that which resembles the grave but isn’t

! NB, they/them, 26

[suturesque]

statement from mahmoud khalil shared by the center for constitutional rights

[pisshandkerchief]

i must not kill myself . killing myself is the myself killer

[angel-derangement]

this post has been in my head so here is a pinterest quote version of it thanks op

[a-bed-of-moss-deactivated202605]

Ova Nova

"Ova Nova" by Louisa Smith was a color study for her that utilizes oval shapes instead of circles.

This is my new favorite quilt.

The shapes, the colors!!!

According to the website:

"Ova Nova features ovals, instead of the more common circles that Louisa likes to use in her quilts, as a way to see how one of her quilts would turn out utilizing this shape. Not only acting as a "What If?" type of design for Louisa, it also doubles as a color study that pulls different values from all across the color wheel. She says it was great fun to make."

[ktzart]

happy valentine's day 2025!

[lepidopterium]

Video originally from Bisan Owda's Instagram page, posted on February 10th, 2025

Transcript:

Hi everyone, this is Bisan from Gaza. I am still alive, and it's been a while since the last time I posted.

I was just trying to realize the new reality. You know, there's no bombing, but a lot of restrictions in the movement. No supplies, no Internet, no electricity, massive destruction we need to deal with...yeah, and a lot of things.

But I have a lot of updates, [of course] besides the, you know, the bullshit about the German guy (Donald Trump) meeting the Polish occupier (Benjamin Netanyahu) discussing on a stolen land, the Turtle Island, that Gazans must flee their land so other random rich people can sit in.

Besides all of this, the updates are:

First, the Israeli army withdrew from Netzarim checkpoint. So, actually for 15 months they have been telling the world that this is a strategic step, and they will not withdraw from Netzarim crosspoint, and that they will allow the settlers, the Israeli settlers, to enter to the settlements in Gaza Strip using this road. But Subhanallah, Subhanallah, they withdrew and the landowners got back to their lands in the north and around Netzarim checkpoint. That's the first thing.

The second thing is that, OK, OK… [Like], the world happily celebrated the ceasefire, the moments of joy while Palestinians are returning, are claiming their homes, while we're crying, happiness tears, but now it's time to point again to to the main problem.

Actually, we are still in… We're still facing the same dangerous displacement and, let me say, forcibly immigration, actually. It's not a voluntary immigration because there is no rebuilding. There's not even tents for people to survive this winter, to survive the new getting back to their…to the north, to their areas, but… in other words, displacement, because no homes to get back to.

So we're still living this. It's really hard to survive this.

So now it's time, first, to put Israel, the Israeli regime, the Israeli occupation, accountable for all of this, to put the Polish guy (Benjamin Netanyahu) discussing the fleeing, the emptying of Gaza Strip, in jail because this is his place, because he's a war criminal. This is time to rebuild Gaza. This is time to enter Gaza by foreign workers, by [foreign] journalists, by the people of Gaza who evacuated during the genocide, and now until this moment, they cannot get back to Gaza again.

So this is, yeah, this is time. [Enough]. Enough cheering, enough happiness, because what happened and what's still happening is a genocide, OK? It's not a turn off-turn on mode. No, no, no. It's a genocide. And everyone must be accountable for what they have done.

The occupation, the international organizations, the occupation, the [genocide] supporters... Even the companies that supported the genocide, supported the weapons, supported the the Israeli regime economically. So it's time.

If it's not time now, then it will not be the time to put all of these people, to hold all of them responsible. And another thing, if we didn't do it now, then everything we have done as Palestinians, and you have done as people supporting the Palestinian people, is in vain. Everything is for nothing.

We don't want to just forget what what they have done, what the Israeli army has done, what the Israeli regime, ministers, supporters, what the U.S., what everyone [who] funded the genocide has done, okay?

It's time to hold them responsible to make sure that this will not happen again, and that Gaza and Palestine will just be free and will be rebuilt.

