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davidmann95 · 6 days
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ugh there's a huge wave of scammers pretending to be gazans today
someone who doesn’t follow me came directly to my inbox to ask me to donate/share their gofundme to leave gaza, and like—i always assume this sort of inbox message to people who have popular posts/perceived high follower counts are scams. it’s despicable that people are capitalizing off of this.
if you’re not sure if something is a scam, donate to world central kitchen instead.
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davidmann95 · 6 days
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New newsletter! My 2024 reading so far, thoughts on Akira and Greg Land and Superman, and a new offer for a few pages of paying comics illustration work.
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davidmann95 · 18 days
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goodnight everyone (:
do your daily click
spreadsheet of families in Gaza you can help today
donate to:
Buy an e-sim
Help diabetics in Gaza
The PCRF
Anera
UNRWA
Taawon
Help Gaza Children
Sudan Tarada Initiative
Help a Sudanese family escape conflict
Darfur Women Action
Ramadan for Sudan
Period products in Sudan
Sudan Emergency Appeal
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davidmann95 · 24 days
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Reblog to kill it faster
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davidmann95 · 1 month
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My long-simmering retrospective thoughts on Al Ewing, Simone Di Meo, Mariasara Miotti, and AndWorld Design's We Only Find Them When They're Dead.
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davidmann95 · 2 months
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I was one of the 'this seems REALLY complicated compared to other things people are asking for I can immediately put money towards' people, but after seeing it emphasized so frequently how important this is I did it and it actually is like a 4-5 minute process you'll be handheld though.
I know you have all probably seen the esims for gaza posts circulating. Some of you have probably looked at them and thought maybe you should help out, but have weighed up the daunting process of signing up for something you're unfamiliar with vs. the gut-wrenching scale of the things people are going through on the ground right now, and you've put it off or questioned whether it will make enough of a difference vs. some other future kind of activism you could put that $6+ towards. I'm not calling you out or scolding you, it is natural to feel conflicted and ambivalent about the multiple calls for aid that you are seeing on social media.
but consider this: what would you do if you suddenly had to leave your home? how would you cope? how would you begin to plan where to go next, or figure out what to do to take care of yourself? most likely you would reach reflexively for your phone.
telecoms access is not a petty luxury in 2024. a loaded esim means the ability to call family members and find out where they are and whether they're safe, and whether they need anything you can provide for them. it means access to maps and regular updates on the situation unfolding around you. it means you can look up whether it's safe to drink rain water, or how to tie a type of knot you've never had to think about before, or how to treat an injury without medical supplies. it means the ability to tell people outside the situation what you are seeing, what you are feeling, what you are thinking. it is an absolutely crucial resource. and it starts at $6 for 7 days.
many many people have observed that internet access is changing the way the world understands genocide. internet access is life or death, and it is shaping modern history in front of you. and it starts at $6 for 7 days.
please, please visit gazaesims.com and spend 5 minutes and $6 to change the way this plays out for everyone.
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davidmann95 · 3 months
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Hmm...they are both those things...
Where should David Mann start with the EU material given his main exposure to it is The Book of the War?
Either 1, 2, or 4 Timewyrms, depending on how granular/cruel you are.
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davidmann95 · 3 months
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The journey's closing doomsday of death, upon a time of the Doctor, resolved, with @deathchrist2000 and Elizabeth Edwards.
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davidmann95 · 3 months
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Asking in good faith, as someone who believes he should be as well, but isn't very smart at arguing with people: What is the argument for having Superman enter public domain? Please, don't give me a joke answer and try to be as encompassing as you're willing to be. I am truly asking in good faith and since everyone has made up their mind about it, it's hard to find a good discussion. And please don't say I should already know, I'm dumb, have no one else to talk about it, just tell me. Thank you.
Corporations should not own ideas for all eternity (be they the ones developed ethically or ones like Superman that were stolen from vulnerable artists). It's really that simple. Going more in-depth on the subject matter would require a lot more work on my end that shouldn't be done for free.
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davidmann95 · 4 months
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was talking to my gf about my fear of dying young for being trans and my mom putting my deadname on my gravestone, and she said "i hope that never happens, but if it does, i will carve your name into your grave myself if i have to." and i think theres something extremely raw about that sentiment and trans community in general. you can kill only our bodies, but you cant kill transsexuality
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davidmann95 · 5 months
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Whowatch meets the limit of the series as it stands in the penultimate entry, as @deathchrist2000 and I discuss real dickheads, peak Who, and (This Is How You Lose) the Time War.
