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[image id: a tweet from Torah Judaism @torahjudaism reading "Hundreds of Anti-Zionist Jews clashed with Zionist Israeli police who came to take down Palestinian flags hung by Jews in the Mea Shearim neighborhood of Jerusalem. Jews threw stones at Israeli police to prevent them from lowering the flag. end id.]

[video desc: a crowd of gathered jews, largely hasidim, surround a police officer standing atop a newspaper box, trying to tear down a palestinian flag with a beam. He drops the beam, a few men immediately rush and grab it - he hops off the newspaper box, and is charged by various hasidim throwing rocks. a few police in riot gear try and disperse the crowd, they are rapidly crowded by hasidim and pushed down the street. rocks and fruit are being thrown the whole time, and screams and singing can be heard in the background. end desc.]

hope-for-the-planet

Between 1992-2003, that investment led to a 29 percent decrease in the rate of biodiversity decline.

“Between 1992–2003, $14.4 billion was spent in total in the 109 countries studied…That investment resulted in a 29 percent-per-country average decrease in the rate of biodiversity decline…”

This is one of the first large-scale studies to show that investment in conservation really does work. The study also examined how conservation dollars could be spent most effectively in different locations to slow biodiversity loss.

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Sounds like we need to spend more.

tractor-inside-joke-fucker

This was over the course of 11 years. That 14.4 billion was spent over the gradual course of over a decade. This amounts to about 1.3 billion per year for what it accomplished, a pittance to most nations and truly a tiny amount if there’s multiple nations (like the 109 countries) covering it together. Never let anyone tell you dying ecosystems and climate disasters are inevitable or “too expensive” to prevent.

the-awkward-turt

But there’s a significant silver lining here: If spending a “pittance” can buy us a 29% decrease in biodiversity loss, think how much loss could be prevented if countries seriously invested in this kind of thing!

This is one of the first big studies to show that investing in conservation translates to real, measurable, tangible improvements over the long term and in multiple countries. We aren’t just throwing money at something that isn’t working. That’s still really excellent news! And a big reason to invest more in conservation efforts!

jennyholzerwannabe

“An accompanying commentary in Nature notes that halting the decline in global biodiversity would be “remarkably cheap,” amounting to less than 0.01 percent of global gross domestic product.”

alfedena

People do not realize that when we say Israel is a settler-colonial state, we mean it was literally devised in junction with European imperialism around the turn of the century.

Political Zionism was founded by Theodore Herzl. Originally, Zionists were not specifically interested in the land of Palestine as a colonial project. In fact, Herzl was debating making Argentina the focus of mass Zionist migration, which is quite ironic considering Argentina's colonial and Aryanist past. British-controlled Uganda was also offered as a possibility by Joseph Chamberlain, a Conservative imperialist.

To encourage mass Jewish migration to Palestine, he worked with the British, who had recently drove the Ottoman Empire out of the Levant, and now boasted political dominance in the region, thanks to the Sykes–Picot Agreement between the UK, France, Italy, and Russia which covertly authorized British influence in Palestine, which had become a target of colonial expansion. He specifically wished to collaborate with Cecil Rhodes, a British imperialist who played a lead role in colonizing Zimbabwe and Zambia, and later took inspiration from his time spent extracting wealth from Africa as the founder of mining conglomerate the British South Africa Company.

Herzl’s personal goals for Zionism were colonial. He said in a letter to Rhodes:

“You are being invited to help make history. It doesn’t involve Africa, but a piece of Asia Minor; not Englishmen but Jews […] How, then, do I happen to turn to you since this is an out-of-the-way matter for you? How indeed? Because it is something colonial […] I […] have examined this plan and found it correct and practicable. It is a plan full of culture, excellent for the group of people for whom it is directly designed, and quite good for England, for Greater Britain [...]”

At that time, Palestine was predominately populated with Arab Muslims and Christians, as well as Arab Jews (Old Yishuv) and Druze. Jews made up around 6% of the population. The Ottoman government specifically released a manifesto at the start of Zionist migration condemning the colonization, stating:

“[Jews] among us […] who have been living in our province since before the war; they are as we are, and their loyalties are our own.”

