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People mourned Notre Dame.

Israel has Gaza in a blackout ahead of a ground invasion and is dropping bombs. 75 years of apartheid, colonialism, genocide. A population of 2 million people, half of which aren't adults. Under 18.

And America is funding this. Disney. McDonald's.

A genocide is happening, who knows if Gaza and the Palestinian people will exist tomorrow?

This is evil. There's not other way to describe it. Fuck.

#free palestine #palestine #genocide #save gaza #save palestine

skyline-sunset-in-my-veins

How do I put this gently . . . You fuckers wanna see Trump actually face consequences - see Roe protected - not lose all the progress of the past 2 years under Biden? (yes ik we need more to be done i know) YOU HAVE TO FUCKING VOTE IN THE MID TERMS - POLLS ARE SHOWING A RED RESURGANCE BC PEOPLE HATE INFLATION AND THEY'RE VOTING REPUBLICAN LIKE IT'LL DO SOMETHING TO STOP IT.

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fractiousrvt

Vote. Encourage your friends to vote. Vote at all levels. It does make a difference! If it didn't they wouldn't be trying so hard to discourage us from voting!

veggiezombiex

They are coming for Social Security and Medicare and they are talking about this in the open!

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/scalise-mccarthy-medicare-social-security-debt-ceiling

Vote, for fucks sake.

atlinmerrick

Ask yourself why they say it makes no difference if it really made no difference. Someone wants to stop you, that's why.

Your mother, father, grandparents, they paid their own money into Social Security and the republicans say it's a "perk"…no. It's their money. You're paying into it with every paycheck. It's your money too.

They want it. They want the poor poorer.

Make a difference. It's one day. A few hours. Make a difference to your parents, your grandparents.

To you.

verdantlyviolet

Kharis: The Reciprocal Relationship with the Gods

In Ancient Greece, kharis was by its very definition the centre of the relationship between gods and humans, and was understood to be mutual obligation and good standing; a reciprocal relationship of kindness given freely and in thanks for previous and continued kindness. Cultivating kharis with the gods was considered to be good eusebeia εὐσέβεια which is another interesting word meaning (but not totally encompassed by) proper pious conduct in regard to the gods.

Kharis Χάρις is a beautiful word meaning many beautiful things - grace, kindness, goodwill, elegance, favour, joy, charity, beauty. Grace as a verb in English also means “bring honour or credit to (someone or something) by one’s attendance or participation,” as in they graced our presence.

We praise and thank the gods for the many beautiful things in our lives, that they may look favourably upon us and continue to bestow these good and beautiful things, so we may in turn continue to praise and thank them. Building and maintaining this relationship is the pinnacle of worship.

Ancient Greek Religion; A Sourcebook, Emily Kearns: By praising the god, goodwill is created and a relationship of reciprocity is built up, things the Greeks understood in the word charis and something which was fostered, at its most basic level, by the simple practice of verbally greeting a god whose shrine one happened to pass. […] Of course the gods were the superior partners, yet it was often assumed that they could enjoy and thus benefit from what humans offered them […]

Greek Religion, Walter Burkert “Eusebia”: Man attempts to find the good pleasure of the gods, aresasthai, to make them cheerful, hilaskesthai, for the anger of the gods is dangerous, and the best thing is to have them bestow favour with a smile, in an act of charis, just as one greets the gods like a friend with chaire, be joyful.

Greek Religion, Walter Burkert “Philosophical Religion”: It is true that men must not attempt to influence the gods by sacrifices, prayer and votive gifts, but for the gifts that flow from the gods’ goodness they may well express their thanks and friendly affection in the traditional way of charis. Gifts between friends are unobjectionable, indeed natural.

The Kharites, or Graces, were the personification of the beauty of kharis and, as per Theoi.com, “The idea of personified grace and beauty was, as we have already seen, divided into a plurality of beings at a very early time, probably to indicate the various ways in which the beautiful is manifested in the world and adorns it.”

polar-solstice

Actual, non-gendered suit associations

strangesigils

Wands: Personal growth, action, youth, moving forward

Swords: Strife, conflict, battle, struggle, victories/losses

Pentacles: Money, skilled work, crafts, trade, responsibilities, age

Cups: Family, creativity, abundance, harvest, emotional development

arjuna-vallabha

Oya Yansã, orisha of storms, wind, and river Niger, photo by Tiago Sant´anna.

#orisha #oya yansã #niger

thementalhealthmermaid

In situations where you're under pressure to say 'yes', you're allowed to say no. Even when you're faced with guilt trips and the phrase 'it's for your own good', if it feels wrong then you don't have to do it.

