Wide-eyed Idealist

Hello there! I'm Olive, I draw stuff sometimes. I like lots of things but I blog mostly Mob Psycho 100, Paranatural, Homestuck, and Overwatch. Nonbinary, They/Them. If we're mutuals feel free to IM me whenever!

[wehaveallgotknives]

unrelated to last post but topical: as the child of lawyers, I got one thing drilled into me from age 10: don’t fucken talk to cops. never talk to cops.

[queeranarchism]

Don’t talk to cops about insignificant things, it’s a trick to get you into a talking-mode to gradually work to more sensitive questions.

Don’t talk to workers inside a police station (medics, cleaners, people bringing bitter cold coffee), assume they’re all cops.

If you absolutely must talk to a medic, deliver your essential medical information to them in one sentence and go back to ‘no comment’ after that. Do not get in a conversation.

Don’t accept a lawyer offered by the cops or a lawyer you don’t know. ONLY take the lawyer provided by the activist organization you’re part of and ask to see their ID. Do not believe people who claim they represent the same firm. If in doubt, keep your mouth shut. 

[rojo-ojo]

I've been detained. I've been arrested. I know the instinct when you're around other human beings is to try to relate to them on a human level. I get it, being detained is scary, you're in cuffs, maybe you're in the back of a squad car, or in a van in the event of mass arrest. The first thing you're going to want to do is just... Talk to someone. Anyone. To remember that we're all human here, or to try to win them over.

Don't. Cops aren't people. They aren't your friends, and they aren't there to protect you. They're the bloodhounds of the state. Every comment is a hint, every question has ulterior motives, and they are just trying to pump your for information.

The coffee is a trick, your one call is monitored, they are not your fucking friends. You're an enemy combatant and every single interaction you have with them is a component of an interrogation. Close your mouth, ask for legal counsel, and always remember, cops aren't just allowed to lie to you, it's one of their favorite things to do.

[wehaveallgotknives]

you cannot win a cop over. you cannot befriend a cop. a cop does not see you as a person, they see you as a perpetrator - you should view them the same.

[queeranarchism]

Also be careful about anyone in the same arrest van / cell as you because - cops are known to put undercovers in cells to interrogate the arrested - everything is monitored all the time

Comfort and support your comrades, but do not share personal details or discuss anything that could be used against you.

[solluxisms]

I highly recommend everyone read this thread and watch this video at the end. Pulling the video out for easy access/in case that link ever gets broken:

[antique-scarecrow]

The most important point of the video is

Don't talk to the police, even if you are innocent.

Do not talk to them, do not deny anything, do not provide them with an alibi--even if it is true! Whether or not you are innocent, do not talk. Put the burden of proof entirely on them. Give them as little information as possible, to make it as difficult as possible for them (and for unreliable witnesses) to contradict you. And watch a few minutes of the video if you can, it changed my life.

[catdays]

links to help matthew rushin

links to help keith lamar

information on rocky myers

petition for kenneth reams

petition for pervis payne / more information

links for black mental health support

please add if you have more information + non change.org petitions 

[theburiedgay-moved]

I made you guys a card 🥺

[b1rdonawire]

you do know that when jewish and romani people say “never forget” we mean “learn about the holocaust so you can recognize the warning signs of facism and genocide” not “repeatedly bring up the holocaust whenever anything bad happens and exploit our pain and trauma to make people care about your cause” and when we say “never again” we mean “take action to prevent any stage of genocide on any scale by any means, hold collaborators responsible and don’t be complicit” not “only care about genocide when it’s too late”, right? or did you think it was just a fun catchphrase?

