billy bob stan

every time aaron fechter says something shitty, an employee at billy bob’s wonderland whacks mitzi with a baseball bat

[did-you-know]

Adjusting your rate of speech can make you more persuasive. Slower speech gives someone who’s bound to disagree with you more time to evaluate your point, add in their own thoughts, and dismiss your reasoning with their own existing bias - but talking fast leaves them less time to form an argument and significantly increases your chances of persuading them.

(Source, Source 2, Source 3)

[woodentempest]

hey kids, this is why ben shapiro (and people like him) talks so fast. he doesn’t want his opponents to form an argument

[shakeitoff-archive-deactivated2]

a 15 year old black girl with ADHD was incarcerated by a judge in michigan because she didn’t complete her homework.

grace was put on probation because of charges of assault and theft for “biting her mother’s finger and pulling her hair” and stealing another student’s mobile phone which she later returned. she expressed remorse at her actions multiple times afterwards and participated in therapy sessions and completely stayed out of trouble, her mother and teacher said that she was doing well at school despite the switch to online classes which caused her to become distracted due to her ADHD. she couldn’t keep up with her homework and her caseworker filed a violation of probabtion against her without bothering to learn about her disabilty or academic performance. the judge ellen brennan called her a “threat to the community”. all because she didn’t complete her fucking homework. she’s been in the juvenile detention centre for over a month now.

There is a petition to free her, please sign it and if anyone can find any other resources to help her please add them here

[cartoonblink-deactivated2024112]

UPDATE:

Grace’s case has been dissmissed and her next one is not until SEPTEMBER!!!! THIS IS NOT OKAY! She is a 15 year old girl!

Her family has opened up a gofundme to pay for legal expenses! Please considering donating and/or signal boosting this! Please still sign the petition and check the resources at the bottom of the change.org page on who to contact to help her case!

#JUSTICE4GRACE

#FREEGRACE

[etakeh]

THE FEDS RETREAT.

This is so fucking amazing to me.  

[magsgotswags]

This is an excellent shieldwall. 

[shadovvlurking]

[gehayi]

Everyone, please spread the word about Portland. Especially spread it to foreign countries. The only thing Trump and his ilk care about is bad publicity. Let them have all of it. Because the media is not doing a great job of covering this story in America--unless you’re talking about covering it up.

[mysharona1987]

[funonmars]

If you want to help out the Navajo Nation, please consider donating to them at the following:

https://www.nndoh.org/donate.html - Navajo Nation COVID-19 fund. There’s also a link to their Go Fund Me, as well a list of medical and community needs and numbers and emails to message for the non monetary donations. 

https://www.gofundme.com/f/nhfc19relief - Navajo and Hopi families relief fund. 

https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-for-elderly-on-navajo-nation - Food baskets for the Elderly on Navajo Nation

 https://www.gofundme.com/f/northern-dine-covid19-relief-effort - Northern Diné Relief Fund

https://nmchildren.org/ - Bill Richardson COVID-19 Navajo families relief fund

5/22/2020

[times-chu]

Just wanted everyone to know this wasn’t some sick prank, it was a mistake, cuz it was stressing me tf out. Still donate to Native funds though.

[cryptidarticles]

So bc tumblr hates links this will be hard to pass around but theres a White House petition to save the USPS

This is significantly more important than a change.org petition bc it HAS to be acknowledged if it gets enough signatures

Please sign it and reblog!

[nerdlingwrites]

Hey remember what I said about making changes to the OTW and AO3 from the inside? Fuck that shit, I was completely wrong. Stop giving them money, stop wasting time voting in their rigged elections, and start giving them noisy, angry hell on every single fucking platform you can find. Especially white people.

I loathe being stuck between the rock and the hard place of AO3 being the ONLY place I get any kind of engagement on my fic, and how much I hate, in order, the organization and people who run it, their policies, their volunteers, and the people who stan for them.

