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Being Watched - Erika Lee Sears , 2022.

American, b. 1980s -

Oil on wood cradle panel , 16 x 16 in. 40.6 x 40.6 cm.

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how I am supposed to share a country with people like this I honestly cannot tell you

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Like I said: Republicans are mindless fucking idiots who don’t know anything and will change their opinions instantly when instructed to. In the span of one single week, their opinion shifts by 40-45 percentage points. They went from 23/53 approve to-disapprove ratio of getting involved, to 68/13 approval of the strikes.

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Jake Gyllenhaal and Heath Ledger Brokeback Mountain (2005) dir. Ang Lee

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nimble, a border collie-papillon mix, wins the 12” class in the 2024 masters agility championship. the first time a mixed breed has won at westminster ever.

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SEASON 2, EPISODE 1 | A SCANDAL IN BELGRAVIA

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i will not be having an ipad baby. i will be having a Pea baby

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what's worrisome is that everyone has more or less the same primordial version of history these days when you look into mainstream discourses, just like putin. ukrainians say they're actually the real inheritors of kievan rus, the russians are asiatic barbarians. israelis say they have a 2,000-year-old biblical claim to the land. azeris and armenians go back and forth over who has lived in the caucasus since time immemorial. china says taiwan was always chinese and pulls out 17th century fishing maps for the south china sea. and so on, and so forth, none of this broaches the fact that the real problem here is that people are getting bombed, tortured, and raped in the name of these pathetic fantasies, not the veracity of the claims

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José Carlos (1884-1950), ''Para Todos'', #428, 1927

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Outspan Orange Mini (1972)

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just met a three month old pomeranian named horchata. her paw was the size of my fingertip. she looked like half a dandelion fluff

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anyway you should always remember that all those foreigners you see dying on the news are just as real people as you are who have just as much interiority as you do. there is nothing about you that makes you more important and it is by pure chance that you are not in their position. in fact, this holds for all of history. every person, no matter the horror of the fate that befell them, had just as much interiority as you do. i feel like some people haven't fully internalized this.

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Bystander Intervention Training

so, the US just attacked Iran, and that is fucking terrible. Something we all need to think about right now is how we can stop the harassment and violence against Muslims and Arabs in the US that got so much worse in the early 2000s from happening again to people now.

To that end, I wanted to share some resources on Bystander Intervention. One of the biggest things I learned from training like this is that there are many ways to intervene, and they don't all involve putting yourself in front of the person who may harm you or others. It's ok if you feel intimidated by that because there are more ways to help! And once you do the training, it might not be so scary.

Right to Be has Bystander trainings based on the 5Ds of Bystander Intervention (Distract, Delegate, Document, Delay, and Direct). The trainings are free!! sign up here.

I took one of their trainings a few years ago (when the org was called Hollaback!) and it was really very good, they have trainings at multiple levels and focused on various topics. They also partner with other orgs to focus on specific issues (like anti-AAPI harassment and with CAIR Chicago for anti-Muslim harassment, etc.).

Here are a few more resources:

APA Bystander Intervention Tip Sheet

RAINN Practicing Bystander Intervention

I think I'll sign up for one as a refresher.

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definitely still wearing the wool coat I bought when I was 15. it's only sort of threadbare

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Never underestimate how emotionally attached you can get to a good pair of boots. A good pair of boots will start feeling like your wife after a while. If you're really normal about it