because we all need a break from life

ever so slowly putting the pieces back together again

[daughterofdessalines]

THIS IS NOT A DEMOCRACY!!

People in Aurora, CO peacefully protesting the murder of Elijah McClain. They are sitting in the grass literally listening to violins being played in his honor. And the fucking Gestapo is unleashed! WTF!!

Why are the police militarized against tax paying citizens!! White men with guns can storm a Government building in Michigan and THEY don’t get this sort of treatment!?! And I don’t want to hear shit about looting & rioting because CLEARLY that is not what’s going on here.

I say again THIS IS NOT A DEMOCRACY! This is a corporate-run plantation where we are expected to consume and comply only.

[skronked]

overwhelming force parts 1 and 2.  

[silverrose6]

[everentropy]

Something important to point out- I'm assuming this man is from Canada since he mentions SIU Ontario. This is not a US only problem. We need to defund police everywhere. I've seen similar stories from other people. This is not an isolated problem

[tinx-methinks]

Update cause I found this thread on twitter:

[one-time-i-dreamt]

Read this whole thing

The whole system is crooked everywhere

[left-reminders]

[rawhoneybliss]

May your energy inspire others. May your energy lift people up. May your energy radiate positivity. May your energy have people believe in the goodness and sweetness of life. May your energy have people believe that kindness still exists. May your energy offer love.

[heytherefellowsapiens]

Another black man was murdered by the police.

Rayshard Brooks was shot by Atlanta police last night (06/12/2020) during a traffic stop. The 27-year-old was transported to the hospital where he would die.

According to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, this will be the 48th case of police shooting in 2020 that they are being told to investigate.

[bombnails]

as of tonight ( june 13, 10:11 pm ) Atlanta protestors are reporting that police are becoming more violent and detaining people. Please donate to the Atlanta Solidarity Fund to support them in their fight for justice for Rayshard.

[badluckbadger]

Its an exceptionally windy day today, so since its not good for much, decided to take some pictures and practice tricks in town

[thesassybunnies]

Little dove mini lop male 🥰 

(via)

[babyanimalgifs]

White cloud enjoys the scenery (via @rastawhiteshepherd)

[odditiesoflife]

10 of the Most Majestic Caves in the World

Ice Cave Near The Mutnovsky Volcano, Russia - Ice caves like these form in the glaciers surrounding the Mutnovsky Volcano in Russia. Some of them are formed by vents that release volcanic heat and gases called fumaroles. (photo by Florian Wizorek)

Glowworms Cave, New Zealand - The Waitomo glowworm caves are home to a unique insect – the glowworm. These insects hang glistening silken strands from the ceiling of the cave and glow to attract unsuspecting prey. (photo by waitomo.com)

Son Doong Cave, Vietnam - This is the largest currently known cave in the world. It is filled with countless wonders including isolated ecosystems, weather systems and geological formations. (photo by National Geographic)

Batu Caves, Malaysia - These caves have been used by English and Chinese settlers as well as the indigenous Temuan people. The bat guano in the cave was mined for agricultural purposes, but now the cave is filled with statues and is open to visitors. (photo by Danny Xeero)

Marble Caves, Patagonia - Theses caves are known for the spectacular reflections that the turquoise water casts on the white marble ceiling of the cave. They are also called the Marble Cathedral because of their beautiful and arching forms. (photo by kellywhite)

Phraya Nakhon Cave, Thailand - This cave was historically a popular visiting place for local kings because of the illumination provided by the collapsed roofs. The pavilion in the center was built for the visit of King Chulalongkorn in 1890. (photo by Wasitpol Unchanakorrakit)

Ellison’s Cave, United States - This photograph is of the Fantastic Cave pit, part of Ellison’s Cave in the state of Georgia. It is a popular attraction for pit cavers – those who enjoy rappelling down vertical subterranean drops. (photo by secondglobe.com)

Vatnajokull Glacier Cave, Iceland - This cave is located in the largest glacier in Europe. Caves like these form due to melting glacial icewater, but they can be dangerous because glaciers are constantly breaking and changing. (photo by Einar Runar Sigurdson)

Cave in Algarve, Portugal - Due to its location, the cave is prone to various seaside formations because of the rock face’s relative solubility in water. This specific cave near Lagos is accessible only by water. (photo by Bruno Carlos)

Reed Flute Cave, China - The Reed Flute Cave in Guangxi, China has been visited by tourists for at least 1200 years. The cave is home to a spectacular array of stalagmites and stalactites. It is named for the reeds that grow at its mouth, which can be made into flutes. (photo by Pasquale di Pilato)

[thisiseverydayracism]

When karma turns out to be a bigger bitch than you.

