#figured id also put that one there

[real-shul-stories]

Neighbors Lady

This one is lengthy so it's going under a readmore.

tl;dr: we had a call from a woman convinced that her Palestinian neighbors have been attacking and threatening her on the basis of being Jewish, though her family had allegedly been hiding their Jewish identity from her all her life.

i know i put cws in the tags but in light of *gestures vaguely* everything I figured I'd reiterate that this one has a content warning for anti-Palestinian sentiment and general paranoia.

Call from a woman whose voice made her sound like a young adult in her 20s or 30s. She sounded a little frazzled and opened by saying she has a “situation” and isn’t sure what to do. First, she told me her family has been lying to her about her Jewish heritage, and that she recently found out her Jewish status by checking her family tree. This in itself isn’t uncommon, but her next topic was where things started to go a little off the rails: she said that her Palestinian neighbors have been violently harassing her and her family on the basis of their being Jewish.

She described a few of the things her neighbors have allegedly done: breaking into her family’s house and stealing things, trashing their belongings, cyberstalking (seeming to time their harassment with her trying to reach out for help online, things like that). She alleged that they shot chemical weapons into her bedroom and even arranged for a rocket to drop on her neighborhood. (I asked where she lived and she answered with the name of a neighborhood not far from here; I think we would have heard something). She also said that she’s taken it to the police, but they haven’t been doing anything to alleviate the situation.

I asked how long her parents had lived in the house – trying to see if they pre-dated the neighbors – and she said her family had lived there 20 years, but wasn’t sure how long the neighbors had lived there. However, when I asked later whether moving was an option, she said her family had moved six times to try to get away from the neighbors, only for the neighbors to follow them.

When I asked if she could figure out how the neighbors had known about their Jewish status when her parents had been hiding it, she told me she wasn’t sure how they knew either. She also detailed that her discovery of her heritage involved learning that her family was descended from the biblical Jacob, “right there” on her family tree, but didn’t point to any more recent Jewish relatives when prompted.

I told her that I wasn’t sure what we would be able to do to help her, but I asked whether she had tried contacting our local Jewish crisis help center. She told me she did try contacting them, but they were “so scared they couldn’t wait to get me off the phone.” It left me wondering whether she was lying about calling them, or if she really did call and just misinterpreted their response.

Finally, she communicated to me that she wants to become more active in the Jewish community and “set down roots” since she’d been moving so much. She believes it will help in some way—she mentioned her belief that her neighbors have been able to get away with so much because the caller herself hasn’t been speaking to a rabbi or involved Jewishly. She wants to learn more about Judaism and make friends in the community, possibly by volunteering. She mentioned wanting to come to services to see what they’re like.

She had mentioned posting about her situation on facebook and provided her full legal name during our call, so after we got off the phone I decided to search for her. I found her fairly quickly – she is actually middle aged, and all of her posts are publicly visible. Most of the posts were rambling about the damage “the neighbors” are doing to her, her home, and her family, but none of her recent posts mentioned Judaism or identified the neighbors as Palestinians. (Some of them had a very devout Christian bent, though). It made me wonder whether she was merely calling her imaginary neighbors "Palestinians" in an attempt to gain sympathy and support from a Jewish organization when she was very much not Jewish herself.

This person had called on 12/28. About a month later (1/31) she buzzed at the front door asking to speak to a rabbi or secretary. I diverted her to my boss, who went out to speak with her. He successfully redirected her to our local Jewish crisis help center.

#antipalestinianism cw #islamophobia cw #figured id also put that one there #this one is very very weird

[beeteal]

lil godzilla sticker pack i made for a local market this saturday (30/03)! goji and the gang..

if youre in sg ill be selling these funny fellas at martsuri @ suntec concourse! ill link up my catalogue here too at a later date

#fanart #godzilla #king ghidorah #mothra #rodan #mechagodzilla #kamata kun #was originally gonna make em all chibi godzilla fanart but i decided to do my own thing. twas fun #v obvious whose my fave zilla kaiju LMFAOO....if i could id make biollante. but i didnt have time + figured should stick to the ones ppl kn #i also didnt rmb that godzilla x kong was coming out this week lmfao. team zilla rise up #digital #2024 #if people would like these im willing to put em up on my ko-fi...i expect to have leftovers so. yuh

