This picture has been circulating all over social media and I have more to add:

Some people might say this is being extra or overly precautious, but this really is the reality we are facing. People have been imprisoned with murder charges in certain states- some for literal miscarriages. If you are a person that ends up in this situation, the state can and will use your data against you as evidence in court. Do not leave a paper trail. If they want to treat us like criminals, we’re gonna move like criminals.

Based on actual events

Once again @everyone: REBLOG stuff you like!

And DONT REPOST stuff that’s already here! WHY do we even have to go through this again huh? DON’T. DO. IT.

And if you share something from a different platform that isn’t on tumblr already you ASK the creator for permission and then give CREDIT!

reblog, don’t repost, this

Terminology reminder: reblogging is Tumblr’s in-site sharing system but REPOSTING is saving a picture from a post and then making your own post

I have seen genuine confusion about this in the past (largely from ppl more used to other sites that don’t have a reblog system) that’s the only reason I’m adding the explanation

(1) Hello everyone. I'm from Ukraine. Please help spread the information about African and Nigerian students in Ukraine. #AfricansinUkraine

I read from @ nzekiev on twitter that the day before yesterday it was very hard for Africans to get on any train in Kyiv, they were letting them in the last, many managed to get in only coz they started pushing African women into the train so they had to allow everyone in. Before that if they managed to get on the train they were sent back outside with the phrase "Ukrainians first", but nobody was checking anyone's passports.

Today, February 27, he says the Ukrainian soldiers at the Polish border were holding them at gunpoint if they crossed the border before Ukrainians. These are students, they can't be fighting this war!!! Other people of color share on twitter that it's harder for them to cross the border, a Nigerian medical student told @ stephheharty they were told Ukrainians go first and were sent to the back of the queue by Ukrainian soldiers on Polish border.

@ Damilare_arah shared a video where Ukrainian soldiers block Africans from getting on trains. (https://twitter.com/Damilare_arah/status/1497654141350522880?t=rkNx-B9TffKopCRtfgZodA&s=19)

I can't figure out how to download videos from Twitter so I'm attaching screenshots. (https://twitter.com/Damilare_arah/status/1497855205098106880?t=gi_dUgx8nFI36KqlH-CeEA&s=19) (https://twitter.com/nzekiev/status/1497805019311218689?t=hz-3gS0hFxwAZQddLZI85w&s=19)

We must help. They can't be denied shelter while every other white Ukrainian gets to cross the border right before their eyes. @ chylady and @ Damilare_arah share all the important information for Africans and Nigerians on where to find help and also donations.

@ korrinesky is actively sharing all the information. This thread increases to this day and time:

They also have a Telegram chat for African and Caribbean students who are in Lviv but I can't seem to be able to copy the link directly so I'm sending the link to the tweet:

Use the hashtag #AfricansinUkraine and mentions @UN @RedCross @UNESCO @wateraid @amnesty @gatesfoundation @FordFoundation @ActionAid @Oxfam on twitter.

Help for Ukrainian refugees in Romania from citizens and NGOs

I'm compiling a list of NGOs and people who are looking to help out Ukrainians fleeing war and coming to Romania in this period. Most of the NGOs are accepting donations, including from other countries. Please share this around so Ukrainian people can get the help they need and so others who are looking to donate can do so to verified NGOs.

🇺🇦 TO MY UKRAINIAN FOLLOWERS! 🇺🇦

Portugal opened it’s borders and anyone who knows people/has family in Portugal 🇵🇹 will be given a VISA if they wish to evacuate! Pls spread this it might help someone!!!

The Earn It Act hurts everyone! Don't let it pass!

Sign the petition here

Jan 18, 2022: US couple in danger of being forced to leave our baby daughter overseas

TL;DR: We’re an interracial, neurodivergent US couple in the Philippines. I’m also physically disabled. A paperwork snafu left our daughter (born here during lockdown) stateless, and Immigration is skeptical about an extension to our visas while we get it sorted, meaning they may force us to leave without our daughter in MARCH.

There’s a guaranteed way for ONE of us to stay, but it costs 10K USD PLUS other fees, and we don’t have that just laying around. I cannot begin to imagine the trauma to El if they force us to leave without her, not knowing when we’ll see each other again.

PayPal Donation Link (preferred bc this one takes the lowest fees)

GoFundMe

Ko-Fi

Secondary Paypal Link (bc some non-US folks had trouble with the preferred one–but this one takes full fees)

Details, for those who want the whole story:

Keep reading

Jan 25, and we’re halfway there! Thanks to everyone who has donated or reblogged so far! Since we can’t even APPLY for an extension until Feb, I’m hoping the process will buy us some more time. We’ve also reached out to US lawmakers, but no help there yet.

Like I said above, we’re halfway there. (We’d be even closer if I hadn’t had to be on oxygen for a month from COVID.) If you can help or reblog, please do, because we’re running out of time. Thanks to those who already have.

Jan 31 update:

Even though they’re talking about opening up in mid-Feb, El would still not be able to travel with us. (And yes, we’ve contacted Citizen Services at the embassy, and US lawmakers, none of which are able to do anything. Zoey has been trying to build enough Karma to be allowed to post to reddit fundraising groups, but still can’t.)

And just like last time they were set to reopen, a new variant just dropped, and an older virus is now resurgent, meaning that even if we could fly out to reset (a temporary solution that would still cost thousands), the rate at which travel restrictions change means there’s no guarantee we could return to her. (Even the inter-CITY travel restrictions have changed before with zero notice, let ALONE the international ones.)

