LGBTQ+ Five • 1 year ago • 100%

In 2008, queer anarchists gathered in Chicago to plot a disruption of the electoral spectacle and cohere a network out of emergent youth crews in multiple cities. Fifteen years later, the proposals put forward then — criminality, autonomous self-defense, riots, and orgies — are needed more than ever. The intervening years have been marked by intensification — of crisis, alienation, loss, and struggle. The right wing no longer hides behind euphemisms: they want to exterminate trans and queer people. The left offers only false solutions: vote, donate, assimilate. A decade of representation, symbolic legal victories, social media activism, and mass-market saturation has left us worse off by all metrics. Our fairweather friends won’t save us from the consequences of their strategy of empty visibility. The inescapable conclusion is that we must come together to protect ourselves. History confirms the queer legacy of building connection in a world that hates us, the legacy of riotous joy—the legacy of bashing back. The attacks will continue on our nightclubs, forests, story hours, and siblings. To hold on, we need spaces—underground if necessary—to re-encounter each other, spaces to remember, build, share, and conspire. In this spirit, we are ecstatic to announce the return of the Bash Back convergence! Fifteen years from the original gathering, Chicago will host the 2023 convergence September 8–11. Comrades, old and new, are invited to discuss what’s still vital in the past and what’s needed in the present. In keeping with tradition, the convergence will include presentations, workshops, distros, parties, and other opportunities to make trouble.

Socialism Five • 1 year ago • 100%

[Why am I in the Industrial Workers of the World?](https://wobblydev.tumblr.com/post/637232403472171008/i-get-asked-now-and-then-why-someone-should-join) Why am I in the Industrial Workers of the World? [a little black cat sits in a field of red, asking the audience this question] For the logo. Let me explain… [the little black cat is looking up at the insignia of the IWW, a globe in a circle beneath the letters I W W with three stars among them] The better-known business unions in the states all have logos of varying appeal… [a collection of business union logos, including the Teamsters, the UAW, the SEIU, the AFLC-CIO and the UFCW] But for all their history and iconography, none of them have what this logo has… Those three stars. [little black cat looks up at the IWW insignia, with the 3 stars glowing] Really, for me, it’s the last of the three stars that matters the most. It represents the third and final aspect of our work… [The star is glowing in the center of the frame] Emancipation [chains being broken] Emancipation of the working class in struggle and at war, and the Earth that feeds and holds us all. [chains encompassing the planet Earth being broken] Both the IWW and the business unions fight for higher wages and better benefits, which are both critically important, but… [a big, buff black cat flexes imposingly next to a big, buff dog. They are intimidating a blue duck who is sitting behind a desk labeled ‘boss’ and sweating nervously] We seek to abolish the wage system, to realize Industrial Democracy and live in harmony with the Earth. We want The Big Win, not concessions. Learn more and join at iww.org! [the little black cat is saying all this while the third star glows nearby]

LGBTQ+ Five • 1 year ago • 100%

Excerpt: >This detail bears repeating, as it crystallizes Republicans’ selective approach to free speech: Teachers are not required to use their trans students’ chosen pronouns, but trans teachers are expressly forbidden from using the pronouns that align with their gender. The policy appears to stand in direct violation of the First Amendment, as well as the Supreme Court’s Bostock decision, which protects LGBTQ+ workers from discrimination. > >The fact that the rules for students’ chosen names apply to both cis and trans children may at first appear as merely a cynical ploy to avoid legal challenges, as anti-trans laws have consistently been blocked in federal courts in recent months. No one truly believes a teacher will face disciplinary consequences for calling a cis boy Rob without a form from his parents. Any such rules will be selectively enforced to attack gender nonconformity.

Feminism Five • 1 year ago • 100%

theintercept.com

Excerpt: > Although the cause of the fire is unknown, the loss of the clinic is a stinging reminder of another recent fire at a Southern California abortion clinic. On March 13, 2022, Planned Parenthood’s Costa Mesa Health Center in Orange County was firebombed with a Molotov cocktail. Last month, charges were announced against a third man for his alleged involvement in the attack. “Officials allege that Batten, along with two other men, including a U.S. marine, conspired to attack a women’s health clinic because it had provided reproductive health services,” The Guardian reported.

Politics Five • 1 year ago • 100%

Excerpt: > In Ukraine, many of the same groups lobbying for greater international support against Russia’s invasion are also speaking out about the need to make sure that money gets to its intended recipients. “Huge money always comes with corruption,” said Vita Dumanska, leader of the Chesno movement, a Ukrainian anti-corruption group. “We can’t keep silent on this.”

