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Queer Armorer @queerarmorer.bsky.social · 1d

It is no longer reasonable to assume decency or honesty from any ICE agent.

Act accordingly. They will lie. They will cheat. They will steal. They will kill. All in order to hurt your friends and family for not fitting their broken definitions of what an American is.

Don’t play fair. ICE won’t.

Gillian Brockell @gbrockell.bsky.social · 2d

Claim: 10 cars rammed ICE
Truth: No cars rammed ICE

Claim: She boxed ICE in
Truth: ICE boxed her in

Claim: She shot a rifle at ICE
Truth: She did not have a rifle

Claim: ICE returned fire
Truth: Only ICE fired

Claim: She drove herself to the hospital
Truth: Paramedics found her

Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 2d

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
trib.al/9Sxu9IN

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Queer Armorer @queerarmorer.bsky.social · 1d

Pinkscrubbing would work. Maybe acid pink washing too.

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Queer Armorer @queerarmorer.bsky.social · 1d

ICE agents will arrest people following all immigration laws.
They will arrest citizens.
They will lie about what happens. Under oath. Repeatedly.
And until you’re ready to start throwing rocks and hate their way every time you see them, they will continue doing that. They are the boot on your neck.

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Queer Armorer @queerarmorer.bsky.social · 1d

Maybe “whitewashing the pink washing?”

Because just the performative support is pink washing. Add to it dismantling ACTUAL supports in order to replace it with useless but very visible pink washing.

Poison Pink Washing maybe?

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Queer Armorer @queerarmorer.bsky.social · 1d

I feel like it’s worse when you have a system in place and then DISMANTLE it only to replace it with performative “donation streams.”

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Queer Armorer @queerarmorer.bsky.social · 1d

It’s worse than that though.

Like that’s what you’d call it if they never supported and then added a performative support. I feel like there should be a word for dismantling actual supports to make far worse ones that you can take credit for.

Performance Over All Allyship maybe?

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Queer Armorer @queerarmorer.bsky.social · 1d

Is there a word for replacing actual real systems of support for marginalized groups with near worthless but more visible tokens of “support” that make it clear you view the marginalized as worth less than you but you want the kudos for seeming decent still?

Asking for @magic.wizards.com.

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Queer Armorer @queerarmorer.bsky.social · 1d

Didn’t y’all actively shit on the trans community by shutting down VML?

Why should this be seen as anything but a near-worthless distraction from you abandoning support for queer folk from the core competitive game and community by offering tokens of pretend support that are easily ignored?

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Queer Armorer @queerarmorer.bsky.social · 1d

It is no longer reasonable to assume decency or honesty from any ICE agent.

Act accordingly. They will lie. They will cheat. They will steal. They will kill. All in order to hurt your friends and family for not fitting their broken definitions of what an American is.

Don’t play fair. ICE won’t.

Gillian Brockell @gbrockell.bsky.social · 2d

Claim: 10 cars rammed ICE
Truth: No cars rammed ICE

Claim: She boxed ICE in
Truth: ICE boxed her in

Claim: She shot a rifle at ICE
Truth: She did not have a rifle

Claim: ICE returned fire
Truth: Only ICE fired

Claim: She drove herself to the hospital
Truth: Paramedics found her

Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 2d

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
trib.al/9Sxu9IN

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Queer Armorer @queerarmorer.bsky.social · 2d

Ok how’d they know, was it the shirt?

It was the shirt, wasn’t it?

A person with a shirt that has an AR on a rainbow flag holding a receipt saying they are 223’rd in line.

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Queer Armorer @queerarmorer.bsky.social · 4d

Literally me:

Possum Every Hour @possumeveryhour.io · 4d

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Queer Armorer @queerarmorer.bsky.social · 6d

Hi there, and welcome to #FridayFucksorSucks, a weekly game with simple rules - guns fuck, or they suck. This week, we have the NRS-2. A survival knife from Russia armed with a single shot of 7.62×42 mm SP-4 suppressed ammunition. Meant to be used as a survival tool for downed airmen. Few were made.

The gun, with the small single shot chamber and barrel assembly removed.

You aim down the sights that also make up the guard and hilt of the knife. This results in aiming with the knife pointed at your face.

The gun mechanism is relatively simple. The ammunition was actually integrally suppressed, the ammo itself would contain the bang and as such suppressors weren't needed to make it quiet.

The cocking mechanism can be seen when you lift it from the side.

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Queer Armorer @queerarmorer.bsky.social · 5d

To be fair you CAN shoot it with the blade covered by a sheath. But still.

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Queer Armorer @queerarmorer.bsky.social · 5d

… I feel like I just had a stroke reading this. Well done.

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❤️jamie p!💚 @jamies.page · 5d

you have to be sincere and you have to get weird with it

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Queer Armorer @queerarmorer.bsky.social · 5d

You can also fire it with the sheath on.

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Queer Armorer @queerarmorer.bsky.social · 5d

To be fair, you can fire it with the sheath on.

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Queer Armorer @queerarmorer.bsky.social · 6d

Hi there, and welcome to #FridayFucksorSucks, a weekly game with simple rules - guns fuck, or they suck. This week, we have the NRS-2. A survival knife from Russia armed with a single shot of 7.62×42 mm SP-4 suppressed ammunition. Meant to be used as a survival tool for downed airmen. Few were made.

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Queer Armorer @queerarmorer.bsky.social · 6d

"Explain the joke."

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Queer Armorer @queerarmorer.bsky.social · 6d

by Fall Out Boy

Queer Armorer @queerarmorer.bsky.social · 6d

Texas has become a no-go state for many people like me.

Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 6d

Texas Universities are now banning many professors from even acknowledging that transgender people even exist.

A massive censorship battle is snowballing its way through Texas higher ed.

S. Baum writes about it in their latest piece for Erin In The Morning.

Subscribe to support our work.

Texas Universities Are Now Banning Professors From Even Acknowledging Trans People Exist

Campus officials claim to have no choice but to censor the mere mention of trans people. But that’s not actually the law.

www.erininthemorning.com

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Queer Armorer @queerarmorer.bsky.social · 6d

No need for an oxygen based explosion if the fuel’s on board, compact enough to be stored deep in the ship, and given the reduced air much longer range for both burn and impact capability overall …

You know, you’re on to something.

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Queer Armorer @queerarmorer.bsky.social · Oct 3

Go drink water please.

You are mostly water. You definitely need more of it.

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Queer Armorer @queerarmorer.bsky.social · 7d

If you can get one and two you're likely set, especially if you're thinking in terms of community and home defense.

Shotguns have use cases but they take a lot more learning and experience to get good with and if you're starting out I'd ABSOLUTELY recommend an AR and a Glock as the best two.

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Queer Armorer @queerarmorer.bsky.social · 7d

The RXM is a fine pistol, I genuinely recommend it if you're looking at it, but I still look at it and see borderline NASCAR levels of sponsoring. "the Ruger Glock, sponsored by Magpul and Strike Industries" like they are a couple steps away from getting a sponsor for the Tupperware box it comes in.

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