Impossible Exodus: Iraqi Jews in Israel
By Orit Bashkin (2017, Standford University Press)
Between 1949 and 1951, 123,000 Iraqi Jews immigrated to the newly established Israeli state. Lacking the resources to absorb them all, the Israeli government resettled them in maabarot, or transit camps, relegating them to poverty. In the tents and shacks of the camps, their living conditions were squalid and unsanitary. Basic necessities like water were in short supply, when they were available at all. Rather than returning to a homeland as native sons, Iraqi Jews were newcomers in a foreign place.
Impossible Exodus tells the story of these Iraqi Jews' first decades in Israel. Faced with ill treatment and discrimination from state officials, Iraqi Jews resisted: they joined Israeli political parties, demonstrated in the streets, and fought for the education of their children, leading a civil rights struggle whose legacy continues to influence contemporary debates in Israel. Orit Bashkin sheds light on their everyday lives and their determination in a new country, uncovering their long, painful transformation from Iraqi to Israeli. In doing so, she shares the resilience and humanity of a community whose story has yet to be told.
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i'm using an open source online textbook (ancient greek for everyone) as part of my "get better at latin and greek" summer project and so far it's a pretty solid textbook but the thing it does that makes it really, really useful is it tells you what the stem is for each word and then explain why that stem transforms/changes.
like for example for "τιθημι" it says that the stem is "θη," but in the present tense it's reduplicated, but you can't reduplicate an aspirated consonant like θ so you use a τ instead. and when explaining third declension nouns it explains that the masculine/feminine nominative ending is -ς, and in words where the stem ends in a consonant it will often either remove the stem's final consonant (παιδ- -> παιδς -> παις) or the -ς will drop (δαιμων- -> δαιμωνς -> δαιμων). these are just a couple examples but so far these explanations are making it much much clearer how we get all the irregularities that i was originally told i just had to memorize with little rhyme or reason behind it. greek makes a lot more sense this way.
so anyway i recommend this to anyone who's looking to learn/improve at greek!
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DpxDc angst prompt for April go!
The standard Danny gets de-aged and thrown into the DC universe au but with a little flare™
Danny is thrown by clockwork face first into the DC universe after a nasty encounter with the Giw he is freshly reformed and confused. Clockwork whips up a false identity for Danny and shoves the halfa through a portal to heal.
Clockwork didn't say much of anything to Danny except "Find the birds,". Danny, who is now 4yo, with mixed up traumatic memories, and in a universe he doesn't recognize doesn't know what the heck that means.
Danny ends up staying ghost and staying very invisible while watching the local crow population for a few days. He only drops his invisibility a couple of times for a brief couple of seconds before before he decides that's not a good idea. People looked unnerved when they saw him; one person even called the police on him!!!!! >:(
What 4yo Danny fails to realize is that ghosts like him or anyone from the ghost zone don't exist here so the DC universe's hoard of excess ectoplasm was very eager to warp the appearance of his ghost half.
People were right to be afraid. Danny looked awful! He was still in the hazmat suit he died in loose on his now tiny body and peeling off where the Giw had sliced into him. His cheeks were sunken, his body littered with bruises and cuts from fighting. His eyes were a milky-blue glossed over and lifeless. Overall he was a horrifying sight to see even to most Gothamites
Danny was lucky the bats didn't find him (he was looking for birds not bats dang it!) There was a brief Investigation on the sightings but since Danny showed up soon after a fear gas attack it was dismissed. It's only when he can hear the bats talking on their coms that Danny realizes that Robin's were a bird!!
Danny gets really excited. The next day he follows Tim to school still invisible at this point because Tim is still a living person and Danny thinks people are scary. Danny wants to talk to Tim but he is also nervous so he does the obvious thing and tries to write him a note.
Only...
He doesn't have a pen but, oh! He could make this work!
In other news, Tim opens his locker to find a page of his notebook has a message scrawled in the blood that matches that of a recently murdered four-year-old.
"Hi birdy,"
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Neocities Websites for Decor (& Other Resources)
9/4 2:10pm
i've been working on my neocities website and wanted to compile a bunch of places where one can find decor. this is not an extensive list, but rather a bunch of places where you can start finding resources.
please note that various pages could strain the eyes, including flashing lights or colors. pages called 'blinkies' usually have flashing colors throughout. [* = prominent flashing lights]
all websites, resources, and thoughts are beneath the cut
decor
effects for mouse cursors, text, and sites - https://www.mf2fm.com/rv/
assorted decor, images, and more - https://shishka.neocities.org/shishka/toybox
* random gifs from the internet archive - https://gifcities.org
https://pinkukingdom.neocities.org/toybox
http://whimsical.heartette.net/material [has tos you need to follow]
https://cinni.net/?z=/toybox/ [love this website so much]
* assorted early internet graphics - https://www.glitter-graphics.com
https://graphic.neocities.org
https://strawberry-gashes.gensoukai.net/v2/
archived images - https://web.archive.org/web/20100211160439/http://neskaya.net/pixels.php
* https://kawaiiness.net/home.php [potential eye strain]
https://www.asterism-m.com/item/ [japanese site]
https://pixelsafari.neocities.org
https://foollovers.com/mat/index.html [japanese site. has tos]
* https://gothiclolita.neocities.org/materials
https://sozai.pooftie.me [pastels. very low contrast, hard to read warning]
https://scripted.neocities.org
https://arunyi.art/#goodies
https://nonkiru.art/resources
* https://animatedglittergraphics-n-more.tumblr.com / @animatedglittergraphics-n-more
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1eQx_UiPvEvI4ZZECoPOuRrLhIE_6XbBy [content guide here... 4k+ gifs and graphics by @topadie]
* https://cutewebgraphics.tumblr.com/directory / @cutewebgraphics
https://pngfarm.tumblr.com / @pngfarm
https://lostsozai.tumblr.com / @lostsozai
decor directories
https://directory.cinni.net/sozai/
https://pixelsafari.neocities.org/links/directory/
https://www.tumblr.com/gender444/680981849679511552/favorite-sozaiblog-materials-sites-fool-lovers
definitions
(for those who don't know and/or are just getting into website creation)
webmaster: person who coded/created the website
favicons: small icons or graphics, usually 16x16 pixels.
