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grizzled mercenaries are always being like "I'm sick and tired of being a pawn in someone elses game" like their job isn't literally rent-a-pawn

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baby secretary bird is being restrained after previous slopcidents (slopping incidents)

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yearly oyasumi punpun fan art

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oh also? An absolutely freaky thing I'm seeing yt leftists do?

STOP TRYING TO TRACK DOWN PROTESTORS THAT DO 'BADASS STUFF'. STOP POSTING ABOUT IT ONLINE.

PEOPLE FUCKING DIE.

AND IT'S USUALLY SOMEONE MELANATED.

THE GOVERNMENT IS WATCHING YOU FUCKING DUMBASS.

y'all are so stuck on egoistic heroism that every time someone does something 'sick' at a protest you wanna turn them in to the next celebrity to have a parasocial relationship with and then they go missing.

Tf is wrong w y'all.

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I am disheartened by the way westerners talk about Iran. Even some of the pro Palestinian ones. Many talk about Iran as a force of resistance against the west being “under attack” by Israel. Which is true but more importantly, hundreds of innocent civilians were slaughtered by Israel (and the US by proxy). My grief is as it’s always been indescribable.

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I DONT WANT ANOTHER FOREVER WAR I DONT WANT THE USA TO ATTACK IRANIANS AT HOME AND ABROAD

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Well we can't allocate any of the government budget on Healthcare or lowering food prices or assisting the elderly or single mothers or guaranteeing children's lunches at school or strengthening education or paying teachers or paying reparations to Black citizens or fixing any of the structural issues with reservations or fixing the crumbling infrastructure or any of that but we can set aside 7 trillion dollars for another forever war and you're welcome

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Iranian photographer Hossein Fatemi, offers a glimpse of an entirely different side to Iran than the image usually broadcasted by domestic and foreign media. In his photo series An Iranian Journey, many of the photographs reveal an Iran that most people never see, presenting an eye-opening look at the amazing diversity and contrasts that exist in the country.

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oil paintings on wood by Angela Lane (1974-)

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just as a point of reference: i appear to be a young autistic cis man. every time i go to my hometown a recruiter has approached me. the amount of people who have been recruited by the US military who are on the autism spectrum are horrible. More exploitation of people on the spectrum, more blood in the machine. As an autistic person, I want to side explicitly against this regime. But I also recognize that many neurodivergent individuals are targeted by the US military for recruitment and we need to be prepared to help them say no. I don’t know how else to say this. It’s horrifying and heartbreaking.

As a current educator, I hope to try and dissuade young people from recruiting in the military. Anyone with power to do this should be trying to show young people that they have other options. I know so many people who had recruiters approach them and recruiters regularly approach: men of color, neurodivergent people, women who have experienced trauma: it’s fucked up.

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Bystander Intervention Training

so, the US just attacked Iran, and that is fucking terrible. Something we all need to think about right now is how we can stop the harassment and violence against Muslims and Arabs in the US that got so much worse in the early 2000s from happening again to people now.

To that end, I wanted to share some resources on Bystander Intervention. One of the biggest things I learned from training like this is that there are many ways to intervene, and they don't all involve putting yourself in front of the person who may harm you or others. It's ok if you feel intimidated by that because there are more ways to help! And once you do the training, it might not be so scary.

Right to Be has Bystander trainings based on the 5Ds of Bystander Intervention (Distract, Delegate, Document, Delay, and Direct). The trainings are free!! sign up here.

I took one of their trainings a few years ago (when the org was called Hollaback!) and it was really very good, they have trainings at multiple levels and focused on various topics. They also partner with other orgs to focus on specific issues (like anti-AAPI harassment and with CAIR Chicago for anti-Muslim harassment, etc.).

Here are a few more resources:

APA Bystander Intervention Tip Sheet

RAINN Practicing Bystander Intervention

I think I'll sign up for one as a refresher.

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so does anyone know or understand

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Dude what do you mean the USA bombed Iran

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Santa Clause 2

what's the first movie you remember seeing in theaters? don't try and be all edgy and cool and say like tetsuo: the iron man. be honest.

Go!!

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if you're writing and find yourself thinking 'this is too weird/gross/offputting/esoteric/ambitious/catered to my specific interests + sure to push away a broader audience' that is the devil speaking and it is a lie. you are already firmly on the right path and you need to double down