I'd much rather watch any movie that is a labor of love, even if it fails on multiple technical levels, than some utterly forgettable polished dross written by a giant committee with no other purpose than to market a brand
The solar-powered pocket calculator that's probably lurking in these people's junk drawers right now:
Americans: "illegals want to come here to leech off our generous social safety net"
Also Americans: "we have a terrible social safety net to the point that it's literally killing us, but we love it that way because freedom"
People from other countries must think that we are so fuckin' brainwashed
How wide are the bands on the woolly caterpillars, how thick are the beavers building their houses, is Ted Cruz getting on a fuckin plane again...
Please donate to Western Alaska disaster relief efforts to support the response to Typhoon Halong. I won't overexplain how displacement, underfunding and marginalization of Indigenous Peoples have devastated communities. But know this: Our Alaska Native friends and family need us to show up.
One of my tricks is to try to describe someone's actual problematic behavior rather than resorting to blanket terms that often have ableist roots.
"Bob is such an idiot!" vs
"Bob is so inconsiderate of others!" Also in some circumstances it's more helpful in conveying specific information.
Forcible institutionalization is so popular but literally any of us at any time for about a billion reasons including OUR BRAINS JUST DOING THAT can become extremely severely mentally ill in like a heartbeat
The US is so ableist & eugenicist & genocidal at its core that we DO THIS TO OURSELVES
"that's not funny, no one should lose their lives to gun violence" so true! that's what we've been saying all along. I'm so glad you agree
So people don't always understand that the name of a federally recognized tribe is a government label, often chosen a long time ago. This is often different from how they refer to themselves. When in doubt, ask them.
Alaska is not taking this shit. Our governor might be OK with this and our congressional delegation might bend the knee. But we will not. Neither you nor your fascist buddy are welcoming here. #StandUpAlaska why don’t you #ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles and leave us in peace.
There is a spa here that bills itself as a "glacial salt cave" and has a whole wall made of that pink salt you can vibe with and you can get massages etc. I've never been, but I'm of the opinion that they can irradiate me with whatever spice they want as long as I'm getting my back worked on.
Alt text since I can't seem to get it to work on videos: Short looped video of a tuxedo cat lying on her back on a blue quilted sofa cover and fuzzy blanket. She looks relaxed and impassive while a hand rubs her fuzzy widdle black and white tum-tum.
Timeline cleanse: rub, rub, rub the Kraken kitty belly
Dang, I am not a person who needs a mobility aid of this type, but if I was I'd order the heck out of one of these. I do have one of their drawing gloves tho and I love it. 💖
There are reportedly 7 ICE agents in Juneau now. If that is true, now is a good time to familiarize ourselves with this:
www.aclu.org/know-your-ri...
Entire communities across Alaska rely on it for all their news, tsunami and extreme weather warnings, and much more that helps them stay alive and informed. Like that’s it. That’s all they have. There is nothing else. Some of these places don’t have vegetables if a barge doesn’t show up regularly.
“You know, I do believe in magic. We are born with whirlwinds, forest fires, and comets inside us. We are born able to sing to birds and read the clouds and see our destiny in grains of sand. But then we get the magic educated right out of our souls. We get it churched out, spanked out, washed out, and combed out. We get put on the straight and narrow and told to be responsible. Told to act our age. Told to grow up, for God’s sake. And you know why we’re told that? Because the people doing the telling were afraid of our wildness and youth, and because the magic we knew made them ashamed and sad of what the’d allowed to wither in themselves.” ~Robert R. McCammon
“…I do believe in magic. We are born with whirlwinds, forest fires & comets inside us…able to sing to birds & read the clouds & see our destiny in grains of sand…We get put on the straight & narrow…the magic we knew made them ashamed & sad of what the’d allowed to wither in themselves.”
~RR McCammon
Gotcha. I have just been that person who wasn't in on a joke and felt bad later. Also yeah the extent to which people I know IRL are using it as a substitute for actual mental health and health care is frightening to me.
While I agree with your sentiment 1000%, I think this was a Mystery Science Theater 3000 joke reference.
Liberatory economics will necessarily include creating ways to subsist that don't rely on extracting resources and labor from elsewhere, not simply distributing imperial spoils more equitably.
Lisa had the chance to use her enormous power to do something really meaningful today, but as usual when the stakes were the highest, she caved and voted the party line. It’s really sad because lots of Alaskans will die without Medicaid, and she just signed their death warrant.
In a country characterized by the rule of law, some regulation of immigration is a legitimate function of government. In a lawless, expressly bigoted, and expressly corrupt regime, it is not. Download IceBlock and defy this administration.
If this bill is signed into law, I think it's fair to consider it a sign that the U.S. government should be treated as openly hostile to the people of this continent. I am in no way advocating violence with this post, but please understand that self-defense in many forms will be sadly necessary.
Dear Lisa Murkowski - I hope your lasting legacy is that with this vote you hurt/killed millions of people through cowardice. I hope that the Deisheetaan disown you, and that you never again know a moment's peace.
SICK OF TRUMP CALL OUT SICK ON JULY IST! JOIN AN ACTION IN YOUR CITY IN SOLIDARITY WITH OUR IMMIGRANT NEIGHBORS We must all unite, and not let immigrant workers be terrorized and isolated. This is not just an immigrant thing - everyone with citizenship has a duty to stand up!
CALL OUT SICK ON JULY 15T! IN SOLIDARITY WITH OUR IMMIGRANT NEIGHBORS SICKOFICE.ORG ON JULY 1, DON'T GO TO WORK AND: • Support immigrant street vendors and small businesses Go to a march, community event or meet-up • Donate to an organization taking action or providing emergency relief for immigrant families • Join or form an immigrant defense committee in your area • Post messages and videos explaining why you're participating OTHER THINGS YOU CAN DO: Mass marches against ICE raids and racial profiling, Organize support committees in your neighborhood and workplace to respond to raids and support separated families, Block parties, Informational events and know-your-rights events, Zoom meetings to connect with those who don't want to go outside, Banner drops, Put up lawn signs and window signs, Share a pamphlet or flyer in your local businesses and grocery stores, Contact your church or school to become a sanctuary for organizing, Call your radio station and explain the sick-out during drive hour, and more!
Calls going out for a national strike on July 1st.
Fuck ICE
Fuck MAGA
Fight fascism!
My ignorant ass didn't realize that Natives living on the rez in New Mexico didn't have voting rights until nineteen sixty-fuckin'-five. Jesus.
Remember, babies are only people *before* they're born
Imagine if we had more people running for office in Alaska because they genuinely love our shared home, not the myth of American exceptionalism it represents or the capital they can harvest from it
