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So I was writing a small paper in Microsoft Word and the program suddenly crashed (I saved a couple minutes before, thank god) and I get this message in the corner of my screen two seconds afterward

what the fuck

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obviously i love jhutch and im usually very quick to defend his overly enthusiastic allyship in the 2010s because a) i do genuinely think he cares about lgbt rights and b) i was in highschool in the 2010s, i remember how huge it was for a famous person to be even slightly supportive of lgbt people, let alone doing actual charity work

but some of the things he said were unfortunately extremely funny in hindsight

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What's distressing, but also important to understand, about JK Rowling hitting the "Denying trans people were targeted in the Holocaust" point is that it's kind of the last stop before she just goes full alt-right weirdo.

Joanne is denying the Holocaust (if a group was targeted, denying they were targeted is Holocaust denial) and that's going to lead to pushback from historians and experts. But Joanne is too deep in to believe what anyone who disagrees with her says, so she's just going to dismiss what those historians and experts tell her. And once she's disbelieving them about that one thing, well it's just a tiny step to start disbelieving them about other things.

This isn't by accident either, transphobic circles are swarming with far right agitators, ready to use hatred of trans people as an in to recruit people into their causes. They have handbooks for this sort of thing and they are, unfortunately, good at it. I suspect Joanne will be spouting coded versions of Great Replacement stuff by the end of the summer.

This is not a plea to try and pull Joanne out. She's too deep in, and even if she wasn't, she's already demonstrated an inability to examine her own prejudices, an unwillingness to hear criticism and a weakness to flattery. She is perfect recruitment bait for people who know what they're doing, and my impression is she's surrounded herself with people like that.

No, this is to understand two things: First is to use her as an example, to understand how a well meaning liberal can chase their own prejudices down a very dark rabbit hole. We are none of us immune to propaganda and even if we can't change what's happened to her, we can at least use it to protect ourselves.

And second is to understand that one of the main reasons you can't pull Joanne out of the transphobic pipeline is cause she is the pipeline now. She is the transphobic banner bearer now, she is funneling money and attention to these groups, she is their most famous celebrity and she is helping recruit people. Being able to show people how far she's gone, how deep into the right wing rabbit hole she's going, is important to help other people who still think she just "Had some concerns" know where her path leads.

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This shit is so hilarious I had to reactivate this blog just to share it:

Enjoy that תסורח with your הצמ dumbasses.

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Afternoon Tea in the Garden of Clarence House, 1897. (x) Princess Beatrice of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Prince George, Duke of York later King George V, Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse, Grand Duchess Marie Alexandrovna, Duchess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Princess Victoria Melita, Grand Duchess of Hesse and by Rhine, Prince Alfred of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Princess Mary, Duchess of York later Queen Mary, Prince Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine.

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"there are many jews involved in the columbia encampment, and there was even a kabbalat shabbat service and a seder" and "antisemitic things have been chanted at the columbia protests and there's a serious unaddressed (and dismissed) antisemitism problem in the movement" can both be true

like. portraying this as "a group of people who hate jews and want to intimidate and block them" isn't correct, but neither is "it's all a smear and nothing we've ever said or done could ever be antisemitic."

ugh. i just. its so frustrating bc on the one hand you've got people lobbing around the word antisemitism like a club to be used on political opponents, and on the other hand you have people who respond to that be closing their ears to any and every attempt to be called in for antisemitism. and then you get labeled a zionist and not-worth-listening-to for attempting that call-in, so the people who are trying to address it get pushed out

and the jews who remain often feel that as allies it's their duty to squash any internal sense that someone in the movement is antisemitic, believing that it's really their white/jewish fragility or their zionist brainwashing coming up.

the upshot of which is that the antisemitism problem doesn't get resolved when oh my god, it would be so easy. just listen to folks calling you in and learn about antisemitism and how it functions just like allies do for any oppression. empower jews in your space to speak up, with love and firmness. stop assuming every call-in is a threat by bad actors.

like there really are ways to move forward. why can't we take them?

