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So close, no matter how far
Couldn't be much more from the heart
Forever trusting who we are
and nothing else matters
Black lives matter.
Artwork ©jackiecrossley
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You’re Not Black – Amy Saunders
I sit with them at lunch
Fried chicken on my plate
I eat with a knife and fork
“You’re not black, if you don’t use your hands to eat”
Yet I know that hands tied up the strange fruit on the trees in the south
The fruit for the crows to pluck
For the rain to gather, for the wind to suck
For the sun to rot, for the trees to drop*
I don’t recognise the Caribbean music, or the Afrobeats
I only know of Liszt, Chopin and Ludovico Einaudi
Whose names you’ve probably never heard
“You’re not black, if you don’t know this beat”
Yet, I am familiar with the beat of pounding
Pounding of sugar cane, the whipping of backs
The cries and screams of my ancestors
Ring loud in my head centuries later
So how dare you? How dare you put me down!
Question my ethnicity, I’m still a shade of brown
And I’m sorry if I don’t live up to your ‘black norms’
But I live in a world with segregated dorms
Society crushes me, tells me I’m ugly
But copies my features, they must think it’s funny
I’m not trying to in any way be mean
But I live in a society covered in white sheen
Sorry to Bother You, but I should Get Out
’Cause The Hate U Give leaves me with no doubt
That I am not The Help, the help that you need
But the Hidden Figures are clear to see
That I should stop trying to be ‘Black’ and just try to be
Me
*from ‘Strange Fruit’ by Abel Meeropol
A top 15 winner of the Foyle Young Poets of the Year Award 2019, Amy Saunders was only 13 years old when she wrote this poem.
Got some Star Wars Black Series action figures, two different sizes though. :P
They're both really quality figures though. I'd recommend them to anyone into Star Wars guys like this.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tj75Arhq5ho
So close no matter how far
Couldn't be much more from the heart
Forever trusting who we are
And nothing else matters
Never opened myself this way
Life is ours, we live it our way
All these words I don't just say
And nothing else matters
Trust I seek and I find in you
Every day for us something new
Open mind for a different view
And nothing else matters
Never cared for what they do
Never cared for what they know
But I know
So close no matter how far
It couldn't be much more from the heart
Forever trusting who we are
And nothing else matters
Never cared for what they do
Never cared for what they know
But I know
I never opened myself this way
Life is ours, we live it our way
All these words I don't just say
And nothing else matters
Trust I seek and I find in you
Every day for us something new
Open mind for a different view
And nothing else matters
Never cared for what they say
Never cared for games they play
Never cared for what they do
Never cared for what they know
And I know
So close no matter how far
Couldn't be much more from the heart
Forever trusting who we are
No, nothing else matters
Villasimius (CA).
Frame from an unexpected encounter with Saturday's Black Lives Matter march through downtown Baltimore City.
From Hat Matters series done in collaboration with Finnish millinery artists.
www.wearethepeople.fi/fashion/hat-matters/
Model: Riina / Modelpoint
MUAH: Kasper Vähä-Ojala
Hat & style: Joni Leppiniemi
Accessories: Musta Höyhen Boutique
Genus Head // BABE Skin // Hoodlem Doja Body Overlay
Legacy Body // Personal Shape
DOUX // Tisianna Wig
SIIX // Cuban Hairbase
Throned // Courtney Premium Mesh Lashes
Rouly // Drive Crazy Denim Shorts
Rebel Gal // Eden T-Shirt
Fri.Day // Izzie Sandals
Lyrium // Lillian Poses
Time Matters
Miniature Handsewn Book
1.5" x 2"
Mixed media: paper glass, ink, acrylic
Catherine L. Mommsen
2011
In private collection, Iowa, USA
You may see inside pages here:
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Photo credits: Hippittee at onefortoday.blogspot.com/
♫ Nothing else matters - Metalica ♫
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I survived. However I managed to, I did. In a world of anarchy and destruction, inhumanity and fear, there was no place for weaklings like me, the strong ruled and I didn't fit in this world.
However I did not commit suicide, since I believed in the strength of men and the will to survive. But the world had changed rapidly. Scientists assumed a disease. But I never believed it. Soon there were rumours of monsters and creatures, as "the ones who came from underneath". It didn't matter if you believed it or not. The world had ended, and chaoes ruled.
I just tried to survive, and to do so, I walked through the whole country, because resting meant death.
But last week I realized, someone was following me. I heard a dog's bark, twice that week. That was no coincidence. Someone was tracking me...
I hid in an abondened house, waiting for my persecutor, when I heard the dog again...
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Finally I built again ;) And this is obviously related to N-11 Ordo's story.
Actually, I can find any tool I need almost immediately in this mess, and that's all that really matters... Right? Some of these tools are 50+ years old, so at least I'm not losing stuff.
See it on FLUIDR. (Just click any Fluidr photo to enlarge)
Strobist:
Canon 430EX II in softbox 45/45 camera left
YN600EX-RT 45/45 camera right
White paper sweep
YN622C triggers
Combating climate change and making the planet greener and cleaner is an issue for everyone. How times have changed since World Environment Day was established by the UN General Assembly in 1972 to mark the opening of the Stockholm Conference on the Human Environment. We wonder if they considered then that today climate change and other environmental impacts would have such an impact on world hunger and poverty.
Climate change is expected to put an estimated 50 million more people at risk of hunger and water stress by 2020. It poses a serious threat to the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), especially during a period of global economic recession, when resources needed to cope with climate change may be reassigned. Agriculture and deforestation account for 30 per cent of greenhouse gas emissions. These two sectors can therefore contribute to reducing emissions if agricultural practices are changed.
