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this is going viral on the tweeter currently so. for you also. miku is not ai!!
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idk to me itβs just like,,,black people coined the phrases say her name and rest in power for a reason and im gonna focus specifically on say her name because it was black women who wanted to call attention to the systemic violences that we have faced that have resulted in the deaths of so many of us which were left unrecognized. it was specifically addressing an issue within the black community wherein black femicides (particularly at the hands of the police/intimate partners) were not given the same spotlight as the murders of black men. we are always forgotten in life and in death and that is part of why the violence against us has been permitted to continue to the point that we are at a significantly higher risk of homicide than any other race. and the statistics are even more grim for black transwomen and femmes. for every nonblack victim of transphobic violence that gets recognition in their horrific death, there are 10 black victims whose names we never know. like that is the whole point of the phrase this shit is life or death for us and we know that the moment race is decontextualized from the nature of the phrase then that is when we are once again forgotten. but yall are acting like weβre trying to start genz tiktok lingo/aave co-opting discourse.
what im essentially trying to say is that say her name isnβt aave or slang or βjust something black people sayβ it was a very intentionally crafted call to action that was made with a specific purpose - that being to highlight black women as being disproportionately vulnerable to violence yet overwhelmingly overlooked. and i think the reason why a lot of yall are mad when we say to pick a diff phrase is bc yall think of it as internet slang and not an actual movement largely driven by social media a la #blacklivesmatter
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who dis look like
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May God protect that lone anti-zionist Japanese protestor from getting harassed by Zionist tourists. Japan is one of Israeli tourists fav Asian destination
Speaking of Zionist tourists
wait surely they mean australian this one's on us
this was the dangerous propaganda she just had to take down
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reporting live from hottie radioππ
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rb this and tell me what ur accent is. this has no purpose except the fact i just realized i could have like... mutuals with cockney accents or newfoundland accents or something and thats just wild
highlights of the responses:
- the solid hundred americans saying "idk general american". i dont know what that is so im gonna pretend you mean "I sound like a disney channel character"
- shoutout to whoever said "gay". also whoever said "autism".
- to those curious; 'newfoundland' accents are what everyone i know says to refer to the stereotypical "canadian accent" that bad american TV has, 'cause you're basically only gonna hear that in a random fishing town on the Maritimes' coast.
- the fact that almost every french person called their accent sexy
- all my fellow canadians who are saying "canadian but i dONT SOUND NEWFIE" like yes babe we are not all One Single Fishing Town Accent (no hate to the newfies tho ily)
- the one who said "i sound like siri. i have no accent" meanwhile siri is So Fucking Accented to my ears
- the amount of people with english as a second language in the notes who now love their accents <3 that's great, love urself
- everyone going "i'm TOLD i sound british. please not that"
- the one person who described their accent instead of just saying a word. they happened to be canadian and i was like "you just. absolutely and totally described how i talk"
- the amount of californians going "californian but i dONT SOUND SURFER OR VALLEY GIRL" like the US version of "im not newfie"
- the one single californian who was like "yeah i sound surfer. what are u gonna do about it"
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I regret to inform you that Discord's new Terms of Service includes an arbitration clause. You can find it here https://discord.com/terms/#16. This clause includes an opt-out, which I have transcribed here:
You can decline this agreement to arbitrate by emailing an opt-out notice to arbitration-opt-out@discord.com within 30 days of April 15, 2024 or when you first register your Discord account, whichever is later; otherwise, you shall be bound to arbitrate disputes in accordance with the terms of these paragraphs. If you opt out of these arbitration provisions, Discord also will not be bound by them.
These clauses are underhanded ways that corporations seek to deprive you of your right to participate in class-action lawsuits and your right to a jury trial. (This does only apply to us users ,other people still spread the word though )
Bad news, @noodelzmop. Arbitration basically means that if you want to sue Discord for whatever reason, the dispute needs to be handled in house. Specifically, in their house. If you don't get this email out, you're basically signing away your right to legal recourse if they do criminally shitty stuff to you, like with the McDonalds app.
