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On this blog we do not trust the government.

So, the movie SURROUNDED deserves its own post...

Letitia Wright's SURROUNDED got slept-on when it dropped in 2023, TBH...

She also acted her ass off.

As I have said, it deals with a similar theme to SINNERS...just within a Western setting instead of a southern juke joint. Basically, it's a one location thriller wherein the heroine Mo, played by Tish, has to navigate when a criminal gang encumbers her journey on a stagecoach. Anyway. it's on PRIME. WATCH IT. SUPPORT IT. Letitia Wright is a producer and it is unheard of for a Black woman that young to produce and star in a movie like this. I literally cannot name another western starring a Black woman and if you trust/know my taste, I'm saying it's a decent watch. ...And Jamie Bell basically plays in a similar pool as Remmick. If you are looking for a similarly themed movie to SINNERS, just a different genre and sans blues music... SURROUNDED is pretty much that. BUT and THIS IS KEY, because it's from the perspective of a Black woman... that status means the lack of trust expands a bit because of the greater danger to her. In fact, I think it's interesting to compare her approach to her situation to how the people in that juke joint handled theirs.

#THISISAREC I may come back to this post to expand on that comparison, actually, under a cut, of course, after a rewatch. Because the similarities and differences are interesting.

things we need to address:

gen z men getting pulled into alt-right pipelines through andrew tate, joe rogan, elon musk, jordan peterson etc

the gullibility and stupidity of half the country voting against our collective best interests

the broad effect social media has on public and common good

lazy minds and lack of empathy

outside-country interference (trump and elon’s connections to russia and the amount of bots from other countries spreading misinformation)

the long-term effects of AI and rampant disinformation

THE IDF IS WITHDRAWING A BIG PORTION OF ITS FORCES FROM GAZA

timesofisrael.com

Anticipating long war, IDF pulls one of four divisions out of Gaza for R&R, training

Army to decide mission of 36th Division, which battled Hamas in northern part of Strip, after its break, as ground operation expands in cent

It has failed to achieve a single one of its goals and thanks to the actions of the Israeli armed forces, Israel is now in court for genocide. Thousands of IDF soldiers have been injured or killed. Their image as the invisible moral army has been thoroughly destroyed

Meanwhile the IDF stationed at the West Bank have failed to stop the Resistance groups operating there. The IDF have repeatedly raided the West Bank, destroying homes and killing civilians, many of them children. The Resistance has spent months pushing them back. There's a belief that there could soon be a Palestinian uprising in the region

A week or so ago, the IDF withdrew 25,000 out of 50,000 soldiers from northern Gaza after failing to dismantle Al Qassam there. In fact, every time rockets are launched from Gaza to the Occupied Territories, they are launched from the north, in order to make sure no settler believes the IDF when they claim victory over northern Gaza

Still, this is a huge victory for the Resistance. Let Henry Kissinger tell it

In the process we lost sight of one of the cardinal maxims of guerrilla war: the guerrilla wins if he does not lose. The conventional army loses if it does not win.

i’m definitely the all-knowing observer

every squad got the

heartstopper + screenshots of despair

how can i help?

here you can find donation links, petitions, how to educate yourself, etc.

if you can afford to donate: official george floyd memorial fund here minnesota freedom fund here stephen lawrence charitable trust here the NAACP legal defense fund here black lives matter here

petitions you can sign: justice for george floyd here, here & here get the officers charged here reclaim the block — minneapolis here justice for breonna taylor here, here & here justice for ahmaud arbery here, here & here pass the georgia hate crime bill here **if you are international and aren’t able to sign, here are some zip codes to use: 90015 — los angeles, california  10001 — new york city, new york  75001 — dallas, texas 

text or call: text “JUSTICE” 688366 text “FLOYD” to 55156

get in contact with the district attorney and minneapolis mayor. leave a message demanding that 4 officers including derek chauvin (badge #1087) and tou thao (badge #7162) be arrested for the murder of george floyd.  minneapolis mayor’s office, jacob frey: (612) 673-2100 minneapolis district attorney, mike freeman: (612) 348-5550 OR citizeninfo@hennepin.us minneapolis PD emails: police@minneapolismn.gov minneapolis311@minneapolismn.gov policereview@minneapolismn.gov you can find the email template here

breonna taylor was murdered in her sleep by policemen (jonathan mattingly, brett hankison and myles cosgrove) who raided the wrong house and shot her 8 times. call the louisville mayor’s office and police department to demand that the police be fired and charged. louisville mayor’s office, greg fischer: (502) 574-2003 louisville metro police department: (502) 574-7111

undercover cop, jacob pedersen of the st. paul PD was seen smashing windows as the catalyst to many of the riots that occurred in minneapolis. email the st. paul PD and report his actions. st. paul PD email: policeinfo@ci.stpaul.mn.us proof of smashing windows here proof it was pedersen here

want to learn more? i strongly recommend the book “Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race” by reni eddo-lodge. you can find an extract here.

list of resources: black lives matter google doc here black lives matter carrd here elle osili-wood on twitter here

“𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘺 𝘳𝘰𝘰𝘮 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘸𝘰 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥𝘴.”

-𝘚𝘺𝘭𝘷𝘪𝘢 𝘗𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘩