Update on that Dakota Pipeline controversy.
A federal judge ruled that the federal permits authorizing the pipeline to cross the Missouri River just upstream of the Standing Rock reservation, which were hastily issued by the Trump administration just days after the inauguration, violated the law in certain critical respects.
In a 91-page decision, Judge James Boasberg wrote, “the Court agrees that [the Corps] did not adequately consider the impacts of an oil spill on fishing rights, hunting rights, or environmental justice, or the degree to which the pipeline’s effects are likely to be highly controversial.” The Court did not determine whether pipeline operations should be shut off and has requested additional briefing on the subject and a status conference next week.
July 16-18, 2017
Tag: important
There are 4 things I learned when I was 25:
You do not have to be affectionate all the time to care for someone, in fact, caring can also mean a couple of texts or silence for a few days while you both live your lives happily and separately.
People do not care for you less when they’re busy with their own lives. It’s your reaction to them being their own person – and your ability to make yourself happy – that determines how they feel about you.
Not everyone reciprocates to your actions the same way. If you want someone to acknowledge, be interested in, or treat you a certain way for your efforts, all you have to do is let them know. They will try their personal best to accommodate that within their personal spectrum of feelings.
No one owes you 100% of them, not even after 30 years, because someone having a percentage of themselves is what keeps them sane at the end of the day and that’s okay.
These things are so important to learn.
Chechnya: Dozens of men slaughtered and buried in one night as gay purge continues
11 July 2017
They can’t afford our silence. Talk about this to everyone.
The oldest person killed was born in 1984….the oldest. These people were basically children. Here is a petition: http://petitions.pinknews.co.uk/russian-authorities-stop-the-persecution-of-gay-men-in-chechnya
https://help.lgbtnet.org/chechnya-en
donate if you can
Chechnya: Dozens of men slaughtered and buried in one night as gay purge continues
drst:
I don’t care if I’ve reblogged this before, it’s still true.
“Don’t call Trump supporters nazis, it hurts their feelings.”
Yes, this is real (link to tweet). Yes, Tucker Carlson is literally repeating Nazi propaganda that aided the genocide of the Romani during the Holocaust. Yes, I am furious.
(Also, although there is a large population of Romani in Romania, they aren’t indigenous to Romania. They’re a diasporic group originally from northern India.)
Romani and Jewish have been screaming at the top of their lungs for years about neo-fascism in Europe, and Americans were totally aloof.
Then neo-fascism reared its head in America, but Roma and Jews were left out of the conversation in terms of people being impacted, because our oppression was “over.”
Now Tucker Carlson is on live TV using slurs and Nazi propaganda about Romani people, and I’m 90% most people on the left are just going to ignore it.
It’s fucking starting y’all. It’s happening again.
If you’re not Jewish or Roma PLEASE BOOST THIS.
tucker carlson is no lie one of the worst humans speaking in the US today, but he gets a pass where ann coulter does not because he has a penis and a bowtie.
drag his ass by his justin beiber wig and speak up for Romani people.
The fuck is this. Come shit in my street and behead some chickens. Life could use more excitement.
eighteen hours
I realize that I’ve been going in circle for an hour, hoping that I’ll bump into something that unlocks a solution to Anne’s suffering. Maybe there’s something in the refrigerator. Maybe there’s something on the patio. Maybe it’s between the cushions in the couch. Maybe if I walk into our bedroom and sit next to her on the bed. Maybe if I hold her hand. Maybe if I don’t hold her hand. Maybe…
I’m sorry to hear Anne had to suffer through this, that you had to experience it with her, that it took as long as it did for her to receive a proper diagnosis along with the care and treatment she needed in order to resolve her pain.
I’ve been in the same place as Anne before. I was just there, in fact. But if a friend hadn’t shared this post with me two days ago, I might not have been anyplace at all today.
I might not have gone to the ER in time. I might not have convinced myself that the pain in my lower left side was severe “enough”.
You see, I’m no stranger to the agony that a ruptured ovarian cyst can cause, and I’ve been on the proverbial merry-go-round at the ER numerous times in the past when I’d presented with the same symptoms.
