#Un-gregorian

[perfectlyvalid49]

Today is January 27th, which is International Holocaust Remembrance Day, and I'd like to get some stuff off my chest.

First, I'd like to take a minute to point out that it is not Yom HaShoah, which is the day Israel (and by extension large portions of the Jewish diaspora population) uses as Holocaust Remembrance day. Yom HaShoah is on the 27th of Nisan, a date that was selected to commemorate the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, centering Jewish resistance in our own story. That date was selected nearly five decades before the UN picked January 27th, which was selected to center our white saviors who came to liberate Auschwitz. This is utter bullshit. And no excuses for not being able to handle a moving date on the Gregorian calendar - April 19th would be the Gregorian equivalent, and it was not selected.

Having said that, given how many infographics I've seen over the last four months about how people are increasingly denying or doubting the Holocaust, I figure any day that acknowledges it is a good thing, so yeah, let's take two days to remember. I think it's worth it.

So given that this is the Holocaust Remembrance Day that centers our goyishe friends, let's talk about how our goyishe friends should observe the day.

1. It is likely that you never learned a lot of details about the Holocaust. Holocaust education usually boils down to, "and the Nazis put Jews in camps in order to kill them, and a lot of Jews were killed in gas chambers, and about 6 million died in all." Go learn some details. Read or watch an account from a survivor.  Learn about the medical experiments, or the death marches. Learn some details about what the gas chambers were actually like. Try to understand the horror. Learn about the SS St. Louis or the Evian conference in 1938 where almost every country on Earth decided it was better to let the Jews die in Germany than to allow them into their own countries.

2. On that note, take the time to understand that anti-semitism neither began nor ended with the Nazis, and that even the "good guys" were incredibly antisemitic.Try to recognize that the antisemitism that was present where you live right now in the 1930s didn't just disappear, it just went into hiding. Think about where it might be hiding now.

Basically, because this is the Holocaust Remembrance Day for the goyim, I want to focus our remembrance of what happened on the goyim. What did they do? What could they have done to help? Why didn't they? We can come back in May for more Jewish focused learning, but the Holocaust could not have happened without A LOT of willing goyim, and I think we should spend the day remembering them and their actions.

And as a side note: if you happen to read this and you've chosen to spend the day engaging in Holocaust denial or Holocaust inversion, then know that my hope for you is that something happens in your life to teach you empathy and basic human decency. And I hope it isn't pleasant for you.

#holocaust remembrance day #antisemitism #I am expecting social media to be a NIGHTMARE today #it's going to be holocaust inversion all day long #and I'm not going to be surprised by it #but I am going to be infuriated #my hope is that this post reaches one person sometime in the future when the left has moved on to some other thing to be outraged about #and that it triggers growth in them - makes them take a minute to learn something about history #but I don't think that 2024 is gonna be the year for that #the jews are tired

[dreamgothgirl]

For the First Time: König X F! Reader

Inspired by the Mac Demarco song of the same name

Idk I just hear him when I think of this goofy ah ball of anxiousness

A/N: Hellloooo~ so sorry about the delay for the second part of tensions, I’ve just enrolled in college, got a year older, AND have a brain malformation now so LMAO sorry but shit happens. I’ve also been trying to not let it have lazy, subpar writing so it’s also a matter of quality. I hope this can somewhat suffice for the time being. Sorry this is lazy I just wanted to write :(

WARNINGS: mostly sfw but implied NSFW, suggestive themes

18+

Reader does not have a specific race but is POC friendly as always :)

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He felt like he was in a dream. He had to have been dead on the field to be experiencing this, right, he thought. König never saw a woman as gorgeous and godly as you. A deity; an otherworldly being. You had to be. Everytime he saw you, it felt like the first time.

When you gave him that knee-weakening plea in your eyes as you suckled his thumb and whispered a quiet but lustful, “Please, mein herz.~”

Fuck, he was glad he’d taken the time to teach you his native tongue. It rolled off yours so perfect and melodically like the Gregorian chants of Notredame. Ethereal while it left a haunting but pleasurable tremble run through him to make him feel reborn again.

If he had to choose, König’s favorite parts of you would be your hands, lips, and skin. He didn’t believe you; he even laughed when you told him you were insecure about your skin the first time until you began telling him all the struggles that came with its color and culture.

Everything you assumed you had every right to hate because of it it, König adored. He loved learning about everything you and your people were and accomplished just as much as you liked learning about his own heritage. Even the bad parts he woefully lamented about when that bridge was crossed.

Your hands that caressed his insecurities, scars, and lines on his body before holding his face and playing with his hair drove him wild. There weren’t very many times where he wouldn’t put you in a trance from the longing lust in his seductive eyes when that happened. One of you ended up on your knees every time.

