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not-a-space-alien · 1 year

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K&J x MMSS 3: Kane & Valen Part 7

Chapter 7 of the third crossover with @whumpsday!

In this chapter:

K&J masterlist

MMSS masterlist

K&J x MMSS crossover masterlist

SERIES IS 18+ ONLY.

Warnings: Death wish/suicidal ideation, nonconsensual bondage/restraint, gag/muzzle, torture/aftermath of torture, burns/skinning, misgendering of a transmasculine character (non-malicious)

To be added to the taglist, contact @whumpsday

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The hunters leave Kane alone for a bit while he heals. In the meantime, they begin regularly torturing Valen.

Kane keeps his promise and begs on Valen's behalf, and it works about a quarter of the time to make the pain a little less or the duration a little shorter. He wishes there was more he could do to help.

On the day that Kane is looking just barely healed enough to be able to coherently take a punishment, a hunter instead comes down and informs him that Jim Lieberman is coming to pick him up.

Kane is hysterical. He and Valen are going to be separated. The one good thing in his life, gone. And Valen will still be here, having to endure everything alone, unable to even beg.

Valen's brain short-circuits. Kane is hysterical at the thought of leaving. Kane doesn’t want to leave. It feels wrong to not want to leave, but then the crushing weight of it hits him. Jim was Kane's victim. The hunters are going to give Kane to Jim, but not Valen. They're going to be separated.

"No no no, PLEASE! Please don’t give me away, please let her come, too!" Kane wails, but his pleas go unacknowledged.

He clings tightly to Valen, sobbing into his shoulder. "I don't wanna leave you!"

In contrast to the distressed, wailing man clinging to him, Valen is once again silent and still, eyes glassy, face lax. They're going to take away his Kane, and Valen will be alone.

And Valen is dying.

"I'm sorry. I'm so sorry. I should have killed you.” Kane holds Valen close like he'll be torn away the second he loosens his grip. “I d-don't know what I was thinking. I'm so sorry you're here. I love you."

Like moving through a dream, Valen lifts a hand to Kane's arm, taking it gently. There's so many things to say, but he gave up on that long ago. He talks with touches, now. The animalistic brain that can only see what's in front of it is back. In this exact second, they are together, and this second is all that exists, and if he just takes it one second at a time, he can handle it.

A week later, when a hunter comes to take Kane away, he is not obedient. For the first time in years, he is defiant. He has found something worth the punishment for defiance.

He has to be pried off of Valen. Padded wrist and ankle cuffs and a padded muzzle are affixed to him, and he doesn’t even acknowledge the mercy of it. He struggles and screams and writhes, looking back at Valen, eyes full of terror.

Valen lies limp on the ground, looking up at Kane through his hair, eyes dull and hopeless. He does not even have it in him to cry anymore.

As soon as Jim removes Kane's muzzle and allows him to speak, Kane drops his head to the ground and tearfully apologizes profusely for everything, begging for mercy. And he's driven away, away from Valen, unsure of what horrors his new life will hold.

But when they arrive home, Jim is, somehow, kind. He gives Kane clothes, and a bed, and a blanket, and bandages his wrists, and assures him he won't hurt him, and says that the torture was bad. It's at the end of that first night, when Jim is about to leave him alone to rest, when Kane’s developed just enough trust to think Jim might honor his begging, that Kane dares to ask.

"Jim, I..." He drops to his knees. "Thank you so much, so, so much for your mercy. I can't possibly be more thankful for the kindness you've shown me tonight. B-but, and, and I know the last thing I should be doing is asking f-favors from you after what I've done, but... it's not for me. My, my friend, she's still there, with the hunters. She's not like me, she didn't do anything, she didn't hurt anyone."

Technically, Kane doesn't know this for sure, it was not something they discussed during their brief day of conversation. But it doesn’t matter. He would say anything to make sure Valen is safe. "Please, they're torturing her. Please, please, help her. I'll do anything, Jim, anything. Please, she didn't do anything." He's crying by this point, hoping Jim's mercy extends far enough for that and he won't just call him ungrateful, taking all the amenities away and leaving Valen to rot.

"Okay. Okay. Calm down." Jim says. "I'll help. No one deserves that shit. I'll help your friend get out of there, okay?"

Kane bursts into a flurry of thankful babbling that Jim cannot shake him from. He's never been so grateful in his entire life. Jim calls the hunters and requests the other vampire too. There's some hesitation, but Jim is able to talk them into it: all he has to do is play up that it would help him heal, to have another vampire in his custody. The thought makes him sick, what these hunters are assuming would help him, but at least it makes him able to get the other one out of there.

Jim has already driven a long-ass way tonight, and kind of wishes Kane told him about this sooner, though Kane had thought Jim was going to just me another tormenter, and hadn't thought asking for a favor would do any good until after they'd gotten home.

