Tumblr needs to be held accountable for the complete suppression of the pro-Palestine tags. You cannot hide what's happening, pretending it's not trending isn't going to work, we are here and we are speaking and we are ANGRY.

The global attempt to silence people speaking out against genocide is inconceivable, one would find it more realistic in a film, much like everything else that's been happening.

We aren't going to be silenced, we don't support genocide, and we won't bow to the will of a colonial force attempting to ethnically cleanse over 2 million people.

Staff should be ashamed of themselves for their actions, and I hope it haunts them.

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Around early 1828, Nat Turner was convinced that he "was ordained for some great purpose in the hands of the Almighty". A solar eclipse and an unusual atmospheric event and is what inspired Nat Turner to start his insurrection, which began on August 21, 1831. Nat Turner believed God was showing him a sign by putting a black man hand over the Sun. Its been known for thousands of years solar eclipse give off energy. On August 21, he began the rebellion with a few trusted fellow enslaved men. The rebels traveled from house to house, freeing enslaved people and killing their White owners. Turner's rebellion was suppressed within two days and he was captured October 30. On November 5, he was convicted and sentenced to death and was hanged November 11, 1831. The state executed 56 other Black men suspected of being involved in the uprising and another 200 Black people, most of whom had nothing to do with the uprising, were beaten, tortured, and murdered by angry White mobs. The Virginia General Assembly passed new laws making it unlawful to teach enslaved or free Black or Mulatto (mixed) people to read or write and restricting Black people from holding religious meetings without the presence of a licensed White minister.

Throwback Thursday!

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How long have you had Toto now? I’ve been enjoying watching his growth bc I’d like to rescue a bird someday. I have a conure atm who I’ve raised since she was first weaned and think I’ve learned enough to handle a rescue eventually. So it’s interesting to see and note how his past stress is showing itself this far in.

(If you’re interested my dream rescue would be a sun conure bc I adore them and so many people give them up just for being loud but I need a house first lol)

Almost 6 months!

So let’s talk about what’s happening with Toto here a bit more in depth since it seems to be confusing a lot of people!

When an animal is rehomed, put in to a shelter, or otherwise experiencing immense stress that stress can suppress their behaviour. The fear, confusion and other aversive emotions they’re experiencing as a result of those experiences piles up and can cause them to appear complicit. They’re essentially so stressed out that they’re unable to express how they’re actually feeling and that can appear like a state of being “fine”.

So when they make it to their new home a standard, healthy, non-traumatized or excessively stressed animal will take less than a month to settle in. They learn their new routines, build trust with their new people, establish comfort in their environment. The first month they’re usually a bit stressed out, a bit wary and all of that shakes off by the end of the month- they adapt to the changes and move along pretty easily. In general, things just get gradually better from a “desirable behaviour” standpoint. Animal is scared -animals gets comfort - animal relieves stress - animal adapts.

In more severe cases there’s so much piled on stress, usually underlying existing behavioural concerns, and typically a history of stressful responses or a lingering fear to behave (consistent use of punishers) that it takes them significantly longer to reach that same goal. It usually takes well over the month threshold for them to begin to accept a new home and release some of that stress.

At this point once the animal is able to feel safe in its environment, it’s new people, etc. that release of stress will start to peel away some layers and show their underlying behavioural concerns. Once they feel safe again they feel free to advocate for themselves, set boundaries and express themselves freely without fear of behaving or stress suppressing behaviour.

It’s a big reason why people will say “my dog does x at home but never does X when they’re at daycare”, stress in the environment suppresses behaviour. They feel comfortable and safe at home so they feel safe expressing themselves in whatever “problematic” manner that may be.

And it’s clear to note here that when this phenomenon occurs it doesn’t always mean the animal has had a horrifically traumatizing past, it’s been found that animals who had perfectly solid well cared for lives prior to entering a rescue had the same issue arise just by merely entering a rescue facility. Rescues themselves are a chaotic, stressful, traumatizing experience- enough so to cause this to happen.

So what does this all mean? And how can we make this transition easier?

It means the animal is finally beginning to feel at home, they’re finally releasing stress and able to be themselves. It is a good thing! It’s a huge milestone! But it does mean that we’re entering the eye of the storm here as more and more stress leaves and more and more behavioural concerns arise. Suppressed behaviours are explosive- note the number of cases where a dog has had a prong collar popped for the “wrong” thing and that suppressed behaviour turns in to explosive aggression trying to attack the handler. The pent up frustration and stress and confusion can explode in very harmful ways and this release of suppression can make them significantly more sensitive to potential triggers.

So for us that means we need to provide consistency, communication, respect their boundaries, and tread carefully. They’re in a highly sensitive state trying to navigate all these previously suppressed feelings, we need to do our best not to trigger them and make it harder for them than it already is. Being extra cautious around their body language, aware of our vocal tones, making a list of current triggers, and utilizing management strategies to live cooperatively while navigating through this.