[Let's go], let's continue.

end of transcript

source from Bisan Owda's instagram page

Bisan supports Ela Elna Elak, an on the ground organization providing food, water, and other resources, including temporary classrooms, to rebuild the Gaza Strip.

You can support them and follow their work at this link.

You can follow their work on Instagram as well.

[herpsandbirds]

Mandarinfish or Mandarin Dragonet (Synchiropus splendidus), family Callionymidae, order Callionymiformes, Pacific Ocean

Poisonous.

photograph by Mike Veitch

[thelostcanyon]

Red Mountain Overlook, Ouray County, Colorado.

[mariampoetry]

Lyrics by me, vocals by Reem, my friend in Gaza who sent me this clip that was edited by Mahmoud, another friend in Gaza. All done in their tents

[fairuzfan]

I'm taking a break from tumblr but I just came on here to put a link to the Anti-Racism Movement of Lebanon to help African Migrant Workers part of the Kafala system (modern day slavery) who were left behind by their employers who fled. In some cases, their employers locked them in their houses and told them to watch after their belongings while the neighborhoods were literally being bombed and took their passports so the workers can't even flee Lebanon back to their homelands. The workers have also consistently been facing prejudice and racism — everytime they try to find shelter, they're kicked out because they're not Lebanese.

The Anti Racism Movement of Lebanon (@armlebanon on instagram) is trying to find ways to help these communities. Here is their account and a place where they're fundraising to try and help the Migrant workers.

https://fundahope.com/en/fundraisers/in-support-of-beiruts-migrant-community-center?fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAaaYy6w076H2Oxot3daQsdTORYxJqvtTjPIOIsusiXOPEMY_Qn2q_awNRzI_aem_OPnPrb1zDWB1YaW-zB4biQ

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A post shared by Free Palestine Front - جبهة فلسطين حرّة (@free_palestine_front)

[khargooshe]

incredible how western countries can go kill and start wars with whoever they want across the world and not have to worry about being bombed to death and invaded. meanwhile everyone else has to make peace with the fact that the USA will sent drones if you do something thats not convinient for them

lebanon, syria, iraq, yemen. they are being raided or invaded because they are intervening to stop a genocide. and its not even the "governments" except for syria. whether you like hezbollah or ansar allah or etc. they're the ones actually upholding the international legal obligation to intervene against a genocide.

[marypickfords]

God Told Me To (Larry Cohen, 1976)

[kiitoskiitos]

confusing comic about existing as a trans person during confusing times of trans visibility.

[read-marx-and-lenin]

[theegoist]

Prafulla Mohanti (Indian, b. 1936) - Untitled, Watercolor and pigment on paper, 75.6 x 55.8 cm (2005)

[iliothermia]

Ojos de guerko / Eyes that see all

[magnus-rhymes-with-swagness]

hey reminder that connecting humanity is extremely low on esims rn and desperately needs esim donations and also that there are a lot of cool things you can get in exchange for a donation

[knuckle]

This is your reminder that without eSims, many people in Gaza cannot reach the rest of the world. To their loved ones overseas to the people who have donated to their fundraisers hoping to keep them alive. The Israeli government has issued repeated communications blackouts, trying to cut us off from Gaza. Even when there are not "official" blackouts, telecommunications are dangerous; Palestinians like Medo have died in makeshift tent cafes trying to access the internet and reach us. In Gaza, infrastructure has been severely damaged, despite the brave and hard work of people in Paltel on the ground. Do not think that because you read a headline about a communications blackout ending, eSims are not needed; Israel has already laid groundwork to cut Gazans off from the world - eSims work independent from the Israeli government and can provide data and phone service, an essential lifeline.

If the process of donating an eSim yourself seems daunting, you can contribute to the Crips for eSims fund directly here:

Crips for eSims for Gaza

Crips for eSims for Gaza is a collaboration between Jane Shi, Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, and Alice Wong. 

[seikilos-stele]

Ursula K. Le Guin