🌼 i'd rather stand for nothing than to stand for you

so take a stand 🕯️

the fact that Neskantaga is still under a boil water advisory in 2024 is driving me insane.

for context: Neskantaga First Nation is a small community in Ontario 436 km [270 miles] northeast of Thunder Bay and 180 km [111 miles] northeast of Pickle Lake. They have been under a boil water advisory since February 1995 - nearly 30 goddamned years.

Progress on a new water treatment plant has been ongoing. Neskantaga First Nation's original water treatment plant was built in 1993, but the journey for a new one has undergone numerous issues involving the government and contractors, as well as shoddy construction and hazardous spills.

Construction is still listed as underway with no ETA on the advisory being lifted.

The Canadian Government perpetually drops the ball when it comes to safe water on reserves. In December 2023 the government introduced Bill C-61. It addresses clean drinking water across all First Nations communities, but Chief Chris Moonias of Neskantaga First Nation, the nation with the longest boil water advisory in the entirety of Canada, wasn't even consulted. The bill itself has also been met with much skepticism and criticism due to its vague wording, and rightfully so.

That said, despite the hells of the government there is some positive to be had. 144 long-term drinking water advisories have been lifted between November 2015 and January 2024.

I like to hope the 2021 report from the Auditor General regarding Indigenous Services Canada and its shortcomings will give them insight on how to better optimize their management going forward. So far 2022 and 2023 has continued the downward trend with fewer and fewer long-term water advisories, but it's important to know if these completed projects are successful in guaranteeing clean water to these communities for the long-term future. Is ISC actually following up with proper support.

On February 1, 2024 Indigenous Services Canada posted a statement that the Minister of Indigenous Services has met with Neskantaga First Nation Chief Christopher Moonias to discuss resolving the water advisory and create a 12-point action plan. I know it's asking a Lot within 11 months, but I really really hope the Neskantaga community won't see their long-term water advisory hit 30 years.

In the meantime, Neskantaga First Nation receives donations through Gathering of Rivers for Community Care. If you're able, please consider donating.

thanks

heavy sigh. parts 1 and 2. checked my phone so we're hopefully free from the penis curse at last.

Okay so realistically speaking, giving birth is an excruciating, painful nightmare, and from the few Crocodad fics I've seen most people seem to prefer to write realistic pregnancy and make Luffy's birth a (physically) painful thing. Because it makes sense, it might be more relatable for some writers that way etc, and that's perfectly fine (like genuinely, it's not an issue at all, this is not a critique or a complaint)

God I don't know how to make this segue- Have any of you watched Ore Monogatari!! (My Love Story)? It's a great early 2010s romantic comedy series, funny as hell, super cute and sweet, would reccomend, but that aside. During the series the protagonist Takeo's mother gets pregnant and she ends up giving birth to Takeo's baby sister. And it's that scene, where Takeo's baby sister is born, that I keep on thinking back to whenever I wonder how Luffy's birth might've gone.

Takeo and his mother alike are Sturdy Motherfuckers. Like absolute gigachads, borderline superhuman, it's great and it's funny as hell. And because of that near superhuman nature... Takeo's mother goes to give birth at 4:15 pm. And she has finished giving birth at 4:16 pm. One fucking minute is what it took for this woman to bring a child into this world. An absolute legend

The screencaps do not do justice to how fucking funny this is in the actual episode

And so like

Like we know Crocodile's been through absolute hell, being an amputee and all. And as Domino told us at the entrance of Impel Down, we also know the man did not even flinch when forced into Impel Down's traditional 200 Celsius cleansing bath (or 392F)

So Crocodile has better pain tolerance than the average person. Like, you might have to put in a bit of effort to cause him actually hurt. So if giving birth to Luffy was an absolute cakewalk for Crocodile, not only would it make perfect sense in-universe and be completely in-character for him, but also

It would be objectively funny as hell

no one asked but i gotta put out one of my biggest fandom/fanfic pet peeves:

"unthinking/meme-poisoned socmed usage assigned to every character"

why does everyone have to be a twitter funnyman. why does everyone act like they post for clout and monetization. when would they have the time? what does account verification entail, and would they warrant it.

think it through 🤔

Woah wild here’s a simple redesign of Ingo for Turnabout Trainwreck! (he tried to repair his jacket himself qwq)

sorry to be a hater </3 anyway sonic forces is not a very enjoyable game!

why are you as a man so

hold on post cancelled holy fucking shit am! on one of the covers in the background. this isnt even a bit what the fuck hello there

the way i am almost physically restraining myself from commenting on a reddit thread to explain that pride isn't some cutesy-wutesy fun little parade that happens for no reason

good morning! i've just had the worst night of my life :)

clayne crawford in lethal weapon 2.7 "birdwatching", so you don't have to watch it.

I have a love-hate relationship with the Pokémon shipping community, specifically their shipnames

On one hand you have beautiful shipnames that make sense with the context of the characters involved ( AmourShipping and PearlShipping as examples ).

On the other hand, you have vague as fuck names like TrainwreckShipping and DirtEatingShippin

One of the worst things about depression for me is that I can't enjoy the things I know I love most of the time. I'm either too distracted to stay focused on it, too low energy/not in the mood, or I pick something up and put that back down and move on to something else just as quickly, over and over again endlessly.

This mostly comes in the form of video games for me, because they require the least effort of the hobbies I enjoy. I've started like 12 or 13 different games in less than 2 weeks just to abandon them out of boredom or lack of interest.

And this happens all the time. And for other things like playing music, seeing my friends, drawing, reading. It feels like there's a wall that I just can't get around, physically blocking me from these things that I used to do without thinking because I wanted to.

Now I just don't care enough to put the effort into these things on most days. I have rare moments of inspiration and initiative that feel likes wins, but even then the crash afterwards is so much worse.

Having dealt with this since my very early teens feels a lot like not knowing myself or what I've ever enjoyed. I barely remember a time when I wasn't just going through the motions or feeling burn out from the things I used to take pleasure in.

And it's just really fucking sad. I am constantly breaking my own heart because I want so desperately to enjoy things again. But I just can't. And most of the time I can't even find a clear reason why.

I just can't describe the feeling of having no fulfillment in your life and not even being capable of doing something fun for a few hours without wanting to just quit and go back to bed.

Not my mom badmouthing the job I'm really excited to get 🤡🤡🤡

i finally gathered enough motivation to see the trailer of the prequel and. what’s up with the supernatural universe gradually losing the psychological horror aspect of its story throughout the years? i’m so sorry but where’s the absolutely horrifying notion that mary and john were forced together so the vessels would be born and so it doesn’t matter if they loved each other or not?? where’s mary metaphorically killing who she was before meeting john to the point in which john never actually knew his wife fully, even though he spent his entire life afterward sacrificing everything to avenge her, the ghost of a woman who never even existed?? where’s john’s despair and confusion when being introduced to this world just after mary’s murder, with very few resources?? where’s mary’s desperate attempt to achieve a safe lifestyle only to have everything ripped away from her due to a deal she herself had made years ago??? like, i won’t be commenting on casting or special effects or anything else of the prequel, but. where’s the horror?? where’s the tragedy?? where’s the horror????