Day: September 6, 2017

Mainstream media is currently riding high on the trend of equating anti fascism to neo nazism. There is a plethora of “Both side” arguments, claims of violence and authoritarian silencing, whataboutism and free speech pearl clutching. The good progressive, the docile liberal is in a tizzy. Their centrism threatened by the loud presence of the antifa, a looming figure that is portrayed as even more dangerous than the advocacy of genocide and racial cleansing emanating from the side of the nazis. Antifascism, now that is the real danger.

The magnanimous middle ground and maintaining colonial order

I wrote about the current defense of neo nazis at the expense of their targets and how this is part of a long historical order.

(via redlightpolitics)

Source: medium.com

not-a-single-fuck:

arkgoz:

shinzonfu:

trashgender-neurotica:

dialectical-devitoism:

dialectical-devitoism:

half of north america is on fire and the other half is getting pounded by abnormally powerful hurricanes

future’s looking pretty bright lads

literally anything west of like colorado that isn’t a desert is basically on fire

It’s almost as if the globe was like, getting warmer.

Look at the map, it’s more like nature is getting its revenge on America.

The Caribbean countries/territories don’t deserve it at all though

The people who suffer climate change the most are the poor, in other words, people who didn’t do fuck all.

anaisnein:

petermorwood:

surprisekitty:

wizardmoon:

skypig357:

giflounge:

1944 – Snowball the cat tries to take over a machine gun in Normandy so she can shoot some Nazis herself.

Blessed post. Good kitty

i want someone to read that headline in an old timey reporter voice

Okay fun fact: cats were actively deployed to trenches and ships to help deal with rodent infestations in both world wars, and they had the curb cutter effect of keeping the men’s spirits high.

One cat, Simon, was given the rank “Able Seacat Simon” after dutifully killing rats and mice that were destroying the HMS Amethyst’s food supplies. The ship had come under fire during the Chinese civil war and many of its crewmen had died. The cat had been gravely injured, too, but he picked out the shrapnel himself – seriously – and went straight to killing the rodents that were overrunning the ship. He unfortunately passed from his injuries two weeks before he was scheduled to receive the Dickin Medal. To this day, he is the only cat to receive this award.

Here’s another WW1 trenchcat, who would have been ratter, mouser, companion and gas warning – not AFAIK by dying, like a canary, but since cats reacted to the smell of gas long before it was strong enough for humans to notice, the troops had a bit more time to get their masks on, and the cats went into gasproof boxes.

Meanwhile, somewhere on the other side of No Man’s Land…

Meet Percy, mascot of HMLS (D20) “Daphne” with Lt Drader. Both survived the War, and Percy retired to live out his peacetime life in the Drader family home.

(Here’s a video clip; given how noisy, hot and smelly early tanks were, Percy seems remarkably unfazed.) 

A US Army tank cat, Mustard of the 321st, with a Renault FT light tank and its driver Sgt Postal…

A Royal Artillery kitten (the battery mascot)…

Pincher of HMS Vindex on what looks like a Sopwith Pup scout…

Togo, ship’s cat of HMS Dreadnought (though I’ve also seen “HMS Irresistible”)…

Ship’s cat of HMS Queen Elizabeth atop 15″ main battery…

And speaking of big ships and big guns…

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“Make nice all you like, Human. I despise you. I wanted a billet on a battleship, not this tinpot destroyer…” (Ching, of HMAS Swan.)

why isn’t Lt Harry Drader wearing any pants

Source: giflounge

pangur-and-grim:

pangur-and-grim:

well shit, a redtail hawk just tried to eat Pangur??

hello my friend, the cats are not for eating but I’m glad you’re alright

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here’s an outside view of the windowpane it flew into. it’s quite low (which makes me think Hawky was trying to scoop a cat off the ground) & gives an excellent view of Pangur playing with her ball-tunnel toy

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toadschooled:

Those spots! That build! That look of determination! The red-spotted burrowing frog [Leptodactylus laticeps] is a species worthy of the highest praise. It can be found in forests and temporary ponds in Argentina, Paraguay, and Bolivia, and is a skilled burrower true to its name. While this frog is a striking and attractive species it’s important to note that its collection for the pet trade has left a dent in its numbers, and it’s better to admire it in its natural habitat as opposed to as a collector’s item. Images by expert photographer Joel Sartore.

