9th September 1899(the second one)
Some may look may look down upon us, scream at us that we’re holy con-artist, unhinged preachers of evil and a disgrace to the church.
But they see but a fragment of a broader world, they simply cannot understand.
Can they not see that we do not use their gods against them, but that with our words they do that themself?
That does not exclude that we may use our skill per personal gain, but only pn truly deserving people.
Most of the time.
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#case filesScent Bottle. British origin, date of manufacture unknown (likely Victorian era?). Made up of a faceted red glass body and a silver screw lid. Sized at h 44mm x dia 32mm.
(Source: aucklandmuseum.com)
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you know what. i am physically sick as hell this week so i'll bite. i read the original slate article, which is free to read so i don't know why OP chose to screenshot instead of let people draw their own conclusions. i agree with MANY of the writer's points on the need for comprehensive criminal justice reform, but i also care a lot about numbers and stats and increasingly, this bullshit "democrats are the same as republicans" messaging is straight-up delivered using propaganda tactics
this is going to be an incredibly long post and i had to use GOOGLE SLIDES and GOOGLE SHEETS which i hate so so much so in the words of twitter kpop stans please don't let this flop
let's look at the numbers, claim by claim
claim #1: "the number of people held in ICE detention has increased by 70 percent since Biden took office"
claim #2: "the federal prison population has grown for the first time in a decade"
last claim: "federal covid relief funds are being used to pad local police budgets"
SO all of that to say
Some time has passed. Have your views changed, at all?
i think this question is for me so i will try to answer briefly, though lmk if it was intended for op lmao
also i'll answer on the assumption it was asked in good faith:
do i still think that democrats and republicans are not the same? yes; i don't have the time today to refresh charts etc., but a very quick glance at the same sources i used the first time around looks like the numbers have remained more or less stable. happy to take correction here if anyone has more time to delve
on immigration specifically, do i think reform is still needed? yes; in particular i do think there should be close scrutiny of how the numbers trend as the biden admin continues to announce and enact its proposed policies if the PHE does indeed expire in may
on criminal justice specifically, do i think reform is still needed? yes; and importantly here it's worth keeping track of what the dem white house and dem congresspeople are trying to do vs what is able to happen (e.g. George Floyd Act)
do i still think dems-and-repubs-are-the-same reeks of voter-suppression propaganda? yes, and even more so when the evidence continues to pile up that dem legislatures and leaders at every level are making real progress on issues that we all purport to care about. who benefits when certain types of voters feel like their vote doesn't matter? the people who want to disenfranchise them!
do i still think it's important to contextualize data and question sources and stats? yes!!!!!!!!!! yes!!!! and i know it's not easy and it's time-consuming, but again: who benefits when we don't approach information with a critical mind? not us!
do i still think it's important to vote? yes yes yes yes yes yes yes
am i still going to abuse bullet points? yeah
Stained Glass depicting devils and demons torturing the condemned made between 1507-1517-Fairford, United Kingdom
OP, this is a genuinely genius method of tricking the human brain into beginning to understand the sort of scale that this looks like.
Walking switchbacks never ever occurred to me.
But I’m big on pacing myself. Taking frequent rest breaks, etc.
Another benefit of switchbacks.
If you use switchbacks to ascend & descend, you don't crash. As someone who once had the thought, 'oh, I can just take this path directly down & avoid the switchback path' that way lies falling down. And rolling. I was very lucky to avoid broken bones.
