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[fanonical]

quick PSA about the upcoming Hogwarts Legacy videogame.

i’m not here to tell you what to buy or not buy (that ultimately is down to you) but if you’ve seen the post going round tumblr from somebody claiming to be a developer on Hogwarts Mystery telling you to buy the game to support the devs, don’t listen to it. here’s why.

1. everybody who worked on that game has already been paid in advance. making videogames isn’t like selling earrings on etsy – everybody involved was paid – as they worked – to write, code, model, voice-act, draw, and overall develop this game. nobody will be going hungry if you do not buy this game.

2. the post very correctly states that not buying the game won’t directly harm Rowling, which is true… however, the decision to boycot Hogwarts Legacy should not be one aimed specifically at the contents of Rowling’s bank account. the message one is trying to send buy not buying this game is “hey, stop working with transphobes. it’s unprofitable for you and i don’t trust you as long as you work with her and her brand.” it doesn’t matter that she wasn’t involved, it is public knowledge now that Rowling is a terf and standing with her brand is going to evoke that. to reiterate, Rowling’s money is not the point of a boycott. the point is to tell anybody who works with her & her brand “hey, fuck you, and fuck your company”. we are holding the company accountable for working with her.

3. many people have, again, correctly stated that the individual programmers involved with this game probably had no say on whether they worked on the project, and that all of the negotations for this game probably existed long before it was public knowledge that Rowling was a terf. this is true – the game was first leaked at a seemingly very far-along build in 2018 (late enough in development that it appeared to have something resembling gameplay and elements that seem unchanged to this day) which, if we account for the time working on and developing the game before that, suggests the game has been in development for at least a year earlier than that, probably longer. this, however, is irrelevant because by boycotting the game one is NOT boycotting individual graphics designers, artists and programmers – they’re already paid, remember? – one is boycotting a company (who has already received money to develop the game from Warner Bros, that’s how videogame development works) who can either continue to work with Mrs. Rowling and her brand, or cease to.

4. whilst the particular (possible) dev in mention thinks we should all buy the game, interviews from other devs leaking aspects of Hogwarts Legacy from earlier this year suggest that many of the people working on the game would not like to be and are very dismayed by having to work on the game whilst Mrs Rowling’s opinions on minorities loom over them. rather than leaving them without pay, deciding to boycot the game would be showing these individuals solidarity whilst they are directly affected by Mrs Rowling’s horrible legacy.

like i said. it’s your choice whether to get the game or not, but if you decide to, no amount of matching a trans charity donation to the cost of the game, no amount of extending solidarity to trans people in your community or fandom, etc… none of that will change your choice to align yourself ideologically, ecnomically and culturally to the world’s most famous TERF.

[masseffectdoctor]

As a game developmer this is all true. Whatever post the OP is talking about is most surely not from a developer of the game itself but likely of someone trying to guilt people into buying the game.

You should not buy this game because a company spent a ridiculous sum of money to get the right, make the game, etc and money is where the power lies. Boycotting means that they’re gonna go “oh shit we spent money and have nothing to show for it….we can’t do THAT again!” Making it HARDER to get her money and popularity.

You are gonna make your own choices but for the love of God it’s been years of us telling you how shitty the harry potter franchise is. Maybe it’s time to just STOP SUPPORTING THE FUCKING FRANCHISE

[lhazaar]

supervillains fucking hate fighting the x-men because the teams change constantly and sometimes there are??? totally new people there???? fuck there’s a teenager who literally just has eyes all over his body. is he even technically a superhero yet or is he a student. who the fuck knows. how do we counter this shit

[airofwhimsy]

When one seems completely non-mutated and they’re like

[konakatomo]

@melazertyiop

[ayellowbirds]

And no matter which team it is, Wolverine is there. Is it the future? Wolverine is there. Is it an alternate reality? Wolverine is there. Is Wolverine dead? Wolverine is there.

[alliharkness]

Was Wolverine never born in this alternate reality? Wolverine is there.

