A man assassinates a former prime minister and gives his demands to the government who turn around and go “Actually yeah, these are quite a good ideas.”
By far the most successful assassin in history, tbh. It’s like if someone bodied Reagan and a month later we got police/drug reforms
I think there’s something very frustrating about how so many activist events, like the haka in the New Zealand parliament, are brushed off as spontaneous acts of passion instead of carefully planned and coordinated efforts. I see it a lot of with indigenous activists especially, and it feels like a lot of people lean on that idea because they like the romantic idea of activism being spontaneous passion but it’s incredibly infantalizing to ignore the efforts that these activists and protestors and politicians put into making these things happen, making their voices heard and preparing their communities and allies to stand as a united front when it’s time.
One of the things that isn’t being reported internationally is that there’s a hīkoi (protest march) of over 10,000 people currently on its way to the Aotearoa New Zealand parliament and it was set to arrive on the day of the bill’s first reading. The government moved the reading sooner to avoid this, which is incredibly cowardly and disrespectful to the Māori people opposing it. One thing that Hana-Rāwhiti Maipi-Clarke’s haka did was communicate that the government can’t just dodge Māori opposition like that and expect to get away with it. I would bet she’d been thinking of doing that or something like it from the moment the date got changed; she’s an incredibly adept political thinker with excellent mentorship.
Another way that the view of activism being spontaneous is used for racism is to paint it as suspicious that indigenous (or other marginalised) activists support and mentor each other. There’s been some media hit-pieces against the leaders of Toitū Te Tiriti for being relatives of Te Pāti Māori MPs or other well-known Māori activists, when if you have two non-racist brain cells to rub together of COURSE people in the same families are going to help and mentor each other? Nobody bats an eye when it’s white people doing nepotism, but when Māori do anything that looks planned or coordinated suddenly it’s suspicious 🙄
I’ve also seen complaints about the hīkoi being ‘orchestrated’ like, duh, you don’t get tens of thousands of people protesting at the same time and place without some organisation, which I think is the word you were looking for. Literally all pre-announced big protests like this have a high degree of organisation, that’s what makes them successful.
I think there’s something very frustrating about how so many activist events, like the haka in the New Zealand parliament, are brushed off as spontaneous acts of passion instead of carefully planned and coordinated efforts. I see it a lot of with indigenous activists especially, and it feels like a lot of people lean on that idea because they like the romantic idea of activism being spontaneous passion but it’s incredibly infantalizing to ignore the efforts that these activists and protestors and politicians put into making these things happen, making their voices heard and preparing their communities and allies to stand as a united front when it’s time.
One of the things that isn’t being reported internationally is that there’s a hīkoi (protest march) of over 10,000 people currently on its way to the Aotearoa New Zealand parliament and it was set to arrive on the day of the bill’s first reading. The government moved the reading sooner to avoid this, which is incredibly cowardly and disrespectful to the Māori people opposing it. One thing that Hana-Rāwhiti Maipi-Clarke’s haka did was communicate that the government can’t just dodge Māori opposition like that and expect to get away with it. I would bet she’d been thinking of doing that or something like it from the moment the date got changed; she’s an incredibly adept political thinker with excellent mentorship.
Another way that the view of activism being spontaneous is used for racism is to paint it as suspicious that indigenous (or other marginalised) activists support and mentor each other. There’s been some media hit-pieces against the leaders of Toitū Te Tiriti for being relatives of Te Pāti Māori MPs or other well-known Māori activists, when if you have two non-racist brain cells to rub together of COURSE people in the same families are going to help and mentor each other? Nobody bats an eye when it’s white people doing nepotism, but when Māori do anything that looks planned or coordinated suddenly it’s suspicious 🙄
I’ve also seen complaints about the hīkoi being ‘orchestrated’ like, duh, you don’t get tens of thousands of people protesting at the same time and place without some organisation, which I think is the word you were looking for. Literally all pre-announced big protests like this have a high degree of organisation, that’s what makes them successful.