He asks the hunters to not hurt the other vampire before he gets there, and goes back down to tell Kane that the hunters said yes, and he'll be off to go get her as soon as he gets some sleep.

Valen spends that time lying on the floor exactly where he’d been dropped. Unresponsive to anything, even commands.

Kane is gone. Kane was the one who urged him to follow commands, to make things even a little better for himself. Kane had been the only reason he’d been putting in any effort at all into trying to make things better.

Valen knows now things will never get better. He is alone. He’ll be alone and scared and in pain for the rest of his life. That could be a day, or it could be a thousand years. He has no way of knowing, or of helping himself.

Some unknowable amount of time later, some hunters come down and start issuing him commands, to which he does not respond. The hunters wrangle his limp, uncooperative body to move him. He is put in padded wrist cuffs and ankle cuffs, which his brain manages to register as unexpected.

The hunters are unwilling to take off and replace the silver muzzle, which is the one thing he actually wants replaced. He is not told what's going on. He's wrapped up in a tarp, given it's daytime now, and taken outside to Jim. Being in the tarp is scary. Not knowing what’s going on is scary. But he dares not struggle, knowing the tarp is what keeps him from burning.

Jim picks Valen up, far too light. "It's okay. I'm taking you somewhere safe, alright? Kane begged me to come get you."

He can hardly believe what he's hearing. I'm taking you somewhere safe? That doesn't seem right. But...Kane begged me to come get you. Yes, that did make sense. Kane would do that, and Kane is good at begging.

He feels his hope returning a little. There is still love in the world, and some of it is for him.

Valen lies completely still and limp, pliant in this new stranger's hands, doing whatever he asks.

Jim hesitates for a bit, trying to decide where to put Valen. It's not that warm, so he thinks the trunk might be safer, just in case the tarp is jostled by his driving. "I'm gonna put you in the trunk just to make sure no sun gets to you, okay? It's a few hours' drive, and I'll take you out as soon as we get home."

Valen does not respond. He thinks this sounds fine. But he cannot even make any sounds. He thinks he could probably nod his head, but he's just sort of resigned himself to being carried around and subjected to whatever is going to happen, and he feels no real desire to change that. Maybe Jim doesn't know that he can't make any sounds.

Jim does not know.

He has not seen under the tarp.

Valen has been told he's going to be taken somewhere safe, and with Kane, and maybe it was a lie, but in this moment he was safe enough, and only hurting a little bit, so he's content to just take whatever is going to happen to him.

He allows himself to be lowered into the trunk without squirming. Without moving at all, or making a sound. Maybe Jim thinks I'm dead, Valen thinks. Maybe that's why he agreed to come get me.

Jim gently places Valen into the trunk and drives home over a period of hours. He is really, really sick of driving by this point. He opens the trunk, takes Valen out, and brings him inside.

Kane is locked in the basement, but can hear that Jim's arrived home, and is so unbelievably excited. They haven’t even been apart for a full 24 hours, but he misses Valen dearly.

Jim makes sure all his blinds are closed, then unwraps the tarp. His hand flies to his mouth in shock: Valen looks even worse than Kane, and that's saying a lot. "Holy shit. It's, it's okay, you're safe now. I'm not gonna hurt you, alright?"

Valen uncoils from the center of the tarp, moving in a slow, dreamlike way. He looks up at Jim placidly, with soft, grateful eyes.

He blinks at Jim slowly and crawls forward a little, at Jim's feet, and leans into him, sighing contentedly. This is the closest to calm and safe he's felt in ages. He's in...some guy's house, which used to terrify him, but now this feels...almost normal.

At least this one’s not freaking out like Kane was. "That muzzle... it's burning you, isn't it? Can I take it off?" He knows that Valen is dangerous, that any vampire other than Kane is gonna have persuasion, but the evidence of the lack of vocal cords is right there. He has a padded one he can put on later- not now, but when Valen's had some time to heal up.

Valen tiredly looks up at him, almost uncomprehending. He nods slowly. Yes, please take it off. That would be so lovely. He hasn't had no muzzle on since that time when he'd had a brief stint of freedom with Kane. He already can't remember what it feels like.

The hunters had given Jim the key to it, but Jim hadn't realized the entire muzzle was silver at the time. He undoes the lock, then tries to pull it off, but it's stuck fast to Valen's face. "Um... you want me to do this fast or slow?" He realizes Valen can't answer that, and asks again, using his fingers to hold up 1 and 2.

Valen looks at him dreamily, barely here. There is nothing to try and escape from, but he can't bring himself to care about anything that is happening. It hardly makes any difference whether it comes off fast or slow. Anything hardly makes any difference at all now that he's away from those hunters. He is floating on a cloud that it feels like he won't come down from. He does not answer, instead gently wrapping his hand around Jim's fingers and nodding.