Each day gets taken as it comes, utilizing compassionate training to help them through big feelings.

With time the effects of suppression will taper out and the core triggers can be isolated and proper training plans can be implemented!

Lol tumblr just straight up deleted my reblog of the ttpd ad they've shown me 10x promoting the line "one less temptress, one less dagger to sharpen" because I pointed out the misogyny and hypocrisy considering her album is about her being ~*tempted*~ 🙄 by a guy* and then leaving her boyfriend for him. Mother must not be criticized!

*I'd call Matty something, but there's no male equivalent to the word "temptress" with the same connotations and shaming power. Hmm, what does that tell us?

ETA: I did another rb and looking through the rb's they didn't delete makes it so much more pathetic that they deleted one with valid criticism.

"None of us stands outside humanity's black collective shadow."

Nothing has finally disappeared and nothing has been made good. The evil, the guilt, the profound unease of conscience, the obscure misgiving are there before our eyes, if only we would see. Man has done these things; I am a man, who has his share of human nature; therefore I am guilty with the rest and bear unaltered and indelibly within me the capacity and the inclination to do them again at any time. Even if, juristically speaking, we were not accessories to the crime, we are always, thanks to our human nature, potential criminals. In reality we merely lacked a suitable opportunity to be drawn into the infernal melee. None of us stands outside humanity’s black collective shadow. Whether the crime lies many generations back or happens today, it remains the symptom of a disposition that is always and everywhere present – and one would therefore do well to possess some “imagination in evil,” for only the fool can permanently neglect the conditions of his own nature. In fact, this negligence is the best means of making him an instrument of evil. Harmlessness and naïveté are as little helpful as it would be for a cholera patient and those in his vicinity to remain unconscious of the contagiousness of the disease. On the contrary, they lead to projection of the unrecognized evil into the “other.”

— Carl Jung, The Undiscovered Self

How do you turn off feelings?

"There are two genders: male and political. There are two sexual orientations: straight and political. There are two kinds of gender identification: the cisgender and the political. There are two races: white and political.

When someone says something is “too political” you should know what they really mean."

- PolyDipsoManiac on reddit

Got a headsup regarding those fucking WAR CRIMINALS trying to get Al Jazeera taken down. The IDF has already been attacking AJ journalists since this began and killed one last year (Shireen Abu Akleh), if the site goes down I will locate another one to continue updating you

Fascism won't silence the truth

Stand with Palestine ✊🇵🇸

I dug up some photos of two plushies from probably a little under 3 years ago now ^v^

These guys are from a fairly obscure game I fixated on a while ago called "Keep In Mind". You may have heard of it since both Markiplier and Jacksepticeye played it at one point, it was a pretty short game with a 2D pixel artstyle about overcoming personal demons (that's the most basic explanation I can give)

Anyways, the characters pictured here are named Suppression and Panic. I didn't have white fleece while making Suppression so I opted for faux fur, plus both of these guys have squeakers in their bellies :]

I had plushies planned for pretty much every other Keep In Mind character, but the fixation wore off before I could make anyone else. It might be kinda fun to make another one of these guys with my current plushmaking skills and style, although there are many more projects that take priority now so it's not very likely.

Generally speaking, our civilization is built on the suppression of instincts.

Sigmund Freud, Society and Culture   

19 juin 1790 : suppression de la noblesse héréditaire et des titres honorifiques ➽ http://bit.ly/Suppression-Noblesse-Hereditaire L'Assemblée constituante, dans sa séance du 19 juin 1790, compléta l’oeuvre qu’elle avait commencée dans celle du 4 août 1789, supprimant la noblesse héréditaire et toutes les qualifications qui en dérivent

THE FIRST COMP IN THE "REALITY" SERIES TO BE RELEASED ON CD -- GET THIS IF YOU'RE ABLE TO.

PIC(S) INFO: Spotlight on "REALITY" Part #2, the second in the "REALITY" series of compilations by the American grindcore/powerviolence/hardcore/ sludge/extreme music label, Deep Six Records, released in 1997 on both CD and 7 inch vinyl media formats.

All your mid to late '90s fucked-up favorites are on here, including:

ASSHOLE PARADE, EXCRUCIATING TERROR, DYSTOPIA, INFEST, DESPISE YOU, LACK OF INTEREST, GASP, SUPPRESSION, NOOTHGRUSH, NO COMPLY, PURGATORIA, MAN IS THE BASTARD, CAPITALI$T CASUALTIES, STAPLED SHUT, ENEMY SOIL, EVOLVED TO OBLITERATION, BAD ACID TRIO, & C:###.

Source: www.discogs.com/release/2810517-Various-Reality-Part-2

In this video, Osho says that Christianity is the most repressive religion in the world, but I think Islam has taken that title now. Certainly, all the Abrahamic religions are highly repressive. In fact, I have yet to see any organized religion that allows for free thought and expression. [x]