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If this meme upsets you, it was meant for you

have the day you deserve

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How I weave in ends in advance when starting on a new colour

#needleworks

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Please daven for Amina al-Hassouni, seven years old, who lives in the Bedouin village al-Fura near Arad and had shrapnel from an Iranian missile fall on her head while she was sleeping on motzei shabbos.

She is currently in critical condition at Soroka Hospital in Be'er Sheva, and has already been through two surgeries. Her brother was injured as well, and is recovering at home.

She was hit by shrapnel because her family does not have a bomb shelter, because al-Fura is an unrecognized town. I'm guessing this is also why her family had to drive her to Arad in order for MADA to pick her up.

Living in towns that the Israeli government refuses to legitimize, but still harmed by attacks on Israel (and with far less protection), Bedouins get the short end of the stick in both directions. As Amina's father says, "Nobody really cares for us, not Iran and not Hamas and not our country."

Hoping for a refuah shleima for Amina, and the swift return of Bedouin hostages Hisham, Yosef, Hamza, Muhammad, and Farhan. And hoping that organizing efforts to recognize Bedouin villages and provide essential services, including bomb shelters and MADA service, will be successful.

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Please daven for Amina al-Hassouni, seven years old, who lives in the Bedouin village al-Fura near Arad and had shrapnel from an Iranian missile fall on her head while she was sleeping on motzei shabbos.

She is currently in critical condition at Soroka Hospital in Be'er Sheva, and has already been through two surgeries. Her brother was injured as well, and is recovering at home.

She was hit by shrapnel because her family does not have a bomb shelter, because al-Fura is an unrecognized town. I'm guessing this is also why her family had to drive her to Arad in order for MADA to pick her up.

Living in towns that the Israeli government refuses to legitimize, but still harmed by attacks on Israel (and with far less protection), Bedouins get the short end of the stick in both directions. As Amina's father says, "Nobody really cares for us, not Iran and not Hamas and not our country."

Hoping for a refuah shleima for Amina, and the swift return of Bedouin hostages Hisham, Yosef, Hamza, Muhammad, and Farhan. And hoping that organizing efforts to recognize Bedouin villages and provide essential services, including bomb shelters and MADA service, will be successful.

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As an omnivore who likes vegan and vegetarian cooking I think the mistake a lot of people make when trying to convince meat eaters to go plant based is trying to convince them that something you’ve got will replace meat for them.

I like vegan nuggets and real chicken nuggets for different reasons. They taste different. They only taste identical to you because you haven’t eaten meat for five years.

When cooking for myself I only eat meat maybe like three times a week because vegetarian cooking is often cheaper and it tastes good.

Like just give people the actual recipes you use that aren’t pasta. Every time you ask what to eat on a meatless day people are like. Pasta. I don’t want pasta every day.

Point out the foods people already eat that are vegetarian. Like sweet potato fries, veggie chow mein, grilled mushrooms, mashed potatoes, black bean enchiladas, peanut butter sandwiches. Tell people what you microwave when you’re drunk at 3am. Show people that vegetables are so good they’ll want them in their diet.

Also some people are just never gonna go vegan. They’re just not. I’m certainly not, and I love vegan food. But since I’ve fallen in love with vegetarian cooking I eat meat much less and I’m much more careful about picking the meat I do eat. Doesn’t that align with a lot of your goals?

Impossible burger doesn’t taste like meat. But you know what tastes really good? A mushroom fajita taco. Falafel. Potato pancakes with applesauce. Smoky vegan collared greens. Hot potato salad with herbs. Palak paneer with rice. Tofu Pad Thai with extra peanuts. Some of my favorite foods of all time, and I’m a dirty rotten meat eater. Use THAT to get your foot in the door. And be more accepting of some half-assed victories. I’m on your side for the most part, believe it or not. But stop trying to claim certain things are just like meat. You and I both know you don’t plan most of your weeknight dinners around meat substitutes.

