Day: September 24, 2018

afloweroutofstone:

sincewearetellingstories:

nixcraft:

Google street view in Rome

The best part is. That’s actually a massive cat sanctuary for Rome’s cats…. at the place where Caesar got stabbed to death.

But seriously the cat sanctuary is great (go visit if you can and you can visit so many cats). And while it would seem like the archaeological site is the sanctuary, there’s actually a little area down some stairs on a wall just out of the frame where the keep the majority of the cats which can’t be let out to roam. Like blind cats, cats with specific diseases, and cats which need medication.

It’s a very good place and everyone should know about and (if possible) donate. I got to go this summer (2018) and they had over 50 cats, 30 of which need specialized care or can’t be let outside anymore.

www.gattidiroma.net is their website where you can learn more or donate!

I went there while in Rome last year and they have a cat named Brutus

Julius Ceasar got stabbed just to the left of that tree in that last picture, IIRC.

jumpingjacktrash:

the-real-seebs:

denied-par-vollen:

wodneswynn:

wodneswynn:

“So-and-so identity I’m prejudiced against is gonna use up all the LGBT resources!” like this is fuckin Age of Empires II or some shit

Reblog if you can’t build any more castles or upgrade your longbowmen because some sneaky asexuals are camping on all the wood and stone

But the LGBT movement DOES have resources. Campaigning funds. Charity funds. Credibility. And it’s being wasted on a redundant movement of people no-one could give two shits about. Take the resources away from the ‘UwU no-one thinks we’re VALID’ asexuals and give it to the gays and bisexuals that get abused, discriminated and killed

okay, but have you considered:

the entire fucking point is that we are a movement entirely composed of “people no-one could give two shits about”. that is why we are abused, discriminated against, and sometimes killed.

“people no one could give two shits about”, especially when the lack of concern for them is directly tied to who they will or won’t fuck, is exactly who those resources are for.

and every time we grow the movement, and get more people, we also get more resources. strength in numbers. unity. solidarity.

it fucking works, man. since i was a kid, we went from “it’s not obvious that killing these people should be considered a crime” to recognition of marriage, most or at least a lot of health coverage and medical standards of care covering transitioning, and so on. it’s working.

and when i mentioned “asexuals” to some coworkers, one of them said “holy shit there’s a word for that? that’s me!” and now a programmer who has a decent salary and no kids to spend it on thinks of us as his people and wants to support LGBT things because he feels like that’s his problem, not someone else’s problem.

for future advocacy: please consider the possibility that, in a community full of people many of whom were homeless in their mid teens because no one could give two shits about them, dismissing people on the grounds that you don’t personally think anyone should care about them is actually a bad look.

also, being jealous because not every birthday party is YOUR birthday party is not cute after you turn three.