Awfully Persistent

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[kuromi-hoemie]

dude.... the job market's in absolute shambles

[andreluizcirilo-deactivated2019]

[pixiebii]

Come share the fruit of fate🍎

[skeletortilla]

[officialsonic06]

happy birthday fingers in his ass

[thelatestkate]

May 2020 Illustrations ヽ(• ‿ •)ノ

[biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist]

ok but we gotta talk more about vintage halloween costumes, we GOTTA

ESPECIALLY the diy ones. back before costumes were mass-manufactured, people were left to their own devices and shit got WILD.

It was an absolute free-for-all. back before you could buy a batman mask in a drug store for $5, people really just did whatever

and it was FABULOUS

bonus points to these early commercialization attempts. yes that is a batman dress

anyway there is a basic human drive to wear weird-ass clothing and we should incorporate this shamelessness into our daily lives. only the most meagre of social laws prevent you from dunking yourself in body glitter and wearing a cape & pointy hat to the grocery story on a regular basis. revise your life accordingly.

[feministism]

[coffee-and-rainsticks]

“Surely nothing could be worse than a lot of women dying,” she thinks. “Ah,” she says.

[notallmensheviks]

Far-Right Extremists Helped Create The World's Most Powerful Facial Recognition Technology

Clearview AI, which has alarmed privacy experts, hired several far-right employees, a HuffPost investigation found.

source

[my-massivelyhopefulcollection]

What non-creepy, non-terrorism related reason is there for this to exist?

[publicuniversalenemy]

i am once again reblogging cleaview AI shit!!!!! 

blease listen to NYTimes podcast episode The End of Privacy As We Know It?  <-link!

its 30 minutes long!!!!! and free!!!!! its important!!!!!

[calliopechild]

This shit is SUPER fucking sketchy, but thankfully people are cottoning onto that and calling Clearview out; below are some additional articles about it, though they’re a few months old.

https://sg.news.yahoo.com/clearview-ai-investigation-australia-uk-142825168.html

https://www.theverge.com/2020/5/7/21251387/clearview-ai-law-enforcement-police-facial-recognition-illinois-privacy-law

https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/28/tech/clearview-ai-aclu-lawsuit/index.html

[enenkaydoodles]

HELP SAVE ALFRED (paperboxhouse)

Important:

Alfred (PaperBoxHouse) just set up a ko-fi after being admitted to the hospital due to severe, ongoing health issues.

You may know him for his artwork, streams, or even playing "Moon Piss" Eggman in the Snapcube real time fandubs.

He's in a bit of a financial bind so please consider donating! Any amount you can afford is a huge help.

Click here to DONATE!

[rainfallinhell]

update! (posted 22nd October)

[dhero-moving-deactivated2020102]

[october 23]

[moggadeet]

i read a fanfic yesterday about how during the 2012 presidential election paul ryan was approached by a politicial aide (i think) who explained to him that it is traditional that, after winning the election, the president “takes” the vice president (in a sexual way. they have sex.) and he sees mitt romney and is like ??? did you know about this when you picked me ???? and mitt romney says

paul

thats why i ran

and i just realized that now that i have read this fanfic i cant undo it. i can never go back to a state of never having read this fic

[theocseason4]

[beefstrugglenoff]

So this guy thats been making everyone smile lately's been living in housing with no running water. With all the joy he's been bringing everyone, he deserves a helping hand at the very least.

His cashapp is $420dogdace208, and his paypal is [email protected]

[bd9wirksissbiska-deactivated202]

STOP SPREADING THIS VERSION DO NOT SEND MONEY TO $420dogdace208 IT'S A TYPO!

his cashapp is the one in the image: $420doggface208

[penciltests]

“Lilo and Stitch” 2002

Deleted Scene

Lilo plays a trick on the tourists.

[leidis]

IF YOU LIVED HERE YOU’D UNDERSTAND

I desperately need to understand

WHY

WHY WHY WHY WHY WHY WHY

Was this scene cut from the movie??!!

Fucking christ, do you know what this would have done? What this would have meant to SO MANY people??  The truth of this is devastating. And to think it almost found it’s way into a DISNEY film??

The inclusion of this scene alone would have made it the greatest animated feature the company ever produced. Easily. And if you think that’s hyperbolic clearly you don’t understand.

No, really, if anyone knows why this was cut PLEASE let me know. 

[snoozlebee]

oh man WHY WOULD they cut this, this is so great, holy MOLY

[coelasquid]

It was clearly something the crew was very reluctant to get rid of if it made it all the way to rough-clean (and in a few scenes clean!), fully inbetweened animation. That is like, thousands and thousands of dollars and weeks (months?!) of labour. Maybe a reluctant producer decided they would alienate their white middle-class American audiences by making them feel “too guilty” and pressed them to drop it? It’s unfortunate, it’s one of the most honest accounts of racism in a Disney movie (which is why it’s believable that someone got uncomfortable and made a case to get it chopped)

Designing entertainment by committee for maximum marketability is probably the most heartbreaking process in Hollywood.

[racebentdisney]

I’ve been seeing this around my dash and think it deserves some more recognition!

[brawltogethernow]

“Does girl control ocean?!”

