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[phoenixyfriend]

I try not to make a lot of original posts on topics I don't actually have any expertise on, but I haven't seen a whole lot of posts going around that actually... explain what happened and why? Like, the actual order of events, the history, and so on. I want to reblog reference posts and explanations by people who actually know what they're talking about, but I haven't seen anything that hits the buttons I need to actually get a political situation... but I have seen some stuff on other platforms.

So here are some videos I've personally found useful in understanding Israel-Palestine, because that's the format I've found most useful in processing information of this nature:

Why Israel was Originally Attacked from RealLifeLore (explains the decades of political dynamics, internal demographic tensions, and power shifts leading up to the current conflict; notably the best I've seen at actually explaining what 'Israeli Occupation' actually means)

Israel-Hamas War: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO) (commentary on the actual current situation in terms of who's getting attacked, why, and what the international ramifications so far are)

What's Happening in Israel and Why with Nathan Thrall from Adam Conover, series Factually (a discussion with an on-the-ground journalist about what life was like on the ground for Palestinian people in the areas under Israeli control during the last few years, just up to the attacks themselves)

I'm not going to claim these are comprehensive or completely unbiased (there are a few moments where I'm not entirely sure of the bias levels myself), but for people like myself who came into all this unsure of what the actual situation even is, I think these are a solid set to build up an basic understanding from which to put together opinions on future information.

I can't tell anyone what to think about how or why any of this is happening. I can only really tell you that what's going on right now is a crime on the level of attempted genocide, and that the years leading up to that have been an absolute mess on almost all fronts.

Again, I have no expertise on this subject. I just know what kind of video essay, political commentary, and interview style makes things understandable to me, personally, and might work for others. Please be courteous and kind in the comments and tags, as I am only sharing this because I haven't seen such a resource making the rounds yet, not actually trying to sway anyone in a particular direction beyond "the mass death needs to stop."

If you know of similar, relatively unbiased* resources, feel free to share.

* By 'relatively unbaised,' I don't mean taking or not taking a side; I just mean that it doesn't try to hide some information or other in favor of pushing a narrative, doesn't try to generalize a population, or doesn't seem to be trying to use emotional gut reactions to get readers or viewers to jump past reason or compassion.

#israel #palestine #israel palestine conflict #palestine israel conflict #not fandom #politics #current events #resources #information #video essays #interviews #political commentary #I'm not even sure how to tag this #I'm not even sure I should be making this post because it's not really my place. But. IDK it feels like 'hour long video essay' etc #is a much better resource to explain things than the usual 2 minute videos I see circulating #and the 2minute videos have a purpose! But. they're not really explaining everything #I didn't know that Israeli Occupation applied to regions outside the original Sykes Picot agreement until I read an article a few weeks ago #and I didn't UNDERSTAND it until the RealLifeLore video

[bonesofvaldis]

gonna start with the ones i have the most information about. vote for who you'd like to know more about ^^

#polls #i'm not even sure how to tag this #i wanted to make it like #2 days long or something but it only allows a day or a week dhfbdjdn

[gurggggleburgle]

The highlight of my weekend was spending it with a friend who has not finished or really read scum villain but has heard my rants and being in the ocean as the waves are brutal full of joy and energy as they try to dig at my broken psyche by telling me that I'm obsessed because 'You just want to ride Binghe's massive dick and grip his big ol tiddies.'

You cannot comprehend how flat I fell in the water from laughing thinking they were making a joke as the waves slammed my ass back to shore. Truly that was the closest I've come to dying in ages. Without a shred of irony they looked me in the eyes and said, "But don't you?"

It has never occurred to me that anyone who would willingly want to fuck binghe outside of one unhinged reddit man.

They proceeded to get increasingly more concerned listing out random characters and were like 'what about Qinghua? Don't you want to fuck the rat man?"

"I'm not fucking the rat man, I am the rat man and we're both crying your honor. The polycule is fucking in shambles my dude!!!"

