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“only that: we are here. this is what it means to swim in the tide, to walk the earth and feel it touch your feet. this is what it means to be alive.”

circe - madeline miller

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“Why, to get the things I want so badly, I’d do anything. Hurt anybody. Throw anything away. Anything. I’m not safe.” “Clare, stop it. What you’re saying is wrong. You’ve always had so much, you haven’t given up a thing. Clare?”

Passing (2021) dir. Rebecca Hall

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FINAL FANTASY VII REMAKE

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ways to help protestors if you are unable to protest

everybody has to do their part. as a reference, this was posted on 1 june 2020. if any links are broken or direct to a place they should not, please feel free to add on with corrections. if there is new information with better knowledge, please feel free to share. thank you.

1. donate

do not donate to shaun king. he has repeatedly collected money to “support” black people, but no one knows where the money is.

BAIL FUNDS (ALPHABETICAL ORDER; NOT A COMPREHENSIVE LIST)

note: washington dc and new jersey have cashless bail systems.

bail fund google doc (also includes lawyers for protestors)

national bail fund network (directory of community bail funds)

community bail funds masterpost by @keplercryptids

resistance funds (google sheets; lists bail funds around the country)

nationwide bail funds (split a donation to the bail funds listed on the linked page with a single transaction)

atlanta bail fund

brooklyn bail fund

colorado freedom fund

columbus freedom fund

houston chapter of black lives matter

liberty fund (nyc based; focuses services on people from low-income communities)

los angeles freedom fund

louisville community fund

massachusetts bail fund

minnesota freedom fund (as of may 30, 2020, they are encouraging people to donate elsewhere since they have raised enough money; as of may 29, 2020, they do not have a venmo, as some fraudulent accounts have been claiming, source)

philadelphia bail out fund

richmond bail fund

MORE PLACES TO DONATE

note: more links are listed in the masterposts below.

northstar health collective (healthcare and medical aid for people on the front lines)

reclaim the block (aims to redistribute police funding to help the minneapolis community)

twin cities dsa (provides fresh groceries and hot meals to people in minneapolis)

2. educate yourself

it isn’t enough to sign petitions and reblog/retweet/etc. nonblack people, including people of color, owe it to black people to educate themselves and correct themselves and the people around them on anti-blackness.

note: more links are in the masterposts linked below.

resources and tools regarding racism and anti-blackness (google sheets compilation)

readings on society, racism, the prison system, etc. (twitter thread)

“where do we go after ferguson?” by michael eric dyson

official black lives matter website

3. give out supplies to protestors

people need supplies to protest safely, and even if they bring supplies with them, they can often run out. if you’re able, stock up and hand them out to people protesting. for more supplies to donate, see the “george floyd action” google docs link in section 5.

water bottles (dehydration and heatstroke are not things people should have to deal with alongside bastard cops. if the police in your area are particularly violent or known to use tear gas, get the ones with the sports cap/suction-thing/etc so people can use them as emergency eye-flushes.)

snacks (make sure to take into account that people have allergies of all sorts. foods will have a little label that says “may contain” and then list any potential allergens. write the allergens on the ziploc (or any container you use) in permanent marker, or better yet, write the snacks included in the pack.)

masks (don’t forget there’s still a pandemic going on. also it will aid in deterring facial recognition when the police try to track down protestors,  also part two, if the cops use tear gas, wearing a mask (with the combination of a scarf or bandana) will lessen the adverse effects. lessen, not stop.)

bandanas, scarves, etc. and goggles (ski goggles, swimming goggles, etc.) (see above for explanation on the scarves. same goes for the goggles. anti–tear gas and anti–facial recognition.)

clean shirts (for people who are heavily gassed. also helps deter recognition through clothing.)

wound care supplies (band-aids, packets of neosporin packets or a similar antibiotic, alcohol wipes, etc.; if you can, decant bactine into those little travel bottles.)

a sharpie or another type of marker (for writing bail numbers or emergency contacts on arms, hands, etc. it’s not enough to have your city’s bail fund number stored on your phone; the police won’t give it to you to look it up. give people a marker so they can write it down, preferably not washable so it isn’t easily removed.)

IMPORTANT: KNOWING FIRST AID

tear gas: if you’re hit, get out as fast and as soon as you can. take anyone you can with you. the longer you’re in the gas, the harder it will be for you to see, and it can irritate your airways, making it hard to breathe. if you’re hit, don’t run; it’ll only make things worse on your lungs. when you leave the area, take a cold shower. don’t use hot water (it will only reactivate the agent); don’t bathe (it will only spread the CS around). (source 1) (source 2) (cdc fact sheet on tear gas)

move them to a clean and ventilated area where it’s as safe as possible.

ask them if they’re wearing contact lenses. have them remove it. if they’re wearing glasses, rinse it with water.

solution of half liquid antacid, half water. spray from the inside going out, with the head tilted back and slightly towards the side being rinsed. if they say it’s okay, open the eye slightly while doing this. (source)

bullet wounds: the most important thing is to stop the bleeding. be sure to check for an exit wound and cover that as well. treat both wounds, but treat the worse one first.

