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Trump’s defunding of CPB means a massive loss to all local PBS and NPR public broadcasting stations. But based on their ability to get sponsorships, advertisers, other grants, private donations, state funding, and membership subscribers, some stations will end up hit a lot harder than others.

And some of the hardest hit stations, the ones who had been relying most heavily on this federal funding, are Native American and Indigenous Nations’ local stations. Radio stations in rural areas and on reservations can often be a really important source of locally relevant information—and publicly available media in Native languages.

Unfortunately, many Native American-serving public media stations listed on Adopt A Station don't have donation or support pages that I can find (KGHR - Greyhills Academy in the Navajo Nation in Arizona; KGVA - The Voice of the Aaniiih and Nakoda Nations in Montana; KSHI - The Voice of the A:shiwi in Zuni Pueblo, New Mexico; KCUW - Umatilla Reservation Community Radio in Oregon; KTNN - The Voice of the Navajo Nation broadcasting from Arizona; KUHB - The Voice of the Pribilofs in St. Paul, Alaska; KDSP - Sand Point in Alaska... if you can find any, let me know! And certainly if you're in the area, show them some support!)

But one that's actively running a fundraiser that could absolutely use more support is KUYI - Hopi Radio in Arizona. Broadcasting from the seat of the Hopi government in Kykotsmovi, KUYI includes local news from the Hopi reservation and programming in the Hopi language. They're also set to lose 60% of their funding with the CPB funds rescinded. Donate to support them here—they’re aiming to raise $25,000 for their 25th anniversary, and as of the time of this posting have raised $1,660.

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The Windy Summit, woodblock print by William Setzer Rice (1873-1963) ca. 1925.

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Car wash fundraiser for Tboy Wrestling

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Rip to the customers who very reasonably wanted scissors when I was on register three. I had two small wrenches, a pair of pliers, and a flashlight (probably nonfunctional). I did not offer any of these items.

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ROLLER DERBY KISSES, Acrylic on MDF and leather, Riikka Hyvönen

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i do appreciate the way that we tumblr users have evolved our language to discuss our feelings related to The Character/The Guy. you used to have to just say he was hot or he was making your ovaries explode or he was a precious cinnamon roll even if he looked bad or was just kind of standing there or whatever. now you can say things like “the creature” or “he looks so sopping wet here” or “i want to chain him to my radiator” like it’s just more inclusive and adaptable to the situation

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William Mitcheson Timlin, The Magic Forest

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some star-shaped iranian tiles i like, created in the thirteenth century. [source: art institute of chicago 1, 2, 3, 4]

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Michael A Davenport, 3,090 Degrees Fahrenheit (Oil on canvas, 2025)

30in x 48in

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Yoooooooo

So the government just defunded PBS and NPR which is fucked. That being said, the public can cover the damage if we orginize and donate.

Only about $1.60 of tax dollars per US citizen per year are spent on the public broadcasting budget. NPR and PBS offer beong able to make small monthly donations, some being 7$ per month or lower if you want.

If you want to donate 1.60$ per month to your local station, you can multiply how much funding they get from you by 12. If you do their monthly donation of $7 per month, your donation can equal the tax dollars of 54 people spent on public broadcasting per year.

If you want to donate to your local station, look them up by your town here to make sure your local stations get helped specifically:

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Pavel Tatarnikov Arthur of Avalon

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characters raised in isolation to fulfill some evil agenda is a very common trope but I'm always a little distracted wondering what massive gaps they have in their common knowledge. like. can he send an email? does he know where babies come from? how would he function in a grocery store?

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Raven Steals the Sun a glass collaboration sculpture by Tlingit artist Preston Singletary and David Franklin.

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*smirking* you couldn't waterboard that out of me, but even if torture was an effective method of information extraction and not a futile display of state-sanctioned sadism, the high percentage of false confessions it produces would mean that even if you could waterboard it out of me, could you even trust the veracity of my statement?

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direct skin contact in comfort scenes is my ultimate catnip i think. whether it’s whumpee being helped to bathe or shower, their wounds being treated, a bloody or ripped shirt being removed, a massage to ease tormented muscles or bring comfort, just a simple kind of comfort with a hand on their neck or their arm or tucked under their shirt because whumpee and caretaker have that kind of familiarity with each other, it always hits so good. the vulnerability of it is intoxicating. the trust. the intimacy (especially in a nonromantic context).

especially if it’s taken a while to get whumpee to accept this kind of help or comfort. or if they’re someone who is touch starved but extremely selective of who they allow to touch them thanks to trauma. just- make it a flaying kind of moment, a direct i see you, i’m with you. your body is worthy of care and you are precious to me. i’m not afraid of you and you aren’t ruined.

im a sucker for touch in comfort/care scenes generally but this will just always hit that extra specific thing i’m looking for.

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Virginia Wildlife; vol. 46, no. 7. July, 1985. Illustration by John W. Taylor.

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