#the list stretches on and on

[ghost-mantis]

Cool, so I’ve spent years researching this on my own time, and I really disagree with your take on the DPRK.

Let me open with a, don’t get me wrong, the government routinely feeds us a pile of lies about many countries. North Korea is so bad, they don’t have to bother.

The argument that the DPRK isn’t that bad basically loses all credibility when you remember that North Koreans literally risk death and the internment of their entire families to escape. This isn’t new, it’s been happening for decades. Firsthand interviews, books, survivors are available in droves from many, many sources.

Internment Camps that we can literally view from satellite images. Camps that are confirmed by information gathered by NGO nonprofits like Amnesty International from eyewitness testimony.

And countless interviews and testimony from escapees and survivors. Including members of their own leadership. And information gotten by relatives from South Korea when they could still speak with North Korean family during the Sunshine policy era.

But it’s also worth mentioning the whole kidnapping of Japanese citizens and then lying about it thing. And claiming they died and sending random remains because they forgot DNA testing existed.

The Arduous March and subsequent famines exaserbated by the diversion of capital to prop up their military. Interviews with people still living there in the last few years have show famine deaths are up but their government is attempting to cover it up.

The ghost ships continually washing up in Japan due to unsafe fishing practices and mandatory catch quotas.

So. Much. Cybercrime. Bank theft, hacking, stolen cryptocurrency, cyberattacks and ransoms for data.

The literal dictator family ruling with an iron fist for three generations is kinda hard to ignore.

The absolute chokehold on internet and TV access that prevents North Koreans from accessing non state-approved anything. And we do have copies of some of what state TV airs there, and it really is batshit crazy “our leader is a god” propaganda.

The fact that any tours are limited to strictly controlled sections of the capital. Tourists frequently report being forced to delete photographs of anything that suggests things aren’t perfect. The torture and murder of a tourist for taking down a hotel poster.

The half-finished capital hotel that is basically a frame with an outer shell to keep up appearances.

There are so very many independent sources confirming that the DPRK really is that terrible. I’m guessing none of the people defending it here would willingly live there. And by there I mean anywhere not the tightly scripted tourist bits of the capitol.

Thanks for coming to my TED Talk.

me: the us govt lied to you about Palestine

western liberal: yes, I know

me: they have also lied to you about Iraq, Syria, Mexico, Cuba, Venezuela, Afghanistan, Vietnam, and China

western liberal: yeah what’s your point

me: okay so keeping all that in mind, wouldn’t it be plausible that the US govt has lied to you also about the DPRK?

western liberal: NO YOURE A FASCIST NORTH KOREA IS A DICTATORSHIP FULL OF BRAINWASHED ZOMBIES. ITS THE TRUMAN SHOW FOR WESTERNERS!!!

[hinamie]

brighter days ahead

[late-draft]

Nothing is happening. He's nowhere. And yet there's so much traffic, people and vessels moving. Distant shouting and discussions, communicating about logistics, but there's no need for him there. So he just stares out in silence and feels the cold wind. The air is choked with the stench of diesel every day and yet sea birds fly through that filth still.

[ehliena]

Dick: Nothing Bruce Wayne does or has done surprises the Bats anymore.

Wally: Right, like wearing a Nightwi--

Dick: The list includes: Clark Kent, Oliver Queen, Selina Kyle, Talia Al Ghul, possibly Lex Luthor on a dare...

[coolnonsenseworld]

(to know more about the story and the calendar on pre-order check out previous posts!)

August’s big thing is actually something they did many times already, but in the comfort of their own environment. This time, Allura booked their performance, one of her favorites, for a party - proud friend as she was, never shutting up about how many competitions they won her.

The standing ovation they get, seems accurate for the work they both put into getting there.

[warlordfelwinter]

have an incomprehensible mess of a meme for the most buckwild pivot in the entire expansion so far

[dandp]

Dan and Phil A-Z Ask Game:

I was craving a big ask game so had to go for the classic dnp format. Hope everyone enjoys!

A - Activity; You can choose to do one activity with Dan and Phil, what will you do?

B - Baking; Pitch a concept/outfit/etc. you want to see in a future baking video.

C - Conspiracy; What are your favorite and/or least favorite phannie conspiracies (past or present)?

D - Dan; What is your favorite video from Dan's main channel?

E - Emotion; What Dan and/or Phil moment has made you the most emotional?

F - Fashion; What are some of your favorite Dan and Phil looks?

G - Group; Dan and Phil are doing a collaboration video, who do you want it to be with and what will they do? (Could be someone they've collabed with before)

H - Home; What are some of your favorite domestic Dan and Phil moments?

I - Instagram; What are some of your favorite Instagram posts/stories?

J - Joke; What Dan and Phil moment(s) always make you laugh?

K - Keepsake; What type of merch item/design/theme/etc. would you most like Dan and Phil to make?

L - Lion; What is your favorite item/running gag/etc. that's ever been a part of Dan and Phil branding?

M - Manchester; What is your favorite early Dan and Phil moment?

N - Norman; If you could choose a pet for Dan and Phil to get, what would it be?

O - Opponent; What is your favorite Dan vs. Phil video?

P - Phil; What is your favorite video from Phil's main channel?

Q - Question; You can ask one question each to Dan and Phil and they will give you an honest answer, what will you ask?

R - Radio Show; What is the most iconic radio show moment to you?

