In Memory of @porsupah — 2021 (Part 3)

porsupah — 2021-03-22T21:13:52.900Z
Content warning: anarchism in media, query

Prompted the other day by yet another politician blathering on using "anarchy" meaning violent chaos - what examples can you think of in popular media (eg Netflix, Hulu, BBC, etc) where the topic of anarchy has been raised in some substantially accurate sense?

Original: https://lgbt.io/@porsupah/105935512060904165

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xinjinmeng@dragon.style — 2021-03-22T22:00:28.000Z
Content warning: anarchism in media, query

@porsupah [https://lgbt.io/@porsupah] Are we not supposed to talk about "V for Vendetta"?

Original: https://dragon.style/@xinjinmeng/105935695248254788
 
porsupah — 2021-03-22T21:35:48.782Z
Content warning: ukpol, press, riot, observation

I wish I'd taken a screenshot - earlier today, the Indie's site had two columnists' reactions to the Bristol shindig."The Bristol riot was a gift to Priti Patel""The 'Kill the Bill' protest was shocking - but necessary"Can you guess which of the writers is a white guy, and which is a Black woman?

Original: https://lgbt.io/@porsupah/105935598298675539
 
porsupah — 2021-03-22T22:12:45.322Z
Take heed, for the sheer adorbs quotient contained within this image requires *preparation*.Do you want to see the figurine of Nadeshiko snugly wrapped in a blanket?https://curibo.co.uk/products/laid-back-camp-figma-nadeshiko-kagamihara-dx-edition [https://curibo.co.uk/products/laid-back-camp-figma-nadeshiko-kagamihara-dx-edition]

Original: https://lgbt.io/@porsupah/105935743565100651

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It's Nadeshiko, with only her eyes poking out above the snugly wrapped blanket.
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porsupah — 2021-03-23T18:59:29.029Z
Content warning: LGBT+ hate group funding

Insightful report from the Global Philanthropy Project on just where "anti-gender movement" funding comes from, and where it's directed:https://globalphilanthropyproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Meet-the-Moment-2020-English.pdf [https://globalphilanthropyproject.o.../2021/02/Meet-the-Moment-2020-English.pdf]One of the major players is the Christian Broadcasting Network: "From 2008 to 2017, CBN distributed more than $986 million in financial support overseas", with others including Focus on the Family ($14.3m), and Human Life International ($10.3m), the aggregate from all going to South America ($248m), Africa ($238m), Europe ($174m), Russia ($70m), and Asia ($259m).In Europe, "reporting has revealed that organizations associated with the European anti-gender movement receive funding through sources including religious institutions, wealthy aristo- cratic families, and Russian oligarchs", including Konstantin Malofeev and Vladimir Yakunin.The takeaway? They've got *loads* to spend, and are doing so at about 3x the progressives.

Original: https://lgbt.io/@porsupah/105940645875641461

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Chart showing progressive and anti spending per global region, tallying $1.2b pro, $3.7b anti across 2013-2017. [SENSITIVE]
 
porsupah — 2021-03-24T00:36:46.989Z
I do like these clauses in the "you should apply if" section of a job listing:"You have built something that exploded that wasn’t supposed toYou have built something that didn’t explode and was supposed to"I can cop to one of these. =:)

Original: https://lgbt.io/@porsupah/105941972214585464

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SpaceKitteh@glitch.social — 2021-03-24T03:28:37.000Z
@porsupah [https://lgbt.io/@porsupah] I have done both of those 😆 Although on at least one occasion the thing that was supposed to explode that didn't, decided to do so semi-spontaneously later...

