"until we are all free" @cadmiumfree - Tumblr Blog

stinkyhat-deactivated20231213

its silly that we have BLM carrds going around, everyone was reblogging them months ago on the regular & u guys are still asking “what are we supposed to do if voting biden is bad” or whatever. like the answer was in those carrds, several of them provided books & pdfs, most of them were FREE for you to read. & you STILL didn’t do your homework.

stop reblogging headlines without reading the article. actually put in the effort to learn about how to be antiracist and how to organize & make a change within ur community. get in touch with local groups. if you don’t have any near you, take the time to learn, listen, & spread resources. research & criticize yourself. take it easy, but take it.

here are those resources again to get started:

ORGANIZING RESOURCES doc

Master List of Black Revolutionary Readings by Timmy Chau (free pdfs, some have been taken down but most are still up, you could try googling the ones that have been deleted)

Anti-racist Resource Guide by Tasha K. (books, podcasts, movies and more)

D e c o l o n i z e : Resources by Ari Sahagún and Jay Saper (also check out resource generation)

Antisemitism: a basic guide by @bishonen and @hotgirlkakashi

yes this is a lot to take in all at once. make small goals for yourself though, try reading at least two articles a day that interest you, etc. find out what works for you.

#to read

adeledazeeeem

Shania Twain | Up! Live in Chicago (2003)

#shania twain

drarchibaldpeppermd

yearly reminder, the Met Gala is a fundraiser that serves as the primary source of funding for the Met's Costume Institute. the money that invitees pay for tickets and almost all other proceeds from the gala is charity that goes towards a museum collection which otherwise likely wouldn't exist. please support public and private funding for information institutions

transtenzin

not to be maya on side but please do not call someone or something “mayan” when talking about our people, culture, etc. “mayan” refers to our language family (a language FAMILY, in which there are plenty of unique languages). we are the maya, not the mayans. i am maya, not mayan. it is the indigenous maya community, not the indigenous mayan community.

transtenzin

you can reblog this 😔

kittysneezes

I like this article because it’s not what you think it is.

aprilwitching-deactivated201808

the world is a strange and wonderous place

thegirlfromipanemasworld

plantnerderyallday

I'm kinda concerned that someone who is new to pruning might do it in the order listed in the image, which is not in order of priority, and might end up pruning off way too much and harming the health of the tree.

I gotta say, if you're a beginner, the most important things about pruning in my opinion are:

1. For trees, don't remove more than a third of the canopy. This is referred to as your pruning budget.

2.a Learn what a branch collar is, and how not to damage it.

2.b If you're removing a branch, either cut back to the trunk or cut back to a side branch that is at least 1/3 the diameter of the one you're removing.

3. Know what season to prune in for the desired effect for the kind of plant you're working with.

4. Start by taking out the dead, diseased, and damaged branches. Once you've done that, assess both the remaining branches and how much of the pruning budget from 1 you still have (dead branches don't count).

5. Learn what a stub cut is and don't.

Also, angle of attachment varies between species, so get an idea of what's normal before you remove any branches for being too narrowly attached.

Source: people pay me money to prune in real life and I've taught people how to do it.

Actual resources:

Temperate fruit trees and basics:

A visual guide to training and pruning apple, pear, sweet cherry, sour cherry, peach, plum, apricot, fig, persimmon, walnut, hazelnut and ch

Pruning fundamentals:

AbstractTo more effectively prune trees certain aspects of plant growth are presented as well as the more commonly known responses to prunin

And a good book for ornamental shrubs is Cass Turnbull's Guide to Pruning

imawitchywitch

Live tracking of warehouse and industrial facility fires across the United States

The count is 46 as of 7AM on 4/24.

maculategiraffe

the thing is that every time they invent a new thing that everybody has to be able to do to get along in society, that also involves making some people disabled who weren't before, because they can't do the thing. and they never could do the thing, but it didn't used to be a disability.

driving a car. making a phone call. navigating the internet. getting a mortgage. you know? they keep adding new things that everybody has to be able to do or else there's something wrong with you. well maybe there's something wrong with driving a car. maybe it's a hideous activity. did they ever think of that

gluebottles

Candyland 1984/1997 board

sideblogtointeract

DYK that's was the point of the game? It was invented by Eleanor Abbott for children hospitalized with polio. The disease would effect mobility among other things so Candyland focused instead on bright colors and engaging illustrations rather than complicated gameplay to encourage the imagination of bedbound children. This post, and this comment, is a testament to Abbots genius in when she made this game.

Although Candy Land started in a polio ward, its connection to the infamous disease was kept secret for 50 years. Its steady rise in popular

#candy land #history #undescribed

nobodysflower

here is your gentle reminder that there are dandelions growing through cracks in the sidewalk. there is a fence lizard on the porch who is growing a new tail. there are trees growing through an abandoned house, branches tearing through the ceiling, ferns carpeting the floor. there is life pushing forward, pushing through.

anarchopuppy

If you pass the time at work daydreaming about how you’d rebuild and create community after a civilization collapse, take a little time every once in a while to build up the skills and experience to do that

Learn how to fight or shoot a gun. Read about herbal and DIY medicine, and start growing some of those plants yourself. Get into graffiti, shoplifting, dumpster diving, or sabotaging security cameras so you can build up experience with getting things done in secret and getting away with them. Learn how to lockpick, repair holes in clothing, grow food, start and utilize a fire, build and fix things, etc. Get a couple friends together and start a little mutual aid distro, and let it grow organically over time. Get into ham or CB radio or long-range wifi meshnets. Get to know your local activist scene. Get to know your neighbors and your coworkers, and talk to them about the things that bother or worry you and how you could start fixing them together

Maybe that collapse comes and you’re a little bit more prepared to build a better world. Or maybe it doesn’t, and you can get started making yourself and your community a little better and more independent anyway. Either way, taking a couple hours every week to build some skills and get some stuff done can make you feel so much less helpless

larkandkatydid

One thing I’ve become a real extremist about is little girl’s clothing and hair styles because if your kid can’t get her hair wet, hang upside down, climb over a fence or run full out in the outfit/hair she is currently wearing then why not? And the answer better be both extremely fucking good and describe something temporary.

poodletrain

Hope you don't mind a story that also made me extremist about this issue.

