Don't Let Them Do That to You

“The area known as Oak Flat is part of Arizona’s Tonto National Forest, and the Apache have used it for generations in young women’s coming-of-age ceremonies. In 1955, President Dwight Eisenhower removed it from consideration for mining activities in recognition of its natural and cultural value. But in December 2014, during the final days of the previous Congress, Sens. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) added a rider to the must-pass National Defense Authorization Act that opened the land to mining conglomerates Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton.”

Guys… It’s the 21st century and we’re still fucking doing this. We’re still robbing native peoples of their lands. Call your senators and representatives.

This #BlackoutDay, we’re focused on the recent #BaltimoreUprising to get answers about the death of Freddie Gray. There has been a lot of questions/concerns about the uprising, however, there’s also a lot of misinformation going on. 

So, along with fergusonresponse​, we are giving you the information you can use to get answers as well as verified organizations that are on the ground, doing the work needed to support the uprising. 

If you would like starting talking points to discuss with family & friends, check out this post about the top 3 complaints of the #BaltimoreUprising. Remember, use these notes as starting points, but make sure to do your own research so that you are more informed.

Here are links to verified committees and organizations.  

BmoreUnited: http://bmoreunited.org/

Black Lawyers for Justice: http://www.blfjustice.org/

Baltimore Algebra Project: http://www.baltimorealgebraproject.org/

Baltimore Bloc: https://baltimoreeclipse.wordpress.com/tag/baltimore-bloc/

Casa De Maryland: http://wearecasa.org/

City Bloc: https://www.facebook.com/bccbloc?fref=ts

Leaders of a Beautiful Struggle: http://lbsbaltimore.com/ 

Ferguson Legal Defense Committee (Baltimore) http://www.fergusonlegaldefense.com/baltimore/ 

Finally, as some of you may know, Whole Foods and Five Guys have donated food and time to the National Guard instead of the thousands of Baltimore students that depends on the food programs in schools. 

Here’s a verified organization that is helping feed protesters as well as other on the ground called Help or Hush (the organization behind #BaltimoreLunch): http://operationhelporhush.org/

Lastly, if you shop at Whole Foods and you want alternatives to them in response to what they done, but don’t know any alternatives, here’s an article from Blacvity to support local Black Farmers.

As always, stay tuned to our official channels for more ways to help.

-The Blackout Team (blkoutqueen, expect-the-greatest, nukirk)

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#AliveWhileBlack is the heartbreaking response to #CrimingWhileWhite

The hashtag #CrimingWhileWhite became a platform to illustrate what often happens when white people engage in criminal activity. It was a powerful moment, as white people openly acknowledged that they don’t face nearly the same punishment or brutality experienced by their black counterparts. But despite the good intentions of those who participated, many others felt like the hashtag detracted from conversations about the value of black lives.

1. Do not keep them in pairs. Hamsters are loners - keeping them together often results in stress, fighting, injuries and death. They are very happy alone. 

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2. Minimum cage size

dwarf hamsters: 30 x 20 x 20 inches (80x50x50cm);

bigger hamsters: 40 x 20 x 20 inches (100x50x50cm)!

NOT like this: 

Living in cages like this for them is like a human living in an elevator - a lot too small and even dangerous! 

For them it feels like this:

Behavior like this is a signal for stress because the cage is too small or that they need more bedding:

Better:

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3. Your hamster (always!) needs a hamster wheel - and it must be a lot bigger than you might think! 

Hamster must be able to run with a completely straight back

on a closed surface

with a closed back wall! 

NOT like this: 

Results of those wheels are: spine problems, backache, stress, injuries! 

Minimum wheel size for dwarf hamsters: 9-10 inches. 

Minimum wheel size for bigger hamsters: 12 inches! 

Better: 

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4. Do not buy them plastic tubes (at all): 

Those tubes are not suitable at all: Hamsters get stuck or suffocate in them easily. 

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5. Your hamster needs enough bedding to dig and build tunnels.

NOT like this:  

Better: 

Your hamster will be extremely happy and dig around and build tunnels all day (night). 

A study also found out that (golden) hamsters need up to 12-36 inches of bedding, so just do your best do give them the highest amount of bedding possible. :)

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6. The less plastic the better! 

NOT like this:

Plastic gets swallowed, splinters, can injure or even kill your hamster. 

Better: 

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7. Hamsters ALWAYS need a sand bath.

Hamsters love rolling around in the sand, for them it’s like showering. How would you feel without a shower? 

You can use those little baths as toilets, but you still need a bigger sand bath!

Better:

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8. Hamsters need a house with at least 2 or more chambers to store food, sleep etc. Also make sure that your hamster does have enough hiding places like coconuts, small houses, toilet rolls! 

