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My husband made dinner tonight and when I was gonna do the dishes he said "It's International Women's Day you will not touch a dish" and now he's washing them and doesn't know I can hear him singing "I'll make a man out of you" from my desk.
I always wonder if people who say stuff like âIâd rather die than...â and list things like sleep in a tent/use a pit toilet/eat bugs/foraged plants/dumpster salvage/sterilize their own drinking water/some other unfamiliar-but-commonplace thing actually have unusually low survival drives. I think most people are able to overcome learned lifestyle inhibitions when necessary, but âwhen necessaryâ is usually closer than middle class and even wealthy people like to imagine.
Anyway. I definitely get squeamishness but I also think cultivating a tolerance towards novelty and discomfort is one of the best things you can do for your mental health.
Obviously this doesnât apply to illness and disability related needs; necessity looks different when youâre not able-bodied. Just. Fortitude, adaptability, and resilience in the face of hardship are things every person should nurture within themselves even when they have roofs over their heads and food on their plates.
From a disabled perspective, I agree fully.
I get a lot of "how can you live like that?" Well I either live like this or I literally die.
I think a lot of people say Never Ever until they literally have to face the consequences. It's better to break down those biases and discomforts before they're necessary even if they never will be.
God yeah I hadnât even considered how precisely that kind of talk maps onto ableism and the... devaluation and dehumanization of disabled life.
Pretty much everyone in the world is one stroke of misfortune away from drastic change. Injury, illness, homelessness, natural disaster, climate catastrophe, even warâthere is no unassailable safety, no guarantee that the next card you draw wonât be The Tower. Itâs certainly true that paranoia and catastrophizing is only destructive and there is no reason to borrow trouble, but making a concerted effort to... like you said, âbreak down biases and discomfortsâ before it ever becomes necessary.
Lots of people think of âsurvivalismâ as stockpiling weapons and canned food and building a bunker in your basement. I think everyone should have a âbug-out bagâ for emergencies, but more than that I think people should try to equip themselves with... well, reassurance that they can operate outside their comfort zones if they have to.
This is also why I encourage everyone who is able to work on defeating phobias related to the outdoors. Itâs not about learning to love insects or enjoy recreational camping, but about being able to function with a clear head and distinguish between threats real and imagined.
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A very beautiful image of these smiley blackfoot. It seemed everything was alrightâŠ
Photograph by Mary T. S. Schaffer in 1907.
I just love how humanizing this is, itâs the first time Iâve seen us not depicted as the stoic archetype of this period
Pictured here are Sampson, Frances Louise, and Leah Beaver who actually were very close friends with the photographer and were regular subjects of her work. Itâs amazing what happens when you view us as people rather than museum objects - you capture us as people, as friends, as lovers, as parents rather than the stoic image of genocide and colonialism in-progress.Â
If youâre interested in learning more about female photographers and how they aided in representing native peoples through positive representation and ethical photography, I would suggest reading âTrading Gazes.â Mary T.S. Schaffer and other influential female photographers, and friends, of native peoples are given some much-needed recognition in this book while also discussing the white womanâs place in our genocide and colonization.Â
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REALLY IMPORTANT PSA
THE 52 HERTZ WHALE HAS A FRIEND.
HE IS NOT THE LONELIEST WHALE IN THE WORLD.
MARINE SCIENTISTS HEARD TWO 52 HERTZ CALLS WITHIN TEN MINUTES OF ONE ANOTHER OFF THE COAST OF CALIFORNIA.
I REPEAT: HE HAS A FRIEND. SOMEONE CALLED BACK.
People are asking for sources. Everything I can find references a documentary I haven't seen but they all describe it as a "shocking discovery" that means the whale may not be as alone as we may think.
When people learned he vocalized at a much higher pitch than other whales, they wondered: could other whales hear him? Was he plaintively ca
Fellow White People, Letâs Do The Work
Anti-racism resources: This document is intended to serve as a resource to white people and parents to deepen our anti-racism work. If you havenât engaged in anti-racism work in the past, start now. Feel free to circulate this document on social media.
To take immediate action to fight for Breonna Taylor, please visit FightForBreonna.org
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1BRlF2_zhNe86SGgHa6-VlBO-QgirITwCTugSfKie5Fs/mobilebasic
Reblogging, retweeting, and lifting up black voices is great. But there is MUCH deeper work to be done. And it needs to be done by white folks. Ever felt helpless in the face of the systemic injustice being done to black people? Educate yourself on how you can do your part to make it better.
Don't Call The Police - Community-based alternatives to calling the Atlanta Police Department or 911 in Atlanta and the surrounding areas
Database of local and national community-based alternatives to calling the police or 911, broken down by city
She also does some counseling work for Black folk
https://supernovamomma.com/positive-discipline-workshop/
If want you to live in a world without police (abolition) you can start here; start utilizing local resources more and start investing in them.
