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[fuckwhoyoucamewith]

You’re doing amazing sweetie

[aziz4m]

yasssss queeenn

[yassmines]

kill them baby!

[musingsofahistorymajor]

https://twitter.com/northumbriana/status/846454474654781442

[observantmap]

When I look at my favorite books, I feel such love and peace…but loss, too. Love and peace because they brought me such good memories and feelings and stories. These books were, and still are, the best of friends. But…the loss. It’s the loss of a first-time read: the original discovery of worlds and characters that were once strange and now familiar. It’s the loss of never being with those characters in the heat of the moment, taking life as it comes at them. But mostly, it’s the loss of my heart. I rip a little piece off with every book and leave it tucked within the pages, tucked away in the story that changed me beyond what I ever thought. So yeah, it’s loss. But that doesn’t mean I won’t do it time and time again.

[jamesscarstairs]

some stories don’t have happy endings.

even love stories.

maybe especially love stories.

[midsumner]

The Book Thief ; Markus Zusak

[echoes-of-freckles]

The Book Thief was so good, I feel like I’ll never forget the characters

[babybear]

PLEASE DO NOT DO THIS:

there are several posts going around about how to best help if you witness an ICE raid/arrest as a (white) citizen. many of them are filled with extremely bad, LARP-y advice such as screaming at agents and getting physically close to them. in most cases, this is just going to make things worse for everyone at risk (including yourself). you need to stay calm, and avoid getting someone accused of resisting arrest.

to be clear: most of these fascists dont care about the law. “illegal” is not a magic word you can say to make them stop. and, being a white citizen is not an impenetrable shield. you can still be arrested, so be prepared for that. you are, however, less likely to be arrested, and MUCH less likely to be killed or held extralegally.

here is what you should actually do to help:

record, and make sure your phone auto-backups to a cloud. streaming can be problematic because its best to have lawyers look over the footage first. be aware they might also grab your phone, even without a warrant. if they’re grabbing it out of your hands, try to lock it. make sure you have a pin lock, not pattern or fingerprint. here’s some other ways to protect your phone from cops.

if you are able to film, and have determined it won’t escalate the situation, make it obvious you are doing so, because secretly recording is illegal in several states. narrate any violation of rights you see. here is a Q&A about filming ICE.

stay several feet back from agents, because they can claim you’re impeding them. if you’re recording and they claim this, take several steps back, and announce it as you’re doing so, if you’re filming.

ask if they are free to go, if someone is being approached. if ICE insists on the person asking for themself, and they speak spanish*, tell them “por favor repita: ‘am i free to go?’” (this just means “please repeat”) if the agent says yes, tell them “usted puede dejar”. if not..

calmly inform people of their rights if they are being arrested. they do not have to speak at all to agents, answer any questions without a lawyer, or sign anything. they do have to show their paperwork if they have it, but do NOT have to hand over the paperwork/passport, or consent to a search of themselves/belongings, without a judicial warrant (not administrative! here’s the difference). it is crucial that they give as little information as possible to ICE.

if you speak spanish, list their rights in spanish as well, and translate what the agents are saying. if not, keep the google translate app on your phone – it’s not perfect, but it’s quick/accessible and can download languages for offline use. you can also memorize this sentence: “no tiene que responder/dar su consentimiento” - “you dont have to respond/consent”

get their lawyer’s contact info, if they have one and are being taken away by ICE. many people carry a card with emergency contact info on it, including childcare info and loved ones, so you can offer to call those numbers for them.

call for legal help. do not call the ACLU or other big organizations for immediate help, call your local immigration help center (for New York State, contact IDP at 212-725-6422. for California, call the TRUST hotline at 844-878-7801). United We Dream is an immigrant-lead organization that provides aid nationwide, and can be reached at 844-363-1423. please save these numbers in your phone!

know the ICE rapid response network in your town, and keep their number on hand. if there isn’t one close to you, here’s how to make one.

finally, here are some useful toolkits:

comprehensive ICE response guide

know your rights posters for in-home raid readiness, community flyers, and informative videos

ACLU videos explaining what to do in various situations with ICE

*of course not every immigrant speaks spanish; people from south america are being targeted en masse right now, but may speak many indigenous languages as well as portuguese. so ask if you dont know what language someone speaks, and see if google translate can help.

