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i missed this post

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World Heritage Post

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predator

another sketchy one where i wanted to try something eerie

[infectiouspiss]

a second bumblebee has hit the flowers

[inkskinned]

it's extremely critical that you see the photo of the perp walk for luigi mangione as being propaganda. i've seen so many people wave it off and instead fawn over his looks. and trust me, i know it ended up being kind of pathetic and weird - but please don't brush it off as a "modelling opportunity" for him. it's a fucking terrifying message the police are sending.

i want to make a few comparisons here, in case you're not from the US or familiar with why the perp walk thing is something to pay attention to. just to set the groundwork for why this is a purposeful, unusual, and cruel act by the nyc police - for why this is not a common occurrence and for why that matters.

the prosecution alleges the show of force is due to the charge of "terrorism." for comparison, in june 2015, tsarnaev was found guilty for the boston marathon bombing, which killed 3 people and injured hundreds. his actions are considered to be an act of domestic terrorism. i have spent the last hour looking through google for pictures of similar to mangione's perp walk - and so far, i have found zero. i also just do not personally remember a moment like that, despite living in boston at the time.

they allege that luigi is a stone-cold killer who carried out a longterm plan, making him particularly dangerous. again for comparison: in nyc, recently cory martin was found guilty of the killing of brandy odom. the murder was planned and premeditated to steal insurance money. and yet no staged perp walk. why didn't her life matter enough for a "show of force"?

but mangione gets paraded by a veritable army of police officers as if he is a rabid animal. for a single citizen who allegedly killed one other single citizen, the "largest perp walk ever" occurs.

so what is the "strong message" that the mayor and the police were trying to send here? the mayor speaks as if mangione is already convicted of terrorism. there is a very thin number of people who feel threatened by the CEO's death. none of us felt like mangione needs to be under massive armed guard.

the message is that you shouldn't resist. they are trying to "make an example" of him - that if you behave badly and kill a single rich person, you'll be treated as if you killed hundreds of people. you will be treated worse than a man who was found guilty of terrorism. you will be considered guilty without trial. the message is that the rich are a protected class, and you cannot touch them without massive punishment. they are trying to prevent a revolution by showing dominance and force against you.

the message is that the police are a puppet of the wealthy and that the law is not equally applied across class disparity. it is "some are more equal than others." it is "one life is more precious than another."

the show of force wasn't for luigi. it was for us. it was a warning. they are trying to remind us who is really in control.

[prismatic-bell]

Just to make this clear as crystal:

This is Timothy McVeigh's perp walk.

If you're not old enough or not American enough to know that name, he blew up a federal building in Oklahoma City in the mid-90s. 169 people died in the initial blast, 19 of them children and three of them pregnant women. A rescue worker, not counted in the previous number, was killed by falling debris while evacuating those inside. Close to 700 people were injured, over 300 other buildings were severely damaged, and McVeigh explicitly agreed that what he'd done was terrorism, and stated it was in direct retaliation for the Waco, TX and Ruby Ridge standoffs. It is important to note that McVeigh freely admitted his guilt; what you are seeing is the perp walk of a man who happily admitted to committing the largest act of domestic terrorism in the history of the United States. He wasn't yet convicted, but he himself said he was guilty. Also of note is that over 100 of his victims worked for the federal government, including six Secret Service agents. This is important because it adds additional charges; in the eyes of the law, killing a federal agent is worse than killing some random member of Joe Q. Public.

This is Luigi Mangione's perp walk.

He is alleged to have killed one adult civilian man in a direct and targeted shooting that did not endanger anyone else or cause any property damage.

He has pleaded not guilty and under United States law is considered innocent until determined otherwise beyond a reasonable doubt in a fair trial held by a jury of his peers.

My opinion of a politician has never fallen so far, so fast, as it has with Kathy Hochul and the way she's just shitting herself to console a bunch of rich spoiled white men by throwing this young man under the bus. I need you to understand it does not matter if Luigi Mangione is guilty or not. This is a violation of multiple of his constitutional rights and it makes an absolute mockery out of what's left of our justice system. They could already have a signed confession and this would still be a violation of his constitutional rights.

Do not let them get away with this. This is deliberate and it should lead to a mistrial.

[saxifraga-x-urbium]

#i remember the oklahoma city bombing#mcveigh and his friends blew up a government building#full of government workers and also a day care#killed 169 people#but they were regular folks and not one wealthy healthcare ceo#so he didn't get the frankly absurd heavily armed perp walk#that luigi mangione did#because i guess the ptb weren't trying to threaten the general populace#into meek compliance#and honestly guys it's not working#we're onto you#and we know you're just trying to sway public opinion away from this guy

[thehungwizard]

I know and understand the message that "they" are trying to send to most Americans. It was patently obvious the second he was surrounded 3-5 cops deep. It's a message of violence against the majority of us.

But how I actually viewed it was an admission of fear on their part. They're afraid it will happen again. They're afraid that the populace so strongly agrees with the alleged crime, so sympathises with Luigi, that they might forcibly remove him from police custody. I saw that many heavily armed policemen and thought, "they think we'll tear this man from their bloody jaws and then go after them too."

Intended message matters. But they just ended up making the possibility they're so afraid of much more likely. If they'd treated him how the law is actually supposed to treat him, we'd still only be talking about healthcare and the wealth disparity. Now we're also talking about Us vs Them. And no further show of force is ever going to make that conversation stop.

[biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist]

your yearly reminder that Baby It’s Cold Outside is a song about a woman having CONSENSUAL sex, at a time when premarital sex was frowned upon. The female singer is offering up the token demurrals society expects her to, because it’s expected, not bc she doesn’t fully intend to stay and have awesome sex with a dude she’s into. The male singer knows this, and is in turn offering her an excuse to give to the neighbors in the morning (“it was too cold for me to go home, the only responsible thing to do was spend the night at his place. because of the weather, get your minds out of the gutter”). A 1950s audience would have understood all this, but the nuance gets lost in a modern age where women are actually allowed to say yes when they mean it.  

Also the “hey what’s in this drink” thing was a common joke at the time, where the punchline was that there was in fact nothing in the drink. the woman’s making a joke that she wouldn’t do this if she was sober, oh goodness no! it’s only a joke bc both she and the man are in on the punchline: she is sober, and is only staying bc she wants to

[jhsjykwpdw]

the d in damen stands for down bad

[riverwindphotography]

Etchings at Sunrise

(c) riverwindphotography, November 2023

[marshmarlow]

Stay with me.

By @ghoulibel on TikTok

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The Black Stag

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Water Lilies painted by Claude Monet (1840 - 1926)

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[thatsbelievable]

Source: The New York Tattler, July 8, 1909.

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[kosmogrl]

I hope november is kind to all of us

[sticksandsharks]

In wisdom of matriarch and of mother.

Sacred Bodies is a 55-page story about the marriage and relationship between Dualayim and Tolpan.

The peoples residing on the peaks of Spire unto Sky, those who live under the Light, have overcome great struggle to live in prosperity and in peace. Their hard fought-for sanctity and dignity is maintained through the Sacred Body and the tenants of its preservation.

Sacred Bodies explores the topics of desire and deviancy, and the cultural lines drawn between that which delineates one and the other.

Now available as part of the ShortBox Comics Fair 2024!

[bumblingbabooshka]

Vulcan teen on Vulcan [tiktok] saying "I have just lost track of my father in the grocery store." The camera turns to show the viewers the grocery store in which almost every single older middle-aged man has a bowlcut and long robes. Camera turns back to show the teen's face which is expressionless and yet communicates all it needs to.

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