The Balfour Declaration of 1917 on behalf of parliament, officially established the British Mandate of Palestine, sowing the seeds for the modern state of Israel, by means of the UK's ongoing occupation of the region.

Zionism was never about promoting Jewish culture or safety; it has always been tied up in Western (settler-)colonial expansion. !من النهر إلى البحر

alfedena

Reblogging again because I see some really great points in the tags:

European endorsement of Aliyah at this time was absolutely motivated by anti-semitism and the removal of Jewish people from Europe. Even to this day we see the remnants of this Christian Zionism in far-right movements in the US, for example, with people like Richard Spencer praising Israel for its admirable qualities as an entho-state while simultaneously holding views in line with the world Jewish conspiracy. It is not coincidence that we see neo-Nazi circles in the West backing Zionism and Jewish migration to Israel.

Aside from that, I want to clarify my last point. The tactic often used by colonial states of attaching Indigenous culture to settler national identity is also seen in Israeli society with the revitalization of ancient Canaanite and Hebrew culture (as well as the appropriation of Palestinian culture). Along with this came the historical and contemporary suppression of Jewish culture within Israel.

Historically, Yiddish has been censored by the Israeli government. Yiddish art and publications were heavily discouraged and lots of Ashkenazi Jews immigrating to Israel Hebraized their last names and continue to do so to this day. Yiddish theater was taxed 10% while Hebrew theater was not.

Israel is also heavily racist towards Black Jews. Ethiopian Jews have been targeted by the Israeli government for sterilization. Ethiopian women have been coerced by doctors to take Depo-Provera, a long-lasting contraceptive, making up 57% of those who have received the drug in Israel. In some cases, they were told they could not immigrate unless they took the drug. The birthrate of Ethiopian-Israelis has dropped by 20% because of this. Blood donation by Ethiopian-Israelis is banned. There have been instances of Ethiopian-Israeli students being forced to learn in complete isolation from other students, as well as the beginning of Ethiopian-Israeli students' education being delayed by months by the government. Beyond this, Igbo Jews from Nigeria were not permitted to make Aliyah.

And lastly, In the '40s and '50s, aprox. 1,000 to 5,000 Yemeni-Israeli children disappeared. 1 in 8 of Yemeni-Israeli children were affected (Tunisian, Morrocan, Balkan and other Arab-Jewish groups were also targeted). There is large speculation that many of these kids were abducted by the government specifically to be adopted by white, Ashkenazi Jews with more and more elderly Mizrahim coming out to this day about their experience being adopted.

I'm sure there are many other instances like these that I'm just not aware of. However, it becomes obvious that the creation of an Israeli state was for the purpose of continuing Western imperialism in SWANA while covertly expelling Jewish people from increasingly nationalist states in Europe in the 19th-20th centuries, not to cultivate Jewish security or culture.

foxsnails

Bluntnose Sixgill Shark for @tacoman-druid !

My traditional comms (like this one) are open again!

strongermonster

perhaps some will disagree, but i think the world got worse when we changed the colour of the night

strongermonster

this is what i mean

degenderates

Via @bulbaderp

itistimetodisappear

To be clear, THIS is how nights of the future should be lit

This is bat friendly street lighting, which not only looks sick as fuck but allows bats to pass through without disturbance, as they cannot see red.

orange and especially white lights deter bats and prevent them from reaching feeding grounds at nighttime. Please if you can, write to your local council and encourage red street lights!!!!

popeyeotaku

afloweroutofstone

museologistanarchist

a few of my favorite zines from Sprout. Highly recommend giving them a read

Tips on staying sane & calm while being arrested & sitting in a jail cell alone

Anarchist Survival Guide for Understanding Gestapo Swine Interrogation Mind Games

