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not even yola or tanner adell or brittney spencer or tracy chapman or india.arie or chapel hart or the carolina chocolate drops or rhiannon giddens????

Or…

• Hemlocke Springs (alt rock/new wave revival),
• the Noisettes (indie),
• Skunk Anansie (hard rock/metal),
• Tamar Kali (rock/punk),
• Valerie June (country/blues),
• Santigold (indie),
• Bloc Party (post punk revival/indie rock),
• O Children (goth),
• Lord Scary Black (goth),
• Cemetery Sex (death rock)

Originally posted by whattimeisitanyway

a few more artists i love:

• deepincision (heavy metal)
• zulu (metal)
• black pantera (rock, metal)
• winter wolf (punk, metal)
• erzulie (punk, rock)
• youth man (punk)
• the 1865 (punk)
• crystal axis (punk)
• pleasure venom (post-punk/hard rock)
• the rack (they describe their sound as “hard pop rock”, blends punk vocals and rock)
• danny denial (indie punk/rock, queer)
• gloom east (alt/indie rock, moody pop blend)
• big joanie (synth punk + some more melodic, blues-like tones)
• madame st beatrice (gothic, moody and melodic)
• shadow age (goth)
• saccharin (goth)
• the ire (goth, punk)
• bastet (goth punk)

here’s a playlist with a good mix of the above genres + some alt & indie from Black artists

There's also it's more 'diverse' fandom twin

[ID 1: drawing of four non-descript characters smiling lined up, three of them have pale skin while one has brown skin and a more mischievous expression, the characters has text pointed to them reading “that one character that gets the melanin because they’re angry/agressive” End ID]

[ID 2: drawing of four non-descript characters lined up, three of them have varied brown skin and expressions while one has pale skin and a more calm smile, the characters has text pointed to them reading “that one character that gets less of the melanin because they’re passive/calm/fancier” End ID]

Jaskier: –like how did you tame it? Did you raise it from an egg or something? It seems like most magic horses eat people–or, sorry, do you taste bad as a Witcher? Roach has never tried to take a nibble out of me–

Geralt: Jaskier. This is a normal horse.

Jaskier, who has seen this horse appear on rooftops, in the middle of lava fields, refusing to swim but two seconds later showing up on the other side of a lake, and one time doing this for half an hour:

Jaskier: What Do You Mean

Jaskier, a completely ordinary human person who has managed to not age a single year throughout Geralt’s multi-century life and Roach, a completely ordinary brown horse who has managed to not age a single year throughout Geralt’s multi-century life just look back and forth at each other like “bitch, I won’t bring it up if you don’t” and that’s the end of it.

ICE came in two SUVs to try and grab a pregnant mother who was picking her other child up from a west Oakland (like three miles from my house) elementary school yesterday afternoon. Neighbors and other community members immediately boxed the ICE vehicles in with their own cars, surrounded the “officers,” and harassed them until they left (without their target). This is the only kind of response that’s acceptable from anyone witnessing this shit, and as Oakland Councilwoman Caroll Fife said after the incident, “there were too many white people around for them [ICE] to stick around.”

Fellow white people: if you’re able, put your bodies/vehicles/voices in between these kidnappers and their targets, ESPECIALLY if you look “respectable” (eg soccer mom/dad, business attire etc). They’re much, much less likely to engage violently with individuals and crowds who look like ppl they respect/view as human (white/white passing) so use their prejudice to your advantage.

Also: Karen the FUCK outta them. Eg. “I want to see badges and identification containing your full name and title, I want the names and contact information of your direct supervisors, I want to see a warrant signed by a judge that includes the full legal name of the individual you are attempting to detain, and I want to see these items now.” Speak loudly but as calmly and firmly as possible, don’t touch them but stay in between them and whoever they’re trying to grab if possible. Repeat.

This is poetry. This is storytelling. You can leave the sound off if you want but. Stop. Watch. You surely will not regret doing so.

We never have to go back

I'm not saying you should abandon your life; I'm saying there should be limits to what is published or what is done to us. We are dying of hunger while a large number of bloggers showcase their delicious and tempting food. We are being deprived of our homes while many bloggers post about the most luxurious and elegant places. Please be mindful of what is published; everything affects us and our mental well-being.

