wild that “it’s actually gay people’s fault that straight men are too homophobic to be friends with each other” is like a popular and socially accepted hot take among progressives. and that this has been the case for at least 25 years
be nice to autistic people, especially autistic teens, who talk ‘weird.’ like talking in unfinished, choppy simple sentences, or poetically and vaguely, or like their favorite characters do, or punctuating every sentence with an odd sound, or as if they’re some all-powerful being with special powers, or completely in vine references. just because you aren’t used to it or it sounds funny or anything doesn’t mean they don’t deserve the same respect as anybody else. we’re just communicating in the most comfortable way that we can, so if you make fun of autistic people who talk like anime characters or something, fuck you
WE NEED TO HELP YEMEN
If you didn’t know already, Yemen is a rather recently formed country and there has been a lot of fighting between the North and South of the nation. Violence has since escalated and this caused a civil war to break out in 2014, endangering the population of Yemen.
The UN has called it the worst humanitarian crisis in the world. Think about that statement. Approximately 80 percent of the population requires aid and “Around 3.2 million require treatment from acute malnutrition, including 2 million children below the age of five” (WorldBank.org). Save The Children says: “37 children a month have been killed or injured by bombs in the last year. More than 100 boys and girls are dying from extreme hunger every single day. At least one child dies every 10 minutes as a result of preventable killers such as cholera, with more than 100,000 children infected this year alone.”
The following is also a statement World Bank wrote: “poverty is projected to remain high with over three-quarters of the population in 2019 living below US$3.20 PPP a day, and approximately half of the population living below US$1.90 PPP a day. Given the bleak outlook, massive foreign assistance would continue to be required to fund recovery and reconstruction in a post-conflict period.” People are starving, homeless, lack access to healthcare, and scared.
Much of the world has turned a blind eye towards Saudia Arabia’s attacks on this country. At the same time, people have turned their backs against Yemen. This crisis has been going on for long enough. We need to speak out about this. We need to do our part. Here’s how:
WHAT WE CAN DO:
Donate:
- https://support.savethechildren.org/site/Donation2?df_id=2521&2521.donation=form1
- https://www.care.org/country/yemen
- https://www.unicef.ca/en/donate/help-save-children-in-yemen
- https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/what-we-do/countries/yemen
- https://www.rescue.org/country/yemen
Educate:
- https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/38317367
- https://news.un.org/en/story/2019/02/1032811
- https://www.worldbank.org/en/country/yemen/overview
- https://www.worldbank.org/en/country/yemen/publication/economic-update-april-2019
- https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/27/world/middleeast/yemen-how-to-help.html
They rely on us to survive. SPREAD THE WORD.
it’s crazy that im alive to witness major effects of climate change. like it always seemed super vague and it was always ‘the polar bears won’t have anywhere to live’ but this shit is going to fuck everything up bigtime.
Most people don’t realize how serious it is. We’ve only got 50 years worth of resources left, if we keep going the way we are, and honestly, that’s optimistic. Aside from that, we’ve already gone over the calculated “point of no return”, so even if we immediately start sucking gasses out of the atmosphere and stop all transport and agriculture, we’re going to see oceans rise, sea life die, we’re going to be crammed into smaller land areas, places like Melbourne will be underwater, and the fallout will probably send us into an ice age anyway (long story, but basically the ice melts, cold water sinks, the ocean flow responsible for thermoregulation of the planet is interrupted, cue ice age).
I can already see it now. Forget the hurricanes for a moment:
-Hay isn’t growing at the right time. Last year, no one got good hay where I live, because the weather (which has been in the same pattern during hay season for as long as I’ve been alive) was whacked out.
-None of my animals grew coats correctly, because the weather is just all wrong, and they don’t know what season they’re in.
-We’re getting new temperature records globally; basically, all weather is starting to change already
-Where I live, there are always two weeks where we see echidnas everywhere, and then we don’t see them the rest of the year. that is, until last year, when we barely saw them, spaced throughout several months.