Counter-Info: A “How-To” Guide

Critical Thinking as Anarchist Weapon

Reading for Revolution

The Illegitimacy of Violence, the Violence of Legitimacy

Talking to the Media: A Guide for Anarchists

Consensus: A Brief Introductory Guide

Collectives: Anarchy Against The Mass

Class Struggle & Mental Health

Building: A DIY Guide to Creating Spaces, Hosting Events and Fostering Radical Communities

Anti-Mass: Methods of Organization for Collectives

Anarchism and the English Language

12 Things to do Instead of Calling the Cops

3 Positions Against Prison

Digital Security for Activists

Doxcare: Prevention and Aftercare for Those Targeted by Doxxing and Political Harassment

We Are Being Doxxed

The Invisible Ground, honoring each others security needs as an act of solidarity and liberation

An Activist’s Guide to Information Security

Reclaiming Our Ancient Wisdom

Anti-Fascism Against Machismo: Gender, Politics, and the Struggle Against Fascism

Resignation is Death

Uncivilized, A Primer on Civilization, Domestication, and Anarchy

What Anarchists Have been Saying for Years, and What Liberals Need to Start Hearing

Good Manners and Affinity Groups

Let’s Talk: Feminist Communication

Hot Pantz: Do It Yourself Gynecology

shadow-banned-the-hedgehog

Or water fountains, public washrooms, outdoors tables, etc, etc

infectedwithnyanites

Notice how removing seating doesnt actually prevent people from sitting it just makes them uncomfortable and makes public spaces more hostile it doesnt actually work at controlling their behavior not till a pig comes along anyways and they'll harass a homeless person/teen whatever they're sitting on.

nuclearbummer

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eggshellsareneat

Alright, I think I like tumblr now.

A pun post crossed my dash, and I reblogged it with an equally bad pun in return. A couple of my followers find it funny, it's a good day for everyone.

That was on July 7th.

Virality on Reddit was entirely algorithmic. You could garner a couple crossposts, but the success of a post was entirely dependent on whether or not it hit r/all--the main page of Reddit. If your post does that, it's immediately exposed to 10x the number of people and immediately gets upvoted.

On my pun post, I get a couple reblogs. And those reblogs get a couple reblogs--nobody really adds any content to the post, it just gets a couple reblogs here and there.

There's a specific chain of reblogs that I'd like to focus on. The most popular post on this chain has about 25 reblogs on it. Half the posts have three reblogs or fewer. Five posts in this chain have just one reblog total.

But the reblog chain keeps going. And going. It breaches containment many times over. And finally, after a chain THIRTY SIX posts long, at 9:30 AM, July 22nd this morning, it hits a popular account.

99% percent of the people who have seen the post--virtually unchanged from how it left my dash--have seen it because it was curated by 36 different people. That's insane to me.

None of those 36 people know that they're part of this chain. They saw a post, reblogged it, and moved on. If any one of these people had not reblogged, the post would have a fraction of the impact it has.

And yet, after two weeks, the post has effectively hit the main page of tumblr. It was picked up, only because people liked it enough to show it to their followers. There were no algorithms necessary.

You really, truly, cannot get this on any other website.

were--ralph

CAST CAST NOW CAST NOW DO NOT HESITATE CAST FUCKING NOW

were--ralph

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fullyarmoredbattlesturgeon

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I need this study

unrequirede

It looks like it's Anarchist Direct Actions: A Challenge for Law Enforcement. It was published in 2004

writefinch

It's worth pointing out that cops in the US adapted to these problems through using grand juries to cast wide nets and do punitive fishing expeditions in the wake of any serious suspected left-wing actions.

Here's how it works:

Someone starts a fire at an army draft office.

The cops look through their files for anyone who might be in the political orbit of someone who'd want to do that. People picked up at protests, for drug charges, vandalism, anyone who is already on their radar. They look into their known associates, anyone they live with, anyone they drink with.

Then they start subpoenaing these people for a grand jury summons. They give you immunity (but only for the matter of the grand jury!) so that you can't exercise the fifth amendment against self incrimination. If you say nothing, they can imprison you almost indefinitely for contempt of court. If they catch you in a lie, that's criminal perjury.

