Honestlynina

More than 50% of Indigenous communities in reserve areas in Canada are at high risk of pipeline spills. When there is a spill, reserves are disproportionately impacted.

The National Energy Board and Supreme Court of Canada has a history of declaring the "public interest and economic interests outweigh Indigenous and treaty rights." Basically, Indigenous peoples don't count enough as "public" to matter.

Pipelines are built without proper consent from the Indigenous Nations they choose to occupy. Keep in mind I say choose, because this is the case even when alternative pipeline routes are suggested that could avoid reserve land. This is a direct, constant, and often violent threat to Indigenous sovereignty.

The MMIW crisis is funded by the oil industry through the creation of worker's "man camps" near reserve land. These "man camps" are nothing but pits of sexual violence and human trafficking of Indigenous women and girls. I am not exaggerating; this is well studied and well documented.

Resources & Sources:

To become an ‘energy superpower’, Canada wants to bulldoze Indigenous rights (START HERE!)

Indigenous Resistance to Alberta Oil and Gas Development Report

When the environment is destroyed, you're destroyed: Achieving Indigenous led pipeline justice

First Nations Consent Ignored as Canadians Asked to Subsidize LNG Expansion

Oil pipelines and food sovereignty: threat to health equity for Indigenous communities

Is Violence against Indigenous Women in “Canada’s interest”? Liquified Natural Gas in B.C., Sexual Violence & Narratives of Terra Nullius

The colonial playbook never ended, Canada’s pipeline deal proves it

My nephew is very allergic to eggs, peanuts, tree nuts, and sesame. Last year my sister discovered all hot dogs and hamburger buns now contain sesame. Not "may contain", but listed in the ingredients. This year basically every brand of sliced bread also now contains sesame, making it very difficult to find bread items he can eat.

They're just adding it to their products, so they can just list it as an ingredient and not bother with worrying about cross contamination. And they aren't even bothering with telling anyone. Capitalism is going to kill us all.

"Which brings us back to Kellogg’s. Back in 2016, the company found a way around the added burden and expense of complying with the FSMA: they simply began adding trace amounts of peanut flour to their cracker products. Doing so allowed them to list peanuts as an ingredient of the product, freeing them from having to prevent cross-contact.

The Kingdom of Hawai’i was illegally overthrown with the help of American businessmen and we have suffered under the iron grip of America.

Our land is simply seen as a vacation spot, my people are simply seen as tour guides and hula dancers. We have had our culture, our history, and our people turned into a commercialized joke by America.

The rampant tourism kills our islands with endless hotels, attractions and overcrowding. The housing and living costs are out of control because of the false “paradise” narrative. The Navy poisons our water and destroys our land. Covid has killed so many of my people due to the reckless and selfish nature of tourists. I have lost loved ones to this virus, because tourists “couldn’t stay away”.

My people have suffered. I have suffered.

We are more than your vacation. We are more than an aesthetic.

We are a sovereign nation illegally occupied by the United States of America.

Restore Hawai’i to Hawaiians. End the American Occupation.

See the links below to learn more and to read up on your Hawaiian history.

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If you draw a hard line between "drug" and "medicine" based on current legality where you live (or any other criteria) you've gone wrong somewhere,

If you think legality and/or prescription status tells you all you need about a substance's capacity to do massive harm to someone's body, mind or well-being you've gone wrong somewhere,

If you think legality and/or prescription status tells you all you need about a substance's capacity to contribute meaningfully to someone's healing, function or happiness you've gone wrong somewhere,

I consider the sleep beauty series, belinda, and cry to heaven by anne rice more fucked up. Also Borrasca by CK Walker, The Eyes are the Best Part by Monika Kim, and The Cipher by Kathe Koja

One pride month ends, and another begins but we read queer all year.

July is Disability Pride month, so here’s a small list of Queer books with Disabled Characters!

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Like Real People Do by E.L. Massey - Seizures, Service Dog

Icarus by K. Ancrum - Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome

Full Disclosure by Camyrn Garrett - HIV

Cage of Starlight by Jules Arbeaux - Neurodivergent

Here We Go Again by Alison Cochran - ADHD, Anxiety

Pet by Akwake Emezi - Neurodiverent, Selective Mutism

The First Sister by Linden A. Lewis - Mutism, Prosthetics

Catch and Cradle by Katia Rose - Dyslexia

According To Plan by Christen Randall - ADHD, Autism, Dyslexia

Fealty of Monsters by Ladz - ADHD, PTSD, Amputee

Don’t Let The Forest In by CG Drews - Anxiety, PTSD, Eating Disorder

To a Darker Shore by Leanne Schwartz - Autism

If Only You by Chloe Liese - Autism

The Binding of Bloom Mountain by Siggy Chambers - Autism

Into The Drowning Deep by Mira Grant - Autism, Chronic Pain

Here We Go Again by Alison Cochrun - ADHD

This Is Me Trying by Racquel Marie - OCD

The Charm Offensive by Alison Cochrun - OCD, Panic Attacks

Honey Girl by Morgan Rogers - Anxiety, Depression

Outdrawn by Deanna Grey - Anxiety, Chronic Pain

Isn't It Obvious by Rachel Runya Katz - Bipolar Disorder

The Secret Summer Promise by Keah Brown - Cerebral Palsy

Love Letters for Joy by Melissa See - Cerebral Palsy

Savage Blooms by S.T Gibson - Fibromyalgia, Endometriosis

Mooncakes by Wendy Xu & Susanne Walker - Deaf

The Raven Cycle by Maggie Stiefvater - Deaf in one ear

Apparently, Sir Cameron Needs To Die by Greer Stothers - Prostetic Limbs, Prostetic Eye

Nimona by ND Stevenson - Prostetic Limb

A Darker Mischief by Derek Milman - Missing Eye

Play It Again by Aidan Wayne - Blind

Forging Silver Into Stars by Brigid Kemmerer - Amputee

She Who Became The Sun by Shelley Parker Chan - Amputee

Til Death Do Us Bard by Rose Black - Chronic Pain

How To Sell Your Blood & Fall In Love by D.N Bryn - Chronic Pain

Time and Time Again by Chatnam Greenfield - Arthritis, Chronic Pain

Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao - Cane/Wheelchair user

Kestrel by Adrienne Lothy - Wheelchair user

Seven Recipes for Revolution by Ryan Rose - Wheelchair user

In the wild, researchers have found that most wolf packs are simply families, led by a breeding pair, and bloody duels for supremacy are rare.