Birdie

24 | Texan | Jewish | Business major

[evilwickedme]

The concept that Israel can't possibly have its own original culture or food, that it's all by definition either Ashkenazi (white settler) or stolen from the Palestinians (brown natives) (ignoring that Mizrahi and Sephardic Jews are a little over half the Jewish population that's certainly got no bearing at all on what food Israelis eat, that's certainly not at all both racist and antisemitic), it's been nearly 80 years since Israel formed. The idea that we would have developed ZERO original culture and cuisine is literally preposterous. Never seen that claimed about literally anywhere else

[xclowniex]

Antisemitism makes people dumb because people have suddenly seemed to forget how employment works.

Even with mandatory service, they still pay you money, your job is to do with something in the defense force.

But suddenly anyone in Israel who serves and then stops and is not a reservist, is suddenly still a solider. They still are in the IDF.

Like bestie I used to work at domino's. I don't anymore cause I quit for another job. I don't still work at domino's because I used to.

And by that logic, BTS and any Korean man will forever be Korean soliders. Any man in Singapore will forever be a solider. The homeless vet on the street? Yeah fuck them I guess cause they're still a solider according to that logic.

Sorry guys, the first job you ever worked at and any job since? Guess you're still employed by that company.

And I say antisemitism, because this logic is generally only applied to Israel. What makes Israel different from the US? Oh yeah that's right, Israel is the only jewish country.

[strawberryfloofs]

tw: mentions of neglect/abuse

carer with a traumatized age regressor they know they're helping to heal everytime they slip.

never received toys/were given very few toys as a kid? bubbas spoiling you in all the toys you want! if their kiddo is a little more shy and feeling guilty, they'll notice their little one eyeing a toy. "do you want it puppy? no need to feel bad, i just wanna give you everything you deserve"

went without food in public? carer will always order something for you, you never have to watch them eat while you have nothing. "oh honey I would never~ not only is that mean, but you gotta grow big and strong like me!"

went without food/snacks in private? your caregiver always makes sure they stock up on your favorite snacks and brands- no matter how specific they are. there's no shame in only eating a certain brand or flavor of chips. there's always groceries in the house and they're happy to cook for you, wanting to make sure you're safe AND fed. "are you hungy? I can get my sweetheart their favorite snack until the pastas done?"

had bad physical treatment? they would NEVER even THINK about laying a hand on you. if you misbehave or act up, they understand you're just in littlespace. like real kids, emotions can be hard and some moments arent good. sometimes kids like to test boundaries, there's nothing wrong with that. they won't let it slide and will issue lines, time outs, and stuff like early bedtime or shorter playtime- but nothing physical or mentally damaging. "angel I know you're all upset and shouting at bubba, but I need you to sit in the chair for 5 minutes. we don't yell."

missed out on a lot of childhood experiences? that's okay! your cg is soooo happy to integrate anything into their routine. whether it's storytime, going to the park, holiday celebrations, they're happy to accomodate! "oh you wanna have a bubba baby book read before your nap? of course little one!"

touch starved and wanting a lot of physical affection? they'll love on you SO much to try and make up for it! cuddles, pats, carries, boops, you got it! "awww does munchkin need a hug? cmere"

weren't treated the best emotionally? they understand how it can impact you. your carer always reminds you that you're not a burden, it wasn't your fault, and they truly do love you. they're not lying to you, they don't hate you, there's no maliciousness or ulterior motives- just pure love and care. "I know it was a lot, and I'm sorry you had to live through that angel- but I'm glad you're with me now. As long as I'm here, and as long as you'll let me- I won't let anyone treat you like that again. I pinky promise, my little love. Always, and forever."

Icl, this was very self indulgent to me- but I hope anyone who can sadly relate feels atleast a little bit of comfort and wholesomeness from this. I believe you. You're strong.

[moldonacorpse]

Oh okay I'm just gonna ... cry in the corner..don't mind me🤗(😭)

[guerrillatech]

[lastoneout]

I still think the single funniest thing about the cybertruck is that it has all those security cameras built in that are set to activate if anyone gets too close to the vehicle...and those cameras need electricity to run, and the cybertruck is a piece of shit that has way less battery life than you'd think, so you can legit just fuck over the owner by just standing near it and doing nothing else.

