Why Do I Have A Blog

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See, that’s what the app is perfect for.

Sounds perfect Wahhhh, I don’t wanna
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caelstyx

I wanted to highlight examples of actions I've seen people organize to protest the genocide happening in Palestine.

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[ID: A tweet by Demilitarize Western Mass @demilitarizewma that reads “BREAKING. We're blockading all vehicle entrances to the L3Harris facility in Northampton, MA. L3Harris is one of the largest weapons contractors in the world, and they profit from war, the prison industry, and the violent occupation of Palestine..” End ID]

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[ID: A tweet by Rebecca Pierce @aptly_engineerd that reads “Happening now: Jewish emergency protest blockading the San Francisco Federal building in solidarity with Gaza and calling for a ceasefire and end to US complicity in the occupation of Palestinians.” End ID]

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[ID: A tweet by Jewish Voice for Peace @jvplive that reads “JEWS SAY: STOP THE GENOCIDE OF PALESTINIANS! Over two-thousand Jews protested in front of the offices and homes of elected officials in NYC, San Francisco, Chicago, Seattle, Indiana, Florida, and Los Angeles to demand action to prevent the genocide of Palestinians..” End ID]

Last thing I wanted to highlight was this message from Palestinian-American Author Nadia Shammas. You can read the full thread on twitter.

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[ID: A tweet by Nadia Shammas @Nadia_Shammas_ that reads “I want to hear non-Palestinians to hold the same faith in their heart as we do that Palestine will be liberated. I dream of a world where, when it’s too painful to keep faith, I can rest knowing they’ll believe it just as hard for me, that they’ll carry it for me just as firm"]

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c3rvida3

I'm not a prayin' man, but the night I found out my at-the-time-fiancé had been sending sex horny nasty horny sex asks to my friend on THIS VERY WEBSITE, I sat in the car in the parking lot of an abandoned church and watched a family of deer play in the snow, and it didn't quite feel like a sign because that part of Pennsylvania was mostly deer and abandoned buildings and snow, but it felt nice, and once the tears stopped, I looked down at my phone and my other friend had sent me a text that said, "HE'S TRYING TO CHEAT ON YOU ON THE ONE DIRECTION IMAGINES WEBSITE?" and I realized that life is all about your curated experience. A real choose-your-own-adventure deal. I have never seen someone post about One Direction on here in my life.

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patricia-taxxon

  1. artist emerges online with a unique or eccentric style that compresses easily (its like experimental electronic hip hop punk!!)
  2. artist becomes popular with fringe online communities
  3. fringe online communities make memes and jokes about said artist, poking fun at a thing they like on its own merits
  4. artist grows in popularity, escapes the confines of the insular communities along with all the memes
  5. random normies listen to the artist. they end up not enjoying it, but reconcile the conflict of a thing they dislike being popular by just assuming that no one *actually* likes it, it's just a meme, or an endurance test specifically meant to torture the listener, or a joke at the expense of music itself.
  6. ironic listeners come to outnumber sincere listeners, because the eccentricity of the artist was never going to support a massive audience
  7. death grips ends show prematurely because crowd of teenagers won't stop throwing shit at them
xenwarrior5

This sounds weirdly specific, is there someone you're talking about?

patricia-taxxon

i mention death grips by name in the post but it really isn't that specific at all. happens all the time

strangeauthor
vague-humanoid

Earlier this year, Disney was caught inserting digital scans of background actors in their film ‘PROM PACT’.  Disney & other studios have been digitally scanning background actors and are now using their digital likeness in various movies & TV shows without payment or permission. pic.twitter.com/SLqTqWxP71  — DiscussingFilm (@DiscussingFilm) October 12, 2023ALT

@antidisneyinc @positively--speculative @dirhwangdaseul

dirhwangdaseul

this is horror film to me

toonskribblez

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these are just NPCs from a PS3 era game

mrwolfhare

That is so horrifying. Not just how bad the CG is, but also how disgusting the actual act is of using a person's likeness without their consent. The depths a multi-billion dollar company would go just to save a penny is just spine chilling.

knuckle

Just to be clear, protection against this is one of the major stipulations the actors union SAG-AFTRA is fighting for and part of why the negotiations with studios have fallen apart.

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furmodernist
sylferino

going to the grocery store when youre 20 makes your receipt look like this:

  • item 1                            1.94
  • item 2                            1.94
  • item 3                            0.50
  • item 4                            0.32
  • item 5                            1.00
  • item 6                            1.00
  • item 7                            0.72
  • item 8                            0.69
  • item 9                            2.00
  • item 10                          5.87
  • item 11                          1.00
  • item 12                          1.36

subtotal:                                 18.34

sylferino

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and you think about the $5 one for the rest of the day

sylferino

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