Tonight, those emotions ran fiercer. Your touches were accompanied by the coolness of your new dainty diamond engagement ring while the fiery desire from his fingertips burned and stung your skin like a jolt of pleasurable electricity. It all played like a lucid dream. Unreal, heavenly, and almost like every motion was mirrored like an ethereal fantasia dream sequence.

The synchronization of your sounds was a sensual cacophony of what König would call true love. You; safety and freedom. He whispered against your neck while he peppered delicate, passionate kisses, “I’ve wanted you for so long, meine leibe. I was so scared you’d never feel the same. I’m glad…so glad.”

Your back arched into his body as you exposed your neck more with a hot, breathy moan, “König…you’re all I want. You’re all I’ve wanted..all I’ll ever want.”

His large hand took your own, locking your fingers together as he rutted his hips into the hot space between your legs, slow but assertive, “I’m all yours. I belong to you know, mein leibe. I’ll take good care of you, blume. I’ll never let another man take you away from me.”

The deep growl in his possessiveness made your stomach flip and your thighs squeeze his hips, followed by a whimpering moan, “F-…fuck. I wouldn’t let that happen, daddy. Never.”

His eyes darkened and you let a much louder moan escape your throat in surprise as he gave one strong thrust, “Say that again,” he commanded.

You whined and he slapped your naked thigh, “Quickly. Don’t tease me, darling. Say it.”

“Im…I’m yours…daddy.”

He shuddered and you held back a moan at the jingling of his belt and zipper, “That’s right. Das ist mein mädchen. Now,” he whispered against your stomach, pulling your panties down your already trembling legs, “Lass uns anfangen.”

#fan fiction #comfort #mw2 2022 #konig smut #konig call of duty #konig mw2 #konig cod #cod mw22 #gaming #video games #soft #good vibes #engaged #ghost is babygirl #ghost brain rot #simon ghost riley #ghost x reader

[esuemmanuel]

La alegría del mundo, las sonrisas y los buenos deseos, los besos de amor y los abrazos de dicha... entre amantes, amigos y hermanos. Esto es festejar el comienzo de un nuevo año en el calendario gregoriano.

Se siente la emoción en los ojos... en el corazón y en las manos.

¡Estamos vivos!

¡Amamos y somos amados!

¡Bienvenido, 2024!

The joy of the world, the smiles and good wishes, the kisses of love and hugs of joy... between lovers, friends and siblings. This is celebrating the beginning of a new year in the Gregorian calendar.

You can feel the excitement in your eyes... in your heart and in your hands.

We are alive!

We love and are loved!

Welcome, 2024!

#happy new year #2024

[francebonapartiste]

11 Ventôse an 232 (1er mars 2024)

🇨🇵 Le 11 Ventôse, dans le calendrier républicain français, correspond généralement au 1er mars dans le calendrier grégorien. Cette journée est connue comme la

"journée de la herse".

La herse est un outil agricole utilisé pour briser les mottes de terre et niveler le sol après le labour, préparant ainsi le terrain pour la plantation des semences. Le 11 Ventôse était donc dédié à cette étape cruciale du processus agricole.

Après le travail de la bêche, qui consiste à retourner la terre, vient l'étape de la herse pour affiner la surface du sol, améliorer sa structure et favoriser une meilleure répartition des éléments nutritifs. Cela permet également de faciliter la germination des graines et la croissance des plantes.

Ainsi, le 11 Ventôse représentait une journée où les agriculteurs se concentraient sur la préparation minutieuse des champs en vue des futures récoltes. C'était une étape essentielle dans le cycle agricole, soulignant l'importance du travail du sol pour assurer le succès des cultures et la sécurité alimentaire de la communauté.

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🇬🇧/🇺🇲 On the French Republican calendar, the 11th Ventôse generally corresponds to the 1st of March in the Gregorian calendar. This day is known as the "day of the harrow".

The harrow is an agricultural tool used to break up clods of soil and level the ground after plowing, thus preparing the soil for seed planting. The 11th Ventôse was dedicated to this crucial step in the agricultural process.

After the work of the spade, which involves turning over the soil, comes the harrowing stage to refine the surface of the soil, improve its structure, and promote a better distribution of nutrients. This also helps facilitate seed germination and plant growth.

Thus, the 11th Ventôse represented a day when farmers focused on meticulously preparing the fields for future harvests. It was an essential step in the agricultural cycle, highlighting the importance of soil work in ensuring the success of crops and the food security of the community.

#france #revolution #recolutionnaire #calendrier #République #républicain #grégorien #calendrier républicain #french republican calendar #calendrier républicain français #1er mars #march 1st #Ventôse #11Ventôse

[kitkatabasis]

(Un)happy Nights to (Un)happy Days: The Most Excellent and Lamentable Substack of Romeo and Juliet

Unlike some Shakespeare plays, Romeo and Juliet has very specific dating, to the point that we know approximately what time each scene takes place, and approximately on which day of the month each scene happens over the course of five days, thanks to knowing that, on the first day of the play we are "a fortnight and odd days" (1.3.17) from Lammastide---aka, Juliet's birthday, aka July 31.

