This is political. You have been warned

Trump has issued Executive orders allowing the production of the Dakota Access Pipeline. Something that was heavily protested by the Native Americans whos land it would be built on and was rejected by former President Obama.

http://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2017/01/25/511476889/dakota-access-pipeline-foes-we-arent-done-fighting-yet

     Donald Trump is.. well he’s the future president and a lot of people aren’t happy and a small number of people are. Now personally I hate this guy I will not B.S approval on him and I will be listing his mistakes for well maybe for 4 yrs I will also however list his accomplishments if he makes any personally I don’t believe him when he says drain the swamp but hey maybe I’m wrong we shall see if he makes any good moves I will list them.

     Mistake I- Trump has chosen Steve Bannon as his Counselor to the Presidency. Now this is a bad move because Bannon is very much associated with the Alt-Right and people have debated on weather or not he supports the racist and hateful rhetoric of the Alt-Right or just casually allows it but the point is that right now people are terrified of Trump they believe he will mistreat African Americans, deport Latinos and persecute against Muslims so if he wishes to unite the people, if he want’s to prove the racist stances he took during the election were just to get votes then this is not the guy he want’s on his team. And hey maybe I’m wrong about this guy maybe he’s the best guy for the job and not racist and if I am I will correct myself on it when and if proven but for now in these divisive times I just cant see appointing a guy with Bannon’s rep as a good thing.

https://www.bustle.com/articles/195417-5-steve-bannon-quotes-about-women-that-will-make-you-wince

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/is-steve-bannon-really-as-bad-as-all-that/2016/11/15/3c74af12-ab81-11e6-8b45-f8e493f06fcd_story.html?utm_term=.c4b2903b3748

leeffi:

leeffi:

Hey, guys. I’m sure many of you are aware of what’s been going on with me irl, but for those of you who don’t know, allow me to explain. 

My name is Lina, I’m a freelance artist, and several months ago my mother was diagnosed with stage four, terminal cancer in her intestines. even with treatment, the doctors gave her until the end of the year to live. This diagnosis came as a shock, and so soon after my dad passed away only two years ago. it was the last thing we ever expected to happen.

still, we didn’t want to give up, and wanted to provide my mom with treatment, but because she didn’t have insurance, my sisters and i paid what we could for her treatment out of our pockets. we took care of her, and for a while, she seemed like she was getting better, but then her health took a turn for the worst in the last few months.

she fought this wretched cancer for over seven, excruciating months. despite all our efforts and hopes, the morning of October 8th, at the age of 58 my mother passed away. 

in the span of only two years we’ve lost both our parents. now, aside from having to shoulder my mom’s medical bills, we have to take care of funeral costs as well. but we cannot do this alone, so we’ve launched a GoFundMe so that we may raise funds to cover the costs of my mother’s funeral, and her medical bills. 

LINK TO OUR GOFUNDME
LINK TO OUR GOFUNDME
LINK TO OUR GOFUNDME

friends and family have already generously donated, but we need all the help we can get. please, even $1 will help us, and will be greatly appreciated. however, if you are unable to donate, then please reblog this post so that others will see it, sharing our gofundme on facebook and twitter will also help spread the word.

I’m sorry if you’re tired of seeing me talk about this, and would rather i posted more art, but this matter affects me directly, and i have no other choice but to bring it to people’s attention.

Thank you very much for reading.

reblogging again with an update.

first, i want to thank you all once more for the kindness and generosity you’ve shown us. we are forever grateful to receive support from those willing and able to give it.

i also would like to thank those who reached out to me personally with advice on burial arrangements, even if it was long after the fact.  

because i’m still getting funeral advice after my mother has been buried, i want to clarify that the funeral has already been taken care of. we didn’t do anything grand or costly, it was a small service, with only family members. we said our goodbyes and made sure she was sent off properly. It had been, without a doubt, the most difficult experience in my life, but she’s in a better place now, and that fact is my only comfort in all this.

as of November 15th we’ve raised about 11% of our goal, and still have a long way to go before we can pay off the bills from my mom’s funeral and medical care. so, if you can donate, please do, if not, then i urge you to reblog and/or share our GoFundMe. please help spread the word.

https://www.gofundme.com/2tjnsd8

as always, thank you so much for reading.

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datsemtx:

helthehatter:

·         We’re closer to having successful vaccines for lung and brain cancer.

·         New chemotherapy breakthroughs have increased the 5-year survival for pancreatic cancer from 16% to 27% (and is getting better)

·         Scientists figured out how to link robotic limbs with the part of the brain that deals with intent to move so people don’t have to think about how they will move the limb, it can just happen.

·         Child mortality is down everywhere and it keeps going down.

·         Thanks to the ice bucket challenge the gene responsible for ALS has been found, meaning we are closer to an effective treatment. Let me rephrase that: we are close to getting a treatment for a very bad disease because a lot of people (including really hot celebrities) got wet.

