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You love art–have spent your entire childhood developing a style people love and appreciate? you could possibly work to improve the lives of millions with your beautiful creations?

In honor of Day of the Dead, here’s a repost of my comic about the San Francisco Columbarium and the man who spent 26 years restoring it.

here are all of the scum who control oil, coal, and natural gas

here are the ones who run the factories

https://www.gofundme.com/carrizocomecrudotribeoftexas this is a real link

Please share the correct version

Historians say he saved 14 to 21 million lives.

I’d also like to say in the time we studied WWII in school, the history textbooks never mentioned him. I had never heard of the guy until I watched “The Imitation Game” which I 110% recommend you watch if you haven’t.Alan Turing was a blessing to humanity who saved (once again) 14 to 21 million lives, and he is left out of history because he was gay.

There’s a local breeder that I need to find and hug

The woman is attempting to breed back English Bulldogs into their “original” form and is aiming for a much healthier animal. This is one of the puppies, a sweet little munchkin with good long legs and a much better mouth than modern bulldogs. She had such a nice body shape and never snorted once, and I didn’t hear a single wheeze like the other bulldogs that come in.

We are not doing this again.

Lobby hard for your choice in the primaries, but do not insult the other options. 

I like Warren a lot more than Sanders. I like Klobuchar and Harris better than either of them. Right now, Gillibrand is my top choice. 

BUT I WANT TO BE ABLE TO VOTE FOR THE DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE IN NOVEMBER, whoever that turns out to be.

And since I want to be able to get behind them, I want to know what their good points are. I want to know what I can expect them to do, and - this important - what issues aren’t on their top priority list, so I can let them know what matters to me. 

All of them are smart, decent people. All of them want a better country, a better world. All of them would, on their worst day, be better than Trump at his best, assuming he has something a sane person could call “best.” 

No infighting this time. No circular firing squads. Do not insult, denigrate, discourage, or bully people who are supporting the candidates you dislike. WE NEED TO WORK TOGETHER FOR THIS.

Before the primaries, figure out who is the best representative for your interests, and promote the hell out of them. Encourage people to vote. Get people registered. Tell everyone why you like this one better than that one - based on policies and history, not “he’s a lying scumbag” or “she caters to corporate greed.” 

None of them is perfect. ALL OF THEM ARE BETTER THAN WHAT WE HAVE - do not help the Republicans (and the Russians!) suppress progressive voters by badmouthing other people’s choices.

I don’t want Sanders. I think he’s too old (and so is Warren) and we need people whose understanding of business and social dynamics are based on recent trends. I think Sanders is too caught up in social class as the only real axis of oppression; I don’t think he understands intersectionality. I worry that he favors gun rights more than is safe.

I’m not voting for him in the primaries. But if he gets the nomination, HE HAS MY VOTE IN NOVEMBER. And not in a “ugh, holding my nose and voting against Trump” way - he wants medical care for everyone; he wants college to be available to all; he wants strong unions and worker support. I can get behind those policy plans.

No litmus tests this time. No single issue that convinces people to stay home in November 2020. Pick one you like, or pick a few that you’re deciding between - but don’t convince yourself that any of them are evil incarnate and must be stopped at all costs.

Anyway, she follows it up with, “My husband and I just recently won our custody battle with our foster daughter and she means the world to us. She’s a beautiful African American girl and her hair looks a lot like yours. But I’m afraid because I don’t know what to do with her hair. It’s a lot different from mines and our other children and we are at a total loss. I’ve tried looking up the YouTube videos and my husband went to the braiding shops so they can teach him how to properly braid her hair, but he’s still pretty new and it will be a while before he gets used to it. Do you have any tips you can give me? If you don’t have the time, it’s okay, really! I just needed a little advice because I want her to look beautiful.”

Y’all. swear I almost started crying on aisle 6. So for the last 30 minutes, I spent my time talking to her and what products to use and how to properly detangle and comb her hair with the proper tools and what not to do with natural hair. And I showed her a bunch of easier to follow natural hair tutorials on YouTube and saved them for her. (I also had to create a YouTube account for her so she could save it for later.) but omfg, she was so sweet, and I could tell that she listened to every single thing I had to say and she took little notes on her little notepad.

