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Saul Staniforth (@/SaulStaniforth)

Israeli Ambassador to the UK: "Just imagine how things would have looked… this huge missile, think about it falling in the middle of a city like Jerusalem.. look how populated it is. Just think about it hitting neighbourhoods & people & children" Just imagine.

Shaun (shaunvids on bsky) (@/shaun_vids)

worth pointing out that there is no hypocrisy in this person’s position, she just doesn’t view palestinian people as human. she has to imagine missiles hitting people and children because she means what she considers real people, real children

Whales, and the Barnacles Who Love Them (@/revengeofthese2)

Something that this genocide has really made clear is that most westerners only think the Holocaust was bad because those victims in particular were innocent, not out of some opposition to large scale violence or collective punishment.

Pinko Jack (@/PinkoJack92)

Its the same mentality as american founding fathers waxing poetic about liberty and freedom, all while owning slaves. It’s not hypocrisy. Black slaves were just not "real" people to them. They were no different than other living forms of property (cows, goats, horses etc.)

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'If you don't like graffiti look away like you do for genocide"

Seen in Austin, Texas

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BEST QUEER MEDIA TOURNAMENT FINAL ROUND!!!!!

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But the propaganda link tho ...

BEST QUEER MEDIA TOURNAMENT FINAL ROUND!!!!!

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now that it's been five months, can I point out something really funny that I don't think anybody noticed?

so you may remember that round 2 was notorious for the voter fraud that happened in blackbonnet vs stucky. some people (on both sides!) found the whole thing hilarious; some people (again, on both sides!) got really, really unreasonably angry.

the graph looked like this. now, that's a very sudden and noticeable spike there at the end; this was definitely a coordinated effort and it was definitely to some degree fraud. there's screenshots of a job listing on sproutgigs to prove it.

but look at the rest of the graph. that's fairly natural-looking— no enormous spikes, no stopping and starting. there's bumps, of course, because sometimes you get reblogged by someone with lots of followers, and there's upsets, but there aren't cliffs. for the most part, except for that sudden bend at the end, this is pretty normal voter behavior.

people joked about the fraud in this poll for weeks afterwards. "hey, where's the award for most voter fraud?" people said.

well.

the award for most voter fraud does not go to stucky vs blackbonnet. it goes to this absolute fucking nonsense:

like, look at that. look at those long stretches where almost nobody was voting crimeboys. look at the sudden jumps, and look at how suddenly they end. in the earlier sections you can see the little pauses where whoever was frauding took a break to rest their wrists and get a snack.

I don't know what I think the takeaway here is. you could say this is a story about how accusations of voter fraud don't track voter fraud, they track controversy. you could say this is a story about how if you don't have a graph right in front of you, it is significantly harder to identify voter fraud than you think it is. both of those are even true.

but personally, I like to look at it as a post about how if you really try, you can chart human passion. and I think that's beautiful.

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Tumblr Top Ships Bracket - Round 1 Side 2

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#while im sure obi-wan has a nice time with whoever that is #the other 2 have an actual daughter together and defied rei's crime boss father to keep her #please vote for the boys #buddy daddies (tags courtesy of @killuamesoftly)

Tumblr Top Ships Bracket - Round 1 Side 2

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#i would have left this in the replies but they were disabled. smart. #anyway irl white men jumpscare #im so dictinctly used to mcyt stuff to just be like. their skins. that A Wild White Man Appeared confused me (tags courtesy of @she-toadmask)

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Tumblr Top Ships Bracket - Round 1 Side 1

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How is Johnlock losing on THE Johnlock site (comment courtesy of @razzle-dazzle-13)

Tumblr Top Ships Bracket - Round 1 Side 1

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Tumblr Top Ships Bracket - Round 1 Side 1

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Tumblr Top Ships Bracket - Round 1 Side 1

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For fun, here are some interesting comparisons between the 2023 Tumblr data we are using for this poll, and the All-Time AO3 data from last poll!

Some of the most popular mediums for both sets were live-action television and anime. However, this poll sees a huge boost of pairings from western animation and video games, as well as podcast characters, who were nowhere in the AO3 lineup!

As opposed to the AO3 data, Tumblr's ship data does not include platonic ships. M/M still dominates, but the number of F/F competitors has gone from 4 to 14! F/M stays at a steady 10 (as opposed to 13 in the AO3 pool), with the remaining ships falling under "Other" for containing non-binary or unspecified gender characters.

In the AO3 data, 55 of the pairings listed consisted of two white characters, and 24 consisted of two asian characters. This is now down to 37 and 13 respectively. The Tumblr stats in general saw a rise in Indigenous, Latine, and nonhuman characters, as well as characters of unspecified race.

Hope you all are having fun!

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I regret to inform you that Discord's new Terms of Service includes an arbitration clause. You can find it here https://discord.com/terms/#16. This clause includes an opt-out, which I have transcribed here:

You can decline this agreement to arbitrate by emailing an opt-out notice to arbitration-opt-out@discord.com within 30 days of April 15, 2024 or when you first register your Discord account, whichever is later; otherwise, you shall be bound to arbitrate disputes in accordance with the terms of these paragraphs. If you opt out of these arbitration provisions, Discord also will not be bound by them.

These clauses are underhanded ways that corporations seek to deprive you of your right to participate in class-action lawsuits and your right to a jury trial. (This does only apply to us users ,other people still spread the word though )

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a lot of queer people i know in real life are either into or open to talking about astrology but online i think ive noticed a lot more people who dislike astrology and im super curious to see if that holds up.

please reblog for sample size and elaborate in the tags if you want!

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Hey! I'm SOOO behind on unOrdinary, but I came across your post about just sending asks. The series is SO well done, and the characters all tug on my heart in different ways 💖💖💖

it literally is so well done 🔥🔥🔥 I've been reading it since 2017 and aside from a few arcs (*cough*joker*cough*), it's been a massively steady and entertaining thing to look forward to every week. I really have to appreciate uruchan's storytelling abilities! Even from the earliest chapters, you could see her setting down the bread crumbs about Ember, the officials, Vaughn and Keene, etc. Now that we're finally delving into the world outside Wellston as the students fight it, her writing shines even more!

I love the new characters she's introduced like Kuyo and Kassandra (my fave adults) and it makes me so happy to see the Wellston royals actually getting along 😭 cuz I don't know about y'all, but if John smashed my face into the concrete and broke my arm and generally effed me up, I would NOT be forgiving him. You could argue some of them deserved it, but regardless, having them all unified as this passionate team who want change while still having their individual goals has been exciting to watch come together. Love this series so much :')