#svsss #scumbag system #svsss shitpost #svsss meta #i'm not even sure how to tag this #imagine wanting to actually have sex with luo binghe #like... #willingly #it boggles the mind #scum villain self saving system

[natp20]

i think technical difficulties are the least of your concerns

#critical role #critmas #y'know #i'm not even sure how to tag this #it's horrifying but completely on brand for sam #sam riegel

[vullcanica]

Unnecessarily ranking my muses' sleeping habits because it's 3 am so evidently mine are shit.

Sally - Sleeps. Light sleeper, fast reflexes, gun under the pillow. Naps at her nightshift job like your dad does at 10 pm in front of the tv - arms crossed, chin on her chest, scowling for some reason.

Vannie - Sleeps. Like a human, actually, just during the day. Why buy an overpriced coffin when you can get a beautiful four poster with thick drapes for the same price and just put it in the basement?? Sorry to other vampires but she's different. Does it look like a sex dungeon, yes, but some ladies are into that.

Silas - Sleeps. Full mountain man style. Log-like, often nude, no covers, face down and at constant risk of suffocation. The feral urge to Burrow TM. Snores like a woodchipper.

The Guide - Sleeps? Doesn't slumber. Her situation is very 'raised by wolves' so she adopted some part of the wraiths' lifestyle after her memory loss. Sort of stands or sits motionless, eyes open. Fully checked out. Has perfected the art of napping during council meetings.

Matthew - Do dreams sleep? No, but human habits are hard to kick. He still curls up in the library and rests his eyes from time to time.

Constance - Doesn't sleep. Though he does occasionally wander into the Tower's depths and re-emerge days later with newfound wisdom from the entity's omniscience. Kind of like a robot vacuum automatically going to its lil stand to charge before scuttling off again. A man has to embark on a road to enlightenment from time to time.

Nikodemus - Does being dead count? Horribly disordered sleeper unbothered with shit like comfortability or safety. It's a cointoss whenever he knocks out randomly - you could be looking at minutes or days. Though these days he's still riding the high from that one 50 year nap he took in the 100s AD. Known to sleepwalk and talk on rare occasion.

Lumen - :)

#i'm not even sure how to tag this #but have it #gen || HEADCANONS

[andromedas-unchecked]

you know what I think is ironic and horribly, horribly sad, but I can’t stop thinking about it?  C!Techno’s Syndicate name was Protesilaus, right? The first of the Greeks to fall in the Trojan war. According to the myths, the Oracle told the Greeks that the first man ashore would die- and that came true, as Protesilaus was killed when he stepped ashore. And I think we all assumed it was some big buildup to lore, that Technoblade never dies and this huge huge twist at the end of everything.  And now- even though it sucks, I can’t help thinking that it might have also been about this. That maybe he knew he’d be the first to go, and decided on the name not only because it was relevant to the lore but also, in part, because of this. Of course, we can’t and will probably never know his thoughts on the matter. I don’t know if there will be some sort of scrapped lore that it was supposed to be for that we’ll find out much, much later. I haven’t checked dates or anything, haven’t felt up to it, so I could be completely wrong, and feel free to let me know if I am. It could absolutely be that he chose it for lore purposes that we don’t know, I fully admit that.  But something in me keeps tugging on the idea that what if it was about this- whether or not he chose it for that reason or not? What if it was another goodbye, a little nod to the myths he loved and the story he made for all of us despite everything he went through? If he wanted to get one final gotcha moment in.  I can’t decide if it’s deeply depressing or deeply impressive- or, possibly, both at once, as so much of this seems to be. And I hope it isn’t being disrespectful to say that maybe he chose it for a reason- that he was starting to say his goodbyes much sooner than any of us realized. I so badly want to believe that he was at peace with his situation.  I’m gonna miss him. 

#technoblade #i'm not even sure how to tag this #ironic that the first time i ever actually learn how to use tumblr properly is because of this

[egophiliac]

this is basically what happened, right?

(these guys are very lucky that everyone at NRC 1) has the combined intelligence of a sack of bricks, and 2) is easily distracted by shiny things.)

