#John W. Davis

[newyorkthegoldenage]

The 1924 Democratic National Convention at Madison Square Garden ran from June 24 to July 9, with a record 103 ballots. John W. Davis won the party's presidential nomination as a compromise candidate after supporters of Governor Al Smith and Robert McAdoo deadlocked. He went on to lose spectacularly to incumbent Calvin Coolidge.

Photo: Associated Press via the NY Times

[politicaldilfs]

Vermont Governor DILFs

Peter Shumlin, Jim Douglas, Phil Scott, Howard Dean, Deane C. Davis, George Aiken, F. Ray Keyser Jr., Franklin S. Billings, Charles Manley Smith, Richard A. Snelling, Harold J. Arthur, Horace F. Graham, John A. Mead, Joseph B. Johnson, Lee E. Emerson, Thomas P. Salmon, William Henry Wills, Mortimer R. Proctor, Ernest W. Gibson Jr., Robert Stafford, Philip H. Hoff, Allen M. Fletcher

[animefeminist]

SHY, Stardust, disability, and the double empathy problem

Content warning: discussion of ableism

Shy is a show about empathy. It is the protagonist Teru’s defining quality: a stalwart refusal to dehumanize the people who she is fighting against, no matter how brutal their actions towards her. 

This belief in empathy is drawn less from the superhero genre and more from the magical girl genre, where the battles often are proxy fights over the hearts and societal problems that the characters are facing. The villains of these shows are often represented as manipulators: They may intuit the emotions of others and then twist them to their benefit–corrupting the precious dreams of those around them, as the villains in Sailor Moon SuperS do, or using girls’ despair over a patriarchal world as a source of fuel in Puella Magi Madoka Magica. We can see such a narrative at play with Stigma, who uses the pain and trauma of others to fuel his ambitions, twisting Iko’s survivors’ guilt around her parents’ deaths to make her curse the world. 

Watching these arcs as an autistic person has often felt complicated to me. Most of these shows go to great lengths to set up a dichotomy between the deeply feeling, empathetic protagonist, whose humanity is their superpower, and the uncaring or unempathetic antagonist—whose assumed inhumanity justifies their punishment and death. With shows like Madoka Magica and its descendants, where the villain is straight up incapable of empathy, it is often less the actual actions of the antagonist that justifies this punishment, but their position as an abomination—somebody so heartless they cannot be allowed to live. It is hard not to see the ghost of eugenics underlying the narrative arcs of these villains—people whose neurological state is so horrifying as to borderline on an eldritch monstrosity, requiring their death. This is especially troubling given that lack of empathy is one of the calling cards of stereotypes about autistics. 

I had myself experienced this stereotype first hand for years–being forced to go through applied behavior analysis, take on “social skills groups,” and be generally punished constantly, all to beat into my head that I should be more empathetic. All of it, of course, had the opposite effect–leading me to retreat further and further into myself, and cut myself off further from others. 

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[hezigler]

Miles Davis - So What, 1959 TV live performance (Official Video)

In his autobiography, Miles wrote about what Coltrane was doing as they waited to come on stage for this TV performance. Coltrane took out an envelope and pencil he had in a suit jacket pocket and was working on new ideas for cord structures to base his improvise solos. In music textbooks on Jazz improvisation, these are called Coltrane Substitutions.

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Sector 13 Comics launch Trio of Titles to Benefit “NHS Charities Together”

Belfast-based Sector 13 Comics will launch three new comics - Whapp!, Splank! and Yow! - at Enniskillen Comicsfest this coming weekend, 8th – 9th June, 2024

Inspired by the legendary Odhams “Power Comics” titles, Wham!, Smash! and Pow!, Belfast-based Sector 13 Comics will launch Whapp!, Splank! and Yow! at Enniskillen Comicsfest this coming weekend, 8th – 9th June, 2024. Sector 13 Comics’ Whapp!, Splank! and Yow! are inspired by the 1960s Odhams titles, Wham! Smash! and Pow, above Created to benefit NHS Charities Together, all proceeds after…

[casasupernovas]

one of the scariest films i semi refuse to watch is 'event horizon', and i think of it every time i watch 'the family of blood.'

