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i hope that the discussion about student protests does not get reduced to "privileged rich kids faffing around at an ivy league school." setting aside that tenuous claim, over the last week, protests have erupted over the entire country. a few days ago, riot police beat, pepper-sprayed, and arrested NYU faculty shielding students; protests started at the university of southern california when the admin cancelled the valedictorian's speech; encampments appeared at the university of southern carolina, UT dallas, the university of maryland, the university of new mexico, IUPUI, virginia tech, the university of virginia, the university of illinois, the university of north carolina — chapel hill, the university of pittsburgh, uc berkeley, the university of michigan — ann arbor, MIT, emerson, tufts, the university of rochester, rice, swarthmore, the new school, vanderbilt university, with students arrested; students protested or walked out at miami university, northwestern, temple, the 5 claremont colleges: pomona, pitzer, scripps, harvey mudd, and claremont mckenna, stanford, washington university in st louis, students were arrested at ohio state, students were confronted by riot police at cal poly humboldt, after which they occupied campus, students were arrested at the university of minnesota — twin cities, after which faculty walked out; and yes, there are protests at the other ivies, most notably yale, with students facing mass arests after encampments, but there is also an encampment at brown, protests appeared at cornell, princeton faculty issued a statement of solidarity while students are preparing an encampment, and harvard banned the undergraduate palestine solidarity committee. there are thousands of students who are protesting for palestine across the entire country, facing harassment, arrest, and suspension in return

#look at later

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Hundreds of Jewish anti-war demonstrators have been arrested during a Passover seder that doubled as a protest in New York, as they shut down a major thoroughfare to pray for a ceasefire and urge the Senate majority leader, Chuck Schumer, to end US military aid to Israel.

The 300 or so arrests took place on Tuesday night at Grand Army Plaza, on the doorstep of Schumer’s Brooklyn residence, where thousands of mostly Jewish New Yorkers gathered for the seder, a ritual that marked the second night of the holiday celebrated as a festival of freedom by Jews worldwide.

The seder came just before the US Senate resoundingly passed a military package that includes $26bn for Israel.

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“It Is an Honor to Be Suspended for Palestine”

Dispatches from the Solidarity Encampment at Columbia University

https://crimethinc.com/Columbia2024

In this in-depth report, participants offer a blow-by-blow account of the events at Columbia, appraising the tactics that the demonstrators have employed and the challenges that they face.

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buckwild to see swifties posting takes like "I feel like this album... is the most classic works of literature. As if these words... were always waiting to be written. I'm going to tattoo all of the lyrics on my skin so they can live forever" and then seeing someone else post a screenshot of the lyrics and it's some shit like "welcome to my dark and twisted mind / I'm the girl nobody ever notices / the joker hasn't seen half of what I've seen / call me the girlker / [reference to current trending media franchise]"

#ive heard worse lyrics but i listened to some of it after a friend told me about it and its the first time i ever paused a song to laugh #there's a line that calls someone a tattooed golden retriever and it was so bad bro (me) was flabbergasted

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daily reminder that boycotting is not a moral stance but a political strategy, so the whole “there’s no ethical consumption under capitalism” argument is not the gotcha you think it is

you can refer to BDS if you’d like a list of companies to focus your efforts on. you can refer to this website if you’d like to become more conscientious about what you’re buying and check for brands/products to avoid.

*please note that i am a palestinian who has been boycotting my entire life. do not try to explain to me in the tags or reblogs or replies what a targeted boycott is or complain about giving up your comfort for something that you (incorrectly) believe does not make an impact. being quiet is free. exercise your right to remain silent today.

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On related note, a few years ago, the Entomological Society of America officially discontinued the use of "gypsy moth" and "gyspy ant" as common names for Lymantria dispar and Aphaenogaster araneoides. L. Dispar is now known as the "spongy moth," so named for the appearance of their eggs, but I don't think a new common name has caught on for the ant species yet.

These changes we brought about, in large part, by the advocacy of Romani people in academia. You might not think that bug names are a very serious issue, but I believe that language matters. These species became known as "gypsies" because their attributes were likened to certain stereotypes and negative perceptions of actual Roma, so the continued use of those names reaffirmed those negative associations in the public consciousness. Slurs and pejoratives can never be truly decontexualized.

In my mind, one of the biggest obstacles that Romani people face when we are trying to advocate for ourselves is a lack of recognition as a marginalized group that deserves the necessary consideration. Even for seemingly trivial matters, like bugs or comic book characters, the way that people talk about us-- and talk down to us, when we get involved-- is telling. So, I always think that changes like this are a win, because it means that people are willing to learn and grant us the dignity we deserve. And there's nothing wrong with wanting to effect change in your own field, even arts and science.

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Hey everyone, please consider buying the 2024 itch.io Palestinian Relief Bundle- it's 373 games, game-making assets, tabletop roleplaying games, zines, and comics for a minimum of just 8 USD! They have a goal of 100,000 USD, and as of the time I'm writing this post, they have 8 more days to reach it.

Link will be in the reblog!

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most fan edits are so scary to me why is everything moving so fucking fast why is the camera getting shaken inside of a box

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would you a marry a swiftie with the same politics as you or a fascist with the same taste in art as you

this website has elevated suicide bait to an immaculate artform perfected like no other culture in history

#change swiftie to gaylor to make this truly equal

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grinding and cramming for finals when I'd rather be grinding and cramming. in like a sex way or something. i guess. i dunno. shuffles away sadly. hits my head on a low-hanging branch and bleeds out in the snow

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"akechi and joker had a friendly rivalry" "akechi didn't hate joker ever" bro he murdered him... why can't akechi like joker while also feeling a terrible, murderous jealousy towards him... let him contain multitudes...

interacting with the twitter persona fandom (and persona fandom in general I guess) for the first time in years is crazy like I'm going to start fistfighting people over their akechi opinions

#stop carving out the bad parts of him STOP IT... [wailing on ground] #saying this and the monkeys paw curls and people start writing those really bad yandere/pure evil akechi fanfics again #Or it's like the person on twitter who was like 'Akechi Beats Joker Black and Blue Every Single Day"

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Some of my favorite pages from my i-c sketchbook! I've made it free now if you'd like to look at it! thank you to everyone who bought it in the past. Your support as always means so much to me :o)

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going absolutely feral over this collection of items that washed up on Cornish beaches Lego Lost At Sea on twitter

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i have 100 thousand florets in my brocclli account

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wait i actually looked at the comments not just the most recent tags. people are debating the two choices seriously and getting heated

no way people are actually arguing for south park to win that joke queer media poll. "south park sweep!!!" you should be in the comments saying shit like "this made me turn off peepaw's life support" or something

#theres no way

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no way people are actually arguing for south park to win that joke queer media poll. "south park sweep!!!" you should be in the comments saying shit like "this made me turn off peepaw's life support" or something

#self respect!!!!!

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interacting with the twitter persona fandom (and persona fandom in general I guess) for the first time in years is crazy like I'm going to start fistfighting people over their akechi opinions

#I'm fine with various interpretations of his character <- said 2 seconds before disaster