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9. Do use unperfumed toilet paper for nesting material, don’t use “hamster wool” -> it can tangle around a limb and seriously hurt and even kill your hamster! 

NOT like this: 

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10. Never ever ever put your hamster or any animal in a hamster ball. 

They can’t get out, might suffocate or panic, might run against furniture and seriously injure themselves. The ventilation is terrible, your hamster can’t see/smell/hear enough or use any of their senses properly.

In some countries they even discuss about banning those by law! 

Even if you think that “your hamster has fun in it” - please don’t use them! 

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Please reblog and spread this information.

Pet stores often are very misinformed and sell terrible cages and have little to no idea how to keep a happy hamster - please be careful when trusting them. In the end they often just want to make money - and the hamsters suffer. 

Please adopt, not buy hamsters - there are too many hamsters in this world that we need any more breeding. 

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MASTERPOST: Cheap Cages And Supplies For Hamsters - IKEA

~ more to come ~

(Sorry for the spelling errors - I made this post in a rush.)

poc headcanons/art of white characters don’t harm anybody, harry and hermione actually don’t have a canonical mention of their races (hermione is “very brown” in prisoner of azkaban, PRESUMABLY due to a suntan from being in fance, but you know what??? books belong to their readers, if you want her to be a poc more power to you, and harry’s skin is just described as “great” with no color so like.)

black hermione is great. indian harry is great. i am appalled that someone would have the audacity to say “i’m english, i have fair skin” - is chiwetel ejiofor not english? is nathan stewart-jarrett not english? antonia thomas? richard ayoade? idris elba? and don’t get me started on the indian comment - there are 1.4 million people of indian descent living in the uk.

like thats great.. good for them. but what about the homeless people who never “achieved” anything?

what about the homeless people who came from broken homes, got pregnant at 15, dropped out of high school, got addicted to drugs, never went to college, worked at mcdonalds since they were teenagers

“rethink homelessness” wants to show you the homeless people who were “worth something”. the “good” homeless people so you can look at them and think “oh look i guess all homeless people arent worthless bums after all! i should start caring about some of them!!”

those “rethink homelessness” ads seem to only promote homeless people who “made something of themselves” but then life took a tragic turn for them. as if theyre the only kind of homeless people who deserve empathy and respect

protect and respect ALL homeless people. even the ones who never got even a little close to being “successful”. even the “bad ones” who are the stereotypical homeless people

just because a person never “made something of themselves” doesnt mean theyre beneath you

LOS ANGELES — A man convicted of sexually assaulting a 3-year-old girl will see 10 years in prison — down from at least 25 — after a judge decided the minimum mandatory sentence was too much, and should be considered “cruel and unusual punishment.” According to the Register, the 3-year-old girl wandered into a garage where Kevin Jonas Rojan-Nieto was playing video games. The man became sexually aroused and assaulted the girl, KTLA reports.The judge felt that the circumstances surrounding the incident merited a different sentence. Kelly continued with the Register:  “Mr. Rojano did not seek out or stalk (the victim). He was playing video games and she wandered into the garage. He inexplicably became sexually aroused but did not appear to consciously intend to harm (the victim) when he sexually assaulted her,” the newspaper reported.

Wearing the hijab

Not Wearing the hijab

Wearing makeup + Skinny jeans with their hijab

Wearing the hijab but not being religious

being religious but not wearing the hijab

not fitting the quiet stereotype

fitting the quiet stereotype

bell hooks 

Feminist Theory from Margin to Center

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1. Fist: Make a fist around the epi-pen, don’t place your thumb/fingers over either end

2. Flick the blue cap off

3. Fire. Press down into the outer thigh (the big muscle in there), hold for 10 seconds before removing (the orange cap will cover the needle). Bare skin is best but the epi-pen will go through clothing. Avoid pockets and seams. 

anyway so fast fowards to when i became a waitress and one day this group of scrubbyass kids came in and i had 8 other tables with other people to look to but i overheard that one kid wanted a milkshake but he couldn’t afford it and the other kids offered to pay but he was like “nonono it’s fine” and i looked over and he just looked real run down and sad and stuff —- later it just so happened that our kitchen had a mixup so we had an extra shake and since it would just be dumped otherwise, i snuck it out to their table and gave it to him for free

and his friends were so fucking impressed by this they pooled every fucking cent they had i got a $50 tip and later his friend’s mom came in and said “i heard what you did for that boy” and gave me another 20 and offered me a better job working with her

my middle aged mexican mom saves money and tries her best to go to a restaurant right before christmas. I mean we normally go out to eat the 22nd or the 23rd and my mom tips as much as she can possibly afford. This is usually money she’s been saving for awhile bc she doesn’t have much, but I’ve seen her tip $40+ because she knows that it will really make someone’s christmas/holidays a little easier.