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squidwards clarinet can reach for several THOUSAND kilometers.

Testosterone is blamed for rape culture because of racist white women, jsyk. it’s nice to see obvious truth confirmed, but do not argue on their own terms with abusive hypocrites—Testosterone Aggression is a racist lie now weaponized to sexually abuse trans men the way it is used to abuse Black men.

an abstract piece featuring a vertical bar of bright red, wrinkled mass on the left, with stripes of purple separating it from a pink box and a black one on the other end of the canvas. there is a mass of black, brown and yellow below it. the black box on the right has green elements that might resemble an eye, but cut off prematurely

anniversary of wasted space part 1

ive found that MOST friction comes from when someone had a long unmet need/unresolved problem, and made secret rules to cope with it, and have maintained the coping mechanism so long that they get Really pissed and uncomfortable if you point out that they want everyone to follow the secret rules too

Night Ferry, Vancouver, Frederick Varley 1937

Night Ferry, Vancouver, Frederick Varley 1937

For those in the US, the correct position is to be anti-war and anti-imperialist.

The US does not have the right to conduct regime change to either destroy the country or install a puppet.

If US sanctions / war are constantly on the neck of the Iranian people, how can they ever achieve freedom.

The Iranian people are caught between two structures.

Their internal govt that is responsible for decades of mismanagement, repression, and ideological control.

and

The US govt, who has meddled in the country for decades, sanctioned them, bombed them, and aim to install a puppet government.

In 1951, Mohammad Mosaddegh was elected and the oil industry was nationalized, with the unfair profit sharing agreement removed.

This was of course unacceptable to the British, who partnered with the US to launch Operation Ajax in 1953, a coup to overthrow Mosaddegh and restore the monarchy.

To understand what's happening in Iran today, you have to know about the history of Western intervention in the country.

In the early 1900s, the British secured oil rights in the country until 1993, where they only agreed to pay Iran 16% of the total profits.

This was seen as an unfair deal. 🧵

mall toy kiosk

Completely uninterested in anything other than “how do we actually stop America from terrorizing the world” because this is unsustainable and I refuse to live in a world where discourse normalizes the idea that Americans come first in the discussion

if people are using classified information to place bets, then theoretically others can analyze betting behavior to find signals that reveal classified information.

Donald Trump: Evil is actually good 👋

The news:

Evil is Good

Evil? Not so fast. Many are saying it’s good

With the glowing complexion of a just-pinched cheek and his signature halo of flaxen hair, The President looked so ravishing in his suit that it almost makes you believe evil is good

about 30-45 min. just needed to puke it out

ourselves a self

abstract piece in muddy tans, bright primary colors, and jewel green. erratic loops of paint follow a swooping rhythm on the canvas

i appreciated it a lot! it gave me lots to think about and chew on with lots of eye candy on the way

Some conservatives here think that secular young Iranians would be happy if America would come and liberate them. What would you say to them? Democracy, contrary to what they try to tell us, it’s not a paper that you hang on the wall and then you have a democracy. Democracy is a social evolution. It is something cultural. Iranians, they have become much more secular, and they are ready for democracy, but they have to fight themselves for democracy, and the only thing that other countries can do is to understand their fight and help them in their fight. They [America] talk about the human rights in Iran … how is it that the United States makes the biggest deals with China, and China is far from respecting human rights? What about Saudi Arabia? If you want to talk about an inquisition, the Iranian regime is far from being an inquisition. We have almost a free press, people leave, women have the right to study, they drive, they work. Saudi Arabia, they don’t have anything like that! Talk about human rights in Saudi Arabia! Why doesn’t anyone go and put a bomb in Saudi Arabia and kill the king?

Do you think it’s ironic that, in the face of American threats, you almost find yourself defending the Iranian regime? Absolutely, but if we want a democracy, the Iranian people have to do it themselves. The Americans say they want a democracy in Iran, and at the same time, when the Iranians wanted to become democratic in 1953 with [Mohammad] Mosaddeq and to nationalize our oil, the CIA came and made a coup d’état in my country. Why do you want me to believe that they want to come and make a democracy? We have to make our democracy! There are many things that I wish for in my country — I want my country to be free, I want my country to be democratic, I don’t want any journalists to go to jail because of an article they wrote in my country. But if the United States of America attacked my country, no matter what, I would be against the United States.

