Tootfinder

En 2010, je lisais Livres en feu, un ensemble fascinant de Lucien X. Polastron, qui recense sans fin les actes de destruction des bibliothèques depuis leur création...
🌊 Lire la suite de la critique sur le Sillon https://sillon-fictionnel.club/post/livres-en-feu/

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Spice level increasing by the minute.
#PoliceDontKeepUsSafe

Looks like the USPS shut down the covidtests.gov at 8:00 PM EDT on 3/9/2025, per text on the website.
I'm feeling somewhat fortunate in that I got my order placed and received in the last couple weeks.
If they had too many tests stockpiled, better management and allowing people to order additional test kits seems like a better choice than destroying good tests. 
#CovidTests…

samstag 11. jaenner 2025
http://25jahre.klingt.org
vienna/austria
16:00 ms vindobona / anlegestelle reichsbruecke und
20:00 theater am werk petersplatz
am boot
interventionen von beauchamp/geissler
susanna gartmayer
bulbul
mats gustafsson
im theater am …

There is a long and storied history of whistles for protection. Ancient Egyptian guards used to place a blade of grass between the thumbs to alert other guards of issues that were transpiring. Later, shells were used to the same end. In China, acorns with holes drilled in them were used similarly.
As a dedicated instrument, whistles have been made of wood, bone, metal, and later, plastics. British bobbies have used whistles to communicate over distances since the 1880s. They are a commonly used tool for boatswains, crossing guards, and referees.
I wish I knew more about rape whistles, but they seem similar in functionality to hikers taking whistles with them in case of injury, as the sound carries much further than yelling, and is much less tiring.
As someone regularly stalked by a large creepy harasser, I am grateful for the whistle I was given for self-protection, even if the creeps who it was given to defend against resent the fuck out of it.
Fin.

Yesterday in #FuckThePolice
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A Portland Police Bureau report released late last month shows that the agency's review board recommended that a sergeant be fired after lying to investigators about placing a right-wing meme in a training presentation — a recommendation that Chief Bob Day and then-Mayor Ted Wheeler declined to follow.
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Known as the "Prayer of the Alt Knight," the meme has been traced back to a member of the far-right Proud Boys group and endorses police brutality against a "dirty hippy," showing an officer in riot gear with fist raised over a person with long hair.
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McDaniel denied the allegation that he'd put the slide in the presentation. Then-Chief Chuck Lovell ultimately concluded that it was "more likely than not" that McDaniel was responsible for the slide, according to the memo, though Lovell backed away from termination of the sergeant's employment and instead suspended him for 100 hours without pay.
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#PoliceDontKeepUsSafe #PoliceDontPreventCrime #DefundDisarmDismantle

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And we're clear.
Significant police presence, still tailing the group. Confusing addition of CSST (crime scene techs).
A couple hundred people participated and were most definitely heard.
#FreePalestine #EndTheSiege #GenocideIsNotDefence
#PoliceDontKeepUsSafe #DefundDisarmDismantle #FuckThePolice