StalePeeps

Life as I describe it.

[brainless-out-deactivated201812]

This is so relatable, I’m dying.

[systlin]

LOUDER FOR THOSE IN THE BACK

[thiiccwick]

PLEASE READ !!!

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Julius Jones is innocent. Don't let him be executed by the state of Oklahoma.

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[crittizen]

Og post dates July 15, 2020, so this is timely.

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[stalepeeps]

Woke up this morning to the drama unfolding between ariaste and scottlynch78.

While I can’t say much about the character or personality of scott, I have many things about ari. I read through their account of everything, and while I really don’t want to “not believe the victim,” I believe there’s a lot more going on than the picture they’re painting. Honestly I think both parties are probably in the wrong and there was a whole miscommunication jumble toward feelings and intentions.

But I just wanted to scream my small opinion on the matter into the void.

So when I first joined this hell site back in 2011, I was looking for blogs that had similar interests and found the gentleman bastard fandom. In the beginning, we would all kind of post and reblog of course the same content and yadda yadda. At some point, Ari kinda became the figurehead of the whole fandom, finding new members, connecting everyone, coming up with content ideas, etc. at some point the chat was started (I think they also started that) p cool to be able to connect with so many people around the world that loved these books.

Anyway, that’s kind of where I first met Ari. I can’t remember if it was through tumblrs shitty messaging system or private messages on the chat, but we discussed my interest in LARPing and SCA. I told them where I was from and apparently they had an ex that was in the same LARP or SCA Region and they told me I should go give him a good beating and tell him they send their regards (which at the time was a little weird, but I kind of considered them a friend, so I brushed it off and we laughed about it. In hindsight, I’m wondering if this guy was as terrible as they made him seem).

The fandom went on and expanded to where a website was created. And things were good for a while. Then there was some event that happened in the fandom that they were vague blogging about and wouldn’t tell anyone what was going on. I privately messaged them and said ‘hey I don’t know what happened, but I just want you to know I’m here for you. Sending internet hugs’ and they put me on blast for “trying to get the good gossip”. That’s when I lost all respect for them.

I think there was an incident as well where they had dated another fandom member and things went sour—but I don’t know many details there.

Since then they’ve been publishing books and living life.

So seeing the account from them puts a lot of serious doubt in my mind as to what was really going on. Like, if it was any other member of the fandom saying this, I wouldn’t have this doubt. In my personal experience, Ari wants to be in control of everything, and shoots you down if you get in their way. And they’ve got another book on the way.

[nowthisnews]

A white woman called the police on a lone Black Lives Matter protester

follow @nowthisnews for daily news videos & more

[itsjudemydude]

“The F-word too? Little children are gonna read that.”

“Well sorry if you’re a little snowflake about it–”

When I say I screamed, what a fucking king

[bae-in-maine]

Calm down, Karen, you’re white. No one gonna shoot at you.

[almondjoygirl]

[paxamericana]

[butchflirt]

I feel like this is pretty important to realize: the cops are becoming exhausted, and there’s a limited supply of them. NYPD has every cop on duty working full days every day. We have an unlimited capacity to rotate in fresh fighters that they simply do not have. We can take shifts. They can’t.

[cappucino-commie]

  This is also why we’re starting to see bare minimum concessions now. The powers that be have realized they’ve made a grave miscalculation. A week into it, and ideas that seemed utterly impossible even a month ago are on the table- LA is talking about a hundred and fifty million dollar budget cut for the LAPD, every cop directly involved in George Floyd’s murder has been arrested and Chauvin’s charge has been raised to second degree murder, parts of the Minneapolis city council is pushing to permanently disband the Minneapolis police department.

   What could we win with two weeks? Three? An organized general strike that brings the entire economy to a crashing halt? It is difficult to feel hopeful in such brutal times, but there is profound hope to be had in the realization that a week of getting our asses kicked has advanced the mainstream narrative around police so much further than electoralism would’ve dared to dream in 100 years.