-Let me reiterate, the animals cannot tell what season it is because climate change is altering weather patterns that have been here for as long as anyone can remember
-We also have more acidic rain due to all the gasses, which is why we’ve got so many statues and whatnot corroding even though they haven’t changed for thousands of years
-We had a tornado start to form in Melbourne. That’s unheard of.
We have the technology to slow down climate change. If we want to survive for more than 50 years, we need to act now. NOW. We need to put in place all the technologies we have, and pour money into more scientific research.
And why haven’t we? Because politicians earn money from oil companies and don’t care about the future of the planet, because they’re not going to be here in 50 years anyway.
https://www.skepticalscience.com/ is a great website that debunks common myths about climate change! check it out! it has a wealth of information that’s super easy to understand and even comes in different levels in terms of learning.
i just recently sat in a climate change presentation and the physicist who gave the presentation talked about how if in the next 30 years we (not just Americans, but humans all over the world) do not cut down on carbon emissions (and this honestly boils down to policy changes that MUST be made amongst industrialists in “developed countries” but that’s a whole other conversation) climate change will ultimately become irreversible.
30 years y’all. that’s within all of our life times. and these effects are going to be pretty much the end of human civilization as we know it.
It’s time for people who will not live to see the consequences of their actions to give way to those of us who will. It’s time for those of us born in the shadow of climate change to stand up and start demanding our stake in the future be recognized as larger and more important than the greedy old men who don’t expect to be around that long.
the whole “30 years” thing is hella out of date, the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has given us 12, and that was last year.
Recycling etc. and cutting down your carbon print is great, but it’s not going to help. Just 100 corporations are responsible for 71% of global CO2 emissions.
Similarly, looking to your elected representatives to grant change from above will be too little, too late.
Get involved in grassroots community organising, before it’s too late to build the sort of world we could be proud of, nobody else is going to do it for you. And by you I literally mean anybody reading this. Here are some helpful groups:
Even 12 years is optimistic already. This is our defining challenge as a generation and as a race, foisted upon us by greedy politicians and billionaires. If you don’t want to die of food shortage, you better get moving, because I cannot emphasise enough the importance of dedicating everything to this singular goal. This isn’t the time for wishy-washy deliberation; that passed a 100 years ago. Action needs to be immediate. Action needs to be now.
There are two climate change scenarios I was taught– this first is if we collectively get our shit together, the second is if we don’t.
Scenario 1: moderate
- CO2 emissions peak in 2050, and fade out altogether by 2200 AD
- Ocean gradually absorb excess, becomes carbonic acid in solution
- Thermal maximum in 2200-2300 AD, 2-4 C higher than today
- In 12,000 AD, temps still 1.1 C higher than today
Scenario 2: super-greenhouse
- CO2 emissions peak in 2100 – 2150
- Ocean gradually absorb excess, becomes carbonic acid in solution
- Thermal maximum in 2500-3500 AD, 5-9 C higher than today
- Full recovery takes 400-500k years
tl;dr we’re past the point of no return, and how we act now will determine the magnitude. Will the world start recovering in 12,000 years, OR will the world be dramatically altered for the next 400-500,000 years?
so basically it’s too late and we should do nothing, just accept that we’re gonna die and party
What the fuck’s wrong with you people?
What pisses me off more than the corporations causing this mess are the people going “guess there’s no point, time to lie down and die uwu”
The post has told you we have a LIMITED TIME in which we can reduce the magnitude of climate change - how are people not understanding that we’ve gotta now collectivize and fight bitterly for our future?
You want some actionable goals, okay: go out and VOTE. Educate yourself politically with the intensity of studying for an exam. Go to town halls, call your representatives, support parties with environmental platforms, donate money and time, and above all else, SHUT DOWN the people who choose to respond with nihilism. Apathy is a poison, and we can not tolerate it.
for jewish people + allies who live in the united states, there are multiple actions across the country where jews and allies, under a never again campaign, blockade ICE detention centers. i encourage anyone who can get involved, to do so. if you can’t or do not live in the states, please share this and consider donating to the bail and court funds!
that fucking speedrunning mascot is adorable and i cant get over it
maybe some gamers can live
speedrunning belongs to the queers