Creative Arcadia

An arcadia of word and note.

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In case you missed it, I’m doing a @reddit AMA on r/indieheads at 4pm ET today! Come talk to me here: http://bit.ly/torresama

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Awesome collab! Reminiscent of Paper Mache!

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Match made in heaven.

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Luv luv this new record. I'm gonna listen to Ariel and live.

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Love this new track!

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We are appalled by President Trump’s tweets about banning transgender people from military service. There are an estimated 15,000 transgender people already working in the Department of Defense, putting their lives on the line to protect our nation and its values. Those values do not include the heartlessness exhibited by Mr. Trump this morning. Discrimination has no place in our government, in our workplaces, our schools, or anywhere else in our lives.

While it’s still unclear what the actual policy ramifications of these tweets will be, we recommend keeping up with (and, if you can, donating to) the ACLU and the Transgender Legal Defense and Education Fund. 

You can also directly tell the president how unacceptable his attack on American servicepersons is by using this form provided by the @transgenderfreedomproject.

We know there will be plenty of conversation about this on Tumblr in the coming days, and we urge you to take this moment to support and educate each other in whatever ways you can. And if you just need someone to talk to right now, there are people here to listen, 24 hours a day, seven days a week:

Trans Lifeline: A crisis hotline by and for the transgender community. 877-565-8860

National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-273-TALK (8255)

Crisis Text Line: Text START to 741741

The Trevor Lifeline (@thetrevorproject​): Confidential hotline for LGBTQ+ young people. 1-866-488-7386

The GLBT National Help Center: Free and confidential peer support for the LGBTQ+ community at 1-888-843-4564. Youth Talkline: 1-800-246-7743

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On this wavelength lately

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Bjork

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Sonic Youth promotional photo for the album Daydream Nation.

NYC, Summer of 1988.

©Michael Lavine

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Debbie Harry

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(via https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQLvqvLvUIY)

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(via https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pyRJYnAndT0)

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Rhino Horn: The Most Valuable Appendage In Illegal Wildlife Trade

In the world of illegal wildlife trade, the most valuable appendage — even more than elephant ivory — is the horn of the rhinoceros. Investigative journalist Bryan Christy estimates that the wholesale market for rhino horn is roughly a quarter of a billion dollars.

Christy, who traveled to Africa while investigating the rhino horn trade for National Geographic Magazine, tells Fresh Air’s Terry Gross that he looked forward to seeing his first rhino in the field while on assignment. But unfortunately, the first rhino he saw had been shot by poachers, who had hacked off its horn and left its decomposing body behind. A baby rhino lingered nearby.

“I didn’t want my first experience to be a victim, but it was,” Christy says. “It’s appropriate that I wasn’t deluded even from the very beginning that this is what’s going on — it’s a brutal, corrupt, violent world.”

Click the link above for a slideshow of Brent Stirton’s stunning rhino photos, courtesy of National Geographic.