#cities of refuge

[oldcurrencyexchange]

O’Brien Rare Coin Review: Charles I, Cities of Refuge - Bandon Bridge, Octagonal Farthing

Date: c. 1647 Description: Charles I, Southern Cities of Refuge, Bandon Bridge octagonal farthing (copper) Weight: 2.32g Diameter: 14mm Unrecorded in literature but similar to an ‘undated’ Bandon Bridge farthing References: cf. D&F 316 and SCBC 6560 Overall, about very fine. (aVF) Extremely rare An unrecorded ‘dated’ issue Obverse: Crudely struck emergency coinage with the legend “B. • B”…

[yhebrew]

Biblical Insights: Lessons from the Tribes of Ya'cov FOR TODAY.

A STUDY ON MEMBERS OF The Tribes of Ya’cov, written at The Dire Straits 2024. Gen 2:9  Out of the ground Adonai, God, caused to grow every tree pleasing in appearance and good for food, including the tree of life in the middle of the garden and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.  RUEBEN – See Leah’s firstborn was Reuben, meaning to see. Her second born was Simeon meaning hear. Her…

[lordgodjehovahsway]

Joshua 20: God Commands Joshua To Instruct The Israelites To Designate Cities Of Refuge

1 Then the Lord said to Joshua: 

2 “Tell the Israelites to designate the cities of refuge, as I instructed you through Moses, 

3 so that anyone who kills a person accidentally and unintentionally may flee there and find protection from the avenger of blood. 

4 When they flee to one of these cities, they are to stand in the entrance of the city gate and state their case before the elders of that city. Then the elders are to admit the fugitive into their city and provide a place to live among them. 

5 If the avenger of blood comes in pursuit, the elders must not surrender the fugitive, because the fugitive killed their neighbor unintentionally and without malice aforethought. 

6 They are to stay in that city until they have stood trial before the assembly and until the death of the high priest who is serving at that time. Then they may go back to their own home in the town from which they fled.”

7 So they set apart Kedesh in Galilee in the hill country of Naphtali, Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim, and Kiriath Arba (that is, Hebron) in the hill country of Judah. 

8 East of the Jordan (on the other side from Jericho) they designated Bezer in the wilderness on the plateau in the tribe of Reuben, Ramoth in Gilead in the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan in the tribe of Manasseh. 

9 Any of the Israelites or any foreigner residing among them who killed someone accidentally could flee to these designated cities and not be killed by the avenger of blood prior to standing trial before the assembly.

[ambermaitrejean]

August in Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge. Commerce City, Colorado. Photos by Amber Maitrejean

[the-c41n-instinct]

Danny can't go through ghost shields

In a last-ditch effort to protect the town, the local government and the GIW commission the Fenton parents to make two shields, one that will go up around their lab, to hopefully keep the ghosts in, and let them continue their studies.

And one around the town. To keep any rouge ghosts from attacking the town to get back to the ghost zone, and to keep out any of the Usual Culprits from making their way back after getting through a natural portal.

Danny finds out the day before they're scheduled to be set up, and spends all day and night getting any rouges, shades, or blob ghosts into the Zone. When they do finally go up, Danny, exhausted and in pain from having to wrangle so many ghosts in such a short period of time, gets pushed out of the town without getting the chance to warn his friends or figure out how to not get essentially banished

After getting forced out of Amity, he has to find somewhere new to stay. He can't pick just any small town, there isn't enough ectoplasm there to sustain him, so he goes for a big city, specificallyone with a hero hanging around (reader's choice) After all, the casualties and emotions from those big fights produce just enough ectoplasm to keep a teenage half-ghost half alive.

Sorry about the terrible formatting, I wrote this on mobile, copy pasted it from discord, and wrote it out while actively hiding my phone from my teacher :P

Anyway, vaguely inspired by this post by @suretkerim

[chillypepperhot]

Holy City in the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge

SW Oklahoma

Source Me laf@ilyF ❤️

[oldcurrencyexchange]

O’Brien Rare Coin Review: Charles I, Cities of Refuge - Cork, Round Uniface Copper Farthing

Date: c. 1647 Charles I (1625-1649), Southern Cities of Refuge, Cork, uniface copper Farthing, “CORKE” across field, crown above, crossed palm leaves below, all within beaded border. Description: Charles I, Southern Cities of Refuge, Cork Round Farthing (copper) Weight: 2.33g References: cf. S 6562B; cf. DF 331-3; cf. SCBI Norweb 6214 About very fine. (aVF) Extremely rare Obverse: Crudely…

[justinspoliticalcorner]

Vesper Henry at MMFA:

Right-wing media figures mocked Worcester, Massachusetts, for voting to become a sanctuary city for transgender people while simultaneously denying attacks on transgender rights—even as they defended those very attacks. Trump attacked sanctuary cities for immigration in his first term. Now, with the help of right-wing media and encouragement from Project 2025, he's employing some of the same tactics to target sanctuary cities for transgender people. He’s also issued an executive order that would sanction states with sanctuary policies for youth transition care, part of his slate of orders that hack away at trans people’s access to public life, including sports, health care, and the armed services.

