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Bi | 21 | Lover of Pastel Purple

[hatmanthefish]

Hello old fandom I used to adore, guess whoes back with milk!

[aphractal2]

miku ideas

[aphroditestummyrolls]

Folks, friends, y’all…. esk*mo is a slur. I understand a lot of people don’t know that, I don’t want to be a dick about it, but I’ve been seeing it in fics. Wanna write “esk*mo kisses”? Just say “nuzzled noses” or something.

I’m not here to call anybody out, it’s been in multiple fics, I’m not vague posting. This is just a psa. 👍🏻

[aphroditestummyrolls]

If you could help me spread awareness about this by reblogging, I’d really appreciate it.

[roastedmoose]

I’ve had this post on insta saved for sometime ❤️

[urban-bike-cryptid-deactivated2]

[Text Description: “Hey! Reminder: Eskimo is a slur. It means ‘snow eaters’ in Cree and is a slur against Inuit . Also don’t use ‘Eskimo kisses’. It’s called Kunik. It is a greeting mostly used for family… Kunik was how I’d greet my mom and grandmother as a small child.” /TD]

[vickytokio]

Rebloging for the awareness and especially for the alternative words

[anarchopuppy]

And so people who are just learning this now know the proper usage: “Inuit” is plural. The singular is “Inuk”, as in “he is an Inuk”

[gahdamnpunk]

AND a race one since the most affected regions will be Africa, Asia and Oceania

[rock-fish-deactivated20201231]

as a friend pointed out, this headline makes it sound like supply will be dwindling. supply is fine. people will be *priced out*.

[trekmemes-deactivated20220205]

this is fucking MURDER.

insulin has been mass produced (from animal extracts) since -1923-. slow acting insulin has existed since the ‘50s, and ‘human’ genetically engineered insulin (derived from E. coli bacteria) has existed since 1982.

insulin treatment for diabetes is not some new or ‘unproven’ treatment. according to beyondtype1, “Humalog rapid-acting insulin came on to the market with a list price of $21 a vial in 1997.” adjusting for inflation, a vial these days should cost about $34 at most. instead, it costs over $300. there is NO reason for it to be steadily gaining in price to the point that diabetics are unable to afford their lifesaving medication, other than the sheer inhuman greed of pharmaceutical manufacturers.

let me reiterate: life without insulin (for Type 1 diabetics in particular) is a slow and painful death sentence. the ability to treat diabetes is a relatively modern phenomenon that has allowed countless people to live full, healthy lives. we should be expanding full covereage and access to insulin to diabetics the world over, and it should be FREE.

[plantyhamchuk]

Have y’all heard about Open Insulin Foundation?

“ We’re a team of biohackers with a variety of backgrounds, and skills, and relationships to insulin and diabetes from many cities and countries around the world, including Oakland, California; Baltimore, Maryland; Paraiba, Brazil; Dakar, Senegal; Yaounde, Cameroon; and Puerto Rico. We’re working to develop the first practical, small-scale, community-centered model for insulin production to make insulin accessible to all. We envision a world in which communities in need have local sources of safe, affordable, high-quality insulin, and where people living with diabetes and their communities can own and govern the organizations that produce the medicine they depend on to survive. 

What We Do

We are creating an open-source (freely available) model for insulin production that centers on sustainable, small-scale manufacturing and open-source alternatives to production. We are developing protocols to produce short-acting (lispro) and long-acting (glargine) insulin, working on developing open-hardware equivalents to traditional production equipment, are researching sustainable regulation pathways to bring our insulin to the public, and are building capacities for local, small-scale manufacturing.

How Do I Participate?

Our work would not be possible without the support of volunteers, interns, and community advisors. We welcome people of all backgrounds from all over the world to bring their enthusiasm, time, connections, and experiences, both in life and in work. Our volunteers promote us on social media, build equipment, run experiments, write reports and blog posts, facilitate meetings, connect with other organizations and groups, meet with experts in the field, run virtual events, and contribute in designing tools, resources, and methods of all sorts.

Potential Partners

We welcome collaboration with other groups that share our mission―community labs, academic institutions, patient advocacy groups, and NGOs.

Donate

Your donation will help us get closer to our goal. With a healthy financial situation, we can pay for lab supplies, acquire lab equipment, recruit scientists, and pay for consultation fees for regulation and manufacturing experts.”

