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they finally found a good use for those stupid fucking scooters infesting my city's sidewalks

so things are starting to kick off in Seattle... waiting to see if we go as hard as Los Angeles

KUOW (NPR): Seattle protesters block ICE vans from leaving immigration court (June 10, 2025)

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It's so funny that the ICE protestors finally found a good use for these stupid fucking things.

They are a hazard out on the roads and sidewalks, but piled up and zip-tied together in front of the federal building garage exits that ICE vans use when they're kidnapping people out of immigration court? Then they become pieces of a beautiful community sculpture project.

(Art credit: Stolen from Reddit but now I can't find the post)

(Photos credit: This Reddit post)

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"They wouldn't dream of doing capitalism"

Graphic by Arcane Bullshit

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they went off with this

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That specific sickly, weird, mottled green color that appears when two mirrors are reflecting each other into infinity is so fucking beautiful… I love you weird nasty green of the aether….

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"Shoutout to everyone who dislikes Val Venis, happy pride month! Get that guy outta here" fuck yeah Uno

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i say this in all seriousness, a great way to resist the broad cultural shift of devaluing curiosity and critical thinking is to play my favorite game, Hey What Is That Thing

you play it while walking around with friends and if you see something and don't know what it is or wonder why its there, you stop and point and say Hey What Is That Thing. and everyone speculates about it. googling it is allowed but preferably after spending several minutes guessing or asking a passerby about it

weird structures, ambiguous signs, unfamiliar car modifications, anything that you can't immediately understand its function. eight times out of ten, someone in the group actually knows, and now you know!

a few examples from me and my friends the past few weeks: "why is there a piece of plywood sticking out of that pond in a way that looks intentional?" (its a ramp so squirrels that fall in to the pond can climb out) • "my boss keeps insisting i take a vacation of nine days or more, thats so specific" (you work at a bank, banks make employees take vacation in long chunks so if youre stealing or committing fraud, itll be more obvious) • "why does this brick wall have random wooden blocks in it" (theres actually several reasons why this could be but we asked and it was so you could nail stuff to the wall) • "most of these old factories we drive past have tinted windows, was that just for style?" (fun fact the factory owners realized that blue light keeps people awake, much like screen light does now, so they tinted the windows blue to keep workers alert and make them work longer hours)

been playing this game for a long time and ive learned (and taught) a fuckton about zoning laws, local history, utilities (did you know you can just go to your local water treatment plant and ask for a tour and if they have a spare intern theyll just give you a tour!!!) and a whole lot of fun trivia. and now suddenly you're paying more attention when youre walking around, thinking about the reasons behind every design choice in the place you live that used to just be background noise. and it fuckin rules.

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How To With John Wilson (2020)

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May 1, 2025 - May Day demonstrators in Torino, Italy, burned Israeli, USA, and EU flags to protest the ongoing Israeli genocide of the Palestinian people, supported by the USA and most of Europe. [video]

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ok first of all based. second it’s funny it happened twice