[221bkaermorhen-deactivated20240]

Does Wolverine only exist as a non corporeal spirit? Wolverine is there.

[alliharkness]

Is Wolverine only a philosophical construct used to explain our place in an uncaring universe? Wolverine is there.

[221bkaermorhen-deactivated20240]

Is Wolverine only a theological concept used to explain mankind’s struggle against the universe? Wolverine is there.

[hurleyquinnzel]

Is Wolverine there? Another Wolverine is also there.

And let’s not forget when the villains just switch sides. Last week this guy was on your side now he’s next to Wolverine and kicking your ass. 

The only constant is Wolverine.

[roseverdict]

There are three constants in life: death, taxes, and Wolverine.

[stimman3000]

youtube.com/watch?v=tc-jMrxgPsw&t=47s

[modernwolfman-deactivated201811]

this is cool but why is it shot like the intro credits of a crime drama

[bumblebeebats]

if you told me this was from an episode of Hannibal where he makes chocolate w human blood i would 1000% believe you

[catchymemes]

[smitethestate]

Police fuckery update: An SPD officer threatened a local livestreamer who has been covering the Seattle protests for weeks by saying “we have your address” while he was filming them. The streamer, being reasonably upset at this, tried to film the cop who threatened him while saying “that’s the officer that said ‘we have your address, we’re gonna ticket you!’ Yeah, ‘we have you address.’”

The cop, identified as one Officer Richardson, got out of his car, approached the streamer, and ARRESTED HIM FOR THREATENING AN OFFICER BY REPEATING THE COP’S OWN WORDS.

Of course, the streamer, Brad Fox, got it all on camera and the video is now on Twitter. You can hear the cop saying “you said ‘we have your address’” and “I’m gonna take that as a threat” because he arrests Fox.

He was released two hours later without being charged because this was clearly bullshit and another case of retaliation against a journalist/streamer. Fox had filmed the SPD arresting another journalist, a Black woman, YESTERDAY, after she had been literally standing on the sidewalk and doing nothing. They claimed she was a suspect in a homicide investigation but later released her without charges.

The SPD is angry that they’re about to be defunded by 50% and retaliating against the very people showing the world that they deserve it and more. They’ve been attacking protesters on a nearly daily basis. I’ve been spending most of my internet time on Twitter lately to keep up but I reach a lot more people on here. Spread this shit to all ends of the Earth.

[purrfectly]

10 July 2020

[waluigitheanti]

JK Rowling writing an anti-trans manifesto cannot just be treated like it’s the same thing as all the problematic things she’s done in the past. This is so much more than her having problematic things in her books. She wrote a lengthy manifesto purposefully designed to manipulate people into agreeing with her that trans people are dangerous. It has everything from mentioning studies without actually including sources so they can actually see them for themselves to purposefully misrepresenting how awful her transphobic friends are to including her own personal abuse at the end of the article despite the fact that it has absolutely nothing to do with trans people or trans rights (so that her fans could do what they’re doing, shutting down any criticism of it/any support of trans people by claiming you’re anti-abuse victims if you don’t just mindlessly support JK Rowling over all trans people), and so much more shit. It’s filled with fear-mongering and emotional manipulation, all to convince people to agree with her very violent transphobia.

Who is arguably the most famous author alive today posting that is absolutely going to harm so many people all over the world. This is a direct attack on trans people and it is going to do so much bad because of the platform that JK Rowling has and how she’s radicalizing her fanbase like this.

So don’t read her books. Don’t watch her movies. I get it, you like Harry Potter, but JK Rowling having the fanbase that she does is dangerous. All of her books and movies need to flop or else she will continue to use her platform to hurt trans people. Just pirating her books & movies isn’t enough either - she doesn’t need the money anyways, it’s her fame that she is weaponizing. By pirating her books & movies you are still supporting them. They need to flop both financially and socially. Harry Potter will always be a massive thing that everybody knows about, but that doesn’t mean everything else JK Rowling makes needs to be the same. If her new content flops and nobody ever talks about it, people will start to see JK Rowling as an author that’s just coasting off of the success of her older content that isn’t relevant anymore (which is true) and her fanbase will shrink - or at least people will stop seeing her as an authority like they currently do.