I rly hate the Satanic Panic & the moral panic surrounding violence in video games in the 90s, coz it’s now impossible to talk about the social implications of violent video games in a realistic sense.
No, violence in video games does not create serial killers in the way most people imagine it would.
However, it’s very important to notice how after 9/11, a lot of violent video games pivoted their content from silly gratuitous cartoon gore to more realistic military shooters set in the Levant from a US American lens. It’s also important to notice the connection of these games & their toxic online multi-player voice chats to Gamer Gate in 2014.
It’s obviously not as black & white as it was presented in the 80s & 90s, I dont think everyone who played early Call of Duty games is a white supremacist who wants to join the military to kill people in the middle east, but I think it’s dangerous to pretend like video games or any media can’t have an impact on the way people think about violence.
I think what makes all the difference here is how that violence is portrayed, what the message behind it is, what the motives are behind the people who crafted that message, who the victims of that violence are, how they are portrayed & the greater cultural context that surrounds it.
Let me pass on something important someone else said, though I forget who:
Video games do not cause social problems by being interactive or letting you have a gun. But video games are still stories and ALL stories have the capacity to affect people’s world views. Very rarely do they do so on an individual level, though they can, but in aggregate they’re a large part of what a culture IS. You do not develop an unthinking hatred for people of color and willingness to commit violence by playing Modern Warfare or Resident Evil 5, but they’re still CONTRIBUTING to a culture where these are DOMINANT NARRATIVES about people of color and sending Americans overseas to kill them.
Shoutout to the maned wolf, which is technically neither wolf nor fox but has its own genus called Chrysocyon! Why -
why are your legs so long?
I mean, intellectually, I understand that it’s because you live in grasslands and have evolved to be able to see over the grass, but emotionally… why? Are they?? Like that??? Surely there was a way to make your body more cohesive and proportional-looking?
i will never shut up about maned wolves
just look at it
look at this
one of the animals for sure
wretched beast
If it’s neither wolf nor fox, then it’s cat software running on giraffe hardware.
I think y'all should know that the closest relative to the maned wolf is the bush dog which looks like this.
I was not ready for corgi-bear.
you’re definitely not ready for the maned wolf Front Angle then
Confirmed creature post
If you put the maned wolf and the bush dog together, they would be the henchmen for a villain or loveable comedy duo
Maned Wolf: *peering over the long grass using it’s beautiful long legs*
I wonder what kind of symbolism they’re trying to get at
“There are a lot of giant robot shows in Japan, and we did want our story to have a religious theme to help distinguish us. Because Christianity is an uncommon religion in Japan we thought it would be mysterious. None of the staff who worked on Eva are Christians. There is no actual Christian meaning to the show, we just thought the visual symbols of Christianity look cool. If we had known the show would get distributed in the US and Europe we might have rethought that choice.” -Kazuya Tsurumaki, assistant director/art director on Neon Genesis Evangelion
tbh the Japanese sprinkling Christianity into their media like a cheap vaguely spooky seasoning is a tonic for my soul
[ID: a gif of Evangelion Unit-01 being speared through the hand, then showing it suspended in the air with a spear through each hand and its chest, with three glowing triangular wings of sorts around its head and shoulders. It looks like it has been crucified. End ID.]
I did a report on Evangelion for my Millennium and the Apocalypse class (Yes, I’m Very Old) and the thing I remember the most was having to explain, over and over again, that the Christian symbolism was an aesthetic and used for entertainment, not to convey religious meaning and the entire class having a goddamn mental break over it because the idea that someone might not have been 1) culturally familiar with and 2) personally invested in Christianity was a goddamn revelation.
