ThePrettiestOne

askaqueerchick:

Presents are nice and all, but let’s not forget about the REAL reason for the season:  Persephone’s descent into the underworld.

“Social Justice Warrior” as an insult cracks me up. “HA HA YOU CARE ABOUT PEOPLE’S RIGHTS, LOL”… wow. Way harsh, Tai. You got me.

swaff-resurrection:

oldgray:

fromseveralroomsaway:

leannewoodfull:

lutefisktacoandbeer:

kittymudface:

It gets better—the guy is deaf, and he taught his cat the sign for “food.” So the cat’s not just saying “put that in my mouth,” it’s actually signing

Not only that, but if you notice at the beginning, the cat *gets the man’s attention* as any person who wanted to talk to a deaf/hoh individual would (well, and vice versa IME). I’ve done sign since I was 5, and generally, w/o eye contact initially, you wave a hand or lightly touch the arm (if that’s ok with the person you’re trying to converse with, of course). 
Generally, adult cats meow mostly to humans, but this cat has figured out that’s not going to work and has adapted. Animal companions! They are INCREDIBLE.

Amazing.

EVERYONE STOP WHAT YOU ARE DOING AND LOOK AT THIS CAT.

this is pretty remarkable 

Look at that cat actually spreading it toes, like it’s trying to mimic the fingers movement a lot of people use with ASL. omg.

There’s a dangerous disconnect going on between the United States and China. Because China takes Donald Trump seriously.

“Trump is not behaving as a president who will become master of the White House in a month,” the Communist party controlled newspaper wrote in an editorial. “He bears no sense of how to lead a superpower.”

This discovery apparently resulted from Chinese leaders, who block Twitter in their own country, actually taking a peek at Trump’s unpresidented stream of 140 character-snits. It’s not clear how, up to this point, China might have gotten the idea that Donald Trump was sane, but the leadership there has now been doused with icy cold Trump Water.

“If he treats China after assuming office in the same way as in his tweets, China will not exercise restraint,” the newspaper warned. “The Chinese government should be fully prepared for a hardline Trump.”

China has to learn that this is not a rigid system where leaders emerge after years of working within the government and ascending a ladder of mapped-out positions. Nope, in America, anyone can be president, no matter how little they’ve done, or how little they know, or how ill-suited they are to power. Which is … great. That’s great, right?

gayblackgeek:

missameliasmithers:

The canon OT3 

#let’s go steal us a healthy poly relationship #with boundaries and diverse interests #and the best trick of all #LET’S STEAL THE CANON

Look!  My tags still travel with this gifset, eternal, shiny and chrome!

dragonheartftherpays:

I did a very quick, sketchy comic because I was extremely inspired by this post. (Credit to @pinkdiamondprince for the original post.)

The entire analogy was just fantastic and so, so accurate, and I wanted to make a comic for it, even if it’s very sketchy because my attention span is nil.

Jobless people generally cannot earn additional income while collecting unemployment benefits or they risk losing that assistance. For laid-off workers from Nokia, simply collecting a guaranteed unemployment check often presents a better financial proposition than taking a leap with a start-up in Finland, where a shaky technology industry is trying to find its footing again.

Now, the Finnish government is exploring how to change that calculus, initiating an experiment in a form of social welfare: universal basic income. Early next year, the government plans to randomly select roughly 2,000 unemployed people — from white-collar coders to blue-collar construction workers. It will give them benefits automatically, absent bureaucratic hassle and minus penalties for amassing extra income...

The answers — to be determined over a two-year trial — could shape social welfare policy far beyond Nordic terrain. In communities around the world, officials are exploring basic income as a way to lessen the vulnerabilities of working people exposed to the vagaries of global trade and automation. While basic income is still an emerging idea, one far from being deployed on a large scale, the growing experimentation underscores the deep need to find effective means to alleviate the perils of globalization...

Universal basic income is a catchall phrase that describes a range of proposals, but they generally share one feature: All people in society get a regular check from the government — regardless of their income or whether they work. These funds are supposed to guarantee food and shelter, enabling people to pursue their own betterment while contributing to society...

