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I'm Kelly (she/her). Nice to have you! If you want me to check out anything, I track the tag: dreamycalypso

[soracities]

when e.e. cummings said “i’ll live my life if it kills me”

[softspringsolace]

when andrea gibson said “i suppose i love this life, in spite of my clenched fist.” & when ellen bass said “to love life, to love it even when you have no stomach for it”

[typewriter-worries]

when james baldwin said, “this is why one must say yes to life and embrace it wherever it is found-and it is found in terrible places; nevertheless, there it is;”

[queerpontmercy]

when Mary Oliver said “it is a serious thing / just to be alive / on this fresh morning / in this broken world”

[toss-a-coin-to-your-stan-account]

I love you PBS I love you NPR I love you public libraries I love you wikipedia I love you project gutenberg I love you librivox I love you libby I love you hoopla I love you openlibrary I love you internet archive I love you resources that make information free and accessible to the public

[isabelopaque]

"have you learned how to drive yet" i have the spirit of friendship in my heart. the joy of lifes little things in my soul. the whimsy of magic. the beautiful enjoyment of nature. the answer is no though

[tarantula-hawk-wasp]

Valentine’s Day is barely for couples it is most importantly for elementary schoolers to exchange candy and for thematic fanart and fandom events.

[gothhabiba]

someone posting their little protest photos on Instagram called Palestinians “voiceless” “victims” which is just like. *knocks on your forehead* hey, uh, what’s going on in there?

[gothhabiba]

the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine is actively calling on labour all over the world to participate in strategies that they develop. Hamas regularly puts out press releases explaining their versions of events. people, artists, churches, journalists, businesses all throughout the West Bank are creating art, boycotting and protesting, sharing news and strategies. there are Palestinians all over social media, including those in Gaza right now, sharing news, strategies, and calls to action in multiple languages. like genuinely what is going on with you for you to make this statement

[gothhabiba]

some people say not to listen to anything coming from people who aren’t Palestinian (including Palestinian diaspora / exiles) and it isn’t because Palestinians have some magical inborn knowledge or essence of rightness but merely because they’re far more likely to have done the work to figure out what they’re talking about. Palestinians have been Voicing things for a long time. like what do you think PACBI is. who do you think has been instigating organising worldwide. hello.

[poetodrame]

Gaza, Palestine (2004). Photographed by Abid Katib.

[gallusrostromegalus]

I got to hold a 500,000 year old hand axe at the museum today.

It's right-handed

I am right-handed

There are grooves for the thumb and knuckle to grip that fit my hand perfectly

I have calluses there from holding my stylus and pencils and the gardening tools.

There are sharper and blunter parts of the edge, for different types of cutting, as well as a point for piercing.

I know exactly how to use this to butcher a carcass.

A homo erectus made it

Some ancestor of mine, three species ago, made a tool that fits my hand perfectly, and that I still know how to use.

Who were you

A man? A woman? Did you even use those words?

Did you craft alone or were you with friends? Did you sing while you worked?

Did you find this stone yourself, or did you trade for it? Was it a gift?

Did you make it for yourself, or someone else, or does the distinction of personal property not really apply here?

Who were you?

What would you think today, seeing your descendant hold your tool and sob because it fits her hands as well?

What about your other descendant, the docent and caretaker of your tool, holding her hands under it the way you hold your hands under your baby's head when a stranger holds them.

Is it bizarre to you, that your most utilitarian object is now revered as holy?

Or has it always been divine?

Or is the divine in how I am watching videos on how to knap stone made by your other descendants, learning by example the way you did?

Tomorrow morning I am going to the local riverbed in search of the appropriate stones, and I will follow your example.

The first blood spilled on it will almost certainly be my own, as I learn the textures and rhythm of how it's done.

Did you have cuss words back then? Gods to blaspheme when the rock slips and you almost take your thumbnail off instead? Or did you just scream?

I'm not religious.

But if spilling my own blood to connect with a stranger who shared it isn't partaking in the divine

I don't know what is.

[gallusrostromegalus]

This is the axe

My knuckle rests exactly in the triangular plane just above the orange intrusion, and my thumb on the plane with the white patches.

How many hands held it just like that? How many generations was this passed down? Were you lost? or did you fall into disuse when technology improved?

Do you still desire to be held?

[spicymochi]

it’s for you!

[anneemay]

It does sucks a lot because I am starting to feel that my tweets and the stuffs I shared on Instagram is not helping but if Palestinians said to share it anyway, I'm just gonna do just that

[anneemay]

!!!

