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My blog has a little tiny bit of something for every one of my mutuals, and a whole lot of nothing for anybody.
Reblogged joseph-lavode
Living in Portland is like living in hell, says man who's never lived here.
#we all KNOW why he's attacking Portland #it's full of nasty POC and queer people that's why #Portland OR #USA #USA under Fascism
Ok so ... yes on the queer people, but I do have to pause here because Portland is very white. Like. It's more diverse than the rest of Oregon, but since Oregon used to be a literal sundown state... yeah.
It has gotten more diverse in the last ten years - we've gone from 72% white to 66.4% white from the 2010 to the 2020 census - but like... I lived in Philly before this.
No, this is why:
Portland had the unmitigated gall to tell ICE, "We do in fact have laws in our city which are our laws, and you did in fact sign a fucking contract about how you were going to use this facility, and we know you're fucking breaking your lease terms, so we're going to fine you and we might yank your permit and kick you out."
And the idea that a city — especially a city with blue hair and pronouns — might tell this administration, "You're going to behave or you're going to leave," just cannot stand, and we therefore need to be Punished. They need to Cause A Scene to try to justify an armed takeover.
Because boy, they love the Second Amendment, but they don't seem much to like the Tenth.
STAY OUT OF MY STATE!! P-town is incredibly diverse and one of the safest big cities around. It's really not anymore dangerous than any other city. It's not war torn, antifa isn't an organization, the homeless aren't attacking people, drugs aren't taking over the streets, it's not destroyed or being reduced to rubble. I'm so tired of MAGA pushing propaganda and refusing to believe THE TRUTH.
It's a lot less dangerous than a lot of places, as one of our Representatives (the fucking delightful Rep. Janelle Bynum) recently pointed out:
Portland OR is 72nd in violent crime. This myth that we're a violent hellhole is a just that.
Reblogged zaprowsdower27
I am too tired to find it right now but when the scandal broke former White House intern Dmitri Krushnic wrote an op-ed for I think the Chicago Tribune, it was a major paper, in defense of Monica Lewinsky that said, essentially, "look, we all wanted to fuck Bill Clinton." And then later Mr. Krushnic became an actor, adopted the stage name Misha Collins, and was cast in the CW's Supernatural.
I'm hurt that you think I would make this up. I take Bill Clinton's inhuman rizz very seriously.
Shoutout to the people in the notes who provided the link.
Reblogged brostateexam
Reblogged godblessthesickos
A little relaxation, Brooks Falls, Alaska @achdiefranzi
Source: instagram.com
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Lt. Col. George Hardy, the youngest fighter pilot of the Tuskegee Airmen, the nation’s first Black military pilots, has died. He was 100. Hardy was the last surviving combat pilot of the Tuskegee Airmen who went overseas. He died last week, according to Tuskegee Airmen Inc. “His legacy is one of courage, resilience, tremendous skill and dogged perseverance against racism, prejudice and other evils,” Tuskegee Airmen Inc. said in a Facebook post. Born in Philadelphia, Hardy was a dedicated student who dreamed of becoming an engineer and never planned on joining the military. He was intrigued after his brother joined the U.S. Navy, but still pursued a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering and a master’s degree in systems engineering from the U.S. Air Force Institute, according to the National WWII museum. “It wasn’t until 1941 when the Army started opening the door for us to be pilots and whatnot. And we walked through the door and had a great opportunity, and we took advantage of it,” Hardy told AVI-8, an “aviation-inspired” watch manufacturer, in an interview. Before World War II, Black Americans were not allowed to serve in the Air Force. But in 1941, the Tuskegee Airmen unit was established by the U.S. Army Air Corps as the 99th Pursuit Squadron based at the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama. The military pilots served in a segregated World War II unit, and their all-Black 332nd Fighter Group had one of the lowest loss records of all the bomber escorts in the war.