A Silicon Valley start-up incubator, Y Combinator, is preparing a pilot project in Oakland, Calif., in which 100 families will receive unconditional cash grants ranging from $1,000 to $2,000 a month. Voters in Switzerland recently rejected a basic-income scheme, but the French Senate approved a trial. Experiments are being readied in Canada and the Netherlands. The Indian government has been studying basic income as a means of alleviating poverty...

Strikingly, basic income is being championed across the ideological spectrum...

“Some people think basic income will solve every problem under the sun, and some people think it’s from the hand of Satan and will destroy our work ethic,” says Olli Kangas, who oversees research at Kela, a Finnish government agency that administers many social welfare programs. “I’m hoping we can create some knowledge on this issue.”

A woman in Melbourne, Australia experienced the unique thrill of finding a highly poisonous tiger snake slinking around her Christmas tree on Sunday morning. Happy holidayssssssssss!  

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tikkunolamorgtfo:

tikkunolamorgtfo:

It can happen here.

It can happen here.

It can happen here.

I just chatted with one of my closest friends, who is originally from Montana. is what she told me: 

The plus side is that there has been a tremendous community response. However, I worry about the police in that area of the state. They say they’re doing extra patrols, but a lot of them are alt-right/neo-nazi affiliated, and I don’t trust them. The rabbi in Whitefish [the town where this occurring] is amazing, and I’m so upset for their congregation. My home synagogue is being targeted in Missoula, but so far they haven’t published individual member info like they did in Whitefish. 

Given what we already know about alt-reich affiliated police officers all across country in relation to anti-black shootings and other crimes, I do not think her fears are unfounded. There is a chance that the local police could be the once to target the people they are being assigned to protect.

Please share this so that people know what the alt-reich are doing and keep the Jews of Montana in your thoughts and/or prayers.

vaspider:

kudalyn:

lordhayati:

lloro-na:

ufishal:

thenimbus:

source [x]

I’m okay with this

omg!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ?!!!?????!!!!!!!!!!!

@kudalyn

@seananmcguire

queeringfeministreality:

marauders4evr:

scaredpotter:

tbh the most unrealistic thing in harry potter is when mrs weasley in the first book asks “now what’s the platform number?”

like this woman has been going to that school for seven years and then dropped kids off on the same place for nearly ten like why on earth would she forget the platform number

I still have the headcanon that Molly BAMF Weasley saw a scrawny underfed child with an owl who had no idea where he was going and looked lost and confused and was like, “Ah, yep, new son.” but didn’t want to scare him by outright approaching and asking if he needed help so she was just like, “MUGGLES, MUGGLES EVERYWHERE! DOES ANYONE KNOW WHAT THE PLATFORM NUMBER TO WIZARD SCHOOL IS? WHAT’S THAT? NINE AND THREE QUARTERS? OH, YES, THAT’S RIGHT. THE PLATFORM NUMBER IS   N I N E   A N D   T H R E E    Q U A R T E R S!”

Of course seeing as how Harry isn’t the most observant bloke, she probably ushered her kids past him fifty times as different ones screamed the platform number until they finally got his attention.

^^^ YES YES YES

itsthighnoon:

my cat, for no goddamn reason at all except that he’s a cat and he can do whatever the fuck he wants: what if i just run at this wall, do a sick kickflip, scare myself with the sound it makes, and then proceed to run over your sleeping body? would that be fucked up or what

shinyrainboo:

The “perks” disabled people receive are not perks to the disabled. They only seem like perks if you have full bodily function. They aren’t benefits at all, they are the minimum required effort to help disabled people and they barely cut it. 

Special seating is to fit a wheel chair, our butts and legs are in the same amount of space as you. We’re also cramped and uncomfortable and in pain, don’t be telling us how you have it worse. Most of those seats aren’t even in good spots in the theater. 

Special parking is so we can even access the store. The walk from the middle of the lot for you is the same as the walk/wheel from the front of the lot for us. Many of us can barely make it inside from the handicapped parking.

Boarding planes first is because it takes extra time to do everything, including get in and out of chairs. They do not want US to block YOU. This is for YOUR benefit. 

