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ENDLESS LIST OF THINGS I SHIP: EFFY/PANDORA
So you’re mental and I’m useless.
ENDLESS LIST OF THINGS I SHIP: EFFY/PANDORA
So you’re mental and I’m useless.
Aug. 10th, 2016
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wesninskie:
Ronan closed his eyes to be blessed – please God what am I tell me what I am
wesninskie:
Ronan closed his eyes to be blessed – please God what am I tell me what I am
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“the whale on the left is an adult female. the one on the right is her male escort. we were on our way to roca partida when we heard that the female’s calf had been attacked [and killed] by a few killer whales. when we got there, the mother was inconsolable. the male was trying to comfort her by touching her gently, but it was useless. some of you may already know this, but it’s only the male whales who sing (while mating), so this was obviously a devastating and silent moment.” - rodrigo friscione wyssmann, who shot this last week.
whales, along with elephants and chimpanzees, mourn the loss of loved ones like humans.
as john chaney explains of his shot in botswana, “elephants are legendary for their memory and intelligence including attributes associated with grief, making music, altruism and compassion. we came across this elephant whose corpse was overcome by vultures and jackals. from a distance we heard and then saw another elephant approaching at a fast pace. she was successful at chasing away the predators and then very slowly and with much empathy wrapped her trunk around the deceased elephants tusk. she stayed in this position for several hours guarding her friend.”
here, chimps at the sanaga-yong chimpanzee rescue center in cameroon, orphaned from the illegal bush meat trade and habitat loss, stand in mourning as dorthy, a recently deceased member of their adopted and extended family, is wheeled past them.
this photo was taken by monica szczupider, a worker at the centre, who describes how dorothy was rescued from an amusement park in cameroon, where, tethered to a chain for twenty five years, she was taunted, teased, had cigarettes thrown at her, and made to smoke and drink beer for the entertainment of others.
“despite her tortuous past, dorothy was in fact one of the kindest chimps - or living creatures, in general - i have ever met,” says szcuzupider.
describing the picture, she noted that “chimps are not silent. they are gregarious, loud, vocal creatures, usually with relatively short attention spans. but they could not take their eyes off dorothy, and their silence, more than anything, spoke volumes.”
according to professor emeritus at the university of colorado, mark bekoff, “that animals and humans share many traits including emotions [such as grief] is merely an extension of charles darwin’s accepted ideas about evolutionary continuity, that the differences between species are differences in degree rather than differences in kind.”
nubbsgalore:
“the whale on the left is an adult female. the one on the right is her male escort. we were on our way to roca partida when we heard that the female’s calf had been attacked [and killed] by a few killer whales. when we got there, the mother was inconsolable. the male was trying to comfort her by touching her gently, but it was useless. some of you may already know this, but it’s only the male whales who sing (while mating), so this was obviously a devastating and silent moment.” - rodrigo friscione wyssmann, who shot this last week.
whales, along with elephants and chimpanzees, mourn the loss of loved ones like humans.
as john chaney explains of his shot in botswana, “elephants are legendary for their memory and intelligence including attributes associated with grief, making music, altruism and compassion. we came across this elephant whose corpse was overcome by vultures and jackals. from a distance we heard and then saw another elephant approaching at a fast pace. she was successful at chasing away the predators and then very slowly and with much empathy wrapped her trunk around the deceased elephants tusk. she stayed in this position for several hours guarding her friend.”
here, chimps at the sanaga-yong chimpanzee rescue center in cameroon, orphaned from the illegal bush meat trade and habitat loss, stand in mourning as dorthy, a recently deceased member of their adopted and extended family, is wheeled past them.
this photo was taken by monica szczupider, a worker at the centre, who describes how dorothy was rescued from an amusement park in cameroon, where, tethered to a chain for twenty five years, she was taunted, teased, had cigarettes thrown at her, and made to smoke and drink beer for the entertainment of others.