Being a minority does not give you a right to be an anti-black piece of shit.

[lavitabella87]

I heard on Twitter that her snitching got that poor woman fired. 😒😒😡

[oleathe]

You already know she got fired when they responded to her teeet. Companies work employees extremely hard not giving them proper breaks or time to eat or rest and it’s against the law but the police don’t go after companies they go after people.

So this dumb snitch not having the brainpower to think about that, because she doesn’t value black lives, and then having the nerve to talk about the struggle as a minority is just seven layers of irony.

[enbie]

[thisiseverydayracism]

“folks who consider themselves liberal be worse than conservatives sometimes”

A M E N

[venusdryad]

did this dumbass racist seriously fucking write an entire book about how being called out as racist is oppressing her?

[thisiseverydayracism]

Latte Feminism

[kropotkindersurprise]

April 5 2019 - A group of turkeys protect their neighbourhood by chasing the cops away. Community self-defense in action! [video]

[weonsinnombre-deactivated201906]

[mooniicorn]

“If autism isn’t caused by environmental factors and is natural why didn’t we ever see it in the past?”

We did, except it wasn’t called autism it was called “Little Jonathan is a r*tarded halfwit who bangs his head on things and can’t speak so we’re taking him into the middle of the cold dark forest and leaving him there to die.”

[iamthethunder]

Or “little Jonathan doesn’t talk but does a good job herding the sheep, contributes to the community in his own way, and is, all around, a decent guy.” That happened a lot, too, especially before the 19th century.

[rosslynpaladin]

Or, backing up FURTHER

and lots of people think this very likely,

“Oh little Sionnat has obviously been taken by the fairies and they’ve left us a Changeling Child who knows too much, and asks strange questions, and uses words she shouldn’t know, and watches everything with her big dark eyes, clearly a Fairy Child and not a Human Like Us.”

The Myth of the Changeling child, a human baby apparently replaced at a young age by a toddler who “suddenly” acts “strange and fey” is an almost textbook depiction of autistic children.

To this day, “autism warrior mommies” talk about autism “stealing” their “sweet normal child” and have this idea of “getting their real baby back” which (in the face of modern science)  indicates how the human psyche actually does deal with finding out their kid acts unlike what they expected.

Given this evidence, and how common we now know autism actually is, the Changeling myth is almost definitely the result of people’s confusion at the development of autistic children.

[vicecommanderhijikata]

Weirdly enough, that legend is now comforting to me.

[neddythestylish]

I think it’s worth noting that many like me, who are diagnosed with ASD now, would probably have been seen as just a bit odd in centuries past. I’m only a little bit autistic; I can pass for neurotypical for short periods if I work really hard at it. I have a lack of talent in social situations, and I’m prone to sensory overload or you might notice me stimming.

But here’s the thing: life is louder, brighter and more intense and confusing than it has ever been. I live on the edge of London and I rarely go into the centre of town because it’s too overwhelming. If I went back in time and lived on a farm somewhere, would anyone even notice there was anything odd about me? No police sirens, no crowded streets that go on for miles and miles, no flickery electric lights. Working on a farm has a clear routine. I’d be a badass at spinning cloth or churning butter because I find endless repetition soothing rather than boring.

I’m not trying to romanticise the past because I know it was hard, dirty work with a constant risk of premature death. I don’t actually want to be a 16th century farmer! What I’m saying is that disability exists in the context of the environment. Our environment isn’t making people autistic in the sense of some chemical causing brain damage. But we have created a modern environment which is hostile to autistic people in many ways, which effectively makes us more disabled. When you make people more disabled, you start to see more people struggling, failing at school because they’re overwhelmed, freaking out at the sound of electric hand dryers and so on. And suddenly it looks like there’s millions more autistic people than existed before.

[grace-and-ace]

“…disability exists in the context of the environment.”

[coldalbion]

Reblog for disability commentary.

[oockitty]

That last paragraph is absolutely important.

[hazeldomain]

“How come nobody ever heard of ‘dyslexia’ until widespread literacy became a thing?”

[realpsycho]

[lesbiskammerat]

[closet-keys]

Underrated form of intimacy: being silly together

[injerabae-deactivated20190818]

I want to see rural dialects of languages in Europe be described the way people would a language in Africa.

“The speakers of what the speech community refers to as varieties of “Northern English” tend to live in rural settlements, known to them as “towns”, where contact with non-English speaking peoples is rather limited and in some cases has created a sense of subtle xenophobia and distrust towards other speech communities who may or may not be present.”

[linguisten]

Shockingly accurate, actually.