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Stuff!
Well, just my AO3 right now. I'm perpetfic. You might know me from Speirton or Phlint or Barisi or many other options. I've been around a long time.
Currently very deep into Masters of the Air with no signs of slowing down. Including OCs, which is a new one for me.
Oh, and prompt-taking status! Prompts are: OPEN
I think my bio covers everything else.
Fucking CRYING
And I went, "Okay, it's a name for a style of embroidery looks like."
AND THEN
UP-TO-DATE FAGGOTING INCLUDES KNOTTED INSERTION
(If you need a copy, it's a PDF, and I have bought from this seller many times. Just not for any faggoting needs)
So apparently someone found the lost episode of KTMA, K03, Star Force. It was found at a garage sale around Minneapolis and has been fully digitized. :)
you can read more about all this here:
https://www.reddit.com/r/MST3K/s/WBQQPowmms
TAPES CIRCULATED
I'm not a blind box person in general, but Kewpies and Rose O'Neill in general are two of my very favorite things, so it was a win across the board whichever little buddy I got.
Did you know Rose O'Neill is from just outside Branson, MO? Her home is still there, rebuilt to match as closely as possible to what it looked like when she was alive. There's a gift shop and a gallery, and it includes all her work. She was a commercial illustrator and a suffragette and a painter and sculptor.
She also loved monsters.
If you want to help keep her work alive in the place where she loved to make it, this is the official website.
Haven’t had a chance to watch the tutorial yet, but I’m seriously considering making this for my gf’s niece
Yeah, it's that the less likely to vote working class don't know who he is.
Definitely not that they are greatly insulted at being told that all of them are Nazi tattoo having serial cheaters who want to rape home intruders and have decided not to vote because they've disrespected and insulted over and over again by Mr. Totenkopf and his merry band of fucking assholes.
My greatest hope is that every single eligible voter who has been told they are just like this guy come out and absolutely destroy him by voting against him. It is the least he deserves.
I mean, good on France for treating African-Americans well, but were they treating their own black soldiers well? The most I know about France and their African soldiers was an event called the Thiaroye Massacre, involving African soldiers from French colonies called the Tirailleurs Sénégalais being attacked and killed by French soldiers following a wage dispute in 1944. From what I’ve heard, that incident is still being debated and there were apparently violent incidents preceding that, but it doesn’t paint a great picture of African and French relations either way.
I know a small bit about that, and I think it's important to note that when I say "Black soldiers were treated better in France than in the US," I am not trying to erase France's horrendous treatment of the people of its colonies, of which is this just one fucked up example. Nor am I pretending France was or is great to its Black population. But Black US soldiers who went to France did talk about how they felt more welcome there than in the US.
For those who don't know, this group were murdered for asking for the pay owed to them by the French government for serving in the French military in World War 2, and the answer of those in charge was to commit a massacre. If anyone knows of a book or documentary that could provide further history and context, that would be great.
Fun World War II fan about racist Americas getting what was coming to them time!
So, before Normandy, a lot of US soldiers came over to Britain, and they noticed something very quickly.
Unlike in their bars back home, in pubs and bars over here, there was no segregation.
The US soldiers tried to INSIST that segregation be enforced over here as well. And obviously, they were told no. I'm not gonna say that the British aren't/weren't racist but they did say 'no' when the US soldiers tried to get them to employ segregation.
So what was the US soldiers solution?
They would go into bars and pubs and start fights with black people, thinking that the white British people would side with them, help drive black people out of bars and pubs.
Instead the white British people sided with the black British people and beat the shit out of the US soldiers.
Of course it may just be that the British public didn't like the US soldiers but still.
One of the things that led to the growth of the civil rights movement in the US was black soldiers being treated better by the Brits and the French than they were treated in the US. Especially if those black soldiers were from the rural South.
I can't imagine what it must have felt like to go into the service to protect a country that made sure you were a second-class citizen (a reminder that sundown towns weren't just a southern thing, and while the Jim Crow laws of the South weren't as stringent in the North, there were still plenty of ways to keep things segregated but look like you weren't doing that.), then go to a country where you are treated unquestionably better, and then go home and think you'll finally be recognized as a full citizen for your efforts in the war only to get told, no, you're still lesser.