Do you see similarities between the Christian fundamentalists in our government and the mullahs in Iran? They’re the same! George Bush and the mullahs of Iran, they use the same words! The mullahs of Iran say we have God on our side; he has God on his side, too. Both of them are convinced that they are going to eradicate evil in the world. But when these words come out of the mouth of a mullah, it’s normal. It’s a shame that the president of the biggest secular democracy in the world talks with the same words as the mullahs. It’s extremely scary.

Do you have any advice for secular Americans who are faced with living in a country that’s increasingly governed by religious fundamentalists? If I have any advice, it’s that every day that you wake up, don’t say, “This is normal.” Every day, wake up with this idea that you have to defend your freedom. Nobody has the right to take from women the right to abortion, nobody has the right to take from homosexuals the right to be homosexual, nobody has the right to stop people laughing, to stop people thinking, to stop people talking. If I have one message to give to the secular American people, it’s that the world is not divided into countries. The world is not divided between East and West. You are American, I am Iranian, we don’t know each other, but we talk together and we understand each other perfectly. The difference between you and your government is much bigger than the difference between you and me. And the difference between me and my government is much bigger than the difference between me and you. And our governments are very much the same.

The full 2005 interview it's from is well worth a read btw. Sadly just as relevant today as it was 20+ years ago—moreso, in fact. www.salon.com/2005/04/24/s...

"There are many things I wish for my country . . . But if the USA attacked my country, no matter what, I would be against the US."

Picture of Marjane Satrapi alongside a quote from her. The quote reads: The world is not divided into countries. The world is not divided between East and West. You are American, I am Iranian, we don't know each other, but we talk together and we understand each other perfectly. The difference between you and your government is much bigger than the difference between you and me. And the difference between me and my government is much bigger than the difference between me and you. And our governments are very much the same... - Marjane Satrapi, Iranian-French graphic novelist

Thinking about this quote from Persepolis creator Marjane Satrapi again.

disneys "illusion of life" is my enemy and yours. but it will take a lot more energy to make that case than i have today. eventually though

thoughts brought to you by that new gorillaz video. had a lot of fun talkin about it with buddies and making it take the piss yesterday. in the way they duck out and then come back to try something else, theyre useful as pop culture/design distillation. maybe not so much for tunes these days

ive had just about ENOUGH of the kincade disney golden hour sunlight-dappled-trees direction toons and design are pointing. gauche! painfully slimy

the erosion between Professional and Consumer toolsets always provides a new means to expand our understanding of what Kitsch and Trashy Art looks like. right now its looking a lot like style over substance. people sighing, looking out their windows, and muttering something about Fluid Animation

no more "painstaking homages to the golden age of traditional animation". you have to write actual stories now

Handmade Horace and Jasper from 101 Dalmatians pillows, showing the two henchman characters from the back, as rendered by my aunt in 1993

Good news for everyone who has been waiting on the edge of their seat for more info on these. I was able to retrieve the pillows and can answer some more questions about them.

I recalled the backs being blank. Not so! They are double-sided.

Handmade pillows of the two henchmen from the 101 Dalmatians movie, crafted by an older family member to satisfy a deranged child who had memorized the entire 101 Dalmatians kid's book before she could even read. (I wanted plush toys of the villains to menace my cute plush toy puppies and those just didn't exist, for some mysterious reason...)

Please enjoy this photo of the Horace and Jasper bodypillows my aunt crafted for me when I was 5 years old and brain-meltingly obsessed with 101 Dalmatians.

the wonders you encounter on VHS

It's even funnier if you read the full bug report

"A dwarf who is stressed but does not gain a good thought from shouting at someone in charge seems to prioritize shouting at someone in charge over any other activities."

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