[ID: image 1: Twitter/X post by maddie/@madsssagascar. It's a picture of text that reads: "Karl Stojka. 'It was not Hitler, Göring, Goebbels, Himmler, or whatever the others were called, who had me dragged away and beaten. No, it was the cobbler, the neighbour, the old man, the milkman, the postman, those without form suddenly given armbands and a cap on their heads and them they were the master race.'" The post is in response to Markwayne Mullin/@SenMullin's post that reads: "Ice agents aren't Disney villains. They're our neighbours, friends, and loved ones. These immigration and customs enforcement officers are red-blooded American patriots doing a tough job to keep our nation safe. A..." the rest of the post is cut off.
Image 2: Mario napolitano/@Mars1 (the rest of username is cut off) 's reply to madsssagascar. It's an image of text that reads: "'Nice people made the best Nazis. My mum grew up next to them. They got along, refused to make waves, looked the other way when things got ugly and focused on happier things than "politics". They were lovely people who turned their heads as their neighbours were dragged away. You know who aren't nice people? Resistors. ' -Naomi Shulman"
And that’s the key here. All the people on top make the decisions and set the party line, but it’s all the people working for them that actually carry out those decisions. If all ICE employees just refused to come in tomorrow, Trump would look like the stupid-assed shitty carbon copy of Mussolini he is, and he’d be out on his ear within the day because his fellow Republicans worship power and will happily turn on their own.
Like I said though, doing the right thing is made, by a society like this, to have a cost - and it can be substantial in some cases. Anton Schmid knew it well.
I checked, and Reuters is carrying the story.
It’s unreal how nakedly misplaced Devastation Donnie’s priorities are.
Just to be clear free file is still available just not the direct file program
Yep. Before you pay to file check out the free file program. Most people who don’t make 3x the poverty line income are eligible. You may still have to pay for state but often that reduces the whole cost to something more like $15. Some states may have their own free filing system and your local library can usually provide more info.
Yes, everyone else not residing in Mordor, it costs money for the expertise to navigate our deliberately obfuscatory tax system to avoid paying either too much, virtually penalizing the poor, or too little, very literally penalizing the poor as tax cheats and scofflaws, but for wealthy people it’s trivial to spend a couple days’ worth of a poor person’s wages so this is immaterial to them. People have fought incredibly hard to patch this system with volunteer preparers, law changes mandating at least some free option, and most lately the rollout of direct filing through the IRS’ own software, but this kakistocracy hates the poor that much.
Hello everyone Experiencing Winter right now, I would like to express a friendly holiday message on behalf of ER workers everywhere:
BE CAREFUL ON ICE
- YES, EVEN IF YOU ARE ONLY WALKING. When a fresh wave of ice comes in, 90% of my mom's ER isn't car accidents, it's people w/trauma from falling on their way to the car.
- LOOK FOR ICE. Mostly in the morning, but Be Looking. Ice manifests suddenly in strange places.
- You cannot get friction on an unbroken icy slope. No power of will or special stance will change this. Either wear treads to dig into the ice, or find a non-icy path.
- Never be afraid to drop on your butt and scooch across ice. If you aren't sure if you can safely cross an ice patch or get down off a icey hill, then get on your butt. It is 10000% safer to help you not slip, and also if you slip. Yes you might look silly, looking silly is better than head trauma.
- Penguin shuffle if needed. Little baby steps keeping your center of gravity centered. This only works if you aren't on a slop. If you are on a slope, see the above.
- Walk on the grass. I cannot stress this enough. If the sidewalks aren't cleared or you're unsure, any grassy section nearby will be a safe alternative. Even if it means walking on someone's lawn.
- Handrails are your friends, use them please.
8. Wear gloves. Years ago now, my dad slipped while he had his hands in his pockets, and couldn't get them out quick enough to arrest his fall. He ended up shattering his ankle. Since then, my family has treated gloves as winter safety equipment.
9. if you use a cane you can get a little ice spike for it! i love mine it's my best friend in winter
Bisexuals. Everybody wants us, but no one "wants" us. Hey, lesbians! What did we ever do to you, besides lead you on and break your heart?
Hannah Einbinder: Everything Must Go (2024) dir. Sandy Honig
CEO of Epic Games casually says that every AI has instances of creating CSAM and deepfake revenge porn content as if that somehow excuses anything.
Tim Sweeney has never been a good person, but this is an impressive low, even for him.
If you're still playing Fortnite, might be a good time to rethink that...
Can’t believe the guy who heads the company who makes Fortnite, the predatory game for children, would be in support of AI that creates predatory images of children.
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I’m really late for this, but when I saw @comickergirl had a challenge list for december, I just had to do it.
I’ll try to do 2-3 drawings per day to catch up, but I’ll probably finish it in january anyway.
Anyway, hope you like the Franfran rock :)
Why would anyone want to stay at a hotel with armed and untrained Proud Boys and Oath Keepers cosplaying as menacing Gestapo SS?
Hilton will learn that when you rent rooms to Nazis, you become the Nazis.
Adding article for reference and fact-checking -
Hilton drops Minneapolis hotel over cancelled ICE bookings | Reuters
this does not even begin to cover several dozen languages spoken by nations without a sovereign state, some of which have a comparable number of speakers.
for instance, the characters listed here to identify Kyrgyz and Mongolian are also used in Tatar, Bashkir and Kalmyk languages (just off the top of my head, I'm sure there are more), and there are just as many speakers of Tatar as of Kyrgyz or Mongolian.
so, to everybody in the tags saving this for reference: if you really want to educate yourself, I'd suggest starting by looking up the list of languages that use the Cyrillic script
reblogging this version!!