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The British Museum is surely nice but...not very british
Here’s a list of all the exhibits in the British Museum:
This restores justice
That’s right they have two rooms specifically about Britain how dare we disrespect them like that I take everything back
Folks, friends, y’all…. esk*mo is a slur. I understand a lot of people don’t know that, I don’t want to be a dick about it, but I’ve been seeing it in fics. Wanna write “esk*mo kisses”? Just say “nuzzled noses” or something.
I’m not here to call anybody out, it’s been in multiple fics, I’m not vague posting. This is just a psa. 👍🏻
so... i woke up at 1:30 am bc my brain is full and the first thing that came to mind is... Latinamerica is collapsing and i wonder if the rest of the world knows.
if it doesn't, then maybe it should, so, i wanna explain:
México🇲🇽
we are actually about to run out of water: 85% of the mexican territory is in a draught, the worst in 30 years, they say. and there's lakes that are disappearing.
government is spreading "tips" and "infographics" about how to save some water when they're allowing companies like coca-cola and pepsi; cemex, bonafont and bimbo to have leverage in aquifers and they let them own basically 70% of the water in the country thanks to the National Waters Law (Ley de Aguas Nacionales)
oh and just last night (may 3rd) the 12th metro line collapsed in México City and 23 people died. everyone is blaming it on the 2 previous governments' corruption for using cheap materials and rushing to finish it and inaugurate it before it was actually ready
Honduras🇭🇳
same as México, they're running out of water, so far three states are totally out of it, which is around 1.4 million people.
the press has been calling it the worst draught in the history of the country SINCE LAST YEAR
besides the government has stopped buying vaccines and they're leaving around 70% of the population without a vaccination...
Paraguay🇵🇾
there's no space left in the hospitals, the government stole the 1.6k million usd loan that the country got for health care related buys during the pandemic and left the hospitals alone to their luck. people have to sell their things; from their TV's and fridges to their cars, houses, bodies... there's actual people recurring to prostitution so they can buy medicine the government is supposed to be providing
Brasil🇧🇷
Nicaragua🇳🇮
Argentina🇦🇷
Belize🇧🇿
Guatemala🇬🇹
they've been having a hard economic crisis; again, surprise surprise, the government has stolen 14 million quetzales (1.8million usd) that was destined to the healthcare department: since the pandemic started people has been fired by hordes, there's no jobs, there's no money, there's no more safe hospitals or doctors to work in them, or equipment. and the president approved the 2021 budget in the middle of the night and took away money from the health and the education departments, leading to massive protests that, as you have guessed, were repressed with police violence.
Costa Rica🇨🇷
government actually created an espionage agency, the UPAD, they're fining people for being outside hiding behind the excuse of the pandemic; which is making hospitals collapse, they passed a recessive tax reform, the Electoral Supreme Court was scammed in the latest elections and they're actually seeking to create a higher rank power, a "superminister", higher than a president, who can hold the three powers of the nation (dictatorship, everyone?)
Uruguay🇺🇾
Perú🇵🇪
they're enduring a huge political crisis, they have to chose a president and their only two options are: a leftist man that wants to take all the agricultural land and divide it in equal parts, doesn't support lgbtttiq rights, privatize almost all services and more reforms that would lead to massive firings AND a woman that it's being investigated for fraud and money laundering and that descends from one of the biggest peruvian dictators and wants to get him out of prison.
this uncertainty of course has made the usd price to sky rocket (because what else is new) and now the prices of everything are rising as well, and the wages? they're staying still
reports on the presidential debate
El Salvador🇸🇻
another political crisis: the president along with the congress (which is mostly sitting his party) dismissed and basically fired the judges of the supreme court and the attorney general. and recommended/nominated new ones from his party, opening the way to the totalitarianism and welp, the end of democracy in the country: dictatorship.
the people is outraged and the international community along with the America States Organization are rejecting this horrid violation to the Constitution of El Salvador but the panorama is still uncertain.
Colombia🇨🇴
the government of Ivan Duque just has been in the process of passing a tax reform to collect around 25 billion Colombian pesos (around 6.5k billion usd) through taxes without raising the minimum wages; this would throw the country in an economic crisis that would impact the lower and middle classes and it would take products off the basic market basket.
the people of Colombia have been marching and protesting about this and the government has replied with police violence, they have their own anti-raid police, the ESMAD, and they have orders to shoot to kill, the process now has paused because of the protest.
there isn't yet an exact number on the death count but what the people is sure of is that they're gonna try to hide it along with the number of rapings and tortures the police has been conducting.
