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Mother of fuck this didn’t post. Ahh. The first is the texting hotline. I see a post going around about a crisis line but it’s 1) very conservative based 2) doesn’t work on mobile and goes offline constantly.

This one, works extremely well. You can choose to be completely anonymous or tell them everything about you. You get a reply in less than ten minutes each time you send a response and as you can see they will text you a second time if you don’t reply to make sure you’re, yknow, not dead or something. They are trained and I SWEAR ON IT. It’s the best I’ve found because it’s directly a literal texting based crisis line.

Here’s the link: http://www.crisistextline.org/textline/

Please get this one circulating as much as the other it’s more important and much better. Please. I’ve used it multiple times, as well. It DOES NOT MATTER what the reason you are texting in is. They will help as long and as best they can. I did it this morning and it was for a solid hour at a minimum.

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chris meloni out here about to kill every neo nazi with his bare hands

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The predominantly peaceful protest turned violent at one point when several police officers tackled Birrugan Dunn-Velasco, the Indigenous lead singer of heavy metal band Dispossessed, as he tried to set light to an Australian Flag.

Velasco was giving a speech to the crowd about the death of Aboriginal people following colonisation when he started to pour lighter fluid on the Australian flag.

Police broke through the crowd and wrestled him to the ground.

Australia Day is often referred to as Survival or Invasion Day for Indigenous Australians.

They’ve been calling for the date to be changed for decades. This year’s Sydney protest also saw a large number of non-Indigenous people joining the call to change the date.

“It is a day of mourning for Aboriginal people. We have been mistreated, slaughtered and beaten down since the day [January 26, 1788], so don’t expect us to be happy little Aboriginals on that day,” Ken Canning, one of the rally’s organisers, told BuzzFeed News.

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a ‘stop trump’ reading list

I’ve seen one list going around but it consists mainly of books, which may be time-consuming or unavailable for some folks, and our ability to share them far and wide is limited. I compiled this list of online articles available for free plus archive.org links. Check on the notes if you save this link as I may occasionally reblog it to add articles that fit.

“Ur-Fascism” by Umberto Eco [mirror link] - an essential description of what fascism looks like.

“Autocracy: Rules for Survival” by Masha Gessen [mirror link] - avoiding complacency and deceit.

“Forget ‘Why,’ It’s Time to Get to Work” by Anil Dash [mirror link] - activism and consistency

“Don’t Let Anyone Tell You It’ll Be Okay” by Craig Martin [mirror link] - a very important debunking of all the rationalization going on around us.

“A madman has been given the keys to the surveillance state” by Cory Doctorow [mirror link] - a good reminder of why, even if all you do is talk to your niece on Facebook, we need to protect our digital freedom.

“No, We Won’t Calm Down” by Robothugs [mirror link] - how to avoid shutting out our marginalized allies, and how to recognize when someone is doing it to you

“The White Flight of Derek Black” by Eli Saslow [mirror link] - a powerful read on what it takes for a person to leave white nationalism behind.

“How to Help the Cause When You Need Help Yourself” by Carrie Cutforth [mirror link] - helpful reminders for activists with chronic illnesses or mental health issues. Read Spoon Theory, too, if you haven’t, for a helpful framework.

“On Arguing with the Upper Class” by The Coquette [mirror link] - why arguing with your friends on Facebook isn’t activism and it isn’t like what happened to Derek Black.

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when u go off ur meds to stock up for a while bc ur scared of the new administration :)))

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“What’s a faggot?” A scene from the movie ‘Moonlight’

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“Moonlight”, directed by Barry Jenkins, 2016

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rage and tenderness existing simultaneously in the same body

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congrats to me i played myself

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(by Ry_Matthew)| Hawaii, US

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Happy Together (1997)

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Most inspiring caption on Instagram

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Fun fact

Native Americans weren’t allowed US citizenship until 1924.

Let that sink in. We lived here first…for thousands of years. And less than a hundred years ago we were finally given citizenship.