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just a friendly reminder to stop insisting that "the soviet union was anti-imperialist." that claim is nonsense and won't make you more interesting.

the soviet union wasn’t some radical departure from the russian empire. it was simply the same empire in a new uniform. red flags and marxist rhetoric instead orthodox crosses or symbols of tasrdom. the core goal always stayed the same: control the non-russian peoples by any means necessary.

on paper, the ussr was a “friendship of nations,” a voluntary union of 15 republics. in reality, it was a centralized empire run out of moscow. the republics had no real say in foreign policy, trade, or even their own leadership. step out of line? you’d face censorship, arrests, or worse. this is well documented and it's gross that people try to downplay this because it challenges the theory they've consumed.

the soviet regime cracked down on local languages, histories, and identities. flags were banned. historians and artists were persecuted. even alphabets were changed with non-russian scripts rewritten in cyrillic to sever cultural memory. it was pure russification.

ethnic cleansing was policy. in the 1940s, stalin deported entire nationalities: chechens, crimean tatars, kalmyks, and others. shoved into cattle cars, sent to siberia or central asia and many never made it. half of the deported crimean tatars died. scholars now call these acts what they were: crimes against humanity, even genocide. ukraine’s holodomor (1932–33) was another brutal example. millions died of famine caused by soviet grain policies, right as the regime was wiping out ukrainian culture and religious life.

the baltics suffered too. in 1941 and 1949, tens of thousands of estonians, latvians, and lithuanians were deported, targeting everyone from political leaders to schoolteachers. all while moscow insisted it was promoting “friendship.” and after wwii, the ussr exported this "model "friendship" to central eastern europe. poland, hungary, czechoslovakia, east germany, and others swapped nazi rule for soviet occupation. local revolts were crushed (hungary in ’56, czechoslovakia in ’68). sovereignty was tolerated only when it served moscow.

even economically, the ussr followed the imperial playbook. resources flowed to the center; local populations got pollution and poverty. ukraine powered soviet industry with coal and grain but saw little investment or infrastructural support. the baltic states were productive yet politically silenced.

kazakhstan? used for 456 nuclear tests without consent, leaving over a million exposed to radiation. uzbekistan and turkmenistan were turned into cotton monocultures, poisoning land and water for moscow’s benefit. sound familiar? it’s the same exploitative dynamic seen in british india or the congo.

and the legacy lives on. russia’s invasions of georgia (2008), crimea (2014), and ukraine (2022) aren’t accidents. they’re rooted in an old imperial belief that former soviet republics can’t exist without moscow’s blessing. the kremlin still pushes “russkiy mir”, this insane idea that russia has the right to “protect” russian speakers wherever they are. but this protection has meant war, occupation, and death, especially for russian-speaking ukrainians.

ukraine’s refusal to bow to this narrative is exactly why it’s under attack. the empire might’ve changed flags, but its logic never died. and the fight for true decolonization is far from over.

so please. speak to people who lived or whose families lived under this empire. stop romanticizing something because you think it makes you edgy or "not like the other leftists." it's embarrassing.

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I hate having to post political posts like this nut he we are again. Anybody from the UK wanna sign this. Folks from outside the UK maybe share it?

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3 new keychain designs are available on my site!!! Come grab a Tyelpë, Annatar and Eöl while they last~~

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Xie Bi'an and Fan Wujiu but they're dolphins in one of those long-term male dolphin relationships

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https://transactual.org.uk/equality-act-campaign/ehrc-consultation-guidance/

The online survey to submit your responses is here. You can request a reasonable adjustment by emailing correspondence@equalityhumanrights.com or phoning 0161 829 8100.

https://transactual.org.uk/equality-act-campaign/ehrc-consultation-guidance/

the link above is the one you need to get guidance on how to fill out the consultation.

you need to do this, BEFORE THE 30TH OF JUNE, if you live in the UK.

as always, please share this shit.

ETA:

Given their track record, it seems likely that the EHRC will not be paying a lot of attention to ‘special pleading’ from trans people. They are much more likely to respond – and perhaps amend their guidance – following representations from non-trans folk. As such, it will also be helpful to encourage any organisations, services or businesses (including Trade Unions, Sports Clubs, etc.) that you have connections with to respond to the consultation, both to influence the EHRC and to make businesses aware of the issues in the Code before it is enshrined into statutory guidance. You can use the template letter here to write to any business, organisations or services you think will engage.

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EVERYONE(!) I’m blazing this post because at this pace we might barely hit 1,000,000 signatures—or just fall short. PLEASE reblog this post, no matter where you are from, so we can reach as many EU citizens as possible and end this horrible practice!

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European Citizens' Initiative - Ban on conversion practices in the European Union

European Citizens' Initiative is a mechanism to bring issues direct from the people to the EU commission. I strongly urge every citizen of the European Union member states to sign this Initiative to ban conversion therapy and similar persuasion practices.

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Some more Li Chengze x Xie Bi'an

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Beloved child~

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Some more Li Chengze x Xie Bi'an

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Throughout my years on Tumblr I have posted plenty of drawings that are actually suggestive, or - shock and horror - represent the human (or elven or whatever) body. I expected that the drawing of barely clothed pole-dancing Melkor from years ago could trigger the algorithm...

But no. It turns out those are fine. Apparently the works that got slapped the 'potentially mature content' label are things like these:

And they don't appear in 'review flagged posts'; I need to scroll through my doodles tag, and each time I request a review it brings me back to the top 🙃

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Fuck the UK supreme court

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Why is every other post marked as 'potentially mature content' including pics of ppls dogs and other completely sfw things? So many ppl's icons are now pixelated what is going onnn

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HEY GUYS!!

GUYS!!!

FRANCE HAS REACHED THE REQUIRED NUMBER OF SIGNATURES ON THE CITIZEN'S INITIATIVE AGAINST CONVERSION THERAPY IN THE EU!!

ONE COUNTRY DOWN, SIX TO GO!!

We also need still quite a few signatures in order to reach the one million required.

As to date, the six other countries with the most signatures are:

Spain - 38.72%

Finland - 30.31%

Ireland - 24.86%

Netherlands - 24.15%

Germany - 23.54%

Belgium - 23.09%

So yeah, still a long way to go, but we ARE slowly getting closer. Don't stop now! Don't let this stay within the community, either, if you have any friends or family who are open to queer rights, get them to sign, too!

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Steal your heart

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'Bi'an~'

'Yes, your highness?'