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Not sure why I’m here, but we vibing.

Calling a canon bisexual woman a lesbian becuase she has a female love interest or is in a wlw relationship is bisexual erasure and biphobic!!!!

Same thing goes for bisexual men and mlm relationships!!!!!

REBLOG THIS VERSION TOO YOU COWARDS

Same thing for bisexual people in m/f relationships that people call straight.

Now reblog this cowards

Am I the only one here who actually prefers Ashes to Ashes to Life on Mars?

Don’t get me wrong, I love Life on Mars, Sam Tyler is one of my favourite characters of all time, and I like his relationship with Annie and his friendship with Gene and the ending is utterly one of the best endings in British television history!

I just kind of prefer Ashes to Ashes. Maybe, it’s because I can relate to Alex Drake a bit more because I’m a girl, maybe it’s the writing, maybe it’s because Chris gets more character development (he needs some more love on here) or the gut wrenching ending of the series because I prefer bleaker endings (that being said, I’m going to be annoyed if they don’t end Lazarus on at least a bit of a happy note- preferably with Gene meeting up with Alex and finally going to the pub to live out the afterlife with her, hey a girl can dream), I just can’t figure it out.

But what I know is that Gene Hunt is a legend and is the best character in both those shows despite him being everything I dislike (a sexist, racist, homophobic man- seriously, I have no idea why I like him) and I will die on that hill.

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Ending the stigma of drug use will save lives.

“Never Use Alone” is a number you can call when you have no choice but to use when you’re alone.

If you call (800) 484-3731, an operator will answer your call, and ask for your first name, location and whether you have any allergies, or medical conditions. After you’ve given us this information you can go ahead and inject your substance. After you’ve ingested the substance, we will continue communicating with you. If you do not respond after 30-45 seconds, we will notify emergency services of a possible overdose at the location you’ve given us.

We will never shame you, judge you, or preach at you to quit. If you are ready to quit though, we have treatment resources for every state in the US. Regardless if you have insurance, or not. We will do our best to connect you with the help you need. please call. We are on standby.

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This seems like a solid and real thing, I did my best to vet them and found their FB: https://www.facebook.com/Neverusealone/

They also seem to help with getting Narcan.

holy shit this can actually save Real Lives like dudes this isn’t a joke and isn’t to be passed off

From the FB page:

We’re starting separate lines for each state in the US. These are the lines we’ve created thus far. Please share this out far and wide, so that it may reach the population of people we’re trying to help.

National line: 1-800-484-3731

Missouri: 1-800-896-8350

Iowa - 1-800-928-5610

Alabama - 1-800-913-3670

California - 1-800-469-4470

Virginia - 1-800-892-0480

Utah - 1-800-918-4805

Massachusetts - 1-800-972-0590

Vermont - 1-800-648-3570

Florida - 1-800-640-8530

Thank you for your support!

Not to hijack (I’ll be making a separate post shortly EDIT: SEPARATE POST HERE) but I compiled a list of Canadian services to add. Few of these are the same kind of service as Never Use Alone but most provinces and territories have a help line where you can call and explain that you need someone with you.

British Columbia, Canada, just released an app similar to this called Lifeguard.

The Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction connects Canadians with provincial or territorial health services here. Each province’s contact information is listed, but please note that they do not provide treatment services, only connection to services.

Alberta Addiction Helpline: (866) 332-2322

Manitoba Addiction Helpline: 1-855-662-6605

New Brunswick has individual centre numbers listed here.

Newfoundland and Labrador has centre numbers listed here. You can call 811 for a naloxone kit.

Northwest Territories Help Line: 1-800-661-0844

Nova Scotia Mental Health and Addictions Crisis Line: 1 (888) 429-8167

Nunavut Kamatsiaqtut Help Line: 1 (867) 979-3333

Ontario ConnexOntario line: 1-866-531-2600

Prince Edward Island Addiction Services: 1-888-299-8399

Québec Drogue Aide et Référence: 1 (800) 265-2626

Saskatchewan Healthline: 811

Yukon Mental Wellness and Substance Use Services: no 24hr helpline, access services by calling 867-456-3838

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So many resources and numbers! Thanks, everyone!

I PHYSICALLY CAN’T NOT REBLOG THIS WHEN IT COMES UP ON MY DASH

IT’S TOO COOL

It’s called Winterguard. It’s a sport. Those girls are marching band color-guard girls during the summer touring season, and during the winter they compete against other color-guard teams to music. Costumes, props, mats, everything has to be carried onto the gym floor and then taken back away and counts as part of your performance time. 

