#media independant

[gerardt10]

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Fico a déclaré que l'UE sait que les sanctions contre la Russie ne fonctionnent pas.

« Nous savons tous, au sein de l’UE, que les sanctions ne fonctionnent pas.

Nous le savons tous très bien que le soutien au président Poutine est très élevé en Fédération de Russie.

Mais nous refusons d’admettre notre culpabilité en raison de cette situation qui est survenue en 2022, comment le conflit militaire a éclaté : nous pensions, oui, maintenant nous allons profiter de ce conflit militaire et mettre la Russie à genoux, l’humilier.

Mais cette stratégie n’a pas fonctionné. Et c’est pourquoi je le dis dès le premier jour : poussons, pour l'amour de Dieu, la Russie, l'Ukraine et les États-Unis à s'asseoir à la table des négociations », a déclaré le Premier ministre slovaque Robert Fico.

[thornshadowwolf]

In complete seriousness, they need to make laws about ads that say they can take no more than one, maybe two, clicks/taps to close/skip. No more "wait 10 seconds until you can skip the video, wait 10 seconds until you can skip the fake playable ad, wait 5 seconds until you can close the 'download now' overlay, puts up a half-screen in-app appstore pop-up (which at least you can close immediately)." This should literally be illegal to do.

Edit: this is blowing up so I just wanted to add (haha ad) that this was my "reasonable request" I also think there should be way more and way stricter laws around all advertising in general. I think most advertising as we know it today should be abolished.

[mollysunder]

For once I actually went through the Arcane AMA and found those quotes about Silco's motivation. It's kind of wild to see it in full context.

First, I didn't even know the "dirty little thing" insecurity was an agreed upon perspective, I just thought it was one writer's opinion but no, Christian Linke (Praeco) let us know that was Silco's thing. Ok. I can see how that can tie in to how Silco and Jinx connected, personal insecurities from a hard life.

But then Amanda Overton (leeloo104) goes into detail.

I already know the creative team said they don't think political struggle is "relatable" (yikes), but I've never seen this extra tidbit before!

What do you mean this all so Vander will respect Silco again?!!??!? First of all I could really go in about how Arcane's team seem incapable of having any character fully articulate an actual in-depth explanation about on their grievances with the status quo and what changes should be applied that isn't somehow about familial validation. *looks at Jinx*

Instead, we need unpack how this motivation is at best, very weird, or flat out doesn't make sense. The quote makes it sound like Zaun was fully Silco's idea to win back Vander's love and respect, but Silco said a free Zaun was their shared dream. And regaining Vander's respect seems like a moot point when Silco killed Vander.

Unless Silco knows Vander isn't dead, and that Singed's been slowly turning Vander into Warwick. But then why does he talk to the Vander statue like Vander is dead? I don't doubt Silco wouldn't visit Warwick even in Warwick's confused state. Either way, the Vander that Silco wanted to receive validation from doesn't exist anymore.

I get that they probably wanted to connect Silco's motivation to Jinx's obsession with Vi, but that can be problematic too! It just ends up where Silco and Jinx are written in a way where their search for emotional validation takes precedence over any attempt for them to communicate a coherent and detailed observation on the surrounding politics of their environment.

It would be one thing if they were minor characters, or this was just related to Jinx because she's the youngest in the cast and her story is about understanding who she is. But it's both of them, Silco's at least in his forties, and they're a part of the main cast. On top of that, I'd say their the two most politically influential Zaunites in the cast, and we know NOTHING about what they stand for, what they think the future should look like. Nothing, just vibes.

[alwaysbewoke]

the fix is in!!

[eldritch-elrics]

thinking about rosencrantz & guildenstern are dead again. i think one thing about it is that it's such an excellent example of the sort of thing you can do in a fanfiction/transformative work that you can't really do in an original work? there is no R&G without the greater context of hamlet: hamlet both as a play and a wider cultural phenomenon. we know how these characters' stories will end, not just because we've read the title of the play, but because their ending has been etched into the literary consciousness. the tragedy extends beyond the bounds of either play and seems simultaneously more massive and more absurd because of it

[arc-tu-rus]

🦇 Today marks the english release of:

Set in Hungary, during the years of World War I, we follow Mina, a young woman who finds herself faced with a dilemma that will cause a major chain reaction in her life. Between hiding her gender and dealing with a threat she never believed was real, the girl must make a choice between abandoning who she was or embracing every part of herself - all while the world crumbles around her.

I finally finished translating my VtM story! I'm well aware of how much I babble about my guys, but now I can finally share this complete work with the tumblr community! Allow me a moment of sentimentality saying that this is one of the things I'm most proud of in my life :')

Buying options: Gumroad 𓋹 Amazon 𓋹 Or simply via DMs! I'll send you a link with the files after payment :)

Oh! And if you use Goodreads, feel free to log your reading progress.

