Passion is often mistaken for madness.

[black-bloc-antifa]

[thatdisasterauthor]

If you are in the Grand Junction area, here is the information for the memorial for our fallen firefighters. It will be this Sunday at 11am MDT and is open to the public.

There is a livestream as well: https://www.youtube.com/live/m7NVmRd1Q8w?feature=shared

Knowles Fire Memorial Service

Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

[akissmksskka]

kosa passed house, unfortunately. not the best news to hear

it isn't law yet, however. so don't freak out, yet. or at all because the best thing you can do is be calm. it still has to pass senate and that's a fact.

keep calling your reps... especially the ones who have voted specifically for the kids act + kosa. reminder that these aren't the only bad bills they're passing. i forget all of them (since they total as 19, i believe) but the screen act and appstore accountability act are especially alarming.

call, email, fax, and write to your senators! resources are right down below as usual for easy access! (badinternetbills provides you an email script and the names of senators. it's super easy, anyone can do it with just a few clicks. if you don't feel like calling you can wait until after hours and leave a voicemail. you can always write a letter, but i'd advise you do that immediately so it's seen as soon as possible!

and if you can't do any of those, it's okay. just keep spreading the word and not only on tumblr. make videos to post online and persuade family into contacting local congress as well (but be careful with who you tell, because they might just be in favor of these bills)

Bad Internet Bills

All of the bad internet bills. One website.

5 Calls

Spend 5 minutes. Make 5 calls. Make your voice heard.

[swagophile]

important reminder that most people you follow online are significantly lamer than you think they are including me. and if you feel insecure comparing yourself to someone online: DON'T. theyre probably also lame and weird. most people on the internet are

[most-sane-classicist]

reblog if you're also lame and weird.

[cheesuschristman]

And the fact some people are okay with this.

[anarchycatss]

[richardburbagehateblog]

"All drugs are drugs" = a surprisingly radical position that will upset people right across the political spectrum

This means:

If you draw a hard line between "drug" and "medicine" based on current legality where you live (or any other criteria) you've gone wrong somewhere,

If you think legality and/or prescription status tells you all you need about a substance's capacity to do massive harm to someone's body, mind or well-being you've gone wrong somewhere,

If you think legality and/or prescription status tells you all you need about a substance's capacity to contribute meaningfully to someone's healing, function or happiness you've gone wrong somewhere,

If you think certain substances should be excluded from informed consent (either withheld or forcibly administered) you've gone wrong somewhere.

[didalexiabreakupwitholgaisback]

as the world cup continues in north america, we should not turn a blind eye to what continues to happen in plain sight of the entire world as we are supposed to be "celebrating" football 😤

[pavlover-boy]

happy canada day. please consider donating to an indigenous-led charity. fuck colonialism.

indian residential school survivors society (BC)

toronto indigenous harm reduction (ON)

native women's resource centre of toronto (ON)

water first (nationwide)

indspire (nationwide)

miskanawah (AB)

ma mawi wi chi itata centre (MB)

manitoba indigenous cultural education centre (MB)

native women's shelter of montreal (QC)

native friendship centre of montreal (QC)

first light (NL)

list of indigenous charitable organizations sorted by cause (nationwide)

[t4timekeeper]

the link to first light appears to be broken, here’s one that works!

also additional donation links for the labrador friendship centre and the mi’kmaw cultural foundation, wela’lioq 🩷

[sataniccapitalist]

More than 68,000 people still missing in Venezuela after earthquakes

A preliminary estimate from the United Nations Development Programme put the cost of direct physical damage caused by the quakes at $6.7 bil

[no-borders-no-nations]

[whatbigotspost]

2021:

Spanking has negative long-term effects, Texas researcher's review of nearly 70 studies finds

Researchers focused on whether kids that are spanked are more likely to share or, conversely, more likely to have anxiety, years down the li

2021:

The Effect of Spanking on the Brain

Spanking found to impact children's brain response, leading to lasting consequences.

2018:

Science Again Says Spanking Hurts Kids Long Term

The American Academy of Pediatrics says new evidence and research not only show that spanking affects a child’s brain development and increa

2016:

Spanking Harms Kids, Doesn't Work And Leads To Long-Term Problems

Kids who are spanked tend to act out more and have more problems later on.

2012:

A study reviewed more than two decades of research on the effects of spanking and found nothing positive to report, only that physical punis

2010:

The Long-Term Effects of Spanking

A multiyear study shows spanking kids makes them more aggressive later on

I haven’t pissed people off lately by reminding them that ALL types of physical punishment of kids has been proven beyond ANY reasonable doubt to have only negative long term outcomes.

