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Sam | M | 29 • • • I'm so many levels of irony deep that I've forgotten what humor is.

[vixymix101]

"Be cunning, and full of tricks, and your people will never be destroyed"

Okay for context the other rabbit is nanabozho! (Also called Wenabozho, Nanaboozhoo, Nanabush and Manabozho, they have a lotta names--) and he's a prolific and prominent character in many of my people, the anishinaabe (Ojibwe), stories!

I drew him interacting with el-ahrairah because he reminds me so much of nanabush-- they both have a connection to a higher power, their gods, both are tricksters, both are part of their respective creation myths, and both care deeply about their people!

Nanabozho is a shape shifter, while he takes many forms their most common is a hare! So that just made me think of them even more fjdndndn

(I posted this on insta a while back and the artist for the Watership Down graphic novel liked it and I still haven't recovered mentally from that--/pos)

Oh btw, nanabush is genderfluid, no I am not joking--

[emptyanddark]

‘The most successful land-grab strategy since 1967’ as settlers push Bedouins off West Bank territory

Herders report violence driving them from their homes in accelerating, aggressive and highly effective campaign

Settlers take advantage of Gaza war to launch West Bank pogroms

Israeli settlers and soldiers have killed 51 Palestinians in the West Bank this past week, with two villages entirely depopulated.

As Gaza war rages, West Bank faces violent collective punishment

With all eyes on Gaza, Palestinians in the West Bank are beginning to seethe, caught between outrage at the strip's destruction, spiraling I

With the eyes of the world directed at the carnage in Gaza strip, israeli settlers take the opportunity to violently expel communities en masse.

[emptyanddark]

I'm on a whatsapp group of activists trying (and mostly failing) to keep calling the 'authorities' so they'd help the Palestinian communities from the settler terrorism & to documentthese cases. Since October 7 dozens of communities were made to flee for their lives because of violent, armed settler terrorism. Palestinians are murdered, kidnapped and brutalized on hourly basis. As i write this, there are reports of 100 cattle stolen by settlers. Yesterday afternoon the military confiscated a tractor and water container of a community- taking away this desert community's only source of water. The settler terrorism is a conscious part of the military occupation: the fanatic settlers are simply much more motivated and brutal and supplement effectively the military occupation. These atrocities are nothing new since 1948, but the increased rate is. It is extremely apparent the israel is escalating the genocide, from the unprecedented horrors in Gaza strip, to the west bank, and inside 1948 as well.

[cordspaghetti]

landscaping consultation 🌿

[smellyvampirez]

Strange Cats

[smellyvampirez]

[smellyvampirez]

Egghead will be my first puppet project ever, and I’ll be watching tutorials of all kinds to bring him to life

[smellyvampirez]

[smellyvampirez]

[tiggyloo]

Runs hands down face

Okay so as some of you guys might remember, I broke my ankle around Thanksgiving. It thankfully wasn't anything super serious, but I of course still had to go to the doctor a few times for it

My insurance covered a lot of the cost, but there's still some that I have to pay out of pocket for.

I still owe a bit over 200 in total for the appointments. I'm at work right now and therefore don't have the bill on hand, but once I'm home I'll update this with the exact amount.

I rarely have even 70 left over after each pay once I've paid rent, bills, gotten groceries, refueled my car etc, so a 200+ bill is...hard to cover.

If any of you guys could spare a dollar or two that would be awesome and a great help 🙏

Ko-fi

PayPal

Venmo @Phoebe-donmoyer

Cash app $Pdonmoyer

[finalgirlabigailhobbs]

still absolutely cannot wrap my head around how ppl are not condemning the iof and calling for a permanent ceasefire even after the news broke out about hind. she was six years old. trapped inside a bombed car where five of her relatives are martyred. iof tanks laid siege on a six year old girl calling her mom for help. because she was scared and alone and starving. iof waited until the paramedics came to save hind and killed them all. remember hind. remember yousef. remember ahmed. death to israel. ceasefire now.

[abla-soso]

The little girl saw and heard her family as they were murdered. They died screaming in front of her. She was trapped inside the murder scene. She got injured from the assassination attack. She cried and begged for help for hours. We don't know how she died exactly (bled to death? starved? heart attack?), but we know she died terrified and in great pain.

The IDF used her as bait to lure the paramedics and kill them too. They weren't satisfied with just murdering a child. They wanted to murder the people who dared to help her.

Palestinians found the bodies of little Hind and the two brave paramedics decomposing, 12 days later, when the IDF tanks finally stopped surrounding the murder scene.

Mission accomplished. No fear of backlash or accountability. Not even after the ICJ found them guilty of genocide. Fully confidant that no one can or will stop them. Fully intending to punish anyone who dares trying to stop this genocide.