Thus, I propose a substack. 1.1-2.2 will be sent on the first day, 2.3-3.4 on the second day, and so on. 

However, we have a little problem. Even if we choose a number between 14 and 21 days away from Lammastide, (I'm choosing 15, for reasons that will become clear) we still have the issue of the calendar shift. Specifically, when we changed from the Julian (used in Shakespeare's day) to Gregorian calendar, everything got moved by 13 days--so July 31 is now August 13.

So! We have two options: ignore the calendar shift, and go from July 16 to July 21 (which has the added benefit of the first day being a Sunday, same as in the play); or, account for the calendar shift, and go from July 29-August 3.

#Romeo and juliet #Substacks #Shakespeare #just so y’all know I’m anti the “stupid kids” interpretation #Because for some reason that’s something that needs to be stated #R&J

[lesser-known-composers]

Marc-Antoine Charpentier - Pour un reposoir, H. 508

Ensemble: Les Dominos et les Agrémens Singers: Étienne Debaisieux, Jean-Marie Marchal, Luc Terrieux

0:00 Ouverture 1:53 Tantum ergo 4:01 Tantum ergo (Gregorian chant) 4:48 Fugue 5:46 Genitori (Gregorian chant) 6:34 Amen 7:29 Allemande grave

#Marc-Antoine Charpentier #baroque music #Youtube

[jewelry-making]

How to Celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival: History, Culture and Customs

The Dragon Boat Festival (Duan Wu Jie) is a traditional Chinese festival that has been celebrated for over 2,000 years. It is held on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, which usually falls in June on the Gregorian calendar. The festival has a rich history and culture that is celebrated in different ways across China and other parts of the world. The most popular theory of the origin of the festival is that it was derived from the commemoration of a great patriot poet, Qu Yuan. Qu Yuan was a minister in the state of Chu during the Warring States period (475-221 BC). He was exiled by the king for opposing alliances with other states and committed suicide by drowning himself in the Miluo River. The local people who admired him raced out in boats to save him or retrieve his body. They beat drums and splashed their paddles in the water to scare away fish and evil spirits. This is said to be the origin of dragon boat racing.

The Dragon Boat Festival is celebrated in different ways across China. In southern China, especially in Guangdong, Hong Kong, and Macau, people eat zongzi (sticky rice dumplings) wrapped in bamboo leaves. The fillings can vary from sweet to savory and include pork belly, salted egg yolk, mushrooms, chestnuts, and red bean paste. In northern China, people eat wheat dumplings called jiaozi instead. Dragon boat racing is another popular activity during the festival. It involves teams of paddlers racing dragon-shaped boats to the beat of drums. The races are held on rivers or lakes and are accompanied by loud cheers and applause from spectators.

The Dragon Boat Festival has become an important cultural event around the world. It is celebrated in many countries including Singapore, Malaysia, Vietnam, Korea, Japan, and the United States. In addition to dragon boat racing and eating zongzi, other activities include making sachets filled with herbs to ward off evil spirits and hanging calamus and wormwood leaves on doors to repel insects. I hope this information helps you understand more about this wonderful festival! Let me know if you have any other questions or if there’s anything else I can help you with. This is another blog post I wrote in French. If you are interested, please click to read https://teaware.over-blog.com/

#Dragon Boat Festival #Traditional Chinese Culture #Traditional Chinese Festivals

[cosmicxmuses]

CHARACTER AESTHETIC — BOLD WHAT APPLIES && REPOST

SOUNDS.

tinkling of piano keys / the click of a lock. / an engine starting, stalling / sinful whispers / stifled sobbing / the rattle of death / alarm blaring / a siren call / spanish guitar strumming / loud laughter at midnight / banshee screeching / drunk hiccuping / the giggle of a child / rolling thunder / disdainful chuckling / bones creaking / carefree whistling / singing off key / flesh hitting concrete / white noise / a mirror cracking / laboured breathing / a groan of pain / waves lapping at the shore / the roar of a lion / pages turning / swords clashing / deep humming / birds chirping / dial tone / tongue popping / fingers tapping a surface / crystals breaking / music turned up to the limit / raindrops on a roof / angry yelling / yawning at noon / horns going off / ravens talking / bubblegum bursting / splashing water / teakettle squeal / militia drums / wolves howling / slow, sarcastic clapping / soprano notes / whispering pleas / gregorian chants / mournful cries

VISUALS.