“despite her tortuous past, dorothy was in fact one of the kindest chimps - or living creatures, in general - i have ever met,” says szcuzupider.
describing the picture, she noted that “chimps are not silent. they are gregarious, loud, vocal creatures, usually with relatively short attention spans. but they could not take their eyes off dorothy, and their silence, more than anything, spoke volumes.”
according to professor emeritus at the university of colorado, mark bekoff, “that animals and humans share many traits including emotions [such as grief] is merely an extension of charles darwin’s accepted ideas about evolutionary continuity, that the differences between species are differences in degree rather than differences in kind.”
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tagged by @anothertroy to list my ten favorite bands. this is, by and large, and ever-changing list, but here’s how it looks right now:
mcr. i am not afraid to walk this world alone.
death cab for cutie. and it is true what you said, that i live like a hermit in my own head.
KISS. you keep on shouting, you keep on shouting.
lana del rey. summer’s in the air and baby heaven’s in your eyes.
regina spektor. if you never say your name out loud to anyone they can never ever call you by it.
sunny day real estate. i know you want to be the rain.
she wants revenge. someone must get hurt and it won’t be me.
the killers. you know, you know – no, you don’t, you don’t.
passion pit. i’m just working with what i’ve been given.
foals. time holds no fear when i turn around to face it.
but also: the used, marilyn manson, the naked and famous, dragonette, björk, the national, daughter, the neighbourhood, placebo, ms mr, florence + the machine, massive attack, fall out boy, the cure, sufjan stevens, garbage, crystal castles, sigur rós, alice cooper, brand new, vienna teng.
tagging @rachelblairy, @missgoalie75, @boldmistakes, @littleclouds, and whoever sees this and wants in.
tagged by @anothertroy to list my ten favorite bands. this is, by and large, and ever-changing list, but here’s how it looks right now:
mcr. i am not afraid to walk this world alone.
death cab for cutie. and it is true what you said, that i live like a hermit in my own head.
KISS. you keep on shouting, you keep on shouting.
lana del rey. summer’s in the air and baby heaven’s in your eyes.
regina spektor. if you never say your name out loud to anyone they can never ever call you by it.
sunny day real estate. i know you want to be the rain.
she wants revenge. someone must get hurt and it won’t be me.
the killers. you know, you know – no, you don’t, you don’t.
passion pit. i’m just working with what i’ve been given.
foals. time holds no fear when i turn around to face it.
but also: the used, marilyn manson, the naked and famous, dragonette, björk, the national, daughter, the neighbourhood, placebo, ms mr, florence + the machine, massive attack, fall out boy, the cure, sufjan stevens, garbage, crystal castles, sigur rós, alice cooper, brand new, vienna teng.
tagging @rachelblairy, @missgoalie75, @boldmistakes, @littleclouds, and whoever sees this and wants in.
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anothertroy replied to your post:tagged by anothertroy to list my ten favorite
this is a gr8 list and i am so charmed kiss is on it, you’re a spectacular person :x you should tell me more foals to listen to! i don’t always like their songs but they’re always interesting & a couple i do really love, plus their singer is hysterical xxx
<333 i am not even remotely ashamed of my rock love, okay, and i can’t not sing along to KISS, even if it’s midnight and you have work in the morning and your neighbors have ace taste in music.
as for foals, i don’t know what you’ve listened to, but try electric bloom, birch tree, spanish sahara, late night, my number, antidotes, albatross, and…gold gold gold.
anothertroy replied to your post:tagged by anothertroy to list my ten favorite
this is a gr8 list and i am so charmed kiss is on it, you’re a spectacular person :x you should tell me more foals to listen to! i don’t always like their songs but they’re always interesting & a couple i do really love, plus their singer is hysterical xxx
<333 i am not even remotely ashamed of my rock love, okay, and i can’t not sing along to KISS, even if it’s midnight and you have work in the morning and your neighbors have ace taste in music.
as for foals, i don’t know what you’ve listened to, but try electric bloom, birch tree, spanish sahara, late night, my number, antidotes, albatross, and…gold gold gold.
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tomhiddles:
“The boy that made up my childhood is the same boy that didn’t have one.”
tomhiddles:
“The boy that made up my childhood is the same boy that didn’t have one.”
