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Shock Stock is RETURNING
It’s been a while since I’ve blogged, and trust me, there’s a reason. We are relocating, (AGAIN) to London Ontario. This is the town where Aunt Mimi ran across Dirty Dave, and they decided to run off together. The process for apartment applications has altered significantly and I’ve had to spend a lot of energy on it. It found us successful, however, and I’ll be settled in just in time for<a…
I was woken by a notification on my phone. My friend texted me to make sure I was ok. I sleepily texted back something about Mike Nesmith’s death, but then she responded, “No, Anne Rice”… I was awake (more…)
Hey, how are you?
The young woman wakes up, wishing she felt better. She wakes up in pain, and lays in bed to wait it out. While she waits, she checks her phone messages. She feels connected, less alone, when she messages her friends. One friend was posting about how scared he was on his impending surgery. The young woman sends a loving, supportive message, “Hey, how are you?” and smiles wistfully. She wishes she…
During this Pandemic, I knew I would be acquainted with someone who lost their life to this Virus. I knew I would be mourning a friend, acquaintance or, heaven forbid, a family member, or possibly myself. I took steps to stay alive, stay safe, and thankfully, my family even, took the risks in the beginning to bring my parents and I groceries, necessities, and any thing we needed in the first six…
The Real Privilege of Healthcare
I went to visit a friend today. They’ve been in a very bad place mentally, and I felt I needed to visit, bring them food, medication, make sure they were stable enough to be left alone, as they attempted to take their own life recently. I know someone will say “Why not take said friend to a Hospital? Or call the Police and do a wellness check?” Well, I didn’t feel safe to. You see, my friend is…
Birth alerts have historically targeted minorities, and further traumatized indigenous people still reeling from the effects of Residential schools.
Please sign my petition asking Justin Trudeau to end them
I need to self-isolate. There’s a Pandemic, and I have a chronic illness. That would kill me, and I have to be here for my son. I need to self-isolate. People are refusing to wear masks, they “Can’t breathe”, not that that mattered to the unarmed black man who was smothered to death on live video. I need to self-isolate. No one else is isolating, no one is masking and I’m told “If you don’t…
Black cats are lucky. (via leahweissmuller)
MAN [IN THICK ACCENT]: Black cat bring good luck. Not bad luck. I have black cat - See, him face - And I am not dead today: Good luck!
“See him face”
I sure fucking do see him face
Him face
Reblog him face for good luck in 2021
Reblog him face for good luck in 2021 (2)
Made by moi
platonic marriage is cool as hell actually. i'd happily live and share marriage benefits with a best friend who i can hug and go out to places to have a good time with and sleep in the same bed with and say "i love you" to every day and do nice things for because they're my best friend and we're married. platonic love man. i want that.
this shit looks fun as hell i want one
That is the happiest laugh
This is my hometown, she’s our local Weirdo and dammit, I love her to pieces.
Watch how prince philip’s death completely takes over the news cycle and sidelines the actual carnage happening in northern ireland
You won’t hear about any of this though.
Just to add to this:
- multiple peace walls are being torn down
- violence is in Belfast and Derry
- dozens of petrol bombs are being thrown nightly as well as stones, fireworks, bricks etc.
- 19 police officers were injured last night alone - it’s been this number every night give or take for the last week and a half. (as of 10/04/2021)
- when condemning loyalist violence, First Minister Arlene Foster condemned it by saying that it distracted from the real criminals, Sinn Féin. This is seriously inflammatory rhetoric from politicians - Foster is a loyalist and SF are nationalists.
- not only are children as young as 12 involved in the violence, but the violence is not just angry riots - paramilitary organisations (in particular the UVF) seem to be behind this, which is concerning if you know anything about the Troubles. If you don’t, I suggest reading a tiny bit about it even on Wikipedia, because it will tell you how recent and fragile the peace is in NI.
- in the weeks before this, the address of Ireland (the republic)’s tánaiste (deputy PM) was being graffitied on walls by the UVF as an advertised target.
- reading about the Troubles is also necessary to understand why police only aiming water cannons at the nationalists is so bad. the police have a history of disproportionately attacking nationalist communities, and even committing massacres (Bloody Sunday). there is no trust of “peacekeepers” because historically they have not been neutral in NI, so the UK government’s handling (ignore it and just send the police in) is questionable to say the least.
basically this is really fucking serious because it’s only several decades out of a civil war in NI and it looks like the beginning of another one. this is the culmination of several years of unrest not being reported on. if you live in the UK please contact your representatives to ask them to demand parliament to address this beyond the current police situation rather than pretending NI doesn’t exist which is what they normally do. if you live in Ireland or elsewhere there is less we can do, but please spread!!
Some images of the violence in Belfast right now:
Do you guys think it's a good idea to watch the Lost Boys sequels? I already know that they aren't as good as the original Lost Boys but I'm just curious.
No.
Unless you're into Bad Movies, in which case oh my GOD yes these are the BEST.
You may or may not have already watched the latest Ontario Government announcement where they just gave police the power to do random checks on pedestrians and pull over anyone driving to ensure that they are leaving their house for a necessary reason. If people don’t give their address and why they’re out they will get fined $750.
This will disproportionately affect Black people and people of colour. In this broadcast they also all but explicitly encouraged people to call the cops on their neighbours breaking protocol. DO NOT CALL THE COPS ON YOUR BLACK NEIGHBOURS.
[Image of text on a screen. Black Ontarians can contact BLAC if they experience issues with the police or are in need of legal services during this stay at home order. Phone: 1-877-736-9406 Email: info@blacklegalactioncentre.ca Website: www.blacklegalactioncentre.ca /End image]
is steampunk steampup
Himbs sending out his good majicks to the world
