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- ̗̀sneha ̖́- | she/her | 🌈♋️🌎

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it’s called oatmeal. try it sometime

[gaysie]

listening to music is like the only thing in the world

[prokopetz]

Bad: aliens that insist upon referring to human women as “feeeeemales”.

Good: aliens that insist upon dividing humans into binary categories, but the binary in question is based on something we’d regard as trivial and bizarre.

[glitchlight]

pro cilantro and anti cilantro

[typhlonectes]

[childhoodruiner]

[ruinedchildhood]

Please allow this gifset of Jeff Goldblum holding a tiny sleeping puppy to bless your Dashboard.

[spicy-vaginal-tacos]

My dumb ass Monkey brain every time I see the name “Geoff”: gee-off

[distinguishedbaloney]

[kingpinnn]

The most beautiful thing I have  heard all day and you have the opportunity to hear it too.

[honeydewleaf-deactivated2017123]

One of my faves that was lost to the internet is back

[alexander]

does anyone know the name of this instrument and possibly the source of this video?

[weird-syrup]

it’s a hang drum :)

[deactivated-account-201874662]

Everytime I see this I reblog.

[thorffour-deactivated20190920]

Before vs After Adoption

[source]

[monkeysaysficus]

[sheilikhal]

Truthfully the most precious thing I have ever had the privilege to repost.

[occultjackalope]

This makes my heart so happy. ❤️❤️❤️

[yourrescuemission]

[confusedvillager]

gays are too much. i hate us

[andre-30008]

this reporter had absolutely no clue how to respond to any of that 😂

[lmfaoking]

LMFAOOOO

[brmanso27]

Humans are awesome

[alexfromawen]

I say things like “I’m not interested in sports” I really have to give a caveat to explain I really mean “sportsball”, those mass media team sporting events that lead to white privilege riots and fill the pockets of millionaires and billionaires. Because this? This is incredible, just the athleticism, what bodies can do, female, male, young or adult, differently abled…just awesome.

[deathtokillian]

^^^^

[celebsofcolor]

Willow Smith for GirlGaze

[caesoxfan04-blog]

Anderson Cooper saving a boy in Haiti during a shooting. A slab of concrete was dropped of the boys head.

[the-awful-rowing]

Anderson fucking Cooper, everyone. 

Some journalists like to be strictly observers. they don’t intervene, they don’t participate. they just document what they see, even if what they see is terrible. But the way I see it, journalists don’t exist in a vacuum. They are human beings, living and working in a very human environment. And that humanity is essential in relating to their stories. When you lose your humanity, you lose any kind of journalistic integrity you have left. 

[localufologist]

#nevernotreblog

[gin-and-eschatonic]

this is the guy who found out one of his ancestors was killed by one of his slaves and was like “he had it coming”

[turtletot43-deactivated20180723]

Every now and then I run across this post, and every time I do, I feel the need to say something, especially since @flowers-without-reason felt the need to speak on behalf of a massive career field that he/she is not part of.

It’s really easy as a bystander to pass judgment on how/why journalists do things. I will not presume to speak on behalf of all journalists, but I was one and I can explain the “strictly observer” thing from at least one perspective.

You see, any time you are not actively observing - ie, taking photos/videos/recording observations - you are missing the story. When you miss the story, you miss the opportunity to tell the story. 

Since we live in the digital age, it’s easy to forget that 1) we didn’t always have the ability to record, transmit, and view information across the globe instantaneously, and 2) not everyone has access to that utility now. 

In 1992, James Nachtwey took this photo:

Because he took this photo (among the other equally horrifying and heartbreaking images he brought back from Somalia) and it was published to a large Western audience in the New York Times, The Red Cross received the largest influx of donor aid since WWII, and they were able to save 1.5 million people. Representatives from The Red Cross have directly cited the Nachtwey photos as inspiring that flood of help. 

These photos helped save more than a million lives. 

It is easy as a bystander - someone who isn’t a journalist, who probably hasn’t been in a war or famine zone - to make sweeping judgments about what journalists should or shouldn’t be doing.

Like this photo from the Sudan by Kevin Carter:

Hundreds of people contacted the paper questioning whether the little girl had survived to which the paper responded through an unusual editor’s note saying that the girl garnered enough strength to walk away from the vulture but her ultimate fate was not known. It was a rule for the journalists in Sudan not to touch victims of the famine, to avoid the risk of transmitting diseases. Carter though came under a lot of criticism for not assisting the girl. The St. Petersburg Times wrote this about him: “The man adjusting his lens to take just the right frame of her suffering might just as well be a predator, another vulture on the scene.”

He chased the vulture away after taking this photo. Note that journalists in the Sudan were not supposed to touch the famine victims to avoid the risk of transmitting disease. 

You’ll be pleased to know he committed suicide in 1994, shortly after winning a Pulitzer for this photo, leaving behind a note that talked about the horrors he saw and photographed. 

“I am depressed … without phone … money for rent … money for child support … money for debts … money!!! … I am haunted by the vivid memories of killings and corpses and anger and pain … of starving or wounded children, of trigger-happy madmen, often police, of killer executioners…I have gone to join Ken if I am that lucky.”

Now that we just blissfully assume everyone has both a smartphone and access to unrestricted internet, I guess it’s safe to feel critical of the people still putting themselves in the trenches to tell these stories.

