Get. that. ass.

Protests are ongoing outside the homes of Brett Kavanaugh and the conservative Supreme Court Justices.

them mfs just described democracy like it’s unfair

“We won’t be bullied into following the will of the people we’re supposed to serve” -conservatives

So here's the thing: the Supreme Court really *ISN'T* supposed to be a political entity in the same way that the legislative and executive branches are. The whole point was to have a system of checks and balances to ensure that there wasn't a "tyranny of the majority" situation in government where a persecuted minority could be oppressed by the voting masses. A Supreme Court that is untouchable by electoralism means, in theory, that they will be able to interpret the law in peace, apart from the politics de jour.

The problem is, this only works if the appointment procedure works and if the justices are honest. Neither is currently true.

Republicans have managed to not only game the system for appointing justices, these justices directly LIED about their stances during their confirmation hearings, saying Roe was settled law even if they disliked it.

So yeah. Hopefully we can bully them or find a way to unseat them, but this is what he's referencing here. In theory, he's correct, but he is directly part of the group responsible for breaking down this particular framework in reality, and so it's real rich that he's crying crocodile tears about it now.

oh my GOD thank you so much for saying this i have been internally screaming for weeks but didn’t know how to say anything

Okay so 100% to everything you’ve said PLUS some good news and bad news;

good news: there is a way to remove justices from power, despite what you may think - checks and balances means that they can be impeached too.

bad news: congress has to do it.

good news: with enough effort (a lot of effort), you can absolutely bully congress into doing what you want

bad news: they only listen to their constituents

conclusion = CALL YOUR REPS ESPECIALLY IF YOU LIVE IN A RED STATE tell them the supreme court is not representing the best interests of the people and are attempting to undermine decades of legal precedent out of bigotry, and will cause the deaths of hundreds of women due to a disrespect for the concept of privacy that is found implicitly within the constitution on the basis of several of the bill of rights, including the right to free speech, the right to religion, the right to freedom from quarter, and due process laws, which was determined prior to the Roe opinion - someone out there in the activism sphere definitely has scripts ready to go on what to say about this but that person is not me, so that’s all i can advise.

AND IF YOU LIVE IN WEST VIRGINIA, MAKE JOE MANCHIN’S LIFE HELL

all that being said please totally do not *wink wink* continue to harass supreme court justices, the last thing we want is to remind them that they are not above public shaming. its not like they’re political figures and civil servants and thus subject to the criticisms of the people or anything.

anyway FUCK kavanaugh gorsuch barrett and thomas specifically (i have mixed feelings about roberts but he also sucks), its about time court justices get reminded that they aren’t gods among men, especially when changing public opinion about the sanctity of the court is literally their own goddamn fault

Yeah, I was aware that you could impeach justices via Congress, but that would likely require all hell breaking loose and Congress feeling threatened enough to take action.

Which is to say, I'm not holding my breath, but, well... Gee, wouldn't it be a shame if all hell broke loose?

Thomas should be impeached for lying about his wife's fuckery if nothing else

Meanwhile, in Arkansas...

*sighs* and i thought Johnny Cash was the one thing the whole country could agree on. the conservatives liked the melodies and the liberals liked the lyrics. guess not

Nah. This is paying mad homage to him. I think a guy who released live chickens into the audience at a show and ruined the plumbing in a hotel by flushing cherry bombs down the toilet would think this is the funniest thing ever. If there is one thing Johnny Cash loved more than telling the tales of rural America, it’s criminal mischief.

Johnny was a hero of mine. He was invited to perform at the White House and he looked Nixon dead in the eye and sang protest songs to him.

When other artists of his generation were scoffing at my generation's music, he was covering Nine Inch Nails while terminally ill.

There are a thousand stories about Johnny Cash. It's believed he was the first American to know that Stalin was dead. He accidentally killed the condors when his engine started a forest fire. He vowed to wear all black until there was justice on Earth, and he died wearing black.

But the most salient thing of all to me is that this is a man who, at the height of his fame, gave free concerts to prisoners. That photo of him giving the finger? He's giving it to a guard at Folsom Prison in front of the assembled prison population.

Yeah, I think Johnny would have thought this was funny as hell.

technically Hurt is his song, Nine Inch Nails gave it to him, so he was covering his song that happened to have initially been one written and performed by NIN. I think that's worth noting as it's yet more credit to his antics, and how he probably would love this.

Yeah, that rendition of Hurt is... calling it a cover doesn't do it justice.

Describing Water Tribe clothes, furniture, etc, and feel like you just keep saying "fur" and "skin" over and over and over again? Wanna be more descriptive but you just don't know what kind of skins look and feel what kind of ways? Fear Not! I, an Actual Real Life Eskimo™ (King Island Inupiaq for those who don't know), have cultural knowledge that may help!

