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Listen, even if the books are legit crap and promote the most horrible things in the world, I am against burning them. The kids should be able to read these books - with the understanding that these books are flawed and have racism/misogyny within them. And maybe it’s a good opportunity to teach them how to recognize propaganda and misinformation? Or to see how outdated science can evolve?

Weeding and discard of books are very thorough processes, and as the thread says books in good condition that would be useful elsewhere are donated, or sometimes sold to fundraise for the library. Many libraries will also have a cart of free books for people to take if they want.

If, after all this work, and evaluation, and opportunities for reuse, a book is placed in a dumpster, it’s because it isnt needed or useful anywhere else.

maui food bank: https://mauifoodbank.org/

maui humane society: https://www.mauihumanesociety.org/

center for native hawaiian advancement: https://www.memberplanet.com/campaign/cnhamembers/kakoomaui

hawai'i red cross: https://www.redcross.org/local/hawaii/ways-to-donate.html

regarding fruit juice: there's apparently a misconception that Any Sugar At All will dehydrate you, and that's simply not true. yes, sugar will make you pee more when consumed in large amounts, but 1) the natural sugar in fruits won't do this to you 2) great news! a lot of fruit juices exist without any added sugar in them! 3) honestly even having a glass of the fruit juice with added sugar won't completely dehydrate you as long as you're also drinking water throughout the day. if its hot you deserve a cold treat of a drink!!! can't go wrong with fruit juice!!!

regarding gatorade: maybe this isn't an every day drink, but guess what: if it's 110F/40C or hotter outside, and you don't have AC, or you're moving around a lot outside of the AC, and you're sweating buckets: that's when you drink a gatorade.

gatorade exists to replenish all the electrolytes (salt) and glucose (sugar) that you sweat out. YES it is meant for athletes to drink during intensive work outs and not necessarily for people who aren't doing that kind of exercise. BUT GUESS WHAT! when you're sweating buckets because you had to walk to the bus in extreme heat, that's intensive exercise. please feel free to drink a gatorade after that! that's its intended use case!!!!

no: neither of these drinks should be a total replacement for water. but drinking a lot of water and then treating yourself to a fruit juice with lunch is a good idea!!! drinking a gatorade becuase you just had to walk for 20 minutes in the heat is a good idea!!!

Please Stop Spreading Misinformation About Drinks!!! It's fine if you drink things that aren't water!!!! Yes you should probably always be drinking water but drinking something else As Well isn't going to hurt you!!!! okay!!!! its fine!!!!!!

Another disabled person: “YASS! Freedom!!!”

Abled: “Sweet frames, I like them!” 

Also me: “I got a new cane and put sparkly tape on it! It really helps my balance and eases my back pain when I have to stand for prolonged periods. Plus sparkly!” 

Actually, for people who need glasses but are otherwise abled, imagine this:

- You have glasses you need for reading. You take them off after reading because you only need them for reading. Someone says you are faking a disability and threatens to call authorities on you, and wants to take your glasses away to give to "someone who really needs them"

- You show off your new glasses. Everyone acts pitiful and tells you how sorry they are you need them, then get offended when you say that you would prefer they don't treat you like that and that you like your glasses because they give you freedom to, for example, get places by yourself (drive)

- Someone you don't know asks you extremely explicit questions about how you, someone who can't see well without your glasses, has sex. He then graphically describes how he wants to fuck you so hard your eyesight is cured.

- A majority of people don't have glasses. The only time you see people with glasses in the media is either something about how pitiful and sad their life is with glasses, or some story about how if even they, a glasses-wearer, could accomplish something amazing like solve an impossible equation, so can anyone else! (Barf) the implication being that your life is only worth anything if you can "make up for" the fact that you have glasses

- Speaking of there not being as many glasses-wearers! All people who don't have glasses (who call themselves "normal" like you're some kind of freak) always talk down to you and treat you weird.

- Before you got glasses, imagine if there were no regular eye tests. Imagine you went to your doctor complaining of headaches and saying you think you need glasses only for him to say to try Advil and go home. You ask him to test you. He will not. The test is thousands of dollars and your health insurance doesn't cover it.

- People are CONSTANTLY asking you what it's like to have glasses. Like every single person you meet asks you this. Ffs

- There are accommodations you can get at places like airports that make life, navigation, etc easier (or sometimes even possible) for you. These are federally protected. You have to request them verbally every single time and every time you do the workers sigh and beat around the bush and often won't even do it, or else they'll complain the whole time.

Disabled Person: YOU COMPLETE AND UTTER FOOL!