This also applies to the special lines at roller coasters- They do not want US to block YOU, the majority, from having a good time. Odds are a disabled person can only ride a few rides before having to go home (as well as many rides bar people with health conditions), few to no disabled people are using this line. It is a SAFETY precaution as well, because a disabled person cannot handle the strain of waiting in line in the heat as long as an abled person can. In fact, most abled people barely tolerate it. Why would you expect a disabled person to not pass out and need emergency services and halt the line if abled people do it, too?

Using the Elevator is not a privilege. How the hell are we supposed to get wheel chairs, damaged body parts, and our generous helping of pain up the stairs? If you think this is a benefit, pinch yourself immediately because you are dreaming. And yes, elevators often make disabled people with sensitive constitutions (most of us) feel ill. It’s not even pleasant. 

Being Granted extra time on tests is because many of our brains freeze up when placed in a stressful situation. It also often takes longer for us to remember or process a question or answer. If you have testing anxiety, you are eligible too! Do not think it is limited to disabled people and it is a benefit. It’s so we don’t fail every test. It’s so we can KEEP UP with you. 

“Getting” to take their dogs everywhere, is the most misconceived of them all. The dog is specially trained to preform a task so we do not DIE suddenly in public. Sure, the dogs are loyal friends, but I am not exaggerating when I say it is to prevent DEATH. Please understand the dog is for personal safety. Like a rescue inhaler or an alarm. Do not complain that you cannot have a dog in public and do not bother our dogs. You are downplaying our illness. It is both rude and cruel. Are you at risk of dying suddenly that could be easily preventable with an assistant? No? Then leave us and our service animals alone because it is none of your business. 

Please think about WHY disabled people need this rather than decry the whole system that barely supports us. I am sure you mean well, but if you think that these things are “perks” or “benefits”, then you are part of the problem. 

A large population of disabled people don’t even get access to all of these things because of the extremely harmful “faker for benefits” mindset that has been widely adapted. It is killing us. Literally. Please be considerate of the needs of all human beings, not just those like you. 

official-ajani:

king-wewuz:

cheshireinthemiddle:

I don’t like this

i feel real uncomfortable

Who is she

If you’re waiting for me to give you examples of why the human species is redeemable and we’re not actually doomed, then I’m afraid you’re plumb out of luck because I’m out of kittens and rainbows.

Here’s the thing: when I talk about not giving up, when I talk about not letting the bastards grind you down and taking light into dark places, I am not some glitter dust Positivity Feel Good Metaphor Poster™.

I am blinding fury and spitting with rage. I am clawing tooth and nail against people who tell me every day that kindness is pointless and the world can never be better than it is, so why bother. And that’s defeatist lazy Bullshit. Absolute

BULLSHIT.

By hook or by crook—don’t let the bastards get you down, hang on to the things that matter to you, fight tooth and nail for them, smash the system and help rebuild it anew.

Otherwise, yes, we are doomed. Because the moment you give in to the despair and believe in the inevitably of our doom, they’ve won. And it’s hard, and it’s exhausting, but if you want the world to change and the people around you are letting you down and you feel like nothing is being done…well…what are you going to do about it? And I know, I know not everyone can do the same as everyone else, I know it’s not just as easy as that. But it starts with not giving in.

It starts with looking into the heart of darkness and saying No, This Will Not Do.

We are not doomed. We are redeemable. We just need to choose to be. And it starts with you, every single day, every day you wake up you make a choice and you say, today I will make the world a little better, I will not let the darkness win. Even if the only person you save that day is yourself, it still counts.Every little shred of hope and goodness counts. So keep going. I promise you there’s light at the end of all this. And not because I believe in fate or gods, but because I believe in people. I believe in you, just like I believe in myself. You can do more good in this world than you realize.

And it’s time to come up swinging.

dragon-in-a-fez:

silvernis:

samwellhaus:

knightofthestars:

so hey who else was taught as a kid that “”””wanting attention”””” in any way was wrong and shameful and has grown up unable ask for help or support even in great distress/suffering

Parent: why do you never come to me for help

(two days later)

Me: I need help with something

Parent: CAN’T YOU SEE I’M BUSY WHY CAN’T YOU DO ANYTHING BY YOURSELF GOD YOU’RE SO-

Me: never mind

And don’t forget the You Can Tell Me Anything (Except Things I Don’t Want to Hear)™.

oh look another list of normalized parenting things that are recognized as textbook emotional abuse behaviors if the victim is an adult

If 2016 was a bird.

mauridianhallow:

rtahuniverse:

cannon-fannon:

THIS SPEAKS TO ME ON A MOLECULAR LEVEL RIGHT NOW.

