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Someone: Only the good die young. James: Well, I have amazing news for you, badasses! We will all die of old age! Sirius: Um… When we’re 80, what do we do for fun? James: Oh, dammit, you’re right… Then… we’ve got to find a way to stay young forever..? Аny thoughts? Girls? Lily: Pseudoscience. Marlene: Virgin’s blood. Mary: Neverland. Dorcas: Death.
you walk to class. the teacher smiles. 5 minutes late. they smile too long. too wide. 5 minutes late.
you look for your exercise book. did the teacher take in it to mark? last year. it isn’t back. they say they never had it. you don’t have it either.
its winter and its 6 o’clock. or 7 or 8 or 9. time doesn’t exist and the fog doesn’t care. it’s cold. it’s always cold.
you get an email. sports match at 11. always a sports match at 11. the other team doesn’t show. you wait.
the powerpoint is black with white text. do your best. these results matter. try your hardest. don’t disappoint us. your dreams are black with white text.
you walk to the library alone. it’s beautiful, so beautiful. there is a tree that wasn’t there before. beautiful. beautiful. you can’t remember what was beautiful before it.
you hear distant shouts. it’s a lacrosse match. the screams are far. too far. the abandoned ice house is too far. suddenly, the screams are close enough. too close. they are the perfect distance.
another email arrives. tennis is cancelled. its the third email this week. you never signed up for tennis.
your teacher hands out your marks. you didn’t study. you never studied. the paper turns to ash in your hands.
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Because I remember disinformation being spread around the last election and I’m sure Russia will bring it back:
- YOU CAN’T VOTE ONLINE.
- YOU CAN’T VOTE FROM YOUR PHONE.
- IN MANY STATES THERE ARE LEGAL CONSEQUENCES FOR PHOTOGRAPHING YOUR BALLOT.
- DO NOT WEAR CAMPAIGN GEAR TO THE POLLS.
- DO NOT TRY TO PERSUADE PEOPLE TO VOTE FOR A CANDIDATE AT THE POLLS.
- DO NOT ENGAGE IN ANY KIND OF POLITICAL DISCOURSE AT THE POLLS.
- NO ELECTION IS EVER A SURE THING, EVEN IF YOU’RE IN THE BLUEST OR REDDEST OF STATES. IF SOMEONE TRIES TO TELL YOU THAT YOU CAN SIT THIS ONE OUT, THEY ARE EITHER IGNORANT OR MALICIOUS.
- VOTE.
reblog if you’re team poc james potter
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WHAT TO DO AT AN ICE CHECKPOINT, ESPECIALLY IF YOU’RE A WHITE CITIZEN
(please, please, please copy, paste, and share widely):
-Border Patrol can verify citizenship within 100 miles of a border or “external boundary.” This includes coastlines so NYC is within the 100-mile zone.
-Border patrol can only ask brief questions about citizenship, and they cannot hold you for an extended time without cause.
-You always have the right to remain silent. You do not need to answer their questions.
-***WITH THAT SAID, IF YOU ARE A BORN CITIZEN OF THE UNITED STATES AND ESPECIALLY IF YOU ARE WHITE, YOU NEED TO SPEAK THE FUCK UP.***
-The most important acts of resistance are the small ones. Make it difficult and uncomfortable for ICE agents to do their jobs. They are counting on citizens to turn a blind eye and allow them to deport undocumented citizens without challenge. Disabuse of that notion.
-If you are on a train, bus, or anything else and ICE or CBP boards, you need to stand up and loudly let everyone know that they have the right to remain silent or only answer questions in the presence of an attorney, no matter their citizenship or immigration status. There have been numerous reports that confronting the agents in this way has caused them to leave without verifying citizenship. THIS CAN SAVE LIVES.
-If you see anyone being held up by immigration, loudly ask if they are being detained and if they are free to go.
-Immigration officers cannot detain anyone without reasonable suspicion, an agent must have specific facts about you that make it reasonable to believe you are committing or committed, a violation of immigration law or federal law.
