Ain't No Saint.

fortify and survive all obstacles. scream if necessary

[deathofclaire]

lionsmane mushroom look-alike

[gardenspells]

and for the lady, perhaps a love so pure?

[chronivore]

With Winnie-the-Pooh and The Battle of Hastings sharing an anniversary today, did you know that E. H. Shepard once drew this amazing scene for an exclusive book bag?

[darkpaladin]

I love that none of them have weapons. Except Kanga, who has a fucking morningstar.

[not100bees]

that is roo

[priveting]

Photographer: Martha DO NOT REMOVE THE CREDITS. THANK YOU. ♥

[cyanide-sippy-cup]

For anybody not caught up: Tennessee just passed a new map that pretty much makes it so black neighborhoods have no power in local votes. Two things about this. While protestors were chanting "No Jim Crow", white Tennessee lawmakers were caught laughing on video. On top of this, Representative Justin Pearson and his brother KeShaun Pearson were arrested for trying to give their takes on the matter (which is not only their legal right but literally his job). If you give a shit about black people, help fight this. We can't allow a return to Jim Crow.

[icemankazansky]

Heyyy guess where I live

A local paper had some great photographs, all taken by Nicole Hester:

The day before, Rep. Justin Pearson tries to attend a Senate Committee meeting and is barred access by the Sergeant at Arms.

Lawmakers and protesters link arms as the descend the capitol steps.

Once inside the chamber, Democratic representatives continued to stand together with arms linked.

They continued standing together with arms linked as votes were cast.

Democratic representatives take a group photo protesting the redistricting.

Rep. Justin Jones burns a photo of the Confederate flag with the words, We will not go back.

And stomps the ashes.

KeShaun Pearson being escorted from the building by the Staties.

KeShaun Pearson (left) being taken into custody. Rep. Justin Pearson (right) showing his support of his brother.

Additional information: State lawmakers have been gunning for Pearson and Jones nearly their entire terms. Most notably, in 2023, the House expelled them for participating in a protest at the Capitol. Their districts had to have special elections to have them reinstated.

Pearson is one of the plaintiffs of a lawsuit seeking an injunction against the redistricting.

The city most affected by the redistricting is Memphis, where locals are fighting against xAI's data center, which has been operating with very little oversight and is poisoning the people who live there. Here is a previous post on that with more information and more sources.

[icemankazansky]

UPDATE:

House Speaker Cameron Sexton has removed every member of the House Democratic Caucus from committees after after the protest! The lieutenant governor says he is looking for more ways to punish them.

Representative Justin Pearson adds, “Speaker of the TN House Cameron Sexton just removed me and every Democrat — and therefore every Black elected official in the state legislature from any committee we served on,” Pearson wrote on social media. “This move strips nearly 2 million Tennesseans from the representation they deserve in TN state leg.”

The best source I can find not behind a paywall isn't an unbiased one, but here.

[simena]

Füsun Ürkün - Uğur Böceği

[redlipstickresurrected]

Unknown Photographer - Cat Workers aka Edward Belaro, Photography

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[juliaxyn]

[cithaerons]

Megan Arkenberg

[queen-susans-revenge]

This Bus Stop Was a Coral Reef, Once

Twenty thousand years ago, she said, this whole city was the floor of an ocean six thousand feet deep. That’s why when you put your ear to the shell of an airplane, you hear waves. That’s why the ghosts in your apartment are so big and hungry.

[theconcealedweapon]

[holybeings]

'i was holding on tight to something by any means necessary and one day i opened my hand and nothing was there'

[dollie-dreams]

[inkpressedpetals]

[dragon-in-a-fez]

accidentally said "invasive thoughts" instead of "intrusive thoughts" today and actually I think I'm onto something. this thought does not belong here and it is harming the local ecosystem

[prophetic-memory]

Mary Oliver, "Flare"

[angelicdewdrop]