Sesame Street posting techniques for comforting children during traumatic world events feels so fucking dystopian but here are the slides they posted just in case you or a loved one has any little critters at home right now
No one is doing well right now, but being a little critter right now has got to be terrifying. This is such a crushing series of images, especially considering PBS’s funding got slashed. While I’m happy Sesame Street continues to keep the wellbeing and education of children as a major priority, there’s a certain amount of innocence that Sesame Street represents and this is giving me such a visceral feeling rn
Get to know your moots. Thank you my love bug @keaganz for tagging me
1: The origin of your username:
I had a friend who used to lovingly call me odd bird because I was heavily into David Lynch and taking pictures in abandoned buildings at the time, and when I started this blog it was mostly things that were kind of in that vain
2: I always order this food:
I love pretty much love everything, but I adore sushi and Asian cuisine
3: Overused emojis:
If you follow me you know I am an emoji whore, use these too much: 🤭☺️💕🍆💀🫦
4: Current fav show/movie/book:
That's too tough honestly, I have too many, but some of my all time favs are Twin Peaks, The Leftovers, Better Call Saul, Stranger Things. Fav movies: The Last Unicorn, Wild At Heart, Harold and Maude. Fav books: The Haunting of Hill House, The Wind Up Bird Chronicle, Picnic At Hanging Rock, Kafka on the Shore, anything by Stephen King
5: Song on repeat: (at least right now, but ask me again next week)
Try Me/Djo, Cherry/Lana Del Rey, The Beautiful Ones/Prince, Party 4 u/Charlixcx, Sweetest Kill/Broken Social Scene
6: Last thing you hyper-fixated on:
Um... you've been here, right? Billy Hargrove.. duh
7: Oddly specific thing that brings you joy:
Baking
8: Phone wallpaper:
My fam
9: What smell makes you happy:
Roses, cedar, lavender, coconut sunscreen, citrus, old books, my man
10: Morning, night, or other type of person:
I'm up at the crack of dawn, always, it's my fav time of day, but I am also always tired so, lol
Thank you for the tag gorgeous @shes-an-odd-bird !!!
1: The origin of your username:
I was casually on tumblr until I met my wife. They got me more into the fandom scene and so I renamed my blog what I was feeling at the time (this was when I was with my toxic ex).
2: I always order this food:
Depending on where I go it’s either Asada fries, Kimchi Chicken Katsu, or a Boston sushi roll
3: Overused emojis:
Honestly I’m guilty for using 🩷💕🤣🥺🥴 on a constant basis
4: Current fav show/movie/book:
Show: Stranger Things, She-Ra and the Princesses of Power, Adventure Time, Over the Garden Wall
Movie: Midsommer, Alien(s), Jurassic Park, Into the Spiderverse
Book: Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Lord of the Rings, Stranger Things Spin-offs
5: Song on repeat: (at least right now, but ask me again next week)
See Through/Ruti; Unhinged/Masego, Heat Above/ Geta Van Fleet; Outlaws Get No Entry/ Taku Iwasaki; Hoes Depressed/ Thot Squad
6: Last thing you hyper-fixated on:
I’m a bit all over the place but Billy is still on my mind 25/8
7: Oddly specific thing that brings you joy:
My weighted pink dinosaur OR embroidery
8: Phone wallpaper:
Aphrodite, my queen
9: What smell makes you happy:
Clean linen, Peppermint Hot Coco, Jasmine, Blackberry, Cherry
10: Morning, night, or other type of person:
I am an absolute night owl and will casually pull all nighters against my better interests
Anyone who sees this and wants to do it feel free 🩷🩷!
(this list is mainly ways non-locals can donate but by extension offers a lot of resources and places to volunteer in the Twin Cities + there are specific ways to donate time under the cut which can be adjusted to your local neighborhood)
full credit to cataloo from r/minnesota [x]
🩵Immigrant support
Immigrant Defense Network – coalition of 90+ groups organizing rapid response and collecting evidence.
Immigrant Law Center of MN – free immigration legal representation to low-income immigrants and refugees.
COPAL – advocacy, organizing, phone hotline. Focus on Latine community.
Minnesota Immigrant Rights Action Committee (MIRAC) – education and protest organizing.
Interfaith Coalition on Immigration – advocacy, aid, events.
Monarca MN – training and phone hotline.
Unidos MN – education, protests, advocacy.
Center for Victims of Torture – advocacy and mental health services for immigrants and refugees.
International Institute of Minnesota – refugee resettlement group that provides support and legal help to vulnerable new-to-country families.
Lutheran Social Service of Minnesota – offers services to refugees, including legal aid to non-citizens.
🩵Food support
If local, food donations are welcome, otherwise monetary donations help these types of orgs source what is most needed
VEAP
Second Harvest Heartland
Every Meal
The Food Group
Meals on Wheels MN
Find a local food shelf
🩵Mutual aid funds & community support
Community Aid Network
Twin Cities Trans Mutual Aid
Leo's Tow (Venmo @leostowingmn) is towing cars back to families if a car is stranded when someone is detained.