I beg you, please understand our situation. I beg you to help us. What we're going through is no small thing. We're losing our lives. We want to live. We want to have hope, just like you. Yes, just like you. Please donate to us. Please share our suffering. I feel terrible about what's happening to us. The shooting hasn't stopped yet. The situation is dangerous and difficult. Please give us a new life. Your donation will save us. Please donate.

Please stand by us and don't ignore the suffering we are going through. We are facing many problems. Please help us so we can be okay. Please donate to Ahed and his children now; he deserves your support.

Ahed and his three children, Iman, Nour, and Fatima, are suffering greatly due to the war and need all the help they can get. Please, if you have the money, donate to them.

highlights:

• “What’s with all the fucking gaijin in this area?” “Dude, don’t say that, use gaikokujin, it’s nicer.” “Oh, shit, right. What’s with all the fucking gaikokujin in this area?”
• “The breaded pork cutlet bento box is like mega power. More than ramen. That’s accurate.”
• all of them start dragging kiryu for his shitty cheap shirt for five minutes
• “Shooting people sends a message.” “So does shooting anything.”
• (after being told that massage parlors, mahjong, and hostess clubs were cut from the US version) “I feel sorry for the people who bought the American version. SEGA USA sucks.”
  

S: I don’t know any ex-yakuza running orphanages.
K: There was one a few years ago. A good guy.
M: You sure it wasn’t just a tax shelter?
K: Sure it was a tax shelter but he ran it like a legitimate thing. You know.

“Author’s note: A heated discussion takes place as to whether the game is stereotyping the yakuza, which is resolved when Midoriyama, a now-retired former mid-level faction boss, points out that the stereotypes about the yakuza are more or less correct, with the exception of their alleged prowess in martial arts.“

i’ve seen these quotes a hundred times but never the full article — 200k notes and i’ve never seen someone mention the guy saying “they should let kiryu smoke meth”

I am a prime example. I was injured over 400 days ago when our house was bombed while we were inside. I was hit by shrapnel that is still embedded in my body because the Israeli occupation prevents the entry of medical equipment, because of the lack of healthcare here in Gaza, and because of the poverty we endure due to the war. Therefore, I need to travel outside Gaza for surgery. I cannot afford the travel and surgery costs.

I implore you, with all my hope, to stand by me so I can be relieved of this pain and have my surgery as soon as possible. You can help me by donating through my verified fundraising campaign, Please donate.

Please help! Do whatever you can!

Fadel really needs help, he's been sick and injured for a long time in these terrible conditions

To everyone here, please share this. If you can't donate, that's all. Thank you.

I hope everyone will help my family who are currently drowning in tents.

argentina gets:

• return to pre-april tariffs
• better export conditions for beef
• cooperation on trade in critical minerals

the usa gets:

• better export conditions for beef
• preferential access for pharmaceuticals
• preferential access for chemicals
• preferential access for machinery
• preferential access for information technology products
• preferential access for medical devices
• preferential access for motor vehicles
• preferential access for agricultural products
• argentina dismantles non-tariff barriers
• argentina does not require consular formalities
• argentina will not issue its own approval for products certified by the usa in matters of automobiles, food, and medicines
• argentina will strengthen the fight against counterfeiting and piracy -argentina opens up to live cattle from the usa
• argentina opens up to poultry from the usa
• argentina opens up to "certain cheeses and meats" from the usa
• argentina "will not require registration of facilities for imports of us dairy products"
• argentina will strengthen measures against "the import of goods produced through forced labor"
• argentina will adopt measures to facilitate logging
• argentina will make more efficient use of critical minerals
• argentina will apply wto regulations on fisheries subsidies
• argentina "will intensify cooperation with the United States to combat non-market policies and practices of other countries".
• cooperation on trade in critical minerals
• argentina will address "distortions" generated by state-owned enterprises and industrial subsidies
• argentina will facilitate digital trade with the usa

something something first as a tragedy then as a farce