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Please watch!!!

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Misogyny is never excusable

I agree 

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What have the protests accomplished?

5/26 4 officers fired for murdering George Floyd 5/27 Charges dropped for Kenneth Walker (Breonna Taylor’s boyfriend, who police accused of killing her) 5/28 University of Minnesota cancels contract with police 5/28 3rd precinct police station neutralized by protesters 5/28 Minneapolis transit union refuses to bring police officers to protests or transport arrested protesters 5/29 Activists commandeer Minneapolis hotel to provide shelter to homeless 5/29 Former officer Chauvin arrested and charged with murder 5/29 Louisville Mayor suspends “no-knock” warrants 5/30 US Embassies across Africa condemn police murder of George Floyd 5/30 Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison takes over prosecution of the murdering officer 5/30 Transport Workers Union refuses to help NYPD transport arrests protesters 5/30 Maryland lawmakers forming work group on police reform, accountability 5/31 2 abusive officers fired for pulling a couple out of their car and tasing them - Atlanta, GA 6/1 Minneapolis public schools end contract with police 6/1 Confederate monument removed after being toppled by protesters - Birmingham, AL 6/1 CA prosecutors launch campaign to stop DAs from accepting police union money 6/1 Tulsa Mayor agrees to not renew Live PD contract 6/1 Louisville police chief fired after shooting of David Mcatee 6/1 Congress begins bipartisan push to cut off police access to military gear 6/1 Atlanta announces plans to create a task force and public database to track police brutality in metro Atlanta area 6/2 Minneapolis AFL-CIO calls for resignation of police union president Bob Kroll, a vocal white supremest 6/2 Pittsburgh transit union announces refusal to transport police officers or arrest protesters 6/2 Racist ex-mayor Frank Rizzo statue removed in Philadelphia 6/2 6 abusive officers charged for violence against residents and protesters - Atlanta, GA 6/2 Civil rights investigation of Minneapolis Police Dept launched 6/2 San Francisco resolution to prevent law enforcement from hiring officers with history of misconduct 6/2 Survey indicates that 64% of those polled are sympathetic to protesters, 47% disapprove of police handling of the protests, and 54% think the burning down of the Minneapolis police precinct was fully or partially justified 6/2 Trenton NJ announces policing reforms 6/2 Minneapolis City Council members consider disbanding the police 6/2 Confederate statue removed from Alexandria, VA 6/3 Officer fired for tweets promoting violence against protesters - Denver, CO 6/3 Walker Art Center and the Minneapolis Institute of Art cut ties with the MPD 6/3 Chauvin charges upgraded to second degree murder, remaining 3 officers also charged and taken into custody 6/3 Richmond VA Mayor Stoney announces RPD reform measures: establish “Marcus” alert for folks experiencing mental health crises, establish independent Citizen Review Board, an ordinance to remove Confederate monuments, and implement racial equity study 6/3 County commissioners deny proposal for $23 million expansion of Fulton County jail 6/3 Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board unanimously votes to sever ties with MPD 6/3 Seattle withdraws request to end federal oversight/consent decree of police department 6/3 Breonna Taylor’s case reopened 6/3 Louisville police department (Breonna Taylor’s murderers) will now be under review from an outside agency, which will include review on training, bias-free policing and accountability 6/3 Colorado lawmakers introduce a police reform bill that includes body cam laws, repealing the “fleeing felon” statute, and banning chokeholds 6/3 Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti announces plans to reduce funding to police department by $150M and instead invest in minority communities 6/4 Virginia governor announces plans to remove Robert E. Lee statue from Richmond 6/4 Portland schools superintendent discontinues presence of armed police officers in schools 6/4 MBTA (Metro Boston) board orders that buses wont transport police to protests, or protesters to police 6/4 King County Labor Federation issues ultimatum to police unions: admit to and address racism in Seattle PD, or be removed 6/5 City of Minneapolis bans all chokeholds by police 6/5 Racist ex-mayor Hubbard statue removed - Dearborn, MI 6/5 NFL condemns racism and admits it should have listened to players’ protests 6/5 California Governor Gavin Newsom calls for statewide use-of-force standard made along with community leaders and ban on carotid holds 6/5 2 Buffalo officers suspended within a day of pushing 75 year old protester to the ground, and lying about it 6/5 2 NYPD officers suspended after videos of violence to protesters 6/5 The US Marines bans display of the Confederate flag 6/5 Dallas adopts a “duty to intervene” rule that requires officers to stop other cops who are engaging in excessive use of force 6/5 Dallas City Manager T.C. Broadnax releases an 11-point action plan for immediate police reforms 6/6 Statue of Confederate general Williams Carter Wickham torn down - Richmond, VA 6/6 2 Buffalo officers charged with second-degree assault for shoving elderly man 6/6 San Francisco Mayor London Breed announces effort to defund police and redirect funds to Black community 6/7 Frank Rizzo mural removed, to be replaced with new artwork - Philadelphia, PA 6/7 Minneapolis City Council members announce intent to disband the police department, invest in proven community-led public safety 6/7 Protesters in Bristol topple statue of slave trader Edward Colston, throw it in the river 6/7 NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio vows for the first time to cut funding for NYPD, redirect to social services 6/7 A Virginia police officer faces charges after using a stun gun on a black man 6/8 NY State Assembly passes the Eric Garner Anti-Chokehold Act 6/8 Democrats in Congress unveil a bill to rein in bias and excessive force in policing 6/8 Black lawmakers block a legislative session in Pennsylvania to demand action on police reform 6/8 France bans police use of chokeholds 6/8 Seattle council members join calls to defund police department 6/8 Boston reevaluates how it funds police department 6/8 Honolulu Police Commission nominees voice support for more transparency, reforms 6/8 Rights groups and Floyd’s family call for a UN inquiry into American policing and help with systemic police reform

