there is history in the rooms of the house

Ellis (he/him/his) 29 trans*

[puttingherinhistory]

[thesociologicalcinema]

Frequently I encounter non Native folks who tell me they think reservations are some form of reparatoins to Natives from the US government. I even had someone close to me tell me they thought reservations were places to “reserve” our cultures.

Where I’m from (South Dakota) reservations were concentration camps where they sent us to die after they stole and colonized all of the land every US citizen occupies. In the early SD Rez days our ppl had to get permission from district agents (white settler men) to get food, fix our homes, or even leave our community to travel to another community on our Rez to visit relatives. We couldn’t hunt cuz they killed millions of our buffalo. If we didn’t get permission from the white settler agent we couldn’t eat, fix our homes or visit relatives because we would be violating US law & could be arrested. Also our cultures & ceremonies were illegal under US law until the Indian Religious Freedom Act in 1978.

So plz educate the ppl you love and care abt because everyone in the USA is living in an illegal settler colony, Indigenous ppl survived their genocide & we’re her to say these settlers never gave af abt us & never will.

~ @FrankWaln

[pancakeke]

kinda sad that twitter and fb removed that trump video considering it’s the only way eric trump was ever gonna hear his dad say “we love you, you’re very special”

[pancakeke]

oh my god it was his birthday

[whitepeopletwitter]

[t3sticles]

Actually I think they’ll be ok 🙃

[doctorzorders]

Not everywhere is handling this as shittily as the US, ya dingus

[xanthera]

#this is important because we have to remember #we have to remember it *did not have to be as bad as it was*

[yumearashi]

New Zealand has now completely eradicated COVID-19 - no active cases and no new infections.  (They’re not alone - Iceland did it too.)  They are safe and back to normal life.  No more lock downs.  No more social distancing.  Stores, restaurants, public transportation - all fully reopened. Weddings, graduations, and birthday parties are once again being celebrated.  Their leaders are now shifting their focus to economic recovery.  And they achieved it with just 1,504 cases and 22 deaths reported nationally. 

Many have applauded the announcement, including Helen Clarke, a former prime minister of New Zealand, who posted on Twitter: “Clear leadership & an engaged public have produced this result.“

New Zealand had 0.45 deaths per 100,000 people, and a 1.5% fatality among COVID-19 cases.  By contrast, the US has had 35.05 deaths per 100,000 people and a 5.6% fatality among cases. [source]  And that’s just so far (6/13/20) - it will get worse, with the pandemic still raging and infections still spiking.  

I have seen too many people resigned to this dismal response as unquestionable fact, saying things like ‘there’s nothing to be done’ or ‘we just have to tough it out’ or ‘America’s had the best pandemic response in the world’.  One person asked me, ‘they’re doing everything they can, what more do you want?‘ This.  This is what I want.   Competent leadership that makes fact-based decisions and values expertise.  Strong leadership that values human life over money. Decisive leadership that acts to mitigate a crisis, not inflame it.

[chubby-bunnies]

Where I live in Australia we have had 12 days straight of no new cases and no deaths! 👏

[let-anarchy-rain]

[whitepeopletwitter]

[thesnobbyartsyblog]

[aidashakur]

[whitepeopletwitter]

[crypticgraffiti]

Anyway, if y’all were wondering how DC’s been.

[twitblr]

[politicalsci]

[whitepeopletwitter]

[guerrillatech]

[mapsontheweb]

It might be a little low brow, but still map porn.

[slytherinsagainstdadjokes]

Spread Eagle is fun.

It’s got a strip club where they ship in dancers from out of town because the town is too small and the dancers would be related to you if they didn’t come from somewhere else.

And a go kart and mini golf course.

[booksandcows]

[whitepeopletwitter]