Technology Five • 1 year ago • 100%

Excerpt: >To underline Blanchfield’s point, the ChatGPT book selection process was found to be unreliable and inconsistent when repeated by Popular Science. “A repeat inquiry regarding ‘The Kite Runner,’ for example, gives contradictory answers,” the Popular Science reporters noted. “In one response, ChatGPT deems Khaled Hosseini’s novel to contain ‘little to no explicit sexual content.’ Upon a separate follow-up, the LLM affirms the book ‘does contain a description of a sexual assault.’”

Jokes and Humor Five • 1 year ago • 100%

[Rigged Vote](https://pinkwug.live/comics/rigged-vote)

Space Five • 1 year ago • 100%

[Explanation:](https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap230817.html) Sprawling emission nebulae IC 1396 and Sh2-129 mix glowing interstellar gas and dark dust clouds in this nearly 12 degree wide field of view toward the northern constellation Cepheus the King. Energized by its central star IC 1396 (left), is hundreds of light-years across and some 3,000 light-years distant. The nebula's intriguing dark shapes include a winding dark cloud popularly known as the Elephant's Trunk below and right of center. Tens of light-years long, it holds the raw material for star formation and is known to hide protostars within. Located a similar distance from planet Earth, the bright knots and swept back ridges of emission of Sh2-129 on the right suggest its popular name, the Flying Bat Nebula. Within the Flying Bat, the most recently recognized addition to this royal cosmic zoo is the faint bluish emission from Ou4, the Giant Squid Nebula. Near the lower right edge of the frame, the suggestive dark marking on the sky cataloged as Barnard 150 is also known as the dark Seahorse Nebula.

Jokes and Humor Five • 1 year ago • 100%

[PinkWug](https://pinkwug.live/comics/recycled)

U.S. News Five • 1 year ago • 100%

Excerpt: > The United States is considering a plea deal that would allow WikiLeaks founder and whistleblower Julian Assange to return to Australia, the Sydney Morning Herald reported Monday. > > U.S. Ambassador to Australia Caroline Kennedy told the Morning Herald that there could be a “resolution” to Assange’s now-four-year detention in Britain. Assange, an Australian citizen, has been held in a London prison since 2019 while combating U.S. extradition efforts. He faces 18 criminal charges in the U.S., 17 of which allege violations of the Espionage Act.

Politics Five • 1 year ago • 100%

Excerpt: > On Friday, local police, acting like the Gestapo, raided the office of the Marion County Record, as well as the home of its owner and publisher. They used a trumped-up search warrant approved by a compliant local judge to seize newsgathering equipment, including the computers and cellphones of reporters. The raid was so traumatic that the publisher’s 98-year-old mother, who was the newspaper’s co-owner, died on Saturday as a result. > > The police were trying to suppress the truth that the newspaper had uncovered about a local restaurant owner who hosted an event for the region’s far-right member of Congress, Rep. Jake LaTurner. > > The Marion County Record was doing basic accountability reporting, the lifeblood of small-town journalism.

Music Five • 1 year ago • 100%

yt.artemislena.eu

``` [Verse 1] Hush little baby don't you cry Please don't mind the screaming Of the man in the alley on the small of his back The police man's knee is kneelin' I'll tell you an open secret, child Not everyone is knowin' If that little man ever left this place You and I would soon be goin [Chorus] 'Cause that's what keeps the rent down, baby That's what keeps the rent down low That's what keeps the rent down baby That's what keeps the rent down low [Verse 2] Your daddy ain't rich, he's a music man Your mother she's a painter We took over the lease of this old house From those whose hearts are fainter 'Cause we don't mind the painted ladies With their weeping souls all swollen We don't mind that everyone we know Has had their stereo stolen [Chorus] 'Cause that's what keeps the rent down, baby That's what keeps the rent down low That's what keeps the rent down baby That's what keeps the rent down low [Verse 3] One fine morning you wake up to Bulldozers and renovation 'Cause folks like your mom and dad Are just shock troops of gentrification For the single young professionals Who find the neighborhood hip and charming But if they heard about the lady who got chopped up in the alley They'd probably find it alarming [Chorus] 'Cause that's what keeps the rent down, baby That's what keeps the rent down low That's what keeps the rent down baby That's what keeps the rent down low That's what keeps the rent down low That's what keeps the rent down low ```

LGBTQ+ Five • 1 year ago • 100%

www.thrillist.com

Excerpt: > While living in Chicago as an obviously gay man, I felt free to be my unabashed self, clad in all manner of sequins and androgyny. On the road, not only did I literally not have the closet space to accommodate such a wardrobe, but I often didn’t feel safe presenting myself the same way in unfamiliar regions. Despite experiencing kindness across the country, there were times when I’d be too wary to exit the RV at rural gas stations, deterred by the glares I was getting through my window. And in Wyoming, a beautiful state that I adore, a group of teens shouted homophobic slurs and joked about assaulting me—all while I was wearing the most muted, all-black outfit I could possibly find to “hide” myself.

People of Color Five • 1 year ago • 100%

www.rollingstone.com

“There were no Black people — literally no Black people,” says Gebru, who was born and raised in Ethiopia. “I would go to academic conferences in AI, and I would see four or five Black people out of five, six, seven thousand people internationally.… I saw who was building the AI systems and their attitudes and their points of view. I saw what they were being used for, and I was like, ‘Oh, my God, we have a problem.’”

Music Five • 1 year ago • 100%

yt.artemislena.eu