What they’d tell me was the same each time. They’d run their battery of tests, and then invariably say there was nothing they could do. They’d tell me the cysts would go away on their own one way or another. They’d tell me to just wait it out. They’d tell me to go home and try to make myself as comfortable as possible, and to only come back if I started running a fever or if the searing pain failed to lessen within a few days.
What they neglected to tell me time after time was that sometimes ovarian cysts can actually be life-threatening.
Even without the fever.
Ovarian torsion? They’ve never mentioned this possible complication once. Maybe because they never wanted to scare me. Maybe because the complication itself is relatively rare. Only 6 out of 100,000 women will ever have one of their ovaries twist around until its literally strangled itself of all life and oxygen inside their body.
Whatever their reason was for not fully informing me, it made me adopt a really blasé attitude about my pain, to the point where I was prepared to tough it out on my own because I had been conditioned to believe that even if the pain became excruciating there was nothing the medical professionals would’ve done for me. Cysts come and cysts go is the message I had received countless times, and it’s what I firmly believed in all cases until I read this post.
Please, to all my fellow ovary-bearers, if you start experiencing blinding pain in the lower abdominal region on either the left or right side, always go the ER. Always.
Even if you routinely get ovarian cysts. Even if the doctors and nurses have previously given you the impression that it’s just ‘something that happens’ to some women sometimes. Get it checked out. Demand that they perform a pelvic ultrasound early on, especially if the pain coincides with your time of the month. I cannot tell you the number of times I have received unnecessary CT scans from male ER doctors who failed to consider that my pain was likely gynecological in nature, so please, please, please, do not let their relative unfamiliarity with the female reproductive cycle happen to you, too. Request an additional consult with an OB/GYN if they do not think to request one themselves, and always, always arrive at the ER as soon as you possibly can because you’ll likely have to wait awhile to a.) be seen and b.) get a proper diagnosis even if you do all of the above.
For me personally, it took six hours to get through the chaos of the ER two days ago. By the time they concluded I needed to be on the operating table, I had already internally hemorrhaged close to a full liter of blood.
So again, I beg you guys, if you start experiencing blinding pain in your ovary regions, always get to the ER right away. Don’t just assume it’s a bad cramp or a burst cyst that will recover on its own. If my friend hadn’t linked me to this post when she had, I know that’s what I would’ve done and I’d probably be dead right now because of it.
Always listen to your body, you guys, seek the help you need, and spread awareness when you can to possibly save a life. I’m down a lot of blood and part of my left ovary had to be removed, but I’m doing fine now. I’m so thankful I’m doing fine now. My ovary didn’t kill me and I couldn’t be happier to be alive.
Trump threatens human rights in over 100 ways, says Amnesty
A new report by human rights organization Amnesty International found that President Donald Trump has, in fewer than 100 days in office, threatened human rights in at least 100 different ways.
The Amnesty report includes a range of threats to human rights both inside the United States and in the rest of the world. It found 35 potential human rights violations in Trump’s immigration policies alone, including in the ban on U.S. refugee resettlement, the proposed border wall, demonization of refugees as criminals, suspension of the Central American Minors program, detention of asylum-seekers, threats to separate families at the border, and the increased power handed to the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
Trump’s immigration orders and 2017 and 2018 fiscal year budget proposals “lay the groundwork for an explosion of immigration detention” and could trap 80,000 people in immigration detention, estimates Amnesty.
Foreign policy threats to human rights that Amnesty identifies include downplaying reports of hate-based harassment and violence, emboldening and arming human rights abusers in other countries, giving the U.S. military “total authorization” to do whatever it wants, leading coalition airstrikes that have killed an astonishing number of civilians, cutting U.S. funding for the United Nations, and supporting torture.
