Cisterns & Vibrations

plotting with the doves

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[cottaqecore]

jess

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[amuseoffyre]

One of my favourite photos from my trip to Warsaw in 2006

[ferrethaver]

i love you lesbians and bisexual women in my phone you make my days brighter happy pride

[thingsfromthedirt]

bracelet with brass and glass star charms

[dozydawn]

[thecoloredcanvas]

Oh your light is too bright for a picture I've got angels and I wanna share them with ya And they pour water down from a big sky Now there's rain on the pavement under streetlight

Oh the light, on the rain, on the pavement Time to pour out all the love that I've been saving Like a spell that you cast, I'm a goner There's so much I haven't said yet but I wanna

[hellyeahscarleteen]

Protecting Yourself from Criminalization for Self-Managed Abortion — OARS

Self-managed abortion (SMA) with pills is very medically safe and effective throughout early pregnancy, but there is a significant risk of criminalization in many U.S. states. While it is impossible to fully eliminate the risk of criminalization when having or planning to have an abortion at home, t

[kickerofelves]

Leave no online footprint of searches or purchases. Digital Defense Fund’s abortion privacy guide is your go-to resource for this. Using private browsers, two-factor authentication, encrypted messaging, strong passwords, etc. is critical. Google searches have been presented as evidence in an SMA trial before. Do not leave a digital trail.

Use the medications properly to prevent interactions with healthcare providers. The pills are very effective, but they have to be used right. Carefully follow the instructions provided on the How to Use Abortion Pill website. Note that misoprostol tablets should always be taken by dissolving them under the tongue. Do NOT insert misoprostol vaginally if you are self-managing an abortion. While this is medically safe, it can leave incriminating pill remnants that can be detected in the vagina during a pelvic exam if you end up needing to seek medical care. 

If it’s not an emergency but you need expert health advice, use a free calling service like Google Voice to call or text the Miscarriage + Abortion Hotline at 1-833-246-2632. Medical complications are very uncommon with abortion pills, but they’re not impossible. The M+A Hotline is safe to use and is staffed by trustworthy clinicians who volunteer their time to help those who choose SMA. Do not use your own phone number to call as this will create a record that is visible to your cell service provider. 

Don’t disclose any information about SMA to emergency room staff if you do need to seek medical care. This is how most people who are arrested for SMA are reported. Healthcare providers are almost always who calls the police in cases of SMA criminalization. Contrary to popular belief, HIPAA does not protect your private health information from being shared with police if you are suspected of doing something that could be considered a crime. If you believe you need to seek urgent medical care, do not hesitate to go. Say “I think I’m having a miscarriage” and provide your symptoms. Do not mention any use of or purchase of abortion pills. There is no widely available test to detect misoprostol in your bloodstream. If you do not disclose it, there is no way for a medical provider to tell the difference between a medication abortion and a spontaneous miscarriage.

Do not talk to the cops. Period. Do. Not. Talk. To. The. Cops. If you are questioned by police you should state, “I am exercising my right to remain silent, and I wish to speak with an attorney.” Do not speak again or nod in response to a question. Contact the Repro Legal Helpline as soon as possible for expert legal advice: 1-844-868-2812. Do not agree to questioning or speak to any law enforcement official without a lawyer present.

[doomtribble73]

[antiqueanimals]

"A Mother Fox and Her Family"

Lives of Game Animals, Volume 1 - Part 2. 1925. Written and illustrated by Ernest Thompson Seton.

Internet Archive

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[mismedleym]

pinched and prodded

[maureen2musings]

New Zealand's Goblin Forest

Honoured to have received some wonderful results from this year’s @greatwalksmag Wilderness Photographer of the Year competition, including a win for ‘Creatures in the Shadows’ (photo 1)

benjamin.maze

[dollfacedelirium]

oh she knows

[stephenroot]

(Responding here because you have replies turned off)

Leadership experience for candidates is a great qualifier that voters should consider, but the whole point of popular democracy that isn’t restricted to a class is that absolutely anyone could run and even be supported, giving everyone a voice and a chance at power and change. It also gives voters (especially if they’re not restricted to a class) the responsibility to be educated on issues (which often becomes a class issue in itself) and candidates and to organize, which also gives agency. This all leads to populism, which is frequently dangerous, but it’s the alternative to elitism. The logic of monarchism, when it’s not divine right and inheritance squabbles, is that it ideally manufactures the most qualified leaders, as they are groomed for the role from childhood and get a number of leadership nepo positions preparing them to eventually take the throne, all while being able to look at their ancestors for additional experience. The common citizen can never have a preparation for leadership like that, but popular democracy attempts to argue that it is better that leadership not go through that system, as it ensures the leaders who are elected are more authentically of the people (or it would if there wasn’t nouveau riche aristocracy that took power, which is another of popular democracy’s inherent risks).

I don't have replies turned off, the person whose blog you saw my post on does.

Yeah, absolutely anyone can run; people shouldn't support candidates for executive or statewide offices who have no previous experience in public office, because they are not entry level jobs and voters should stop treating public service as an unserious vocation that can be learned on the fly.

I do not respect candidates who felt no need to get involved to try and influence or improve problems in their own backyards for their entire lives by participating in local politics who suddenly decide they should be in charge of a city or a state or a country or should get to decide who sits on the Supreme Court.

If you're too good to be dog catcher or sit on a school board, I'm too good to vote for you.

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