I'm back to my regular posting schedule on Youtube after taking June off. So, on the hottest day of the year, here's a fucking sweater.
Shame about y'all human-trafficking all those Vietnamese women tho.
Here's a book about Chinese history that is banned in mainland China because it's not nice enough about the millions of peopled the communist government murdered through intentional starvation:
Israel calls this "mowing the grass" .
The world should call it (and prosecute it as) war crimes
So, here's Wikipedia's definition of "mowing the grass" which I am using because Wikipedia has a massive antisemitic and anti-Israel bias at this point:
"Mowing the lawn" (or "mowing the grass") is a controversial military and political metaphor used to describe Israel's periodic strategy of launching short, sharp operations against hostile groups to degrade their military capabilities, deter future attacks, and manage long-term conflict rather than pursue decisive political solutions. [1, 2]
Except every single date on every single comparison does NOT fall under this definition. The earliest date this shows is October 2023. When Israel and Palestine were unquestionably an active war zone.
This isn't a short, sharp operation happening over and over again. These are photos of an active war zone being used to accuse Israel of constantly attacking a supposed peaceful group who are being attacked in the timeline of these photos for starting a fucking war with Israel.
This is intentional disinformation. Not only that, but I don't know in what months there's green in the Gaza strip, so it's possible some or all of the missing greenery in some of those shots has zero to do with any Israeli action and everything to do with seasons changing.
Moving on. Let's look at this part of the definition now:
"manage long-term conflict rather than pursue decisive political solutions." - Here's a list of every single time Israel has offered statehood to Palestine. Palestine has never agreed to statehood because they would have to allow Israel to exist and the people at the negotiating table care more about killing Jews than helping Palestinians build and safe and real state.
And, as long as I have you here, this was reblogged from swifty-fox. Swifty-fox is an antisemite. Swifty-fox is not a reliable source on anything to do with Jews because swifty-fox is an antisemite. This video is intentionally misleading to promote the hatred of Israel and Jews, and swifty-fox shared it with apparently zero commentary or research or even read the dates.
This is not about whether the "mowing the grass" is a good or bad military policy. This is about people once again knowingly lying about provable facts because they want to hate Jews and Israel more than they want to be trustworthy as a source of information.
Since I’m obsessed with WWII these days, I happened to mention something about it to my brother, I don’t remember what, and he responded that it was the last war fought for righteous reasons, to which I immediately responded that the Ukrainians are currently fighting a righteous war. And then he said, “But they’re not perfect. They’ve done some bad stuff.”
And I think it’s no wonder everyone is so unhappy these days, when you expect purity from everyone always in all things. Can’t even back up people fighting a war against their own annihilation.
Unlike the allies in WWII who never did anything immoral for pragmatic reasons or just because of bigotry
Yeah, it's great the US fixed it's Jim Crow laws and respected the efforts and sacrifices of black soldiers when they came back from war and didn't just completely disrespect and shit on them like they always had.
it's amazing how often getting bombed by Japan, the US government didn't round up every Japanese person they could find and stick them in camps. And it's even better they didn't try to also do that with German-American citizens but gave up because it's harder to tell white people apart than to spot an Asian person and assume them a criminal.
It's so wonderful the US saw all the women who stepped up into the workforce and were excellent at their jobs and let them keep those jobs while encouraging the men who came home from war to find other employment in a booming economy and didn't just kick women out of the workplace and force them into the 1950s model of supposed traditional femininity that had never existed for working class or even some middle class families.
The US definitely has zero history of being "problematic." We definitely didn't have a president (andrew fucking jackson) who made it legal to hunt Native Americans. And we definitely didn't have a whole war because half the country didn't want to lose the free labor they got by literally owning people.
Nope. Perfect country all around.
Nothing like seeing swifty-fox on my fucking dash via reblog. Love seeing squee over fic from someone who has said "I am not antisemitic, I just hate Zionists.
So. 85% of Jews. Swifty hates 85% of Jews. Which means Swifty would protect 15% of Jews, which is less than half of the estimated Jews (32%) who survived the Holocaust.
Before you go, "uh, block them???" I assure you I have that cosplaying Good German blocked. I double-checked.