Source: toadschooled

voqurnen-jovein:

lordhellebore:

voqurnen-jovein:

sleepyowlet:

thekinderbeast:

sleepyowlet:

voqurnen-jovein:

sleepyowlet:

deputychairman:

pearlo:

there’s very few things that drive me up the wall in fandom as much as this weird new assumption that fandom is primarily a space for younger people that older folks are only accepted into in a trial basis if they promise to centralize and accommodate younger fans, and further, anything else is creepy and predatory. IT’S OKAY FOR ADULTS TO PRODUCE CONTENT FOR OTHER ADULTS.

if I have to read “women in their 30s” used as an insult one more time I swear I’ll – step away from that user and just hang out with the other grownups who consistently create good content because I’m also an adult and too busy comparing car insurance to fight with teenagers on the internet, but goddAMMIT I’ll be annoyed

Yup, I’ll be over here where the well-written and well-researched stuff is, you go and read or write slashfic containing ass-hymens.

ass-what 

I wish I was kidding.

I hope it was at least a crack fic…

No. It was horribly written wangst with one character written like a girl but not as a girl (Harry). And a big deal was made out of virginity, hence the butt-hymen. Apparently nobody in Hogwarts ever takes a dump. It was painfully obvious the author had never seen a penis IRL, or even experimentally put a finger up her butt for research purposes. Ahem.

And there were several fics like that. Several. The butt-hymen was an actual trend for a little while.

oh my god

I’m getting the weird desire to write a fic in which everyone in Hogwarts is wearing colostomy bags. Someone hand me the brain bleach, please.

i will never discourage people from writing crack

fierceawakening:

rainbowloliofjustice:

lastsonlost:

lastsonlost:

kikuhondaceleste:

lastsonlost:

peachyopinions:

antifeminism-proegalitarian:

warthogpunk:

antifeminism-proegalitarian:

warthogpunk:

antisjwaction:

Hey you can have your opinions but doxxing people is never okay.

doxxing Nazis is okay

doxxing nobody is okay. it’s illegal. if I see you doxxing someone I will report you to the FBI and you will get in more trouble than the people you dox.

why do you think i care what the government says is illegal

did you read the last part of my reply

What the fuck is wrong with you, @warthogpunk ?

THE LEGAL RAMIFICATIONS AND REPERCUSSIONS OF DOXXING WITH INTENT TO CAUSE HARM:

“Doxing“ is a legal term that means revealing “documents” about a person. This can range from revealing the name of a person who uses an alias, but more commonly refers to revealing whatever the person doing it feels will harm, shame, humiliate, endanger, or put the person at some risk.   Doxing is a form of stalking or threatening and is illegal under many different federal and state laws, depending on the exact facts and location.

Revealing a “name” per se’ may, or may not be considered “Doxing” depending on the level of anticipated anonymity.   However, in this law, the term “restricted personal information” means, “with respect to an individual, the Social Security number, the home address, home phone number, mobile phone number, personal email, or home fax number of, and identifiable to, that individual.”   This is an important distinction to remember.

Once you outline the address or location of a person, within which a person can be placed at risk, 

YOU have VIOLATED THE LAW.  PERIOD.

In all cases if you outline the physical location of any individual with the intent to harm, shame, stalk, humiliate, endanger, or otherwise compromise the safety and security of ANY individual you have placed that person in a position of risk and you are in violation of ALL State Stalking laws.

THIS is the most commonly crossed line.

However, in some cases, such as federal agents, or in Mark Osterman’s case his anonymity as a Federal Air Marshal, just revealing his name crosses the threshold for illegal activity.

I CAN FIND THOSE PIECES OF INFORMATION USING GOOGLE SEARCH.  IS THAT STILL RESTRICTED?   YES.  It is illegal to announce or disseminate or post those listed pieces of information for the purposes listed in the law (18 USC § 119). Those are purposes such as threatening or intimidating or making it so others can harass or harm the person.   This law is about acts that endanger the safety of or encourage attacks against a person or a person’s family.   It is not about where you found the information.

READ THAT AGAIN:

This law is about acts that endanger the safety of, or encourage attacks against, a person or a person’s family.   It is not about where you found the information.

18 USC § 119

The information may or may not even be on the internet; that is not a factor for a charge.  A criminal act does not need to be physically possible for a charge to exist with regard to it.  The activity can take the form of cyber-space and internet posting.

Doxing might also be part of a conspiracy to harm, endanger, or even kill a person. Even if unintentionally if the action of the party is intended to threaten, harass or harm.

Doxing is always illegal, whether it is done against a federal employee, a state employee, or a regular person.   There are federal and state laws that specifically address doxing government employees  18 U.S.C. Sec 371 (18 U.S.C. Sec 119).

With regular non-governmental citizens, doxing falls under various state criminal laws, such as stalking, cyber stalking, harassment, threats, and other such laws, depending on the state.

