#re-elected

[laugh-of-the-medusa]

Saints Row IV is so unhinged. And as someone who never played Saints Row before it’s even funnier because nothing fucking makes sense characters-wise because their stories are in the first three games. But it doesn’t matter because SRIV is chaotic enough the storytelling doesn’t need to make sense. Is it glitchy as all fuck? Yes. Does it crash every other fucking mission? Also yes. Do I care? Lmao no. It’s like one big fucking troll of a game. The story’s fucking narrator turns out to be Jane fuckign Austen, like what the fucj man I need more games this fucking unhinged.

[emotional-moss]

sorry for resorting to a meme about this but people are making me mad 👍

[corvus-parvulus]

if you are in the united states, trump WILL be banning MANY books that were previously banned then unbanned. he will censor anything and everything that goes against his bigoted, ignorant rhetoric. these books will be taken off shelves for sale, and removed from libraries and public domains. if you have the funds, please buy these books or download them. get your hands on these books in any way possible.

knowledge is resistance. resistance is power. do not let fascism win.

EDIT: here is the list i have compiled so far

[theamazingian]

joe biden’s silence on sonic the hedgehog’s 32nd birthday is telling

[avocado62524]

[aashiqeddiediaz]

you know, after watching day 3 of the democratic national convention, i need to say something, especially to other muslims like me.

most of the muslim communities that i'm a part of have chosen to vote uncommitted, or independent, or sometimes, even trump. they refuse to give their vote to kamala harris and tim walz, because of the way the us has handled the war in gaza, and how they have been careless with acknowledging palestinian lives lost, how it was american bombs and american tax money that went towards funding this genocide. it's fucked up, and it's wrong, and there shouldn't be any debate on that.

and i am 100% in support of that anger. i am 100% in support of forcing america to stop funding this genocide. no one wants to keep seeing palestinian lives suffer. no one is free until we're all free, and i believe that to my very core.

my only concern is that where this anger is being placed, from 1 year to 11 weeks before the presidential election, is so scary. because the reality of the situation is that america has a bipartisan outlook. whoever gets the presidency is either democrat or republican. and every vote that doesn't go towards democracy (i.e. voting for kamala harris) inadvertently goes towards trump's big plan of project 2025, which is basically dictatorship. Even voting uncommitted, even voting independent. we cannot afford to elect trump for a second term, and voting anything other than democrat draws that line way too close, especially in swing states like michigan, pennsylvania, wisconsin, georgia.

yes, there are many issues that we wish joe biden would handle better. there are many ways that the democratic party has fucked up beyond repair. there are many ways the democratic party has refused to acknowledge the pain of people affected by their military people throughout the years, and we've been seeing it for years. this is not a new thing. this did not start on october 7th. we see it during pretty much every administration.

however, voting for your candidate should never be based on a singular issue. no political candidate is ever going to check every single box. and its so unfortunate that we have to always take the "lesser of two evils" approach when nominating our president, but that's the reality of the situation at this very moment. there are many other rights to be considered that are at stake this election, all of which trump is trying to remove. abortion bans, women's rights, healthcare, social security, climate change, to name a few.

(and, somehow, there's a belief that trump will lead to a ceasefire deal where biden-harris didn't? let me tell you that is never going to happen.)

does this mean we just stop protesting or pressuring? absolutely not. you NEVER stop, because if our votes are the ones that put the candidate in their position of power, then we expect results. we expect them to work towards what they promised. and we can't let up on reaching out to our local county offices and our state governors and escalating these issues further until someone takes notice and does something about them. we don't elect them and just leave them to do what they want. we keep them accountable. use that anger i was talking about.

but it also means not having tunnel vision. the election in november could very well mean the end of democracy if kamala harris doesn't win. this post is not me all giggly-happy over the democratic party, because trust me, i have my fair share of issues with them as well. this post isn't to tell you what to do, because i can't force you to vote blue. i can't force the community i'm in to change their minds about toss-up votes. but what i can do is put down plainly what's at stake this election. and that is, very simply, our right to choose everything.

so if you are eligible to vote and haven't registered, please do. if you haven't voted before because "what's the point", please see above what the point is. a handful of votes is enough to flip the outcome of an election, especially with the electoral college.

and if you're still on the fence on whether to vote for kamala or trump, hopefully this post gives a little bit more perspective in the most streamlined way i could manage without bogging you down with statistics and numbers.

the choice is yours.

[secondbeatsongs]

the temptation to reblog all of the "Remember to vote on November 5th!" posts just so I can add "this is how destiel can still win" is. staggering

[catboymoments]

some positive news!

Alaska and Missouri won the vote to raise minimum wage and require sick leave :D also, abortion rights are being secured in seven individual states, including Colorado, Michigan, and Montana ✅

That’s great! I hope the good people of Texas can fight back

[lycazart]

nf but crop of a heisy charm im gonna get made for myself

[tennessoui]

Felt in the mood for some light hearted fic so I got back into the body politic au as a writing warm up

He gets a call a day later, but it’s not Satine’s voice on the other end of the line. It’s a man’s, rather high and scratchy with a posh accent that Anakin can’t immediately place. “Is this Mr. Skywalker?” the man asks, sounding far too awake for—Anakin checks his phone—ten in the morning on a day that Anakin doesn’t have any classes.