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you know what fuck it if any goy wants to talk about zionism, israel, or antisemitism with me you have to get an A on the following quiz (90%+), without looking up anything:

(read more because it’s a 54 question quiz)

(the question set on the whole covers a wide variety of topics and time periods. if you don’t know any one specific thing, like questions about the torah, you can still pass.

it also does not cover everything required for a full understanding of zionism, israel, or antisemitism. this is just a test of basic background knowledge of judaism, antisemitism, and the levant.)

how old is judaism? [1 point]

briefly describe the story told in the torah, particularly from joseph onwards (though further back if you are able is good). [3 points]

describe the stories of purim and of chanukah (which are not in the torah). [2 points]

when was the first documented instance of antisemitism? [1 point]

who was jesus? what do jewish scholars believe about him? [1 point]

what is deicide? how does this affect jews? [1 point]

what figure in christian media are jews most often compared to? list at least 5 stereotypes associated with this. [2 points]

explain the basis for much of jewish law. (hint: what does the phrase “chosen people” mean to jews?) (bonus point: what is jewish belief surrounding outside observance of judaism? which ritual(s) and/or figure(s) most appear in discussions on this topic?) [1 point + 1-2 bonus points]

explain the connection between the black plague and jews. list at least 3 stereotypes associated with this event. [2 points]

define “diaspora”. how does this term apply to jews? [1 point]

define ashkenazi, sephardi, and mizrachi, and explain how each group got to the region/country to which their name refers. (bonus point: list at least 3 other countries with jewish communities, as well as when those communities were at their largest.) [3 points + 1-2 bonus points]

describe the treatment of jews in europe pre-19th century (1800s). what jobs were jews forced into? list at least 2 stereotypes associated with this. [2 points]

what were the crusades? [1 point + 1-2 bonus points for detail]

what is the protocols of the learned elders of zion? what does it say? list at least 3 stereotypes associated with this. [2 points]

describe the treatment of jews under the ottoman empire and at least one other islamic empire. discuss: how were jews treated in comparison to other religious minorities? how were jews treated in comparison to muslims? was the treatment at all related to previous tensions between muslims and goyische minority religious groups (hint: see your answer for question 13)? [4 points]

what is the history behind the names given to the land of the levant? [2 points]

what is blood libel? list at least 2 stereotypes associated with this. [2 points]

what is jewish belief on the existence of other gods? what is jewish belief on the worship of other gods, particularly by jews? [1 point]

what is jewish belief surrounding conversion? [1 point]

what happened to the land of the ottoman empire after world war i? [1 point]

what was the dreyfus affair? [1 point + 1-2 bonus points for detail]

who was theodore herzl? what did he believe and why? (hint: what event prompted his politics?) [1 point]

what is eugenics, and how did it apply to jews? list at least 3 physical traits targeted towards ashkenazim in the context of eugenics. [2 points]

what was the western world’s policy towards germany post-wwi, and how did that contribute to the holocaust? [1 point]

what was germany’s first course of action towards its jewish population? what was the result? [1 point]

what attitudes towards jews did germany share with the rest of the world? [1 point]

what was the holocaust? what beliefs were present that spurred the holocaust? list at least 3. [2 points]

what is the rough estimate of people who were killed in the holocaust? what is believed about that number? [1 point]

what is the rough estimate of jews killed in the holocaust? what is the rough estimate of roma killed in the holocaust? what is believed about those numbers? [2 points]

name every country whose jewish population dropped below 100 after 1935. (bonus point: say what happened to cause that.) [3 points, with partial credit for partial lists, + 1 bonus point]

name every country who put a limit on jewish immigration during the 1930s and 1940s. [3 points, with partial credit for partial lists]

when and how was israel formed? [1 point]

what happened when the british mandate for palestine expired? [1 point]

what did the arab world decide their policy surrounding israel would be? which arab countries have since renounced that policy, and what are their relations to israel? [2 points]

what is a two-state solution? what is the green line? [1 point]

who is benjamin netanyahu? what party does he belong to and what are their politics? how did he come to power? [2 points]

what are the gaza strip and the west bank? how are they distinct from israel? [1 point]

who governs gaza? who are they and how do they operate? [2 points]

