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Ohio fact #12:

All cops are bastards and the police must be defunded.

This is a graph of Columbus (the capital), Ohio's proposed budget for 2020. If someone could add an image description, that would be amazing, as I am a bit rushed for time right now.

First, let's touch on the fact that none of the expenses besides police even reach 50 million, while the inclusion of police funding requires a whole different scale with which to measure and compare the funds.

I know for a fact that Columbus City schools needs far more funding than it gets, and, "coincidentally," a majority of the students that attend Columbus City schools are black. Does it seem morally defensible to you to have fifty times more funding for an institution that thrives on the incarceration of people of color than for the education and growth of black youth?

I didn't think so. This system is designed to put minorities in prison. This isn't even touching on any other part of the graph, like development (the roads in Columbus are horrible to drive on) or health (we're in the middle of a pandemic). The city of Columbus does not care.

Black lives fucking matter.

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[ID: a graph showing the proposed budget for Columbus, Ohio in 2020. Money allocated for Public Services, Finance, Health, Education, Development, Recreation, City Auditor and City Attorney is exclusively less than $50 million each (lowest is Education, just over $6 million) and the budget for police is almost $360 million. End ID]

Ohio Fact #38:

jd vance is a goddamn fucking piece'a shit who never shoulda been a senator in the first place and i hope he dies an extremely painful and embarrassing death very soon

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happy spring, northern hemisphere folks. you ever go outside after a long bout of miserableness and feel sun on your skin and your brain immediately rushes in The Good Stuff

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hey everyone i know none of us have money but if you enjoy my music that i write and post completely for free then this pride month consider lobbing some hapneys my way so a trans person can attempt to afford rent and groceries in this hell of a job market

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Find your elected representative – and check their voting record on major anti-LGBTQ+ legislation!

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TRANS OHIOANS - START STOCKPILING YOUR HRT AND PLAN HOW YOU WILL BE ABLE TO CONTINUE YOUR TRANSITION CARE

Ohio has taken a page out of Florida’s book and is proposing to effectively ban adult transition care via the requirements of numerous specialists - a psychiatrist, endocrinologist, and a bioethicist.

Ohio’s Republican Gov. Mike DeWine on Friday announced new administrative rules meant to restrict access to gender-affirming health care for

Since most trans people get their HRT from nurse practioners via the informed consent model, this will create undue burden on both trans people and the medical system -- the bottlenecks will effectively ban transition care for adults. This is what has happened in Florida, and Ohio's rules look much more draconian and surveiliance-heavy. All trans healthcare will be reported to the state.

These new rules have not taken effect yet. Trans Ohioans should plan for the worst now.

The rules are open to public comment through 5pm Friday, Jan 19, 2024. The full copy of the rules and how to comment are below:

https://mha.ohio.gov/about-us/rules-and-regulations/rules/draft-rules/gender-transition-care

As a Floridian who saw the writing on the wall and fled his state (my clinic hasn't been allowed to fill HRT prescriptions since May 2023 now) -- do not delay on making preparations. If this is approved, the rules will likely catch everyone by surprise. Start talking with your providers now and plan out your options assuming the ban will take place.

Informed folks to follow on Twitter:

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All ill say if the us supreme court decides to turn over the indian child welfare act and i don't see white people talking about it, especially white lgbt people, i will be pissed

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Here’s a link tree of more details about the icwa supreme court hearing and things you can do ^_^

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^^^^

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Hey Guys It's Indigenous History Month

Consider donating to some of these great organizations, yeah?

First Nations Development Institute; highly rated by Charity Navigator, FNDI attempts to lift Native communities out of poverty through a wide variety of grants and programs. This is a link to info about their programs and impact.

Native American Rights Fund; a legal collective fighting to preserve tribal sovereignty, challenge systemic racism within the American legal system, and educate the greater public about the conditions Natives live in. Here's their about us.

Native American Heritage Association: focused on rez communities in South Dakota and Wyoming, NAHA provides heating assistance, food, tools, and other vital household goods to combat the effects of poverty in these vulnerable communities. Here's a list of their programs.

Association Of American Indian Affairs: this year is their centennial! That's right, these guys have been working since 1922 to fight assimilation, return stolen artifacts, and make cultural connections with Native youth. These days, they even host summer camps, because everyone deserves a childhood. Learn about their history on ongoing impact here.

Contribute directly to help the Sioux Tribe at Standing Rock; this will also help Sitting Bull college, a higher learning institute on tribal grounds.