Like goddamn Elongated Muskrat found a way to let us siphon gas out of a car without even touching it. Fucking incredible.

[aniseandspearmint]

#cybertruck #surely some of these are made up #a vehicle canNOT be this poorly designed #on the other hand elon musk IS a raving moron (tags via @words-writ-in-starlight)

Oh no my dude, it's all true and WORSE.

This IS the vehicle that bursts into flames if you get the engine components wet.

The acceleration petal frequently comes apart AND gets stuck in down position.

This is a car you cannot exit if the battery has no charge or the electric components are even slightly glitchy, and all the systems are interconnected btw, so if one goes the rest do to.

There have been several deaths already thanks to people not being able to get out of these deathtraps when they've burst into flames or reverse accelerated into bodies of water.

This is a vehicle where if you slam the doors teenager-in-a-snit style they jam shut and pulling them open again rips the interior panel of the door off.

This is the vehicle with ZERO crumple zones, that starts rusting if you get the exterior wet.

This is the vehicle that looks so much like a dumpster RACCOONS are legitimately mistaking them for one and trying to break into it.

This vehicle is very literally uninsurable in most places, because all the car insurance companies have refused.

[authorgirl0131]

It doesn't even have basic safety features. Do you have any idea how basic a safety feature crumple zones are? The way the windows are supposed to shatter into tiny pieces of safety glass that his cars don't do? At this point I'm surprised he included the bloody seatbelt!

[sullina]

Elon didn't want sidemirrors on the truck but couldn't get *the regulations* changed.

The rearview mirror? Tiny as fuck, so your only real option is the rear camera. Which gets dirty often. Because it's on the outside of the truck.

I cannot even *begin* to tell y'all how much a camera and a mirror and *not comparable*. An electronic device will ALWAYS have latency, meaning by the time the camera shows you what happened, it's already been a couple moments. You just canNOT have that when driving in a car in traffic!!! A mirror simply reflects the happenings back to you, as they happen, in real time.

You also need an app for the truck. An APP. for your CAR. Like, just to charge it.

Most of the features that Elon promised the cybertruck would have, like self driving and whatnot? Most of them are not available. Yet, he says. He charged some people extra money for some of these btw. And then didn't deliver. He scammed those people, like, outright.

[bane-of-technology]

- via @roaringstream

you gotta be fucking kidding me 💀

2-4 SECONDS?!

[socialistexan]

Btw, this is how conservatives keep getting to claim that trans people are a new thing no one has ever heard, because our history and existences have continually been erased or obscured systematically through out history.

The most famous example was 92 years when the Nazis raided the library of the Institut für Sexualwissenschaft, the medical practice where the term transsexual was first coined and the first gender affirming surgery was performed in in 1931.

What did the Nazis do after raiding the library on May 6th, 1933? You may be familiar with these images

It is happening again.

[fromchaostocosmos]

Do you why the Nazis raided Institut für Sexualwissenschaft?

Do you know why those books were burned?

It was because of Magnus Hirschfeld. He was the head of the institute. He was Jewish.

The Nazis believed that anything outside of the rigid gender binary and heterosexual pairings that resulted in children was a plot by Jews to destroy society.

So that is why they burned those books and destroyed the institute.

Because there books burnings going on before and after the one in the photo and the one thing the all had in common is that everything that was burned was related to Jews.

I understand the point you trying to make OP, I do I really do.

But you can't not rewrite history to do it. You don't get to recontextualize or change why things happened.

Holocaust education is abysmal across the board so I also can understand that might not have known why the Nazis actually did this.

The foundations of Nazism is that Jews are evil and responsible for all that is ill in the world thus they must be eradicated.

This manifested in things like the above event because this was to the Nazis a way of destroying Jewish influence.

[hellish-undeath]

We don't need genocide education from someone who currently supports an active one, thanks for trying tho you zionist cunt.

[fromchaostocosmos]

I want to write something witty, but I honestly can't think of anything.

This is my history, this not some education. My family was slaughter wholesale, my people.

Now that Devastation, that Horror, that Culling is taken and removed of its context and cause so I go to correct it.