stop the bleed (youtube video by uc san diego health)

first aid in active shooting scenarios

making a tourniquet (a commercial tourniquet is best, but improvised ones can work as well if done properly; the most important things to remember is that tourniquets are for limb injuries and are not meant for the head or torso and that they have to be very tightly wound on the injury.)

how to apply pressure dressings

miscellaneous

adult cpr tutorial (youtube video by cincinnati children’s; think of “staying alive” by the beegees or “uptown funk”)

4. be a source of information

be responsible with this. people’s lives are at stake. that being said, the media is a fucking joke and the best way to get accurate information in a grassroots rebellion is amongst ourselves. record everything, but if you are going to share any information at all, be sure to blur people’s faces.

signal (encrypted messenger app; messages delete after x amount of time): app store | google play

tool for scrubbing metadata from images and selectively blurring identifiable features

tech tips to protect yourself while protesting (by rey.nbows on tiktok, via vicent_efl on twitter)

cop spotting 101 (google docs)

know your rights (by personachuu on twitter)

NUMBERS TO CALL FOR ARRESTED PROTESTORS (ALPHABETICAL ORDER; SOURCES LINKED TO THE NUMBER)

remember to keep phones OFF unless absolutely necessary. cell phone towers, stingrays, location notifs can all be used to track you and other protestors. don’t fuck around. if your phone must be on, keep it on airplane mode as often as possible and only communicate using encrypted methods. no, snapchat doesn’t count. (a twitter thread on stingrays, for those interested)

lawyers assisting protestors pro-bono (by riyakatariax on twitter)

atlanta: 404-689-1519

chicago: 773-309-1198

minneapolis: 612-444-2654

5. miscellaneous links and links for protestors

masterpost of petitions to sign, numbers to call, places to donate, and more (carrd by dehyedration on twitter)

#blacklivesmatter (google docs by ambivaIcnt on twitter; includes information on relevant events, other masterposts, lists of petitions and donation links, how to protest safely and protests to go to, and more)

george floyd action (google docs; includes information on apps to download, supplies to buy and donate, places to donate to, protest safety, resources on unlearning racial bias, and more)

how to get out of ziptie “handcuffs” (by finnianj on tiktok, via katzerax on twitter)

how can i help? by @abbiheartstaylor

how to make a signal-blocking cell phone pouch

tips for protestors by @aurora00boredealis

twitter thread for protestors (by vantaemuseum on twitter)

also, if you’re protesting, change your passcode. make it at least 11 characters long and don’t use facial/thumb recognition.

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“It’s important to always be by the sea. The sea is the element of love. […] Aphrodite emerged from the water.” - Agnès Varda

Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019) dir. Céline Sciamma L’Avventura (1960) dir. Michelangelo Antonioni Our Little Sister (2015) dir. Hirokazu Koreeda I Walked with a Zombie (1943) dir. Jacques Tourneur Y tu mamá también (2001) dir. Alfonso Cuarón Persona (1966) dir. Ingmar Bergman Atlantics (2019) dir. Mati Diop Humoresque (1946) dir. Jean Negulesco

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Saoirse Ronan as Agatha in The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014) dir. Wes Anderson

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FBI Headquarters and Folger Park / Washington, DC “The Pine Bluff Variant”

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Floating Bookshelf I    -    Salman Toor, 2018.

Pakistanis ,b.1983 -

Oil on panel, 36 x 24 in.

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- I could make you very happy on Valentine’s Day, Clarice Starling. - How, Doctor Lecter? - By sending you a wonderful Valentine. I’ll have to think about it.

The scenes between Lecter and Clarice are basically seduction scenes. With these scenes I think you approach exactly as if you were writing a sort of courtship between two lovers. - Ted Tally, screenwriter of The Silence of the Lambs (February 14th, 1991)

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if there is anything to take away from this it is that life is ongoing, always ongoing, and whether you know it or not, it is filling up with little things that you are adding to it. tiny things, perhaps, but worthy things. important things. you learn a new recipe for making cinnamon rolls. that’s a worthy thing. you burn the minced garlic a dozen times before getting it right. that’s a worthy thing. you are a better friend this year than you were last year. that’s a worthy thing. you’ve found a new song that you’ve played to death on repeat but when you hear it 10 years from now it will bring a wash of emotion so powerful you will be brought right back and freeze and remember and marvel at all that has passed since then. that, too, is a worthy thing. 

what you are made up of are these worthy things. they are not all Big Things done at a certain time, to a certain standard, not a checklist of Accomplishments that prove you can now be taken seriously as a human and that validate you being here. the burnt garlic is what validates you, the overplayed song, the new recipes, even the stretches of time in which it feels you have done nothing count to this, and even here it is not nothing – it is being. there are many ways of doing, not all of it holds a material result. being is one of them, the heavy and the light. and that more than anything, is the worthiest thing.

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Father! I’m going to Europe!

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beauty is terror. whatever we call beautiful, we quiver before it.

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Lawyer who is like visibly trying not to cry and teary-eyed and snifflign and drawing shaky breaths and hands trembling and constantly wiping his nose on his sleeves but he’s winning the case

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It’s like the tide going out. It goes out slowly, but it can’t be stopped.

Little Women (2019), dir. Greta Gerwig

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the x-files + text posts (17/?)

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Annie & Melanie in The Birds (1963) dir. Alfred Hitchcock.