CODChimera posted:

are we even sure those kids are real? team mitch just seems next level absurd

UFOTacoMan posted:

serious replies only!
My ernestness is continually mocked in this thread and it's very discouraging.
I'm very close to intentionally posting less.

Basebf555 posted:

Yea, if they put up the money and let someone else write it then they wouldn't be able to see their names plastered along the top of the book and pat themselves on the back for being "bestselling authors".

sinnesloeschen posted:

like u keep getting better at art

given any more thought to more analog stuff or are u staying mostly digital

Al! posted:

im working on learning to watercolor but its a lot more labor intensive process and i cant just crank them out

shovelbum posted:

Mass shootings are still honestly quite rare by any standard, though horrible. The elaborate training and endless drills and stuff are definitely designed to perpetuate the culture of grift and fear that both the rich and mass murderers thrive in.

shovelbum posted:

Mass shootings are still honestly quite rare by any standard, though horrible. The elaborate training and endless drills and stuff are definitely designed to perpetuate the culture of grift and fear that both the rich and mass murderers thrive in.

shovelbum posted:

Mass shootings are still honestly quite rare by any standard, though horrible. The elaborate training and endless drills and stuff are definitely designed to perpetuate the culture of grift and fear that both the rich and mass murderers thrive in.

docbeard posted:

I mean, it's probably gonna be ghost-written.

docbeard posted:

I mean, it's probably gonna be ghost-written.

Philthy posted:

Rare would be one every 20 years.

Good Soldier Svejk posted:

The constant grating reminder that you are not safe at any moment
wouldn't it be a good idea to buy a gun
to get licensed to carry it with you at all times

who profits from that sort of mentality I wonder

Bert Roberge posted:

Give global warming time.

https://twitter.com/misklaroff/status/1158580360646680576

Bert Roberge posted:

Give global warming time.

https://twitter.com/misklaroff/status/1158580360646680576

punchymcpunch posted:

oh did the author have information which would lead to the arrest of hillary clinton?

Al! posted:

public service announcement: have u thought about how england elected bojo prime minister, therefore locking themselves into a no deal brexit situation lately

sinnesloeschen posted:

shoot, coward

you are only going to kill an rear end in a top hat

quote:

In 2014, a protester named Chloe camped out on city streets, chanted slogans and planted “seeds of hope,” part of a 79-day occupation of major roads. The protesters’ demands for greater democracy were ignored.

This summer, the civil servant, who is in her 20s, has zip tied metal barriers together to block roads and dug bricks out of sidewalks to throw at police. Her primary role is to be “arrest support”—ready to hire lawyers for detained protesters and help their families with an emergency plan.

“Some of them are prepared to die for the movement,” said Chloe. “I am also willing to die for it.”

quote:

The willingness to use violence during the Hong Kong protests was a fringe idea only five years ago. Since the handover, protests have largely consisted of peaceful marches that ended at sunset, or orderly candlelight vigils. In 2014, the so-called Umbrella Movement protests became large and long-lasting, but the few tussles with police were quickly condemned by the broader movement. Tear gas was used once.

Chloe, the civil servant, said more aggressive protests are the only way to advocate for their cause.

She describes herself as someone who would rather go shopping and buy makeup than be out all night in the stifling summer heat to battle police officers. Now, like many protesters, she gets geared up before each protest: umbrellas to shield against pepper spray and gun-fired bean bag rounds; eye goggles to help reduce the effects of tear gas; a helmet; and face mask to hide her identity from police and media cameras. She often changes out of sight of security cameras, or behind comrades’ umbrellas.

Chloe says her resolve has deepened in the past few weeks after authorities ignored protesters’ demands. “There’s the feeling now that, since so many of us could be arrested later, that we need to give it our all for this cause,” she said. “There are no longer limits to what we can give.”

Justin, another protester on the front lines, talks less about ideology. The 19-year-old unemployed school dropout was radicalized after he choked on tear gas in the first major protester clash with the police on June 12. That day’s images of riot police pointing rubber-bullet guns at protesters and chasing them down city streets shocked city residents.

The day’s clash also prompted Mrs. Lam to suspend the extradition bill. “They would ignore you unless you do something to show how firm you are,” Justin said. “Carrie Lam is the one that taught us this.”

He decided to crash the July 1 government ceremony celebrating the anniversary of Hong Kong’s return to China. Expecting a crackdown by police, he and strangers he met in a peaceful assembly days before bought heat-resistant gloves and formed a 10-person squad to grab tear gas canisters and dunk them into the buckets of water, neutralizing their spray.

That night, protesters broke into the city’s legislature, demanding election reform, or what is known as universal suffrage. Justin acted as a porter, ferrying supplies for an occupation until the plan was aborted and the invaders left before the police arrived.

“If we ask for the sky, we’ll get a window,” said Justin. “If we just ask for the window, we get nothing.”

The break-in to the legislature—during which protesters unfurled a banner that said “No rioters, only tyranny”—catapulted Brian Leung to the forefront as one of the few known faces of the movement.

Most of the ardent protesters use surgical or antipollution masks to conceal their faces. Mr. Leung, 25, ripped off his mask as he stood in the middle of the legislative chamber, urging people to stay and occupy the space.

“The escalation of punishment demands an escalation of sacrifice,” the soft-spoken Mr. Leung said later. He is due to begin the third year of his Ph.D. studying authoritarianism and democracy at the University of Washington in the fall. “When you look at what other people have given up for this movement, sacrifice seems less unimaginable.”

In the 2014 protests, Mr. Leung mostly stuck to the intellectual side of things, editing the University of Hong Kong’s Undergrad magazine. This time, Mr. Leung risked arrest by trying to convince others that occupying the legislative building is a now-or-never moment. His action echoes a message spray-painted outside the vandalized building: “You taught me peaceful protest doesn’t work.”

docbeard posted:

Naah, they have Soulbleachbit for people like that, there wouldn't be a ghost let behind.

punchymcpunch posted:

sinnesloeschen posted:

Philthy posted:

Rare would be one every 20 years.

Philthy posted:

Rare would be one every 20 years.

shovelbum posted:

Mass shootings are still honestly quite rare by any standard, though horrible. The elaborate training and endless drills and stuff are definitely designed to perpetuate the culture of grift and fear that both the rich and mass murderers thrive in.

Al! posted:

public service announcement: have u thought about how england elected bojo prime minister, therefore locking themselves into a no deal brexit situation lately

Squinky v2.0 posted:

can’t wait for the future where quest givers sitting on the outskirts of town looking to trade a few silver for 10 boar asses is real

shovelbum posted:

We don't really prepare for natural disasters and poo poo that are guaranteed to happen in the same places every year over and over but preparing for EMERGENT TACTICAL SCENARIOS is a billion dollar industry bc it atomizes communities w fear and suspicion of internal and foreign enemies instead of drawing them together

sinnesloeschen posted:

okay, here's something























































gently caress you

Lawman 0 posted:

https://twitter.com/byHeatherLong/status/1158729631983448067?s=20