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So, India is dying.

Look, I know a good number of you are from the US and things aren't amazing there either, but my country is literally on the brink of collapse. So I'd love it if we could talk about that for a minute.

If you can't do anything else, please just read and reblog.

A second COVID wave has taken out the healthcare system. There are no more hospital beds. There's an oxygen shortage. There's a critical vaccine shortage. The Central Government has thrown its hands up and is passing the baton to the State Governments to do what they can.

There are over 16 million covid cases. A record 330,000 new cases reported yesterday - comparable to the US at its peak. 187,000 dead as of today.

There is no plan.

Mass cremations are taking place. The cremation grounds are running day and night and they are short on wood. People are watching their loved ones die while waiting for a hospital bed, and then they're unable to give them the proper burial rights.

Hospitals are overwhelmed. Patients are being confined, two to a bed. They're the lucky ones.

We are on the verge of people dying in the streets.

This is the second-most populous country in the world. The largest democracy. A country that encapsulates over 15,000 years of recorded human history and has endured everything from famine to invasion to colonisation.

We might be at the end. This might be the thing that does us in.

People are dying.

People are dying.

People are dying and there is no plan.

More good news? Variants are popping up. A double mutation strain has shown up. It is resistant to current vaccines. This will not go away. This is the devastation they warned of when the anti-maskers were out protesting the minor inconvenience of covering their face in public.

My country is on the verge of an emergency state. Our government has failed us. This is as dire a situation as it ever could be.

Look. I don't do much with my life. I write fics, some of you have read them and that's pretty much it. I spend my days with my head in the clouds because that's where I like to be.

But two days ago, my grandmother tested positive, had to be taken to hospital and the ambulance caught fire.

She barely made it to the urgent care she needs.

So, here I am, using whatever meager platform I have to cobble this request together. Because I have to do something.

If you can, donate.

Or spread the word.

Help. Please.

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When Derek Chauvin was found guilty on all three charges surrounding his murder of George Floyd, the conversation found on Tumblr (and elsewhere online) reflected two major points:

This is not justice being served. There is no justice in the face of murder, and if there were, it certainly would not be found within the American carceral system. The verdict stemming from this trial will not stop the violence and oppression Black people face at the hands of an over-policed country.

“Black people don���t need reminders that Chauvin’s guilty verdict doesn’t mean the fight is over. It’s okay to celebrate small victories.”

These truths are not at odds with each other. They can, and will, co-exist.

Take a moment today to celebrate George Floyd and his beautiful family. Keep his little daughter in your mind and hearts. If you want to feel a bit of relief that at least one person was found guilty for their hateful, heinous crime—please do so. And then remember that it was just one person. Remember that if you are an ally and an accomplice, you must not stop learning. You must not stop fighting for real justice.

Accountability for police killings is rare:

Since 2005, 140 law enforcement officers have been arrested for on-duty manslaughter and murder. Only 8—5%—have been convicted.

And that doesn’t account for the 98% of police killings where there were no arrests for murder or manslaughter.

Black people are three times more likely to be killed by police

And then yesterday, roughly one hour after Nancy Pelosi thanked George Floyd for “sacrificing” his “life for justice,” police in Columbus, Ohio shot and killed 16-year-old Ma'Khia Bryant.

That is not what justice looks like.

Rest in power, George Floyd.

Rest in power, Ma’Khia Bryant.

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beautiful book cover c1905 with gilt spider and bird design

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Hey!

Suh bb

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Join this gc if you're too shy to say anything to anyone but still want friends :)

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so my asshole friend, @petrichor-ish got me back on tumblr, let's hope this goes well.

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Young rhesus macaque suckling on her mother's teat for comfort. Srisailam-Atmakur Road, Andhra Pradesh. (NSTR Series #4). . Rhesus macaques have taken over the jungles of Srisailam and the Peddachama valley area. These were released in that area recently, and have bred and multiplied rapidly, and at this point, you see a troop of anywhere from 10 to >50 monkeys once every couple kilometres on the road. Motorists stop their vehicles to feed the monkeys crisps and biscuits, and that's taught the monkeys to wait on the roads and come close to cars, literally begging for food. I personally think that that's wrong. . . . #photographer #instaphoto #photoshoot #photograph #photos #travelphotography #nikonphotography #photoftheday #photographie #photographers #photogram #mobilephotography #photoofday #photographylovers #photoart #landscapephotography #traveller #travels #travelphoto #digitalrev #natgeo #wildlifephotography @wildlifephotographicmag @natgeo.photography @natgeo

