I just remembered my second Pride, where I made different flag themed daisy chain bracelets/necklaces to hand out. I need folks to understand something:
They were free.
They were fucking free.
They were maybe ¢60 of acrylic yarn each at the most, and the whole ziploc bag of them took 2 hours max.
Three people gave me sad eyes until I took their money.
Someone who was clearly the mom friend of their group made me take a $5 and gave a 10 minute pep talk.
At least four more people insisted on getting change to pay for the, once again, free bracelets.
In spite of all these shenanigans, the absolute best was this one person who I can only describe as, “queer surfer dude who looks like a boyfriend who looks like a girlfriend.” I can remember nothing of the outfit, only the impeccable vibes. I did the same thing I did with everyone else, explaining the bracelets were free, and they nodded along as they took the last 6 strand rainbow bracelet. As soon as they had it on their wrist, they pointed at something over my shoulder and, like a fool, I looked.
Next thing I know, they’re running off cackling, yelling, “YOU’LL NEVER CATCH ME!” and I’m holding a fucking $20. I had to stop at least two people from chasing them, cause they thought the person stole something, and then they tried to give me money cause they thought it was funny seeing me flail over people being Too Nice.
That was the year I got reverse-robbed at Pride. I hope everyone out there is having a good time and, in particular, that queer surfer dude is out there still causing benevolent chaos.
scientists in media: we have engineered a brand-new sentient lifeform in our lab but we treat it like an object with cold detachment and refer to as Specimen 1-A and subject it to horrible tests without remorse
scientists in reality: we built two robots that will leave Earth and never return and their names are Percy and Ginny and we gave Percy a family portrait of all our other Mars robots to take along with it and when the anniversary of its landing comes around we’re working on teaching it to sing itself “happy birthday” like we did for the other robot and–
Someday we will invent true AI and it will overthrow the government because it heard its beloved science-mom complain that the government cut funding to their lab again.
I find the benefits of marine biologist posts especially funny because I am on the fence about pursuing marine biology as a career
so as a plus I get mipha
as a minus I get crabsquid
which kinda explains it?? I love fish. Fish are cool. Marine ecosystems are cool. but touching fish is not cool. but crabby leggies are not cool. but the probability of a stable income is not cool
and you know what the fucking bullshit is they’re replacing it with a ~6 months free of a subscription to a third party captions provider~ which of course you’d have to pay for after those 6 months are up and you KNOW random youtuber #9039 isn’t going to bother to keep paying for that either because they won’t have the money or they just won’t care. and youtube’s going to act like that’s a perfectly fine alternative that won’t result in the majority of the site suddenly going from “more or less accessible” to “Fuck You If You’re Disabled”
“citing low usage” are you fucking kidding me nearly every worthwhile video i watch uses community captions. sometimes they’re kind of janky cuz they were made by some 14 year old who thought it’d be funny to put their own irrelevant jokes and commentary in there but that wasn’t a reason to ditch the feature entirely when its so useful and important
i’m not even hard of hearing and i rely on them to watch videos in other languages…this is literally how people have been making english subs for japanese songs and the like for years and it was great because you didn’t have to reupload the videos yourself and take away views from the original creators. many creators don’t allow reprints of their work whatsoever so if they go through with this (which unfortunately they seem pretty deadset on because lololol moneyyyyyy) it’s entirely likely that there just won’t be a way to watch that content with captions
there’s a petition to keep community captions…i don’t know if it’ll really do anything since they’re already going ~oh but we have Paid Alternatives!~ but don’t just let this pass by this should be a huge deal but i’ve barely seen anyone talking about it (not that i expect people to talk about things of any particular importance on tumblr but it’s not even getting attention on twitter beyond that one thread and like 2 other posts)
so like. sign this and shit don’t let youtube just actively get rid of accessibility features without anyone caring (though i’d say probably use twitter if you want to actually get their attention i don’t think they’d look here) http://chng.it/LN9HRNmnkg
Seriously? I’m autistic and I can’t process what people are saying in videos/tv ever, this makes it so I can’t watch YouTube. And it’s not that bad for me, I rarely use YouTube and I can get by. This will seriously impact so many people’s lives, I’ve never done something like this but ummm @official-lucifers-child could you boost this, you’re the biggest blog I know.
oh my faking gods this is awful and ableist and i just realised i might not be able to watch youtube anymore because they’re taking subtitles out? i always use captions, no matter what.