Open Insulin Foundation

[baileybailybaylee-deactivated20]

Support open source technology

[cleverstrawberrytriumph-deactiv]

This is Baby Ejei Araza and he needs our support and prayer. He was diagnosed with Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis, a rare form of cancer that mostly affects children. This disorder can damage tissue or cause lesions to form in one or more places in the body. Involvement of bone marrow (BM), liver and lung are related to high risk factors and poor survival.

Let’s help him and anyone that’s in need.

His parents are unable to cope with his medical needs. As a result, he now has lesions on his face (left eye) & a lump on the back of his head. This lump is now an open wound and is very prone to infection. Until now his son is still fighting with what he is carrying.

He needs to undergo tests and treatment, requires a CT scan, a bone marrow biopsy, & a skeletal survey and he also needs to receive IV antibiotics & undergo weekly chemotherapy. These tests and treatments are crucial to his health & well-being.

If you wish to donate here's their accounts:

Gcash 09777639828 April joy

Paypal account note that make sure youre sending it as personal.

Thank you so much. God bless! Spreading awareness and love!

[clonehub]

That ao3 fic reminds me of how when George floyd was murdered like three days later some marvel fan made a fic like "on Tuesday george floyd was murdered. On thursday the avengers had a press conference" or some shit like it's literally heinous. White people just see our suffering as fodder for their stupid fantasies and it's so depressing and so demoralizing. How fucked up do you have to be to see us suffering and want to write about it? To sit there and research details about a Black man's murder at the hands of white supremacy, not to educate yourself in the hopes of being more aware about the world or to help the fight with others, but to headcanon how you think these fantasy characters that don't fucking exist might respond to a murder they wouldn't even have blinked at in-canon (and whose actors also frequently remain silent)? Ultimately all for views and likes? Do you people just hate Black people that much?

[clonehub]

Reblog this.

[clonehub]

For anyone wondering, this is the fic that inspired this post.

[clonehub]

And what's crucial about this, what a lot of white fans want to ignore, is that the AO3 mods absolutely refuse to take these fics down. The creators, runners, and supporters of AO3 are largely white and largely apathetic to the various ways that Black people get dehumanized. Just go through any post made by AO3 defenders and they're more willing to argue about sex and purity than the myriad forms of violence that white (women, mostly) will engage in to dehumanize Black people for their personal enjoyment. It's chronic. It's racist. It's absolutely flooded AO3 and the mods cover up their antiBlack apathy (or outright antiBlack antagonism) with claims that doing anything about this is censorship. They fully and wholly believe that """fan engagement""" is more important than racism--if anything, they don't think it's possible to even have fan engagement without virulent antiBlackness.

White fans see this, ignore it, and--like the reactionaries they are--donate dozens and dozens and dozens of times until Archive of Our Own quadruples it's goal. They scroll past donation posts for Black people in need and in danger to donate to AO3, all for the mods there to keep doing what they're doing, which is ignoring antiBlackness, supporting racism, and shouting down any dissenters by directly stating they must be procensorship.

Reblog this.

[micdotcom]

Watch: It’s your right to share your salary, not doing so could be holding you back.

[annakie]

At my last company, one day someone in accounting approached me at lunch and quietly told me I need to ask for a raise because I was way underpaid.

They gave me a number to shoot for.  It was about twice than what I had been making at the time.

So I went online, did some research, found some figures backing up my claim, put it all together and went to my boss.

I got what I asked for.

If it hadn’t been for that person in accounting telling me I was way underpaid, I’d have never known.  I went from barely scraping by to being able to have a savings account and getting all my debts paid thanks to them.

You should at least check sites like salary.com to start the process of seeing what you should be making.

[brianadeshe]

Because this is crucially important

[gayforbagels]

Except for the fact that 90% of the time you are under contract not to talk about your salary otherwise the company can sue you. Every job I’ve had I’ve had to sign that I won’t discuss my pay with other employees otherwise my employment is terminated and the company will take legal action. 

[kintatsujo]

It’s actually illegal for companies to forbid wage discussion, they’re just counting on you not knowing your rights.

[the-legend-of-chel]

HELLO????

Uhhh, reblog for good luck i guess??

[cyberglittter]

HELP TRANS AFFECTED BY THE VOLCANO IN D.R.CONGO

PLEASE, DONATE TO THEM IF YOU CAN!!

share on twitter too!

[jenniferrpovey]

So, this hasn't crossed my dash yet. (Not blaming anyone, there is soooo much going on in the world and I'd also missed it in the noise).

There is currently a strike at Frito-Lay. in Topeka. These workers are striking because:

They were being forced to work 84 hour weeks. The company's best offer so far is a 60 hour cap. This is shit we fought for a century ago, people.

