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[adnehellena]

Life has a funny way to make me face my fears:

Life: Oh, you don't like gas masks? Let me take care of it.

Me: This series seems cool. *starts to watch Doctor Who by The Empty Child*

Years later:

Me: now I'm good, I'm okay with the gas masks, but cannot stand Plague Doctor masks yet.

Life: Hold my coffee. *proceeds to dress Vincent Valentine as a pseudo-plague doctor*

[ratatatastic]

EKKY CALLED SASHA A PERFECT HUMAN. ADD THAT TO LIST OF PEOPLE EKKY THINKS AS PERFECT

[donovankinard]

thank you for being here. <3

thank you for sending this, anon. it means a lot.

[swampndn]

Good News: I've ate consistently for a little over a straight week! Haven't done that in a very, very long time! And every single thing has been hella protein and nutrient-dense! Every single thing!

Bad News: My body is very mad about the adjustment. Very. Mad.

[twigcollins]

Or mmmaybe the galactic senator with a brother who’d met the guy currently holding the darksaber might want to discuss even an under-the-table alliance to get word on imperials taking shelter in the outer rim.

Not even anything official just ‘hey if you happen to be out there and see our mutual enemy and let us know, maybe some food and cash will happen to fall off the back of a passing cargo ship just saying’

[razzafrazzle]

Just Checking In! (aka Something About Red Triangles)

[yeagrave]

my contribution to this trend🙇

[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.

[scionsthings]

Rewatching Arcane

[fly-chicken]

A Pragmatic and surprisingly comforting perspective about the Trump 2nd Presidency from the ACLU

***Apologies if this is how you found out the 2024 election results***

Blacked out part is my name.

I’m not going to let this make me give up. It’s disheartening, and today I will wallow, probably tomorrow too

AND

I will continue to do my part in my community to spread the activism and promote change for the world I want to live in. I want to change the world AND help with the dishes.

And I won’t let an orange pit stain be what stops me from trying to be better.

A link to donate to the ACLU if able and inclined. I know I am

[dreemurrinthenight]

if y’all see this floating around: yes, it’s from me, and yes, you can find the original post on hoyolab under the same user <3

[spookygibberish]

OK SO I WAS WALKING DOWN THE STREET IN THE RAIN AT 2AM AND I SAW AN ANIMAL RUNNING DOWN THE ROAD AND SO I GRABBED IT AND

IT WAS THIS

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

License to Kitty.

[i-will-write]

reading my own fics as a reference for a new wip and squinting at it like "how the hell did I do that"

[pangur-and-grim]

one thing that took me embarrassingly long to learn is "sometimes when people say things, they will not be true."

I used to tell people about this revelation and they'd be like yeah.....duh.....but like, why wouldn't my base assumption be that you're communicating to me in a straightforward manner. anyway, I get scammed a lot.

[wanologic]

sorry danny, sam will never think you’re cool