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Cults are not just a white people thing. Especially in the US, predatory high control groups actively target disenfranchised people, especially immigrant populations who don't have the best grasp of English, and entered the country with a head full of American exceptionality propaganda.

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What are the WORST birthdays to have? Bad news, folks - it's MOST of the year...

Watch the full episode on Dropout

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i need to start compiling all the real judo techniques in TOS because sometimes in the middle of the silliest "if you karate chop someone in the bicep they pass out"-type fightscenes sometimes i'll go "oh that has a name! that's a real thing you can do!"

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The student protests for Palestine have been an amazing show of solidarity and support and seeing thr way that so many young people are willing to stand up for their values is admirable when so many others stay silent. But this is all to say that we are entering a pattern of glorifying these white “martyrs” from the global west to put all of this effort and resources and media coverage into instead of the actual cause they are fighting for.

I saw the same thing happen with Aaron Bushnell, when his self immolation was being talked about more than the actual genocide in Gaza (which went against everything he said he was self immolating for in the first place).

And again this happened with the prisoner from the US who worked 136 hours just to be able to donate his $17 check to Palestine aid efforts. In response to this, people wanted to help him and ended up raising over $100,000 in a gofundme for him. This feels almost satirical, as every gofundme to help Gazans evacuate Palestine and get to safety has a goal of less than $100,000 and most of them are not even close to reaching it.

And now, there are more and more posts on how to get aid to the college student encampments, and the “urgency” of getting enough bail funds for the students who have been arrested during them. Talking about Palestine itself and getting resources to Palestine has almost been put on the back burner in favour of making all Palestine related news about college students in the United States.

It think it is valuable to recognise the selflessness and importance of these protests, and getting these students resources but what is MORE important, and what these people are truly fighting for, and protesting, and make a statement about is PALESTINE. We have unsurprisingly reached the point where there are people who care much more about the white people fighting for the cause from the comfort of living in the global west than they care about the Palestinians undergoing a genocide in Gaza. It’s become almost blatant racism, the way people begin to drop everything the second a white/usamerican person does something in regards to helping Palestine, but will not put the same effort into a Palestinian IN Gaza who is telling their story or asking for help. I respect anyone who has done absolutely anything to help Palestine, but I hope people are starting to see the pattern of how the media gravitates towards the “white saviour/perfect martyr” instead of the first hand accounts coming from those in Gaza.

Anyway FIND A GOFUNDME AND DONATE TO HELP FAMILIES IN GAZA ESCAPE GENOCIDE

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DONT STOP TALKING ABOUT PALESTINE! DONT STOP TAKING ABOUT GAZA!

DONT LET THEM MAKE YOU FORGET!!

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Image Description: A traditional pencil drawing of two people on a beach. The leftmost person is a Jem'Hadar wearing swim shorts patterned with puzzle pieces. Ze is smiling, and has a long scar over hir left eye. The person next to hir is an Aenar wearing a striped speedo. She is smiling widely and has his hand on the other's shoulder. He is covered in body hair, and has nipple and belly button piercings. Aer antennae are curved toward each other in an expression of love and happiness. Both characters are fat. The two both have tails, which are entwined between them. End ID.

My Star Trek OCs, Amitid'som (ze/hir) and Avyvoll (any) at a beach! Not pictured: Avyvoll having to get dunked in an ice bath and spending six hours in the full-body dermal regenerator after finding out the hard way what sunburn is. But it was xyr choice to wear a speedo to the beach with zero melanin, so.

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donations made today (April 26 2024) up to $550 will be matched by the Kentucky Health Justice Network! please consider donating or sharing—KHJN provides abortion, gender affirming care, & other LGBT + reproductive based services

donate here

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this above literally all else, ok?

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Who even uses this emoji

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Being a young adult is so strange. You enter a coffee shop. The 20 year old girl waiting behind you cried all night because she just came to a new city for university and she feels so alone. That 27 year old guy over there works a job he is overqualified for, he lives with his parents and wants to move out but doesn't know what to do about it. That one 24 year old dude already has a car, a house, and a job waiting for him once he graduates thanks to his dad's connections. The 26 year old barista couldn't complete his higher education because he has to work and take care of his family. The 28 year old girl sitting next to you has no friends to go out with so she is texting her mother. That couple (both 25 years old) are married and the girl is pregnant. The 29 year old writing something on her laptop has realized that she chose the wrong major so she is trying to start all over. We are not alone in this, but we are actually so alone. Do you feel me

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dm'ing a mutual you've never interacted with one-on-one is so embarrassing like. hi.... im sorry. you can kill me if you want... can i have your discord..... if not.. feel free to shoot me down where i stand... im sorry.. i'll leave..

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due to woke the hanged man tarot card is being replaced by the hung woman

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If I was Jesus I would’ve simply said no dad this is your dream

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It's extremely rare for me to not post something because it's too bad. But this was a 4 edible situation

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I have never seen an animal sleep in such a cursed way what

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harry was one of the first to advocate for separating tuvix? people really do undersell how unhinged he can be (affectionately)

Well, not advocate but he certainly jumped at the chance at separating Tuvix!

The way it went down: Harry was practicing with his clarinet in his room when the Doctor asked him about some technical stuff over zoom the EMH channel.

The EMH wasn't even going to tell Harry about his findings but Harry pushed him to share what he was working on. And then, Harry excitedly shared the Doctor's findings.

I mean, look at how excited Harry is!

While TUVIX was right there.

So, yes, unhinged behavior!