You are witnessing a broken human being

This is actually me like constantly now

welcome-foolishmortals:

Two teenage girls attempted to go in front of me for a photo and The Evil Queen said, “Excuse you, I do believe this young lady was here before you. Now step aside”. My love for her is endless.

karnythia:

deducecanoe:

slimgoodymakeba:

localstarboy:

THE BABY GOT ME WEAK 😂😂😂 #Fuckitupchallenge

The baby got me coughing and wheezing!

I love you, sweet video bombing baby.

That baby stole the whole video. 

bow-and-aero:

dinovia-grant:

kmckinnon:

SNL did that™

Okay, yes. Yes. YES.

ZENDAYA

On Friday, The Daily Stormer founder Andrew Anglin published an incendiary bit of propaganda that called on white supremacists to harass Jewish people in the town of Whitefish, Montana, claiming that they have caused Richard Spencer’s mother’s real estate business to fail (of course, this is not true), Think Progress reports. Richard Spencer is a white supremacist and president of the National Policy Institute, credited with coining the term “alt-right.” A few weeks ago he was quoting Nazi propaganda in German at D.C.’s NPI conference, and, as of this week, the scum is considering running for Congress.

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supersoniqque:

lizthedragonwolf:

supersoniqque:

cool stuff one can find in my forest includes burning water

Its just a little flame girl tending to her water garden

this is the only acceptable reaction to this post everyone else can shut up and go home

morismako:

pipistrellus:

i like in hamilton how they tell us that the islanders all chipped in to make sure that hamilton could go to the mainland and Make Something Of Himself like HE IS TOO TALENTED TO REMAIN HERE

but then much later its like… “he used to give 6 hour long speeches” and ur like… ok… sure. “would you like to donate to a good cause ma’am” “what cause” “sending alexander hamilton to another continent” “heres my life savings”

#buy my silence for $8000 a month

#SlytherinSunday betches 🐍🐍🐍

PS - last day to order a lil summin from my shop before it closes for Christmas! Deadline is midnight tonight GMT 🕘

sisforsammi:

Drift Compatible 

A lot of people–a gratifying number of people, really; it was like reaching the actual apocalypse cleared a lot of puritan bullshit out of everybody’s heads, so that their response to “we’re married” became “congrats,” and not a frantic game of “which one is your husband, which one is just a friend,” or worse, “oh, you’re gay, how nice, is she going to be your surrogate”–a lot of people assumed, when they walked into a hanger, that they were like those Chinese triplets.  Three pilots.  Triple the strain but triple the connectivity, the control.

(”How amazing,” those people murmured, in their own dialects, in their own ways.  “They’re not related, you know.  They can run a drift that close on love.”)

Except that they couldn’t.

When No Encores woke, she woke with Eliot on her left and Parker on her right, and Hardison back in the control room, monitoring their vitals, dying a little bit inside from the fear, coming back to life from the pride.  He never stepped into the cockpit, never saw what they saw, never had to hold up the weight of the world as they knew it.  That was for the best.  He kept them safe in so damn many ways, in all the ways that counted, and their Jaeger danced like a thief and hit like a trained professional, and they came home.  They came home every time.

Sometimes those same people, the ones who had assumed, would see Hardison on base when No Encores was running the waters.  They would treat him so gingerly then, assuming he was hurt, neglected, left behind.  And he would only smile, and maybe touch the inside of his left arm (”one show only” tattooed there, black on brown, small and meant for him and his and no one else), and say, “Nah.  You think I want to punch a kaiju?  Those things are full of germs.”

The drift wasn’t love.  It was similarity in the broken places. Hardison didn’t envy them that.

Someone has to be the harbor.

Someone has to lead them home.

When you don’t have a good script for a situation and you try to babble your way through a conversation.

theprincessleia:

incorrect star wars quotes // x