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booasaur · 5 days

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For months now, Columbia professor Shai Davidai has been harassing and doxxing his students, including those who've lost family in Palestine. He's recorded them, heckled their protests, mocked when they were attacked by chemical weapons by former IDF soldiers and had to go to the hospital. There have been 50 complaints about him, the Columbia president admitted.

Now, during the escalated Columbia protests, he's saying the National Guard should be brought in. Why? EVEN the NYPD admitted they've been completely peaceful. Seems odd when the biggest association with the National Guard and college war protests are the Kent State shootings.

Is there a single objection to this video that isn't rooted in Islamaphobia, racism, and xenophobia?

Share what? What's so inherently alarming about this? Why incite more hate and possible violence against people praying?

Please sign this petition to remove him from a position where can continue to target students.

ETA: I forgot to mention, he called the organizers of these peaceful protests--including Ilhan Omar's daughter--to stop a genocide the Hitler Youth.

#israel #palestine #free palestine #columbia university #shai davidai #signal boost #islamaphobia #he's been very egregious for a very long time #but this video #it's friday prayer #friday afternoon prayer is pretty special and often done in congregation #at my mosque they hand out biryani after it's over #what's wrong with people praying in public?

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beachballlz · 2 months

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Screenshots i took while watching (are probably just frames of him breathing)

#movies #movie list #retro #letterboxd #al pacino #dog day afternoon #please boost #i'm like spiritually a cowboy #coquette #french #irish #my post #my crush #my man my man my man #hot celebs #celebrities #celebrity crush

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nedlittle · 1 year

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!! HELP SAVE A HISTORIC LIGHTHOUSE!!

as many of you may know, i've spent the past two summers working at a functioning 19th-century lighthouse/museum- swallowtail lighthouse in grand manan, new brunswick.

the lighthouse itself was first lit in 1860, and while it is great shape all things considered, we've been renovating for the past decade. specifically, some of the shingles are 90 years old and rotting, others have been blown away or damaged by storms due to the location at the mouth of the bay of fundy. the process of re-shingling is time-consuming and expensive; our stretch goal is $50k which will cover the labour and the shingles which have been chosen to maintain the property's heritage status.

the national trust of canada is holding their next great save contest, where 10 heritage properties compete for a prize of $50k. swallowtail is currently (as of 1/25/23) in third place based on votes, and it would be extraordinarily helpful to the lighthouse and the island's tourist economy if we could get that grant.

what can you do?

the next great save contest is running until february 22nd. to contribute, all you have to do is go to their website and vote for swallowtail lighthouse. it is completely FREE to vote, and voting is open internationally. you can vote once a day until the 22nd.

you can learn more about swallowtail's community impact and restoration goals here, and we also have a video showing the extent of the shingle damage

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please vote and share with fellow lighthouse aficionados. it would really mean a lot

#lighthouse #signal boost #canada tag #seascape #mutual aid #altho once again it is FREE it costs NOTHING for you #please please please share!! last year i spent an afternoon picking up bits of shingles and rusty nails in the grass #tetanus! at swallowtail (i did not get tetanus)#hot kit summer #Youtube #this is a pointless text post

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deancaskiss · 9 months

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maybe she’s born with it… maybe she’s secretly meant to be a natural redhead 🧡

#sapphire rambles #first hair appointment in months happened this afternoon #my stylist is a goddess #she re-brightened my copper/red color #added some highlights for depth and dimension #and I got 5 inches chopped off my hair #god it feels good to have my hair shorter #anyway I’m in love with how it turned out #it feels so fresh and smooth #boosted my confidence so much

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katierosefun · 2 years

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hey, all. i really can’t believe i’m about to make this post, but some last-second things happened, and now if i don’t come up with $600 by august 1, i won’t have a place to live. literally any and all donations can go a long way. doesn’t matter if you give a buck or five or more--i appreciate every little bit.

