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Please consider spending time to learn more about Afro-Palestinian experiences and living under occupation while Black and Palestinian, along with Afro-Palestinian resistance efforts throughout the years. Here are some valuable articles and resources:

Articles:

In the heart of the Old City, generations of Afro-Palestinians persevere in the face of occupation by Mousa Qous

Putting the pieces together: Fragments of oral history in exile by Samah Fadil

‘Afro-Palestinians’ forge a unique identity in Israel by Isma'il Kushkush

The Africans of Jerusalem by Mousa Qous

The History Of Afro-Palestinians, Past And Present by Fayida Jailler

African-Palestinian community’s deep roots in liberation struggle by Electronic Intifada

Remembering Fatima Bernawi: Historic Palestinian fighter and liberated prisoner (1939-2022) on Samidoun

Fatima Barnawi, founder of Palestinian Women's Police and veteran prisoner, dies at 83 by Middle East Eye

On Fatima Bernawi, Women's Struggle, and Black-Palestinian Solidarity by Elom Tettey-Tamaklo

Afro Palestine: the African Diaspora in Palestine (not an article but a quick video summary of Afro-Palestinian history)

Note: highly recommend checking out Mousa Qous, the founder of the African Community Society, for his writings above all!

African Community Society of Jerusalem:

Their website— organization centered around the Afro-Palestinian community in Jerusalem.

General info about the group

ACS's instagram to learn more about Afro-Palestinian history.

Here is a write-up about the African Community Society, their impact within Palestinian society, and Afro-Palestinian history in Jerusalem specifically. Highly recommend taking the time to read this if you can.

Please take the time to watch this Documentary by Stephen Graham about former Israeli prisoner Ali Jiddah where he takes the viewer on a tour throughout Jerusalem and describes the unique struggles the Afro-Palestinian community face. He is quite a friendly guy and very funny:

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there is another symbol of palestinian resistance that needs more traction: the spoon! the story behind it is really powerful and admirable

Yes, the Gilboa prison break that happened in September 2021. Six Palestinian prisoners used spoons to escape the maximum security Gilboa prison in Israel. They used spoons to dig a hole to escape, and then spoons became a symbol of freedom in Palestine.

There’s a small article about it on Al Jazeera which is also where I found some cool pictures showing how Palestinians use spoons as a symbol of freedom and resistance to honour the 6 prisoners

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Tips for Spotting Bad & Bullshit History

There's no way to make sure you never fall for historical misinformation, and I'm not expecting anyone to fact-check every detail of everything they read unless they're getting paid for it. But you can make an effort to avoid the Worst Takes.

Ask yourself – if I wanted to verify this, where would I start? If you look at a statement and can’t actually find any facts to check, then you already know it’s bullshit.

Read the Wikipedia article on weasel words. Some experts say it’s very helpful!

Look for specifics: a who, a what, a where, a when. If one of those is missing or very broad, that’s a red flag. Statements need to be rooted in a time and a place. “People in the past have always…” Nope.

Vague is bad. Unless you’re looking at a deliberate large-scale overview that’s being broad and generalizing on purpose, you want names and dates and places and primary sources, pictures and quotes and examples.

But an example is not a trend. There’s a difference between what’s possible and what’s common, and history is full of exceptions and outliers. Extremely unusual people and events are overrepresented in the historical record (because nobody writes down what’s normal,) and they can tell us a lot about history, but they’re not directly representative of their place or time. Imagine a historian trying to reconstruct the 21st century based solely on Kiwifarm.

If a historian is competent or even just trying, you won’t have to go digging for sources, they will be shoved right into your face. Not out of mere academic rigor, but because a person who found them, either first- or second hand, is proud to have found them. People who have proof want to show you the proof, people who figured something out will want to show you their work, walk you through it. If they don’t, ask yourself – how do you know this? And - why won’t you tell me how you know this?

Someone might have a legit historical source, and then try to stretch it to cover times and places where it no longer applies. What’s true of 12th century England may not be true of 14th century Venice, even though both are “Medieval Europe,” so watch for those stretches.