Look, I can't tell anyone else who to hang out with on the internet but squeeing over the fic of someone writing in a World War 2 fandom who has loudly hated Jews is a shit choice.
To further help not having to see that fucking antisemite on my dash, I have now blocked the person who reblogged from swifty. Who ALSO reblogged from swifty today to squee about other fic.
Like, swifty has not been subtle about this.
They are VERY good at not talking about it all the time, which is why I think it slips by so many people, but swifty-fox is 100% an antisemite.
WHAT IS THE POINT OF HAVING THIS ANTISEMITE BLOCKED IF THEY KEEP SHOWING UP ON MY DASH THROUGH OTHER PEOPLE'S REBLOGS.
WHY ARE YOU REBLOGGING AN ANTISEMITE POSTING ANTISEMITIC SHIT.
The Great July Comics Read!
I fell off reading comics a few years ago, and I really want to get back into them. Not just because I have a massive to-read pile too this day but also, I just really like them.
Anyway, I'm gonna read a comic a day in July. This can be a single issue or a trade paperback or a whole graphic novel. I can also only read parts of a trade or graphic novel if that's all I feel up to. Basically, just wanna enjoy comics again.
If you don't know, the difference between a trade paperback and a graphic novel is generally as follows: A trade paperback (which can also be a hardback) is the collection of a single story arc from an ongoing comics. Usually 6 issues in one book. A graphic novel is a complete story that was put out in book format from the start. There's wiggle room in the definition. Watchmen, for example, was a 12-issue comic that was then collected into a single trade paperback. But as it is the entire story, it is also technically a graphic novel. And those giant books of entire 60-issue runs of superhero comics are technically trades and graphic novels for the same reason.
Anyway, first up is Harrow County:
Southern gothic horror with magic. Written by Cullen Bunn (a personal favorite) and wonderful painted art by Tyler Crook. There's only 8 trades (32 issues, so 4-part story arcs instead of 6), so I may just fall all the way into it this first week.
Finished Harrow County last night, and Cullen Bunn did what he always does and told a fantastic story with a big heart and real consequences. Sometimes, you go through so much you can't come back to where you were or where you want to be. Heartbreaking, but as someone who knew from the age of about 10 that I didn't fit into the small Southern town I lived in, I adored it. Tyler Crook's art was perfection throughout, and all the guest artists were well-matched. If you want to read it, there's one-page extra stories about the haints of Harrow County, but you only get them in the single issues. So, if you buy the trades, they're not in there. But if you buy the single issues digitally or physically, they're in there. Nice little bonus for people buying monthly back in the day.
Anyway, next up, a bio of Alan Turing:
I also think that the strength gap is at least partially manufactured women would in fact be stronger overall if little girls were encouraged to do physically taxing games and activities and eat their fill while they’re growing vs having to constantly diet and be sedentary indoors (or god forbid do intense cardio while under-eating). The amount of adult women honestly afraid to lift weights bc they think they’ll get bulky as though bulking isn’t a full time job that athletes have to spend all their time on and anyone on earth gets shredded from just using their adult muscles for their intended purpose, girl your bone density 🥀
if you say women are intentionally nerfed from birth in 2026 people look at you like you’re insane and start condescendingly telling you about how women are just better at different things (but not during their periods haha) but this was a completely basic feminist talking point I grew up with like “girls can do it too! [shot of little girls climbing and running with boys]” nickelodeon commercial tier base level I hate it how is everyone suddenly dumber than the average 7 year old
In elementary school, I challenged a boy to a physical contest that included climbing over the top rail of a piece of playground equipment to prove girls could be as physical as boys.
I won.
The boys immediately started making an excuse that I only won because the boy had had to slow down when swinging his leg over so he wouldn't hit his balls.
Even at 8 I knew it was just excuses. Even at 8 they had been taught a an excuse for why their loss was not a loss. Even at 8 I was dismissed as the winner because girls weren't supposed to win.
To be fair there is a curry that is British… in meaning that it was created in Britain, it’s more specifically a Scottish invention. The humble Tikka Masala.
Oh fun! I did not know that. The people I recall claiming curry was British were speaking of curry in general, so they were still very wrong.
