#It's revolting

[moerusai]

BOC's CEO out here publicly pushing the narrative that if an alleged abuser is friendly to me, that means he's incapable of hurting women behind closed doors, while their acting coach wishes him well and hopes for him to come back.

(translation by @idcabuu)

I need them to shut their mouths and keep their ignorance out of public forums because they're not only damaging the company's supposed neutral stance, they're taking a page out of the "how abusers get away with abusing" playbook, giving the crazy stans of the aforementioned abuser's further cause to harass his accusers.

Get a fucking PR team and stop turning a shitshow into a bigger shitshow.

[canadachronicles]

"It's time. It's 2023. We won the damn Olympics."

Janine Beckie.

It’s true. They fucking won the Olympics. And they could very well be World Cup Champions in the Fall, but it seems Canada Soccer is doing all it can to undermine the players and hinder that goal. That’s a disgrace in itself.

But threatening legal action against the CANWNT because they protest for fairness, for equal treatment, for funding they absolutely deserve; it is just appalling. Forcing the players back onto the pitch. There is no other place they would rather be, so if they strike, the Federation should listen.

[kavaleyre]

• The Hanged Man •

“Compared to what Falin went through? This is nothing.”

[kensatou]

fascinated/horrified by this set of tweets…

[anthonysperkins]

Army of Lovers or Revolt of the Perverts (1979) dir. Rosa von Praunheim

[demigods-posts]

can't wait to see percy's reaction upon learning that the twelve major gods have been staying on the 600th floor of the empire state building. like imagine the rage of this twelve-year-old kid when he learns his dad, who allegedly abandonded him and his mom shortly after he was born, was actually just down the fucking street this whole time.

[malinaa]

if i think about the hunger games in peeta's perspective i WILL start sobbing

[hjarta]

turns out that being compassionate towards myself during moments of uncertainty and stress is the best thing i can do for myself

[heritageposts]

[...] During the early stages of the war, the army gave sweeping approval for officers to adopt Lavender’s kill lists, with no requirement to thoroughly check why the machine made those choices or to examine the raw intelligence data on which they were based. One source stated that human personnel often served only as a “rubber stamp” for the machine’s decisions, adding that, normally, they would personally devote only about “20 seconds” to each target before authorizing a bombing — just to make sure the Lavender-marked target is male. This was despite knowing that the system makes what are regarded as “errors” in approximately 10 percent of cases, and is known to occasionally mark individuals who have merely a loose connection to militant groups, or no connection at all. Moreover, the Israeli army systematically attacked the targeted individuals while they were in their homes — usually at night while their whole families were present — rather than during the course of military activity. According to the sources, this was because, from what they regarded as an intelligence standpoint, it was easier to locate the individuals in their private houses. Additional automated systems, including one called “Where’s Daddy?” also revealed here for the first time, were used specifically to track the targeted individuals and carry out bombings when they had entered their family’s residences.

In case you didn't catch that: the IOF made an automated system that intentionally marks entire families as targets for bombings, and then they called it "Where's Daddy."

Like what is there even to say anymore? It's so depraved you almost think you have to be misreading it...

“We were not interested in killing [Hamas] operatives only when they were in a military building or engaged in a military activity,” A., an intelligence officer, told +972 and Local Call. “On the contrary, the IDF bombed them in homes without hesitation, as a first option. It’s much easier to bomb a family’s home. The system is built to look for them in these situations.” The Lavender machine joins another AI system, “The Gospel,” about which information was revealed in a previous investigation by +972 and Local Call in November 2023, as well as in the Israeli military’s own publications. A fundamental difference between the two systems is in the definition of the target: whereas The Gospel marks buildings and structures that the army claims militants operate from, Lavender marks people — and puts them on a kill list.  In addition, according to the sources, when it came to targeting alleged junior militants marked by Lavender, the army preferred to only use unguided missiles, commonly known as “dumb” bombs (in contrast to “smart” precision bombs), which can destroy entire buildings on top of their occupants and cause significant casualties. “You don’t want to waste expensive bombs on unimportant people — it’s very expensive for the country and there’s a shortage [of those bombs],” said C., one of the intelligence officers. Another source said that they had personally authorized the bombing of “hundreds” of private homes of alleged junior operatives marked by Lavender, with many of these attacks killing civilians and entire families as “collateral damage.” In an unprecedented move, according to two of the sources, the army also decided during the first weeks of the war that, for every junior Hamas operative that Lavender marked, it was permissible to kill up to 15 or 20 civilians; in the past, the military did not authorize any “collateral damage” during assassinations of low-ranking militants. The sources added that, in the event that the target was a senior Hamas official with the rank of battalion or brigade commander, the army on several occasions authorized the killing of more than 100 civilians in the assassination of a single commander.

