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god, i cannot believe it’s been two years since Taylor’s death. it still is so unreal to me. the world is truly less bright without him. i hope his loved ones are doing somewhat okay today, and i hope they find peace in their lives over his loss. i will always be forever grateful that i was able to see him and the foo’s perform less than a month before he passed. that performance genuinely changed my fucking life. we all will never be able to experience anything close to the power and inspiration of Taylor Hawkins again. his legacy will never die; he will live on forever.

as some of you may have noticed, the last two years this account hasn’t been nearly as active as it used to be. when Taylor passed, i took a 6 month break from listening to foo fighters or any of his solo music, and i pretty much made sure i didn’t consume any content about him because it would make me cry so much. since then, it’s so fucking heartbreaking to admit, but i just have not had the same energy towards the band or to keep this account going as i used to. i still love foo’s so dearly, don’t get me wrong, but i was in a DEEP obsession with them for about four years before his death, and once he passed, that obsession pretty much broke instantly. over the last two year’s, i’ve tried my best to still post but it is just no where near as often. i just wanted to let y’all know that this account is going to be pretty inactive from now on. i may occasionally lurk on here, but i just don’t have the motivation to keep it going. i won’t delete the account, because maybe the motivation will come back eventually, but as of right now im pretty content with where it stands.

i know i didn’t have too many followers, and that there’s so many people who don’t give a fuck about what i’m saying right now, but i just wanted to say thank you to all of you that have followed me and supported this blog for the past few years. i took so much pride in it, and it brought me an insane amount of joy to be apart of the grunge community on here. i love you all so much. i hope that you all stay happy, healthy, peaceful, and wealthy. and keep the love for the Taylor and the Foo Fighters alive!!!!! thank you all 🫶🏻

(also very off topic - i know i was posting a lot about the genocide of Palestine recently. just know that i will ALWAYS support the people of Palestine. i have and will always continue to educate myself, donate, and go to as many protests or other events dedicated to the cause as much as possible. just because i’m not active on here, doesn’t mean that my support is over. but since i really won’t be active on this account, that includes not being active with posting about this topic as well. thank you for your understanding.)

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two years is fucking unreal, man. the world misses you, Taylor.

#taylor hawkins #foo fighters #rock music

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The Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) says the seven-year-old girl in Gaza is surrounded by Israeli tanks inside her family's vehicle, which was targeted several hours ago.

Everyone inside the car - her father and four siblings - have been killed," the PRCS says.

"Our teams continue to communicate with the girl to calm her down, especially since the family was fired upon while contacting emergency services for help.

"Meanwhile, ambulances are still unable to reach the location, as the occupation considers it a closed military zone, targeting anyone attempting to move into the area."

Today and last night were filled with heavy bombardment. One person from gaza described it as "you'd think it's the first day of this was from the heaviness of the shelling on us". 215 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza in less than 24 hours. Do not get tired or bored, the genocide is going on as badly as ever. Put yourself in the place of this 7 year old girl, having just watched her entire family get killed, being injured and most definitely terrified, yet still surrounded by tanks and soldiers who prevent any help to reach.

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Did you see the video where Israeli soldiers dressed up like Muslim women and doctors and stormed the hospital in the West Bank and assassinated 3 young Palestinians?⁣

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Did you see the bloody pillow with the bullet hole in it?⁣

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THIS IS WHO THEY MURDERED IN THAT BED. A paralyzed CHILD named Bassel. ⁣

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This video was taken just one day before Israel literally shot him in the face in his bed. ⁣

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Just when you think they can’t get any lower, they do. I don’t care what lies they tell about this child, it is illegal EVERYWHERE to do what they did. ⁣

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This kid had nothing to do with October 7th. And anything else he did, you simply aren’t allowed to go into a hospital and murder a paralyzed child. ⁣

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It’s CRAZY that we even have to say this. ⁣

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And the White House actually defended this today, but it was before this video was released. ⁣

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8-year-old Waseem from Gaza asking Duaa Tuaima for her microphone and if he can make a video about their circumstances. The journalists are clearly so loved because their voicing their people's struggles around the world that even the children want to be just like them.

Video: IG @duaa_tuaima

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Israel wipes out entire families, this is not self defense. This is genocide of the highest degree.

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If you are Israel & you kill 23,000 Palestinians in 3 months, the US will fund you, provide you diplomatic cover & unconditional military aid.

