animatedamerican:

popcanpoli:

a-duck-among-humans:

popcanpoli:

@SaraSoueidan: Dear men, This is how you greet a veiled Muslim woman (a Hijabi). Hand on your chest, not offering to shake hers. 🙋

so prominent BLM activist deray mckesson just retweeted this which i think is super cool for various reasons :)))

I did not know this. Is it OK for a non Muslim woman to shake hands with a Hijabi? Or do we do the hand on chest thing too?@popcanpoli

hey so i don’t wear a hijab and i’m not muslim so i definitely don’t have the authority to answer this question (or any other questions i’ve been getting abt this) (i’m just a lil canadian politics blog i didn’t expect this to blow up lol)

BUT here are some tweets by the original tweeter (who wears a hijab) that clarify some things

one:

two:

three:

This is also good if you’re meeting an Orthodox Jewish person who’s not the same gender as you! Not all Orthodox Jews hold by this restriction, and many consider it a permissible exception to shake hands in a formal greeting context; I’d guess this is parallel to Ms. Soueidan’s last-quoted tweet above. And as that says, the sensible thing is to wait for initiation.

learned something new. awesome

Amazon workers ‘refuse’ to build tech for US immigration, citing Hitler

razziecat:

judo-ichidai:

uchuu-galaxy:

morepopcornplease:

kipplekipple:

rodentmancy:

People working for Amazon have written to the company’s CEO, Jeff Bezos, to protest the sale of facial recognition tools and other technology to police departments and government agencies.

The workers cite the use of Amazon technology by the US Department of Homeland Security and the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency, which have been criticised for enforcing Donald Trump’s “zero tolerance” policy, which has seen parents separated from their childrenat the US border.

“As ethically concerned Amazonians, we demand a choice in what we build, and a say in how it is used,” the letter states. “We learn from history, and we understand how IBM’s systems were employed in the 1940s to help Hitler.

“IBM did not take responsibility then, and by the time their role was understood, it was too late.

“We will not let that happen again. The time to act is now.”

Holocaust experts claim IBM’s German subsidiary directly supplied the Nazis with technology which assisted the operation of concentration camps at Auschwitz and Treblinka.

In their letter to Mr Bezos, the Amazon workers said they would “refuse to build the platform” which powers ICE, or any technology used to violate human rights.

Listing three demands, the workers called on the CEO to stop selling the technology to law enforcement, stop providing infrastructure to partners which enable ICE, and implement stronger transparency measures.

“Our company should not be in the surveillance business; we should not be in the policing business; we should not be in the business of supporting those who monitor and oppress marginalized populations,” the letter concludes.

Fucking badasses every single one ❤️❤️❤️

#get fucked jeff

Get fucked jeff

Imagine Amazon workers going on a Wildcat strike at Christmas.

It begins…

All respect to you, sister and brother workers.

yamino:

This was originally going to be a lot longer, but I ran out of steam! I have some thoughts to continue it later if I feel up to it!

-Yamino

P.S. Shoutout to my wife @summerlightning for helping me bounce off ideas and editing the text!

Edit: This comic has sequels!

(Part 2)

(Part 3)

Salvation Army slaps ‘gag order’ on employees so they don’t talk about LGBTQ issues

thefingerfuckingfemalefury:

between-stars-and-waves:

Reminder not to support the Salvation Army who are a bunch of bigots

It’s ironic that they think being pro LGBTQIA is a “Threat to their fundraising efforts” when the fact is I would NEVER donate a single penny of my money to any group, person or organisation that wasn’t 100% pro LGBTQIA and supportive of the rights and freedoms of LGBTQIA people

The Salvation Army’s bullshit makes certain that I will NEVER waste my money donating to their shitty little organisation because I am not going to give my money to worthless filth like them

Salvation Army slaps ‘gag order’ on employees so they don’t talk about LGBTQ issues

beastmac:

mllermanda:

A meme that my little sister created which pretty good 😀

i’m fucking screaming

ledamemangociana:

Matt’s Fireside Q&A | Matt knows Wussup™

Source: ledamemangociana

quadzilla-rising:

nikolaecuza:

danosaurs-and-philions:

im a bad person who thinks bad thoughts like ‘ew what is that girl wearing’ and then remember that im supposed to be positive about all things and then think ‘no she can wear what she wants, fuck what other people say damn girl u look fabulous’ and im just a teeny bit hypocritical tbh

I was always taught by my mother, That the first thought that goes through your mind is what you have been conditioned to think. What you think next defines who you are.

READ THIS THEN READ IT AGAIN

atomicvikings:

ankle-beez:

kaijuemperor:

ankle-beez:

THAT’S GAY RIGHTS BAYBEE

Whats up with the audience score?

The audience score is so bad because it’s all angry neckbeards complaining about how they can’t jack off to it and how it’s all an evil conspiracy by the ess jay double you’s and people leaving 1 star reviews to get the score lower

She-Ra was devised by Mattel to launch toys in the Masters of the Universe line to little girls because they found out, surprise! Little girls like action and adventure too. Her toys and her show were aimed at girls. And fucking NECKBEARDS are offended that she got a reboot. Eat ASS