oh by the way, in Danish, “fag” means “subject” and “slut” means “end” so on library shelves you will see “fag slut” to note where the break in book topics is
oh by the way, in Danish, “fag” means “subject” and “slut” means “end” so on library shelves you will see “fag slut” to note where the break in book topics is
oh by the way, in Danish, “fag” means “subject” and “slut” means “end” so on library shelves you will see “fag slut” to note where the break in book topics is
oh by the way, in Danish, “fag” means “subject” and “slut” means “end” so on library shelves you will see “fag slut” to note where the break in book topics is
oh by the way, in Danish, “fag” means “subject” and “slut” means “end” so on library shelves you will see “fag slut” to note where the break in book topics is
>hit button for employee to open the toothpaste case
>grabs it before i can
>“i have to hold this at the front for you until you check out”
>go to cold medicine aisle
>ring bell for employee to open the cough medicine case
>nobody shows up
>ring again
>nobody shows up
>check case
>case is unlocked
>take cold medicine and go to check out
>grab toothpaste from unmanned register
>have to use self checkout
>scan cold medicine
>“age verification needed please wait for employee”
>employee comes over and cards me and then leaves
>finish self checkout
>walk through literal piles of discarded receipts at exit door
another beautiful non hostile day in our great country
i cannot emphasize enough how 5 years ago you could walk into a store and pick up the item you wanted and buy it and leave . it sounds like a fairytale now but it was true.
>hit button for employee to open the toothpaste case
>grabs it before i can
>“i have to hold this at the front for you until you check out”
>go to cold medicine aisle
>ring bell for employee to open the cough medicine case
>nobody shows up
>ring again
>nobody shows up
>check case
>case is unlocked
>take cold medicine and go to check out
>grab toothpaste from unmanned register
>have to use self checkout
>scan cold medicine
>“age verification needed please wait for employee”
>employee comes over and cards me and then leaves
>finish self checkout
>walk through literal piles of discarded receipts at exit door
another beautiful non hostile day in our great country
i cannot emphasize enough how 5 years ago you could walk into a store and pick up the item you wanted and buy it and leave . it sounds like a fairytale now but it was true.
I was baking a strawberry shortcake for my mom when I realized that I forgot the baking powder. I began to panic so I pulled the cakes out of the oven; they were already completely baked but they rose just fine without the baking powder? I was staring at them in confusion, trying to remember if I accidentally put yeast in the batter, when I felt a shadow loom over me. I looked over my shoulder only to find Luigi. Luigi tenderly took my hands and told me, “You need not worry, for I will accompany you in any and all of your baking endeavors.” I have never felt more loved in my life. I cried.
I thought this was the mother of all shitposts and then I saw the url
why do i never see the url?
No one reads urls on tumblr. Which actually works out well for the one-time-i-dreamt tumblr posts, I think, because just like the original person, we are not aware at first that we are inside the dream. And then at some point — usually towards the end when things have gotten weird enough that it’s clear this can’t resolve properly before the end of the post — we check the url and understand, much like a sleeper waking up.
Once something goes up on one-time-i-dreamt it becomes a dream we all experience, together.
Hey Germany, this is like the 15th ominous shitpost I see, this is starting to scare me! I don’t understand german or german politics. Can anyone tell me what’s going on? French newspaper are making it sound like a mild thing, like oh, the coalition isn’t working, let’s have early elections. But that’s NOT the vibe I’m getting from all the memes!!
uhfedsjs no thats basically it. chancellor fired the finance minister and wants to seek a vote of confidence in january to make way for elections by march. the 3-way coalition is unpopular and this whole breakdown isn’t a huge surprise, but announcing it on the night after trump’s re-election is just insane timing. besides, only 2 months ago the afd (far right party) became the first party of its kind to win a state election since the nazi era, and they’re polling second nationally at the moment, so new elections sound more than a little scary right now
@the-bibrarian important context: the finance minister is a neoliberal asshole who for 3 years has done his best to sabotage the coalition and constantly refuses to compromise or cooperate. He wants tax cuts for the ultra wealthy and absolutely does not want money going to things like retirement benefits, healthcare, defense/support for Ukraine and so on. He’s smug, arrogant and overall just insufferable. Seeing him being fired for the first time in his life was immensely satisfying (despite the likely consequences).