filled notebooks / dogeared books / clean shaves / empty stares / sleeping at a desk / the witching hour / driving all night / restless tides / broken windows / coffee any time / freshly baked goods / bonfires / lounging felines / circles under your eyes / bedhead / tangling in the sheets / leather jackets / paint stains / music sheets / too many tabs to find the music / weary brows / card games / messy ponytails / strained smiles / unsent texts / heart on your sleeve / slow dancing in the rain / star gazing / torn jeans / piles of clothes / filled bookshelves / hurricanes / chapped lips / cliff diving / the lights in venice / stolen kisses / poet shirts / half melted candles / empty coffee mugs / hot tea / unlaced boots / shameless flirting / too young to be so old / laced fingers / eyes in the trees / bloody knuckles / french letters / neon lights / ivy covered balconies

SCENTS.

burnt leaves / turkish coffee / spiced rum / moss / vanilla beans / freshly cut grass / decay / sea salt / strawberries and cream / cinnamon / honey / copper / pineapple / wet dog / pine needles / wood shavings / rain-soaked bark / something sharp, indefinable / russian tea / dandelions / squeezed limes / italian wine / freshly laundered clothes / coming rain / hardtack and gruel / roasting flesh / something cloying in the chest / ichor / lilies in spring / pollen / damp clothes / meat pies / greasy coins / curdled milk / leather / bone marrow / wet cement / ricecakes / open paint cans / cocoa leaves / tar / apples / sandalwood cologne / orchids / molded onions / cheap perfume / mistletoe / rubber on fire / grave dirt / old books / new books / melting plastic / roses / poison oak / seacucumbers / peppermint hand cream

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Tagging: @jestersclowns @un-chained @hxroic-wxlls @withering-red-spider-lily

#about muse

[kneedeepincynade]

Today is a most dear day to all of us,the anniversary of the October revolution,a new october will come again and lenin will be young again!

Today's post is in fact about the October revolution and its influence in modern and not so modern China,as always the post is machine translated but the translation will be reviewed with extra care,the translation will be at the bottom,as always the collective is on telegram

⚠️ LA RIVOLUZIONE D'OTTOBRE E IL SUO LEGAME CON LA NUOVA CINA ⚠️

🚩Oggi, 7 novembre, ricorre - per l'odierno calendario gregoriano - il 105° Anniversario della Rivoluzione d'Ottobre, che permise la nascita del primo stato socialista nella storia dell'umanità.

🚩La vittoria del bolscevismo in Russia, così come la diffusione degli ideali del Marxismo e del Socialismo Scientifico, si rivelarono fondamentali per la nascita dei Movimenti Contro il Colonialismo, per la Liberazione delle Nazioni e per l'Istituzione del Socialismo, come avvenne in Cina.

🇨🇳 Nel 1919, due anni dopo la vittoria della Rivoluzione d'Ottobre, gli ideali del Socialismo Scientifico e le influenze del bolscevismo iniziarono a prendere piede tra gli intellettuali cinesi.

⭐️ Nell'autunno del 1918, Li Dazhao, capo-bibliotecario presso l'Università di Pechino, fondò la "Società di Studio del Marxismo", in cui vennero esaminate e analizzate le principali opere e teorie di Karl Marx.

💫 Assistente di Li Dazhao era Mao Zedong, che divenne membro del gruppo.

📕 Nel novembre del 1918, Li Dazhao pubblicò un articolo su 新靑年, intitolato: "La vittoria del bolscevismo", che permise alla Storia e agli ideali del bolscevismo di diffondersi in Cina.

🚩Nel 1918, i Sovietici costituirono l'Internazionale Comunista, e nel 1920 inviarono un rappresentante in Cina, il cui compito era valutare fino a che punto una rivoluzione in Cina potesse essere condotta con successo.

⭐️ Il 3 giugno del 1921, Henk Sneevliet - Rappresentante dell'Internazionale Comunista - fu inviato in Cina con l'obbiettivo di organizzare il lavoro insieme alle cellule comuniste cinesi presenti per costituire un vero e proprio partito comunista.

🇨🇳 Dal 23 luglio al 2 agosto del 1921, presso la Concessione Francese a Shanghai, si tenne il Primo Congresso Nazionale del Partito Comunista Cinese.

🌟 Come ha ricordato Xi Jinping nel suo discorso "La Repubblica Popolare Cinese è il risultato della Lotta del Popolo Cinese":

🚩"La Rivoluzione d'Ottobre risuonò e portò il Marxismo-Leninismo in Cina, e il Compagno Mao Zedong scelse risolutamente il Marxismo-Leninismo e l'elevato ideale della realizzazione del Comunismo come la strada maestra da perseguire."

🌟 "Il Marxismo-Leninismo ha acceso il faro del progresso per il Popolo Cinese, e l'istituzione - nel 1921 - del Partito Comunista Cinese ha fornito al Popolo la spina dorsale del progresso e della Lotta per il progresso."

