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You don't have to laugh at "girl math" or "girl dinner" or "I'm just a girl" jokes. You don't have to laugh at misogynistic humor that demeans women. You don't have to go along with it. You don't even have to sit there awkwardly pretending you didn't hear anything. You are allowed to speak up and say something.
You don't have to be a jerk about it. The most effective yet civil way of dealing with harmful "humor" is just pretending you don't get the joke and asking them to explain. "I don't get it, what's girl math? What's a girl dinner? What do you mean by you're just a girl? Can you explain the joke to me?"
And if you're feeling bold, you can just say (or follow up with) "I think that's misogynistic". That's allowed. You don't have to quietly endure misogynistic "jokes", you can call a spade a spade.
It’s exhausting, y’know? The constant antisemitism barrage.
My spouse and I had to sit down and talk about what I need to do in the event our synagogue is attacked. Why? Because unlike the last time we had this talk (after the Tree of Life shooting), my spouse is now disabled. He often requires mobility aids, a walker or a wheelchair, to get from place to place. He can’t move easily or quickly.
He wanted to make it clear that my job, and my only job, is to get our kid safe if something happens. My job is to leave him behind, if need be, to protect our kid. I promised to do so.
How many of you gentile folks out there have had to have this discussion? This real talk moment where it is determined in advance what you will do if a building you are in multiple times a week - that you take your family to multiple times a week - is under armed attack.
Do you have to sit there and wonder when you go to church, or DnD, or book club, if you’re going to have to leave your spouse behind to die? Or your friends? If you will panic, and instead it’ll be your name in the paper?
Do you have to do threat assessments before you go about your weekly activities?
We do. That’s what it’s like for us these days.
Don’t tell me that antisemitism isn’t a real issue, that it’s spread after 2016 and since 10/7 isn’t a genuine problem. Because you’re not living the lives Jews are in the wake of those things. This is our life right now. And…it sucks.
Prosecutors are investigating attempted murder after a 65-year-old was kicked in the head and seriously wounded in an alleged Islamist, anti
German prosecutors are investigating an alleged attempted murder with a suspected anti-Israel motive after a 65-year-old man wearing an Israeli flag pin was severely beaten in southern Germany, authorities said.
The attack occurred overnight Monday in Höchberg, a market town near Würzburg in Bavaria.
According to local police, the victim, a member of the Germany-Israel Friendship Association, was standing beside a young Syrian man at a traffic light when the suspect noticed the Israeli flag pin on his clothing and asked about it, initiating a conversation about the Middle East.
Before the victim could respond, the suspect allegedly punched him in the face.
Police said the victim attempted to flee, but the attacker chased him, knocked him to the ground and repeatedly kicked him in the head and upper body. The assault ended only after police arrived at the scene.
The victim, whose nationality and religion have not been publicly confirmed, suffered a fractured vertebra and remained hospitalized in intensive care.
The suspect was arrested and remains in custody. According to local prosecutors, the same man had been detained the previous evening at a market in Höchberg after allegedly harassing passersby.
Prosecutors said they are investigating the case as an attempted murder with indications of anti-Israeli violence motivated by Islamist ideology.
The attack comes amid heightened concern over rising antisemitic incidents in Germany since the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas war following Hamas' Oct. 7, 2023, attack on southern Israel. German authorities have reported a sharp increase in antisemitic crimes, many linked to the conflict in the Middle East.
Volker Beck, president of the Germany-Israel Friendship Association, condemned the attack and argued that increasingly hostile rhetoric toward Israel has contributed to an atmosphere in which such violence occurs.
"Enough is enough," Beck said. "Anyone who demonizes Israel through accusations of genocide and apartheid creates the climate for attacks like this. No one in Germany fears for their personal safety when displaying Palestinian symbols, but anyone wearing an Israeli symbol is no longer safe in public."
Josef Schuster, president of the Central Council of Jews in Germany, said the assault reflected a broader rise in antisemitic violence.
"This brutal outbreak of violence did not happen in a vacuum," Schuster said. "All relevant statistics document a record increase in antisemitic incidents, in most cases connected to Israel. The normalization of this hatred paves the way for violent acts like this latest attack."
Martin Heilig, mayor of Würzburg, whose district includes Höchberg, described the assault as an attack on Germany's democratic values.
"When a citizen is attacked simply for wearing an Israeli pin, it is an unacceptable attack on the foundations of our democratic values," Heilig said. "For our city, this is a clear and unequivocal case of antisemitism, hatred and violence that has no place in Würzburg or our district."
Israel's Embassy in Germany also condemned the attack in a post on X. "How many Palestinian flags do you see on an average day in any city? Dozens. You can display them openly everywhere. And that despite the fact that all the antisemites, despots, and terror sympathizers of the world gather behind it," the embassy wrote.
