Realizing some people who are horrified by the incidences of violent 'riots' (and by that I mean, regular nonviolent protests getting attacked by cops and having to defend themselves) and thinking current times are somehow 'worse'
Weren't even born yet when the LA Riots of 1992 happened.
The real horror isn't that this shit is new and worse, it's that it's been allowed to continue to happen by those in power who then repeat the events with even more severe crimes against civilians every time.
But it's not even just people too young to have a concept of the LA Riots in '92, an event that was in response to police brutality and reframed by media as a "violent riot uprising by bad people".
Older folks have either bought into the propaganda that the rioters were "bad people acting violently" and not protestors using their right as Americans to speak against injustices,
or they just have willed a blind eye to it and chosen to forget.
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Thinking of renaming one of my furry OCs cruft, because that's a silly name for a character, much like Woggle, which is another OC of mine. Problem as I see it is the spelling, I could go with Kruft or Qruft, or maybe change the spelling? I'm thinking go with a replacement for the U, pull something from another language that's phonetically the same, but I have no idea how to find one, anyone out there have any ideas?
The other one is an OC of mine who's described as being an umamusuko, but I'm not sure that's the right word. That OC is a male human with equine features, a kemonomimi , and that page has a list of gender neutral and female forms for various types, so I tried to figure out what the male form would be, but have no idea if that's right, I'm fairly certain it's a male form, but I'm not sure if it's a match to the female form shown on that page.
I've played with Wayland on an admittedly less than ideal platform, and was not impressed. Promise? Its got that in spades, but it still falls short, I agree with the author that the only thing that matters is that it works. I think the Xlibre project is definitely a good idea, basically X without all the cruft. I do wonder how this is going to impact Linux Mint, since apparently Canonical is going all in on WayLand.
Article introducing Xlibre xserver, a fork of the Xorg project created due to severe functional problems with the Wayland display protocol, including reasoning behind the fork, numerous unresolved issues and missing use cases in Wayland, forced adoptβ¦
Amazon is withholding ebooks and audiobooks it publishes through its own in-house publishing arms from US libraries, according to a new report from The Washington Post.
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Here we go again. We have talked for years now about famed burger chain In-N-Out and its strategic, and very bullshit, practice of opening up pop-up locations in countries where it does not, and doβ¦
Federal judge in Florida invokes Alice in Wonderland as she holds Florida's attorney general in contempt for violating her order to bar enforcement of a state immigration law. storage.courtlistener.com/recaβ¦
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NEW: #Philadelphia Police Crack Down on Anti-ICE Marches Twice in One Week On Tuesday, June 10, and Saturday, June 14, autonomous protests were called outside of the Federal Detention Center (FDC), where up to 125 immigrant detainees can be held by ICE. unicornriot.ninja/2025/philadeβ¦
Philadelphia, PA β The increasing tempo of pro-immigrant, anti-ICE protests hit Philadelphia last week, and the Philadelphia Police Department (PPD) has decided to crack down.
Unlike other cities, where police shot tear gas and rubber bullets into crowds, Philadelphia PD dispersed marches battering protesters w. batons, corralling the crowd with bicycles and nearly running activists and journalists over w. motorized dirt bikes. unicornriot.ninja/2025/philadeβ¦
Philadelphia, PA β The increasing tempo of pro-immigrant, anti-ICE protests hit Philadelphia last week, and the Philadelphia Police Department (PPD) has decided to crack down.
In October 2020, following protests against the killings of #GeorgeFloyd and Walter Wallace Jr., #Philadelphia City Council passed a ban tear gas and rubber bullets. A $9 million lawsuit settled in 2023 for activists, organizers and West Philly residents harmed by tear gas.
VIDEO: Autonomous Anti-ICE March at Federal Detention Center in Philadelphia-A call for solidarity with the uprising at the Delaney Hall ICE Detention Center in Newark brought several hundred demonstrators to Center City Philadelphia on June 14 vimeo.com/1093425161 - link
A call for solidarity with the uprising at the Delaney Hall ICE Detention Center in Newark brought several hundred demonstrators to the Federal Detention Centerβ¦
On the morning of June 10, ICE arrested at least one individual in South Philadelphia. Local activists also witnessed three detained in Kensington earlier that week. An autonomous protest was called to mobilize. At 4 p.m., approximately 80-100 people congregated near the FDC at 7th and Arch Streets.