Day 286 of quarantine I have discovered www.webstaurantstore.com
It is, I BELIEVE, a website intended to be used by restaurants for bulk ordering food and utensils. And this is bringing me such unbounded delight scrolling through and recognizing that I, a single individual, ALSO can order ridiculous obscene enormous offensive-to-all-common-sensibilities shipments of BULK FOOD, to my LITTLE LITTLE APARTMENT, for PENNIES on the dollar. I have this god given power to flood my entire living space with bulk grains and it is one single button click away from my reality.
30 POUNDS of chocolate for $100. 20 POUNDS of peas for $13?? $13!!!! I will wake up every single morning from now on knowing that a box of donuts and a sack of dried split peas heavy enough to bodily injure someone both carry equal monetary weight. 25 POUNDS OF ONION POWDER for $50. Do you understand the enormity? the accessibility? the potential here? With the single click of the button I can put myself in a position of bequeathing more than a humanly comprehensible amount of onion powder in my will. AND IT WOULD ONLY COST ME $50 TO MAKE THIS A REALITY.
But what gets me
What truly gets me
is the 50 POUND BAG OF RICEÂ
FOR LESS THAN $20
Do you know how much that kills me? How much Iâm losing my mind? that I can order MYSELF WORTH OF RICE for something to the tune of $50? IÂ can OUT-RANK MYSELF WITH RICE, DEMOCRATICALLY OVERRULE MYSELF WITH RICE, IN MY OWN APARTMENT for the fucking PENNIES that is $50
Iâm so sorry for the normal person Iâll be after quarantine because the cabin-fever version of me Iâm inhabiting right now is perhaps just uninhibited enough to follow through on this dream Iâve just discovered of out-ricing myself.
real talk though, if you had a large number of people in your community who wanted a particular food item and couldnât afford it (for instance if youâre in a food desert and need produce or if youâre a part of a large disabled and/or overworked community who all need prepared frozen food), you could pool funds and get an order from a supply store like this.
it requires organizing for finance management, ordering, transport, and distribution, but if you build a stable mutual aid network, itâs genuinely within the realm of possibility.
This idea is called a buyers club (or buying club, buying coop, etc) and itâs a great time-tested method of mutual aid. And there are guides and tools for starting your own at managemy.coop
Feeling catastrophic about the future?
You can start by helping your local community.
Working on a small scale when we face massive global problems can feel like a waste of time, but it is in fact one of the most effective and positive forms of activism that you can do.
Growing the bonds within our communities helps to make them stronger, more self-sustainable and more stable.Â
We will be best prepared to face the challenges that lie ahead of us if we are part of cohesive, proactive community groups.Â
Within these groups, we can help to solve and prevent some of the common problems that face us today, such as a lack of food security, fuel poverty, loneliness and deprivation. Knowing that we can rely on our community to support us through difficult times, and in turn support the community, is vital for us to tackle the looming crises we face. Â
What counts as a community?
Community (noun): a group of people living in the same place or having a particular characteristic in common.
One of the first stumbling blocks when beginning with community activism is working out which communities you belong to. We each, in our lifetime, will belong to several communities at once, and these can include groups such as the people who live in your city, in your suburb, on your street, your school, your workplace, your extended family and friends.
A community can also count as a group of people which you share characteristics with, such as the LGBT community. This post focuses mainly on location specific communities but this could also be applied to characteristic based communities. Â
What can we get involved with?
Practicalities are a great place to start. Does everyone in your community have access to food, safe housing, clean water, enough clothes for their children, for instance?
There are a lot of well-established groups already working tirelessly within your community, you may never have noticed them before, but once you seek them out, youâll be amazed at the work they do. Itâs nearly always best to start by helping with an already existing group who can support you and give you resources, rather than try to start your own without any support. So, have a look at what is already in place in your local area. Hereâs some ideas based on what is available in my area:
Food banks
Baby banks
Coffee mornings and lunch meetings for the elderly
Community gardens and allotments
The Gurdwara, which holds Langar (similarly, other places of worship which offer meals or places to sleep)
Soup kitchens
Hospice volunteers
Library volunteers
Refugee solidarity groups
Local political and activism groups
Environmental groups
Sure Start childrenâs centres
Local parks
Youth groups
LGBT+ spacesÂ
Here are a few ideas
Donate items and money to your local food or clothing bank - find the one which is closest to your area and make sure that people know how to access it.Â
Volunteer at a soup kitchen, or set one up with help from Food not Bombs
Volunteer at (or start) a community allotment or garden so that people can learn to grow things and have access to fresh food
Donate to a baby bank (a baby bank is a place which collect clothes, nappies, and Moses baskets for new parents)
Join a tenantâs union
If you grow food in your garden, leave out surplus veg with a sign so that people can freely take some
Set up a Little Pantry in your communityÂ
Help to pick up litter and keep your area clean and safe
Rewild a patch of unused landÂ
Set up a coffee morning so that elderly and lonely people can have some company
Organise for surplus food from supermarkets and restaurants to be redistributed around the communityÂ
Volunteer at your local library
Campaign to keep key services open (such as Sure Start childrenâs centres, local hospitals, libraries, and parks)
Help to spread the word about services and events online and with posters/leaflets (for instance, if a food bank is looking for more toiletries to be donated, then share!)