. . . continues on +972 Magazine (3 Apr 2024)

[athina-blaine]

introduced my friend to labru an hour ago and they're already funnier about them than i am

[phvnthom]

it's lowkey fucked up, but literally as soon as you turn 21 you're already old as hell

[nondelphic]

I JUST WANT MY CHARACTERS TO STOP BEING DUMB AND DO WHAT I TELL THEM BUT NOOOO THEY HAVE “FREE WILL” NOW

[motherspores]

i find it very funny that people keep saying that grian is going against his rebellion rule by working for the government (not necessarily incorrect) and that the dhp is going to incite a revolt because the dhp is Different from previous governing forces in that the only control grian is excising over the other hermits its annoying them as much as possible (which he does regardless).

like. hermits love corruption. they love running corrupted governments and then dismantling them violently for fun. the dhp isnt necessarily Not Corrupt, but its Not Not Corrupt either. grian gets no profits out of this. he tries to avoid doing his job in every way possible but he still ends up doing it. the dhp is just here to rectify any mistakes made during the initial hermit permit set up and help people with their permit problems.

the dhp is meant to be as soul sucking as possible, but it does still help in the end (if you can actually get grian to cooperate). He'll Do This For You, but he Won't Be Happy About It. his sole payment is how crazy it all drives you.

and while this is not NOT an unrevoltable offense (the hermits have certainly rebelled for less), this also doesnt show any outright corruption other than whatever you'd call a depressed looking man working customer service who hates you for making him do his job. which i dont think really counts. thats just what customer service does to you.

[anyataylorjoys]

"The worst enemy you can meet will always be yourself" -Friedrich Nietzsche

PREDESTINATION (2013) dir. the Spierig Brothers PERFECT BLUE パーフェクトブルー (1997) dir. Satoshi Kon HATCHING (2022) dir. Hanna Bergholm US (2019) dir. Jordan Peele YOUTH IN REVOLT (2009) dir. Miguel Arteta TRIANGLE (2009) dir. Christopher Smith LOOPER (2012) dir. Rian Johnson SCOTT PILGRIM VS. THE WORLD (2010) dir. Edgar Wright BLACK SWAN (2010) dir. Darren Aronofsky THEY CLONED TYRONE (2023) dir. Juel Taylor ENEMY (2013) dir. Denis Villeneuve

[glorfys-glorioushair]

As an American, I can tell you that the French Revolution is not something that is mandatory for a basic school education here. It's only mentioned in passing when we are finishing up the American Revolution section.

Also the history of Saint-Domingue was never taught, at least to my knowledge. The sad thing is that the only colonization really talked about in the American classroom is focused on the US soil. I DESPISE this. Tells a lot about how so many Americans are just unaware of the effect imperialism has on them.

While yes I did learn about the French Revolution in secondary school, it was taught as a college level class, meaning that not many students took it because it was "too much work". There are so many more details and info about the French Revolution than just the bread. It lasted for like 10 years! Definitely not only a bread issue.

History needs to be taught with more awareness to other events happening around the same time, and it just doesn't happen unless you have an excellent history teacher. I was very fortunate or at least could tell when a teacher didn't know much about the topic themselves.

With the case of NFCV here, it's obvious that Deats and co picked and chose what they wanted and disregarded accuracy by trusting on the ignorance of Americans. Let's use this "niche" history of a French colony to make us look like we're being respectful and good at historical fiction whilst drawing your attention away from the disrespect for the French Revolution. We have nothing to worry about because other Americans are stupid!

Like...did you forget other countries watch this stuff? And did you forget that some Americans happen to be self-aware of how imperialism has tried to shape their thinking?

I am so disgusted x(

Sam Deats: I like the French Revolution background because it means I have to brush up on my history skills!

Nocturne: Features bread being an easily affordable food and a French politician who used to oppose slavery irl being made into a cartoonishly evil racist vampire slave master

He brushed up on his history knowledge the way a student crams half a book the day before the exam

(in all seriousness, the fact that they seem to be more knowledgeable on the history of Saint-Domingue than what was happening in Europe might be a hint on how the Revolution is taught in the US. I honestly don't know, but I wouldn't be surprised if it's just one small chapter shoehorned in the books because during the same era the US were going through important historical events so they'd obviously focus on that. After all, there has to be a reason Richter and Julia were introduced as living in Boston, right? I'm sure the American indipendence will come up eventually too)