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Professor: looks great! Max: what. Professor: I can see you’re listening and putting my lessons to work. That’s what I was trying to achieve with you! Professor: good job Max, keep it up. Max: …huh Max: heh. you hear that, Ro- Rochelle: my bad, you said something? Professor: oh dear. Do we still have a counselor? Zoe: alright, what exactly happened here? Rochelle: I thought he was being a little shit again! it’s not my fault he was in a good mood for once Max: oh shut up Rochelle you’ve been WAITING to leave me dead on the floor Rochelle: …maybe Max: DID YOU HEAR THAT??? Zoe: alright alright, let’s calm down. This was nothing but a misunderstanding. Rochelle, it would be really nice of you to clarify to Max how sorry you feel Rochelle: uh. I’m 45% sorry. Max: bullshit. Rochelle: I’m just being honest, Ms. Patel. Max: she’s CRAZY Rochelle: uhh he doesn’t need to apologize for that? Zoe: alright, look. I can see Rochelle got fed up on something you did before, Max. Zoe: but, nonetheless, we do not condone violence. At all. Zoe: you’re not allowed to come back for the rest of the semester, Rochelle. Rochelle: good enough Max: …you realize she loved that, right? Zoe: Max, could we move over to the Chair of Honesty over there?

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cozy

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mouth open, silent and blue and in the heat, it searched for you

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it's good that we finally got some kind of ceasefire resolution passed, but what was passed is not NEARLY enough.

the language implies equal power between parties, the ceasefire is not permanent, US still is no longer funding UNRWA, etc etc etc. PYM's recent post sums it up well.

do not lose momentum just because you saw an article titled "UN CEASEFIRE RESOLUTION". keep talking, keep fundraising, keep boycotting, keep protesting. its not over until palestine is free

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pelican town

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what do i do if forever isn't true?

the collective — a sim story set in the 80's based on the lore and townies of moonwood mill — coming soon

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yuh.

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among the stars...

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Hey this is really really fucked up. Can we talk about this because holy shit

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with bds calling for an official boycott of eurovision, one of the things they have asked is for “supporters to launch creative, strategic initiatives that can pressure broadcasters to withdraw” and so i encourage all those whose countries are participating in eurovision to find out how to contact your national broadcaster to make a complaint. for those living in countries who dont broadcast eurovision i know u can still send a complaint to the bbc if ur outside the uk for one

this is the message i have been sending, feel free to translate it/use it as a template/improve it/etc:

Dear sir/ma'am,

In 2022, following the illegal Russian invasion of Ukraine, pressure was applied to the Eurovision Song Contest to bar Russia from competing that year and all years since. It was widely rightfully agreed that the invasion was worthy of strong condemnation and that Russia should be given no avenues to rehabilitate its public image.

In October 2023, the state of Israel began a military campaign against the people of the already occupied Gaza Strip in Palestine. In a disproportionate, atrocious response to the Hamas attack on the 7th of October 2023, Israeli forces have murdered over 30,000 Palestinians and displaced almost 2 million from their homes. Palestinian civilians (journalists and doctors included), entirely unaffiliated with the Hamas party Israel claims to target, have been targeted and killed indiscriminately. Stripped of basic necessities like food, water and electricity by Israel, with intent vocalised by multiple Israeli forces to eliminate Gaza and the Palestinian people, this is no less than a genocide.

Thus Israel, much like Russia, should not be permitted to compete in a contest that has been used repeatedly to maintain its pristine public image while it brutally oppresses Palestine. Especially when it has been charged with genocide explicitly by South Africa, a case that took place in the ICJ, thoroughly elucidating the crimes committed by the Israeli state, a charge agreed upon by several countries and genocide scholars alike.

The BDS (Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions) movement has called for a complete boycott of Eurovision by broadcasters, artists and viewers and I ask that the BBC comply with this - abstain from broadcasting the Eurovision Song Contest and withdraw this years entry to the contest.

Thank you.

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from an article about lesbian comic robin tyler performing at the san francisco international women’s day celebration, published in the berkeley barb vol. 30 no. 14, march 1980

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This was from February 24th 2024. Ahmed Kouta, a Palestinian-Canadian, walked into a school and found a mass grave. Canada's support of the zionist occupation continues its legacy of mass graves of Indigenous children. These children were alive just a couple of months ago. Do not look away.

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It's international Women's Day : 25000 women and girls have been killed in Gaza.