#The guardian

[sbrown82]

Janet Jackson getting dragged was not in the bingo cards for 2024! 🥴🤦🏾‍♀️

[a-driftamongopenstars]

call it how it is; guardian x crow ficlet

i caught feels again hehe :) thinking about my Guardian with Crow, thinking about how far they've both come, thinking about my own fic series for these two. ough! also on ao3

It is hard to remember a time when the Last City was something closer to a quiet safe haven. Now, it is the very center of festivities that last for days and days on end. There is dancing in the streets, in the clubs, in the faction quarters, even on the apartment balconies. Lights explode from every corner as the Guardians and the civilian population happily celebrate the Witness' defeat.

Crow's feet hurt from all the dancing, his throat hoarse from all the singing and toasting and drinking. The darkness of his and the Guardian's apartment is a welcome reprieve, if only for a little while.

They keep the lights shut off and stumble together to the window, tripping over long cloaks, and settle on the windowsill to watch the night sky once again fill with floating lanterns and fireworks.

Red, blue, yellow and many other colours reflect on their skin.

When Crow turns to look at the Guardian, she is smiling. Her eyes, often so serious and sad, are softened by alcohol and affection.

And a moment after, they are teary.

"Hey..." Crow soothingly reaches for her. "What is it?"

Easily, with such trust, she slips into his arms. He rocks her slowly, watching more fireworks as they explode and crackle.

"I think of how far we've come," she says at last. "I feel... old."

Crow laughs, pressing his chin on top of her head.

"In a way, you are."

"Hush," she waves him off, chuckling. "You know what I mean. We've fought this war an awful long time. I don't know what to do with myself now. Do Guardians retire? Shall I pick up fishing?"

They chuckle together, each one imagining something to that extent.

"Well, if you feel restless, there is more work to do."

"Oh? Enlighten me, o Hunter Vanguard."

Her voice is teasing, and her eyes as she looks up at him are full of mirth.

"There is strange fluctuations from the Traveler to be dealt with, there is Xivu Arath and..."

Crow looks down at her, his heart clenching from the beauty of her smile. "And you are not being serious."

"Not one bit," the Guardian grins wider. "Why don't you kiss me, Crow?"

For a moment, they look at each other. A beautiful, long moment, where other moments pass behind their vision. The ancient years of their lives, the fated meetings, the rivalry, the friendship and the love. The races across the Ascendant Plane, the taste of Dawning cookies, the fighting side by side many a time, the nights of love making.

"Crow?" she asks him, reaching up to caress his face. Her fingertips trace his skin, the light beneath it, the soft pillows of his lips.

She is daring him to say it. Now, asking.

And he would not deny her, not now, not ever.

"I love you," Crow whispers, leaning to kiss the Guardian, to seal their fate once again, to bind them together in more ways than fate already has. And she kisses him back sweetly, whispering over and over, "I love you. I love you too."

[wearenotjustnumbers2]

The consistent dehumanization language used in describing Palestinians in western media is unfathomable. The consistent denial of seeing our children as children. For everybody seeing this, don't fall into this, seek out the truth and educate yourself because that's the best and only way we can help people in Palestine. We have to amplify their voices.

[embers-burning-bright]

REMINDER TO NOT TALK TO THE GUARDIAN ABOUT DIY HRT IF ASKED ❗️❗️❗️

Susanna Rustin is a huge TERF too, and a quick search of her name on The Guardian brings up repeated proof.

[bibyebae]

" Men in Gaza do cry.

When they lose their homes that they spend their

whole lives building, they cry

When they see their dreams and hopes getting destroyed, they cry.

When they realise how scary and uncertain their future is, they cry.

And because they are human beings, full of feelings and emotions, they cry."

This is an excerpt from a 35-year-old Palestinian's account of life in Gaza under siege.

Ziad has been writing for the Guardian about the realities of the Israeli bombardment, as he, his sister and their pets, flee their home in Gaza City in the hope of survival.

You can read his diary entries in full via the link:

[listen-to-the-inner-walrus]

hey so remember those new protest laws that make peaceful protest illegal? yeah? wanna see them in action?

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Head of UK’s leading anti-monarchy group arrested at coronation protest

Republic’s Graham Smith held at protest on King Charles III’s procession route in central London

Daniel Boffey Chief reporter, Sat 6 May 2023 08.31 BST

The head of the UK’s leading republican movement has been arrested at an anti-monarchist protest on King Charles III’s procession route.

Graham Smith had been collecting drinks and placards for demonstrators at Trafalgar Square when he was detained by police on the Strand in central London.

It is understood Smith was detained after bringing a megaphone to the demonstration. The Met police had tweeted earlier this week that they would have a “low tolerance” of those seeking to “undermine” the day.

