sourcedumal:

secretallie:

Terry Crews of Brooklyn 99 gives the best advice on physical fitness.

Seriously, his Reddit AMA is the most genuinely upbeat, positive actor interview ever. Another great bit:

To be honest, this was the healthiest advice for getting into working out I’ve ever read, and it really was the inspiration for me to start running and going to the gym.

No judgement, no “you need to be doing this” mess. Just a simple “do what you can. and feel comfortable”

bogleech:

Frogs are hilarious I mean they’re mostly just a mouth but with just enough leg to throw the mouth at food

write-like-an-american:

hylian-reptile:

@everyone who reads a multichapter fic and comments on each individual chapter (rather than commenting just once at the end) so the author can see you read through to individual events with changing thoughts and reactions: i would kill a man for you.

YOU ALL KNOW WHO YOU ARE AND I LOVE YOu

lordeofthesun:

harlequinesque:

rarabro:

siri read a message from my mom (2017)

i think we’ve gotten as close to a real life Howler as we can get

this is literally the funniest thing Ive ever seen in my life

Give an autistic person’s AAC the language to express emotions.

butterflyinthewell:

Especially anger! Don’t be afraid to program “fuck you” into an autistic person’s iPad, don’t be afraid to teach sign language swear words and don’t be afraid to make up PECS cards with a little shit pile emoji.

Teaching an autistic person to tap “fuck you”, sign “asshole”, or hand you the “shit” card to tell you they’re pissed off may be one thing that stops them before they start punching or biting. Because if they can strongly indicate they’re pissed off, you can say “okay, let’s talk about this” and ask them questions (even if they have to be simplified to yes / no) get to the root of what’s making them angry.

And that means you stop and discuss it if they start using swear words, because swearing will mean they’re having a strong reaction to something.

I think it’s worth the risk of them tapping “fuck you” in church, signing “asshole” at the grocery checkout person or showing their grandma the “shit” card because at least they’ll have an outlet for their feelings that don’t include drawing blood or leaving bruises.

There’s a big emotional difference between “this is bad” and “this is bullshit!” and AAC should be reflective of the autistic person’s emotional state– especially if they have difficulties showing it or their body language / facial expression doesn’t always reflect their actual feelings.

awesomehawks:

ms-demeanor:

rightsmarts:

The Imam of Peace drops a MOAB on the U.K. Trump protestors

Hello rightsmarts, the latest in conservative news. I’m just reblogging this because it’s gotten around to the punk side of things and sometimes it seems like anarchists forget that PR is important in political movements.

The balloon cost around $3k to make and fill, the remainder of the money is going to go to take the balloon on tour. People DID donate $52,000 dollars to the Trump Baby.

They also donated $21 million to
The Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services

(RAICES) to help the children in detention camps. The comparative cost of the balloon is about a quarter of a percent of what was donated to RAICES alone.

You know what’s great about a balloon? It’s ridiculous. It’s got a fun, airy parade feel. You go to a protest with the Trump Baby and you see people who share your values and are equally frustrated with the world – and it’s hard as hell to show a bunch of people having a fun old time with a parade float as dangerous antifa terrorists.

(Also it gets news cameras pointed at protests of Trump, and at this point we should all recognize the value of big stunts that get you free press because Trump sure as hell did.)

That and it gives frustrated, burned-out activists a bit of a laugh. We’ve got to have levity, we’ve got to be able to enjoy things and have a sense of humor. If we’re all grimly grinding away and donating all of our spare change to the ACLU and only ever talking about the horrible things that are happening we’re going to get too exhausted to carry on. Which is exactly what folks like rightsmarts and Imam Tawhidi want.

Oh yeah, that’s the other thing – imamofpeace up there bills himself as a moderate Muslim who wants reform but he’s supported calls for Muslim immigration bans in Australia. He claims to want reform to prevent extremism but denies extremism in his own sect and only targets Muslims of other sects. He doesn’t have many Muslim followers but he does have a lot of twitter followers who seem to like being able to point to Imam Tawhidi and say “see, I’m not islamophobic, I only want to listen to *reasonable* Muslims, like this guy who tells me how backward all those Muslims are and how they’re preparing to take over the west.”

So a professional pot-stirrer is criticizing activists for spending the equivalent of a quarter of a percent of their donations on a fun balloon that bring out large crowds to protest, creates feelings of solidarity and levity, and is an excellent PR tool.

Yeah, fuck off with your bullshit. People recently crowdfunded a couch for Elon Musk and tried to give Kylie Jenner $100 million so she’d be a round billionaire. Nobody should feel the tiniest bit bad for donating to the construction and display of a protest sign.

The Trump Baby balloon is a good investment on the part of protesters and helped ensure that Trump knows he’s not welcome or appreciated by the people of London.

(hey by the way this criticism of decadence and fun is the kind of puritanical authoritarian shit that you get from the right and from tankies and it’s why nobody likes tankies. bread AND roses, motherfuckers.)

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