#the protester

[jasper-and-the-forty-servants]

Strengthening My Magic | 1/2/2024

Original post for the spread.

The Protester | The Giver | The Devil | The Saint Heiko Yamazaki, the General | Grumgully, the Generous | Varragoth, Bloodsky Sire | Prava of the Steel Legion

I rarely use my magic to protest for myself and to ensure my own rights and protection. Justice spells are rare as far as I cast them.

The solution to this is a form of gift-giving and exchange. All generous gifts I have gained can be used as a jumping off point for this new branch of magic and spellcasting.

As for magic I'm damn fine at, baneful workings and bindings are my peanut butter and jelly. I have a framework of spellcasting that works for me, but perhaps it's time to step beyond that to accommodate for this new spell focus.

The Saint proposes that it's best to go to another party for mediation or intercepting on one's behalf than it is to take the reins oneself. Sometimes going to an expert will be more beneficial in the long-run, even if it's more expensive in the short-term.

Overall, a pretty straightforward spread for the new year! I've definitely got a direction to go in now.

[bunnyhugs22]

[animentality]

[whydidisavethistomyphone]

[sugas6thtooth]

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If you're having trouble keeping up with what's going on in Palestine because of US news coverage of university protests, here are some articles you can read and a video you can watch:

While CNN & all the other mainstream media try to paint the university protests as "pro terrorism" (which they're not, they're literally anti-war protests.) Palestinians are being slaughtered by the minute.

Please don't stop speaking about Palestine.

[irlwakko]

Just a reminder for people who may not know, in light of protestors at UCLA being shot in the face with rubber bullets— rubber bullets are not bullets made of rubber. They are metal bullets encased in rubber.

Despite being called “non-lethal” or sometimes “less lethal”, they are well known to cause death and permanent disability.

Here’s a photo showing their size— these are actual rubber bullets used during the Black Lives Matter protests in 2020.

Do not let them downplay the severity of what they are subjecting this students to for standing against genocide. Stay safe and stay educated.

EDIT: Twitter banned @/nosferatusexgod, the student shot, whose tweet I linked to (as a primary source) at the top of the post. Screenshots of the tweet I originally linked to can be found here.

[flango87]

FUCK YEAH COLUMBIA UNI STUDENTS!!!!!!

[zynp-krdg]

This elderly woman was one of the leaders of demonstrations against the Vietnam War in 1968, when she was a student at Columbia University. Today, 56 years later, she returns to the same place and says, "Palestine must be free."

[moonlayl]

[sweatycoffeeexpert]

Don't stop talking about Palestine🇵🇸🍉

[secretivedreams]

“You simply cannot fit more America into a single incident than a man dying a horrifying death in protest of war crimes while a first responder screams at cops to stop pointing their guns at him and go get fire extinguishers. If you were to pick a single moment in history to sum up the essence and expression of the US empire, that would be it.”

Caitlin Johnstone, The Most American Thing That Has Ever Happened

[captainjonnitkessler]

Sometimes I wish we would start calling out the performative radicalism on this site for the poser bullshit it is. "Remember, it's always morally correct to kill a cop!" "Don't forget to firebomb your local government office!" "Wow, it sure would be a shame if these instructions on how to make a molotov cocktail got spread around!"

Okay. But you're not killing cops or firebombing government offices. You are posting on a dying microblogging website to a carefully-curated echo chamber that has radicalized itself into thinking that taking the absolute most extreme position on any subject is praxis but that anyone discussing the most practical way to effect actual change is your sworn enemy. You do not have the street cred OR the activist cred to be talking about killing cops, babe.

[visenyaism]

seven years ago in the name of tolerating free speech from all political perspectives my nasty ass evil university let an army of tiki torch wielding nazis shouting jews will not replace us march through grounds threatening the lives of students and community members with zero police presence. and today they retroactively changed campus policy around tents so they could send in the cops to bust up the gaza memorial vigil. genuinely fucking stomach turning

[muffinlevelchicanery]

[kropotkindersurprise]

[sayruq]