Chile🇨🇱
in 2019 chilean government rose the price of the metro/subway and there were protests and marches and manifestations, which led, of course, to policial repression, this was a whole ordeal that was condemned by the UN, now, the people is tired that the same government hasn't dealt properly with the sanitary contingency so they starter planing a huge strike; dozens of worker unions planning to march on april 30th to show that they're millions and they want the president out.
then the president was acused of crimes against humanity before the International Court of Human Rights for the repression of the 2019 protests...
Venezuela🇻🇪
well, if you haven't heard about the venezuelan crisis, you've been living under a rock: it's been going on for more than 20 years, venezuelan people live under a dictatorship (fucking incredible we still have those in the world), the police kills people that march and manifest, citizens don't have dignified access to: public transport, gas and gasoline, electricity, food, water, medicine and medical equipment let alone the covid vaccine.
and when the venezuelan people wanna leave the mediocre and deplorable conditions in which their government had made them live? conditions in which if you don't die of sickness, you get killed by a cop or killed in a robbery or killed on a raid? if you don't die of hunger you die of thirst? they raised the passport prices! and so the venezuelan people as a lot of people in Latinoamérica have to illegally migrate; and we all know how that's seen.
Puerto Rico🇵🇷
an immense femicide rise and Gender Violence alert.
Panamá🇵🇦
and all this happened within the last week.
donations and ways to help México and Colombia
Hey guys I'm here to ask you to support the brazilians fans against the new racetrack they want to build in Rio de Janeiro. They want to destroy a preservation area to build this racetrack, what's a CRIME. The company who showed up with the idea is totally suspicious and is obviously a corruption scheme. And if you don't know: one of the most importants biomes in the country has been burning in MONTHS and our president don't give a fuck. The destruction of this preservation area it will just make everything worse.
So please support Brazil against this crime using #BrazilSaysNoToDeforestation and sharing it!!
Hi, if you care about us Autistic folks then please boost this
Pretty fucked up that you, personally, reading this post don’t give equal attention to every tragedy that happens on the planet every day. I heard that you, personally sometimes only hear about things that news sources in your specific cultural sphere pick up on. That’s pretty fucked up of you, personally.
philly turned out to evict trump, so if you want to say thank you for getting it done please donate to the philly bail fund.
philly has the worst cops in america, just two weeks ago they pulled a Black mother out of her car, beat her and arrested her in front of her 2-year-old son, who they then kidnapped and used for copaganda. she had committed the crime of getting stuck on a one-way street at the edge of a protest against the murder by cops of Walter Wallace, a Black man suffering from mental illness, who was shot in front of his mother.
there's no reason to expect cop behavior to improve now that trump's lost and they're angry. please support the people of philadelphia, who showed up.
for more on police violence, antiracism and radically transformative politics in philly and what you can do to help, see @phillybailfund, @phillybailout, @blmphilly, @phillywerise, @vietlead, and twitter hashtags #FreeAnt #WalterWallaceJr
philly/pa folks add more orgs & links if you have them!
IMPORTANT!!
Please share and sign this petition
The International Skating Union and government of Stockholm are planning to host the World Figure Skating Championships with no bubble, close to no safety measures, and with kids as young as 15 attending without parents, who then would be quarantined in a foreign country without support if they get COVID-19.
The “safety measures” :
Arrival no later than 1- 2 days before the event starts. If participants want to quarantine before or after the event, they HAVE TO pay out of pocket.
Only 2 Covid tests administered.
A loophole if you happen have a positive PCR test .
Masks suggested not mandated
Only temperature checks after negative pcr tests
Symptoms self reported by athletes, there is no enforcement of this
The ISU has also not been forthcoming or clear with vital details- they say regular testing but have not given a schedule for testing and only detailed the first 2 tests
They have not given any information about if parents or family can accompany minors other than-no chaperones as part of the national team - nothing about if kids will have to be alone. This is because instead of increasing the measures like testing they cut down the number of people allowed (these details were also only given after fans petitioned)
Stockholm’s case count has also just doubled in 3 weeks, and their Crown Princess (Who’s supposed to be at the event) got infected
Sweden is also currently considered a high risk/incidence area by multiple countries- here’s Japan ( where 80% of figure skating’s money come from) and Germany’s classification (most flights to Stockholm also connect through Germany)
Covid-19s effect on athletes include but are not limited to- heart and lung damage, breathlessness, heart defects, asthma, here are just some accounts from figure skaters
Anastasia Shpilevya- Russian Ice dancer- has had to end her career due to covid complications
Evgenia medvedeva - 2x world champion, 2x olympic silver medalist - has lung damage
Daniel Grassl - 3x Italian national champion- now has a heart defect and lung damage
Many like Nathan Chen(2x world champ), Yuzuru Hanyu( 2x world champion 2x olympic chamiopn) and Jason Brown( Us national chmapion) have spoken about their concern for their own safety and the safety of their friends and fellow athletes.
