weeping for Tammûz @thewineofsaintedenis - Tumblr Blog

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The Virgin Mary on a Wind Turbine. Iglesia de la Soledad. San José, Costa Rica. [photo by me]

orthodoxadventure

'The Virgin and Child' by Mikhail Nesterov

nabihaiderali

"Returning What Was Once Lost" — an orphaned Sakina once again finds herself in the arms of her father...

Feeling bittersweet as Ayyam-e-Aza—the Shi'i mourning period—draws to a close after over two months. It's a season of tearful goodbyes as well as reunions, of loved ones put to rest, of martyrs uniting in the next world, of earthly wayfarers aching to return to this very same realm next year...

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Pouran Jinchi, Prayer Stones (2011, top) and Prayers Stones 2 (2012, bottom), baked clay and lacquer paint (source)

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touba

Banner with calligraphy in the form of a lion (the symbol of Imam Ali), likely carried in Shi'ite processions, c. 1900, Iran.

worldsandemanations

Hieronymus Bosch

frostedmagnolias

Lamp with “Hanging Head Dragonfly” Shade and “Mosaic and Turtleback” Base

c. 1906

Design attributed to Clara Pierce Wolcott Driscoll (American, 1861–1944)

Tiffany Studios

Art Institute of Chicago

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misterlemonzlime.tumblr.com/archive

fordarkmornings

Byam Shaw (British, 1872-1919)

The Queen of Hearts, 1896

hanahakiblank

Tobira o Akete (1986)

rene-elric

A fae's beloved treasure

desm-doodle

this is now a kyryll chudomirovich flins appreciation blog

lizardbytheriver

The Former Head of the CIA talked about being a fan of the New Syrian President. The Former Head of the CIA asked the New Syrian President if he is getting enough sleep and taking care of himself. The Former Head of the CIA praised the New Syrian President's demeanor and vision. The Former Head of the CIA wished the New Syrian President strength, wisdom, and success. "Your success is our success." Just... wow.

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USAmerican Soldiers died to supposedly stop ISIS and Al-Qaeda. Meanwhile, the CIA is openly praising said terrorist groups. The United States Government and the Israeli Government are the biggest supporters of Islamic Extremism in the World.

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I wonder how US generals sleep at night knowing every day they send young men to die and to commit the worst atrocities in the world, for nothing

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Some sources on Donbass in English from non-Russian sources:

Ukraine is not Palestine, Russia is not Israel - The Palestine Chronicle

Today’s Ukraine War was Made in the West Yesterday - The Palestine Chronicle

Israel is arming neo-Nazis in Ukraine - The Electronic Intifada

Kiev accused of genocide as Donetsk civilians' water supply cut off - The Morning Star

Stop the US-Ukraine war on Donbass and Russia - The Morning Star

Under fire from Ukraine and misperceived by the West, the people of the DPR share their stories - Mint Press News

US turns to Ukraine for next Russia proxy war gambit - Mint Press News

Ukraine Used Cluster Bombs, Evidence Indicates - The New York Times

A Test for Ukraine in a City Retaken From Rebels - The New York Times

Civil War in Donbass 10 Years On - Global Delinquents

The Invisibles: About Mass Persecution of Dissidents in Ukraine - Pressenza International Press Agency

Right to self-determination a fundamental principle: Artsakh President welcomes recognition of Donetsk and Lugansk - Public Radio of Armenia

Ukrainian forces continue bombing civilians in Donbass - Al Mayadeen

Donetsk announces mass evacuation, cites threat of Ukraine invasion - Al Mayadeen

Kiev deploys 120,000 military forces on Donbas' border: Donetsk - Al Mayadeen

Celebrations in Donbass following Putin recognition - Al Mayadeen

Russia, Donbass, and the reality of the conflict in Ukraine - Al Mayadeen

Ukraine used cluster munitions on Donetsk university - Al Mayadeen

Six killed by Ukrainian shelling of Lugansk hospital - Prensa Latina

Five killed in Ukrainian attack on downtown Donetsk - Prensa Latina

Three civilians killed in shelling of market in Donetsk - Prensa Latina

Syria, Yemen support Russia's recognition of the republics of Luhansk and Donetsk - The Cradle

Over 300 civilians have been killed in Donbass by Ukrainian forces - CubaSí

Ukraine: the Ugly Truth - CubaSí

7 children injured in Slavyansk as Ukrainian army shells residential area - CubaSí

Civilians killed as Donetsk hit by ballistic missile, the DPR says - CubaSí

Ukrainian forces attacked a hospital area in Donetsk - CubaSí

At least 11 killed, 40 injured in shelling in Donetsk, E. Ukraine, school hit - CubaSí

Two Civilians Died in Kiev’s Attack on Lugansk - Al Manar TV

Five Civilians Killed, 12 Wounded in DPR - Al Manar TV

Dozens Killed, Injured as Ukrainian Troops Shell Prison in Donbass - Al Manar TV

Yes, Ukraine Started the War - ScheerPost

List of ‘kidnapped’ Ukrainian children for sale? No, a regional database of Lugansk orphans - STRUGGLE LA LUCHA

From the Tops Market massacre to Ukraine’s war crimes in Donbass - STRUGGLE LA LUCHA

Voices from Donbass speak to U.S. anti-war movement - The Monthly Review

Larissa, three months of torture in the SBU dungeons in Kharkov - The Monthly Review

Faina Savenkova – “I wanted Americans to know the truth” - The Monthly Review

The Donbass Diaries Part II: The Azov Battalions – ordinary Fascism - The Monthly Review

Ukraine timeline tells the tale - The Monthly Review

Fact Finding Mission to Donbass - Black Agenda Report

Gaza to Donbass: How Israel and Ukraine Built a Fascist, Transnational War Machine - Black Agenda Report

‘God Will Sort Them Out’: Ukrainians of Donbass Beg NATO to End War - Toward Freedom

Maligned in Western Media, Donbass Forces are Defending their Future from Ukrainian Shelling and Fascism - Covert Action Magazine

Collected in collaboration with Sibaj previously of the handle @Tatarstani and Kakhvise of the handle @icouldbedifferent

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For the sake of context and credibility: a quarter of Sibaj’s family resides within the borders of the Donetsk People’s Republic. She also lived for an extended period in the Donetsk Oblast prior to the outbreak of the Civil War and the Euromaidan revolution, and briefly returned there in 2019. Kakhvise has participated in two separate humanitarian aid missions to the Lugansk People’s Republic, in addition to working with Muslim internally displaced persons from Donbass. I myself am from the Donetsk People’s Republic. None of us are “Tankie Westerners” projecting ideological fantasies onto this conflict, nor are we Russian ethno-nationalists seeking to expand borders or justify violence against Ukrainians. In fact, none of us have Russian heritage at all.

Apologies if any heavy hitters were passed by, all three of us are Russian citizens, we do not regularly interact with Western Media!