Velvet Crowbar

Sam. 26. New York.

[excitementshewrote]

[depsidase]

[werothegreat]

So a couple things on this. I can appreciate what is being gone for - that without European colonialism, the Americas would have developed radically differently from what they are today (note that the big header of "prior" differs from the actual image caption which puts it in 2015, making it alt-history).

But while Central America absolutely had conquering empires, particularly the Aztecs, North American tribes almost universally vehemently reject any notion that they have anything in common with Western imperialism, so seeing all sorts of "Empires" and "Supremacies" on this map ain't great.

Also a lot of the names on here were given by Europeans - "Iroquois" is a French name. The peoples who actually lived there called themselves Haudenosaunee. There's actually a really cool historical map showing how then modern New York would have been subdivided:

On top of that, the stark borders on the map are also a Western invention. Not only should there be more tribes represented, but there should be more blurring and fuzziness between them. Here's an example:

Pre-Columbian America was very different from pre-Columbian Europe. It wasn't more "primitive", nor was it more "advanced", it was different.

[lanafofana]

Drin gwiinzii, y'all

Fuck that first map. Have this one instead.

Màhsi’ choo 🫰🏼

[great-tweets]

Beware!

[rayvenreayes]

Avoid sci-hub too👀

[queeranarchism]

From Ask for PDFs from People with Institutional Access

[dowereallyneedthis]

If you want to read an academic article that's behind a paywall just email the author and ask politely if they will send you the article. Most academics will be thrilled that you want to read their work and will gladly send it to you.

[42ds]

PSA

[pileofknives]

[nostrem]

[sayruq]

The Red Sea blockade and the massive cost of war in Gaza is responsible for this

[communist-hatsunemiku]

Ok but am I suppose to give a fuck

[spark1eheartemoji]

diapers cost the equivalent of 100 USD in 🇵🇸; meat - if you can find it - costs the equivalent of 150 USD / per pound in 🇵🇸; fresh fruit and veg is nearly non-existent as are most dairy products.

i wish every settler a very go fuck themselves.

[libyan-knight]

Killer tags

[juegosintiperojuegocontigo]

[lesbiskammerat]

[thetyrannosaur]

OK WAIT SO IF POC GET STRICTER SENTENCES IN COURT… AND IF WOC ARE MORE AT RISK OF MISCARRIAGE AND GENERAL MALPRACTICE… AND IF SEX EDUCATION IS WORSE IN INNER CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS… AND IF RACIAL HOUSING DISCRIMINATION IS PRACTICED BY 85% OF REAL ESTATE AGENTS… AND IF SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE FUNDED VIA PROPERTY TAXES WITHIN EACH DISTRICT… HOLD ON………. WAIT A MINUTE

[vulcanette-deactivated20260506]

[pogasm]

This is what we mean by systemic racism

[nasfera2]

I wish Americans fucked with more foreign music. You don’t have to know the language to appreciate a good record. Folks in other countries listen to our music and don’t speak a lick of english. Music needs no translator

[liltimmys]

yall wont trick me into listening to kpop

[emily84]

You can try Radiooooo.com - The Musical Time Machine!!

choose a country, pick a decade, and GO!!

you’ll get an endless streaming of songs (ad free!).

I personally found myself loving 1970s Ghana, Senegal and Cote d’Ivoire! Also 1920s and 1970s Japan for sure! Cambodian music: spectacular. Love Armenia and Mali as well. I’ve been told 70s Germany is weird and 30s Algeria is cool but I haven’t gotten around to those yet. Italy’s 1960s is bomb ofc but I’m biased ;)

[randomslasher]

This is the best website anyone has ever shared.

[depsidase]

[lilliephoenix]

autumntides

10h

"In the instance an employer makes an illegal request for a photograph as part of a job application, you may submit a complaint to the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission." Successful violation fee collections are paid partially to the one who suffered the violation, which in many cases exceeds a year of work at these shit jobs. There's only two weak points to a corporation, and those are in the budget and in the supply chain. Hit them where it hurts.

[kamikaze-kumquat]

Fucking word.

Learn your rights!

[ms-cellanies]

AUTO REBLOG IN CASE YOU MISSED THIS THE 1ST TIME AROUND.  It is important to KNOW YOUR RIGHTS.

[starlightshadowsworld]

Katie, a Jewish American who grew up in a pro zionism family. And is very much anti zionism and pro Palestine talks about "birthright trips."

I've heard some crazy shit in my life but oh man I was not prepared for this.

[absoluteconceptofbeauty]

went to the doctors they rpescribed me dress up games

[probablyasocialecologist]

The IDF uses extensive facial recognition with a growing network of cameras and mobile phones to document every Palestinian in the West Bank. Starting in 2019, Israeli soldiers used the Blue Wolf app to capture Palestinian faces, which were then compared to a massive database of images dubbed the “Facebook for Palestinians.” Soldiers were told to compete by taking the most photos of Palestinians and the most prolific would win prizes. The system is most extreme in the city of Hebron, where facial recognition and numerous cameras are used to monitor Palestinians, including at times in their homes, instead of the extreme Jewish settlers living there, who routinely express genocidal threats against the Palestinians. The IDF claimed that the program was designed to “improve the quality of life for the Palestinian population.”

Antony Loewenstein, The Palestine Laboratory: How Israel Exports the Technology of Occupation Around the World

[wiredawake]

the book is currently free to download here

[nonetoon]

Do you make goats out of your pretzels

Yes

What the hell

Voting ended onOct 18, 2023

[nonetoon]

[nonetoon]

It’s easier said than done it’s like a 50/50 shot if it crumbles to dust or not during the process

[nonetoon]

[rumade]

This is like discovering an ancient folk art form you'd never heard of

[iwashandpicked]

missionary so we can continue our argument from before

[thebadtimeskid]

Doggystyle so you can watch the PowerPoint presentation I made outlining why you were wrong

[liberalsarecool]

[earthboundstarblind-deactivated]

hmm

[reiners-an-mys]

The cum tanks by e-girl street. Yeah you can't miss them.

[anarchopuppy]

Here's uBlock Origin's official guide to bypassing youtube's anti-adblock popups, updated weekly. Please share widely. Don't reward google for their predatory anti-consumer bullshit

To summarize: 1. Get uBlock Origin and make sure it's updated to the latest version. 2. Click on the gear icon to get to the dashboard, go to "Filter lists", and make sure that "uBlock filters - Quick fixes" is up to date

Repeat those steps any time you get another popup (google and uBlock are having an arms race right now so it might stop working at any moment), and if you have any more problems, read the reddit thread for troubleshooting advice