[liquidstar]

this is not a comprehensive list

#in order from left to right (with explanations): #k on #(self explanatory. definition of moe.) #a place further than the universe #(theyre at least a little insane for going all the way to antarctica for funsies) #bocchi the rock #(good mix of insane and sweet. most of the insane parts come from bocchi herself) #nichijou #(literally so much happened all the time) #and asobi asobase #(they did do arson) #i haven't seen azumanga daioh or yuru camp and i never finished lucky star #but based on what i know abt the first two id put it... azumanga between bocchi and nichijou. and yuru camp with or after k on #and from what i remember abt lucky star its also just after k on #a bit quirkier but nothing ever really happens in it. as far as i watched. which is why i stopped watching LOL #but thats all assumptions and second hand knowledge so i figured i shouldnt actually include them unless i was SURE #i also thought abt putting asteroid in love in here too but that one is a bit more niche so i left it out #i also excluded any idol shows bc that feels like a different category. and would make this too long #sorry zombieland saga and love live.... #i also excluded straight up yuri. this is more abt Hanging Out than romance. but some is allowed as long as its not the focal point #like kita in btr. shes very yuri but the show isnt about that #you could probably also put is the order a rabbit on here but idr much from that. i think i watched like 3 episodes umm 100 years ago #i also thought abt putting the highschool girls segments from daily lives of highschool boys here. but they arent in most of the show #tho theyd probably go between nichijou and asobi asobase. or maybe on par w nichijou #that one girl did almost kill the other two with a rock as im sure youve all seen

[wasyago]

did i draw all these outfits for tango just to draw myself in the same style? no. will i do it anyway? yes. and an id card for fun

#half the id is missing because i couldn't figure out what to write there.... #also yes. if i can put my little character to work for my favorite frosty guy. i will do it. #kinds ashamed i didn't think of it from the start #decked out always need more employees haha don't ask where the old ones gone #my art #my sona

[janetcage]

1st batch of the Johnny Cage Lesbian Pride Icons 😮‍💨

I think I’m just gonna start the reblog train here 😭😭😭

(More edits in the reblogs)

#Alt text includes the original piece of media each one is from 😄🫶 #also my indecisive ass put every one of the edits I had into a wheel to figure out the order id post these in #i may be insane #but i am free #free to use with credit #my edits #johnny cage #johnny cage icons #mk icons #icons #pride icons #mortal kombat #lesbian #janet cage #mk1 #mk11 #mk deadly alliance #mk9 #mortal kombat legends #mk3

[csoisoi]

how to care for your floof-lego

#the second to last panel #thats so wholesome #its #making me emotional #i dont know how to explain it #the trust? they put on each other is very 💛 #dunno if trust is the right word #but yes #also i never thought floof-lego would be heavy #is his weight the same weight he is in normal form #kalego being irumas familiar in his first and second year is amazing #father figure kalego #if they sold official merch of flooflego itd probably be sold out within the first few minutes #id be one of the buyers if i had money #csoi posts #suzuki iruma #naberius kalego #mairuma #mairimashita iruma kun #mairimashita! iruma kun #welcome to demon school iruma kun #welcome to demon school #iruma kun #m!ik #he looks so fluffy

[puppyeared]

MAN your art, but especially the latest pieces of Walking Fire Friend and Sparkle Dog really have the vibes of like, sanrio?? I want stickers and half a dozen accessories with them plastered all over so bad

!!! thank u for the kind words!! im playing around with the halftone effect, i like how it makes it look like a newspaper comic ^_^

#i also wanna design stickers so sososo bad.. id love to make some skip to loafer stickers with the main four <3 #i dont reallyknow much abt the process itself though.. and i dont have a paypal or any way to send or receive money in the first place orz #im sure ill do it once i figure it out but i appreciate the sentiment!!! #its been my dream to make my own custom motivational stickers with little dogs.. like the ones i used to get in grade school lol #im not sure if ill keep going in this direction with my art bc its all experimental but its been really fun playing around with it #its bothered me for the longest time that im just ass at rendering or putting detail in my art. but at the end of the day i just dont #care enough to go thru with it and i prefer to keep things simple anyway so that reflects my own tastes ig... #this is probably the closest ill get to a soft render that i like to see so if i could do more for that ill definitely try...!!!! #yapping #ask #answered #doodles #sona #puppysona

[reineydraws]

summary of art 2023! here are some of my fave (non-zine) pieces from every month this year :) i'm most happy with the way my digital colouring process has improved from last year 🎉 it's easier now to make things look less flat after some tricks i picked up and practiced throughout the year ✨️✨️

thank you for all your support! it's always a pleasure and a delight to see your tags and comments in my notes. it really picked me up this year when i needed it. :')💖 let's all have a great 2024!