So let me scream it from the hilltops:

Stop hitting kids. End of sentence.

If you think, “but I was hit and I turned out just fine” let me pre-reply: NO YOU DID NOT. You think hitting a child is ok, how the fuck does that qualify as “fine”?????? From one abuse survivor to another: please start healing yourself.

[whatbigotspost]

This post needs a "it's been 5 years" update, so here we go:

2022:

Spanking and children's social competence: Evidence from a US kindergarten cohort study

Spanking is a risk factor for children's social competency. However, establishing causality is a challenge, given selection bias in samples

The effects of spanking on psychosocial outcomes: revisiting genetic and environmental covariation - Journal of Experimental Criminology

Background There is a vast literature on the negative associations between spanking in childhood and various psychosocial developmental outc

2023:

Corporal Punishment in Schools - PubMed

The use of corporal punishment in schools is not an effective or ethical method for management of behavior concerns and causes harm to stude

Spanking and executive functioning in US children: A longitudinal analysis on a matched sample

Spanking has been linked to multiple maladaptive child outcomes. However, previous research linking spanking with children's executive funct

2024:

Corporal punishment is believed to precede various forms of violent behavior, yet prior research has yielded inconsistent findings, partly d

2025:

Corporal punishment of children: the public health impact

This technical report describes the prevalence, risk factors for, and consequences of child corporal punishment, which it defines as “any pu

Spanking and other physical discipline lead to exclusively negative outcomes for children in low- and middle-income countries

Physically punishing children in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) has exclusively negative outcomes -- including poor health, lower

[whatbigotspost]

YOU GOTTA BE FUCKING KIDDING ME TUMBLR

So annoying. So GD annoying.

[headspace-hotel]

The World Health Organization report I highly recommend because there are so many conclusions that are shocking and yet completely obvious.

For example, being exposed to corporal punishment as a kid makes it more likely for a person to commit domestic violence against a partner. In places where corporal punishment is normal, people are more likely to think that rape and intimate partner violence are normal. Kids who are spanked are more likely to be violent with and to bully other kids.

Spanking is literally teaching a kid that violence is okay and normal and it affects the whole society.

It also talks about how corporal punishment affects the brain in its development. It changes the structure of the brain and slows the development of mental abilities. Kids who get spanked have much stronger hormonal responses to stress.

[sternfleck]

Thoughts and prayers to my European mutuals suffering under their omega heat

[carrotblr]

get these reusable gel packs from the pharmacy or somewhere freeze them and put them at your nape I SWEAR IT WILL HELP YOU SURVIVE !!! it will stay frozen and cold for a much longer time than a wet towel. ur nape is the optimal spot bc of blood flow and stuff

advice from a tropical bitch

[saveaboud]

“YOU MAY DIE WITHIN HOURS.”

That is what a doctor told me today.

[saveaboud]

Unfortunately, the countdown to my discharge from the hospital in Gaza has begun because the treatment I need is unavailable.

[saveaboud]

If I cannot afford treatment, my siblings may soon bury their brother. Please help before that day comes.

Chuffed – PayPal – Verified

[aboud-lives]

Guys, only $550 stand between me and treatment. Please donate even a small amount or share my story as widely as possible.

[martindykewood]

please help!

[anglaised]

everybody wanna be a anarchist nobody wants to change ‘diapers’ …everybody wanna be a anarchist nobody wants to go thru their pantry and donate things they know they dont need as much as a stranger etc etc like it’s not like ive never met actual anarchist who do good but 99% of the time they r not on social media and if they are they arent being weird about other leftist actually helping their communities like a lot of u see the label and imagine urself like standing on a flipped car thats on fire waving around a pistol while rock music plays but do u have the guts to wash a disabled person? could u care for another person if they were injured at a protest? do you even know how to do cpr…?

[thatdisasterauthor]

Donate to Nicholas A. Hutcherson, Fallen Hero in Line of Duty, organized by Esther Karoleski

Nicholas A. Hutcherson, Wildland Firefighter. Fallen Hero in Line… Esther Karoleski needs your support for Nicholas A. Hutcherson, Fallen He

This is an official and confirmed GoFundMe for one of the firefighters who lost his life on our district two days ago. Please share if you can. Thank you so much everyone.

[thatdisasterauthor]

Thank you so much to everyone who has donated and shared so far. It is so very appreciated.

I still haven’t seen anything for the other firefighters affected as of yet, but when I do I will share those as well.

[newtypezaku]

[carrotblr]

@junglebright