They'll ask you for information on everyone you know. Obviously they'll ask about their involvement in any crimes, but they're casting a wide net. Who knows who, where do they hang out, who talked to who about what and when. They'll ask you to spill interpersonal stuff, whether anyone is cheating on someone, whether people have substance abuse problems or embarrassing personal issues, if anyone is closeted, anything they consider dirt. Anyone you name is gonna get subpoenaed and they'll be asked for all this information on everyone they know, including you, and although you have immunity from your own testimony, you don't get immunity from each others.

Assuming you didn't personally do anything they can prosecute you for in the matter of the grand jury, they'll go after you based on what they know. The cops will arrest you on any little thing they have suspicion of, even if they know they can't prosecute you, just so that they can keep you in jail for a few days while you miss two shifts at work and your friends have to scramble to raise bail. They'll leak any embarrassing info that comes out, to your boss or your family or even the local press. Whatever they can do to make your life a little harder.

They will lean fucking hard on anyone who is involved in the scene but had second thoughts or felt like they were dragged into something they never wanted to do in the first place by their friends. The cops will say 'do you want to get your life ruined by people who did something stupid over something you barely even believe in' and sometimes that's a very compelling argument! If people have dependents or kids who they think won't be looked after if they go to prison, there's a lot of pressure to cooperate.

It's important to note two things:

1) Based on the ratio of actual prison sentences to maximum possible sentences for the charges, it's better for people not to cooperate with the jury both individually and as a group. People who talk still get sentenced, with the information they helped provide.

2) These aren't surgical strikes, they're an artillery barrage designed to destroy infrastructure and send people running for cover. Cops don't want you to have friends, they don't want you to hang out and have fun, they don't want you getting or providing food or shelter through anything you can't get fired from. They don't want committed direct-action people swimming freely through a sea of friendly people. They're not scared of the flower, they're scared of the soil that grows it.

creature-wizard

Check your conspiracy theory. Does it sound anything like this?

There is an ancient global conspiracy plotting to create a one world government.

The one world government will be headed by a single leader.

The conspiracy intends to make everyone follow a religion it created.

The conspiracy is trying to destroy all true religion/spirituality.

The conspiracy deliberately stirs up conflict and starts wars.

The conspiracy deliberately does whatever it can to confuse, exhaust, and demoralize the people.

The conspiracy creates and/or manipulates art and entertainment to control and brainwash the masses.

Liberal politics (EG, religious tolerance, equality) are part of the conspiracy.

Communism and collectivism are part of the conspiracy.

The conspiracy manipulates the economy to our detriment.

The conspiracy wants to do away with the gold standard.

The conspiracy wants to do away with the free market.

The conspiracy intends to tax the rich, which is bad because taxes are just legal theft.

Teaching people about the mistakes and atrocities committed by governments is part of the conspiracy.

The conspiracy creates new religions and spiritual movements to further their agendas.

All secret societies (EG, Freemasonry) are part of the conspiracy.

Presidents are manipulated puppets of the conspiracy.

The conspiracy manipulates anyone with a high political position.

The conspiracy grooms world leaders.

Agents of the conspiracy are planted everywhere, in all levels of society.

The conspiracy kills anyone who might expose their plans in ways that no one would suspect are actually murder.

The conspiracy follows/uses the Kabbalah.

Literally all of these were claimed in The Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion, an antisemitic hoax created by the Okhrana. It was used by Nazi Germany to justify the Holocaust, and today it still serves as the blueprint for most conspiracy theories - even if modern conspiracy theorists try to hide it, downplay it, or rationalize it with another, equally absurd conspiracy theory.

baronfulmen

I've been telling people for ages now, it's virtually guaranteed that if you dig into it enough any given conspiracy theory will turn out to be antisemitic no matter how harmless or silly it first appears.

lexidius

So which one is it OP? Progressivism Bad, or Conservatism Bad? Are we supposed to be distrusting of the Left or the Right?

creature-wizard

Conspiracy theorists often claim that the conspiracy is responsible for progressive politics, and the conspiracy wants to place higher taxes on the wealthy to steal their supposedly hard-earned money. I for one am all in favor of taxing the wealthy.

