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I just wanna have gender EQUALITTTTYYYYY
Alternatively,
I just want you to accept my HUMAITTTTYYY
society if women were seen as people
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SAMI AND HIS FAMILY DREAM OF PEACE. HELP THEM SURVIVE
Hello all, Sami has reached out to me asking if I could make a post for his fundraiser. Before October 7th, Sami ran a small auto-shop that sold used car parts to help pay for his families wellbeing. He has a wife and three children: Jud, Lin, and Misk. He also takes care of his mother, and has four siblings who live with him (Hamza, Bilal, Muhammad, and Layan)
Sami's place of business was destroyed by Israeli bombing, and his family has been forced to relocate several times after their house was destroyed as well, with Sami's father being killed after being trapped inside. They currently live in a tent that is torn and offers little protection from the cold weather, as Gazans like Sami and his family brace for winter. His children need food, and clothes for winter.
SAMI IS VETTED HERE (#21). I HAVE BEEN SPEAKING WITH SAMI WHILE MAKING THIS POST, AND TRUST HIM ALONG WITH THE PEOPLE AT GAZAVETTERS WHO VETTED HIM. YOU CAN DONATE TO HIS CAMPAIGN HERE. He has currently only raised €1,590 out of his goal of €30,000. Can we help give this fundraiser the extra attention it needs, and help Sami and his family reach their goal?
#palestine#free palestine#us election#donald trump#linda mcmahon#us politics#gaza#end israeli occupation#fundraiser#vetted fundraiser#gazavetters#gofundme#palestine gfm#kamala harris#joe biden#bernie sanders#uspol
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What about the blue warlords who are complicit in Israel‘s genocide in Gaza? Trump was an awful candidate but I am pleased that the (so-called) Democrats didn’t get away with it. They’re a bunch of imperialist cynics.
Where did I say the Democrats were good?
This kind of thinking is exactly why we have a Trump second term.
I vehemently disagree with how the Biden administration handled Gaza, but what did you think you were going to gain by putting Trump in office? The man who said he would “let Israel finish the job”?
Your protest vote meant nothing. And instead of getting a candidate we could have actually pushed the right way, we have a fascist wannabe dictator felon threatening mass deportation and denaturalization, an abortion ban, and execution of those he dislikes.
He wants to deport people who are pro-Palestine.
So yeah, great job sticking it to the democrats I guess, you sure showed them. This won’t come back to bite you in the ass AT ALL.
FAFO.
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(meme from an alternate timeline where Unification was released on November 5th 2024)
#lmao I thought I posted this hours ago but it was stuck in my drafts#Unification 2024#star trek unification#spirk#us election
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Alexa how can I learn to speak Russian
Alexa find me Russian learning apps
Alexa how to say "operative" in Russian
Alexa where find Russian диван
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When you call Donald Trump out for insulting his competitors so his supporters hop in your DMs to prove your point 😂😂😂
Fr tho this is fucking hilarious I’m going to start calling everyone a cunt of cunts 😂😂
#us politics#donald trump#trump supporters#usa election#uspol#us#2024 presidential election#2024 elections#2024 election#us election#presidential election
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Make the most of the next two months
Get all your vaccines
Travel while we have a functioning DOT
Read and buy books on feminism, anti-racism, pro-lgbt
Attend drag shows
Don't skip any of your classes
Read and buy history books
Find your out-of-state networks
Learn to carry cash
Get birth control solutions
Support the Biden/Harris administration
Postpone large purchases and save money
Be careful of what you say online, like un-ambiguous attacks against the incoming administration, especially in spaces that contain your full name or personal information
Feel free to add on.
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oh someone at the guardian has lost the will to live
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#destiel#spn#supernatural#us politics#us election#kamala harris#donald trump#election 2024#jensen ackles#misha collins#presidential election#election day#politics
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Grieve AND organize.
Good article by David Hunter on how to survive the Trump presidency, both on the personal and on the political plane.
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Seconding all of this as someone who works in conservation! Although I can mostly just speak to the California stuff.
