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Peter Lorre in "The Verdict" - clippings from Warner Bros Pressbook
"THE VERDICT, a Warner Bros. mystery drama based on a novel by Israel Zangwill." I don't know if I knew it was from a novel! Might have to get that.
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ok chat I made them kiss
I'm at a convention and I just saw Captain America pick his nose. He truly is an accurate mascot for this country.
by @nekomimipii
This also applies for anyone left of center choosing to not vote or throw out their vote on a write-in because their inner Calvinist won't allow voting for a candidate that doesn't share all the same views as them on every issue.
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.
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.
The Israeli-Palestinian conflict has caused immense suffering, with countless individuals displaced, harmed, and killed over the years. Tens
Stephen and Tony both want to help people, but the two geniuses also do their research.
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❤️🎗️
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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.
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 ✨✨
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?
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.
This is a great explanation of Israeli politics! Thank you, I wrote a bit as well but it’s so much to explain Xx
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Marvelous Mermay: Starkfish
"The truth is...I am a merman."
Note: Most of my Marvel merfolk will not be this elaborate. The plan is for most of them to be quick sketch-doodles like last year. But some will get more attention than others.
Happy Festivus everyone! This year, the Feats of Strength will be hosted by the Grandmaster.
I think Tony likes to kiss Stefan out of the blue.
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I did a small thing inspired by @lilbitofmac and their SIM design and comic panels. I just liked the look of the design so much, plus the prompt of SIM tempting Strange with the promise to fix his hands is just- orz
Plus alternate version without the glasses:
by @GingerTea116
Nothing like making good use of your portal doors and taking your favourite engineer on a tour around the world...
by @AngiGonzalez93
Snow White and his prince