The urge to take my fics down from their site and just deal with the fact I'll never have readers again gets stronger every day

[nerdlingwrites]

Also white fans if you're liking this instead of reblogging it, you're part of the problem.

[magicalpoetrycandy]

Are you also going to call for an end to twitter/tumblr/facebook for hosting racists and white supremacists along with loads of other bigots, or happily keep using that still but only argue that AO3 needs to die?

You don’t like the platform, do not use it. There are dozens of other fanfiction websites. If you’re still posting stuff there and using it while arguing that the site you use and spends its bandwith on you isn’t worthy of donations because people are free to post shit even if you dislike it- bring your business elsewhere. 

[cat-prisun]

what the fuck makes you think op, a black person, isn’t against racism in all forms. what makes you think they’re complicit in racism on other websites. op fucking uses ao3 they don’t just hate the website because they’re an “anti” they hate it because it continuously allows racist content to be posted with no ability to even block users let alone report individual fics. they’re not even calling for the end of the website you insufferable dumbass they’re calling for change.

and you know what? people who look at the systemic suffering of black people and think it’s an opportunity to write about more black suffering and death like our oppression is a fictional trope deserve to be censored. we’re not fucking “puritans” taking advantage of the poor racists who just wanna write about black murder uwuwu you vile fucking cretin. how disgusting do you have to be to paint black people who are sick and fucking tired of our oppression and suffering being turned into fandom content for clicks as “evil antis taking advantage of their power to bully the poor whites and nonblacks who benefit from the racism we face”. what the fuck is wrong with you. you’re disgusting. please perish at your earliest convenience.

[kinggriaa]

Toria’s Gender Affirming Surgery - Nonbinary POC organized by Toria Hill

Hi everyone! My name is Toria Hill, and I’m non-binary and queer af. I sta… Toria Hill needs your support for Toria’s Gender Affirming Surge

So I did something... It’s a little bit outside my comfort zone but I’m stepping out because I could really use some help! Please share, donate, send positive energy my way, whatever your heart desires!

[junkyarddook]

[oozins]

two (almost) haikus

[woodentempest]

HERE IS WHAT THE LIGHT COUNTS : THE SINGS IN ME LOOKING AND SOMETHING LOOKING AWAY. BIGGER THAN LOVE. I’LL WAIT FOR THE          BIRDS YOU THERE. SING IT     BACK

[spamton]

hey not to be a killjoy but can y’all spread the carrd about what’s going on in Poland

obvious warning for homophobia, transphobia, etc. in the link above.

I was born there. I have countless of LGBT friends there, and the fact that this is happening in the year 2020 is inhumane and terrifying. 

If you’re Polish, vote in the upcoming election. If you’re not polish, please spread the carrd around.

I am not an ideology. Nie jestem ideologią. 

[plain-and-simple-ninja]

Meet Wiktor, Michał, Dominik, Milo and Kacper.

Wiktor was almost 15 years old when he threw himself under the train. He was transgender.

Michał was 29 years old when he hanged himself on a tree. He was working as a model. He was gay.

Dominik was 14 years old when he hanged himself on his shoelaces. He was gay.

Milo was 23 years old when she jumped off a bridge. She was an activist. She was transgender.

Kacper was 14 years old when he hanged himself in his house. He wasn’t even sure if he was gay yet.

All of them were bullied in school. Some of them were assaulted, insulted, attacked on street. Some of them were denied psychological help they needed. Some of them were denied medical treatment.

All of them died because of institutional and personal homo- and transphobia here in Poland.

I will think about those five people - one of them I knew in person. I will think about them when I go vote today. And when I vote, I will think about countless children who might lose their lives in the future because of politicians who find themselves a new public enemy - “LGBT ideology”.

None of them was “an ideology”.

We are not an ideology, I am not an ideology either. Nie jestem ideologią.