These people told stories, and they are continuing to tell stories, that need to be told. We talk about silencing and rewriting history, then criticize the people trying to document it. 

When people talk about immigration and refugees, you can show them this picture of the actual human beings sent to their deaths when we turned away the St Louis:

If you want to talk about the violent militarization of law enforcement, you can show someone this photo from the Kent State shootings:

Or maybe the horrific futility of war:

Or maybe the impossible way we connect with each other:

Or you want to showcase dignity:

And bravery:

I won’t disagree that “when you lose your humanity, you lose your journalistic integrity,” but I will disagree that intervention is a key component to maintaining journalistic integrity. 

Journalistic integrity is telling an authentic story. 

The social justice corner of Tumblr often discusses what one person can do to make a difference in the world, yet posts like this get 700,000+ reblogs crapping all over one of those things a single person can do to make a difference. 

Net neutrality in the US is on the chopping block and states are debating the ethics of lying in history text books. I’d dare say that the journalists who are out there documenting the world as it exists are doing a job that is as important today as it was in WWII when a single photo from Iwo Jima helped turn the tide of the Pacific campaign. 

We’re in a time and place where filming police officers in public is an arrestable offense. So yeah, documenting is an act of intervention and resistance. It’s you saying, “I am not going to let anything stop me from telling the truth.”

[puppy95]

*looks out my window and sees the moon* hi baby

[targuzzler-deactivated20180224]

are you a philosopher

boy im dumb as shit

[pochowek]

“boy im dumb as shit” is just rephrased Socrates’s “I know that I know nothing“ so whats the truth

[death-witch-envy]

Morning Routine for a Busy Witch

A lot of people have asked me for tips on how to incorporate witchcraft into daily life. How you incorporate it depends on your schedule, your habits, and your tools on hand. However, I’ll list my ideal morning routine in order to give you some ideas. 

After I wake up, I add some cinnamon to the coffee grounds before brewing*. Cinnamon increases luck and energy, so I like starting off my day with that little boost.

*The reason I add cinnamon to the grounds and not the finished coffee is because powdered cinnamon can’t actually dissolve; it’ll just sink or sit at the top. By adding cinnamon to the grounds, you’re able to infuse the cinnamon into the flavor and charge the spell. .

If you don’t drink coffee, you may want to brew some tea. 

Black tea (like most chais, earl grey and breakfast teas) aid alertness and energy, their caffeine helping to dispel negative premonitions of the day. 

Green tea (like jasmine, senchas, and matcha) can help detoxify your energy and clear your conscious mind. 

White and herbal teas help with clarity, serenity and wisdom (though this largely depends on the ingredients in the tea).

If you don’t want coffee or tea, drink some lemon water. The water will hydrate you, and the lemon will cleanse your energy and invigorate you.

For an easy boost, place a crystal next to your coffee pot, tea pot or cup to charge the drink.

Clear quartz boosts clarity.

Rose quartz increases chance of love and attractiveness.

Obsidian, bloodstone and onyx stabilize and ground you.

Opal and lapis intensify awareness and spiritual powers.

Tiger’s eye increases courage.

I won’t list all crystals here because that would take forever, but those are a couple ideas. 

While the drinks are brewing/charging, I take some time to ground. I like to do yoga, but some people will meditate during this time, or practice energy techniques. You only have to do this for as long as the drink is charging (so like literally five minutes, trust me it makes a difference). 

If you eat breakfast, give a piece of your breakfast as an offering. If you don’t, give some of the drink you made as an offering. I’m the kind of person who works with multiple deities and spirits at a time, so I like to give an offering to one of them and then rotate. This helps mindset and motivation, because if you have low spoons or a down day, at least you’ve completed something.

While you’re getting dressed/doing makeup, light a candle. I like to start my day off with a little light; it acts as a positive omen and can wake you up more.

Candle color ideas: white (purity and beginnings); red (courage and strength); green (healing, luck and prosperity); blue (calming and spiritual awareness); purple (psychic powers and control); yellow (positivity and attractiveness); pink (beauty, serenity and positivity); orange (stimulation and energy).

Scent ideas for the candle: floral (healing and cheeriness); citrus (purity, energy, and focus); sweet (happiness, kindness and patience); spicy (passion, motivation and magic); subtle (grounding and calm).

Do your makeup in the morning? I recommend placing some sea glass or rose quartz next to your makeup supplies as you use them. It’s a simple tactic that’ll really up your look for the day.

This morning routine takes about twenty minutes, and includes six witchcraft spells. That’s a lot of productivity that’ll help wake you up and motivate you for the day!

Other ideas that I don’t personally do, but others do:

Turn your morning shower into a cleansing ritual not that i don’t take showers, I just don’t take them in the morning. 

Color-coordinate your outfit for your day’s intent.

or your makeup/accessories

Make some fruit-infused water to carry with you throughout the day for an energy boost.

Carry an appropriate crystal in your pocket to help calm, stabilize or motivate you.

Add an herb to your eggs (or other breakfast food) that’ll help your intent for the day

Say a prayer while you’re still in bed, before you get up in the morning. That’ll count as a simple offering.

Feel free to add some more ideas, especially for the late-sleepers and spoonie witches out there! Have a beautiful morning (ᗒᗨᗕ) /

[emmatheward]

- Stimpy and Olive not being camera shy.

[lackyannie]

they look like a couple that defied all odds to be together.