#art #twisted wonderland #twisted wonderland spoilers #stage in playful land #stage in playfulland #these two are SO sleazy and i am utterly delighted by them #can't wait to find out their tragic backstory in approximately 3-4 weeks! #fortunately i have like a month to figure out how the heck to draw their hair (spoiler: i will never figure it out) #also. god. i love it whenever leona accidentally reveals his Mom Side. #he doesn't care about any of this but he WILL be tagging along to make sure no one else gets into trouble #once again he has to be the Responsible Adult and he hates it. the whimsical hat weighs heavy upon his head. #anyway this is me so excuse me while i now talk about diasomnia for three hours #but lilia being all 'kids gotta have some adventure in their lives!' is hilarious #specifically because you know silver would NEVER. #100% silver not only never snuck out but he always went to bed on time AND brushed his teeth AND flossed even when nobody made him. #lilia: aww but you should be enjoying your youth! >:c #silver: i am. i enjoy being respectful and disciplined and honoring you as my father. #lilia: #lilia: maybe i'm TOO good at raising kids #you know i was going to say none of his kids would be involved in this but i actually think malleus definitely would #he would not see it as a moral quandry though. he would just be excited to be invited along. #(the only reason he isn't there is because he was busy admiring a termite-infested beam somewhere and yuu didn't get a chance to ask him) #i mean MAYBE if lilia as his single authority figure told him no then he would have some reservations #but lilia's the one who's screaming HELL YEAH LET'S SNEAK OUT AND DEFY AUTHORITY while dabbing so moot point there #sebek would never and he would rat on everyone else. unless malleus is going in which case he's already there. #and i guess if everyone else is going silver probably would too #but he'd. y'know. feel conflicted about it.

[thelibrariansoftimeandspace]

I played F1 Manager 22 today and I guarantee that I’m already a better race strategist than the Ferrari team this year. Of course, I’m managing the lads at McLaren, but I might sneak a save file in of managing Ferrari just to see how it goes.

#i'm not even sure how to tag this #personal

[a2zillustration]

Croissant makes a good point tbh

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#we finally made it to act 2!!! #irl I'm almost done with it so there's a small look into how far the backlog goes lol #by the time this actually posts I'll be up to my elbows in act 3 I'm sure #act ii spoilers #there you go! new important tag! #bg3 #baldur's gate 3 #bg3 spoilers #croissant adventures #tav #gale #elminster #I'm so excited for my act 2 comics I have a special treat that hopefully you'll like but even if you don't it's fine because it was just- #- for me anyway #SCREAMING I JUST NOTICED I FORGOT GALE'S SCAR \AGAIN GJFKDLSNHLDFKJHN GOSH DANG IT #comics #gale dekarios #breadweave

[hajihiko]

Family Business

#Fuyuhiko kuzuryu #Kazuichi Souda #Sdr2 #Super danganronpa 2 #Danganronpa 2 #An art #Because... both their family situations... #Kaz with his dad and Hiko with his parents (and natsumi even?? ) #I'm never sure how to interpret Fuyuhiko's family situation what does 'in the aftermath' mean was it deliberate #Kaz only mentions it offhand but yea. Boys u could bond over this silliest #CW abuse #abuse mention #child abuse mention #Lmk if I should tag more

[captaincolorblob]

Everyday i think about this screenboard scene that got semi-scrapped from Donnie vs Witch Town, like it just explains so much about Donnie as a character and i’m very sad we didnt get to see it entirely

