#day of action

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If you're Australian, consider coming along to a Rally to Protect Trans Youth near you!

The rallies are to protest the Qld decision to pause puberty blockers as we draw a line in the sand about being used in a political culture war and importing overseas ideology. The Trans Justice Network is gathering across the country for a day of action, it's as accessible and covid-safe and family friendly as possible, with a focus on community and inclusive trans joy. There are also follow up actions planned.

edit: turning reblogs off because this happened! and was amazing!

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DAY OF ACTION FOR PALESTINE 3/2/24

Literally JUST learned about this today!

Day of action against the Rafah assault planned for March 9th!

PLEASE GET IN THE STREETS!!!! PROTEST!!!!

This is website has a list of protests, sourced from shutitdown4palestine convenors list

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Now is your chance to plan ahead. October 5th is an International Day of Action

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Defying Silence:

3 Censorship Myths Exposed

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Saturday, October 7, will mark Let Freedom Read Day, a day of action against censorship. From calling decision-makers to checking out or buying banned books, to writing letters and more, everyone is encouraged to do at least one thing to defend the right to read and to speak on behalf of those who ensure access to information.

Gary Price at InfoDoccket in Lirarry Journal. A Banned Books Week Video Message From LeVar Burton re: Let Freedom Read Day on October 7, 2023

"But you don't have to take my word for it." ~LeVar Burton

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Tomorrow!

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Hope is Our Weapon. Today, We Fight. o7❤️

The weight of the galaxy rests on our shoulders.

In this moment

My resolve is stronger than ever.

We will not back down.

We will fight for freedom.

Hope is our guiding star.

Join us.👇

Pass it On! ❤️

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Know Your Rights!! ✊️

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Axios: May Day protesters to rally against "billionaire takeover" in Trump administration

Want to do something about the high prices of everything?

Want to show your disgust against the rich ruling elites?

Want them to know that you're planning on voting against their unholy greed?

Well...

This May Day, May 1st, you can do show up at any local protest & vent your anger & disgust!

That's the International Worker's Day & this year there's many events & rallies to advocate for worker's rights - all around the world!!

Here in the US, May Day Strong is hosting for a national Day of Action to protest the oligarchy's destruction of everything we hold dear.

They will be demanding for a country that puts normal families over rich folk's greed, public schools over private profits, healthcare over hedge funds & prosperity over Far Right politics.

May Day Strong wants a future that's fit for all working families.

They stand against the defunding of schools, the destruction/privatizing of public services, the attacks on unions & the smearing of immigrants with fear & violence.

Most of these people are hard workers who don't deserve this kind of criminal acts against them.

Workers built this nation.

We need to take care of their needs - not victimize them.

We're fighting for our very right to exist & to not be slaves of the rich.

Our rights & freedoms are what propel prosperity & a better life for all Americans.

Let's not give these gifts up easily.

Let's fight for them - just like the Founding Fathers.

Come join us...

End?

Hopefully not!!

I'd like to see this mass event grow into some smart votes to kick these Nazis back into the shadows of history...

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The wildest thing about Ben 10 is that it took until 2005 for someone to have the idea "what if a kid could turn into a bunch of aliens" like this isn't obviously the coolest and most marketable premise for anything ever. Each design is a new toy. A new powerset. Come on.

But to prove that it wasn't a fluke, they continued to have the best ideas for every aspect of it. How does he transform? A cool watch you can also sell as a toy. That watch's name? Omnitrix. Say it. It's so satisfying. How many aliens? Ten. Nice round number. The kid's name? Ben. The show's name? Ben Ten. His full name is Benjamin Tennyson, a normal, plausible name, but he also turns into 10 aliens.

Bigger brands dream about this synergy. Better writers would kill for this coherence. So holistic. So intuitive. The identity alone!!! The retro alien sound motif? Chilling. The green? Any other color would be wrong. The kirby krackle pattern? It seems so obvious in retrospect. The roadtrip format? Genius. Lesser writers would've done the spider-man high school thing. His arch nemesis being Cthulhu darth vader? Inspired, iconic, intimidating!