[smallmatholichuman-deactivated2]

from me as a polish actvist i want to say more about situation in Poland because i feel that more people should know.

from begging:

(12.06.2020) in tv program one of the guest member of Sejm Jacek Żalek from „Agreement” party which allied with the ruling party of Poland said that „[LGBT+ people] are not people, this is an ideology” Katarzyna Kolenda- Zaleska, the journalist hosting the tv program decided to throw him out from her program.

(13.06.2020) Andrzej Duda the president of Poland gave a speech to his electorate in which he compare „LGBT ideology” to neobolshevism” and once again said „this is an ideology”

people went mad. rightly

(15.06.2020) this is Helena Biedroń. she is a mother to Robert Biedroń (the first openly gay member of the Sejm, leader of the „Spring” party, one of the three leaders of The Left, candidate to President, MEP) she read the letter from polish lgbt people parents to president. one of the quotes from her moving speech:

„I came here from afar, but i have something important to say to you Mr. [President]. I can’t stay quiet when my child is hurt.”

(bless this lady she deserved the world)

(17.06.2020) Andrzej Duda invited Helena and Robert Biedroń and Bart Staszewski (polish LGBT activist) to a meeting. only Bart Staszewski showing up in President Palace. after the meeting he wrote this on his twitter account:

Helena and Robert Biedroń didn’t show up because they claim that president did not want to debate with them but he invited them so he could had a photo with them to manipulate that he atleast tried.

this is the end of mine post but this shit is still on. and you know what? i feel threatened. as a Pole, as a activist, as a LGBT+ person, as a human.

one last word from me. VOTE

[if you see mistakes in mine text then please inform me about this, i will editing in the loop]

[polymolly]

[blazenek]

I’d like to add that we lost the presidential elections, in case the international readers of this post didn’t know it yet. It will most likely lead to the implementation of the so called “Family Card” which will, among other things listed in the carrd itself, prohibit “spreading lgbt propaganda in public institutions” which will surelyfurther repress lgbt people and activists. Małgorzata Szutowicz was accused of “active participation in events taking place on 27th of june 2020 in Warsaw’s Wilcza street” which means: she allegedly took part in destroying cars driving in our capital, which are covered with homophobic lies (“homosexuals are 20 times more likely to be pedophiles, 91% of children rised by lesbians are molested” etc.) and people in them yelling similar propaganda with megaphones. She also allegedly pushed a man who was recording the whole situation injuring his wrist and back. The homophobic cars are technically illegal in poland since october 2019 based on a decision of the court (Sąd Okręgowy w Gdańsku), however nobody actually does anything about them and the police ignores the reports of them driving around our cities (so much for “we’re all equal in the eyes of law lmao”), including Warsaw, and accusations of slander from lgbt activists towards the people responsible for the propaganda campaign have been largely ignored. It’s a very hard time for the polish lgbt community and we’d appreciate spreading information about what’s going on in our country.

And to my polish LGBT friends- Grupa Stonewall offers free psychological support for LGBT people affected by the current situation.

[pancakeke]

This has been all over Twitter but I haven't seen it posted here. The US Army was using a fake Xbox controller giveaway to trick people into enlisting via Twitch

https://kotaku.com/twitch-forces-u-s-army-to-stop-tricking-viewers-with-f-1844405124

Twitch Forces U.S. Army To Stop Tricking Viewers With Fake Giveaways

The U.S. Army has a Twitch channel that it uses to fish for potential recruits. Last week, it came under fire for issuing bans to viewers wh

[pancakeke]

here's a non-kotaku article

https://www.thenation.com/article/culture/military-recruitment-twitch/

The US Military Is Using Online Gaming to Recruit Teens

Gamers with the Army, Navy, and Air Force are spending hours on Twitch with children as young as 13.

[cos-mic-gob-lin]

Tumblr users are often so arrogant and it shows. They can draw a full cast of POC characters but when POC say "Hey we want more than just our skin tone" they're suddenly deaf as shit.