🩵More links
MN50501 Mutual Aid Linktree – well-organized list of various Twin Cities groups.
Mplsmutualaid Linktree – many neighborhood and individual GoFundMes listed here.
Mpls.St.Paul Magazine – see Food Drives and Fundraisers.
Stand with Minnesota – extensive list of organizations, mutual aid, and crowdfunding campaigns.
🩵Donate blood
Memorial Blood Center declared a blood emergency on Tuesday, Jan 13. MBC is the blood supplier for both tier 1 trauma hospitals in the metro area (Hennepin County Medical Center and North Memorial Health).
American Red Cross
🩵Donate food or other goods
Mpls.St.Paul Magazine – see Food Drives and Fundraisers.
Volunteer your time (under the cut)
🩵Mutual aid
Reach out to your neighbors – especially if you know they are staying home right now – and ask if they need groceries or toiletry items. Offer to pick up prescriptions, give rides, or shovel their driveway. If you know them well, bring them a treat that you know they'll enjoy. Or just ask them how they're doing and let them know you are there to support.
Connect with any of the orgs above and see if they are looking for volunteers.
Connect with a church or mosque in your area. From u/MuddieMaeSuggins: "I know a lot of regular Redditors are not religious (myself included) but like it or not this is a where a lot of community organizing happens, especially in immigrant communities."
Connect with your local school's admin office and/or their PTA. It's ok to reach out even if you don't have kids at the school. PTAs are organizing mutual aid for school families, safe rides, school observers.
🩵Activism
Find an official protest or other event via Indivisible, 50501, FREE AMERICA, or MIRAC. Students at many high schools are staging walk-outs; if your local school is doing this, reach out to school leadership or the PTA and ask how you can support as a community member.
Join the effort to stop Hilton from housing ICE by booking hotel rooms and then cancelling at the last minute. This action can be done from home! The effort is being organized by Sunrise Movement, who are telling activists to target specific hotels one-by-one. More info: SHUT DOWN HILTON
Find people in your area who are actively monitoring ICE and/or stationing themselves in high-traffic areas and ask how you can help. Check for local FB events where people are organizing and just show up.
At minimum, read the COPAL Handbook before you go out to observe. The DFL, Monarca, and other orgs have been hosting online trainings for constitutional observers (though these fill up quickly).
When you see ICE in action, start recording. Be as loud and as disruptive as possible: honk your horn, set off your car alarm, blow your whistle. Let people know that ICE is in the area. If you see someone being detained, try to get their name and a phone number to call their emergency contact.
If you do not feel comfortable observing ICE in person, there are ways you can support from home. Just ask the people who are organizing in your area. I have social anxiety, and I had never participated in any kind of political action before this past Saturday. If I can do it, you can!
Local organizers are requesting that people who help monitor ICE DO NOT participate in 1-to-1 mutual aid efforts, as these can put the families you are helping at risk.
If you have friends/acquaintances who are sympathetic but not politically active, reach out to them. Show them that they're not alone in feeling helpless. Pick a few low-commitment actions from this list and do them together.
Please spread this around. Don't let ANYONE lie and say my community is anything but ASTONISHINGLY UNITED in rejection of ICE's behavior. This crosses generations, race lines, party lines, class lines. THAT is how bad ICE is. THAT is how bad we want them gone.
THAT is how loudly we are DEMANDING they leave!
Do you understand what a crowd like this means in a small city like Minneapolis??? In weather that hurts to breathe???
If you see the quote "I refuse to share my body with a man who wouldn't defend it politically" or any variation of it floating around the internet — it was Kat Blaque who originally said it and she would really appreciate it if people gave her proper credit for it but it's gone viral on a lot of different platforms and most of the people sharing it don't know it's from her or choose not to credit her on purpose.
I tag @thischarmingman444 @skinny-dipping-sasquatch @orpheus-rising @blondebrainpowered @magical-maybee @magictune-strawberryflutesblow @shes-an-odd-bird and anyone else who wants to play.
My uncle was one of the top surgeons in the country. He was upper middle class definitely. When he got cancer, his insurance didn’t cover all the treatments he would need and after 5 years he drained his savings on cancer treatments (while still working most of that time) and eventually died because he couldn’t afford the expensive treatments that might have saved him.
If you are upper middle class and you get sick, it will likely bankrupt your family. It’s fucked.
Honest to god - even if you make 6 figures a year? you're closer to poverty than true wealth. Check your shit and remember who your real allies and enemies are guys.
A 6 figure income is a lot right?
That’s say: 223,000 dollars a year
Which is 112 dollars an hour.
Most people would consider that upper middle class. That’s enough money to have a nice house, go on fun vacations. That’s slight more than the average doctor makes.
223,000 dollars is what Jeff Bezo makes in a minute
There was a wonderful study done about 15 years ago I think, that shows that people cannot accurately identify their income bracket. Most people who own a home think they are upper middle class when in fact they are closer to the poverty line. Even people living well below poverty often identify as middle class. The wealth gap is even worse now. I wonder if anyone actually knows their financial standing.
