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If you vote in North Carolina, you're going to see this on your ballot. Looks pretty straightforward, right?

But it's a trap placed by the GOP. ⬇️⬇️⬇️

Voting "For" this referendum will remove the phrase "and every person who has been naturalized" from this section on voter eligibility in the NC constitution. This could place the future voting rights of about 400,000 naturalized US citizens in the state in jeopardy.

Just a reminder - it's already illegal for non-citizens to vote! There's no evidence that this happens in significant numbers anywhere in the country, and North Carolina has restrictions in place against it happening at all, like the voter ID law that's now in effect.

(The voter ID law disproportionately affects POC, as well as transgender voters, both of whom are more likely to vote Democratic as well as lack the needed ID, but that's another post.)

Voting "Against" on this measure will leave the state constitution unchanged.

Here's the whole bill (PDF): https://dashboard.ncleg.gov/api/Services/BillSummary/2023/H1074-SMBK-89(sl)-v-2

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If you're feeling anxious or depressed about the climate and want to do something to help right now, from your bed, for free...

Start helping with citizen science projects

What's a citizen science project? Basically, it's crowdsourced science. In this case, crowdsourced climate science, that you can help with!

You don't need qualifications or any training besides the slideshow at the start of a project. There are a lot of things that humans can do way better than machines can, even with only minimal training, that are vital to science - especially digitizing records and building searchable databases

Like labeling trees in aerial photos so that scientists have better datasets to use for restoration.

Or counting cells in fossilized plants to track the impacts of climate change.

Or digitizing old atmospheric data to help scientists track the warming effects of El Niño.

Or counting penguins to help scientists better protect them.

Those are all on one of the most prominent citizen science platforms, called Zooniverse, but there are a ton of others, too.

Oh, and btw, you don't have to worry about messing up, because several people see each image. Studies show that if you pool the opinions of however many regular people (different by field), it matches the accuracy rate of a trained scientist in the field.

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I spent a lot of time doing this when I was really badly injured and housebound, and it was so good for me to be able to HELP and DO SOMETHING, even when I was in too much pain to leave my bed. So if you are chronically ill/disabled/for whatever reason can't participate or volunteer for things in person, I highly highly recommend.

Next time you wish you could do something - anything - to help

Remember that actually, you can. And help with some science.

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Pollard Willows and Setting Sun (1888) by Vincent van Gogh

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Calvary Church in the Snow (1893) by Childe Hassam

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Couple Gazing at the Moon (1824) by Caspar David Friedrich

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Gustave Doré

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Hi juniper ^^ <333 @apoptosync @zennkashvi i only got u two to tag tbh hiii

Show me 4 albums on rotation in your music library

Link here

Anyone on my Airbuds can probably guess these lmfao nothing but bangers baybeeeeeeee

Tags: @hauntedbestie @featheredcrowbabbles @thebellearchives @satangcrush @oopsiedaisymae @chosonie @violet-turning-violet @arvandus @lonely-north-star @misc-magic

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I started using Head and Shoulders ten years ago for itchy scalp and dandruff, and then for ten years I have not had itchy scalp and dandruff, so I thought “why do I still buy shampoo to combat itchy scalp and dandruff when I do not have itchy scalp and dandruff,” so I stopped buying the shampoo for itchy scalp and dandruff and can you guess I have now? Can you predict what currently afflicts me? It’s alright if you can’t because apparently I fuckin couldn’t either

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Hemendranath Majumdar (1894-1948)

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Title: Haystacks in Provence

Artist: Vincent van Gogh

Date: 1888

Style: Post-Impressionism

Genre: Landscape

✨ Feel free to check out our community for more art! ✨

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Zhao Zhao (Chinese, b. 1982)

Constellations, 2021-2022

Embroidery on silk

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By Odilon Redon (French, 1840-1916)

"Sitting figure"

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She's getting cooked on twitter but she's entirely correct

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Said it a year ago and I’ll say it again.

Pirate all your favorite shows, movies and games while you still have the chance.

Oh, and never stop supporting physical media.

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Unidentified protist. Quite the hyper one. 

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The Diaries of Franz Kafka, 1914-1923