Ojibwe Cultural Foundation; fighting to preserve and grow the language, art, and culture of the Anishinaabe nations of Canada. Check them out.

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How cruel one must be to condemn them to a fate worse than being English.

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Ohio Fact #37:

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I hate that as Indigenous people, we have to slowly explain the concept of LandBack to basically every colonizer.

Like no we're not going to just throw you out, or put you in camps, or any of that shit. We just want to be able to take care of our ancestral land and be the ones in charge of protecting it.

Like I know these people were raised with a colonial mindset but after a while I just start to lose sympathy.

Like oh you're worried about having your home violently ripped out from under you?? What a fucking tragedy.

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I wasn't gonna add to this, but like, no, I wanna add to this.

What will change for you, Whitey McWhiterson, if LandBack takes place?

Not a whole fucking lot.

You might be incentivized to switch to less-polluting modes of transportation, such as biking. Gas might be discouraged.

The environment might be prioritized.

You might become a citizen of, say, Mi'kma'ki instead of the USA.

Your kids might be taught an Indigenous language in schools.

History class would be a lot more up front.

But your day to day life? Very little will change. You're not gonna be kicked out if your house. You're not gonna be rounded up and put into a camp. You might be required to have the minimum basic decency towards the environment. It will be the Sovreign Peoples running the show.

But you, Joe Shmoe, will be left alone to live your life.

Which is more than we can say your people did for us.

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Even if I was to look at it in a completely self centered way and set aside all the numerous correct moral arguments for Land Back: as a settler who isn't rich or powerful, what do we even have to lose? I don't own anything! I don't own land or a house, am I really going to get bent out of shape about trying to get the land back to its people —who, btw, stewarded it a thousand times better than the ghouls in charge now? Like I already have nothing under the current system, why wouldn't I fight for a better world when it's not like I have a stake in this one? If you, as a white prole, are worried about Land Back, it's entirely the white supremacy talking, much like people who defend capitalism without owning capital.

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Qajuqturvik Community Food Centre now serving close to 450 meals a day

Iqaluit faces a growing hunger crisis that has forced more people in the city of about 8,000 to rely on its food centre for sustenance.

Over the past year, the Qajuqturvik Community Food Centre has seen its demand steadily increase — by about 12 per cent every single month, said executive director Rachel Blais.

“This time last year, we were serving about 100 to 150 meals per day to the community,” Blais said. “Right now we’re actually seeing numbers between 350 to 400. We’re actually approaching 450 meals now on a daily basis.”

Blais attributes that increase to rising food costs, already high in Iqaluit, which rose nationwide by 8.8 per cent in the past year.

Tagging: @politicsofcanada

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The Qajuqturvik Community Food Centre takes donations, in case anyone’s able and so inclined.

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it is a little fun that the ohio abortion fund put the “HELL IS REAL” billboard on a t shirt for fundraising purposes. Someone gets it

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Um also i said i would be taking a backseat but consider donating to these organizations also this indigenous history month because we are quite a small community in comparison to many

This one is for poverty in mi'kmaq communities and their website offers education on the disparity people face when living on the reservations

This one is for disabled mi'kmaq peoples as accessibility is quite difficult when many of us live under the poverty & in incredibly rural areas

This one is for city natives, their goal is to branch into urban areas where our language and culture can be accessed communally

And this month if you see any first nations or i'nuk people posting their information please at least boost. Especially to LGBTQ ntvs. Thank you and happy indigenous history month ❤️

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happy PRIDE i’m here i’m queer and i believe the land should be given back to the proper indigenous stewards.

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just wanted to make a general donations post for native americans

NARF (native american rights fund)

AISES (advancing indigenous people in stem)

NIWRC (national indigenous women’s resource center)

PWNA (partnership with native americans)

COPE (community outreach and patient empowerment)

the association on american indian affairs

first nations development institute

american indian college fund

CARE (diné citizens against ruining our environment)

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indigenous values initiative

native american disability law center

people’s partner for community development

and here’s a map of what indigenous land you are living on if you want to donate specific towards those people and tribes 💗

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Did you know? You can buy wild rice direct from Native folks!

Wild rice isn’t actually rice-it’s a grass seed that grows naturally in lakes in Minnesota and Wisconsin, and it’s been an indigenous staple food for many, many centuries. Although some corporations have taken and grown “wild rice” in paddies, it is not the same thing- it is actually a hybrid seed that is not the same quality and often sold for a higher price anyways.

