Urban Hieroglyphics

[urbanhieroglyphics]

More Uptown street art.

[fortheammonites]

Falling for scams does hurt people, actually

TW: Human trafficking, SA, torture, discussion of scam farms

I see a whole bunch of people arguing that they would rather risk giving to a scammer than ignore someone's gofundme. I also see people saying things like "I can't believe some sick people are profiteering off genocide" and like, me neither, but I feel like you guys really don't understand who actually runs these kinds of scams and what they are.

Scams of noticeable scale-- like scam asks being sent from hundreds of accounts to every user on Tumblr!-- are typically related to organised crime in poor countries, not Susan from Milwaukee who wants a new coat and has no scruples. People get trafficked by gangs to scam farms in Asia and Africa where they're worked to the bone and tortured trying to get idiots in wealthy countries to part with their money. Genocide profiteering is pretty much the least evil thing these people do.

Here's a UN article on it. Obvious warnings for content related to human trafficking and SA.

Southeast Asia: Torture rooms and karaoke bars in gang-run ‘scam farms’

Transnational crime syndicates based in Southeast Asia are fuelling the trafficking of people, either forcing them to commit crimes or for s

When you donate to a scammer, you fund these organisations and give them a reason to exist. It's possible some of the fundraisers are legit. I honestly find it unlikely given I'm not seeing any from any other countries where urgent fundraisers would seem to have great reason to exist but which haven't captured the same level of attention on Tumblr-- the number of Sudanese, Congolese, Ukrainian, Burmese or Uyghur fundraisers in my DMs is a fat 0. In any case, there are safer ways to help.

If you want to help (which is great!) you don't have to take the risk of paying for human trafficking. Donate to legitimate charities which have the resources to safely and effectively ensure the money and help is getting to the right people. Funding human trafficking rings in Myanmar is not a good risk to be taking while trying to help.

14 Trusted Charities Helping Civilians in Palestine

The Israeli-Palestinian conflict has caused immense suffering, with countless individuals displaced, harmed, and killed over the years. Tens

[thebrightestwitchofherage]

Tel Aviv last night

Following the devastating news of the murder of 6 hostages, us Israelis are striking and protesting for a deal.

Saying we don’t want a ceasefire deal is just wrong. There are protests nationwide, school and most businesses are closed in protest.

We want a ceasefire / hostages deal . Bring them home now❤️🎗️

[crustgender]

full photo:

[david-goldrock]

Can anybody explain to me why the protests are against Israel's policy though?

What do you object to? Benjamin AGREED to the deal already.

[thebrightestwitchofherage]

He may have agreed to it but unfortunately he’s also delaying it… The main issues are

-Him insisting on including the Philadelphi Corridor & not ending the war already

-Thus delaying a deal in may that included the recently murdered hostages and many other hostages (women, children,elderly, injured…)

Everyone has been saying this- Hostages’ families, Israeli & us officials, other Members of the knesset…

*I’m honestly surprised you asked considering it’s all over the news .

Anyways, I hope he’s ✨✨never elected again and faces prison time ✨✨

[jujusjunk]

How’d he get elected in the first place? Genuine question because every single Israeli I’ve had a convo with has been heavily against him. I remember a friend told me it was something about not enough candidates but Idk that didn’t make sense. There’s also the fact that I’ve been hearing of protest for a while. So are all (or at least non-heavily-right wing) Israelis against him and his actions or is there still a group of people (citizens) who still support and agree with him?

[bdalak]

the prime minister specifically is selected by the president, i think based on who they believe is most likely to form a government—not always the party that holds the most seats in the knesset. that's why in 2021 we ended up seeing a unity government between yesh atid (17 seats w/ party leader yair lapid) and yamina (7 seats w/ party leader naftali bennett) despite likud holding 30 seats total. in order to form a coalition government you need to hold a majority out of the total seats of the knesset (120, so minimum seats needed is 61).

