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Normally I reblog silly and funny things, but this time it's serious.

You heard that right: PBS (Public Broadcasting Station), the station responsible for PBS Kids and one of the many who are available to families with no Internet access or no cable, along with NPR, are dealing with cut funding by... you know who. PBS for me has always been part of my childhood, watching Wild Kratts, Wordgirl, Odd Squad, CyberChase, Sesame Street, and heck, even Arthur! Once I got older, I watched a couple of documentaries and enjoyed seeing Bob Ross paint on Create (related to PBS as a way for people to create (lol), cook/bake, and even explore -- that's how I learned about other cultures with Rick Steves).

But that doesn't matter, does it?

I guess not to the conservatives.

I'm too old for current shows, but it's nice to know that Maya & Miguel walked so shows like Rosie's Rules (mixed family in Texas, hello?? Also Mexican rep.) and Alma's Way (shout out to the Puerto Ricans! I didn't know there was another word for shaved ice since in Mexico it's "raspados") can run while teaching kids about Hispanic/Latino culture. But I guess they don't like that, huh? Too "woke" to have decent representation of other ethnicities, huh? Apparently, yes.

Remember the episode where Mr. Ratburn got married to Patrick, the guy that sells chocolate earlier in the episode? How the Internet exploded (hehe) when that aired? The kids didn't express disgust towards the reveal, they were pretty happy for their teacher getting married (especially Buster, who points out that Ratburn gets to have free chocolates for life)! Oh well, that did not matter anyway since this wasn't the first time LGBTQ+ representation was taken off of the air (see the "Sugartime!" controversy in which Buster goes to Vermont and meets two kids with (get this) two moms)

Enough chatter, please help out and

Protect Our Public Media!

... before it will be too late. Call or email your senators, let them know you're against defunding our stations!

- J

If you have an address within the United States, PLEASE consider taking sixty seconds to visit https://protectmypublicmedia.org to protest the executive order recently put in place to cut funding to vital public education and media programs such as PBS, PBS Kids, and NPR (national public radio).

PBS funds The American Experience show, which creates hour-long documentaries about American history. They frequently feature minority groups, African-American history, and missteps the government has made over the years. My favorites are the Love Canal doc, The Polio Crusade (which covers the march of dimes), and the history of American Eugenics doc. Watching their videos with your adblocker disabled is an easy way to give them money.

A PBS passport also only costs $5 a month minimum and provides access to a host of other content.

PLEASE take a moment to do send an email to your rep and sign the petition in the link below. This is vitally important programming which disproportionately benefits the poorest and most marginalized, but is still incredibly enjoyable even to those who don't need it. And remember: an uneducated public is an oppressed public.

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Shout-out to the people who never saw a Chapter 2 playthrough and assumed Spamton was super tall + those fanart artists who drew him and his NEO form. (I've yet to watch a playthrough of chapters 3 & 4, yet I'm aware of his relation to Tenna)

reminding everyone of this right now

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"It's mostly lettuce and carrots with a little dressing mixed in." oh.

random anecdote for father's day: one time during a long car ride my dad asked me, "you're familiar with Murphy's Law, right?" and i was like "isn't that the one about how anything that can go wrong will go wrong?" and he said "yeah, exactly" and i said "why do you ask?" and he went "well, have you heard of Cole's Law?" and i said "no, actually, what's that?" and he said "it's mostly lettuce and carrots with a little dressing mixed in"

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i want to talk about my ocs but im literally this image. i got nothing

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Lol Tumblr moment (imagine if the posts above and below are cursed, that can't happen)