YES.
RT @doeantlers@twitter.com
Black lives matter.
No human being is illegal.
Abolish the police.
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Some notes on home made riot shields
Okay. Some of you will need to know this.
Plywood shields proof against anything the cops can shoot at you, short of a Firearm, can be made from materials available at Home Depot.
You will need 1/4" or thinner plywood panels, 1" thick styrene insulating foam, and Gorilla Glue or Spray adhesive, like super 77.
A laminate made of styrene foam and thin plywood is stupefyingly light and strong. I made a motor vehicle out of this composite for my Associate's degree.
Demolishing it was more than a Chore, I needed a saw. impact resistant after a decade of dry rot. A shield made of the stuff, and curved slightly, will keep you safe against anything short of 9mm.
Face it with a quarter inch of HDPE sheet, or an eighth of an inch of sapphire fiberglass and resin, and now 9mm is having a hard time Killing you.
@kelseyhusky It's a challenge, there's not many people who are the same gender as I am
hot take: just because "someone did it first" doesn't mean that an idea can't be explored a second time in media.
in some cases, the same goes for "someone did it better." before making a statement like that, it's good to ask if this piece of media is exploring the idea in the same way or for the same reasons. just because it was't as good, that doesn't mean it is unnecessary.
re: police de-escalation, Five Thirty Eight
@porsupah You know, by requiring psych evaluations, mental fittness evaluations, stringent weapons training and limited issuing and all those things that can Limit a police force's ability to exact brutality because they're full of narcissistic sociopaths.
Really, Cops don't have employability as anything But cops. Consider the arrogance inherent in the profession, compared to being a Plumber. Or a Coder. Or an office drone.
They'd Perish in those environments.
re: police de-escalation, Five Thirty Eight
@porsupah Because we still have to employ Sociopaths and abusers, we can't just kill them off by making their lives unsustainable under a system that only rewards high status of birth or willingness to Literally Murder People.
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Tiny motorcycles, magic potions, machine tools, progressive rock, trance states, and hand sharpened drill bits. Oh, and I read Tarot. Probably 18+ just to be sure.
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