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Mon, 17 Jun 2013 14:01:10 -0700

WHY DOES NO ONE TALK ABOUT THE QUETZALCOATLUS?!

I MEAN, JESUS F. CHRIST.

PTERODACTYLS AIN’T SHIT NEXT TO THESE MOTHER FUCKERS. QUETZALCOATLUS FUCKING ATE BABY DINOSAURS FOR BRUNCH.

LITTLE-FOOT, NOOOO!!!

JUST IMAGINE SOMETHING AS TALL AS A MOTHER FUCKING GIRAFFE

SOARING THROUGH THE SKIES AT 80 MILES PER HOUR, AND THEN SWOOPING DOWN AND FUCKING EATING YOUR FACE OFF.

FUCKING QUETZALCOATLUS

laborreguitina: sexxxisbeautiful: sjw-proverbs: amyleona: St...

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:02:42 -0700

laborreguitina:

sexxxisbeautiful:

sjw-proverbs:

amyleona:

Stop Stigma Sacramento
The Mental Illness: It’s not always what you think project was initiated by Sacramento County Department of Health and Human Services’ Division of Behavioral Health Services to:
-Reduce stigma and discrimination
-Promote mental health and wellness
-Inspire hope for people and families living with mental illness

Stop Stigma Sacramento is one of the many projects here working to support those with mental illnesses. These are all over the county—on billboards, community boards, and gas pumps.

For mental health resources in the county, visit the NAMI Sacramento website

Some more actual social justice. This is fucking perfect. Can we get these on billboards out here on the East Coast?

I’m crying this is so thoughtful and meaningful

mental heath ads that actually include beautiful POC faces!!

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Mon, 17 Jun 2013 12:01:53 -0700

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Sun, 16 Jun 2013 16:01:08 -0700

da-dork: meow—lex: dick—stridork: aid—visual—ruin: vanticide:...

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 15:01:41 -0700

da-dork:

meow—lex:

dick—stridork:

aid—visual—ruin:

vanticide:

thegreatjinx:

thisiswhiteculture:

knowledgeequalsblackpower:

thenapturalone:

diemeowderkatze:

I AM SORRY BUT THIS IS WHY I AM EMBARRASSED TO BE AN AMERICAN. IF A HIJAB THAT DORNS THE AMERICAN FLAG PATTERN IS NOT ACCEPTABLE BUT SKIMPY ASS BIKINIS OR WEARING THE FUCKING ACTUAL FLAG IS ACCEPTABLE, JUST BECAUSE THE PERSON IS WHITE, I WANT TO FUCKING THROW UP.

(I don’t have a thing against Audrey Kitching, she was just merely and example).

But this fucking disgusts me right here. It makes me want to say, fuck this country and its racism and double standards.

I LITERALLY FUCKING CAN NOT

Give her a bullet to the head for walking down the street, minding her own business?? And they think SHE’S the terrorist.

White people are fucking monsters

Hold on now. Just because all these dickbags are being stupid doesn’t mean ALL white people are monsters. I’m white yet i would never do this. The only people who are monsters here are the racist fucks who would want to kill someone because of their race and customs.

^ thank you. and this type of thing is not JUST found in america so can we not just single out that white people and america sucks?

Saying “Not all white people are monsters” shifts the conversation from the situation where some blatant islamaphobia i is occurring, which people face on a daily basis and not only terrible but dangerous , to “wah I’m white and I don’t do that, you totes hurt my feelings”. It’s fucking terrible when white people do that. If you’re not one of the white people that, congratulations you aren’t a total piece of shit and the above comment does not apply to you. When we say “White people” we mean the entire oppressive institution that white people have created where a PoC is in danger just by existing.

Yes not all racists are white people.

You’re being a pretty terrible white person though if you inject that into a conversation in which WHITE PEOPLE are being racist.

^^^ commentary

tastefullyoffensive: He-Dad [calmblueoceans]

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 14:01:17 -0700

tastefullyoffensive:

He-Dad [calmblueoceans]

Picture of the Day: Vishavjit Singh of @Sikhtoons and...

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 13:02:26 -0700

Picture of the Day: Vishavjit Singh of @Sikhtoons and photographer Fiona Aboud explore Sikh “Captain America”

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themustachedyke: Beth

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 12:01:41 -0700

themustachedyke:

Beth

starklyinaccurate: What you say “You should do what makes you happy and not worry about the...

Sat, 15 Jun 2013 19:51:53 -0700

starklyinaccurate:

What you say “You should do what makes you happy and not worry about the money!”

=

What I hear “I’ve never been shit poor and have no idea what’s like to be hungry”

dearcispeople: Saying “I really respect your decision to be...

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 14:01:18 -0700

dearcispeople:

Saying “I really respect your decision to be trans” and not realizing the contradiction in your own statement…doesn’t work.

grimelords: this is a terrible design for a book safe because I...

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 13:02:26 -0700

grimelords:

this is a terrible design for a book safe because I would definitely steal a book this thick on paper planes even if I wasn’t planning on robbing you before

duendevuhsachee: awkwardsituationist: 2nd annual pride parade...

