I was like it’s that kesha and then I looked at the twitter handle.

Dussy…..

STOP

This is Shakespearian.

Omg I have to see what happens next

Vijay Singh with the most outrageous golf shot the masters has ever seen. Ever.

G O L F W I T H O U T L I M I T S

I can only assume this is from some amazingly realistic looking sports anime because there ain’t no goddamn way that happened in real life.

I’ve definitely reblogged this before, but I just think it’s super cute because there are like “golf manners” where you’re not supposed to make a huge ruckus but like EVERYONE felt it warranted cheering because HOLY SHIT THAT WAS A GREAT SHOT.

how do you not hold your club above your head and hoot like a tusken raider after a shot like that

now open

In 1930, Helene Adelaide Shelby patented an apparatus for obtaining criminal confessions.  The police put the suspect into a darkened chamber where they are confronted by a human skeleton with glowing red eyes that questions them with a voice transmitted from the interrogator behind it, through a megaphone in its mouth. A camera concealed in the skull was to record the confessions

WHAT

Hi! I am not sure if any of my followers saw, but I’ve been saying it is pretty bad for Kerala right now. (PS: I’m safe right now, and my family has moved to shelters or high-level areas).

Just in case, if you didn’t know, Kerala is a small state in the south-west part of India. We are mainly known for our cynicism, sarcasm, and our love of going to “The Gulf”. We are that part of India that had Muslims before the Mughals Invasion and Christians before the British Invasion and lived more-or-less in harmony with each other throughout. We love our socialism, our love of eating beef, and generally trying to resist the majoritarian principles of rest of the country.

And currently, Kerala is trembling under the fury of the monsoon. 

There has been incessant rain for the past three weeks, and most parts of Kerala are flooded. Till yesterday , 12 out of 14 districts were on Red Alert. All 44 rivers on this small strip of land was overflowing. As the rains continued, most lakes, reservoirs, and dams got filled and 33 dams were opened. And the outflow of these dams combined with rainwater rushed through towns and cities alike.

There has been landslides, sudden top soil movement and road collapses throughout the state, but especially in hilly areas. Most bridges, roads (including National Highways) are either completely destroyed or flooded beyond use.

Ten thousands of homes have been inundated and families have moved away.  People and entire cities & towns have been marooned.

This man is inside his home; neck-deep in water [he made this video and shared it through social media in an effort to get noticed and rescued]:

The Kochi International Airport is flooded and would be shut down for ten days. Railways are jammed and most roads are flooded. Most dams are open and cities have turned into lakes and rivers. The fact that there are water disputes with neighbouring states and state-level & national-level politics involved doesn’t help the common people of Kerala either.

This is not a water-tank over-flowing. It’s an entire dam that is overflowing (the Peringalkutthu dam, to be precise): . 

The death toll is currently estimated to be about 300 and over 3 lakh individuals have been displaced. It is only because of high inter-connectivity and an educated population that the death toll has been under control.

And this is just the beginning:

 Large sections of Kerala is flooded. Kochi has come to a halt.

Seriously, we are in big trouble. So, if you can donate, please do. Small acts of kindness goes a long way. If not, please signal boost.

UPDATE 21 August 2018:

After 13 days, the rains have abated and the water is now receding in some areas though not in the worst hit areas. The red alerts have been withdrawn from all 14 districts and orange alerts have been issued across 11 districts. 

Over one million people have been displaced and are being sheltered in 3274 relief camps across Kerala. More than 100,000 of them are children below the age of 12. 373 is the official number of people that have died in the floods but this number will keep climbing as more bodies are found in the aftermath.

As relief agencies, local governments and people across the country banded together to put together relief supplies, the flood-hit in several parts of Kerala began returning home.

Many people found their electrical appliances and furniture ruined and thick layers of sludge and slime. Incidents of snake bites were also reported from Ernakulam and Thrissur districts.

A state that once looked like this 

Now looks like this

The priority now is to rebuild the state and rehabilitate all those affected.

As per the initial assessment, the estimated loss was around Rs 19,512 crore or Rs 195,120,000,000 (one hundred ninety-five billion one hundred twenty million rupees) which is almost 2.8 billion USD.

The threat of disease is now a key concern, given the lack of clean drinking water. Animal carcasses and mosquitoes raise the risks. The health ministry has set up 3,700 medical camps across the state and put six specialised medical teams on standby. Disease prevention and sanitation are of the highest concern.

The Central Government is exempting basic customs duty and IGST for the consignments of aid and relief materials being dispatched or imported from abroad for the affected people.

Union Tourism Minister KJ Alphons flagged the need for ready-to-eat dry food. The minister also issued an appeal to skilled workers like plumbers, electricians and carpenters to come to make homes livable and help the state regain normalcy. The state also needs doctors and nurses.

The creator of this graphic, Muralee Thummarukudy, a native of Vengola in Ernakulam district, is an internationally renowned disaster management expert working with the UN Environment Programme. 

The necessary items for moving back are required in large quantities and are difficult to get in the state at the moment.

http://www.afterflood.in/ has been launched which acts as a crowd-sourced data hub for information regarding what to do before moving back home and when moving back home.

Animal rescue workers from The Humane Society International/India (HSI/India), a nonprofit animal protection organisation, are working with local groups and risking their lives to save pets that have been left stranded after their owners were forced to leave them behind.

HSI/India is asking for relief materials such as dry food, medicines, bedding and dog crates to be sent to Kerala, and also to Kodagu (a district in the neighbouring state of Karnataka that has also been greatly affected by the floods), using DonateCart here: donatekart.com/HSI/unikorn_keralafloods#. 

Donations to HSI’s International Disaster Fund can be made at hsi.org/disasteraid to help the charity continue providing essential rescue, veterinary medicines, food, water, shelter transport and support for this response and for other disasters around the world.

Please donate if you are able to and help rebuild my home state.

today is the only day you can reblog this

my dream is to live in a place where cute forest critters wander into my yard and make friends with my pets 

wow