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warmth in the silence

@rowan-ashtree / rowan-ashtree.tumblr.com

call me Solaris or Sol. they/them. adult (mid 20s). aroace+agender. exmo. just me vibing and obsessing over things (kpdh, d20, iwatex, tmbd and other SFF, my ocs #changelings, hk and other indie games, etc)
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hiiiii :) i write stuff sometimes!!! (i post on ao3 with the same username!) and i make other miscellaneous stuff too, like nail art. i post random thoughts. sometimes i vent. i answer asks when people send them. and i save things that make me laugh. but mostly i reblog. anyone can dm or send asks, mutuals can ask for my discord <3

#call me solaris (or sol). other names include: ash. hazel. rowan. i used others previously#behold my tags:#rowan writes#rowan creates#rowan's nails#rowan raps#rowan rants#rowan responds#feel better#aaaand if reblogs are for a fandom they'll have a fandom tag :)#pinned
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imagine ur jinu and you casually glance up above the set to where u know huntrix will be waiting because you baited them into being there and then u see. this

#HFJJDNFJDJ#kpdh
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tfw you put on a gray jacket and then realize you're wearing gray jeans and now you're The Gay Creature. that was a typo but it's too funny not to leave in. forget my wardrobe woes this post is about the gay creature now.

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one of these days you guys are gonna have to come up with a joke that isnโ€™t saying the words Yuri and Yaoi repeatedly

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if there is anything i want people to understand from me is i believe in doing small things. no act of kindness is too small. no amount you donate is too small. like things happen once. if you donate to someone ยฃ3, they will never worry about acquiring those ยฃ3 again. they might worry about future three pounds. or other amounts. but not these specific three pounds. if you pick up a singular diet coke can, put it in recycling, you will know for certain that this diet coke can will never be contributing to public litter and unrecycled goods ever again. if you hug someone once, you will never have to worry whether in that moment they were recieving affection or not. because they got it. from you. and you just work your way like that through life. and eventually, things will slowly change. and it's far nicer than waiting for some hypothetical revolution everyone's too paranoid to work towards.

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"Friends outside of Minnesota please read. I'm sharing a post written by a personal friend and medical doctor: Friends outside MN, you need to know what is happening here. Everyone knows that ICE shot and killed a woman here on Wednesday. But thatโ€™s not the only thing thatโ€™s going on:

  • ICE agents are cruising areas with immigrant-owned businesses, and kidnapping patrons and employees alike. Yesterday they abducted two US citizen employees at a suburban Target, one who was begging them to allow him to go get his passport to show them.
  • ICE is going door to door in immigrant-heavy neighborhoods, asking residents where their immigrant neighbors live. Read that again. If it sounds like something out of your high school history textbook, thatโ€™s because it is.
  • ICE is targeting schools and school buses. They pepper sprayed teenagers and abducted two school staff members at the high school up the street from me on Wednesday. Police are literally escorting school buses to ensure children can get to school and home safely. The Minneapolis Public Schools have moved to virtual learning for the next 4 weeks because itโ€™s unsafe for children or teachers to physically come to school.
  • They are targeting hospitals and clinics. Patients are scared and are cancelling their appointments or just not showing up. Kids are missing their checkups and vaccines, folks arenโ€™t getting their cancer care, etc.
  • They are smashing windows in cars and homes.
  • ICE is increasingly picking up Native Americansโ€”again, targeting folks based on skin color alone.
  • They are arresting and beating legal observers. A friend of a friend had her arm broken yesterday. Folks are showing up at local hospitals, brought in in ICE custody, with severe injuries that are absolutely inconsistent with mechanism of injury reported by ICE. (Think: patient appears to have been beaten unconscious, while ICE agent says he slipped and fell.) I canโ€™t emphasize enough that these ICE agents do not have warrants. There are 2,000+ agents here and they are simply hunting for anyone thatโ€™s not white. It doesnโ€™t matter if youโ€™re a citizen or a green card holder, they will kidnap you first and ask questions later. But the community is fighting back.
  • Protests are happening every day.
  • Community groups have been leading know-your-rights sessions for months, often to packed venues.
  • Whistles are being distributed by the thousands, carried on keychains and worn on coat zippers, always at the ready to be blown in warning if ICE is spotted.
  • Drivers are following ICE vehicles, blaring their horns in warning.
  • Businesses are locking their doors even while open to keep employees and customers safe. As I type this, Iโ€™m standing guard at the locked door of our neighborhood burrito joint while I wait for my takeout order, so the employees can focus on their jobs. The place is packed with neighbors supporting this small business.
  • Anti-ICE signs are posted everywhere. The community is making it crystal clear that ICE is not welcome here.
  • Parents and neighbors are standing guard outside schools, organizing carpools, and escorting kids to and from school on foot.
  • Parents of kids in Spanish-immersion daycare (there are a LOT of these daycares here!) are keeping their kids home so the teachers donโ€™t have to take the risk of coming to work.
  • Churches and community groups are holding fundraisers to buy and deliver groceries to families who donโ€™t feel safe leaving home.
  • Mutual aid money is going out to folks who canโ€™t make rent because they canโ€™t work or because a breadwinner was abducted, or who need a warm place to stay after their homeโ€™s windows were smashed. THAT is what is happening here. This fight is ongoing and itโ€™s horrifying to watch. But we are not backing down. To my friends in other cities and states, donโ€™t think for a minute that this wonโ€™t happen in your town. It will. Be ready. Learn from us, as we have learned from Portland and Chicago and New York. Fight back. Donโ€™t let us get to the last line of Martin Niemollerโ€™s poem.โ€ -Grant Boulanger
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Here's an AP news brief with a little more info. It's limited in the way major news outlets are right now but provides context that supports the personal account shared.

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