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Sumatran Pit Viper (Trimeresurus sumatranus), family Viperidae, Thailand

* Also referred to by the scientific name Parias sumatranus.

Photograph by My-Heart Is-Jungle

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OP: so this is the ‘intense regional downpour’ on the weather forecast

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I think I’ve posted this before but it’s too good not to do again.

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Made by @mattxiv on Instagram.

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The last days of the petition against conversion therapy are FASCINATING to watch. I have been following it pretty closely for almost a year now, and the progress was, above all, steady. There was this jump when some algorithm in Finland picked it up, but even that was local.

And now, everyone is panicking.

Which really shows.

These past three or four days, multiple countries have reached the threshold. Even more notably, the number of signatures in total, the ones that we need to get one million of, are growing rapidly. There are only 400'000 signatures missing. Two days ago, it was closer to 600'000.

You can see the progress here:

Consider joining the fun by making everyone around you sign it!

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Your regular reminder that trickle-down economics is a cruel joke designed by the wealthy.

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Well shit, the Republicans brought a certain anti-online porn bill back to the table.

The Interstate Obscenity Definition Act.

This should alarm you guys.

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it's deeply deeply irresponsible to give out advice like this without being absolutely clear that it only applies to US citizens and green card holders -- if you're travelling on a visa, they can 100% deny you entry there and then if you refuse to submit to an electronics search! (and given how green card holders are currently being treated, i'm not sure that's a safe bet either)

i know this is the yanquis assuming they're talking to other yanquis website but on a post about an immigration crackdown specifically targeting latin americans and west asians giving this kind of advice without specifying who it's for is fucking atrocious

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May 16 is Romani Resistance Day, when we remember the day in 1944 when the Romani and Sinti prisoners in the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp rose up against their Nazi captors and held them off until August 2. It’s a day to celebrate courage and commemorate loss, and to remember that we can and must do what we can with what we have, no matter where we are, no matter the odds. We are still here and we are not defeated. Te avel baxtalo O Romano Ustipen Dives! Opre Roma!

Image courtesy International Roma Youth Network

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do you guys know about the internet roadtrip? right now somewhere between 500 and 900 people are collectively 'driving' a car on google street view trying to make it to canada. it's fun i recommend it

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Honestly, if you think paladins are insufferable, wait until you meet their horses.

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crossposting here bc this tactic needs to spread like wildfire

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alla mingalёva

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this happened to a 19 year old US citizen studying in Bulgaria. do yourself a favor and do not leave the country right now under any circumstances. and another reminder: do not under any circumstances give your electronic devices up to anyone who asks or allow your things to be searched without a signed warrant from a judge. you have a right to refuse any search and seizure that is unwarranted. you still have rights. do not comply in advance. they will use it to prosecute you for whatever they can.

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Blacktronika Presents: Together

Hosted by King Britt

King James Britt welcomes three visionaries of electronic music and art in a discussion about Afrofuturism and individual creative practices.

Listen here.