Balance

[niggasandcomputers]

i like when it’s quiet

[shymagnolia]

so I got into grad school today with my shitty 2.8 gpa and the moral of the story is reblog those good luck posts for the love of god

[shymagnolia]

okay so i just got my dream job??? a week after applying to it?? and now i’m thinking….maybe this is the good luck post

[badolmen]

I got 100%??? On my GIS test I barely studied for??? And now I don’t have to take the final???? Holy fucking shit this post works.

[gisellegrantham-deactivated2020]

I got a job today lol

[myreticentvale-deactivated20231]

Keep the flame going for those we have lost to suicide. 

[arievogues]

All skin folk ain’t kin folk.

Kamala Harris edition.

[westafricanbaby]

WOW

[hi-imkingdavid]

Yea I’m not voting for anyone cause they black. That’s dumb. Let’s get someone in office that actually knows what’s best for the county

[wretchedofthe-earth]

NO to carceral feminism. NO to Kamala Harris

[stringerbells-deactivated202105]

[qqqqqqqqqwe-deactivated20170301]

this has to be nearly ten years old. this shit is a relic

[greyisunavailable]

This is the anthem

[santusdehonos]

The original…

[heyyitsranran]

THE FUCKIN ANTHEM

[introvertunites]

If you’re an introvert, follow us @introvertunites. 

[en-futubandera]

[joshpeck]

truly could’ve never guessed the second half of this 5 second video

[cleoselene-deactivated20260315]

“reblog this or your mom will die”

“seriously judging everyone who doesn’t reblog this post”

“if you don’t reblog this post you have no soul”

“you reblogged something from an OP who is bad”

“i don’t care what your blog is about, spread this like wildfire!”

[docholligay]

Doc, what are the top five items food banks LOVE to receive? I'm doing a collection soon and want to ask for specifics.

MONEY. WE WANT MONEY. MONEY MONEY MONEY MONEY MONEY. WE CAN DO SO MUCH WITH IT. WE HAVE ACCESS TO DEALS YOU COULD NEVER. MONEY

That aside.

 I’m only going to talk about food items but if your food bank takes personal items, a lot of times diapers, feminine hygiene products, etc, are very very welcome. 

1) Canned chicken and beef 

looooooove this stuff. It’s expensive, it lasts forever, it tastes good and it can be used a variety of ways. This stuff is fucking catnip to food banks, it’s so hard for us to provide proteins. 

2) Fancy nut butters

Peanut butter is a standby for food banks as a shelf-stable inexpensive protein, but if we have a family with a kid with a peanut allergy that’s not going to work. Non-peanut butters are expensive and it’s something we hardly ever see donated. (we also like peanut butter, but that’s easier for us to buy ourselves than non-peanut butters)

3) Canned or packaged tuna

You may notice a trend here in shelf-stable proteins. And yeah. That’s basically it, so I’m not going to keep harping on it. But this stuff is a godsend. 

4) Easy breakfast things for kids (Granola bars, instant oatmeal, and the like) 

Whatever Donald Trump tells you, most people who get food from food banks are actually working their asses off and so they have to leave Obama to raise their baby or whatever, and they don’t have a lot of time in the morning. Things like this that kids can make for themselves are expensive. (Another trend you may be noticing–donate shit that costs a lot of money. That helps us more than all the shitty green bean cans in the world) But they are so helpful for busy working families where the parents may not have a set schedule and sometimes little Amanda is making her own breakfast before she runs off to school. Don’t let kids go to school hungry. 

5) Shelf-stable juice

This is one people never think of! But if you show up with a bunch of (preferably reduced sugar stuff) bottles of juice at my door, oh man, you are gonna get so many check mark and okay hand emoticons. This stuff is great for kids, and it doesn’t require refrigeration until it’s opened, so it works great for food drives. 

[kesonafyren]

But seriously, give money

And it’s way better food, too, anything you get prepackaged has A TON of sugar and/or salt in it…collecting cans may be more exciting than writing a check, but if the point is to help people, the check is going to get a lot more done

[pennie-dreadful]

Yoooooo heads up for those of you with kids, I know this time of year schools start holding canned food drives so keep this in mind if you’re able to give.

[kyraneko]

collecting cans may be more exciting than writing a check, but if the point is to help people, the check is going to get a lot more done .

hint: the point should be to help people.

