fuckinnear:

we need conversion therapy to be illegal. we need parents to go to jail for doing this to their children. we need providers of conversion therapy to go to jail for offering a service that abuses and kills lgbt people. conversion therapy is a hate crime.

stoneyboboney:

stoneyboboney:

YOUR HOLIDAY MOM is a wonderful website that will contact you EVERY DAY this holiday season and make sure you know that if your birth-mom (or dad) can’t be fully supportive of you, then there are other moms who want to do just that.

The holidays are an incredibly tough time for people without families, and add in the extra stress of being ostracised for your sexuality, and it’s downright unbearable. NOT ANY MORE. Spread this link to make sure anyone who needs a Holiday Mom can get one.

You’re not alone.  <3

Love seeing this making the rounds again this year. Please reblog for the person out there struggling this holiday season.

Stay safe and know this mom thinks you’re awesome exactly as you are. I’m proud of you for trying your best in this really hard, scary year. <3

moonblossom:

random-nexus:

Tartan Details - Mars Exploration (x)

The information held within The Scottish Register of Tartans for the “Mars Exploration” tartan is shown below.

Reference: 11658
Designer: Geoffrey (Tailor) Highland Crafts
Tartan date: 25/08/2016
Registration date: 16 November 2016
Category: Other
Restrictions: Yes. To be woven only through Geoffrey (Tailor) Highland Crafts.
Registration notes: Designed on behalf of Charles Cockell, Professor of Astrobiology, Edinburgh University, this tartan is intended to be worn during Mars science, exploration and outreach activities.
Colours: The red background depicts the surface of Mars, the Red Planet; blue depicts the water-rich past of Mars and the presence of water, mainly as ice, on the planet today; the four green lines represent Mars, the fourth planet from the Sun, the presence of habitable conditions on the planet and the possible future presence of life in the form of human settlement; the thick white line represents the Martian poles, visible from the Earth, a conspicuous and important feature of the planet and its long-term climatic cycles.

Note: This tartan was registered in the official Scottish Register of Tartans.

This tartan is awesome and it was registered on my birthday it;s a sign

decembuary:

shout out to girls who never go to school wearing makeup and have messy hair and want to look nice but never really have the energy to because i dont see very many posts for them and i want them to know that im proud they were able to get out of bed

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sportsgoth:

I know there’s a lot of like, younger teenagers that follow me so check this out, if this is your first time driving in winter, don’t just stamp on the brake pedal to stop, if you’re on ice you’ll continue to slide for quite some distance and could possibly hit something/someone

ease into it, like small pumps on the pedal. And brake earlier, like give yourself some room because even if you’re driving slow and braking correctly you’re still probably gonna slide a bit 

Remember the 3-second rule you learned in driver’s ed? Follow it. Give yourself AT LEAST 3 seconds. On slippery roads, give yourself five. Or (and this is one I learned from my mother), for every 10 miles you’re going, give yourself a car length. So if you’re going 25, give yourself 2.5 car lengths. If you’re doing 55, give yourself 5.5. This is crazy good at estimating how far you’ll need to stop on slippery roads if you absolutely must slam the brakes to avoid hitting a car or an animal. (Seriously. I was on I-66, hit a patch of black ice on a downhill, and the car in front of me was stopped. I hit the pavement doing close to 90 and barely managed to avoid a crash. If I was following the 3-second rule I would have totaled both of our cars.)

ALSO. If you hydroplane/skid on ice and end up spinning in circles, TURN YOUR STEERING WHEEL IN THE DIRECTION OF THE SKID AND SLOWLY STRAIGHTEN. Do not - DO NOT - turn your wheel the other way to try to correct, because it won’t work.

Be safe.

It’s also super important to know if your car has ABS or not, because this will change the required behavior to try and correct out of a skid. The owner’s manual for your car will indicate what the proper procedure is, because ABS will “pulse” the brakes to try and keep the wheels from locking up, so it will be ineffective if you use the older method of pumping the brakes to keep from locking the wheels up.

Also, Don’t jerk your wheel or over correct. If you slide, just turn your wheel a bit to straighten out. Ys, it will take time. But over correction is far more dangerous. 

If there’s a big, open parking lot you can access after a snow/ice storm drive your car in it. Try to spin out a little (the lot needs to not have tons of poles and cars in it. Let me reiterate that again.)