The United States Government:

In order for disabled people to receive any sort of financial assistant for their housing, food, bills, medical supplies, etc., they cannot ever have more than $2,000 of resources to their name. Ever.

It doesn’t matter what it’s for.

You’re saving up for a new wheelchair?

For college?

To put a downpayment on a house?

Hell man, you just happen to budget for once in your life so that you can have some extra money in case something bad happens?

Your benefits immediately get cut off if you’re a cent over $2,000.

And, even worse, you usually end up having to pay back every dollar the government gave you that month.

So say you get $400. If they find out you’re twenty dollars over the resource limit, you have to give them all $400 back and you undergo an investigation of your funds to see if you will continue getting money.

“What if I spend the money that day?”

Doesn’t matter. In fact, from what I can tell, people who do this are actually put under investigation for fraud.

before the movie came out, Marvel gave him an exclusive preview screening. SOme people were upset because they felt if Marvel was really wanted to thank mantlo, they should have donated money to Mantlo’s family.

Sometimes, at the end of the month, he has no idea what to do with his money because the whole month went by and he still has 400-ish bucks in his account, and he fucking panics because he doesn’t want to get anywhere near 2,000.

And here’s the funnest part of the story!

One day he did a huge commission on Second Life and wound up earning 1500 bucks off of it, and he told the guy to donate it 500 bucks at a time over 3 months. The guy didn’t want to, and just donated all 1500, which put my brother at 2,036 bucks.

The state IMMEDIATELY (I’m talking less than an hour) called him up to tell him over the phone that they were canceling his SSI, because they noticed he had gone over the 2,000 buck threshold. He had to tell them that someone had made a charitable donation to him and that this was not a common occurrence in any way shape or form, and upon not believing him, my mother had to call to talk to them as his legal caretaker and say basically the same thing until they called off the cancellation of his SSI money.

He also had to cancel his renter’s assistance because it put him to 1,062 a month, so if he went 30 days without spending any money they’d cancel his SSI altogether. Like, none of us in the family have any fucking clue why that regulation is in place and it’s the stupidest shit in human history.

Me: Bitch, that might have been an effective threat in 2007, but we have since survived a Covid shutdown and discovered ways to amuse ourselves while we waited, we can outwait this shit, too. I got a pile of shows saved I haven’t even watched yet, and a Mt. TBR waiting for me.

I Am Not Your Asian American Doll: a comic for AAPI Heritage Month 2023

I usually spend a lot of time editing and fine-tuning my comics so that they come across as polite and inoffensive. But honestly, I’m really tired of the way Asian cultures and countries are treated / talked about while Asian people themselves are excluded, and thought it was about time I really let my rage out lol.

If you can't show up in person, make a phone call. If you can't call, write a letter. If you can't write a letter, an email.

the second photo is a screenshot of a tweet by Lee Merritt. It reads:

'His name is #RalphYarl-- a 16 y/o who went to the wrong address to pick up his siblings.

He was shot in the head by a white man who didn't want him on his property. He shot him a 2nd time for emphasis.

Ralph is fighting for his life. This man must be arrested. We are on our way.'

the third photo is a screenshot of a post of white text on a black background by isabelwilkerson. It reads:

'Heartbreaking beyond belief. This high school student was helping his family by picking up his two younger brothers, but he drove to the incorrect address and rang the wrong doorbell. A man shot this child on sight through the front door and again while the boy, Ralph Yarl, was on the ground. Now Ralph is in a Missouri hospital fighting for his life. The shooter, who was white, was released and not charged.

What a horrifying manifestation of the continuing dehumanization of black people in this country, the automatic assumptions and the hatred and denial of basic benefit of the doubt for those assigned to the bottom of a caste system.

Please read this Reposed from @realdlughlet # ALL HANDS ON DECK!! |

PLEASE SEE ALL FRAMES FROM:

@leemerrittesq @attorneycrump

16 year old #RalphYard was going to pick up his two younger siblings from an unfamiliar address when he was shot in the head and again while on the ground by the white man that answered the door after he wrang the wrong doorbell.

Ralph is a junior in High School. He loves music and plays the bass clarinet. He is loved by his family and community and he has a bright bright future. He didn't deserve what happened to him. We won't stand for it. We are coming for justice.

Use the contact information below to demand Prosecutor Zachary Thompson make an immediate arrest and bring the appropriate charges:'

The final photo is a continuation of the previous image. It reads:

'Building: James S. Rooney Justice Center

Address: 11 South Water Street

Liberty, Missouri 64068

Telephone: 816-736-8300

Fax: 816-736-8301

Email: [email protected]'

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