So when Family Guy or other popular media makes fun of color-guard girls, it pisses me off. We are not rejected cheerleaders. We are what you see above. We kick ass. We spin rifles and flags and sabers. 

Gods, women are just…. *flexes hands” SO amazing!

Speaking as someone who lived and breathed cheerleading for five years of her life, color guard girls are fucking cool as hell and I WISH I could pull off the shit they do.

Source: youtube.com

WAYS TO SUPPORT/BE AN ALLY

Here is a compilation of places to donate (IF you can, simply reblogging and sharing this can help) and petition to sign. I found these websites and organizations on twitter.

DONATIONS

PETITIONS

  • Willie Simmons has spent 38 years in prison for a $9 robbery. He had two prior convictions similar to robbery that he served time for. He was prosecuted under the Alabama Habitual Offender law and was given a life sentence for his third strike - stealing 9 (NINE) dollars. Sign his petition. 
  • Breonna Taylor was killed by police who were conducting an UNANNOUNCED drug raid, where they gave no request to enter. They bashed her door and entered, shooting her EIGHT times. They were in the WRONG HOUSE. 
  • George Floyd was killed by a police officer who knelt on his neck and suffocated him to death, after George pleaded with the officer and told him he couldn’t breathe. The officer had pulled him from where he sat in his car on an alleged FORGERY. You can also text “FLOYD” to 55156
  • ARREST THE OFFICERS WHO KILLED GEORGE FLOYD: The main police officer who murdered George is being kept in PROTECTIVE CUSTODY. You probably have heard he was arrested, but this is NOT TRUE. He was placed under PROTECTIVE custody because of the riots and “threats” on his life. 

If you know of ANY other organizations or petitions, PLEASE ADD TO THIS LIST. The fight for justice doesn’t end here, it will never end. Especially when the president of the United States calls white supremacists good people and protesters of a mans death THUGS. USE YOUR VOICE. NO JUSTICE, NO PEACE. FUCK COPS. FUCK “BLUE LIVES”. ALL BLACK LIVES MATTER!

the minnesota freedom fund is asking folks to donate to other organizations instead. the specific ones they listed are black visions, linked above, and these two:

  • northstar health collective, organized healthcare professionals working with anti-authoritarian groups
  • reclaim the block, a collective that aims to redistribute funding away from police and towards more community-oriented projects in minneapolis

these are the links i send to my facebook friends who keep running their mouths about “the protests hurting the community”

  • minnehaha food shelfcalvary church food shelf are both centered in the south minneapolis area where the riots started. the grocery stores in the area have been decimated, so food shelves and food insecurity charities need a lot of love right now.
  • northside funders group is a philanthropic group in the twin cities that’s using all its funds right now for helping local businesses
  • migizi is a native american media/history nonprofit whose office was destroyed in the riots
  • we love lake street is devoting funds specifically towards rebuilding the lake street area in south minneapolis

some more groups that could use your help

  • the healing justice foundation is a national nonprofit that’s specifically focusing on mental health resources for bipoc right now
  • ctul is a nonprofit focused on low-wage workers and workers rights in minnesota
  • mpd 150 is focused on policing and specifically trying to reroute the conversation from “we need to change police procedures” to “the police need structural reform”
  • the spiral collective is providing funds for supplies, medic kits, and other things that protesters will need on the ground
  • unicorn riot is a media collective that has had people on the ground filming every night in minneapolis

last but not least some more bail funds

“In just six hours, the world’s deserts receive more energy from the sun than humankind consumes in a year. (x)

I don’t care how many times I see this I will always reblog it

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Stop spending money on war and lies and start spending it on ways to make this planet better.

I saw someone’s argument against trying to stop global warming and it was literally “What if global warming is fake and we make the world a better place for no reason?”

I knew that my contry was hot … but not that much

Source: Boing Boing

reblog if ur blog is anti-nazi

if ur a nazi or neo-nazi or support nazi ideologies let this be a fucking harsh message that ur not welcome on this blog and I hope you get socked in the face

eastenders meme  → [1/10] storylines • callum’s sexuality
i ain’t interested in being tough. making other people feel small. that’s your idea of being a man. some other people, they taught me that it’s much harder making people feel big, worthwhile, l o v e d. and you’ve never done that. you ain’t got the strength. and for twenty-eight years, neither had i, but now… the reason me and whitney never got married, dad, is because i’m g a y.

The amount of self hatred i feel lately has never been this high. I’m tired of waking up in my own skin. I’m tired of waking up at all. My whole body makes me cry. Life would be much better if I wasn’t living.