[b1rdonawire]

anyways genocide watch has upgraded the situation in armenia to the 9th stage of genocide — extermination. if you reblogged this post, this is your chance to do something. make true to the promise of never again. 

links to explanations of what’s going on and how to help: 1, 2, 3

[harriyanna-deactivated20221223]

everyone forgot about this wholesome video so i dug through the deep files of the internet cause it needs to be seen again

[bugsongs]

bacon pancakes state of mind saturday

[jpinesart]

so did you lay in bed blasting fireflies by owl city as a kid staring up at the ceiling while imagining running away to a happier place bc you grew up on fairy tales and make believe stories since you didnt really have the best social skills due to undiagnosed neurodivergency and thus didnt have a lot of friends so you spent all that extra time you had induldging in fictional stories and then grew up believing maybe one day youd get to go on a magical adventure like those stories had so youd spent so much time just longing for an escape and to go somewhere you understood bc you didnt understand people but you did understand all those stories you read or are you normal

[schaduwen-deactivated20220817]

whom else has an infinite source of untapped rage inside them that they can't direct anywhere

[autumnimagining]

Open the gates of heaven and I’ll show you where my rage will be directed.

[sheabutterbitch]

When something tragic happens, tumblr is the only social platform you can escape to. The whole world could be in shambles and y’all are shitposting and reblogging pictures of tiramisu as usual.

[weirdmageddon]

[cloama]

I always come back with a renewed appreciation of chronologically ordered posts. Just seeing shit in correct order is comforting.

[funnymemes-and-kinkydreams]

[liberalsarecool]

Let's flip the Senate. Register. Donate. Vote.

[bittylildragon]

I know people are being shown right now that voting does not fix everything, so some people might be feeling despair and wondering why we even bother to vote. Often the Democrats we vote in are still imperfect. But that does not make voting less important. We must still vote, and then we must HOLD THOSE DEMOCRATS ACCOUNTABLE TO THEIR CONSTITUENTS. Both political actions are important!! An crappy Democrat in office leaves much to be desired but is still miles better than a Republican, so we must ensure that Republicans do not win. 

[prismatic-bell]

A friendly reminder for those looking at Mark Kelly and going “he’s an old white guy, what difference does it make?”

1) McSally’s seat is a stolen one. There’s a lot of specifics here about how Arizona politics work, but suffice to say she lost the popular vote so the governor found a way to appoint her, instead. Electing Mark Kelly means the seat returns to the hands of the people, instead of somebody firmly in Doug Ducey’s pocket.

2) remember Gabby Giffords? The congresswoman who was shot by a right-wing extremist for being “too left-wing”? This is her husband. He was an astronaut. Gabby now has too many neurological difficulties to hold a seat, so he changed careers mid-course and went from NASA to politics to continue her work. This is a man who knows what hardship looks like, knows what sacrifice looks like, knows EXACTLY what the stakes are and is NOT going to give up and let his wife down.

He’s not “just another old white man.” He’s a man for whom this is INTENSELY PERSONAL.

[megaceros]

[theartofangirling]

[micro-usb-deactivated20230625]

I’m obsessed with this video

[juelzsantanabandana2]

2020 is saved this the funniest shit I ever seen

[lilttlekingtrashmouth]

Myself @ me: you need to wake up earlier so you don’t waste the day Me @ myself: sorry I was sleeping and just saw this lol wyd

[etakeh]

THE FEDS RETREAT.

This is so fucking amazing to me.  

[magsgotswags]

This is an excellent shieldwall. 

[normal-horoscopes]

WE HAVE WAR DRUMS AND PHALANXES NOW THE STREETS BELONG TO THE PEOPLE OF PORTLAND

TURNS OUT NOTHING UNITES AMERICANS LIKE TELLING THE FEDS TO FUCK OFF

[marauders4evr]

Abled Person: Hey man, can you hold this wad of $2,000 and this one penny for me while I open my wallet?

Disabled Person: YOU COMPLETE AND UTTER FOOL!

The United States Government:

(Watch how many people don’t get this.)

[marauders4evr]

#raises hand #i dont understand #please explain? 

In order for disabled people to receive any sort of financial assistant for their housing, food, bills, medical supplies, etc., they cannot ever have more than $2,000 of resources to their name. Ever.