S - Sims; You have to choose one of the three main storylines in the Sims (Dil/Tabs, Devan, Dalien) to never be revisited again, which one are you eliminating?

T - Tour; What is the best segment from each of their tours, in your opinion?

U - Underrated; What is the most underrated Dan and Phil video?

V - Video Game; What video game do you most want to see on dapg?

W - Wow; What have Dan and Phil done that surprised you the most?

X - Xylophone; What is your favorite music-related Dan and Phil moment?

Y - Youtube; If you could choose one YouTube video for dnp to make, what would it be? (Solo or joint content, your choice!)

Z - Zebra; What words or phrases have you picked up from dnp and/or always make you think of them?

[goryhorroor]

folk horror + yellowjackets

the blood on satan's claw (1971) the wicker man (1973) midsommar (2019) kill list (2011) yellowjackets (2021-)

[balleater]

i just want something to come up about the bright queen being older than ludinus in-game. i want them to have that moment of knowing that there was someone who was at least 200 at the Start of the calamity.

[menlove]

maybe i did put together a 3 hour long playlist of incredibly gay lennon, mccartney, and lennon-mccartney songs

[sydmarch]

starting a collection of characters who are hannah geists. to me

[rearranging-deck-chairs]

god i love doctor who

[flowerliker]

mythical pokémon pokéblr asks!

Mew: talk about your first pokémon!

Celebi: what is one thing you wish you could tell your past self?

Jirachi: if you could have one wish (and no wishing for more wishes!) what would it be?

Deoxys: what is a trait you have in front of some people but not others?

Phione: what do you think about your hometown?

Manaphy: talk about your bonds with your pokémon!

Darkrai: talk about something you are afraid of!

Shaymin: what are you grateful for?

Arceus: are there any spiritual or religious rituals that are important to you?

Victini: talk about an important personal victory or triumph!

Keldeo: talk about a belief you feel very strongly about!

Meloetta: what kind of music do you like?

Genesect: what is something you still have after a very long time? how has it changed?

Diancie: talk about something you think is beautiful!

Hoopa: what is something you really, really want for yourself?

Volcanion: what is something that makes you mad?

Magearna: talk about something you have made yourself!

Marshadow: talk about something you learned from someone else!

Zeraora: what is something you have protected, or is important to you to protect?

Meltan: how do you express affection for someone?

Melmetal: talk about a legend or story you like!

Zarude: how are you with children?

[badgopher]

One of those weeks where everything's been about a foot and a half off from where it seems like it should have been.

The surprise work dinner on Tuesday was neither good nor bad. The boss was in town to meet with people about a thing and wanted to get together for dinner, so that's what we did.

In 4 weeks I'll be in Kansas. In 4½ weeks I'll be 43; in Arkansas. In 6 weeks I'll be in Vancouver, BC. Lots of new stuff. Thinking about a trip to scope out Richmond in February. Thinking about driving into the mountains to hide from the world for a while. Options.

Wholly forgettable uptempo music that distracts the part of my brain that decides we're doing side quests today instead of, like, the actual work I need to get done. This week was a lot of digitally imported nightcore. It doesn't work all the time but when it does it's amazing. I got more work done in the last 4 days than I have in the previous 3 weeks.

💚, etc.

[runefactorynonsense]

Melotober - Day 18 - Vintage

The music was simply made for older instruments!

[hezuart]

If Seven have water bending powers, Six soul eating powers and Mono space-time powers what would Raincoat Girl powers would be

oOOOO see, I thought about this quite a bit for the past week. I don't think Raincoat girl's powers will come up in Channel Change, so I'll share my headcanon here.

Raincoat girl I've always called "Five" though I've considered calling her "Quinn" (or even "Cinc") sometimes to not be so obviously a number, kind of like Mono's naming scheme. But I don't think the name Quinn would stick with the fandom as well as "Five" would...

To me, Five would have the ability to change her size at will. (Typically shrink, but only when she gets more powerful later she will learn how to enlarge herself.) She may also have the ability the manipulate the sizes of objects, people, or animals around her.

My evidence: 1. "VERY LITTLE Nightmares" game title 2. The Nest is more like a giant doll house, and she's surrounded by children turned into dolls 3. Each collectible has something to do with the children's powers. She collects Jack-in-the-boxes; children's toys that had been made in France as little "Demon-in-the-boxes". A tiny puppet pops out to surprise/scare the person playing its music because typically, no one would expect a creature to be compressed in something so small.

Six is a soul eater. She can suck the souls out of adults for sustenance. She can suck the youth out of children, turning them into nomes so that she may remain immortal. She may have the ability to teleport through shadows. She may or may not also have the ability to create shadow proxy children?

Mono is a space-time manipulator. He can travel through time and teleport elsewhere through TVs. He can leave behind imprints of children and also reabsorb them? He has minor to major telekinesis and draws in the attention of those around him.

Seven has hydrokinesis. He can physically manipulate water. He can create air pockets to breathe underwater. If he concentrates, he can also control the water inside someone's body including his own. This proves difficult when trying to lift others, but his body is the easiest to control, giving the illusion that he's floating on air.

Five/Quinn is a size shifter. She can shrink at will to crawl through small spaces like a mouse; to get into hidden rooms or to avoid being caught. She can also enlarge herself at will and has the ability the manipulate thse sizes of objects, people, or animals around her. But this requires heavy concentration to do so.