#code switch

[bersqunk]

Trolls🌸

The first trolls movie as humans🤗

[lowcountry-gothic]

This is what I think people who love theater or people who love books are addicted to: it’s the idea that you want to know more than you can by just existing within your own skin.

Betty Shamieh, Code Switch, “This Palestinian-American's debut novel may not be political — but her existence is”

[nprshowdown]

Code Switch vs. Radio Ambulante

Listen to Code Switch here

Brief Description: "The fearless conversations about race that you've been waiting for. Hosted by journalists of color, our podcast tackles the subject of race with empathy and humor. We explore how race affects every part of society — from politics and pop culture to history, food and everything in between." (via npr.org)

Listen to Radio Ambulante here

Brief Description: "An award-winning Spanish language podcast that uses long-form audio journalism to tell neglected and under-reported Latin American and Latino stories." (via npr.org)

[npr-stan]

Listen to: What Mahmoud Khalil's arrest means for ... everyone

Listen to: What Mahmoud Khalil's arrest means for ... everyone - https://one.npr.org/i/1239428600:1268087249

[enerdsout]

so she is speaking from a UK perspective and says as much, i don't disagree with most of what she is saying, but from a Black American perspective, asking the question, "Why does it matter?" is pretty tone deaf. i agree most ancestry kits promise more than they deliver, but when i was looking into them a while back, i found there are specific companies focused on Black ancestry. the mainstream companies are often unhelpful or straight up wrong for Black ancestry, but i don't think wanting to know who your people are/were is a bad thing.

DNA cannot reverse the slave trade or give you a present-day heritage, but it may be able to tell you geographically where you came from, which has been historically cut off/hidden/kept secret from Black Americans.

i also wonder if in her upbringing, her parents were first or second generation immigrants (no idea) and thus had much closer ties to their immediate ethnic origin than the descendants of enslaved people would have.

we lose enough history through the telephone game of passing down stories, lore, conquest, enslavement, colonialism,etc.

why not try to get even a little of it back?

This NPR interview with with Angela Saini about how race science never really left the global scientific consciousness is super interesting! I’m gonna read her book!

[nonesuchrecords]

Rhiannon Giddens was on NPR's Code Switch to talk with co-host B.A. Parker, who is looking to find community as she learns to play the banjo and explore its Black roots. You can hear their conversation here.

[biggest-gaudiest-patronuses]

historical drama/sitcom where two gay best friends (woman and man) get lavender married--and proceed to spend the Fancy European Honeymoon their parents paid for acting as each other's wingman

[lisamarieblair]

Dreaming of a Black Utopia in Trump's America // Code Switch

In his new book, The Black Utopians, author Aaron Robertson tells the story of how Black folks have created many different versions of utopian communities throughout history—and why those communities tend to be especially meaningful during times of political tension and racial unrest.

[clubshowerart]

Code switching is selling out.

[lowcountry-gothic]

…my real project is not to be a voice for the voiceless, but it’s to attempt to help abolish the conditions of voicelessness.

Viet Thanh Nguyen, Code Switch, “Why now is the time to find power in ‘otherness’”

[nprshowdown]

Code Switch vs. PBS News Hour

Listen to Code Switch here

Brief Description: "The fearless conversations about race that you've been waiting for. Hosted by journalists of color, our podcast tackles the subject of race with empathy and humor. We explore how race affects every part of society — from politics and pop culture to history, food and everything in between." (via npr.org)

Listen to PBS News Hour here

Brief Description: A daily television news program also broadcast in an audio-only version on many npr radio stations. The program has been applauded for providing in-depth and well rounded coverage of current events. (via wikipedia.org)

[appleshy-king]

with few exceptions i don't ship any of the m6 with any of the princesses but I wanted to challenge myself and do exactly that; I combined a bodyguard au and an arranged marriage au and came up with this! - an au where bearing an element of harmony comes with a union to one of the princesses, and serves functionally as both a spouse and/or adviser, and a bodyguard.

been calling this either the harmony marriage au, or the elements of marriage lol

Rainbow immediately addresses the elephant in the room and all but volunteers to form a union with Luna; something she does partly to prove she isn't afraid of anyone or anything, but also because… look man she said she was sorry and she's gonna start her new rule with everyone against her - someone has to be there for her. Celestia especially approves of this union, as, even if these marriages are largely political, the element of Loyalty would make a true companion for a pony like Luna. Despite that, I think their start would be difficult, given all the ways the two are opposites… but ultimately flying by moonlight is just as nice as flying during the day, and the long stretches of peaceful nights give them plenty of time to get to know each other.