📊 Al Congresso parteciparono 13 delegati, che rappresentavano 59 membri del Partito Comunista Cinese, che oggi - di membri - ne conta oltre 96 milioni.

⭐️ Li Hanjun, Li Da, Zhang Guotao, Liu Renjing, Dong Biwu, Chen Tanqiu, Mao Zedong, He Shuheng, Chen Gongbo, Bao Huiseng, Wang Jinmei, Deng Enming, Zhou Fohai.

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⚠️ THE OCTOBER REVOLUTION AND ITS LINK WITH THE NEW CHINA ⚠️

🚩Today, 7 November (according to the Gregorian calendar) is the 105th Anniversary of the October Revolution, which allowed the birth of the first socialist state in the history of humanity.

🚩The victory of Bolshevism in Russia, as well as the spread of the ideals of Marxism and Scientific Socialism, proved to be fundamental for the birth of the Movements Against Colonialism, for the Liberation of Nations and for the Establishment of Socialism, as happened in China .

🇨🇳 In 1919, two years after the victory of the October Revolution, the ideals of Scientific Socialism and the influences of Bolshevism began to take hold among Chinese intellectuals.

⭐️ In the autumn of 1918, Li Dazhao, head librarian at Peking University, founded the "Society for the Study of Marxism", in which the main works and theories of Karl Marx were examined and analyzed.

💫 Li Dazhao's assistant was Mao Zedong, who became a member of the group.

📕 In November 1918, Li Dazhao published an article in 新 靑 年, entitled "The Victory of Bolshevism", which allowed the history and ideals of Bolshevism to spread in China.

🚩In 1918, the Soviets formed the Communist International, and in 1920 they sent a representative to China, whose job was to assess how far a revolution in China could be successfully waged.

⭐️ On June 3, 1921, Henk Sneevliet - Representative of the Communist International - was sent to China with the aim of organizing the work together with the Chinese communist cells present to form a real communist party.

🇨🇳 From 23 July to 2 August 1921, the First National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party was held at the French Concession in Shanghai.

🌟 As Xi Jinping recalled in his speech "The People's Republic of China is the result of the Chinese People's Struggle":

🚩 "The October Revolution resonated and brought Marxism-Leninism to China, and Comrade Mao Zedong resolutely chose Marxism-Leninism and the lofty ideal of the realization of Communism as the high road to pursue."

🌟 "Marxism-Leninism lit the beacon of progress for the Chinese people, and the establishment - in 1921 - of the Communist Party of China provided the people with the backbone of progress and the Struggle for Progress."

📊 The Congress was attended by 13 delegates, representing 59 members of the Chinese Communist Party, which today - of members - has over 96 million.

⭐️ Li Hanjun, Li Da, Zhang Guotao, Liu Renjing, Dong Biwu, Chen Tanqiu, Mao Zedong, He Shuheng, Chen Gongbo, Bao Huiseng, Wang Jinmei, Deng Enming, Zhou Fohai.

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#socialism #china #italian #translated #communism #collettivoshaoshan #october revolution #marxism leninism #marxist leninist #marxist #chinese communist party #mao zedong

[aspiringwarriorlibrarian]

https://youtu.be/d0Fbcc8uWEc

Here is a conspiracy theory even more stupid that the Shakespeare one.

You know when I saw "the conspiracy theory that the Middle Ages never happened" I thought it was gonna be some semantic thing about how the medieval period was improperly categorized, not "Chalemagne was a fanfic made up by the Holy Roman Emperor cause he wanted to live in 1000 AD".

But yeah, it really does show the folly of relying on "history isn't real, it's just something someone wrote down.". You can burn down a forest and write that it wasn't burnt down but the trees won't un-ash themselves, and the fact that you're not writing it down doesn't mean that no one else will. Seriously, the years 700-1000 AD didn't exist? You mean the entire Tang Dynasty and the early history of Islam? The Europeans weren't the only ones keeping calendars, you know, maybe you should have checked there first rather than assume a flaw in the Gregorian Calendar means an entire three centuries went missing.