JK Rowling isn’t your problematic fave or anything like that. She’s a rich and famous person that’s weaponizing her fame against trans people, so it’s time to ignore everything that she writes from this point forwards. It doesn’t matter if you like Harry Potter, you have to boycott her new content and let her fade into obscurity because her fame is literally dangerous to trans people’s lives and rights. She needs to lose her fame.

[fanonical]

JK Rowling just referred to medically transitioning as “a new kind of conversion therapy”.

[fanonical]

This is just days after she liked a tweet opposing a ban on actual conversation therapy, too.

[entitty]

ive been reading and learning things about whats going on in minneapolis for a good 4 hours and heres all the cold hard facts ive collected so far in case yall dont have the time or the energy to double check everything youve been seeing

George Floyd was executed on camera after being arrested for suspected forgery (a suspicious $20 bill); he was compliant and told the 4 officers he couldn't breathe under the weight of officer Derek Chauvin's knee on his neck, which could be heard and understood by the bystanders filming the incident but did not move any of the 4 officers to stop/intervene.

The paramedics, after arriving on the scene, had to reach under Derek Chauvin's knee to check Floyd's pulse. By the time he had removed his knee, it had been a full 8 minutes, the final 3 of which he had already gone still.

The initial police reports of the incident were at best inaccurate and at worst outright lies. Floyd was described as "suffering medical distress" as they put him in handcuffs and that he "resisted arrest."

After the video surfaced highlighting how disgustingly false this was, they changed the narrative to "man dies after medical incident during police interaction."

All 4 officers were quickly fired, but not charged (however Chauvin just recently was taken into custody for 3rd degree murder)

Protests calling for justice were met with rubber bullets and tear gas fired into crowds (police were the first to turn the protests violent) beginning tuesday

An undercover protester, potentially identified as a St. Paul police officer, attempted to ignite riots by smashing the windows of an autozone as actual protesters told him to stop. He was dressed in all black with an umbrella (it wasn't raining) and tactical boots. People noted that broken glass provoking more vandalism is a known and understood phenomenon in the field of criminal justice.

Rioting, vandalism, and looting began as buildings were set on fire, including the precinct the 4 officers operated from. A local Target refused to sell milk to tear gas victims, and has now been all but destroyed.

A CNN reporter, Omar Jimenez, a poc, was arrested on live television, in an area secured by police and devoid of protesters, after identifying himself and voluntarily complying with their wishes. The reason given was that they were told to move and did not comply (a lie, as noted by the reporters commentating the live broadcast). A white CNN reporter nearby, however, was left alone.

A border protection predator drone circled the city today with no official explanation.

Trump tweeted that "looting leads to shooting," a quote from a 60s miami police chief notorious for civil rights abuses and even welcoming claims of police brutality. Twitter flagged it with a warning that it glorified violence.

Protests have spread to other cities throught the U.S. including Louisville, Memphis, L.A., and more, in response to similar and/or identical systemic issues of racial discrimination and brutality.

Police responses have varied in violence and intensity in each location; one police cruiser drove into the crowd in L.A., and seven people were shot in Louisville.

Minneapolis introduced a curfew to bring an end to the riots, calling in the national guard.

I hope I didn't miss any crucial details. If you are protesting today, make sure to leave anything capable of tracking you at home and that you are wearing a mask (for the virus, tear gas, and anonymity). Please be safe.

[entitty]

Some new information i just checked on:

Derek Chauvin and George Floyd worked together; Floyd worked as a bouncer at the El Nuevo Rodeo club on and off within the last year, while Chauvin served as their off duty police officer for the entire 17 years they were open. They had some overlapping shifts, but nobody is able to concretely say they knew each other (but imo if he worked there for 17 years he'd know who's who).