Harry Stratton, a director at Republic, who arrived as Smith and the others were detained, said: “They were collecting the placards and bringing them over when the police stopped them.

“The guys asked why and they were told: we will tell you that once we have searched the vehicle. That’s when they arrested the six organisers. We asked on what grounds they had been arrested but they wouldn’t say. It is a surprise as we had had a number of meetings with the police. They had been making all the right noises”.

full article

dont you love it when your government decides to not even bother hiding the fact the fascist tendencies theyre leaning more and more into?

[tinychaoticwarrior24]

Tell us something we don't already know.

[dressed2k1ll]

NAME THE PROBLEM.

Men are forcing women to have sex with them for food.

Women are forced to let men rape them to survive.

Men are withholding food for sex in war-torn Sudan

There are a BILLION WAYS TO NAME THE PROBLEM JUST DO IT

[soon-palestine]

[mysharona1987]

[invisibleicewands]

‘I wanted to be seen as the greatest actor of all time. Then I realised that was nonsense’

Michael Sheen is the feted star who cracked Hollywood, but it was only when he swapped LA for his home town in Wales that he was able to do his most meaningful work yet. In tomorrow’s gdnsaturday, Michael Sheen talks to shattenstone about pride, parenting and paying it forward.

The Guardian, Saturday Magazine - 31/08/2024

[blabberoo]

Continuation to this art...

[diana-andraste]

The Connoisseur, a Brighton cat by Henry Pointer of Brighton

Victoria portrait cards on display, via The Guardian

[ijustkindalikebooks]

Tom Gauld for The Guardian's Autumn Reading Special.

[spirk-trek]

when you're waiting for your bf to return from time traveling so you won't (maybe) cease to exist but he's taking FOREVER

[listen-to-the-inner-walrus]

hello and welcome to the uk is a fucking hell country, part 284829494

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Anti-monarchists receive ‘intimidatory’ Home Office letter on new protest laws

Home Office claims timing of new powers, taking effect days before king’s coronation, is coincidental

Ben Quinn, Rajeev Syal and Vikram Dodd

Official warning letters have been sent to anti-monarchists planning peaceful protests at King Charles III’s coronation saying that new criminal offences to prevent disruption have been rushed into law.

Using tactics described by lawyers as “intimidatory”, the Home Office’s Police Powers Unit wrote to the campaign group Republic saying new powers had been brought forward to prevent “disruption at major sporting and cultural events”.

The new law, given royal assent by Charles on Tuesday, means that from Wednesday:

Protesters who block roads, airports and railways could face 12 months behind bars.

Anyone locking on to others, objects or buildings could go to prison for six months and face an unlimited fine.

Police will be able to head off disruption by stopping and searching protesters if they suspect they are setting out to cause chaos.

Jun Pang, a policy and campaigns officer at Liberty, said: “Key measures in the bill will come into force just days before the coronation of King Charles – a significant event in our country’s history that is bound to inspire a wider national conversation and public protests. At the same time, the government are using a statutory instrument to bring draconian measures that the House of Lords threw out of the bill back from the dead, once again evading scrutiny and accountability.

“It’s worrying to see the police handed so many new powers to restrict protest, especially before a major national event. When the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act came into force, the police repeatedly misused them – in part because they simply did not understand them. Similarly, when Queen Elizabeth died, we saw police acting in inappropriate and heavy-handed ways towards protesters that violated their rights.”

Shami Chakrabarti, the former shadow attorney general, said: “During the passage of this illiberal and headline-grabbing legislation, ministers admitted that the new offence of ‘locking on’ is so broad as to catch peaceful protesters who link arms in public.

“Suspicionless stop and search is notorious for racial disparity and it is staggering that more of these provisions have brought into force so soon after Louise Casey’s devastating report [on the Met police]. The home secretary can blast ‘ecowarriors’ but this legislation may be used against anti-poverty and Ukraine solidarity protesters too.”

A statement from the home secretary, Suella Braverman, said: “This legislation is the latest step the government has taken against protesters who use highly disruptive tactics to deliberately delay members of the public, often preventing them from getting to work and hospital, as well as missing loved ones’ funerals.

“The range of new offences and penalties match the seriousness of the threat guerrilla tactics pose to our infrastructure, taxpayers’ money and police time.”

full article here

so just to sum this up, peaceful protesting can now land you in prison for a year and you might face an unlimited fine which i believe is up to £5000, and police can now stop and search you if they believe youre "setting out to cause chaos"

its specifically being put in place right before charles' coronation, but these are now considered criminal offenses so theyre not exclusive to it.

you know, a country where you can be put in prison for a year for peaceful protesting really doesnt sound like a fucking democracy to me.