No, it’s not enough, but this is only the beginning. Keep fighting!!!

(This list comes from Mara Ahmed’s blog post and was compiled by Fahd Ahmed; I added sources and new entries. Please reblog with further additions.)

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Hilarious that you think anyone gives a shit about your inane sexist opinions. Have fun being stupid and denying science

I’m a feminist, my version of feminism includes trans people. If you don’t like that then block me and stay in your little hateful echo chamber. It really is that simple.

#my first anon hate message :') #am I a real blog now? #having fun being stupid and denyng science #turning off anon since people want to start shit

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UK petitions

If you are a British Citizen/UK Resident please try and sign petitions on https://petition.parliament.uk/ rather than change.org. The government is under no obligation to acknowledge petitions that are not on their petition website. 

at 10,000 signatures the government will issue a public response to the petition

at 100,000 signatures the contents of the petition will be considered for debate in parliament

It’s less convenient to use than change.org as you can’t log in and sign loads of petitions very quickly but this is a measure to prevent bots and people who don’t live in the UK from influencing parliamentary debate. Also you must remember to click the link to confirm your email address for every petition you sign, even if you have used the same email address or your signature won’t be added. Here are just some of the available open petitions that I have signed:

BLM related petitions

Create an independent investigatory commission to help protect ethnic minorities

Condemn the US government for the use of force against its citizens (awaiting response)

Suspend future sales of tear gas and other crowd control equipment to the USA

Making the UK education curriculum more inclusive of BAME history (awaiting response)

Introduce Mandatory Ethnicity Pay Gap Reporting (awaiting debate)

Improve Maternal Mortality Rates and Health Care for Black Women in the U.K. (awaiting debate)

Teach Britain's colonial past as part of the UK's compulsory curriculum (awaiting debate)

Add education on diversity and racism to all school curriculums (awaiting response)

NHS and COVID-19 related petitions

Provide adequate PPE equipment for medical professionals working with COVID-19

Require British Sign Language Interpreters for emergency announcements on TV.  (response recieved)

Hold a Public Inquiry into the handling of the Covid-19 crisis (awaiting response)

Make Covid-19 testing available for all healthcare professionals

Investigate NHS Supply Chain performance providing PPE to frontline staff.