#rottmnt #rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles #rise donnie #like it just reveals that donnie has thought his only use to the team is being usefull via his tech #and feared he might get replaced or wasnt needed anymore #and instead of talking about it he bottled it up and it turned into aggression towards magic #like god we need to use this angst potentional more #cause it explains /why/ donnie was so stoneset on using his tech instead of mystic magic and kept saying how its better #and why his tech is usually gadgets or things that help him and/or his family #he thought thats all he's good for #apologies if i keep repeating things i'm a sucker for donnie angst and this makes me go wild #listen donnie vs witch town is not a high ranked episode on the tier list for me that scene next to the fight scene was the only part #i enjoyed a lot #and i wish they kept the entire screenboard in cause it explains a lot about donnies character and gives some drama #dia rambles #edit cause this post gained way more notes then i ever had or imagined i would ever have:: #i am flattered and virtually high-fiveing every one of you folk that said they liked my tags #i was unsure if i should even put the ramble there cause i wasnt sure if people were even gonna read it #so if means the world to me seeing people in the notes having the same reaction towards the screenboard and liking my ramble in the tags #HOWEVER i would greatly apprichiate everyone who copypasted my tags to at least credit me #some have given credit and i'm gratefull for y'all and i understand that maybe theres still the glitch for mobile users and you can always #edit your rb #I'm not mad or upset at anyone i would just really prefer it if people at least prev tagged me #ALSO SIDE NOTE to all the folk that said they'd maybe draw/animate/write smth with this a) i put the link to the full screenboard in a rb #and b) please tag/dm me or send me an ask to inform me cause i would LOVE to see it

[lunarharp]

What led to this (orufrey comic, cw an uncomfortable/creepy scene)

#witch hat tag #orufrey #er.... i'm too tired to have anything to say..i worked several days on this. #wait.. didn't i say just recently here that i probably wouldn't ever depict 'what if alaira is qifrey's sort-of ex'. What's going on #i don't even remember deciding to draw this..it's all a blur..i'm not sure why i WOULD decide to draw delicate scenes in my head #that i wouldn't really want to share with anyone/discuss so why did i draw it... #some part of me really really wants to draw things that are more and more true to myself... #maybe because of my alienation with most romance/shipping/dynamics the rest of the world depicts. #orufrey really is perfectly suited to me - what i read in the text and what is in my head. well anyway #i am TIRED of drawing poses and angles and..maybe now i will actually take a break from drawing bc of the tediousness of Angles #btw it really is a 'stretch of time' . . . assuming witches graduate age 18-20 #well orufrey are canonically 30-ish. they've only had agott around for presumably about TWO years (?) bc she took the test age 10 #and it feels like oru moving in/unknown atelier acquisition/building (?) .. i guess that could be a year or so before agott at most #(she was the first disciple) so... ????????? What about the other 7 or so years ?!?!?!!?!?! Unemployed Brimhat Hatred era #that time is very nebulous. after qifrey went to the tower i feel like it's been implied he and oru drifted apart a little. #certainly they didn't live together at first... no way. that doesn't feel like how it is based on things oru has said about becoming Eye #idk. I'm tired now. i don't usually think of alaira as necessarily qifrey's ex and this being how things went in that 'sliver of time'. #i usually prefer the idea that they have their first kiss with each other in their 30s cause That's Just The Orufrey Lifestyle #just felt like making a more relatable alternative view of my own Cai Orufrey Canon one time. btw im a big monoshipper and it hurt a bit #let's leave it there. this is surely the most i've worked on a 'single' art - though now i realise just how much longer the fic took :')

[mintjeru]

i love him already, your honor

open for better quality | no reposts

#genshin gaming #genshin impact #fanart #myart #doodle #this boy has been on the brain all day!!! all day!!!! #mentally i've been that reaction image of the person jumping off the walls of the room ever since i heard about him #i'm literally this close 🤏 to hc'ing his favorite dim sum dish like it's not even funny!! #the one sad thing is that it's gonna be rly hard to search the tags for gaming bc. english. #i don't know how to tag him but w/e i'm sure we will figure it out #is it too much to hope for a cantonese dub for him in cn voiceover specifically... bc i'd love that so much #either way canto bretheren we win today 😤 #if i see anyone making fun of him like they did w/ y.un jin it's on sight #嘉明

[commsroom]

mission launch for minkowski's crew was in march 2013. ostensibly, they were put through some mission training, though the extent and effectiveness of that is kinda dubious. pagliacci takes place in 2013, exact date unspecified. but it has to be early. let's say... mid-january.

