it's scaring the shit out of them #i'm like a gilded staircase with one step that's rotted in but you can't tell which one because of the absolutely gorgeous carpet runner #so you're just walking up and suddenly you fall right fucking through and now you're trapped in the damned thing #idk what i can do #at least i'm functioning? god it feels awful i feel like i'm sick all the time #i don't even feel like a person #i don't feel like i'm running on autopilot anymore i feel like there's nothing left but the autopilot #all this while making major decisions that will affect my life for decades to come ahaha ha 🙃#adams year from hell

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crystalkleure · 2 years

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Where’s my fucking host

#[DON'T REBLOG THIS I can't figure out how to turn reblogs off I think I just don't have access to that toggle yet]#I keep being the one that's awake the most. That is Maxi's job.#I am BARELY seeing him these past few. Uh. Days? Or weeks? It has been awhile.#Why am I stuck in front I'm horrible at it #.It speaks #.Rua 🦄#I feel distinctly like The B Team. I am not supposed to be the one running shit. I Am Only Made To Hold The Fort Temporarily.#Let me off of Ms. Violently Abusive Housemate's Wild Ride I don't know how to deal with this long-term #>My brain: Makes a guy who is really REALLY good at Being Invisible And Not Bothering Anybody #>Also my brain: Forces that guy to keep dealing with a situation in which he is not allowed to hide #We can't just stay in our fucking room all day. That Enrages Our Mother. She gets really mad about being ignored.#We have to come out pretty frequently and entertain her. That Is Maxi's Job. I don't know how to do it.

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chisatowo · 2 years

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Ruikasa king had to be made to try to cover up the fact that wxs have hands down the best covers overall of all the units sorry that I had to be the one to break the news to y'all /j

#rat rambles #sekai posting #to be fair they do have their fair share of bad covers but their good covers are GOOD man #theyre at their best when it comes to bringing a sense of warmth and joy to a song that cant rly do that with one singer #basically as a unit I think their singing fits together best of the units when their at their best #that being said their king cover is comically bad so I still adore it but also its so bad sorry yall #if you wanna ruin your ears overlay it with roselia king its a horrible experience would reccomend 10/10 #yknow I actually rly wish I could like 25ji covers more since I love the characters and I at least see potential in all their voices #but their voices just. dont mesh a lot of the times.#although to be fair that one is largely kanade's fault she cannot help out in more intense songs #Im not saying all their covers are bad but theres like none of them I frequently listen to over the vocaloid version #except for kanade solo covers and identity because Im biased <3 #although at least I have opinions on them leo need have yet to gain an opionion of mine that isnt negative or nothing dhskhxkdhdj #Im sure theyd have something I like if I dug a bit but at the very least none of the group covers rly call to me #also they did that teo cover which is an actual crime I think

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moinsbienquekaworu · 2 years

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But also I can't just go up to my closest friend and say "actually I kinda wish you didn't find a girlfriend because while I do want you to be as happy as humanly possible I don't want to become a lukewarm second best when she's not available to do things :) " Like you simply cannot go up to someone and say that. What would they even answer?? Because the obvious thing to say is "that won't happen, I value you and our friendship" but 1) how can you know 2) love isn't limited but time sure is 3) amatonormativity. But I just can't SAY THAT that's just weird and not cool to him, that's just me having a problem

#today on 'ram is struggling with aromanticism and relationships'#which is partially why i told him i had a crush on him #like if I'M the girlfriend we're good #but that's a bad reason to date someone so that didn't work out #i feel like i'm making evil plans or whatever #to be clear i am not. when they get a girlfriend i'll be happy for them! he's a super cool person and he deserves a lot of joy!#but like. it's understandable i don't want us to drift apart i think #i can SEE the evenings we spend in vc becoming less frequent. i just - KNOW we'll end up drifting apart #it's already happened it will happen again #and i'll accept my fate when it happens!#i'll be fine with seeing each other less and i won't be an annoying idiot #i'm already doing it with other friends #but i'm a little happy it's not happening quite yet #god it's gonna be like that my entire life actually #bummed myself out :) that's cool :)#wow i have a ramble tag now

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reasonsforhope · 5 months

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No paywall version here.

"Two and a half years ago, when I was asked to help write the most authoritative report on climate change in the United States, I hesitated...