Cadance solves the unbalanced issue and forms a union with both Pinkie and Fluttershy. There's no limit to virtues that are compatible with Love, but Laughter and Kindness just have that little something extra that catches her attention, nevermind how stinkin cute they are. All three take to their new marriage well. It’s especially helpful that Pinkie and Fluttershy have a pre-established friendship that could easily remain platonic, or turn romantic or queer-platonic; there’s also the fact that Cadance herself was once a humble pegasus raised by earth ponies before being thrust into this royal life, which could be why they caught her eye in the first place. 

(Shining is still here, as someone needs to train these girls in the art of guarding, and their relationship is still active (although PinkieShy would not be considered his wives); bc if there’s one thing I’m going to do with the princess of love, it's show off some poly pride!)

Twilight would, at this point, ““have her choice”” between Generous Rarity or Honest Applejack; either would be fitting for her new title as the princess of Friendship, and both are good ponies who she could rely on. However, given just how much Twilight’s life is about to be upended with new, well, everything - ultimately Rarity turns out to be her best match. She’s generous with her patience and tact in a way AJ isn’t quite, and more importantly she understands the ins and outs of the high class, making her a real asset in Twilight’s transition to royalty. Nevermind that the two were maybe already a little smitten before their union even took place…

This leaves Applejack sort of “auto-paired” with Celestia. At first Applejack seems like a horrible choice for a princess who is practically a queen, given how very little she knows about this life, and the way the upper class look down on her, but it ends up that her more open/harsh honesty that would have maybe been too much for Twilight in her new role is actually perfect against Celestia. It takes Applejack a bit to learn how to hold her tongue in royal public but she learns to play the game in her own way, and her willingness to speak openly and bluntly with Celestia - in private - is so refreshing to Celestia, who hasn't had a pony tell her like it is in ages. That said, i think this learning curve takes quite some time to even itself out, and in the beginning they spend a lot of their marriage clashing with each other, though ultimately i see Applejack as a respectful enough horse that her southern charm does just that, charming the princess in a way she couldn’t expect.

The six are still all friends with each other, although given the sister pairs some of them see each other more often; Twilight, Rarity, Pinkie, and Fluttershy are a bit closer in that sense, while Applejack and Rainbow consider each other best friends. I’d be willing to say maybe something is going on between them, if i didn’t think that went against what the element of loyalty stands for, but there’s definitely rumors…

[timedyne]

yuzu and citra are dead because the yuzu/citra devs shot themselves in the foot. they continually POSTED footage and updates pertaining to games THAT WEREN'T OUT YET, which gave nintendo actual foothold to take them down for encouraging piracy. this is recorded directly in the legal documents for the case. they also (apparently, this is according to my friend who is more active in the emulation scene than i and i don't know of any recorded proof so take it with a grain of salt) straight up shared links to piracy sites in their discord which is an obvious no-no for any emulator???? and people straight up going on nintendo's OFFICIAL SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS saying "fuck you i'm just going to emulate [insert game here] using yuzu" which is. well. loose lips sink ships.

fuck nintendo and all that, but this is almost entirely on the backs of the devs for being stupid. to any aspiring emulator devs out there: don't post about anything relating to piracy ever, especially don't post about the games THAT YOU AREN'T SUPPOSED TO HAVE ACCESS TO YET, and wait a while before saying a brand new game is playable on your emulator.

also: they settled out of court. no judge saw the case. this isn't setting any sort of legal precedent. all of your other favorite emulators are fine for now as long as they don't make the same stupid mistakes yuzu was making.

[andatsea]

Dusk lingers in your hand.

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[hypogryffin]

i should draw shuujins uniform more methinks