'the 'event horizon' was named after the theoretical boundary surrounding a black hole, within which gravitational attraction is so great that nothing, not even radiation, can escape because the escape velocity is greater than the speed of light. technically, it is where the physical universe ends and physical laws no longer apply. so the ship's name is symbolic for its journey beyond the borders of the known universe.'

the doctor pushed mother of mine into one, so i think of the movie and it makes me believe she received the worst fate out of all the family of blood. i don't know why hers was so bad compared to the others. also the fact that she is also the only one he said to have 'tricked.' why? ALSO the fact it's the one who took over jenny, martha's only friend as another punch. why did 'mother of mine' have the worst fate?

i thought of this for a while...and it struck me. mother of mine is the only member of the family we hear within the fob watch:

MOTHER [watch]: Time Lord. Hide yourself.

so, is this why? because of her mocking, or possibly it was her fault this happened in the first place? that he hid away?

perhaps this wasn't him coming up with the plan to hide away rather than fight? but an acceptance of her intimidation. her mocking him, "hide yourself" if you want, we'll find you anyway. so the doctor says, dammit i do have to hide. but i have another trick up my sleeve, they don't know how i'll hide. is this why he punishes her so much worse than the others?

[mariocki]

The Saint: Portrait of Brenda (6.19, ITC, 1969)

"The question of your departed friend; I hope I helped."

"Unfortunately, my friend died in a rather tragic and unnecessary way."

"A wasting disease?"

"No, it was much more sudden. A knife - in the back."

[masterdoodlerjohnwhopkins]

Ray

May 18, 2023

[ladyinbl00d]

“remember this school isnt just family its our house” -my vice principal

[izzy-b-hands]

Everyone who worked on the Reagans (2020) owes me money for having watched this. Yes, I did it as a hate watch to make fun of the Reagans. Yes, it's free on Plex (I would never pay money to watch anything abt these fuckers lol.) Yes, they still owe me money for this.

It's...so bad. Comedic at moments they clearly did NOT intend to be funny jfadkjfdsakf, trying to make the audience feel So Bad for the poor Reagans; poor Nancy who has such a hard life she has to abuse her children and those she works with while insisting she deserves more money to do shit like decorate the white house (she asks for a million at one point like. girl. the house can't possibly need that much of a glow up, it's the fucking white house), poor Ron for *checks episode plot line notes* existing and making decisions that affect his own life and have consequences that he is aware of when he makes said decisions. I could go on; the urge to live blog this from where I am rn in watching it is So Strong but. I will not for the sake of anyone reading my blog fkldsjaflaj

Anyway, fuck the Reagans, and fuck this show for trying to gloss over all the fucked up shit they did to the US and her citizens, as well as to their children and the various other ppl around them.

[laderniereseancedecedrique]

TONNERRE DE FEU (1983)

Frank Murphy est pilote d'hélicoptère à l'Astro Division, la section aérienne du Los Angeles Police Department. Un soir, avec son nouveau copilote Richard Lymangood, il assiste à l'agression mortelle de Diane McNeely, une femme impliquée dans la lutte contre les violences urbaines. Alors que l'affaire est très médiatisée, Frank décide d'enquêter officieusement, persuadé qu'il s'agit d'un assassinat déguisé. Parallèlement, il est chargé de participer aux essais dans le désert des Mojaves d'un nouveau prototype d'hélicoptère ultramoderne destiné à surveiller la foule lors des jeux olympiques d'été de 1984 à venir à Los Angeles. Ce tout nouvel appareil, surnommé « Tonnerre de feu », est piloté par le colonel F. E. Cochrane, que Murphy a connu durant la guerre du Viêt Nam. Cette guerre a laissé des séquelles à Frank, qui souffre de trouble de stress post-traumatique.

[donospl]

Co w jazzie piszczy [sezon 2 odcinek 15]

premierowa emisja 24 kwietnia 2024 – 18:00 Graliśmy: Vårterminen Trio “If I Should Lose You” z albumu “Vårterminen”    Big Fish “Seule mais pas trop” z albumu “Big Fish”    Prospectus” Navette Spaciale” z albumu “Météorie”    Ruth Goller  “Next timeI keep my hands down” z albumu “Skyllumina” – International Anthem Cassie Kinoshi’s Seed “I” z albumu “gratitude” – International Anthem Randi…

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Preview: The Best of 2000 AD Vol. 4

The Best of 2000 AD Vol. 4 preview. Best of 2000 AD is a landmark series from the cult comic, bursting with our greatest stories for a new generation of readers #comics #comicbooks

[shotmrmiller]

Masterlist

18+ Blog! MDNI

Simon 'Ghost' Riley

I'm your only situationship

Mistress

Inevitable

Situationship into Relationship

Tormented by a Ghost

Submitting to his dominance , part 2, part 3

Please stop staring (or don't)