[justsomeantifas]

They know how much power we have

Do we?

[normal-horoscopes]

I HAVE LITERALLY NEVER SEEN AMERICA THIS UNITED BEHIND A CAUSE THE AMOUNT OF SUPPORT FOR THE PROTESTORS AND DISTAIN FOR THE POLICE IS STAGGERING

EVEN IF THE FLAMES DIE DOWN AND THE COPS FORCE PEOPLE BACK INTO THEIR HOMES UNDERSTAND THAT IN THEIR DESPERATE EFFORT TO CLING TO THEIR POWER THEY HAVE ONLY SUCCEEDED IN RADICALIZING AN ENTIRE GENERATION OF AMERICANS AGAINST THEM

[normal-horoscopes]

WITH THEIR ACTIONS DURING THESE PROTESTS THE POLICE HAVE SINGLE-HANDEDLY DESTROYED ANY REMAINING TRUST THE AMERICAN PEOPLE HAD IN THEM

THE ILLUSION IS SHATTERED

ALL THE SOCIAL POINTS THEY GAINED IN THE WAKE OF 9/11 HAVE BEEN SPENT AND AMERICANS NOW SEE THEM FOR THE BASTARDS THE ALWAYS HAVE BEEN

[normal-horoscopes]

THERE ARE KARENS ARE SAYING ACAB NOW THIS IS THE BEGINNING OF THE END FOR THE AMERICAN POLICE SYSTEM AS WE KNOW IT

[normal-horoscopes]

THE MEDIA NARRATIVE IS TURNING RAPIDLY MORE IN FAVOR OF THE RIOTERS

COPS ARE VISIBLY LOSING BRAVADO

WE ARE WINNING

[normal-horoscopes]

DAMN NEAR ALL PRO-COP PROPAGANDA IS BEING DROWNED IN MOCKERY AND SUPPORT FOR BLACK AMERICANS

THE NARRATIVE IS NOW FIRMLY IN OUR CONTROL

THE SHEER NUMBERS OF THE PROTESTS ARE BEGINNING TO DECLINE BUT MAKE NO MISTAKE EVERY SINGLE AMERICAN HAS THEIR EYES AND EARS FIXED ON GOVERNEMNT OFFICIALS

THE BALL IS IN THEIR COURT AND IT IS ABUNDANTLY CLEAR THAT IF THEY FAIL TO SERVE JUSTICE THEIR CITIES WILL BURN

THE DAY IS OURS AND WE ARE NOT GOING ANYWHERE

[anarchopuppy]

54% of Americans believe burning the Minneapolis police precinct building was justified

Not just that police brutality is an issue. Not just that protesting it is warranted. Not just a general agreement in BLM’s goals. A majority of Americans believe that capturing and burning down a police precinct building was a justified action

The narrative has permanently shifted. We are definitely winning

[shattered-angel789]

Rioters set fire to a house with children in it & tried to stop the firefighters from putting out the fire. Rioters burned down low-income housing and post offices, depriving poor and disabled people of resources.

Rioters burned down innocent people's businesses, depriving those people's children of food on the table. Rioters have murdered multiple innocent people. They even murdered a dog and a horse.

People like you, who fuel the flames of these riots, are complicit and responsible for every single one of these crimes.

[normal-horoscopes]

HOWDY OFFICER FEEL FREE TO TELL US THE CITY AND DAY THIS HAPPENED

[shattered-angel789]

Every day you stupid bitch

[normal-horoscopes]

ANTIFA PAINTED A REALISTIC TUNNEL ON THE SIDE OF A MOUNTAIN CAUSING ME TO RUN FACEFIRST INTO IT AT HIGH SPEED DESPITE THE FACT THAT ANTIFA WAS ABLE TO RUN THROUGH IT

[normal-horoscopes]