Reblogged elizabethrobertajones
damn they weren't lying that bittern sure is least
Reblogged aftershocked
Henriette Ronner-Knip - "An unruly brood"
I don't have beef with bugs. Bugs are friends! But I hate stink bugs because my cat cannot seem to leave them alone. She MUST eat each one she sees. And because they are STINK bugs she then promptly throws them up. Clearly this is not the bug's fault. This is a defect in my cat. But sill... I hate those friggin stink bugs.
Reblogged kool--kitty
I fucking hate James Tissot’s paintings because in ALL OF THEM there is ALWAYS someone staring right at you, but it’s not always immediately visible. You just feel watched by this mf. Sometimes the little shit is right there at the centre, but others the bastard is just gazing from the distance, it is CREEPY, my guys
STOP STARING AT ME, THIS IS DISCONCERTING AS FUCK
I think this is hilarious. We’ve been caught.
In James Tissot paintings, art observes you.
I love this actually it really brings you into the scene. It denies you the psychological position of outside observer and makes you feel as if you were almost there.
Always reblog James Tissot
Reblogged uncahier
Janet Fish, Glass and Shells, 1990. Oil on canvas.
Reblogged bionicbabe0101
Stained glass cicada lamp by cady_the_creator on tiktok!
I know you know and all but...
Autism the diagnosis was created 10 years before Tylenol.
Which at the most basic, most simple level, means that the culture's awareness of the diagnosis and the culture's use of Tylenol increased at the same time.
A contextless graph would reflect that co-growth. But two braincells to rub together should solve the mystery.
So... What's up with our government not seeing that
Reblogged zaprowsdower27
Russia is rapidly running out of cannon fodder at home. On Day 1,312 of Putin's "3-Day Special Operation", Russian casualties are an estimated 1,107,400.
So that is why Russia has embarked on a campaign to deceive people in developing countries into coming to Russia with false promises of jobs or education. Once those people arrive in Russia, they are drafted into the Russian Army and sent to die in "meat wave" attacks in Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Kenya has started cracking down on death recruiters for Russia.
More than 20 people have been rescued in Kenya from a suspected human trafficking ring that lured them with job offers in Russia but intended to send them to fight in Ukraine, police said. It follows an intelligence-led raid on a residential apartment on the outskirts of the capital, Nairobi, where officers seized recruitment materials, travel documents, and job offer letters. One suspect, accused of coordinating the victims' travel to Russia in September and October, has been arrested. He was taken to court, which allowed him to be detained for 10 days while the police complete their investigations. There have been growing concerns over the rising number of Kenyans being trafficked abroad under false job promises. A young Kenyan athlete was recently captured in Ukraine, saying he was tricked into joining the Russian army.
India is buying Russian oil. But Russia wants more than Indian money. A young man who thought he was going to Russia for higher education was instead sent to Ukraine to fight in Putin's futile forever war. His family has not heard from him in weeks.
RUDRAPUR: A man from Udham Singh Nagar who had recently travelled to Russia for higher studies was allegedly coerced into joining the Russian army and sent to the war front in Ukraine, his family said, adding they have had no contact with him since early Sept and are now desperate for help. The family of Rakesh Kumar, 30, has written to the ministry of external affairs (MEA), sought support from the Indian embassy in Moscow, and approached local officials in a bid to bring him back home. [ ... ] His elder brother, Deepu Maurya, said the last time they had a direct conversation was on Aug 30, when Rakesh informed them that he had been forcibly drafted into the Russian army and would soon be deployed to the war zone in Ukraine. After that call, his phone went unreachable. The family later received a photo of Rakesh in a Russian military uniform, which only heightened their fears and confirmed their worst suspicions. A few days later, Rakesh called again, this time from an unfamiliar Russian number. In a short and distressed conversation, he told them that his passport and personal documents had been seized, his official emails had been deleted, and that he had undergone military training in the Donbas region before being sent to the battlefield. That was the last they heard from him.
Those job and education offers in Russia are really just advance death notices. There is no good reason to go to Russia these days.