Katastraphoe Inc.

Do not believe madness to be a curse, mortal. For some, it is the greatest of blessings. A bitter mercy perhaps, but mercy nonetheless.

[poguesgold]

HOW TO DONATE TO BLM WHEN YOU HAVE NO MONEY

a black woman named zoe amira posted a video on youtube. this video is an hour long and filled with art and music from black creators. it has a ton of ads, and in result will rack up a ton of revenue. 100% of the ad revenue from the video will be dispersed between various blm organizations, including bail-out funds for protesters. it will be split between the following, dependent on necessity

brooklyn bail fund

minnesota freedom fund

atlanta action network

columbus freedom fund

louisville community bail fund

chicago bond

black visions collective

richmond community bail fund

the bail project inc

nw com bail fund

philadelphia bail fund

the korchhinski-parquet family gofundme

george floyd’s family gofundme

blacklivesmatter.com

reclaim the block

aclu

turn off your adblocker and put the video on repeat. do not skip ads. let it play on loop whether you’re listening or not. mute the tab if you need to focus elsewhere. but let. it. play.

youtube will donate to blm for you.

please, please reblog. for people who don’t have money to spare, this is incredibly important information to have.

[retrogamingblog2]

Gentleman Pokemon Pins made by Geoff Siu

[methodseeking]

JUSTICE FOR CASEY GOODSON

On December 4th, 2020, Casey Christian Goodson Jr. (23 years old) was shot three times in the back and murdered by a Sheriff’s Deputy as he was entering his home in Columbus, Ohio. Goodson’s family stated that he was returning home from a dentist appointment, holding a Subway sandwich, his face mask, and his keys, when he was shot.

Two days later, the Columbus Police Department made a statement alleging that James Meade, the deputy responsible for Goodson’s death, saw a man believed to be Goodson with a gun while driving. Meade then approached Goodson after he exited his car and walked home, where he was shot.

Hours after the shooting, the US Marshal for the Southern District of Ohio, Peter Tobin, confirmed that Goodson was not the fugitive they were searching for. However, Tobin also added that he believed that the shooting was justified, claiming that Goodson was shot after he refused to drop his “weapon.”

Yet another Black man murdered by the police.

DEMAND JUSTICE.

art credit: @alex.albadree on instagram

graphics credit: @worldawarenessassociation on instagram

[artxans]

I have finally officially opened commissions! Finding work is still proving difficult and I have many things that need paying for. Anything is incredibly helpful and if you cannot afford a commission which is understandable retweets are very much appreciated ; v ;

If you’re unsure on anything, just ask.

[sandandglass]

[natalie-mars]

I don’t reblog much, but this is too well said not to.

[themayfieldtreasury]

This always gets a reblog.

[underchestnuttree84-deactivated]

[gypsy-that-i-was]

If you listen, her tapping very much adds to the music.

[lizzy52955]

Love this💗💗💗💗💗

[froggybangbang]

That’s Emma O'Sullivan! She’s a famous tap dancer (all-Ireland champion) and you can see her often if you walk the streets of Galway, dancing in the street!

[sraithpics]

I’d just like to add (for non Irish people especially) that she isn’t actually a tap dancer but a sean nós dancer. Sean nós is a traditional Irish dance (sean nós means “the old way”) but it isn’t the same as the mainstream Irish dance which people would be familiar with. In mainstream Irish dance the dancers have carefully choreographed routines that need to be learned and replicated and keep a rigid upright position at all times. They either wear soft shoes which make no sound or hard shoes which make a tap sound which are worn for different types of dances. People can also usually recognise Irish dance pretty easily at a glance due to the extravagant colourful costumes, white “poodle” socks, white undershorts and heavy wigs and make up that the dancers wear at competitions.

Sean nós is a totally different type of dance separate to this mainstream “Irish dance”. It is a much more loose and free type of dance where the dancers always wear hard shoes since the sound of the feet is very important. There are a few basic moves (the “shuffle, shuffle stamp”, the “heel and toe” and the “slide and shuffle” being the basic foundation steps) but once you have the basics you can combine steps, free style and even make your own steps. You can move your hands and arms to the music unlike in mainstream Irish dance too. Sean nós is often seen as the sexier Irish dance as the dancers are allowed much greater hip and general body movement and can laugh and interact with the audience as they move. There are no particular costume rules for sean nós competitons. Unlike Irish dance, people can really wear whatever but the norm is comfortable and simple dresses or skirts or trouser/top combinations made up from whatever the dancer chooses from their own wardrobes, a huge contrast to the heavy Irish dance costumes and the expense and pageantry associated with them. Part of the appeal of sean nós is that it has not been commercialised and commodified to the degree that Irish dance has and has a much more casual and fun feel to it in contrast to the strict routines and costume norms of Irish dance.

