chapotraphouse

cross-posted from: https://hexbear.net/post/5319167

cross-posted from: https://hexbear.net/post/5319116

cross-posted from: https://hexbear.net/post/5316405

Hello comrades,

Four months ago, I joined this space in search of hope and many of you truly changed our lives. When I first posted about the danger we faced as trans refugees in Gorom Camp, you responded with kindness, care, and solidarity.

But today, on World Refugee Day, that hope was violently shaken.

This morning, the host community and others launched a serious attack. Our shelters were burned down. We fled with nothing. Two of my sisters were injured in the chaos.

We are now in hiding. We’re exhausted. We’re terrified. But we’re still here.

I'm sharing video footage of what happened today not to shock, but because we need you to see our reality.

We need urgent mutual aid to help us relocate to a safer place.

Our mutual aid link will be in the comments.

Thank you for any support donation, share, or boost. 💙🏳️‍⚧️

original image source https://x.com/goethecakar31/status/1935808240119586936/photo/1

When: 6pm, July 23rd.

Where: Unitarian Church, 110 Grey Street, East Melbourne

Donation on entry, food will be provided, prizes to be won.

Share this around if you can! Atmosphere will be casual and friendly. I'll probably be there, and I'm pretty cool I think

Thomas "Tom" Jasper Cat, commonly referred to as Tom Cat, or more simply referred to as Tom, and originally known as Jasper, is one of the two anti-heroic protagonists in Tom and Jerry, alongside Jerry Mouse, created by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera. Despite being referred as an anti-heroic, Tom is more often placed in the role of the antagonist, with Jerry often being the protagonist just as much.

Tom is a bluish-grey and white anthropomorphic domestic short haired tuxedo British cat who first appeared in the 1940 MGM animated short Puss Gets the Boot. The cat was known as Jasper during his debut in the short; however, beginning with his next appearance in The Midnight Snack he was known as Tom or Thomas.

Tom and Jerry cartoons

His name, "Tom Cat", is based on "tomcat", a word which refers to male cats. He is usually mute and rarely heard speaking with the exception of a few cartoons (such as 1943's The Lonesome Mouse, 1944's The Zoot Cat, 1947's Part Time Pal, 1953's Puppy Tale and 1992's Tom and Jerry: The Movie). His only notable vocal sounds outside of this are his various screams whenever he is subjected to panic or, more frequently, pain. He is continuously after Jerry Mouse, for whom he sets traps, many of which backfire and cause damage to him rather than Jerry. His trademark scream was provided by creator William Hanna. Hanna's recordings of Tom screaming were later used as a stock sound effect for other MGM cartoon characters, including a majority of Tex Avery's shorts.

Tom is usually defeated in the end (or very rarely, killed, like in Mouse Trouble, where he explodes), although there are some stories where he outwits and defeats Jerry. Besides Jerry, he also has trouble with other mouse or cat characters. One of them that appears frequently is Spike Bulldog. Spike regularly appears and usually assists Jerry and beats up Tom. Though in some occasions Tom beats him or he turns on Jerry (like his debut appearance in Dog Trouble). Usually when Tom is chasing Jerry after a bit Jerry turns the tables on Tom and beats him or uses an outside character such as Spike to beat Tom.

Tom has variously been portrayed as a house cat doing his job, and a victim of Jerry's blackmail attempts, sometimes within the same short. He is almost always called by his full name "Thomas" by Mammy Two Shoes. In 1961 short Switchin' Kitten Tom has a membership card as belong to the "International Brotherhood of Cats".

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Links To Resources (Aid and Theory):

Aid:

• 🌈 LGBTQ+ Resource Post
• 🍉 Resources for Palestine
• 🐌☕ Zapatista Coffee

Theory:

• ❤️Foundations of Leninism
• ❤️Anarchism and Other Essays

The reason gave was "breaking the rules". Not any specific rule, just rules in general. What a joke lmao.

Also banned the entire mod team.

Went there for work, but got some real Cuban rum while there along with some good mole paste. So I am drinking the real Cuba Libre and making some tofu mole tonight. Feeling pretty good right now. What are y'all up to?

Hello, my name is Ayah Mohammad. My family and I have been deeply affected by the war. If you’re able to help in any way, I would be truly grateful. You are our hope in this darkness. Here is our campaign link:

🔗 https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-mohameds-family-to-reach-safety-outside-gaza

With nothing weird at all going on in here, no way, no how.

GHOST TOUR GUY FUCKING DECREES IT!

(Title is joking, but this is also 100% real and I laugh every time I type in the site URL)

What's this world coming to? Is nothing sacred?

And what is this all about? The timing of this seems, uhh, "interesting"

The techbro asswipes that run Duolingo have been making a lot of noise about AI lately, boasting about how much they're going to use it while firing all of the actual human beings who used to make their lessons

Their newest AI feature is a new lesson type called Video Calls where you chat with an AI bot in your target language. The bot asks you questions about basic topics and then does follow-up questions based on your answers while reacting and commenting on the stuff you say. It manages to kind of emulate the awkwardness of conversation practice in an actual language class with some rando you don't know too well

I've only done a few of these because it feels really weird and creepy talking to a cartoon character on your phone that's actually just a mask for an electricity-wasting corpo machine. Anyway, the AI just randomly brought up my pet that I mentioned a few weeks ago the last time I did one of these lessons. So yes, the Duolingo chatbot retains any information you disclose to it. Cool

The kicker is that this shit is gated behind the Duolingo Max paywall which costs 170 bucks a year, or 13 bucks a month (I run a modded apk with unlocked paid features, I'm not paying a cent for a fucking app)

Edit: I actually wouldn't be opposed to paying for an app, it's the subscription model I'm vehemently opposed to. I will never rent an app or program

(the “violent crime” was resisting arrest)

Cruz: "Look my father was imprisoned and tortured in Cuba, I hate communist- it was actually Batista that tortured my dad..."

Fucking incredible lmao.