It doesn’t matter what it’s for.

You’re saving up for a new wheelchair?

For college?

To put a downpayment on a house?

Hell man, you just happen to budget for once in your life so that you can have some extra money in case something bad happens?

Your benefits immediately get cut off if you’re a cent over $2,000.

And, even worse, you usually end up having to pay back every dollar the government gave you that month.

So say you get $400. If they find out you’re twenty dollars over the resource limit, you have to give them all $400 back and you undergo an investigation of your funds to see if you will continue getting money.

“What if I spend the money that day?”

Doesn’t matter. In fact, from what I can tell, people who do this are actually put under investigation for fraud.

And yes, this system literally kills people.

[locuas642]

Remember when “Guardians of the Galaxy” came out? one of Rocket Racoon’s creators, Bill Mantlo, suffered an accident in 1992 and has irreparable brain damage.

before the movie came out, Marvel gave him an exclusive preview screening. SOme people were upset because they felt if Marvel was really wanted to thank mantlo, they should have donated money to Mantlo’s family.

Bill Mantlo’s brother had to come out and explain: If Marvel gave them monetary aid, Bill Mantlo would lose his financial assistance.

[rootbeergoddess]

That’s so utterly depressing.

[sushinfood]

disgusting

[beeskeepony]

I have friends on welfare who won’t pick up a penny in the street because they’d risk the welfare they struggled to get for 10 years.

[raenboow]

oh look another fucked up thing in this world. let’s just add it to the list. number 63858b

[luvtonique]

My brother has been on California State SSI for autism for the last 10 years, and he absolutely has to (no joke, HAS TO) spend all 720 bucks of his SSI every month, because if he puts it in the bank he risks losing his SSI altogether.

Sometimes, at the end of the month, he has no idea what to do with his money because the whole month went by and he still has 400-ish bucks in his account, and he fucking panics because he doesn’t want to get anywhere near 2,000.

And here’s the funnest part of the story!

One day he did a huge commission on Second Life and wound up earning 1500 bucks off of it, and he told the guy to donate it 500 bucks at a time over 3 months. The guy didn’t want to, and just donated all 1500, which put my brother at 2,036 bucks.

The state IMMEDIATELY (I’m talking less than an hour) called him up to tell him over the phone that they were canceling his SSI, because they noticed he had gone over the 2,000 buck threshold. He had to tell them that someone had made a charitable donation to him and that this was not a common occurrence in any way shape or form, and upon not believing him, my mother had to call to talk to them as his legal caretaker and say basically the same thing until they called off the cancellation of his SSI money.

He also had to cancel his renter’s assistance because it put him to 1,062 a month, so if he went 30 days without spending any money they’d cancel his SSI altogether. Like, none of us in the family have any fucking clue why that regulation is in place and it’s the stupidest shit in human history.

Please, legal side of Tumblr, tell me what positive reasoning this law has?

[sodomymcscurvylegs]

Happy 4th of July everyone! This is what the “nation of opportunity” looks like.

[xfirecorex]

There’s something called an ABLE account that can help. If you are on SSI and were diagnosed as disabled before the age of 26 you can apply for an ABLE account that will allow you to save up to $99,000. More people need to know about this!

[strawbebbynya]

thank you so much for this information. i’m applying for an abled account right now

[viostormcaller]

THERES A WHAT

OH GOD BLESS THE SHIT OUTTA YOU YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW FREAKED OUT OVER THIS I WAS

[septic-dr-schneep]

I’ve been looking into SSI; I had no idea about this!

[perksofbeingdisabled]

Read till the end for the important info

[whatevercomestomymind]

Reblog to literally save a disabled person’s life

[we-love-gaming]

This implies that the person played the game for 8,492 hours, and then gave it a negative review. After doing that, they played the game for another 9,165.9 hours.

[stratusopacus]