In the end, I said yes, but reluctantly. Frankly, I was sick of admonishing people about how bad things could get. Scientists have raised the alarm over and over again, and still the temperature rises. Extreme events like heat waves, floods and droughts are becoming more severe and frequent, exactly as we predicted they would. We were proved right. It didn’t seem to matter.

Our report, which was released on Tuesday, contains more dire warnings. There are plenty of new reasons for despair. Thanks to recent scientific advances, we can now link climate change to specific extreme weather disasters, and we have a better understanding of how the feedback loops in the climate system can make warming even worse. We can also now more confidently forecast catastrophic outcomes if global emissions continue on their current trajectory.

But to me, the most surprising new finding in the Fifth National Climate Assessment is this: There has been genuine progress, too.

I’m used to mind-boggling numbers, and there are many of them in this report. Human beings have put about 1.6 trillion tons of carbon in the atmosphere since the Industrial Revolution — more than the weight of every living thing on Earth combined. But as we wrote the report, I learned other, even more mind-boggling numbers. In the last decade, the cost of wind energy has declined by 70 percent and solar has declined 90 percent. Renewables now make up 80 percent of new electricity generation capacity. Our country’s greenhouse gas emissions are falling, even as our G.D.P. and population grow.

In the report, we were tasked with projecting future climate change. We showed what the United States would look like if the world warms by 2 degrees Celsius. It wasn’t a pretty picture: more heat waves, more uncomfortably hot nights, more downpours, more droughts. If greenhouse emissions continue to rise, we could reach that point in the next couple of decades. If they fall a little, maybe we can stave it off until the middle of the century. But our findings also offered a glimmer of hope: If emissions fall dramatically, as the report suggested they could, we may never reach 2 degrees Celsius at all.

For the first time in my career, I felt something strange: optimism.

And that simple realization was enough to convince me that releasing yet another climate report was worthwhile.

Something has changed in the United States, and not just the climate. State, local and tribal governments all around the country have begun to take action. Some politicians now actually campaign on climate change, instead of ignoring or lying about it. Congress passed federal climate legislation — something I’d long regarded as impossible — in 2022 as we turned in the first draft.

[Note: She's talking about the Inflation Reduction Act and the Infrastructure Act, which despite the names were the two biggest climate packages passed in US history. And their passage in mid 2022 was a big turning point: that's when, for the first time in decades, a lot of scientists started looking at the numbers - esp the ones that would come from the IRA's funding - and said "Wait, holy shit, we have an actual chance."]

And while the report stresses the urgency of limiting warming to prevent terrible risks, it has a new message, too: We can do this. We now know how to make the dramatic emissions cuts we’d need to limit warming, and it’s very possible to do this in a way that’s sustainable, healthy and fair.

The conversation has moved on, and the role of scientists has changed. We’re not just warning of danger anymore. We’re showing the way to safety.

I was wrong about those previous reports: They did matter, after all. While climate scientists were warning the world of disaster, a small army of scientists, engineers, policymakers and others were getting to work. These first responders have helped move us toward our climate goals. Our warnings did their job.

To limit global warming, we need many more people to get on board... We need to reach those who haven’t yet been moved by our warnings. I’m not talking about the fossil fuel industry here; nor do I particularly care about winning over the small but noisy group of committed climate deniers. But I believe we can reach the many people whose eyes glaze over when they hear yet another dire warning or see another report like the one we just published.

The reason is that now, we have a better story to tell. The evidence is clear: Responding to climate change will not only create a better world for our children and grandchildren, but it will also make the world better for us right now.

Eliminating the sources of greenhouse gas emissions will make our air and water cleaner, our economy stronger and our quality of life better. It could save hundreds of thousands or even millions of lives across the country through air quality benefits alone. Using land more wisely can both limit climate change and protect biodiversity. Climate change most strongly affects communities that get a raw deal in our society: people with low incomes, people of color, children and the elderly. And climate action can be an opportunity to redress legacies of racism, neglect and injustice.

I could still tell you scary stories about a future ravaged by climate change, and they’d be true, at least on the trajectory we’re currently on. But it’s also true that we have a once-in-human-history chance not only to prevent the worst effects but also to make the world better right now. It would be a shame to squander this opportunity. So I don’t just want to talk about the problems anymore. I want to talk about the solutions. Consider this your last warning from me."

-via New York Times. Opinion essay by leading climate scientist Kate Marvel. November 18, 2023.

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