TLDR though, here are 4 of my favorite relatively easy action points
1. Support small local farms/ranches using regenerative practices. Farmers markets are great for this. I’ve heard directly from these folks about how they’re struggling in the landscape of big commercial ag and they could really use more support. Family owned ranches in particular are disappearing, so take a moment to consider where your beef is coming from. Also there are some really cool urban farms around which tend to have more LGBTQ+ and BIPOC farmers
2. Plant native plants! And DO NOT plant invasives out in the world for looks or for food. Looking at mint here, unless you’ve got it very well contained in a pot, and English ivy >:(
Here’s a good list of landscape plants to NOT plant in California https://wildlife.ca.gov/Conservation/Plants/Dont-Plant-Me
3. Volunteer! Or even just pick up trash or (learn to identify and) pull invasives when you see them and when you can
4. Focus on local/state environmental policies and sign petitions/vote accordingly
Planet's Fucked: What Can You Do To Help? (Long Post)
Since nobody is talking about the existential threat to the climate and the environment a second Trump term/Republican government control will cause, which to me supersedes literally every other issue, I wanted to just say my two cents, and some things you can do to help. I am a conservation biologist, whose field was hit substantially by the first Trump presidency. I study wild bees, birds, and plants.
In case anyone forgot what he did last time, he gagged scientists' ability to talk about climate change, he tried zeroing budgets for agencies like the NOAA, he attempted to gut protections in the Endangered Species Act (mainly by redefining 'take' in a way that would allow corporations to destroy habitat of imperiled species with no ramifications), he tried to do the same for the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (the law that offers official protection for native non-game birds), he sought to expand oil and coal extraction from federal protected lands, he shrunk the size of multiple national preserves, HE PULLED US OUT OF THE PARIS CLIMATE AGREEMENT, and more.
We are at a crucial tipping point in being able to slow the pace of climate change, where we decide what emissions scenario we will operate at, with existential consequences for both the environment and people. We are also in the middle of the Sixth Mass Extinction, with the rate of species extinctions far surpassing background rates due completely to human actions. What we do now will determine the fate of the environment for hundreds or thousands of years - from our ability to grow key food crops (goodbye corn belt! I hated you anyway but), to the pressure on coastal communities that will face the brunt of sea level rise and intensifying extreme weather events, to desertification, ocean acidification, wildfires, melting permafrost (yay, outbreaks of deadly frozen viruses!), and a breaking down of ecosystems and ecosystem services due to continued habitat loss and species declines, especially insect declines. The fact that the environment is clearly a low priority issue despite the very real existential threat to so many people, is beyond my ability to understand. I do partly blame the public education system for offering no mandatory environmental science curriculum or any at all in most places. What it means is that it will take the support of everyone who does care to make any amount of difference in this steeply uphill battle.
There are not enough environmental scientists to solve these issues, not if public support is not on our side and the majority of the general public is either uninformed or actively hostile towards climate science (or any conservation science).
So what can you, my fellow Americans, do to help mitigate and minimize the inevitable damage that lay ahead?
I'm not going to tell you to recycle more or take shorter showers. I'll be honest, that stuff is a drop in the bucket. What does matter on the individual level is restoring and protecting habitat, reducing threats to at-risk species, reducing pesticide use, improving agricultural practices, and pushing for policy changes. Restoring CONNECTIVITY to our landscape - corridors of contiguous habitat - will make all the difference for wildlife to be able to survive a changing climate and continued human population expansion.
**Caveat that I work in the northeast with pollinators and birds so I cannot provide specific organizations for some topics, including climate change focused NGOs. Scientists on tumblr who specialize in other fields, please add your own recommended resources. **
We need two things: FUNDING and MANPOWER.
You may surprised to find that an insane amount of conservation work is carried out by volunteers. We don't ever have the funds to pay most of the people who want to help. If you really really care, consider going into a conservation-related field as a career. It's rewarding, passionate work.
At the national level, please support:
The Nature Conservancy
Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation
Cornell Lab of Ornithology (including eBird)
National Audubon Society
Federal Duck Stamps (you don't need to be a hunter to buy one!)
