#Michael Manley

[oldschoolfrp]

Stormtrooper armor variants for different environments and battlefield roles (art by Michael Manley, Greg Guler, and LFL archives, from the Imperial Sourcebook by Greg Gorden for West End Games’ D6 Star Wars RPG, 1989)

[jamaicahomescom]

The Rich History of Emancipation Day and Independence Day in Jamaica

Jamaica’s history is a vibrant tapestry of resilience, struggle, and triumph. Central to this story are two pivotal celebrations: Emancipation Day and Independence Day. These holidays commemorate Jamaica’s journey from colonial rule and slavery to freedom and self-governance. Understanding these days offers a glimpse into the spirit of the Jamaican people and their enduring quest for liberty and…

[phillyyardyvibes]

Jamaica Jlp did this to Jamaica in the 70s and 80's, started the brain d...

[x-b-s]

Don't be fooled by empty 'chattins'

( Sent from Jamaica Observer )

[ptseti]

MICHAEL the GREAT

I cannot BEGIN to tell U how historic this interview is in the context of present-day players on the same political stage. A deep, critical and introspective thinker, someone who was able to reflect on his leadership, identify the mistakes and define on his terms his successes and failures. He was also able to accurately describe and prescribe the present as it was and the future as it turned…

[intellectures]

Der Traum einer neuen Weltordnung

Die Politologin Adom Getachew zeigt in ihrer Studie »Die Welt nach den Imperien« eindrucksvoll, wie antikoloniale Aktivist:innen vergeblich eine gerechtere Welt gestalten wollten. Von zwei der wichtigsten Intellektuellen sind inzwischen auch Übersetzungen ihrer Schriften erschienen. (more…) “”

[lunarcovepromo3]

Welcome to Lunar Cove, RI! The supernatural population is all, but extinct. The hunters band together, acting under the guidance of a mysterious figure known only as the Catalyst to erase the different magical species off of the globe. Families, friends, and homes were all destroyed amongst the chaos. Only Lunar Cove survived. This historical seaside town is now the only safe haven for supernaturals, being the only place in the world where supernaturals can exist out in the open without fear of persecution. The magical border surrounding the town wards strangers away and tampers with any human’s memory who dares to leave. With looming threats on the horizon, Lunar Cove may not always seem like the safest place to live, but, for supernaturals, it is just about the only place left for you.

— ABOUT LUNAR COVE

Lunar Cove is an OC supernatural town roleplay that offers a safe and inclusive space for dedicated writers who are focused on creating entertaining plots and dynamic characters. Welcome to Lunar Cove, neighbor!

[flashfuckingflesh]

EVIL is Released When the Rent is Due! "The Dead Girl in Apartment 03" reviewed! (Wild Eye Releasing / Blu-ray)

Massachusetts native Laurel has been living in New York City for a few months with a roommate she barely knows or sees because of their opposite work schedules.  When Laura discovers her roommate’s dead body in their shared apartment, the living space no longer feels comfortable, and the uneasiness keeps her awake long after the police and coroners remove the body that has left them baffled with…

[pupsmailbox]

STARTING WITH M

MASCULINE︰ mac. macaulay. macauley. mack. maddox. maitland. major. makai. malachai. malachi. malakai. malcolm. malcom. malik. malon. manley. manny. manuel. marcelo. marco. marcos. marcus. mario. marion. mark. marley. marlin. marlon. marlowe. marlyn. marshal. marshall. martie. martin. marty. marvin. marvyn. mason. mat. mateo. mathew. mathias. matias. matt. matteo. matthew. matthias. mattie. matty. maurice. mauricio. maurie. maven. maverick. max. maxie. maximilian. maximiliano. maximillian. maximus. maxton. maxwell. maynerd. mayson. mccoy. mckinley. mel. melville. melvin. melvyn. memphis. meredith. merit. merle. merlin. merlyn. merrick. merv. mervin. mervyn. messiah. micah. michael. micheal. mick. mickey. micky. miguel. mike. mikey. milan. miles. milford. millard. miller. milo. milton. mitch. mitchell. mo. moe. mohamed. mohammad. mohammed. moises. monday. monroe. montague. monte. montgomery. monty. moralis. morgan. morley. morris. mort. morton. morty. moses. moshe. moss. muhammad. munro. munroe. murphy. murray. musa. myles. myron.

