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@butitwasfunnythough
How do I exist happily knowing the world doesnt accept me. That I am not a human first but a skin colour. The least acceptable colour and that I cant tell who doesnt accept me because they wont show it to my face. They express it behind closed doors mistakenly to someone who does see me as human. My allie shows me the truth but what good does it do. I am now bruised and dont know how to exist happily again.
may 2020 bring you your “i’m doing better than i ever was” moment
this week in I Am Very Smart: having enough money to go to the opera, museums and concerts correlates with having enough money for food, shelter and basic health needs
They controlled for socioeconomic factors though! The people who conducted this study knew that people with lots of money to attend the opera were also more likely to be able to afford basic necessities, so they controlled for it in their analysis. The fun thing about statistics is that you can control for different confounding factors so you can look at the effects of one independent variable (opera or whatever) on the dependent variable (mortality). Part of being critical of potential biases is actually reading the article and knowing what to look for.
In addition to that very good point about controlling for socioeconomic factors, the article says a single museum or concert per year makes a difference. Most cities have free community concerts (some even have free opera performances!) and museums that are either free, pay-what-you-want, or at least have specific days/times during which they are free or at a significantly reduced cost. Many libraries (which are free) provide free museum passes to card holders. In fact, the article quotes a museum worker who works at a free art museum in Baltimore.
If you actually read the article you would also read that educators are excited about this study because it provides evidence that the arts should be made more accessible financially - by restoring arts programs in the public schools, for example.
I’m glad to see they controlled for socioeconomic status - I brushed the article off because I was like “duh, if you have money to go see stuff, especially the opera, you have money for healthcare and food and whatnot.”
I’m glad to see it’s art period . So yeah, put arts back in schools and continue to support them.
what did yall get for christmas
A M E N
AMEN
REPEAT AFTER ME : I am about to walk into the greatest year of my life✨
merry christmas to everyone who didn’t get presents today because their family couldn’t afford it and merry christmas to everyone who couldn’t make it home for the holidays and merry christmas to everyone spending it alone i want you all to know that i hope you all have a great great end of the year and i love you all and even if your holidays weren’t how you pictured them i hope you still have a good rest of the holidays and year
When I was younger my mom always told me to respect my boundaries and do things in my own pace regarding relationships, kissing and sex. She told me that I never had to do anything I wasn’t ready for.
What she didn’t tell me, and what I want to tell all of you, is that it is okay if you are never ready for those things. They are not milestones you have to reach in your life. Do things only if you want to. And if that’s never, it’s never.
Finally, some good fucking art.
Titus Kaphar
definitely click that link, the rest of his art is amazing
This speech-language pathologist taught her dog 29 words, and he can even form full sentences.
Video by Christina Hunger
Dogs actually do have a language center in their brains. They process language just the same way we do, just not as well.
They do understand our words. This is not true of all domesticated animals (horses, for example, can only manage to distinguish a relatively small number of spoken commands…but boy do they know what you’re really saying).
They don’t understand “just your tone of voice” as a lot of people think.
As of 2016 the record vocabulary for a dog demonstrating understanding of words is over 1,000.
So if you give them a way to talk back, they’re going to use it.
The development of language skills is probably a side effect of domestication and of being kept in close contact with humans. A dog that was a better hunting partner would be kept and bred and over time they developed a better understanding of language.
In other words, dogs are pretty dang smart because we need them to understand us.
And also that is a very good boy.
^ Would like to agree and make one amendment - very good GIRL. This is Stella the dog!
Check out the owner Christina’s Instagram: one of the first things I saw was a video where the dog started barking and, when prompted by the owner, said “outside, look look look look look look look, come outside.” Which is basically exactly how one would expect a dog to speak.
The owner described bringing an unknown package into the house, and the dog ran away to push the buttons for “help no no help help” which is also about what I expect goes on in a scared pup’s mind.
In another video, the dog tried to push a button, and the button wasn’t working. The dog paused and then pushed the buttons for “No. Help.”
In yet another (which the owner seemed impressed by), Stella said “come eat come play.” The owner asked the dog which she wanted to do, to eat or to play? And the dog clarified “come eat.” After eating, then the dog tried to instigate play. So the dog may have been able to understand a short spoken question, and how “questions and answers” work, and also understands sequences, even if she can’t express them (”I want to eat, THEN I want to play”)
Stella can even recount short-term memories, like when her family returned from the beach for dinner and she said “water good, no eat, play”
By the way, the owner uses the buttons as well, which probably really helps reinforce their meaning. She uses them to say things like “Stella all done eat” or “Stella and Christina go outside, bye!”
Wanna know my favorite part? Stella sometimes pushes the buttons for “Stella good” when she’s done a good job. Stella IS good! :D She also makes phrases using “love you,” like “Christina, love you, come play!”
These would be heaven, omg.
Black Friday is over and my manager slapped me with $10,000
reblog the money gamestop to get beat over the head with cash
so I got into grad school today with my shitty 2.8 gpa and the moral of the story is reblog those good luck posts for the love of god
okay so i just got my dream job??? a week after applying to it?? and now i’m thinking….maybe this is the good luck post
…..not even six hours later i got an offer of a well paying full time long-term job with free room and board in queens in nyc, allowing me independence and a way to escape an abusive situation and an unhealthy environment
likes charge reblogs cast, folks, this is the good luck post
Gonna try it. Need me some good luck.
emoji spell to attract a healthy romantic relationship
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Me
Me currently.
