2010 was too long ago. :')
(Rest in peace, Paul Vasquez. Thanks again for sharing the beautiful sight you saw that day.)
Lost some. Won some.
2010 was too long ago. :')
(Rest in peace, Paul Vasquez. Thanks again for sharing the beautiful sight you saw that day.)
No social platform at all is a serious problem. I do think messaging should focus on economics first (since we have precious little mainstream discussion of actual consequences of economic policy in many places, and social issues are cynically exploited by free market-touting establishment types as a distraction), but a party that pretends systemic hierarchies and marginalization don’t exist is just mob/majority rule and not truly leftist.
Whatever a hypothetical person accepts happening to people they want to consider “beneath” them, they are also accepting for people they do consider to be like themself. Just a matter of time.
I got the impression those were light fixtures in the back, but who knows for someone that wants a bathtub next to glass double doors. (I could own all the land for a good distance around, and I’d still be uncomfortable with that.)
Sure, I agree it’s not likely an intentional attack on such people. I do think for what it is, it’s nicely done (as I tried to acknowledge earlier). :) Maybe there are more political cartoons/caricatures out there that go after the most powerful people involved. I can’t see those running in most major newspapers these days, though.
Although it’s a nice artistic rendering, I think the focus was poorly chosen here. The resurgence of fascism is not originating with poor or “hillbilly”-stereotyped folks (even if it’s certainly true they’re targeted for recruitment by the folks who are directly promoting those beliefs). Since fascism directly benefits the kind of people you’d see attending MAGA billionaire events more than it benefits the misguided grandkids of WWII soldiers, I have trouble seeing a point in focusing on the bottom of their power hierarchy. Among the most dangerous folks embracing fascism are tech billionaires (not just from the US, but globally) who buy into the whole Dark Enlightenment brand of right wing accelerationism, for example, but obviously they’re not the only ones.
The only meaningful, constructive reasons I can think of to turn attention towards less powerful people in the pro-authoritarian hierarchy is to either directly stand in the way of any harms they’re committing or-- ideally-- for someone they think of as close to them to try to reach them-- to help them see reason.
*Jeremy Bearimy, but yes.
Indeed, but since Western media is ignoring it, we should all be exposing and talking more about Kahanism. That’s probably the most accurate term we can use for the Israel-rooted supremacist viewpoint that so directly resembles nazism. It’s a term genocide apologists and enablers can’t so easily ignore or flip back or play down as they can with “nazi.” There is obviously a longer history to it all, but people of conscience around the world should specifically know who Meir Kahane was and how-- despite being labelled as a terrorist even in Israel and the US-- his extremist legacy (this was a guy who literally taught people Hitler was right except that Jewish people were supposed to be seen as “masculine” and superior) lived on in the current sadistic attitudes and genocidal policies of the IDF, Knesset, and most of Israel’s citizenry.
What an adventure. I imagine she’s much happier now! 😅
Thanks for doing the service of saving that owl (and maybe her young too) from the likely consequences of that particularly avant-garde bird bath.
The only way this wouldn’t be supremely disappointing would be if they were keeping all staff and only introducing this for lower-importance sequences to reduce the famously insane workload. But yeah, I know I’m only kidding myself to even entertain that idea.
The two matters aren’t mutually exclusive and ultimately their motives don’t matter as much as the effect. Getting riled up and indignant about some people’s racism is useless and even counterproductive-- especially compared to focusing on the source.
Racism being systemic means there are barriers to overcome at every income level. Everyone has already bought into it at varying levels, so you can’t just go “See, look, they’re racist!” Outside of a few like-minded people, the typical response would range from shoulder shrugs to annoyance at best. Many will even perceive the accuser as acting superior.
If we’re talking about racism on a systemic level, exposing that there IS someone who benefits is necessary to get people invested in societal healing. Most people are constantly tired and from their perspective, don’t have the energy to care about what they perceive as other people’s problems. Make it their problem too, and maybe something will change.
Campaigns and general influence by wealthy people who want poorer folks attacking their fellow poor folks and not them. Same as racism in general.
I had to actively seek sources out for my own sanity. The people compiling it don’t cover every area I’d like, but there’s good news happening too. Two sources I know of are Sam Bentley and Good News.
Yikes, proper waste handling could use more attention in the news, despite the seemingly endless flow of other problems. (Lots of good news too, but that gets even less attention.)
Oh, I didn’t realize you were using colloquial English there.
Actually, “lay” is the past tense of “lie,” AND “lay” is a separate verb from “lie.” Most people will incorrectly (for formal English anyway) confuse the two verbs, using transitive “lay” when they mean to be using the intransitive “lie.” (E.g. “She lays down” is not a valid conjugation in formal English, and should be “She lies down.” If she’s putting something else down though, “She lays it down.”
Here are the respective conjugation charts for both verbs, if you want:
In some regional or cultural dialects though, maybe it’s all “lay?” I grew up with (and taught) more formal English but I do try to respect established differences in standard Englishes (as long as I’m aware of them). :)
*It’d be “lies” for present tense, but “lay” is correct for past.
I have seen the aftermath from when someone rolled her foot in platform heels. (I was nearby, but didn’t see her foot go perpendicular to her leg like I heard about afterwards.) It was many years ago and I don’t think of it often, but I don’t recall ever buying any kind of platform shoe ever again after that.
I thought so too at first, but then got to this part and learned it’s not the first time:
Luigi Mangione is getting the Roxie Hart treatment.
The accused murderer will be the subject of a new musical set to premiere next month in San Francisco, titled Luigi: The Musical.
Also appearing as characters in the musical will be two of Mangione’s fellow inmates at the Metropolitan Detention Center - Sean “Diddy” Combs and Sam Bankman-Fried.
The play is already sold out for its entire run.
The premiere comes 99 years after Hart - a fictional character based on accused murderer Beulah Annan - made her Broadway debut in Chicago.
Annan, like Hart, was ultimately acquitted of murder.
The term sodomy on its own usually means anal sex, but in this particular case, the verb form “sodomize” is indeed referring to
anal rape.
I was following this and was sad to hear about this happening despite excellent counterarguments from people like Zarah Sultana. These are scary times, but I was encouraged there was at least this response yesterday (just watch the first ~45 seconds): Invidious | Youtube