there are a lot of reasons why bibi keeps being selected as prime minister. his party is the most popular, having received 1.1 million votes in the most recent election and holding 32 seats in the knesset. he's steadily gone further and further right when it comes to the parties he'll work with and imo the standards for who the far right will consider working with are much more relaxed than the standards that left-wing parties will hold. on top of that...other israelis like @homochadensistm would be able to explain better than me how he's sort of "bought out" the haredi voting bloc lol

israel also doesn't have ranked choice voting, so if a party you vote for doesn't meet the electoral threshold then your votes are essentially thrown out. in the most recent election, i think around 325,000 votes between two left wing parties, meretz and labor, were thrown out because they failed to reach the electoral threshold. for some perspective, Shas (right-wing haredi political party), the third largest party in the knesset with 11 seats, received ~393,000 votes. i think it was the leaders of meretz who refused to sign an electoral agreement with labor which would have allowed them to share votes, and they faced a lot of criticism for this decision after the election.

that's my understanding of why he keeps being chosen for prime minister anyway. currently, his coalition government only holds 64/120 seats in the knesset. this is by no means a huge majority, which explains why you're seeing such large protests against decisions the government makes, and also why you'll meet so many israelis who are against bibi + the current government.

[thebrightestwitchofherage]

This is a great explanation of Israeli politics! Thank you, I wrote a bit as well but it’s so much to explain Xx

תודה רבה☺️

[dougielombax]

I just heard some IDIOT in my own country say that they “don’t believe” in the Armenian Genocide!

“Don’t believe”. What, like it’s the fucking boogeyman? Or Santa Claus?

My GOD!

What a shittake!

Absolute brainrot!

Fucking hell!

It is not up to you to BELIEVE in it!

It happened!

It is real!

The evidence (1.5 million people DEAD! All those renamed towns, cities and villages in western armenia under Turkish control, and many more what were razed to the ground, the bones in the Syrian desert from the forced death marches and deportations, Armenian refugees in places like Lebanon, the emergence of subsequent Armenian diaspora communities from said refugees, Operation Nemesis, countless eyewitness testimony from bystanders, perpetrators, victims and survivors!) is IRREFUTABLE!!!

It’s not something you can handwave or push aside!

It’s not a matter of belief!

Fucking MORONS!!!!

Curiously they didn’t resort to the usual denialist talking points. Which genuinely surprised me.

They just simply said it didn’t happen. Which isn’t any better.

Like a stupid child.

They almost sounded proud of their ignorance.

Absolutely sickening to behold!

Some people in my country do NO favours for our image and these DENSE motherfuckers are among them!

I feel SICK!!!

Fucking morons!!!

Sometimes I genuinely hate sharing a country with these dumb beasts!

Shit like this is one of the reasons I study history! To call out shittakes, lies, mistruths and bullshit when I see them!

[radicalgraff]

"Never Forget the Armenian Genocide!"

Graffiti painted in Istanbul, Turkey on April 24, Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day

[urbanhieroglyphics]

Shop in Minneapolis.

[urbanhieroglyphics]

A train on the way to the beach in Delaware. I almost deleted these photos, because the graffiti wasn't too impressive. But it turns out that HBAK is a graffiti artist known to Google, and there are likely other signatures from other ones here as well.

[urbanhieroglyphics]

[urbanhieroglyphics]

Underpass by the Sculpture Park in Minneapolis.

[cheesebongdynasty]

Be careful this Saturday the 24th

The reason would warrant a trigger warning, and this post might not reach people who have that subject filtered in their tags.

Some sickos have declared April 24th to be the "National Day" for something very sick. It may be a sick joke, but be careful all the same.

Women especially, but men and intersex people too, and definitely kids, be careful. Stay safe.

[cheesebongdynasty]

Be careful this Saturday the 24th

The reason would warrant a trigger warning, and this post might not reach people who have that subject filtered in their tags.

Some sickos have declared April 24th to be the "National Day" for something very sick. It may be a sick joke, but be careful all the same.

Women especially, but men and intersex people too, and definitely kids, be careful. Stay safe.

[urbanhieroglyphics]

Sidewalk outside University of Minnesota

[urbanhieroglyphics]

Graffiti shrines at the state border (Hudson River). Highly recommend this swimming area. Islands you're allowed to walk and set up camp on, tree filled wetlands you're allowed to swim in!

[urbanhieroglyphics]

A bridge over a biking and walking path in Minneapolis.

[urbanhieroglyphics]

[urbanhieroglyphics]

I have no clue who Dulo is (was he that blue horny alien from "the Orville"?) but Mo's gang apparently has issues with him.

[urbanhieroglyphics]

Love can go in all directions!