Took my friends daughter (2.5yrs) to the park. Dressed her in practical clothing that's ok to get stained, brought an extra change of clothing. She sat in the mud at the water bank and played with rocks and mud. A little girl came over, couldn't be more than 3yrs. She was looking longingly at my friend's daughter. She has her hair in a perfect style and she's wearing a pretty dress with white socks and dressy shoes. The parents say "Sweetie don't go into the mud, you'll get your dress dirty" and pull her away, while giving me a judgmental look as they see the kid in my charge covered in mud and throwing rocks into the water. It felt really weird, like we saw eachother as aliens with completely different ideas on how to raise children. When my friends daughter was done playing, changed her into clean clothing and went back home. She had a lot of fun at the park and a day full of nature and play. The other little girl kept her dress clean.

maybeasunflower

There's a Tumblr post about someone finding out that "girls" toddler clothes are more restrictive than "boys" toddler clothes to the point that it made it harder for them to crawl, at a stage where they were learning to crawl.

impulsivelycontentious

I made one about how my toddler child couldn't climb in girl's TODDLER PANTS.

We are not a house who cares much about gendering a baby's clothes. It's a BABY. It doesn't care. So we'd take the kid to yard sales and let them pick out whatever baby clothes caught their fancy and would fit. Some were 'boy' and some were 'girl'. Kiddo loved floral prints because they're a baby (yeah my kid has always picked their own clothes).

Anyway, my kid LOVED TO CLIMB. Sometimes.

It was weird. Sometimes they were all over the sofa and the playground equipment and MY LEGS and sometimes they just. Weren't. Couldn't figure out what was going on.

Until I caught them trying to climb on rhe sofa in one of their pretty flowered pants.

They COULDN'T LIFT THEIR LEGS PROPERLY. And gave up, and did something else.

So I tested this out and... Yeah. The kid COULDN'T climb in ANY of their girl pants. Any. Put them in boy clothes and suddenly the kid is on everything again.

We stopped buying girl pants completely until they were old enough to test them and my kid is a TEENAGER now and i still make them lift their legs individually and jump if it's a girl fit.

YOU DON'T EVEN HAVE TO MEAN TO DO IT.

Whoever designed these clothes literally did not care if the baby could MOVE. But only if girl.

#parenting #sexism #child liberation

lokiinmediasideblog

NEW: House plans vote Wednesday on bill that prohibits social media use for children under 14, requires platforms to obtain parental consent for users ages 14 and 15, and bans students from using cellphones in school, per Speaker Mariano announcement.

TELL THEM TO VOTE AGAINST THE PARENTS OVER PLATFORMS ACT (POPA)!!!!! AND PROTECT SECTION 230! Tell them to vote against any age verification or digital ID laws!!

Fax here: https://faxzero.com/fax_congress.php 5 free faxes per day!!

call here:(202) 224-3121 and say who you want to contact or get the extension

Also this petition calls them for you:

All of the bad internet bills. One website.

graffitinight

When you try to talk about enshittification, it sounds like conspiracy theories. (I'm not crazy)

Amazon made their service worse, to force people to pay for Prime.

Nowadays, if you order from Amazon, there is a week long delay before your package is shipped. (on purpose)

I remember when orders would ship out the same day. (I remember - it was real)

YouTube didn't used to have ads. Now, ads play in the middle of videos. (it's worse than TV ever was)

The best can opener I have owned is over 40 years old. Modern ones just don't hold up as well. (The ones I bought new broke ages ago)

The bread machine my mom got for her wedding lasted 30 years. It's been replaced twice in the last 5 years. (How can you fuck this up?)

The cardboard tubes in the middle of toilet paper rolls have gotten larger. (This too?) Companies increasing the price of the product while selling you less. (REALLY?)

It sounds crazy. (it's the truth) When you talk about it, YOU sound crazy. (it's true)

Even when people believe you (do they really), all they can say is "it sucks". (it's too big) Because the problem is so big, so pervasive, what can we even DO about it???

To get the necessary laws written and passed, we need politicians, to get the politicians elected we need information campaigns, to fund campaigns we need money, and all the money is being hoarded by the people profiting from enshittification. (it sounds so fake)

So I talk about enshittification (it sounds crazy), so people don't forget that things have been made worse on purpose (it's true), even though I sound crazy. (maybe I am)

guiiay

and so, the misery persists

#undescribed #pluribus

missstrogen

Tumblr Staff, after making a half hearted apology for mass banning trans women, has just today mass banned trans women a second time

I don't have exact numbers yet, but at least twenty users were terminated at the same exact time, recieving an "internally generated report" refusing to declare reason for the ban. I quote, "Upon review of your account we have determined that it does not align with our terms of service". No reason given, this was clearly a deliberate action by staff as they themselves claim

Tumblr staff is currently mass banning trans women again. Make them know this is unnaceptable