FEMININE︰ mabel. mac. macey. maci. mackalya. mackayla. mackenzie. macy. maddie. maddison. madeleine. madeline. madelyn. madilyn. madison. maeve. maggie. magnolia. maisie. makayla. makenna. makenzie. malani. malaya. malaysia. malia. malinda. maliyah. mallory. malory. marceleine. maren. margaret. margaux. margo. margot. maria. mariah. mariana. marianne. marie. marina. marlee. marleigh. marley. mary. maryanna. mavis. maxine. maya. mckenna. mckenzie. meadow. meera. megan. melanie. melina. melissa. melody. mena. meredith. mia. miah. miana. michaela. michelle. mila. milani. miley. millie. miracle. miranda. miriam. molina. molliana. molly. monica. morgan. mya. myla. myra.

NEUTRAL︰ mace. madden. maddix. mage. magenta. magic. maim. maine. maison. majesty. major. makari. malak. malice. malware. maple. marble. march. mari. marigold. marin. marion. marley. marlin. marlo. marlow. mars. marsh. marvel. mascara. masquerade. masyn. match. mauve. maven. mayday. mayhem. mayson. maze. mazi. mckinley. meadow. mecca. med. mega. melancholy. mellow. melody. memphis. mention. mercury. mercy. merengue. meridian. merit. merlin. merrick. merritt. merry. meteorite. metro. metronome. meyer. micah. micaiah. michigan. mickey. middle. midnight. mika. mikah. milan. miles. miller. million. minus. miracle. mirage. misery. misfit. misha. miss. mission. misty. model. monday. monitor. monroe. montana. montgomery. moon. moor. morgan. morse. moss. moth. muck. mud. murphy. mutt. myka. mykah. mystery. mystique.

[balu8]

"We'll make this the EUROPEAN version!"

Bettie Page Comics : Jumpin' Jungle Jive

by Jeff Gelb/Dave Stevens; Bret Blevins; Mike Manley; Cynthia Morris and Michael Taylor

Dark Horse

[jgthirlwell]

02.02.24 Tribute to legendary NYC composer Phill Niblock at Hunter College in NYC, organized by Hans Tammen. With Lucie Vitkova, Marcia Bassett, Teerapat Parmongkol, Alex Zhu, Luke Dubois, Emad Jamal, Monica Rocha, Shoko Nagai, Crystal Penalosa, Chuck Bettis, Kamran Sadeghi, Michael Schumacher, David Galbraith, Daniel Neumann, David First, Abby Davis, David Rothenberg, Daniel Neumann, Ben Manley, Miguel Frasconi, Andrew Neumann, Laura Feathers & Hans Tammen. Visuals by Katherine Liberovskaya.

[xenopoem]

Official Report on The Intransitionalist Chronotopologies of Kenji Siratori (TRS 109)

YOU CANNOT ESCAPE THE INEFFABLE FOREST

Official Report on The Intransitionalist Chronotopologies of Kenji Siratori: Appendix 8.2.3 is a xenopoetic data/dada anthology that documents the activities of the artist collective The Ministry of Transrational Research into Anastrophic Manifolds. The anthology results from an experimental approach to impersonal literary composition. Similar to surrealist definitions, but on the scale of a technical document, members of the Ministry—poets, musicians, novelists, painters, curators, artists, scientists, philosophers, and physicians—were asked to offer a microfiction, poem, essay, fictional citation, or computer code, in the form of a footnote or annotation to a glitch-generated novel by iconoclastic Japanese artist Kenji Siratori; however, each participant wrote their contribution without any access to or knowledge about the nature of Siratori’s source text. After collecting the contributions, the “footnotes” were each algorithmically linked to an arbitrary word from Siratori’s novel. The result is a work of xenopoetic emergence: a beautifully absurd, alien document scintillating with strange potency. Bringing together algorithmically and AI-generated electronic literature with analogue collage and traditional modes of literary composition, the Ministry refuses to commit solely to digital, automated, or analogue art and instead seeks technological mutualism and a radically alien future for the arts. Accompanied by a groundbreaking original score by electro-acoustic duo Wormwood, the anthology offers the radical defamiliarization and weird worlds of science fiction, but now the strangeness bites back on the level form. Readers should expect to discover strange portals from which new ways of thinking, feeling, and being emerge. A conceptual and experimental anthology, Official Report on The Intransitionalist Chronotopologies of Kenji Siratori inaugurates collective xenopoetic writing and the conceit that the future of art will consist of impersonal acts of material emergence, not personal expression. Consume with caution.