If anyone is still wondering why October 7th needed to happen, why armed resistance was the only hope, and why Palestinians couldn't seek help from the westren legal institutions that claims to uphold international laws, here's your fucking answer.

[corbinite]

And this was after the paramedics *got permission from the IDF* to go and get her. It's standard practice for emergency workers and journalists to update both sides of a conflict of their location so that they can be identified and perform their jobs as noncombatants. Journalists in Gaza no longer notify Israel of their location because they were dropping like flies in the early days and it became clear that they were being targeted. I don't know if emergency services are still keeping Israel updated, but the lines of communication are still there and international law still requires Israel to allow emergency services to do their jobs, and knowing this the operators of that particular ambulance reached out to the IDF and *got permission* to retrieve her from the car she was stuck in. The IDF knew that the ambulance was heading that way, and LIED to the emergency workers that they would not be attacked. To anyone doubting that this was intentional, saying the ambulance was just caught in the crossfire, no. This was intentional. Hind WAS being used as bait. The IDF knew that it was doing

[palestinalibre]

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[insectghost]

testing out some new brushes

[astrodidact]

[intheheartofman]

[wonderwanda]

I reblogged this yesterday, but I want to reblog it again. Diabetic ketoacidosis turns your blood acidic and will essentially burn you from the inside out.

The stories you hear of people dying from rationing, this is what happens to their body.

Affordable insulin isn’t just a right, it’s a necessity.

No one should have to die like that when it’s preventable with access to proper medication.

[loish]

MUSCLES 💪 Drawn for last month’s drawing challenge!

[emychu-art]

Putting your dromaeosaur in a Snood is a great way to keep them warm in winter AND keep calm during firework displays or thunderstorms!!***

*** we take no responsibility for any injuries sustained while trying to put a dromaeosaur in a Snood

[jonahmagnus]

"I cant draw" then do it bad who gives a fuck.....

[jonahmagnus]

Partake in the joy of creation just for the fun of it. Just for a laff.

[frecklenog]

i want you all to understand this.

insulin pens are very often used by diabetic children (or their parents, but they were very easy to use during the short time i was prescribed them when i was a child myself). they’re less cumbersome, produce less waste, and are far easier than pulling insulin from a vial with a single use syringe, as syringes are much more susceptible to air bubbles, which result in the diabetic not getting enough medication. i’m explaining this part because i know that some diabetic adults do also use them, and i’m sure that that’s true of diabetic adults in palestine with such scarce resources. when it’s life or death, you can’t really be picky.

the israeli occupation is now banning insulin pens from entering gaza.

lack of insulin results in diabetic ketoacidosis — essentially a very, very dangerous version of the effects of the keto diet. insulin is a key for the sugar from one’s food (both slow and fast acting, since all food has some carbohydrates, from nuts to potatoes to table sugar) to get from their bloodstream into their cells. without insulin, the body resorts to eating through its own fat stores rather than the sugar it cannot access and tries to flush the excess glucose that is in the blood through the urine. this results in weight loss, headaches, nausea, dehydration, blurred vision, abdominal pain, impaired mental faculties, and, if left untreated, will result in a coma, and eventually death within a matter of weeks. not “can.” it will kill you if not treated, and was largely considered a lethal diagnosis until insulin was discovered in the early 1900s and made readily available in 1922.

i’ve been in dka. admittedly, i was very young and have blocked much of it out. but i do remember that it fucking sucked. i couldn’t focus on anything, i was ravenous no matter how much i ate, and the room spinning to the point i felt like i was going to throw up became an increasingly regular occurrence. i was seven years old and wasting away like i was starved. i was dying. a few more days, and i likely would’ve gone into a coma and might not be here now.

to inflict that, willingly and knowingly, on innocent people, is nothing short of a crime against humanity, and violates the geneva conventions (item 2.a.ii. torture or inhumane treatment, including biological experiments and item 2.a.iii. willfully causing great suffering or serious injury to body or health). not that the israeli occupation cares, of course, as south african prosecutors have already extensively detailed their crimes in the icj, and this one in particular has already been committed near-countless times.

this entire occupation is a genocide, and this is only one more nail in that coffin. but, as a diabetic — as a human being who has been in that state and was lucky enough to have the resources to live almost another fifteen years (with the anniversary of my own diagnosis about halfway through next month), i can’t find the words to express my disgust and rage anymore. maybe it’s selfish to be so deeply impacted by this particular blow. i don’t know. but these people have done nothing wrong but be disabled in gaza, and as someone with the same disability, i know that no one deserves this, even if they have committed a crime (which, again, these civilians, largely children, have not). i will not fucking stand for it.

we need a ceasefire. we need an end to the occupation. we need a free palestine. now.

here’s a masterpost of how you can help.