Exempt overseas nurses from paying the Immigration Health Surcharge

Citizenship for all immigrant NHS and social care workers - Covid19 

Pay Key Workers 2 weeks full pay if they have to isolate.

#uk petitions #petition links #change.org #petitions #uk politics #blm petitions #uk parliament #black lives matter #petition parliament #hold them accountable #blm #protest #be active in your activism #sign the petition #sign this #support the nhs #covid 19 #uk lockdown #uk news #thank you nhs #ppe #sign this petition

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This post spawned a new headcanon for me that Q-BO is jealous of the ladybug because it has so many legs, and that the ladybug is sentient but can not speak and is jealous of Q-BO because he can talk to the team and knows so much about the world. 

i have one (1) point and this is it

#quest friends #quest friends! #q-bo #misha jarvis #hopperscotch #xoc #elee badge #memes

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Some households from Grenfell Tower are still waiting for new permanent accommodation.

Thousands of people live in accommodation with flammable cladding.

Three years since Grenfell and still no justice.

RIP.

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Please pay attention to the language being used by your preferred news providers when speaking about the BLM protests which were refferred to several times as “riots” with protesters “clashing with police” called “thugs” by our pathetic excuse for a PM; and todays gatherings of  which were described as a “scuffle” between police and groups “protecting local monuments” as well as actively lying about fighting between organised BLM protestors and far right ‘counter protestors’. The main BLM protest in London was moved to deliberately avoid any danger of attack from the far right groups, look at videos from today and you will see that the majority of violence that you will see is betwen far right sympathisers and the police. 

And if that won’t convince you that the “All LiVeS mAtTeR” people don’t give a single fuck about the police, here’s one of them pissing next to a memorial to a police officer who was murdered in the 2017 Westminster terrorist attack:

#the uk is not innocent #black lives matter #blm #uk politics #pay attention #uk protests #blm london #blm uk #this is disgusting #england is not innocent #the uk is racist too #we need to change #we need to do better #fuck nazis #fuck the alt right #fuck ukip #fuck brexit #fuck boris #uk news

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ok maybe I’m an idiot for not noticing this sooner but I’ve just realised something and I’m sitting here and just absolutely losing my my mind

Hopperscotch’s real name is Simon

His 2 dads are called Alvin and Theo

ARE YOU SHITTING ME

#quest friends #im dying #idk why this is so funny to me #who did this #numenera podcast #quest friends! #numenera #actual play podcast #hopperscotch #xoc #misha jarvis #elee badge #ness #god dammit kyle

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fictional characters talking to themselves: groundbreaking epiphanies, solving complex crimes, exasperated pleading with computers, clever comebacks to whoever they were just on the phone with, narrating obvious events for the reader/viewer, full and coherent sentences which relate entirely to the plot. 

me talking to myself: presenting a cooking show *tells self to stop talking to myself* 10min random noises solo, giving a ted talk about bees, interviewing people for parts in a film I am directing, tv interview about the success of said film *tells self to stop talking to myself* narrates making a cup of tea, imaginary deep philosophical conversation with my friends, goes back and redoes the entire ted talk about bees because I’ve thought of a better way to word one of the points I made....

#welcome to my brain #repeat for 10 hours #and thats on procrastination #expectation vs reality #talking to myself #reality #many thoughts head full #fictional characters #writing #stop talking to yourself #this is my life #welcome to my life #writing characters #realistic writing #pure chaos #no thoughts head empty #many thoughts head empty #make your writing more realistic

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fuckin PUMPED-kin

hmmm

#i am sorry #pumpkin #halloween #pumpedkin #pun

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Animals for when you are sad

Welcome, I hope this helps to calm your mind and remember that, even if everything is horrible, you exist on the same planet as with these wonderful and unusual bois.

Japanese Emperor Caterpillar - pure 0w0 I give him a 10/10. No other insect is able to radiate this much kindness. The only downside is that he will eventually turn into a butterfly and no longer look like this. 

