Tilda Swinton risked arrest waving a rainbow flag in front of the Kremlin in violation of Russia’s new homosexual propaganda bill. And she wants everyone who can to reblog it in solidarity.
Guys please reblog this, it won’t ruin your blog, this is important
To all the Americans that may follow me, or know anyone that lives in America and is currently doing this, it’s important to make sure you’re actually deleting the data from the app and not just deleting the app itself.
Tweets from @/dabeanqueenn explain why and they offer alternative methods & apps.
All in all, if you’re still using digital methods to track your cycles, make sure your data is end to end encrypted or switch to using calendars/paper and pens to track it.
Since the SCOTUS doesn't think you have the right to hear this, please boost the hell out of the Miranda Warning.
You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law. You have the right to speak to an attorney, and to have an attorney present during any questioning. If you cannot afford a lawyer, one will be provided for you at government expense.
If someone knows other languages and can translate this, that would be wonderful because cops are no longer obligated to tell people their rights. This puts everyone but cops at risk. Let's make sure everyone on Tumblr knows.
You are NOT exercising your 5th amendment right to not self incriminate UNLESS you state out loud, “I am not answering any questions without the presence of my attorney.” and then SHUT THE HELL UP. SAY NOTHING ELSE. if pushed, repeat the same phrase and NOTHING ELSE.
This is so great because if anyone is caught impeding or messing with these deliveries, it’s MAIL, that makes it a FEDERAL crime, whoever fucks with these packages gets charged FEDERALLY, they face up to five years in prison.
[ID: A tweet by @ nytimes that reads, "Breaking News: Women can get abortion pills by mail for pregnancies up to 10 weeks without seeing a doctor in person, the FDA ruled. The decision comes as the Supreme Court considers whether to roll back abortion rights or even overturn Roe v. Wade." Attached is a link to the article and a screenshot of the title and subtitle of the article. The article was published Dec 16, 2021. The title reads, "F.D.A. Will Permanently Allow Abortion Pills by Mail" and the subtitle reads, "The decision will broaden access to medication abortion, an increasingly common method, but many conservative states are already mobilizing against it." /end ID]
Resources for anyone that ends up in a restricted state:
Aid Access - they can send you the abortion pill even if you live in a restricted state.
PLUS, you do not have to be pregnant to order them. You can order to have on hand, in case of an emergency.
Aid Access supports women who cannot otherwise access an abortion or miscarriage treatment and protects their human rights.
Repro Legal Helpline (reprolegalhelpline.org) -
Some of the things they can help with above.
Miscarriage + Abortion Hotline (mahotline.org) -
They have a ton of information, and resources in one place.
Also, if you find yourself in a restricted state, you need to be careful of how and with whom you are talking about it. You need to use safe, encrypted messaging and calling.
I also recommend removing any biometric information for unlocking your phone. Use a PIN or password instead of a fingerprint or facial recognition.
Fuck fight for 15. $15/hr was a goal from ten+ years ago. Fight for $25 at least. And that's not an exaggeration or a joke. We need a living wage, and $25 is the minimum that that can be. In some places it needs to be higher. I also don't think rent caps are unreasonable.
Its so funny people think this will hurt the economy by costing businesses more but currently almost EVERYONE who works for a living has to buy the cheapest possible food or go without basic services, car repairs and new clothes for months or years. The more you pay workers, the more money they can circulate back into business. If you're still worried, take the eternal tax breaks away from billionaires and give them to smaller business owners, no pointless subsidies or bailouts or welfare to big brands ever again. Shit like Walmart and Microsoft are handed billions a year of government money that could instead boost independent business everywhere in the country.
I want Sanders' "BEZOS Act" to get passed - if you're a large company and your employees are on gov't assistance, the gov't bills you for what they spent on them. Employees with full-time jobs should not need food stamps.
The gap between what average U.S. workers produce and what they earn has grown ever wider. That's a problem.
"The federal minimum wage in the U.S. has remained glued at $7.25 an hour for the last 12 years, the longest stretch without a boost since it was first adopted in 1938."
Minimum wage should not be a scrape-by-almost-starve wage. It should be a live-frugally, save-a-bit, still get a vacation once a year, and slowly work toward buying a house.
You should be able to go to school full-time on a part-time min-wage job. People could in the 60s and 70s.
I think someone once told me that if a business can’t afford to pay their employees a living wage then the owner shouldn’t be in business, so even the staunchest supporters of capitalism should be fighting for a minimum wage increase if they’re going to go on about how great capitalism is, because otherwise that’s just a glaringly obvious failure
Let me get this straight because I've only seen memes and am piecing this together as i go, but i think i figured out what's happening.