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missgoalie75 replied to your post:tagged by anothertroy to list my ten favorite
death cab <333
my feelings about death cab largely consist of incoherent screaming into the nearest pillow tbqh. they haven’t been relevant in a decade really but i haven’t calmed down about them. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
missgoalie75 replied to your post:tagged by anothertroy to list my ten favorite
death cab <333
my feelings about death cab largely consist of incoherent screaming into the nearest pillow tbqh. they haven’t been relevant in a decade really but i haven’t calmed down about them. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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rachelblairy replied to your post:tagged by anothertroy to list my ten favorite
i like that you think I could choose lmao
i have faith in you <3 or do what i did: cheat and list a shitton at the end lmao.
rachelblairy replied to your post:tagged by anothertroy to list my ten favorite
i like that you think I could choose lmao
i have faith in you <3 or do what i did: cheat and list a shitton at the end lmao.
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general perception of remus lupin: wise and calm; the voice of reason; reasonable and never impulsive; the rational marauder
actual canon remus lupin: pretends not to notice his friends breaking a million rules even though he’s a prefect; uses snape in drag as his very first lesson, ready to fucking just. straight up murder a person bc of betrayal; gives a 13 year old kid a map that he could easily get into serious trouble with; shit talks umbridge behind her back; spends pretty much an entire book chilling underground with shady werewolves; knocks up his wife in the middle of a war and then tries to run away; 0-100 real quick; has absolutely no chill whatsoever; is a fucking disaster of a human being
severus-snape-is-a-butt-trumpet:
general perception of remus lupin: wise and calm; the voice of reason; reasonable and never impulsive; the rational marauder
actual canon remus lupin: pretends not to notice his friends breaking a million rules even though he’s a prefect; uses snape in drag as his very first lesson, ready to fucking just. straight up murder a person bc of betrayal; gives a 13 year old kid a map that he could easily get into serious trouble with; shit talks umbridge behind her back; spends pretty much an entire book chilling underground with shady werewolves; knocks up his wife in the middle of a war and then tries to run away; 0-100 real quick; has absolutely no chill whatsoever; is a fucking disaster of a human being
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straightallies:
I hope one day that history looks back on ronald reagan as one of the 20th century’s most vile and disgusting serial killers
may i ask why
Remember when like 6 Americans had ebola and it was an international emergency, and Obama flew out to meet survivors?
Here is a list of things the United States government did in response:
-Increasing the number of Ebola testing labs throughout the U.S. that can quickly and safely screen a potential Ebola specimen -Educating more than 150,000 health care workers on how to identify, isolate, diagnose, and care for patients under investigation for Ebola -Developing countermeasures — including the first Ebola vaccine to progress to Phase 2 testing — to prevent and treat Ebola -Converting at least 10 of the Ebola Treatment Centers into long-term Regional Ebola and Pandemic Treatment Centers for long-term readiness for years to come -Helping state and local public health systems accelerate and improve their operational readiness and preparedness for Ebola or other infectious diseases
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When the Reagan administration was faced with tens of thousands of gay men dying, they did nothing. They made jokes. They laughed. They caused an epidemic that killed 40 million people, because they hated gay men and thought we deserved to die.
There is so much more to it. There is a myth perpetuated by Reaganites that he was an historically significant President, in some positive sense. If you are old enough to have voted in 1980, you probably know differently. If you were born after 1980 you have been raised on this myth. He sold Americans a fable about a Hollywood movie-like exceptional past and destiny, and led ordinary people around with portrayals of that mirage while his reactionary robber-baron friends set about dismantling 50 years of progressive advancements for working men and women, on their way to returning themselves to the position of unfettered economic domination they held between the Civil War and the Great Depression. He was a union buster. He gave us Scalia – need I say more? He tried to give us Robert Bork (does anyone under 30 even know who he is?). He lied about Iran/Contra. He avoided dealing with AIDS. He sealed the political sham-show between right wing capitalist kings and the evangelical thought-control snake-oil salesmen. Americans don’t want to hear that they are ordinary citizens of the world, and they don’t want to hear that the aren’t anointed by some deity to lead the world to salvation. They lapped it up, and they continue to do so.
I have to wonder how the response of a more competent presidency to the AIDS crisis might have changed even the global impact of the disease. Where might we be today? How many millions of people would be alive and not suffering? Yes, Reagan was historically significant—for fucking things up in a globally devastating way.
