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Average female height in Europe.

by land_geist

#ha turns out im still tall for a dutch woman #but I'm assuming i wouldnt be if men were included as well #i do tend to feel more relaxed and comfortable in holland though with more people being my height #misc

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HAPPENING NOW: passover seder from our comrades in columbia's liberated zone/gaza solidarity encampment. this encampment is a profoundly religious space. we've seen muslim protesters praying multiple times a day, a christian communion was held, and multiple jewish prayers/celebrations have taken place. solidarity is a beautiful thing, palestine will be free.🖤🇵🇸

#palestine

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i hope yall know im dead serious about universal trans family. normalize trans people greeting each other in public bc of nothing other than both being trans. normalize taking care of one another like brothers and sisters. normalize loving one another unconditionally and treating one another with unconditional positive regard. this community needs to get stronger. every trans person is family. even if i don’t fucking like you i love you like family.

#misc

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Bruce Springsteen, 1985 by Gie Knaeps

#bruce springsteen #yeah I get it

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Bruce Springsteen on his on-stage outfit. From Springsteen on Broadway, intro to My Father's House

#bruce springsteen #art

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peter heller apples

support this blog

#poem

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girl who didnt study enough for this friendly conversation

#brain goes blank #misc

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y'all not to doxx myself too hard but irl i have spent some time in my life in mental health recovery, and i am here to tell anyone who needs to hear it that people with multiples & schizophrenia & psychosis & BPD are fun and interesting and lovable people and my friends

#misc

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Mahmoud Darwish, from Journal of an Ordinary Grief (tr. from the Arabic by Ibrahim Muhawi)

[Text ID: A place is not only a geographical area; it's also a state of mind. And trees are not just trees; they are the ribs of childhood.]

#words

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"In a historic “first-of-its-kind” agreement the government of British Colombia has acknowledged the aboriginal ownership of 200 islands off the west coast of Canada.

The owners are the Haida nation, and rather than the Canadian government giving something to a First Nation, the agreement admits that the “Xhaaidlagha Gwaayaai” or the “islands at the end of world,” always belonged to them, a subtle yet powerful difference in the wording of First Nations negotiating.

BC Premier David Eby called the treaty “long overdue” and once signed, will clear the way for half a million hectares (1.3 million acres) of land to be managed by the Haida.

Postal service, shipping lanes, school and community services, private property rights, and local government jurisdiction, will all be unaffected by the agreement, which will essentially outline that the Haida decide what to do with the 200 or so islands and islets.

“We could be facing each other in a courtroom, we could have been fighting each other for years and years, but we chose a different path,” said Minister of Indigenous Relations of BC, Murray Rankin at the signing ceremony, who added that it took creativity and courage to “create a better world for our children.”

Indeed, making the agreement outside the courts of the formal treaty process reflects a vastly different way of negotiating than has been the norm for Canada.

“This agreement won’t only raise all boats here on Haida Gwaii – increase opportunity and prosperity for the Haida people and for the whole community and for the whole province – but it will also be an example and another way for nations – not just in British Columbia, but right across Canada – to have their title recognized,” said Eby.

In other words, by deciding this outside court, Eby and the province of BC hope to set a new standard for how such land title agreements are struck."

-via Good News Network, April 18, 2024

#misc

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This is different from Al-Shifa:

There are images of decomposed bodies wearing what appear to be scrubs... with their hands tied. Meaning they were executed while bound. I will not be sharing them because I'm tired of showing our martyrs' bodies to people.

#palestine

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two bros, both alike in sexuality

in a hot tub, where we lay our scene

#poem

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Thank god they brought back An Amount Of Daylight That Makes You Want To Live. It was getting a bit scary for a minute there.

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"Failing Better: A Conversation with Ocean Vuong" interviewed by Viet Thanh Nguyen for LA Review of Books (2019) [ID'd]

#Words

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Slater's Bridge: A 1st century AD Roman bridge, still in use today, in England. (Lake District)

#art

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WHEN HARRY MET SALLY (1989) dir. Rob Reiner

#when harry met sally #film