Representation on Tumblr has become a way for white people to win brownie points just because they took a Hershey's bar and slapped it onto a person's skin tone.

The most disgusting thing is that they insist on making JUST African-Americans. They insist on making JUST one facial type, one nose type, one lip type, one hair type, one slang type, one skin tone.

And when they make a person Asian, it's Japanese. And when they make a person Hispanic, it's Mexican. And when they make a person indigenous, they never specify on which tribe/nation they came from, but you'll bet they're Native AMERICAN.

But my favorite part is when other POC demand representation and those same fucking white people are like "But but but look at all my black characters!!!!"

POC isn't just confined to America.

POC isn't just black.

POC isn't just Japanese.

POC isn't just Mexican.

POC isn't just Native American.

It's from the Miskitu in Nicaragua, from the highlands of Ethiopia, from the deserts of Saudi Arabia, from the mountains of Indonesia. It's from the arroz con gandules, from the folk music, from the festivals. It's many cultures blending, it's speaking more than just English, it's dealing with racism unique to our countries of origin.

It's more than just one universal experience, and white Tumblr isn't willing to show that.

[seafoam-aliens]

Basically for the people who refuse to fucking read

Can you guys do some actual fucking research on anywhere other than whats at the borders of America before you slap a random ethnicity or race onto a character?

[cos-mic-gob-lin]

Btw: White people PLEASE reblog but do not clown on the post.

[killmeimbroke]

NATIVE AMERICANS ARE GOING MISSING

NATIVE AMERICANS ARE GOING MISSING

NATIVE AMERICANS ARE GOING MISSING

NATIVE AMERICANS ARE GOING MISSING

SIGNAL BOOST THE SHIT OUTTA THIS

[genderaffirmingslurs]

SUBTITLES:

Person on camera: "calling on all gen-z to help boost the crap out of this again, they're arresting all the Native American protesters over Mount Rushmore, please we need to keep track of them"

[shutyourmoustache]

“On the night of June 20, 2020, Saturday, Deme was involved in a really bad car accident which left him in critical condition. All vital organs are intact. He’s suffered a broken jaw, a small amount of bleeding on his brain, and a broken vertebrae in his neck.”

He’s had surgery in which a portion of his cranium was removed, to relieve the pressure on his brain, and that was successful. Taking each day at a time. Staying prayed up. He is stable but intubated, and will remain sedated.

Deme is the homie, he is a friend, and he is a father.”

I don’t know Deme personally, but he’s a friend of my grad school BFF. Please help his family reach their goal during this desperate hour of need! 🙏🏽

[moonlit-sunflower]

@shareyourdollar @tsfandomfund @tsnoticetheseposts @markiplier

[honeyglot]

URGENT CROWDFUND assisting an anonymous (for safety) young trans and disabled friend escape an abuisve household.

Please share + read for more info ❤️

Financial assistance for disabled trans person organized by Elizabeth Maupin

WHO AND WHAT?Hey y'all, my name is Elizabeth Maupin. You likely know m… Elizabeth Maupin needs your support for Financial assistance for dis

[honeyglot]

Update: $210 met / of $2,500 goal

They’re having emergency car troubles, PLEASE reblog and/or consider donating! Anything helps, and you never know who follows you that might be able to donate ❤️

[watercolourferns]

I have mild Plague symptoms :’)

Whoever is cursing me, can you please stop? :’) I think c*vid is the worst you can do, tbh, so please, stop? So scrap every plan I’ve had, scrap every past reason I’ve given to ask for work. Scrap helping my parents, scrap moving out for the moment, scrap everything. Please commission me so I can keep a stock of paracetamol, vitamins, gatorade/electrolytes, and food. Here’s my commissions: https://watercolourferns.tumblr.com/post/611191054673248256/new-master-list-o-prices

Here’s my kofi and patreon: https://ko-fi.com/fernleavesillustrations

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Shops 

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