grace under pressure

YES IT’S ON THIS IS A THREAD YOU WAIT ALL YEAR FOR

My brother in law is from a blue collar South Carolina MAGA family. He and my sister go to all the protests together, he makes signs, he expresses his anger at this shit in our family chat. Never let anyone convince you that any kind of upbringing automatically means or excuses rancid ideology.

Friends with a group of young white dudes from working class New Jersey. They’re gamers and streamers. All of them are furious about the ongoing fascism. One of them paid for a trans friend’s name change in high school. This Nazi shit is not an inevitable part of a man’s life.

i grew up in an area with quite a few nazis (think green room) so there were many opportunities for my extremely bored and discontent dude friends to try it out if they felt like it. none of them did. we all hated those guys

on the one hand the irony poisoned internet leftists are correct that the demolition photos don't change anything but on the other hand the american normie is unlikely to enjoy watching an ai video of king trump shitting on protestors followed immediately by irl white house demolitions

I’m going to start a newspaper/site whose policy is “if it’s about AI, we’re not covering it, we don’t care and if you don’t then we are your new news home” and then I am going to make about ten million dollars three bucks at a time from the vast majority of people who absolutely do not care

And again I am sorry if this hurts anyone’s feelings, but I must remind you that Kenshin (the work by one of those pedophiles Oda loves) was formative to me, and a huge part of my teenage years, and I would happily burn all of it to cinders now.

Me talking shit about One Piece and Eiichiro Oda isn’t even rent lowering gunshots lmao it’s me being flabbergasted that an anime I put down out of boredom and irritation at age 17 has still persisted despite its creator‘s horrifying bullshit lmao

I am not and will never be part of any “Straw Hat” anything, thank you!

Genuinely can’t tell you how much I cannot stand that One Piece, one of the ugliest manga/anime to come out of Japan and authored by a man who has supported not one but two convicted pedophiles, continues to be a constant fixture in pop culture and is now entering “symbol of resistance“ status. help

I do oppose
My patience to his fury, and am arm'd
To suffer, with a quietness of spirit,
The very tyranny and rage of his.

For God’s sake let us sit upon the ground
And tell sad stories of the death of kings

Indigenous nations plan a tariff-free trade corridor across the US-Canada border “We’re not begging for crumbs anymore. We’re demanding what’s rightly ours."

As this country crumbles, Indigenous rights and sovereignty are going to come to the forefront, as well as States Rights.

Be prepared to advocate for Native tribes and people. We are the front line and we hold the answers to lead a new way.

My heart is full! Cary NC has turned out spectacularly for No Kings!!

I'm very proud of our NKs protest in a very red area. I've never seen more than 25 protesters - today we had 300+ with a half dozen inflatable animal costumes. Most joy I've felt in the last 12 months. The small protests in these areas really help folks feel they're not alone.

MSNBC captured the crowd from the Boston "No Kings" rally:

here’s a current chopper view of the chicago protests. the crowd moved north from grant park up michigan avenue; chicago pd has blocked the bridge across the river to trump tower and are routing everyone west down wacker drive

Giant copy of the Constitution being carried down Pennsylvania Avenue.

Like come on please I have to pay for an expensive move in a few weeks too can we not

Glad I start my new job soon bc cat to vet for expensive work tomorrow and today the car apparently won’t start l m a o

I prefer “anti-fascist“ for a host of reasons and this is a nice practical one.

Oh happy birthday my dear! 💕

And again I am sorry if this hurts anyone’s feelings, but I must remind you that Kenshin (the work by one of those pedophiles Oda loves) was formative to me, and a huge part of my teenage years, and I would happily burn all of it to cinders now.

Me talking shit about One Piece and Eiichiro Oda isn’t even rent lowering gunshots lmao it’s me being flabbergasted that an anime I put down out of boredom and irritation at age 17 has still persisted despite its creator‘s horrifying bullshit lmao

I am not and will never be part of any “Straw Hat” anything, thank you!

Genuinely can’t tell you how much I cannot stand that One Piece, one of the ugliest manga/anime to come out of Japan and authored by a man who has supported not one but two convicted pedophiles, continues to be a constant fixture in pop culture and is now entering “symbol of resistance“ status. help

GOOD NEWS! Researchers have developed a cancer vaccine that has shown STUNNING results, PREVENTING up to 88% of MULTIPLE aggressive cancers by harnessing dual-pathway nanoparticles that train the immune system to recognize and destroy tumor cells. In some cases, it COMPLETELY prevented metastasis.

I'm reminded of those comments about how manosphere shit is basically just men subjecting themselves to the same body image problems that women have dealt with for generations and getting one-shotted by it