[theothin]

The Embassy opened at its Jerusalem location on May 14, 2018, the 70th Gregorian anniversary of the creation of the modern State of Israel.[3] It was relocated from its previous site in Tel Aviv by the Trump Administration and is situated in what was previously the former US Consulate in the Arnona neighborhood.[4] The opening prayer was delivered by the Evangelical Reverend Robert Jeffress, and the closing prayer was given by the Evangelical Reverend John C. Hagee.[5][6][7] The move came 23 years after the passage of the Jerusalem Embassy Act of October 23, 1995, which set a deadline of May 31, 1999, for the move.[8] The Clinton, Bush, and Obama administrations had all deferred the move. Eugene Kontorovich claimed that the decision to shift the US embassy to this area is tantamount to the United States recognizing Israeli sovereignty over land that it captured in the Six-Day War in 1967.[9]

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On October 18, 2018, United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced that the US would be merging the Embassy and US Consulate General in Jerusalem into a single mission. The United States will continue conducting relations with the West Bank and Gaza through a newly created Palestinian Affairs Unit which will operate from the Agron Site of the Jerusalem Embassy.[1] While the decision was praised by the Israeli Government, Palestinian officials criticized the Trump Administration for siding with Israel's claim to Jerusalem and "Greater Israel".[11][12][13][14] In February 2019, it was announced that the US Consulate General would be formally merging into the US Embassy in March.[15][16][17] On March 4, 2019, the US Consulate-General was formally integrated into the US Embassy in Jerusalem. The Consulate-General's Agron Street premises were revamped as the Palestinian Affairs Unit, which would handle many of the Consulate-General's former functions. This ends the US practice of assigning separate diplomatic missions to the Israelis and Palestinians.[18][19][20][21] In response, Saeb Erekat, the secretary-general of the Palestine Liberation Organization's executive committee called for the international community to boycott the new Palestinian Affairs Unit.[22][23][24] Erekat's sentiments were echoed by fellow Executive Committee member Hanan Ashrawi, who denounced the merger of the Consulate General as "political assault on Palestinian rights and identity".[25]

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On December 18, 2017, in a 14–1 vote, the US vetoed a United Nations Security Council draft resolution on the matter[27] then on December 21, 2017, the United Nations General Assembly passed a resolution by a 128–9 vote.[28] Palestinian officials warned that it could lead to an "inactive war" and violent protests.[29] The Embassy's opening coincided with the bloodiest day of the 2018 Gaza border protests, with more than 57 Palestinians killed.[30][31] French Minister of Europe and Foreign Affairs Jean-Yves Le Drian said, "This decision contravenes international law and in particular the resolutions of the Security Council and the UN General Assembly".[30] On September 28, 2018, Palestine brought a case against the US at the International Court of Justice alleging that the relocation of the embassy breached the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations and other rules of general international law. The International Court of Justice asked for briefs covering jurisdiction and admissibility, Palestine's submission by May 15, 2019, the US by November 15, 2019.[32] The opening of a new US Embassy in Jerusalem led two other countries to move their embassies to Jerusalem. Two days after the US Embassy opened, Guatemala moved its embassy to Israel back to Jerusalem.[33] Paraguay also opened a Jerusalem embassy to Israel, citing the US precedent.[34] Newly elected Paraguayan President Mario Abdo Benítez decided to relocate the Paraguayan embassy back to Tel Aviv.[35]

#us politics #israel #palestine #wikipedia

[daimonclub]

April fools day

All fools day first of April April fools day or all fools day, the first day of April when it is customary to play practical jokes on people, causing them to believe something that isn’t true or to go on a fruitless errand. its origin, story, curiosities and examples. April is the cruellest month, breeding Lilacs out of the dead land, mixing Memory and desire, stirring Dull roots with spring rain. Winter kept us warm, covering Earth in forgetful snow, feeding A little life with dried tubers. T.S. Eliot Sweet April showers, do spring May flowers. English proverb April comes in with his hack and his bill, And sets a flower on every hill. English proverb An April flood carries away the frog and her brood. English proverb April weather, Rain and sunshine, both together. English proverb En avril, ne te découvre pas d’un fil. French Proverb Aprile, apriletto, tutti i giorni un goccetto! Italian proverb April macht was er will. German proverb Abril lluvioso hace a mayo hermoso. Spanish proverb April, fourth month of the Gregorian calendar year. It has 30 days. The Romans gave this month the name Aprilis, derived from aperire (“to open”), probably because it is the season when buds begin to open; it was called Eostre (Easter) month by the Anglo-Saxons. Playing tricks on the first day of April is a custom among European peoples.

