#PoliticALL'

[abitterlifethroughcinema]

#TheClubW/Lucas kicked it Live! with the cast of #AlmostCatalonia, premiering 20 July at Teatre del Raval & produced by Blue Book Theatre Company. This English exclusive on RCE & English Radio serves up a second act interview with #LukaIlic of Barcelona Supercomputing Center - Centro Nacional de Supercomputación explaining some outer worldly truthiness that envelops itself in the play. Advance tickets available through Blue Book Theatre Company & Teatre de Raval via entradium! 

[suffarustuffaru]

Who's your favorite royal candidate and who's your least favorite candidate like if you were a citizen there

my answer would still be the same even if the “if you were a citizen there” part wasnt in your ask pfft but my favorites would be felt and emilia, least favorite would be priscilla. i mean canonically priscillas a decent leader and she Does Care about things and shes very competent herself!! but as someone who is the Exact Opposite of priscilla i would be turned off if i was a citizen in universe deciding which candidate to support HAH. shes a fun character though!! felt and emilia are people id really like bc i admire their ideals and their fortitude, for sure. felts rough around the edges and emilia is. you know. The Struggler. but theyre ultimately very kind and fair at the end of the day and their ideas as candidates are ideas that i would want to subscribe to so badly. i think with growth on top of that id trust either of them with the country!!! and with the state of irl politics as well im leaning more and more into felt’s ideals everyday HAH… and maybe as a queer poc whos personality is preeeetty similar to emilia im feeling emilia’s struggle a bit 👍 but also no shade to anastasia, shes cool and all but idk about the capitalism ma’am 😭😭 otherwise shes very neat and competent as well. but at the end of the day my first choice in terms of who id support is probably felt or emilia!! HELL YEAH!! lets goo guys lets burn the current system of lugunica!!!!

[kerrste]

I think a lot of internet discourse would be solved if people discussed with the intent of convincing each other, not some imaginairy audience.

[brf-rumortrackinganon]

You have probably discussed this but I went to the Invictus Games website and saw on their entry of Israel that it joined IG in 2022 alongside Nigeria and Colombia. They went to Nigeria and now they're going to Colombia, do you think Israel is next? I know it's unlikely because of the ongoing war but I wonder how their squad would react if they go there.

(also I don't think their website has been updated yet since it says on all three countries that they "will" make their debut in the Düsseldorf 2023 games)

TL;DR - they’re probably desperate enough to go (since they’d be the “first” celebrities to visit) but it’s too politically controversial and they don’t like intentionally getting bad press, which is most likely what would happen.

Plus there’s the Trevor connection (he’s Jewish) and Meghan doesn’t seem like she wants all that history brought up again; her life started when she peed in the bush on her third date with Harry (I still can’t believe she let Scobie publish that) so she doesn’t acknowledge anything that happened before then.

[wingsofhcpe]

istg if they allow that bitch to sing that stupid song on stage I'm burning the eurovision hqs to the ground, where's the "eUroVisIon Isn'T PolItIcALl" bullshit now huh??

[narcissistcookbook]

GENDERING TEDDY - a story about the evolution of mathematics, blood-stained chickens and a childhood toy that wasn't a girl or a boy

LYRICS:

The Babylonians developed the first written numerical system, in 3400BC Their system was base 60, which we still use today for telling time, but for everything else we ditched it in favour of The base 10 system, which the Egyptians came up with a few hundred years later And this was rounded out by a notation for zero courtesy of the Mayans a couple hundred years after that Giving us the numbers 0 through 9, upon which is built our entire modern mathematical architecture

Now Before this, It's not like humans didn't have a concept of numbers Any more than we didn't have a concept of time before clocks were invented We've understood natural numbers since before recorded history It's easy to understand that if you have 1 chicken and your neighbour has 2, they have more chickens than you It's just as easy to show someone that 1 plus 2 equals 3 Because we can see our chicken And we can see their two chickens And then, as if by magic, now we have three blood-stained chickens This is simple and observable mathematics And we didn't need language to make sense of this Beyond this, though, things get abstract and theoretical real fast I'm not even talking astrophysics here, Just getting into numbers larger than 60 or 100 poses serious problems in a world where you don't often have 60 or 100 of anything And inevitably somewhere adrift in the abyss of history is the first human who faced the challenge of trying to describe the concept of one million to a poor friend who was, understandably, less interested in a number with no practical application than they were in society's state of the art advances in avoiding being eaten by a fucking lion But in this one person's brain was an idea Of a number bigger than anyone had counted Something that they knew was real That they knew was out there But which they couldn't hold up and show anyone Which they couldn't even clearly explain Because the language hadn't been developed yet And if, as has been theorised, our species' intelligence is intimately tied to our capacity for language Then an abstract concept without a word attached to it Might as well not exist

