#city of the night

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Browns Bay at night b&w

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Jet Set Radio (PS3)

[inkskinned]

it's extremely critical that you see the photo of the perp walk for luigi mangione as being propaganda. i've seen so many people wave it off and instead fawn over his looks. and trust me, i know it ended up being kind of pathetic and weird - but please don't brush it off as a "modelling opportunity" for him. it's a fucking terrifying message the police are sending.

i want to make a few comparisons here, in case you're not from the US or familiar with why the perp walk thing is something to pay attention to. just to set the groundwork for why this is a purposeful, unusual, and cruel act by the nyc police - for why this is not a common occurrence and for why that matters.

the prosecution alleges the show of force is due to the charge of "terrorism." for comparison, in june 2015, tsarnaev was found guilty for the boston marathon bombing, which killed 3 people and injured hundreds. his actions are considered to be an act of domestic terrorism. i have spent the last hour looking through google for pictures of similar to mangione's perp walk - and so far, i have found zero. i also just do not personally remember a moment like that, despite living in boston at the time.

they allege that luigi is a stone-cold killer who carried out a longterm plan, making him particularly dangerous. again for comparison: in nyc, recently cory martin was found guilty of the killing of brandy odom. the murder was planned and premeditated to steal insurance money. and yet no staged perp walk. why didn't her life matter enough for a "show of force"?

but mangione gets paraded by a veritable army of police officers as if he is a rabid animal. for a single citizen who allegedly killed one other single citizen, the "largest perp walk ever" occurs.

so what is the "strong message" that the mayor and the police were trying to send here? the mayor speaks as if mangione is already convicted of terrorism. there is a very thin number of people who feel threatened by the CEO's death. none of us felt like mangione needs to be under massive armed guard.

the message is that you shouldn't resist. they are trying to "make an example" of him - that if you behave badly and kill a single rich person, you'll be treated as if you killed hundreds of people. you will be treated worse than a man who was found guilty of terrorism. you will be considered guilty without trial. the message is that the rich are a protected class, and you cannot touch them without massive punishment. they are trying to prevent a revolution by showing dominance and force against you.

the message is that the police are a puppet of the wealthy and that the law is not equally applied across class disparity. it is "some are more equal than others." it is "one life is more precious than another."

the show of force wasn't for luigi. it was for us. it was a warning. they are trying to remind us who is really in control.

[ai-dream]

[573p5]

Moscow, Russia - December 2023

[biggest-gaudiest-patronuses]

we need more hero/arch-nemesis duos whose backstory is being bitterly, bitterly divorced

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Izakaya, Oimachi 大井町

[randomisedmongoose]

My nayme is bird And wen it's Yule And Swedish snow Lies cold and cruel I look for seeds With many friends But food is scarce Where flock descends

But then we hear Of ancient rite We leave the trees We all take flight If fire not Its end promote? We do the deed. We eat the goat.

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Tokyo (2008) by Willem Alink on Flickr.

[emiko-matsui]

cody walsh is my perfect example of a character you 'love to hate'. because usually characters you love to hate are villains that are malevolent and heinous and charismatic and unique, but no. not cody. he's a brand of love to hate that ive rarely encountered before and fascinates me because he is objectively funny. i think he's really funny. whenever i remember one of his bits i keel over laughing. smoking cigarette butts he finds on the ground, being so serious about naruto at 30, the karen of hot topic managers, that's all objectively hilarious shit that i laugh at every time. and yet. and yet every time i actually watch unsleeping city and this man is in a scene. he stops being funny and my body is overtaken by an emotion called 'this fucking guy'. he's funny and then he opens his mouth and i go this fucking guy. somebody reaches out to him and i root for it and he opens his mouth and i go this fucking guy. i love cody except when im actively watching him. i hate cody but i don't dislike him. he's really funny except when i see him. murph whatever you did you did it on a level i can't even begin to comprehend

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Moscow, Russia - September 2024