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I don’t think she comes off as mean or bitter here. She’s just stating the obvious: it’s too difficult to see this stuff when everyone in Gaza is starving and dying and going through absolute hell.

She’s not blaming people for posting pictures of food or restaurants they go to.

She just thinks it will make her more angry and upset, so it’s better if she doesn’t see it.

It’s understandable.

Foreign doctors who’ve been to Gaza said they deliberately avoided eating the food they brought in with them in front of their Palestinian co-workers, who were barely getting a bowl of rice a day.

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Also the fact that like Nani is pressured into giving up custody for Lilo because she doesn’t have insurance and can’t afford the hospital bill and she’s coerced into signing because then the state will cover it. I’m supposed to find that a heart warming moment when the social worker is showing that she cares about Nani and Lilo? Really? How is that not just financial coercion? How is that just not a criticism of the health care industry in America (that I’m sure they didn’t mean to do on purpose)

Also it’s so blatantly obvious how the writers of this movie have no idea why Nani sings Aloha 'Oe to Lilo the night she finds out she is going to be taken away. A YouTuber named Sideways, who analyzes music in film(and has done a whole video about how Disney’s live action remakes don’t work musically years before this) explained that scene so beautifully.

How the sond Aloha 'Oe was originally written by the Queen of Hawaii for the people of Hawaii after American Colonizers forced her to surrender the Islands. How she performed it as a last goodbye for the country that was being taken away from her. And that mirrors how Lilo is now being taken away from Nani by colonial forces (even tho Cobra Bubbles does mean well and sympathizes lilo is still being given into the care of the US government) and this is her subtle goodbye to her. And it’s fucking brilliant and you can tell that that scene was written by people that fucking care and know what the fuck kind of movie they are writing. The scene is solemn and is treated as such. Nani sings it as tho it were a lullaby and a final goodbye. It’s the first time the song is sang in the movie because the writers actually understand the gravity of it.

Instead what we get in the live action is lilo first singing it to Stitch randomly while doing (I think maybe the accompanying?) Hula because why the fuck not. And then a lifeless dark scene where Nani plays the ukulele and sings to her like the fact that she had just been coerced into giving up her sister wasn’t just treated like a good and final decision. Because, why the fuck not.

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the boat with aid that greta thunberg is on is being surrounded by a drone but they refuse to retreat

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Ahmed @ahmedaldani333 and his family still need your help!

Ahmed is fundraising in order for himself and his family to escape the forced famine and merciless bombings in Gaza.

Ahmed himself was hurt by Israeli occupation before he was even born. He has a lifelong health condition that effects his bones and teeth, all because his mother was exposed to a dangerous gas weapon while pregnant.

Ahmed can't get the specialized medical treatment he needs in Gaza because of the war, but he also can't get basic necessities like food, water, or shelter, and neither can his family.

Currently Ahmed and his family are only at 16% of their goal.

Anything you can share is meaningful! Several people giving a small amount will make a big difference, so give what you can and share the campaign!

Please don't forget about Ahmed and his family!

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The headline: UK Drug Dealer Feeling Bleu After Cheese Photo Leads To Arrest

The article: Police cracked encryption on a privacy-focused phone service provider and ran fingerprint analysis on photos posted by users.

Like I get that law enforcement does things like this, that’s literally what it exists for, I’m just really upset by the cutesy framing.

Also. Like. Don’t organize shit online or over the phone. Law enforcement has been pressuring tech companies to put backdoors into encrypted services for years, this whole crackdown happened because of a device-level attack, and you never know who’s listening.

And yeah. If you’re setting up an anonymous ID online for any reason do not, under any circumstances, post or share any identifying information under that ID or with devices associated with that account.

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once again returning to this site after months of academic trials and tribulations

will be disappearing again shortly for a field work intensive

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fuck all this bullshit honestly

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Fragments of the spectacular marine mosaics from the baths of a Roman townhouse excavated on Via Panisperna in 1888.

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“pillow princesses are just greedy” IS HER GASPING FOR YOU AND SCRATCHING AT YOU AND TAKING YOU LIKE A GODDESS NOT ENOUGH FOR YOU YOU BASTARD. ILY PILLOW PRINCESSES I WILL DEFEND YOUR HONOUR UNTIL I BREATHE MY LAST

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I'm not fond of the lgbt at this point like as a demographic white queers aren't any less likely to be racist than any other type of white people. Native queer people get fucking murdered and you can't talk about how their race is relevant, like you haven't been killing us for centuries. Happy pride month

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When Palestinians resist, they're called "terrorists." When Israel kills tens of thousands of civilians, it's dismissed as "just war." But international law, the Geneva Conventions, and the UN are clear: occupied people have the right to resist, even with arms. Occupiers have no right to defend their occupation.

Update 28/5/2025

Do my children not have the right to education?Or is it because we’re in Gaza, in the middle of war, that we’re expected to stay in tents — dirty, sick, voiceless — just so the world can pity us enough to help?I’m not running away from our reality — I’m confronting it.I refuse to let my children grow up in constant misery just to fit someone else's idea of what "deserving" looks like.Yes, I’m trying to secure a safe home and proper schooling for them.

Not because we aren’t suffering, but because we are — and we’re still choosing dignity.

Resilience isn’t about staying broken. It’s about refusing to collapse.

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pride month psa from a librarian!

if your local public library celebrates pride month, let them know you support that. if they've posted a picture of their display on social media, leave a like or a comment. if you see it in person, leave a comment card. if there's a program, even if you can't attend it, find some way to contact the library director to say you think it's great they're having something.

people protest pride in all kinds of ways. they don't want queer books where people can find them. community support where library leadership can see it makes all the difference. be as vocal as you can.

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Lines of thought that seem Normal but are actually rooted in extreme puritanism:

-Seeing the nude human body is inherently traumatic -Sex scenes in art are pointless -Wearing kink-related clothing in public is the similar to performing a sex scene in front of unwilling participants -Depicting female characters expressing sexuality is always degrading -People's sexual fantasies are always an endorsement of the behavior they want to see in real life -Sex work is more traumatic and coercive than other types of work The goal is to treat sex as just another thing people do. That is a much healthier attitude than hiding it! It's not uniquely traumatic, it's not weird to talk about it or include it in society.