Stardust Rests In Our Veins

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See, that’s what the app is perfect for.

Sounds perfect Wahhhh, I don’t wanna

Earth 54 Story Masterlist

(All of these can be read on my AO3 account, Smokeycut)

A History of The DCU: A timeline running from 1938 through to the modern day, outlining the entire alternate history of Earth 54.

Rock & Riot: The story of how the Titans first formed in 1954 San Francisco, and how they defeated the Hive Five.

Proof of Concept: Set in 1956, exploring the first ever incarnation of Taskforce X’s journey to a mysterious island to hunt down nazi war criminal General Immortus.

Science Fiction Horror Show: The sequel to Rock & Riot, in which the Titans move to Jump City in 1958, dealing with Brother Blood’s vampiric cult, among other threats.

The Three Jokers: Set in 1948, 1996, and 2023, this story follows the criminal clowns of each time period (The Joker, Harley Quinn, and Punchline, respectively), and a pivotal moment in each of their careers as Gotham’s resident evil clown.

Guardian Angel In Black: Set in 2020 Gotham City, detailing Maggie Sawyer’s first encounter with Batwoman, and their ensuing relationship.

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jonpertwee

I feel like this would be a slippery slope towards making it illegal for people to choose to not vote.

hamfistedbunvendor

that’s already how it is in australia

jonpertwee

That’s just so fucked up. :(
Do certain medical conditions exempt you?

sapphicdalliances

?????? why is it be fucked up to have compulsory voting? that’s the way it is in most democratic countries? it’s a part of being a citizen, like paying taxes and obeying speed limits? the fine for not voting is only like $50 and because of the compulsory voting law, our country bends over backwards to make it accessible: it’s always on a weekend, lasts most of the day, and is set up at schools and community centers so there’s one within easy reach of almost everybody. you can also mail your ballot or vote early if you’ll be out of the country on the day. like, IT’S EASY TO VOTE, and the penalty isn’t even that ridiculous. i don’t understand why the usa doesn’t have this, except obviously it would make it harder to literally stop minorities from voting.

salparadisewasright

I think we Americans tend to forget that a lot of other countries don’t actively work to make it harder to vote.

thisdiscontentedwinter

Adding to this here, in Australia you don’t have to vote. Or, more precisely, there’s no way they can tell if you ruined your ballot. You have to turn up, get your name marked off, but you can put a line through the ballot if you don’t think any of the candidates are worth voting for. Or do this: 

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Or this: 


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Or this: 

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You have get your name crossed off (if you don’t want to wear the fine), but you don’t have to make your vote counted if you’re opposed to it. 

And it is so, so easy to vote. Stuck at work or on holidays? That’s fine. Do a postal vote.  Stuck in hospital? That’s fine. They’ll go to you. Stuck in an old people’s home and can’t get around? Again, they’ll go to you. It’s amazing to me that it’s so hard for so many Americans to actually vote. If you make it compulsory, than at least the government is obligated to provide you with the means to vote. 

And look, I get it. Sometimes I don’t want to vote either. But I suck it up, I walk three minutes down the street, and I hope that this year they’re selling lamingtons again. Oh, and I buy a democracy sausage, which, even if all the candidates suck, makes the effort of turning up pretty worthwhile. 

julad

ALSO, you can see even on the fucked up ballots that you NUMBER CANDIDATES IN ORDER OF PREFERENCE. There’s no need to calculate whether I would be throwing away my vote on the candidate that I most agree with if they’re not from a major party. I can say, I want that independent person to get in, but if not them, give me Big Party A, and if not them, that minor party person is still better that Big Party B, and I’m not giving any preference to the Lunatic Fringe Party.

Our system certainly has some issues still, but I can show up to somewhere nearby, line up for a few minutes (if at all), vote exactly in line with my values (on paper, leaving a paper trail that can be recounted), and then buy a sausage and some home made cupcakes on my way out.

A country’s voting system matters a hell of a lot and every citizen deserves one that makes it easy to vote and results in a government that is representational and accountable.

And by the way, one time I had a bad asthma flare-up on Election Day and didn’t make it to my polling station. I got my fine in the mail, I filled out the form explaining why I couldn’t vote, no more fine. I would rather have, you know, expressed my preference for who should run my country, but they were cool with the fact that I couldn’t do it that day.

batmanisagatewaydrug

“oh no, what if people actually have to participate in picking the government officials who will impact their lives” jesus christ

christophoronomicon

For the last time, for everyone who still doesn’t understand: not voting is not a tool of resistance, it’s a tool of surrender.

strangeduckpaper
feministism

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beeperbopper

It’s called “environmental amnesia” and it’s an actual issue environmentalists discuss how to combat. The climate crisis makes it more widespread but it’s been something that’s happening for generations. The story of The Lorax describes it beautifully. The idea that what you remember is what you consider normal, but if the changes happen slowly over generations, you don’t see how large they are because you don’t personally remember them being very different, even if you were told stories about it.

spacelazarwolf

climate grief is also a thing.

myrrhemaid
vikingfunerals

the commodification of friendship is the most annoying thing to come out of the internet in ages. like actually i love to break this to you but you're supposed to help your friends move even if it's hard work. or stay up with them when they're sad even if you're gonna lose sleep. you're supposed to listen to their fears and sorrows even if it means your own mind takes on a little bit of that weight. that's how you know that you care. they will drive you to the airport and then you will make them soup when they're sick. you're supposed to make small sacrifices for them and they are supposed to do that for you. and there's actually gonna be rough patches for both of you where the balance will be uneven and you will still be friends and it will not be unhealthy and they will not be abusive. life is not meant to be an endless prioritization of our own comfort if it was we would literally never get anywhere ever. jesus.

vintageandroid
werewolf-cuddles

Hey, hot take, but if a company decides they no longer want to distribute a piece of media they own the rights to, then they should be legally required to sign the rights back over to the creator.

They shouldn't be allowed to just sit on the IP for the rest of time, especially if they have no intention of ever releasing it again.

werewolf-cuddles

#i thought this was gonna say “then they shouldn't be allowed to punish piracy of it”

You know what, that's also a valid take, let's add that to the post

kyraneko

In computer gaming there's a concept called Abandonware that runs on this premise. That if the company isn't making it and selling it anymore, it's acceptable to copy/download/pirate it.

Applied in a wider sense, if there's no way for you to access it legally, then illegally is fuckin' fine.

But yes, if the owner isn't using it they ought to be obligated to make it available to someone who will.

Why did I just have to witness with my own two eyes some guy whining that the word transmisogyny exists and his reasoning for not liking it was “Trans women shouldn’t act like they’re the only queer people who are women; I, a trans man, am also a woman”

Why did I have to read that today