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Native owned businesses to buy from. Taken from the North American Indian Association of Detroit.

https://www.sweetgrasstradingco.com

https://nativeharvest.com

https://byellowtail.com

https://trickstercompany.com

https://www.salishstyle.com

https://hutxh.com

https://furandhide.com

https://www.wapatobeads.com

https://www.cultureshockjewelry.com

https://aylelum.com

https://shop.dancingbearindiantrader.com

http://mohawklacrosse.net

https://www.thentvs.com

https://bisonstarnaturals.com

https://cheekbonebeauty.ca

https://www.indigecos.com

https://www.quwutsunmade.com

https://sistersky.com

https://urbannativeera.com

http://lnukclothingco.com

https://www.oxdxclothing.com

https://sequoiasoaps.com

https://www.blackbelteaglescout.com

https://birchbarkbooks.com

https://redplanetbooksncomics.com

https://kotahbear.com

https://bedrechocolates.com

https://redlakenationfoods.com

https://shop.tankabar.com

https://thunderislandcoffee.com

https://www.indianpueblostore.com

https://www.totemdesignhouse.com

https://www.shenative.com

https://www.manitobah.com

https://www.gourdjewels.com

https://ginewusa.com

https://etkie.com

https://www.aconav.com

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sorry bout the shit video quality but WTHAT THE HELL. did you all just.. just know abt this or..?????

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One thing I worry about in society is how autistic people seem to be more at risk for getting in trouble for things they didn’t even do all because of not understanding the situation in the first place

For example: I remember one time I was shopping at a supermarket, and after paying, a staff member walked up to me, and without explaining why, asked me if they could look inside my bag. I was only aware they suspected me of shoplifting (which I hadn’t) because of a previous post I’d read about another autistic in a similar situation. Imagine if an autistic person, unaware of the hidden context, declined to let them look inside the bag. They’d already be deemed as suspicious when in reality, they just didn’t want someone to look inside

Another time I was about to go to a university party organised by the university itself. I was carrying an empty Coca-Cola bottle ONLY because I was drinking one beforehand, and couldn’t find a bin. Without warning, a staff member grabbed my empty bottle and took it away. At first I thought they were just being helpful until I saw the stern look on their face, and then I was confused (only later did I realise they might have thought I would refill it with alcohol later on or something). When I was unable to get in due to not having enough money, I had a shutdown due to the noise and confusion, and was then screamed at to get out despite the fact I did nothing wrong

This is the kind of thing autistic people have to deal with. Society has to learn to understand that just because a person isn’t reacting the way you expect, and seems “suspicious”, doesn’t mean they are. There’s a high chance they’re an autistic person who may not be fully understanding of the situation at hand, especially when the other person isn’t explicit about what’s going on

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Imagine “condemning” posting links to charities that helps injured civilians and saying you will be working to remove them.

This is Zionism.

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https://twitter.com/zei_squirrel/status/1391902960356057088

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Aaaand sign off. Mainstream Western media, Ladies and Gentlemen. Believe it or not, this reporter was actually somewhat professional by the typical standards we see from channels like CNN. I’ve seen much worse.

Watch the full interview here: https://www.instagram.com/p/COuuzG1l_yj/ 

Kurd’s comment on the interview: “I knew this interview was going to have a biased, inaccurate framing, and it did from the start. But I made sure I course corrected. I’m happy that you cannot edit a live interview, because there’s no way I could have spoken so bluntly about the myth of “both sides” and Israeli “self-defense” had this been prerecorded. Thanks CNN for taking my testimony about settler-colonialism.“

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Here are some backups (sadly in bits only), since some social media - like Instagram, conveniently deletes some posts about what’s happening in Palestine.

https://www.facebook.com/harryfear/videos/173620601322608/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2T6K4FXg5A

https://www.instagram.com/mohammedelkurd/?hl=en

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ae4Bb-5sMhc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZJJONhvj0U

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We went all in and commissioned @dalishious to work their magic and create DA Keep style tiles for some of the characters in our Dragon Age run.  They also did romance-style tiles.  We may eventually post those too.

Dalishious… these are AMAZING.

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this is a really important video for those of us who do not speak any of the languages/dialects from (south) eastern asia. asian creators took the time to make it so we can properly pronounce the names of those who were murdered in atlanta.

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Art by Nkjuls

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hate incidents against elderly East & Southeast Asians have skyrocketed recently, especially in the Bay Area (article) (thread) . here are some:

an 85 year old Thai man, Vicha Ratanapakdee, was tackled to the ground and murdered in SF

an assailant pushed down a 91 year old Asian man, followed by 2 other elderly men and women, in oakland

a 52 year old Asian-American woman was shot in the head with a flare gun 

there have been over 20 assaults and robberies in Oakland’s Chinatown targeted towards the elderly in the past 2 weeks

a 61 year old Filipino man’s face was slashed on the subway in nyc & no one assisted him

a Vietnamese community center burned down in oakland

this is not new – since the pandemic began, attacks on Asian-Americans have spiked:

an 89 year old Asian woman in brooklyn was set on fire in July

an Asian woman in brooklyn was doused in acid in April while she was taking out her trash

almost 3000 hate incidents against Asian-Americans were reported from march to the end of 2020 (keep in mind, most incidents are unreported)

this is what happens when white supremacists refer to the coronavirus as the “china virus” & “kung flu” and promote rhetoric that harms Asian communities. today is the start of lunar new year celebrations & attacks are expected to increase. as a response, local governments across the us have stationed increased police presence in chinatowns, but a white supremacist police system, which will not protect our elders and will also threaten Black lives and safety, is not the solution. most Asians are unwilling to report hate incidents because we do not believe police will help, and last week, police shot and killed Christian Hall, a 19 year old Chinese-American, during a mental health crisis. we can’t accept tactics that uphold white supremacy. what we need is aid for our communities:

thread of donation links

sign up to accompany elderly Asians while they run errands, etc

gofundme for funds to distribute amongst Bay Area + elsewhere community organizations

gofundme for Vicha Ratanapakdee

gofundme for VACCEB (the community center)

keep up with Stop AAPI Hate

lunar new year is our biggest celebration & is supposed to be a time of joy and family, but due to white supremacy & xenophobia, our communities are hurting. it is incredibly painful to see our elders – who our cultures place a huge amount of respect and reverence on, and who often don’t even tell their families about these hate incidents because they don’t want them to worry – being targeted in this way. please donate if you can & spread whatever resources you come across. i will update this post with more links as i find them.

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Alistair with flower crown breathe if u agree

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( campaign link )

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no one’s going to see this but I’m a mentally ill black nonbinary lesbian living in a homophobic and transphobic household, I’m dirt broke and fear for my safety, I want to move out soon and need help. pls anything you can give will be appreciated and will help me

paypal.me/kobicore

I only have p@ypal unfortunately :(

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I thought i would share a fanart i made for fenris before blue wraith came out. And help with waiting for DA4...

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https://youtu.be/PZkUaBR40os

https://gofund.me/53804b28

GoFundMe to keep a South African student from being deported and stay in school

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#LwiththeT