·         A solar powered plan circumnavigated the world.

·         Michael Jordan donates 2mil to try and help bridge connection between police and the community.

·         Tiger numbers are growing.

·         And manatees.

·         And pandas.

·         Pakistan has made strides toward outlawing honor killings.

·         70,000 Muslim clerics declared a fatwa against ISIS.

·         Pokemon Go players went insane with placing lure modules near hospitals for sick kids.

·         California is now powering over 6 million homes with solar power, a record in the US (and that is the tightest shit)

·         Volunteers in India planted 50 million trees in 24 hours.

·         Apparently world crime as a whole has drastically declined as a whole in the last couple of decades.

·         Coffee consumption has been proved to help curtail cancer and suicide rates.

·         Speaking of coffee Starbucks figured out how to donate perishable food in a food safe way.

·         500 elephants were relocated to a better, safer and bigger home.

·         We made massive strides in Alzheimers’ prevention (my grandmother literally told me that scares her more than getting cancer this is very good news)

·         The ozone layer is repairing itself and all the work we did to get rid of those aerosol chemicals was actually worth it.

·         A new therapy developed in Israel could cure radiation sickness.

·         The Anglican church resolved to solemnize same-sex unions the same as opposite-sex unions which required a super majority of all three orders of the church (lay, clergy, bishop).

·         The Rabbinical Assembly issued a resolution affirming the rights of transgender and non-conforming individuals.

·         Precision treatments for cancer are hitting clinical trials and WORKING (as someone who’s had relatives with cancer this is the best news)

·         Dentists are once again providing free care to veterans who need it.

·         The Orlando Shakespeare Festival showed up with angel wings to block funeral-goers for the Orlando Pulse victims, view from anti-gay protesters

·         We may have cured MS

·         Rise Women’s Legal Centre opened

·         Death by heart disease has decreased by 70% in the United States

·         Two brothers saw color for the first time thanks to specially-designed glasses

·         Pope Francis spoke against society’s obsession with physical beauty while dedicating Mass to the disabled community (love that dude)

·         Portugal ran its entire nation solely on renewable energy for four days straight

·         A retiree is launching a project to transport 80 endangered rhinos to an Australian reservation to save the animals from poaching

·         An Afghan teacher has been delivering books via bicycle to villages that lack schools

·         Harriet Tubman is going to replace Andrew Jackson on the $20 bill.

·         200 strangers attended the funeral of a homeless WW2 veteran with no family

·         A teen battling cancer married his sweetheart

·         Bank firm pays for college tuition for the children of employees who died in the 9/11 attacks

·         New medicine has been shown to increase melanoma survival rate to 40%

·         Over 800 Boko Harem Hostages were rescued by Nigerian Army

·         Toys R Us is Offering Quiet Shopping Hour for kids with autism this holiday season

·         Volunteers made special tiny Halloween costumes for NICU babies

·         A 4-year old befriends a lonely man and helped him heal after losing his wife

·         Families grew

·         People survived c ancer

·         People overcame depression

·         Any kind of victory, even if it affects only one person,  is a victory

·         Now for the pop culture good news

·         LEONARDO DICAPRIO WON AN OSCAR! EVERYONE READING THIS LIVED LONG ENOUGH TO SEE LEO FINALLY GET WHAT HE DESERVED

·         There’s a new Harry Potter book

·         And a movie

·         Harry Potter has no plans on vanishing with time

·         This sweet father gave candy to passengers on a flight so his little girl could trick or treat on Halloween

·         LET ME TALK ABOUT ALL THE KICK ASS MOVIES WE GOT THIS YEAR OH MY GOD

·         Kung Fu Panda 3, this franchise is still going strong despite that its about a panda played by Jack Black

·         Jungle Book. The amazing remake none of us saw coming

·         Finding Dory. I haven’t seen it yet but I’ve heard good things

·         Kubo and the Two Strings. Haven’t seen that yet as well but its Laika so I know it’s a masterpiece

·         Deadpool. The beautiful and super accurate R-rated marvel film

·         Captain America: Civil War. Seriously is the best marvel movie yet in my opinion I need more.

·         Zootopia. Oh don’t mind me I’m just a movie that tackled the issue of racism and not only game changed animated films but also made a billion dollars

·         The Hamilton Mixtape is coming out. Which is a bunch of artists singing songs from the musical (Sia, Usher, Regina Spketor, etc.) I’m excited.

·         A personal victory for myself, I joined Tumblr and met angels in blog form so…that’s uplifting.

·         And I met my favorite voice actor at a con which was a bucket list accomplishment.