#no is always an option #don't let anyone tell you otherwise #and if they don't respect that #then they aren't respecting you

oshuns-ambience

#ancestor work #ancestor veneration

oshuns-ambience

#witches of color #witchcraft #black witch #black witches #ancestors #african spirituality #black spirituality #ancestral veneration #ancestor veneration #ancestral work #ancestor work

oshuns-ambience

Bonus:

#i always need to remember this #i push myself so hard and punish myself #and for what?#why abuse myself when others have done that so much already #and continue to do so #i owe it to my ancestors and myself to breathe #and rest #and enjoy what I can #not push myself to unrealistic standards

Kind of going through the same spot right now, how you holding up?

Can't lie, it's rough. I don't want to let it beat me down but there are days. How about you? I hope you've got a support system.

zvaigzdelasas

do-rad-stuff

yo find you a local maker space! the have all kinds of equipment you can use usually for a fairly inexpensive membership or volunteer hours. the one I go to here in Atlanta is called Mass Collective and they're fucking great. Oakland has the Crucible, which I've never been to. but a friend of mine used to work there and it sounds awful in a fun and quirky way. most of the time they won't have super high end equipment, like this CNC, but they're still full of useful tools and helpful people and could honestly use as much support as you can give!

partimecat

Korea's last prince, 이우. Died in 1945 in Hiroshima, Japan. (x)

hanguknamja

The atomic bombing of Hiroshima not only took the life of one of the last Korean royals, it incinerated over 20,000 common Koreans, many of them forced laborers, at the hands of their enemy’s enemy, who not only did not distinguish between civilians and soldiers but refused to distinguish between the Japanese and their victims.

After the war, the few Korean survivors went unrecognised as victims of this atrocity, because they were not Japanese nationals, and neither they nor their offspring, many of whom suffered severe congenital malformations from the radiation poisoning, received compensation or adequate medical treatment.

They were thus triply victimized. First by the Japanese, who enslaved them. Second, by the Americans who exploded an atomic bomb over them indiscriminately. Third, by the world, for refusing to recognize them as victims of an atrocious crime against humanity. Even today, I’m surprised about how few people realise that so many Koreans were killed at Hiroshima (and Nagasaki).

pussyhoundspock

in light of the absolutely horrific news about Ma’Khia Bryant’s death at the hands of the Columbus PD i just wanted to take a moment to link Loveland, a nonprofit that provides therapy to black girls and women if people are looking for support or people are looking for somewhere to support right now

#ma'khia bryant #nonprofit #therapy #therapy for Black girls and women #stop killing us

I need more disabled witches in my bubble. If you're disabled, chronically ill, queer, Black or BIPOC, feel free to message me.

I'm at such a weird place with my (now non-existent) practice and I have no other disabled people to talk to. It's fucking stressful and if anyone says that loneliness doesn't hurt, that's a lie.

So yeah, feel free to message me.

#magic #hades #witch #witch stuff #disabled witch #queer witch #chronically ill witch #Black witch

bogleech

I like this, I mean, sometimes there’s an invasive species that’s going to completely wipe out a plant you’re trying to grow, and sometimes the plant itself is non-native and has no defense against endemic insects (such as…most things people traditionally like to grow, actually) but the people who just blast the shit out of their gardens with every pesticide and herbicide really need to relax. All plants evolved to handle some degree of being chewed on. One cool thing I hear some people have been doing is just planting some extra things that are even tastier and more attractive to “pests,” as basically a diversion, or I guess a sacrifice. It can apparently work pretty well!

thehornedwitch-deactivated20211

My mom did this with her garden! We planted a lot of tomatoes to appease the wildlife so they would leave the peaches alone, and lots of other easily-accessable Ground Plants For Munching, Many Of Which Are Tasty To Wildlife But Not To Humans to keep deer and other sundry creatures from eating all the leaves off of the fruit-bearing trees. Usually this was in enough excess that we could still feed me, my parents, my grandmother, and three of my siblings plus their offspring and wives AND the local wildlife flourished without issue. I don’t think my mother has used a pesticide in her life either. Seriously this works great. Also figure out what kind of moth and butterfly you have in your area and plant things accordingly for them. Caterpillars won’t bother your foodstuffs if there’s plenty of things they like (milkweed for Monarch Butterflies if you’re on the migration path) to munch and lay their eggs on/in.

bogleech

Tomatoes are hilarious they’re SO nutrient rich and fat and delicious to almost every general herbivore but that’s only because they’re so greedy and so competitive with other plants. They dig their own grave.