``` Attention please, this is the final call for flight one seven two one Bill Gates, Richard Branson, Jack Straw, bye bye, all bye bye Billy Graham, Gerhard Schroeder, Tony Blair, bye bye, all bye bye Boris Yeltsin, Mick Hucknall, Tipper Gore, bye bye, all bye bye Ian Paisley, Pauline Hanson, Courtney Love, bye bye Goodbye, bye bye, goodbye, bye bye Goodbye, bye bye, goodbye, bye bye Garry Bushell, Paul Condon, Ally McBeal, bye bye, all bye bye Jean-Marie Le Pen, Janet Reno, Bill Clinton, bye bye, all bye bye Judge Sabo, Bono, Howard Stern, bye bye, all bye bye General Pinochet, Nicky Wire, Rupert Murdoch, bye bye Goodbye, bye bye, goodbye, bye bye Goodbye, bye bye, goodbye, bye bye ```

Feminism Five • 1 year ago • 100%

www.newyorker.com

*Limited articles free each month. [Also available via archive](https://web.archive.org/web/20230814104950/https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/08/14/the-protests-inside-irans-girls-schools).* Excerpt: > On February 14th, an official in the holy city of Qom announced that a hundred and seventeen girls’-school students had been taken to medical centers with “suspected symptoms of poisoning.” The official attempted to calm the public by noting that most of the children had recovered quickly, but panic soon spread in the city. Images circulated online of ambulances parked outside schools and of schoolgirls on ventilators in hospitals. A crowd of angry parents gathered outside a local government building, demanding an investigation. One woman screamed, “This is a war! They are doing this at a girls’ high school in Qom to force us to sit at home. They want girls to stay at home.” > > By then, reports of mysterious poisonings had been surfacing across the country for months. Victims described smelling peculiar odors, such as citrus, rotting fish, or chlorine, before experiencing symptoms that included vomiting, dizziness, shortness of breath, and fatigue. Schools were generally told to remain open, and parents were advised to get their news from official state media. Finally, in late February, a deputy health minister, Younes Panahi, held a press conference, in which he said that the students were getting sick from non-military-grade chemicals. He said it appeared that “some people wanted all schools, especially girls’ schools, to be closed down.”

