Blogger, Artist, Social Media, Web Designer, Photographer- I blog about nouns-people, places and things, even when it's negative I try to put a positive spin on it. @tinawinterlikfb https://tinawinterlik.blogspot.com
I want to take a moment to remind you just how incredible, unique, and deeply loved you are. In a world that can sometimes feel overwhelming and full of hurtful words, it's so important to hear the truth: you are beautiful, you are worthy, and your existence is a gift to this world.
The voices of hate may try to tell you otherwise, but let me reassure you that their words carry no truth. They cannot define your worth or the power that lies within you. Every part of you, just as you are, is deserving of love, respect, and acceptance. The world may seem like it's spinning in a direction that doesn’t honor you, but let me be clear—this hate will not endure. Time has a way of teaching lessons, and history shows us again and again that love and kindness always prevail over hate and division.
You are a shining light in a sometimes dark world. Your courage, your authenticity, and your strength are sources of inspiration to many. And even when it feels like you're walking through moments of pain, please remember that you are never alone. There are so many of us standing with you, celebrating you, and holding you in our hearts.
Change will come, and it will come through love, acceptance, and unity. The world will eventually recognize that hate does nothing but tear apart the very fabric of humanity. We are stronger when we embrace each other for who we truly are. The time will come when love wins, as it always does.
Until then, please remember that you are loved, you are cherished, and you are enough, just as you are. Keep shining your beautiful light, and never let anyone take that away from you.
With love and solidarity, Tina Winterlik aka Zipolita ❤️🤗
From the article "How to Talk about #NoDAPL - a Native Perspective"
"...when you talk about Standing Rock, please begin by acknowledging that this pipeline was redirected from an area where it was most likely to impact the residents of Bismarck, North Dakota. When Bismarck's population -- which is over 90 percent white -- objected to the risks the pipeline posed to their drinking water, their concerns were accommodated, and the pipeline route was shifted into treaty lands.
Please inform people of these facts, and remind them that our people are still struggling to survive the violence of colonization on many fronts. People should not simply engage with stories related to our struggles when they see a concrete connection to their own issues -- or a jumping off point to discuss their own issues. Our friends, allies and accomplices should be fighting alongside us because they value our humanity and right to live, in addition to whatever else they believe in.
Every Native at Standing Rock -- every Native on this continent -- has survived the genocide of 100 million of our people.
That means that every Indigenous child born is a victory against colonialism, but we are all also born into a fight for our very existence. We need that to be named and centered..."
THIS IS A CALL TO ACTION FOR EVERYONE. Vancouver this PROTEST ON NOVEMBER 19TH MUST BE HUGE!!! EVERYONE MUST COME OUT!! WE NEED TO BE UNITED ON THIS!! WE MUST BE IN SOLIDARITY!!
#WaterIsLife You can't drink oil. #NoPipelines #NoTankers #EndFossilFuels #KeepItInTheGround
Children vomiting brown goo? Burning eyes, never being able to put
your hand in the water because it's toxic...business losing
money...millions being spent to (not completely ) clean up the deadly
toxic dilbit. Listen to this video and the excellent points made in
the videos below from the KinderMorgan hearing. Notice how it's
KinderMorgan, before it was Enbridge...it's all so sneaky, in the Amazon
it was Texaco then it was Chevron..they will always pass the buck and
it is the children, our children that will suffer.
This is the BIG POINT I want to make, the Oil Companies make money
cleaning up the spill. That was demonstrated at that Exxon Valdez spill.
Let’s not forget how much it cost to (not completely) clean the
Kalamazoo. The current price tag is $1.21 billion (and rising), making
it the most expensive onshore oil spill in U.S. history.
This is NO JOKE!! I DO NOT WANT MY KID TO PUKE BROWN GOO!!
I don't want to puke brown goo and I don't want you too!
Look in this crazy world we live in, things have not been well thought out. Things get designed poorly and things get invented in a classroom or lab and then they try to apply it to real life with OUT ethics or truly seeing the big picture or the CONSEQUENCES when Mother Earth gets involved. YOU CAN NOT CONTROL everything...there's funding shortages, human error, climate change, the list is endless. We must stop the insanity, our children's lives depend on this. Our lives depend on this. Time is running out....I truly believe that if this generation doesn't turn things around it will be THE END OF HUMANITY!!!
And start praying and projecting today that it's a beautiful day because we need EVERYONE to come, from FAR AND WIDE to let JUSTIN TRUDEAU and CATHERINE MCKENNA and CHRISTY CLARK and KINDER MORGAN and all the other FOSSIL FUEL companies, that this is it!! IT'S OVER,we need and are DEMANDING alternatives. #Solar #Wind #GreenEnergy NOW!!