Jim begins to pick up on the fact that Valen is not all there, at least not right now. "Okay, I'm just- I'm gonna try my best. It'll probably hurt, I'm sorry. I dunno how else to do this." He pulls harder, tearing the muzzle from Valen's face, the skin ripping away with it.

Oh, that is enough to bring Valen back down to earth, slamming into the ground. He feels the pain now, having dissociated for long enough to block it mostly out.

Jim keeps apologizing the whole time, and has to stop halfway through, taking a squeamish break from the horrific sight of Valen’s mangled face. He returns to finish it as soon as he gets his bearings. At last, the muzzle is off, as well as half of Valen's face.

"I'm gonna grab you some bandages." Jim says, clammy and pale. "Just stay right there, okay?”

The muzzle is off. Valen still can't speak because of his missing vocal cords, and he's still beat half to death and back, and everything still hurts, but the muzzle is off, and Valen's head is clearer now. His face is throbbing, feeling hot blood dribbling down his neck, but he nods. That would be lovely, thank you. You're very kind.

Jim returns and begins covering Valen's face in gauze. He looks like he's cried a little, but hastily wiped his tears before returning to Valen. "I just don't understand how anyone could do that to someone." he whispers with horror.

Jim is kind, Valen decides instantly, and he would do anything for Jim. Valen doesn't understand how anyone could do it, either. He'd never understood it even when it'd been vampires tormenting humans.

Valen is looking forward to a time when he can thank Jim properly. He has no idea how long it will be, but he can be patient.

Valen lifts a hand to help Jim hold the gauze in place, grateful for it. He hasn't had a wound properly bandaged in ages.

"Thanks." Jim finishes wrapping Valen's face up. "Now that you're a proper mummy, let's uh, get these off too. You don't need 'em." He removes Valen's wrist and ankle cuffs. "I'll go grab you some clothes and then... you can see Kane, if you want?"

Valen leaps up in excitement, eyes sparkling. Yes, please, please, I need my Kane. Please give him back. He barely cares enough to revel in his wrists and ankles being free.

He saw the basement door when he was unwrapped from the tarp, and saw that it had silver on it. He guesses that Kane is down there. He points to it, a silent question, a look of urgency on his face.

"Yeah, he's down there. He's okay. I haven't hurt him and I'm not gonna. I'll let him up here in just a minute, alright? C'mon." Jim takes Valen's hand and leads him to his room, where the clothes are, and begins rifling through his closet again.

Valen follows him half-heartedly, keeping his eyes trained on the door. When Jim brings him into the bedroom, Valen waits patiently. He would rather go down right away, but if Jim doesn't want to see him nude, he can wait. He is so very eager, though.

But this is okay. Jim obviously thinks torture is wrong, and he's being given clothes, and this place seems nice, and his Kane is here. This will be okay for a while, he thinks.

Jim gives Valen a change of clothes, a pretty basic comfortable t-shirt, sweatpants, boxers, and socks. "I'll wait outside, just come out when you're done changing, okay?" He leaves the room and shuts the door.

Hm? Jim wants him to change in private? That's different. Why would either of them care? This is just Valen, after all. Oh well.

He changes into the clothes eagerly, sorry to get them a bit dirty with his soiled body, but they're comfy. The socks are the best part. They're thick and fluffy. He patters out when he's done, absolutely beaming. He points downstairs. Now? Please?

"Yeah, alright. Let's get you guys a reunion."

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K&J x MMSS crossover taglist:

@barebarb

@cc1010foxy

@emcscared-whumps

@melancholy-in-the-morning

@pigeonwhumps

@secretwhumplair

@some-thrilling-heroics

@t0rture-me

@thecyrulik

@thejinglingcourtjester

@vehan-tikkun-olam-and-stuff

@whuarri

@whump-cravings

@whump-my-heart-away

@whumpycries

@wolfeyedwitch

@why-not-ask-me-a-better-question

#whump #vampire whumpee #MMSS #K&J #angst #whumpblr #hurt/comfort

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compneuropapers · 7 months

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Interesting Papers for Week 39, 2023

Perceived time expands and contracts within each heartbeat. Arslanova, I., Kotsaris, V., & Tsakiris, M. (2023). Current Biology, 33(7), 1389-1395.e4.

The rostral intralaminar nuclear complex of the thalamus supports striatally mediated action reinforcement. Cover, K. K., Lieberman, A. G., Heckman, M. M., & Mathur, B. N. (2023). eLife, 12, e83627.

A model of hippocampal replay driven by experience and environmental structure facilitates spatial learning. Diekmann, N., & Cheng, S. (2023). eLife, 12, e82301.

