I keep posting this because it's important people see the tricks the US Empire will pull in order to ensure the occupation of Palestine doesn't end.

When Netanyahu is removed and scapegoated for the crimes Israel has committed, his more moderate replacement will go on a media tour in order to repair Israel's image in the West and a diplomatic tour in order to restore diplomatic relations with the countries that have recalled their ambassadors or cut diplomatic ties entirely. The genocide we're witnessing will be treated like a mild mistake that will never happen again (that Palestinians have brought on themselves). More money will be allocated to Zionist groups in the West to ensure that the public doesn't turn on Israel again.

Meanwhile, Palestinians will continue to get imprisoned, tortured and killed, only now without the world paying attention (just like what happened after the 2021 war). It's our duty as people who are pro Palestine to ensure that this fails. We need to make sure they don't sweep the genocide under a rug. We need to make that Western politicians and journalists don't clean the blood off their hands in the same way we've spent 45 days countering Israeli propaganda

cinematographers need to stop being so afraid of lighting. like i get it your movie is grim and serious, but i promise it would be even more grim and serious if i could actually see what was happening

it takes 11 hours to read out the names of less than half of the Palestinians killed by israeli terrorism in 1 month

listen here: Let Gaza Live - Audio Memorial

well i mean, not wrong // credits: @screamingemonight on Instagram

It’s actually insane living in a society where the only “accepted” relationship is a romantic monogamous one that should last a life time (ideally you should both be cis and straight too). I have felt so bad for so long for being an outsider as someone on the ace spectrum. There’s billions of us on this planet how can we all be “built” for that specific type of relationship??? It makes me so happy seeing different types of relationships. Not only just queer people in those monogamous relationships, but we also need to celebrate more variety of relationships! People with multiple partners, queer platonic relationships, romantic partners with no sexual attraction, friendships that are romantic and prioritized, partnerships where you continue to experiment with sexuality and gender within a relationship because fuck labels and you both love and care for each other etc. I saw a tiktok of a man who identifies as gay who’s married to a woman. Good for them! It’s all queer! Do what you want and define it however you want to!

Especially as someone who’s ace, I want to see more non conventional relationships and feel validated for being happy with whatever way I want to define love and relationships in my life.

So you think Israel stopped at blowing up hospitals and refugee camps? Nah, they’re also blowing up schools. Schools.

Never stop talking about Palestine. They’re betting on people getting exhausted and desensitized to their atrocities.

PSA

here's your friendly reminder that firefox is a nonprofit organization and they've rolled out a bunch of ACTUAL privacy features in the past year alone, including complete built-in protection from tracking

"War crime is a category which is starting to sound meaningless to us because everything we do qualifies as one" is not the brilliant defense of your actions you think it is

That's why there were conflicting reports on the number of premature infants and intensive care unit patients who died after electricity got shut down.

The IDF is counting on people to not have any critical thinking skills at this point

Sometimes I forget that to alot of people the saw franchise is HORRIFYING and actually scary

like wdym it's not a soap-opera-sitcom comedy of an old man and his adoptive kids being homosexual and committing silly crimes ?? Did we watch the same thing...

Again, watching politicians pretend like this isn’t genocide is horrifying.

Do not stop talking about what is happening in Palestine.

i'm sooooo disappointed that The Marvels isn't doing too well at the box office because I loved how fucking GOOFY it was. Properly WACKY.

The planet where people communicate by singing, where Carol is a PRINCESS who married a prince who looks like a K-pop idol and we got to hear Brie Larson sing????? WHHHAATT???

Like, remember when dudebros were going ballistic because they wanted Carol to crack a damn smile in the first Captain Marvel movie and now here she is MARRIED and SINGING and DANCING.

It felt like a big fuck you to the critics. "Oh you want her girly? Here, she's a Disney princess now. Are you not entertained???"

Also I low-key love that it's Kamala who gets Carol and Monica to work through their family issues. Because Kamala GETS IT. She gets familial obligations and still trying to be independent but she still loves her family SO MUCH and she's skilled at navigating awkward emotional experiences. Just because you disagree or disappoint your family doesn't stop them from loving you, or you from loving them.

The left never radicalized, the center has just been dragged further and further right until we became radical by not moving.

When I was 10 I asked my dad to explain politics to me and when he was done with his shockingly nuanced description of the American bipartisan system he asked me how I would structure the government if it was up to me. I described a world where everyone was paid what they needed, had a house, and enough food. He said, "Void-juice that's great, but you should know most people call that communism".

I've told this story on here before but @void--juice's story made me think of it again... My dad worked for NASA and he did a lot of work on the telescopes that went up in the late 90s/early 2000s. I was a curious kid and I knew his work really mattered to my dad so I was always asking about when things were getting launched. Often the answer was "we're waiting on Congress for funding" or similar. And one time... I was probably about 10 years old, I said "well... I guess that makes sense. I'm sure going to space is one of the most expensive things we do." And my dad looks at me... I'll never forget the look on his face. He goes "What do you think the most expensive thing we do as a country is?" And I hemmed and I hawed because I was sure it wasn't the space program even though I was sure that had to be in the top three. My first guess was education. Everyone had to go to school. Nope. Roads? Bridges? Cars were everywhere. Nope. What about... things like electricity? Phone lines? Cable? Nope. "The military. By a factor of ten at least." I was gobsmacked. It was peacetime (at least by most reckoning... this was post-Gulf War and well before 9/11). What the hell was the military doing being so expensive if we weren't doing anything with it? So that was the moment I became a "radical." Because that was absolutely stupid and continues to be.