pieces: jan / feb / mar / apr / may / jun / jul / aug / sep / oct / nov / dec

#art summary #summary of art #demon slayer #batfamily #one piece #newsies #stranger things #kny #spot me going through my phases haha :') batfamily > renkaza > mishanks #fr tho this year's kinda scared me and im still dealing but it was always nice to open the app and see the enthusiasm for my art #thanks yall 💖💖💖 #i wish i could add my zine pieces to this cuz im really proud of them :') #i couldve added the six au batfamily one but i also realized i have no idea what month id put it in lol #i finished it in apr but i posted it in dec 😅 #so i decided to just. not. lol. but im proud of it!!! #the figure skating mihawk one was a surprise for me. i didnt expect it to turn out so good. #it was a rough sketch i only coloured cuz i coloured shanks's and then it felt like i was being unfair to mihawk hahaha #but the shading + the bg turned out really nice

[synthshenanigans]

Next Round :D

-Vote for what you think is more underrated but also what you still like a lot-

Also! Fun fact, Dad 3 is the oldest video he's uploaded on Chonny Jash! The song is totally a very serious song, one of the most heartwretching songs he's covered.

Its likely you haven't heard it, so have at it here if you'd like.

[RB for more votes if ye'd like]

#also. at the end of the description of the video #he said “this took so much effort” #like oh. oh buddy. you have NO fucking clue what effort youre about to put in for some covers in like 2 years #or just music in general #idk its just really funny to me #just compare Dad 3 to shit like. just apathy. taken for a ride. dear machine. the entirety of the before #like how the hell is this the same guy #baffles me really #how the fuck did i get here #chonny jash #chonnys charming chaos compendium #i mean it when i say all his songs are bangers #i know disf is gonna win #like its one of the best tracks on the before ofc its gonna win #but like figured id give dad 3 a chance #+ its a way to show off the song #moss' poll

[volfoss]

do u guys like her...

#twist rambles #having to write the id for this like. heres all the diseases. #sorry im like... ive been researching on and off all day and i truly do think i could fix her. pray fo rme that buyee shipping wouldnt be #too bad bc i want her soooo bad #bjd posting #and shes DIRT CHEAP. 1000 yen. like thats NUTS. they keep having to put the auction back up bc NO ONE will bid on this thang. #anyways. i am pretty confident now after all the research that... i could remove the face paint and resculpt her nose and then. paint it #again lmao. thankfully cordula (my resinsoul li/my VERY pink doll) has also had to have been full head painted so like... it shouldnt be to #bad? and w already having a body that SHOULD perfectly fit (given i can figure out the neck connector lol) i can just... paint her head to #match the body if i do go thru w it. i dont normally get like... this focused on what i assumed was an impulse purchase (havent bought her #yet) but i just... i keep thinking abt her like. i genuinely curse the autism object empathy bc every day ive been like checking the sales #page to see if it will truly be MY burden to bear. #anyways. i am making this post to get thoughts on her. do you guys see the cuteness hiding under the scaries. #if i DID get her it would be a massive liveblog adventure as i clean her up so. know that if you are invested in me deyuckifying beasts lol

[thegreenleavesofspring]

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#So I'm putting all this in tags because I'd prefer it not get out into wider Tumblr. I pondered even posting it but I think some of y'all #are following the drama and/or praying for my family so I figured I'd post an update. Just pretend there are commas and it's all readable. #Got a hearing date today. February 6th. Now I need to get affidavits and medical records. Not much to do in the way of affidavits because #either he made sure no one saw anything or I made sure. (Shame is a heckuva thing.) I really need the medical records from the assault. #Can't get them because I am currently without ID. I am currently without ID because I have had a beginner's permit for ~10 years now and #those have to be renewed in-person every year. Can't get to DMV to get it renewed because... no car. Can't use Uber because you have to #provide your own car seats and where am I going to put three car seats while I'm at the DMV? Can't use bus because... bus lines. #...it's stressful. #Also I'm still not sure about the theology of all this but it's also impossible not to see the Hand of God in freeing me and the boys from #this man so either God will help me work out the theology of it later or I'll ask Him when I get to Heaven. #Practically speaking I will not ever permit him and the boys unsupervised contact again if I can help it because he WILL neglect them #at best and physically hurt them for his own amusement and/or beat them up because of his temper at worst. #...anyway any and all prayers are appreciated.