Anecdotes are fine, they reveal a lot about people’s values and perceptions, pro historians often use them for context, but what anecdotes are not is factual truth. Notice when someone is feeding you cute anecdotes.

If someone attributes a large-scale social or cultural transformation to a single person or event, yeah that’s usually bullshit. Chances are, that person was part of a larger trend, a small link in a long chain. You can still appreciate their contribution, just put it in context!

Second-guess anyone who acts like they possess secret knowledge that the Media or Academia (or somebody) is hiding, they’re usually bullshit. Remember, if something has a Wikipedia article, it’s not actually a dark secret.

Remember that if it happened in the past sixty years, tons of people will still remember it, and you can literally just go and ask them.

Learn to recognise a smear tactic. Did this person really fuck dogs, or was their posthumous biography written by their worst enemy? Should we take it at face value? Also learn to recognise overt propaganda in the opposite direction: is the king that great or does he have a court historian on retainer? Remember that people sometimes *lie* in their autobiographies.

It’s fine to speculate about what “could” or “might” have happened, professional historians also fill the gaps in the sources with the occasional educated guess. But failing to differentiate clearly between fact and speculation is a huge mistake.

Do not seek validation in history. It's not there. I’m not saying you should approach history in an impersonal, apolitical way, of course not. Our present situation influences our interpretation of history, and it should. What I’m saying is, try not to hang too much of your individual or group identity on a historical narrative. Especially if it’s bullshit. You’re worthy and human because you’re worthy and human today, not because of the deeds and misdeeds of people in the past.

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Icons / The Boys, part 7/7

Annie January / Starlight - Erin Moriarty  #78,000

Homelander - Antony Starr #80,000

Kimiko Miyashiro - Karen Fukuhara #20,000

Maggie Shaw / Maeve - Dominique McElligott #23,600

This content is free for anyone to use or edit however you like; if you care to throw a dollar or two my way for time, effort, storage fees etc you are more than welcome to do so via my PAYPAL.  Please like or reblog this post if you have found it useful or are downloading the content within.  If you have any questions or you have any problems with the links or find any inconsistencies in the content, etc. please feel free to drop me a politely worded message via my ASKBOX (second icon from the top on my theme!)      

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lordtomdemort’s #5 texture pack

50 textures (vintage, paper, some flowers… )

like/reblog if you use, please!

.rar (dA) | .zip (mf)

if you have problems with the download, contact me.

IMPORTANT: i was a bit tired, and i forgot to put the 50 texture, you can download it here; i’m very sorry.

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✧ * º • ☾ BOOFRP DOES A TEXTURE PACK - “ART” // DL

basically i’ve been saving so many photos to put in texture packs for the past few days so this is one of the many i will be releasing. you know the drill. these photos are not mine. credit goes to the original posters/photographers. if you see a photo that is yours in this pack and wish to see it be taken out, please contact me. LIKE/REBLOG if this helps in anyway way OR if you are using.

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In celebration of this blog reaching 1k followers, here is a texture pack as a thank you! The pack contains 15 textures of varying sizes. If you are downloading:

Please like/reblog this post.

DO NOT redistribute into other packs!! 

Thank you and enjoy!! [download]

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12 large fire light textures / 04

if you use them, please like and/or reblog. i’d also love to see your finished work. :)

Downloadlink

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8 landscape textures

dont redistribute or claim as yours

like/reblog if u download/like :)

download [x]

love u

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So this is my 10th texture pack. It is quite similar to my last one. I experimented again and this is what came out: 20 large textures (obviously the preview doesn’t show all). Most of them can be used as a base i.e. for graphics, although there are some specifically made for that. Otherwise I’ve also included papers with almost no editing as well as grungy and grainy stuff for your every need. I hope you like this one as much as the others!

If you have any questions/feedback, my askbox is always open. Please consider to like or reblog when downloading.

Download:  [x] (DA] or [x] (SS)

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Texture Pack 01

Here are 77 medical textures (plus a bonus floral pattern) from one of my old home medical books. All of these were scanned to my computer by me, and it took forever, so please don’t steal them and claim them as your own. But do feel free to use them however you wish! Also, please like/reblog!

