“Let us put it generally: if a regime is immoral, its citizens are free from all obligations to it.” – Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Gulag Archipelago.

[Pictured: Captain Pia Klemp sitting in a chair beside her controls.

@VivianAngrisani on Twitter wrote on 6/8/2019: “Pia Klemp, a German biologist & boat captain faces 20 yrs in prison for rescuing 1,000+ migrants at risk of drowning whilst crossing the Mediterranean. Seeking asylum is a human right. Only 1 in 100 sea captains are female. This woman is a humanitarian, not a criminal. #FreePia”

@Galactic_Rabbit quote-tweeted on 6/10/2019 and wrote: “Thinking about all those videos of people honored in their old age for hiding/protecting Jewish people.”]

To all the people commenting that she’s an accessory to “illegal immigration,” note that seeking asylum is a human right. Countries which refuse asylum are in violation of the Geneva Convention. They get away with this and propagandize complacency towards the victims by using bureaucracy to complicate immigration proceedings. During times of genocide, this is tantamount to hearing a would-be murder victim knocking on your door and locking the deadbolt.

People who risk dying getting smuggled across borders do so out of sheer desperation because the situation they’re leaving is worse. Finally, you are missing the entire point: violation of the law is warranted when the laws violate human rights and criminalize existence. Laws which call immigrants “illegal” are tools of a systemic negligence designed to condemn those who need legal protection the most.

Oh and here’s the petition to #FreePia.

discourse in other fandoms: lgbtphobia or racism, ships, etc

discourse in stardew valley fandom: if you can fish without mods fuck you

I can and will fish without mods, somebody come fuck me

the absolute POWER behind this response has me fucking losing it

i love how no one on this site knows anything about lgbt history. fucking obviously "bi" literally means "two," but that label was put upon us by cishets who only recognize gender as two sexes with the purpose of pathologising us. we reclaimed it and redefined it to suit the ACTUAL meaning of our sexuality, which, as according to the bisexual manifesto (1990), which was literally even titled Anything That Moves, bisexuality has always been an attraction to all genders. every single one. not any 2, not 2 or more. all genders.

not to be a history fucker on main but the whole mystery of the lost colony of roanoke is so fucking funny

governor of the colony: hey I’m gonna go back to england to get more supplies

115 colonists: okay

governor: ends up spending 3 years in england bc of a naval war with spain or some shit

governor: gets back to the colony to find everyone gone

governer: sees the word “croatoan”, the name of a native american tribe, carved into a post

croatoan tribe: has members and children with blonde hair/blue eyes, pale skin

everyone: what could have happened to the colonists of roanoke

racism is a hell of a drug

governor: I can’t believe my colony died

roanoke folks: actually these really nice people took us in? we left you a note about that? so please stop telling everyone we’re dead?

governor: Sometimes I Can Still Hear Their Voices

Some of those suspiciously mixed-looking Croatoan tribes-people were even still using the surnames of the Roanoke colonists! The degree to which ‘The Mystery of Roanoke’ is NOT EVEN SLIGHTLY MYSTERIOUS is fucking ridiculous! As an out-and-proud history fucker, I cannot tell you how mad I was when I decided to look into this ~super tantalising mystery~ only to find that it’s so dumb. It’s so dumb, guys.

“My story is a little different. I hear negative remarks and disrespectful jokes about genital herpes almost on a daily basis from both men AND women. The stigmatization that genital herpes is dirty and shameful makes it almost impossible for those living with genital herpes (that’s 1 in 6 people!!) to come out from hiding and live their truth. My sexual history does not define me nor should it be considered ‘a joke.’ I am not ashamed of my journey or my body! So fuck your stigma.” – R.

This is an incredibly important point to make. The stigma circling genital herpes and sexually transmitted infections makes it very difficult for people to want to speak up. Not to mention the isolation one feels once diagnosed. You are not alone. You are not dirty. You are human. Anyone who tells you otherwise can go fuck themselves. They’re not worth your time.

Herpes is nothing to be ashamed of. More than half of Americans have oral herpes, and about 1 out of 6 Americans has genital herpes. 

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Laurens parents are subjecting her to homophobic, transphobic, ableist abuse which she is unable to escape because they steal all of her paychecks, plus she is also dependent on her parents health insurance for her medical care. They know this and use it to further their control over her

^^ this was a text her mother sent about a Xmas gift, so she's stolen Lauren's Xmas present and there's zero guarantee Lauren will get any of it back

Lauren works full time and can't even access money for food and drinks to sustain herself through her shifts

Her parents withhold her medication, ration out her pills and often fail to collect her scripts which forces her to go without meds she needs to function. Some of these meds have withdrawals too.

Her posts so far have generated some help which she is extremely grateful but truthfully she's only received a small amount of money - not enough for her basic needs let alone any kind of recreation or relief which she badly needs to survive this abuse

Because her parents have control of her PayPal and IDs she can't use her own PayPal so me and another friend of hers are facilitating the fundraiser.

I know money is tight for everyone but if you're able, any help would be greatly appreciated. No amount is too small. Otherwise reblogs are very appreciated too

Lauren isn't relying on her parents insurance anymore but Tumblr won't let me edit the post (thanks Tumblr) but everything else here is current as of 27th December 2019

Do you ever wanna bond with someone so bad you’re like “damn i wish we were knights on a dangerous quest”

When I totaled my car last spring, it was by plowing straight thru a fence into a cow pasture on my way to a job interview, and the one thing that saved me from being utterly consumed by despair was the fact that the cows were utterly bonkers with curiosity about the weird object that was suddenly in their field, and they completely SWARMED me and my car with good-natured excitement. They ate my lunch (and my cars bill of sale documents), they used the wrecked husk of my car as a rubbing post, they tried to lick my face, and most importantly because of them I was not just crying alone in the rain, and for these things I'm literally forever in their debt.

These ladies are my heroes.

I’m not back, I’m just here to get cancelled again so I can sleep

For your consideration:

Okay, please cancel me, daddy. My insomnia only responds to being immediately ostracized so you need to be fast. 

Your right and you should say it.

I can get cancelled for being your friend and you can get cancelled for being my friend. Cancelception.