I CANT BELIEVE ANTIFA BURNS DOWN A HOME FULL OF CHILDREN AND POOR PEOPLE AND MURDERS A DOG AND HORSE EVERY SINGLE DAY

[mothmanismyuncle]

FRIENDLY NEIGHBOURHOOD PUNK ASS ARCHIVIST HERE WITH A MESSAGE

if you cannot protest or donate, and you’ve been retweeting and reblogging your ass off, here’s another thing you can do from home to help out later on down the line.

we are dealing with a fascist police state. fascists love nothing more than controlling the media and taking away primary sources of their evildoing, so lets take some steps toward taking that power away from them.

the wayback machine is a tool from the internet archive, a nonprofit website that seeks to capture websites as they change over time. the wayback machine is free to use and will be able to help protect all of the first-person accounts of the crimes being committed by the state during these protests for human rights.

this is what the homescreen of the wayback machine looks like:

that blue circle is where you put a permalink to a tweet you want to add to the wayback machine

that red circle is how you find the permalink to a tweet. click “copy link to tweet” and put it in the blue circle above, and there you have it! save what you see. don’t let anyone take away all of the documentation of these crimes the state has committed and declare it fake news.

fuck the cops. fuck orange mussolini. fuck racists, and fuck fascist government regimes.

dont forget: there’s nothing more punk than voting, libraries, and loving each other.

[soloikismos]

the fact that there's an 8 fucking pm curfew in new york is so unfathomably insane to me. like, a city of 8 million or whatever all has to go home when the sun is barely down because cops are that addicted to upholding white supremacy? i was out and some cop drove by and said thru his loudspeaker "go home! what are you still doing out!" what are you doing driving around in a caravan with your lights on fucking harassing people in the street? get a real fucking job

[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.

[keplercryptids]

Community Bail Funds

i love seeing the boosting of bail funds for protesters that are going around right now. i wanted to share a list of (US) community bail funds that are always in need of donations and support. please consider making small, regular donations to a bail fund local to you in order to support your community fight an unjust, corrupt legal system. and please share!

(full directory is here and i’ve specified whether the fund is for pre-trial or immigration services, if the name of the fund doesn’t already do that!)

National

Haitian Immigrant Bond Assistance Project (immigration)

LGBTQ Freedom Fund (immigration)

Alabama

Mongomery Bail Out Fund (pre-trial)

Etowah Freedom Fund (immigration)

Arizona

Tucson Second Chance Community Bail Fund (pre-trial)

Pima Monthly Meeting Immigration Bond Fund (immigration)

California (all immigration)

Al Otro Lado Vida Libre Bond Fund - Southern California 

Bay Area Immigration Bond Fund - State-wide

Familias Reunidas Immigration Bond Fund - San Diego area

Freedom for Immigrants Bond Fund - Adelanto Only

ICIJ Bond Fund - Inland Empire

Immigrant Families Defense Fund- Alameda County

Orange County Justice Fund - Orange County 

NorCal Resist Sacramento Region Bond Fund

San Diego Immigrant Rights Consortium Borderlands Get Free Fund - Southern California

Colorado

Colorado Freedom Fund (pre-trial)

Immigration Freedom Fund of Colorado  

Connecticut

Connecticut Bail Fund (pre-trial)

Immigrant Bail Fund

Florida

LGBTQ Freedom Fund (pre-trial)

Georgia

Georgia Immigration Bond Fund

Hawaii

Hawaii Community Bail Fund (pre-trial)

Illinois

Champaign County Bailout Coalition (pre-trial)

Chicago Community Bond Fund (pre-trial)

Iowa

Eastern Iowa Community Bond Project (immigration)

Kentucky

Louisville Community Bail Fund (pre-trial)

3R Fund for Immigrants

Louisiana

New Orleans Safety & Freedom Fund (pre-trial)

YWCA Greater Baton Rouge Community Bail Fund (pre-trial)

Freedom for Immigrants Bond Fund

Massachusetts

Massachusetts Bail Fund (pre-trial)