Good Things that have yet to happen this year

·         Birthdays

·         Doctor Strange

·         Thanksgiving

·         Black Friday

·         Moana

·         Christmas

Good things that have nothing to do with the year but will hopefully make you feel better

·         Puppies

·         Chocolate

·         Rainbows

·         Rain (I like listening to rain it’s one of the most calming sounds)

·         Cartoons

·         Kissing

·         Music

·         Friends

·         FF: If you are a religious person you are an imperfect masterpiece

·         FF: If you are not then you are a splendid coincidence

·         Any year spent with loved ones be they family or friends is a good year. Trust me.

·         ”A laugh can be a very powerful thing. Why, sometimes in life, it’s the only weapon we have” –Roger Rabbit

#NeverForgetTheGood

*Plz feel free to add other good news (even if it’s something small like you ate cheesecake THAT is good news)

This is a gorgeous post, everyone should reblog it to see the balancing side to the whole bad things happening in the world!

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marzgurl:

littlegaybat:

teababe27:

turntablefuneral:

blackmattersus:

A woman with Asperger’s who posted a touching viral video with her service dog last summer has been shot dead by police.

Danielle Jacobs was killed by Mesa, Arizona, officers on Thursday after they arrived at her apartment for a suicide call around 11 a.m., her mother Stacia confirmed to the Daily News.

Police told local media that the 24-year-old came at them with a knife and they fired in self-defense.

Jacobs had garnered international attention last year for posting a courageous video where she sobs as her loving dog Samson provided comfort during a meltdown and used his paws to stop her hitting herself.

“This is what having Asperger’s like,” she wrote alongside the clip, and told the Huffington Post, “When I have a meltdown, I often have self-injurious behavior and I often self-harm.”

The video has been made private, though up until three days before her death she posted videos of the canine comforting her during outbreaks of anxiety.

So from what I’m gathering from the information given is: in this day and age, with all the resources afforded our law enforcement, they still choose to shoot rather than using a less lethal way to disarm a mentally distraught woman with a knife. It’s like they were just reinforcing her suicide. She went at them with a knife knowing how they would respond because, she wanted to die. So that’s what happened. She brought a knife to a gun fight. There were other ways to take her down and get her help rather than shooting to kill.

NOTE: His name was Kayden Clarke. Kayden was a trans man, not a woman as the mainstream media is reporting. Kayden faced severe transphobia and had his access to testosterone blocked by his transphobic psychiatrist, who refused to prescribe it. Kayden Clarke was suicidal and depressed, weighed on by his gender dysphoria. He is a casualty of transphobia and ableism and police militarism, and the least we can do is respect who he was.

I reblogged this earlier, please reblog this version instead.

This is the first post I’ve seen about him on here and I’m honestly surprised (maybe even a little disappointed) that they’re aren’t more posts about him.

This was from around February 4th and I didn’t hear about it? I remember seeing the video with him and his dog and thinking, “God bless this person, God bless their dog, I hope they have all the help they need.”  I’m totally heartbroken about this. That video went viral. Why didn’t I hear more about this until February 12th? Why?

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tiltheloverunsout:

tiltheloverunsout:

tiltheloverunsout:

The fire marshal hasn’t gotten back to us on the cause, but while we were out of town yesterday, our house caught fire. It’s gone. Everything. Completely charred and destroyed. Our house was old so it hardly stood a chance .It was such a fast spread that it nearly reached into the neighbor’s yard.

The Red Cross has agreed to put us in a motel for three days, but that’s as much as they can do. This is a huge problem because I am my household’s main source of income and I get paid on a monthly basis. 

So here comes the part that I hate to have to do, because it isn’t like me at all. Do any of my lovely followers have any cash to spare at all? We all know these are rough times so I would be grateful for anything. Even $1 is something. Even a reblog is something.

I don’t have a set limit but I’m aiming for $1000. I will somehow gather what I can, but if I don’t have any luck, there is a very high chance that we will become homeless. I am so terrified of that happening because I have a little brother and sister.

So please, anything and everything helps.

My paypal email -

ejm_heart.black@yahoo.com

Please,even a reblog is worth so much!!

Please..we are running out of time.

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jeiae:

Hey, everyone.

I’m coming to you in need.  Just an hour ago the company I work for just made a (according to them) hardcore, reactionary set of lay offs just so they could “keep the lights on…”  They assured me that my termination had nothing to do with performance, but regardless, I’m left without a job after the company decided a mere 2 days ago to do SOMETHING!  This snap judgement on their part has left me a bit unprepared.

 If anyone could help me with any leads, supply any opportunities, or even just boost this signal, I’d be eternally grateful. 

My short plug is:

-Bachelor’s in Fine Arts
-Near 3 years of studio experience
-Four years freelance experience
-Strong illustration and animation cleanup skills
-Several pieces of official marketing brand work

All my most recent personal work can be seen on my tumblr, and I’m willing to prove I can do what you want me to do if you don’t see exactly what you’re looking for if you have a legitimate offer/position.

I’ll be working pretty much none stop till I get a new job, so if you want to just help me in my time of need, you can support me on PATREON. 

Please reblog, and help me out.  Thanks, guys!

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