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Works by Raul Colón

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I feel like there's a big difference between "the final result isn't perfect" (which is normal and fine!) and "the final result has issues that could have been completely avoided if more of the directions had been followed" (which will not prevent the other imperfections. which are fine.)

And my main point is still that the instructions I see people skipping aren't being skipped intentionally so much as they're not even considered part of the instructions at all, because many people view "preparation" as separate from the process of "making," and they're just there to "make."

You really should choose fabric that's suitable to the garment being made, and you should fold that fabric a certain way and place the pattern pieces on it a certain way before you begin cutting. The pattern tells you these things, but they're not with the directions about putting everything together, so people will easily skip them because they just want to make.

You really should preheat the oven, and get the baking pan or sheet prepared so things won't stick to it, and mix the dry ingredients separate from the wet ingredients before combining them. The recipe tells you that, but it's easy to skip because you just want to make.

Yes, as you learn more, you will start to figure out when these things can be skipped or altered, but you will also just as likely start to realize that some of these preparation steps are vital to the finished product working out the way you want.

But you have to pay attention to the directions enough to know that you're skipping these steps to begin with. It's really hard to learn from a mistake you don't know you're making.

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July 25 2015 -  Haiti marked the 100th anniversary of the first U.S. invasion of the country with protests in Port-au-Prince under the slogans of “Enough” and “No More Occupations”. 

One hundred years ago, U.S. corporations turned Haiti into a source of cheap labor and 400,000 workers were forced to go to other parts of the Caribbean and work in U.S. enterprises. The anti-imperialist protesters demanded the withdrawal of U.N. forces and reparations for historical losses inflicted on Haiti. 

As one protester said “The goal of this march is to say: Death to the dictatorship. Death to the occupation. Long live Haiti and the Haitian people. The USA are terrorists”. [video]

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imagine getting fucked by a violinist and she slips a finger in and hits you with that prostate vibrato making you cum fortissimo style

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isn’t it weird how “auditory processing disorder that ONLY makes you incapable of listening to rap” is only found in nonblacks isn’t that an interesting natural phenomenon that’s totally real

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Jul 9, 2025

The Flint water crisis began in 2014, after lead-contaminated drinking water was found to be leaching out from aging pipes into homes citywide.

The American Civil Liberties Union and the Natural Resources Defense Council, with help from other activists and nonprofits, have released statements on the recent progress, celebrating the milestone.

The statements which they chalk up the crisis to “cost-cutting measures and improper water treatment,” that the state “didn’t require treatment to prevent corrosion,” after a “a state-appointed emergency manager” switched the water supply to the Flint River.

There is no safe level of lead exposure; each nanogram causes harm. In addition to long-known risks, such as damage to children’s brains and certain cancers, there is also significant evidence that exposure to lead is linked to numerous cardiovascular diseases, including stroke and heart attack.

The coalition mobilized the citizenry and filed a lawsuit against Flint and Michigan state officials to secure safe water. The result was a settlement in March 2017, under which a federal court in Detroit ordered Flint to give every resident the opportunity to have their lead pipe replaced at no cost, as well as conduct comprehensive tap water testing, implement a faucet filter distribution and education program, and maintain funding for health programs to help residents deal with the effects of Flint’s tainted water, according to the NRDC.

The coalition then returned to court six times in six years to ensure the city and state kept to the timeline, which was delayed by COVID-19, and other reasons which The Detroit News described as “spotty record-keeping” and “ineffective management.”

On July 1st, the State of Michigan submitted a progress report to a federal court confirming that, more than eight years after the settlement, nearly 11,000 lead pipes were replaced and more than 28,000 properties were restored where the maintenance had taken place.

Of the 4,200 buildings where lead pipes are known to still be in service, their owners have either left the properties vacant, abandoned, or have declined the free replacement under the Safe Water Drinking Act. The coalition has said it will continue to monitor city and state progress on these remaining lines.

“Thanks to the persistence of the people of Flint and our partners, we are finally at the end of the lead pipe replacement project,” said Pastor Allen C. Overton of the Concerned Pastors for Social Action, one of the organizations that sued the city. “While this milestone is not all the justice our community deserves, it is a huge achievement.”

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So similiar in shape, yet so different.

Art fight! the little laten lady belongs to vulstare on artfight<3

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Like for real I've been wondering this for a while. I'm pretty sure not everyone has a pyjamas for every night of the week and presumably noone is putting worn pyjamas back in the drawer. Where are you guys putting them?? Under pillow?? Just strewn about bedroom???

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i really think we need to do more bullying of "soft nazis" ie, the kind of people who spend all day on tumblr cry typing because they *can't* listen to rap music because it traumatizes them somehow

it's all a little too "plantation owners wife" you know?

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toby fox is a himedanshi success story

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We’re killing famous white men all week

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Everyone: Please please please don't write your books in Google Docs. Frankly don't use Google Drive for personal stuff.

Their terms of service say they take down stuff like content related to terrorism and trafficking, but this Google Sheet was literally a list of movies I'd watched this year and books I'd read.

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It is so annoying when people respond to "the queer community has an anti-masc problem" with "well society loves and praises masculinity!" Okay... yes... but that's not what we're talking about 😭 The queer community ≠ society as a whole. Also? The society that praises masculinity does NOT praise queer masculinity. Cishet society does not praise butches, masculine trans people, or anyone who is masc in a queer way. And unfortunately, many queer people have this same problem.

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The entire system is designed to make suffering people suffer more. Other examples include:

jailing people for drug use

fining homeless people for loitering