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Kody - He/Him - 26 - Moved to Skoopedy and Harleyification, this is just a rb account

[bonesbunns]

This letter 9-year-old-me wrote to the avatar the last airbender team rules

[barbiehelmet]

list of charities to support the middle east

if you've been following the current war in the middle east while wondering how you can help, here are a list of charities you can donate to! they are mostly focused on lebanon and palestine but if anyone has recommendations for other trusted organizations doing aid work in the middle east, please feel free to add to this post!

Doctors Without Borders / Medecins Sans Frontieres - donate

Palestinian Children's Relief Fund- donate

Disasters Emergency Committee - donate

Support Displaced Families in Lebanon UNRWA - donate

the following campaigns are hosted by GlobalGiving, which has a 4/4 rating on Charity Navigator. GlobalGiving includes vetting details in each of their campaigns.

Lebanon Emergency Response

Urgent Support for Families from South Lebanon

As Families Flee, Lebanon's Pets Are Left Behind

Relief through art and laughter in Lebanon

even $5 makes a difference! and if you are unable to donate, please do share the post so that it can reach more people who are able to help.

[barbiehelmet]

THE CEASEFIRE DOES NOT INCLUDE LEBANON. ISRAEL PLANS TO CONTINUE BOMBING THEM. PLEASE DONATE WHATEVER YOU CAN SPARE TO SUPPORT THEM.

[rexlottie]

[hopepunk-humanity]

[thethornpatch]

They are very much not back (yet), but there are 4 wild trees that survived and produce viable nuts. Their locations are secret for obvious reasons but the nuts are collected and planted. I'll have to look into it but the saplings available are probably the extras that don't get used in they hybridization and resistance experiments. So, almost certainly not going to survive till maturity, but there's always a chance! And its a good for education and outreach and reminding the land of what used to be here, and we will keep working to bring back!

Edited to say that it looks like there are at least some hybrid saplings!

[nimblermortal]

The American Chestnut Foundation will give you the chance to buy nuts or saplings - what they offer varies by year. Last year, since we were recovering from Helene, I sprung for a seed level membership, which gets you 4 wild type (original unybridized) nuts, and then got to order a dozen hybridized nuts as part of that membership. I'm a pretty crap gardener, so only a few of those survived.

It is still considered an experiment, so you have to sign an agreement not to propagate the plants.

[kittydesade]

…. I need to get rid of some Bradford pears in my yard, I wonder if I could replace one of them with a chestnut.

[headspace-hotel]

the forest where I work has a small population, they are still vulnerable to the blight but several of them are able to grow big enough to produce nuts before they die. This means they could have some genetic immunity to the blight and their offspring could be more likely to survive.

so there is a grove of baby chestnut trees that have been intentionally planted up in the forest to try to preserve these genetics

[winged-void]

The problem is I always want to dm my mutuals some shit like "I consider you an ally to my cause"

[frigidvalkyrie]

Reblog to tell your mutuals "I consider you an ally to my cause"

[derinthescarletpescatarian]

Have you guys heard of cats. They're great.

[its-time-to-be-silly]

No, tell me more

[derinthescarletpescatarian]

If they like you they'll vibrate at you and stab you with secret knives

[zwoelffarben]

And if they don't?

[derinthescarletpescatarian]

Then they vibrate at you and stab you with secret knives.

[targetedknowledge]

[nonbinaryjudean]

made you some graphics to help you remember

[sailatina3]

There's a girl out there with a sad life. Her owner beats her. Her neighbor is an asshole. Her family is nuts. Every day for her is hard. But she always rises up again.

Her name... is penis.

[exo-appreciation]

[deadgenerations]

I gotta say it's a bit wild that one of the only things we can reliably say about prehistory is that there were obese women in it.

[treecitysessions]

[thatwasthenightthingschanged]

I’m convinced if ppl on this site knew how crappy gifs look before you color them properly, they would appreciate editors more

[thatwasthenightthingschanged]

for context reasons, this is how a gif I used in a recent gifset looks like without any adjustments/coloring whatsoever:

and here it is afterwards:

[5ummit]

I truly don’t think people realize how dingy and dark most movies and tv shows actually are so they can’t appreciate the work and skill it takes to make gifs look the way your brain “remembers” it looking.

