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The flip side of the post-World War II cries of “Never again” was an unspoken “Never before.” The insistence on lifting the Holocaust out of history, the failure to recognize these patterns, and the refusal to see where the Nazis fit inside the arc of colonial genocides have all come at a high cost. The countries that defeated Hitler did not have to confront the uncomfortable fact that Hitler had taken pointers and inspiration on race-making and on human containment from them, leaving their innocence not only undisturbed but also significantly strengthened by what was indeed a righteous victory.

Naomi Klein, Doppelganger

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#ill brake check you cunt i dont care if we both die get off my ass #disclaimer i rarely actually brake check and never severely or ever if were on the highway #i do slow down though. im usually going at or 5-10 over if im on the interstate #so congratulations bitch now we get to do 60 in a 70 in the left lane. kill yourself

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DONT STOP TALKING ABOUT PALESTINE! DONT STOP TAKING ABOUT GAZA!

DONT LET THEM MAKE YOU FORGET!!

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i think its so funny that alumni from schools like harvard and columbia that were there during the protests in the 60s-80s are expressing support for students currently protesting against the genocide in palestine, and random zionists that were NOT at these protests in the 60s-80s have the never ending audacity to tell these alumni "well thats different, what you protested was good and what they're protesting is bad." as if protesters against the vietnam war and apartheid south africa were not also demonized, arrested, brutalized, and even killed for their activism. history only remembers them fondly after the damage has already been done.

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biden's desperation in banning tiktok makes the entire thing more concerning to me than if it were something on the backburner everyone knew would never go anywhere.

he tied it with aid to israel to guarantee the bill made it through the senate. amidst all that is happening, banning fucking tiktok is a serious priority to him, which makes me inclined to believe there's a lot worse coming regarding censorship than currently known to the public--the bill before this one would've allowed the US government to ban social media with no other reason than "we think it's connected to xyz", no evidence presented. it wasn't exclusive to china either, it involved every US adversary, a list of countries which could be expanded whenever the government wanted. the bill failed to pass but it was backed by many including biden.

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just so you know how these campuses deal with actual antisemitism

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WTAF. I spoke about this a few times before. People in many parts of West Asia/many Arab people have been wearing keffiyehs for CENTURIES. They represent many things, and yes -they do symbolize Palestinian resistance and solidarity -and if you have an issue with anyone wearing a keffiyeh in any space you're a genocidal apologist.

This is BEYOND ignorant and IS discrimination. I hope we see a class-action lawsuit that sues the provincial government for doing this/normalizing this because it's ILLEGAL. These politicians (especially the PC's -who were shouting no to overturn it and one of them saying they felt UNSAFE... the audacity) are just racist bigots.

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Commissions open!

Hi gamers I only have 2 comms in progress and my waitlist is officially empty, and I need to stack up more work so my dog and I can buy food and pay utilities!

Please check out my work and share it and this post; I couldn’t do a holiday sale so I’m hoping to have one going on this spring. You can buy art or check out my Ko-fi to leave a tip, subscribe on a monthly basis, and/or buy dakimakura cover art to use for yourself!

Comm info: https://lavender-surles.squarespace.com

Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/lavielux

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Y’all remember that Destiny video I’m working on? 👀 Decided on a release date: 12:00 PM EST on May 28th, one week before Final Shape’s launch! It’ll go up on YouTube at that time and I’ll be sure to announce it on socials at the same moment. I’m working SO hard on every shot you gotta see it or I’ll die

Special little preview ahoy

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I was at a courthouse once, and saw an indigenous australian woman in a dressing gown very carefully and gingerly making her way down the steps outside the courthouse, surrounded by family who were helping her down the stairs. We asked if she was OK, because she looked awful. She looked like she should have been wrapped up in bed with blankets and hot soup, not on the steps of a courthouse.

One of her family told us that she had given birth yesterday evening, but that Child Protection services had taken her baby away with no warning, claiming that she wasnt prepared to look after him. What had happened, is that she'd literally only just given birth -- hadn't even passed the afterbirth yet, is holding her blood-coated, crying, newborn baby to her chest -- and a nurse asked what her feeding plan was. She was tired from the birth and distracted by the brand new baby in her arms and thrown off by the timing of the question, but still, she managed to answer, and said she planned to breastfeed him whenever he was hungry.

Well apparently that wasn't enough of a plan for the hospital staff, who reported her and claimed that she was unprepared to look after the child, and claimed that had no social supports, and that the baby was at risk if left with her. All because a brand new mother, 30 seconds after giving birth, didn't have a PowerPoint presentation ready to go that cited the timing cycle she would feed her kid on, and instead simply said that she would feed him when he was hungry.

Child Protection services showed up, took her kid, and she was told to show up to court the next day to contest custody if she wanted her baby back.

So a woman who had given birth less than 24 hours prior was forced to rally her family and show up to court to prove that she a) had a feeding plan for the child, and b) had enough social supports to justify reclaiming her baby.

It was one of the most appalling things I'd ever seen. I don't even know if she won her case. They didn't know at the time we saw them, and after that brief interaction on the stairs, i never saw them again. I sincerely hope she got her newborn baby back.

That was about 5 years ago. And the exact same kind of thing is still happening today.

News broke today from a South Australian whistle-blower of the appalling treatment new mothers frequently receive, including hospital staff taking the baby away from the mother "for medical tests," only for the mother to then be told, with absolutely no prior warning, that the baby was not going to be returned to her.

Here's the article, and here are some excerpts:

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Advice I gave someone today was: 'do it stupid.'

She wants to learn photography. Do it stupid. Take a million photos. Don't think about why they're not good. Enjoy the process of taking photos.

Pick out tge ones you like the most and figure out why you like them. Is it because the subject is centered? Is it because you caught them doing something cool? Is it because the light made cool shadows?

Do it stupid. If you try to do it smart, youll get stuck. If you think too much you'll never get to doing. Do it stupid.

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Hi friends. Mika fell off the bed and injured her hip. When I took her in to urgent care we discovered hip dysplasia in both hips, arthritis in her left knee and on her lab work she was found to be hypothyroid which will require daily medication for the rest of her life to manage. I have a bill of around $500 after medications with more on the way because she will need routine blood work due to her newly diagnosed thyroid condition.

If anyone has the means to donate and lessen the financial burden of this whole situation I would be so thankful

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Y’all remember that Destiny video I’m working on? 👀 Decided on a release date: 12:00 PM EST on May 28th, one week before Final Shape’s launch! It’ll go up on YouTube at that time and I’ll be sure to announce it on socials at the same moment. I’m working SO hard on every shot you gotta see it or I’ll die

Special little preview ahoy

[lavenderarts]

Y’all remember that Destiny video I’m working on? 👀 Decided on a release date: 12:00 PM EST on May 28th, one week before Final Shape’s launch! It’ll go up on YouTube at that time and I’ll be sure to announce it on socials at the same moment. I’m working SO hard on every shot you gotta see it or I’ll die

Special little preview ahoy

#destiny 2 #destiny the game

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the stuff going on at columbia campus rn is genuinely incredible

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hi friends mika fell off the bed and hurt her hip and when i brought her in we discovered she has hip dysplasia in both hips and arthritis. even with my discount for working here her bill is 441.25 if anyone feels like donating. unfortunately she had hip issues as a puppy so her pet insurance will not cover this.

#mika is such a sweet girl please help her get better!