After the Maria, Puerto Rico was so overwhelmed that morticians were told to just start burning the bodies without trying to determine whether or not their deaths were caused by the hurricane.
If this were happening in Venezuela, we would hold it up as an example of the horrors and failures of communism. But this is happening under the control of the United States, under US capitalism.
Redditor tells heartwarming story of the wholesomeness of humanity
I used to work in a deli/sandwich shop. There was a men’s restroom and a women’s restroom. The women’s restroom locked like a normal house bathroom locks and you could “pick” the lock by putting a toothpick or other thin, long instrument in through a hole in the handle. This provided privacy and security while still allowing staff to unlock the door if necessary. The men’s restroom handle didn’t lock, and the solution implemented years before was to put in a sliding door lock. Not the chain kind, but the bolt kind. This allowed privacy and security, but was a stupid idea as the only way for staff to enter if locked would be to kick through the lock or to literally kick down the door. One particular day I was working and a nervous looking man came up and asked if we could unlock the men’s room. I let him know no, but that since it locks and unlocks from the inside he would just need to wait a bit for the current guest to finish his business and then the restroom would be available. The man let me know that his 5 year old son was in there and had locked himself in. Holy shit… holy SHIT. I got there quick and heard the kid starting to lose it. And not just me, but also customers who were sitting at tables around the bathroom door had heard the kid too. Before I could start to explain to the father how the door locked, no less than 10 customers (strangers!) were at the door, ready to provide assistance. I explained to the father how the door locks, and he talked his son through it, and within a minute the son figured it out and was out of the bathroom again. But holy smokes, I’ll never forget how quick total strangers were to get up, get moving, and be ready to help however they could the instant they heard a child in distress.
I was on my way home from work and I was robbed and he took $450 from me (I know I’m fucking stupid for carrying that on me but I had just cashed my check that day) and this really fucking sucks because I was going to use that money to get medication and treatment for my dog that has been having seizures.
I already have ptsd from being fucking homeless and now this. I’m genuinely scared to go outside. If anyone can send me anything please I would appreciate or at least share this.
My dad is not in my life and I haven’t spoken to my mom in a year, I definitely do not have a financial safety net.
This year has been a difficult one in terms of news, especially living in North America. Like many others, I’ve stepped away from following currents events as they play out. I shifted to just keeping my head down and doing my work. As Neil Gaiman says: “Make Good Art”.
There have been two pieces of news that have cracked through that though. First, the news from Warsaw, Poland. About a year ago upon an audience request, I wrote an article about The Rainbow of Flowers.
Like a lot of articles, it didn’t have a happy ending. It suffered many attacks from the far-right and was repeatedly rebuilt after being burned down. Despite promises, eventually, it stopped being rebuilt. But this year, it was rebuilt one final time, out of water.
When my wife showed me this, I cried. And yesterday, when the highest court in India struck down the ban against same-sex relationships, I cried again.
This law was a remnant of colonization like many others of its kind.
But these laws, these attitudes, are being stripped away. And this victory reminded me of the others. It dismissed my natural skepticism that for every challenge, we will have another failure.
One of my favourite quotes to come from this news sums up my feelings perfectly. It comes from Ritu Dalmia, one of the five LGBT campaigners who petitioned the courts to change this law:
“I was turning into a cynical human being with very little belief in the system, but honestly this has really shown once again that we are a functional democracy where freedom of choice, speech, and rights still exist,”
Of course, not all of us live in a democracy, and this statement is specifically about India, but India isn’t the only one moving forward.
In August, Costa Rica also joined the now twenty-five countries that have legalized same-sex marriages.
Behind all of these victories are massive amounts of work. And I won’t lie, I saw early news of India being challenged about this law, and I scrolled past with certainty that it wouldn’t happen.
But it did.
I just wanted to share a moment of grateful relief with all of you. As the bad news keeps pouring in, we keep working. And our work matters. It means something.
Give yourself some time to be thankful for that today. Then get back to work with me. Because right now courts in Kenya, Botswana, and Jamaica are considering joining India in decriminalizing homosexuality. The world is changing. Let’s all keep making great art, and make history while we are at it.
The state of Kerala, India, is experiencing one of the worst floods since 1924. Over 20,000 houses have been damaged completely and 10,000 km of roads have been destroyed. Essential services have taken a hit, with shortages in medical supplies and drinking water reported from several places. A red alert has been issued in 11 of the 14 districts.
324 people have lost their lives since the rains started on May 29. Over half of them – 190 across 14 districts – have died in the last few days. Over 314,000 people have been moved to relief camps across the state with many more still missing or unreachable.
AnboduKochi is a non-profit organisation that has been one of the largest groups to provide relief support in Kochi, they need cash to transport all the donations they have been getting and make sure it gets to the relief camps.
keralarescue.in is an initiative by Govt. of Kerala, Kerala State IT Mission and IEEE Kerala Section for effective collaboration and communications between authorities, volunteers and public
Google has put out a consolidated and pin-dropped list of centres providing rescue ops, including shelters, food and water, medicine and essentials, volunteers, Jeep rescue and ambulances, among others.
In case you are looking for someone stranded in Kerala or have information about someone, use the Person Finder, which crowdsources information, to help.
Below are some ways to donate and help rebuild the lives of those affected.
The Chief Minister’s Distress Relief Fund (CMDRF)is 100% exempt from tax and “is an emergency assistance release mechanism granting immediate relief to families and individuals distressed by calamity, loss of life due to accidents and chronic diseases.”
Amazon lets users donate to one of three NGOs: Goonj, Habitat for Humanity and World Vision India. Once you select one of the three NGOs, you can choose what you want to donate by going through their wishlist
The guy got his life and career destroyed by his divorce, cut him some slack.
he was also sexually assaulted by a man who could destroy his career
protect him
reblog if the man on the right is just as beautiful as the man on the left
people grow old? like, that’s a thing that happens? leave my guy alone.
This man deserves everything let him he happy
Ok… This is what happened to Fraser
-His wife ditched him and asked for 900k a year,
-He was sexually assaulted which he said kicked him into a deep depression
-He stated that the stunts from the 3rd Mummy movie completely destroyed his body and he was in and out of the hospital for 7 years even having to get surgery to repair his vocal cords.
-He apparently blamed himself for all this which only worsened his depression.
This man has literally been through hell this past decade so please lets cut him some slack and wish him the best
All this but also that picture on the right is a really bad paparazzi photo compared with a professional quality movie promo still. No one looks good when some random person snaps you on the street, regardless of who you are.
Compare with this image from the GQ article last February:
Proper lighting, professional setting, good angles etc.
The dude is 49 and has had a rough couple of decades, but he’s still lovely to look at, and I’ll fight anyone who says otherwise.
Could we leave one of the very rarely found unproblematic white dudes alone?
His GQ piece is amazing and heartbreaking. He’s such a beautiful person.
Not only that but only utter garbage people body shame.
Plan for this evening, using some odds and ends of vegetables along with less chicken. Plus, of course, some extra garlic and ginger, because I couldn’t not.
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