I assure you that I studied a lot of the subject (from Remarque's work to real documents) so as to not be insensitive with the real event; while I publish the translation today, this project started in 2022.

I still plan on writing two more, with each being simultaneously a complete narrative and a piece of their story! But, being 100% an independent work, it won't be here for a while.

Misc. Stuff: Art 𓋹 Board 𓋹 Playlists ♪ ♫ ♪

(Since my "drawing drive" is not necessarily linear with the plot, I didn't add illustrations to the e-book file)

Extra Disclaimers: • I priced it based on a poll I made, not only on bookstore costs, but if it sounds too much feel free to haggle! My intention is simply to share this story, not to become the next Bezos- • I removed all mentions of VtM/WoD creations so as to not have any legal troubles, since this is an official publication (with ISBN and all!). The rights of this work of fiction are also already registered and protected. • No A I was used in any part of this creation! It was all my sweat and tears work. I'm usually not the proudest person, quite the contrary, but it's kinda cool to be able to say that all this, the story, illustrations, translation, graphical project and physical production of the original portuguese release were all made by me :) • Not only this is a vampire story, it's also set in war; I recommend this book for an 18+ audience.

[thelaurenshippen]

I spent a chunk of yesterday making a bunch of these trope memes for atypical's shows and when I tell you I BLANKED on how to describe a show I spent the better part of my twenties writing...

I'm really curious, TBS listeners, what tropes/identifiers/hooks would you use to get someone to listen to the show?

[mightyflamethrower]

[bigbigtruck]

Zinefest was slow but that means I got to draw for a little bit

[maxxox]

currently have been having a huge cry of fear hyperfixation and its been eating me alive :)

(im literally simon tbh)

[gerardt10]

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Georgescu est arrivé en tête aux élections. Mais comme il est pro-russe, on vient de l'annuler, soi-disant à cause de TikTok.

Et maintenant, il est assigné à résidence sans internet et sans chauffage. Je crois qu'on peut commencer à parler de coup d'État.

Si les peuples européens laissent les mondialistes voler la démocratie roumaine, on sera presque à un point de non-retour.

Depuis l’enculade de Nicolas Sarkozy en 2007, les atteintes fondamentales aux libertés et à la démocratie, au sein de l'Union européenne, sont toutes passées dans l’indifférence générale…

C'est fou ce que c'est facile de voler tout à un peuple fatigué…

[ravenkings]

[venacoeurva]

The twin cousins to "he would not say that", "He would not be a good parent" and "He would not be a parent at all"

[essektheylyss]

I know I joked about DVDs but in all seriousness, I'm really glad that there's an option for watching VODs that isn't on Twitch and YouTube. It's been mentioned a few times today, but both of the interfaces of these platforms have been increasingly enshittified. I simply do not use YouTube anymore because of how horrid the interface is. I caught up on campaign 2 entirely on YouTube (and sometimes via podcast) in 2019 with no issues, but it is straight up maddening trying to use it now, and I don't know that I would have made it through the campaign if I was trying to catch up today.

I absolutely understand being tired of additional streaming services and I am absolutely in the same boat, but I also don't know how many people really recognize how gutted media distribution has become in the last ten years in the name of convenience. We all kind of realize it, but it's hard to grasp just how extensive it is. We can talk about independent business choices separately, and we should, but when the only platforms on which you have the option to distribute your work are at best frustrating to use and at worst hostile to human life, when monetization services can censor anyone they please with little explanation and have been cracking down on any content they arbitrarily deem inappropriate, when it is not clear that centralized conglomerate social media sites will continue to exist in the next year let alone decade, it is genuinely crucial for independent creators to start building alternative avenues of distribution that they control now.

[gaychaosdemon]

These colored pencil + water based marker drawings on cold press watercolor paper are available during the whole month of December regardless of when you join the original drawing tier! I currently have 6 slots left. You also get a sticker and art print, all for 25€ :)

[wiserebeltiger]

People have grown tired of image and interpersonal drama. They find image faulty, they see all the tricks, they see its screen’s slenderness; and drama, they see the underlying mental illness; devil-is-there-avoid-it quality; and above all they acutely understand how these idiots influence you to make your life worse.

The trauma is: once you have perceived it, you wonder: am I really free? Or is there more there? In the shadows… they say that about the US. “It’s a shadowy place.”

What replaces image? Words. Psychology. Maybe a revival of writing; already a revival of conversationalism (in the reflective mode, not dramatic) in the form of podcasts, hollow though they may be.

Entertainment is now conversations? And not even debates—conversations. Reflection? Introspection?! In America?! God damn.

Today is the first time since 1915 that drama is not a primary form of popular entertainment in the US.

(TV is down, YouTube is dead, cinema is dead or gone underground.)