okay, well, breaking news. They cancelled their rally tomorrow in SF and their Sunday rally in Berkeley. They did not feel that the bay area was a safe space for them to be open racists in public.
me: im gonna go to bed early and get a good nights sleep
netflix: here’s a bunch of 45 minute documentaries on the wildlife inhabiting coastal islands
me: hhhdbhnnnnnnnnnnddndkkj coconut crab
i noticed that alot of LBGT kids feel like they have to tell their friends and family that theyre LBGT. even if theyll be rejected
and i want to remind u all that nobody is entitled to knowing your romantic, sexual or gender orientations. nobody. you have no moral obligation to share that information if youre not comfortable with doing so
youre not “lying” by not telling people or “hiding”. cause its honestly no ones business but your own
you come out on your own terms when you feel safe and comfortable doing so!! or you can come out to a few trusted people if you want before telling a larger group
dont feel like you owe that information to anyone ok??
A talking African Grey parrot has been stolen from a family home in a “devastating” burglary in Bradford.
West Yorkshire Police said they are investigating the break-in and are appealing for any information in a bid to help reunite the parrot, named Barney, with his owners.
The 10-year-old parrot was stolen during the burglary in the Cleakheaton Road area of Bradford.
The suspects are believed to have gained entry to the house through a window, police said.
The thieves stole a quantity of the parrot’s food, and also took a laptop, a Playstation, a lawnmower and a strimmer.
It is thought the thieves did not take Barney’s cage due to its large size and according to a statement, West Yorkshire Police said: “It’s believed that the suspects may have used a hessian bag or large box to transport him.”
Detective Constable Sarah Hamer of Bradford CID who is investigating the burglary said: “Any burglary is devastating for the victim, but in this case it’s even more upsetting for the family with Barney also been taken.
“Barney does speak, and it’s likely he will be making a lot of noise where ever he is being kept. We want to re-unite Barney with his owners.
“Anyone who was in the area on Thursday morning who have seen anyone acting suspiciously or who has any information should come forward. Equally anyone who may have seen a parrot like Barney for sale or who has been invited to buy a parrot like him should to get in touch.”
Anyone with any information about the burglary, or of Barney’s whereabouts should contact DC Hamer at Bradford CID via 101 quoting 13170379673.
Information can also be passed anonymously to Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.
Anybody in the area please help this bird!
You know they probably should not put quotes around the word devastating, because I thought this article would be about how this bird was ‘stolen’ from this family and the family would be like ‘oh well be love barney but he would have wanted us to get our stuff back, I am sure he us in a better place.’ And there was this whole back story about how the bird was a nuisance to the family and the bird getting stolen was really a blessing for both parties because the guy who stole him just loves birds and didn’t need tge cage because he already has one for him and some new burby friends. But no, it is am actaul case. I hope this bird gets back safe and people don’t put anymore misleading quotes around words
That’s standard practice in the UK press, and I still find it jarring a lot because it does end up looking like scare quotes if you’re not as used to seeing it. (And maybe even if you are, idk.)
AFAICT, it has to do with libel laws, so they can say they were just quoting someone in the headline instead of directly stating something that could be considered defamatory as factual. Looks more like just standard style in this particular case, though.
(One even worse-looking example from a while back. :-|)
So, today, a woman came into our shop. It was a woman I’ve only heard my parents refer to as ‘the Deaf Lady’. My mum had told her about me, explained that I was doing Sign Language, and come to find me on a day she knew I was working.
But today, she didn’t need her lawnmower repaired. In fact, she hadn’t touched it since it had been, and as far as she knew everything was fine.
She’d come in to sign to me.
She waved hello, and instantly explained that my mum had told her I would be in today. I asked her how she was, and the smile that she had on her face was the biggest I’ve ever seen.
And we spent about an hour in my family’s little shop, talking about everything. She told me about her life, about how she’d lived in the same house for 60 years.
She’d been born deaf, and been a Brownie, but never a Guide, because of the War… she’s now 86.
She had some amazing stories to tell, and twice she cried. One of those times was remembering her youth, and the other was when she was explaining to me that her husband had died around 20 years ago, and how he’d been the last person she’d known that could communicate with her.
She’s been alone for 20 years, living in a silent world, unable to communicate with anyone for the most part. The most interaction she has is when she writes things down for people, but she’s struggled to make any recent friends, and her family is long gone.
Now someone explain to me what’s wrong with every school teaching a certain amount of Sign Language, and for colleges to offer it more freely and frequently. People should be encouraged to learn BSL, because otherwise we’re cutting ourselves off from talking to around 8 million people or so (in the UK alone).
That’s millions of people who are no less important than you are, who have their own stories to tell, and the same need for communication as anyone else on this tiny little planet.
J. cried today because it was the first time for a long time that anyone has asked her for her name, or listened to her stories.
She’s also coming back into work tomorrow, to sign with me, and help me practice. But also – because we’re only human – for the company.
Every school should offer the native sign language of their region.
Normalize and celebrate language in all its modes, and the cultures that go with it.
“Old people believe all that bullshit Fake News on their facebook home,” say I, a tumblr youth™, as I reblog an indignant social justice-flavoured post from mic dot com without fact checking.
BTW, mic dot com has multiple tumblrs and some of them are as follows:
micdotcom
the-future-now
the-movemnt
this-is-life-actually
And if you aren’t already aware, they are a shit company that uses its indignant social justice-flavored posts for clicks even as they do things like fire their four-months-pregnant Connections editor the week after her wedding, without warning. AFTER RUNNING A STORY ABOUT HOW THE USA NEEDS BETTER MATERNITY LEAVE/PROTECTIONS.
TL;DR – Mic.com is a crap site that treats its people like crap. It doesn’t deserve your reblogs. On the plus side, it’s an aggregator, so I promise that news is somewhere else.
Signal Boosting.
I’m not going to say: “Both sides are equally bad,” ‘Cause they’re not.
But be careful not to believe someone just because they say what you want to hear.
With the Republican Administration and the alt-right accusing all liberal leaning media of being “Fake News,” now’s the time to be extra vigilant, in order to prove them wrong.
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