This would leave our baby stuck stateless in the Philippines without her parents for an indefinite period of time–remember the current restrictions have lasted for two years now. And there would be no one here with authority to complete her paperwork.

We want desperately to believe that they would not be so heartless as to forcibly separate us, but the local immigration office gives us only a 50/50 chance on another extension, so we don’t know, and we can’t leave this up to chance.

Even if they DO extend us again, all that does is buy us some time while we try to save (and beg for) the money for the SRRV and associated expenses. Like I said before, we’re fine on day to day stuff, but we don’t have the literal thousands for that just sitting around. Even El’s birth was only about 3K USD, but the SRRV (with fees) is about 12K, PLUS all the associated expenses.

Hell, I’m putting off needed surgery, and have even started weaning myself off of some of my more expensive medications to save money.

The one ray of hope is that if I can get the SRRV, that would cover El and me, and then @thesurestthing might be able to sort of piggyback onto that with a balikbayan visa (more money, but we gotta do what we can).

And by the way, that separating families because of bureaucracy and paperwork thing? The US does it to foreign nationals all the time, and the Philippines model is largely based on the US model. So you can see why we’re scared.

“i’m sad and idk how to feel better”

“i don’t know what to draw”

“i always mess up”

“BUT I SUCK”

LISTEN TO BOB ROSS.

Bob Ross was paid $0 to make his series. He made a living giving lessons IRL and later selling his own line of paints and brushes.

I apologize for not reblogging him as much but everyone needs this on their dash daily.  Seriously everyone needs this on their blog or wherever. Do they rerun this anymore or no?

Words of wisdom!

How to spot signs and symptoms of Breast Cancer 

Reblog to literally save a life

whish they told us this in school, all they did was say “feel for lumps, you will know when you feel it”

This is important, even if it doesn’t work with your blog theme REBLOG IT!!!!

Women need to know this, not all of us have ever been told what we need to look out for!

yeah reblogging especially for my transmasc fellows who (like me) might be real uncomfortable with their chests and not know what to watch out for because we try to avoid this kind of thing (just me? okay)

Cis Men need to know it too.  They can get breast cancer even though the odds are lower.

Everyone needs to know Breast cancer symptoms

Danish photographer Jim Lyngvild has created a gallery of female Danish public figures and family members dressed as Völva - shamanic Norse women - based on archaeological studies and findings in Viking graves. The headdress of wolf and cubs’ skulls is incredible.

This is important hello (x)

Reblogging again for the fuckboy who ignored it the first time

THIS IS SO IMPORTANT

*slow clap for australia* shit mates. Wow.

I will probably reblog this once a day

Reblog. Always reblog.

j

Reblogged because Fuck Yes this is a message I will ALWAYS spread.

;-;

he was posting a lot of stories and I've seen nothing of Ana on it so I kind of imagine that, but hear that officially it's really heartbreaking, and he deactivated his Instagram

Rape has become endemic in South Africa, so a medical technician named Sonette Ehlers developed a product that immediately gathered national attention there. Ehlers had never forgotten a rape victim telling her forlornly, “If only I had teeth down there.”

Some time afterward, a man came into the hospital where Ehlers works in excruciating pain because his penis was stuck in his pants zipper.

Ehlers merged those images and came up with a product she called Rapex. It resembles a tube, with barbs inside. The woman inserts it like a tampon, with an applicator, and any man who tries to rape the woman impales himself on the barbs and must go to an emergency room to have the Rapex removed.

When critics complained that it was a medieval punishment, Ehlers replied tersely, “A medieval device for a medieval deed.” 

- Half the Sky, Nicholas Kristof

REBLOGGING THIS. x1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000

A medieval device for a medieval deed - yes.

This is perfect

BLESS THIS PERSON

I BOW TO THIS INTENTION

Can we talk about how beautifully this turns rape culture on its head? Instead of “If they weren’t dressed like that they wouldn’t have been raped” THIS IS LITERALLY “IF THEY HADN’T TRIED TO RAPE SOMEONE THEY  WOULDN’T HAVE SPIKES IN THEIR DICK”*

That bold bit~

people are talking more about the grammys than the uk govt trying to screw over queer and abused kids but sucks to be us i guess

read this thread too

look ik the uk sucks but if this law goes through so many queer kids and kids living in abusive households are going to be put in danger. ‘the govt won’t pass this law haha’ they have shown time and time again that they don’t give a fuck. they literally do not give a fuck, ESPECIALLY where lgbtq+ kids are involved. they would rather have the personal information of minors spread around the internet than keep queer kids safe and nobody gives a fuck

the stated purpose of the proposed law is to “Make it a legal requirement when opening a new social media account, to provide a verified form of ID. Where the account belongs to a person under the age of 18 verify the account with the ID of a parent/guardian, to prevent anonymised harmful activity, providing traceability (…) To make the law work needs the removal of anonymity to ensure that users cannot cause harm by using online platforms to abuse others. Where an offence has taken place they ought to be easily identified and reported to the police and punished.” people this law would harm:

even if you’re not from the uk, please reblog this to raise awareness! if you ARE, go here to email your MP and ask them to oppose the law.

katie price is framing this as a crusade against online bigotry on behalf of her disabled son in order to garner sympathy, and my heart goes out to her, but this is incredibly dangerous. she has a LOT of clout, and the petition to pass the law has ~150,000 signatures right now, more than enough to be considered for debate in parliament.

Someone has set up a counter-petition on the government website that you can sign if you live in the UK: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/579714