I have been told that emailing "I am confirming that as of the date of this email, I am choosing to opt out of binding arbitration to settle disputes with Discord." With the Email you used for your discord account is enough for the notice but take this with a grain of salt as this was not said by a lawyer
reiterating that this only applies to US users
THIRTY DAY LIMIT BTW. I suggest taking sixty seconds to fire off a quick email with opβs recommended text. I have no plans to sue discord but better safe than sorry
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Also increasingly aware that a LOT of people "manage" getting through the 40+ hour work week by sleeping less than is healthy and relying on stimulants like coffee and energy drinks to keep them going.
For people who are unwilling or unable to do this...work really does just dominate your life. Like we really should not have to rely on unhealthy practices just to have a social life or keep on top of housework or whatever.
I know I post about this a lot but I'm so TIRED all the time and it's just so depressing that this is how we're expected to spend the one life we have.
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Reblog so she lives forever.
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While enslaved people were mostly overseas, in colonies, out of sight, slavery funded British wealth and institutions from theΒ Bank of EnglandΒ to the Royal Mail. The extent to which modern Britain was shaped by the profits of the transatlantic slave economy was made even clearer with the launch in 2013 ofΒ the Legacies of British Slave-ownership projectΒ at University College London. It digitised the records of tens of thousands of people who claimed compensation from the government when colonial slavery was abolished in 1833, making it far easier to see how the wealth created by slavery spread throughout Britain after abolition. βSlave-ownership,β the researchers concluded, βpermeated the British elites of the early 19th century and helped form the elites of the 20th century.β (Among others, it showed thatΒ David Cameronβs ancestors, and the founders of theΒ Greene King pub chain, had enslaved people.)
But as Bell-Romero would write inΒ his report on Caius, βthe legacies of enslavement encompassed far more than the ownership of plantations and investments in the slave tradeβ. Scholars undertaking this kind of archival research typically look at the myriad ways in which individuals linked to an institution might have profited from slavery β ranging from direct involvement in the trade of enslaved people or the goods they produced, to one-step-removed financial interests such as holding shares in slave-trading entities such as the South Sea or East India Companies.
Bronwen Everill, an expert in the history of slavery and a fellow at Caius, points out βhow widespread and mundane all of this wasβ. Mapping these connections, she says, simply βmakes it much harder to hold the belief that Britain suddenly rose to power through its innate qualities; actually, this great wealth is linked to a very specific moment of wealth creation through the dramatic exploitation of African labour.β
This academic interest in forensically quantifying British institutionsβ involvement in slavery has been steadily growing for several decades. But in recent years, this has been accompanied by calls for Britain to re-evaluate its imperial history, starting with theΒ Rhodes Must FallΒ campaign in 2015. The Black Lives Matter protests of 2020 turbo-charged the debate, and in response, more institutions in the UK commissioned research on their historic links to slavery β including the Bank of England, Lloydβs, the National Trust, the Joseph Rowntree Foundation andΒ the Guardian.
But as public interest in exploring and quantifying Britainβs historic links to slavery exploded in 2020, so too did a conservative backlash against βwokeryβ. Critics argue that the whole enterprise of examining historic links to slavery is an exercise in denigrating Britain and seeking out evidence for a foregone conclusion. Debate quickly ceases to be about the research itself β and becomes a proxy for questions of national pride. βWhat seems to make people really angry is the suggestion of change [in response to this sort of research], or the removal of specific things β statues, names β which is taken as a suggestion that people today should be guilty,β said Natalie Zacek, an academic at the University of Manchester who is writing a book on English universities and slavery. βIβve never quite gotten to the bottom of that β no one is saying you, today, are a terrible person because youβre white. Weβre simply saying there is another story here.β
Source: theguardian.com
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TO WONG FOO, THANKS FOR EVERYTHING! JULIE NEWMAR (1995) directed by Beeban Kidron costume design and original sketches by Marlene Stewart
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My birthday is today β¨ππ½ππ½
Thank you for the birthday wishes β¨
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My birthday is today β¨ππ½ππ½
Happy birthday, friend! ππ₯³πβ¨π
thank you!!
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my goal as an artist is to be able to make oc art and get 200 notes just because the art is compelling
does he compel you
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