what percentage of gaza is jewish? [1 point]

how many jews are alive today? what percentage of the global population do they make up? [1 point]

what percentage of the world’s jews live in israel? [1 point]

what percentage of israel is jewish? [1 point]

what percentage of israel’s jews are mizrachi or sephardi? [1 point]

what country was israel most recently negotiating with? what were they negotiating, and why? [2 points]

what was hamas’s motivation in invading israel when they did (hint: see your answer for question 44)? [2 points]

which jewish holidays have been interrupted by attacks on israel (by any country at any time)? [2 points]

what is the idf? what are the service requirements for the idf? [2 points]

what percentage of jews are zionists in some form? [1 point]

list at least three statements commonly made about zionists or israelis by leftists today. analyze: are the overlap between jews and zionists, and jews and israelis, significant? are there any resemblances between what is said about zionists and israelis, and antisemitic stereotypes you have identified? [3 points, 1 for each correct statement and analysis]

what is antisemitism? what is the origin and history of the term? [1 point]

what is nazism and what are their primary beliefs? how do these overlap with the views of the kkk, neo-nazis, and modern white supremacists? [2 points]

what do the following numbers stand for: 14, 88, 18, 12, 109, 110, 311? what is the general term for signals such as these numbers? [3 points]

what is kabalah? (bonus point: what common antisemitic trope uses a word derived from kabalah?) [1 point + 1 bonus point]

list at least 4 modern conspiracy theories. analyze: what roots, if any, do these share with antisemitic stereotypes? [4 points, 1 for each correct conspiracy theory and analysis]

total score: /90 + /10 bonus points

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SHE LIIIIVES! Holy shit guys, I'm so excited!!! The space boy is back up! They really figured this was it, but here we are!

Also, for the record, the Voyagers aren't actually 50 yet, they've got a few years to go until that milestone. With how old they are, and the natural loss of power being caused by the isotopes powering the RTG generators decaying, the Voyager 1 and 2 teams are hoping to keep them alive until their 50th birthdays, and they've kind of accepted they're unlikely to live for very long beyond that point - they're already in the slow death of having to shut things down for good to compensate for the steady decline in power. But they turn 50 in 2027, so almost there!

I'm just very emotional about the Voyager probes; Voyager 1 had the computer version of a stroke back in November of 2023, and they ran out of safe troubleshooting options in February of 2024, so I really thought she was done for. Never been so happy to be proven wrong!

Y'all, the world is sleeping on what NASA just pulled off with Voyager 1

The probe has been sending gibberish science data back to Earth, and scientists feared it was just the probe finally dying. You know, after working for 50 GODDAMN YEARS and LEAVING THE GODDAMN SOLAR SYSTEM and STILL CHURNING OUT GODDAMN DATA.

So they analyzed the gibberish and realized that in it was a total readout of EVERYTHING ON THE PROBE. Data, the programming, hardware specs and status, everything. They realized that one of the chips was malfunctioning.

So what do you do when your probe is 22 Billion km away and needs a fix? Why, you just REPROGRAM THAT ENTIRE GODDAMN THING. Told it to avoid the bad chip, store the data elsewhere.

Sent the new code on April 18th. Got a response on April 20th - yeah, it's so far away that it took that long just to transmit.

And the probe is working again.

From a programmer's perspective, that may be the most fucking impressive thing I have ever heard.

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how?? just how?

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ngl I keep forgetting that Hobby Lobby is a real store that people go to. That people actually think of it as a craft store and not as a crazy Christian mass artifact smuggler. I google "Hobby Lobby" and get a page full of results that make me go "wtf is this craft supplies and operating hours shit, I thought we all knew this place for smuggling looted cuneiform tablets out of Iraq"

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The BC Wildfire Service has reported that seven wildfires ignited in B.C.’s Cariboo region Saturday afternoon. The only wildfire deemed to be burning out of control is at Burgess Creek. The fire is burning between Quesnel and Williams Lake and is an estimated 1,600 hectares, up from the 50 hectares reported on Saturday. Strong winds have led to the growth, according to the wildfire service.

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You wouldn’t last an hour in the asylum where they raised me

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