A weapon designed to specifically maim and kill children.
Illegal under the Geneva Conventions for numerous reasons, including being disguised as an ordinary object, and being specifically targeted against civilians.
A War Crime of the highest order.
A 1-year-old in Mississippi was shot and killed by police after a cop opened fire on a vehicle involved in an alleged shoplifting incident at a Walmart. An adult was also critically wounded.
A witness says they saw 2 women leaving the store with an infant, Kohen Kartier Wiley, and a box of diapers. Relatives deny that Wiley's mother and aunt were shoplifting, with some saying they had a digital receipt on a phone.
This is a national tragedy.
The officers knew about Kohen Kartier Wiley being in the car before they opened fire.
Firing into a moving vehicle in a crowded parking lot over a non-violent offense is both criminally reckless and completely unjustified.
RIP Kohen Kartier Wiley
mississippi police shot and killed a 1yr black child and critically injured another family member because they *allegedly* stole DIAPERS.
you do not hate the police enough. you don't.
'Dr. STONE' artist Boichi:
"Pirated manga readers are not our opponents. They are our future audience. They are proof that demand already exists."
Boichi says many manga fans around the world still lack access to legal manga because some countries have no publishing infrastructure, translation systems, or distribution networks
"Telling manga fans in those countries, 'You should buy manga,' is meaningless if there is no actual way for them to buy it."
He argues that affordable digital manga services are key to expanding the industry globally and creating opportunities for future creators
In 2016, I received an email from an aspiring manga artist in Morocco.
It began like this:
“I want to become a mangaka, but there is no manga publishing industry in Morocco.”
Many people around the world love manga and read it, but when you look globally, there are many countries where manga is simply not published at all.
In some places, there is not even a publishing system(including publishing, translation, and distribution) in place.
Even where books exist, the infrastructure for printing, distribution, and bookstores is often lacking, making it very difficult for a true industry to develop.
Telling manga fans in those countries, “Your country has a relatively high GDP per capita, so you should buy manga,” is meaningless if there is no actual way for them to buy it.
That is something I find deeply painful.
Why is it that the manga industry has not been able to properly serve those regions?
Even in countries where publishing exists, manga books are often too expensive.
The price of a single tankōbon book is $ 15 to $ 20, which is high even in the United States, especially when today’s digital entertainment offers so many alternatives at much lower prices.
So, this is why I believe the future of manga is clearly not limited to print publishing, but must include digital services—manga that can be enjoyed in a reasonably accessible and affordable way.
If such systems are established globally, I believe the manga industry could grow dramatically.
In North America alone, a tenfold expansion would not be unrealistic.
Even countries without any publishing tradition could develop sustainable manga industries.
Once official digital services exist in each country, they can generate tax revenue, and governments can more seriously address piracy.
At that point, creators and aspiring manga artists can also demand proper enforcement and protection.
Most importantly, it would create opportunities for local aspiring manga artists.
And those opportunities would, in turn, strengthen the global industry as a whole.
When a country’s manga ecosystem develops properly, it becomes a cultural export industry.
From a government perspective, piracy then becomes something that can and should be actively addressed.
The first people to pay for legitimate manga services will, in many cases, be the very readers who once relied on piracy. They are not enemies of the industry—they are its earliest supporters in waiting.
Pirated manga readers are not our opponents.
They are our future audience.
They are proof that demand already exists.
In late 1990s Korea, manga piracy was widespread, and attitudes were often very hostile toward paid content.
Many believed that paying for manga was unnecessary, or even that the industry itself should not exist.
At the time, Steve and I did not fully understand this.
We were wrong in many ways.
But later, when proper legal services were introduced in Korea, readers were more than willing to support them. They paid for content gladly, and the Korean webtoon industry grew stronger, eventually becoming a major source of IP for film and television.
We learned, through experience, that the joy of not paying cannot compare to the deeper satisfaction of supporting and sustaining the culture you love.
Piracy users were never the enemy.
They were simply manga fans.
And all manga fans, in the end, are on the same side.
Through our mistakes, Steve and I came to understand this more clearly.
What needs to be done is simple: build proper digital manga services.
Ensure fair pricing.
And most importantly, help each country develop its own manga ecosystem.
Because only then can a truly global manga industry exist.
And only then can the works we create truly reach the world.
To be continued...
It takes 15 LAPD officers making an average of $100k a year to kill a fucking Golden Doodle.
That’s $1.5 million dollars a year standing around watching a woman cry over her dead dog they just killed. But sure, police departments need more money.
one of her neighbors called in a noise complaint because she was celebrating the knicks winning, mind your fuckin business and stop calling the police like its customer service
A college swimmer caught red-handed assaulting an unconscious girl behind a dumpster gets sentenced to just 3 months in jail because the judge "didn't want to ruin his Olympic potential." Once again, a man's hypothetical career is worth more than a woman's actual life.
This is why they want you to forget about the Epstein files. There are dozens of girls just like her who were taken and sold into human trafficking. They’re probably not even alive anymore. What happened to these girls is beyond comprehension, and the people responsible are getting away with it.