Somewhere in the Lost and Found

30 something. Nigerian Jamaican. Brooklyn Born Jersey Girl. Womanist. Guided by love. Public health, policy, and women studies nerd. PhD student. Truth seeker.

[dissertationconfessions]

Fellowship applications

Writing a rationale for my dissertation has been eye-opening. And darkly existential.

[childofwealth]

This is how I feel....

[dissertationconfessions]

Hey, procrastinators

[dissertationconfessions]

Hashtag editing.

[daisyjazzridley]

“Even in the best of times, life is a mixed bag of disappointments and triumphs, heartaches and highs. Life hands out all of the above, and we don’t get to pick how many of each we’ll get, or in what order they’ll show up. But we do get to choose how we’ll walk through our days. Whether we’ll cower under our covers ever morning, or rise up to take on the challenges.”

[killushawn]

If you're not scared right now about losing net neutrality; You should be. Study up folks, or 2018 is going to fucking suck.

[bitchasskillua-blog]

This isn’t my type of post but Net Neutrality is so important.

Forget your page’s aesthetic, share this with everyone you know. Without Net Neutrality, the internet itself would change.

Companies would be able to charge websites if they want them to load faster than others on your computer. This means that they would purposefully bottleneck speeds on every website that doesn’t have the funding to pay for it faster speed. There’s NO reason for this. Are you a small business with a website and can’t afford to pay enough to get faster speeds? Too bad. Are you someone with a personal blog? Slow page loading. Do you want to view a website written by a nonprofit organization for your school project? You’ll have to wait until the page loads because, since they’re nonprofit, they can’t afford to pay enough to cable companies so that their page loads faster.

An alternative to this would be having to pay for faster internet. Internet service should be priced by usage, not speed. For home internet, unlimited use isn’t all that expensive so it’s really common. You wouldn’t want to pay extra for more speed.

This would possibly affect the way that the internet works on other devices such as your phone, gaming system, laptop, tablet, etc.

We NEED Net Neutrality.

If a company doesn’t agree with a specific website, they could purposefully limit traffic to their site. This would be censorship, something that nobody likes.

There are many other reason as to why you should protect Net Neutrality.

This is an issue whether you’re a Republican, Democrat, Left-wing, Right-wing, young, old, male, female, rich, poor, etc.

EVERYONE SHOULD ADVOCATE FOR NET NEUTRALITY.

[killushawn]

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[dinovia-grant]

Guys, also think about he wider costs. Every business, school, hospital, pharmacy, first responder, government service—every single one uses the Internet. So, yes, the individual user will pay more for access, but so will the institutional users. The thing is, the institutional users aren’t just going to eat the increase in costs. They will pass them on to the consumer. They always do.

Education, healthcare, every single product and service, plus your local, state, and Federal taxes, will all GO UP.

Losing net neutrality will affect the cost of every single product and service offered in this country. Every. Single. One.

[abandoned-library]

So what do we do?

[killushawn]

Call Congress - https://www.battleforthenet.com/ 

If you don’t want to or can’t call, text RESIST to 50409 to directly fax them a letter!

[weavemama]

[mmarkle]

DON’T FORGET FLINT: The people of Flint, Michigan still don’t have drinkable tap water, and Little Miss Flint wants to make sure people don’t forget. She’s running a fundraiser to sell 1,600 “Don’t Forget Flint” shirts aimed at keeping awareness of the water crisis in Flint fresh in people’s minds.

All of the proceeds from this fundraiser will go towards giving Christmas to the children in Flint, as well as to anti-bullying programs in Flint.

Purchase a “Don’t Forget Flint” shirt here. Then share this post with your followers and let’s help Mari reach her goal today!

[mmarkle]

Mari is 192 shirts away from her goal! Please keep sharing, and buy a shirt if you haven’t!

[visibilityofcolor]

Libya 'slave' footage sparks outrage

The African Union voices anger after a CNN report appears to show African men being sold at auction.

Just thought y’all should know, but African migrants  are being sold as slaves and hardly anyone seems to know about this.

[dissertationdaze]

Pretty much how I feel at this point in the semester. I don’t want to answer any more emails, grade any more work, or talk to my colleagues. This break can’t come soon enough.

[childofwealth]

Hi

Hey ya’ll. 

It’s been way too long. How have you been? 

[criticalmera]

Omar Badsha - Dorothy Nyembe, celebrating after been released from a 15 year prison sentance, 1984

[hellohanine-deactivated20200729]

[kimreesesdaughter]

Wishing everyone who will be without their Mother on Mother’s Day some peace of mind and comfort.

Whether it’s your first Mother’s Day without her or your 10th, I want to send you all my love and support. May her spirit be with you.

You never really get over it, you just learn to live with it a little more each day💕

[micdotcom]

Racial justice groups bailed out hundreds of black moms for Mother’s Day

Racial justice activists have raised hundreds of thousands of dollars to bail out black moms just in time for Mother’s Day, Mother Jones reported Friday.

The National Black Mamas Bail Out Day has collected over $550,000 and is using it to bail out mothers who could not otherwise afford to see their families. 

According to Mother Jones, $25,000 has been set aside for women in several cities, including Atlanta, Baltimore, Chicago, New York City, Oakland and 13 others. Read more. (5/13/17, 6:59)

[continentcreative]

Ovo Drenth for I-D Netherlands wearing Danial Aitouganov by Carlijn Jacobs

[wnq-writers]

I wish for someone to see the true me. Not the rumors, not my depiction and certainly not just as far as the eyes can see. The truth is hidden behind the pain, the complicated mind and the struggle of daily living. There is so much love to give, yet no one is standing up for the challenge.

anthonydefaz  (via wordsnquotes)

[robhillsr]

Your most beautiful moments will not come because you did everything right, but because you never got comfortable with things being wrong. Because you chose to bring the good out in people who forgot they had some to give. Because you added color, rhythm, and love to the world. Your greatest relationships won’t be because you always knew the right things to say, but because you always made the necessary time to listen. Because you decided to be there and learn the work of love, knowing that the highest form is to give without expecting. Your peace won’t come from any job or anybody else’s promises, your peace will come because you learned the real value of your time. Because you choose not to get lost in the past or stuck with anybody’s excuses… | Photo: @Rmichaels33 (at Virginia Beach, Virginia)