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[–] [email protected] 97 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

around a dozen inmates have set themselves on fire over the last year or so to try to get transferred out of virginia's supermax Red Onion prison after facing horrific racism and violence. three men interviewed intentionally set their legs or feet on fire knowing that there aren't any burn centers in that part of the state and they would have to be sent to Richmond for treatment

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago

thank you for the info! i'll check out the wiki page

[–] [email protected] 32 points 3 days ago (1 children)

everyone remembers that despite the nuclear brinksmanship between lincoln and davis the war managed to end without turning either half of the country into radioactive ash

[–] [email protected] 56 points 1 week ago (4 children)

apparently while he was in power bolsonaro and his cronies were cooking up plans to kill lula and other high ranking PT politicians and they were discovered by the federal police. anyone have a source that goes into more depth about this? https://xcancel.com/binraccooon/status/1858979139874943075#m

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

it was wild i don't think i've ever seen a politician dismantled so ruthlessly lol. every day some new video of him cousinfucking or something was coming out, he was cooked within like 2 weeks. very funny that it all happened because he wanted to brag on a podcast called Coffee Whiskey Warrior Vikings or whatever

[–] [email protected] 88 points 1 week ago (5 children)

user squarecoats1 on twitter has made a map with all of the contractors and subcontractors in the US involved in many of the weapons and materiel being used in the genocide, including hellfire missiles and F35s. there's a lot of nitty gritty details in here, nearly 700 locations on the map, tracking who makes even the smallest parts of some of this stuff. they have also included a spreadsheet with the raw data that users can pore through since the site where they uploaded the map only allows 1000 visitors per month. pretty interesting

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 week ago

him, gw bush, and bill clinton were all born in 1946. cursed year

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Starman (1984) an underappreciated john carpenter, working outside his wheelhouse but it is one of his best movies. so funny that after The Thing bombed because of ET he was like "oh yeah? you wish my shapeshifting alien movie was a heartwarming spielberg-ass hollywood picture, huh? alright then, i'll give you what you want". great performance by Jeff Bridges but the movie's really carried by Karen Allen. wish i could've had more time with the two of them i could've watched a dozen more bizarre faux pas (pases?) from the weird dude from outer space