[digitaldiscipline]

The longer Trimp’s Shitdown goes on, the more strain will be on food banks to provide for federal workers and contractors who are not being paid, so this is even more relevant than usual right now.

[thewickedwilds]

Food banks are going to be overburdened next month in all likeliness! We were warned that we may not get any food benifits along with everyone else in the country.

(On a side note if you DO donate food it’s always so nice to get healthy stuff. It always feels like a godsend when I get specialty bread because I’m allergic to wheat and most food bank food is bread!! If you donate allergy friendly foods normal people will turn it down and people with allergies get an awesome surprise!!!)

[jahmyaa]

Blame this guy named tony for this ok😭

[biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist]

Zimbabwe orders Internet shutdown

When the Zimbabwean government ordered internet service providers to shutter parts of the web in an effort to curb anti-government protests,

I’m only able to send this because I’ve got a VPN but yesterday even VPNS were blocked today if you don’t have a VPN you can’t read news or use WhatsApp or Facebook or any social media they’ve only put the Internet on to avoid human rights issues you have a huge audience gaud, an audience who should care.

[thetribegoddess]

Heres a video of what’s going on right now:

TRT World on Twitter

“Several people have been killed and hundreds have been arrested following protests in Zimbabwe over a 150 percent fuel price hike https:/

[ebonyheartnet]

[image description: a tweet by africanbutterzw saying, “The people of #Zimbabwe are still offline. Military and police are shooting unarmed civilians. Calling all people of all nations to assist by retweeting and tagging people that can help Zimbabwe. We need to make noise, we need to be heard. 🇿🇼 #SwitchBackOnZW #ZimbabweShutDown” and the time stamp is “10:30 PM 15 Jan 19” /end ID]

If you see this, please reblog.

This is terrifying and we all need to do what we can to spread the word. If you’re a US native, you know that this won’t make the news cycle for more than a few days, max, so please keep talking about this and help make other pay attention! I know not everyone has the spoons for it, but if you can, do so.

Tagging some folks who I really hope can signal boost:

@systlin @thebibliosphere @simonalkenmayer @kristina-meister @gallusrostromegalus @buzzfeed @buzzfeednews

[allthingshyper]

For those that don’t want to click the link, Zimbabwe fuel got a 150% price hike, and this is what happened when people started protesting

[lesbiansandpuns]

here’s a BBC article about it

current as of January 20, 2019

[bhujangan]

If you need food during the shut down (or any time), Sikh gurdware serve free hot meals, no questions asked or strings attached. You don’t need to attend a service or be Sikh. Just cover your head, take your shoes off and don’t bring intoxicants inside. The policies on taking food home will vary by place, but you can go back every day and take as much as you want as long you don’t waste food.

Anyone is welcome so please don’t hesitate to stop by.

[fakehistory]

[themasterpupil]

“Well, baby 
You were everything I ever wanted 
Bought a wedding ring, it’s in my pocket 
Planned to ask the other day 
Knew you’d run away, so I guess I just forgot it 
Remember when you went away to college 
Hours on the phone, we end up talkin’ 
Past, present, future, all the gossip, God damn 
Puppy love ain’t what it was, darlin’ 
Feelings that we have are so alarmin’ 
I can make you laugh, I can break the glass 
If we made it last, it’d be a bargain 
Mr. Charmin’, that is my department 
You was there before the fancy cars and 
You was there when I was just a starvin’ artist 
When the car was havin’ trouble startin’ 
Now we got our own apartment, same box for the mail 
Same hamper for the laundry, the food in the fridge is stale 
And this mornin’ you cooked the eggs with the kale 
I tried to hit it while you was gettin’ dressed 
You said “All you ever think about is sex” 
I’m like, “Oh well, you know me so well 
And if this will make you lay, I swear, I won’t tell 
And every time I call your phone, you better pick up your cell 
I swear to God I'ma freak out if it go straight to voice mail” 
Well, I’m the jealous type 
But I swear that ass what Heaven’s like 
When I’m in that pussy, it’s a better life 
That’s the only way I’m tryna end the night 
That’s my only chance, I better get it right”

— Mac Miller

[6lacksoul]

[capricorn-dad-deactivated201908]

HELLOOOOO

[sadhoc]

“i’m in kind of a weird mental place right now” i say, as if there are times when i am not in a weird mental place