Bibliorgasping

I must not Tumble. Tumblr is the time-killer. He/Him • Late Forties • Pro-benevolence • Pro-justice • Pro-disbelief Pro-weird • Anti-capitalist • Anti-racist • Anti-fascist Minding muh bidness in the backwaters of a dying empire.

[socialistfremenist]

June 28th, 2026

[silvermoon424]

Bro absolutely COOKED with this.

[ohnoitstbskyen]

If you ever hear the phrase "fascism is aesthetics as politics," that's what this post is talking about.

It's not about being tough on crime, because the absolute toughest most brutal measure you could take against "crime" as a social problem is to alleviate poverty, and increase access to education, healthcare and social mobility.

It's about performing "tough on crime" as an aesthetic by enacting violence against a prop, i.e. minorities and the impoverished, who are fetishized and objectified to represent "crime." They are brutalized as punishment for crime, but never with the purpose of alleviating the problem of crime.

This is why a lot of conservatives and other right wingers can get straight up angry when you suggest things like reform or social measures to reduce crime. They don't want crime to be reduced, they want an eternal war against "crime" because it provides an arena for the righteous to demonstrate virtue by brutalizing their enemies.

[socialistfremenist]

[depsidase]

[indeedgoodman]

[dormirblonde]

i want to explore national parks with you.

[kedamakedama]

オナガとネコヤナギ

[havingapoemwithyou]

Let Birds By Linda Gregg

[elbiotipo]

we don't hate J.J. Abrams enough

[elbiotipo]

Branson Reese, whoever you are, I keep your words in my heart all the time.

[kaijuerotica]

"branson reese, whoever you are" put some respect on the smooth sharks one fear man's name

[anarchistmemedistro]

we should learn to speak in a language that rich people who don't dream can't comprehend

[paverics]

“my father is a boy and my mother is a girl so i’m mixed” is the funniest possible response to someone asking your gender and it came from 6’5 Viking footballer and notable weird little guy Erling Haaland on a Snapchat

[paverics]

comedians can only dream of writing something this funny

[raindropocean-deactivated201811]

Most of the cast of And Then There Were None answered this question with something like “Ooh I could never kill anyone. I’d have to poison them and run away”. Not Sam Neill.

[uslions]

[socialistfremenist]

Mild crush to madness: The degrees of love in the Arabic language

Love poetry played an important part in the development of the Arabic language and there remains a vast vocabulary dedicated to the theme

The English language is flexible and clumsy and lamentably lacking in ways to say I love you.

[technofeudalism]

[merely-another-fool]

[dongtopus]

@cosmic-navel-gazin

[grilledpeachh]

Tia Mason. @green_t444

[therobotwig]

One year ago today I posted this practically shot Iron Giant photo I created using real figures, lighting, miniature sets & my trusty old tin foil for water technique & cotton wool for the splashes.

[holespoles]

A couple chasing after a cat carrying fish. Will the cat manage to escape? This is depicted in a unique style that doesn't quite fit traditional ukiyo-e, but the artist is Hiroshige Utagawa, an Edo-period ukiyo-e master.

お魚くわえたドラ猫を追っかける夫婦。猫ははたして逃げ切れることができるでしょうか。浮世絵らしからぬ独特のタッチで描かれていますが、絵師は歌川広重です。