pixels: graphics either custom-made or found. i've seen this term used for favicons, adoptables, and other graphics.
emoticons: old term for emojis. typically custom emoji expressions
* blinkies: thin flashing or sparkling banners, usually with text, an image, and flashing lights. collectible.
toybox: collections of favicons, stamps, blinkies, buttons, and more. all up to the webmaster's discretion and preferences
* glitters: glittering or shimmering text or images
stamps: collectible rectangular images, usually 99x56px
buttons: images that are hyperlinked to other websites. often custom-made for one particular webmaster or site.
avatars: typically 100x100 pixel images
other websites
beginner's guide to html and css - https://webguide.neocities.org
dnd style character generator - https://harlekine.neocities.org
templates/themes - https://neothemes.neocities.org
photo editor - https://photomosh.com
rainbow text maker - https://www.glitter-graphics.com/generators/rainbow.php
various other resources - https://scripted.neocities.org
learn more about websites & neocities - https://sadgrl.online
assorted resources - https://www.tumblr.com/punkwasp/725206601551773696/neocitiesindie-webmastery-resources
get started with website creation - https://www.tumblr.com/oddmerit/685644129978499072/note-cause-im-getting-sick-and-tired-of-terfs
all types of resources - https://punkwasp.leprd.space/resources/
* = prominent flashing lights/colors
i suggest not linking back (aka hotlinking) to the resources on the website. instead upload it yourself onto either neocities or an image hosting site and include credit. this way, if the person hosting the image deletes their page or loses the image somehow, your website will still be fine. (i didn't do this and had to find everything all over again... )
i have found that the best websites to use as companions to neocities are w3schools, pinterest, tumblr, and any image hosting site. w3schools for coding tutorials. pinterest for inspiration or for graphics. tumblr for any type of decor and advice. to edit my code and have a live preview, i use codepen.io.
since you read through all this, maybe take a look at my neocities site and follow me! <3
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Weightlifting and Correct Forms
Pre-workout dynamic strecthing
Warm-up and mobility routine
Beginner's guide to weightlifting
Proper forms and common mistakes
Weightlifting for beginners women [fixed weights]
Learn how to deadlift
Lifting for beginners [bar squats]
Using proper technique for lifting weights
20 common lifting mistakes to avoid
Most common exercises done wrong [home edition]
Proper form for RDL
Proper form for Bulgarian split squat
Proper form for dumbbell lateral raise
Proper form for dumbbell row
Pure Gym's full exercise demonstration playlist
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Hey! I wanna talk for a sec about the Live Music Archive. If you're a tMG fan who's on here you probably already at least know about it, but for anyone unfamiliar I want to do a quick post talking about what it is and how you can listen!
The Live Music Archive is a collection hosted by the Internet Archive for audio recordings of concerts. Specifically, the LMA hosts, with permission from the band, user-contributed recordings of concerts. Some fans will go to concerts with recording gear to take a full audio recording of the show and then upload it to the archive under the band's collection. As of writing this post there are almost 450 live tapes uploaded to the tMG LMA collection!
There's a few ways that you can listen to recordings on the Live Music Archive. The webpage works pretty well both on desktop and mobile browsers, and that's what I typically use. You can also listen on web without having to make an account on the Internet Archive, which is convenient for browsing. I also use the webpage to download mp3s of favorite tapes to my phone, so that I can listen to them in my local music player.
However, if you don't mind making a free account and prefer the convenience of something more like Spotify, you can also listen to anything on the LMA via the Taper's Section app for Android or the Live Music Archive app for iOS! (Obligatory disclaimer that I use an Android and can't personally vouch for the iOS app, but afaik they have similar features.) The apps have the same functionality as the webpage in a more streamlined mobile-friendly interface, plus things like notifications when there's a new tape added to a collection you follow and downloading in-app for offline listening. The Android app also has a tab for tapes from today's date, there's often at least one (there are FOUR for today!) and that's a really fun way to find tapes to listen to.
If you're looking at this going, wow, that sounds really cool but there's so many tapes that it's a little overwhelming to get into this, don't worry! I'll leave you with a couple recommendations. As mentioned above, I like to listen to shows from the current date. Another fun way to find shows is looking for a specific song - you can go on the wiki and it'll list every show at which the song has been played live, and then just search until you find one of them that has a tape on the archive. Lastly, a few specific favorite tapes of mine:
- 2014-06-15 has the entirety of Taboo VI: The Homecoming played live + one of my absolute favorite performances of both Woke Up New and The Best Ever Death Metal Band In Denton.
- 2015-06-01 is the only time Straight Six has ever been played live and it's interestingly pretty different from the EP version, plus a phenomenal back to back Spent Gladiator 1 & 2.
- 2021-08-06 was the first show after the band started playing concerts again post 2020, and it has a really incredible energy and a phenomenal setlist.
- 2024-03-01 is from the recent run of solo shows, this one was at Grace Cathedral and the ambience is truly truly incredible, it feels so ethereal.
Please feel free to add any additional notes or some of your own favorite tapes to the post as well! Happy listening!!
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