Yuzuru has been raising his voice for moths now so you can check out his interviews at https://twitter.com/axelwithwings
These skaters have NO CHOICE but to go, most of the spots for the 2022 olympics are only available through this 1 competition. In speed skating, where the qualification is different, Korea, Japan, Britain and China pulled their teams out of the world championships (despite having 10x the safety precautions).
Please Please please sign this petition and share this post-
Here’s a link for twitter and email templates-
for tweeting the national skating federations
linktree of templates
More info - https://twitter.com/NoQuarNoWorlds
Alright so I need to adress this. I don’t have an audience so I hope the few people who see this spread it around.
On tiktok, there is a new “sexual orientation” called superstraight. This is thinly veiled transphobia and a nazi plot.
Content warning for the following pictures(alot of slurs):
This isn’t “oh haha the straights are at it again” this is an actual attack by nazis, ment to splinter us and get us to fight among ourselves. And its already working.
Trans people and trans allies please spread this information as far as you can.
👀
anyways here are some current nhl players and active women’s players sorted by height and weight because dividing competion class by sex obviously makes a ton of sense
For the texans that somehow find my blog
for fellow austins and the rest of texas
fuck ERCOT
broke: wnhl
woke: nwhl
bespoke: rename the nhl to the nmhl and rename the nwhl to the nhl
Me sittin’ here, seriously concerned for all the young kids who are gonna’ grow up in this fandom environment thinking they’re secretly evil monsters because their sex fantasies aren’t strictly pure or vanilla or because they ship something with an unhealthy dynamic. Soooooo many people must hate/be terrified of themselves.
Hey…….hey kids…….
You’re fuckin’ fine.
The human brain is weird. Sex fantasies ≠ actual desires. If you ask yourself, “would I want to act out this thing in real life” and the answer is “fuck no,” then you’re fine. Shipping is also not an indicator of what you would condone in real life. You are not secretly a monster. You are a human being. Human beings are complicated. Please calm down and treat yourself to a smoothie or something.
If you are an adult on the receiving end of sexual attention from a minor, the only appropriate response is a firm, non-negotiable “no.” Not an “I would, but the darn law…” not, “maybe when you’re eighteen,” a “no.” It is your job as the adult to be responsible, and to not abuse the power differential between you. What the minor wants is irrelevant to your obligations. The only appropriate response is “no.”
Saroya Tinker on representation and education in the world of hockey
Akim Aliu’s ‘The Message’ To Young Black Hockey Players
I think at the end of the day, we should also aspire to be able to give everybody a fair opportunity to play this sport, no matter where they come from.
January 20 2017 - Alt-right leader/fascist Richard Spencer gets punched in the face at Trump’s inauguration in Washington DC. [video]
I AM BEGGING YOU TO HELP SAVE DUSTIN HIGGS
Dustin Higgs is a Maryland based artist on Death Row for a crime he did not commit -
He was convicted and sentenced to the federal death penalty as an accomplice to the 1996 murders of Tanji Jackson, Tamika Black and Mishann Chinn. It was the first federal death sentence handed down in Maryland in the modern era.
Dustin was not the person who actually shot the three women. In fact, it was Willis Haynes who pulled the trigger, and he was sentenced to life in prison plus 45 years after a separate jury spared him the death penalty for the crime. With the resumption of federal executions in 2020, Dustin's life is at serious risk.
He is sentenced to be excecuted on Jan 15. 2021. 3 days before MLK Day and just 5 DAYS BEFORE THE NEW FEDERAL ADMINISTRATION IS PUT IN PLACE
Please if you have just one second or one spec of human decency, click these links.
(2nd video x)
10.26.20. Philiadelphia, PA
Police murdered Walter Wallace on camera. His mother was trying to de-escalate his mental health crisis. Rioters over powered armed police last night. Solidarity protests have popped up nationally as a response.
Ways to help online:
Black Philly Radical Collective
Philly Bailout Fund
Community Jail Support Fundraiser
Muslim brothers and sisters
So I found this app called Scan Halal where you scan the bar code of your food and it tells you if its halal or not. It’s a free app too. Pass this on so others can see and worry a little less about their food/snack choices
I think the reason why Kylo is so hard to sympathize with his because the character Finn exists.
Kylo was born with wealth, privilege, a loving family, and Force powers. Finn was an enslaved child soldier with no family and nobody who cared about him.