Tumblr is advertising the tumblr app, on the tumblr app, using a photo of a guy in a Pikachu cosplay, because that's what they think it will take to successfully sell this app, to people whom already use it?
But now the ball shaving ad is gone? Or is that one still in the mix?
I'm getting plenty of ads. Real actual ads. Mattress firm. Burger King. Walmart. Actual ads. No weird Pikachu man. What is even going on here? Is he just a very infrequent ad? Is he a tumblr ploy by @staff to get those of us whom pay to be ads free to turn on ads so we can see him? Is he am actual facts ad for ads free tumblr and already being ads free means you don't get the ads free tumblr ad? I have more questions, not fewer!
Okay, so I just spent five minutes scrolling furiously until I found the stupid Pikachu man ad so I could click on it. I was dreading the possibility that this was fake.
IT ISN'T
I had already clicked the ad. I decided to click the links.
The first link takes you to the trending page.
The second takes you to the underwater girlfriend page on best of reblogs.
The third is a trash panda on dank memes.
The fourth is the horse plinko tag.
I...can't believe that this was here the whole time. How hard do you think is was for @staff to watch us complain and not say anything?
I pay tumblr 5$ a month and thus never ever have to see ads whether I'm on browser or app, unless i go in and turn them back on. So my means of learning about Pikachu man was from memes suddenly showing up on my dash one day. So I've sort of just been piecing this together as I go. I just think it's so funny though that most of tumblr saw the ad and y'all are so well trained to never ever ever click on ads, that no one had apparently thought to click the ad to figure out what the heck Pikachu man was trying to sell. Which I'm so proud of y'all! But we sincerely almost let Pikachu man come and go without this bizarrely delightful discovery.
The best part is OP got fired because their boss asked why they weren’t “incorporating blockchain technology” into the video switcher they were building and OP straight up said “you have no idea what you’re talking about” and went to lunch
This man is the modern day equivalent of the clockwork masters who made strange, intricate wind-up toys for extremely wealthy people. Exceptionally talented, astonishingly inventive, brilliantly skilled, and the pinnacle of craftsmanship that serves to astonish and delight.
Now remember, a lady rides sidesaddle, NOT astride. Your mother would be in hysterics at the very idea that a daughter of hers would ride a werewolf astride! Why, next you’ll be showing ankle…
So this took longer than it should’ve. Sorry, everyone! I’ve been pretty swamped lately. Also there’s not a lot of Janus in this chapter, funny enough. But the custody battle is in the next part! Tune in for that!
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All of the ipliers were high strung. They wanted their boy back, and they wanted him back fast.
“How could they just - “ Bim cut himself off. He was still in disbelief of the sides just taking Janus away.
“I don’t know,” Bing murmured back. Google had his face in Bing’s shoulder, seeking comfort.
“If the Host may interject,” The Host added softly. “He’d like to suggest having a civil meeting with the rest of the Sides regarding what to do with Janus. The Sides are not unreasonable, and will listen to the Ipliers if they are being reasonable as well.”
Dark snarled. “They took him away! They took our boy away and you want me to sit with them and smile?”
“Yes,” The Host answered calmly. “The Host believes that the Sides will also agree that Janus shouldn’t be completely cut off from the the Ipliers. They will, however, demand to see the boy often to ensure he is happy.”
Dark took a deep breath. “They think we are dangerous. They thought we would use Janus for his abilities when they develop.”
“The Host is aware,” The Host answered softly. “But if the Ipliers were to show the Sides that they wouldn’t hurt Janus, then they would have partial custody of the boy at the very least. The best way to prove that would be to be civil with them.”
“Why can’t we just take him back?” Bim demanded. “He’s ours!”
“The Sides believe that Janus is theirs. That particular battle will be ugly.”
“Ugh,” Dark rubbed his face. “Why are they even involved? They didn’t even care that Janus existed before, and now they’re saying Janus belongs to them?”
“The Sides consider themselves to be protecting Janus from the Ipliers. The Ipliers do have a reputation that precedes them.”
“How can they think that?” Bim demanded. The Host shot him a pointed look, and Bim flushed.
“The Host is right,” Google muttered. “We must,” his face twisted into a snarl. “Be kind to the sides to gain their trust.”
“Doctor,” Dark sighed. “Contact the sides. Tell them we request a meeting regarding Janus.”
“Will do,” Dr. Iplier said.
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Logan was watching Janus nap on Virgil’s lap when his phone rang. He pursed his lips when he saw it was an unknown number. He had a good idea of who it was.