When you hear how he slashed Income taxes, he did on the Wealthy, but he increased the lowest tax rate from 10% to 15%.
His campaign was funded by Christian radicals, whose entire goal was to dismantle Roe vs. Wade and see American women relegated once more to back alleys and dirty knives. He opened the door to religion in politics in a way the postwar McCarthyists never dreamed possible. Now, 36 years after his election, maybe a third of American medical schools offer proper access to even first-trimester abortion training (in an era where that should mean a pill or vaginal suppository), and there are currently fewer doctors trained to perform late stage abortions for the entire US than there were pre-RvW (when such operations were only performed as a heroic measure).
And no one has even touched on his legacy of racial
hatred, deliberate destruction of black communities and establishing of COONTELPRO to destroy the lives of black panthers and black activists, his actual murder of black activists and more. He was actually a demon.
If you want to know how many lives could have been saved if the Reagan government had just fucking BUDGETED for AIDS research instead of telling AIDS researchers that they had to beg, borrow or steal any money for AIDS from other programs–then read And The Band Played On: Politics, People, and the AIDS Epidemic, 20th-Anniversary Edition by Randy Shilts. And be prepared to have your heart broken at the unadulterated and wildly irresponsible waste.of time and human lives.
Other shitty things Reagan did:
1) He almost tripled the National Debt. And you need to see the difference with zeroes:
When Reagan took office in 1980: $909,100,000 owed.(909.1 billion)
When Reagan left office in 1988: $2,601,300,000,000 owed. (2.6 trillion)
2) He raised taxes on the middle class and the poor ELEVEN TIMES while in office.
3) Unemployment soared after Reagan passed his tax cuts for the rich, and it took decades to get back down again.
4) He turned the U.S. into an illegal weapons dealer.
5) He funded terrorists, helping create the Taliban and Osama bin Laden. From NewsOne:
After Ronald Reagan was elected in 1981, U.S. funding of the mujahideen increased significantly and CIA Paramilitary Officers played a big role in training, arming and sometimes even leading mujahideen forces.
The CIA trained the mujahideen in many of the tactics Al Qaeda is known for today, such as car bombs, assassinations and other acts that would be considered terrorism today.
6) When his economic policies began wreaking havoc on the government, Reagan stole from Social Security–to the tune of 2.5 TRILLION–treating it for eight years as the private slush fund of himself and his rich friends.
7) [T]he Reagan administration demonized opponents of apartheid, most notably the African National Congress, as dangerous and pro-communist. Reagan even vetoed a bill to impose sanctions on South Africa, only to be overruled by Congress.
They called him the Teflon president for a reason. All this shit–and none of it stuck to him. He got away clean every single time.
Reagan is also almost entirely responsible for making colleges in California tuition-based. College used to be far more accessible to more people before Reagan saw to that. Most of what makes Reagan popular today (especially among conservatives) are actually the result of popular myths.
whythatsbullshit:
gehayi:
heylookitsarevolution:
wikdsushi:
iammyfather:
ayellowbirds:
northcoastbear:
straightallies:
haydrion:
straightallies:
I hope one day that history looks back on ronald reagan as one of the 20th century’s most vile and disgusting serial killers
may i ask why
Remember when like 6 Americans had ebola and it was an international emergency, and Obama flew out to meet survivors?
Here is a list of things the United States government did in response:
-Increasing the number of Ebola testing labs throughout the U.S. that can quickly and safely screen a potential Ebola specimen -Educating more than 150,000 health care workers on how to identify, isolate, diagnose, and care for patients under investigation for Ebola -Developing countermeasures — including the first Ebola vaccine to progress to Phase 2 testing — to prevent and treat Ebola -Converting at least 10 of the Ebola Treatment Centers into long-term Regional Ebola and Pandemic Treatment Centers for long-term readiness for years to come -Helping state and local public health systems accelerate and improve their operational readiness and preparedness for Ebola or other infectious diseases
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When the Reagan administration was faced with tens of thousands of gay men dying, they did nothing. They made jokes. They laughed. They caused an epidemic that killed 40 million people, because they hated gay men and thought we deserved to die.