Beyond Bail & Legal Defense Fund (immigration)

Michigan

Kent County Immigration Bond for Our Neighbor’s Defense Fund 

Minnesota

Minnesota Freedom Fund (pre-trial & immigration)

Missouri

Kansas City Community Bail Fund (pre-trial)

Race Matters Friends Community Bail Fund - Columbia, MO (pre-trial)

Reale Justice Community Bail Fund - Kansas City, MO (pre-trial)

Nevada

Vegas Freedom Fund (pre-trial)

Las Vegas Family Unity Bond Fund - Arriba Las Vegas Workers Center (immigration)

New Hampshire

NH Conference UCC Immigrant and Refugee Support Group Immigrant Bond & Support Fund 

New Jersey

First Friends of NJ & NY Bond Fund (immigration)

New Mexico

Fronterizo Fianza Fund (immigration)

New York

Emergency Release Fund - New York City (pre-trial)

OAR of Tompkins County Bail Fund (pre-trial)

Syracuse Jail Ministry (pre-trial)

LIFE Bond Fund (New Sanctuary Coalition) (immigration)

New York Immigrant Freedom Fund (Brooklyn Community Bail Fund)

North Carolina

Alamance County Community Bail Fund (pre-trial)

North Carolina Community Bail Fund of Durham (pre-trial) 

Ohio

3R Fund for Immigrants

Oregon

Portland Freedom Fund (pre-trial)

Pennsylvania

Bukit Bail Fund of Pittsburgh (pre-trial)

Dauphin County Bail Fund (pre-trial)

Philadelphia Community Bail Fund (pre-trial)

Philadelphia Bail Fund (pre-trial)

Community Fund for Bond and Legal Support (immigration)

Rhode Island

AMOR Bond Fund (immigration)

Tennessee

Hamilton County Community Bail Fund (pre-trial)

Memphis Community Bail Fund (pre-trial)

Nashville Community Bail Fund (pre-trial)

Texas

Luke 4:18 Bail Fund (pre-trial)

Fronterizo Fianza Fund - El Paso area (immigration)

Hutto Community Deportation Defense & Bond Fund - Austin area (Hutto)

RAICES Texas Bond Fund - state-wide TX (immigration)

Vermont

Vermont Freedom Bail Fund (immigration)

Virginia

Richmond Community Bail Fund (pre-trial)

Roanoke Community Bail Fund  (pre-trial)

Cville Immigrant Freedom Fund 

Washington

Northwest Community Bail Fund (pre-trial)

Fair Fight Immigrant Bond Fund

Wisconsin

Free the 350 Bail Fund (pre-trial)

[inverseofconverse]

for those in Maryland, Baltimore Action Legal Team is working with people through the whole legal process! their website has a lot of information on how to help, from donating to volunteering.

Help BALT provide legal support to grassroots organizations.

Within the Baltimore region, there is a need for race equity and human rights lawyering that serves the interests of grassroots movements an

[stalepeeps]

https://www.arfreedomfund.com/

For those in Arkansas!

Arkansas Freedom Fund

[dearest-rebecca]

TRAYVON MARTIN was walking home with an iced tea and Skittles. He was shot by George Zimmerman, who was found not guilty.

KEITH SCOTT was sitting in a car, reading. He was shot by a police officer, who was not charged.

ATATIANA JEFFERSON was looking out her window, and was shot by a police officer, who is still under indictment for murder.

JONATHAN FERRELL was asking for help after an auto accident. He was shot twelve times by police, case ended in mistrial.

JORDAN EDWARDS was riding in a car and was shot in the back of the head by a police officer, who was found guilty of murder.

STEPHON CLARK was holding a cell phone, and was shot 8 times, 6 in the back. The officers were not charged.

AMADOU DIALLO while taking out his wallet, 41 shots were fired by four different officers. They were all acquitted.

RENISHA MCBRIDE after an auto accident, she knocked on someone’s door for help. The homeowner was found guilty of second-degree murder.

