#silencing speech

[callmeizukunotdeku]

I was a kid with a Hunger Games hyperfixation and, from time to time, I'll get reminded of the books. With Trump's inauguration and the TikTok ban and unban, I can't stop thinking about a political tactic called panem et circenses, or bread and circuses.

In Mockingjay, Collins writes "'It’s a saying from thousands of years ago, written in a language called Latin about a place called Rome,' he explains. 'Panem et Circenses translates into "Bread and Circuses." The writer was saying that in return for full bellies and entertainment, his people had given up their political responsibilities and therefore their power.'"

In Collins' world, the Hunger Games was the entertainment. In ours, it's social media. Twitter, Meta, TikTok, are all controlled by political powers. Musk, Zuckerberg. TikTok is owned by Yiming and Rubo, but with the ban and unban, the content it shows in America is filtered to fit Trump's political agenda.

It's entertainment at the cost of information.

[anyataylorjoys]

Have you ever peeled the skin off a human corpse? It's not as easy as you might think. It's really uh, stuck on us. Skin. You have to roll back just the edges of it, so you can get a good enough grip on it to really pull. Which again, isn't easy. People are always so sweaty when you kill them.

YELLOWJACKETS | S2E03 Digestif

[republicansaredomesticterrorists]

This is what happens when you bite off your nose to spite your face.

[fagulaa]

Something I really love about the Silt Verses is how, in a world of gods and monsters, how grounded Faulkner's trauma [and relationship with his father] is. Especially as the season moves on, and the stakes amp up [and up] its so unexpectedly piercing to be presented with this exploration of childhood abandonment/negligence, inter-generational trauma, the indignities and stress that comes with unexpected elder care/early onset Alzheimer's. You're so locked in to these grander, more abstract concepts that your defenses are down! Mine were, anyway. TSV is so good at cutting its grand, complex plotlines with simpler [but not shallower] gutpunches, and it just grounds the whole thing.

[thatneoncrisis]

disability as a deterrant aside, it is Really interesting to me how many people who want to get into writing just. do not want to read. at that point you have to ask yourself do you actually want to write, or do you just have a story in your head you want to get out, because there are multiple different mediums for that. you could do black out poetry honestly

[trainerethan]

Headcanons need not always be consistent or make sense. To me green from pokemon gives both gnc lesbian and also transmasc bi man at the same time depending on how the wind blows.

Red can be everything everywhere all at once but im partial to my gnc lesbian any pronouns red. Transfem red is very dear to me generally though.

I have a strong vision but i have like 3 of them and they sometimes only make sense to me. All that remains the same is they are in love and will be together foreva.

[lichqueenlibrarian]

Somehow, I think the good doctor might be wrong.

[rockpaperscissuhs]

Why was Mahmoud Khalil arrested? Khalil has not been charged with a crime, the Associated Press reports. The administration said the arrest was in accordance with Donald Trump’s order “prohibiting anti-Semitism.” Rubio’s post made clear the arrest was due to Khalil’s involvement with Columbia’s pro-Palestine protests, calling the former student a “supporter of Hamas.” (The government has not produced any evidence that Khalil was coordinating with Hamas or providing material support.) What’s the big picture? Not everyone will agree with Khalil’s position on Palestine and Israel, but that’s beside the point. The Trump administration is explicitly taking punitive action against Khalil on the basis of his political expression, effectively criminalizing an act of political speech in a troubling sign for all of our civil liberties. Trump in a White House statement today said: “This is the first arrest of many to come.” Trump’s arrest of a pro-Palestinian organizer, briefly explained, Vox.com

[daylighteclipsed]

I doubt the devs meant for cloud strife to be so autistic-coded, but holy hell does he come across autistic

[lilacerull0]

sometimes i really dislike my tendency to give A Speech™️ because i feel like it reads too much like preaching when it's mostly reflecting and it helps me move forward in my opinions

[littlecubreg]

luv lottie so much hnnghhh

[haveyouseenthisseries-poll]

Original title: 甜言蜜語.

[ilmtest]

These Are The Times

From ʿAbd Allah b. ʿAmr (may Allah be pleased with him) who said: حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ، حَدَّثَنَا يُونُسُ يَعْنِي ابْنَ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ، عَنْ هِلَالِ بْنِ خَبَّابٍ أَبِي الْعَلَاءِ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي عِكْرِمَةُ، حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَمْرٍو، قَالَ: We were with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ while the people mentioned al-fitnah (ie: trials and tribulations) or al-fitnah was mentioned (to the Messenger) بَيْنَمَا نَحْنُ حَوْلَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، إِذْ ذَكَرُوا الْفِتْنَةَ - أَوْ ذُكِرَتْ عِنْدَهُ، and he ﷺ said: “When you find that the people's commitments, promises, and obligations have become corrupt, and their trusts have diminished, and they used to be like this.” فَقَالَ: «إِذَا رَأَيْتَ النَّاسَ قَدْ مَرِجَتْ عُهُودُهُمْ، وَخَفَّتْ أَمَانَاتُهُمْ، وَكَانُوا هَكَذَا»، And he ﷺ clenched between his fingers. وَشَبَّكَ بَيْنَ أَصَابِعِهِ، The narrator said: So I stood up towards him and asked him: “What should I do at that time, may Allah make me a sacrifice for you?” قَالَ: فَقُمْتُ إِلَيْهِ، فَقُلْتُ لَهُ: كَيْفَ أَفْعَلُ عِنْدَ ذَلِكَ، جَعَلَنِي اللَّهُ فِدَاكَ؟ He ﷺ said: “Stick to your homes, and hold back from speaking out, قَالَ: « الْزَمْ بَيْتَكَ، وَامْلِكْ عَلَيْكَ لِسَانَكَ، take the truth and leave off falsehood, وَخُذْ مَا تَعْرِفُ، وَدَعْ مَا تُنْكِرُ، and stick to matters which are specific to yourself, وَعَلَيْكَ بِأَمْرِ خَاصَّةِ نَفْسِكَ، and leave the matter which is a general matter for the people.” وَدَعْ عَنْكَ أَمْرَ الْعَامَّةِ» Aḥmad b. Ḥanbal, al-Musnad 11/566 #6987 أحمد إبن حنبل، مسند ١١/٥٦٦ #٦٩٨٧ https://shamela.ws/book/13157/6861 @ilmtest [https://t.me/ilmtest]

[tenshiharmonia]

Okay, I know there are much wilder things happening right now, but am I the only one who'd really like to see Razor Rex' "seven fearsome Corpse Cardinals" ?

[lizardson]

happy "I'm a faggot with a tony" day to all who celebrate

[kamala-laxman]

Silence is an ocean. Speech is a river. -Rumi