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the USA is a wild place bc so many people will tell you they plan on owning or already own a gun, sometimes multiple, and when you ask why they'll tell you some absolute bullshit reason. like they'll tell you its to protect their home when they live in an extremely safe suburb and work in financing. its always the most decked out, overexaggerated gun too. also if you ask if they have any training or qualifications the answer is either 1) why would I need that? or 2) I shot rifles at summer camp when I was 12 so that's enough

it gets even weirder because they will judge the shit out of people who actually have a use for guns such as ranchers or people who regularly camp in grizzly bear country. especially if these people get guns to do specific jobs and genuinely do not care about anything beyond simple effectiveness for the particular job. because how dare you have a gun and use it for a purpose that isnt showing off to other people and proving how big and tough you are for being able to incorrectly use a dangerous weapon.

#holy shit yikes #america

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Just wanted to share something nice

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New reaction pic for y'all to be used when you get into an argument about trans healthcare and your opponent starts talking about the 0.8% or whatever of trans people who regret transitioning

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I'm kind of at a point where the "queer spaces" i feel safest in are the ones that have a pet cishet dude or two hanging around

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Not that it should be necessary, but like- as someone who’s family was seperated, destroyed and killed during the Porajmos-

y’all don’t get to use the Holocaust to make your points against Israel

“The second Holocaust” the Holocaust is a singular event. There was nothing like it. God willing, there will never be one again. The general term is genocide. The Holocaust, which encompasses the Shoah and the Porjmos, is not a general term.

Romani know. Our families have carried those loses, the traumas, the suffering. Just as Jewish families have. Romani and Jews are cousins in that pain.

you, you american, you gadje with your fancy Instagram graphics and clip art of girls drinking tea-

you do not get to take our singular pain and invert it against any of us

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Mugshot of a teenage girl arrested for protesting segregation, Mississippi, 1961.

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Literally had cramps while drawing this

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Politeness in Mando’a

Different languages have different politeness strategies. Polite expressions like “please” and “thank you” are very idiosyncratic. You have to learn the correct way to use them in a particular language, because their usage relies on cultural context, not semantic meaning.

I headcanon that Mando’a generally uses these expressions less than Basic does. In Mando’a, you say gedet’ye, ba’gedet’ye, vor entye, etc. when you mean it, not as filler words—they’re rarer, but more empathetic than their Basic counterparts. So mandos can come off as brusque/impolite when they speak Basic; aruetiise as overly conscientious/groveling/unctuous when they speak Mando’a. Can you tell I just love some delicious culture clash?

Here are some of my headcanons about some mando expressions:

gedet’ye

please, I beg you, would you be so kind (polite request—rarer and more empathetic than English “please”)

thank you, please (polite acknowledgment)

yes please, yes thank you, much obliged (in response to questions)

excuse me, pardon

pardon, say again, come again (a request to repeat information—informal, not military)

English doesn’t have a compact expression between “please” and “I beg you”, but that’s the space I headcanon gedet’ye occupies. It’s more empathetic than “please”, but not quite so groveling as “I beg you”. Something like “would you be so kind”, perhaps?

I’m a fan of the idea that vor entye—especially the full version—is taken quite literally. So aruetiise, who have only learned a few polite phrases and not their contexts, can and will go around putting themselves in debt to every jack and jones, much to the consternation and humour of mandos. Natives use either the shortened form vor’e (for informal expressions of gratitude) or gedet’ye (in contexts where English could use either thank you or please: would you like more shig? yes, please/thank you). Gedet’ye is a polite request, but when someone fulfills your request (or teacup) before you can voice it, you can also use gedet’ye to acknowledge the action posthumously—like English thanks! If vor entye/vor’e is too much, use gedet’ye instead.

In situations where you’d ask for someone’s attention with “excuse me” or ask them to make way with the same, gedet’ye also works.