AUTHORS AND CONTRIBUTORS Rosaire Appel, Louis Armand, David Barrick, Gary Barwin, Steve Beard, Gregory Betts, Christian Bök, Mike Bonsall, Peter Bouscheljong, Maria Chenut, Shane Jesse Christmas, Roy Christopher, Tabasco “Ralph” Contra, Mike Corrao, R.J. Dent, Paul Di Filippo, Zak Ferguson, Colin Herrick, S.C. Hickman, Maxwell Hyatt, Justin Isis, Andrew Joron, Chris Kelso, Phillip Klingler, Adam Lovasz, Daniel Lukes , Ania Malinowska, Claudia Manley, Ryota Matsumoto, Michael Mc Aloran, Andrew McLuhan, Jeff Noon, Jim Osman, Suarjan Prasai, Tom Prime , David Leo Rice, Virgilio Rivas, David Roden, B.R. Yeager, Andrej Shakowski , Aaron Schneider, Gary J. Shipley, Kenji Siratori , Sean Smith, Kristine Snodgrass, Sean Sokolov, Alan Sondheim, Simon Spiegel, Henry Adam Svec, Jeff VanderMeer, R.G. Vasicek, Andrew C. Wenaus, William Wenaus, Eileen Wennekers, Christina Marie Willatt, Saywrane Alfonso Williams, D. Harlan Wilson, Andrew Wilt

early September release

[bookoftheironfist]

"It is a peculiar sensation, this double consciousness, this sense of always looking at one's self through the eyes of others, of measuring one's soul by the tape of a world that looks on in amused contempt and pity. One ever feels his twoness...two souls, two unreconciled strivings, two warring ideals in one dark body, whose dogged strength alone keeps it from being torn asunder." — W. E. B. Du Bois, The Souls of Black Folk Deathlok (1991) #2 by Dwayne McDuffie, Denys Cowan, Gregory Wright, Mike Manley, and Ken Lopez

One of Misty Knight’s most famous traits these days is her legendary bionic/cybernetic arm, the modern version of which is a veritable Swiss Army Knife of gadgets and tech. But it was several months in-story, and over a year for readers of Marvel comics, before this foundational part of her character was introduced, quite suddenly and unexpectedly, in the pages of Iron Fist volume 1. When we meet Misty, she has already had the arm for some time, but it is so expertly disguised that the casual viewer would not recognize it for what it is, and that’s how she likes it. 

The character of Michael Collins, Deathlok, sits at the intersection of many different identities and concepts— he is a Black man, a pacifist, who is deceived and manipulated, a victim of a system that traps his consciousness inside a mechanical body designed to kill, desperately trying to restore his humanity and return to his beloved wife and child. No matter what kind of a person he is on the inside, the vision he presents to the world is frightening—a distorted melding of man and machine, a weapon, a monster. Here, in this scene and also elsewhere in this series, he and Misty discuss the concept of assimilation and “passing”. They are both cyborgs in their own way, members of a misunderstood minority community (a concept that sits, with all of its layers and complexities, at the heart of this series), but where Michael is unable to hide his membership in that community even if he wanted to, the nature of Misty’s situation allows her to conceal her bionic arm, to pass. As a Black woman, she is intimately familiar with this dichotomy, but her feelings about her arm complicate her relationship to this other aspect of her identity. Here, Michael gives her permission to sit with and process that discomfort in her own time. He understands.

Misty’s character arc in her early comics, flowing out from her origin accident (which we only ever see in flashbacks), is tied to the trauma and self-loathing with which she has been burdened ever since. Her promising career as a police officer— a career she loved and to which she was prepared to devote her life— ended suddenly and violently when she was caught in a bomb explosion while on the job. Quick medical intervention saved her life, but she lost her right arm. She was fitted with her cybernetic replacement, super-strong, cutting-edge Stark tech, but she walked away from the police force and plunged into a deep depression. She was ashamed of her failure, horrified by her loss. She saw herself as “half a woman” now, worthless and weak. “After all,” she asks herself in Iron Fist volume 1 #7, “what good is a one-armed lady cop?” 