Hope this clears things up.

spacelazarwolf

I'm not a Christian but what's wrong with progressive Christians sharing a wholesome post that resonated with them I'm legit so confused why would that bother u

i don’t want christians using my jewish post talking abt my jewish perception of god to “spread the love of christ.”

spacelazarwolf

also like i'm sorry but even if my answer was "i fucking hate christians and i don't want them anywhere near me and will block them on sight if i encounter them on social media" that would still be a valid and completely reasonable boundary for me, a jew, to have. christians have been murdering and forcibly converting us for centuries. my family was directly affected by this. if i never wanted to be in the same room with a christian ever again in my life, that would be on the kinder end of the spectrum of justice.

this isn't a problem specific to progressive christians, but since this is a discussion about them, that who i'm going to be talking about. i have worked in churches as a professional musician for over a decade. i've worked at some more conservative churches which present their own problems, but at every single progressive church i have worked at, i always dread christmas and easter because that's when i deal with the most cloaked antisemitism. especially easter.

i worked at a church that had absolutely no problem with me being trans and even told me i could wear my kippah during services if i wanted to. this was the same church that lit a menorah during the christmas eve service, used three stranded challah to "signify the trinity", and where the pastor gave a sermon talking about "the jerusalem elite" and how jesus saved everyone from having to follow the "cruel" teachings of the "old testament." at this same church, members of the choir gave me hanukkah cards. one of them crocheted me a bunch of kippot to give to me as a going away present on my last day at the reception they threw for me. at that same reception, one of the members told me they hoped they'd see me again and that i could "accept the light of jesus into my heart." i loved these people, and deeply appreciated their support of me in my transition, but in the end to many of them the goal was to feel so accepted that i'd convert. and that has been my experience with about 80% of progressive christians.

so while i may agree more politically with progressive christians, i do not trust progressive christians any more than i do traditional or conservative christians.

trying to convert a jew to christianity is violence. using a jew's words and twisting them to make them about jesus is antisemitism.

sisterhildegardis

there is a time and a place for an interfaith theological dialogue where everyone gives their perspectives, and sometimes its just not that. sometimes a thing isnt meant for you, and people should be alright with that. personally, ive found what I think to be correct/whats personally right for me. But someone else of a different religion, thats just great. Faith is a wonderful thing, and I allways love hearing about and learning how others experience the divine. Its rather not my place to tell people that they are wrong.

only-tiktoks

Meanwhile, Texas recently banned juvenile curfews.

In Philadelphia, Chicago, and Maryland, local leaders and police are turning to curfews for teenagers. Researchers say that there is no evid

dash-n-step

Homestuck Browser

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https://bambosh.github.io/unofficial-homestuck-collection/

ask-the-seer-of-breath

I absolutely need everyone to reblog this right now. This is an offline browser meant to read Homestuck as it was intended, with Flash.

This project is absolutely BIG and the person behind it BIGGER, and you guys have no idea how glad I am to have a complete Homestuck archive right at hand that also has stuff like The Baby Is You and Humanimals among so much more. Like what?? It’s the real MSPA.

Please share this. Go to the creator’s Twitter (Bamboshu) and retweet too! Donate.

Also, all the content is less than 4GB? I’d think it’d be way more heavy. You can even save it on a USB and you’ve got the entirety of Homestuck and MSPA in your hands…

i-like-your-nolaces

saw this post on my dash and thought i’d add this lil update: at the recent StuckAtHomeCon, developers Bambosh and Gio announced they’d been working on a new, *online* version of the Unofficial Collection, which has now been released in Beta form:

the Offline Version still exists for Download, but now you no longer are required to in order to experience Homestuck as it was originally intended!

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