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do you ever laugh with your friends and think oh this is the point. this is the point of everything

#Eileen what if I sob #@barnyard #@lofi

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"Hands of Barnard and Columbia students in the Gaza Solidarity Encampment. Surrounded by more students holding hands to create a protective perimeter. All unflinchingly staring down imminent threats of suspension and arrest"

subway hands

#Palestine #I love people

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Keep seeing people ask why European students are not also protesting. Here is a brief list of some examples of students protesting in the countries USAmericans think of when they say "Europe". This doesn't include the student groups that I've seen participating in the regular (sometimes weekly) mass marches in some cities.

UK

Students from the University of Leeds and at Goldsmiths occupied campus buildings (Feb and March 2024)

Students also held a national strike day for Palestine (Feb 2024)

Students from colleges (~16-18 year olds) and universities staged walkouts in four different cities (Nov 2023)

Even children went out to protest (Feb 2024)

Students in London marched in December

SOAS students held a solidarity rally in October

France

Protests at Sciences Po have held several protests since November

At the Sorbonne too in November

These November protests were simultaneously held in universities across the country

And though the French love a good clash with riot police, there have also been campus candlelight vigils and flags put up

Spain

University students went on strike in October

Secondary school students did the same in November

Student organisations participated in a week of Basque-Palestinian solidarity in February (it feels so wrong to put them under this header in this context....)

Germany

Student protests (Feb)

And more (March)

And more (Nov, & this source article is awful btw)

Also an occupation of a campus building (December)

In an environment where pro-Palestinian views can get you into trouble

Italy

Heavy-handed policing in response to protesting secondary school students in Pisa (Feb)

Students interrupting conference in Turin (April)

More protests in Florence (Nov)

Mass protests in various cities in October

And students on hunger strike in Rome

& More!

Sit-ins on campus in Antwerp, Belgium (November)

Students involved in marches in Czechia (October)

Academics demanding Uppsala University (one of the spiritual homes for the academic study of peace and ending conflicts!) respond to the genocide

In sum, if you say "why aren't students in x country protesting too", the answer is they have been, you just only read USAmerican news

#Palestine

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I need a way to say this character makes me feel insane amounts of lust but not in a sexual or romantic way

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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.

#reference #!!!! this is huge I've been Dying to learn a new name for those moths

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I should note, I hate the soulmates "we would fall in love in every universe" trope for the aforementioned "where's the tension and interest and really anything worthwhile" reasons. However, "we would find each other in every universe" fucking rips. We would interact meaningfully in every universe but sometimes we are lovers and sometimes we are friends and sometimes we are bitter enemies and sometimes we'd simply both be in the same HOA.

#op gets it #inspo

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idk if im actually bi or nit but i have an 8 am class tomorrow cant worry about that

#me #favorite

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#important #video

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But never let me die without a struggle and without acclaim

#RAAHHHHH #holy SHIT this fucks SUPREMELY #the music choice along is insane but augh god the spear right through the throat the drop of blood like a tear…. #cinema #video #favorite #the iliad

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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.

#reference #Palestine

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timeloop that works like an infection. if you tell one person enough times that "help! im stuck in a timeloop" they too become conscious in it

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Donna Lee Parsons isn’t particularly well-known in hardcore/punk circles, but she should be. She played a pivotal role in rock history. Before she transitioned, she founded Rat Cage Records, a record label that released the Beastie Boys’ first two EPs; she signed them at their very first show. Twenty years later, after Parsons came out as trans and the band’s meteoric rise to fame, the artists quietly paid for Parson’s gender affirmation surgery. According to member Adam Horovitz, since the men knew she wouldn’t accept the money if she saw it as a charitable act, they claimed they owed her royalties from their EP Polly Wog Stew.

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So if you’ve ever worn a ‘lightning bolt’ t-shirt or listened to Victim in Pain or found yourself fondly recalling a Beastie Boys show you went to, you have a transgender woman to thank for that. And we should know her story. If you call yourself a hardcore kid, Donna Lee Parsons touched your life.

Source: LGBTQ Nation | True Trans Soul Rebel by Norman Brannon | April 2024

#history

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brown sugar and cinnamon are lesbian married

#posts I would make

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the way my partner talks about my ocd is so hilariously on point. for context, i experience a lot of verbal compulsions (feeling like i Have to Say a Certain Thing to magically fix another) and he just told me. "most of the time it's easy to spot a compulsion cause literally nobody asked"

#holy shit that's so funny but So genuinely good #favorite #ocd

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government is trying to ban tiktok meanwhile millions of poor and disabled americans are about to completely lose their internet access at the end of april because congress wont renew funding for the affordable connectivity program

hell fucking world

#important !!!!!!!! #signal boost

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#this is So sweet What #pnf #art

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(greeting someone u would die for)  well well well… look who crawled out of the primordial FILTH

#me walking into any groupchat #@barnyard