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19 - Australia - certified cooked cunt

[sixpenceee]

North Coast of Australia, 1 week difference                          

[leesh]

this is terrifying

[thoughts-of-an-x-factor]

Here’s what’s happening in Australia at the moment.

For some context:  Mallacoota is a tourist town, usual population is a little over 1000, but at peak tourist times, it can be as high as 8000. There was an estimated 4000 there today, when the extreme heat, peaking at 49C/120F, combined with high winds, to spark a large, intense fire in the bushland around the area. This pretty much blocked off all ways out of the town, leading to all 4000 people being evacuated to the beach, with the emergency plan basically being “If the fire comes this way, get in the water” Thankfully, the wind did change direction, and as far as I’ve heard, most of the town was spared, but this is how bad the drought, heat, and fire situations have become in australia. And our government still refuses to make solid policies on climate change.

[awomanindeniall]

NSW Bush Fires - How you can help

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If you’re not in a place to give money, you can boost!!

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Help Australia

Millions of hectares have burned, a dozen people have died, we’ve had our hottest day on record. More than four times the amount of land burned in California, nine times more than the Amazon. Flames taller than the Sydney Opera House. 

Australian Red Cross Disaster Relief and Recovery

Givit Disaster Relief

Givit Drought Relief 

Givit QLD

Givit NSW

St Vincent de Paul Society Bushfire Appeal

Victorian Fire Service

NSW Rural Fire Service 

CFS Foundation for Volunteer Firefighters 

The Port Macquarie Koala Hospital

Koalas in Care

NSW Wildlife Emergency Fund

Australian Lions Foundation

Drought Angels

Only donate to safe, verified sites and funds like the ones linked above. Don’t hesitate to link more services on this post, and please, please reblog.

[kumikya]

just to add, 5 MILLION hectares is larger than some countries. here’s a tweet with some visuals.

the air quality in sydney is so bad it’s almost equivalent to smoking 37 cigarettes. in some parts the air is so bad it’s exceeded delhi’s pollution when it reached “unbearable” levels last month.

here’s a pic from a town in nsw that was taken at 2pm:

the smoke is so bad it’s drifted across the ocean to new zealand and is polluting their air too. 

the fires are so bad they’re creating their own weather conditions:

what’s really frustrating is our prime minister, scott morrison, doesn’t seem to be taking this seriously:

here’s the article.

here in australia, we’re experiencing first hand the extreme effects of global warming and the changing climate. these fires are the result of years of drought and exceptionally dry conditions.

nsw coastline:

these pictures are of people camping out in/around a lake to escape the fires. these pics were taking in the morning/mid day:

homes are being destroyed, people are dying and our wildlife is being devastated.

i don’t think this is global news, but it should be. please spread the information and inform people. 

[a-potter-head]

Best ever use of this meme imo

[lesserjoke]

My mom posted this meme on Facebook and it is LEGIT hilarious. I'm so proud.

[amandamcgeeartistry]

I paint my kitty🐈

[memeuplift]

[best-of-inspirobot]

[wodneswynn-deactivated-deactiva]

Wow, big if true

[darthxerik]

[dollargenesis]

when i die

me: wassup bro lol god: 7 HOUR compilation video of you hitting curbs while driving (VERY FUNNY)

[firesuns-archive]

me staring into my dumbass dog’s giant sweet brown eyes as he tries to eat the hair tie off my wrist: if your head is so big then why are you still so stupid you big dumb boy? huh???

[firesuns-archive]

look at him! there’s nothing at all in this giant head! it’s filled with air and love!!!

[thelordofthebutts-deactivated20]

do you ever use a pen and you’re just blown away by how smoothly it glides across the page and how the ink flows out so beautifully like tears of jesus or something

[rowandean]

Some people must experience the world in a more exciting way than I do

[squeezemetillipop]

Oh I’m a slut for good pen

[classical-crap]

four word violin horror story

[niccolopaganini-official]

Oooh my favorite

[lavenderichtus-deactivated20180]

noooooooooooo

[pianorchestra]

SOS

[sprachtraeume]

meeting a new group of people

me: hi! so where are you guys from :D

normal people: I am from Russia/Brazil/Italy/Australia/etc :)

Americans, assuming studying the specific geography of their country was ever relevant to me: Oh I was born in iower but went to school in Oregano (My parents come from East Carolina though):~)

[polyglottraveler]

Someone finally said it it’s so annoying!

One day I was eating at a restaurant in Peru with the 3 guys who were volunteering with me and someone asked us where we came from. So I said France, the German guy said Germany, the Maltese guy had to say Italy because almost no-one in Peru knows where Malta is, and then the American guy said Portland, like he didn’t even specify the state he just thought everyone knew where Portland is 😤

[you-had-me-at-e-flat-major]

i can’t tell whether this is better or worse than

european: where are you from

american: i’m italian

european: omg same! da dove vieni?

american: wait what lol i don’t speak mexican i only speak english

and

european: where are you from?

american: (monolingual english speaker, white, never left Marietta, GA in 23 years of life) well i’m 1/5th irish, 1/7th german, 32% greek, 4/9ths native american, 1/12th swedish, a little bit filipino, my mother was a hamster and my father smelt of elderberries, but i just call myself african :)

[viendiletto]

The American comments on this post are so irritating. I think that some of them don’t realise that the USA is just a country while Europe is a continent made up of different countries where you can find different religions, different autochthonous ethnicities, different languages etc; You can’t compare a single country’s diversity to the diversity of an entire continent.

“But Texas is so different from Oregon! People need to know which state I’m from because they’re all so different!” We don’t care. We are going to see you as an American, not as a Texan or a Californian or whatever, just like you’re going to see someone from Bavaria as a German, someone from Normandy as a Frenchman or someone from Piedmont as an Italian, not as a Bavarian, a Norman and a Piedmontese. European countries have regional differences too, even more than US states yet we don’t feel the need to specify that to foreigners when they ask us where we’re from unless they ask us to elaborate.

“But the US is so big! Some of our states are even bigger than your countries!”

Russia is the largest country in the world and undoubtedly more diverse than the US. If you were to ask a Russian where they’re from they would say that they’re from Russia, not Komi or Tuva unless they’re speaking to another Russian or someone they know to be familiar with Russian geography.

You’re not special nor does the world revolve around you, just accept that and move on.

[ecc-poetry]

El vampiro / ICE

El vampiro torce la ley. Como arroz, es blanqueado de compasión. No llega cuando prometas, y entra sin permiso.

¿Cuál depredador se anuncia? El sanguinario caballero lanza la voz; dice que es policía, vecino, amigo. Roba tus padres y les transforma en criminales sobre el papel.

No es posible razonar con el vampiro. La única solución para él es clavar la estaca en el corazon.

The vampire loves the law. Watch him count rice on the doorstep, grain promises. He does not arrive unless invited, or at least, he does not come in.

Like a predator, the sanguine gentleman announces himself. He has no need to throw his voice. The doctrine of his castle is orderly as stone; he takes nothing he is not authorized to take.

The vampire is reasonable. If you don’t want him to steal your blood, simply don’t answer the door.

P.S. Raices Texas, New Sanctuary Coalition. Call your congresspersons and tell them it’s time to abolish ICE.

[rareandradiant-maiden]

#these bilingual poems are still good as hell   #if you’re not familiar with this person’s work: the spanish does not say what the english says   #it is brilliant as hell   #check out the rest of their blog  (tags via @kuttithevangu)

[manaeiou]

this is so sad alexa play tainted love by soft cell

[greynvi]

a gifset of planet facts because i rlly love space!!

//please dont remove caption!