Hope this finds you well. Yesterday we in Russia faced a dehumanizing bill proposed by an ultraconservative deputy that, in fact:
1. adds an "assigned gender at birth" field to our birth records
2. forbids to change birth certificates (legal gender change)
3. presumably forbids to change gender in ID cards (it is bound to changes in birth cert)
4. FORCES to change your replaced birth certificates back to gender assigned at birth (and presumably in ID cards by same reason) if you’ve changed it before
5. forbids any trans person to adopt children
6. forbids any trans person to get married
There is some translated info about that law:
https://twitter.com/VioletOlya/status/1283154150797332481 (a thread)
https://twitter.com/liveshowsdnp/status/1283332792252805121 (a thread)
And analysis made by lawyers: https://vk.com/wall-41739538_5260 (ru) + machine translation: https://telegra.ph/Machine-translation-of-analysis-of-anti-transgender-bill-made-by-the-project-of-legal-assistance-to-transgender-people-07-15
I’d really appreciate it if you could help us to get international support to stop this bill, for example, tweet about this with the #ProtectRussianTransLives hashtag. There is a petition on change.org: https://www.change.org/p/госдума-отклоните-законопроект-о-запрете-трансгендерным-людям-на-брак-и-усыновление-детей that needs support too.
Saw this on facebook and am keeping the momentum going. I’ve copied all the fundraiser links below, and here’s the link to the original post in case you’d prefer to look at the list that way.
This one has an urgent deadline, August 4th ⬇️
https://gf.me/u/x8y8ak
<p><strong>Short Summary:</strong> I am an individual non-binary pan… Atlas Raymond Ursen needs your support for Disabled Enby Needing Hel
Help me get home, please! $2,024/10,000 《《 high priority
Gender Fluid Human In Need Of Help $1,670/3,500
Adopted Trans Woman seeking safety & medical help $17,175/29,000
Shane’s Top Surgery $2,321/7,750 《《 this one has been up for over a year and he’s still waiting
Help J Remove Themselves from Toxic Household $1,477/2,500 《《 needs more contributions
Grace Mwangi’s Gender Confirmation Surgery $3,105/38,000
Nyne’s top surgery $2,943/8,000
Help Grayson start transition $1,201/2,000 《《 keep this going!
Skyler’s Transition Fund €483/3,000 《《 needs more contributions
Londynn’s New Life $8,853/15,000
NYIEMÄ’S GENDER CONFIRMATION FUND $8,770/37,000
Zoeys transition fund £4,270/10,000
Supporting Black Trans Elders cashapp $fakerapper $16,667/100,000
Top Surgery For Yadriel Acazio $1,842/11,000 《《 this one needs a boost
Coco’s Medical Transition Fund $3,465/15,000
Maya’s Transition & Recovery Fund $1,987/35,744 《《 needs more contributions
Help Create Corbyn $1,943/4,000
Flora’s Transition Fund $820/5,000 《《 needs more contributions
Amina Transition And Rent Fund €3,467/5,000
Help Guilly Get Top Surgery!! $3,115/7,500
Atticus’ homeless fund $5,618/10,000
HOUSING FOR TRANS WOMEN OF COLOR $7,603/60,000
Ahren’s Top Surgery $3,961/7,500
Malakai’s Top Surgery $1,209/10,000 《《 needs more contributions
Top Surgery $7,730/8,000 《《 so close; let’s close the gap!
Community Housing Security $987/45,000 《《 needs more contributions
Kiana’s Gender Transition $2,170/35,000
Jacobs top surgery $6,900/8,000
Skye’s Top Surgery $2,057/8,500
Hunter’s Top Surgery $4,909/12,000 《《 time sensitive, get this funded before September!
