Having this be the dialogue over Fire (as played by Neo Trai who also played Boston who was, actually, the last person I saw giving this exact speech but in the opposite way...) is amazing and glorious and is like a beautiful little inside joke for people who watch all GMMTV queer shows. Fantastic. @absolutebl I can honestly admit this isn't what I expected from this bit of the show.

Bonus: Man, this show is really just kind of doing whatever it can, sometimes, eh?

I mean, damn.

I had very little faith that Louisiana would do the right thing & they actually floored me with their decision. This gives me hope that this state is moving in the right direction.

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I recently came across a satirical musical video 🔗 https://www.instagram.com/reel/CzQW7rCt3tc/?igshid=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng== discussing the World Economic Forum's agenda, which includes initiatives like Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI). While these initiatives are framed as measures to address carbon footprints and climate change, some argue that they resemble China's social credit score system, which invades privacy and limits freedom of choice and speech. It raises important questions about individual freedoms and the need for awareness in resisting potential infringements on our rights. The choice ultimately lies with us, whether we choose to comply or stand united against these measures #liveinawareness #unitedwestand #politicalagenda #citizenrights #freedom #sacredtrinitydigiagency

Celluloid lobotomy

For Those Who Live Near To You

I speak to whom I want when I feel I should. I can do this because I do not have a political agenda. I do not have a religious agenda. I do not have an employment or nationalist agenda. I do not have an economic or status driven agenda. It is your own internal bias that continuous to create this trouble for people and it is not of another's making. This slavery trouble is of your making and the sooner you acknowledge this the sooner it will be remedied for those who live near to you.

Children's Rights: The Wings of Change

In the modern city of Flensburg, there lived a boy named Marcus. He was a lively, curious, and empathetic boy who always had an open ear for his friends and classmates. Marcus knew that children had rights, but he sensed that these rights were not adequately respected and protected.

One day, while sitting in school, Marcus listened to his teacher talking about children's rights. She explained that children had the right to protection, education, health, play, and much more, but despite Germany's ratification of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child in 1992, these rights were still not sufficiently enshrined in the constitution. Marcus found it unfair that children's rights still played only a secondary role in political decisions.

Determined to make a change, Marcus decided to take action himself. He wanted to advocate for the recognition that children's rights deserved in Germany. With a strong sense of responsibility, he started educating himself about children's rights and connected with other like-minded children.

Together with his friends, Marcus founded the "Children's Rights Movement of Flensburg." They created posters and organized informational events to enlighten their fellow students about the importance of children's rights. Marcus was amazed at how many children and teenagers joined the movement and were eager to stand up for their rights.

The "Children's Rights Movement of Flensburg" quickly gained momentum. They wrote letters to politicians, requested meetings, and demanded the explicit inclusion of children's rights in the constitution. Marcus and his friends were determined to have their voices heard and to give children's rights the priority they deserved.

The movement received support from adults, including parents, teachers, lawyers, and local activists. Together, they formed a strong community advocating for children's rights.

Marcus and the Children's Rights Movement organized a demonstration where hundreds of people marched through the streets of Flensburg to fight for children's rights. The media covered their concerns, and the message spread throughout the city and beyond.

The attention of politicians could no longer be ignored. Marcus and his friends were invited to a meeting with representatives of the parliament. They had the opportunity to share their perspectives and explain why the explicit inclusion of children's rights in the constitution was crucial.

The meeting became a turning point. The politicians were impressed by the children's passion and knowledge. Marcus and his friends succeeded in raising awareness about children's rights and putting the issue on the political agenda.

Some time later, a constitutional amendment was proposed that recognized children's rights as independent rights and ensured their consideration in political decisions and administrative processes. Marcus and the Children's Rights Movement of Flensburg were overjoyed that their efforts bore fruit.

Children's rights were now enshrined in the constitution, and Marcus felt a profound satisfaction. The "Children's Rights Movement of Flensburg" had managed to improve the lives of children in their country and finally give their voices the attention they deserved.

The story of Marcus and the Children's Rights Movement of Flensburg reminds us that children are not only the future but also the present. When children raise their voices and stand up for their rights, they can bring about real change and create a more just society where the well-being of children is a top priority. Marcus and his friends had proven that children can be a powerful force that changes the world for the better.