"But a single, tiny Israeli flag puts one in mortal danger. In the year 2026. In Germany. The perpetrators are not interested in any kind of peace. It's not about Palestine, let alone about Palestinians. For the perpetrators, it's about hate. It was an attack on all three: Germany, Israel, and our democratic society."
If you live in the USA, please, please stop doing this!
Use a pen and paper calendar, don't use anything digital!
Those apps can be hacked and many of them are all too happy to give police their data. Which means if you get pregnant and have a miscarriage, the police will know. And in states without abortion protections, you can be prosecuted for this, even if you didn't have an abortion. You can be entirely pro-life and still get raked over the coals if you have a miscarriage in the wrong state. This can carry 20 years to life.
I wish I was lying. I sincerely wish I was kidding. I'm not.
Using a period tracking app or even your phone's calendar isn't safe. Just record it the old fashioned way.
There is literally no circumstance where I support age verification to access a website. As I've said before I'm very much the "there's nuance here" person on almost everything but on this issue there's no nuance for me, it's awful and horrible in and of itself and it also sets an awful and horrible precedent
I have come across several blogs of people (especially transfems) who stated that trans men, transmascs or nonbinary people are not disproportionally marked unfriendly with the shinigami eye extension. I've seen someone even say that it's transmisogynistic to call it out.
Yet, I've come across this, side by side in broad daylight. The pink censored name is a random post and I censored the green one because I do not want anyone giving this person anymore attention.
The green "trans-friendly" post was made by a transmedical trans woman who has also made extremely horrible posts on nonbinary people, trans men and transmascs. A large number of her post targets specifically individuals who are AFAB for existing as AFAB trans folks, and she at times uses transmisogyny to excuse her behaviour. Her blog is clearly unsafe to most if not all, yet she was marked trans friendly.
The post on the right was made by a nonbinary person. I left them uncensored because their blog looks really cool and I think people should check them out. Their blog looks safe and alright yet it's marked unsafe.
And this is not the first time I've seen this. I have seen blogs by vile people who have straight up wished death on a whole group of people, talk smack about others in the commuity, and hold very horrible views but are marked trans friendly, and I've seen many get marked unfriendly because they bring up things like transandrophobia, exist as intersex, or heck, they criticized shinigami eye. Actual transphobes and TERFs are marked but then I've seen that most transfemmes I come across are marked green regardless of what they say for the most part, unless they criticize other transfemmes the they're marked red. Meanwhile, a LOT of trans men, intersex, and nonbinary people are marked red, but if they 100% agree at their own expense then they are marked green.
This is why I don't trust this extension. Word of advice, rather than assuming right off the bat that the person is safe or not safe, actually check the blog. When I see someone marked red, I check their blog for myself to be sure. And when I see someone marked green, I'm still wary till I check.
This extension doesn't help trans people feel safe, it only helps specific transfemmes feel safe from literally everyone else, even when they are unsafe to others.
It's not even totally safe for transfemmes. Sometimes a trans woman will say that the whole community should include trans men and non-binary folks and she'll be reported on Shinigami Eyes. I've seen it at least three times.
There's a bunch of bad actors who will report anyone who supports or acknowledges trans men and non-binary people and that makes the whole thing entirely unusable.
poser culture made people think that they cant like things or be a fan of something unless they know all trivia bits or seen/experienced the whole thing.
you can be a fan of a franchise that has 11 movies 3 shows and multiple comics even if you have only seen one or two movies. or maybe only read the comics. or watched one show.
you don't have to pass some sort of pop quiz about every side character in the lost episodes in order to say its your favorite media and you enjoy it. because if thats true then theres no lie.
youre not a poser if you genuinely enjoy something, even if others have seen more of it than you.
hey not to advertise these twats (so don't look them up) but some absolute fucks in paris allegedly created a service where you can "rent air conditioning" (taking advantage of a climate apocalypse) and they make you pay 700€ a month for AC that costs 200€ for life.
[social media screenshot from Le Parisien, a french journal "renting instead of buying AC, the good deal proposed by [Don't-Look-Them-Up] mid-heatwave."]
[journal article from Le Parisien that reads: "renting instead of buying AC, the good deal proposed by [Don't-Look-Them-Up] mid-heatwave.
Since the start of the summer, acquiring an AC has been challenging. To answer to buyers who are faced with empty storefronts, [Don't-Look-Them-Up] has found a trick: the punctual rental of cooling units."]
ahem. and the review
[One-Star Review: Crooks that profit off of people's distress. He made me an offer for a 9000 BTu AC unit (valued at 280€) for 750€ per month. To avoid.]
they admitted in a video that they bought all the AC units DURING A BIG HEATWAVE all over Paris to empty all stocks, so that people would rely on them to get AC.
there were 3000 deaths due to the heatwave.
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