#DeathAndTheGrabClawMachine

In today's non-political what the fuck news, from Northern Germany; a car veered off the road, crashed through a hedge, hit a 7-year old on a trampoline, and got catapulted into the air before crashing into a nearby barn, about 3 meters into the air, on its side. (Serious injuries, but nobody died)

the Guardian

Two seriously injured as car crashes into barn roof in Germany

Vehicle veered off road in Bohmte, hit a boy on a trampoline then catapulted into the air, police say

#News #DontPayTheGuardian

"Armed police threatened a peaceful protester with arrest under the Terrorism Act for holding a Palestinian flag and having signs saying 'Free Gaza' and 'Israel is committing genocide', accusing her of supporting a proscribed organisation." "In the encounter, which she filmed, one officer told her: 'Mentioning freedom of Gaza, Israel, genocide, all of that all come under proscribed groups, which are terror groups that have been dictated by the government'. He went on to say that the phrase 'Free Gaza' was 'supportive of Palestine Action', adding it was an offence 'to express an opinion or belief that is supportive of a proscribed organisation, namely Palestine Action is an offence under section 12(1A) of the Terrorism Act'. The officer told her she had committed that offence." This was always going to happen 😒

the Guardian

Armed police threatened to arrest Kent protester for holding Palestinian flag

Officers accused Laura Murton who also had a sign saying ‘Free Gaza’ of supporting a proscribed organisation

#News #OrganisedAffiliatedFuckers #DontPayTheGuardian #UKpol

It's always rather disappointing to me when older feminists get stuck on second wave feminism, and, even in our current moment, don't consider the entire context of the backlash we are experiencing. Like, yes, the right wing populists are inevitably coming for women's rights, such as the right to bodily autonomy, but to state that it is the first thing they came for is at best incomplete, and at its worst downright dishonest. Immigrants would like a word, for one, and so would trans people, and other LGBTQI+ folks. And that's before you get to all the work done by Black women for the third wave, which some white feminists apparently still have not recognised. Knock that shit off.

I would once again like to remind everyone that it isn't just okay to share all your little things on here, but absolutely essential, and necessary. Anything and everything that reminds us of our shared humanity, of kindness, creativity, nature's beauty, and so forth. Hope springs eternal, and mostly from the small, seemingly mundane. Hope needs very little, and that small sparkle in your life that seems utterly insufficient to you will help someone else get back up, and put one foot in front of the other. Your cat pictures. Thick tree trunks, bloomscrolling, moss, birds, 'I made this', 'I saw this and I thought it was neat', even the really bad dad jokes. All of this is resistance. Keep doing it! ✊🏻