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26 | He/Him | Aspiring writer, unfunny poster, and socialist with too many opinions | Profile picture by @mannyandbo.com
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Cool, but how did the Little Dog react?

the fan dynamics around disco elysium are like if rick and morty were one of the greatest works of art of the 21st century

Folks in LA please be careful and refer to this guide for protest gear from Hong Kong’s 2018 anti-extradition protest, in case you need some helpful, well-tested gear suggestions against heavily armed police that are liberal with tear gas.

Here are the skills and guides you need for the moment. Feel free to share other resources in the comments. Give 'em hell and stay safe! #Resist #Protest #Antifascism

I’m not scared of the military that keeps accidentally dropping its planes into the sea

One way to be a patriot right now is not to engage in doomerism. These people are fascists and they’re very dangerous. But they’re also weak, undisciplined, and unpopular. And they’re losing.

there is no rioting. nobody is looting. Nobody is burning random stuff down. This is just americans rising up to protect their neighbors from the ICE brownshirts.

If you want to prepare for a spicy summer 3M mask with extra filters. Ideally a full face respirator. Soft body armor of some kind for impact munitions. Doesn't have to be ballistic. Helmet. Can be ballistic. Can be bump. Even a bicycle helmet can save your life from a grenade.

The LAPD to the Trump Administration:

I swear, between this, Blue Eye Samurai, Arcane, and the SpiderVerse movies, it borderline feels like there's some immutable law of reality that anything made in this Traditional-CGI hybrid artstyle is guaranteed to be peak

To be fair it's easy to be vindicated when your commitment is "the border Gestapo are evil and should not exist" Moreover, ICE must be destroyed

Might have to start plugging my cash app and shit more to help financials at least for the time being Help a disabled trans woman out and throw something my way if you have the means, but don't if you're not in a position to. Thanks. tinyurl.com/anarcturtle

Bhutan is the only country on this list that makes sense. All of these other countries are either *not* actively trying to be ethnostates, or *also* get constant shit for doing ethnostate stuff.

Well, I certainly didn't have "Elon Musk revives the Know Nothings" on my 2025 Bingo card (The "American Party" was literally the official name of the Know Nothing Party)

I really can't get behind this mentality. It's fine to be realistic and to realize that the fight is far from over, but refusing to acknowledge even small victories, and acting like defeat is a foregone conclusion? That to me is little better than complying in advance.

Give them an inch, and they'll demand a mile. Give them a mile, and they'll demand two. Against fascists, it's always better to stand your ground than to give any concessions, let alone surrender.

Many of those who participated in the Tiananmen protests were trade unionists and workers rallying against the economic inequality and loss of rights caused by a decade of pro-capitalist reforms Something to keep in mind whenever right-wingers try to co-opt the memory of the massacre like this

ICE goons roleplaying Call of Duty while in front of a Mexican restaurant with a sign that says “Make Tacos not Walls”, as if the symbolism could get more on the nose

With all due respect to op, in comradely critique, what we see here is that they are facing mass spontaneous resistance to their raids and they need crowd control techniques and tear gas to even do what they want to do. This is a video of increasingly effective resistance, not total police control

The Flanderization of ghibli in the public mind is just so insane to me. Acting like it’s entirely wholesome and cutesy but is really overtly anti capitalist, depict the horrors of war and environmental decline, and have TONS of body horror and depictions of death and disease. it legit annoys me

I have a hard time getting over how these goons show up dressed for bear like they're heading up the Korangal Valley,* but fold instantly when confronted by unarmed folks shouting 'shame.' (*except with even more 'tacticool' accessories than actual soldiers typically carry).

Just found out that Stellar Blade is getting ported to PC, and was inspired to make this

huh, so this is what homophobia feels like

I don't agree in part because I think we can just oppose all ethnonationalist projects. It's weird, I think, to have an opinion *specifically* on Zionism, I'd agree there. But there's no good reason not to condemn ethnonationalism per se; 19th C. Romantic nationalism is just a failed project imo.

Now that it's offically pride month, I gotta post one of my favorite dumb memes :P

Ms Rachel got hands

It's fairly common to run into people who can't have a proper conversation about Israel without making it all about antisemitism. The replies to this are full of the exact opposite problem - people who can't have a proper conversation about antisemitism without making it all about Israel.

I won't get mad I won't I won't get mad I wonAAAARGH BOURDAIN HAD THE MOST PERFECT OUTLOOK ON FOOD, HAVING EQUAL RESPECT FOR GREASY LATE NIGHT FAST FOOD AND HIGH END HAUTE CUISINE BECAUSE AS LONG AS YOU ARE ENJOYING THE MEAL (AND IDEALLY THE ENVIRONMENT AND PEOPLE) THEN THE CHEF DID THEIR JOB

of course, some folks will interpret this as saying "you should not contribute to relief efforts" - the exact opposite is true. e.g. @diplomatofnight.com is running a fundraiser for the PRCF, a US-registered charity that verifiably provides medical services to people in gaza. Chip in what you can.

What a horrible day to have reading comprehension

I am loathe to get involved in the GoFundMe war but I hope my oomfies understand the crucial distinction between “donate money to somebody” and “let your personal accounts be used as an intermediary to transfer funds between people you don’t know”, I love you and don’t want you to get in trouble

Every time this stupid "X aren't *really* working class" thing comes up, it's always fairly clear that regardless of the actual arguments being made, the *true* basis of that belief comes from the group not fitting the stereotypical "working class" aesthetic