acidalia planitia

Samantha, with a dream of travelling the world and thinks about how to solve water issues through an interdisciplinary lens. If found, please return to the nearest stationary store. 

[throwrocksatboys]

Remember the Muslim group who started raising funds to help pay for funerals and medical expenses for the victims in Pittsburgh?? Well. They’re not done yet. Look at this

They have increased their goal several times and exceeded it within hours. HOURS!!

Here is their latest update

They’re asking you to please donate to their other fund, to help the victims of the shooting in Kentucky. These people are beyond amazing. They give me hope for the future and restore my faith in humanity.

Here is the fund for the synagogue

Here is the fund for the victims in Kentucky

They haven’t reached their goal with this one yet. If you’re feeling compelled to donate, please donate to the Kentucky fund. Because of everything else going on, it hasn’t gotten nearly as much attention. But these two peoples lives were just as important. They were just as loved and they will be just as missed.

And because they haven’t gotten as much attention and their stories aren’t in the news as much, here’s their story. From the fund raiser.

Please pass this around. If you can’t donate, someone who sees your reblog might.

Respond to evil with good.

[throwrocksatboys]

It has been two and half hours since I posted this and the funds raised has increased by almost $2800 !!! This is amazing !! You are wonderful people for helping in any way you can.

Keep up the great work!!

PS: the fund for the Tree Of Life victims has raised an additional $11k in the past two and half hours as well. How amazing is that ?!

Respond to evil with good

[avocadobananas]

who fucking litters. why do i ever see litter. who thinks that’s okay. who. who NEEDS to throw their fast food bag out the fucking window instead of waiting until they get somewhere with a trashcan. what kinda clown behavior. get fucked.

[glassbonespaperskin]

[softbrooklyn-deactivated2019052]

AGAIN. I see nothing about this side of the country on this site. PLEASE. Send as much as you can manage their way - support, money, whatever you can.

[i-restuff]

My hometown (Balikpapan) was literally accros the sea from this city. when this happened, some of my friends told me they could actually feel the earthquack from there.

It was started with 7,7 magnitude earthquack and continued with a 10-18 Feet tsunami. So far it’s been reported that 384 died and 540 Injured, research still continues.

My sympathy goes to the people from Palu, Danggola & Mamuju, especially to the families of those who have lost their lives, to the injured and to all who have been affected by this terrible disaster

[i-restuff]

Donation Links

[ Savethechildren.org ]

https://www.savethechildren.org/us/about-us/media-and-news/2018-press-releases/earthquake-and-tsunami-hits-indonesia-sulawesi

[ hhrd.org ]

http://hhrd.org/indonesia

[ Koperinik.info ]

https://kopernik.info/en/donate/palu-emergency-response

[i-restuff]

Update, the death poll is up to 832 now

more links to donate.

https://www.globalgiving.org/projects/indonesia-earthquake-relief-fund/

https://www.hopeww.org/update-palu-earthquake-tsunami

http://irusa.org/indonesia/

[allthecanadianpolitics]

Here's how you can help with Ottawa's tornado recovery

Volunteers will be needed to help gather, separate debris

Where to go to volunteer

The City of Ottawa is handling the registration of volunteers who want to help in Dunrobin; register at West Carleton Secondary School at 3086 Dunrobin Rd. or email [email protected].

Where to donate

Many charities (including United Way, Canadian Red Cross, Salvation Army, the Ottawa Food Bank) have banded together to create a central website to help direct monetary donations

Salvation Army is accepting donations for furniture, clothing or household items; you can make donations at thrift stores. To arrange pickup donations for larger items, call 1-613-247-1435 ext. 228.

Kanata Food Cupboard 613-355-9834, 340 Legget Dr., Door #46

Through Moisson Outaouais, donations of clothing, personal hygiene products and non-perishable food are being accepted and distributed from the former Sears store at Galeries de Hull between 12 p.m. and 8 p.m.

Food and monetary donations can be made to the Ottawa Food Bank; visit their website for drop-off locations

The City of Ottawa has also opened several support centres for those affected by the storm that will be open from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. daily.

O​​fficials from Hydro Ottawa, the Canadian Red Cross, the Insurance Bureau of Canada and other organizations will be present at locations in Ottawa to offer advice.

[allthecanadianpolitics]

Ford urged to sell Crown corporations like LCBO

Report says government businesses could be 'monetized' to bring in cash

A review of spending commissioned by Premier Doug Ford is encouraging him to sell Crown corporations, including the Liquor Control Board of Ontario, to bring short-term cash into provincial coffers.

The review says the government should maximize the value of provincial assets, including considering “divestiture” if the business case warrants.  

“Ontario currently holds assets that could be monetized to generate a one-time cash payout by selling all or a portion of GBEs (government business enterprises) and/or owned real estate,” the report says. It was conducted by the auditing firm EY Canada.

The three Crown corporations that the province classifies as “government businesses enterprises” are the LCBO, Ontario Power Generation and Ontario Lottery and Gaming.  

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[ibisliven]

privatization only makes things worse and more expensive. thats how they make money. 

[allthecanadianpolitics]

Also it starves government of millions of dollars of annual revenues.

Which is going to mean cuts to social services, healthcare and education.

[tab-irl]

* billions LCBO returns nearly 2,000,000,000 to Ontario annually.

[mikedawwwson]

[allthecanadianpolitics]

Paula Simons: Conservative rejection of birthright citizenship is the real threat to Canadian identity

Canadian identity isn't at risk from some alien baby invasion. If anything, Canadian values are at risk from those who would fearmonger to score cheap political points.

