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#DisabledAndCute is the best thing on Twitter this week (and there’s been a LOT of stiff competition)

We’ve seen firsthand just how powerful, courageous, and badass differently abled people can be. And it looks like the rest of the internet is finally catching up. An array of Twitter users of different ages, races, and genders are showing up to strut their stuff, share their stories, and prove that their disabilities are just part of what makes them cute and fierce as heck.

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reblog for good things to happen to you

the universe will listen

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Hans Zatzka, Two Fairies Embracing in a Landscape with a Swan, 1900

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The Character Design Challenge!

Theme for December was: #HarryPotter

Special Guest Juror was: Jean-Baptiste Monge

Discover the artists and their blogs or join us in our GROUP! And when you support your favourite community on Patreon you can also win awesome prizes every month and choose the new themes!

JOIN US  |  RULES  | PRIZES | WINNERS

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A brinicle is a long, vertical tube of ice formed beneath the sea. It is known as the icicle of death because it destroys everything it comes in contact with. It’s so cold that it causes the surrounding seawater to freeze around it. The spreading ice kills creatures such as sea urchins and starfishes. (Source)

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Happy birthday to the lovely Elisabeth Sladen, aka Sarah Jane Smith, who was born on this day in 1946! 💙💙

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Unintentional modern art

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Fascism Watch, January 25

The Economist just downgraded the US to  a “flawed democracy.”

Trump

In an ABC interview, Trump says we should have kept Iraq’s oil after invading, violating international law, but “Maybe we’ll have another chance.” Holy fucking shit.

New executive orders suspend immigration (including refugees) from Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen. The orders authorize local police to become immigration officers and the White House will publish a weekly list of crimes committed by undocumented immigrants.

Trump says construction of border wall to begin “in months”; Mexico will “absolutely” reimburse the U.S. Paul Ryan says Congress will front the money and get Mexico to pay it back later.

Mexican President: We Won’t Pay for a Wall

Undocumented Mexican border crossings have reached a 40-year low

Trump has called for a major investigation into voter fraud. His reasoning for this crackdown? A German professional golfer he knows saw some Latinos in a voting line in Florida. Paul Ryan is fine with that investigation despite the total lack of evidence.

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Trump’s plan to “send in the feds” to Chicago violates the Tenth Amendment

Trump is back to using his personal, outdated Android phone and has plenty of time to watch TV

Forthcoming executive orders follow through on Trump’s promise to defund the UN:

The Trump administration is preparing executive orders that would clear the way to drastically reduce the United States’ role in the United Nations and other international organizations, as well as begin a process to review and potentially abrogate certain forms of multilateral treaties.

Mattis, Pompeo stunned by draft executive order requiring the CIA to revisit torture and black site prisons

The Office of Special Counsel issued a press release reminding everyone that gagged federal employees still have whistleblower rights

Trump hotels plan to triple US locations; Mar-A-Lago membership fee doubles

Congress

Rep. Tulsi Gabbard has met with Syrian president Bashar al-Assad.

Democrats Want To Pick Their Battles With Trump. Their Base Wants All-Out War.

Cabinet & Federal Appointees

Trump advisors Steve Bannon, Kellyanne Conway, Jared Kushner and Sean Spicer all have private email accounts through the RNC. Well, thank God we don’t have Hillary in office, then.

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’Treasury secretary nominee Steven Mnuchin lied in his written responses to the Senate Finance Committee, claiming that “OneWest Bank did not ‘robo-sign’ documents,” when ample evidence proves that they did.’

Gary Cohn’s jump from Goldman Sachs to President Donald Trump’s administration is helping him unlock more than $284 million in pent up bonuses, stock holdings and other investments

Protests

Some 230 people have been charged with felony rioting for property damage during the inauguration

Other Fascist Nonsense

Data from the EPA must now be reviewed by political appointees before publication.

After yesterday’s gag order on public communications, at least 14 federal agencies’ employees have started anonymous, rogue Twitter accounts. NASA has published all the research it funded, for free.

Scientists are now planning to run for office.

Two people involved in the DNC hack have been arrested for treason in Russia.

Good News

The Netherlands ‘counters’ Trump with international abortion fund

Oregon has a plan to extend women’s health care:

Last week, a coalition of activists and community advocates announced the launch of a new promotional campaign in support of the Reproductive Health Equity Act of 2017, a bill that would make the state the first in the nation to establish reproductive health equity by protecting no-cost birth control and extending full coverage of reproductive health services to immigrant women, transgender and gender-nonconforming people, and the uninsured.

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has filed a lawsuit on behalf of two workers who allege anti-gay harassment

The Nebraska state senator who said Women’s March participants were too unattractive to be assaulted has resigned.

What You Can Do

5calls.org gives you five calls you can make in five minutes per day: suggested topics, representatives’ phone numbers, and scripts to use when calling.

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some doggos attending Women’s March around the world!

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comedy.

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Credit: http://www.smbc-comics.com/?id=3152

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WIKIPEDIA MONSTER COMPILATION PAGES FOR PEOPLE

japanese creatures

greek creatures

creatures organised by type

creatures listed by letter

humanoid creatures

filipino creatures

chinese creatures

cryptids

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angels

beings referred to as fairies

creatures that pretend to be human

a page on therianthropic creatures

shapeshifters

hybrid creatures

extraterrestrial creatures

deities

a page of mythology page links

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flying creatures

theological demons

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