Get on friendly terms with your close neighbours (offer to share things with them)
Organise a cooperative shop or cafĂ©, repair workshop or makers spaceÂ
Join a local activism group (for instance, a local political party, an environmentalism group, a refugee solidarity group)
Find a way to make your hobby into a way to help others. Crochet blankets to give to the baby bank or refugee solidarity group, cook food to take to the soup kitchen, plant flowers in communal spaces, help people to organise and reach a bigger audience with a website or social media page, look into volunteering with a sports programme or reading programme.
Teach your skill. Perhaps you have a specific skill that you can help to teach to other groups. Offer your skills at a free repair workshop or makerâs space.
Obviously, there is too much here for just one person to get involved with, and burnout is a real issue with social activism. So, pick one or two things that suit your skills or passions. It is also really helpful to know what there is to offer to your community, so that you can recommend places/things to do to others - or for in case you need them yourself in the future.
Helpful organisations and links
Food not Bombs - a grassroots collective which cooks and shares free vegetarian food, and also protests poverty and war Food not Lawns - a great resource on Permaculture, urban farming and community self-sustainability, with local chapters Little Free Pantry Project - a project to inspire people to provide a little pantry, where members of the community can take or leave food supplies as needed Symbiosis - A North American based project to grow local cooperative economies within communities Tenants Union - a UK based national union for tenants and renters Transition Network - a movement to help communities become more resilient through skills workshops, crowdfunding, and reconnecting local groups Rewilding Britain - an organisation leading pilot projects for rewilding Britain, and sharing practical knowledgeÂ
for more active, effective, and grassroots democratic tenants unions: ACORN (England and Wales)Â Living Rent (Scotland)
A list of ideas for the modern hearth witch
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Give-away shops
Iâd like to tell you all the story of Janâs give-away shop.
The story:
Jan was a guy who lived in my hometown. Financially speaking, he was well-off: he owned the house in which he lived alone, and had gathered a lot of stuff throughout the years.
One day, Jan realised all of this stuff wasnât making him happy. He decided to move to a small apartment and to get rid of most of his possessions.
Jan also realised the privileged life he led: he owned much more than he needed, and was able to move on the fly just because he felt like it.
All of this made Jan decide to open up a give-away shop. He moved everything he didnât need to his living room, simply opened up his front door, and told everyone they could come and pick up whatever they wanted for free.
His friends declared him an idiot: humans are selfish, they said, and would just take his valuables and sell everything theyâd gotten from him. They were wrong. Sure, some people did this, but they were only a small part of those who came.
Those who had less than Jan (including yours truly) came by and found things they needed but had been postponing to buy because they couldnât afford to. Others came to pick up things they could use for their charities, or for the classrooms they had to teach on a too low budget.
The biggest surprise was how Jan never ran out of things to give away: rather than taking things, a lot of people started donating items they didnât need anymore!
Objects werenât the only thing people donated: Jan quickly amassed a team of dedicated volunteers to run the shop for him whenever he was absent.
And thatâs the story of how my town got its first give-away shop. Unfortunately, the shop doesnât exist anymore: they closed down after about five years because Jan eventually had to sell his house.
His shop has left an important impact on my town: inspired by his shop, we now have a thriving freecycle community, town hall frequently hosts give-away markets (flee markets where everythingâs free), and individuals have been putting up give-away cabinets, fridges, and libraries all over where people can leave their unused goods, leftover food, and unread books for others to enjoy.
The take-away:
Not all of us are as privileged as Jan: if we were, we wouldnât have much need for projects like these. However, we can still learn from his story!
If youâve got an unused cabinet lying around, why not turn it into your own give-away corner? If you work in event planning, maybe consider hosting a give-away market some time. Do you work at a library or a community centre? Those are the perfect spots to put a give-away library or a leftovers fridge: just make sure to keep an eye on anything food-related and to clean out expired goods when necessary.
