#Stop executions

[oodlenoodleroodle]

President Biden has a chance to prevent another execution-spree by commuting all of the federal and military death sentences before he leaves office.  

The White House phone lines are open Tuesday - Thursday from 11am to 3pm.  Please call the President at 202-456-1111 or 202-456-1414 and ask him to "Commute all federal and military death sentences now, and demolish the death house at the federal prison at Terre Haute."

[onbreakreadlastpost]

Iranian court sentences pop star Tataloo to death for blasphemy

#FreeAmirHosseinMaghsoudloo

#FreeTataloo

#AbolishTheDeathPenalty

Iran reportedly executed at least 901 people in 2024, UN says

STOP THE EXECUTIONS IN IRAN. STOP THE DEATH PENALTY WORLDWIDE. SPREAD THE WORD.

[autumnsflowers13]

Stop the Execution of Steven Nelson!

Steven Nelson is scheduled to be executed in Texas on February 5th, 2025. For this execution to go forward would be a deeply cruel act of injustice.

Actions we can take to help!:

1. Call Governor Abbott and ask him to stop the execution. Call 512-463-2000. You can also write a comment on his website: https://gov.texas.gov/apps/contact-us/opinion

2. Send Governor Abbott a free fax with a message opposing the execution at faxzero.com -His fax number is (512) 475-2576

*After, check your email and click the confirmation link to ensure that your fax is sent!*

3. Comment on Governor Abbott’s social medias!

His X accounts are @GregAbbott_TX and @GovAbbott

His Instagram accounts are @governorabbott and @govabbott

You can find his other social medias at gov.texas.gov

(Scroll all the way to the bottom of the website.)

4. Contact the United States Supreme Court and urge them to stop the execution!

Phone Numbers:

Telephone: 202-479-3000

TTY: 202-479-3472

Clerk's Office: 202-479-3011 (Press 3 to speak to somebody or leave a voicemail)

Public Information Office: 202-479-3211

and/or Leave a written comment on their website:

https://www.supremecourt.gov/contact/contact_pio.aspx

5. Sign the petitions and learn about his story:

http://justiceforstevenlawaynenelson.com/petition

and

http://bit.ly/StevenNelsonTX

Follow @ justice_for_steven_nelson on Instagram to learn more!

[cakemadeofbacon]

hello everyone.

The state of South Carolina is planning to execute someone by firing squad. Please check out and share this petition to stop this execution

There is also information to call the governor and share your opinion.

[inariedwards]

Please sign the petition

[quuiet1]

sun catcher

// day 4: royalty

[tackykachowch]

Silco SO should've haunted the narrative in s2 I can't stress this enough. Like, we knew Vander, Mylo and Claggor only for 3 episodes, but their presence was felt aaaall throughout s1. And now you're telling me that a PRIMARY ANTAGONIST of s1, a leader of Zaun, Jinx's dad and The person who started the negotiations with Piltover for Zaun's independence only got a couple of mentions?? Which aren't even relevant to the plot or character motivations??? Are you LEGIT FOR REAL kidding me???? I still can't believe this happened chat.

He's literally a part of the main cast. He literally was present in every single episode of s1. And again, given just How Much was tied directly to him his death should've had just. Massive consequences. For almost every single character. And yet.

My honest reaction to this information:

[hearthmistress]

i'm sure this has been articulated before and probably better, but i can't stop thinking about the fact that the main reason buddie fans hate Tommy (outside from the fact he is blocking their ship from becoming "canon") is because Tommy is getting the Eddie storyline they want. Or rather, the fandom idea of Eddie is being played out with Tommy's character arc.

This really clicked with me after I watched a nearly 4hr 9-1-1 recap youtube video created by a buddie fan. I genuinely think (the buddie of it all and their view of Tommy aside) it's a great video and worth a watch! Really articulates what makes 9-1-1 fun and lovable, the issues the show has (especially with copaganda), the bad writing with certain characters and character plot arcs, and genuinely had a lot of points I agree with/have been saying myself since I started watching 9-1-1. Even the buddie of it all, I could get on board with because I like watching people argue why they ship something - I don't have to agree with it or like the ship to be interested.

My main issue with the video (and why I can't stop thinking about it) is how the creator viewed Tommy and how (perhaps purposefully) bad-faith they have interpreted his actions towards Buck. Again, I don't care if someone doesn't like Tommy or has no strong opinions of him, but I prefer people's dislike to be based on reality and/or what the character actually did, and not through the rose-coloured glasses of a shipper lens.

When the creator of the video brought up Tommy as Buck's love interest, they mostly said they were rather cool on him and that we don't know a lot about him yet to really know the character (and given that this was published before S8, that's fair). However, they bring up the cafe scene in S7E05 and Tommy's "mmmm, not like that" line as "evidence" that Tommy's indifferent to Buck and this is where buddies and general audiences separate into different realities, because this moment is a) clearly supposed to be funny/romcomsque and b) demonstrates Tommy's dry wit and, dare i say, sassiness - a trait applauded by buddie fans with Eddie (and they use as proof as his "queerness") but condemned when a canonically gay character does it. The video creator themselves mentions numerous times Eddie's sassiness as a positive trait (and to be fair, they also mention that it's sort of Eddie's default trait because he's a nothingburger character - which I agree with), but when Tommy does it, it suddenly demonstrates that a character doesn't really like/care for their love interests (which given what we know about S8.... hilarious in hindsight, holy projection batman).

Anyways, that really clicked into place for me that the (outsized) outrage buddies have towards Tommy is because he is canonically demonstrating traits they want to see in Eddie/how they view (fandom) Eddie.

