#vindication!!!

[introspectivememories]

i don’t know why we ever doubted if bernard knew

[rongzhi]

English added by me :)

[littlebetesofeverything]

I will not apologize for the posting I have been doing and will continue to do so. I am still not certain that I am in reality after watching that episode. I dodged spoilers for nearly 36 hours just to see that on my TV???

Like as a bi girl myself, I never gave up hope that this would happen. but to actually see it come to life, and with this being episode 4, episode FOUR I repeat. This journey is going to be incredible for Buck and I cannot wait to see it unfold.

I have not stopped smiling since I jumped on here to catch up to all the posts. I have taken breaks to literally run around the house like a cat with zoomies. Even laughing out of the middle of nowhere because this is just making me soooo happy and excited for the rest of the season.

[timothylawrence]

Finished p4 last night (still have golden left so no spoilers!!) and I’m gonna type up a post of my thoughts later but .

Biggest kudos to Jordan and Fil who had to deal with me saying “oh that’s the killer isn’t it” from the moment they showed up on screen at hour one and never shutting up abt it until being proven right 39 hours later

[scrapnick]

[Kicking and thrashing and screaming in pure vindication and joy of a job well done]

[florida3exclamationpoints]

Btw I put this on my "Taylor wear these" board on pinterest and I thought it's more Sabrina's style but taylor would look really good in it too and I think I won

[crehador]

HEY?! does anyone remember that survey where people were polled on which voice actor they would want to have voice their home appliances and ishida akira was first (naturally) and i was raging that asanuma was only 7th lmao and suwabe wasn't even IN the top 10

WELL WELL WELL LOOK WHO'S AN APPLIANCE NOW

apparently suwabe is being added in december with more voice actors coming in the future? i'm. need to. see if i can get one of these things shipped overseas lol

this was the poll btw:

[lliyrapohl]

Local woman finds use for box after months of keeping it “just in case”. Says this is the happiest she’s ever felt.

[williamrikers]

everyone who talked shit about mew on here owes me $10

[apaethy]

people finally realizing how bad ted lasso is written

[coldflasher]

also extremely funny that for weeks i have been warning my friend about how ugly the s5 suit is. like, relentlessly. just complaining about how unflattering it is and how he does not look good in it. she’s a lesbian and finds my attraction to barry baffling, so she was like ‘i doubt i’ll notice or care’, only for her to see it and immediately go ‘oh no, you’re right’

[skloomdumpster]

god put me in this earth to be a hater

[fantastic-nonsense]

reylos crying on twitter because Adam Driver explicitly confirmed that Bendemption was never originally in the plans for Kylo....this is justice for the last 8 years, actually

[kittyprincessofcats]

ICJ Ruling

Okay, let's get into this.

First of all, I get the frustration at the court not ordering a ceasefire. I was disappointed and frustrated at first too, since a ceasefire was the biggest and most important preliminary measure South Africa was requesting - and of course we just all want this horror to finally end for the people in Gaza. So I get the frustration and disappointment, I really do.

However, I do think this ruling is still a major win for South Africa, Palestine, and international law as a whole and here's why:

The court acknowledged that it has jurisdiction over this case and completely dismissed Israel's request to throw out the case as a whole. It will now determine at the merits stage (that will probably take years) whether Israel is actually commiting genocide.

The court acknowledged that Palestinians are a "distinct national or ethnic group and therefore deserving of protection under the genocide convention". Pull this out next time someone tells you "there's no such thing as Palestinians, they're all just Arabs".

The court acknowledged very unambiguously that "at least some" of Israel's actions being genocidal in nature is "plausible". South Africa has a case, officially. Israel is accused of genocide, in a way the ICJ deems "plausible", officially. This is huge. (And seriously, how freaking satisfying was it to hear all of those genocidal statements by Israeli politicians read out loud and used as justification for this rulling?)

The court might not have ordered a "ceasefire" in those words, but they did order Israel to "immediately end all genocidal acts" (which includes killing and injuring Palestinians) and submit proof that they actually did. How are they going to comply with this ruling without at least severly reducing or changing what they're doing in Gaza?

In fact, this wording might actually be more appropriate for a genocide (vs a war), as author and journalist Ali Abunimah notes on Twitter:

He's completely right. Israel lost today, by overwhelming majority (I mean, 15 to 2? I heard people predict the rulings would be very close, like 9 judges vs 8, but instead we got 15 to 2 (and even 16 to 1 on the humanitarian aid). Holy shit.) The court disimissed almost everything Israel's side of lawyers said, while acknowledging that South Africa's accusations are "plausible".

And this is important especially because of Mr Abunimah's second tweet there^. Because the question is, where do we go from here?

This ruling means that Israel is officially /possibly/ commiting genocide and that should have huge international consequences. The rest of the world now HAS to take these accusations seriously and stop arming and supporting Israel - and if they won't do it on their own, we, the people, have to make them. This is THE moment to rise up all around the world, especially in the countries most supportive of Israel (the US, the UK, Germany): Protest, call your representatives and demand a ceasefire and an end of arms deliveries to Israel.

We now have a legal case to back our demands: If Israel is, according to the ICJ, "plausibly" commiting genocide, then all of our governments are, according to the ICJ, "plausibly" guiltly of aiding in genocide. And we need to hold that over their heads and demand better. We need to do that right now and in huge numbers. Most politicians only care about themselves and saving their skin. We have to make them realize that they could be accused of aiding in genocide.

(As a German, I'm thinking of Germany here in particular: After South Africa's hearing, our government dismissed their case as having "no basis" - how are they going to keep saying that now that the ICJ officially thinks otherwise? Over the last months, people here have been arrested at protests for calling what's happening in Gaza a genocide. How are the police supposed to legally keep doing that now that the ICJ has officially deemed this accusation "plausible"? I used to be scared to use the word "genocide" at protests or write it on my protest signs - not anymore, have fun trying to arrest me for that when the ICJ literally has my back on this one 🖕🏻.)

So yeah - don't be defeatist about this, don't let Israel's narrative that they "won" (they didn't) take over. This might not be everything we wanted, but it's still a good result. Don't let what the court didn't say ("ceasefire"), distract you from the very important things that they did say. Let this be your motivation to get loud and active, especially if you live in any country that supports Israel. Put pressure on your governments to not be complicit in genocide, you now officially have the highest international court on your side.

[simptasia]

it gives me life to look under any astarion video and see hundreds upon hundreds of people realise neil newbon is amazing

[talesfromthecrypts]

Janet was going to commit me, and that hand was going to do evil things, but now it's a conduit for the musical prowess of REO Speedwagon...anyway, I gotta go change my pad, and you gotta get upstairs because they're going to be home soon.

Lisa Frankenstein (2024) dir. Zelda Williams