TAMIR RICE was playing with a toy gun, and was shot by police officer arriving on scene. Officer was not charged.

SEAN BELL was hosting a bachelor party. 50 rounds were fired by police officers who were found not guilty of charges.

WALTER SCOTT was pulled over for brake lights, and was shot in the back by a police officer who pleaded guilty to civil rights violations.

PHILANDO CASTILE was pulled over and told officer he had a legally registered weapon in car. Officer acquitted of all charges.

AIYANA JONES was sleeping and was accidentally shot by an officer in a raid on wrong apartment. Officer cleared of all charges.

TERRENCE CRUTCHER needed help when his vehicle broke down. Was shot by a police officer who was found not guilty of manslaughter.

ALTON STERLING was selling CDs, and was shot at close range while being arrested. No charges filed.

FREDDIE GRAY was beaten to death by officers while being transported in police van. All officers involved were acquitted.

JOHN CRAWFORD was shopping at WalMart, holding a BB gun that was on sale—police officer was not charged for his murder.

MICHAEL BROWN was shot twelve times by an officer, including in the back. No charges filed.

JORDAN DAVIS was killed because he was playing loud music. Shooter found guilty of first-degree murder.

SANDRA BLAND was pulled over for traffic ticket; was tasered and then arrested. Suspicious “suicide” while in jail. No charges.

BOTHAM JEAN was fatally shot in his home, which female officer ¿mistook for her own? (Which I’ll never understand.) Officer found guilty of murder.

OSCAR GRANT was handcuffed and placed face-down, officer then shot him in the back. Officer found guilty of involuntary manslaughter.

COREY JONES was waiting by his car which was broken down, and was shot three times by police officer, who was found guilty of murder.

AHMAUD AUBREY was jogging. He was shot by two racist men who claimed they suspected him of burglaries. Both men were charged with murder and aggravated assault.

GEORGE FLOYD was suspected of alleged fraud. He handcuffed and pinned to the ground by an officer’s knee. He begged for mercy and he was ignored.

ERIC GARNER: Stopped for selling cigarettes on a nyc street and choked by a cop in broad daylight. Complications of the stress put on his throat by the hold caused his death; Openly said “I can’t breathe” several times and pretty much died while three other cops watched their compatriot kill a man. Eric was well known for just trying to sell goods as a side hustle and never actually hurt anybody.

DJ HENRY was fatally shot in his car by police officer Aaron Hess in the early morning hours of Oct. 17, 2010. DJ's passengers say they were doing nothing wrong when Hess ran out in front of them in the road. Hess says he only fired because he was in fear for his life. Hess later admitted to lying on multiple occasions after DJ’s death about the shooting.

These were all murders. They were not accidental. All of these innocent people: men, women AND children. Were murdered because they were black. Not because they were violent. Not because they were threatening, but because they were black. Something has to change. We have to MAKE a change. Black lives matter. Black men. Black women. Black children. Non-Binary blacks. Trans blacks. Every single one of their lives matter. Your friends. Your neighbors. Your teachers. Your brothers. Your sisters. We are the change.

——————

this list isn’t even close to a being a quarter of the wrongful African American deaths in America and if there is anyone you’d like me to add please message me. I will gladly add them because people deserve to know their names.

[mymyfangirlsidedontlie]

People need to realize when you meet a person with a big heart they are also a person filled with uncontrollable rage towards the world 

Like yes I will comfort a sad person when they need it 

I will also drop kick a nazi to the moon 

[imherequeerandfilledwithfear-de]

fuck yeah!

[la-laborista-republiko]

Whatever comes of these protests, the game has been changed.

Even if this doesn’t materialize into longterm victory *right now*, everyone in America is now acutely aware that the police can be beaten and that cop shops can be stormed and razed.

The game is afoot, space cadets.

[pettycentral]

[homoslovenc]

not even God can predict this ending

[gaynfl-moved]

oh my god