But because I believe my people's right to self-determination and right to live in our Ancestral Homeland, the Homeland that we forcibly taken from in chains and where we are indigenous, I'm called a cunt. I'm told my words have no value. I am made unhuman as has happened to my people so many times before me in our history.

And to top it all off words stripped of meaning and being used to mean things that they do not mean. Facts are ignored and propaganda is the new fact.

So I have nothing witty to say. I'm just find my horrified and disgusted in a new way on a new level when I had thought I couldn't be more horrified and disgusted then I already was.

[wokefrogvirus]

elon musk did a nazi salute twice at the inauguration, and republicans are defending him.

trump revoked executive order 11246, which prohibited discrimination.

trump put all dei employees on leave to be fired.

trump blamed the dc plane crash on dei.

trump banned all lgbtq+ flags from being hung in government buildings.

trump ordered the pentagon to cancel celebration of mlk jr. day, black history month, women's history month, holocaust remembrance day, asian american pacific islander heritage month, lgbtq+ pride month, juneteenth, women's equality day, national hispanic heritage month, national disability employment awareness
month, and national american indian heritage month.

trump rolled back biden’s executive order to lower prescription drug costs for people using medicare and medicaid.

trump rescinded the $35 cap on insulin, and prices are expected to rise to $1500 a month.

trump ordered the national institutes of health to cancel their review panels on cancer research.

trump ended the guidelines to prevent ai misuse. the guidelines prevent many things, but notably it prevents production of ai child pornography.

when sean hannity asked trump about the economy, he said “i don’t care”, after campaigning with the economy as his main talking point.

trump has withdrawn the us from the world health organization.

trump is ordering health agencies to stop reporting on bird flu and halt publications of scientific reports.

trump has pardoned over 1500 people who stormed the capitol on january 6th.

trump changed mount denali back to mount mckinley.

trump signed an executive order to rename the gulf of mexico to gulf of america.

trump shut down cbp one, an app which granted legal entry to 1 million+ immigrants.

trump is allowing ice raids at churches and elementary schools.

trump announced plans to declare a national emergency at the us-mexico border.

trump signed an executive order to expand the use of the death penalty.

trump disbanded the school safety board that works to prevent school shootings. it was comprised of survivors, educators, and gun violence prevention advocates and formed after the school shooting in parkland.

trump withdrew from the paris climate act.

trump revoked all protections for transgender troops in the us military.

trump rescinded executive orders made by biden that benefited and protected women, lgbtq+ people, black americans, hispanic americans, asian americans, native hawaiians, and pacific islanders.

trump is attempting to make it legal to refuse to hire or fire pregnant women.

multiple state legislators are drafting bills to allow the punishment for abortion to be the death penalty.

trump pardoned 23 individuals convicted under the freedom of access to clinic entrances (FACE) act for their anti-abortion activism, including oftentimes violent protests at abortion clinics.

trump signed an executive order allowing deportation of foreign students who they believe express support for hamas or hezbollah.

trump announced that the us government will from here on out only recognize male and female as sexes. intersex is not legally recognized anymore.

trump refused to swear on the bible during his inauguration. (i’ve gotten some comments about this specific point. i didn’t include it because i’m christian, because i’m not. i’m agnostic. i included it because he’s the first president in history to refuse to swear on ANYTHING, bible or not. in the bible it teaches that the only person who cannot touch the bible is the antichrist, yet that on TOP of everything else will never convince his followers that he’s unfit.)

andy ogles drafted a constitutional amendment to allow trump to be president for a third term.

georgia republican congressman mike collins called for the deportation of new jersey born mariann budde, the bishop who urged trump to “have mercy” on the lgbtq+ community and immigrants during a service at the national cathedral.

six states (arizona, idaho, iowa, kansas, mississippi, and north dakota) are planning on challenging obergefell v. hodges, which would end same-sex marriage nationwide. about a dozen more states have representatives who are also considering filing similar resolutions.

amazon revoked protections for lgbtq+ and black employees.

the united states state department has officially changed its “travelers with special conditions” page which previously said “lgbtqi+ travelers” to “lgb travelers”, completely getting rid of the tqi+.

every single republican told us we were overreacting. trump swore he had nothing to do with project 2025 yet continues implementing details outlined in it. not a single person has the right to tell us we’re being dramatic anymore.

hope “cheaper eggs and gas” was worth it.