And what really filled my heart was the fact that her husband actually taking classes from African braiding shops. And she showed me a picture of him wearing a little sweater vest and loafers in a little shop surrounded by beautiful black women showing him how to braid black hair and even the lady he’s braiding on is guiding his hands. And omfg. Bless these old white people and their black daughter who I know have new loving parents because they are willing to step out of their comfort zone just to make her feel and look beautiful.

aries: you are always so determined. so strong. so resilient. you always astound me with all the things you accomplish. whenever you have something you really want, you go and get it without hesitation. 

taurus: you are so willing to listen to absolutely anyone about anything, and you have the ability to make friends with just about anyone. you have the warmest aura. 

gemini: you are down to do anything, it doesn’t matter how much of an advanced notice you have. you are willing to go anywhere and do anything with someone you care about. 

cancer: you literally love so hard and are so gentle towards everyone you meet and idk how you do it, honestly. the would could be an absolute dick to you and you would still make sure everyone else was okay. 

leo: when you speak, you speak with power. you are so often the voice of reason and open up other people to things they haven’t thought about and it takes a very open-minded and powerful individual to do that. you always look at every side. 

virgo: you know how to make anyone laugh at any given time. you always are trying to make shitty situations less shitty and more enjoyable and speaks volumes about who you are. 

libra: you are such an understanding person, you never judge anyone for what they tell you and you’re always going into situations trying to be the best you can be for other people. 

scorpio: it doesn’t matter what it is, you always find a way to make it exciting. you have such a unique mind and you know how to input passion into any situation. 

sagittarius: you bring so much energy to every conversation. it’s so easy to open up to you and talk about everything, without the fear of dreaded small talk. you have such a large capacity for deep conversations. 

capricorn: you always know how to do everything even if you think you don’t, i swear. you always have a face of confidence and you pick up everything handed to you way faster than everyone else. 

aquarius: it’s so easy to let go and be silly around you. you get rid of the seriousness of life, and you let other people get out of their shell with you. 

aries: they need someone who is willing to push them on their lazy days and willing to protect them because underneath their fighter spirit is someone soft and need a safe place to rest.

taurus: they need someone to understand why they are so passionate and stubborn about things and will let them have their beliefs without being judged for it.

gemini: they need someone who will show them all the things no one has yet and isn’t afraid to learn someone new.

cancer: they need someone who will hold them and admire them for all their efforts despite dealing with all their emotional ups and downs.

leo: they need someone who will love them for their soft realy self they don’t show to the rest of the world.

virgo:they need someone who will love them when they get tired and lazy

libra:they need someone that will love their free spirit and caring personality and can understand that they aren’t flirting they are just being nice

scorpio: they need someone who they can vent to and fight the world with

sagittarius: they need someone that can help them make sense of the world and give a new perspective.

capricorn: they need someone that won’t hold them back and actually will help them grow together, forever.

aquarius: they need someone to lighten the mood and laugh with

“People have always felt a sort of ownership over art, and that’s actually good. It’s why you keep a book on your shelf and return to it, it’s why you hang a picture on your wall that speaks to you. But when this gets out of hand and you mistake access or a personal connection with your rights, as happens so often in our Internet age, it leads to a dangerous sense of entitlement. That’s why readers feel empowered to complain, directly to the creator, that a book or show doesn’t have absolutely everything they want: the romantic pairing they’d hoped for, the language they find most friendly, the ending they desired. And it’s also why, for instance, the last Harry Potter book leaked on the internet before it was officially published: fans saw the book as something they were owed, not the product of labor that deserved compensation. Not that J.K. Rowling needs more money—but she, and all authors, deserve to have their work recognized as work.

And of the authors that reported that they were, in fact, full-time authors, only 63% had ANY earnings to report. The average of those who did earn something was $43,247. Which means, looking at the difference between the median and average, the average is heavily weighted by the superstars.

MOST of your favorite authors are either working a second (or third, or more) job, have a partner who earns more money, or is living hand-to-mouth, or some combination of the three. 

Libraries are your friends. Most have ebook collections now. I know readers gotta eat, but writers do too.

Don’t apologize or feel you need to make little of what you are saying. Say it with intention. “I’m writing to tell you this…” “I want you to know…” “I’m checking in to make sure…"