When I was born, I was given a teddybear That I called Teddy, because some days you just phone it in And I took Teddy with me everywhere One day, when I was around four My mum and I were getting ready to go out And mum asked "Where's Teddy" And I said "Upstairs" And mum said "Go and get him then, we're leaving" And I remember being jarred by this It was an unfamiliar, visceral feeling Powerful enough for me to still be processing it, way, way in the background, thirty years later I said "Teddy's not a him" And mum said "Oh. Her then." Hmm No That's still not right, I though "Teddy's not a her either," I said, struggling to find a word for what I knew Teddy was A word that I felt must exist, because on a purely conceptual level I could imagine it And because my experience thus far had been to point at something and ask what it is And be told it was a table, or a chair, or a deactivated exploder for a mark ten torpedo I just assumed, naturally, that in my four long years on the planet I had yet to come across the word for when something doesn't quite fit Into the boy box Or the girl box Now, I know Teddy was (Is, actually, I still have them, they are sitting in the next room as I record this) Teddy is just clumps of fluff stuffed into a furry bag There isn't any objective truth to be found as to whether Teddy is a girl or a boy Or something else But that's not the point The point is This is one of my earliest memories This, not skinning my knee or losing my mum in the supermarket, is what has stuck with me When I was four years old, Before I had had any exposure to anyone beyond the gender binary In real life or in books or on the tv Before I even had a concept of what it might mean Socially and politically Gendering Teddy felt like it went against something tangible that apparently only I could see

And this is why I have so little patience for people who smirk and say we don't need new words to describe gender The reason That these people constantly belittle and undermine the words trans and non-binary people use to describe themselves and the world around them Is not because the words are meaningless It's because these people know fine well that words are powerful and dangerous And they know that their last hope of stalling progress is preventing people from having access to language that validates and vindicates their lived experience Not to mention that frankly fucking ludicrous idea that new words somehow erase their identity rather than give them a deeper understanding of it And the notion that it is somehow unnatural to invent new words for things, as if that hasn't been one of the leading preoccupations of humanity for the past 6000 years at least We are trying to do something that cannot be accomplished without a new language Without it, the concepts that make up vital parts of our identities are formless and amorphous Without it it becomes impossible to build support networks and communities Or to be taken seriously when your rights are being violated Or to tell the people you love who you actually are Or even to recognise yourself in the fucking mirror

That lonely, early human who struggled to explain the concept of a million If they could, maybe they would have said You're right, we don't need a formal numerical system to know that one plus two equals three But we will need one to build a worldwide communication network To point telescopes into the darkest parts of space And to plunge with no regard for our own safety into the deepest parts of the sea Maybe some of you think it is unnecessary even dangerous to be coming up with new words like this, and in the process validating things you don't believe in Things you can't see But for me, I can't see it as anything except progress New words are new tools Which can be used to build a marginally better world right now And maybe Many thousands of years in the future These new tools that we drop and break and wield clumsily will be used in ways we can't even conceive of today To build miraculous, unimaginable structures With our distant descendants Standing atop of them Being the people we always wanted to be

[fantasylover4538]

Welp today's my

🥳💫🎊🎉 Birthday 🎉🎊💫🥳

And since this i've been here awhile i want to share some stuff about myself

♤My name's Mari and today i turned sixteen

♡I'm Nonbinary {would rather be refered to by they/them}

◇I've been here on tumblr for over a year

♧i'm autistic and might have ADHD (my mom might be in denial about the ADHD part)

☆I'm not posting here a lot but i will answer any questions that i can here on my blog just i'd rather you don't get politicall about it this is an escapism blog and a safe place for whoever needs to see silly reblogs or some random thoughts

⊙Thank you for reading and following if you're a follower i hope you enjoy this blog and have a great day until then here's a picrew i made of myself

Cya later alligators 👋

[dexnola]

i enjoy scrolling past posts and not reading them and the longer and seriouser and politicaler they are the more fun they are to scroll past and not read

[butts-bouncing-on-the-beltway]

I know that presidential candidates were always going to make this election about apolitical voters, but did we HAVE to get to the point where politicall engaged voters were actively being demeaned rather than simply not intentionally courted?

This has been such a wild fucking case study of the erosion of electoral freedoms and I simply don't know how to talk to people who think elections alone can be our way out of this, or even that it's a PRIMARY way out among those in use. Election freedom is a canary in the coal mine. When this level of erosion is present, it is too late for voting to FIX it, but it CAN serve in combination with community organizing to repair what created that erosion in the first place. But the election approach will only be as effective as the community organizing underlying it is. This is tried and true, generations old USA civil rights strategy, I absolutely promise I'm not being controversial with this statement.