If you are Yemen & kill 0 people & block a shipping route to try to stop this mass murder, the US will drop 100 bombs on you.

Unreal.

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today marks day 111 of the genocide in gaza.

and i need you all to keep in mind just how dire the situation in gaza is right now. and to keep talking about it. now is not the time to turn away.

today i want to talk about khalil again. yesterday, khalil posted about how his aunt passed away and they went to the graveyard to bury her, only to find thousands of tents in the cemetery. the people living as refugees in rafah have been so jam packed that they’ve started sheltering at the cemetery.

in a heartbreaking sentence, khalil says “they are living in the cemetery, waiting for their time to be buried”. can you imagine the situation one has to be in to say something like that?

not only do the gazans not have a safe place to live, they are also starving and suffering from diseases and lack of medication. in fact, that’s the cause of khalil’s aunt’s death—bad food and no medicine.

the people of gaza barely have food to eat. the children have to clean dirt and insects off animal feed before milling it to make food. medicine isn’t coming into the gaza strip. there are pharmacies all around but none can help because they do not have the means to. why?

because israel consistently denies shipments of vital aid. in fact, according to the UN, israel recently added insulin pens for children to the list of prohibited items that are not allowed into gaza. this list also includes other medicines for chronic illnesses are also not allowed [here is the full press conference for anyone who’s interested].

this claim is also backed by the report journalist motaz azaiza was making as he was evacuating gaza of a plethora of aid trucks waiting at the border to enter gaza. and for the little bit of aid that is available to gazans? yesterday the israeli military opened fire at starving citizens who were queueing to get aid in northern gaza.

there are too many heartbreaking stories coming out of gaza; there is at least one per person, in a population of 2.2M people. i urge you to not turn away from hearing their stories and facing the reality of the crimes being committed against them by israeli occupation forces.

whatever anyone else might say, whatever the verdict of tomorrow’s hearing may be… i want you to remember that what’s happening in gaza is nothing short of a genocide—a collective total of 33,360 deaths, and 64,150 injured. don’t let them just be numbers. these are people.

people who are not just being killed in cold blood, but are also being starved. they are being tortured physically and psychologically. they are being subjected to illnesses with no treatment given. they are being subjected to eating things like grass, immature food, expired food. read the euro med monitor report for the full picture of the destruction happening in gaza at the hands of the israeli occupation forces.

this is a genocide. this is one of, if not the deadliest war crimes we’ve seen in the 21st century.

i am so heartbroken i barely have the energy to type today. please call for an end to all of this, for a permanent ceasefire. and subsequently an end to the israeli occupation.

we cannot leave the palestinians to fend for themselves and continue being oppressed directly or indirectly by their oppressors and colonisers. this occupation must end. palestine must be freed in its entirety.

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ACTIONS YOU CAN TAKE

please especially send donations to help supply aid and food to gazans. especially to the organisations working within gaza. it’s not like there isn’t any food at all. gaza is not a barren land. the food is just inaccessible and very expensive and unaffordable for most gazans (if you follow journalist muhammad smiry, you’ll see he posts a lot about the atrocious prices of food in gaza). so your donations help people purchase food in bulk within gaza and supply to the civilians.

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'GERMANY'S LOST PLOT OVER GAZA

Why can't Germany or any country in the EU call out Israel's genocide in Gaza? Irish MEP Mick Wallace asks the question as he rips into the bloc with this thumping speech at the European Parliament.

After rattling off the grim Palestinian death toll, he wonders how Berlin can stay silent, given its role in World War Two's holocaust and its little-known genocide in Africa. That saw over 75% of Namibia's Herero and Nama people killed, with their skulls shipped to Europe. Historians regard it as the first genocide of the 20th century.

Listen to Wallace's fiery soundbite. There were a few claps but mainly silence afterwards. Says it all.

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Yesterday, Palestinian and solidarity organizers disrupted a Biden campaign event 14 times during his speech on the protection of women's rights. These activists called out hypocrisy because Biden and his administration are actively causing a reproductive care catastrophe in Gaza.

50,000 pregnant women do not have access to healthcare in Gaza, and C-sections are being performed without anesthesia. Women and children in Gaza are being killed by U.S.-made and supplied bombs.

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This is not including all the children who are lifeless underneath the rubble and not including the ones that were obliterated to the point where they cannot be identified. Free Palestine

Video: X: FisunGuner

Song @iamkarimmm

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