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TN, he/him I'm 30, I block minors

[antiqueanimals]

Звери самые маленькие, 1927. Illustrated by Vasily Vatagin.

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[charl0ttan]

Hi, love your work, the deer at my mamas house are so so silly i wanted to share <3

SILLY!!! SILLYDEERS🫵🦌

[what-even-is-thiss]

I’ve discovered that when reading military history books you’ll sometimes come across a bit that says that the army had to “forage”

Sometimes this does mean that they were foraging. Hunting deer and picking berries and whatnot.

Sometimes though it actually means that they walked onto other people’s farms and just harvested and stole their crops and nobody happened to die that time.

[what-even-is-thiss]

Modern militaries have pretty insane logistics to keep their people fed.

Ancient and premodern militaries also had pretty large logistics but a not insignificant portion of their stuff almost always came from straight up stealing.

[what-even-is-thiss]

The stealing was also why a lot of people have historically agreed to join militaries voluntarily.

Sure the pay might be bad and the food inconsistent but there will be plenty of socially acceptable opportunities to steal things.

Historians call this booty or plunder. And yes that’s what it is. But it’s also stealing. They stole stuff. Often by force, sometimes through just the implication of force. Because if a whole army full of armored up trained soldiers goes through your wheat field what are you gonna do about it? Like seriously. What are you gonna do about it?

Probably just hope they don’t take all of it and hide in your house.

[what-even-is-thiss]

I’m finishing up that biography of Julius Caesar I started a while ago and Caesar was fairly merciful for the time period. He usually didn’t let his army plunder and raid and tried to pay them well instead, which worked only because his army liked him so much.

But when the historian Adrian Goldsworthy, as many other historians, describes Caesar’s army as “foraging” it appears that they’re actually coercing villages into letting them steal their crops.

As evidenced by the fact that if a village didn’t let them “forage” in their territory Caesar stopped enforcing his policy of not letting his army raid and pillage and just let them have at it. Raping, burning, and pillaging their way through the nearby countryside.

Even with a commander known historically for being unusually merciful, this was a thing. Take advantage of his forgiveness, assume he won’t burn down your village, don’t allow him entry, then, well, he takes the leash off of his attack dogs. So the message is clear. Give the army your stuff and you might live.

[curseofmeatthawsmoth]

Jury finds defendants guilty of terrorism-related charges in attack on Prairieland ICE detention center

Nine defendants were on trial on charges related to the July 4 attack on the Prairieland ICE detention center in North Texas.

fucking kangaroo court

[curseofmeatthawsmoth]

I'll admit I haven't been following the Prairieland proceedings as closely as I could have, but I'm actually a bit shocked by the verdict.

[kropotkindersurprise]

The judge is a far-right Trump appointee so this is a horrible but unsurprising miscarriage of justice. This is a case meant to criminalize all antifascist and left-wing protest in the USA as terrorism, and should be a huge wake-up call for any person in the USA. Support the defendants to help with their legal fees for appeals here:

Support DFW Anti ICE Protesters

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[kropotkindersurprise]

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[hesperocyon-lesbian]

Unrelated btw

[hesperocyon-lesbian]

FYI there is a non-zero chance that tumblr will nuke me over this so please spread it as much and as fast as possible, and please understand that if tumblr does so, it constitutes an explicit endorsement of all ICE actions by Matt Mullenweg

[emwheezie]

Salad

[alpaca-clouds]

Something I keep thinking about is how a lot of people consider it a good thing that children cannot by themselves consent (or refuse consent) to medical treatments. Some people do kinda get it that maybe it might be a problem with stuff like kids not being able to access trans healthcare, or kids being refused vaccination by antivaxx parents. But in general I see that most people are actually okay with this idea for the most part.

And like... you do get that that is kinda insane, right?

Because this is something that so often leads to suffering. And I am saying this as someone disabled, who had so many issues due to this in his childhood.

Just three examples: when I was 7, I was supposed to get checked for autism. My mother did not want an autistic child. Since she just could have a "neurotypical" child by refusing diagnosis, she did just that.

When I was 12, my mother had decided I needed a certain plastic surgery (one that had a minor health benefit, but still was largely a beauty thing). I did not want it. I really, really did not want it. We still went through almost the entire process until thankfully there was a doctor who went: "Wait, this is elective. I am refusing to do this on a child that does not want it."

And when I was 14 my mother refused to get me to the hospital when I had severe food poisoning. She refused me hospital treatment for almost two weeks. By the time I got actually taken to the hospital I was almost dead.

And here is the thing: all of this should just not happen. The doctor when I was 12 was cool, but... he refused to do the surgery because he had the right to make a conscience call. Legally my mother was in the right to force me into that elective surgery. And that just should not be the case.

A lot of children die and suffer due to their legal inability to consent - or refuse consent - to medical treatments. And I wish y'all would understand that.

Whenever this is brought up, people will go: "Oh, but parents will decide what is best for the child." And here is the thing: No, they are not. There is so much stuff out there showing that indeed, a lot of parents suck at this. Some out of malice, some because they are religious nuts, and some because they literally treat their kids like some sort of doll or some shit.

[oldbutchdanielmolloy]

i appreciate that my local bodega is taking action in the smoking dogs epidemic

[kittensnax]

weed isnt dangerous because its a "gateway drug" or whatever its dangerous because it puts you in the exact mindset to post song lyrics without context as if it's the sickest thing you've ever heard

[tboy-cock]

i nabbed this from a zionist who nabbed it from an antizionist but i couldnt find the og and im not fucking reblogging a "proud zionist" so im posting it here. truth + free palestine

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[sart7alex]

I had to do it I'm sorry

We'll truly miss u Karina :']

[pennywords]

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[alexaloraetheris]

Oh, to be a little kitten who just got vaccinated and then taken to a high-end restaurant and tasted the best food the chefs could offer and then fell asleep in a basket.

[william-s-churros]

i think i saw a movie like this once

[maidslime]

Ok I needed to know the story and

Guy makes a really stupid decision and gets in a car accident -> no real damage from accident but insurance goes up -> starts beating himself up over his stupid decision -> gets depressed -> starts to realize he's single and had crash been worse he'd die alone -> realizes he's never had a relationship or even a crush and starts wondering what he'd want out of a relationship -> starts to realize he doesn't really like girls so he thinks he must be gay -> realizes he likes girls and boys about the same amount, so he must be bi -> later realizes that "same amount" is none at all -> he's ace

[wizard0rb]

all im saying is, what if kleiner was the same scientist who sent gordon to xen 

[captain-price-returns]

A real page on the White House website

[sydrichie]

[songsbeforebed2022]

Stop posting that stupid fucking white man with his shirt off I’m going to kill you

[songsbeforebed2022]

I can’t stop thinking about this because I was under the impression that like every unimportant white guy who dominates the fandom in a piece of media about black people and women he would at least be like. A Character. Have something going on. Eddie munson situation where it’s like ok this guy fucking sucks but he did have something?? But no he’s so nothing. He is the most Plot Device character in the movie. He is the character who is killed off first to characterise Clark, The Black Man, and establish elevated stakes. I hate you all soooo much his character is literally a red circle and arrow pointing at clark saying HOLY SHIT DUDE THIS GUY IS SO FUCKED UP AND AWESOME but uhhhh I guess the actor is “”hot”” so one million x readers of plot device guy from the fucking backrooms movie LOL