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Look, I know a good number of you are from the US and things aren't amazing there either, but my country is literally on the brink of collapse. So I'd love it if we could talk about that for a minute.
If you can't do anything else, please just read and reblog.
A second COVID wave has taken out the healthcare system. There are no more hospital beds. There's an oxygen shortage. There's a critical vaccine shortage. The Central Government has thrown its hands up and is passing the baton to the State Governments to do what they can.
There are over 16 million covid cases. A record 330,000 new cases reported yesterday - comparable to the US at its peak. 187,000 dead as of today.
There is no plan.
Mass cremations are taking place. The cremation grounds are running day and night and they are short on wood. People are watching their loved ones die while waiting for a hospital bed, and then they're unable to give them the proper burial rights.
Hospitals are overwhelmed. Patients are being confined, two to a bed. They're the lucky ones.
We are on the verge of people dying in the streets.
This is the second-most populous country in the world. The largest democracy. A country that encapsulates over 15,000 years of recorded human history and has endured everything from famine to invasion to colonisation.
We might be at the end. This might be the thing that does us in.
People are dying.
People are dying.
People are dying and there is no plan.
More good news? Variants are popping up. A double mutation strain has shown up. It is resistant to current vaccines. This will not go away. This is the devastation they warned of when the anti-maskers were out protesting the minor inconvenience of covering their face in public.
My country is on the verge of an emergency state. Our government has failed us. This is as dire a situation as it ever could be.
Look. I don't do much with my life. I write fics, some of you have read them and that's pretty much it. I spend my days with my head in the clouds because that's where I like to be.
But two days ago, my grandmother tested positive, had to be taken to hospital and the ambulance caught fire.
She barely made it to the urgent care she needs.
So, here I am, using whatever meager platform I have to cobble this request together. Because I have to do something.
If you can, donate.
Or spread the word.
Help. Please.
Leelah Alcornâs blog was deleted and posts about her are being removed. Donât stop spreading this. Reblog everything you can, post everything you can.Â
These are her pictures
here are some of her drawings
this is her note
Donât let this die.
Not this.
Katerina Marchenko on Etsy
rare vent art from a few months ago
May I present to you, straight fucking facts.
Watch it, then watch it again.
Using Black Lives Matter to guilt people into supporting other causes does not help your cause and ignores and trivialises the hard work that black people have put into fighting for equality for over a hundred years.
âKnowing what I know now, and how hard I fought to come out of that depression, I would have told that girl in the waiting room a different story. I would have sat really close to her and said, âThis is a bump in the road. And you canât swerve away from it. And you canât dodge it. So we are going to move through it. Thereâs no other wayâwe must move through it. But one day, one day soon, we are going to celebrate how you came out of the woods and it will be so very good.ââ â Hannah Brencher
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Black Lives STILL Matter.
I was scrolling through Tumblr and came across a post of KNOWN PEDOPHILES ON TUMBLR (many of which have or want to rape actual children/minors)
For anyone who needs to hear this.
A reminder to everyone:
If youâre hungry, you should eat. Itâs okay. Itâs nothing to feel guilty about.
Itâs okay to live in a larger body. I promise. You can be healthy in a larger body. Buy clothes that fit your beautiful, perfect body and love that body. It loves you.
Are you craving a certain food? Carbs or ice cream or bananas or chocolate? Eat it. Itâs fine. Your body wants it. Restricting your food and dieting makes your body want them more which leads to binging when makes you feel bad.
Move in a way you love. Walk and listen to books or swim or lift weights or dance or jump or play with your kids (or your friends kids! Or with a pet! Or alone!)
You donât need a âcheat mealâ or a âcheat day.â Eating is not a test. Thereâs nothing moral about it. You canât cheat at it. Eat what you love.
You donât have to be on a never ending quest to make your body smaller. Your body is worthy of love and care the way it is.
What a rare treasure
People, please be careful. There are also people tracking children and people and putting bids on them based on their profile pictures on whatsapp, tracking and kidnapping them. Especially young children, so please be cautious, especially parents who have their children as their profile pictures.
Please pass this on to everyone so that they are aware of the danger. I donât how it is all around the world but I know it canât just be here so please please spread the word. Thank you.
People, please be careful. There are also people tracking children and people and putting bids on them based on their profile pictures on whatsapp, tracking and kidnapping them. Especially young children, so please be cautious, especially parents who have their children as their profile pictures.
Please pass this on to everyone so that they are aware of the danger. I donât how it is all around the world but I know it canât just be here so please please spread the word. Thank you.
Damn I really be feeling myself today.đ https://www.instagram.com/p/CBGZNw9JSy7GKA2BHjAxuE6GHrha8O22pPecF40/?igshid=m1kli8ddc6y6
One con about working from home is I can never get anything done when this angel is in my line of sight. #quarantine #workfromhome https://www.instagram.com/p/B-PvzogJmwqrVraNdqxCy14jlalF0p6AOMsZ_Q0/?igshid=1hj9kzxj5w665
This is so god damn believable it hurtsđ
Happy (belated) Halloween, hereâs Elias with a pumpkin hat.
Ok, update time! So for a while I have been kind of living off of T-shirts and shorts, but recently my mom took me clothes shopping for the first time in like 5 years. Now itâs not bc I donât like clothes shopping, I just forgot to do so along with some probable self image issues. However, in this new look I feel like a whole new person! I also got my hair dyed this Monday by the AMAZING Erica Wilson, if you need an excuse to get your hair done, go see Erica! These past few days have been really good for me, I didnât know I needed this. For those who know me, I donât really think of my own self care as much I think and put others emotional health before my own. (Iâm not trying to sound egotistical, thatâs just how Iâm programmed.) Iâm really happy how these past few days have turned out for me. If you need time to get some self care, do it. Taking care of yourself, whether itâs getting a makeover or just taking a day off, is not selfish or self centered. We all need some time to refuel, never be ashamed of making sure youâre ok too.đâ¤ď¸ (at The Salon Professional Academy Dallas) https://www.instagram.com/p/B22kFyGJcE80pO7Q78pux9DDyxLf6mJeyDCqX00/?igshid=1bki5o79xwzw8
Save the earth !!
After this controversial photo shoot, Hawk Moth and Mayura were never seen again
Adrien, after THAT photoshoot:
YYYYYYEEESSSSS I STAN FOR THIS! #miraculousunsolved
But itâs Ladybug and Chat Noir.
Where CN is hella superstitious and Ladybug just isnât buying it.
Reblog In 5 seconds for good luck
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And then I find out the fanfic hasnât updated for over a year.
Other examples off the top of my head:
Hearing foreign languages spoken aloud.
Public displays of affection between members of the same sex.
Public breastfeeding.
Being wished a happy holiday.
Seeing a trans person.
Conscientious objectors.
Science.
This is so beautiful
Dust, Gas, and Stars in the Orion Nebula