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Matching scars gang!!

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I may have ended up going into tech, but getting a pre-law degree and working for attorneys for a few years repeatedly saved me from getting totally ripped off in my early 20s. So many charlatans are only able to get away with their bullshit because they expect you to not know what your rights are or how to create a paper trail.

I once had a landlord try to withhold my entire security deposit after I moved out despite leaving the place in good shape. Just by writing a letter that A) cited the state statute saying a landlord must provide an itemized list with invoices for any repairs they deduct from a tenant’s security deposit, B) bluffed by declaring my intention to file suit if they did not (and cited the same statute again, which says that tenants are entitled to recover DOUBLE what the landlord withheld if they did so in bad faith) , and C) sending it via certified mail with return receipt (so they couldn’t claim not to have received it), they sent me back a check for like 2/3 of what they tried to withhold, plus the itemized list, plus an apology. I spent $2 on postage and half an hour on the letter and got back $300.

Another time, I got into a car accident (in which I was officially found not at fault) where the other person was driving a rental car. Over a year after the fact, I received a letter from some sketchy claims adjuster demanding immediate payment for around $2000 in damages to the other car. Once I stopped panicking, I gathered the info from my old insurance claim and called the adjuster, and some very snippy lady told me the letter was sent in error and I should disregard it. I followed up with her by email restating exactly what she told me on the phone, instructing them to work with my insurance company on any future inquiries about the accident, and threatening to involve my attorney (which I did not have) if they ever directly contacted me about it again. And again, I got an apology and saved myself a crazy amount of money.

If you are getting ripped off (or sense you are about to be), you want to ask yourself two things:

1. Can I indisputably prove that I said/did this? That they said/did this? When?

2. What rights do I have under the law? (For a lot of issues, googling “can X legally do Y” + your jurisdiction is a good place to start.)

And then, if you’re in the right, bluff. Act like you’re going to sue even if you know you don’t have the time or resources to do it. They don’t know you won’t, and even if they think they’d win, they know that would cost them more in attorney’s fees than just letting this go.

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maddonna and child - leyendecker study

(also would anyone like this as a print)

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reckless drivers don’t get enough hate

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maiko wip (again...)

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The struggle of colonized people the world over is integrally connected to the defense of water.

My followers who are settlers on Turtle Island may be familiar with the English translation of the Lakota saying "mní wičóni" -- "water is life." This declaration of the centrality of water to all of existence on this planet has been used for a long time, but became known widely outside of Lakota communities as a political slogan following the direct action by water protectors against the Dakota Access Pipeline. Right now First Nations activists are struggling against the expansion of the Trans Mountain pipeline as the "Build Canada Act" proceeds. Descendants from many colonized African nations who were abducted into chattel slavery in the United States are subject to the destruction of their access to clean water repeatedly, with one infamous example being the water crisis in Flint Michigan.

When we discuss the genocide of Palestinians by Israel and the United States, we must always remember that control over water is central to settler-colonial projects.

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Sometimes your family is you, your mom, your ex-hitman dad, his telepathic pseudoson and former partner in murder, his compulsive liar shapeshifter former coworker who randomly shows up every once in a while, the former heiress to a chinese mafia family your dad and his pseudoson picked up one day, and a homeless parrot-owning sniper who refused to leave.

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More avatar ! featuring kataang

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Finally, my dear friends, I have been verified and my campaign has been documented. I hope to receive more support and donations to protect my family.

✅️Vetted by @gazavetters, my number verified on the list is ( #683 )✅️

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some of y’all bout to be real mad at me. but it must be said. some of the shit u call corny/cringy is actually just genuine/cute/sweet and y’all r just afraid of expressing any type of positive emotion

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i have been feeling in a huge creative rut lately so here’s me trying to reconnect with my inner 15 year old

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If this message reaches you while we are still alive, please make sure to deliver it to the free people of the world.

I, Engineer Mohamed, announce that I am no longer able to feed my four children—Layan, Sarah, Adam, and Amir—or provide food for my wife, Enas. After 680 days of war, I have nothing left.

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I love u narrative songs 💖💖💖

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Need this as my ringtone

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