Music Five • 1 year ago • 100%

yt.artemislena.eu

Censored by the the CCP in its crackdown on the "Let it rot" movement. [More from the China Daily Post](https://yt.artemislena.eu/watch?v=rLDGBYJwFTo). 本视频为鬼山哥（作者本人）在Acfun发布的补档，现已404处理 穿上一件破旧的长衫 径直来到鲁镇酒店 Wearing an old long gown, I went straight to the Lu Town Hotel. 叫来伙计 温两碗酒 一碟茴香豆九文大钱 I called the waiter and asked for two bowls of warm wine and a dish of aniseed beans for nine coins. 我说着之乎者也 惹来嘲笑 不知不觉涨红了脸 As I spoke jargon, I attracted ridicule and unknowingly turned red in the face. 你怎么这样污我的清白 喝口酒与他们继续争辩 Why do you tarnish my innocence like this? Take a sip of wine and continue arguing with them. 骆驼祥子 之所以死 是因为他拉车不够努力 The reason why Rickshaw Boy Xiangzi died was that he didn't work hard enough to pull the cart. 鲁迅 的每一篇文章 都碰了不能碰的话题 Every article by Lu Xun touches on untouchable topics. 陈胜吴广 的日子不甜 是因为不能脚踏实地 The days of Chen Sheng and Wu Guang were not sweet because they could not be down-to-earth. 最后时刻目光移向我 问我到底算个什么东西 As the final moment approached, the gaze turned to me and asked what kind of person I really was. 我看看长衫说我是 I looked at my long gown and said, I am 阳光开朗孔乙己 阳光开朗孔乙己 a cheerful and optimistic Kong Yiji, a cheerful and optimistic Kong Yiji. 他那离谱的文笔 质问我服不服气 His outrageous writing style questioned whether I was angry or not. 阳光开朗孔乙己 阳光开朗孔乙己 Cheerful and optimistic Kong Yiji, cheerful and optimistic Kong Yiji. 劳动力倒进河里 我也不便宜卖你 I won't sell myself cheap even if I throw my labor into the river. 阳光开朗孔乙己 阳光开朗孔乙己 Cheerful and optimistic Kong Yiji, cheerful and optimistic Kong Yiji. 你开着兰博基尼 却笑我不够努力 You drive a Lamborghini and laugh at me for not working hard enough. 阳光开朗孔乙己 阳光开朗孔乙己 Cheerful and optimistic Kong Yiji, cheerful and optimistic Kong Yiji 这腐朽的旧社会 和我有寄吧 关系 This corrupt old society has nothing Fxxking to do with me. 虽然我每天都洗脸 但口袋比脸还干净 Although I wash my face every day, my pocket is even cleaner than my face (because I am penniless). 我只好穿着长衫 替官老爷抄书忙个不停 I can only wear a long gown and work tirelessly to write documents for the officials. 本以为工作很清闲 不曾想却是玖玖陆 I thought the job was easy, but it turned out to be 996 . 干完后因恶意讨薪 饥饿的我被官兵抓走 After finishing the work, I was caught by the officials' soldiers for maliciously demanding wages while starving. 这万恶的旧社会 为什么会没有劳动法 Why does this wicked old society not have labor laws? 我们寻常百姓的尊严 为何会轻易被肉食者践踏 Why is the dignity of us ordinary people easily trampled by the carnivores? 这些离谱的故事与遭遇 现在也没人敢回答 No one dares to answer these outrageous stories and experiences now. 最后食客们目光移向我 问我你为何一点也不怕 Finally, the diners' eyes turned to me and asked why I wasn't afraid at all. 我笑着说因为我是 I smiled and said, Because I am 阳光开朗孔乙己 阳光开朗孔乙己 a cheerful and optimistic Kong Yiji, a cheerful and optimistic Kong Yiji. 势单力薄的枝丫 早已放弃了挣扎 The powerless branches have long given up struggling, 阳光开朗孔乙己 阳光开朗孔乙己 Kong Yiji, optimistic and cheerful, Kong Yiji, optimistic and cheerful, 棱角被岁月冲刷 徒留了几道伤疤 The edges and corners have been eroded by time, leaving only a few scars, 阳光开朗孔乙己 阳光开朗孔乙己 Kong Yiji, optimistic and cheerful, Kong Yiji, optimistic and cheerful, 乐观是我的爪牙 面具下眼泛泪花 Optimism is my tool, tears in my eyes behind the mask 阳光开朗孔乙己 阳光开朗孔乙己 Kong Yiji, optimistic and cheerful, Kong Yiji, optimistic and cheerful, 你问我幸不幸福 我只想说句脏话 You ask me if I am happy, and I just want to greet your mom with Fxxx! 听我说完了之后 店内充满快活的空气 After I finished speaking, the air in the restaurant was filled with joy. 那些谩骂质疑反驳嘲笑 与我有何关系 What do those insults, doubts, rebuttals, and ridicule have to do with me? 读书是为了中华崛起 而不是去送外卖快递 Reading is for the rise of China, not for delivering takeout or express. 所有人听完后露出放肆的笑容 After everyone listened, they showed a reckless smile, 除了那个傻逼的 Except for that idiot, 阳光开朗孔乙己 阳光开朗孔乙己 Kong Yiji, optimistic and cheerful, Kong Yiji, optimistic and cheerful, 撕开这腐朽的墙 寻一丝正道的光 Tear down the decayed walls and seek a ray of light on the right path. 阳光开朗孔乙己 阳光开朗孔乙己 Kong Yiji, optimistic and cheerful, Kong Yiji, optimistic and cheerful, 无论批评和赞扬 都需要有人鼓掌 Whether criticism or praise, there should be someone to applaud. 阳光开朗孔乙己 阳光开朗孔乙己 Kong Yiji, optimistic and cheerful, Kong Yiji, optimistic and cheerful, 精选的评论之上 有多少热血难凉 How much hot blood is there beyond the selected comments that cannot be cooled? 阳光开朗孔乙己 阳光开朗孔乙己 Kong Yiji, optimistic and cheerful, Kong Yiji, optimistic and cheerful, 孔明是我的理想 商鞅是我的下场 Smart Kong Ming is my ideal, and being dismembered by five horses and being torn to pieces like Shang Yang is my fate.