[prideprejudce]

tbh the best way that i explain to other people what it feels like to live with an anxiety disorder is the one time when i had to get a fingerprint and background check done for a job and i, someone who has never received so much as a speeding ticket my whole life, spent thirty minutes panicking that i would fail because i might secretly be a criminal and have no idea 

[prideprejudce]

[prideprejudce]

[turing-tested]

whenever i see a sleeping kitties paws unguarded i understand exactly how eve felt about the apple

[impolitecanadian]

do you ever see your sibling and just have this overwhelming urge to smack them for no reason? like my brother will walk into the room and i’m like “oh man i guess i have to end you”

[d3av3lop3r-deactivated20220730]

[doodlemeimpressed]

You don’t understand how much this post has ruined my life. My older sister won’t stop mentioning the Cain Instinct. Every time I hear the name Cain I run in fear, It’s not funny anymore. She’ll literally say “im feeling the Cain Instinct” just before she attacks. But all I’m feeling is the Abel Instinct. Someone save me. I am a sacrificial lamb and God is my sister with a pillow.

[pinsandweevils]

For anyone who’s ever wondered who they’d be in a 19th century novel, the wait is over: I put together a 19th Century Character Trope Generator!

If you’d like to reblog, put your character in the tags because I’m curious.

[striderofthen0rth]

Byronic scholar living in genteel poverty.

I’d take that

[thecorporatewhore]

[devastationwagon]

Romantic Romantic who is 47th in the Line of Succession.

[daniredux]

Simple Country Orphan who is 47th in the Line of Succession

[growingwithgrace]

Headstrong Parson who is Prone to Fainting

[i-am-mx-monster]

Mysterious Scholar who is the subject of Occasional Scandal

[sleepyspacebb]

i am now french and regrettably so

[nudityprincess-deactivated20200]

maybe you are prone to fainting because of our torrid affair i mean hello??

[verysecretlykinky]

[rainbow-pebis]

Oh yeah

[robsource]

Twilight (2008) dir. Catherine Hardwicke

[astromechs]

took the words right out of my mouth

[frogmp3]

edward is an anxiety/adhd icon for just walking away immediately when faced with a conversation he doesn’t have a pre-determined script for

[jellygay]

Everything about that conversation is EXACTLY what your average person in uncomfortable social situations would do

[reconstructionbaby]

so what do u think about plays

i like how in a theatre time and space are necessarily metaphorical. i don’t like how plays always have to begin with someone walking onstage and talking. too many directors try to work around this by having someone walk onstage and brood in silence for a moment before talking. this is worse. 

[sharp-tender-shock-deactivated2]

If you were directing a play, how would it begin?

[reconstructionbaby]

bagpipes at the back of the auditorium so everyone turns their heads and when they’ve turned back around the play has already begun

[mockwa]

Some countries have trained builders in the informal sector in safe building techniques.

[riallasheng]

Took me a bit but I was able to find their youtube channel! ^^

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6vasuRFx3t3NTISG6iwUeA

They REALLY like making pools of one kind or another, it’s fun to see.  Plus they have a few tree houses they’ve made and the like

[nyabbycat]

oh my god

[systlin]

SUBSCRIBED

[geekandmisandry]

I just spent over an hour lost on that channel. It’s actually super soothing. They don’t talk ever, just ambient building noises.

[lady-feral]

I love this

[quacktracks]

People, my roommates’ cat is precious and pathetic. I love her.

[lazorsandparadox]

Very happy cat!

[fuzipenguin]

I love the ‘fuck you’ tail. No one ever believes me when I say they can do that. I have one cat who does this to me all the time, lol!

[lunacyiero]

anyone else ever daydream for 6 hours straight and then after ur just like nah let’s scrap that and do it all again but slightly to the left

[astudyingreer]

my brain: *out of breath* Was that good?!

Me in a beret, taking a long draft from a cigarette and leaning back in my director’s chair: once again, from the top, this time with feeling

[notquiteidyllic]

man... capitalism really be like that sometimes huh