I dream of a future where people will recognize precolonial Mesoamerica as a complex political network of alliances and rivalries between urban societies comparable to Central Europe at the time, rather than a collection of "tribes and clans" existing only as victims of the region's sole state

Michael C. Mann’s 1491 does the best job of addressing this that I’ve observed. His section on the Northeastern US has settlers stumbling upon huge caches of corn and manicured orchards, thinking it divine provenance. Euros’ first look at the Amazon was bustling, their second look…nothing.

Just be aware that according to actually knowledgeable experts, he gets a lot about the first 70 000 years wrong. Must recommend Dawn of Everything as a much better sourced story about early humans

One thing to understand about the form of society they’re trying to implement is that you are not allowed to decide for yourself what will happen to you

"Taqiyya" has become a fascinating specter of racism, a word that exists far more in the minds of right wing creeps than in the practice of Muslims. They LOVE to bring it up as some kind of "did you know Muslims are allowed to be DECEITFUL to get what they want?" When really it's nowhere near that.

The racism of people like Woods is so intrinsic that it's kinda built from first principles-- this imagined type of Muslim he hates is so convoluted yet flat, that it requires one to see "Muslim" as a singular unerring type of person with no room for nuance or difference.

Apologies for HPG, but this just. So in character.

The only violence I’ve been seeing in Portland is from the so-called Feds!!! Keep sharing these videos; it’s evidence.

It’s impossible to overstate how much “abolish ice” is the normie position now here in chicago — just countless random moms at toddler soccer on a park district field asking me where I bought my anti-ice t-shirt. average people don’t like our neighborhoods being terrorized.

If you've never been to Gaza, you won't appreciate what the yellow line means. Basically Israel now holds most of Gaza's small but important agricultural land. Continued Israeli occupation, which I judge the likely outcome, makes Gaza even more unliveable and more dependent on outside goods.

Before we all start cheering for Marjorie, are we *sure* she wasn't actually advocating slavery?

250 were convicted prisoners (fairness of the military court system aside), 1500 were people detained in Gaza during the war. Neither Israel nor Hamas claimed one way or the other whether these were militants or civilians, and they've been held without trial.

watching the UKs green party elect an actual unafraid leftist into leadership and see party membership double in under a month is once again endless proof that if you stand up for leftist causes and treat the electorate like adults, you’ll win people over easily

No no. No, we won't be doing that. We won't be brushing the last two years under the carpet just because there is a current ceasefire. This is appalling, Israel should not be allowed to participate until Palestine is free and Netanyahu is behind bars for war crimes, where he belongs.

The whitewashing begins, I actually think a big driver for this ‘peace’ deal was to protect Israel from total ostracisation on the global stage, they should still be punished and made to account for their genocide

oh is it monday

This press release from a North Carolina GOP figure portrays the current redistricting wars as something *Democrats* started in Calif., ignoring the fact that this all began with the Trump White House and first unfolded in red Texas. According to them, Republicans are once again The Real Victims™

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"oh so im reading a m/f childhood friends to enemies to lovers dark fantasy dark academia book with cozy vibes and a size differential" its a BOOK

Nation’s Indigenous People Confirm They Don’t Need Special Holiday, Just Large Swaths Of Land Returned Immediately https://theonion.com/nation-s-indigenous-people-confirm-they-don-t-need-spec-1839033177/

I love the inflatable costumes from a purely strategic standpoint because it quite effectively takes the wind out of the sails of "war-torn portland" "antifa supersoldier" type rhetoric. it happened organically and dare I say, memetically, but it works

many of you

Hot off the presses! If you need a bigger size to print your stickers let me know!

in 11th grade a bunch of my friends and i decided to sort of semi compulsively say "god willing" at the end of sentences and whenever someone did everyone else had to also say "god willing" and it took us a whole 2 hours to get called into the principals office

dying at rightwingers falling for what looks like an ai generated turning points USA half time show with special guest “measles”

sometimes your profile pic just really enhances the hell out of your posts.

one of the screenshots of all time

Perfect time of year to watch (or-rewatch) THE SUDBURY DEVIL. Hope you'll consider us for your spooky season viewing 🎃

He does not miss.

you know that critique of ai that says it’s like taking a forklift to the gym and expecting to get stronger? well this bit of that guardian article about people using chatgpt in dating apps kinda proves it correct

“Who was president in 2020?” remains one of the most pertinent questions in American politics—absurd, yes, but here we are—and that extends to “who was president January 1 - 19, 2021?”

Doubling down on the worst of the worst miscarriages of justice.

Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles.

“Captain, the leopard sensors are spiking. They are showing levels of faces being eaten we previously assumed impossible.” “On screen, Mister Data…”

Look what they bought: Now, to defend himself, Bill Burr MUST defend Saudi Arabia. This moment right here is why they paid him, so he’d come back and say SA is totally normal. If they’re not normal, HE’S a monster. He’s been bought into their crime circle. A bargain.

good afternoon

Adding a link for the curious. Author: Prabhani Atukorale, asst prof of biomed eng in the Riccio College of Eng at UMass Amherst www.umass.edu/news/article...

This has become a load bearing tweet to me.

As a primatologist, Jane Goodall was a huge inspiration to me. I admired the way she describes chimpanzee behavior with such detail and empathy, and she’s inspired so many people and advocated for chimpanzee conservation and welfare. However, I'm dismayed at what her narrative leaves out (1/10)

Labour's Britain, where trans women who have fully consensual sex with men will be sent to male prisons where they are at a high risk of sexual assaulted and rape.

tapping the god damn sign

put trans women in your fiction. don’t be a fucking coward.

my grandchildren will still say that eric failed long after anyone remembers what a new york even is

sorry but im a trueborn hater. 100.000 years prosperity to the eric failed empire

printing 2.000.000 flyers of this and leaving them around new orleans. 24 hours before they've assembled a fleet