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So turns out the authors of the lawsuit targetting the internet archive and wanting to destroy public libraries are 90% male and 60% white because lmao OF COURSE. Please please donate to the internet archive if you can, this lawsuit has too many far reaching consequences like destroying all public libraries, which is something fascists and capitalists would LOVE to do
A blend of one of my beats and the beautiful scenes from A24 produced film 'Waves' (2019).
We just received the final bill for the hospital stay, anything will help. Thank you
I’m sure people assume there’s a high volume of donations due to the amount of notes, and I’m appreciative of the help we’ve received so far, but that isn’t the case. Any help is still accepted and appreciated. Thank you!
This is heart wrenching.
Nichelle Nichols (Lt. Uhura) has been suffering from Dementia for years. She’s lots most of her money, the home she loved and there is a fight for her conservatorship
Her sister has set up a GoFundMe site for her. The link is at the very bottom of this post. Please share this information.
Read the article below and please donate if you can. Even a couple dollars will help.
Y’all went hard for Free Brittany over conservatorship now do the same for Nichelle
So I read the entire thing, and this one is slightly more complex than “dad is abusive conservator.” So I’m going to lay out here what’s going on:
1) Nichelle has dementia.
2) In 2010, this guy approached her all “hey so I want to make this movie with you as a costar, very good contract, please accept.”
3) she did.
4) he was lying.
5) during the next several years he moved onto her property and became a squatter, billing all his utilities and expenses to Nichelle. In other words, she’s paying for the privilege of him using her property.
6) during this time he also managed to get her to give him power of attorney over both financial AND MEDICAL decisions. Much of her savings has just kind of vanished, and it seems likely he’s been leeching it away.
Okay. So, recap: this guy is NOT a conservator. He got power of attorney, which is actually a very good and useful thing when appropriately applied. (Basically, it means if you become incapacitated you’ve already selected a person to handle certain kinds of affairs for you.) In this case, however, it’s pretty clear POA is being abused and seriously misused.
7) Nichelle’s son managed to become her conservator, with the goal of kicking the deadbeat off the property and ensuring his mom has access to her hard-earned funds so she can be old with dignity. (In a perfect world, this is how conservatorship would always be used. His interest is in protecting the person, not making a profit.) He has become her primary caretaker.
I don’t know how advanced Nichelle’s dementia is, but I can tell you from experience that as the disease progresses, being a caretaker can become a full-time job, and that, yes—this is one of those extremely limited cases where conservatorship might actually be a good idea. My grandmother had Alzheimer’s (not all dementia is caused by Alzheimer’s, but all cases of Alzheimer’s are dementia), and nearly burned down the house once because she turned on the stove, forgot she’d turned it on, and went to take a nap. Having someone of sound mind who can make arrangements for things like appropriate in-home care so this doesn’t happen is deeply important.
8) deadbeat is fighting to get conservatorship removed—and possibly reassigned to himself. That part is a little less clear. What is clear is that he does not have Nichelle’s best interests at heart.
9) this fundraiser is to help with legal fees to get deadbeat off the property and help assist Nichelle and her son in securing what’s left of her assets.
So just so we’re clear: in this case we are actually fighting FOR a conservatorship. However, this conservatorship is to protect someone with an actual medical diagnosis that means she has diminished mental capacity to care for herself (literally, that’s what dementia is: loss of memory and cognition on a scale significant enough to interfere with daily life), and to ensure that what is hers, REMAINS hers.
Reblogging this version for the commentary, since people seem to be unclear about the situation.
I would love to see the anti immigration conservatives do this for at least 30 mins..
Friendly reminder that most farm workers are paid nearly nothing via loopholes (don’t have to follow minimum wage if you arent paying by the hour!)
And that “unskilled labor” isn’t an actual thing. It’s just used by desk jockeys who play on the internet all day instead of working so they feel superior to everyone who actually does the work they profit off of. And of course, to make themselves feel better for the abuse they dish out.
HERE IS A FARM WORKER COVID RELIEF FUND
I’ve already reblogged this, but I’m doing it again because I just passed a foodie blog that claimed quinoa was a sustainable crop because it’s always available in the Fresh Thyme bulk section. Hipster vegans’ brains have been replaced by parcooked oatmeal so the more visibility this post gets the better.
