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if you left me and the biologist from Annihilation in a locked room one of us is leaving it pregnant and it's not going to be me and it's not going to be her but it is going to be an unexpected third presence

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[Video transcript:] Person angrily yelling: “–fucking computers bullshit. It’s fucking sick! It’s not cool anymore! It’s not fun! It’s not fun to be on the fucking computer! They changed everything about it! It used to be so coooool!”

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Are democrats acting like you're a malingerer for saying life under Joe Biden kinda sucked? That the symptoms of your neoliberal life are psychosomatic?

STAY SICK! with On The Tracks Of An Angry God, a zine comic about watching the powerful declare pandemic victory, piles of bodies notwithstanding.

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No!

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Striped capricorn

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Children of The Sea by Daisuke Igarashi

Chapter 24: Internal Organs, Fifth Testimony of the Sea

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In the last four years, mainstream Democrats have: nominated a former prosecutor for president; elected an ex-NYPD officer to run New York City; campaigned on deporting more people; funneled money and weapons to regimes committing war crimes; overseen the beatings and arrests of people demanding police reform; sent more police officers to wallop students protesting for Palestinian rights; ratcheted up the War on Drugs; worked with major corporate retailers to arrest more shoplifters; filed racketeering and conspiracy charges against police-reform protesters in Atlanta; made it easier to arrest New Yorkers and Californians with mental illness; defended the use of solitary confinement; supported a landmark Supreme Court case to let cops arrest unhoused people; tried to imprison one of the world’s most famous rappers; promised to build Donald Trump’s border wall; ran endless ads about Trump’s criminal record; and applauded as the president chanted “Fund the Police!” during his most-watched yearly address.  And yet, after an election last week in which voters all but screamed that the Democratic Party is moving in the wrong direction, centrist and conservative pundits have drawn the opposite conclusion: The Democrats are, somehow, still too soft on crime.  The belief persists against all logic: Four years of proudly Backing The Blue, at a minimum, failed to help Democratic voter turnout—and likely depressed votes from progressives. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer’s mythical moderate Republican voters, whom the party molded its entire platform to pursue, did not arrive to carry the party to the finish line. Instead, the pro-cop platform seems to have done nothing but legitimize Republican grievances and hand Trump a bolstered police and surveillance state. Despite this, many of the Democratic Party’s staunchest defenders seem to think the only way forward is to become even more like Republicans—rather than offer voters anything different at all.

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The party’s love-fest with police and prosecutors appears to have done less than nothing to gin up votes or change the party’s overall perception. But mainstream Democrats are now arrogantly digging in their heels instead of learning any lessons.

13 November 2024

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Today we Read - Air Pirate Funnies - Underground Comix published by a group of Anti-Disney cartoonists lead by Dan O'Neill who sought to provoke a lawsuit that would result in the validation of parody rights.

O'Neill was found guilty of infringement due to not transforming the characters enough, with Law Professors arguing he inadvertently set back parody law by decades. In spite of this, the lawsuit effectively legitimized adult and underground comics and was a major inspiration towards the integration of adult content into the Funny Animal fandom, which later evolved into the modern Furry fandom today.

Another aspect about these comics which I think often goes under-analysed is the fact that in spite of how intentionally offensive and parodic it is, many of the works inside were in conversation with old comics masters of the early-to-mid 1900s, with a lot of the contributing artists paying tribute to the comics that made them the creators they are today, including parodies of Krazy Kat, Polly and Her Pals, Beetle Bailey, etc.

The personal favorite of these for me is Shary Flenniken's Trots and Bonnie, which stars a cynical lesbian teenager and her dog, which would go on to be regularly syndicated in National Lampoon and stands as an example of early feminist underground comics, while also paving the way for shows like Daria in the 90s.

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Please watch this you guys, this made me laugh so hard.

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“One Flesh, One End”

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Cringetober #24 watching Swedenborg videos

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Please have heart and do not skip!

Donations urgently needed.

Nader and his family are nearly reaching half of their goal, and we need as much help as possible!

This fundraiser is vetted by @gazavetters, number four on the spreadsheet here

They're not asking for much, just €10 should suffice!

By donating, you are not only helping Nader, but you are saving him and his family.

We have managed to raise €12000 since the beginning of our campaign, and as with any other Palestinian who are fighting for their lives against the oppressors, I do not wish for Nader and his family to succumb to the murderous regime. Please, together we can raise enough so that they can afford for basic necessities as well as for them to be able to escape through the border crossing, once it opens.

We have already dealt with Zionists who attempted to compromise the campaign due to their own vendetta against the Ghazzans, and thanks to you all, we've successfully fough back and won, proving the veracity of this campaign. Please, do not back down. We need everything we can muster to help Nader and his family.

It's only gonna get harder now that UNRWA has been banned in the Settler state. Let's fight this battle together!

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if you're feeling powerless right now—and god knows I am—here's a reminder you can donate to the National Network of Abortion Funds, the Trans Law Center, Gaza Soup Kitchen, the Palestine Children's Relief Fund, and hundreds of other charities that will work to mitigate the damage that has been and will continue to be inflicted

life continues. we still have the capacity to do good, important work. that matters

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hey girl is that some stupid fucking bullshit in your pocket or is your penis just horrible and dumb

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200 Word RPGs 2024

Each November, some people try to write a novel. Others would prefer to do as little writing as possible. For those who wish to challenge their ability to not write, we offer this alternative: producing a complete, playable roleplaying game in two hundred words or fewer.

This is the submission thread for the 2024 event, running from November 1st, 2024 through November 30th, 2024. Submission guidelines can be found in this blog's pinned post, here.

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Jo and Roach, girls for a wlw short story about vampires and legal disputes in south Paris