Anakin scratches his stomach and tries to stop his yawn from sounding too audible. He blinks up at his room’s ceiling. The fan’s been going all night long, but it’s still stuffy and hot because the apartment building sort of sucks. “Yeah,” he says. “Who’s this?”

“I got your contact number from Satine,” the man continues as if Anakin hasn’t asked a pretty valid question. “If you’re amenable, I would like to meet with you later today. Say, three?”

Anakin heaves his body up and slumps back against the headboard of his bed, rubbing at his eye with his knuckles. “Are you considering voting for Obi-Wan Kenobi?”

There’s a pause. Anakin searches for the half-filled room-temperature cup of water he’d taken to bed last night. It’s definitely somewhere on his nightstand.

“I am Obi-Wan Kenobi,” the man says.

Anakin drops the phone.

“Hello?” Obi-Wan—shit, Obi-Wan Kenobi, this is Obi-Wan Kenobi talking to him—sounds annoyed when Anakin finally fumbles the phone back to his cheek. Annoyance sounds sort of sexy in his voice. “Mr. Skywalker?”

“Yeah, sorry—yes, hi, I’m here, uh. Councilman Kenobi! Sorry!” Anakin scrambles up out of bed, casting around for a discarded shirt. He doesn’t think he should be talking to his local politician while undressed. It feels weird. Especially after all the time he’s spent looking at pictures of this particular politician doing hot yoga.

“Joy,” Mr. Kenobi says, sounding as if he’s never experienced the emotion once in his life. “So, will you come?”

“At least buy me dinner first,” Anakin says because his brain-to-mouth filter and capacity for common sense are dangerously low in the first few hours of the morning.

Kenobi pauses. “I’m sorry?”

“I meant—come where? Sir,” he adds, closing his eyes and wishing for perhaps imminent death or at least a valid reason to hang up the phone like a fire alarm going off or the beginnings of the Rapture.

“My office downtown,” Kenobi says brusquely, as if he’s also wishing for Anakin’s imminent death. “212 Stewjon Avenue, the law offices of Kenobi and Kryze.”

[litany-writes]

the wedding is back on guys we’re all good

[juney-blues]

the dashboard is unusable if you're not American and have a low tolerance for overly performative displays of misery and hope

[see-arcane]

This part focuses on Quincey in particular instead of everyone, "Quincey raised his eyebrows slightly and looked at her intently", and I wonder if it connects with what he had said before: "And I promise you, too, that I shall make all certain, for if I am only doubtful I shall take it that the time has come!" Because Quincey is the one who always clocks on the situation at hand first, and patrols for threats (and if he spots one he shoots first asks questions later)

He does clock things very fast and takes action just as quickly. When he's facing the right way.

But in this scene, our favorite Texan isn't looking the right way or even reacting safely as much as he is quick about it. Even if his reaction was entirely innocent surprise, the fact that he made clear how ready he was to serve Mina's euthanasia request--seemingly with more readiness than even Dr. Jack Malpractice who must 'steel' himself to the idea--has absolutely stuck in Jonathan's mind.

Hence Jonathan death gripping the kukri as Quincey gets (to his eyes) the wrong kind of interested.

The whole story could have gone very nasty very fast if Mr. 'You've yeed your last haw' Morris had made a wrong move at that moment.

[remembertheplunge]

The gay men's take on Prop 64: 1986: Concentration Camps for people with AIDSs HIV

11/3/1986. Monday 

It now approaches midnight.

 A very pleasant evening at Tom and Greg's house. Nice wine and desert and Italian food (pasta) and friends. Talk ranged from “I’m homosexual and gay. What do you think about that?” A gay friend from San Fransisco and his lover, from Rocklin said “oh, you looked great as a 40’s drag queen. My second boyfriend was captain of the high school football team.” The conversations also ranged to "Aids may wipe out the entire world population or it may be cured soon. "AIDS is all that they talk about in San Fransisco."

”But, don’t get this entry wrong, most of the time chit chat was just that, Tom's upcoming trip to China, There is a peacefulness in Mexico and a rushed feel to US life. Downtown Sacramento whose people are like machines.

The early stage party uptightness mellowed to late evening hugs and Cheer.

My margin note to the above entry:

Regarding Proposition 64, on the California ballot for the 11/4/1986 State Election which if adopted could result in concentration camps for people withHIV AIDS: Tom and Greg said “Don’t get an Aids test. If you test positive, you could be marked for 'prejudice camps' etc."

(Prop 64 would have required mandatory reporting of people who tested positive for HIV AIDS to the government leading to possible forced entry into an HIV Aids concentration camp .)

Notes: Tom and Greg (not their real names) were gay friends of mine when I lived in Sacramento to in 1986-1987.

[newtafterdark]

You know, I had expected immediate wild happenings in the politics of my country (Germany) following America's election... what I didn't expect was it being our chancellor firing our minister of finance with an honestly scathing speech.