These first four work to acquire and restore critical habitat, change environmental policy, and educate the public. There is almost certainly a Nature Conservancy-owned property within driving distance of you. Xerces plays a very large role in pollinator conservation, including sustainable agriculture, native bee monitoring programs, and the Bee City/Bee Campus USA programs. The Lab of O is one of the world's leaders in bird research and conservation. Audubon focuses on bird conservation. You can get annual memberships to these organizations and receive cool swag and/or a subscription to their publications which are well worth it. You can also volunteer your time; we need thousands of volunteers to do everything from conducting wildlife surveys, invasive species removal, providing outreach programming, managing habitat/clearing trails, planting trees, you name it. Federal Duck Stamps are the major revenue for wetland conservation; hunters need to buy them to hunt waterfowl but anyone can get them to collect!
THERE ARE DEFINITELY MORE, but these are a start.
Additionally, any federal or local organizations that seek to provide support and relief to those affected by hurricanes, sea level rise, any form of coastal climate change...
At the regional level:
These are a list of topics that affect major regions of the United States. Since I do not work in most of these areas I don't feel confident recommending specific organizations, but please seek resources relating to these as they are likely major conservation issues near you.
PRAIRIE CONSERVATION & PRAIRIE POTHOLE WETLANDS
DRYING OF THE COLORADO RIVER (good overview video linked)
PROTECTION OF ESTUARIES AND SALTMARSH, ESPECIALLY IN THE DELAWARE BAY AND LONG ISLAND (and mangroves further south, everglades etc; this includes restoring LIVING SHORELINES instead of concrete storm walls; also check out the likely-soon extinction of saltmarsh sparrows)
UNDAMMING MAJOR RIVERS (not just the Colorado; restoring salmon runs, restoring historic floodplains)
NATIVE POLLINATOR DECLINES (NOT honeybees. for fuck's sake. honeybees are non-native domesticated animals. don't you DARE get honeybee hives to 'save the bees')
WILDLIFE ALONG THE SOUTHERN BORDER (support the Mission Butterfly Center!)
INVASIVE PLANT AND ANIMAL SPECIES (this is everywhere but the specifics will differ regionally, dear lord please help Hawaii)
LOSS OF WETLANDS NATIONWIDE (some states have lost over 90% of their wetlands, I'm looking at you California, Ohio, Illinois)
INDUSTRIAL AGRICULTURE, esp in the CORN BELT and CALIFORNIA - this is an issue much bigger than each of us, but we can work incrementally to promote sustainable practices and create habitat in farmland-dominated areas. Support small, local farms, especially those that use soil regenerative practices, no-till agriculture, no pesticides/Integrated Pest Management/no neonicotinoids/at least non-persistent pesticides. We need more farmers enrolling in NRCS programs to put farmland in temporary or permanent wetland easements, or to rent the land for a 30-year solar farm cycle. We've lost over 99% of our prairies to corn and soybeans. Let's not make it 100%.
INDIGENOUS LAND-BACK EFFORTS/INDIGENOUS LAND MANAGEMENT/TEK (adding this because there have been increasing efforts not just for reparations but to also allow indigenous communities to steward and manage lands either fully independently or alongside western science, and it would have great benefits for both people and the land; I know others on here could speak much more on this. Please platform indigenous voices)
HARMFUL ALGAL BLOOMS (get your neighbors to stop dumping fertilizers on their lawn next to lakes, reduce agricultural runoff)
OCEAN PLASTIC (it's not straws, it's mostly commercial fishing line/trawling equipment and microplastics)
A lot of these are interconnected. And of course not a complete list.
At the state and local level:
You probably have the most power to make change at the local level!
Support or volunteer at your local nature centers, local/state land conservancy non-profits (find out who owns&manages the preserves you like to hike at!), state fish & game dept/non-game program, local Audubon chapters (they do a LOT). Participate in a Christmas Bird Count!
Join local garden clubs, which install and maintain town plantings - encourage them to use NATIVE plants. Join a community garden!