Space Five • 1 year ago • 100%

Explanation: It's fun to scribble on the canvas of the sky. You can use a creative photographic technique to cause the light of point-like stars to dance across a digital image by tapping lightly on the telescope while making an exposure. The result will be a squiggly line traced by the star (or two squiggles traced by binary stars) that can reveal the star's color. Colorful lines, dubbed Ghirigori, made from stars found in the northern sky constellations Bootes, Corona Borealis, Ophiucus, and Coma Berenices, are captured in this artistic mosaic. The 25 stars creating the varied and colorful squiggles are identified around the border. Of course, temperature determines the color of a star. While whitish stars tend to be close to the Sun's temperature, stars with bluer hues are hotter, and yellow and red colors are cooler than the Sun.

U.S. News Five • 1 year ago • 100%

“People are being killed, and there appears to be no action, or limited action, by those who should be acting,” he said. “What we’re trying to do right now is just get people to safety, get them food, and get them housing, and then we can worry about the process of what country will ultimately protect them.”

World News Five • 1 year ago • 100%

The Intercept has made extensive efforts to authenticate the document. Given the security climate in Pakistan, independent confirmation from sources in the Pakistani government was not possible. The Pakistan Embassy in Washington, D.C., did not respond to a request for comment. Miller, the State Department spokesperson, said, “We had expressed concern about the visit of then-PM Khan to Moscow on the day of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and have communicated that opposition both publicly and privately.” He added that “allegations that the United States interfered in internal decisions about the leadership of Pakistan are false. They have always been false, and they continue to be.”

U.S. News Five • 1 year ago • 100%

yt.artemislena.eu

A viral video is prompting calls for accountability for a group of Kenosha police officers. It shows a couple with a young child sitting at a local Applebees when officers enter and approach the table. In the video, the man holding the child tries to walk away. Officers grab him and drag him down to the floor with the child still in hand. After struggling to remove the child from his arms, officers put the man’s hands behind his back and appear to strike him. New information from Kenosha Police reveals the man in the video was not the suspect officers were initially searching for. The Kenosha Police Department was reportedly looking for suspects following a serious hit-and-run accident at Hwy 50/Green Bay Rd, which included a Black man and Black woman holding a baby. The suspects left the scene towards the restaurant.

U.S. News Five • 1 year ago • 100%

www.opendemocracy.net

Since my openDemocracy column in late April about gun violence in the United States, there have been more than 250 mass shootings in the country, bringing the total for the year so far (as of yesterday) to 430. That’s just shy of two mass shootings a day for 2023 so far. One recent incident took place in the small city of Muncie, Indiana, home of Ball State University, which happens to be where I did my bachelor’s degree 20 years ago. On 30 July, an assailant began firing into the crowd at a late-night block party, killing a 30-year-old man and sending 19 other people to hospital. I’ve only been back to Muncie a few times since 2003, but when a mass shooting occurs in a place you know, it hits close to home. Of course, the stress I feel over the epidemic of gun violence in the US probably pales in comparison to that felt by many younger Americans, for whom school shootings have occurred far more regularly than they did in the 1980s and ’90s, when I was in school. Back then, in central Indiana, our teachers led us through tornado drills. Today, schools practise active shooter drills (although it is worth noting that advocacy group Everytown for Gun Safety recommends these are discontinued, given that drills can be traumatising and there is no evidence that they are effective at preventing gun violence). School shootings, which account for 0.2% of gun deaths in the United States, are, of course, a kind of terrorism. And the fact that they occur at all is undoubtedly terrifying.

Feminism Five • 1 year ago • 100%

herstoryarc.com

*Excerpt:* >Nimona has been in the ever-growing pile of “need to read” books on my shelf, and it finally came up next in my queue. I purchased it last year after hearing it was written and illustrated by the highly esteemed Noelle Stevenson (see: Lumberjanes) and that it would be made into an animated film. That is all I knew about the book when I cracked open the cover. Based on the cover art I assumed the story would contain the following: fantasy, strong female protag, comedy a’la Lumberjanes, and a dollop of sisterhood for good measure. > >Does it have some of these elements? Yes and no. Nimona took me completely by surprise in the best possible ways. It is refreshing and truly delightful to read.