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A Gaming Interview Podcast where guests are interviewed about their favorite game! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. He/They 23 Latinx/Latino Happily Taken

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After... 10 months 💀... I finally have my video edited and published. Can You Beat Fallout 3 As A January 6th Insurrectionist?

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So uh... It's been awhile huh?

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An update on Episode 5 with @Tutiabruja. So there will be some crackling for a small portion of the episode. I had to re-record some of my responses as the commotion going on upstairs was getting picked up on the microphone. And in those second recordings there is a crackling sound which I for the life of me cannot get rid of. I’ve tried recording the lines again to no avail so this will have to do. I apologize for the audio inconvenience.

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An update on the Mafia III episode with @Kamijacegaming

Due to the multitude of delays and speaking with them about when the episode should come out we’ve come to an agreement that considering the heavy subject matter at hand. It would be best to wait for next February to release the episode. In the meantime I’m gonna work on getting guests on the show and experimenting with the format a bit. I love the formula for the show but I feel some fine tuning needs to be done. So for those who were waiting on Mafia III just hang in there awhile longer.

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Podcast isn’t dead. The person running the show is (metaphorically) dead. New job means new schedule. Will get the very late black history month episodes done and recorded and posted ASAP. I’ll probably get them uploaded on the same day but will keep y’all updated.

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Next episode will be up either this weekend or next weekend. Stay tuned.

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CW: COVID and medical stuff

Unfortunately there will be no new episode this month as I’ve gotten COVID this weekend. I had to go to the ER earlier today. Everything will be pushed back a bit due to these unfortunate events. All I ask is that you all do something positive this week.

Stay safe stay healthy.

George

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I love r/autism

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Mario Heritage Post

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‘McDonald’s Filet-O-Fish w/Strawberry Shake & Fries’ by Noah Verrier (2022)

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Placeholder moustache

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Call that a 5-o'clock foreshadowing

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Next episode of the Checkpoint Podcast will be with Bex Carlos from the Tu Tía Bruja podcast where we’ll be going over the first Mario Party game! If you have any questions or comments about the game or the guest send an email to [email protected]

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[weaselle]

There was an arrest across the street from my place in Oakland one day – three cop cars with a bullhorn and guns out – and before I could even get out the gate there were a couple people posted up and one of them was filming and another one was narrating in a calm but very loud voice, just

“HE IS COOPERATING! HIS HANDS ARE EMPTY! HE IS DOING WHAT HE IS TOLD TO DO! HE IS HOLDING STILL! HIS HANDS ARE EMPTY! HE IS NOT BEING THREATENING! HE HAS PUT HIS HANDS BEHIND HIS HEAD AS ASKED! HE IS NOT RESISTING!”

and that was something I hadn’t thought to do before. It certainly let the cops know what the narrative of eye witnesses was going to be. 

I especially liked “his hands are empty” because this statement would still be true and a witnessed reason the police should not become violent even if it turned out he had a weapon on his person somewhere.

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I see people in NYC stop and record a lot. Even if they are just being nosey, that’s still witnesses if shit goes down.

[robphoton7]

We must be vigilant.  The New Solidarity.  You might just save a fellow human being.

[paddysnuffles]

If you don’t feel comfortable with doing the narrating thing (which really is quite clever), even just standing around and blatantly staring actually legit helps immensely.

There are studies that show that even an image of someone looking can be effective to change people’s behaviours.

Sidenote: If you see a cop stopping an Indigenous person, the same protocol applies.

[prismatic-bell]

I did this in a parking lot when I saw a group of Black men and teens being harassed by a cop. Stayed in my car, but whipped out my phone and started to record, pointing out via narrative when I could hear the cop contradicting himself and changing his story. At the eight-minute mark, when I knew he was past the reasonable-stop guideline time (thanks, legal tips side of tumblr!), I flipped on my dome light.

Fam, what happened next was INCREDIBLE.

The cop had been gesturing in a wild way, almost flailing, like he was actively trying to get these guys agitated. He saw my dome light, saw a white face with a phone, and suddenly his hands came to rest on his vest. Within 90 seconds he’d packed his shit up and gone.

The most outspoken gentleman in the group came up to me and went “whatchu doing in there?” So I straight-up told him “it looked like you were being harassed, so I was recording.” The whole group recognized someone who was on their side, and started venting about the shit that had just gone down.

Turns out the asshole had had them stopped for a good five minutes before I pulled in. That means they were stopped, with no probable cause and a cop changing his story no fewer than three times, for AT LEAST THIRTEEN MINUTES. While chatting in a parking lot. One car had pulled in next to another that turned out to belong to one of his buddies and they were just shooting the shit when Officer Bacon came by.

Want to know the kicker here? One of the cop’s stories was that a group “matching their description” had been reported by the grocery store security guy for shoplifting. Black man, red shirt with a sports logo, jeans. Know what this convenient report didn’t mention?

HIS HEIGHT.

This guy was, without exaggeration, at least 6’10”. I assure you any report of him would have mentioned his height FIRST. And you’d best believe I pointed that out in my narration.

Cops WILL try shit. You CAN stop them. I did it and it was as simple as having some patience and a camera.

[gayfirebird]

Same for muslims!

Look out for your fellow marginalized people!

[soul-hammered]

I think being harassed by cops, even if it disproportionally affects people of color (a fact which ought to be highlighted, as above) is a point of solidarity across all working people. We can all watch one another’s backs

[knitmeapony]

Twice now cops have come screaming down my street to handle something at a nearby house. All I did was lean out of my front window as a middle-aged white woman ( as far as they know, LOL) and wave cheerfully at my neighbor and ask them if everything is okay. One time I just got a vague wave. One time the cop suggested I go back inside that everything was fine, and I called back “no offense, I’m asking my friend there.” And then I just sat there, playing with my phone, until they went away.

I don’t know for sure that anything would have happened. I do know that statistically most of my neighbors are brown, mid to low income, and speak English as their second or third language. No one got arrested or hurt while I was being a middle-aged white busy body, and all it took is 30 minutes of my time and a well-charged cell phone.

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Don’t forget the latinx community

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Hey I’m sorry for not posting this earlier but we got over 50 downloads for this little slice of the podcasting community! Thank you to every single one of you who listened. Even if it was just for an episode. Let’s try and make the gaming community a better place :)

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The final part of the checkpoint holiday special is out! Thank you to everyone who’s listened to this podcast I wouldn’t be doing it without you all.

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“Crazy Dion” Diamond at one of his sit-ins as a teenager in Arlington, VA. June 10, 1960

via reddit

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All of those people around him are demons

[chemicallywrit]

hey guys! here’s some fun things i learned from this article about Dion Diamond:

he did these sit-ins by himself. like idk about you, but i always thought of sit-ins as organized by groups, what kind of bravery does it take, man

he didn’t tell anyone about it, like he was no glory-seeker about this. his parents didn’t even know until reporters started calling them up like “hey, did you know your son is in jail?

when someone called the cops he’d skedaddle out the back door although he was sent to prison multiple times

the last time he got arrested was in Baton Rouge, and the cops were so sick of him that they told inmates they’d put in a good word for anyone who gave Diamond a hard time. (the inmates didn’t take the bait.)

he’s still alive!

hark, a hero of our times!