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here's an article on metadata and how to remove it on your phone that was shared on twitter. always good and relevant information but especially for right now.

Just gotta get this out there; I really can't share with people's exitement about a Taika Waititi-directed Star Wars movie. I think he's great, but like, remember when Lord & Miller were fired by parted ways with Disney mid-filming because their version of Solo became "too comedic, too meta, too improv-heavy"? AKA, too "Lord & Miller? Like, these guys made 21 Jump Street, The Lego Movie, and went on to make Into the Spider-Verse! That's what their movies are like! AND, might I add, not too dissimilar from Waititi's directing style.

But no, I'm sure that Disney would be more than happy to give Taika Waititi free rein, and that his movie won't end up a written-by-committee, studio-interference-laden mess at best, or a completely different director's poor attempt at salvaging it into an unassuming and inoffensive tribute to our Disney-overlords at worst.

inspired by this post 

From baby to full grown

A comic I will most likely NOT finish (’: So anyways what if the Apex found Jesse before he met MT and AD? 

Most of the “keep up the work after the protests have ended!”-type posts I’ve seen are mostly focused on like, reading Black authors and listening to Black voices and unlearning racism, and obviously all of that is absolutely vital - but no amount of individual self-reflection will be able to dismantle institutional systems of oppression. So I wanted to put together some resources for continuing to build a culture of noncompliance and resistance to the police and prison system even after things have calmed down

But first, be aware that the protests aren’t over. It’s June 29th and there are still events and actions being planned regularly across the nation, and they still need your participation and support. If you’re able, please keep your focus there; this list is for what can be done long-term outside of the protests

Know your rights. Giving the police any more information than you absolutely have to will never and can never benefit you or anyone else - positive evidence given to the police is regularly thrown out in court, whereas negative evidence will be used against you. Know what to say and what you have the right to refuse. You don’t have to answer any questions without a lawyer present, you don’t have to give the police access to your house or car unless they have a current warrant signed by a judge. They will try to intimidate you - learn your rights and don’t let up, don’t ever cooperate with the police

Don’t snitch. If you see someone breaking the law in a way that doesn’t hurt anybody, keep your mouth shut. If cops knock on your door asking you questions about your neighbors or anyone you know, don’t answer

Don’t call the cops. If you can solve the problem in a different way, do it. Cops have on multiple occasions murdered the people they were called to help (or bystanders) without provocation. Don’t be complicit in that. Learn how to handle situations as a community or with the help of qualified experts

When you see an interaction with the police happening, stop and observe. If necessary, film the interaction. Organize and work with groups such as Copwatch to observe the police and hold them accountable

Use proper opsec, especially if you’re involved with anything that might make you a target for the cops. Downloading Signal is a great simple place to start

Learn about jury nullification, and spread the word. When serving in a jury, you have the right to vote not guilty on a defendant that you believe did commit the crime but doesn’t deserve punishment for it. Don’t be complicit in unjust punishment

Refuse to do work for the police or prison system. Workers keep the world running and the state relies on our compliance to keep our neighbors under their thumb. We can shut it down

Continue to support bail funds, even for non-protesters. Cash bail is unjust, and people shouldn’t be in jail just because they can’t pay

Continue to support legal defense funds as well, such as that of the National Lawyers Guild

Write to prisoners, either by yourself or with groups such as the Anarchist Black Cross or Black And Pink, and organize/support books to prisons programs, commissary funds, reentry programs, and other forms of prisoner support

Organize and support community-run crisis response organizations like the CAHOOTS program in Eugene, Oregon or the Birmingham Peacemakers in my hometown

Here are some other organizations to join that are doing good work in this area:

Black Lives Matter is obviously a huge voice in racial justice right now. The list of “official” chapters on their website is very incomplete, though, so you may have better luck doing a web search for “[your area] black lives matter” (beware of fakes though)

Showing Up for Racial Justice is another very active and widespread racial justice network

Critical Resistance is a grassroots prison abolitionist organization founded by Angela Davis

The Revolutionary Abolitionist Movement is another active prison abolitionist organization

The IWW’s Incarcerated Workers Organizing Committee works with prisoners to organize strikes, phone zaps, and other actions combating injustice in prisons

Again, the Anarchist Black Cross does great work supporting political prisoners through letter-writing and more. The link I’ve been including is to an unofficial federation of ABC groups, though - there may be a group in your area that’s not part of that federation, so a web search for “[your area] black cross” may be better

Black And Pink is a prison abolitionist organization focused on queer people and people living with HIV/AIDS

Antifascism is of course an important aspect of racial justice and community safety. See @antifainternational‘s guide to getting connected to your local antifascists - though, again, beware of fakes (the “antifa checker” accounts on fedbook and twitter can help)

The police state and prison industrial complex rely on the complicity and cooperation of all of us to function and be effective. By building a culture of noncompliance and active resistance, we can drastically reduce the state’s ability to oppress communities of color. Don’t let the struggle be forgotten with the changing of the news cycle - keep up the struggle until all are free!

Boosts and additional resources are very much appreciated!

If Terry prachett were there do you think the good omens Show would be any different?

Yes. Probably it would be a lot less faithful, because when Terry was alive and well, we were determined that someone was going to write the scripts and make it, and that someone definitely wasn’t us. I didn’t have the time to write six hour long scripts, then take 18 months to showrun and oversee it, and neither did Terry. And our agreement was that we did things together or not at all.

But his last request to me was to do it… “I know, Neil, that you’re very very busy, but no one else could ever do it with the passion that we share for the old girl,” he wrote. And so I’m doing it.

If I may add;

The whole train arc. (Which I know appeared in the 03 version, but still.)

The Führer showing up in Dublith in a Hawaiian shirt and a straw hat.

Sig and Major Armstrong flexing st each other. (Again, in the 03 version, but it's just so good.)

Mei's first meeting with the Youswell miners, lending more impact to her return to Youswell.

Lust's extended dialogue with Dr. Marco in his clinic.

Dr. Knox telling Mei and Lan Fan about the Ishval war, concluding with the line "Don't fight. I'm tired of seeing dead children."

some of my fav manga scenes that were left out of the animes in no particular order:

tiny baby ed in oversized plaid pajamas and tiny baby al in his too-big slippers holding on to ed’s sleeve

al telling the devil’s nest gang that they’re lame while they’re holding him hostage

ed getting jumped by another dog and al utilizing his big scary appearance to save him (let my brother go, ‘kay? *grrs* KAY? *lightning strikes in the background and the dog runs away in fear*)

that one surreal panel where winry and ed prance down the beach while she chases him with a chainsaw

Roy and Riza meeting the elrics because there was a typo with their ages in the file

Riza making a time travel joke about said typo

envy walking in on ed in the shower and al’s like brother cover ur butt -_-

ed and al’s primary school teacher throwing chalk at them for not paying attention to the lesson

Roy attempting to blackmail ed because he knows about the human transmutation and ed immediately shoots back that he knows about Roy’s pyramid scheme ‘cause he didn’t even act worried when ed tried to spear bradley

Then Roy pointing at ed and being like Riza can u believe this kid and rizas just like u could at least PRETEND you care sir :////

Ling trying to court winry and ed’s just like wiNrY!!!!

Selim calling ed a small bean

that time Hohenheim casually fathered the hell out of ed while also sitting on the toilet

mei fantasizing about her and al skiing and snowboarding

ed nearly having a conniption when he found out Ling was younger bUT TALLER than him so he told Ling he had a freakishly adult face

the one (1) time Roy called Riza by her first name

Al and Hohenheim running into each other and Al’s like DAD?! and Hohenheim’s like MY VINTAGE ARMOR?!