Scholarship on “stealth democracy” finds that many citizens want to avoid the debate and conflict that often come with democratic governance. This scholarship has argued that citizens adopt this posture because they are uncomfortable with disagreement and desire a more expedient political process that enables leaders to make decisions without discussion or compromise. We revisit this argument in light of recent political developments that suggest another reason why citizens may desire a more expedient political process. We examine the possibility that some citizens are not merely uncomfortable with disagreement but also want leaders who will aggressively protect them and champion their interests. Using a nationally representative survey, we ask citizens about their preferences for stealth democracy. We also ask questions that tap into their willingness to support leaders who would “bend the rules for supporters” and take aggressive action against political opponents. We find that a substantial component of the electorate continues to prefer a stealth version of democracy. However, we also find that many “stealth democrats” are willing to support leadership practices that would threaten or even undermine democratic norms. We argue that this evidence indicates that, in recent years, many citizens who appear to desire “stealth democracy” pose a threat to democracy itself.

Lan Wangji Goes To Lotus Pier AU: Part 1: Dread on Arrival

(Part 2)

On Wednesday every single Republican in the House voted for theocracy and affirmed their desire to end medicare, bodily autonomy, and free and fair elections in the United States by voting for right wing extremist Mike Johnson. There are no good republicans. Pretending that moderate Republicans still exist is denial and only helps their cause. Everyone who voted for him knew what his agenda is and took action to make the fascist theocratic dystopia happen. They are complicit in every terrible thing that is about to happen because of this.

If you could vote in the 2022 election and didn't vote against Republicans at every level you were voting for this.

U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, walked away from an interview after a reporter asked him why some mass shootings happen “only in America,” in the wake of the shooting at a Texas elementary school this week.  

I like the general fandom trend to just take the plot of Hyrule Warriors as a loose guideline at best and just use the whole concept as a good excuse to get blorbos to interact across timelines, BUT I'm very disappointed that everyone is missing the comedic potential of a very specific squad of characters:

Young Link (aka Mask), who walks out of the nightmare of Majora's Mask and immediately gets portal kidnapped into a temporal war, takes one look at the whole mess and decides that you could not fucking pay him to admit to being the resident expert on Time Shenanigans. He introduces himself with the title of Hero of Termina, and definitely doesn't have any other ones, that would be crazy. Hero of Time? Never heard of him.

Tetra, who is a kickass pirate captain with zero patience for people trying to shove her into the Designated Princess role, and realizes immediately that Oh Fuck, this Hyrule has a lot of Ideas about how the Hero and the Princess are supposed to properly play their parts, the second they realize she's technically a Zelda they're gonna shove her in a goddamn dress and damsel her again, that's not happening. So she's definitely just a really cool pirate captain, nothing else going on here at all, definitely not the heir of the Hylian royal family in her time, that'd be crazy.

Ravio, who is literally just a palette swapped Link, meaning that the second his hood comes off, things are gonna get Awkward. There's no way in hell he's dealing with all that Hero baggage, that's Link work, so that giant bunny hood/mask is practically superglued to his head, and he's not taking it off for love or money.

Spirit Tracks Zelda, who is just in the Phantom Armour the whole time, and passing herself off as just a friendly ghost posessing a suit of armour to help the Hero of Spirits. Of course she isn't Princess Zelda, that's ridiculous, if she were a Zelda then people would start getting really weird about her technically being dead, and boy does that ever sound like a whole Thing she doesn't want to deal with, so she can't possibly be Zelda, she's just a nice ghost knight. Also, her teenage grandma is here, and that's kinda weird, so it's easier to just not admit to being royalty and avoid that awkward conversation.

Finally there's Sheik, who is not the Princess Zelda of the era straight up abandoning her war torn country for months at a time so she can risk her life in extreme cosplay for no clear reason, but is instead the actual Sheik from Ocarina of Time, who just beat Ganondorf like a month ago and is still trying to process what the fuck to do now. Also, he's been pretending to be a boy since he was ten, and is realizing there's a pretty good chance that he isn't pretending anymore, so that's a whole other can of worms. But for the last seven years of his life, being Princess Zelda meant certain death, so he's not really inclined to introduce himself like when in a new and stressful situation (not to mention he might actually just not be a girl named Zelda anymore), so he automatically introduces himself as just Sheik the spooky ninja man, and fuck he's in too deep to back out now, looks like he's committing to the bit. If you think you sense the Triforce of Wisdom on him, no you don't.