Worcester reaffirms its state’s defense of transgender rights

Worcester, Massachusetts, voted 9-2 to declare the city will not use its own resources to criminalize gender-affirming care nor surrender information about such care “to any individual or out-of-state agency or department.” Worcester is Massachusetts’ second largest city, with a nonbinary city council member who recently returned from hiatus after allegedly facing anti-trans animus from within the council. The new resolution cites Trump’s recent barrage of anti-trans executive orders and contrasts it with rates of violence and homelessness among trans people. [PinkNews, 2/13/25; Telegram & Gazette, 2/12/25, 2/12/25]

Worcester joins its state of Massachusetts and several other cities and states in implementing shield and refuge laws. Fourteen states and Washington, D.C., have enacted so-called “shield” laws to protect transgender people, their families, and medical providers. Several other cities, including but not limited to New York City, West Hollywood, and Kansas City, Missouri, have similarly declared themselves sanctuary cities for transgender people. [The Advocate, 2/13/25; Movement Advancement Project, accessed 3/3/25; The Mary Sue, 8/26/23]

Right-wing media both denied and defended attacks on transgender rights while ridiculing Worcester’s decision and its trans community members

Several figures across Fox News claimed that no one “is coming after” transgender people or “trying to do anything to harm” them. Across the network, speakers claimed transgender people were suffering a “paranoid delusion” artificially drummed up by “the DEI activist class,” and subsequently dismissed concerns expressed by citizens who spoke at a Worcester City Council meeting. On America’s Newsroom, National Review writer Noah Rothman called the support for sanctuary cities “goofball stuff” and said “no one is coming after you.” On The Five, co-host Dana Perino said “nobody is coming after them,” before vaguely alluding to several “rules and guidelines” that will be put in place. Fox host Sean Hannity said on his own show, “Nobody in the federal government — frankly nobody really in the country — cares that much about what other people do.” Meanwhile, right-wing media have a history of expressing support for laws targeting transgender adults, and some have called for “transgenderism” to be “eradicated from public life entirely.” [Fox News, America’s Newsroom, 2/13/25; Fox News, The Five, 2/13/25; Fox News, Hannity, 2/12/25; Media Matters, 7/27/23, 3/6/23, 3/8/23]

The Worcester City Council in Worcester, MA voted 9-2 to name itself a trans sanctuary city by implementing trans safe refuse and shield law measures to protect from out-of-state entities prosecuting gender-affirming care.

Right-wing media commentators and outlets reacted predictably, as expected: fear and loathing for trans people and the Worcester City Council.

[ambermaitrejean]

January in Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge. Commerce City, Colorado. Photos by Amber Maitrejean

[stonesense]

did you ever talk about why do you think surana's parents sent them to a circle instead of the dalish? (i never played the other games, only dao, so i am not sure if there are plausible canon explanations for this aside, you know, it could've been any of the two options and they picked the circle)

it’s not like they got the choice? most elves have zero contact with the dalish, and only know of them as a myth or as the bandits humans describe. and if a child is discovered to have magic they are immediately forcibly taken by the templars. it’s not like picking which school to send your kid to

[unclekush]

God.cant wait for climate change to make it so we're growing palm trees on the tropical shores of lake superior in duluth minnesota

[hoplaventon]

Pelipper Mail.

Gives you six illumise

ehh ! ! they 're flying around the establishment ! ! i 'm sorry but i can't keep them . :(

[dutchjan]

October 01, 2024

[windandwater]

Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge: Manhattan Skyline

[acityofrefuge]

07.29

Introduction ♱

This is a last resort.

I do not enjoy writing about myself; I may even hate it. My livelihood revolves around documenting the latest advancements in medicine and synthetic biology. Passions and aspirations were left behind long ago for a career and the promise of stability. As I set aside my desire to write my truths and quench my thirst, I defy the odds laid out by those before me.

It’s fucking exhausting.

Even in days past, I never wrote about myself. Instead, I immersed myself in the characters I read about or watched in the countless pieces of media I had the time to consume. I fell in love with their struggles, perhaps projecting myself onto them. I clung to these characters so tightly, devoting myself to these fictional beings, only to be disappointed by the reality beyond the page.

Sometimes I feel I am not meant for the real world.

Now, I am grown. Independence found me early, carrying me far and gifting me with early successes that impressed those who still had others to rely on. They don't understand the circumstances; I would be the same as them if given the opportunity. Desperately, I would cling to what they consider normal, let it nurture me, and bask in a newfound dependence. In an attempt to taste reliance, I took a lover—one who grew up properly loved and appreciated. This didn't do much for me; it only exposed the gaps left in my development from a lack of care. Strangely enough, it was humiliating.

Love is humiliating.

And though it is humiliating, it is stable. My relationship screams stability. Perhaps I am the most unstable piece in the puzzle of my love; I am the root of most of our quarrels. This is not my intent. This petulance and rage are not something to be proud of. Memories of the past fade into sunken emotions that surface at the slightest hint of criticism. Though unprovoked, these bursts of emotion are so powerful that even I am surprised. So, I suppose this is an attempt to confront these feelings, to reflect enough to quiet the nagging thoughts and let the past rest.

To those reading, I offer a warm welcome. May you find solidarity in these stupid and meaningless ramblings that I promise you I will never act on.

[travelella]

Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge, Gateway Rd, Commerce City, Colorado, USA

Joe McDaniel