Their generous offer also includes a whole 4 percent wage increase...over the next 2 years. I'm not sure what COL is in Topeka, but... Well, it's better than the entire 77 cents they've apparently gotten in the last decade.

There's also a report that a worker literally collapsed and dropped dead on the line and the foreman's response was to make them move the body out of the way and put in a replacement. (However, this is unconfirmed and, of course, the company denies it).

There have been multiple OSHA violations at this plant over the last few years, including a forklift accident that's under investigation.

They've now been striking since July 5 but, of course, it only hit the national media yesterday.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/07/14/frito-lay-strike-forced-overtime/

So, why am I signal boosting this?

Because Frito-Lay is refusing to budge. They are attempting to make the excuse that union leadership agreed to the 60 hour work week and crappy pay cut...when union leadership only agreed to put it to a vote.

And this means that we need to put the thumbscrews on them. Remember, this is about 19th century style working conditions.

So, I'm calling on my followers to boycott Frito Lay's until the strike is involved.

Frito-Lay owns:

Lay's

Doritos (Sorry. I really am. I KNOW there's no good alternative to Doritos, although Zapp's are good if you can find them).

Fritos

Tostitos

Cheetos

Ruffles

Sun Chips

Baken-ets

Chester's

Cracker Jack

Islen plantain chips

Funyuns

Grandma's (the cookies)

Matador Meat Snacks

Maui style potato chips

Miss Vickie's

Munchies

Munchos

Rolled Gold

Sabritones

Santitas

Simply

Smartfood

Stacys

The Walking Taco

NatuChips

PopCorners (this one wasn't on their website, but was bought by Pepsi's in 2019 with the intent of adding it. So best avoided just in case). Yes, this really is more than half of the snack aisle. Suggested alternatives:

Kettle Brand Chips

Zapp's (If you can find them. My supermarket had them once and not since, so I'm guessing the culinary cowards in this neighborhood were afraid of "Voodoo" flavored chips).

Pringles

On the Border for salsa.

Wise Cheez Doodles

Bugles

Utz

Store own brand alternatives, if your store has ones that are any good.

Cheez-its

Check before you buy and let's tell these people they don't get to treat workers like that.

[luxflora]

This was posted on FB recently by someone supporting the strike!

[lmaonade]

i am not joking we need to force teach cooking in schools. like. it is an essential thing for survival. do you know how easy it is to make things if you know even the bare bones shit about how cooking works. we need to teach teenagers how far you can take an onion and some other veggies it''s sad that people grow up not knowing how to prepare literally anything. and i'm not talking about oh this home ed class taught me how to make chicken nuggets at home i'm talking about learning the balancing of sweetness and acidity and saltiness and bitterness and shit like that and techniques and oil temperatures and how meats cook. it needs to be taught because it's literally not even that difficult and it matters so much

[lmaonade]

i truly believe that knowing how to cook is a basic survival concept and the fact that so many people can't even make simple dishes is depressing as hell this is the sorta thing that should be taught at a young age. being able to take the ingredients you have around your home and turn them into a meal is like, essential and will make life so much better. you don't need to be a high end chef you just need to understand some things that can be easily taught... but then again maybe the education system is playing a roll against this and ultimately they want you to grow up to rely on mcdonalds for dinner. i don't know. please learn how to cook for yourself if you're able. i'm not asking you to hunt for specific ingredients to make some expensive youtuber's "best" recipe but if you know the basics of cooking you can do a lot with cheap canned ingredients. cooking can be affordable i promise you just need to learn how to make do with what you can get

[possumjerky]

Not knowing how to cook reinforces people's dependency on fast food and frozen meals (many of which are manufactured by terrible mega corporations like Nestle)

Learning how to cook is anti-capitalist as fuck and extremely sexy

[anarchblr]

Solidarity.

Onist'ot'en Camp Contact

Onist'ot'en Volunteer

Onist'ot'en Twitter

Wet'suwet'en GoFundMe

[anarchblr]

Wet'suwet'en is just 3K away from their goal and they've had their link up since February please consider helping them cross the finish line this Indigenous Peoples Day.

Link Up there ↑

For more up to date information please click here:

[fillycolt]

there have been no donations for a month, and it’s native american heritage month. do your part!

[paulxlahotee]

Instead of celebrating the holiday that emphasizes the violence against bipoc, support an indigenous beadwork artist!! I do custom handmade beadwork!! My Instagram is onyoko.lena.beads and feel free to dm me on insta or here if you want to help support me!!!

