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draculasdaughter

Illustrations from The Black Cat magazine, vol. 16 (1910-1911).

whitepeopletwitter

eggsaladstain

patriot act is back y’all and it’s as good as ever

https://www.dontgetkickedout.com/

thebirdroads

the best trope in media is: “characters turn on the lights, see the monster, and immediately turn the lights back off”

birdnerd18

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saundering-deactivated20180828

so apparently you can hide Nazis on Twitter by setting your location results to Germany or France because Twitter is legally required to remove Nazi content there, so Twitter always had the ability to remove Nazis, they just choose not to

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fucking yikes lol

amberdamnn

It’s high key illegal to make any kind of nazi joke or gesture in Germany. People can get fired for it and in extreme cases even arrested. On my class trip to Berlin this kid thought it’d be funny to do a Nazi salute in the parking lot where hitler died (was not a destination, just happened to walk by). He was immediately pulled aside by police who legit booked him a flight home for the next day, without the rest of us. He was suspended for two weeks too.

Funny how the country responsible for this takes full responsibility and fights to make it never happen again, while the US, who spent years basing an entire identity on fighting Nazis, gives them a platform to speak freely and draft members.

bitterbadfem-harpy

Don’t forget they literally came out and said if they filtered nazis like they do in Germany and France the algorithm wouldn’t be able to tell the difference between nazis and republican congressmen.

dzamie

lmao can’t fucking imagine why

gahdamnpunk

This and Studio Ghibli sending a katana with a note that said “no cuts” to Weinstein when he was handling the distribution of Princess Mononoke are now my two favorite movie anecdotes

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sea-salted-wolverine

When I say I literally screamed I don’t mean like internet screamed

whitepeopletwitter

and-down-we-go

My Mom just accidentally prematurely sent an email to an accounting firm… It was supposed to say ‘I am afraid that we will have to postpone our meeting”

but she hit send when all it said was

Hi Jeffrey, I am afraid

prokopetz

Obscure torments #137: watching a game that uses environmental cues to direct the player toward puzzle solutions being played by a really, really unobservant streamer.

stokerbramwell

The Game Grumps Experience

gdfalksen

Chiune Sugihara. This man saved 6000 Jews. He was a Japanese diplomat in Lithuania. When the Nazis began rounding up Jews, Sugihara risked his life to start issuing unlawful travel visas to Jews. He hand-wrote them 18 hrs a day. The day his consulate closed and he had to evacuate, witnesses claim he was STILL writing visas and throwing from the train as he pulled away. He saved 6000 lives. The world didn’t know what he’d done until Israel honored him in 1985, the year before he died.

bemusedlybespectacled

Why can’t we have a movie about him?

elasmata

He was often called “Sempo”, an alternative reading of the characters of his first name, as that was easier for Westerners to pronounce.

His wife, Yukiko, was also a part of this; she is often credited with suggesting the plan. The Sugihara family was held in a Soviet POW camp for 18 months until the end of the war; within a year of returning home, Sugihara was asked to resign - officially due to downsizing, but most likely because the government disagreed with his actions.

He didn’t simply grant visas - he granted visas against direct orders, after attempting three times to receive permission from the Japanese Foreign Ministry and being turned down each time. He did not “misread” orders; he was in direct violation of them, with the encouragement and support of his wife.

He was honoured as Righteous Among the Nations in 1985, a year before he died in Kamakura; he and his descendants have also been granted permanent Israeli citizenship. He was also posthumously awarded the Life Saving Cross of Lithuania (1993); Commander’s Cross Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland (1996); and the Commander’s Cross with Star of the Order of Polonia Restituta (2007). Though not canonized, some Eastern Orthodox Christians recognize him as a saint.

