do you remember being born?

eden / 23 / he / burnt out mentally ill freak (you have been warned)

[caspercryptid]

I feel like not enough people realize that people under enormous strain act really really fucking Weird

[closet-keys]

“The CDC statistic, which is an under-reported statistic, says that 1 in 5 children are raped or sexually assaulted by the age of 18. The thing is, there’s a study by the American Academy of Pediatrics that was published in 2012 that says that gender nonconforming children, and I really hope you hear this point, especially those male assigned at birth–so we can picture who these children are: effeminate boys, trans girls, nonbinary people who were male assigned at birth–they are actually the most at risk.”

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Amita Swadhin, “Stories Become Movements, Become Stories: Ending Sexual and Gender-based Violence" Allied Media Conference, 2018

[link to cited study]

[hagiomoto]

Lionel Messi's Ties to Netanyahu, The Israeli Military and Its Elite Spying Unit 8200

Lionel Messi has quietly built relationships with companies and security firms closely linked to Israel's military-intelligence establishmen

As the world’s foremost football star, Lionel Messi is understandably protective of his image. The Argentinian forward carefully picks and chooses whom he is associated with, and has signed lucrative long-term deals with enormous global brands, such as Adidas, Pepsi, and Mastercard. That is why many were surprised when, in 2020, he announced a partnership with OrCam, a relatively small Israeli A.I. firm that makes wearable artificial vision devices (similar to Google Glass). OrCam markets itself as helping visually impaired people live more fulfilling lives. Messi became its global brand ambassador and the face of the company.

[...]

The Argentinian has made multiple visits to Israel during his career. In 2013, he and his club, F.C. Barcelona, went to Israel and Palestine on a supposed “Peace Tour.” During his trip, he met and talked with Netanyahu and President Shimon Peres, and glad-handed with IDF soldiers. He also donned a yarmulke and visited the Western Wall, the holiest site in Judaism. Even after leaving, however, Messi takes a small part of Israel with him everywhere he goes. His security is handled by an elite force of former Israeli agents, who plan his every move, especially internationally. He takes his security very seriously, even missing his sister-in-law’s wedding in Argentina due to safety concerns. Those same Israeli forces were in charge of security at his own 2017 wedding, ESPN reports, although it did not detail whether those agents are from the Mossad, Shin Bet, or an elite commando group.

[trylenareborn]

This is BS that has been debunked a million times. Messi and the Argentina NT refused to play against Israel and Messi went to Israel in a peace tour where he visited Palestine too. Get all the facts from reliable sources, not from sketchy opinion pieces.

[hagiomoto]

So you are ignoring the fact that he invested a lot of money in Israel-linked startups and has former IOF vets in his security team. Gotcha, you're a zionist too.

Not to mention that his visit to Occupied Palestine is hosted by Zionist settlers and Israel. You're a zionist and I don't argue with zionists.

[trylenareborn]

Conflating a paid endorsement deal for an accessibility device with "investing money" is factually incorrect, and claiming bodyguards hired from a private agency reflect an athlete's personal political ideology is an association fallacy. Pointing out real context doesn't make someone a Zionist, it just means they prefer facts over sensationalism.

​On top of that, MintPress News (and specifically writer Alan MacLeod) frequently uses this narrative strategy: taking baseline facts—like standard private security hires or tech founders having mandatory military service in Unit 8200—and weaving them into sensationalized claims of state or intelligence ties to target public figures, media outlets, and tech platforms.

[hagiomoto]

Not only that you're a zionist but you're also an idiot.

[tamamita]

Guy who refuses to play against Israel has no issue taking a photo op with a genocidal war criminal

[mxjackparker]

Donate to Help a Trans Sex Worker Take a Break, organized by Jack Parker

Hi, I'm Jack (he/him), a chronically poor trans hooker trying to keep his head abov… Jack Parker needs your support for Help a Trans Sex W

This fundraiser would allow me to take a few weeks break from this intense work schedule, pay off what I owe to friends, and to manage a slightly lower work load for the month after until I can begin selling sex regularly again to increase my income once my baby becomes eligible for 2 days a week of government funded childcare. Without this I cannot make next month's rent or bills.

I hate having to share so much person information to be considered worthy of support, but at the same time I know people are wary of being scammed and would rather not donate to people with other options besides fundraising. You can read the full details of my current situation at the GoFundMe link.

Please do not feel obligated to support if you cannot afford it and prioritize yourself first. I hugely appreciate any help and assure you that I will continue to pay it forward to the best of my capability in my work and with my own finances once things improve.

[mxjackparker]

As with any time people have offered me financial help like this, I am extremely grateful. Funds raised so far are enough that I'm no longer in imminent danger of not being able to pay rent, which is the most vital part, and anything past this contributes to me being able to take a short break before I power through and can start selling sex as my main income again.

[jingerpi]

I never really wanted to get into this on here but I want to talk about it now so nobody can stop me.

honestly one of the worst things is that I knew. a lot of people talk about not knowing they were trans until xyz event where they realized and went through whatever hardships and then transitioned. people talk about repression and discovery and all these things. and those are all powerful and important experiences I don't see myself as above them in any way. but I knew.

I was never an egg, I was never in denial. when I was 3 years old I dreamed I was a princess. I know this because my family retells it as a funny story. I tried to wear my sister's clothes regularly, I asked people why there wasn't a word for the reverse of a tomboy, I put on makeup, I used she/her pronouns online since I first learned to read and write.

I don't bring this up to do this "I've always been a woman deep down, so you should listen to me as super valid Mr psychologist gatekeeper". my point is that it didn't matter.