First of April Fool's day On April 1st you will probably be on the look-out for any possible practical jokes. If your colleagues tell you to do something slightly unusual, you might think twice before doing it. Millions of people the world over will be in a similar position. The Indians will, however, have completed their entertainment a day earlier: their Huli festival takes place on March 31st. If you do have the misfortune to be made an April fool, then you might like to take some comfort from considering the origins of this bizarre custom. April Fools’ Day or All Fools' Day, the first day of April. On this day it is customary to play practical jokes on people, causing them to believe something that isn’t true or to go on a fruitless errand. Although the origin of the custom is unknown, a common theory is that it developed as part of ancient spring festivals. April Fools’ Day jokes are generally amusing but harmless. For example, someone may give a friend the telephone number of the zoo, telling her to return a call from “Mr. Fox.” The origins of April Fools' Day are not certain, although several theories have been proposed. Before the adoption of the Gregorian calendar in 1582, the New Year was celebrated between March 25 (the old date of the spring equinox) and April 1. One of the most credited hypotheses is that, as a result of the change of calendar, not everyone got used to the change and were then referred to as the "April fools". Hence the burlesque origin of April 1. In Europe, the festivities of the first of April became customary around the end of 1500: a few years after the adoption of the new Gregorian calendar. In the France of King Charles IX and in the Germany of the Habsburgs, the tradition gets under way and then spreads in England (in the eighteenth century) and in the other European states. Legend has it that many French, opposed to this change or simply careless, continued to exchange gifts between March and April, celebrating the New Year as in the old days. Pranksters began to mock them, delivering them absurd or empty gifts during non-existent parties. In the empty gift you could find a card with the words poisson d'avril: April Fool’s Day, in French.

All fools day article Poisson d'avril, or pesce d'Aprile in Italian, yeah, but what does fish have to do with it? There’s an explanation for that, too, and it’s that fish are easily hooked. How the victims of pranks "bite" easily to tease. It must be said, however, that sometimes it is really difficult not to fall for it: also because the imagination has no limits and the pranks do not even, in fact they can pass from the classrooms of schools, playgrounds, television and websites. In Italy the custom of 1 April is recent: it dates back to the years between 1860 and 1880. The first city to welcome the French habit was Genoa, where the passion for April jokes landed in its lively port. The tradition was rooted first among the middle and upper classes, then took root among the rest of the population. Therefore April 1 is recognized as a day for pranks in Germany, France, Great Britain, the United States, Canada, and elsewhere. In India, the last day of the feast of Huli, March 31, is regarded as a day for mischief. In France, an April fool’s prank is called a poisson d'Avril (April fish), and in Scotland it is an April gowk or cuckoo. In the UK, jokes and tricks can be played up until noon on 1 April. After midday it's considered bad luck to play a trick. Anyone who forgets this and tries a joke in the afternoon becomes an 'April Fool' themselves. Some newspapers, TV channels and well-known companies publish false news stories to fool people on 1 April. One of the earliest examples of this was in 1957 when a programme on the BBC, the UK's national TV channel, broadcast a report on how spaghetti grew on trees. The film showed a family in Switzerland collecting spaghetti from trees and many people were fooled into believing it, as in the 1950s British people didn't eat much pasta and many didn't know how it was made! A few years ago, for example, the famous English astronomer and radio host Patrick Moore announced instead that an exceptional alignment of Pluto and Jupiter planned for 9:47 on the morning of April 1 would have canceled the effects of Earth’s gravity, and all the inhabitants of the planet would start floating like astronauts in space!

First of April Story and Traditions Most British people wouldn't fall for the spaghetti trick today, but in 2008 the BBC managed to fool their audience again with their Miracles of Evolution trailer, which appeared to show some special penguins that had regained the ability to fly. Two major UK newspapers, The Daily Telegraph and the Daily Mirror, published the 'important story' on their front pages. The gullible British swallowed it, as they say, "hook, line and sinker". So, what kind of jokes do people play? Well, a simple example would be telling your friend that their shoelaces are undone. Then, when they bend down to do them up, you shout, 'April Fool!', and they realise their shoelaces are fine. Maybe it's not your kind of humour, but watch out, there's always someone who will find it hilarious! In Ireland, a popular prank is to send someone on a 'fool's errand'. The victim is sent to deliver a letter, supposedly asking for help. When the person receives the letter, they open it, read it and tell the poor messenger that they will have to take the letter to another person. This continues and the victim ends up taking the message to several different people until someone feels sorry for them and shows them what the letter says: 'Send the fool to someone else.' April Fool's Day fans say it encourages fun and laughter, and one study found that it reduces stress and therefore could be good for your heart. Other people point out that it can have negative consequences, like confusion, worry or wasting time and resources. In France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Italy and French-speaking areas of Canada and Switzerland, the 1 April tradition is known as the 'April Fish'. A common joke is to try to stick a paper fish onto a victim's back without being noticed. The origins of the April fools joke are somewhat obscure. The first references in English literature are to be found in the seventeenth century. It would appear that there was some connection between the April fool and the first cuckoo. The victims of such jokes were referred to as "April gowks": this is a northern dialect word which means cuckoo. The gowk, or cuckoo, was the unfortunate person who was sent on a false errand. The English even had a proverb for the occasion: "First of April, hunt the gowk. You may send a fool whither you will".