Original: https://glitch.social/@SpaceKitteh/105942647912915770

SpaceKitteh@glitch.social — 2021-03-24T03:34:55.000Z
@porsupah [https://lgbt.io/@porsupah] Playfulness is not what you're looking for in home made nitro-glycerin 😅 Also, that sounds like a fun experience 😆

Original: https://glitch.social/@SpaceKitteh/105942672690912385
 
porsupah — 2021-03-24T04:43:18.704Z
If you want to see where that container ship is stuck in the Suez Canal:https://www.vesselfinder.com/?imo=9811000 [https://www.vesselfinder.com/?imo=9811000]- now try zooming out. Then keep zooming out. =:D

Original: https://lgbt.io/@porsupah/105942941605968199

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moiety@queer.garden — 2021-03-24T04:45:43.000Z
@porsupah [https://lgbt.io/@porsupah] some people are going to be so pissed 😂

Original: https://queer.garden/@moiety/105942951129500460

loke@functional.cafe — 2021-03-24T05:21:57.000Z
@porsupah [https://lgbt.io/@porsupah] Wow. That looks interesting. Do you happen to have found any photos of what it looks like?

Original: https://functional.cafe/@loke/105943093542313824

cinebox@cybre.space — 2021-03-24T06:53:13.000Z
@porsupah [https://lgbt.io/@porsupah] you ever **** up so hard you destroy international shipping for half the globe

Original: https://cybre.space/@cinebox/105943452462148555

evelynyap@mastodon.sandwich.net — 2021-03-24T07:47:54.000Z
@porsupah [https://lgbt.io/@porsupah] How does that even happen?! Stuck in the canal?? Aren't they supposed to have watchamacallit guides* for the ship?And that's like digging for treasure with a spoon. 😳 Okay, it's not buried treasure. Still... Looks kinda comical. 😅

Original: https://mastodon.sandwich.net/@evelynyap/105943667493412571

chloe@social.xenofem.me — 2021-03-24T10:44:36.430Z
@porsupah [https://lgbt.io/@porsupah] oh jeez

Original: https://social.xenofem.me/objects/a46e74a4-3953-4900-8839-99d84f6be967
 
porsupah — 2021-03-24T05:11:05.840Z
For an indication of the ship's size, here's a big excavator trying its best:

Original: https://lgbt.io/@porsupah/105943050865881329

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A 80-100 tonne digger about the size of the Ever Green's anchor.

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evelynyap@mastodon.sandwich.net — 2021-03-24T07:47:54.000Z
@porsupah [https://lgbt.io/@porsupah] How does that even happen?! Stuck in the canal?? Aren't they supposed to have watchamacallit guides* for the ship?And that's like digging for treasure with a spoon. 😳 Okay, it's not buried treasure. Still... Looks kinda comical. 😅

Original: https://mastodon.sandwich.net/@evelynyap/105943667493412571
 
porsupah — 2021-03-24T17:35:04.248Z
Is Skin Horse really over? The strips are still up and continuing on GoComics, but Shaenon's reply in the comments makes it sound it's for real, rather than an awful early April Fool.http://skin-horse.com/comic/2021-03-24/ [http://skin-horse.com/comic/2021-03-24/]

Original: https://lgbt.io/@porsupah/105945976283766409

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packbat@weirder.earth — 2021-03-24T17:47:19.000Z
@porsupah [https://lgbt.io/@porsupah] her replying to people on Twitter about it makes it sound real too...- 🎒💧

Original: https://weirder.earth/@packbat/105946024459519561

packbat@weirder.earth — 2021-03-24T17:49:26.000Z
@porsupah [https://lgbt.io/@porsupah] yeah :(- 🎒💧

Original: https://weirder.earth/@packbat/105946032808007184

packbat@weirder.earth — 2021-03-24T20:03:15.000Z
Content warning: re: Skin Horse's future

@porsupah [https://lgbt.io/@porsupah] *nods*we saw someone on Twitter say that the comments tended to be very nitpicky, whichwell, is not great when it comes to the care and feeding of creative people- 🎒