Another popular variation on this idea are plant cuttings corners and seed banks. These are a great way to share native plants with fellow gardeners to improve the biodiversity in your neighbourhood.
If this post has inspired you, try petitioning your town for projects like these: theyâre often welcomed because they donât cost much to set up and can have a big positive impact on both your community and the environment.
(Image source) [ID: a small outdoors wooden construction with a see-through plastic roof containing a cupboard with toys, cookwares, and shoes, a hanging rail with clothes, a shelf with books, a bulletin board, and a box and a bag. The text âGive Box: sharing is caringâ is painted at the top of the shed, and purple flowers and red hearts are painted on its sides.]
Worldwide map of mutual aid groups
Worldwide map of sharing boxes
Worldwide list of Trash Nothing (aka Freecycle) communities
Worldwide map of community fridges (aka freedges)
Worldwide map of little free pantries
My masterpost of more links like these
A new study shows indigenous resistance cut emissions by at least 25%.
Indigenous-led resistance to 21 fossil fuel projects in the U.S. and Canada over the past decade has stopped or delayed an amount of greenhouse gas pollution equivalent to at least one-quarter of annual U.S. and Canadian emissions.
This is despite an onslaught of attacks against Indigenous activists over the past few years. Over the last few years, victories won against projects through direct actions have led to more than 35 states enacting anti-protest laws, jail time for protestors, thousands of dollars of fines, and even the killing of prominent activists.
Indigenous rights and responsibilities âare far more than rhetorical devices â they are tangible structures impacting the viability of fossil fuel expansion.â Through physically disrupting construction and legally challenging projects, Indigenous resistance has directly stopped projects expected to produce 780 million metric tons of greenhouse gases every year and is actively fighting projects that would dump more than 800 million metric tons of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere every year.
The analysis, which used publicly released data and calculations from nine different environmental and oil regulation groups, found that roughly 1.587 billion metric tons of annual greenhouse gas emissions have been halted. Thatâs the equivalent pollution of approximately 400 new coal-fired power plants â more than are still operating in the United States and Canada â or roughly 345 million passenger vehicles â more than all vehicles on the road in these countries.
âFrom an Indigenous perspective, when we are confronting the climate crisis we are inherently confronting the systems of colonization and white supremacy as well,â Goldtooth said. âIn order to do that, you have to reevaluate how you relate to the world around you and define what your obligations are to the world around you. Itâs more than just stopping fracking development and pipelines and itâs more than just developing clean energy, itâs about actually fundamentally changing how we see the world itself.â
If you want to lessen climate change, this is the way to do it
And the Wetâsuwetâen people need your help right now
Drying herbs and flowers may or may not be something of interest. Here are some tips for those who are looking to dry their own harvests and gatherings.
Air Drying:
Air drying typically works best with herbs that are low moisture like rosemary, oregano, dill, lavender, etc.
Herbs like mint, basil, chive, are best put into an oven or dehydrator.
Be sure to trim them at a slight angle so the center of the plant is protected while drying.
Gather together a decent sized bundle. Anywhere between 7-10 branches/sprigs, typically, and tie them off with string or a rubber band even. The smaller the bundle, the faster theyâll dry.
Hang the bundle, stem-side up towards the ceiling, for about a week or so. The cooler and darker the place, the better.
Herbs are ready if the leaves/flowers crumble easily.
Harvest Tips:
If you are using the herbs for food, the best time to harvest them is right before the plant begins to flower. You can prolong the harvest by snipping away the flower buds as they appear.
Essential oils are concentrated in the leaves early in the morning before the sun can release them into the air so early morning is the best time to harvest.
Cut away healthy herbs, remove the sickly and dried/wilted leaves, and shoo away insects. Be gentle!
If you rinse the herbs, PAT DRY CAREFULLY!
When it comes to seeds (dill, fennel, etc), place the flower heads (once cleaned from stems) into a paper bag or Tupperware container and have fun shaking!
Oven Drying:
Clean up leaves/seeds/etc and place them onto a cookie sheet (I usually use a shallow one. I believe mine is less than an 1 inch?).
Put herbs in an open oven on low heat â less than 180 degrees F â for 2-4 hours. (I cannot stress the low heat! You WILL burn them otherwise.)
Herbs are ready if the leave crumble easily
More Notes:
Oven drying takes out some of the herbs potency to more will need to be used in cooking which is more than fine.
Store in labeled, dated airtight containers like canning jars, plastic storage containers or freezer storage bags.
For best flavor, keep the leaves whole until you are ready to use them, then crush.
Dried herbs are best used within a year.
UV is the great destroyer!Â
Try to avoid storing your jars in direct sunlight.
Tinted or darkened jars can be helpful