“These first 100 days show how dangerous Trump’s agenda is, and they’re also a roadmap for how to stop it and protect human rights in the U.S. and around the world,” Margaret Huang, executive director of Amnesty International USA, said in a statement. “When we sat down to document the first 100 days, it didn’t take long to identify 100 ways this administration has tried to violate people’s human rights. What’s incredible isn’t just all the ways the Trump administration has tried to deny people freedom, justice, and equality — but all the ways that the public has pushed back and refused to let it happen.”
The report also identifies threats to criminal justice, the LGBTQ community, indigenous people, reproductive rights, and free speech, as well as “a cabinet full of human rights threats”: Attorney General Jeff Sessions, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, CIA Director Mike Pompeo, Environmental Protection Agency Director Scott Pruitt, and Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos.
“Whether it’s closing our borders, turning our backs on refugees, trying to ban Muslims from the U.S., or emboldening human rights abusers worldwide, President Trump seems intent on stoking the fires of conflict outside U.S. borders while closing the door to those fleeing violence,” Huang said.
The Amnesty report serves as a stark warning to not normalize the real threats posed by Trump’s presidency. Many lawmakers, as well as those in the mainstream media, have normalized Trump’s actions at every turn, including his selection of white nationalist Steve Bannon as his chief strategist, his authorization of a deadly raid in Yemen one week into his presidency, his so-called “presidential” call for white nationalist policies in his first speech to Congress, his executive order banning refugees and nationals from seven Muslim-majority countries, and his U.S. airstrike on a Syrian airbase last month. There are many, many other examples of normalization of Trump’s policies and rhetoric.
Still, the Amnesty report offers some hope for the resistance.
“This briefing is not exhaustive and the Trump administration’s ongoing threats to human rights remain — but so does the resolve to defeat them,” the report concludes. “While the Trump’s first 100 days in office show how dangerous his agenda is for human rights in the U.S. and around the world, it is equally clear that activism, grassroots organizing and political opposition can make a difference.”
Please reblog if you are a girl and have ever been made to feel ashamed of one or more of these things (wanting to prove a point to some asshole):
-your weight
-your clothing choice
-your amount of make up
-having sex
-not having sex
-breast size
-having your period
-saying no
-not appreciating catcalls
-masturbating
-body hair
As a chick married to an ex-cop, I say this all the time to people close to me, but it bears repeating here: No cop is your friend after you’ve been detained.
Get rear ended by a drunk at a red light? That cop will direct traffic around your vehicle, document the accident, sure. Call animal control on your piece of shit neighbor? You’ve got a pretty good chance the officer who shows up helps out in a meaningful way.
But after you’ve been arrested, when a police officer says, “Just be honest with me and I’ll do the same.” or the old “Help me and I’ll help you.” Politely ask for a lawyer. Shake your head. Ignore them. Pretend you’re Hollywood royalty being asked for a selfie. “ …mmmm… Sorry, but no.”
Keep your mouth shut. Don’t do their work for them. Wait for a lawyer.
I worked as a police dispatcher for a year and a half, and I’d agree with this. My cops were generally nice people (and I say this having been on the wrong end of their sirens twice, once before and once after being hired), and they often helped in good ways… on the street. Not so much in the station. Generally speaking (and I know this is oversimplification and is worse in a lot of places but), it went like this:
On the street, you were considered as a person/citizen they have sworn to protect who may have made a mistake or done something wrong.
Once you were in the station, you were considered as a criminal. In the station you are the only one on your side.
Stay safe.
TV and film has you thinking that only guilty people ask for a lawyer. This is not true. The law is complex and difficult and confusing and if you’re being questioned by the police you’re not going to be in your best state of mind. A lawyer is your basic civil right and you should exercise that right. Keep silent, ask for a lawyer, take your legal advice.
Guilty people don’t ask for a lawyer, smart people do.
“Guilty people don’t ask for a lawyer, smart people do.”
My uncle was a cop. My uncle is the most down to earth, wouldn’t hurt a fly person in the world. I don’t think he even arrested a single person ever, that wasn’t his job on the force.
His advice? Get a fucking lawyer. Never say a damn word. A cop knows how to twist your words around and make you even doubt yourself. They know damn well how to make you feel guilty by getting a lawyer. YOU need to know that it’s SMART to get a lawyer. Get a lawyer.