Tommy as a character is:

-a deeply closeted gay man when we first meet him, who participates in toxic masculinity as a means to protect himself and/or because he can't (or is unable to) fully articulate himself as a queer person.

-alluded to have been raised in an environment where he had to hide his queerness (as discussed specifically in S7E10 with 118 being a "regressive place" when he was there). Is pressured by both his biological family and his work "family" to maintain a certain idea of manhood, and by extension, stay closeted. Also served in the army, an institute infamous for being homophobic, and undoubtedly influenced his ideas around duty and manhood.

-unable to maintain relationships with women, even serious long-term ones as with Abby, and uses these relationships (either subconsciously or not) to maintain the illusion of his heterosexuality.

-tied with "traditional" masculine interests/hobbies/institutes. He was in the army, he likes monster trucks, fighting, craft beer, flies a helicopter, etc. He seems, on the surface, a guy's guy.

-now canonically out and was/is in a relationship with Buck and has served, vitally, as a closet key to Buck, ensuring that two firefighters on the silly weewoo show are, in fact, together.

-very clearly invested in Buck's well-being, both within and outside of relationship. Has demonstrated numerous times "going out" of his way to put Buck's emotional needs first and to value Buck in way others (Eddie) do not.

-one half of a groundbreaking queer relationship. Cannot be repeated enough, the fact that the show has a main character (beloved by fandom and the general audience alike) come out as queer in a long-running mainstream show is groundbreaking. The fact that Tommy is one half of this ship is so important both to the show and Buck's entire arc. It is important and groundbreaking.

These are almost all things/traits that buddie fans argue make Eddie queer and/or why buddie would be a groundbreaking ship. Which sure, but the reality is the showrunners, the actors, the show itself have maintained Eddie is straight, and (as articulated by the creator themselves in the video) most of what they project onto Eddie comes from the fact he is poorly written rather than because the show was planning on making Eddie gay in the first place.

I read through numerous comments for the recap video and for a following video from the same creator about whether they had been queerbaited (I wish buddies learned the term "ship-tease" because if one half of your ship is canonically queer, no you cannot be queerbaited and dismissing Buck's canonical queerness just because your ship is not happening is, uh, a problem), and numerous times buddies have mentioned how "groundbreaking" buddie would be as if all the things they mention about the ship hasn't already happened with Bucktommy on the show. Their issue is not that the show refuses to do this (and the amount of comments I read that said things like 'they'll never make buddie happen because the network is too conservative'.... for a show with a black lesbian relationship from season 1 and has already made half of your ship queer and made him fuck nasty on screen with his male love interest.... the mental gymnastics is too much), but the fact that the show HAS already done this, just not with their blorbo of choice.

My closing thoughts (for now, I have MANY!) is that in the follow up video about being "queerbaited by 9-1-1", numerous comments asked "if Eddie isn't gay, that would mean he's just emotionally immature, terrible to women, and not a great friend or parent. He would be the worst character on the show".... and like yes, that's the real character you are choosing to stan, not the fanfic one! I fully understand that Eddie is blank canvas for most buddies to pin their hopes and dreams onto (again, because he is poorly written and is essentially a nothingburger character), but no matter how you twist each bucktommy interaction, make bad-faith interpretations, project things that never happened onto Tommy, in the end, Eddie is still a straight boring character. And Tommy is the one who is canonically living out the character-arc you so desperately want to see on the show.

[razzmothazz]

the cage......

[oodlenoodleroodle]

Please sign the petitions to stop the executions of Kevin Underwood and Joseph Corcoran.

[sevastiel]

So was anyone gonna tell me that there are ambient Solaris lines REFERENCING INTERACTING WITH DUVIRI or was I just supposed to get jump scared by this myself

(Quick Link to wiki)

How long was the Zariman punching into Duviri? Is that why Thrax had to take such dramatic measures, because there literally was a way out and it was right there the whole time??????????

WHAT DO YOU MEAN A CORPUS SHIP WENT I N T O DUVIRI TO MAKE A DELIVERY?????????????????????????????????///

I think Imma start tweaking tbh

[cheriboms]

since manfred is learning to read (+ speak), and spite/cole both like being read to, i thought it only made sense theyd have a little unofficial book club :) unfortunately some picks are more... ahem... educational... than others >_>

[cakemadeofbacon]

The governor of Louisiana has approved execution by gas suffocation with 2-3 executions already scheduled for March.

Please sign this petition to stop the execution of Jessie Hoffman on March 18

Please sign this petition to stop the execution of Christopher Sepulvado

You can also call Governor Jeff Landry at 225-342-7015 and tell him to reverse this decision and not start executions in Louisiana again

You can share your opinions with Attorney General Liz Murrill at this direct address: murrille@ag.louisiana.gov.

Please share

[inariedwards]

From Death Penalty Action:

On 31.7.2024, the long-anticipated, long-feared decision of the South Carolina Supreme Court found the use of the firing squad and the electric chair to be constitutional according to the South Carolina State Constitution. This is not a surprise, and what it means is that it is now only a matter of time until executions resume in South Carolina for the first time since 2011. The good news is that in part because of Death Penalty Action's work in 2021 to create a new statewide entity, there is state group there to lead the charge - South Carolinians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty. Please visit the SCADP.org web page, sign up, donate, and help them get ready.

[snogfairy]

sometimes I see people calling Aziraphale selfish in an accusatory way, as if it's a flaw that needs to be smoothed out, as if it isn't a trait that is at once defiant and emancipating, as if his selfishness isn't mostly wielded in an empowering and kind way, as if it's categorically bad to want things for yourself, to enjoy them, to have and keep them, as if selfish isn't the most revolutionary thing an angel can be

[nanihirunkits]

#this was a boss move™ 

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