Kylo may have been influenced by Snoke but he was also influenced by Luke, Leia, Han, and Jedi values. Finn grew up hearing nothing but First Order propaganda.
Yet when the time came for them to make a choice Finn made the right one and Kylo made the wrong one. Finn chose not to murder innocent people while Kylo did multiple times.
Look at her opening doors to thousands of girls (if not more) around the world! 😍
The Guardian:
Aaron Rodgers, arguably the best player in the NFL, believes his fellow quarterback Colin Kaepernick deserves to be playing in the league and his continued absence is due to his protest over racial injustice in the US.
The former San Francisco 49ers player became a controversial figure last year after he refused to stand for the national anthem in what he called a protest against oppression of people of color. He opted out of his contract in March and became a free agent, but so far, no NFL teams have signed him for the upcoming season, which kicks off next week.
“I think [Kaepernick] should be on a roster right now,” Rodgers says in a wide ranging interview with ESPN published on Wednesday. “I think because of his protests, he’s not.”
In the interview, Rodgers said he would not join in the protests – which have continued into the current pre-season – but was “100% supportive” of players who chose to express their feelings. He added that the US needs to “remedy and improve” racial equality, and that he wanted to improve his understanding of the subject. “I think the best way I can say this is: I don’t understand what it’s like to be in that situation. What it is to be pulled over, or profiled, or any number of issues that have happened, that Colin was referencing — or any of my team-mates have talked to me about … But I know it’s a real thing my black team-mates have to deal with.”
Packers QB Aaron Rodgers is 100% right on.
Hey so “all men are trash” posts help terfs
I’ll explain if one of you want
So. Pavlos Fissas was murdered 7 years ago. He was stabbed in the heart in my neighborhood by a member of a neo nazi political party. He was murdered because he was considered dangerous for them. He was an important face in the antifa movement in Greece and he was punished for that. These people felt so comfortable in their ideology that they murdered a man in cold blood on a crowded street. It wasn't late at night. It wasn't in a dark alley. It was in front of the world. These monsters are the shame of my country and have terrorized people for years. Today the judge convicted them guilty not just for murder but as a criminal organization. And thousands upon thousands of people cheered on the streets.
So it's a great day. Δεν είναι αθώοι.
“But if you forget to reblog Madame Zeroni, you and your family will be cursed for always and eternity.”
“But if you forget to reblog Madame Zeroni, you and your family will be cursed for always and eternity.”
Hope for the future
This is what anti-fascism looks like.
transcript of the screenshot:
A bright spot from a friend in Philly:
The Proud Boys - a white supremacist group with a stupid name - planned a rally a block from my house today. The "belly of the beast" rally. Because apparently that's where I live - the belly of the antifa beast. Whatever the fuck that means.
2 hours before it was supposed to start, the park starts filling up with my neighbors. A drum line shows up. A brass band plays. The anarchists are giving away vegetables and nachos and some artists are selling jewelry. Black leaders give speeches. We chant Breonna Taylor's name. And all the other names.
No right-wing rally every coalesces. There was never room for a critical mass to congregate. A lost-looking man or two walks to the park, doesn't see their people, turns around. A right-wing vlogger trying to debate people is surrounded and walked to the edge of the park. Someone spotted with a handgun is chased through the park, to their car, by over 100 people. The ice cream truck music plays the whole time.
The usual guys sets their chess tables and start playing, the crowd of neighbors start to break up.
Nazis, we will replace you. We will displace you. We will louder and more numerous. We anti-fascists are full of music and love and nachos. We will always replace you.
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Hope for the future
This is what anti-fascism looks like.
transcript of the screenshot:
A bright spot from a friend in Philly:
The Proud Boys - a white supremacist group with a stupid name - planned a rally a block from my house today. The "belly of the beast" rally. Because apparently that's where I live - the belly of the antifa beast. Whatever the fuck that means.
2 hours before it was supposed to start, the park starts filling up with my neighbors. A drum line shows up. A brass band plays. The anarchists are giving away vegetables and nachos and some artists are selling jewelry. Black leaders give speeches. We chant Breonna Taylor's name. And all the other names.
No right-wing rally every coalesces. There was never room for a critical mass to congregate. A lost-looking man or two walks to the park, doesn't see their people, turns around. A right-wing vlogger trying to debate people is surrounded and walked to the edge of the park. Someone spotted with a handgun is chased through the park, to their car, by over 100 people. The ice cream truck music plays the whole time.
The usual guys sets their chess tables and start playing, the crowd of neighbors start to break up.
Nazis, we will replace you. We will displace you. We will louder and more numerous. We anti-fascists are full of music and love and nachos. We will always replace you.
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