I want to end this post in a positive way, as noted horrific things https://tinawinterlik.blogspot.ca/2016/10/listen-i-am-outraged-you-should-be-too.html have been happening in Standing Rock with protestors being put in dog kennels and numbers written on their arms- something right out of Hilter's Regime and the Holocaust, I don't want to give in to Fear Mongering and I want to follow in the example that the beautiful souls in Standing Rock are leading with. They have asked for prayers and so here is my #PeacePrayerFlagProject.
The
Musgamagw Dzawada’enuxw Nation have stood in opposition to fish farms in
their territory for nearly 30 years. Since time immemorial they have
protected their salmon and herring for future generations.
Just Updated this with a bunch of tweets "People arrested, construction moving ahead as police protect the oil company! " Shame!! Shame!!
Hau we are the Inyan wakankagapi otip-Sacred Stone Camp from the
Standing Rock Sioux Tribe. We have partnership with the Oectc
Sakowin- Seven Council Fires, Indians and Cowboys and anyone who was to
stand with us against the Dakota Access Pipeline.
This pipeline will
cross the Missouri River and Cannon Ball River which is the life line to
many tribes and non native, when this pipeline leaks it will destroy
the water and land. Water is life ! So this pipeline is along the
Missouri River and the KL pipeline was along the Ogall aquifer both are
important to save.
We are asking for financial support for
water-propane - food and blankets for the camp. This is a prayer camp
movement to save our sacred land and water and has been entirely
supported by the people and the campers. We are in great appreciation
for all you contributions....Wopila lila tanka-- we are deeply grateful
for you contributions thank you!
In Spirit
Sacred Stone Camp https://www.gofundme.com/sacredstonecamp
http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/dakota/
Archaeological evidence indicates that the Dakota (Sioux) occupied what
is now western Ontario and eastern Manitoba prior to 1200 AD, and
western Manitoba and eastern Saskatchewan prior to 900 AD. These
populations later withdrew to the drainage basins of the Red,
Mississippi and Rainy rivers, where they were located when first
contacted by Pierre Radisson in 1659. Read more here
Some links :https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dakota_Territory North Dakota’s Oil Boom Brings Damage Along With Prosperity
"The downside is waste — lots of it. Companies produce millions of
gallons of salty, chemical-infused wastewater, known as brine, as part
of drilling and fracking each well. Drillers are supposed to inject this
material thousands of feet underground into disposal wells, but some of
it isn't making it that far.
According to data obtained by ProPublica, oil companies in North Dakota
reported more than 1,000 accidental releases of oil, drilling wastewater
or other fluids in 2011, about as many as in the previous two years
combined. Many more illicit releases went unreported, state regulators
acknowledge, when companies dumped truckloads of toxic fluid along the
road or drained waste pits illegally."
The DAPL is a proposed crude pipeline which crosses treaty territories, threatening the Missouri River, impacting immediately Cannonball, ND of the SRST
"An oil leak
in North Dakota is seeping from a hillside and is thousands of gallons
larger than initially reported last month, state officials say. About
504 barrels of oil or more than 20,000 gallons of the highly polluting
substance have been recovered since the line leak occurred July 19, the
North Dakota Department of Health said in a press release Friday. https://thinkprogress.org/north-dakota-hillside-seeps-oil-bd42be2eeeda#.yt05swj9j
"An oil pipeline poised to run through four Midwestern states may have all
the permits it needs for construction, but Native Americans and Iowa
landowners facing eminent domain continue to fight the Bakken pipeline
with protests and court injunctions.
On Thursday, Sioux tribe members continued for a second day to block
workers at a Bakken pipeline construction site near where the
Cannonball and Missouri rivers meet, prompting law enforcement to move
in. This is an escalation from months of “spirit camp” protests — camps where tribe members pray as a group for hours at a time."
Posted 15hrs ago- Tomorrow
can we start a prayer chain from sunrise to sunset every hour on the
hour? Please pray for the water and land and protection of our people...
We are asking you to do this! Especially while we are on the site.. We
are going to need your help...it's going to be a hard day so please pray
with us!
Indigenous
children, mothers and families and allies are occupying INAC offices in Vancouver, Coast Salish Territories. In solidarity with the youth of
Attawapiskat and their demands and needs.
Drop by, we are here at 1138
Melville street, 6th floor.