Terminal child syndrome lol sorry you’ll be infantilized forever and never get any basic respect we have the right to not treat you like an adult and make life worse for you in the name of helping, or shun you completely :)
Just stop doing that you useless cunt go the fuck outside and stop being a burden to society get the fuck up and stop having this illness. Have this list of pop psychology bullshit and get your shit together. We can still romanticize your struggle if you’re hot and manage it just well enough to not be a useless cunt
Irredeemable piece of shit disorder uh sorry but your vibe is off and you should go to jail for it I fucking hate you and you deserve nothing you vile piece of human garbage you need to be avoided at all costs everyone should cut you off immediately no one should have to put up with you you manipulative asshole
Actually there’s only two mental illnesses, the one that makes you a good artist and the one that makes you a serial killer.
And who the fuck are you
hey dont forget about the fucking wacko disease (me)
Wild Robot is an incredible movie, and I would definitely recommend it, but for the first 5 minutes, there is strobing. There is heavy-duty flashing. If you are epileptic or have light sensitivity and want to see this movie, please close your eyes for the first 5 minutes (10, if you want to be sure) of the film. Please be safe
having reblogged this before seeing the film (as someone with mid sensitivity to flashing) I can now report having just seen it that this level of severe flashing is only for the first scene and is more like 30 seconds than five to ten minutes. When you hear the thunderstorm stop and turn into the sound of the sea/otters then you can uncover your eyes.
There are scenes later in the films with lasers and explosions, but they weren’t nearly as severe and were easier to ‘anticipate’. I am not sure if they would be bad for someone with higher sensitivity than mine, but outside of the first scene I was okay!
im glad whoever made this photo helpfully added a red circle so i could spot the alien but im still not sure where the alien is. could someone please magnify the alien so i can see it. i cant find any
hope this helps
thanks jens but i still dont know what youre showing me. could you point some arrows at it or something. maybe that will help me see it
here you go
thank you for trying to help jens but i dont see anything of interest. could you maybe increase the saturation and exposure on the alien or something. that oughta make it stand out. add a few more circles and arrows too maybe
hope this is helpful
thanks jens this has been really helpful. i dont see anything though. could you magnify it a little bit more
something that should be taken with a grain of salt are the statistics talking about the high rates of mental illness + neurodivergence among trans people (ocd, bpd, adhd, autism, etc)
I see both sides of the political spectrum taking these studies at face value - conservatives say we’re broken, and trans people try to come up with reasons why for example autism + gender dysphoria makes sense and why one of them feeds into another
at the end of the day you have to remember that we’re the one category of people on this planet who are legally required to go see a psychiatrist in order to receive non-psychiatric medication and surgeries.
more trans people are in therapy by law than any other demographic of people, and as a result, this captures more comorbidities.
if I had to look at my own family & rates of mental illness?
mom, dad, 2 maternal aunts, maternal grandmother, paternal grandmother, sister, sibling, and me all have OCD.
7/9 of them are cishet, never been to therapy, never diagnosed. 2/9 are trans, required therapy for hormone treatment, and were diagnosed.
you don’t have to do any math to just see that the resulting statistics end up intensely skewed.
and we can think back to how autism was virtually never diagnosed more than 50 years ago - ruling out any grandparents being included in statistics - and even my parents’ generation (they’re in their 60s now) wouldn’t have been included either.
I don’t think it’s to anyone’s benefit to accept these studies uncritically. a lot of these things are hereditary and far more prevalent in the overall population than people realize
something that should be taken with a grain of salt are the statistics talking about the high rates of mental illness + neurodivergence among trans people (ocd, bpd, adhd, autism, etc)
I see both sides of the political spectrum taking these studies at face value - conservatives say we’re broken, and trans people try to come up with reasons why for example autism + gender dysphoria makes sense and why one of them feeds into another
at the end of the day you have to remember that we’re the one category of people on this planet who are legally required to go see a psychiatrist in order to receive non-psychiatric medication and surgeries.
more trans people are in therapy by law than any other demographic of people, and as a result, this captures more comorbidities.
if I had to look at my own family & rates of mental illness?
mom, dad, 2 maternal aunts, maternal grandmother, paternal grandmother, sister, sibling, and me all have OCD.
