gosh I just LOVE when fandom racism is brought up in conversation, some dumbass is ALWAYS there to say "Well why don't you worry about real life problems instead 🙄"
YOU ARE GOING TO LOOK ME IN THE FACE and tell me that racism isn't a real world problem? like. do you think racism in fandom is a myth? a fairytale? do you think fandom racism is your typical petty fandom drama? scratch that, do you thing RACISM is a myth?? WHAT do you mean when you say this TELL ME. WHY DID YOU THINK TO SAY THIS WHEN FANDOM RACISM IS BEING DISCUSSED.
btw with email u dont have to lick the envelope. i know a lot of people have been doing that and its fine and all but you dont acrtually have to do that with email.
I do think the ability to emoji-react is a net win for human communication. not only does it give you an outlet for 'I see and acknowledge this but don't have a verbal response' but it also adds a pleasing alethiometer element to things
my coworker announces that he's off to the dentist. someone reacts with a tooth emoji. is this a statement of dentist solidarity? a wish for my coworker to return with more (or fewer?) teeth than he set out with? simple word association? who can say
78 years of forced displacement, restricted aid and unimaginable violence against the Palestinians. It is still ongoing to this day. How much longer can this go on? Until we reach the 79th year? The 80th?
At the same time, The Toronto Palestine Film Festival hosted an event to commemorate the Nakba. It starts with a documentary directed by Mai Masri called, "Frontiers of Dreams and Fears". The film is about two girls, Manar and Mona, who develop a friendship by exchanging letters after Southern Lebanon is liberated from the Zionist occupation in the 2000. Even though they are separated by the border, a wired barricade, their love and companionship is felt in their words across papers. 26 years later, Lebanon is under attack by the Zionist occupation. [BBC reports: "Lebanon's health ministry says the number of people killed in the country by ['Israeli'] strikes during the conflict between ['Israel'] and Hezbollah, which escalated at the beginning of March, has surpassed 3,000. It put the death toll at 3,020 on Monday, a grim milestone in the fighting that shows no sign of abating despite a fragile ceasefire"].
As the film ends, a keynote speaker is present. It is no other than Mouin Rabbani: He is a a researcher, analyst, and commentator specializing in Palestinian affairs, the Arab-['Israeli'] conflict, and contemporary ['Middle East'] issues at the ['Middle East'] at the Council on Global Affairs. He starts with a speech about the Nakba, detailing the horrors Palestinians have gone through, then finishes with a reassurance of their resilience and resistance.
This makes me think about the many people risking their lives to fight against oppression and occupation! They are throwing rocks at tanks and snipers, boycotting products and protesting in the streets and fighting for their land ownership in courts. It begs the question: What are we doing in the West? We should join our Palestinian and Lebanese comrades, of course! Continue to boycott, donate and protest!
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That last infographic I reblogged about India's heat wave turned out to be miscontextualized by the OP, so the information was wrong. I will try to make up for it by spreading a recent news article instead, dated Jun 10th 2026.
Experts warn that official heatwave death figures are grossly underestimated.
A recent study underlines the dangers of these worsening highs. It estimates that a single day of extreme heat causes approximately 3,400 excess deaths nationally in India.
A five-day heatwave is linked to nearly 30,000 extra deaths, according to the paper published in the Frontiers in Environmental Health journal last month.
These heatwaves are becoming more frequent, longer and more intense as climate change – driven by the burning of fossil fuels – pushes global temperatures higher. The past 11 years, from 2015 to 2025, were the hottest on record, according to the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). [...]
The research also reveals deep inequalities. The five states bearing the highest heatwave mortality burden account for 66 per cent of national excess deaths while contributing only 29 per cent of India’s GDP – meaning the places least able to fund adaptation are also those facing the greatest risk. The authors argue this should reshape how federal investment in heat resilience is directed. [...]