Good thing we're all dogs

Not a dog, but a rat, part 2

Uninvited, unexpected

John 'Soap' MacTavish

Maybe Dessert first

John 'just the tip' MacTavish

You'd look better as mine

John Price

Happy trails, John

Loba

Soulmate AU part 1, part 2

Kyle 'Gaz' Garrick

A chance encounter

Drabbles

Ghost being a toxic ex

Ghost with pre-parenthood

141!spotter Simon

141!spotter John

Dom!Ghost

cbf!Johnny

pathetic!Simon

pathetic!Simon extra

pathetic!Simon 1.2

pathetic!Simon 1.3

pathetic!Simon monopolizing you

blindfolded

König

cbf!johnny 1.1

cbf!johnny 1.2

Alpha!Ghost

Alpha!Ghost 1.2

pup!Ghost ask

cbf!simon dbd inspire

neighbor ghoap x reader

neighbor ghoap x reader 1.1

cbf!simon would kill for you

biblically accurate simon

davy jones!simon

ups!simon

cbf!simon teaches you everything

ex-husband simon

ex-husband simon with a twist

simon's not a guy you take home

pen pal simon, 1.2

hate sex ex bf ghost

wrong number w/ simon

single dad simon and related asks

Reqs

Ghost NSFW

Best friend!Johnny & FWB!Simon AU

Ghost is the unexclusive fwb

Ghoap x reader

Johnny helps with your monthly

You don't need anyone else but us

Escort AU

Needs must, part 2, part 3 (simon, johnny, simon)

Sensual Domination (kyle)

Price

Pet!Reader

Simon meets John's cat

Simon plays with John's cat

Betrayal pet au

Betrayal pet au 1.2

Betrayal pet au 1.3

The boys take you from your old owner

Old owner sees you with the boys

The boys take care of you

Taken to a new home

John doesn't come home to his kitten

Pet needs comfort

Pets exchange hands

Johnny gets himself a fox

Bun waits for Gaz to come home

Multiverse COD

'09 Ghost's wife meets '22 Ghost, part 2, part 3 pre part4, part 4

multiverse asks

Pornstar!AU

pornstar ghost, part 2, part 3

ps!ghost and of!reader prompt

ps!ghost and of!reader, 1.2, 1.3

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Rebellion Releases: Judge Dredd faces deadly battle for survival in new 2000AD

Judge Dredd’s desperate trek for survival reaches its penultimate part in this week’s 2000AD, Prog 2830, courtesy of Rob Williams and RM Guera

Judge Dredd’s desperate trek for survival reaches its penultimate part in this week’s 2000AD, Prog 2830, courtesy of Rob Williams and RM Guera. Plus, there’s plenty more to savour, including “Brink”, “Aquila”, and more. Here’s the intel on the latest issue of Galaxy’s Greatest Comic, feats knockout cover by John McCrea, coloured by Jack Davies, and other Rebellion releases… JUDGE DREDD – REND &…

[jstor]

From all of us at JSTOR, happy Black History Month!

The profound impact of African American writers, artists, politicians, and academics, along with countless others, is indelibly etched into the fabric of American history–and we'll be highlighting them all month long.

Image credit: 

Fink, Larry (1941-2023). Malcolm X, Rally for Birmingham, Harlem, NY, May, 1963. 1963, printed 2019. Archival pigment print, 22 x 17 in. (55.88 x 43.18 cm). 

Levy, Mark. Mississippi Freedom Summer 1964. 1964. Queens College Special Collections and Archives.

Borg, Erik. Toni Morrison. August 26, 1977. 

Lisa Kuzia. Angela Davis. 1980-1985. Black and white photography, 4 3/4 x 3 3/4 in. Special Collections and Archives, Colby College Libraries, Waterville, Maine. 

Padow-Sederbaum, Phyllis. Junior NAACP Demonstration. 1963. Queens College Special Collections and Archives. 

Allied Printing Trades Council. Placard from Memorial March Reading “HONOR KING: END RACISM!” 1968.  National Museum of African American History and Culture; On View: NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Concourse 1, C1 053; Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. 

Created by C. M. Battey, American. W.E.B. Du Bois/. 1918. Silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper. National Museum of African American History and Culture; Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. 

Mosley, John W. Civil Rights Demonstrators at Girard College. Philadelphia PA: Temple University Libraries, 1965-07-17. Charles L. Blockson Afro-American Collection.