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Focal lengths - what one sees the other doesn't. Ft. Dr Harsha Reddy, and Longhair Jones himself 💁 . Near Pulicheruvu forest trail, Peddachama, Andhra Pradesh (NSTR 2017 Series #3) . . #photographer #instaphoto #photoshoot #photograph #photos #photogrid #photoshop #travelphotography #foodphotography #weddingphotography #blackandwhitephotography #fashionphotography #weddingphotographer #nikonphotography #photoftheday #canonphotography #photographie #photographers #photogram #mobilephotography #photoofday #photographylovers #photoart #landscapephotography #traveller #travels #travelphoto #digitalrev

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machinery. . . #photographer #instaphoto #photoshoot #photograph #photos #photogrid #photoshop #travelphotography #foodphotography #weddingphotography #blackandwhitephotography #fashionphotography #weddingphotographer #nikonphotography #photoftheday #canonphotography #photographie #photographers #photogram #mobilephotography #photoofday #photographylovers #photoart #landscapephotography #traveller #travels #travelphoto #digitalrev

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so why does it still hurt? don't blow your mind with whys. . . photography: my fav 🐈 @teacups.tantrums . . . #photographer #instaphoto #photoshoot #photograph #photos #photogrid #photoshop #travelphotography #foodphotography #weddingphotography #blackandwhitephotography #fashionphotography #weddingphotographer #nikonphotography #photoftheday #canonphotography #photographie #photographers #photogram #mobilephotography #photoofday #photographylovers #photoart #landscapephotography #traveller #travels #travelphoto #digitalrev

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So I've been off IG for a couple weeks because I've been preparing, undergoing, and recovering from a septoplasty procedure. My nasal septum was deviated badly, and this made my right nostril really small and my right sinus full of polyp tissue, which made breathing hard. Now that it's corrected, I can actually breathe, and it feels brilliant. Still recovering though, still healing. Oh and yes, that's what I look like.

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something of a stark form of beauty in our city. . . #photographer #instaphoto #photoshoot #photograph #photos #photogrid #photoshop #travelphotography #foodphotography #weddingphotography #blackandwhitephotography #fashionphotography #weddingphotographer #nikonphotography #photoftheday #canonphotography #photographie #photographers #photogram #mobilephotography #photoofday #photographylovers #photoart #landscapephotography #traveller #travels #travelphoto #digitalrev

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Lankan King's Curry, based on a recipe by Peter Kuruvita adapted to Indian ingredients. . Trim about 450g of chicken breast, and cut it into curry sized pieces. Slice two mid-small onions, chop four cloves of garlic, crush about 1/2 tsp mustard seeds, cut up one (hot) red chili, and two green chilies. Pan fry the chicken in some butter, until it's sealed. Simultaneously, fry the prepped veg and stuff in another pan, in some butter, until the onions are translucent and the whole thing is fragrant. Add 1/2 tsp turmeric powder, 1/2 tsp mustard seeds, salt and pepper, stir. Deglaze the chicken with some vinegar, about a teaspoon, and transfer to the other pan. Stir to cover the chicken in the masala, and then add water, just enough to cover the chicken. Simmer this until the chicken is tender. Then add 200ml coconut milk (I used the thick first extract), bring to the boil, and serve.

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#tbt a good day 💙 ft. ma 1 tru luh @raoruch. Oh and yes that's a leaf crown. I am Caesar. . . #screwthealgorithm #thisdoesntneedtags

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Strangers in Transit - Too Cold. (Link in bio) . Take a listen, lovelies! Strangers in Transit is @raoruch and my experimental art-rock project, and there's a lot more music to come. I'd love if you could share this to people too, if you like it. Love you all!

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conscious? . . #photographer #instaphoto #photoshoot #photograph #photos #photogrid #photoshop #travelphotography #foodphotography #weddingphotography #blackandwhitephotography #fashionphotography #weddingphotographer #nikonphotography #photoftheday #canonphotography #photographie #photographers #photogram #mobilephotography #photoofday #photographylovers #photoart #landscapephotography #traveller #travels #travelphoto #digitalrev

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the music was deafening but I didn't care. running alongside the procession, time slowed down for me as I captured these people in their own element, living life in a simple, joyous way I'd never seen in anyone before, let alone myself. the drums made my ears ring, but it was another experience kneeling in the sand and dirt next to the rough road as they walked past, feet in perfect array, dancing together, anklet ghungroos syncopated with the thunderous rhythm of the woodskins. . take me back, strangers. take me home, friends. . #photographer #instaphoto #photoshoot #photograph #photos #photogrid #photoshop #travelphotography #foodphotography #weddingphotography #blackandwhitephotography #fashionphotography #weddingphotographer #nikonphotography #photoftheday #canonphotography #photographie #photographers #photogram #mobilephotography #photoofday #photographylovers #photoart #landscapephotography #traveller #travels #travelphoto #digitalrev