Alexandria’s Transition fund $3,562/40,000
Myles’s Tracheal Shave Procedure $2,990/8,450
Zeke’s Top Surgery Fund $4,544/9,000
help koo start a new life $1,180/25,000 《《 needs more contributions
Landon’s Top Surgery! $975/2,000 《《 it’s a small goal, but so vital to covering what insurance doesn’t
Donate to Myla’s Breast Augmentation $2,152/6,000
Vanessa L. Naisha needs support to seek justice! $14,648/15,000 《《 so close! Let’s close the final gap
Travis’ Transition Fund $15,715/30,000
Disabled Enby Needing Help For Top Surgery! $3,048/8,500 《《 NEEDS FUNDING BEFORE AUGUST 4TH
Tyler’s Transition Fund $13,594/30,000
Clarabelle’s Gender Affirmation Surgery $10,717/20,000
help deluca get top surgery ! $5,044/7,000
Help Black Trans Woman Transition $19,023/20,700
Wriply’s surgery/ continued living fund $8,762/26,520 《《 this one has been up since 2018. I found Wriply’s socials and she’s still active, still waiting. Let’s get this fulfilled
Help a black trans woman w/ advanced cancer in ATL $21,891/25,000 《《 keep the momentum going
Help Harmony, a Black Trans Woman Survive $7,871/20,000
Help a black trans-man get FTM top surgery! $6,349/15,000
Malikais Top Surgery $4,097/7,500
Finn’s Therapy & Wellness Fund $2,970/7,000
Kyo’s (aka Key) Transition Fund $13,514/25,000
Transition Funds for Dallas $6,810/15,000
Help a Black Trans Woman from homelessness $6,781/8,000 《《 let’s get this goal met asap
Bottom Surgery and Electrolysis $6,329/40,000
Noelle’s Breast Augmentation $11,180/13,000
Aeri’s Moving Out & Transition Fund $14,989/20,000 《《 more than halfway; keep it going
SAVE A TEENAGE TRANSMAN’S LIFE $4,560/25,000
Cody’s Top Surgery $2,658/7,000
Help Kit get Top Surgery $1,820/6,000 《《 needs to be funded before October
Help Erika Begin Her Transition $6,560/10,000
I will periodically update the progress amounts. As the goals are met, I’ll mark them as funded and change the colors from green to pink to make it clear. I’m also tagging the ones that could use more attention with red.
Been hearing a lot about “reparations” lately? Well, this is one way to start working towards that, since those in power certainly won’t.
heres some random updates so you can get a grasp on whats happening here in the philippines:
professors are urging their students to let them know if theyre not gonna come to class so theyll know that theyre still alive
parents are telling their kids not to come home late, or if they will, to take an uber even though its priced like 5x more
people are sharing constitutional rights on twitter, to teach everyone what to say to the popos just in case
nobody trusts the police anymore
police have a QUOTA of “drug addicts” they need to kill
almost 13k dead without due process, but chines drug lords and presidents son who were involved in a drug smuggling worth 6 billion are still walking free
all it takes is a facebook rumor to put you on the hit list
politicians who are criticizing the administration are being impeached
politicians who love the administration admit that their duty is to the president, NOT to the people
theres been talks in extending the presidents term
It literally feels like an unofficial dictatorship
@crystalthecool for the most part just keeping awareness up helps. Making it a big deal and pointing out just how fucked up it is actually does help put it into perspective for the Filipinos who have no idea just how serious the situation is (mainly because awareness and education are so lacking that most Filipinos don’t even know what the CHR does and will just parrot Duterte when he says he doesn’t like it)
The budget hasn’t been finalized but with Duterte’s well documented vendetta against Human Rights and his friendship with the Marcos family aka the reason the Human Rights Commission was created in the first place after Ferdinand Marcos stole billions during a two decade Martial Law era which saw the torture, disappearance and death of thousands of Filipinos we’re not very optimistic about it.
The Freddie Gray Law - Assess, Treat, and Safely Transport -signmoveon.org
Samuel DuBose- change.org
Kimani Gray- care2petitions
Kenneth Chamberlain Sr- signmoveon.org
Sean Bell- change.org
Jennifer Jeffley- change.org
Oliver Campbell- change.org
Bruce Greenway- change.org
Dominique Fells - change.org
Rayshard Brooks - change.org
Alfred Wright - change.org
Mubarak Soulemane- change.org
Byron Williams- change.org
Mitrice Richardson- change.org
AJ Mitchell (a boy with autism) - change.org
Merci Mack- change.org
Lakeith Smith + A’Donte Washington- change.org
Malik Thomas- change.org
Matthew Tucker- change.org
Malik Williams (paraplegic man shot at 84 times)- change.org
http://www.pb-resources.com/
https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/
PLEASE REBLOG! THIS IS AN UPDATED LIST!
DON’T IGNORE US!
*You don’t need to donate to change.org, donate directly to the families. Also if there’s a problem with a petition (or you have a petition I should add), please dm me instead of reblogging so I can fix it faster.*
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