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Liv M

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Continuation of a Tumblr post by user my-quirk-is-fred

AND added long-screenshot for the whole post in one picture. Save to your device and it should be readable.

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Continuation of a Tumblr text post by user my-quirk-is-fred, with an added reblog by the same user, that reads as follows:

"Note: this can apply to all genders. Even those who don't fall into the epidemic.

I'm just focused on mainly the male loneliness epidemic in this post."

A long-screenshot image of the entire post. Illegible unless seemingly saved and then zoomed in on.

May 7, 2025 at 8:22 AM

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Rae Radford

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#BookSky

July 7, 2025 at 6:54 PM

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bjchesterfield.bsky.social

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July 4, 2025 at 2:38 AM

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Tim Onion

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Every flashbang could instead be a meal for a poor kid. Every hotel room for a National Guardsman deployed to fire at our neighbors could house a homeless vet. Every "less-than-lethal" bullet pulled from a journalist's eye could be already needed healthcare for anyone else. All of this is a choice.

June 11, 2025 at 4:22 PM

Liv M

@livm711.bsky.social

This fucks.
#Spiderverse
#GwenStacy
#Venom
#GwendolynStacy
#Gwenom
#Spider-Gwen

rico. @whoisrico.bsky.social · May 29

In an effort to have more prints by me and not just colored by me at shows, I drew this Spider-Gwen / Gwenom thing. I really want to make black shirts with that logo in white but I don't know if anyone but me would want them. That's never stopped me before though.

May 29, 2025 at 5:49 PM

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ᑕᕼᗴᖇYᒪ

@cheryl2877.bsky.social

I absolutely agree with this! It’s so sad that millions don’t.

#Pinks

Just because something doesn’t affect you personally, doesn’t mean you shouldn’t care about it. We, as humans should desire to see others free from suffering

May 29, 2025 at 3:47 PM

Liv M

@livm711.bsky.social

Omfg aww

Paul Tobin @paultobin.bsky.social · May 28

This is the best team crossover video I've ever seen.

May 28, 2025 at 8:03 PM

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Kenny Akers

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We can keep discussing these societal issues year after year, but nothing is likely to change. Instead, it’s up to you to take proactive steps to protect yourself and your family and live with the reassurance that you can protect your life if the threat arises—plain and simple.

May 27, 2025 at 4:21 AM

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LorennaCleary.bsky.social

@lorennacleary.bsky.social

So the Real ID is meaningless if you’re brown?

May 24, 2025 at 6:10 PM

Liv M

@livm711.bsky.social

Lmfao love this.
#FuckConfederacy

joe ho ho @24fps.bsky.social · May 25

oh there's a 'lost cause' alright;
they're mad 'cause they lost, lol

May 25, 2025 at 11:41 PM

Liv M

@livm711.bsky.social

#Capitalism
#FuckCapitalism

May 25, 2025 at 11:38 PM

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Mercury Stardust

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My cat kept biting electrical cords! 😱 This is how I fixed that!

May 25, 2025 at 10:45 PM

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Robby Roadsteamer

@roadsteamer.bsky.social

The Proud Boys were at The Capitol bragging about their Insurrection... So I stormed them 💙🌈🦅

May 22, 2025 at 2:09 PM

Liv M

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#IMPORTANT #REALSHIT #Men'sHealth #MentalHealth #Men'sMentalHealth
#MaleLoneliness #MaleLonelinessEpidemic #TheMaleLonelinessEpidemic

A Take on the Male Loneliness Epidemic.
Amazingly articulated by "my-quirk-is-fred" on Tumblr!

www.tumblr.com/my-quirk-is-...

www.tumblr.com/my-quirk-is-...

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A Tumblr text post by user my-quirk-is-fred, made May 6th, 2025, that reads as follows:

"My take on the male loneliness epidemic:
It's real, but not only is it not what people believe it to be, but it's also not actually treated accurately by those that claim they are affected by it.

The cause of the epidemic is not one thing, not one factor, but a multitude of reasons that even men refuse to acknowledge and consider.

