BIGOTRY WON'T FIX YOUR RENT
Banner seen on unceded Kaurna land, Trans Day of Action, 2025
source, instagram
its a tv miniseries
saw it mentioned in a youtube video by FD signifier, I just finished the first episode, and I enjoyed it a lot, something about needing positive propaganda not just constant commenting on reactionary garbage
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I'm_a_Virgo
synopsis below, directed by Boots riley, released 2023
Cootie is a 13-foot-tall (4.0 m), 19-year-old Black teenager raised by his Aunt Lafrancine and Uncle Martisse in Oakland, California. He is shielded from the outside world until being accidentally discovered by a group of teenage political activists
“I didn’t vote,” says the Kangaroo.
“Are you not allowed?”
“I am not allowed and I don’t want to.”
“You don’t want to?”
“No, because it’s not an election,” says the Kangaroo. “It’s just the illusion of democracy, a mock poll, the Fata Morgana of popular government. In short, it’s only the appearance of an election, or, to use the official terminology: a dummy ballot.
“A dummy ballot?”
“It’s as if you go into a supermarket and can choose between soup packets by Maggi or soup packets by Knorr, but in reality, it’s all Nestlé. The dummy ballot suggests freedom, but in reality, I tell you: it’s all capitalism, it’s all Nestlé, it’s all chicken. But because I generally do not wish to consume packaged soup, I don’t really give a hoot about brand options at the supermarket.”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Kangaroo_Chronicles
I never finished reading it, but the first chapter is on youtube as an audiobook read by the author, it's good for a laugh
Marc-Uwe Kling: Kangaroo Chronicles - Chapter 1 (youtube, 4m 17s)
NSFW probably
content warning for the article and anything related sexual violence, sex abuse (sorry this wasn't here initially)
hey comrades,
I've been having this issue that I thought must have been related to me using Voyager, but I just experienced the same thing through desktop firefox.
When I respond to some users the page load times out and says I can't reply, but it has posted my reply (often without upvoting my own comment)
Obviously not thrilled to be tagging people but one user I have noticed it with replying @[email protected], both threads and comments.
Which is extra annoying cause I've been really enjoying nerding out together.
I think it has happened with other users too. (Really regretting not saving the thread that was extra broken I saw earlier in the week.)
A comrade just sent me this, from https://cubaisnotalone.art/
China says Australia 'plagued by systemic racism' after diplomat raises concerns about human rights in Tibet and Xinjiang
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-10-24/china-accuses-australia-of-racism/104513232
australian here to confirm that China is correct
60 year old cop in Australia, an officer for 40 years, who's served at the police academy for 17 years, has been suspended with pay after allegedly giving a nazi salute and heiling shitler, two days in a row last week
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-10-12/police-sergeant-nazi-salute-suspended-melbourne/104465110
acab
In what appeared a blatant attempt to skirt the warnings, dozens of protesters waved banners that appeared to be very similar to the flag of the terror group. One green and gold flag – colours that represent both Australian sporting teams and Hezbollah – depicted Australian outlaw Ned Kelly holding a gun above his head.
Under the image of Kelly were the words: “The boys in green and gold will win.”
[...]
Alex, an attendee who also had the flag, told The Australian he was simply a “sporting enthusiast” who was backing “the green and gold”. “I’m just a sporting enthusiast who is supporting Ned Kelly and the boys in the green and gold,” he said.
snippet about the pro-palestine rally in sydney yesterday
https://archive.md/rR7iH (its the australian, don't read it)
just now
The Israeli military on Friday told the residents of over 20 more southern towns in Lebanon to evacuate immediately, spokesperson Avichay Adraee said on X.
an hour ago
An Israeli strike has hit near the Masnaa border crossing, cutting off a road** hundreds of thousands** have used to flee in recent days, Reuters reports.
The crossing, between Syria and** Lebanon**, is now closed due to the strike, the Lebanese transport minister said.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-10-04/israel-lebanon-hezbollah-live-updates/104430472
reporting is when uncritically publishing media releases from the police and military with no comment or thought
also the australian govt is now discussing expelling the Iranian ambassador because of a tweet about Hezbollah, very cool, i love a good will they, or wont they
Hezbollah protesters in Melbourne may face police, visa scrutiny
A protester with a photo of Nasrallah during a pro-Palestine rally for Gaza and Lebanon at the State Library of Victoria in Melbourne on Sunday.
Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke threatened to consider canceling visas for people supporting such groups.
“Any indication of support for a terrorist organisation is unequivocally condemned,” Burke said in a statement on Sunday.
“It draws the immediate attention of our security agencies.
“There is a higher level of scrutiny if anyone is on a visa.
“I have made clear from day one, that I will consider refusing and cancelling visas for anyone who seeks to incite discord in Australia.”
What a fucking joke, Posy Parker is coming back to australia in under a month for a "conservative conference", and they're getting ready to round up Brown kids. I saw somewhere that a 13 year old got pepper sprayed in the face for carrying a Hezbollah flag yesterday as well.
Biggest Union rally I've seen in a long time happened across australian capital cities today
better source (less of a painful website anyway)
He may actually legit have ptsd a republican official confirmed
millennials are incontrol
I hope this person's in their union, but also reiterating the sentiment of, damn 🥵
and obviously, free Palestine
omg the list of accomplishments on their website 😂
Rallying the World in Support of Ukraine
Since the start of Vladimir Putin’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine, President Biden has rallied the world to stand with Ukraine, defend democracy, and stand up to autocracy.
I’ve been banned from .ml for being a ‘racist’ for being anti-Xi, despite the fact that I am Chinese, and pointed out my ethnicity as such in the discussion. I guess antisemitic Jews aren’t the only weird accusation getting thrown about nowadays.
Lol, oh no. The poster immediately under this is going on some long winded rant that Japan should have been nuked harder, it was the only way to save more people
and also
Lemmy.ml is a cancer on the Fediverse. If we want it to survive, we need to cut it off.
Prime specimen of someone who needs to touch grass, the userbase at lemmy.ml is trash, but not for why they think
a trans person ragebaited me into admitting i'm a transphobic tit, whaaaa 🦈😭🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
Guardian article