#this is a few days late

[starlightseraph]

(from george rexstrew’s instagram story)

[greengianturanus]

My dad died when I was 25 and he didn’t know I was leaving the faith

You could have been one of those dads that expects their kids to be a Carbon Copy of their beliefs.

They put their pens to the paper, pressing down firmly (a little firmer, a little firmer, there! I know that will leave a mark)

I guess the red ink never really sunk in for me.

But you didn’t seem to mind.

Even though I used to walk the walk you walked and think the thoughts you thought,

At some point you realized that I didn’t do that anymore. I never really spoke about it. And neither did you.

Sometimes I would say something and I’d look over and realize id said something that toed that line, that crossed that line. And suddenly we were both struck with the realization that we were on different sides of that line.

Thank God you never looked angry. You never challenged or admonished. You just looked like you didn’t know what to say.

One time, when you thought you were losing me, you hugged me close and said,

“I am proud of you, and anything that says otherwise is lying to you.”

(You weren’t afraid of me losing my faith, you were just afraid of losing me.) ((maybe that’s what saved me))

Going through pictures for the funeral and I find a picture my grandmother, armed with disposable Kodak, plucked out of space and time. Of me when I was little, honey blonde curls spilling and springing. I am admiring my father’s shoes, I have just put them on my feet. How will I ever fill them?

Did you ever resent the fact that I never grew the way you wanted me to? Did you ever fear for my soul? Did you ever think you messed up somehow?

I guess the red ink never really sunk in for me.

Or maybe

You just never pressed down hard enough. Maybe you never wanted to leave such a mark on me (you were always so gentle, quick to listen, slow to anger) ((just like a Man who fears god should be))

Some fathers just want to control their daughters.

Some fathers don’t even like their daughters.

(I was afraid of losing my faith, and afraid of losing you too.)

Tell me, what is it like on the other side of that golden shore? Do you see now how different I am from you? Are you surprised? This certainly isn’t how you raised me.

Do you think I’ll go to the same place as you when I am dead?

Or are things there different than you expected? Do you have a new life? Do you feel pain? Do you know the difference between Good and Evil now? Did God tell you the difference between Good and and Evil?

What is morality to a dead man? Please tally up my rights and wrongs and tell me how I’m doing, if only to make sure I go to the same place as you when I am dead.

Are you still proud of me? You once said anything that said otherwise was lying, but does that include the ghost of you that follows me? Your spirit hovers over my head, hovers over my heart.

If god asked you to sacrifice for him, would you take me to the mountain? If you had known of my evil and wicked ways, would you raise the knife at me?

To rid the world of sin, you would have to kill me.

It makes me wonder: who is stronger? Who has a superior love? The god that gave up his son for the world? Or the man who gave us his god for his daughter?

[asasdemorcego]

me lately once again

[nataliescatorccio]

ONE YEAR OF CHAPPELL ROAN TEACHING THE 'HOT TO GO' DANCE August 11th 2023 - August 11th 2024

[bixels]

Happy anniversary to The Grand Galloping 20s! Hard to believe it's been a whole year since I started Tulli and I's MLP 1920s AU.

[cereallox]

We're so back

[no-passaran]

Spain lied about not selling weapons to Israel.

Even after October 7th, Spain has sold more than 1 million € of weapons to Israel. Norway and Finland make it possible.

In January, Spain made headlines word-wide when the government's Minister of Exteriors, José Manuel Albares (PSOE), claimed in Congress and later again in a radio interview that Spain had stopped selling weapons to Israel ever since October 7th. Israel's intensification of violence in Gaza following October 7th meant that, on top of decades of apartheid and ethnic cleansing, between October 7th and January 23rd Israel had already killed 28,000 people and forced 2 million out of their home. In this context, many people were demanding their governments stop arming and funding the genocide of the Palestinian people, and here on Tumblr and other social media sites like Twitter I think we all saw the many posts praising the Spanish government for this.

Well, it turns out it was a lie.

According to Albares, "Since October 7th there are no more weapons exportations [from Spain] to Israel". But in November alone, Spain exported weapons to Israel for 987,000€, as was published on the Spanish Government's official website dedicated to exterior commerce (Comex). A researcher from Centre Delàs (an independent centre for peace studies) found it and published it, and it has also been verified by newspapers such as elDiario.es.

This 987,000€ worth of weapons in November was not the only ammunition that Spain has sent to Israel in 2023. In 2023, Spain exported a total of 1.48 million € in war material to Israel.