[marisatomay]

ruth bader ginsburg has died. call your senators and remind them over and over and over again of mitch mcconnell’s own rule to not replace supreme court justices in a presidential election year. call them as many times as it takes until they agree to not fill the seat until 2021. 202-224-3121

[needtherapy]

this this this. a phone call means so much more than an email. public representatives hate angry constituents, and they hate hearing from them in person. if you can, if you at ALL can, please call.

[dangerbabegang]

What to do if you suddenly find yourself homeless

FOOD

Find your nearest food bank or mission, for food

grocery stores with free samples, bakeries + stores with day-old bread

different fast food outlets have cheaper food and will generally let you hang out for a while.

some dollar stores carry food like cans of beans or fruit

SHELTER

Sleeping at beaches during the day is a good way to avoid suspicion and harassment

sleep with your bag strapped to you, so someone can’t steal it

Some churches offer short term residence

Find your nearest homeless shelter

Look for places that are open to the public

A large dumpster near a wall can often be moved so that flipping up the lids creates an angled shelter to stay dry

HYGIENE

A membership to the YMCA is usually only 10$, which has a shower, and sometimes laundry machines and lockers.

Public libraries have bathrooms you can use

Dollar stores carry low-end soaps and deodorant etc.

Wet wipes are all purpose and a life saver

Local beaches, go for a quick swim

Some truck stops have showers you can pay for

Staying clean is the best way to prevent disease, and potentially get a job to get back on your feet

Pack 7 pairs of socks/undies, 2 outfits, and one hooded rain jacket

OTHER

first aid kit

 sunscreen

 a travel alarm clock or watch

 mylar emergency blanket

 a backpack is a must

 downgrade your cellphone to a pay as you go with top-up cards

 sleeping bag

 travel kit of toothbrush, hair brush/comb, mirror

 swiss army knife

 can opener

[spork-of-humanity]

Reblog to literally save a life

[hipsandheartbreak]

if there is a Dollar Tree near you, they have entire food aisles

Planet Fitness also has $10 memberships. you can shower and they have free food days! pizza night 1st monday every month, bagel tuesday the 2nd tuesday every month.

[himynameisrollin-deactivated201]

Save a life reblog

[kukachoosays]

i am so glad that i renblogged this however so long ago. i saw this post and shared it with others in mind, but now i am the one who really needs this. id like to think of this as good karma i guess

[comrade-jiang]

also a good list if anyone ever needs to run away from home for whatever reason.

[renthony]

I NEED people to understand that condoms aren’t free because “MEN like to FUCK lol,” they’re free because thirteen thousand people die from AIDS every year in the US alone.

Stop framing free menstrual products as more essential than free condoms. They should BOTH be free.

[nonbinarypeach]

“it’s just really hard to get it right! these new pronouns are hard for me to deal with, too!”

[transisteradio]

Kinda ironic coming from Tan “I’ve never met a trans person before” France tbh #sureTan

[hundondestiny]

Really, it was Tan and Antoni who hadn’t had a whole lot of experience with transgender individuals. I really wish this one line would have made it into the show, because it’s something I say to every person I interact with who says “you’re the first trans person I’ve met.” I always come back with, “that you know of.” And then I always explain that I may be the first openly trans person they’ve met, but we’re everywhere…I wish that had made it in there, because I know Tan has gotten a lot of flack. I felt like that entire week, I spent it with my community, with my brothers. I feel like I’m a part of this really beautiful thing.

I think it’s just how editing made it come out. That conversation Tan and I had was about two hours on the couch. We talked about pronouns, we talked about the different transitions that trans men and trans women can go through, we talked about non-binary and genderqueer individuals, and people of color in my community who are trans and nonbinary and the additional difficulties they face. We also talked about Russia and Jamaica and how trans people that live in those countries have refugee programs directed to them, because they could get murdered and dragged in the streets. We got really, really deep.

There’s a distinct cut in that conversation with Tan and I where he’s very composed — he’s really composed all the time — and then after I laid some really deep knowledge on him, he was crying. He did come from a very sheltered upbringing and his getting into the queer community basically started with this show. So I don’t blame him for his lack of knowledge. Instead, I very much thank him for his willingness to seek out that knowledge through me, from someone who is willing to teach.

(Source)

It’s almost like… he made an effort.

[ampervadasz]

Happiness

[whitepeopletwitter]

[starstuffandalotofcoffee]

Working America is the political organizing wing of the AFL-CIO (aka the U.S.’s biggest federation of workers unions) and has consistently since 2007 advocated for universal healthcare, along with other progressive causes such as increased minimum wage, and encouraged people (especially the working class) to vote for union-backed candidates. But lol guillotine meme I guess.

[apparentlyeverything]

the whole twitter thread is full of people sharing their screenshots of getting this text and being like “lol, guilllotines” and even when the volunteers humor them and try to get them engaged and thinking about specific solutions they won’t, it’s just people showing off that they don’t actually give a shit

[riarani-deactivated20250302]

Hi everyone,

As a union organizer, i want to echo what is said above and I want you all to know this isn’t funny. We’re just trying to do our jobs and (because it’s election season) are working well over 40 hours a week phone banking, texting, and wishing we could be in the field so we don’t have to deal with twitter-finger slacktivists.

We use a mass texting app and will opt you out if you waste our time with this shit. Some organizers will avoid opting you Demons out because they want to encourage the youth to vote and participate. Mutual aid and direct action are necessary, but trolling people who have a job to try and get people engaged to vote or phone bank for a certain policy isn’t activism, it’s just harassing us.