I always reblog this when I see it, but this time I want to add something.

Art Spiegelman is not a zionist. He still feels he is a displaced diaspora and does not seem to call himself anti-zionist, but he actively disproves of Israel's actions.

He describes Israel as resembling those with PTSD who begin to beat down on others. He feels it is a failed and very sad idea. I feel people never speak on this, as well as his criticism of the government response to 9/11.

He was in New York as it was happening, he had to pick up his child from school and it actively traumatized him due to his father being a Holocaust survivor. He still actively criticized the US and their bombing of the Middle East, rightfully implying the US government is actively filled with terrorists. It is.

I will not say he is the model perfect opinion, I will not say there is no fault to his work. But he at least acknowledges despite whatever he feels that no one deserves to be terrorized to the degree the Middle East has. Please keep Palestine in your thoughts and do what you can.

YES!!! Given this is my post with the most engagement by far of anything else on my blog, I’ve been meaning to write another post altogether to talk about Spiegelman’s views on Israel, Palestine, and America.

And yes, support Palestine, demand a cease fire, speak out loudly against the genocide Israel is enacting on the Palestinian people, and call for countries around the world to do what they can to cut off support to Israel.

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Want to write a story about some perfumed eunuch who's actually really clever and solves crimes or something.

You're not gonna believe this–

I mean, *look* at him:

That’s a very facey face!

Yes, I take a shit everyday.

This is an excellent idea actually.

Recently, a privately funded asteroid mission failed immediately after launch. Here are some choice excerpts from the company's blog post about it:

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they cost that much because they do integration testing

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.....by skipping integration testing

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"skipping integration testing was the right move actually"

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come fucking on.

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AND YOU FUCKING LAUNCHED ANYWAYS

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it failed immediately you dipshits

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or you could. i don't know. do integration testing?

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At that point we should just call it littering.

Clearly the dolphins did.

I would die for this dog.

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let me tell you, I got a ‘kisses your forehead’ kudos and it absolutely made my day

HOW is it possible that I am seeing this for the first time? Now safely installed in my tumblr short cuts folder. I am SO bad at coding that this is a real life saver.

@justleaveacommentfest for all of ours commenting needs!

I bookmarked these on my AO3 profile, I love them so much!

‼️ so this has been making the reblog rounds again but since december 2024, images in ao3 comments have been disabled in a spam-prevention measure :( -- there's an updated post from the OP that addresses this issue, here -- and more on ao3's disabling of images here

Son of a

Bitch!

"The United States is dedicated to moving bombs away from people who would use them for nefarious purposes! Google MOVE bombing to learn more!"

jesus christ 😐

this also doesn't come close to telling the whole story.

the Philadelphia police harassed the MOVE organization for over a decade. MOVE began with peaceful protests against conditions at long-term-care facilities and against the city Zoo's mistreatment of animals. in 1972, police classified the group’s use of profanity as riotous and designated them violent threats to public order. the actual reason was their radical abolitionist message.

the Philadelphia police department had a brutal, corrupt, and racist reputation long before MOVE entered the picture. despite that fact, MOVE’s claims of police brutality typically fell on deaf ears, even when they had undeniable proof of mistreatment. the bombing is only one part of the story both because it is the culmination of violence between MOVE and the police and also because it is part of the broader narrative of police brutality in Philadelphia that is still largely played out today.

in 1957, two Black men were beaten by three off duty and allegedly drunk police officers, putting one in the hospital for 19 days. the commissioner at the time testified that all officers were trained in "race relations," which involved things such as having officers brandish shotguns out the window of their patrol vehicles as a show of force in so called "shotgun squads." the three officers were not convicted of any crimes.

in 1960, shots indiscriminately fired by officer Robert Marinelli killed two innocent Black bystanders. Marinelli was charged, tried, and then found not guilty on all charges by an all-white jury.

in 1967, a guy named Frank Rizzo became the police chief. his nickname while working in West Philadelphia as a captain was "The Cisco Kid," which referenced the fictional cowboy who "killed for the love of it or any other reason that came to mind." he referred to "vermin" in Philadelphia as the source of the crime and decline.

shortly after he was appointed, he sicced 300 officers in riot gear on Black students and advisors protesting the Board of Education who were protesting the lack of Black studies and Black teachers. Rizzo ordered the officers to "get their Black asses." 57 protesters were arrested, dozens were beaten, and 15 were hospitalized. Frank Rizzo was elected Mayor of Philadelphia 3 years later and during his bid for re-election in 1975, he said that he would "make Attila the Hun look like a faggot" once he was reelected.

so yeah, not only is the MOVE bombing virtually unheard of by the average person in America (and it's not much better in academia, for that matter), but the story that is often told when people do hear about is that this all happened in a vacuum "due to the actions of a violent Black resistance group." in reality, it was the culmination of over 50 years of brutality against Black people and minorities in Philly.

Oh look, it’s a bit of America’s history of racism that I already knew about for once 😬😔

Joke’s on you, I would never date anyone after I found out that I was the heir to Minas Tirith; the bloodline ends with me. No more monarchy in middle earth, only anarcho-communism.

I read “the girls” as “my tits”. Made the post 10x better.