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 12:01:29 -0700

duendevuhsachee:

awkwardsituationist:

2nd annual pride parade in salt lake city. june 2 2013. images here and here

This makes me so happy.

The Violent Flame: Hire me.

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 08:57:43 -0700

The Violent Flame: Hire me.:

theangryviolinist:

mathandcello:

theangryviolinist:

Hi, guys. If anybody is interested, I’ll be teaching violin lessons via Skype starting at the end of June. Teaching online has typically been a supplementary income but I haven’t been able to find work this summer; ergo, this…

that's fine that's fine that's fine that's fine: libernum: i don’t care how “awkward” gender-neutral pronouns are to...

Tue, 11 Jun 2013 13:02:05 -0700

that's fine that's fine that's fine that's fine: libernum: i don’t care how “awkward” gender-neutral pronouns are to...:

libernum:

i don’t care how “awkward” gender-neutral pronouns are to you, i don’t care if you think it’s “easier” to misgender someone, i don’t give a fuck what YOUR preferences are when it comes to SOMEONE ELSE’S gender. it is not something for YOU to decide just because you’d rather be…

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Tue, 11 Jun 2013 12:01:25 -0700

bertmccrackalaken: OH MY GOD SO SOME RUDE GUY ON THE STREET PASSING BY ME SAID “TAKE THAT METAL OUT...

Mon, 10 Jun 2013 16:18:49 -0700

bertmccrackalaken:

OH MY GOD SO SOME RUDE GUY ON THE STREET PASSING BY ME SAID “TAKE THAT METAL OUT OF YOUR NOSE IT’S DISGUSTING” AND I SAID “TAKE YOUR JUDGMENTAL HEAD OUT OF YOUR ASS YOU’RE DISGUSTING” AND THE PERSON WALKING BEHIND ME LAUGHED SO HARD SHE STOPPED WALKING

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Mon, 10 Jun 2013 15:01:22 -0700

polycule: lady88: Today we would have celebrated our 5th...

Mon, 10 Jun 2013 14:00:57 -0700

polycule:

lady88:

Today we would have celebrated our 5th wedding anniversary.

I thought June 8th would be so much harder for me…but here it is, and somehow I feel even more at wonderfully unexpected peace with the decisions that she made and the separate lives we now live.

What no one tells us enough is that people are absolutely going to break you. It’s unavoidable. People you love will leave you. People you trust will bring you to your knees with a breed of heartache you never imagined. And then…just when you’re about to accept the sadness you can’t shake, things will all start to make sense. You will open your eyes after crying for weeks on end and see something or someone in the mirror that you never thought possible.

When Natalie started talking about not wanting to be married, she would repeatedly say, “I want to WANT to be here”. At the time it sounded like a sad excuse for giving up on us, but it makes so much sense to me now.

You can have all the love in the world for a person, or even for the life you share with them…and you can still not really “want” to be there no matter how hard you try.

I thought I would cry my way through June 8th for the rest of my days. But somehow, when I was least expecting it, I found myself thriving inside the wake of our past life. Somehow today is just another day.

When we were getting married I knew she was doing it for me, and not at all for her. She never believed in the process of, or the longevity of marriage. She loved me, and she thought that would be enough. Love just isn’t always enough.

I woke up this morning wrapped in the arms of someone who wants to be nowhere else but next to me. I realize now that falling for someone who falls back just as hard for me is something I have never experienced before.

I loved being a wife. I loved being her wife in particular. There was nothing I was as proud of as my marriage. But it was effortless for me. I never had to try to “want” to be there. I was always exactly where I wanted to be.

Realizing that my happiness was essentially trapping the person I loved most was one of the hardest things to comprehend.

There was a day when she said to me, “you drive over the Sauvie Island bridge every day and can’t wait to be home…I drive over it every day and wonder how I’m going to keep on pretending to be here”. There were tears in her eyes and I could feel my heart break in a way I can’t explain.

Now, I drive over that bridge everyday and I still can’t wait to be home. It may not be coming home to her, but it is more of a home now than I ever imagined.

I know that Natalie is where she wants to be. I know she is WHO she wants to be. I know she’s truly, genuinely happy, and so am I, and for that I am more grateful than I can ever articulate. I’m thankful that she had the courage to leave. If it weren’t for her leaving I would never have found myself.

I will be a wife again. It wasn’t in her nature, but it’s ingrained in mine. It’s who I am. I want a life with the woman I love that includes vows, and a day full of happy tears, and things that I never had with Natalie…a first dance, a wedding song, a ‘will you marry me’.

For some time I felt like I didn’t deserve to have any of that again…as if people would roll their eyes at the notion of me taking vows once more. But I want a to build a home around a family, and love someone for the rest of my days, and I’m not ashamed to still want these things in due time.

I will have love.

I will live happily ever after.

Happy June 8th. Today is just another beautiful day.

Proof that break-ups will break you and then rebuild you into even more of the you that you could be.

thefrogman: [video] [h/t: dpaf]

Mon, 10 Jun 2013 13:02:15 -0700

thefrogman:

[video] [h/t: dpaf]

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Mon, 10 Jun 2013 12:01:25 -0700