I knew, and it didn't matter. it wasn't an issue of having to figure out who I was and then realizing that. it's that who I am was intentionally killed and locked away at every turn. it's not that I didn't realize I was a girl, it's that I wasn't allowed to be one. I was hurt and punished and sent to conversion therapy repeatedly. I can't "go back in time and tell my younger self to save her years of struggle". it wouldn't matter. it wouldn't change anything at all. the issue wasn't a lack of information. it's a lack of power. kids and trans kids especially are subject to so much abuse and we have no power to do anything about it. it is such a great tragedy beyond words. knowing what you want to do and wear and say and be, that you want this name and these pronouns and that cute dress, and being powerless to do anything about it anyway. forced to wear clothes picked out for you by a guardian, only able to use pre-approved nicknames online. only allowed to engage in these specific hobbies and have these specific friends. all of whom treat you like garbage. but it doesn't matter. it doesn't even matter if you know it's unjust, there's no way to do anything about it. it is perhaps the most powerless position anyone can be in. there is no level of knowledge or personal strength that will get you out of it. you just have to shut off until enough time passes for the law to deem you as worthy of being a person.

I think that's a big part of why I'm like this now, once you see that powerlessness, when you experience the depths of hopelessness and disenfranchisement, you can never unsee it. it does something to you

[jingerpi]

it's easier to think that I did something wrong. that if I were smarter or stronger or cleverer I could've figured it out. and that when I did get out of that place, that it was due to my strength. but the reality is it wasn't. none of it was my fault, and that's almost harder to handle. there's no amount of trial or belief or hope or self knowledge that can magically warp the world to be kind to you. when I got away it's because I was a legal adult. that's it, that's all that changed. the only thing holding me back that entire time

[lakevida]

bro you have got to hop on goo goo ga ga penguins

[closet-keys]

“The CDC statistic, which is an under-reported statistic, says that 1 in 5 children are raped or sexually assaulted by the age of 18. The thing is, there’s a study by the American Academy of Pediatrics that was published in 2012 that says that gender nonconforming children, and I really hope you hear this point, especially those male assigned at birth–so we can picture who these children are: effeminate boys, trans girls, nonbinary people who were male assigned at birth–they are actually the most at risk.”

—

Amita Swadhin, “Stories Become Movements, Become Stories: Ending Sexual and Gender-based Violence" Allied Media Conference, 2018

[link to cited study]

[starlightxraven]

Nobody needs AI to search the Internet, court says in ruling against Google

Google AI Overview court loss in Germany could spell doom for AI search industry.

[appalachian-werewolf]

"Google AI Overview court loss in Germany could spell doom for AI search industry."

It fucking better.

[mrsjdavis]

Like to charge, reblog to cast?

[newbarktownalumni]

[felesrubrum]

"The court also seemed to take a dig at Google for expecting users not to “blindly trust” AI overviews, noting that the AI tool’s utility “would be significantly diminished if the ‘AI overview’ were generally regarded as unreliable and if every single displayed link required independent verification.”" hilarious, massive win for germany

[emanhoussin]

Wait.

Before you scroll, please read this.

My fundraiser was shut down.

Everything we had disappeared overnight.

I’m a mother trying to protect my children in a place where safety doesn’t exist.

They still ask me for simple things food, warmth, a future and I don’t have easy answers.

So I started over.

A new link. From zero. Again.

I’m not asking you for miracles.

Just don’t ignore this.

Reblog.

That’s it.

Because one share can reach someone who can actually help us survive.

If you’ve ever cared about anyone, anywhere let this be the moment you act.

Link in bio.

Please don’t let this die quietly.

Help our family survive the Gaza war

A family of five is fighting to survive in Gaza right now not just the war, but hunger, fear, and uncertainty every single day.

#signalboost #mutualaid #helpurgent #sharethis #dontscroll #gazaunderattack #freepalestine #boost #tumblrpost #urgenthelp

[gotinterest]

Please share and donate to Eman! She was verified by el-shab-hussein towards the start of the war and I have spoken to her many times over the past few years.

Her family desperately needs help. Even €5 can help her rebuild a lifeline for her family.

[ode-on-a-grecian-butt]

[ode-on-a-grecian-butt]

June is over. Time to pack it up skittle squad and start running.

[billymayslesbian]

i really need people to be so fucking careful in and around discussions of literacy because stuff like "this culture didn't develop a written language ergo they are mentally inferior to us" and "people with this disability are unable to read ergo they are mentally inferior to us" have been eugenicist talking points for a very long time

[thenupray4me]

[lifeafterpsychiatry]

The mythical disabled person who is so disabled that everyone consistently supports and accommodates them without question is a straw man which only exists as a hypothetical for the political purpose of denying real disabled people care while still being able to argue that said care would be accessible to disabled people who "actually deserves it"

[atomicwrongs]

I think we should. use our mutuals inboxes like gacha games and roll to get rare OC pulls . and skins. I'm like "oh shittt the Easter Event is coming up, I need to pull for the new skins" so I go into someone's inbox and send them. I dunno. a picture of a quarter. and they respond with a drawing of a random OC of theirs in a bunny onesie

[innerchildabortionclinic]

YOU HAVE THE FILET-O-FISH DISORDER

☝️

[friendofmimikyu]

[greater-than-the-sword]

When you're a kid you just take trees for granted. Then when you get to be an adult you realize that a fully mature tree cannot be created in an amount of time that fits in a convenient landscaping timeframe for love nor money nor all the powers of science. Then you realize that people are very very very cavalier about chopping them down