Changes in behavioral priority influence the accessibility of working memory content. Ester, E. F., & Pytel, P. (2023). NeuroImage, 272, 120055.

Hippocampal spatio-predictive cognitive maps adaptively guide reward generalization. Garvert, M. M., Saanum, T., Schulz, E., Schuck, N. W., & Doeller, C. F. (2023). Nature Neuroscience, 26(4), 615–626.

Neuronal birthdate reveals topography in a vestibular brainstem circuit for gaze stabilization. Goldblatt, D., Huang, S., Greaney, M. R., Hamling, K. R., Voleti, V., Perez-Campos, C., … Schoppik, D. (2023). Current Biology, 33(7), 1265-1281.e7.

Dissociating visual perspective taking and belief reasoning using a novel integrated paradigm: A preregistered online study. Green, R., Shaw, D. J., & Kessler, K. (2023). Cognition, 235, 105397.

Extracting statistical information about shapes in the visual environment. Hansmann-Roth, S., Chetverikov, A., & Kristjánsson, Á. (2023). Vision Research, 206, 108190.

Unsigned surprise but not reward magnitude modulates the integration of motor elements during actions. Jamous, R., Takacs, A., Frings, C., Münchau, A., Mückschel, M., & Beste, C. (2023). Scientific Reports, 13, 5379.

Saccadic modulation of neural excitability in auditory areas of the neocortex. Leszczynski, M., Bickel, S., Nentwich, M., Russ, B. E., Parra, L., Lakatos, P., … Schroeder, C. E. (2023). Current Biology, 33(7), 1185-1195.e6.

Emotion dynamics as hierarchical Bayesian inference in time. Majumdar, G., Yazin, F., Banerjee, A., & Roy, D. (2023). Cerebral Cortex, 33(7), 3750–3772.

Differential replay of reward and punishment paths predicts approach and avoidance. McFadyen, J., Liu, Y., & Dolan, R. J. (2023). Nature Neuroscience, 26(4), 627–637.

Systematic differences in visual working memory performance are not caused by differences in working memory storage. Pratte, M. S., & Green, M. L. (2023). Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 49(3), 335–349.

Multiple cortical visual streams in humans. Rolls, E. T., Deco, G., Huang, C.-C., & Feng, J. (2023). Cerebral Cortex, 33(7), 3319–3349.

Subjective perception of objects depends on the interaction between the validity of context-based expectations and signal reliability. Rossel, P., Peyrin, C., & Kauffmann, L. (2023). Vision Research, 206, 108191.

Estrogens rapidly shape synaptic and intrinsic properties to regulate the temporal precision of songbird auditory neurons. Scarpa, G. B., Starrett, J. R., Li, G.-L., Brooks, C., Morohashi, Y., Yazaki-Sugiyama, Y., & Remage-Healey, L. (2023). Cerebral Cortex, 33(7), 3401–3420.

On quantification and maximization of information transfer in network dynamical systems. Singh, M. S., Pasumarthy, R., Vaidya, U., & Leonhardt, S. (2023). Scientific Reports, 13, 5588.

Intrinsic activity development unfolds along a sensorimotor–association cortical axis in youth. Sydnor, V. J., Larsen, B., Seidlitz, J., Adebimpe, A., Alexander-Bloch, A. F., Bassett, D. S., … Satterthwaite, T. D. (2023). Nature Neuroscience, 26(4), 638–649.

Somatosensory targeted memory reactivation enhances motor performance via hippocampal-mediated plasticity. Veldman, M. P., Dolfen, N., Gann, M. A., Van Roy, A., Peeters, R., King, B. R., & Albouy, G. (2023). Cerebral Cortex, 33(7), 3734–3749.

Tracking neural activity from the same cells during the entire adult life of mice. Zhao, S., Tang, X., Tian, W., Partarrieu, S., Liu, R., Shen, H., … Liu, J. (2023). Nature Neuroscience, 26(4), 696–710.

#neuroscience #science #research #brain science #scientific publications #cognitive science #neurobiology #cognition #psychophysics #neurons #neural computation #neural networks #computational neuroscience

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ninja-muse · 1 year

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2023 Release TBR

⭐️🏳️‍🌈 - queer rep 🇨🇦 - Canadian author ⭐️ - BIPOC MC

📘 - have an ARC bold - newly added

Courting Dragons - Jeri Westerson (historical mystery) - January 3

In the Upper Country - Kai Thomas (historical fiction) - January 10 🇨🇦⭐️

On Savage Shores - Caroline Dodds Pennock (history) - January 24 ⭐️

Impossible Histories - Hal Johnson (history) - February 7 📘

Malady of the MInd - Jeffrey A. Lieberman (history/psychology) - February 21 📘

In a Land Without Dogs the Cats Learn to Bark - Jonathan Garfinkel (literary historical fiction) - February 21 📘🇨🇦