Original: https://weirder.earth/@packbat/105946559002314794
 
porsupah — 2021-03-24T22:12:52.767Z
OS X was officially launched 20 years ago today. ^_^https://www.macrumors.com/2021/03/24/mac-os-x-launch-20th-anniversary/ [https://www.macrumors.com/2021/03/24/mac-os-x-launch-20th-anniversary/]Having come from a background including NextStep and classic Mac OS, I was obviously *delighted* by the news the Mac's future held a next gen NextStep foundation, and immediately set my Wallstreet up with the beta, once more able to enjoy OmniWeb. ^_^

Original: https://lgbt.io/@porsupah/105947068669036254
 
porsupah — 2021-03-24T22:33:09.802Z
Content warning: trans, ukpol, conversion therapy, +?

ITV's Robert Peston obtained this from Liz Truss earlier today:==Peston: "Just to be clear - you would now wish to reassure the transgender community that when you bring forward your proposal, it won't be restricted to simply people of sexual orientation (sic), they will also apply to the trans community?"Truss: "I'm very clear that we want to make sure that transgender people are free to live their lives and don't face the kind of horrific conversion therapy that currently has been going on here in the UK."==There's still wiggle room, with the omnipresent fear they'll pull a not-so-sly move and either leave enough latitude for such abuse to continue, or slip in something to make the situation for HRT for under-18s worse still, but, prima facie, this does sound positive.https://nitter.eu/itvpeston/status/1374811437080645633 [https://nitter.eu/itvpeston/status/1374811437080645633]

Original: https://lgbt.io/@porsupah/105947148421202911

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Thirty second excerpt of Robert Peston interviewing Liz Truss, Minister for Women and Equalities, even if she and her office routinely exhibit contempt for those they're charged with protecting. [SENSITIVE]

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thamesynne@dragon.style — 2021-03-24T22:53:16.000Z
Content warning: trans, ukpol, conversion therapy, +?

@porsupah [https://lgbt.io/@porsupah] except with this lot, i wouldn't be surprised at all to discover that HRT & gender affirmation surgery ends up classified as "conversion therapy" - which is how every TERF currently replying seems to want it interpreteduntil Truss explicitly says otherwise, i just can't get excited

Original: https://dragon.style/@thamesynne/105947227484685307

thamesynne@dragon.style — 2021-03-24T22:56:24.000Z
Content warning: trans, ukpol, conversion therapy, +?

@porsupah [https://lgbt.io/@porsupah] (...ok, i'm slightly heartened by seeing at least some Tories who've been loudly calling for such a ban - eg Crispin Blunt - saying it has to cover everyone in the LGBT+ community, and in the right way)

Original: https://dragon.style/@thamesynne/105947239801596229
 
porsupah — 2021-03-25T00:49:21.294Z
Content warning: fascism, book, Duke University, free

"'Visualizing Fascism' argues that fascism was not merely a domestic menace in a few European nations, but arose as a genuinely global phenomenon in the early twentieth century. Contributors use visual materials to explore fascism's populist appeal in settings around the world, including China, Japan, South Africa, Slovakia, and Spain. This visual strategy allows readers to see the transnational rise of the right as it fed off the agitated energies of modernity and mobilized shared political and aesthetic tropes.This volume also considers the postwar aftermath as antifascist art forms were depoliticized and repurposed in the West. More commonly, analyses of fascism focus on Italy and Germany alone and on institutions like fascist parties, but that approach truncates our understanding of the way fascism was indebted to colonialism and internationalism with all their attendant grievances and aspirations. Using photography, graphic arts, architecture, monuments, and film—rather than written documents alone—produces a portable concept of fascism, useful for grappling with the upsurge of the global right a century ago—and today."https://read.dukeupress.edu/books/book/2681/Visualizing-FascismThe-Twentieth-Century-Rise-of [https://read.dukeupress.edu/books/book/2681/Visualizing-FascismThe-Twentieth-Century-Rise-of]

Original: https://lgbt.io/@porsupah/105947683933053706
 
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