Gabriel Schleifer

A US citizen filmed federal agents smashing his car window, as authorities begin a surge of immigration enforcement operations in North Carolina.

The Honduran-born Charlotte resident filed a police report after the officers let him go.

You say that if that hasn’t been the policy enforcement model for all of the big social media platforms since 2018.

Media literacy was never so important. You need to understand what you're seeing, why it was made, and how it got to you.

“What?? You didn’t say HOW casual a Friday it was!”

I want you to understand what it is like to live in Chicago during this time. Every day my phone buzzes. It is a neighborhood group: four people were kidnapped at the corner drugstore. A friend a mile away sends a Slack message: she was at the scene when masked men assaulted and abducted two people on the street. A plumber working on my pipes is distraught, and I find out that two of his employees were kidnapped that morning. A week later it happens again. An email arrives. Agents with guns have chased a teacher into the school where she works. They did not have a warrant. They dragged her away, ignoring her and her colleagues’ pleas to show proof of her documentation. That evening I stand a few feet from the parents of Rayito de Sol and listen to them describe, with anguish, how good Ms. Diana was to their children. What it is like to have strangers with guns traumatize your kids. For a teacher to hide a three-year-old child for fear they might be killed. How their relatives will no longer leave the house. I hear the pain and fury in their voices, and I wonder who will be next. Understand what it is to pray in Chicago.

“I want you to understand what it is like to live in Chicago during this time.”

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The only parts of Purple Rain I ever found worth watching were the musical numbers. It’s one of those movies where the soundtrack is way better.

Prince was great at a lot of things, but acting was not one of them.

I still look for opportunities to say ”Boring conversation anyway.”

So far, I have not found one. :(

As usual, there’s someone out there who can say it better than I ever could.

Love the “surprised“ take in the lower left.

It’s fine. I was always kind of contrarian anyway.

If anything, I’ll be pissed when we‘re cool and nostalgic. Like, “No, don’t repackage the subtle nuances of my life into an aesthetic.”

A lot of those ads for AI were probably made by artists.

Remember: if you didn’t vote, you don’t get to celebrate.

Can’t wait to see my fellow leftists spin this into dissatisfaction.

Preparing to be disappointed.

Remember: if you don’t vote, everything that happens afterwards is your fault.

Also not a joke.

I didn’t have the sound on, but I recognized the scene immediately. XD

Also, those drawings of Tori have some really god weight to them! I really felt her center of gravity shift!

I AM SO FUCKING HERE FOR THAT!!

I know the feeling of having to work around brain quirks. I’ve recently discovered the benefit of TAKING MY TIME as a result lol.

Glad I’m not the only one.

Do you also need to literally scream at your own brain to stop worrying about nothing?

Needed to hear this. Thanks. <3

I don't normally do holiday pieces, but this one just kinda fell into my head right away. Two thirds of the work was basically already done for me anyway.

Nope.

They look like low-polygon video game props.

Where can I get a car like that?

Can say from experience, shirts ARE a hairnet for body hair.

Where are you even gonna spend that much money on yourself?

…and it can’t get here fast enough!!

Do any of the folks who hate generative AI crap to anything to… yknow, avoid it? Like, turning off YouTube watch history so it isn’t recommended, blocking accounts with it on site, anything like that?

Or am I just hearing more people complaining about it because negativity gains more traction?