[leahclearwaterdefensesquad]

Hey did you happen to see that post about indigenous brands to shop from or to support. I’m looking for it at the moment

This ask has been sitting in my inbox forever - and I’m really sorry about that - but I finally found it!!! I’m also gonna add some other links from other posts too. 

List of indigenous owned businesses 

Pendleton blankets from the Navajo Water Project

Indigenous authors to add to your bookshelf

This isn’t really for shopping, these are just a good list of links to donate to to help multiple indigenous communities in the face of COVID 19

[leahclearwaterdefensesquad]

While we're at it on this 4th of July:

Donate to the Quileute Tribe's Move to Higher Ground fundraiser

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Donate to the Indian Residential School Survivors Society

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Visit the website for the Lakota Law Project where you can donate, educate yourself, and/or sign the petition to tell Biden to Stop Line 3

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Follow Otaes aka @ndn.o on Instagram or their Patreon for Indigenous history lessons

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Visit the website for the Native American Disability Law Center for resources on how to help

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For resources on MMIW, visit the websites for Coalition to Stop Violence Against Native Women and MMIW USA

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If there's more Native and Indigenous orgs/businesses/ppl that y'all know, please add them!

[sweetdickheadass]

Help a Chronically poor black trans man during Juneteenth

Happy hollow federal holiday thats a liberal mask to conceal the real ways the government has continually shot down any systematic change recently proposed that would actually improve the livelihood of any black person in the country myself included 🤷🏾‍♂️

I’m posting today because my last post never really got the traction it needed to get the goal reached as well more events happening and just the overall mental drain it takes on me to continuously update and boost these posts in a time sensitive manner when I’m in a very unstable and vulnerable position in all aspects of life rn.

In short I was able to raise just enough to cover this month, but we’re still strapped for July. My ex-roommate is dodging all calls from the landlord and at this point I hope they lose their deposit but even so it’s un likely our landlord will use that to cover the last month of the lease. Moreover we’re extra fucked because they never communicated with us about switching the gas and electric bills to our name and without them on a three way call to change things we got stuck with this shit.

And to add insult to injury I lost the same job for the second time with no explanation after wasting my time and all the money poured into doing orientation and two interviews which is devastating to say the least.

The only thing I have going for a me at the moment aside from a dear friend coming to see me in a week is I’ve finally spoken to a lawyer about getting my unpaid PUA benefits sorted and possibly a discrimination suit against the shelters I lived in the past few years. How long until I get anything out of those ventures I have no clue, but until then I’m still unemployed and my mental health is tanked and this is what I have to my name.

As always any help is greatly appreciated.

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[violetsandshrikes]

If you really want to help indigenous people, now is your time.

Ngati Paoa and other protestors have been occupying Putiki Bay after resource consent was given to develop it without consent from the local iwi. Today, they are blocked by police as developers being to destroy Little Blue Penguin habitat, a species on the decline with climate change and habitat destruction.

Public outrage and eyes on Putiki may be the only thing that can save Putiki now after every route has failed. Spread information about Putiki every where you can - Instagram, Tumblr, Twitter, your local group chat, whatever. Please please please help save Putiki Bay, Aotearoa NZ!

[violetsandshrikes]

That was the 17/06/21. I can confirm that 3 people were arrested at the protest as construction began behind the police line, for trespass (information here).

Today (18/06/2021) was quiet, however there is a lot of recovery to do. Multiple people at the protest have said that security and police used excessive force of them to keep them away from the boundary line, and Protect Putiki is calling for a formal apology.

Protect Putiki has also claimed that they, police, security and developers all heard the penguins (currently in their mating season) calling within 5m of the demolition of rocks - this would put them at immediate risk of the construction.

Please continue to boost this on every platform you can. Protect Putiki now has a twitter here. They can be found on instagram here. They can also be found on Facebook here.

The petition to halt the construction can be found on actionstation here.

You can donate to their givealittle here.

You can contact David Parker, Minister for the Environment, Oceans and Fisheries, and Revenue, and Associate Minister of Finance to let him know what you think here.

You can contact Kiri Allan, Minister of Conservation, and Emergency Management and Associate Minister for Arts, Culture & Heritage, and the Environment to let her know what you think here.

You can make a formal complaint with the Auckland City Council here.

I will provide more information when I have it.

[shalomamme]

Happy Juneteenth! Here’s some info about Juneteenth becoming a national holiday & what that means for us.