[anneemay]

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[yuumei-art]

Water Witch 🌟

[nooksickle]

[heritageposts]

Medical Aid for Palestinians

Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) works for the health and dignity of Palestinians living under occupation and as refugees. We provide immediate medical aid to those in great need, while also developing local capacity and skills to ensure the long-term development of the Palestinian healthcare system.

you can read more about their ongoing emergency response here

Responding to this emergency situation, Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP)’s team on the ground in Gaza are releasing all of our pre-positioned stocks, worth $570,000 USD (approximately £465,000), to ensure hospitals and emergency responders have the supplies they need to cope with an unprecedented influx of casualties. The list of supplies provided by MAP includes essential drugs and disposables, lab reagents and support for Gaza’s blood bank services. Some of these supplies are already being delivered to Al Awda Hospital.

If you have money to spare, please consider donating

[heritageposts]

Update: MAP are reporting that their website has been under cyber attack

It seems to be working fine now, but if it goes down again, here is a link to their justgiving campaign

[dreamycalypso]

i'm back here again. i haven't been back in a while, but i reminisce on how vulnerable i used to be on this app and the person i used to be and how much love i had for curating my little world and finding out everything about my friends here. <3

[healing-is-cool]

You are going to laugh until your stomach hurts again. You're going to be in awe of a sunset. Watch your favorite show while you eat your favorite food. Find money on the street. Discover a great band you haven't heard of before. You will find your way back.

[depsidase]

[anneofgreengaybles]

I am never on Twitter anymore which is where I used to share funny moments from my classroom so I am sharing them in this post instead

~~~

4th grade boy, playing with play doh: Ms winkler, can I make you a pizza?

me: sure!

boy: what do you want on it?

me: do you have pepperoni?

boy: no

me: okay, well…what do you have?

boy: *in a conspiratorial whisper* this like. Isn’t a real pizza

~~~

4th grade boy, wearing a pink blanket on his head: do you like my new hair

me: honey you’ve never looked better

~~~

4th grade boy, showing me his stuffed penguin: is he kinda dirty?

me: a little bit, probably because you take him out for recess every day

4th grade girl: yeah he needs a laundry doctor

me: a WHAT???

~~~

music teacher: since we’re learning about Black Caribbean American musicians today, we’re going to listen to a song by Rihanna called “shut up and drive”

4th grade boy: *hand shoots into the air at top speed* WE CANT SAY SHUT UP IN OUR CLASS ITS A MEAN WORD MS WINKLER SAYS SO

me: sweetie it’s Rihanna she can say whatever she wants

~~~

4th grade boy: Ms winkler when you were a kid did you play with LEGOs?

me: yes! I loved LEGOs!

boy: *visibly relieved* okay good

~~~

4th grade boy: *faceplants directly onto cozy corner couch and does not move for several minutes*

~~~

4th grade boy, after returning from the bathroom: Ms winkler someone put a chromebook in the toilet

me: WHAT???? Are you for real or are you teasing me???

boy: no, honest, there really is

other 4th grade boy: it’s true I saw it too!!!!

me: why didn’t you tell me??

other 4th grade boy: I was scared

me: of WHAT????????

other boy: that’s not where Chromebooks go!!!!!!!!

[anneofgreengaybles]

Several of you have asked how many different 4th grade boys this is or if it’s all one boy and I’m excited to report that every story is about a different child

[anneofgreengaybles]

I am never on Twitter anymore which is where I used to share funny moments from my classroom so I am sharing them in this post instead

~~~

4th grade boy, playing with play doh: Ms winkler, can I make you a pizza?

me: sure!

boy: what do you want on it?

me: do you have pepperoni?

boy: no

me: okay, well…what do you have?

boy: *in a conspiratorial whisper* this like. Isn’t a real pizza

~~~

4th grade boy, wearing a pink blanket on his head: do you like my new hair

me: honey you’ve never looked better

~~~

4th grade boy, showing me his stuffed penguin: is he kinda dirty?

me: a little bit, probably because you take him out for recess every day

4th grade girl: yeah he needs a laundry doctor

me: a WHAT???

~~~

music teacher: since we’re learning about Black Caribbean American musicians today, we’re going to listen to a song by Rihanna called “shut up and drive”

4th grade boy: *hand shoots into the air at top speed* WE CANT SAY SHUT UP IN OUR CLASS ITS A MEAN WORD MS WINKLER SAYS SO

me: sweetie it’s Rihanna she can say whatever she wants

~~~

4th grade boy: Ms winkler when you were a kid did you play with LEGOs?

me: yes! I loved LEGOs!

boy: *visibly relieved* okay good

~~~

4th grade boy: *faceplants directly onto cozy corner couch and does not move for several minutes*

~~~

4th grade boy, after returning from the bathroom: Ms winkler someone put a chromebook in the toilet

me: WHAT???? Are you for real or are you teasing me???

boy: no, honest, there really is

other 4th grade boy: it’s true I saw it too!!!!

me: why didn’t you tell me??

other 4th grade boy: I was scared

me: of WHAT????????

other boy: that’s not where Chromebooks go!!!!!!!!

[anneofgreengaybles]

Several of you have asked how many different 4th grade boys this is or if it’s all one boy and I’m excited to report that every story is about a different child