The most skilled sean nós dancers are able to dance a “barrel dance” where they dance at high speed on top of a barrel without knocking it over. It usually takes years to get to this level of skill so people normally start on the ground and then work their way up from a quarter barrel to a half barrel until they can dance on the top of a full one. This is Emma again doing a barrel dance on a half barrel:

Another sean nós dance is Damhsa na Scuibanna “The Brush Dance” where dancers pass a brush between their legs at speed. The still images don’t really do it justice so here’s a clip of three members of the Cunningham family dancers performing it: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GX3Z8qG7AKo

It’s important that people call it by its correct name of sean nós or damhsa ar an sean nós rather than just “tap dance” as it’s an important part of our cultural heritage and a type of dance that is barely known about outside of Ireland. Sean nós had almost fallen into total obscurity outside of small pockets of rural Ireland until dancers like  Emma O Sullivan and the Cunningham family dancers repopularised it in the early 2010s through their acclaimed performances and TV appearances as well as their classes for children to keep the tradition going into the next generation. Sean nós is still threatened with falling back into obscurity, if you search online most of the popular videos and photos of it are from about nine years ago during this revival and it’s still largely a rural, West of Ireland phenomenon which even people from within Ireland don’t really know about. Calling it by it’s correct name helps to keep it alive and allows new people to find out about it.

[duine-aiteach]

Just to add that sean nós is pronounced as “shan no-ss”. Sean in Irish means old and doesn’t become Seán (Shawn) without the fáda on the A, though many Seáns don’t use a fáda especially outside of Ireland.

[artxans]

Commissions for @petiteyukihana and for @katastraphoeinc of all our ocs having tea together ;v; Sylvain + Ryo belongs to @svriel and Eli to @another-tired-little-demon

[mlmshowerthoughts]

trans people do not owe you their backstory. they do not owe you their deadname, their pre-transition pictures, their coming out story, their heartache. trans people who are stealth are not “tricking” you, trans people who are open about it are not “faking”. there is no one trans experience, no specific narrative trans people have to fit.

also, if you’re trans, i love you! remember to drink some water today.

[aroloverboy]

Hey it’s ace week and you’re local ace has something to say! I’ve been out as ace for 3 years now and it’s still a big part of my identity that I’m proud of so here’s a lil something for those who need it!

[exist-comic]

Check out some of the characters created by me and learn a little more about them - Xan

Disclaimer that some still need some updating but I’m away from the pc right now…

[aroloverboy]

Quick comic about Inclusion because I can

[charamells-deactivated20220424]

Grass pokemon in summer

[kleeklutch]

[fullpraxisnow]

“[I]t is actually more expensive to be poor than not poor. If you can’t afford the first month’s rent and security deposit you need in order to rent an apartment, you may get stuck in an overpriced residential motel. If you don’t have a kitchen or even a refrigerator and microwave, you will find yourself falling back on convenience store food, which — in addition to its nutritional deficits — is also alarmingly overpriced. If you need a loan, as most poor people eventually do, you will end up paying an interest rate many times more than what a more affluent borrower would be charged. To be poor — especially with children to support and care for — is a perpetual high-wire act.”

— It Is Expensive to Be Poor | The Atlantic

[bae-in-maine]

“Poverty charges interest ” holy hell. Ive never read$heard someone put it that way before. But its so friggen true.

[useless-bisaster]

See also:

(Source: Men at Arms by Terry Pratchett)

[retrogamingblog2]

Sylveon Pride Pins made by Plushishop

[freddieardley]

Wychwood

Photographed by Freddie Ardley

[goawfma]

with all the trafficking going on y’all better stay safe!!

[plethodoncinereus]

It’s a good idea to practice this so you know how to do it in an emergency! You don’t even have to be strong (this guy is pretty muscular) to do it, it’s the force of the swing that makes them break.

Alternatively, if you’re being zip tied or tied up in general it’s a good idea to present your fists to the person instead of having them grab and force them. That way, you can present them in an easier to escape position.

Like these:

The tutorials I followed on this website were super helpful and show a few methods of breaking out of zip ties. It take ten minutes to learn and could quite literally save your life!

How to Escape from Zip Ties | ITS Tactical

Zip ties are a common method of illegal restraint. To defeat zip ties, you can break them, shim them, or slip right out of them. Learn more

[thelivingsp1rit]

While this technique is worth knowing in the event of kidnapping or human trafficking, and so forth, it will not work on police issue flex-cuffs, which happen to be far thicker than standard zip-ties, are double cuffed, and have a reinforced centre.

Attempting this technique with flex-cuffs will firstly cut off circulation to your hands due to the proposed need to tighten them, which is dangerous for many reasons when detained in them for a prolonged period of time, as once on, they will not be loosened until they are removed entirely. And secondly, will likely lead to you breaking your wrists as the force required to break free of them exceeds what can be generated by the over-average male, regardless of how strong they may believe themselves to be. Your best bet, if you can get to relative safety first, is to use the corner of a wall to wear the plastic center-piece down enough to break free.

[nomoretocome]

Please read the last comment before you permanently fuck your wrist.

[shaaknaa]

PLEASE READ THE LAST COMMENT BEFORE YOU PERMANENTLY FUCK YOUR WRIST