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[assiraphales]

bruce springsteen opened a concert last night calling trump corrupt, incompetent, and treasonous. that’s right sweetie he’s not for YOU and neither is “born in the usa” and it never has been x

[assiraphales]

like r we forgetting this is a man who cancelled a show in north carolina bc of their anti trans legislation or WHAT

[pisshandkerchief]

say that king

[theroyalweekly]

The lad is a legend #PrinceLouis #Coronation 😂 – Dan Walker

[emmaharwoods]

VIOLA DAVIS becomes the 18th artist and the third Black woman to win an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony Award.

[charlotte-of-wales]

London honors Queen Elizabeth II and King Charles III in its firework show to mark the new year 🥂

[shomermitzvah]

Due to the Assyrian-Greeks’ attempt to destroy the menorah, they caused millions of menorahs to be lit around the world each year from now on instead.

[jacob-the-pianist]

Guys we are seriously so badass. Try to make us stop doing mitzvot? We make a new holiday with a mitzvah reminding us how we kicked your ass. Try to wipe us out? We will make a holiday about how we kicked your ass, make cookies making fun of your terrible taste in headwear, and boo your name from now until the sun blows up. We are awesomeness.

[captainlordauditor]

*walks under the ARch of Titus* HEY, WE’RE STILL HERE 3 GENOCIDES LATER

[he-harim]

OK sorry I am interrupting this post now

Three weeks ago today I went on a trip to Poland for Holocaust studies. One of the first things we were told was this story.

After the Shoah, the Ponevezher Rav went to Rome to try to collect funds for his yeshiva. He left the airport, found his talmid who he was staying with, and as they got into the taxi, he said “We need to go to the Arch of Titus” (or, well, he said that in Yiddish). The talmid was incredulous: “Rebbe, it’s midnight, it’s pouring with rain, come to your rooms! Why do you need to see this Arch, anyway?” But the rabbi was insistent, so the talmid gave in. They arrived, and the rebbe got out of the taxi, looked at the Arch – this frail old man next to a towering 15 metre (~50ft) stone arch, and one to the triumphs of the Emperor Titus, no less, the man who led the siege against Jerusalem which culminated in the churban, the destruction of the Second Temple which we still mourn on Tisha B'Av.

He got out of the taxi, and roared at the top of his lungs into the night. 

“TITUS, TITUS! AVU BIS DU, VAHL ICH BIN DO?”

Titus, Titus! Where are you? For I am here. 

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When we stood at the crematoria at Auschwitz, that’s what the rabbi screamed. Hitler, Hitler! Where are you? Because we are here.

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(please forgive any Yiddish errors – though do send me corrections – this is a write-up of notes from one verbal story of many at an understandably emotional time)

[jewish-privilege]

There’s a museum somewhere in Rome, or a gallery in the Vatican at the very least, where they have all of the busts of the Roman Emperors stored.  A rabbi of my acquaintance was visiting the Vatican on an interfaith conference once and took a moment to visit the gallery.  He found the bust of Hadrian, who looks just like he’s described in the Gemara, and spoke to you.

“You tried to kill us, and your empire is ashes, dust and historical curiosities.  And we?  We are still here.” 

[inoubliableetoile]

How Gilmore Girls characters would respond to the pandemic (x)

[lesspopped]

since I’ve spoken to a few different people who were disappointed by the outcome of the elections, especially people who haven’t voted in many elections previously, and so were surprised to hear this: y’all, this election actually went shockingly well for the democratic party. as a rule, the sitting president’s party does not do well in midterms, especially the first midterm after that president is elected. this is the best a sitting president’s party has done in the midterm in twenty years. the last time it went this well for the sitting president’s party was 2002, when the republicans were still riding the post-9/11 jingoism wave. in the first midterm after obama was elected, the democratic party lost 63 house seats; last I checked the nyt’s final projection for them to lose this time was somewhere in the neighborhood of 12.

yes, it sucks that we’re likely losing the house and it sucks that the senate is still up in the air and it super sucks that the democrats have basically given up on bothering to campaign in florida. but losing the house was always likely and we have not lost it by nearly as much as we were predicted to, and honestly, without a filibuster-proof majority, even having both chambers of congress isn’t a guarantee of being able to get much done there. there are definitely disappointments, but this is nowhere near a disaster. ultimately, from what I can tell, there are a lot more republicans disappointed by this election than democrats, because this was supposed to be a massive blowout for the republicans and it very much has not been. like, at all. 

again I am not saying there are not things to be disappointed by, and it sucks immeasurably that we have to take “this didn’t go as badly as it could have” as a victory, but also, it really, really is a victory. at the very least, it’s not a flat-out defeat, and there are a lot of reasons not to feel despair. the smaller, state-level victories are not as flashy and dramatic as the higher-profile ones like the house or senate, but they’re extremely important, and will make a huge difference in a lot of people’s lives — in many cases a greater difference, day-to-day, than the senate or house elections will make. it’s really important not to lose sight of these wins.

(personally, what was really keeping me up at night was a) abortion referendums and b) the number of 2020 election deniers who were running for state- or local-level seats that would have put them in the position of being in charge of election administration in 2024 and beyond, making it much easier for them to rig future elections. well, republicans have pretty soundly gotten their asses handed to them on both counts, which is fan-fucking-tastic. like I said, these are not necessarily the things that get a lot of attention on the national level, but they’re so, so important and will make a big difference for a lot of people in the coming years.)

[youlovelucie]

[ppkritts]

Who fell in love first, Wilhelm or Simon?

[alistairlowe]

Did he say he would give up the crown for you?

[javajunkiedaily]

Happy First Wedding Anniversary, Lorelai and Luke! ∟ November 5, 2016

[andrew-garfielld]

One that brought Valyria its doom.

HOUSE OF THE DRAGON (2022-) S01E01 | “The Heirs of the Dragon” S01E10 | “The Black Queen”

[grandmaster-anne]

The new ledger stone denoting the final resting place of King George VI, Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh in the King George VI Memorial Chapel at St George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle. Princess Margaret’s headstone is visible in the top left hand corner of the picture. King George VI, The Queen Mother, Princess Margaret, Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip are all buried beneath this stone. The vault is 18 feet deep and measures 10 feet by 14 feet.

@unitedkingdomroyalty

[miss-mollys-ballet-blog]

27 April, 2021: Charles The Prince of Wales and Duke of Cornwall, Princess Anne the Princess Royal, Prince Andrew the Duke of York, and Prince Edward the Earl of Wessex walk behind their father, Prince Philip the Duke of Edinburgh’s coffin at Windsor.

Other family members include Sir Timothy Laurence and the Queen and Prince’s grandchildren: Peter Philips, Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, and Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex

19 September, 2022: King Charles III, Princess Anne the Princess Royal, Prince Andrew the Duke of York, and Prince Edward the Earl of Wessex walk behind their mother, Queen Elizabeth II’s coffin at Windsor.

Other family members Sir Timothy Laurence and the Queen and Prince’s grandchildren: Peter Philips, William The Prince of Wales and Duke of Cornwall and Cambridge, and Prince Harry the Duke of Sussex

[versacherries]

NASA released the clearest images of Neptune’s rings in over 30 years.

[liberalsarecool]

Start with 'trickle down economics'.

[mrmrswales]

‘You hardly ever see rainbows up there (Balmoral), but there were five’ - Prince William Princess Catherine replied: ‘Her Majesty was looking down on us’

(via mrmrswales)

[theroyalsandi]

Catherine as The Duchess of Cambridge at Prince Philip’s Funeral 2021

Catherine as The Princess of Wales at Queen Elizabeth II’s Funeral 2022