Logan sighed and picked up. “Logan Sanders speaking.”
“Hello, Logan,” Dr. Iplier said from the other end. “We would like to arrange a meeting regarding Janus.”
Logan frowned. “Why would there be a meeting? It is already determined that Janus will stay with us.”
Logan heard Dr. Iplier exhale harshly when he said that. “We’d like to politely disagree with that, and would like to kindly request having a discussion.”
Logan paused. It was a good sign that the Ipliers hadn’t gotten violent in getting Janus back. “Alright, would meeting tomorrow at your house be acceptable?”
“That would be great,” Dr. Iplier answered stiffly. “Thank you.”
Logan hung up, pursing his lips. Patton eyed him from the armchair. “What’s wrong?”
“The Ipliers would like to meet regarding Janus. They have stated that they politely disagree with our assessment they Janus live with us, and would like to discuss it with us. I invited them to discuss the issue tomorrow.”
“We’re not giving Janus to those monsters,” Roman interjected. He and Remus had slipped in while Logan explained the situation to them. “They’ll hurt him and use him.”
“They’re not monsters,” Remus mumbled softly. “They looked after him when they had every right to throw him out of the nest like how a bird will - “
“Breath, Remus,” Logan murmured softly.
“We don’t know why they did that,” Patton added. “They might have realized Janus would have abilities and decided to keep him until he showed them.”
“But they might have just been trying to keep him happy,” Virgil added softly. He’d woken up sometime in the conversation. “We don’t know what they wanted with him.”
“Perhaps the meeting tomorrow will clear things up,” Logan sighed. “Until then, everyone get some rest.”
“Where should Janus sleep?” Roman asked.
Patton raised his hand excitedly. “He can sleep with me! I have all my stuffies and pillows and my bed is super big. We’d have plenty of room!”
Logan huffed in laughter. “Alright,” he conceded. “Make sure you rest up. We have a long day tomorrow.”
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Looks like the Ipliers and the Sides have a big day tomorrow. Wonder how civil Dark will stay. Hell play nice, I’m sure 😏😏😏
I’m not a brave man. I’m not a violent man. But I am a man who knows my strengths, and I’m prepared to use them.
So if I encounter any ICE agents in my neighborhood, I will smile and waive and as soon as they make eye contact I will engage in the most aggressively friendly chitchat ever witnessed on my block.
I will ramble on and on about whatever pops into my head. I will ask them about their day, their hobbies, their home life, and their personal backstory until I find a common area of interest, and then I will crank my smalltalk game UP TO ELEVEN.
I will force them to look awkwardly at their wristwatch DOZENS of times without taking the hint. I will ask seemingly simple questions that do not have ANY simple answers. I will pretend to wrap up the conversation with, “Anyway…” and then segue DIRECTLY into another topic.
Because every minute an ICE agent wastes chatting with me is a minute that they’re not targeting my neighbors and disrupting their lives.
I’m no superhero, but I do have a super power, and I’ll use it to fight oppression in any way I can.
@flavoracle I’m not a brave man, and I suck at small talk, but I would say I can be violent, what should I do? Because I’m not brave enough to act out but I wanna help
I mean, I’m not gonna ask anybody to engage in violence, but if you’re looking for something to do, what about this?
Get a copy of the song, Cotton Eye Joe. Carry around a big, loud speaker. If you ever see ICE show up in your neighborhood, start playing it at full blast.
Best case scenario? You can motion for them to come over your way and challenge them to a dance off. (Probably not likely, but it never hurts to dream.)
Worst case scenario? They think you’re weird and like Cotton Eye Joe.
Likely scenario? If you’ve let your neighbors know ahead of time that hearing Cotton Eye Joe means ICE is in the neighborhood, it may give them the head start they need to avoid harassment.
Now you might be thinking that picking Cotton Eye Joe is a really random choice, but consider the following reasoning:
The song has a very loud, clear, and distinctive opening, so it gets the message across right away without spending time on any kind of intro
The song was once popular enough that people can easily recognize it
While the song is catchy, it’s not very likely to be anyone’s favorite, so you don’t have to worry about ruining it for them
The opening line ‘Fit’adn’t is nonsensical enough to be used as a secret tipoff if you’re unsure who’s listening
It’s upbeat enough that it likely won’t get on your nerves too fast
When played really loud, it becomes nearly impossible to talk over
Would this actually work? Honestly, I have no idea. I’m no expert in active resistance. But I figure it’s worth putting out there. And who knows, maybe it could catch on.