[darkartistyt]

I finally drew Hera-Lee for the first time in forever lol

cw: slight (i think) eyestrain

they want each other dead (theyre literally the same person lol)

#this one doesnt have a speedpaint bc i was just fucking around really #also yeah the eystrain on hera's side is a bit bad but its not awful overall #figured id put a content warning on there anyway just in case #professor layton #hershel layton #hera-lee layton #my art #art #tw eyestrain #cw eyestrain

[tomboyyyaoi]

i cant describe it but people just putting meryl and milly in the background of vashwood instead of just putting them front and centre in their own piece genuinely feels like im being cucked like why did u even bother

like damn maybe id like the ship more if people didnt just go "theyr so cute and soft and married aahhh so so gentle and femme and girly theyr so cyute" then the only time they draw them is like. idfk them walking in on vash and wolfwood fucking eachothers brains out like god. all talk.

#i think its the only reason i dont like the pairing like. i like them theyr cute but. idk for me theyr not romantic #and its like. really annoying when people just say they ship them but its just lip service bc they rlly wanna pretend they care #but the truth is is that ive seen maybe 3 people put milly/meryl front and centre in their own dedicated art #and it was good #ppl just dont know what to do w them #not that i do either but hey at least i dont claim to ship them #listen im not tryin 2 dictate or anything #but fr it annoys me sm when people pretend to ship them to either go 'see? i do care about women!!! (lie)' or to get them 'out of the way' #DONT SAY U SHIP THEM IF U DONTTTT FUCK STOP PRETENDING!!!!!!!!!!!!!! #id rather u just leave them out of it like genuinely its such an insult to their characters like god #even nightow doesnt shove them to the back this much and they werent present for like 30 chapters at one point #BECAUSE HE KNEW IT WOULD BE MORE IMPACTFUL TO BRING THEM BACK IN SOME BIG REVEAL AND GIVE THEM SOMETHING TO DO #bc he respected his characters enough to not have them just bumble about in the background doing fuckall while he figured them out #so they were temporarily removed from the plot and them coming back and being Ready 2 Fucken Go was powerful it was so cool #please just respect these girls ffs stop having them be the Background Cardboard Cutout Dykes #so so so so so so annoying 2 me as a meryl and milly lover #rbs off i dont wanna start discourse #also ive talked abt this before

[katyspersonal]

* In Japanese original, Ebrietas is 'daughter of the stars' and not 'cosmos', whereas her internal filename is 'bastard of the moon'; Kos' name in Japanese original is also Gos (like in ghost). I wanted to specify this so verbal things don't skew anything!

* Altar body has 12 large spider legs like Nightmare Apostles, when her body in the Lake and dungeons has 16 small legs with large holes above them, as if previous legs were lost somehow. And petrification upon strong Arcane blast is a thing in lore!

#bloodborne #polls #ebrietas daughter of the cosmos #rom the vacuous spider #it reminded me of the same headache as 'does MP adopt our hunter or loves them?' #and 'is Kos a mom figure for Mico or MOMMY figure' gvnhjmjv #like i said great ones' feelings might transcend human ones in definitions and intensity #whereas this attitude can also be contageous #i often feel like love with a GO could not be put in simple terms and roles would lose all boundaries #not a bad thing but id imagine a human that knew it could not have 'normal' human relationship again #YET AGAIN looking at Mico #he could never be a real romantic partner after how many GOs hes interacted with

[pawtistictails]

I was in the shower thinking about @caffeine-clouds fic when the song popped into my head and put me in a chokehold; I couldn’t even read the next part until this was done. It’s even funnier because when I looked up the lyrics it turns out this is a One Direction song (relevant to the fic in terms of funnies).

(Sorry about the placement of words on that second part I didn’t realize where the tree was overlapping until it was too late)

[ID: Three panels of a lyric comic on a blank sketchbook page. The first panel is of Shadow the Hedgehog's reflection as he stares at the mirror, confused. He’s wearing a loose, long sleeved white shirt, a black corset, small gold earrings, and sparkly red eyeshadow. The lyrics are written in metallic purple: “Everything that you’ve ever dreamed of/ Disappearing when you wake up”

The next two panels are of a scene in a park, where Sonic and Shadow were dancing. There’s a shaded tree on the left, and in the upper-right a fountain. In the middle, a wide winding brown path. The first panel, where two tiny figures are dancing in the middle of the path, is shaded with red-violet and reads, “Does it ever drive you crazy,” while the second panel follows with “Just how fast the night changes?” and is shaded with a much more blue-violet as Shadow stalks away from Sonic. Sonic’s eyes are intentionally scribbled out and he stands with his hand behind his head as he looks away from Shadow. End ID]