April fools day jokes In modern times the advent of the telephone has added a new dimension to the false errand. One April 1st back in the 1950's a Mr. Fox arrived at work and found a message on his desk telling him to ring Primrose 2323 in order to speak to a Mr. Lion. When Mr. Fox dialled the number and asked to speak to the fictitious Mr. Lion, he was surprised to find that he had rung London Zoo. A spokesperson for Dublin Zoo said staff had lost their sense of humour' after they received more than 100,000 calls asking for invented names such as Mr C Lyons, Anna Conda and G Raffe! The callers were victims of a phone hoax, who contacted the zoo after receiving a text message encouraging them to make the call. The fact that April is the month in which such pranks are played undoubtedly has something to do with the change of season. The first of April marks the arrival of spring: this causes many people to indulge in folly, romantic or otherwise. It is perhaps not surprising that April 1st has seen practical jokes of a romantic nature. William Congreve's play, "The Old Bachelor" (1693), tells the story of "one of love's april fools." Heartwell, an aging woman-hater", falls in love with Silvia, the mistress of another. The hapless" Heartwell is fooled into marrying her and thus becomes the laughing-stock of all his friends. A charming classical reference to April fools can be found in the Reverend Brewer's "Dictionary of Phrase and Fable", originally published in 1870. Brewer tells the mythological tale" of Proserpina and Pluto, god of the underworld. Legend has it that Proserpina was picking daffodils in the Elysian meadows one April morning when Pluto suddenly appeared. He promptly carried her off to the underworld where he made her his queen. Proserpina's mother, Ceres (the goddess of core, appropriately enough) heard her daughter's cries and went in search of her echo. But her search was in vain: Ceres went on "a fool's errand". Brewer examines other explanations of the origins of April fools. There is one theory that it may originate from the mockery trial of Jesus in which he was sentenced to death by Pontius Pilate: there is certainly a connection with April as the trial occurred a few days before Easter. I am happy to say that Brewer rejects this theory as unconvincing. On April Fool's Day 1998, the American hamburger chain Burger King announced that it had created a left-handed hamburger. The advert for the 'new product' explained that all the ingredients had been rotated 180 degrees so that it was more comfortable for left-handed people to pick up and eat. The following day, Burger King admitted that this advertisement had been a hoax, but said that thousands of customers had gone to restaurants across the USA asking for a left-handed burger.

Poisson d'Avril  Pesce d'Aprile Whatever the origins of April fools, its character has undoubtedly changed in modern times. In the first place, it has lost its romantic element. Nowadays amorous pranks are played on February 14th when lovers, prospective lovers and mere saboteurs send anonymous Valentine cards. Secondly, people are becoming less susceptible to practical jokes. As early as 1842 a certain General Thompson warned of the dangers of mass literacy: "It will be difficult to make April fools of a whole people that can read and write." It is ironic that the age of telecommunications, which has increased the possibilities of practical jokes, has also increased people's insensitivity to them. After the great success of the spaghetti documentary there followed a spate of television and newspaper hoaxes in Britain on April 1st. Even the British got the hang of it after a while: last year's April 1st documentary, in which the B.B.C. announced that St. Paul's Cathedral was to be dismantled brick by brick and moved to the countryside, was something of a flop. If you want a practical joke to work in the 1980's, it is better to organise it on another day. As we have seen, in France, as in Italy, the expression poisson d'avril is used. In English-speaking countries, such as the United Kingdom and America, instead, it is called April fool’s day ("The Day of the April fool"), where the term "fool" reminds the Fool, the jester of the medieval courts, thus emphasizing the playful connotation of the party. Finally, in Germany, Aprilscherz is more simply the "April Prank". In the Highlands of Scotland the April Fool lasts two days, in the second, the Taily Day, you enjoy to attach on the back of the unlucky (fools or gawls) a sign with the words "Kick me!" (Give me a kick). In Portugal, the days dedicated to pranks are Sunday and Monday before Lent, in which whole packs of flour are thrown on friends! India also has its April Fools' Day. However, it falls a day earlier, on March 31. On that date we celebrate the Huli festival to celebrate spring and make fun of everyone.

April is Earth month But some people have always had a tendency to suspect any information that is given on April 1st. In 1964, for example, there was a boat strike in Venice on the day in question. A group of perceptive Dutch tourists were at first amused and later angered by this news. Yes, it was a very funny joke, but there was no need to keep it up the whole day. In fact the strike was genuine. It was a cruel twist of fate that of all the days of the year in which the Venetians could organise a boat strike, they chose April fools day. Everywhere, in Europe and around the world, April 1 is still celebrated a little Carnival! What's more in the era of 'fake news' it's often hard on a normal day of the year to work out when we're being tricked into believing something that isn't true, but on April Fool's Day you need to be even more alert. No one knows exactly how the tradition started, but there are plenty of people who enjoy this light-hearted day and are happy to keep the tradition alive. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-IeEV1hlLc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-wLyeKINJg Read the full article

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