7/9 of them are cishet, never been to therapy, never diagnosed. 2/9 are trans, required therapy for hormone treatment, and were diagnosed.
you don’t have to do any math to just see that the resulting statistics end up intensely skewed.
and we can think back to how autism was virtually never diagnosed more than 50 years ago - ruling out any grandparents being included in statistics - and even my parents’ generation (they’re in their 60s now) wouldn’t have been included either.
I don’t think it’s to anyone’s benefit to accept these studies uncritically. a lot of these things are hereditary and far more prevalent in the overall population than people realize
something that should be taken with a grain of salt are the statistics talking about the high rates of mental illness + neurodivergence among trans people (ocd, bpd, adhd, autism, etc)
I see both sides of the political spectrum taking these studies at face value - conservatives say we’re broken, and trans people try to come up with reasons why for example autism + gender dysphoria makes sense and why one of them feeds into another
at the end of the day you have to remember that we’re the one category of people on this planet who are legally required to go see a psychiatrist in order to receive non-psychiatric medication and surgeries.
more trans people are in therapy by law than any other demographic of people, and as a result, this captures more comorbidities.
if I had to look at my own family & rates of mental illness?
mom, dad, 2 maternal aunts, maternal grandmother, paternal grandmother, sister, sibling, and me all have OCD.
7/9 of them are cishet, never been to therapy, never diagnosed. 2/9 are trans, required therapy for hormone treatment, and were diagnosed.
you don’t have to do any math to just see that the resulting statistics end up intensely skewed.
and we can think back to how autism was virtually never diagnosed more than 50 years ago - ruling out any grandparents being included in statistics - and even my parents’ generation (they’re in their 60s now) wouldn’t have been included either.
I don’t think it’s to anyone’s benefit to accept these studies uncritically. a lot of these things are hereditary and far more prevalent in the overall population than people realize
something that should be taken with a grain of salt are the statistics talking about the high rates of mental illness + neurodivergence among trans people (ocd, bpd, adhd, autism, etc)
I see both sides of the political spectrum taking these studies at face value - conservatives say we’re broken, and trans people try to come up with reasons why for example autism + gender dysphoria makes sense and why one of them feeds into another
at the end of the day you have to remember that we’re the one category of people on this planet who are legally required to go see a psychiatrist in order to receive non-psychiatric medication and surgeries.
more trans people are in therapy by law than any other demographic of people, and as a result, this captures more comorbidities.
if I had to look at my own family & rates of mental illness?
mom, dad, 2 maternal aunts, maternal grandmother, paternal grandmother, sister, sibling, and me all have OCD.
7/9 of them are cishet, never been to therapy, never diagnosed. 2/9 are trans, required therapy for hormone treatment, and were diagnosed.
you don’t have to do any math to just see that the resulting statistics end up intensely skewed.
and we can think back to how autism was virtually never diagnosed more than 50 years ago - ruling out any grandparents being included in statistics - and even my parents’ generation (they’re in their 60s now) wouldn’t have been included either.
I don’t think it’s to anyone’s benefit to accept these studies uncritically. a lot of these things are hereditary and far more prevalent in the overall population than people realize
my liege if you keep having all of the guards come to your bedroom to read you bedtime stories, there will be no one to actually guard the castle during that time!
any intruders are welcome to join us for story time
my liege the enemies to lovers yaoi is affecting your perception of the danger of real enemies.
my liege if you keep having all of the guards come to your bedroom to read you bedtime stories, there will be no one to actually guard the castle during that time!
any intruders are welcome to join us for story time
my liege the enemies to lovers yaoi is affecting your perception of the danger of real enemies.