#shadow the hedgehog #sonic the hedgehog #my art #the sketch for this was pretty good but i think i messed up the color a little oh well ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ #the id was too long for alt so i put it at the bottom #drives me nuts actually bc so many of the lyrics fit the fic but i don’t have the inspiration for all of them i WISH #also it’s hard to tell but i DID try to smudge the eyeshadow on his right eye bc that’s where i figure he was sleeping #i did try to fix the second panel lyrics bc i hate that it doesn’t show well n didn’t mean to do that #but the best i got was that it shows up in direct light bc i tried to cover it in silver #only works so well #medium: colored pencil #mostly. there’s a bit of gel pen and highlighter in the first panel #anyway. IM FREE NOW I CAN GO READ THE NEXT PART #trying so hard not to be nervous bc i don’t post my art often and for some reason it’s scarier than usual with this one idk why

[designernishiki]

You asked for a fic rec so I’ll toss this one at ya: https://archiveofourown.org/works/46767358?view_full_work=true Stick through the formatting for the characterization, tone, and really the whole vibe of this fic. I haven’t been able to get the bathroom call between Daigo and Majima out of my head for weeks since I read it with how naturally it all flows. My own little Daigo characterization booklet to review when I feel like I need a refresher on him.

so I may have stayed up until 6am reading this (would’ve slept earlier but I couldn’t stop reading it) and hgggahaghhhhaggahshhhhhhhh that was one of the most well-characterized fics I’ve ever read what the fuck. like the differences in how each character speaks (both tone-wise and in differing levels of authenticity) and how they speak to specific others (the daigo and majima dyanmic specifically- how they actually take into account how long they’ve been working really closely- SO good), the mental anguish and chaos vs the overwhelming emptiness of being daigo dojima but no longer The 6th Chairman Daigo Dojima……….I could keep going but I think you get it.

tbh I’d been wanting to write something exploring a similar set of dynamics/situation (post-kiryu’s fake death, interactions with haruka, daigo, and/or majima specifically, reflecting on his shortcomings while acknowledging the heavy Grief left behind) but now I’m like. well I still could but this was so well written in regards to daigo and haruka that, as far as something between those two goes, I don’t feel the need to.

thanks for the recommendation! my brain is broken now (affectionate)

#rambling #fics #fic rec #there’s a little bit of minedai in there via flashback but I don’t know if im gonna put this in my minedai tag cause it’s really #not tecccchnically a minedai fic. it’s just. a daigo-centric fic/study more than anything #my favorite more lighthearted moment in this story is daigo talking to haruka in Okinawa after like 3 years and hearing about her #‘situationship’ with yuta and how it’s just more convenient to tell people they’re a legit couple and daigo’s immediate response on impulse #is just. ‘that must be nice. I mean that you can do that. if it were two guys or two girls or something you wouldn’t be able to do that.’ #or something like that and simultaneously sweating because he has no fucking idea why he’s saying that and can’t find a way to abort #my only critique is that I was hoping he’d come out to her (probably on the scene after that where it’s just them sitting on the deck) #and it wouldn’t even have to be a Big Thing it’s just. it felt like it was leading up to that (whether coming out on purpose or on accident) #but ah well #don’t get me wrong I think she could probably figure it out on her own based on the fact that daigo’s never had a girlfriend to her #knowledge and is in his 40s + that weird little gay tangent he went on earlier out of the blue #if anyone could pick it up though context clues and hints it’d be haruka and akiyama The Investigators. and oh no. looks like that’s #exactly who he’s stuck with #id love to see an update cause of this oh mannnn #(if anyone could pick it up it’d be those two + also majima but I kinda figured at this point majima would almost certainly already know #they seem like they have a mutual (possibly unspoken) recognition of one another on that front. based a little on what daigo says about #‘when kiryu says jump you say how high’ and majima floundering a little before admitting ‘you know I can’t resist those big #brown puppydog eyes…’ like i know that’s not too on the nose but it’s enough of a casual acknowledgement to Me that it feels… idk it just #feels like they Know. it just makes sense. and I hope they do cause it’d feel a little less lonely and terrifying to be gay in that world if #that were the case. yet another thing making it feel like majima’s a way more viable parent figure to him than kiryu fr fr…… #anyway I could keep going forever so I should probably stop #I’ve never considered how daigo would interact with akiyama and now they’ve got me intrigued. I really hope they update this with something #daigo #I really think a chunk of this fanbase (particularly The Queers) understand daigo as a character better than rgg studio does. and cares more