Living Life In Blue

Just a simply complicated contradiction called living.

[kilgarraara]

sketching!

[keepcalmandcarriefischer]

It's the last day of April

[my-little-bologna]

Wake up babe, new meta layer just dropped

[sanerontheinside]

I don’t know who needs to hear this

but it’s time to move the noodles to the pot

[icebear4president]

The Artemis II crew filmed an 80s sitcom style video on their way to the Moon

[fullyarmoredbattlesturgeon]

[xxspronkus420xx]

I need this study

[unrequirede]

It looks like it's Anarchist Direct Actions: A Challenge for Law Enforcement. It was published in 2004

[writefinch]

It's worth pointing out that cops in the US adapted to these problems through using grand juries to cast wide nets and do punitive fishing expeditions in the wake of any serious suspected left-wing actions.

Here's how it works:

Someone starts a fire at an army draft office.

The cops look through their files for anyone who might be in the political orbit of someone who'd want to do that. People picked up at protests, for drug charges, vandalism, anyone who is already on their radar. They look into their known associates, anyone they live with, anyone they drink with.

Then they start subpoenaing these people for a grand jury summons. They give you immunity (but only for the matter of the grand jury!) so that you can't exercise the fifth amendment against self incrimination. If you say nothing, they can imprison you almost indefinitely for contempt of court. If they catch you in a lie, that's criminal perjury.

They'll ask you for information on everyone you know. Obviously they'll ask about their involvement in any crimes, but they're casting a wide net. Who knows who, where do they hang out, who talked to who about what and when. They'll ask you to spill interpersonal stuff, whether anyone is cheating on someone, whether people have substance abuse problems or embarrassing personal issues, if anyone is closeted, anything they consider dirt. Anyone you name is gonna get subpoenaed and they'll be asked for all this information on everyone they know, including you, and although you have immunity from your own testimony, you don't get immunity from each others.

Assuming you didn't personally do anything they can prosecute you for in the matter of the grand jury, they'll go after you based on what they know. The cops will arrest you on any little thing they have suspicion of, even if they know they can't prosecute you, just so that they can keep you in jail for a few days while you miss two shifts at work and your friends have to scramble to raise bail. They'll leak any embarrassing info that comes out, to your boss or your family or even the local press. Whatever they can do to make your life a little harder.

They will lean fucking hard on anyone who is involved in the scene but had second thoughts or felt like they were dragged into something they never wanted to do in the first place by their friends. The cops will say 'do you want to get your life ruined by people who did something stupid over something you barely even believe in' and sometimes that's a very compelling argument! If people have dependents or kids who they think won't be looked after if they go to prison, there's a lot of pressure to cooperate.

It's important to note two things:

1) Based on the ratio of actual prison sentences to maximum possible sentences for the charges, it's better for people not to cooperate with the jury both individually and as a group. People who talk still get sentenced, with the information they helped provide.

2) These aren't surgical strikes, they're an artillery barrage designed to destroy infrastructure and send people running for cover. Cops don't want you to have friends, they don't want you to hang out and have fun, they don't want you getting or providing food or shelter through anything you can't get fired from. They don't want committed direct-action people swimming freely through a sea of friendly people. They're not scared of the flower, they're scared of the soil that grows it.

[noneedtofearorhope]

Surviving a Grand Jury

Narratives from three people who successfully stood up to grand jury indictments: one who served jail time for resisting, one who went on th

[anarchistmemedistro]

Green Scared?

Green Scared?

Audible Anarchism

Philosophy Podcast · Updated weekly · A podcast broadcasting Anarchist texts and audiobooks

[anxeious]

this is making me emotional

[perfectfeelings]

“To feel the love of people whom we love is a fire that feeds our life.”

— Pablo Neruda

[ateazure]

"and the stars look very different today..."

[depsidase]

[zakiyah]

"ingredients you can pronounce" learn phonics. coward.

[21st-century-minutiae]

In the early twenty-first century, there is a common marketing trend to sell processed food with a minimal number of ingredients, forgoing preservatives. Processed food is required, by law, to list out all ingredients. It is common for many preservatives and nutritional additives to be included in food, so ingredient lists can be quite long and can include the specific organic chemistry name.

For example, Sodium benzoate is an extremely common ingredient in acidic foods like salad dressing and soda because, in such an environment, it inhibits bacteria and fungal growth. Sodium benzoate is a naturally occurring substance, found in cranberries, dairy, and seafood. It can be made cheaply and drastically increases the safety and longevity of food because of its properties. And its safety has been studied extensively since the late nineteenth century, where it was one of the preservatives studied by the first commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration. However, because there is no common, household name for the substance (other than benzoate of soda, which is no longer a popular name), it is seen as somehow unnatural and scary as a "chemical."

Thus, some companies, as part of a marketing push, deliberately omit ingredients like "sodium benzoate," implicitly labeling it as an unhealthy ingredient and one that people would have trouble pronouncing. People who can only read words they are familiar with, like small children, and only partially literate individuals, might have trouble saying the chemical's name.

There is no correlation between simple names and health. Some artificial chemicals are very unhealthy, unlike sodium benzoate. And some "natural" substances are lethal. But some people like to only eat things they are familiar with and do not wish to look up information about ingredients.

[sodiumvaporss]

i do have to say that no matter how shitty any sort of media is or how shitty your own creations are. always remember

[contemptible-scoundrel]

story of my fucking life yeah?

[bguiles]

But like... Why is her neck so tiny? Her head would snap off!

[castroedwinsblog-deactivated202]

People often think I share posts about those l've helped to prove I'm a good person, but the truth is, my heart has always been focused on service. I've assisted communities, the homeless, orphanages, friends, neighbors, countless individuals seeking help on the streets, and many online. In fact, l've shared only about 1% of my efforts. Growing up, helping others became my way of life, though l've since learned to set boundaries, knowing that not everyone is deserving. However, my commitment remains unwavering. I dream of using $20 million to make a meaningful impact online, fulfilling what I believe is God's will.

[rowlfthedog]

[depsidase]

[homunculus-argument]

Give a man a mask, and he'll show the world who he truly is. Teach a man to mask, and nobody can tell he's autistic until he has a breakdown.

[skybristle]

[totalspiffage]

If you partake in generative AI I absolutely will judge you. In any form. Like I really don't care, I will be boycotting to the best of my ability (since it's being shoved at all of us) for the foreseeable future. Clown shit.