Get your college campus or city/town certified in the Bee Campus USA/Bee City USA programs from the Xerces Society
Check out your state's official plant nursery, forest society, natural heritage program, anything that you could become a member of, get plants from, or volunteer at.
Volunteer to be part of your town's conservation commission, which makes decisions about land management and funding
Attend classes or volunteer with your land grant university's cooperative extension (including master gardener programs)
Literally any volunteer effort aimed at improving the local environment, whether that's picking up litter, pulling invasive plants, installing a local garden, planting trees in a city park, ANYTHING. make a positive change in your own sphere. learn the local issues affecting your nearby ecosystems. I guarantee some lake or river nearby is polluted
MAKE HABITAT IN YOUR COMMUNITY. Biggest thing you can do. Use plants native to your area in your yard or garden. Ditch your lawn. Don't use pesticides (including mosquito spraying, tick spraying, Roundup, etc). Don't use fertilizers that will run off into drinking water. Leave the leaves in your yard. Get your school/college to plant native gardens. Plant native trees (most trees planted in yards are not native). Remove invasive plants in your yard.
On this last point, HERE ARE EASY ONLINE RESOURCES TO FIND NATIVE PLANTS and LEARN ABOUT NATIVE GARDENING:
Xerces Society Pollinator Conservation Resource Center
Pollinator Pathway
Audubon Native Plant Finder
Homegrown National Park (and Doug Tallamy's other books)
National Wildlife Federation Native Plant Finder (clunky but somewhat helpful)
Heather Holm (for prairie/midwest/northeast)
MonarchGard w/ Benjamin Vogt (for prairie/midwest)
Native Plant Trust (northeast & mid-atlantic)
Grow Native Massachusetts (northeast)
Habitat Gardening in Central New York (northeast)
There are many more - I'm not familiar with resources for western states. Print books are your biggest friend. Happy to provide a list of those.
Lastly, you can help scientists monitor species using citizen science. Contribute to iNaturalist, eBird, Bumblebee Watch, or any number of more geographically or taxonomically targeted programs (for instance, our state has a butterfly census carried out by citizen volunteers).
In short? Get curious, get educated, get involved. Notice your local nature, find out how it's threatened, and find out who's working to protect it that you can help with. The health of the planet, including our resilience to climate change, is determined by small local efforts to maintain and restore habitat. That is how we survive this. When government funding won't come, when we're beat back at every turn trying to get policy changed, it comes down to each individual person creating a safe refuge for nature.
Thanks for reading this far. Please feel free to add your own credible resources and organizations.
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The Sound of Music (1965) dir. Robert Wise
#the sound of music#thesoundofmusicedit#filmedit#musicaledit#filmgifs#nessa007#useraurore#userdiana#userjake#userhella#underbetelgeuse#tuseralexa#userpunk#userclara#userveronika#tusercarol#usertj#usersugar#tusersadie#*#userninz#useradie#classicfilmedit#dailyflicks#userstream#filmtvtoday#cinemapix#us election#us politics#america why
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Might be in part due to the stress but this news legit just made me cry.
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*gripping your shoulders and shaking you* you gotta promise me one thing, if nothing else. you have to promise me to live, do you hear me. and if it's for nothing else but spite, LIVE. donald trump wants you to feel defeated and alone. let's show him and all the americans who voted for him that we will not stay quiet, we will not be devided and we will LIVE. we will survive that 78-year old asshole, we will OUTLIVE him. so please reach out to friends and family, reach out to each other and STAND TOGETHER.
PLEASE, LIVE!
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If you're to the right of Joe Biden I would much prefer if you simply exploded
If you are significantly to the left of Joe Biden you're still be on thin fucking ice
If you *are* Joe Biden holy shit old man actually let the dementia take you
This new trend I've been seeing of people cutting out the toxic magats in their lives is so cathartic.
I'm happy for y'all.
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I actually can't stop thinking about how the losing party last election dressed like vikings and tried to break into the white house and the losing party this election are sharing suicide prevention hotlines
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