Posts by timberwraith@mastodon.social
(DIR) Post #B1xe0WDeBC4gB3B6nJ by timberwraith@mastodon.social
2026-01-05T01:36:13Z
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But I'll also repeat something that I've heard other people say:The military likes to recruit/conscript people while they're younger because it is easier for the institution to manipulate and brainwash people into becoming instruments of mass murder while they are younger.And I'll add, that's even easier to accomplish if society has primed a major part of the military's target populace with the ideology of toxic masculinity to soften them up for exploitation as cannon fodder.
(DIR) Post #B1xe0bML4Izw7SHcXI by timberwraith@mastodon.social
2026-01-05T01:39:54Z
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Pouring racism and xenophobia into the target populace for recruitment and conscription is also quite helpful.Teach them violence and aggression as a personal ethic from the earliest years and teach them hatred against the people they will be used as weapons against and you'll be able to feed the engines of war with human bodies more reliably.
(DIR) Post #B1xe0gIGiriHQHPwO0 by timberwraith@mastodon.social
2026-01-05T02:12:12Z
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Postscript:I will also say this. I was raised in a fairly conservative community. In another life, I might have been willing cannon fodder for the u.s. military, like several of my working class peers.What made the realization I had in the post below more likely to happen? I was a trans girl.It was being transfeminine that ultimately short circuited and crashed the toxic masculine narrative that society fed me, and years of abuse and being an outsider.https://mastodon.social/@timberwraith/115839832526805010
(DIR) Post #B1xe0lsFyUTGjLIFfs by timberwraith@mastodon.social
2026-01-05T02:13:36Z
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A cis male version of me might have gone along with the gendered bullshit and "Yay america!" propaganda and marched off to war with copious amounts of bravado and naivete.
(DIR) Post #B1xe0qsRNEaaFMPy9g by timberwraith@mastodon.social
2026-01-05T02:17:47Z
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And then? I would have engaged in behaviors that were absolutely criminal acts. Criminal acts sanctioned by the u.s. government.A good little boy-grunt doing a racist, colonialist government's criminal dirty work.
(DIR) Post #B1xe0wNotzf1K88bGC by timberwraith@mastodon.social
2026-01-05T02:21:20Z
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But if you've read my blathering here for a while, you'll know that I come from a family full of really crummy, broken human beings. That's exactly what the local culture was geared to create.That's still no excuse for slaughtering people for the u.s. government.
(DIR) Post #B29Xn7a2svUxDoibVA by timberwraith@mastodon.social
2026-01-10T17:46:37Z
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I can't believe I'm doing this but I'm reading news on the Star Tribune because of all of the shit that's going down. I hate this fucking newspaper but it's the primary local paper of Minneapolis.
(DIR) Post #B29XnECYGfrfkymRM0 by timberwraith@mastodon.social
2026-01-10T18:18:14Z
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So, as I mentioned earlier, in a another thread, it seems fairly evident that the government agent, Jonathan Ross, likely murdered Renee Good as an enraged response to interactions with her and her wife.Simply put, this looks very much like "murder by angry cop."The Star Tribune has broken down various videos taken by people nearby, recreating the events that took place.(Article does not appear to be paywalled.)https://www.startribune.com/breaking-down-the-videos-a-close-examination-of-the-shooting-of-renee-good/601560158
(DIR) Post #B29XnKNPJE74uNuC6i by timberwraith@mastodon.social
2026-01-10T18:20:52Z
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If justice is served, which it likely won't be, this man should be sitting in a prison cell for a very, very long time.So should the government officials which unleashed this terror show on the country. They should be doing time too, as far as I'm concerned.
(DIR) Post #B29XnQU0baxVqb2YEK by timberwraith@mastodon.social
2026-01-10T18:25:53Z
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I'll point out that this agent is NOT a new hire. He has been on the job for several years from other stories I've read. This isn't an unhinged rookie doing rookie things.
(DIR) Post #B29XnWMQkgSi4pXaFc by timberwraith@mastodon.social
2026-01-10T18:33:57Z
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Here is an in depth, easier to read, article that details the events of the video analysis that I posted an earlier link to.https://www.startribune.com/alpha-news-publishes-what-appears-to-be-video-recorded-by-ice-officer-who-shot-renee-good/601561197
(DIR) Post #B29XncWDrBrNAwAULY by timberwraith@mastodon.social
2026-01-10T18:47:10Z
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Star Tribune:"Gosh, even though we analyzed video footage from multiple sources which indicates that the agent wasn't in danger, we have no way of knowing what really happened. People are just so gosh darned political don't-cha know? Who can say what really happened? Those wacky libs and conservatives are just jumping to conclusions."This is why I don't read this rag anymore.https://archive.ph/tDQDq
(DIR) Post #B29Xni2fJzmYJ0Ny6q by timberwraith@mastodon.social
2026-01-10T18:52:54Z
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Translation:"We changed our name from 'The Minneapolis Star Tribune' to 'The Minnesota Star Tribune' recently because we're trying to expand our meager circulation to the reactionary white people living in the suburbs and the rest of the state. So, we can't actually take a position even on the most obvious of circumstances because we don't want to piss off our right wing readers in the rest of the state. We want more rural and suburban white people's readership. A lot."
(DIR) Post #B35dC5agcwiCHbW07U by timberwraith@mastodon.social
2026-02-07T21:00:08Z
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Tabby cats are so beautiful. I find their wild-patterned fur to be so visually striking. I always feel happy when I see a tabby.
(DIR) Post #B3AasTUOpoiWUetSEa by timberwraith@mastodon.social
2026-02-09T20:58:19Z
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I've never understood the desire to talk into Mickey Mouse's shorts anyway.
(DIR) Post #B3AasZkvXHVDvefjpQ by timberwraith@mastodon.social
2026-02-09T21:07:47Z
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My post was inspired by @gwynnion's post, btw.I had noticed the Discord logo's resemblance to Mickey's lower torso attire a long time ago but was only now given the motivation to share my revelation with others.https://mastodon.social/@gwynnion/116042584020376066
(DIR) Post #B3AasfcHkK9g6afvBw by timberwraith@mastodon.social
2026-02-09T21:09:50Z
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I've never used Discord and I was actually confused the first time I saw their logo. I actually did wonder why I kept seeing a blue version of Mickey Mouse's shorts all over the internet.Then I figured it out.Who the hell was on their merchandising team anyway?
(DIR) Post #B3Aasl8NERnHDYj7Oy by timberwraith@mastodon.social
2026-02-09T21:18:43Z
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Anyway, apparently, access to Mickey's blue shorts will be limited for all users unless users send them their pictures, personal documents, and probably a blood sample to verify that they are old enough for full access to the Mouse's shorts.According to news I just read.I think this deserves all of the satire one can muster.
(DIR) Post #B3AasqvThJ2lBIju8O by timberwraith@mastodon.social
2026-02-09T21:20:27Z
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And the world's politicians and the corporate fuckheads of the world pretty much hate kids...Especially queer kids and other marginalized kids who rely upon social media for emotional support and social contact in a hateful world.And this is just another wedge in forcing everyone to share their personal information with the worst, least trustworthy people on the planet (corporations and government).
(DIR) Post #B3Aasx9sWg7yVhWUPg by timberwraith@mastodon.social
2026-02-09T21:23:50Z
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But stupid adults, who largely think their kids are personal property, and who are easily manipulated by moral panics into doing some of the most malicious and stupid things imaginable, are happily eating up and promoting increasing age restrictions on the internet like the dumb little droids they are.Big Brother and Big Sister thank you, you blithering numpties.