The execution has its highs and lows, but the idea??? Game changing. So self-evident that it seems inevitable. If Ben 10 didn't exist, it would be necessary to invent him.

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I just rewatched the original Lilo and Stitch movie and honestly was not expecting to find out that Stitch has to be one of the biggest victims of a decade long flanderization.

I also forgot, and honestly I think most people, that stitch has so much character like he’s not just a ball of chaos, he's also very much a smart ass and makes jokes. And is angry and curious and a little bit of an asshole. You just don’t really get that in the live action or really most iterations of him. He’s reverted back to one.

Like Stitch in the movie is really smart. And he doesn’t just make noises as they will have you believe it’s actually pretty implied that he’s bilingual and was actively learning English (and not talking because Dog cover) and that’s why it was all stilted and kind of broken and unsure. He sounds much smoother and natural speaking in his alien language that Jumba understands. I don’t think the live action movie really got this.

And through out the movie he is not unstoppably causing chaos he’s just angry, confused, and curious and not gentle with things and so things just go wrong around him. The only thing he actively destroys out of a want to destroy is the mini San Fransisco he built and that was copying a movie scene he saw. Stitch destroys things because it’s how he knows to interact with the world around him by the end of the movie he does very little destruction and more just general goofing off (granted with a true lack of understanding on like property damage)

Hell Jumba goes good because he’s been observing Stitch and his struggles to become more than he was made to be. How stitch reacts in a situation where he can no longer perform his primary objective. Jumba pities him like a robot without a job but Stitch evolves to more than he was meant to be and it’s that evolution that flaw in his programming that allows Jumba to switch sides (even if it is played for laughs and never mind that despite his creations Jumba honestly was never even that bad a guy to begin with I mean obviously it’s a kids show but when Jumba lists Stitches objectives they are are inconveniences at best frustrating and mild property damage at worst)

But like the idea that like Stitch is actually just another burden that Nani would need to take care of is laughable when by the end of the movie it is explicitly shown him doing household chores. He makes their lunches escorts Lilo to the bus, bakes her birthday cake, does the laundry and does it well. Hell he practically even has a job. Never mind that Jumba and Pleakly are also there and also pitch in. Plus Cobra. Nani had so much support by the end of the movie that ofcourse she could continue to raise Lilo she wasn’t doing it alone.

The new ending just feels like the makers didn’t have faith in the original concept like they didn’t believe that anyone would believe that Lilo would be okay in the care of aliens we have to replace them with people or else it doesn’t make sense. It’s just weird like they didn’t trust the audience to garps that these silly little aliens are not in fact children that also need supervision but beings capable of taking care of lilo and contributing to the family. And honestly I don’t blame them because people did accept it. And it’s so fucking sad.

We’ve talked a lot about Nani, Lilo and Jumba and their blatant mischaracterization . But not enough about the flanderization of stitch and it’s just sad honestly.

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🌿 Did you know? In the early 1970s, Congress passed three of our most important environmental laws—the National Environmental Protection Act, Clean Air Act, and Endangered Species Act—with overwhelming bipartisan support.

💧 The Clean Water Act faced a tougher path to passage. President Nixon vetoed it—but public support was so strong, Congress overrode the veto the very next day!

🤔 Why did these landmark laws have such strong bipartisan support back then?

🔥In the late ’60s and early ’70s, the environment was in crisis—rivers burned, oil spills made headlines, and smog filled the air. Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring (1962) had helped spark a national movement, and public pressure pushed lawmakers from both parties to act, protecting our air, water, and wildlife.

🌎 Today, we’re facing a new kind of crisis—these and other essential environmental laws that for decades have protected our health, communities, and wildlife are under attack.

📢 But if this history teaches us anything, it’s this: our voices are our power—and when we speak up together, we can have an impact!

 ✊ Now, more than ever, your voice is needed! This Earth Month, join us in urging Congress to protect our essential environmental laws! Click here to take action today! 

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