The former owner noted that Chauvin had a short fuse, specifically on nights when there was a primarily black clientele (drawing mace and pepper spray on crowds in response to fights).

Chauvin is a Republican. Duh.

Chauvin had a history of violence (shot one suspect, involved in the shooting of another, received 18 conduct complaints during his time at the MPD)

Chauvin has been charged with 3rd degree murder, meaning that it is treated as an accident/unintentional, despite the video evidence of him ignoring Floyd's repeated pleas that he could not breathe. The family expected and is demanding a 1st degree murder charge.

Trump is insistent in offering military support, placing them on a 4 hour deployment notice. The Minnesota governor, a democrat, has so far refused but has deployed the entire state's national guard (other red states will likely have a different outcome, so check your local news sources often).

Be wary of your surroundings if you are protesting—the police aren't the only threat. In Tallahassee, a pickup truck drove into a crowd of people protesting the death of Tony McDade, a black trans man, and Trump is all but ordering his supporters to get involved.

[blasphemouskittens]

[la-pou-belle]

hey yall I didn’t want to have to do work for my online classes so i made a uquiz instead. answer some questions and i’ll tell u what aspect of your personality annoys me the most

[la-pou-belle]

So far, people who get the same answer rb and tag this in VERY SIMILAR WAYS. Which is so cool!!! You know what really kills me though? People who get “you don’t like being held accountable” NEVER reblog it. BUT YOU GUYS ARE THE MOST POPULAR RESULT. I KNOW YOU’RE THERE. which tells me that you don’t like being held accountable SO MUCH that you will boycott a whole ass uquiz bc of it. And that, my friends, that is beautiful.

[la-pou-belle]

1) yeah, this is where ur name goes when u enter it in – idk why they even ask for it either

2) Sadboihrs, if you’re out there, I am COMPLETELY UNSURPRISED that you got conflict avoidant.

Edit: also this one

[exultiafdgdfg-deactivated202101]

honest to god feel like we're on the brink of civil war here in the states

[exultiafdgdfg-deactivated202101]

if I see one more 'viva la revolution' type post I'm gonna start throwing rocks. this isn't exciting or fun this is sobering and terrifying. the president of the united states is threatening to sic the country's military on its own people. are you aware of how fucked this is? this isn't some movie or book or video game or whatever, this is real life and people are going to die.

stop acting like this is some great and powerful thing. it's not. it's ugly and scary.

[belly-bits]

I live in Minneapolis, I was at the third precinct the day before it fell. This isn’t a fun video game or fantasy story revolution, it’s terrifying. Not because there’s resistance violence or because some stores got looted- but because we stood there for hours pleading for the police not to shoot us while we demonstrated and they did anyway. When they switched from flash bangs to tear gas MPD was escalating the situation which lead to further mayhem. All the occupations without police presence have been peaceful and organized while the ones where they show up become fractured and the police feel they have free reign to open fire.

Because we’re entering a state of martial law, the state troopers brought stingrays- people are loosing their ability to document and disseminate information- a black CNN reporter and his team were arrested live on air while standing near his white coworkers who weren’t. They don’t want people to see the massive gatherings of protestors being assaulted by police and hamstringed by the gov and his cronies.

It’s not a joke or a game, it’s not your fucking meme material. It’s peoples lives, it’s George Floyd’s justice on the line with so many others who have been slaughtered by police.

[jollyhaunt]

George Floyd was killed by an officer while being handcuffed. He was PLEADING for breath.

A black man asked a woman to put her dog on a leash. The woman then threatened to call the cops on HIM and accuse him of threatening her.

A white pastor claimed two black men kidnapped him to cover up the fact that he was in the hotel room because he was cheating on his wife.

A white woman drowned her nine-year-old son with autism, and said a black man had done it.

Regis Korchinski Paquet was shoved off the balcony by an officer. She died.