Whenever I see a man (and in some cases women), usually right leaning or incel-like, go on a tangent about the epidemic, it usually comes down to how they cannot get female strangers specifically to validate them. Seriously. There are men who complain about how women don't appreciate or trust them (ex: bear vs man hypothetical), how they can't get anything out of them (ex: a relationship), etc, and it always seems to actually downplay the epidemic that they claim to be effected by.

If you are lonely because you want a woman to validate you, then that is a self inflicted expectation that was inflated by the real issue. Women are not the real reason you're lonely.

Gay men are also affected by the same epidemic as straight men. And it's not women who make them lonely."

Continuation of a Tumblr text post by user my-quirk-is-fred, that reads as follows:

"So what is the cause of male loneliness? What is the root issue? And what is it that contributes and continues the epidemic?

Let's dive into this, shall we...?

1. The Start.

The male loneliness epidemic actually starts when you are a child. As a young boy, you are expected to be tough, responsible, in control, etc all while the adults push the expectations of getting a wife or girlfriend on you.

You are expected to wear and like 'boy' colors, you are expected to like rough sports that may not have been your choice to begin with, you are expected to have your personal boundaries broken if it doesn't align with the adult's wants (ex: they cut off your long hair because it's 'gay')

If you cry, they mock you for being pathetic.

If you emotionally reach out to another boy, you are called gay by your equally affected peers and adults."

Continuation of a Tumblr text post by user my-quirk-is-fred, that reads as follows:

"If you reach out to a girl, everyone assumes you are romantically interested in her, which leads to you or the girl distancing yourselves from each other.

You are not allowed to develop emotionally, you are not allowed to explore boundaries and relationships, and you are not allowed to be human.

That. That is the core. The beginning of the infection.

It's not your fault. You don't deserve to be beaten or mocked when you cry.

But unfortunately, that is going to be ingrained into you for the next several years...

2. Growing Expectations.

As you get older, people expect you to take on bigger responsibilities and they expect you to like it. They want marriage and to grow up faster than is possible. They expect you to 'man up' while giving mixed signals about the opposite sex."

Continuation of a Tumblr text post by user my-quirk-is-fred, that reads as follows:

"'You don't need a woman but you need a womann to have your emotional, physical, and spiritual needs met.'

Women are treated as both the answer to your problems AND the cause of them. It confuses and hurts your mental health without you understating and it leads to unrealistic expectations. And it doesn't help that your deprivation of emotional connections to non-romantic is screaming for something to relieve it.

You now expect to have a spouse or a woman to fill that gaping hole that the adults in your childhood had dug and infected with confusing and damaging ideas.

You expect to get a high labor job that could literally kill you to prove your worth to this nonexistent woman, your peers, your mentors... and yourself.

You are at a stage where you have mental blocks that are keeping you from reaching out to people, developing your emotional intelligence, and understanding the growing hurt you are feeling due to shame and fear."

May 7, 2025 at 8:22 AM

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NOH8 Campaign

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Salem City Council unanimously passed a resolution to make the City of Salem a sanctuary city for transgender and gender diverse people #NOH8

May 6, 2025 at 2:27 AM

Liv M

@livm711.bsky.social

#Important #History #BayView #Wisconsin #BayViewWisconsin #Milwaukee #BayViewMilwaukee
#Protest #TheHaymarketAffair
#HaymarketAffair #PoliceBrutality

Isaac Rowlett @isaacrowlett.bsky.social · May 5

Did you know the “weekend” and working only 8 hours per day used to be considered a radical, liberal idea?

139 years ago today, in Bay View, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 7 workers (including a 13 yo) lost their lives to advance this revolutionary idea.

A 🧵

Black and white etching-style triptych showing 8 hours for work on the left, 8 hours for rest in the middle, and 8 hours for “what we will” on the right

May 6, 2025 at 9:32 AM

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The Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv)

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"They want obedient workers. People who are just smart enough to run the machines and do the paperwork and just dumb enough to passively accept all these increasingly shittier jobs with the lower pay the longer hours the reduced benefits the end of overtime and the vanishing pension" ~George Carlin

April 25, 2025 at 10:49 PM

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