Rose/House - Arkady Martine (science fiction) - March

Greymist Fair - Francesca Zappia (YA fantasy) - March 28 📘

The Remarkable Retirement of Edna Fisher - E.M. Anderson (fantasy) - April 21

Death of a Bookseller - Alice Slater (mystery) - April 25 📘

Moorewood Family Rules - HelenKay Dimon (contemporary fiction) - April 25 📘 DNF

The Disenchantment - Celia Bell (historical fiction) - May 16 📘🏳️‍🌈

The Water Outlaws - S.L. Huang (historical fantasy) - June 20 🏳️‍🌈 ⭐️

The Ghost Theatre - Mat Osman (historical fiction) - June 27 📘

Lines Drawn Across the Globe - Mary C Fuller (history) - July 15

The Haunting Season - ed. Bridget Collins (horror/short stories) - August 1 (Canadian release)

Shigidi and the Brass Head of Obalufon - Wole Talabi (contemporary fantasy) - August 8 ⭐️

Like Every Form of Love - Padma Viswanathan (memoir/true crime) - August 22 🇨🇦 🏳️‍🌈 📘 ⭐️

My Roommate is a Vampire - Jenna Levine (fantasy/romance) - August 29 📘

Dark Lord’s Daughter - Patricia C. Wrede (middle grade fantasy) - September 5 📘

The Circumference of the World - Lavie Tidhar (slipstream) - September 5 ⭐️

Sleep No More - Seanan McGuire (urban fantasy) - September 9

The Undetectables - Courtney Smyth (urban fantasy) - September 26 🏳️‍🌈

Goth - Lol Tolhurst (cultural history/memoir) - September 26 📘

After the Forest - Kell Woods (historical fantasy) - October 3

Menewood - Nicola Griffith (historical fiction) - October 3 🏳️‍🌈 📘

While Idaho Slept - J. Reuben Appelman (true crime) - October 3

The Jinn-Bot of Shantiport - Samit Basu (science fiction) - October 3📘 ⭐️

Eve - Cat Bohannon (science/history) - October 3 📘

A Stroke of the Pen - Terry Pratchett (fantasy) - October 5

By Any Other Name - Erin Cotter (historical YA) - October 10 🏳️‍🌈📘

Being Ace - Madeline Dyer (YA nonfiction) - October 10 🏳️‍🌈📘

Under the Smokestrewn Sky - A. Deborah Baker (portal fantasy) - October 17

I Love Russia - Elena Kostyuchenko (journalism) - October 17 📘

Lay Them To Rest - Laurah Norton (true crime) - October 17 📘

The Innocent Sleep - Seanan McGuire (urban fantasy) - October 24

Emperor of Rome - Mary Beard (history) - October 24

The Bigfoot Queen - Jennifer Weiner (contemporary fantasy/middle grade) - October 24 📘

A Power Unbound - Freya Marske (historical fantasy) - November 7 🏳️‍🌈

In the Pines - Grace Elizabeth Hale (history) - November 7

All the Hidden Paths - Foz Meadows (fantasy romance) - December 5 🏳️‍🌈

Heartstopper, Vol. 5 - Alice Oseman (YA contemporary fiction) - December 12 🏳️‍🌈

Prescribed Burn - Arkady Martine (science fiction) - date unknown

#upcoming releases #the tbr list of doom #booklr #bookblr #books

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blk-vinluxee · 1 year

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Reading anything good?

atm i'm re-reading:

Never Get Angry Again: The Foolproof Way to Stay Calm and in Control in Any Conversation Or Situation - by David J. Lieberman

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onlylonelylatino · 11 months

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Green Arrow vs Prometheus by Al Barrionuevo