All of the weapons sent in November come from the factory of Nammo Palencia (Castilla y León), a corporation that is 50% property of the Government of Norway and 50% owned by a public Finnish business. However, even if the owners are foreigners, the ammunition was sent from Spain and thus it had to be authorized by the an organism of the Spanish Government named Junta Interministerial de Defensa y Doble Uso, whose deliberations on whether a weapons exportation is accepted or denied are kept secret. The only cases where they have denied exporting weapons to Israel have been when they thought that Israel would re-sell these weapons to the Philippines.

Spain has had a close relation with Israel for years. As published by the Spanish Government, Spain has sold 20 million € of weapons to Israel between 2012 and 2022. Spain also buys weapons and military software from Israel (for example, the Spanish Intelligence Service has been using the Israeli software Pegasus to illegally spy on Catalan activists, journalists, politicians and civil society members and their relatives to attack the Catalan independence movement), and Spain has continued buying from Israel and allocating defense contracts to Israel even after the October 7th attacks. It is very difficult to track the concessions of public contracts such as buying weapons, but some contracts have been known. For example, on November 24th 2023, Spain bought 287.5 million € of missiles from Israel. This is not unusual: between 2011 and 2021, it is publicly known that Spain bought war material from Israel for at least 268 million €, but experts say that the real number could be two or three times as much.

Spain has also continued allocating concessions to Israel. For example, on December 15th 2023 Spain allocated a contract worth over 576 million € to Israel for a rocket launcher programme. On November 22nd, Spain allocated another another Israeli company to provide missiles for 237 million € at the same time as the Spanish army bought Israeli inhibitors for 1.4 million €. The very next day, November 23rd, Spain signed another military allocation to Israel for 82,600€. The following week, Spain signed yet another allocation with a different Israeli military corporation for 3.7 million €.

Spain also allows Israeli weapon manufacturing companies to produce weapons through their branches located in Spain. This way, Israeli weapons make their way to markets with which Israel doesn't have diplomatic ties but Spain does, like Saudi Arabia. And since Spain is a member of NATO, Israeli weapons produced in Spain are approved according to NATO standards and access it easily. In the same way, these Israeli weapons manufacturers also access European Union defense funds through their branches in Spain. (source).

As I said, I saw a lot of positive posts around when Albares said Spain was going to embargo, but I haven't seen any post about how they didn't do it. I also (personally) haven't seen anything on international media, and barely anything on Spanish media, which is already busy with the PSOE covid material corruption scandal. So I share this in the hope of helping put pressure on Spain to cut all ties with Israel immediately.

SHAME ON EVERYONE WHO GIVES ISRAEL THE MATERIAL AND MONEY THAT WILL BE USED TO MASSACRE THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE. SHAME ON SPAIN, NORWAY, AND FINLAND.

[zarla-s]

I posted the last page of Handplates a year ago on the 19th! It feels both like a lot of time has passed and none at all... sometimes it feels like an entirely different time in my life, and other times like it never left. It's complicated! It's always lingering in the back of my mind though, waiting for a stray idea for a side comic or something.

Anyway I figured a nice rainy view on the surface would be fun. Nothing like a rainy view! Got to use some rain brushes I picked up recently as well.

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[ruvigapo]

Run boy run!! The sex monsters eat salmon!!

In which i arrive Fashionably Late to the fishssek party

[kazehita]

<3

[smokin-salmon]

Fuck it. *Makes the old woman cry*

[14dayswithyou]

💖 DAY 4 SNEAK PEEKS! 💖

Hiya Angels!! ^^ Here are some of the Out Of Context™ screenshots I recently shared with the 14DWY Discord boosters... Who also have early access to Day 4 as of right now!

So if you'd like to skip the wait and go on that aquarium outing with [01010111 01101000 01101111 00111111] right now, feel free to join the Discord community and boost the server! Otherwise, keep checking Tumblr and Twitter for more updates and screenshots ^^

[suntails]

new plushie just dropped

[nouverx]

WIP of something I'm working on lately 👀 my favourite stressed Alastor expressions eheh I love bullying the deer man

[skycowboys]

Ask and ye shall receive.

Been doing lots of work on the graphic novel behind the scenes! Apologies to this blog and to my Patreons for the dry spell but not to worry, the Discord is pretty active :)

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[xiewho]

you've been a bad friend