[gothhabiba]

do you know where are the the best places or mosteffective to donate to help palestinians atm? like charities ect

In terms of direct aid it is better to give money directly to families in Ghazza than to a charity. Charities, governmental and nongovernmental organisations &c., are seldom able to use funds to distribute aid right now, as few trucks are getting through, and none to the north of Ghazza.

ETA on Charities in Ghazza:

Taawon Association (in partnership with the Bank of Palestine) are distributing hot meals in Ghazza.

The World Food Programme (WFP) is getting food parcels into Ghazza, though I can't find them sharing a more specific location anywhere. Donate here.

The Palestinian Children's Relief Fund (PCRF) is providing medicine, food, and water. Their website specifically mentions food relief in north, central, and south Ghazza, and water delivered to north and south Ghazza.

Direct aid to Ghazza:

Money given directly to families in Ghazza is used to help them cross the Rafah crossing into Egypt, and/or to purchase plane tickets and apply for visas so they have somewhere to go after arriving in Egypt.

Help Christians in Ghazza get visas to leave

Help Hala Abu Ramadan's family of six leave Ghazza (organized by Mohammed Samhouri, vouched for by @psychoticgerard)

Help Dr. Intimaa AbuHelou's family of 22 leave Ghazza (organized by professer Steve Tamari)

Help Shayma and her family of 16 leave Ghazza (organised by Fardowsa. You may remember a link to a paypal going around to help Shayma; however, paypal has frozen those funds)

Help Shaymaa's family of 13 leave Ghazza (organised by Shaymaa herself, who is in Canada)

Help Sanaa and her family of 5 leave Ghazza and establish themselves in Belgium (organised by Eyad M, vouched for by Motaz Azaiza)

Help sisters Duaa and Deena leave Ghazza and get medical treatment in Cairo (organised by Shereen Alhayek, @.littlestpersimmon's friend's acquaintance)

Help Ahmed (@90-ghost) and his family leave Ghazza via ko-fi, paypal, or gofundme (@unionfish is offering stickers and prints in exchange for donations)

Help a family of Ghazzan refugees in Egypt get medical care and relocate

Buy an e-sim for use in Ghazza

Interruption of arms sent to Israel:

Palestine Action targets arms manufacturers in the US and UK

Palestine Legal offers legal defense for those who get arrested &c. in the course of protest or sabotage on behalf of Palestine

If you have some barrier to donating or to buying e-sims yourself (someone looking through your transactions, no room on your phone for new apps, don't want to mess up the instructions, don't have time to keep up with what's being called for at the moment, literally whatever), I can buy e-sims and move funds on your behalf. My venmo is @gothhabiba; paypal paypal.me/Najia; squarecash $NajiaK; DM me for Zelle information. Feel free to leave a note about where you want it to go (specifically for e-sims; aid to people in Ghazza; &c.)

BDS (Boycott, Divest, Sanctions)

You asked specifically about donations, but if you haven't looked into the boycotts being called for by the Palestinian Campaign for Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) and the Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC), I urge you to do so.

BDS chapters in your locality may be calling for their own boycotts, so look into that as well. Think creatively about how to minimise purchase of boycotted goods (e.g., getting your union to refuse to shelve Israeli groceries).

Monday strikes

The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) has called for weekly strikes on Mondays. Talk to your union or coworkers about strikes or work stoppages on Mondays, if you can. At least avoid making any purchases (goods, recreation, entertainment, food, &c.) on Mondays.

[deadryn]

Holy shit we need to destroy white supremacy so we can abolish race asap

[deadryn]

I want to make it very clear that race abolition is only possible when the material leverage white people have over all of society is destroyed. Race abolition is an ideal to strive towards, but simply declaring "Race is social and manmade" is inadequate to actually addressing racism and its effects on racialized, marginalized peoples. It's like saying currency is fake. Like sure yeah, and ideally currency and markets will be abolished as the effects it has on material conditions outweigh the benefits of its efficiency in organizing resources and labor, but that takes actual work and planning and revolutionary action. Race abolition is about destroying the social and hierarchal mechanism of racialization, not simply declaring "We're ALL African".

[anneemay]

Dr. Shay-Akil McLean has a thread that explains this very well

This moment is comprised of tweets about the history of race as a product of Eurowestern colonialism. These include PPT slides from my lect

[anneemay]

Race, Ethnicity, and Racism

What is race? What is ethnicity? According to Michael Omi & Howard Winant in “Racial Formation in the United States” race is defined as “soc