Another really important thing to add: you have the right to a lawyer and you have to ASK FOR ONE UNEQUIVOCALLY. Not “I think I need a lawyer” or “maybe I should get a lawyer.” No. Instead say, “I WILL NOT ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS UNTIL I HAVE BEEN PROVIDED WITH A LAWYER.” After that, they MUST cease all questioning until you’ve consulted with your lawyer or else it’s a violation of the Fifth Amendment.
Also, you have the right to remain silent but you must actively invoke that right. You can sit there for three hours saying absolutely nothing and they can keep questioning you. It might sound really stupid but if you say, “I am invoking my right to remain silent” then the police cannot keep questioning you unless YOU reinitiate conversation.
As a criminal prosecutor told me once, they don’t catch the smart ones. So whether or not you did anything wrong, know your rights and invoke them and protect yourself. Because as soon as you’ve been detained, the police are not on your side. And they will use your ignorance against you.
Breaking news: The D.C. Appeals Court just killed Net Neutrality.
This could be the end of the Internet as we know it. But it doesn’t have to be.
Tell the FCC to restore Net Neutrality: http://bit.ly/1iOOjoe
they want to make the internet like tv. with channels and paying to get to specific websites and things. net neutrality = not doing that
This impacts every internet user. Please signal boost the hell out of this and sign the petition if you are American
I do not reblog things like this very often, but this affects me both personally and my business as a freelance artist.
In the economy here; cash is already strapped as it is. You bet your ass companies would suck the ever living life out of misc. art sites.
I don’t want it to ever come down to me choosing between groceries or purchasing a new tier package via comcast to be able to access tumblr or DeviantArt (let alone not guaranteeing I’ll even be seen by my customer base since they may not want to pay out their asses either). It doesn’t seem important to most, but I do 90% of my business online entirely.
Please sign up, fight for this and share it with your followers/friends/family and urge them to give them hell as well.
Not writing related, but this is incredibly important. While we pay for service via ISPs, the internet has been a relatively free space where everyone, no matter their income level, is able to connect, access a wealth of information, and express themselves. The Internet has become a major part of our culture as human beings and the notion that ISPs might be able to limit what sites I can access unless I pay them more is utterly sickening. A lot of us are cash strapped as is, and I’d rather not be limited even more by someone else’s greed. Net Neutrality is essential and I hope you guys will understand why it needs to remain.
-Morgan
P.S. Signal boost this if you’re able.
“ limit what sites I can access unless I pay them more”
limit what sites I can access unless I pay them more
limit what sites I can access unless I pay them more
limit what sites I can access unless I pay them more
limit what sites I can access unless I pay them more
DO YOU WANT THIS? NO?? CLICK THE LINK. REBLOG.
As I understand this ruling, it means that businesses now have to pay extra to ISPs to have access to their websites through that ISP provided at a reasonable speed. If you don’t pay, users’ access to your website will be slowed to a crawl – so independent people and small businesses can forget about getting onto that high speed access tier.
This means that the American internet is going to be firmly under the control of those who have the most money. You’ll only get to see the content of those who can pay the ISPs to provide access at a reasonable speed. This means that you can expect to see skewed representation of just about everything, with those bigger businesses who can afford to pay ISPs a premium for access deciding what you can and cannot read, view and consume on the internet.
This is not something that we have in the UK. Our ISPs compete with each other to provide higher speeds, better services and lower prices, but because there’s a monopoly in the US of a few ISPs who provide services, they can afford to do this to you. You can’t go anywhere else, after all.
Everyone in the US needs to sign that petition, call their representatives, write angry letters and do whatever you can to tell your government that this ruling is Not Okay.
Maybe you guys are sick of this post but It’s really important to freelance artists and pretty much everyone who uses the internet, so here it is again. o0o/
trump era is gonna be hell
i dont want to pay for my memes.
FUCKING SIGN THIS BECAUSE I CAN’T.
Signal boost please? And sign the petition those who can?
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