[gay-otlc]

It's really fucking annoying shipping an mlm ship and everyone in the goddamn universe is like "the bigger stronger one is a dominant cis man who tops and the smaller weaker one is a submissive trans man who bottoms :)"

[gay-otlc]

Like, you as an individual can headcanon whoever you want as a trans man and write whatever the hell you want, I'm not gonna stop you. But it's frustrating to see such a pattern of fandom spaces constantly viewing trans men as small weak submissive bottoms. It says something about the way yall view real life trans men and that makes me really fucking uncomfortable.

[gay-otlc]

#why does a gay relationship have to have a “man” and a “woman”?#why is the “woman” such a feminine stereotype??#why is a trans man the “woman”???#it's like people can't see a relationship that doesn't hinge on traditional gender roles- queer or not

@crownsspades you summed it up perfectly

[depsidase]

[tiktoksthataregood-ish]

[anger-birb]

Man I’d love to see more of these from different cultures.

[anger-birb]

LMFAO

[kiwimidnight]

[ottermatopoeia]

This was………………. the drag of the century

[ottermatopoeia]

Same energy

[maximum-alien]

Okay so in case y'all don’t know, this is from Pose. A series about the black trans community and ball culture in new York during the 80’s. Its got vogueing, lgbt+ culture, history, drama, romance, comedy, tragedy. Its wonderful and historically accurate and all the trans people are played by real trans actors.

[romanceyourdemons]

saw a woman comforting her sobbing child saying “i already told you, you have to keep looking forward, looking back just gets you hurt” and i thought she was sharing a beautiful life lesson about the importance of letting go of regret and resentment. but it turns out the kid just wasn’t looking where he was going and ran into a wall

[charlesoberonn]

[juani-momo]

I wouldn't say they're exactly the same. Both are about revealing a truth the listener would rather not hear, but on what they differ is in how the listener reacts to the information. The scroll of truth showcases a listener that rejects the truth, whereas the Spider-Man one showcases a listener that accepts the truth even though it pains them. You can use them interchangeably, of course you can. But using the right one for the right occasion will help you make a meme that's more relatable for more people

[charlesoberonn]

[slimetony]

Just tried to play an ancient flute and it started filling the room with this awful miasma that wont go away

[slimetony]

Why does staff still allow people funnier than you to leave tags on your posts. They should have fixed that by now

[2peachy]

Am i the only one who thinks it’s weird gazans are setting off fireworks for the return of the prisoners? Coming from a ptsd-stricken point of view it just seems insane to me . Like i know i have no place to judge but i haven’t heard fireworks at all in the last year and a half in israel and every sudden and loud noise freaks me out

[prismatic-bell]

I assure you it's deliberate. They're not stupid. Fireworks sound like gunshots, gunshots are something the hostages are certainly frightened of at this point...they know what they're doing.

[springstarfangirl]

THIS IS WHY ISRAELI CELEBRATION EVENTS USE QUIET FIREWORKS DAMMIT, THE REGULAR ONES SOUND LIKE CANNONS GOING OFF OR MISSILE STRIKES!

[ur-daily-inspiration]

[cha0sbutt3rfly]

Looks just like a Bat Mitzvah to me

[quasi-normalcy]

So it's come my attention that there are a lot of students, particularly in humanities and social sciences disciplines, who need to hear this, so here goes:

Do the readings.

Oh my God, just do the readings. I promise, it gets easier once you get into the habit of it.

What makes a good student? Doing the readings. Literally just doing the readings is enough to make you a good student.

[quasi-normalcy]

The readings *are* the course. The lectures are just priming you for the readings. The tutorials and seminars are just how we collectively process the readings. If the readings were intended to be optional, they would have been listed under the "optional readings" heading.

[quasi-normalcy]

"Oh but I hate this reading! The author's an idiot, they're wrong about everything" Good. Do the reading and then tear it apart in class. This isn't high school, you're not expected to mindlessly absorb things anymore

[buttstothemoon]

If you're in physics, do the derivations. Don't believe that any equation given to you is true. Derive it. Convince yourself that it must be true, and understand the limitations of its truth.