A Good Boy

traumasurvivors

Hi all.

I hate to do this. It took me convincing from 3 different people to even consider it.

I feel awful, but my sponsor cut off my funding. Their reasoning for this is due to the fact that they changed their policy in December… This is after I’d received confirmation of funding for the year. They’re refusing to acknowledge my disabilities that prevent me from following their new policy.

I’ve worked so hard to get my life in order to go back to school. I’m studying to be an Anthropologist, but will not be able to do so.

I know money is usually tight, but if anyone can spare even a few cents, it’d make a world of difference.

This is my paypal link.

I need to come up with $3,000 in order to make it through this semester.

We’re trying to fight this, but it’s not looking promising.

I’ve been an absolute wreck because I’ve worked so hard to overcome so much to get to the point where I am doing well in school, and am actually excited about my life. I have no idea how I’ll even manage to pay all my bills at this point.

If you can’t afford to help at all, I understand. If you can, could you please reblog this?

traumasurvivors

I also have a couple other things!

You could also buy my books

It takes 3 months to get the royalties, but I can see in advance what’s going to come in and that might help me to prove I’ll have money to pay things at a later date.

I also get commission from selling on etsy. They are whale postcards, whale wood prints and also a pride flag print as well.

Here’s the link to the Etsy shop.

traumasurvivors

I know most of us can’t afford shit, and I get that.

But every little bit helps. I don’t know if paypal has a minimum amount, but even a few cents adds up quickly.

I feel bad. I know so many of us are stuck and broke, and struggling. I feel awful asking. But I’ve worked so hard and I am devastated. It taken me years to get to this place where I’m excited about life and am excited about my future. This feels like being kicked down. I finally get it in order, and something as silly as this messes me up.

I am in the process of fighting what I feel is discrimination, but there’s no guarantee.

I get assessed a 10% late fee if not paid by the end of the month, and then if not paid by the end of the next month, I’ll lose all my courses.

If you do donate (and I REALLY get if you can’t) please keep track, because if I do win this battle, I’ll be sending money back. But it’s NOT a guarantee that I will be able to send money back, so please do NOT donate if you can’t afford to because I can’t promise I’ll win my appeal.

thejournallingsolarpunk

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Where to Download All the Books That Just Entered the Public Domain

Public Domain Day was yesterday, but you were probably hungover, so here’s how to download the tens of thousands of books that became legal to download for free in 2019.

dr-archeville

Starting at midnight on January 1, tens of thousands of books (as well as movies, songs, and cartoons) entered the public domain, meaning that people can download, share, or repurpose these works for free and without retribution under US copyright law.
Per the Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act of 1998, “corporate” creations (like Mickey Mouse) can be restricted under copyright law for 120 years. But per an amendment to the act, works published between 1923 and 1977 can enter the public domain 95 years after their creation. This means that this is the first year since 1998 that a large number of works have entered the public domain.
Basically, 2019 marks the first time a huge quantity of books published in 1923 — including works by Virginia Woolf, Agatha Christie, and Robert Frost — have become legally downloadable since digital books became a thing. It’s a big deal — the Internet Archive had a party in San Francisco to celebrate. Next year, works from 1924 will enter the public domain, and so-on.
So, how do you actually download these books?
It largely depends on what site you go to, and if you can’t find a book on one site, you can probably find it on another. For instance, ReadPrint.com, as well as The Literature Network (mostly major authors), and Librivox (audio books), Authorama (all in the public domain), and over a dozen other sites all have vast selections of free ebooks.
There’s also a handful of archiving projects that are doing extensive work to digitize books, journals, music, and other forms of media. A blog post from Duke University’s Center for the Study of the Public Domain listed some of the most recognizable works published in 1923, as well as links to download these books on digital archiving projects Internet Archive, HathiTrust, and the Gutenberg Project. The books include:
Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzan and the Golden Lion
Agatha Christie, The Murder on the Links
Winston S. Churchill, The World Crisis
Robert Frost, New Hampshire
Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet
Aldous Huxley, Antic Hay
D.H. Lawrence, Kangaroo
Bertrand and Dora Russell, The Prospects of Industrial Civilization
Carl Sandburg, Rootabaga Pigeons
Edith Wharton, A Son at the Front
P.G. Wodehouse, The Inimitable Jeeves and Leave it to Psmith
Virginia Woolf, Jacob’s Room
E.E. Cummings, Tulips and Chimneys
In total HathiTrust, a massive digital archiving project, has also uploaded more than 53,000 works published in 1923 that just entered the public domain. Over 17,650 of them are books written in English. Similarly, Internet Archive has already uploaded over 15,000 works written in English that year.
Project Gutenberg, which has over 58,000 free downloadable books, has digitized five works that entered the public domain in the new year: The Meredith Mystery by Natalie Sumner Lincoln, The Golden Boys Rescued by Radio L. P. Wyman, White Lightning Edwin by Herbert Lewis, The Garden of God by H. De Vere Stacpoole, and The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran. I’m going to be perfectly honest: I recognize exactly zero of those books. But like most if not all digital archives, Project Gutenberg had some books from 1923 available for download before January 1, 2019 (like Jacob’s Room by Virginia Woolf.)
If you’re interested in academic papers, Reddit user nemobis also uploaded over 1.5 million PDF files of works published in academic journals before 1923. Your best bet for actually finding something you want to read in there is to know which academic paper you’re looking for beforehand and check the paper’s DOI number. Then, search for the DOI in one of nemobis’s lists of works — one list includes works published until 1909, the other includes works published until 1923.
It’s worth noting that projects like Internet Archive and Project Gutenberg rely on volunteer efforts, so there’s going to be disparities in the number of books available for download depending on where you go. But over the next several days and weeks, it’s safe to expect many more books will become available legally and for free across the web.

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tidalpunk

holoske

Dance for Mother Earth Powwow 2018 logo. I wanted to incorporate water in this logo in reference to the activism for clean water this past year, protesting against the building of oil pipelines like the Keystone and the Dakota Access Pipelines. Water is Life

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nemurinbeam

sexmurderparty

you guys HAVE to be nicer to people that don’t easily understand sarcasm especially if you’re not even friends please i’m begging you

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thebeanofallbeans

morgrana

dO YOU EVEr SAY SOMETHING AS A JOKE AND IT ACCIDENTALLY HURTS SOMEONE’S FEELINGS AND YOU’RE JUST LIKE

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tidalpunk

michifs

as of this afternoon (january 7 2019) at least 12 indigenous anti-pipeline activists at unis’tot’en camp in unceeded wet’suwet’en territory have been arrested by the rcmp. those arrested include molly wickham (the spokesperson of gitdumden clan) and an elder. these people will not be released, and are being taken to prince george, where they will stand before a justice of the peace.

due to this event, it’s more important than ever to support water protectors and pipeline activsts. here is the official website for the unis’tot’en camp so you can educate yourself on the issue. also please donate if you can.

it’s more important than ever to help support indigenous water protectors and anti-pipeline activists. please do what you can - anything helps.

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