Obama specifically ordered this kid killed because “he might have been influenced by his father’s teachings”. Like, that’s it. That was enough for the Obama administration to kill an American citizen. No trial, no questions. Nothing. Obama himself, personally, went “You say this kid’s dad was a terrorist? Well, the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree so we better kill the kid too” and then they did.
To be clear, this wasn’t some shadowy faceless CIA operation where some secret agents needed the President to sign a paper approving their idea. This was literally ordered by the President himself. Obama killed a kid deliberately, on purpose, without being tricked or forced. He did this because he had a bad feeling about the kid and some people told him the kid could inspire people to commit terrorist attacks by telling them about how the US illegally murdered his father without a trial.
Both al-Awlaki and his father were American citizens. They had rights. In the US, even criminals get due process and a list of rights specifically for people who are accused of crimes. For example, the right to a fair trial by a jury of their peers, or the right to have a trained lawyer work with you, among many other rights.
Forgot to mention, according to the Obama administration, he wasn’t even killed, he was ‘erroneously deprived of life’
Right, and they also posthumously designated all the innocent people killed in drone strikes to have been “enemy combatants”.
Also let it be known that this shouldn’t enrage you because “they were American citizens with rights” it should make you mad because of how the American war machine will kill innocent people regardless of rights or citizenship status.
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Come on girlies. Let’s run this up a little more.. I wanna see her win 💌
hi guys muslim aid is raising money for aid in afghanistan, following the news. donate if you can, pray if you can’t. the minimum donation is £3.
This article was posted on the 10th August 2021.
Heres a link to the crowd funding page for Rukhsana Media.
i don’t know how anyones first response to seeing the rampant transphobia in the uk isn’t abject heartbreak for all the trans people that live here
so many people’s views around transphobia in the uk start and end at “haha terf island”, and never stop for 5 minutes and think how god awful it is for trans people to be stuck here
I haven't seen anything about this on tumblr yet, but since April 2021 the NHS also discontinued all trans male bottom surgery, including for patients BETWEEN surgeries, with no plans to resume
In 2017 a transgender woman from the UK was granted residency in New Zealand on special humanitarian grounds as the tribunal recognised it wasn’t safe for her to return. Four years ago the situation was already hostile enough to create refugees and it’s intensified since then. It’s really very serious.
Reblog this when it’s on your dash. You will save someone’s life.
biological essentialist rhetoric being used by white supremacists to disqualify, humiliate and defeminise black women? who would have thought
this is not a joke.
TURKEY IS BEING BURNT DOWN! and It’s not a natural disaster, it’s arson. literal terror. a crime. there are 81 fires going on in 23 different cities. this has been going on for 2 days. people are dying, losing their homes.
helicopters, drones, planes and thousands of firemen are currently trying to control fires in 10 different locations in southern Turkey. so far, three people have died, hundreds of animals have perished and several settlements are being evacuated.
A WHOLE country is on fire please that is not something you can underestimate.
please use your voice for us.
please dont stay in silence.
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oh my god, i’m turkish and seeing foreigners reblogging this honestly brought me to tears.
since the post above, three more people have died and thousands of more homes have burned down, but thankfully some of the fires have been extinguished. but this doesn’t mean the fight is over.
these photos were taken in the province of Antalya, one of our biggest tourism centers. for decades, people have been setting entire forests on fire in touristic places to make room for their huge, 5-star hotels and resorts. everyone knows this. the government knows this.
for anyone that doesn’t know, our government is as corrupt as it gets (i’m not gonna go into details, or we’d be here all day and i’d probably get arrested). they’re trying to cover up these news with the resignation of the minister of education. what’s more, so far, the only fire-extinguishing planes we have were sent to us by Russia. not our own government.
they don’t care for us.
our only hope is you. even a single Euro/Dollar you donate would make a difference.
please. we need you.
Please please reblog, donate , anything you can do to help Turkey!
Turkey needs all the HELP it can get right now. If this shows up on your blog please don’t just ignore. Reblog it, if you can, donate.
Even the smallest thing right now is of massive use to Turkey ❤💔
hey I’m bug (22 they/them). I’m black/iranian, trans and I’m giving birth in 5 weeks! I’ve been living in hotels the past 2 weeks and finally secured housing that I can move into on the 13th. I have 8-9 more days living in a hotel and then I can move in. I need help paying my half of the deposit it’s way more than month to month rent and I also need help getting some things for my place (a BED, toiletries, cleaning supplies, sheet/blankets/pillows).
If you can boost and/or donate I’d be extremely grateful.