If you’re born in Canada, you’re Canadian.

It doesn’t matter who your parents are, or when and how they came to Canada. If you are born here, we claim you as our own.

It was the fundamental compact we made with the immigrant settlers who left their homelands behind to take a risk on a new life in a new land.

Yes, we told them, it may be tough to start over again in a different country. But your children will be Canadians, no matter what, equal to all other Canadians.

For me, that commitment to birthright citizenship has always been a point of patriotic pride. Citizenship by birth is part of our Canadian identity, something that sets us apart from many other countries that simply don’t work that way.

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[gloupblog]

[invalidate]

if you don’t listen to abba… get well soon i guess

[th0tvomit]

“Make sure you don’t start seeing yourself through the eyes of those who don’t value you. Know your worth even if they don’t.”

— Thema Davis

[onpoli]

The #NewerThanOntarioSexEdCurriculum hashtag is giving some perspective on just how outdated Ontario’s sex ed curriculum is. Ontario will revert back to the previous curriculum that was written in 1998 due to the PC Party’s opposition to the 2015 curriculum, which included information about gender identity, consent, and same-sex relationships.

[claryfairhild]

i’m so done with the way girls in twenties are treated. i’m so done with people who literally create timetable for us. 20- 24  find a guy, 24-26 make him propose to you, 27-29 get married. i’m so done. i’m do not want to get 2 a.m texts from my best friend who is freaking out that she is gonna die alone. i do not want see my 20 years old friend wasting her time on some guys who are not even interested in her. i do not want see us falling for every nice guy who does not look creepy. i do not want to see girls get sad or paranoid just bcos they do not fill in the schedule. you are ok. you should enjoy your life at its fullest and one day you will find 10/10 so do not pursue 6 just because you do not want to be single. it is ok and one day you will find someone. do not split your love with people who does not deserve it. keep it for yourself and when time will come you will know. i know it hurts. i know you wish u could just open part of yourself and release the buzzing love. but not every kind of love is romantic. show it to your family, friends, plants, yourself.

[allthecanadianpolitics]

Some girls in Nunavut using socks instead of tampons because of high cost - APTN News

“It’s a matter of do we eat or do we buy feminine hygiene supplies."

When Patty Krawec heard girls might be skipping school in Nunavut because of the high price of feminine hygiene products she put out a call for cash on social media.

The generous responses helped her load four hockey bags full of tampons, pads and related supplies to take along to the capital city of Iqaluit.

“I’m up about $1,500 now in two days,” she said on the phone while enroute to Ottawa airport.

“I’ve got 24 boxes of Playtex tampons, several boxes of Always (feminine pads), and some bladder-control products for elders.”

Krawec, who was flying north to visit her son, says donations came from strangers shocked to learn a box of tampons can cost $15 or more, maxi-pads $18 and ultra-thins $25.

“For some reason I had never connected food insecurity with sanitary product insecurity,” Krawec said of the sky-high prices Nunavummiut pay for shipped-in groceries.

“That to me just sounded so horrible. That these girls in Canada are missing school because these products are too expensive.”

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[benchofindigo]

“We shouldn’t have to fundraise for this in Canada,” Krawec said. “When we’ve got all this money for a pipeline.”

[allthecanadianpolitics]

Top Trudeau advisor slams Ford on cap-and-trade

The $2.8 billion that Ontario has raised from the cap-and-trade market was supposed to go towards programs that would further cut greenhouse gas emissions. Ford has said those programs, such as subsidies for energy retrofits, will also be cancelled.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s principal secretary is taking on Ontario premier-designate Doug Ford’s decision to scrap cap-and-trade.

In tweets sent since Ford’s Friday announcement, Gerald Butts accused Ford of inviting “pointless litigation” by pulling Ontario out of the carbon pricing market with California and Quebec. And suggested businesses have now wasted billions in a market that’s been closed to them.

Last week Ford said his first act in government would be to cancel Ontario’s participation in the cap-and trade market. The system puts a cap on how much big polluters can emit and incentivizes companies to reduce emissions by forcing them to purchase allowances if they go above their cap.

Brought into force in January, the market was key to Ontario’s role in meeting greenhouse gas emission targets set out in the Paris Agreement. In Ontario, electricity importers and fuel suppliers are among the companies that are required to take part in the system.

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[blogging-phelddagrif]

controversial topics should be stuff like “is cloning good” or “should we fuck aliens” and not whether people deserve to be poor or deserve healthcare

[allthecanadianpolitics]

I’m seeing a lot of despair tonight and I’m not going to tell anyone not to process those emotions. It’s not for me to invalidate that.

What I will say is that I lived through the Mike Harris years in Ontario. They were quite nasty. Lots of strikes affected our school systems. Lots of anger, bitterness, resentment. I went to an art school. We were told the arts were a waste of time. Useless. Not relevant in an age of austerity, budget cuts. Lots of scary times. We protested. We had walk-outs. We endured. A lot of the people I grew up with became politically minded and involved because of it.

I say to those younger than me: don’t tune out, no matter how hard it might seem. You’ve got friends and allies. They’re out there. I’m scared too but one can’t go quietly into the night. Even just send an email to your MPP or an MPP in opposition who is in alignment with your values (the NDP will have a shadow cabinet as opposition with certain MPPs in charge of specific issues). Besides that, there are unions, non-governmental organizations, etc that will fight for your rights. You’ve got so many resources online that we didnt have. You can go that far beyond us, make changes happen, make yourself heard.

Please don’t give up.

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Submitted by @om-nom-berries.