houseofhaleth:

joyful-serenity:

afro-politan:

the president of nigeria is about to fuck boko haram up and cut his own salary in half and criminalized female genital mutilation

the president of guinea built/is building infrastructure and school and wells all over the country and is decreasing youth unemployment exponentially

the president of cote d’ivoire made school mandatory of children ages 6-16 and banned plastic bags while also building ultra modern trasportation infrastructure

the future is for real in africa 

I think this should have a hell of a lot more notes on it than it does. This is what good news looks like folk, and the continent of Africa surely deserves a shed load of it.

Today (April 7th) is Remembrance Day for the Rwandan genocide. While Rwanda still faces challenges, their recovery has been incredible. They now have the highest percentage of women in parliament around the world (one of only two countries to have over 50% women), their gross national income has risen each year, and life expectancy has risen from  48 in 1990 to 65 in 2013.

drugdyke:

aleatoryw:

do you ever think about how cool it would be to be crazy rich bc you could scroll through Tumblr and just slam dunk all these go fund mes to 100% without a second thought? you get a car, and you get a power wheelchair, and you get rent, and you get surgery for your dog, and and and and

too bad its only poor people who care about others and have empathy

Naloxone nasal spray for opioid overdoses now free for eligible First Nations and Inuit, feds say

allthecanadianpolitics:

Naloxone nasal spray will now be covered for First Nations and Inuit, the federal government says.

Naloxone can be a life-saving tool to help someone suffering from a suspected opioid overdose. It temporarily reverses the effects of an overdose.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada announced on Thursday that the nasal spray will be eligible for coverage when prescribed or recommended by a pharmacist.

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Naloxone nasal spray for opioid overdoses now free for eligible First Nations and Inuit, feds say

hazeldomain:

skyeec2:

sweatersandjumpers:

fanfiction culture is reading a good fic but not remembering the title or author and then having to sell your soul to find it again

Fandom culture is explaining the fic to someone else at three in the morning, in tears, and them going ‘hey I know that thing!’ and giving you the thing.

Fandom culture is asking for the fic where your OTP is a different species and then having to sort through multiple responses. 

baku:

kaijuno:

The Computer Room is such a weird concept nowadays but growing up in the 90s/00s we really had a whole ass room dedicated to our computer. Anthropologists 1000 years from now are gonna think we worshiped computers so much we had shrine rooms for them

we renamed it an office to try and pretend but we all know its a computer shrine still