Another before and after example:

This gif needed 6 different adjustment layers, not including the sharpening process, which is its own separate challenge. The blue window was also changed to green to keep the palette more consistent and to reduce the range of colors needed, because a wider range of colors generally results in worse gif quality since gifs only support a max of 256 (compared to the millions your monitor can display).

[uuuhshiny]

yeah…

[headspace-hotel]

[oh-great-authoress]

I was already going to reblog this because gifmakers need all the love, but the little lambie made sure that I was definitely going to do it.

[arcanegifs]

dark scenes are truly the bane of every gifmaker’s soul

[aha-my-villainous-thoughts]

The ecosystem of tumblr fandom relies on gif makers - put some respect on their names!!

[atreidespacito]

[atreidespacito]

[christianstepmoms]

The entirety of the Apollo 11 mission took up less computer storage and computation space than a single instance of Microsoft Outlook running in the background.

[pizzaback]

this is among the worst possible PR for microsoft. outlook is so shit that it fucked with the billion dollar space computer

[elodieunderglass]

And I think that’s beautiful

[courierrsix]

[grungegoths]

/gen did queen elizabeth did something problematic recently or are people just celebrating her death bc she's rich and a royal ? Asking bc i havent seen any callouts or negative headlines about her recently

she ships reylo hope that helps

[neilnevins-deactivated20240617]

Bugs Bunny could singlehandedly defeat Thanos by dressing up as a TSA agent and setting up a metal detector in the middle of the battlefield saying that all metal objects must be removed if you want to pass on through now stick around for my 2,000 word essay on just how effectively he would convince The Mad Titan to comply

[neilnevins-deactivated20240617]

“For shame, doc! Dontcha know we got other folks waiting?”

(Thanos looks behind him and sees dozens of Bugs Bunnies dressed as angry yelling travelers with huge bags of luggage. Thanos rubs his neck guiltily and begins sliding off the gauntlet)

[vampiricyoshi]

I felt compelled

[ndiecity-deactivated20241101]

Nobody expected you to draw T. Hanos himself in the Looney Tunes artstyle but you absolutely fucking delivered

[wyntonyang]

EPISODE 2 OUT NOW!

Full episode: https://youtu.be/LcXwQ-GviBQ

[ultrafacts]

Source 

[hellkatsally]

These dudes are fucking legit.  They don’t just show up one day in court, either, they actually make friends with the kids and let them know they have a support system and that there are people in the world who care about them and will always have their back.  And less important, but also cool, is that the few times a couple of them have come into my cafe, they’ve been super friendly and polite and when I told one of the guys that I noticed his Bikers Against Child Abuse patch and wanted him to know how awesome I thought he was because of it, he got kind of shy and blushed and said, “The kids are the awesome ones, we just let them know they’re allowed to be brave.”

[bebinn]

The source is long, but so, so good. These men and women are available in 36 states, 24 hours a day to stand guard at home, in court, at school, even if the child has a nightmare. Many of them are survivors of childhood abuse as well, and know what it’s like to feel scared and alone.

In court that day, the judge asked the boy, “Are you afraid?” No, the boy said.

Pipes says the judge seemed surprised, and asked, “Why not?”

The boy glanced at Pipes and the other bikers sitting in the front row, two more standing on each side of the courtroom door, and told the judge, “Because my friends are scarier than he is.”

[lesbian-moon-gf]

Actual tears.. hnngh

[bee-whistler]

Show me more of people like this, world. I give up on humans too easily.

[groovypirate]

where do i sign up for this,i want to be in this gang

[ultrafacts]

[haydengisearchive-deactivated20]

This is fucking amazing. It may be out of character for me to say this but rock on

[clatterbane]

Bikers Against Child Abuse was founded in 1995 by a Native American child psychologist whose ride name is Chief, when he came across a young boy who had been subjected to extreme abuse and was too afraid to leave his house. He called the boy to reach out to him, but the only thing that seemed to interest the child was Chief’s bike. Soon, some 20 bikers went to the boy’s neighborhood and were able to draw him out of his house for the first time in weeks.