Marchers trekked past the ICE field office and then down Market Street. At the end of the second lap, police began pressuring the protest and at 6:44 p.m., issued a order to disperse. PPD flanked the crowd in an attempted kettle, struck several people w. batons and arrested 15. STORY: unicornriot.ninja/2025/philadeβ¦
Philadelphia, PA β The increasing tempo of pro-immigrant, anti-ICE protests hit Philadelphia last week, and the Philadelphia Police Department (PPD) has decided to crack down.
Protester:βThey held the line when we got to Market St. & they scared people. What do scared people do? They run. But then [cops] started beating people. There was no way out, so you had to run through or cower & hope they didnβt hurt you. If you ran, they tried to beat you.β
After the June 14 No Kings rally, an autonomous demo against ICE gathered near FDC ~6pm w. a message in solidarity with the revolt by ICE detainees in Delaney Hall detention facility in Newark, NJ, operated by the GEO Group. video: bsky.app/profile/unicornriot.bβ¦
At 12th and Walnut there was a scuffle, after protesters repurposed plastic jersey barriers to obstruct bike police following the march. Officers began to grab march participants with masks and umbrellas.
Police attacked the crowd @ 13th & Walnut; kettled it at the intersection. Some protesters then ran through the Holiday Inn Express garage. Police with bicycles lined up to cut off garage access, splitting the crowd. - video vimeo.com/1093425161
A call for solidarity with the uprising at the Delaney Hall ICE Detention Center in Newark brought several hundred demonstrators to the Federal Detention Centerβ¦
This time around, the police had added dirt bike-type motorcycles to their arsenal. Philly Police on motorbikes nearly ran over peopleβs feet repeatedly, repeatedly zooming across a block to come within an inch or so of striking our reporter as well as a small handful of protesters leaving the area.
Once again there were arrests and injuries β legal observers tell us there were approximately seven arrests. One person was released immediately, two the following evening. As of 6/15 6 pm, everyone was released. Full story: unicornriot.ninja/2025/philadeβ¦
Philadelphia, PA β The increasing tempo of pro-immigrant, anti-ICE protests hit Philadelphia last week, and the Philadelphia Police Department (PPD) has decided to crack down.
Philadelphia may see more militarized ICE actions soon. Detentions of immigrants have continued regularly. Special Response Team (SRT) tactical units are expected. Unicorn Riot leaked SRT Homeland Security Investigations βteam handbookβ in 2019 > unicornriot.ninja/2019/icebreaβ¦
United States β Unicorn Riot obtained confidential Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) special agent policy manuals, which were in effect during the agencyβs earlier years under presidents Bush and Obama.
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ICE pushed back on a Milford teen, who claims he slept on the floor while in ICE custody and was sometimes given crackers for meals while he was detained.
Also for the record, I'm still trying to find recipes for foods from other places. I put it out there a while back that I was looking for dishes that were unique to countries or regions outside the US, but honestly I'm open to ones from inside the US as well. I just love food and want to try neat new stuff. So if there's something you think is particularly cool and you don't think many people outside your area know about it, I'd love to try making it. :)
700 troops have been mobilized to help ICE in raids in Florida, Louisiana and Texas The Defense Department has mobilized 700 troops to assist Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Florida, Louisiana and Texas.
Some guy with known nazi beliefs shoots two democratic lawmakers and their spouses, visits the homes of two more, with several guns and a list of other democratic lawmaker targets in his truck
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the 1998 Sega Saturn RPG, Baroque π
in reply to the 1998 Sega Saturn RPG, Baroque π • • •But it's not even just people too young to have a concept of the LA Riots in '92, an event that was in response to police brutality and reframed by media as a "violent riot uprising by bad people".
Older folks have either bought into the propaganda that the rioters were "bad people acting violently" and not protestors using their right as Americans to speak against injustices,
or they just have willed a blind eye to it and chosen to forget.
@stevewfolds
in reply to the 1998 Sega Saturn RPG, Baroque π • • •