There is so much more to it. There is a myth perpetuated by Reaganites that he was an historically significant President, in some positive sense. If you are old enough to have voted in 1980, you probably know differently. If you were born after 1980 you have been raised on this myth. He sold Americans a fable about a Hollywood movie-like exceptional past and destiny, and led ordinary people around with portrayals of that mirage while his reactionary robber-baron friends set about dismantling 50 years of progressive advancements for working men and women, on their way to returning themselves to the position of unfettered economic domination they held between the Civil War and the Great Depression. He was a union buster. He gave us Scalia – need I say more? He tried to give us Robert Bork (does anyone under 30 even know who he is?). He lied about Iran/Contra. He avoided dealing with AIDS. He sealed the political sham-show between right wing capitalist kings and the evangelical thought-control snake-oil salesmen. Americans don’t want to hear that they are ordinary citizens of the world, and they don’t want to hear that the aren’t anointed by some deity to lead the world to salvation. They lapped it up, and they continue to do so.
I have to wonder how the response of a more competent presidency to the AIDS crisis might have changed even the global impact of the disease. Where might we be today? How many millions of people would be alive and not suffering? Yes, Reagan was historically significant—for fucking things up in a globally devastating way.
When you hear how he slashed Income taxes, he did on the Wealthy, but he increased the lowest tax rate from 10% to 15%.
His campaign was funded by Christian radicals, whose entire goal was to dismantle Roe vs. Wade and see American women relegated once more to back alleys and dirty knives. He opened the door to religion in politics in a way the postwar McCarthyists never dreamed possible. Now, 36 years after his election, maybe a third of American medical schools offer proper access to even first-trimester abortion training (in an era where that should mean a pill or vaginal suppository), and there are currently fewer doctors trained to perform late stage abortions for the entire US than there were pre-RvW (when such operations were only performed as a heroic measure).
And no one has even touched on his legacy of racial
hatred, deliberate destruction of black communities and establishing of COONTELPRO to destroy the lives of black panthers and black activists, his actual murder of black activists and more. He was actually a demon.
If you want to know how many lives could have been saved if the Reagan government had just fucking BUDGETED for AIDS research instead of telling AIDS researchers that they had to beg, borrow or steal any money for AIDS from other programs–then read And The Band Played On: Politics, People, and the AIDS Epidemic, 20th-Anniversary Edition by Randy Shilts. And be prepared to have your heart broken at the unadulterated and wildly irresponsible waste.of time and human lives.
Other shitty things Reagan did:
1) He almost tripled the National Debt. And you need to see the difference with zeroes:
When Reagan took office in 1980: $909,100,000 owed.(909.1 billion)
When Reagan left office in 1988: $2,601,300,000,000 owed. (2.6 trillion)
2) He raised taxes on the middle class and the poor ELEVEN TIMES while in office.
3) Unemployment soared after Reagan passed his tax cuts for the rich, and it took decades to get back down again.
4) He turned the U.S. into an illegal weapons dealer.
5) He funded terrorists, helping create the Taliban and Osama bin Laden. From NewsOne:
After Ronald Reagan was elected in 1981, U.S. funding of the mujahideen increased significantly and CIA Paramilitary Officers played a big role in training, arming and sometimes even leading mujahideen forces.
The CIA trained the mujahideen in many of the tactics Al Qaeda is known for today, such as car bombs, assassinations and other acts that would be considered terrorism today.
6) When his economic policies began wreaking havoc on the government, Reagan stole from Social Security–to the tune of 2.5 TRILLION–treating it for eight years as the private slush fund of himself and his rich friends.
7) [T]he Reagan administration demonized opponents of apartheid, most notably the African National Congress, as dangerous and pro-communist. Reagan even vetoed a bill to impose sanctions on South Africa, only to be overruled by Congress.
They called him the Teflon president for a reason. All this shit–and none of it stuck to him. He got away clean every single time.
Reagan is also almost entirely responsible for making colleges in California tuition-based. College used to be far more accessible to more people before Reagan saw to that. Most of what makes Reagan popular today (especially among conservatives) are actually the result of popular myths.
