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Evergreen tbh.
During just the 2016 election cycle, the NRA spent $54 million in the presidential and congressional races, nearly $20 million of which went to attacking Democrat Hillary Clinton and more than $11 million to support Republican Donald Trump. In 2008 and 2012, the group had spent $18 million opposing Democrat Barack Obama and $10 million supporting Republicans John McCain and Mitt Romney.
Also, here's the original satirical article!
sometimes I talk about disliking copyright/IP on here, and I always try to stress that the reason these conversations matter is because copyright law is used in real life to hurt real people. I want to highlight a current example of this happening which I haven't seen talked about on my dash yet.
Solar Being is a small business run by two natural hair sculpting artists. their art has gone viral online a few times, and one of their most recognizable creations are their shaped hair puffs:
recently, their business has been under attack by frivolous DMCA & copyright infringement complaints by a competing company. Solar Being has had to close pre-orders for their hair extensions and redirect the funding they raised through a kickstarter campaign into now building a legal defense fund, at the expense of their allocated labor and production budget. in the meantime, they can't even post uncensored photos of their star puffs to social media without facing copyright claims. this issue goes beyond just promotional materials and is also affecting any posts where they (or their customers!) have their hair puffs visible.
on Solar Being's legal defense page they say they "believe [geometric hairstyle] designs should remain free for others to use, reinterpret, and express through their creative and commercial endeavors". and if these copyright infringement complaints are held up, it will likely affect the rights of other natural hair sculpting artists to create designs like this.
if you'd like to support Solar Being's legal fund they're accepting donations now, and I'd recommend supporting them through social media as well. I'm not personally associated with Solar Being and am just repeating what they've already said through their website and social media.
lots of people around copyright/IP discussions like to talk about supporting artists, and if you want direct that supportive energy somewhere productive I feel this situation is one that deserves your attention.
Red and Blue Spiral
trump had to settle for a second handed Noby piece prize
Oscar Vega is so important to me.
And yes @blogquantumreality I am aware how my url makes this sound. But Angie would agree that Oscar is important.
Angie would, indeed, agree. :D
Hey everyone!
I found a really neat playlist that goes into the quantitative worldbuilding behind creating scientifically plausible stellar and planetary systems, and I urge everybody to give it a watch :)
You can see it here!
I just remembered that this was a thing that was HILARIOUS in 2006 and apparently that was ten years ago now.
Old people: join with me in remembering how funny we found this on LiveJournal.
Young people: look at this lolrus, it’s so happy, it has a bucket.
And then they stealed away the bucket and we realised we had fucked up a perfectly good elephant seal and given it anxiety.
listen this vintage meme is high quality and i will hear nothing said against it
20 years. I am not happy about this.
The whole saga can be found here, and it's just as amusing as when I first saw it.
[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.
Clea
Based on Proserpine by Dante Gabriel Rossetti