Download

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Tormenting Memories texture pack by Evey at ps-wanderer

Contains 8 large textures (800x600px)

Don’t repost, repack or claim as yours.

Don’t use to make your own textures

Like and/or reblog if downloading

Download (DA)

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This texture pack contains 20 large astronomical textures from old books! Credit isn’t necessary but please like or reblog this if you use them and please don’t redistribute these without my permission, claim them as your own, or use them to make your own textures!

Download here!

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dearestsoul’s third texture pack

contains 13 textures

feel free to use them (credit isn’t necessary)

like or reblog if you download

download here

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· ✧ * kawennáhere devery jacobs * ✧ ·

under the cut you will find #42 rp icons of kawennáhere devery jacobs. all these icons were cropped, resized and edited by me. a like/reblog is always appreciated!

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 Sorted caps from the Twilight movies. - below the cut for length & ease of reblogging.

This content is free for anyone to use or edit however you like; if you care to throw a dollar or two my way for time, effort, storage fees etc you are more than welcome to do so via my PAYPAL.  Please like or reblog this post if you have found it useful or are downloading the content within.  If you have any questions or you have any problems with the links or find any inconsistencies in the content, etc. please feel free to drop me a politely worded message via my ASKBOX  (second icon from the top on my theme!)        

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Sorted caps from seasons 1, 4, 5 & 7 of The Walking Dead.

Aaron -  Ross Marquand - #5,400

Abraham -  Michael Cudlitz - #6,900

Amy - Emma Bell - #2,600

Andrea - Laurie Holden - #11,600

Astrid - Brianna Venskus - #3,300

Beth - Emily Kinney - #12,600

Bob - Lawrence Gilliard, Jr. - #4,800

Carl - Chandler Riggs - #16,300

Carol - Melissa McBride - #28,000

Cyndie - Sydney Park - #2,100

Dale - Jeffrey DeMunn - #8,700

Daryl - Norman Reedus - #19,000

Dawn - Christine Woods - #2,600

Deanna - Tovah Feldshuh - #3,000

Dwight - Austin Amelio - #2,900

Eugene - Josh McDermitt - #13,100

Ezekiel - Khary Payton - #4,800

Gabriel - Seth Gilliam - #4,600

Glen - Steven Yeun - #19,000

Governor - David Morrissey - #9,400

Gregory - Xander Berkeley - #3,000

Hershel - Scott Wilson - #6,000

Jadis - Pollyana McIntosh - #1,800

Jenner - Noah Emmerich - #3,300

Jerry - Cooper Andrews - #900

Jesus - Tom Payne - #3,700

Jim - Andrew Rothenberg - #2,600

Joe - Jeff Kober - #1,600

Lily - Audrey Marie Anderson - #2,900

Lizzie - Brighton Sharbino - #5,000

Lori - Sarah Wayne Callies - #17,000

Maggie - Lauren Cohan - #17,000

Merl - Michael Rooker - #1,400

Michonne - Danai Gurira - #11,000

Mika - Kyla Kenedy  - #5,000

Mitch - Kirk Acevedo - #1,100

Morgan - Lennie Michael James - #5,700

Negan - Jeffrey Dean Morgan - #14,100

Noah - Tyler James Williams - #2,500

Richard - Karl Makinen - #4,000

Rick - Andrew Lincoln - #69,000

Rosita - Christian Serratos - #10,000

Sasha - Sonequa Martin-Green - #16,500

Simon - steven Ogg - #2,500

Sophia - Madison Lintz - #1,300

Spencer - Austin Nichols - #3,000

Tara - Alanna Masterson - #15,000

T-Dog - IronE Singleton - #3,500

Tyreese - Chad Coleman - #8,800

This content is free for anyone to use or edit however you like; if you care to throw a dollar or two my way for time, effort, storage fees etc you are more than welcome to do so via my PAYPAL.  Please like or reblog this post if you have found it useful or are downloading the content within.  If you have any questions or you have any problems with the links or find any inconsistencies in the content, etc. please feel free to drop me a politely worded message via my ASKBOX ON MY RESOURCE BLOG (second icon from the top on my theme!)    

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