Since these doxing threats and activities are made on the internet, the law of any state may be invoked, though most often an investigator will look to the state in which the person making the threat is located, if this is known, or the state in which the victim is situated.

A state prosecutor can only prosecute violations of the laws of his or her own state, and of acts that extend into their state.

However, when acts are on the internet, they extend into all the states.   Thereby allowing the victim to choose the state of filing which may, or may not, be the state of residence for the victim(s) or perpetrator(s).

Increasingly with internet use,  attorneys are affirming representation to the state with the strongest current legal remedies for Doxing, Cyber-Stalking, or Harassment.

Misinformation was spread that doxing is legal.  I am not sure how or why anyone fell for that misinformation. Surely, people must understand instinctively, even if they were misled about the law, that if they are threatening someone or putting them at risk, or tormenting or harassing the other on the internet, that this must be illegal.

Common sense would tell you that bullying or jeopardizing another would be illegal in some way. 

So yes, doxing is illegal, no matter who the target.  The difference is when it is on the internet it is Federal, or State.  When it is not via cyber space it is State issue/laws/ remedy only.

In addition there are even more consequential specific federal laws, and federal remedies, against doxing federal employees.  This is one of the issues with Mark Osterman and the potential for Frances Robles indictment.   In addition, many states have such individual laws against doing this to state employees, officials, and/or law enforcement officers.

If you are doxing a non-government person, this can be illegal under various laws that have names such as stalking, cyber stalking, cyber-bullying, harassment, invasion of privacy, threatening, terroristic threatening, endangering the safety of, intentional infliction of emotional distress (this can be a crime or a tort, depending on state law), threatening a witness (if the person is a witness), intimidation, and other laws that exist in the different states.

Depending on the situation, it might also be a hate crime or a violation of civil rights. Some states also have laws that specifically apply to students harassing or being harassed.  Many states now have laws about posting a person’s name or photo on an indecent or incendiary website without their permission.   It really depends on the situation,

 but there are plenty of laws that can be invoked and multiple remedies available.

When you do something on the internet, it reaches into every state and you open yourself up to potentially being prosecuted under the laws of any state.

In addition, since it is being done in interstate commerce (the internet), you can be accountable under federal law.

Also, if you dox someone using an internet website or service such as Facebook or Twitter or most other such services, such as WordPress or Blogger, and your intent is stalking, cyber stalking, cyber-bullying, harassment, invasion of privacy, threatening, terroristic threatening, endangering the safety of, intentional infliction of emotional distress or intimidation, you are probably violating the Terms of Service under the media contract which binds your activity from your acceptance of the terms.

Violating the terms of service can actually be a federal crime, depending on the situation, and especially so when the terms are violated in order to harm a person.

It is important at this point to note the “intent” of the activity itself, which is where capturing the full data “as it exists” becomes important.  

 Example: A post itself may not violate the terms or the law;  However, the “intent” can change depending on the editorial content within the control of the site operator.   When the comments follow, and reflect, a specific intent as outlined, then the arbiter of the posting itself is ultimately liable for the consequences of their affiliates.

Think about only using a name, it is probably a violation of law, but maybe not.  However, once you go beyond the name IT IS ALWAYS A VIOLATION OF LAW.

If we are hosting a site discussion and publicly name a private party, depending on intent, there is no harm.   However, if we further provide, or a commentator provides an address for the party – and we do not delete the information in a timely manner, then depending on circumstance we could be in direct violation of law.

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People on this site need to understand the law applies to everyone no matter how “right” or wrong you are.

Part of the problem is we have a whole shitton of immature children who get old and Never Grow Up

Where it matters the most!!

The act and want and NEVER THINK where their actions lead. It’s like they can’t see in front of their face.q

An I think what pisses me off the most is the fact that whenever you see a child in a courtroom being charged for stupid shit they always have the same shocked look on your face like they did not know the heinous act they were doing was wrong.

An somewhere along the way we blame the parents for not teaching them to know better . Problem is I think most of them know better they just ignore better.

An sometimes I’m not sure if I want to feel sorry for them or not feel sorry for them because they did this to themselves.

Also, another reason that you shouldn’t dox people is that you may end up getting the wrong person’s information. 

It hasn’t uncommon. It isn’t a rarity. It’s happened twice already with the recent months. You can find multiple stories of people being doxxed and them just being the wrong personas opposed to the actual target the doxxer was trying to find.

Yep. Also, “my TA might be a Nazi!” sticks in people’s brains a lot easier than “we thought this Nazi might have been my TA but it turned out it wasn’t him” does.