Chief’s thesis was that a child who has been abused by an adult can benefit psychologically from the presence of even more intimidating adults that they know are on their side. “When we tell a child they don’t have to be afraid, they believe us,” Arizona biker Pipes told azcentral.com. “When we tell them we will be there for them, they believe us.” ( Article)

More about BACA, from their site

[uriesays]

My parents are a part of this organization and they are metal af

They go on runs to protect the child if they feel even the slightest threatened no matter where. If the child needs them to go on vacation with them, they do. Bikers come from across the nation to watch over and take shifts for these kids. And the best part is once you’re adopted into this family as a BACA kid, you’re always one. Even when you’re 40 and the perp gets released from jail, they’ll come meet with you and find your best options for avoiding the person and maintaining the life you’ve built for yourself. Once a BACA child, always a BACA child. In Florida, there’s 100% rate for identifying the perp based on the child’s testimony. Why? Because BACA stands with the child and supports the child so they feel comfortable enough to point out their attacker.

What’s better than a badass biker gang being on your side???

[kikithegirl]

NATIVE AMERICAN CHILD PSYCHOLOGIST WHO IS A BIKER AND NAMED HIMSELF CHIEF HELL YES I’M HERE FOR THAT AND BIKERS BEING BAD ASS TO PROTECT KIDS. HELL YEAH.

[birdungehrl]

it’s back! I will always reblog BACA

[your-uncle-dave]

Damn good people.

[rowsdower-saves-us]

I know they wouldn’t consider themselves such, but these people are freaking heroes and the world is a better place because of them. 

[racethewind10]

Hey folks, it talks about this in the article but its not mentioned in this post, BACA is a 501 © (3) charity that depends in part on donations to help pay for stuff like gas for their bikes. If you want to help, consider donating. 

[drgaellon]

@copperbadge You like posting about heroes, Sam. Seems like this would be up your alley.

[copperbadge]

I love these folks! I’ve reblogged them before but it’s wonderful to see the donation information has been added. 

[galaxy-of-stories]

Always reblog. Keep doing what you’re doing y'all.

[hurtlittleboy]

Guys? This post changed my life. I saw this post. Forever ago. And thought it was only in america… and wished desperately that they could help me. But then I saw it again, during a bad episode, and checked their site. They aren’t just in the USA

They’re in Canada as well and probably other countries. I met and talked with a native guy who runs the place near me. His name is Shaman. I got in, and I’m considered a BACA child now. Despite being 17, turning 18 when I talked to them. They spent time with me when my abuser was over, they gave me therapy resources. They give you something called a ‘level 1′ where they go to your house with as many bikers as they can, i shit you not a solid 20-40 bikers came from even out of province, and met me. I got to choose my biker name and I got a vest with patches on it and my name on it. They all hugged a Teddybear before giving it to me, and told me if I ever felt the BACA bear was running out of love, to give them a call and they’d refill it for me, and then I got a ride on one of their bikes. Just a day or so ago I went to an annual party with them and they we ate food one of them cooked and had a lot of laughs. 

I’ve never felt as loved as I did being a part of the BACA family. They also gave me dog tags with the names, and phone numbers of my 2 workers.  So I can call them whenever I feel scared. 

BACA is an absolutely wonderful group that will do everything in it’s power to help any child whos been abused. 

And it doesn’t end when you’re 18 either. As long as you get in contact/get your level 1 before you’re 18? you’re ALWAYS a BACA kid. I’m 18 now and they still invite me to parties, ask me if I’m okay, and are there for me. They’re still trying to find me resources for therapy. 

BACA has changed my fucking life. 

I hope you all can read this, and reblog it knowing from someone who fucking been with them, that they are absolutely amazing. 

[feanor-the-dragon]

If I ever don’t reblog this, it’s because I am physically being restrained against my will.

[gasdiver2]

Supporting your local hero’s.

[darkangelfoundmyway-069]

FUCKEN AMAZING what these Bikers do!!!! This is why I don’t give up on humanity…

💞🖤💞 Carpe Diem 💞🖤💞

[instructor144]

[pottercastleminds]

Links the International BACA Chapters:

United States

Canada

Australia

Belgium

Denmark

Germany

Spain

France

Italy

Netherlands

Iceland

Austria

Greece

New Zealand

Portugal

Sweden

United Kingdom

Switzerland

B.A.C.A’s Byline: “Keepers of the Children.” B.A.C.A.’s Motto: “No child deserves to live in fear.”

Not all heroes wear capes, some wear biker vests.

[humanjoy]

Had seen this before, but never realised that this is on an international level - there’s even a contact address close to where I live (in Germany), very cool (though hoping the only use I’ll ever have to make of it is for donations) ❤

[stalker-among-the-stars]

That’s a lot of countries.