Tony McDade, a transgender man, was shot and killed by an officer.

These are all under 72 hours. 3 days. Now, realize what happens in a month.

[mystericmoon]

[kny]

for people who are unaware of why the riots in minneapolis started happening, here’s the facts:

it wasn’t george floyd’s protesters who started reacting violently; it was the cops.

the protest was peaceful until the cops showed up in riot gear, and started using water cannons, followed up by tear gas and rubber bullets. i got videos from friends who were there, of people screaming and running away from the cops shooting the water cannons, rubber bullets and throwing tear gas at them. they were even shooting at the protesters dragging people away to get medical attention.

speaking of medical attention, dispatch refused to provide any medical attention to the protesters. people literally had to drive their bleeding friends to the hospital because they refused to send ambulances.

cops are using non-lethal weapons in a lethal way. they shot rubber bullets into people’s heads and injured them. there’s dozens of photos of protesters with bleeding head wounds from the rubber bullets.

multiple people used police scanners and heard that there were undercover cops pretending to be violent protesters who were throwing rocks and whatnot at the police, with dozens of eyewitness accounts confirming that information.

the person who instigated all the chaos last night (it was a fire at an autozone) with the looting and burning buildings is highly suspected to be an undercover cop pretending to be a protester, because the video of him keeps getting taken down. protesters tried to stop him but couldn’t because he had a hammer and they were scared for their safety.

the cops jammed cell phone towers and cut live streams to interrupt broadcasts and to prevent people from seeing what was really going on and who actually started the violence.

the cops lied about protesters being armed and about throwing rocks and are literally trying to continue the violence happening and yet no one is holding them accountable for that.

and during all this, the cop that murdered george floyd still hasn’t been arrested. he has had more than ten complaints filed against him and was involved in three other civilian shootings in the past. and yet he’s still out free along with his three other buddies involved, probably sitting on his couch while all this chaos is happening.

so don’t get it twisted. the cops just want to change the narrative to make it look like they’re the wounded and righteous party, when they’re the ones who started reacting violently in the first place and are still acting violently. so don’t you ever forget who started this tragedy and murdered someone, and who are continuing to react to the situation with violence. 

[hobismilitarywife]

i love him

[thewightknight]

25% of the people have a 4th cone and see colors as they are

Given the sudden interest for the color of dresses and vision, here some of the fascinating findings we did recently.

The color nuances we see depend on the number and distribution of cones (=color receptors) in our eye. You can check this rainbow: how many color nuances do you count?

You see less than 20 color nuances: you are a dichromats, like dogs, which means you have 2 types of cones only. You are likely to wear black, beige, and blue. 25% of the population is dichromat.

You see between 20 and 32 color nuances: you are a trichromat, you have 3 types of cones (in the purple/blue, green and red area). You enjoy different colors as you can appreciate them. 50% of the population is trichromat.

You see between 33 and 39 colors: you are a tetrachromat, like bees, and have 4 types of cones (in the purple/blue, green, red plus yellow area). You are irritated by yellow, so this color will be nowhere to be found in your wardrobe. 25% of the population is tetrachromat.

You see more than 39 color nuances: come on, you are making up things! there are only 39 different colors in the test and probably only 35 are properly translated by your computer screen anyway :)

It is highly probable that people who have an additional 4th cone do not get tricked by blue/black or white/gold dresses, no matter the background light ;)

(x)

[ahaunteddildoforblaine]

I see 21 colors. I had no idea there are so many more.

[chocolatequeennk]

I see 35-39 colours, and I hate the colour yellow. That was actually what made me curious enough to stop scrolling and count. Who knew there was a scientific reason behind my colour preferences? So the idea here is that what I see as annoyingly, garishly bright, most people don’t see as clearly, and that’s why it’s “cheerful?” (I’ve never understood that description of yellow.)

[sassyhail]

I barely saw 18 or 19. Dang :/

[straightboyfriend2]

Im fucking colorblind

[doona-baes]

i’m not crying