Imagine an alien comes to visit and you go on a camping trip. Be it some adventure where you have to hike into the mountains to find an ancient relic or just as friends. You’re in America and you hear a blood curdling scream. The alien jumps up from the fire but you have to grab their hand and tell them to sit back down.
“SOMEONE NEEDS HELP! what are you doing?!”
They panic wondering why a human wouldn’t want to help a fellow human.
“It’s not human.”
They would be bewildered but ultimately trust you as this is your native planet and you likely know best.
You explain to them that it was likely a mountain lion. Another apex predator of the planet that can make human screams.
And depending if this was another part of the world some birds can call your name or mimic children/people cryin.
“Your planet is terrifying. How do you know the difference between your own and what wants to kill you?”
“Just do”
It’s part of our evolution. It’s why we fear the dark and monsters under our bed. We slept in trees once and predators roamed below. We can’t see in the dark but predators can. We may be super predators but we were once prey too.
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if you read in a frog paper “specimen was released in the field immediately after capture” chances are very good that what it actually means is
“i dropped the damn frog and despite the fact that we fell all over each other no one could recapture it”
YOU THINK I’M JOKING BUT I’M DEAD SERIOUS
true
I hate in the MCU or anything when the aliens or whatever are attacking and everyone’s just ‘oh yeah we be chilling just cowering over here’ as if seventy percent of humanity isn’t really angry all the time like catch these hands motherfucker I’ve bitten people for trying to steal my chips you think you can just steal my whole fucking planet YEET HERE COME MY TEETH film people be using responses to natural disasters but I promise if human sized things came to throw down humanity would be ready to fuck them up like yeah you got laser guns I got this dope ass stick I just found let’s go you ugly fuck
Here is a compilation of places to donate (IF you can, simply reblogging and sharing this can help) and petition to sign. I found these websites and organizations on twitter.
DONATIONS
THE MINNESOTA FREEDOM FUND: Donate to this to collect funds to pay jail bonds for the protesters who get arrested.
BLACK LIVES MATTER: An organization fighting for the BLM movement. Donate if you can.
BLACK VISIONS MN: an organization that is led by Black, Queer and Trans people. Donate if you can.
NAACP Legal Defense Fund: Fights for the overall equality fight. Donate if you can.
PETITIONS
Willie Simmons has spent 38 years in prison for a $9 robbery. He had two prior convictions similar to robbery that he served time for. He was prosecuted under the Alabama Habitual Offender law and was given a life sentence for his third strike - stealing 9 (NINE) dollars. Sign his petition.
Breonna Taylor was killed by police who were conducting an UNANNOUNCED drug raid, where they gave no request to enter. They bashed her door and entered, shooting her EIGHT times. They were in the WRONG HOUSE.
George Floyd was killed by a police officer who knelt on his neck and suffocated him to death, after George pleaded with the officer and told him he couldn’t breathe. The officer had pulled him from where he sat in his car on an alleged FORGERY. You can also text “FLOYD” to 55156
ARREST THE OFFICERS WHO KILLED GEORGE FLOYD: The main police officer who murdered George is being kept in PROTECTIVE CUSTODY. You probably have heard he was arrested, but this is NOT TRUE. He was placed under PROTECTIVE custody because of the riots and “threats” on his life.
If you know of ANY other organizations or petitions, PLEASE ADD TO THIS LIST. The fight for justice doesn’t end here, it will never end. Especially when the president of the United States calls white supremacists good people and protesters of a mans death THUGS. USE YOUR VOICE. NO JUSTICE, NO PEACE. FUCK COPS. FUCK “BLUE LIVES”. ALL BLACK LIVES MATTER!
URGENT PLEASE READ - QUEER WOMAN FACING HOMELESSNESS
Yesterday I got kicked out of my house by my homophobic family because someone close to me told them that I was queer. It’s really hurtful because I was betrayed by close friends and then rejected immediately by my family.
I came back and most of my stuff was still in the house except for a few pieces of clothes and personal items, they won’t let me back into the house and I’m scared of being assaulted. My friend offered to let me stay with them for a few days, but after that I’ll be effectively homeless with no money, food, or shelter.
I’m trying to figure out what to do and trying to contact as many people as I know who may let me stay with them, but I’m very scared and uncertain.
My paypal is paypal.me/sofijaGV please donate anything if you can I will be forever grateful. Please signal boost if you can Ireally need the help of the LGBTQ community right now.
same here
barely but we did it