eiffel thought he had ruined the rest of his life before he'd even turned thirty. he probably spent his thirtieth birthday in jail. and then... for some number of days, weeks, maybe even a couple of months, he exists in this state of, well. of limbo. cutter gets him released from prison, and flies him out to canaveral. he doesn't speak to his family, obviously. they don't want to hear from him, and don't even know. he's still a prisoner, but no one around him knows that, either. at some point in this time frame, goddard first exposes him to decima, before hilbert even knows who he is. and he lives wherever goddard is accommodating him, and he has to go about his day-to-day life in this transitory state between a 26-year sentence he'd just started really grappling with, and the very immediate reality he's now about to be sent into deep space instead.

they give him a certain amount of freedom; it's not like he can go anywhere. he doesn't do much, anyway, is not feeling appreciative for his momentary second chance at life, given the circumstances. he blows off most of his mission training, and they're surprisingly lax about that, which in retrospect probably should have been a sign. he sits around and smokes, mostly. gets takeout food. but he goes to see movies, as much as he can. as much as he wants to punish himself, he needs to do something, or he'll go crazy, and it's not like he'll get a chance to see a movie in a long time. he was already resigning himself to maybe never going to a movie theater again.

the film adaptation of les misérables was released in december 2012. it's entirely feasible it could've been one of the movies he saw in this time period. i think the idea adds some resonance to his shared reference with minkowski in the finale, at least, in the way it pulls things full circle. intentionally or otherwise. and, incidentally, the 2012 film adaptation of les misérables, a story that notably features an ex-convict protagonist seeking redemption, was released on december 25th. call that serendipity.

#wolf 359 #w359 #doug eiffel #i don't know. just a thought. just some coincidences i think are kind of neat. #and @ beth hephaestuscrew i'm so sorry i asked if i could reference our conversation and then reworked the post #but in spirit i want everyone to know that this thought came from a conversation with her a while ago #when she was writing her minkowski musicals essay. go read that also. putting this part in the tags but #i think it would be funny if minkowski never got around to seeing it and actually gets mad at eiffel for it later like #THAT'S what you were doing? instead of learning basic safety protocols or how to Operate Our Space Station?? #you don't even like musicals!! and i was busy!! #i don't know what her opinion on the movie adaptation would be but i am sure she has strong opinions about movie adaptations of musicals

[royalarchivist]

Wilbur: Everyone give it up for Alex Quackity! Thank you.

A close-up of one of the TNTduo hugs from the Lovejoy concert :')

#Lovejoy #Quackity #Wilbur #TNTduo #Wilbur Soot #Not even sure who to credit for this video because it's been reposted like. A billion times. #I'm sharing it because I did the zoom + tracking so we get to see the hug better #but I'm going to update this with the video credit as soon as I figure out who the OP is #I know most fans don't care about video crediting but I DO #anyways #Also don't worry I'm not going to spam everyone's timelines with every single video from the Lovejoy concert #I'm picking and choosing the best ones #I'll see if I can compile a multiple POV video #but most people are reposting the same videos over and over #so we'll see how that goes #Also it's worth repeating: I use the TNTduo tag as a DUO name #not a ship name #You are never going to see R/PF on this blog lmao #Gosh. The way he puts his head on Quackity's shoulder :'))) #my heart is soft #makes me think about how Quackity said he was proud of Wilbur #hang on I'm gonna post that #December 11 2022 #The lights are always so pretty at these concerts

[tblsomedoodles]

It's HERE!!! : )

Look at my babies! I'm so excited to finally be showing you guys this! It would have gotten done earlier but i kept having to put it aside b/c i knew what i wanted to do but couldn't figure out how to do it. but it is here! Almost exactly how i wanted it to look!

#tmnt #rottmnt #my animatics #mikey's imaginary friends #idk what the tag is exactly anymore #tumblr stopped autofilling it for me #but yeah #this things made me cry on multiple occasions #and i'm pretty sure i strained my hand/finger working on it #somehow #but i really do love how it turned out #even if some of the camera work ended up a little wonky #Youtube