July 25, 2023 - Striking stuntman Mike Massa walks in the SAG-AFTRA picket line while on fire. [video]
So, so, so badass. What a chillingly powerful message this sends. People have been lighting themselves on fire as a form of protest for centuries, but this might be the first time it’s been done by a professional who knows what he’s doing while under the supervision of professionals who know what they’re doing.
not as an act of self-destruction but as a display of skill
I'm in awe
she got those Tom Lehrer vibes
keep seeing Temu ads on here so just to share cause idk if people are widely aware
Folks, Temu is just Wish/Shein/Whatever shitty marketplace of the hour is direct-selling to get around import tariffs and this post in particular is garbage.
The first image is a screenshot from this website, and the article that says "The Temu app is a pyramid scheme that has been gaining popularity recently" ends like this:
The USA Today article and the final screenshot are actually both the same article written by Kim Kommando and hosted on her website AND USA Today where she is a regular contributor. Kommando is not a cybersecurity expert, she is a computer sales and marketing expert who pitches content as a way to sound like you're good at tech even if you don't know anything about tech (which hey, they say to write what you know.)
Kommando is also a Fox tech news contributor and in every mention of China in that article she refers to the country as "Communist China" - so she's recommending that you uninstall Temu so that you're not sending data back to "Communist China."
To be clear: Temu is a datamining piece of shit that sells products produced by underpaid workers and direct ships them from China to you. Their return policy means that if you have a problem you're better off throwing away the problem product than returning or replacing it. It is like if fast fashion weren't just for fashion but was also for garden hoses and car parts. It's only popular because it is spending a shitload of mony on advertising and it is literally the same business model as Wish there isn't anything special about it. Temu sucks and you shouldn't install it and honestly none of us should be using these absolute trash direct sales marketplaces because there is a global impact to cheap consumerism that doesn't seem worth the exchange of encouraging businesses like this to exist as a tradeoff for getting a shitty five dollar polyester dress in the mail.
Temu is bad but it is not especially or uniquely bad, and it seems bad for privacy but not in a way that is any worse than facebook.
OP has actually updated the original post with a Snopes link, an exhortation to do your own research, and an apology for any implied Sinophobia but I still kind of want to yell a little bit.
The "do your own research check your own sources" thing only works when you, OP, haven't ignored the conclusions of one of your sources. This post was originally either misleading on purpose OR op just didn't bother to finish reading articles before posting about.
So don't go yell at OP here, but I want people to note that as of this reblog this post is less than a week old and has about 36k notes. I've seen it floating around a few times and I've never seen it with additional information or the update from OP.
It is *difficult* to update incorrect posts on Tumblr and they can grow legs remarkably quickly. If you're going to make informative posts about a subject you need to show your work and screencaps don't actually count, as you can see here.
So yeah i guess this is your general reminder: If you see a post on the internet that upsets you or makes you worried or makes you angry or makes you scared and that post doesn't make it easy for you to check their work and verify what they are saying is true, please don't share it until you've checked to see if it's true for yourself.
Saw this circulating again, so reblogging my addition again.
why win?
The original release date was 9 months after atsv which was a.) impossible to achieve b.) even trying to reach that date would be extremely traumatic for the workers
The "delayed indefinitely" just means it's delayed for an unknown amount of time, due to the strikes. Since the voice actors and other staff are incapable of working on the movie until the strikes are finished
no fucking way
Me for most of the video: okay okay cool, I like the clicky noise, but why is it so long? What’s the point?
Me for the last two seconds or so: DUUUDE
…and for those looking to understand the physics, @rpmaniac adds:
🦇Service Mindset🦇
Don’t be rude to whoever has the midnight shift at McDonalds
If i had a manager that killed rude customers, I'd keep any secret in the world for them!
Finished another piece from the mighty nein coloring book just in time for the second reunion reveal, I cannot believe we'll soon get to see them all again!!
Shirt that says REJECTING ONE INCORRECTLY BLACK AND WHITE VIEW OF HISTORY FOR ANOTHER IS NOT PROGRESS
So is this in reference to being Racially Color Blind (AKA; ‘ALL Lives Matter’. AKA; ‘Let’s hear what BOTH SIDES have to say’)?
Cause that shit is insidious.
No it was actually in reference to how people talk about the Puritans and Marie Antoinette on social media but it can be about whatever you want
Interesting perspective.
I maintain that there IS NO SUCH THING as objective ‘Black or White’ History since Recorded History is and has always been written/edited by the Conquerers/Hierarchy.
Ron DeSantis’s attempts to portray American Chattel Slavery as ‘beneficial’ might provide a more recent example. For DECADES and GENERATIONS Texas Board of Ed has had NATIONWIDE influence of Editing/Content for School Textbooks from GradeSchool thru College.
Nation. Wide.
For. Generations.
Ron’s little ploy ISN’T New. You can find subtle references of ‘The Happy Slave Narrative’ in College Textbooks published from the ‘50’s to the last 5 years.
So, is there a Tee that reads;
‘Rejecting Revisionist History Edited by Oppressors IS NOT Regression… It’s NECESSARY!’?
Look this post is in no way about racism or american politics it is about the fact that someone on twitter called Marie Antoinette of french revolution fame a girlboss and I didn't like it. hope this helps
Bro Grandma got more rizz than I do
It's so hard to find the OTN cover online, but I think I finally found a good quality version!
I had this idea for a looping animation in which a single dot has a pretty long loop, but the animation as a whole is much shorter. Because of the repetition this animation is only 1 second long!
tried to follow the path of the dot, got caught in a loop
This is so
how do you explain to someone that this is your sense of humour
“What could the audio possibly be?”
*unmutes*
“Oh,”
If I ever don’t laugh at this, assume I died.
2014-2018 Mazda 3
thank you , identifying-cars-in-posts blog
It already exists it’s called Roadside Picnic by the Strugatsky brothers
Nothing but respect for our heroes 🫡
im not gonna see the tweet replies cause i know i will be shocked
Thee Horsepussy Harvest
1 part methadone/2 parts Apple Martini Crystal Lite
I really, really, really try to center my writing and activism in love. Even the anger must be grounded in love, and in a belief that all people--even those I disagree with--deserve to love and be loved. This is what I'm called to do by my faith, but I also think it leads to better writing and more effective activism.
But if one more motherfucker calls me a groomer I am going to lose my fucking shit i swear to god.
WRITERS
If you see this, spoil your WIP's biggest plot twist using ONLY ONE WORD
Here's mine!
Dying
Ancestor
Fairy
Variant
Connections
Guilty
Masquerade
Covenant
Missing
Victim
Justifiable homicide
Noncompliant
Salt.
getting rid of family vlog channels one state at a time let's gooo
