Superman: Red & Blue #5 - “De-Escalation” (2021)
written by G. Willow Wilson art by Valentine De Landro
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Lynn Conway passed away this weekend. She was an electrical engineer whose professional work was instrumental in enabling virtually all modern semiconductor devices. She was fired from IBM, and lost her family for transitioning, and later came out and became an outspoken transgender activist.
Rest Easy, Lynn, the world is less for your absence.
TW: Gun Violence
EIGHTEEN elementary school aged children are gone. 18 sets of parents will never see their kids again, 18 families destroyed. I’m so fucking sick of the NRA pretending like their funded legislation is saving lives.
Anyone who says that this is why we need more guns needs to reconcile themselves with the fact that they too, are okay with little kids being murdered; literally nothing else but stringent gun control is gonna stop this. Columbine wasn’t enough, sandy hook wasn’t enough, parkland wasn’t enough, oxford wasn’t enough and neither will this be.
How can pro gun law supporters reconcile their humanity with these beliefs? there’s more than ample proof that the NRA funded pro gun legislation has done absolutely nothing to curb homicides, but on the contrary increased them.
You’re making deadly weapons accessible to teenagers whose brains aren’t done fully forming. who, in the heat of their emotions, might commit irreparable damage - we don’t let kids DRINK until 21, yet you’re arguing that they have the mental faculties to handle a literal weapon?
Legislators keep complaining about how hard it is to gain bipartisan support, but how hard can it be to gain support for basic humanity? You have been elected to do this arduous task, sworn in to serve the people you represent.
The people you represent don't want bodies riddled with bullet holes, they want their loved ones to come home at the end of the day. And if you believe that staying in power with the aid of death-mongers like Wayne LaPierre and the National Rifle Association is more important than innocent lives, then I hope you remember that you are replacable. The dead are not replacable, but you are.
So do your fucking jobs, or get the fuck out.
polish government has opened a website for ukrainians seeking safety and trying to cross the ukrainian-polish border:
ua.gov.pl
as of 13:10 polish time, it has been said as many people as possible will be let through the borders. they are also supposed to let through children who do not have passports, as to not divide families.
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(1) A person reacts during a pro-Ukrainian demonstration near Downing Street, in London, February 24, 2022. REUTERS/Peter Cziborra
(2) A demonstrator holds a sign during an anti-war protest, after Russian President Vladimir Putin authorized a military operation in eastern Ukraine, in Berlin, Germany February 24. REUTERS/Michele Tantussi
(3) Olga Lietnieva, a Ukranian woman who is on a holiday in Norway, reacts after talking to her aunt residing in Ukraine, as she participates in a demonstration in front of the Russian Embassy following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, in Oslo, Norway, February 24. Courtesy: Heiko Junge/NTB
(4) A person is detained by police during an anti-war protest, in Moscow, Russia February 24. REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina
(5) A demonstrator displays a placard during a protest against Russia's attack on Ukraine, outside the Dutch parliament in The Hague, Netherlands, February 24. REUTERS/Piroschka van de Wouw
(6) A person reacts during an anti-war protest in Barcelona Spain February 24. REUTERS/Nacho Doce
(7) A demonstrator takes part in an anti-war protest in front of the Russian embassy in Paris, France, February 24. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes
(8) A woman cries as she has her face painted with the colors of Ukrainian's flag during an anti-war protest in front of the Russian embassy in Paris, France, February 24. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes
(9) Demonstrators hug each other during an anti-war protest at Brandenburg Gate, in Berlin, Germany February 24. REUTERS/Michele Tantussi
World protests Russian invasion of Ukraine
Despite every moment of life being indescribably precious and a wondrous mystery, I will spend it caring about dividends and how many rental properties I have.