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davidmann95 · 5 months
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Classic Who, pandemic stories, RTD and Moffat's post-Who work, and the last chance at the first Patreon vote!
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davidmann95 · 5 months
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i remember a week ago in which i reblogged a post shedding light on the palestinian genocide and tagged it as “free palestine,” to which someone sent me an ask: “wdym free palestine?”
i deleted the ask because i didn’t want to deal with any trolls at the time on a topic that is highly sensitive. i thought my reblogs spoke for themselves. but then i realized that that was a cowardly thing to do on my part, all because i didn’t want to deal with any online semantics. people are literally undergoing genocide right now. it’s the least i can do.
so let me make my stance abundantly clear: free palestine from the apartheid settler-colonial state of israel, who is committing all kinds of atrocities against the civilian population, 50% of whom are children. the israeli government is cutting off food, water, electricity, and humanitarian aid for the palestinians. they are bombing hospitals, which violates all kinds of human rights laws. they are using white phosphorus on hospitals, which burns to the bone. a child is killed in gaza every 15 minutes. all across twitter, i am seeing the most horrendous, graphic pictures; of dead bodies, of mothers grieving over their dead children; infants who are buried in rubble; men, women, and children who are dismembered. israel dropped over 6000 bombs on gaza in the course of 6 days. six fucking days. then the zionist regime turns around and denies that a genocide is happening.
let me also be clear: the israeli government isn’t the only evil acting force here - all of this is possible by the support and funding it receives from the american and other western governments, who gleefully jumped at the chance to spill blood. all of the hollywood celebrities and organizations who are extending their support to israel and refusing to acknowledge the genocide that Israel is committing, has been committing for 70+ years to occupied palestine. the media that is operating on and fuelling the propaganda that palestinians deserve this form of carnage. all of these heads of states, these governmental bodies, institutions - all of these systems have blood on their hands. no amount of their backtracking now - especially now that they’ve realized that the people’s voices and support are not on their side and it will cost them future elections - can ever make us forget how quickly these racist, white supremacist systems, politicians, and figureheads jumped at the chance of contributing to genocide but a mere a week ago. let us never lose sight that their public words paint a very different picture from what is going on privately; they are still actively funding this genocide with no interest in cease fire.
the media continues to paint this as some type of war against terrorism, a conflict with geopolitics way too complicated to understand, in order to prevent you from doing your own research into it. this is not war. this is not conflict. this is genocide. this is apartheid.
outside of online efforts to raise awareness, i am also planning on joining in on pro-palestine protests that are occurring in my city. from the river to the sea, palestine will be free.
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davidmann95 · 5 months
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Whowatch reaches the part @deathchrist2000 warned me about. Let's see just how bad this silly little show can break when it puts its back into it.
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davidmann95 · 5 months
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Title says it all, really. Plus, my first Patreon vote!
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davidmann95 · 5 months
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ayeee, happy spooky season~
I made a sexy comic about a camgirl that summons a demon for a special night's stream... it's explicit, but also cute and loving <3
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davidmann95 · 6 months
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Momentarily returning to Tumblr for my SKYROCKET thoughts, in total:
I think the pitch is kinda overstuffed with blorbo-bait for what amounts to a really extended misdirect, but those are MY blorbos so excellent chance I would've enjoyed it on a month-by-month basis. Having on a mad whim recently read about half of the 90s/early 00s Superboy ongoing along with a few subsequent greatest hits, I think the actual core character arc and reconceptualization of Conner is smart and thematically justifies itself. I recognize this is reading stuff into the character that was not previously intended to be there and does not square 1:1 with every prior appearance, to which I say, welcome to figuring out new shit to do with collaborative open-ended characters who have been around for entire human lifetimes.
Skyrocket is a pretty dopey name though.
The look though? The look goes hard.
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Sucks not to get a rare entry into the canon of high-profile queer superhero titles that wouldn't have been about the lead immediately finding a cool-but-not-in-a-threatening-way love interest and fighting a mystery evildoer trying to take over the world by doing A Homophobia.
How was it ever in question that Superboy: Man of Tomorrow was 'in continuity', it establishes that on the first dang page. And then still running the Action 'prelude' to this story that isn't happening? Some real nonsense.
"Conner Connie Kent is the Jason Todd of the Superfamily" is totally understandable, but nah, they're the Damian if Damian wasn't handled by Morrison and therefore a giant mess, as evidenced by 99% of non-Morrison Damian. If we as a society had guts and integrity, Kara would be the Jason, and then she would finally be cool. This has been my fandom hot take for the day.
My brand has been so cultivated that when "Superman Secundus" got a namedrop someone messaged me about it, lol.
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