velvety.bsky.social
AKA TheVelvetyRoom! 20+ He/Him. Here to love art and artists alike. LGBTQ+ rights = human rights. Free Palestine. PFP by the lovely @yurobani.bsky.social and banner by the wonderful @skipdidoo.bsky.social!
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Gotta ask, what labeler is this? I'd love to take a look!
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There is a special place in the afterlives for someone who sees a connection between Signalis and IRENE & SEULGI, then decides to paint a masterpiece 🔥
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"Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich will both face a travel ban on entering the UK and will have any assets in the UK frozen as part of the measures announced by the foreign secretary."
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"Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich have incited extremist violence and serious abuses of Palestinian human rights. These actions are not acceptable," British foreign minister David Lammy, along with the foreign ministers of Australia, Canada, New Zealand and Norway said in a joint statement.
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I keep thinking about how insane it is that an entire damn city turned against them and the consequences they suffered were having to turn over documents to Congress and have them published gizmodo.com/donald-trump...
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Sergio Olmos's work with @calmatters.org over the last many months has been a critically important spotlight on the ways in which CBP and ICE have terrorized communities all over California. Without his attention, many would remain voiceless.
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when I tried using this yesterday it didn't work for me :(
I rolled this list (with some personal additions) in case anyone else runs into this issue!
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Reminder: LAPD policy permits the use of impact munitions only when:
"An officer reasonably believes that a suspect or subject is violently resisting arrest or poses an immediate threat of violence or physical harm."
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This absurd and dangerous liar is @erinburnett.bsky.social
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This is what I was wearing, do you think they knew I was press?
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Update: The injury on this person's arm is exactly what I'd expect from one of these projectiles. Note the crescent-shaped surface injury. That's from the solid plastic base.
The use of these weapons is barely justified against active rioters. It is beyond the pale to use them against random folks.