26 year old goth, queer, nonbinary (do not call me an enby), trans man who likes music, anarchism, books, art, and cool myths and stories. I'm learning Irish and trying to write a book. I also have an elder scrolls blog and an aesthetic blog; dm for the urls. Minors block the 'nsfm' tag; I don't post super explicit stuff, but I do occasionally reblog crass jokes. I also post a lot of old art and some has non-sexual nudity in it so block the n*dity tag as well if you don't wanna see naked paintings from 1537.
If your blog is completely blank, I'll probably block you because I have no idea what you're doing. Yes, I post art with Catholic imagery. No, I'm not a Christian of any kind. I just think the art is pretty.
T Date: 6/17/17
T Date 2: 4/27/22
As fun as the memes are, the leak is significant because of what it exposed about the no fly list and you should know what’s on it. Here is a thread of a journalist explaining some of the stuff he found
It’s the first time the agency has put together trends collected from five years of data; the report examines everything from when in the year the attacks took place, to behavioral changes exhibited in the attackers. The report, which comes from the agency’s National Threat Assessment Center, looked at attacks that harmed at least three individuals, not including the attacker.
The report comes just days after two shootings in California in Monterey Park and Half Moon Bay killed a total of 18 people. So far in 2023, there have been 39 mass shootings.
Lina Alathari, chief of the National Threat Assessment Center, said she hopes the research and guidance provided in the report can help prevent future mass attacks.
“We must do everything we can to prevent these, which is why we’re putting out this research for you. There is no community that is immune from this,” Alathari said.
Top data points from the report
Location: Most of the attacks took place in a variety of public and semi-public spaces across 37 states, and Washington, D.C. The most common locations for an attack were businesses, including restaurants and retail.
Type of weapon used: 126 of the attacks, or 73%, involved the use of one or more firearms. In nearly ¼ of the attacks involving firearms, at least one of the firearms was acquired illegally by the attacker.
Demographics of attackers: 96% of the attackers in the study were male. The USSS says that this finding is consistent with previous analyses of mass attacks. 57% were white and 34% were Black.
Criminal history: 64% had a prior criminal history, not including minor traffic violations. 41% of the attackers were found to have a history of domestic violence, but only 16% if those individuals faced domestic violence charges.
Online presence: A majority of the attackers had a identified presence online, and nearly one-quarter were found to have conveyed “concerning communications” such as threats, and posts about suicidal ideations, previous mass shootings, violent content and hatred toward a specific ethnic group.
Stressors: Nearly all the attackers experienced “at least one significant stressor” within five years of the attack, most of which were issues with family and romantic relationships. 20% of the attackers experienced some kind of childhood trauma, including physical or sexual abuse, entering foster care, living in a refugee camp, or the death of a parent, the report says.
“I will love you forever; whatever happens. Until I die and after I die, and when I find my way out of the land of the dead, I’ll drift about forever, all my atoms, until I find you again.”
— Phillip Pullman - The Amber Spyglass (via hariboo)
btw Jewish charity organizations in the USA don’t exist to convert you like Christian charity organizations, they are specifically Jewish because they were likely founded by Jews who were being turned away from other organizations. several Jewish hospitals exist in the US because many Jewish immigrants had degrees but were turned away from other hospitals for being Jewish. so we made our own, lmao. these days most of these organizations are no longer specifically Jewish because job and care discrimination is not as common for us as it used to be. i’m saying this just in case anybody is wary of accepting aid (many Jewish charities set up free food kitchens, for example) from a Jewish charity because of mistreatment by Christian ones, and i think it’s important to understand the difference