#green arrow #prometheus #al barrionuevo #dc comics #modern age #a j lieberman

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gregor-samsung · 7 months

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“ Given present circumstances, there are three possible alternatives to the two-state solution [...]. First, Israel could expel the Palestinians from its pre-1967 lands and from the Occupied Territories, thereby preserving its Jewish character through an overt act of ethnic cleansing. Although a few Israeli hard-liners —including current Deputy Prime Minister Avigdor Lieberman— have advocated variants on this approach, to do so would be a crime against humanity and no genuine friend of Israel could support such a heinous course of action. If this is what opponents of a two-state solution are advocating, they should say so explicitly. This form of ethnic cleansing would not end the conflict, however; it would merely reinforce the Palestinians' desire for vengeance and strengthen those extremists who still reject Israel's right to exist. Second, instead of separate Jewish and Palestinian states living side by side, Mandate Palestine could become a democratic binational state in which both peoples enjoyed equal political rights. This solution has been suggested by a handful of Jews and a growing number of Israeli Arabs. The practical obstacles to this option are daunting, however, and binational states do not have an encouraging track record. This option also means abandoning the original Zionist vision of a Jewish state. There is little reason to think that Israel's Jewish citizens would voluntarily accept this solution, and one can also safely assume that individuals and groups in the [American Israel] lobby would have virtually no interest in this outcome. We do not believe it is a feasible or appropriate solution ourselves. The final alternative is some form of apartheid, whereby Israel continues to increase its control over the Occupied Territories but allows the Palestinians to exercise limited autonomy in a set of disconnected and economically crippled statelets. Israelis invariably bristle at the comparison to white rule in South Africa, but that is the future they face if they try to control all of Mandate Palestine while denying full political rights to an Arab population that will soon outnumber the Jewish population in the entirety of the land. In any case, the apartheid option is not a viable long-term solution either, because it is morally repugnant and because the Palestinians will continue to resist until they get a state of their own. This situation will force Israel to escalate the repressive policies that have already cost it significant blood and treasure, encouraged political corruption, and badly tarnished its global image. These possibilities are the only alternatives to a two-state solution, and no one who wishes Israel well should be enthusiastic about any of them. Given the harm that this conflict is inflicting on Israel, the United States, and especially the Palestinians, it is in everyone's interest to end this tragedy once and for all. Put differently, resolving this long and bitter conflict should not be seen as a desirable option at some point down the road, or as a good way for U.S. presidents to polish their legacies and garner Nobel Peace Prizes. Rather, ending the conflict should be seen as a national security priority for the United States. But this will not happen as long as the lobby makes it impossible for American leaders to use the leverage at their disposal to pressure Israel into ending the occupation and creating a viable Palestinian state. “

John J. Mearsheimer, Stephen M. Walt, The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy; 1st edition by Farrar, Straus and Giroux, N.Y., 2007.

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exhibitionsvisited · 3 months

