#so amended

[sentientsky]

just a friendly reminder that, just because slavery was formally "abolished" in the so-called united states* in 1865, enslavement itself is still ongoing in the form of incarceration, which disproportionately affects Black and Indigenous people

(*i say "so-called" because the US is a settler-colonial construction founded on greed, extraction, and white supremacy) recommended readings/resources:

The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander

"How the 13th Amendment Kept Slavery Alive: Perspectives From the Prison Where Slavery Never Ended" by Daniele Selby

"So You're Thinking About Becoming an Abolitionist" by Mariame Kaba

"The Case for Prison Abolition: Ruth Wilson Gilmore on COVID-19, Racial Capitalism & Decarceration" from Democracy Now! [VIDEO]

[wolfythewitch]

Started malevolent, on episode 2

- we started not with a bang but with a whimper

- Arthur does not sound like a word anymore

- that demon in his brain needs to take a chill pill

- I need him tranquilized his shouting is scaring ME

[pinkiepig]

DOODLE DOODLE DOODLE DOODLETUDTU I LOVE THIS BRUSH

[violetwolfraven]

The funniest thing in the world to me is when people write mermaids that are bothered by humans eating fish. Like do you think fish don’t eat each other? The ocean is full of little freaks that will eat whatever or whoever the fuck will fit in their mouths. If the mermaids haven’t been eating fish this whole time what do you think they’ve been eating? If the answer is humans, that doesn’t make it any less funny. They’ll eat the species that looks like the top half of them but won’t eat a species that looks like the bottom half? Peak comedy.

[anotherpapercut]

the ACLU and Missouri library association sued the state over proposed censorship laws so they're retaliating by cutting our budget by $4.5mil 🙃

[guavi]

it's Mary Poppins ya'll

[bluerosefox]

Saying Sorry Will Never Be Enough

Feeling a bit angsty so I had this idea.

Danny is dating one of the Bats/Birds, and everything is going great, amazing even! They know each other secrets (from powers to everything etc), they have a wonderful place to live (even if its in Gotham), Danny is in college on the way to becoming a space engineer (and he does side jobs for unrestful ghosts), he's actually getting sleep again since leaving Amity Park, gets along with their friends and family (those who Danny or his partner still talk to, up to the writer), there is even talk about marriage and perhaps adoption/kids in the future between Danny and the Bat/Bird he's dating!

Everything is setting up for a good life in his future, something Danny didn't think could have after his accident. He was happy finally, and currently packing up his old apartment because he's moving in with his partner in a few days.

So he felt like his core was being pulled out of him when he opens his apartment door one day receiving a knock to find his parents, who had hadn't seen since they kicked him out of the house after coming clean about being Phantom (their words of anger and denial that their son was 'dead' and now a monster, still hurt)

Sure they didn't attack him or proclaim he's dead but still their last words and anger HURT.

Danny didn't give them a chance to open their mouths, both looking nervous and guilty, before he slams the door close and turns invisible, grabs his phone, and fly's out of his apartment to his partner's place in a panic attack.

His partner, isn't happy.

[hua-liansimp]

Okay I need a billford fic where Bill's therapy includes having to make amends to Ford, thus Ford is brought to the Theraprism. It's going extremely badly in the beginning, neither Bill nor Ford wants to cooperate, Bill doesn't think that he did anything wrong, Ford just wants to go home, et cetera. Eventually, after several sessions spanning several months they start to bond, open up to each other, and Bill allows himself to be vulnerable for the first time in like forever, he even ends up apologizing to Ford in tears, only for Ford to dissipate at the end of one of Bill's sessions. Then a bunch of therapists walk in with wide smiles, clapping and congratulating Bill for making such progress thanks to the Theraprism's new hologram project.

Bill just stays on the ground staring at the white tiled floor of his room where he saw "Ford" disappear.

[daeyumi]

Rebuilding 🔧⚙️🥚

[2022]

[girlatrocity]

camie and toga get along i think

[nukacourier]

ulysses would honestly be the perfect candidate for anything enemies to lovers regarding the Courier if people weren't so focused on pretending the random one off Legion members are better written than they actually are

[saltpepperbeard]

Y'ALL SURE ARE

[scribz-ag24]

thank @cozybells for motivating me to prioritize my darkrai-related doodles. they all have a very normal relationship with each other and are being very mature about it.

(the dusknoir-darkrai similarities are definitely not influenced by se0, where dusknoir gets a lot of his knowledge from darkrai)

[shehzadi]

waqf amendment bill 2024

the indian government is trying to introduce a new bill called the waqf amendment bill which seeks to remove power over waqf properties from decentralised muslim councils and transfer greater control to the government. this jeopardises the future of waqf properties and infringes on minority rights.

“waqf” refers to the permanent dedication of movable or immovable property for religious, social or charitable purposes and the person who designates a property as such gives ownership of it up to the whole community. once a property is designated as “waqf” it cannot be sold, transferred, or inherited.

the new amendment bill proposes changing the very definition of “waqf” to one that does not fit islamic law. by changing this definition, the bill poses risk of negating the status of certain waqf properties and taking them away from the community. you can read more about the potential negative consequences and contradictions of the bill here.

the joint parliamentary committee are meant to be meeting on september 18-20 in new delhi to further discuss the waqf amendment bill. they have opened up discussion to the public and indian muslim and hindu citizens alike have been sharing email templates online addressed to the committee, calling for the rejection of the waqf bill, while right-wingers are encouraging people to send emails in favour of the bill. more: x, x.

the date for sending in these rejection emails has now passed (as of september 13th) but in the event that the deadline is extended, the templates can be found here, here and here. (note: some sources are giving slightly different times for end of email submissions)

if you’re not indian/indian citizen, i would still appreciate you sharing this post to spread awareness. thank you ❤️

[waveoftheocean]

been thinking about brazil hinata recently so here he iiissss

[heynhay]

let's drive out