When you ask someone to repeat what they just said, English uses “sorry, I didn’t catch that” (implication: please repeat it). Mando’a uses “gedet’ye” (implication: the thing I’m asking for is what you just said).

ba’gedet’ye

you're welcome (acknowledgement of thanks)

here you are, there you are, there you go (when handing something over to someone)

be my guest, you're welcome, go ahead, that's all right, it’s okay, it’s fine (permission to do something)

OK then, well then, fine (sarcastic)

hello (when answering the phone)

what? (ironic expression of puzzlement, somewhat like English “hello?”)

please, be so kind, go ahead, you're welcome to... (to soften a command or invite your audience to do something, "ba'gedet'ye, ke'sheber", please be seated)

If you’re confused by some of these senses, consider that the expectation is that the first person asks for something/says “gedet’ye” and the second person replies with “ba’gedet’ye”. Gedet’ye is a polite request, so ba’gedet’ye can be understood as granting the request. The sarcasm comes from the fact that nobody asked. You’re essentially commenting aloud on somebody forgetting their manners. “You’re welcome” (implication: not that you asked), or “fine, be that way” (implication: it’s actually not fine but I’ll let go for now).

When answering a phone or a comm, the call itself is understood as a request to answer. In this context, ba’gedet’ye can be understood as “please, go ahead (and talk)”. The ironic what? is somewhat like the ironic use of English hello, an ironic expression of puzzlement. Sort of “please, go ahead… (and explain to me what you were just thinking)”.

The last sense, issuing a polite command, is somewhat formal in tone. In practice it’s a nice way to tell someone that your job requires you to be polite, but you better do what you’re told or you won't like the consequences. Again, the implication is that you’re not really asking, but replying to an implied request for permission even if no such thing was actually asked.

#uuh hell yess #mando'a

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i think we should gatekeep antizionism from goyim, at least until they can provide a five page essay with ten verifiable sources from jewish writers on why they believe they have the right to hold that opinion

#how are you hating from outside the club #you can't even get in #antisemitism

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i hate to be that guy, but the idea that gender, sex, and sexuality are ontologically pure concepts that can be rigidly defined if we simply police our language enough (our english language, because of course) is—i cannot stress this enough—a total waste of time. you may as well spend your afternoons teaching a brick how to swim

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there is so much about modern queer discourse that could be fixed simply by understanding "straightness" to be a socio-political classification & reward for conformity rather than just a personal identity.

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There's been a lot of posts about how Moff Gideon is appropriating Mandalorian culture that I've found extremely interesting. Even Giancarlo Esposito pointed out that this isn't just a matter of simple exploitation: he wants to be a Mandalorian.

"Moff Gideon would really like to be a Mandalorian, and there’s a reason for it. That’s his psychological, real problem. He really wants to be a Mandalorian because the strength and power of the Mandalorians is not necessarily that they are individuals. It’s that they are part of a group that have an ideal and a morality."

His new armor even has the ka'rta beskar on it, so it's really not just that he's stolen beskar alloy to make himself a cool set of armor: it is Mandalorian-style armor specifically. However, it's also armor based explicitly on the armor of Death Watch Maul loyalists.

It's reasonable to conclude that Moff Gideon would alike himself to Maul, an outsider who was able to inherit Mandalorian identity only through the possession of the darksaber. He would see Maul as a legitimizing path to Mandalorian-ness. I could easily see him idolizing Maul.

Bo-Katan - who rejected Maul instantly - would indeed be someone that Gideon would wish to destroy, but not by killing her. He once mocked Bo-Katan for needing the darksaber to legitimize herself, but his glee wasn't simple cruelty. He was delighted that she was legitimizing the darksaber itself, which in turn would legitimize him if he possessed it.

I think it's also telling that the episode goes out of its way for Din to say that no, the darksaber isn't important, and the belief that it is is a disservice to us. The darksaber isn't really what makes Bo-Katan a good leader.

Moff Gideon wants to be a Mandalorian, but like any fascist who appropriates another culture, he is only able to engage with the symbols and artifacts rather than engaging in a deep, life-long commitment to the culture and identity itself.

#YO? #maybe i should watch s3 one of these days lolll