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2024

This year I visited the following exhibitions

10th Jan, Zara Sands and Olly Centres, General Practice, Lincoln

12 Jan, Bodies for Practice, Project Space Plus, Lincoln

2nd Feb, Seasonal Strokes, General Practice, Lincoln

Chris Ofilli and William Blake, Tate Britain, London

9 Feb, Chris Ofilli, Tate Britain, London

9 Feb, Woman in Protest, Tate Britain, London

9 Feb, Richard Hamilton, Tate Britain, London

9 Feb, Yuri Pattison and J M W Turner, Tate Britain, London

9 Feb, Zineb Saleh Tate Britain, London

9 Feb, Cat Flap Blink, Terrace Gallery, London

9 Feb, Victor Bengtsson, Public, London

9 Feb, Martin Aagaard Hansen, Tanja Nis-Hansen & Kazuyuki Takezaki , Union Pacific, London

9 Feb, Mao Yan, Pace Gallery, London

9 Feb, ,Ziping Wang, Unit, London

9 Feb, Zach lieberman, Unit, London

9 Feb, Conversation Galante, Pillar Corris, London

9 Feb, Frank Bowling ,Hauser and Wirth, London

9 Feb, Uman ,Hauser and Wirth, London

9 Feb, Willem Sasnal, Sadie Coles ,London

9 Feb, Anna Barriball, Frith St,London

9 Feb, Emi Otaguro, Masanori Tomita, Nobuya Hitsuda & Yutaka Nozawa , Sadie Coles,London

9 Feb, Come Home, Sadie Coles ,London

9 Feb, Zineb Sedira, Goodman Gallery,London

9 Feb, Marc Chagall, Alon Zakaim, London

9 Feb, Polymythologies, Tiwani Contemporary,London

9 Feb, Jeffrey Gibson, Stephen Friedman,London

9 Feb, Claire Gavronsky, Goodman Gallery ,London

9 Feb, Rose Shakinovsky, Goodman Gallery ,London

9 Feb, Olivia Flax, Holtermann ,London

9 Feb,Burri, Miró , Ermnst, Nahmad Projects,London

9 Feb, Gerhard Richter, David Zwirner ,London

9 Feb, Drawn into the Present, Thaddeus Ropac ,London

9 Feb, Andy Warhol, Thaddeus Ropac ,London

9 Feb, Pauline Boty, Gazelli, ,London

9 Feb, Karel Appel, Max Hetzler, ,London

9 Feb, Alexis Hunter, Richard Saltoun, ,London

9 Feb, Premiums 1, Royal Academy ,London

9 Feb, Entangled Pasts, Royal Academy ,London

16 Feb, Punk: Rage and Revolution, Northampton Museum & Art Gallery

16 Feb, Material Matters, Northampton Museum & Art Gallery

16 Feb, Elke Pollard, Northampton Museum & Art Gallery

21 Feb, Practice Research, Project Space Plus, Lincoln

22 Feb, Paul Mpagi Sepuya, Nottingham Contemporary

22 Feb, Dora Budor, Nottingham Contemporary

22 Feb, Danica Maier, Beam, Nottingham

1 March, Andrew Bracey, General Practice, Lincoln

8 March, Darren Diss and Brian Voce, The Hub, Sleaford

8 March, Jo Cope, The Hub, Sleaford

20 March, Mirrors Windows Portals, project space plus, Lincoln

23 March, Feng-Ru Lee, Weston Gallery, Nottingham

23 March, Dan Rapley, Angear Visitor Centre, Nottingham

23 March, Saad Qureshi, Djanogly Gallery, Nottingham

23 March, Fascinating Finds from Nottingham's Caves, University of Nottingham Museum

23 March,Peep Show, Bennington Gallery, Nottingham

23 March, Shahnawaz Hussain, Bennington Gallery, Nottingham

23 March, Osheen Siva, Bennington Gallery, Nottingham

23 March, Debsyo Bolaji, New Art Exchange, Nottingham

24 March, Jason Wilsher-Mills, Lincoln Museum

12 April, When Forms Come Alive, Hayward Gallery, London

12 April, Virginia Verran, Michael Richardson Contemporary Art, London

12 April, Secundino Hernández , Victoria Miro Gallery, London

12 April, Neal Rock, New Art Projects, London

12 April, Salvador Dali, Clarendon Fine Art, London

12 April, Unravel, Barbican, London

12 April, Soufiane Ababri, Barbican, London

12 April, Ibrahim Mahama, Barbican, London

12 April, Lobert Zandvilet, Grimm, London

12 April, Reina Sugihara, Arcadia Misa, London

12 April, Marria Pratts Carl Kostyal, London

12 April, Richard Serra,David Zwirner, London

12 April, Marcelina Akpojotor, Rele, London

12 April, Fathi Hassan,Richard Saltoun, London

12 April, Erwin Wurm,Thaddaeus Ropac, London

12 April, Harold Cohen, Gazelli Art House, London

12 April, Adam Pendleton, Galerie Max Hetzler, London

12 April, Nancy Haynes, Marlborough, London

12 April, Shizuko Yoshikawa, Marlborough, London

12 April, Shizuko Yoshikawa and Bridget Riley, Marlborough, London

12 April, Betty Parsons,Alison Jacques, London

12 April, Woody De Othello, Stephen Friedman Gallery, London

12 April, Peter Blake, Waddington Custot Galleries, London

12 April, Standing in the Gap, Goodman Gallery, London

12 April, Ulla von Brandenburg, Pilar Corrias, London

12 April, Lindokuhle Sobekwa, Goodman Gallery, London

12 April, The Leisure Centre, The Brown Collection, London

12 April, Shine On,Sadie Coles HQ Davies St, London

12 April, Albert Oehlen, Gagosian, London

12 April, Gavin Turk, Ben Brown Fine Arts, London

12 April, François Morellet,Annely Juda Fine Art, London

12 April, Thomas Allen, Ronchini Gallery, London

12 April, Darya Diamond, Pippy Houldsworth, London

12 April, Li Hei Di, Pippy Houldsworth, London

12 April, Florence Hutchings, Redfern Gallery, London

12 April, Marilyn Lerner, Spruth Magers, London

12 April, Barabara Kruger, Spruth Magers, London

12 April, Edward Burtynsky, Flowers, London

12 April, Terry Frost, Flowers, London

12 April, Cinthia Marcelle,Sprovieri, London

12 April, Matthias Groebel,Gathering, London

12 April, Raqs Media Collective, Frith Street Gallery, London

12 April, Kati Heck, Sadie Coles, London

17 April, Trim, Project Space Plus, Lincoln

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usunezukoinezu · 1 year

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‘‘If you notice that someone is constantly agitated over little things (and excited over the trivial), pay attention. To the emotionally unwell person, every little thing is a big thing. Think about it. In any situation where you lack perspective, you have no way to tell whether or not something matters. Perspective provides context, and context allows for meaning. Without context there is no recognition of, much less appreciation for, our challenges.’’

- David J. Lieberman, Mindreader

#David J. Lieberman

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akuasucc · 4 months

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I never forgot during Ferguson when Palestinians sent messages of solidarity to Black Americans, held protests of their own for us, and told us how to neutralize tear gas and fight against common police tactics, because the same exact weapons are given to Israel by the US. Timothy Fitch, the chief of police for St. Louis county, received “counter-terrorism” training in Israel. Joseph J. Mokwa, St. Louis Metropolitan Police Chief, went to Israel in 2008 on a Law Enforcement Exchange Program that was hosted by JINSA, a group of rabid Zionists and their American supporters (Dick Cheney, John Bolton, Joseph Lieberman, etc). The Anti-Defamation League, which helps to facilitate many of these US Police-Israeli exchange programs, honored the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Dept in a 2015 ceremony, one year after the murder of Michael Brown.

