Some time ago, a 52-year old man from Biała Podlaska, Poland got into an argument with his wife. An argument so severe, our man just jumped on the bicycle and went off.

Over the course of 2 days he traveled over 180 kilometers by bike until he arrived in the small village of Trzeszczyny (good luck pronouncing that!) and decided that he needed a roof over his head, so he broke into an empty house, took a nap, ate the food left in jars and made himself a chicken soup. After that, he left.

He now faces up to 10 years in jail for breaking and entering.

So there was this guy called Stiron, he was a highwayman robbing travelers. An outlaw. After he captured a victim, he had them wash his feet. While kneeling before him, the unfortunate bastards were dizzied by the stench of his dirty feet and Stiron would use it to catch them off guard and...

... throw them down the cliff. So the Poseidon is kind of unhappy with that and proceeds to throw him from the cliff to the ocean, too.

And you know, it's funny. But aren't mythos supposed to have... a lesson to them?

Love that there was an academic agreement to change the name of killer whales to something nicer - because it seemed a little bit mean to call a whale a "killer whale". So they were like okay we'll call them something different, and they ended up settling on "Orca" from their scientific name Orcinus orca. Except Orca literally means "demon from hell". Like ⁉️ a bad bitch can't win

Holy fuck I haven't said that in the while but:

"Anarcho" - Capitalists are not anarchists.

it's so chilling to walk through an area where the houses are surrounded by blank sterile lawns and see a big lilac bush in full bloom without a single bug on it. No bees, no butterflies, not a stir of activity.

The fourth way that anticommunist extermination programs shaped the world is that they deformed the world socialist movement. Many of the global left-wing groups that did survive the twentieth century decided that they had to employ violence and jealously guard power or face annihilation. When they saw the mass murders taking place in these countries, it changed them. Maybe US citizens weren't paying close attention to what happened in Guatemala, or Indonesia. But other leftists around the world definitely were watching. When the world's largest Communist Party without an army or dictatorial control of a country was massacred, one by one, with no consequences for the murderers, many people around the world drew lessons from this, with serious consequences.

This was another very difficult question I had to ask my interview subjects, especially the leftists from Southeast Asia and Latin America. When we would get to discussing the old debates between peaceful and armed revolution; between hardline Marxism and democratic socialism, I would ask:

"Who was right?"

In Guatemala, was it Árbenz or Che who had the right approach? Or in Indonesia, when Mao warned Aidit that the PKI should arm themselves, and they did not? In Chile, was it the young revolutionaries in the MIR who were right in those college debates, or the more disciplined, moderate Chilean Communist Party?

Most of the people I spoke with who were politically involved back then believed fervently in a nonviolent approach, in gradual, peaceful, democratic change. They often had no love for the systems set up by people like Mao. But they knew that their side had lost the debate, because so many of their friends were dead. They often admitted, without hesitation or pleasure, that the hardliners had been right. Aidit's unarmed party didn't survive. Allende's democratic socialism was not allowed, regardless of the détente between the Soviets and Washington.

Vincent Bevins, The Jakarta Method: Washington's Anticommunist Crusade and the Mass Murder Program that Shaped Our World

btw people aren't misogynistic to trans men on accident. they do it on purpose. the patriarchy is not ignorant that trans men identify as men, it specifically targets and oppresses trans men for that exact reason

People who don’t do or create shit are always the most critical because they have no frame of reference. They severely underestimate how much energy it takes, how much fear and other psychic burdens need to be overcome, the sheer amount of relentless persistence, faith and self-belief it takes to put something, no matter how feeble and shitty, out in to the world.

It seems so easy just looking. “I could do that”. “I could’ve made that”. Well then do it. Look at the most feeble and easy looking creative work and then replicate it in your own way. And with no irony or hiding or joking- in all sincerity put your name on it - and show it to others. People you know in real life. As a representation of yourself. See how it feels. You’ll have a new appreciation and softness towards creative friends and strangers.

I'm seriously hoping that the Barbie movie, as good as it was - because I loved it - will not be the last blockbuster directed by a woman to earn that much money and praise. But I feel that might be the case, which would be ironic but also quite sad.

"the barbie movie critiques capitalism!" i need y'all to understand and internalize that you can enjoy things even if they're not ideologically pure

Support your local squat (and rat)

So, some random Tik-Tok influencer "vandalised" a bench at my work with her Tik-Tok ID. So we left a comment at her profile saying "Hello. We are the security".

Que the Carl Popper's paradox of tolerance.

There was an Indian Elephant that terrorised India and was later named "Osama bin Laden", it killed 27 people.

It's not that I hate cars, I do see them as a very useful tool for those not living in cities or just non-able bodied folk. But the amount of them in urban really pisses me off. You can't walk anymore.

i live my life with a singular dream of having every fascistic bigot be instantly recognisable by their lack of teeth.

girls will be boys

boys will be girls

fascists will be shot