Poor people in developing countries are the most vulnerable to the effects of climate change. The negative impacts on their crop yields are already being felt and will be increasingly severe. Climate change is likely to affect forest expansion and migration, and exacerbate threats to biodiversity resulting from land use/cover change and population pressure. Marine and coastal ecosystems are likely to be affected by sea level rise and temperature increases. Human health will also be adversely affected. Rising temperatures and rainfall variability had led to more climate-induced diseases and heat stress.
We are homo consumens of the earth and very young specie still trying to understand the mysteries of nature and in our ignorance we have destroyed it. Climate change offers humanity no second chances. Only rich countries can break the deadlock crippling international climate negotiations and prevent the world lurching into climate disaster. We should find a way to measure the general well-being of the people and planet rather than just raw economic growth.
You Can Easily Green Your Daily Routine. View Tips “here”.
Your Planet Needs You!
Unite to Combat Climate Change!
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Photo: Firoz Ahmad Firoz
Another detail of the Coyote Buttes landscape, here an eroding banded bentonite mound subject to heaving from dry-wet cycles.
These adventures are a series of increasing points of no return which I love. My flight is going soon so I've got to leave my hotel room now, no matter how nervous or unsure I am!
Scala eXchange 2016, Thursday, 8th - Friday, 9th December at Business Design Centre, London. skillsmatter.com/conferences/7432-scala-exchange-2016#pro.... Images copyright www.edtelling.com
Sheriff Buford Presley rode into town on a cold January morning, his badge gleaming like a promise. At almost 80, he was too old for the job, but his steel-gray eyes carried a consequence that silenced many of his doubters. Still, there were those who questioned he could clean up the rough Rio Grande country filled with smugglers and Mexican cartels. It was the Wild West
In just a matter of weeks, he'd secured the southern border, not only in his county, but all the way from Texas to California —and the townsfolk are looking at Buford differently. Not with complete trust, not yet, but with something more important--hope. The fight isn't over, but the new sheriff has drawn a line in the sand, and he isn't stepping back.
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AI image created with GROK3. Parody. Character is fictional.
I immediately recognised this as having been taken during my 1978 Scottish tour because that "pinta kids" advert was on all the buses that year. Finding the neg was therefore a straightforward matter and I can reveal that this snap was taken on Wednesday 17th May, one of the last shots I took that day. On my own and not one for the bright lights, I would have repaired to my cheap bed & breakfast for an early night; I think it was the George Hotel, just across the road from the Buchanan bus station. I would have chosen it from among those establishments that advertised in our local branch library's copy of Holiday Haunts and must have written off and received confirmation, months in advance, by post. It was the penultimate day of the trip. Next morning, eschewing my paid-for breakfast for reasons of self-consciousness, I took a few final photos and headed for Central station, stopping off on the way back to Bristol for a recce of Preston.
This looks to me like Anderston Cross bus station, but I am a little perplexed by that Eastern Scottish LD in the background: did Eastern Scottish run services into Anderston Cross? As far as I remember all their services into Glasgow used the Buchanan facility.
"Each one of us has the right to liberty, justice and the pursuit of happiness. Everyone has the right to love and be loved in return. GAY, LESBIAN, STRAIGHT, TRANSGENDERED or BISEXUAL…..Sexual Orientation or Race shouldn’t Matter. The FREEDOM to LOVE is fundamental as the FREEDOM to BREATHE. Two adults should have the right to love without discrimination and intolerance. Marriage should be available to any loving couple. Let’s end hatred and discrimination now. Stand UP and be counted!!!"
HOW TO PARTICIPATE
Each participant will take a picture of themselves in a plain (white or black) background then add the Stand4Love Logo. Feel free to copy the logos in this page or ask us in-world. Put a message of support as well as your SL name and/or Title/Business (Optional) in the picture. If you have a business in SL, you may put your business logo as well in the picture. PLEASE MAKE THE PICTURES 1024×1024 or 512×512 in size. All pictures received will be published here in this blog as well as CSLTM and UrWorld blogs. It will also be promoted in Stand4Love Facebook page and Flickr group. We will take the best pictures with the best message of support and put it in a Stand4Love book to be published in Second Life and Issuu. Kindly upload your picture to our Flickr Site here: www.flickr.com/groups/1897418@N20/?added=2
Please Join us. Submit your pictures to RicoRacer Flux or Editorial Clarity inworld or email. Rico’s email: RicoRacerFlux@Yahoo.com. Edi’semail: EditorialClarity@Gmail.com. Submit them before July 15, 2012 to be included in the book. Thank you.
**IMPORTANT**
Please contact either Edi or Rico whenever you blog the cause, send a picture or upload one to Flickr just in case we miss it. It is hard for us to track every one if we don’t know about it. So feel free to tag us in your pictures, and spam us with links just so we don’t leave you out.
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PHOTOGRAPHERS:
If you want to participate in this campaign, please let us know. All you need to do is help spread awareness through your pictures. Photograph yourself and your friends who support the cause. Follow the instructions above. If you can help photograph others too, it would be fantastic.
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BLOGGERS:
If you can help us advertise STAND4LOVE in your blogs and put our URL in your links, we will do the same under the staff page. Please help us promote marriage equality through your amazing blogs. Feel free to put the logo in your flickrs and facebook as well. Please let RicoRacer Flux or Editorial Clarity know so we can add you.
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SPONSORS/SUPPORTERS:
Anyone who does the project above is considered a supporter and their names will be posted under The Supporter’s Page. Their picture submission will be published in this blog as well as CSLTM and UrWorld. If you are a designer or business owner in Second Life, we would love to have your support as well and we can put your logo in our page. If you are a designer or business owner and wants to have some kind of promotional event to promote STAND4LOVE, we will be extremely grateful and will support/advertise it 100%. We welcome any ideas.