As ever, this is a collection of helpful tips to use as you please. I'm not in the business of telling anyone what to write or not write. I'd just like to share what I know and hope this helps anyone who might be annoyed by a lack of knowledge that can take some creative googling and persistant note-taking to figure out. Plus given the atlaverse's fun fantasy animals, you can switch it up and mix the following animals with each other or with completely different ones. Go bananas.

Please also note this is not a comprehensive list. That would make up an entire thesis and require scouring old, racist records from outsiders and talking to every living elder in the north.

As a general rule, furs tend to be thicker and warmer in the winter because thats how animals evolved to survive the intense cold weather. The younger the animal, the softer the fur tends to be, but this is not always desired and it's preferred in most cases to avoid killing animals too young to survive on their own and their mothers.

Beaver:

Caribou:

Ermine:

Fox:

Rabbit:

Seal:

Wolf:

Wolverine:

Other materials

Antler: more plentiful than wood in parts of the arctic, used for handles, beads, buttons for pouches, etc

Baleen: historically referred to as "whalebone," used to make small sleds, boot soles, and baskets. Engravings in pieces of baleen show up white against the black background. This art is called scrimshaw and when on long pieces of baleen, my depict a sequence

Fish skin: not a fur, obviously, but lightweight, flexible, and waterproof. Sometimes processed into thread, which may have otherwise been sinew

Grass: may be woven into baskets or insoles for boots

Gut: cleaned out intestines sewn together with tiny stitches, see through, made into waterproof over layer parkas

Ivory: tusks harvested from walruses, carved into beads, pipes, jewelry, and more. Cribbage boards have been fairly popular uses of ivory since contact. Ivory is popularly used for scrimshaw as well as baleen, and lines engraved in ivory are inked black for visual contrast.

Qiviut: musk-ox fiber, very fine, can be processed and spun like wool but is seven times denser. Many articles knit and crocheted of qiviut are made with a lacey pattern to prevent the wearer from overheating. To my knowledge, it was only used this way in Alaska as opposed to using the skins of hunted musk-oxen after the animals were reintroduced long after going extinct.

I wish comics would acknowledge Logan being short again, I miss him being extremely short compared to everyone else.

Women don’t want flowers, women want marvel to get Ororo and Logan’s fucking heights right

This is the good shit

Lunch ideas

These are actually amazing??? This can really help me eat more??? And are legit good and creative lunches??? THANK YOU IM AAAAAAAAA-

Unpopular opinion but literally not one person in the world should have their human rights violated

If one person's rights can be waved away, so can yours

yes, even those people.

Fuck it, adding on: This is why it's frustrating to see criminal defense lawyers getting a bad rep.

The right to a fair trial is a human right. In practice, a fair trial necessitates a lawyer. This means that even if somebody committed the worst crimes you could possibly imagine, they still deserve a lawyer.

Somebody has to defend them as a matter of human rights. As one of my professors said, way back in my first semester at uni: "Everybody deserves to have somebody in their corner."

nb the source of criminal defense attorneys getting a bad rep is always, always copaganda. same with the incredibly bullshit narrative of “if you didn’t do anything wrong then why do you need a lawyer?” the purpose of both these terrible stupid pro-cop arguments are to deny you your legal rights. 

Someone else said it very well here on this website:

A government whose people lose their rights once they become criminals has a very vested interest in making their critics criminals.

GOD I FUCKING;LOVE. CHARACTERS

and if you turn to ur left you’ll see the emos

is that my chemical romance?

OH MY GOD not every group of emos is my chemical romance stfu tumblr

but it actually is my chemical romance

this is the funniest fuckibg thing I’ve ever seen

I’ve…. seen this everywhere except on Tumblr itself. It’s the blessed post.

I reblog this everytime it comes on my dash and I’m unashamed

I’ve waited so long to see this post in person

Damn…… What a way 2 start the decade. Ive only seen this post in screenshots…….

YOU GUYS 

LOOK AT THIS

I’m fucking crying 

It’s the fucking post

One of the kids I’m babysitting rn just asked me, “Miss Amy, can I tell you a secret?” and then informed me that his brother does not have blood anymore, because they saw a doctor take it

Same kid that attended this Sunday’s church service in full vampire bat costume and screeched loudly anytime someone said his name

Update his two year old brother just handed me a partially squished cockroach

Today’s secret is “if I carry too many things, I die,” and he definitely, for sure did not tell me that specifically because I asked him to pick up his jacket moments beforehand

“Where’s the tiger?” the five year old asks, peering around the zoo. “I don’t see him!”

“Probably he had to get his covid shot,” says the three year old, nodding wisely.

How could I possibly forget this exchange

“You can’t play with my skunk,” says the three year old, snatching the toy from the five year old. “Mr. Skunk doesn’t like you.”

“Whoa, whoa,” I say, while driving. “Mr. Skunk likes everyone!”

The three year old makes direct eye contact with me in the rear view mirror. “Except the police,” he says darkly.