Despite the best efforts of her friends (particularly Colleen, who helped and supported her and re-trained her to fight left-handed immediately following the accident), this is a journey of self-acceptance that Misty must ultimately make on her own. Over the past half-century, she has moved slowly, windingly, away from that initial hatred of her bionic arm and all that it represents. Ever-so-slowly, it has become more and more a part of her. 

"It has been some time since policewoman Misty Knight lost her right arm, protecting innocent people from a terrorist bomb. That it ever happened is a very well kept secret. It took her a long time to come to terms with the fact that her real arm is gone forever...and she has cursed this bionic replacement as often as she has blessed it. But now it is her arm-- as much arm as she will ever have-- and heaven help anyone who tries to hurt it or take it away from her." Power Man and Iron Fist vol. 1 #78 by Mary Jo Duffy, Kerry Gammill, Christie Scheele, Ricardo Villamonte, and Jim Novak

It was around the time of the first Daughters of the Dragon series, in 2005, that Misty first began to forego the simulated skin that had previously concealed the arm’s true nature. Instead, she added a long sleeve to her costumes, which hid all but her metal fingers. It was nevertheless a huge step, after so many years of “passing”. A few years later, around 2010’s Heroes for Hire volume 3, she removed the sleeve—leaving the arm fully visible in all its shining, cybernetic glory. In the time since then, it has become a visual trademark, an indelible part of the Misty Knight visual style, a symbol of her power and resilience, so much a part of her look that it’s easy to forget how new this change is. Recent years have also brought with them a noticeable trend of Misty's enemies attacking her arm, ripping and cutting it off of her, which makes tactical sense (it's a weapon, after all) but also feels like a constant, cruel unearthing of that initial trauma, a knife in a wound that is still healing. But every time, Misty comes back stronger, the arm is enhanced, its defenses are fortified. More and more, over the years, Misty and her arm have become one.

[dangerouscommiesubversive]

13 Books Tag Game

Way back in April I was tagged in this by @materassassino and I've had it saved in my drafts ever since, determined to Actually Do It instead of spacing out as I so often do with tag games despite enjoying them greatly.

1) The last book I read

I think the last book I finished reading was A House With Good Bones, by T. Kingfisher--an excellent haunted house novel, although not my favorite.

2) A book I recommend

Lud-In-The-Mist, by Hope Mirlees, an extraordinarily dreamy novel from 1926 which I read first in college. It's about fairies and a town that's supposedly forgotten them, and it's simple and fun and often very funny. Or, if you'd rather read something more solidly grounded in reality, I really love The Cunning Man, by Robertson Davies. Davies is a favorite author of mine in general, but The Cunning Man is I think his best.

3) A book that I couldn’t put down

I mean, there's a lot of those, but most recently I think it was The Witness for the Dead by Katherine Addison. I loved it so much that when I finished it I immediately ducked out of my home office to return it to the library and get out the next one, The Grief of Stones, and then I loved that one a lot as well, and now I anxiously await the next one, The Tomb of Dragons, which I think is coming out next February?

Around that same time I also read Just Like Home, by Sarah Gailey, which I was similarly unable to put down. That one is another haunted house book, and it's very much horror and it's about parental abuse and sometimes it gets very creepy, so do be warned.

4) A book I’ve read twice (or more)

Oh good heavens. I've read a lot of books twice or more; I love to re-read. Apart from my repeated re-readings of every Narnia book, Sabriel, a good deal of David Eddings...I think the best example I have is The Iron Dragon's Daughter, by Michael Swanwick. I read it for the first time when I was twelve, which is way too young to be readng that book, and I've re-read it every three or four years since then.

5) A book on my TBR

Lots of things, but most recently we picked up a copy of Ursula Le Guin's essay collection The Language of the Night because Rudo wanted me to read the title essay, and I'm going to do so once I've finished one of the books I'm currently reading.

6) A book I’ve put down

Titus Groan, by Mervyn Peake, several times. Someday I am determined to read all of Gormenghast, but it just hasn't caught me right yet. This is fine, sometimes I make a couple of false starts before I can really get into a book--it took me at least three tries to read The Worm Ouroboros, for example.

