This is My Nonsense Place

Instead of a cutesie reference to film censorship it was an explicit statement of defiance of Maryland's criminalization gay sex, which was not repealed until 2002. This wasn't a guy saying "Oh they can't put what I do in the movies according to a completely voluntary industry code" he was saying "The State of Maryland wants to put me in jail for being gay and having gay sex."

Recent scholarship suggests instead that the sharp decline came from a sort of eugenics (my description). Because colorism had an extreme effect on social mobility, Black Argentinians had a motivation to deliberately make their families lighter skinned. A good example of this is that in Argentina, if you could claim to be indigenous you would be freed from enslavement. So the lighter your children's skin was, or the more indigenous heritage they had, the more likely they were to be freed.

I'm clarifying this because I've seen Argentinians (rightfully) push back against this misinformation before, but I don't mean to use this as an excuse to whitewash the racism they commit. In my opinion, the eugenics of colorism in Argentina that lead to Black Argentinians being "mixed out" is just as evil as a deliberately putting them on the frontlines of war.

All of this is sourced from Wikipedia to be completely transparent, and it sources this article from Dr. Erika Denise Edwards.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afro-Argentines

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/326012470_The_making_of_a_White_nation_The_disappearance_of_the_Black_population_in_Argentina

>looks inside

now for something pretty funny: the famous Winston Churchill photo taken by Yousuf Karsh, hanging in the Chateau Laurier in Ottawa, is missing. some highlights from this CBC article:

- the people who pulled off the heist planned this well, because they replaced the original with a copy

- they don't even know how long it's been missing. only that the original was definitely seen as recently as 2019 and from thereon it's a mystery

- the only reason it came to attention is because a staff member noticed the photo was hanging askew, and the frame didn't match those of other Karsh photos in the same lounge

The thief/forger was also anonymized for what I'm sure are legal reasons surrounding him being innocent until proven guilty, but in May 2025 he was sentenced, so his name IS reported in his sentencing article.

cause as much as i love dragons purring and roaring i wish there was just more variety in how they would act

clacking their teeth together to show contentedness/happiness (budgies)

using tails as a defensive weapon in a whip like fashion (iguana)

twitching to express that they're not a threat to members of their species (hognose snake)

feeling calm when eyes are hooded/covered (birds of prey)

head bobbing as a threat display (anoles/bearded dragons)

flattening neck or sides to appear bigger (snakes/lizards)

mantling over food to protect it from hatchmates (birds of prey)

wiggling neck as a courting maneuver (budgies)

audibly grinding teeth as a warning (macaques)

maintained eye contact as a challenge (gorillas)

pounding wings against sides as a threat (gorillas)

slapping other dragons with their claws when their personal bubble is invaded (seals)

hoards used as a site to impress mates (birds of paradise)

snorting when undergoing heightened stress (horses)

making repeated loud noises with surroundings to establish territory (woodpeckers)

loud constant arguments with other dragons when roosting (bats)

building lairs that cause a domino effect of change in the land around them (beavers)

slapping their tails against the ground/water as a warning (beavers)

wiggling tail tip to attract prey (various animals)

wiggling tail tip as a warning (snakes)

plucking or scraping off scales as a sign of stress (parrots)

raising spines/frills as a response to danger and carrying on with their usual business as they believe they're protected (lionfish)

I been somewhat following the "Argentinians being Extremely Racist during the World Cup" saga, and like... BONKERS lmao. How do you manage to purge an African population of 30% without some true hate 😭

It does explain that mindset that I have always found odd about Latin American racism, which is that (valid!) resentment of the US for being part of the Global North and Imperial Core, while simultaneously sharing so many of its racist, white supremacist beliefs. It's like... So you don't hate the racism portion? That's not the problem to you? 😅