[mousegirlpenis]

three posts that sum up the surface level analysis i made while reading the (admittedly extremely sad and affecting) wikipedia article titled “List of Politicalally Motivated Suicides”

which is that it unfortunately (in the cases of causes i agree with) doesnt achieve much

[beardedmrbean]

The decision by prosecutors to pursue domestic terrorism charges against opponents of a police training center outside Atlanta is drawing criticism, with some legal experts saying it’s a potentially dangerous overreach that could be viewed as politically motivated.

More than a dozen people have been charged with domestic terrorism in connection with the protests, including seven people after a Jan. 18 confrontation with police who were trying to clear the proposed site of the center, dubbed "Cop City" by critics.

One man was fatally shot by police in the confrontation after he opened fire and wounded a state trooper, authorities said. In protests that followed the killing and the police sweeps, six people were arrested and charged with domestic terrorism.

In December, the same charges were filed against five people after law enforcement moved in to clear barricades and confront protesters.

Critics of domestic terrorism laws, including some civil rights groups, oppose them “because of the risk of politicization, because they can be used against politically disfavored groups by the government,” Patrick Keenan, a professor of law at the University of Illinois, said.

A 2017 Georgia law defines domestic terrorism as a felony intended to kill or harm people; “disable or destroy critical infrastructure, a state or government facility, or a public transportation system"; “intimidate the civil population or any of its political subdivisions”; and change or coerce state policy or affect the conduct of government “by use of destructive devices, assassination, or kidnapping.” Conviction carries a maximum sentence of 35 years in prison.

The allegations against the protesters include trespassing, resisting arrest, throwing rocks and glass bottles and damaging property, including setting fire to a police car. Authorities have also said they found “explosive devices, gasoline, and road flares” in an area in the forest where protesters had makeshift treehouses.

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp, a Republican, has called the protesters “militant activists” and said “we will bring the full force of state and local law enforcement down on those trying to bring about a radical agenda through violent means.”

Although “domestic terrorism” is defined in the Patriot Act of 2001, there is no specific federal crime covering acts of terrorism inside the U.S. that are not connected to al Qaeda, the Islamic State, other officially designated international terrorism groups or their sympathizers — even though the U.S. has said in recent years that white supremacist and militia groups are a top domestic terrorism threat.

Last year's mass shooting at a grocery store in Buffalo, New York, fit that category, said Javed Ali, an associate professor at the University of Michigan’s Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy.

The 19-year-old white supremacist who shot and killed 10 Black people last May was the first person in New York state convicted of domestic terrorism motivated by hate; he also pleaded guilty to first-degree murder. The terrorism charge carries an automatic sentence of life in prison.

But in a number of states, including Georgia, domestic terrorism laws include a wide variety of offenses outside those motivated by hate.

Because the Georgia statute “focuses on conduct that is intended to intimidate the government or to affect the government in any way,” Keenan, the law professor, said, it is “especially vulnerable to politicized use.”

Keenan said he believes attaching the domestic terrorism label to protesters could have “some really dangerous effects.”

“I don’t think it’s mostly protesters who are the biggest domestic terrorism threats. Domestic terrorism threats are coming from other places, and so to use this statute really publicly and prominently to try to squash this protest seems to me, kind of the politicized use of the law that a lot of people were worried about,” he said.

Keenan said that while he does not condone violence or attacks on law enforcement, he believes there are other ways to address those things under Georgia law that do not include a domestic terrorism charge.

“As someone who handled capital murder cases in Georgia, I can tell you Georgia law has a lot of ways to deal with violence against law enforcement or against anyone,” he said. “So this domestic terrorism statute is not necessary and it can lead to this politicized use that I think doesn’t do anybody any good.”

Joshua Schiffer, an attorney who represents one of the protesters, said he believes that as the investigation moves forward, “the charges won’t be justified,” calling them “particularly concerning” given Georgia’s rich history of civil rights and civil disobedience.

“The use by the state of such an aggressive statute indicates the state’s position when it comes to protesters and how the state intends to deal with protesters,” he said. “This state action is meant to impact and chill this protest issue nationally.”

Ali, a former senior U.S. government counterterrorism official, said such cases highlight what could be a new development at the state and local level where authorities will begin to bring more domestic terrorism charges.

He said that prosecutors typically bring such charges when they believe there is enough evidence to support them, “because why would you bring a charge forward on something that’s fairly unusual and controversial if you’re going to lose the case in court?”

In the months leading up to the most recent arrests, critics have raised environmental concerns about building a $90 million law enforcement training center on 85 acres just outside Atlanta. Opponents say it would devastate forest, and they also object to making such a huge investment in policing after the national 2020 protests against police violence and systemic racism following the murder of George Floyd.

Officials have defended the center, saying that the forested land was the only viable location and law enforcement needs modern training facilities.

On Thursday, Kemp declared a state of emergency in Georgia, the result, he said, of “unlawful assemblage, violence, overt threats of violence, disruption of peace and tranquility of this state and danger existing to persons and property.” The order gives Kemp the ability to call in the Georgia National Guard.

Marlon Kautz, an activist with the Atlanta Solidarity Fund, which provides resources to people arrested during protests, said the group was “extremely alarmed at the use of this domestic terrorism statute.”

“It’s clear that it’s being used in an overly broad way to maliciously prosecute people,” he said.

The Atlanta Solidarity Fund said that the state of Georgia was trying to “set an alarming precedent” with the charges.

“If they are successful, protesters across the country could be facing similar speech-chilling ‘domestic terrorism’ charges,'” it said in a statement this week. “We must strongly reject this extreme level of repression here and now, before it becomes the norm for activists in every movement.”

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[graymanbriefing]

Disclosures of Significance Briefing: National In the South West U.S.; citizen (city official) reports ongoing water restraints amplified by aquifer disruptions, ranch/farm needs, and corruption (back door deals w/ resorts/golf-courses that divert water from farmers/citizens to business ventures). In Hawaii; citizen reports of businesses moving to a cashless system has increased (means to deter crime/robberies claimed to be purpose). Nationwide; citizens report increased "red tape" requirements imposed by FEMA that delay "hazard mitigation plans" and funding unless state/local official submit "irrelevant" data on climate change impacts and disadvantaged persons. In New Mexico and Ohio; reports of veteran police officers (particularly in Sante Fe and Albuquerque) quitting in increased numbers. Nationwide; citizens report decreased reading comprehension among juveniles.  Nationwide; citizens in the ranching/farming industry report increased government regulations (particularly in veterinarian care standards that have removed the ability of ranchers to treat/care for cattle without vet approval). In Illinois; citizens report unsafe daily conditions due to increased crime; Chicago Police Chief asserted that even U.S. military deployments to the city would be unable to counter crime.  In Alaska, citizens report increased concerns over iron and sulfuric acid caused "rustings" of water sources. More than 75 rivers, streams, and tributaries have an orange tint/coloring due to the build-up. Nationwide; politicall...(CLASSIFIED, see full brief at www.graymanbriefing.com)

[the-firebird69]

Trump freaks out on the DOJ over government document prosecution (msn.com)

and he is huge asshole on top of being politicall wrong and socially wrong and militarily a huge joke. he is a prick too. and it is coming out and our son wanted it and daughter they need it the say and do. h he is an ass things not under control a freak got in. and needs out desperately. tons are ath im now and for stuff money too. they were hit very badly at the post off ices and are there againa nd are nailed hard. very hard. tons tried it fake usps and got nailed hard. and they took mail an wree followed all day. and nailed. tons go to the usps and hit the m dorp off mail and are at it allday all night. true bja are hit too but these trumps are massive losers. massive.

we take your territory, and now and you have very few space ships and wew use it on you bja. dissolve your idiot confederation of nutjobs. go be a prisoner no we cannot afford it hit you all. now too. we take territory today, and more and more but also last night installed bases additional to those Hera announced. last night.

we put in

1 Megabase in canada yes in teh wewst it is50x50 with bunkers below and one more Obelizk no ten in canada. true too

2 very large bases one in the easter and one wetern hemisphere both are special and near citeis in the middle wiht shock troops per h is suggestion and ten large each and 50 small each and ten thousand tiny each. tiney are 1x1 mostly. and we invade non stop.

4 large outside the special bases. and hit you with them they are mariines our version. now we are talking the two say yup his cadre egotarians.

500 small in addition to teh special and we use them now and are in the middle areas half the midwest and get out for chirst sake you ugly shits

10 million small all over earth you wanted a response macs you got one.

we added 200 Obelizk and some are complete. tons of them are huge.

we take down brad and his. hes an ass. now too.

we take over the light cycle business and p iggy back orders now. he is asking for it and badly

approved we do the paperwork now.

lots of other stuff happeenning we post this now

Thor Freya

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[seodijon]

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[mongowheelie]

'Immune to both shame and common sense': Molly Jong-Fast slams GOP lawmakers - Alternet.org