Get a feel for what it feels like to cause spinning out, prevent spinning out, and properly (not over!) correcting a spin. This is the best way to prepare. I heard and read advice like the above and that’s great but I had no idea how to really do it all correctly until my dad took me to our church lot and let me practice.

I found out all cars after the 80s have ABS automatically built in. I personally hate ABS. in my first car it would consistently make me slide out. Whether I pumped the brakes or slowly pushed them or hit them, my car would always skid. I also had shit tires and a lemon for a car but I hate ABS.

That’s another thing: tires. Make sure you have tread. If you’re not sure, have a place like AutoZone look for you.

In CO, a lot of us keep sand bags in our cars to keep the weight in the back so we have a lesser chance of fishtailing.

AVOID CURBS WHEN THERE’S SLUSH. As much as possible. That slush in the curb will grab your car and pull you in.

If you’re driving on the hiway, please go slower than the established speed limit in dangerous conditions.

And if you drive a manual: USE IT, THIS IS ITS TIME TO SHINE.

All this stuff! Also water tends to collect at the bottom of hills so those places (and shady spots) are more likely to be icy. Stay calm and go slow.

this is the time of year you will want to store a large candle, lighters, and some blankets in your car and also water and non-perishable snacks. You will also want cheap cat litter.

If you get stuck, dig out the snow and fill the space with cat litter. you should be able to get out. If you wreck and the cat litter does not free you, stay in your car and bundle up. Do not get out. If you wrecked, chances are someone else will too. Don’t get killed because you think standing outside is any better than sitting your happy ass in the back seat and chilling. 

Don’t waste your battery. If you can get to a convenience store, go there. Otherwise, light your candle, bundle up, and wait for your called help to arrive. If you need heat, turn your car on, blast it at full power for a few minutes and then shut your car off. 

Sometimes locals will be driving around in their 4WD vehicles helping people to get unstuck. Don’t decline the help, those are good people. If they get to you before the people you know, call your people and let them know help has arrived and you will call them once you are moving again.

If you drive stick, don’t drive in 1st gear unless you are moving at a literal crawl. It’s not smooth enough to make it safer than using 2nd gear. Just use 2nd gear, even when coasting down hills. Let your low gear maintain your speed. If you have 4WD, use the 4 lo setting, not 4 hi. 4 lo is what keeps the vehicle at a crawl and keeps you from losing it.

Do not under any circumstances try to pass anyone. just because you’re feeling confident doesn’t mean you can handle it. stay behind the fucker doing 5 mph all the way to your destination. They’re saving your ass by doing that. Always keep your tires driving in the tread marks on the road. Don’t drive on the snow, don’t drive on the slush. It will pull you off of the road faster than you can blink. watch the car in front of them, see what happens to them so you know what to anticipate. if you end up being point man (in front of a line of cars), ignore everyone behind you and focus strictly on the road. Everyone behind you is looking at you for guidance essentially.

If your car is front wheel drive, this will be easier for you, but don’t take that as a free pass. Take the long route if it means you avoid more hills. Drive slow even if it means you’re late. If it isn’t important as hell, do not go out, simple as that.

Take the interstate. People are driving slow enough that even the worst anxiety will be fine on the interstates. The interstates are what each state’s department of transportation works on clearing first, so it is your best bet. even if people are going 70 on the interstate, absolutely no one will judge you if you go slower than that in the snow.

If it starts to snow and you have somewhere to be in the morning, go cover your car in a fitted bed sheet or a tarp. Seriously. Shit is significantly easier when you can pull that off and your car is all not covered in ice and snow and you’re ready to go brave the roads. If you get ice on your windows/windshield/mirrors, under no circumstances should you use water to try and remove the ice. Turn your car on, turn the temperature to the mid setting, and set it on full blast on the windshield. Work away with an ice scraper and nothing more. You can crack the glass if you use water or straight hot air.

Also I was always told to turn into the skid? I’ve hydroplaned more than my fair share of times and that has always saved my ass, even with bald ass fucking tires. Basically if your front end goes to the right, turn your wheels to the left. Point them the direction you were initially going before you started turning. Pointing your wheels with the turn will land you in the ditch or will spin you worse. If you start sliding, turn into the skid, let off of the gas, and DO NOT TOUCH YOUR BRAKES. Coast until you correct or come to a stop.

When all is said and done and the snow and ice is gone, wash your car ASAP. The salt and brine on the roads (that white stuff that coats your car) will eat away at your paint.