[mysharona1987]

[black-to-the-bones-deactivated2]

The war on drugs is rooted in racist policies . The failure of the war and drugs is obvious. We need to find a better solution, because people of color should never be the victims of racist policies. White Americans are more likely than black Americans to have used most kinds of illegal drugs, including cocaine and LSD. Yet blacks are far more likely to go to prison for marijuana, which is not a hard drug. Moreover , even when white people get caught , they get less time in prison. 

[dealanexmachina]

…is that Rachael Leigh Cook, the same actress who did the original anti-drug ad when she was a teenager?

[ruffboi-mags]

It is indeed.

[cozza-frenzy]

She grew up, realized she’d been exploited to further a racist government agenda, and turned around to bite the hand that feeds. Awesome.

[gogomrbrown]

I learned in a Latin Studies class (with a chill white dude professor) that when the Europeans first saw Aztec cities they were stunned by the grid. The Aztecs had city planning and that there was no rational lay out to European cities at the time. No organization.

[punkrockradio]

When the Spanish first arrived in Tenochtitlan (now downtown mexico city) they thought they were dreaming. They had arrived from incredibly unsanitary medieval Europe to a city five times the size of that century’s london with a working sewage system, artificial “floating gardens” (chinampas), a grid system, and aqueducts providing fresh water. Which wasn’t even for drinking! Water from the aqueducts was used for washing and bathing- they preferred using nearby mountain springs for drinking. Hygiene was a huge part if their culture, most people bathed twice a day while the king bathed at least four times a day. Located on an island in the middle of a lake, they used advanced causeways to allow access to the mainland that could be cut off to let canoes through or to defend the city. The Spanish saw their buildings and towers and thought they were rising out of the water. The city was one of the most advanced societies at the time.

Anyone who thinks that Native Americans were the savages instead of the filthy, disease ridden colonizers who appeared on their land is a damn fool.

[robotsandfrippary]

They’ve also recently discovered a lost Native American city in Kansas called Etzanoa It rivals the size of Cahokia, which was very large as well.

[fullmetalquest-deactivated20211]

Makes me happy to see people learn about the culture of my country :D

[fieldbears]

Also, please remember that the idea of a nomadic or semi-nomadic culture being “less intelligent”, “less civilized” (and please unpack that word) was invented by people who wanted to make a graph where they were on the top.

Societies that functioned without 1) staying exclusively in one location or 2) having to make complicated, difficult-to-construct tools to go about their daily lives… were not somehow less valid than others.

[tikkunolamorgtfo]

This is why I fucking hate it when Europeans make jokes about how they have “more history” than the Americas. “This church is older than your country hahaha.” Actually, it’s older than the country you put there, massacring millions in the process, but go off, I guess. 

[millennial-review-deactivated20]

[truechaosseed-deactivated202405]

This right here is how most illnesses in the US spread. If you work retail/customer service/food prep you get penalized if you are sick and you call in. So what do you do? You work and end up spreading whatever you have which makes even more people sick. 

I got fired once because I got sick and called in. I was a cook. The amount of food I would have contaminated would have been massive. This was also my first time calling in at this job.

Most jobs in the US make it to where it is either a risk to your job and/or to your ability to pay your bills that month if you call in even once.

[catchymemes]

9 year old kept getting in trouble for doodling in classs, gets a job decorating a restaurant with his doodles

They sent Joe to an after-school art class and his artistic abilities were quickly noticed by those around him. In fact, Joe was invited to decorate the dining room of the ‘Number 4’ restaurant in Shrewsbury, England. Now, Joe is known as The Doodle Boy and has his own website, as well as social media pages showing off his awesome art.

https://www.instagram.com/thedoodleboy.co.uk/

https://www.facebook.com/thedoodleboy.co.uk/

https://www.thedoodleboy.co.uk/

https://www.boredpanda.com/doodle-boy-decorates-restaurant-joe-whale/

[isa-ghost]

As someone who used to constantly get bitched at in class for drawing bc ““I wasnt paying attention”“ when in fact it was helping me stay focused, this gives me hope. Suck it teacher.

[obviouslypancakes]

I like his style, this is really cool :D

[hymnsofheresy]

I can’t believe that the sacredness of shared meals is not well known??? 

Mealtime is an extremely important cultural and social ritual. There are psychological benefits for cooking for other people, and serving a meal stabilizes the emotions between the provider and the receiver. Cooking with your partner, like accomplishing any task together, strengthens relationships. Eating together strengthens communal bonds and helps with mental health. Sharing the same food with someone else builds trust, cooperation, and a sense of connectivity. It’s a shame how in our fast paced society we don’t value the importance of regularly breaking bread with one another

[quasarkisses]

The bond of sharing a meal is so strong that it can be its own kind of relationship.

[gahdamnpunk]

Why is conservative logic pretty much “you can live on a minimum wage if you cut out LIVING”??

[breelandwalker]

Conservatives: If you were a good Poor, you’d be grateful for your shit job and not lust after silly things like restaurant food, entertainment, or travel.

Also Conservatives: WHY ARE YOU SELFISH POORS NOT BUYING LUXURY ITEMS!?!?!?!?!?!? YOU’RE KILLING OUR USELESS OVERPRICED INDUSTRIES!!!!

[gahdamnpunk]

When Zuko apologized to uncle Iroh in the tent cause he was so ashamed of his actions and what he’d done to the only person who unconditionally believed in his ability to do good >>>>>

[gahdamnpunk]

It’s almost like the producers are the problem and the consumers don’t have much control over what they’re given 🧐

[whitepeopletwitter]

[feminist-voices]

[millennial-review-deactivated20]

[seliphra]

FYI: THIS IS SUPER ILLEGAL

A landlord MAY NOT keep your deposit over ‘normal wear and tear’. They may ONLY collect on something that is YOUR FAULT. They cannot charge for carpet wearing down or needing a new coat of paint after a few years, or the furnace needing a replacement because it’s old. They can charge you for punching a hole in the wall that you never fix, or spilling paint on the carpet requiring a specialized cleaning or replacement. And they may ONLY keep what covers the repairs (If insufficient, then and only then may they keep the whole deposit, as in your deposit did not cover the damage you caused). 

KNOW YOUR RIGHTS AS A TENANT. You landlord MUST return your deposit unless it was damage you directly caused, and ONLY the amount needed to fix the damage, and not one penny more. 

[thenib]

From Kasia Babis.

[jeanjauthor]

This is important to grasp.

[crownmalone]

My fellow American followers, read this! This is what created the economic prosperity for our parents’ generation!

[jackpowerx]

Then sometime in 1979, the rich as one decided “Fuck it. We don’t feel like living up to our end of the social contract any more.”

And 40 years later, here we are.

[la-laborista-republiko]

[marchofthefalseheterosmoved]

December 1st is world aids day

[sexhaver]

remember when Koko the gorilla died and everyone on here was sad about it and then someone pulled receipts proving she had a nipple fetish and her handlers would encourage people to be topless around her? i fucking love this site where else am i gonna see a callout post for a dead gorilla

[dapperalbinobudgie]

She had a what now

[e-ghoul]

[barracoola]

[emmy4keri]

“I feel so compelled to give a detailed answer to everything. People tell me over and over, ‘Jenny, you don’t have to say everything.’ But I forget. I straight-up forget, and I’m not sure how to change without completely silencing myself.” Jenny Slate for Marie Claire