Israel directly contributed to the increasing militarization of the US police. The NYPD’s “Demographics Unit” was modeled on their practices, and thousands of US police received training in Israel. It cemented my conviction that the Black struggle and Palestinian struggle for liberation are deeply intertwined.

exactly this

#be nosy

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whumpsday · 2 years

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🩸 Kane & Jim Masterlist 2: The Other Stuff 🩸

Main story chronological masterlist / Main story writing order masterlist

🌌 AU Series:

🍷 The Whumpers’ Soirée (on hold) - Part 1 - Kane and Jim find themselves as co-whumpees under a new whumper.

⚖️ Choice of the Hunter (on hold) - An interactive series where you, a hunter, decide how to treat captive Kane.

🪽 Angels & Demons (on hold) - Part 1 - The guys get wings.

📦 BBU AU (complete) - Part 1 / Part 2 / Drabble / Part 3 - BBU.

🪐 Standalone AUs (full-length):

Purring AU - AU where Kane can purr. :3

Sunrise Reprise - Kane gets stuck outside at sunrise.

Bellamy Saves Kane - What it says on the tin.

Early Pickup - Jim saves Kane when he still has some fire.

Second Chance - Kane wakes up a decade in the past.

Dark!Jim AU - Jim as a whumper. + Bonus

Bad End - Jim fails his final escape attempt.

Brink of Death - Jim fails his final escape attempt. Again.

Bellamy Saves Kane 2 - BSK again but different this time.

Human Bellamy - Kane reunites with an alternative victim.

Tiny Kane - What if Kane was 5 inches tall?

Human Kane - Kane turns human, faces the sun.

Time Travel - Both boys inexplicably wake up in the past.

💫 AU Drabbles:

Liz punches Kane

Table

Carewhumper Kane

Kane forgets Jim’s name

Alternate ending to #27: Rebellion

No Escape

AU tag - also includes ones that are just concepts

🚀 Crossovers and Collabs: (some contain varying degrees of 18+ content, check within for specific warnings)

🤝 Celeste & Kane with wolfeyedwitch’s The Heart and the Hunger - Kane gets a new friend in captivity when Celeste’s owner sends his pet vampire for training. (on hold)

🎃 SPK with whumpshaped’s Killing, Stalking, Whumping - Kane joins Pumpkin in Seth’s basement, with the two later being saved by Bellamy and getting their happily-ever-afters. (complete)

🌗 K&J x MMSS with not-a-space-alien’s Magnanimous Moonrise & Savage Sunset - Varied crossovers including Lex & Ari rescuing Kane, Liz rescuing Valen, and Kane joining Valen in Nick’s lab. (ongoing)

⚡️ Kane & Raiza with whump-queen’s Raiza - Kane was picked up from the hunters by a brand-new whumper instead of a caretaker, to face a whole new flavor of whump than the cold torture he’s used to: intimate pet whump. (on hold)

🎁 Livestock with dragonfireridge - A short story where Bellamy takes in an injured human. (complete)

7️⃣ Kane & Seven with whump-queen’s Seven Series - A BBU crossover where Kane is bought from the hunters by a sadist and befriends her boxie. (on hold)

💌 Fanfiction:

Bleed by whump-for-all-and-all-for-whump

Bite by whumpwillow

New Friends, Old Dilemmas by lethologick

Letter by whumpwillow

Soup by whump-for-all-and-all-for-whump

Torture By Silver by lost-in-labradorite-halls

View by whumpwillow

Popsicles by lost-in-labradorite-halls

Celebration by lost-in-labradorite-halls (HEAVY GORE CW)

First one by not-a-space-alien

Second one by not-a-space-alien

Lynx + Trans Kane AU by whumpshaped

Home Sweet Home? by whumpwritings

The Final Apology by clickerflight

Fan Mail by writereleaserepeat

the 10/10 amazing zizi fanfic by whumpshaped

Falsely Persuaded by oliversrarebooks

💐 Related series:

Cat and Mouse by t0rture-me

Shattered by oddsconvert

Magnanimous Moonrise & Savage Sunset by not-a-space-alien

🎨 Visual:

Fanart

Picrews

🎵 Playlists:

Kane de Sang

Jim Lieberman

Liz Lieberman

Bellamy Verta

Masterpost

🔗 Misc:

Answered asks with additional content