Not only is the wild rice a sacred food, but is a form of Indigenous science that lets you know how healthy the water is (or isn’t), because water is life and affects the health of all people, plants, and animals that live with it. This has been belatedly acknowledged by very recent research from the University of Minnesota that the health of the wild rice can predict all health of lakes and streams.

I buy my wild rice from the Red Lake Nation and the White Earth Nation.

The cool thing about buying from the White Earth Nation is that they also have videos showing the traditional processes involved in harvesting and parching the rice, and they offer stuff like gift baskets, chokecherry preserves, maple candy, soup & pancake mix, and cookbooks which make great gifts!

What I like about buying from the Red Lake Nation is there is a massive variety and quantity of different wild rice products at many different prices! They are aware that the broken grains are not as quality, but it doesn’t go to waste-you can buy the broken grains for “Soup Bits” ($3.49) which are an inexpensive way to add flavor & nutrition to soups and stews. They also offer “Quick Cook” wild rice ($5.69), which is prepared from a lighter roast/parch process that allows the grains to cook in a shorter amount of time and has a rich, traditional flavor.

You can also buy syrups and jellies made from hand harvested hawthorn, chokecherry, and highbush cranberry there.

BUT! If you’re worried about shipping costs or like me, are disabled/have limited mobility and can’t always get to the store like you might prefer,Red Lake Nation also sells their rice through Amazon, eligible for Prime shipping. This is also good for those, Native or not, who are struggling in the community and share their wishlists for help purchasing food.(Also please know this post is only meant to share information, not to make anyone feel bad or imply they’re eating “inferior” food.)

If you’re interested in finding out what other nations cultivate and sell/trade wild rice, there’s a partial list here of where you can buy hand-harvested wild rice from native people in the Great Lakes region

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Leech Lake sells rice too! Support our Tribes!

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Ricing season is upon us, PLEASE BUY RICE FROM LEECH LAKE BAND OF OJIBWE!!! WE HAVE THE BEST RICE AND ITS SO GOOD FOR YOU. MIIGWETCH.

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I switched to buying Native-tended/grown/harvested wild rice a few years back and it is NIGHT AND DAY how much better it is than the stuff you can buy from mass market corporations. If you think you don’t like wild rice, you should give some of the real stuff a try. Grocery store wild rice tastes like cardboard in comparison.

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Here’s a link to a Google Doc with a bunch of Indigenous organisations which you can donate to, including Black Rainbow (LGBTQIA+ Indigenous organisation) and groups that support incarcerated Aboriginal people and work towards ending Indigenous deaths in custody

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This link is getting lots of notes and I’m just hoping that people are actually clicking and donating and not just passively reblogging

That would be nice

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Since it’s “Thanksgiving,” I want to direct you all to people you should be listening to, paying attention to, learning from, and donating to/compensating. And yes, they’re all Black Native/Afro-Indigenous folks. Their voices are heard and considered even less in the mainstream and everyday consciousness of our deeply racist, white supremacist society. So we must center and uplift their voices, especially. (And they’re all from so-called America, unless otherwise specified.)

Choctaw and Chickasaw Freedmen fighting to regain enrollment in their tribes - the double standards of tribal enrollment for Black Natives vs. brown and even white-passing Natives is real, which is why it’s so crucial to support Black Natives especially! (Side note: please look up and read about the Dawes Act, which is what enabled this double standard in the first place and is, in fact, the whole reason that Black Native disenrollment in these tribes and others is upheld still today. You need just one precise example of how the negative effects of colonialism are still felt today? THAT!!!!)

Speaking of the above, here are two GFMs for Freedmen fighting legally for their tribal recognition: Creek Freedmen and Federal Court Legal Fund for Freedmen Descendants

Here’s a thread on Thanksgiving (follow OP)

A thread on the colonial legacy of white-passing/mixed Latinx folks perpetuated especially (implied) on Thanksgiving (follow OP)

Support a podcast on Patreon, The Rambler (you can find her on Twitter, too)

Thread regarding the Freedmen debate (follow OP)

Instagram post on behalf of a Black Oglala Lakota activist and musician you can follow

A Black Lakota writer who lives in Canada (so mostly has views pertaining to Canada)

Instagram for an Afro-Indigenous woman’s beaded jewelry shop (She’s also on Twitter and IG)

Also, not just centering Afro-Indigenous folks, but a good thread to find small businesses run by Native folks to buy from, and organizations that support Native folks. (More importantly, within this thread is an embedded thread that links to many Afro-Indigenous folks who you can donate to, as well!)

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