Sugihara was born in Gifu on the first day of 1900, January 1. He achieved top marks in his schooling; his father wanted him to become a physician, but Sugihara wished to pursue learning English. He deliberately failed the exam by writing only his name and then entered Waseda, where he majored in English. He joined the Foreign Ministry after graduation and worked in the Manchurian Foreign Office in Harbin (where he learned Russian and German; he also converted to the Eastern Orthodox Church during this time). He resigned his post in protest over how the Japanese government treated the local Chinese citizens. He eventually married Yukiko Kikuchi, who would suggest and encourage his acts in Lithuania; they had four sons together. Chiune Sugihara passed away July 31, 1986, at the age of 86. Until her own passing in 2008, Yukiko continued as an ambassador of his legacy.

It is estimated that the Sugiharas saved between 6,000-10,000 Lithuanian and Polish Jewish people.

returnofthejudai

It’s a tragedy that the Sugiharas aren’t household names. They are among the greatest heroes of WWII. Is it because they were from an Axis Power? Is it because they aren’t European? I don’t know. But I’ve decided to always reblog them when they come across my dash. If I had the money, I would finance a movie about them.

westsemiteblues

He told an interviewer:

You want to know about my motivation, don’t you? Well. It is the kind of sentiments anyone would have when he actually sees refugees face to face, begging with tears in their eyes. He just cannot help but sympathize with them. Among the refugees were the elderly and women. They were so desperate that they went so far as to kiss my shoes, Yes, I actually witnessed such scenes with my own eyes. Also, I felt at that time, that the Japanese government did not have any uniform opinion in Tokyo. Some Japanese military leaders were just scared because of the pressure from the Nazis; while other officials in the Home Ministry were simply ambivalent.

People in Tokyo were not united. I felt it silly to deal with them. So, I made up my mind not to wait for their reply. I knew that somebody would surely complain about me in the future. But, I myself thought this would be the right thing to do. There is nothing wrong in saving many people’s lives….The spirit of humanity, philanthropy…neighborly friendship…with this spirit, I ventured to do what I did, confronting this most difficult situation—and because of this reason, I went ahead with redoubled courage.

He died in nearly complete obscurity in Japan. His neighbors were shocked when people from all over, including Israeli diplomatic personnel, showed up at quiet little Mr. Sugihara’s funeral.

fahrlight

I will forever reblog this, I wish more people would know about them!

rhube

I liked this before when it had way less information. Thank you, history-sharers.

mousezilla

Tucked away in a corner in L.A.’s Little Tokyo is a life-sized statue of Chiune, seated on a bench and smiling gently as he holds out a visa.

The stone next to him bears a quote from the Talmud; “He who saves one life, saves the entire world.”

I had no idea it existed until a few weeks ago, but it’s since become one of my favorite pieces of public art.

dankmemecentral1

I can’t believe this is real!

ororomunroedontpullout

So this is what Anish is up to

involuntarydiaphragmspasm

petition to trap anish in his own Hole of Unnecessary Darkness until he learns to behave

middleearthorcseeksspaceorc

˜”*°•.˜”*°• Petition to trap Anish in his own Hole of Unnecessary Darkness until he learns to behave •°*”˜.•°*”˜

mystic--crow

Just by looking at the picture and title of the article, I thought “oh this looks like something Anish Kapoor would do” and then wouldn’t you know it

heartsyhawk

I’m sorry…an EIGHT FUCKING FEET DEEP HOLE in the middle of the floor with no railing or even a raised rim or perceivable depth???

That’s a fall that could break bones or kill if you land right. That’s a fall that is very dangerous for children or the disabled or elderly. I cannot believe the museum approved that installation because that is a lawsuit hole.

Of course it’s Anish Kapoor. Of course it is. It is completely unsurprising this is his work…

mikkeneko

Isn’t vantablack super toxic? Even if there isn’t a safety rail for fall danger, shouldn’t there be some kind of barrier between visitors and the EXTREMELY DANGEROUS CHEMICAL SUBSTANCE?

neilcicierega

surprisebitch

what the fuck was that

sexhaver

remember when Koko the gorilla died and everyone on here was sad about it and then someone pulled receipts proving she had a nipple fetish and her handlers would encourage people to be topless around her? i fucking love this site where else am i gonna see a callout post for a dead gorilla