If an agent detains you, you can ask for their basis for reasonable suspicion, and they should tell you.
-Always say no to a search and let everyone know that they can and should refuse consent to a search.
-They cannot search or arrest anyone without facts about that make it probable that they are committing, or committed, a violation of immigration law or federal law.
-Silence alone meets neither of these standards. Nor does race or ethnicity alone suffice for either probable cause or reasonable suspicion
-As white citizens, we have a level of privilege which protects us from retaliation from ICE for being “rude” and making a scene, which makes it our DUTY to speak up and make sure people without the same privilege know their rights. GET LOUD. YELL. YELL IN SPANISH IF YOU KNOW IT. LET PEOPLE KNOW THEY DON’T HAVE TO SAY SHIT. MAKE ICE UNCOMFORTABLE. THROW SAND IN THE GEARS OF WHITE SUPREMACY.
BONUS INFO:
-It is perfectly legal to record immigration agents as long as you are not on government property or at a port of entry. If your train/bus gets board, pull your phone out and start videotaping immediately.
-If you are detained or see someone getting detained, get the agent’s name, number, and any other identifying information. Get it on tape.
-Contact the ACLU if you see someone’s rights being violated.
just a reminder that james potter never lived long enough to know if his wife and newborn child survived or not
have a nice day
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t h e m a r a u d e r s .
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hogwarts houses; hufflepuff
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Yeah fandoms are cool and all but like have you ever dialed (+1) 202-759-7593 to let ur senators know that you oppose the repeal of net neutrality
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MURDERED. r e m e m b e r e d.
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james potter. owns a lot of statement shirts. cheesy fandom prints. he writes on his hands, the back of them, forearms, wrist. he uses a backpack but sometimes it’s just his physics notebook in there. and a pen. he jumps the last three steps down the stairs. he likes walking home. he works at a neighbor’s garage in summers. he doesn’t need to, but it’s fun and he likes the guy down there; some ginger bloke named arthur who’s sort of this cool mech eng robotics fanatic or something. he wears flimsy v-necks. dark hued jumpers—midnight blue, blood red, deep purple. mostly presents from people. he fucking loves his stupid worn out red chucks. a black leather watch his mum gave him on his seventeenth birthday. gets very fond of his specs that he sticks to a pair for as long as possible, fine cracks and tapes and all. he plays with the little kids who sell him flower garlands in the street. a bit of a reckless spender. likes grand surprises. well thought out pranks. loves theme parks. can and would literally spend all night watching a new tv series that lily (or remus) recommended—and would call them the next morning to yell at them for the finale, what the fuck was that plot twist what the fuck when is this stupid show coming back—but would always be too knackered to actually form coherent sentences and would crash halfway through the conversation. chirpy morning person. believes wholeheartedly in smelly lucky socks. plays drums. breaks sticks. bloody excellent stone-skipper it’s annoying. rubbish at fine dining. gets either uncrackably quiet or crazy loud and reckless when angry. scratches his wrist when nervous. wasn’t really a coffee drinker until much later. fucking in love with lily evans.
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i’m seeing a lot of people reblogging suicide hotlines and this is just a reminder that this is a suicide help line that works like a text-based instant messenger for people who may need to talk to someone but have trouble/are uncomfortable making phone calls
Never don’t reblog this. There are so many people who have such bad anxiety about phone calls. This can save so many lives
You have a thing at 2:00 PM so you set a reminder for 1:00 PM because you don’t want to be late, but you should eat by 12:00 PM. That means you should start preparing food by 11:30 AM, but you want to double check or confirm the appointment before 11:00 AM before everyone goes to lunch. So if you want to finish your other tasks by 10:00 AM, you ought to start at 8:00 AM, which means you’ve got to wake up at 7:30 AM and you may as well get ready to go out then ahead of time, and that’s how something that starts at 2:00 PM effectively starts at 7:30 AM and lasts the entire day.
ME. ME. ME.
reasons i want to be an american
watch b99 live and contribute to its ratings so it doesn’t get cancelled