Indigenous people in Attawapiskat cannot drink their water or bathe themselves, and haven’t been able to for weeks. They called a state of emergency.
What is Justin Trudeau’s response?
1 litre per day of water for kids under 2 years old. 1.5 litres per elder. The Tribal council must pay for this water in advance before they can be reimbursed next month.
This is shameful.
https://twitter.com/CharlieAngusNDP/status/1152558561496616961
Tagging: @abpoli @politicsofcanada @onpoli @torontopoli @ontarionewsnow
Is there anything we tumblr readers can do to help?
1. If you’re not Canadian just sharing this post and following this blog will help.
Also follow these other Canadian Politics blogs and share their posts too:
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2. If you are Canadian, there is a Federal Election in October. Vote for NDP. They’re the only party who has given a damn about what is going on in Attawapiskat. As far as I can tell the NDP is the only party to even visit Attawapiskat this month. Volunteer and donate too.
3. If you are Canadian, write to the PM, Minister of Indigenous Affairs and your member of Parliament and demand that they help this community. Find your MP here:
https://www.ourcommons.ca/Parliamentarians/en/members
Here’s your regular reminder that just because he produces pseudo feminist sound bites, doesn’t mean our prime minister isn’t a steaming pile of human excrement. Vote NDP.
In case y'all are wondering who is running for Prime Minister in the NDP group, his name is Jagmeet Singh.
He
-supports a progressive tax system
-supports eliminating several tax deductions available to the highest-income earners and redirect the money to low-income seniors, workers and disabled Canadians
-supports a $15/hour minimum wage
-supports a universal pharmacare system (our free healthcare is being challenged right now in ontario under doug ford who wants to create premium healthcare for the rich)
-is a strong advocate for equality amongst poc and lgbt groups
-wants to put a federal ban on carding as it is a systematic form of racism
-wants to ban handguns in individual cities should a crisis occur (yes they are legal here)
-believes the RCMP should complete LGBTQI2S+ competency training" to ensure interactions with law enforcement are not stigmatizing or traumatizing.
-supports more inclusive shelter and transitional housing spaces for lgbt kids
-advocates for Health Canada conducting research on the health care needs and experiences of LGBTQ patients and advocates for policy changes allowing people to self-declare their gender.
-supports immediately repealing the de facto BAN ON BLOOD, TISSUE AND ORGAN DONATION by men who have sex with men and trans women who have sex with men.
-wants to reduce the carbon emissions levels of Canada to 30% of 2005 levels by 2025
-supports creating more accountability in climate change policy by creating an independent officer of parliament mandated to report on interim progress on emission reductions
-supports decriminalizing possession of all drugs and treating drug use as a medical issue rather than a criminal issue
-advocates for free contraceptives for women
-FIRED a man in his party who was charged with sexual assault allegations after he would not complete a rehabilitation program in sensitivity training
And there is SO MUCH MORE
Listen y'all I don’t love getting political on here but honest to god vote in your riding for your NDP candidate. People are scared to vote for them because of the cuts in work hours they instituted last time they were in office but that was FIFTEEN years ago under a different leader.
If a conservative leader is voted in that gives so much power to federal leaders like premier doug ford who mind you
-cut funds to OSAP a grant and loan system based in ontario to help university students of low income families pay for their education (last year I received enough money to almost pay my full tuition, this year I am receiving loans that dont even cover half of my school year. He has also erased the 6 month grace period to pay them back
-He has allowed graphic anti abortion billboards to be posted in Toronto (I will not be posting a picture but if you are curious there are pictures circulating. It has severely affected many women particularly those who have suffered from miscarrages)
-he has eliminated an ontario arts council which was established under the Indigenous Culture fund
-proposed ending the transition child benefit which helps low income families on welfare feed and clothe their kids
-CUT 70% OF PROVINCIAL FUNDING TO THE ANISHINABEK FISHERIES RESOURCE CENTER
-cut annual funding on stem cell research
-Cut: An unclear amount of funding from violence against women shelter services
-increased class sizes of elementary, middle and high schools (up to 40 kids I believe) and is making high school kids retain ONLINE credits OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL HOURS ON TOP OF HOMEWORK AND BANNING ELECTRONICS IN SCHOOLS
and that’s just the tip of the iceberg I’m sure I’m missing a bunch of information
To find out who the NDP candidate is in your riding (because yes if you’re not Canadian or have not voted before Canadian’s vote for the MP candidate in their area not for the Prime Minister themselves and whichever group has the most people voted in from a.certain group dictates who the Prime Minster will be) you can go to this website
https://www.ndp.ca/your-riding
and learn more about the MP in your area.
Please my fellow Canadians our election is held this year on OCTOBER 21ST YET NO ONE IS TALKING ABOUT IT. Not voting will not solve our problems. VOTE and please consider voting for you NDP candidate.
I never thought we would turn into the states
Then you haven’t been paying attention at all to Indigenous people.
These issues are not new. Canada has been ignoring and mistreating Indigenous communities like Attawapiskat for centuries.
Canada is a nation built on colonialism and that colonialism at no point has actually stopped.
Voting will happen SOON, in just a few days now! Signal boost the shit out of this and help the NDP win! Please!
People, my roommates’ cat is precious and pathetic. I love her.
Very happy cat!
I love the ‘fuck you’ tail. No one ever believes me when I say they can do that. I have one cat who does this to me all the time, lol!