Cue shenanigans as the five of them attempt to hide that they're all actually kind of A Big Deal. The group motto is "Nobody says shit", which is usually delivered as a frantic hiss whenever someone slips up. Just the reunion between Sheik and Mask alone would be absolutely buckwild given how they parted, and how they're both frantically pretending to Not be involved with each other. For added hilarity and/or drama, Sheik gives his semi-bullshit cover story of having just been a friend of the Hero of Time, then runs into said Hero of Time and they both have to desperately pretend not to know each other, because if anyone picks up on the mountain of baggage between them then Mask is busted, and he won't hesitate to drag Sheik down with him out of sheer spite. Not to mention the weird balance of Sheik being used to this Link being a teenager that's actually a small child, and now has to adjust to Link who is a small child that's actually a teenager.

Also, i really feel like we're all missing out on the comedy potential of Ganondorf recognizing Young Link on sight and the two of them immediately launching into a grudge match with some extremely personal and specific insults on both sides. Meanwhile literally everybody else is just standing there watching, trying to process the fact that out of every single person that's been pulled out of time, Ganondorf only has personal beef with a literal nine year old.

I just feel like we're all really sleeping on the potential for Shenanigans here. The whole thing is an absurd mess, why not have some fun with it?

THE HISTORY OF PLANDEMICS ‼️‼️‼️

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It's all true. Except when it isn't.

So it looks like Sinema, having gotten her requisite pound of flesh for her billionaire hedge fund buddies (basically, they agreed to keep the carried-interest tax loophole and replace it with an excise tax on stock buybacks), has finally agreed to support the Inflation Reduction Act, otherwise known as the $740 billion "pretty much Build Back Better but we are calling it something different" bill that Manchin and Schumer came out with. If/when it passes, which could be as soon as this weekend, the Democrats will have achieved -- with a 50-50 Senate with two habitual Manchurian candidates, a four-seat House majority, a rampantly fascist opposing party, a Supreme Court openly bent on destroying democracy and personal liberty, and an active criminal investigation into the previous administration -- at least the following:

The American Rescue Plan, aka the first post-inauguration $1.9 trillion Covid relief package, which was the largest investment in the working class since the New Deal;

The bipartisan infrastructure bill, which is the first major structural and transportation modernization and systemic overhaul for the country since the 1970s;

The first significant gun safety legislation in 30 years and since at least the Clinton administration;

Multiple executive orders now signed on protecting abortion rights and access to reproductive care, including travel out of state if necessary;

A bill in the works to officially codify same-sex marriage and thus protect it from SCOTUS;

Reauthorization and improvement of the Violence Against Women Act, including strong new protections for LGBTQ+ and Native American victims of domestic abuse or sexual assault, including the ability for Native courts to prosecute non-Native offenders for sex crimes for the first time in history;

Finally (FINALLY) making lynching a federal hate crime;

The largest climate legislation ever passed in America (this bill), which also establishes a federal minimum 15% corporate tax rate and lowers healthcare costs, including for essential medications like insulin, by, like, a lot;

Passage of the PACT Act, aka expanding healthcare for disabled veterans exposed to burn pits, also the biggest expansion in this field for a generation despite Republicans briefly killing it in an outburst of pettiness;

Consistent big packages of support for Ukraine, rebuilding of foreign alliances, huge bipartisan support for including Sweden and Finland in NATO (hahahaha fuck you Josh Hawley);

The CHIPS act, which creates tech and manufacturing jobs in America and was made even sweeter by how thoroughly they fucked over McTurtle to do it (since oh boy does he deserve a taste of his own medicine);

Ketanji Brown Jackson, the first Black woman on SCOTUS, and not an awful white supremacist stand-in like Clarence Thomas, but a genuinely progressive and thoughtful jurist;

Cancellation of almost $6 billion in student loans for the poorest and most defrauded borrowers, such as those who attended scam for-profit "colleges";

And so on and so forth!!!

So like. Please tell me more about how the Democrats are incompetent, their leadership is bad, they are in Disarray TM, you are a terrible person if you support Biden or give them any credit at all, and you're just not excited to vote because they haven't done anything. Like yes! There is a lot more to do! Despite them suddenly deciding to play ball on this particular occasion, Manchin and Sinema still need to be made irrelevant as soon as possible! But as I said, this is happening with the thinnest of imaginable Congressional control, as the other party is literally trying to destroy democracy in real time before our faces. That is not irrelevant.

Also: ruby-red Kansas curb-stomped an attempt to outlaw abortion rights, and approximately 77% of the entire country supports this current bill. The generic Congressional ballots have all shown major movement toward Democrats, and frankly, I have a feeling that we have only just started to see the full impact of post-Roe fallout. So if you get off your asses, quit whining, and put the work in, we could actually win the midterms and then do EVEN MORE!

So yeah. Uh. Food for thought.