decodethefallenmoon:

antikoreaboo:

eo-akes:

ablacknation:

You don’t have to be black, it just means you support us, you stand by us and you’re for us.

100%

200%

Someone who’s black or supports black people and their human rights. it literally says that in the description. “You don’t have to be black, it just means you support us, you stand by us and you’re for us.” 

dianapocalypse:

Good morning, America. We have another white supremacist in the White House. Steve Bannon, head of Breitbart Media, a known alt-right organization, has been appointed as Trump’s top advisor. He is a known anti-semite, sexist, and racist.

So we’re going to call our elected officials until they speak out against him. If you can’t call, use the phone script and send an email instead. But I really urge you to call. Calls are much harder to ignore than emails.

Spread. This. Now.

HOW TO CONTACT YOUR SENATOR AND REPRESENTATIVES:
http://www.senate.gov/senators/contact/
http://www.house.gov/representatives/

PETITIONS:
Petition number 1!
Petition number 2! Sign both!

PHONE SCRIPT:

“Hello, my name is (NAME), and I’m calling from (CITY) to urge Senator/Representative (NAME) to speak out against the appointment of Steve Bannon as President Elect Trump’s top advisor.

Steve Bannon is a known white supremacist, whose organization, Breitbart Media, promotes openly racist and sexist ideologies. He is proud of his connection to the alt-right movement, which openly campaigns for an “Aryan Homeland” and white ethno-nationalism.

He promotes Anti-Semitic and Anti-Muslim ideologies and harrassment of women. His appointment has told white supremacists throughout the country that their hatred and actions are justified.

This is not normal. We the people will not stand for this. It’s time to take a stand against racism. Speak out against the appointment of Steve Bannon and show America we will not allow the white supremacy movement to have the ear of our president.

I hope you will address this glaring issue. Thousands have already pledged their distrust of this man. I hope you will do the same.

Thank you for sharing my message.“

aria-lerendeair:

roane72:

jacquez45:

literallytrevor:

crookedhillary:

literallytrevor:

handaxe:

probablyapyro:

handaxe:

You can make a donation to Planned Parenthood in Mike Pence’s name and he’ll receive the certificate of the donation.

Office of Governor Mike Pence
State House
Room 206
Indianapolis, IN 46204-2797

He’ll also receive income tax benefits though. This is essentially a donation to Mike Pence

actually, nope! i pay for it, i get to write it off in my taxes. 

If he has the receipt, he has the proof it happened, though…

Does anyone think Mike Pence is going to itemize donations to Planned Parenthood to save money on his taxes lol

Tru

Who Gets Tax Credit on Donation Made on Someone’s Behalf?

For the man or woman who has everything, donations can make a great gift. Instead of another fondue pot or a gift card, you can give money to their favorite charity in their name. What you can’t do is give them the tax deduction for the donation. The IRS says someone can deduct contributions he makes to charity, not contributions someone else makes.

So YOU will get the deduction. Pence will get a nice thank-you note from Planned Parenthood. 

Yep, from having done this MANY MANY times when I worked for a nonprofit. The honoree just gets a lovely note saying that a donation was made in their name. The donor gets the tax receipt.

OH THIS IS PERFECT. 

ladyofthehouse:

hail-sagan:

You want a physicist to speak at your funeral. You want the physicist to talk to your grieving family about the conservation of energy, so they will understand that your energy has not died. You want the physicist to remind your sobbing mother about the first law of thermodynamics; that no energy gets created in the universe, and none is destroyed. You want your mother to know that all your energy, every vibration, every Btu of heat, every wave of every particle that was her beloved child remains with her in this world. You want the physicist to tell your weeping father that amid energies of the cosmos, you gave as good as you got.

And at one point you’d hope that the physicist would step down from the pulpit and walk to your brokenhearted spouse there in the pew and tell him that all the photons that ever bounced off your face, all the particles whose paths were interrupted by your smile, by the touch of your hair, hundreds of trillions of particles, have raced off like children, their ways forever changed by you. And as your widow rocks in the arms of a loving family, may the physicist let her know that all the photons that bounced from you were gathered in the particle detectors that are her eyes, that those photons created within her constellations of electromagnetically charged neurons whose energy will go on forever.

And the physicist will remind the congregation of how much of all our energy is given off as heat. There may be a few fanning themselves with their programs as he says it. And he will tell them that the warmth that flowed through you in life is still here, still part of all that we are, even as we who mourn continue the heat of our own lives.

And you’ll want the physicist to explain to those who loved you that they need not have faith; indeed, they should not have faith. Let them know that they can measure, that scientists have measured precisely the conservation of energy and found it accurate, verifiable and consistent across space and time. You can hope your family will examine the evidence and satisfy themselves that the science is sound and that they’ll be comforted to know your energy’s still around. According to the law of the conservation of energy, not a bit of you is gone; you’re just less orderly. Amen.

- Aaron Freeman

I know people often think that science and religion are in conflict. As the child of a physicist, I know that isn’t true. The deeper you immerse yourself in science, the more you see God. God just doesn’t look the way the Bible would have you believe. Some of the most spiritual people in the world are scientists, because science is the search for answers.

I’d encourage you to consider people deep in the pursuit of sciences as also being on a deep spiritual journey. They are.

I was raised and remain atheist, and yet that last bit isn’t quite true.

The face of God, for me, is the Big Bang. And the morality that comes from it is this: if we come from such a remarkable, unfathomably wonderful thing–so many events that are a chance, or chaotic, or even the result of beautiful mathematical patterns–we have a responsibility to preserve it. We are each a wonder.

Care, kindness, and wonder. I think–I *must* think–that these things will save us.

So, yes, you want a physicist at a funeral. You also want a physicist to teach you about God.

–TLOTH

stultiloquentia:

I just stumbled into a prime example of a local action I could take that matters right this instant. This afternoon @thedeadparrot tweeted a link to an article about a Boston city councilor who yesterday expressed his desire to make Boston a “sanctuary city” immigrants, i.e. defy Trump & co. by barring local law enforcement from initiating or participating in deportation actions.

I googled the City Council’s phone number, called, and got put through to an aide right away. Here follows an illuminating conversation:

Me: Hi, my name is [Stulti]; I’m a resident of [neighborhood]. I just read in the Herald that Tito Jackson wants to make Boston a sanctuary for immigrants. I’m calling to express my support.
Aide, choking a little: Support??
Me: Yes, I want Boston to do everything possible to protect immigrants, documented or not.
Aide: You’re actually the first person to call in support of that.
Me: Really?
Aide: It’s been a rough day.
Me: Oh, jeez. Well, I hope it improves. I feel very strongly about this issue.
Aide: Thank you for calling.
Me: Thank you. Hang in there. Bye.

Moral of the story: There are legislators out there right now, trying to get the damage control in motion. They’re being harangued by, at a guess, right-wing retirees with nothing better to do. Plug their numbers into your phones and even the score.

If no one on your city council has proposed such a measure, call to suggest it. I’ve been told phoning is best, but if telephones give you hives, send an email.