Costasiella kuroshimae - Underwater 5mm long plant sheep pokemon photosynthesis slug. Absolutely STUNNING. What more could you want from a creature?

Rosy Maple Moth - adorable. fluffy masters of deception, their bright colours make predators think they are poisonous. The only reason I would not try and stroke is because they are so tiny. 

Quokka - always smiling, sometimes called the happiet animal on the planet. if they could talk they would have squeaky little australian accents and ask how your day was. 

Dumbo Octopus - absolute baby, I would do anything for him. 

Dik Dik - Tiny little antelope from southern Africa only 30cm tall at the shoulder. Eyelashes of a godess. Males have tiny pointy horns. Deserves a disney movie. 

#for when sad #its free serotonin #its free therapy #cheer me up #its free dopamine #rosy maple moth #animals for sad #eyebleach #cheer you up #let me help you #are you sad #sad #sad boi hours #dumbo octopus #mental health #quokka #real sad girl shit #dik dik #real sad hours #big sad #depressed #stressed #anxious #help #animals #free therapy #cute animals #adorable #bois #look at his face

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Funny how exactly 0 of the people I’ve seen/spoken to who think that removing a statue of a slave trader is “erasing history” are also campaigning for changes to our national curriculum to better educate us on Britain’s role in the slave trade... 

#it's almost as if the history isn't really what they care about #uk politics #uk news #statues #bristol statue #slave trade statues #tw slavery #blm #protest #blm uk #change the curriculum #uk education #british empire #edward colston #colston statue #black lives matter

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Some Ace/Lesbian solidarity memes I made bc I found a thread on twitter talking about the second one and related to it but it was directed at lesbians so just memed about it instead. and the first one has been in my brain for a while.

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Can anyone recommend some actual play DnD/other rpg podcasts to me pls? I’m now up to date with Quest Friends and DnDnD so I’m looking for more with a similar vibe (i.e. laugh out loud funny, great storytelling, don’t take themselves too seriously, don’t mind breaking character). I need more fantasy worlds for my brain to escape to rn

#quest friends! #podcast recommendations #dnd #numenera podcast #quest friends #dndnd #dnd podcasts #recommend things to me #rpg podcast #dungeons and dragons #actual play #actual play podcast

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I always find it interesting when people conveniently forget that free speech is and always has been a two way street. Yes she’s entitled to publicly say what she wants and in return anyone is entitled to publicly criticise her if what she says is problematic and offensive. Do you not see that implying that we should not be allowed to have questions and opinions about the things other people say is equally anti-democratic???. I never said she wasn’t allowed to have this opinion, my point is that having these opinions makes her a terf, which makes her a cunt...in my personal opinion. 

I am also a grown woman who doesn’t hold any public duty and is entiled to call her whatever I want. You are entitled to reply. We could go round in circles like this for days. If we are not allowed to hold people accountable for  any damaging things that say becuase It’S jUsT aN oPiNiON it becomes impossible to draw the line anywhere and you open the door to racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, hate speech, ableism, xenophobia, bullying, body shaming, sexual harrassment etc etc

If I were a well known, well respected childrens’ author who was fully aware that they were idolised by millions of children worldwide I would simply not be a cunt 

#jkr is a terf #my faith in humanity is dying #here comes the free speech brigade #jkr #tw transphobia #can 2020 get any worse #fuck jk rowling #jk rowling #that's my opinion #and that's on periodt #I hate 2020 #people are the worst #i hate people

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If I were a well known, well respected childrens’ author who was fully aware that they were idolised by millions of children worldwide I would simply not be a cunt 

EDIT:  read this before trying to convinve me that simply me saying the word cunt automatically makes me a mysogynist. The article sums up my views quite well and also explains the difference of the word’s impact in the UK and US which is why I think some of you might be reacting so extremely to me using it. 

#a small part of my soul dies every time she tweets and I'm running out of horcruxes #jkr is a terf #I wanted to be an author when I was 10 because of her yikes #jkr #jk rowling #joanne kathleen rowling #tw transphobia #harry potter #fuck jk rowling #tw language #tw terfs