7) A book on my wish list

Frillions of books on there, so we'll go with something I specifically want in hard copy. Recently Rudo and I have been going through Tubi's "New to Who" collection of classic Doctor Who serials, and we both fell horrendously in love with Seven, who's lovely. We especially enjoyed Remembrance of the Daleks, and I found out that not only did the Ben Aaronovitch, the writer of the serial, actually get to do the novelization, it was printed a while ago in an absolutely beautiful hardcover alongside Prisoner of the Daleks by Trevor Baxendale. Obviously I want to read the novel, but I also want that specific edition, just because it looks so pretty.

8) A favorite book from childhood

Many such, I was and still am a big reader! Emperor Mage by Tamora Pierce was a frequent re-read, and one that I still love.

9) A book you would give to a friend

Which friend? For what occasion? I give lots of books to lots of friends for lots of reasons! But if we're saying, generally, "what's a book I'd hand to someone and beg them to read it," I'll go with Little, Big, by John Crowley. It's incredible.

10) A book of poetry or lyrics that you own

I have a bunch of poetry collections but I think my favorite is a little cheap Dover collection of Gerard Manley Hopkins. "The Windhover" is so good that I want to eat it.

11) A nonfiction book you own

A Burglar's Guide to the City, by Geoff Manaugh--a book about architecture, but from the perspective of how criminals, burglars especially, interact with buildings.

12) What are you currently reading

Thousand Autumns volume 5 by Meng Xi Shi, Sir Hereward and Mister Fitz by Garth Nix, Lord Seventh by priest, volume 3 of Dangerous Convenience Store, and I got a bit distracted in the middle of Riddle-Master, which is the omnibus edition of Patricia McKillip's Riddle-Master trilogy, but I'll get back to it.

13) What are you planning on reading next?

Everything. Try me.

I will tag @calyxcurl, @travelingneuritis, @ardatli, and @tsunflowers! But please don't feel pressured!

[byenycfm]

hii!! so i may or may not be looking at the jailbird skeleton, but was curious if you had any fc suggestions or mwf for them?? tysm!!

Omg hello!

I would really love to see some indigenous fcs like Amber Midthunder, Ashley Callingbull or Nathaniel Arcand. And our members are shouting for Michael Vlamis, Anna Sawai,alperen duymaz, dominic fike, roberta colindrez, danny ramirez, levy tran, rob raco, and jake manley.

We've also got an inspo post for that skeleton here that also has suggestions! Don't feel penned in by the skeleton either, all things can be tweaked!

-Admin N

[madamlaydebug]

Bob Marley Assassination Attempt

Michael Manley, son of former Prime Minister Norman Manley, was elected Prime Minister of Jamaica in 1972. To address growing inequality in Jamaican society, Manley embarked on several democratic socialist reforms of the state, including land ownership reform, free education from primary to university, and nationalization of certain industries. Such policies had massive popularity among many people in Jamaica, but there were others who either saw the reforms as contrary to their businesses or as a high precursor to a Cuban-style communist government. Beginning in 1974, he was also opposed by the more conservative Edward Seaga of the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP). The JLP used the threat of socialism to build support among property owners and churchgoers, attracting more middle-class support. By 1976 the two politicians hired local gangsters to help them increase their hold on power.

The 1976 elections marked the beginning of a period of political violence in Jamaica. A State of Emergency was declared by Manley's party the PNP in June and 500 people, including some prominent members of the JLP, were accused of trying to overthrow the government and were detained, without charges, in the South Camp Prison at the Up-Park Camp military headquarters.

Reggae musician Bob Marley announced plans to hold a concert in an attempt to quell the violence. Politicians from both parties were hoping to capitalize on Marley's support. While Marley remained neutral, many viewed him as tacitly supporting Manley and the PNP.

At 8:30 pm, on December 3, 1976, two days before the Smile Jamaica concert, seven men with guns raided Marley's house at 56 Hope Road. Marley and his band were on break from rehearsal. Marley's wife, Rita, was shot in the head in her car in the driveway. The gunmen shot Marley in the chest and arm. His manager, Don Taylor, was shot in the legs and torso. Band employee, Louis Griffiths took a bullet to his torso as well. Astonishingly, there were no fatalities. [Wiki].