Overwhelmed! When the five year old learned that I’m having a bad day today, he immediately asked me to take him home so he can “get us a snack and help with whatever you want to do today.”

The three year old has offered to carry all the backpacks into the house, despite his former statements re: dying if asked to carry his own belongings

Today the two year old stole the headphones I always wear, put them on upside down, and ran away yelling “hi Babydoll!” over and over, which is in fact how I greet him. I did not come here to be roasted by a toddler

I recently put a purple streak in my hair! The three year old says that he loves it. He says he loves my brown hair too, because it’s beautiful. I feel very loved and I am going to bake him cookies about it

The three year old has covid (he’s okay), so I won’t be seeing the children this week :(

Here's another story from last week instead:

“Do you want to come make paper airplanes?” the five year old asks. “I have a book that teaches you how.”

“Sure,” I say, following him upstairs. “I like paper airplanes.”

“It’ll be easy for you,” the five year old assures me, “because you can-- wait. Can you read?”

The three year old has recovered <3

He’s also a little confused by the phrase “playing a trick,” so if he suspects I’m teasing him, he’ll point and yell “you’re tricking!” instead

Today he told me that I’m “always tricking…… kind of like satan”

I have never in my life laughed this hard

Hi! This may actually be the last update on this post because I’m moving cities soon, but with that in mind I have some things to add:

“youre so mean” if you guys werent fucking stupid i wouldnt have to be mean to you. change starts with you

Plounce on twitter

Just a reminder since they're making it harder to get diagnosed with autism soon, if tools made for either autistic or ADHD people help you: use them. That simple. Don't worry about taking away resources because most of the time if more people are using a thing the more accessible and normalized it becomes

Welcome back to its really hot and I’m going to murder someone

There's something so unironically funny about the fact that Tumblr is latching onto Jonathan Harker, a character from a work of fiction from 1897, as their new blorbo. Like there are all of these new, exciting pieces of media and Tumblr is like, no, I want the dumbass with a paprika intolerance and unhealthy dedication to his real estate career

Bestie. I do.t think its tumblr. I think its just us and the 20 other blogs that exisit in a Void.

Want to learn something new in 2022??

Absolute beginner adult ballet series (fabulous beginning teacher)

40 piano lessons for beginners (some of the best explanations for piano I’ve ever seen)

Excellent basic crochet video series

Basic knitting (probably the best how to knit video out there)

Pre-Free Figure Skate Levels A-D guides and practice activities (each video builds up with exercises to the actual moves!)

How to draw character faces video (very funny, surprisingly instructive?)

Another drawing character faces video

Literally my favorite art pose hack

Tutorial of how to make a whole ass Stardew Valley esque farming game in Gamemaker Studios 2??

Introduction to flying small aircrafts

French/Dutch/Fishtail braiding

Playing the guitar for beginners (well paced and excellent instructor)

Playing the violin for beginners (really good practical tips mixed in)

Color theory in digital art (not of the children’s hospital variety)

Retake classes you hated but now there’s zero stakes:

Calculus 1 (full semester class)

Learn basic statistics (free textbook)

Introduction to college physics (free textbook)

Introduction to accounting (free textbook)

Learn a language:

Ancient Greek

Latin

Spanish

German

Japanese (grammar guide) (for dummies)

French

Russian (pretty good cyrillic guide!)

Real lawyer plays Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney

Japanese law doesn’t require evidence to be presented for review by both parties. “SURPRISE!!! I have facts you weren’t aware of!” is very much a thing there.

The entire game was written to show how messed up the Justice System is there.

Japanese courts have a 99% conviction rate. In essence, if you are accused of a crime you are already considered to be guilty and it is up to you to prove otherwise if you can. Remember in the end of Persona 5, where the person who falsely accused you of assaulting them confessed to everything on national television but you were still in prison until your friends tracked down every witness and got them all the recant their testimonies individually? That was in no way exaggerated.

Also Japanese police have a 90+% rate of successfully arresting a “suspect” for every crime they investigate. At first this sounds really impressive, how they always track down the criminal, until you realize that they do it through a combination of refusing to investigate crimes which seem hard to solve or are likely to involve organizes crime or politicians (lots of “suicides” and “accidents” which are very blatant murder), and any time they do open a case but fail to figure everything out in the first day or two they just grab a convenient scapegoat (usually poor, frequently an immigrant or ethnic minority).

There are also very few restrictions on how long you can be “interrogated” for after arrest, or what they can do to you during the interrogation. Almost all the accused confess to everything… eventually. Regardless of whether they were actually anywhere near the incident in question.

Yeah no, death note was also about how fuck up japanese police are. The reason the death note causes people to have heart attacks if you dont put a cause of death is because thats the go to excuse cops use if they dont want to investigate a case or cant solve it fast enough. And giving the death note to the police chiefs son and then exposing that son to be a fuckin freak and mass murderer was very much extremely intentional. The japanese justice system is extremely fucked up

Ok I know this has been said but

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