i don’t really know how this system works, but venmo is the easiest way for me to process money: my user is @/ohwhycaroline.

if venmo doesn’t work out, i also recently made a paypal: my user is @/carolineo0217.

of course, that said: i know that we’re all going through difficult times and that at the end of the day, y’all gotta take care of yourselves first, so please don’t feel any sense of burden or guilt if you’re not able to offer any financial support right now. just even reblogging this and signal boosting would be a big help, and i’ll feel incredibly grateful for that, too.

in any case, thank you guys for taking the time to read this post! <3

#caroline talks #i don't know how else to tag this unfortunately #and i wouldn't have posted this unless i truly was very much so desperate #and unfortunately. i am.#i feel embarrassed because just yesterday i was celebrating getting housing #but then this afternoon my landlord pulled a switch on me #and this is our final negotiation.#every other place i've looked at is a) well above my price range #or b) requires me to have a car to get around but i do not have a car.#i'm rambling now so i'll stop #but. in any case. every little bit of help . . . helps.#whether signal boosting or donating . . . it goes a long way! :')

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werewolf-transgenderism · 8 months

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love to meet with my dissertation director and have him tell me that my ideas sound compelling in the way I've articulated them and also that I'm on the right track with everything so far 😌

#I personally feel like I'm floundering about aimlessly 99% of the time. so.#good to hear!#good monday afternoon boost

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princessofxianle · 21 days

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I’m the anon that asked you all the questions about your FX backstory AU, and I have another question!

1. How did Shen Liang die?

2. In one of your previous posts, you implied that SL and FX meet again when SL’s a ghost, and it seems like she torments FX whenever they cross paths. What made Shen Liang care about Feng Xin?

3. How did Shen Liang feel when Feng Xin ascended? Was there even the tiniest bit of pride at having her didi become a God?

4. Does Feng Xin ever get angry about how badly his sister treated him? And does he ever tell Shen Liang the extent as to how badly she hurt him emotionally?

5. In one of your posts, Hua Cheng introduces Feng Xin to his mother. Why would he do that?

6. If Xie Lian ever found out about Feng Xin’s childhood, would he be angry with Shen Liang on FX’s behalf?

Omg its one of my fav anons HI FRIEND, I’m sorry this took over a mOnth, I’ve been trying to stay sane irl but still wanted to get you quality answers bc your questions always get me GOING and help me answer some things even I still dont know

for reference:

| more asks | meet the OC's (FX's family) | #fx backstory au

*alex from the future here I WROTE A LOT AGAIN IM SORRY ...it will happen again*

Spoilers for my AU under the cut, obvi, I’m gonna pretend like yall are my writing group (but w/o any manuscript… you know what I mean lolol) WARNING im still planning some bits so some things are still up in the air until I find a good plot reason to nail them down:

1. How did Shen Liang die?

Good question! Honestly? I don’t know exactly. That’s something I was gonna leave until the day I decide to write her death (or simply reference it, since I hate having to UNFORTUNATELY remind myself that this AU is about Feng Xin not Shen Liang… my girl is stealing the show I swear lol)

What I DO know is that our good ol friend, Jun Wu, has a hand in killing her 😊 She has an ability to manipulate souls which JW deems could be used as a cure for human face disease. Can’t have that in our kingdom-ending pandemic, can we? So she’s just in his way to ruin our fav crown prince’s life. JW does give her a chance to help him with her said soul ability, but even if Shen Liang hates her brother, she’s not a murderer. No part of her soul will ever be that. She’s not about to help doom her kingdom. (2nd MORE ANGSTY option is JW *already*has the intent to use her ability for bad, so to protect her kingdom, she kills herself to stop him)

2. In one of your previous posts, you implied that SL and FX meet again when SL’s a ghost, and it seems like she torments FX whenever they cross paths. What made Shen Liang care about Feng Xin?

They actually meet twice! But I haven’t talked abt the 2nd time yet 😊

In regard to the 1st time, I’m not sure if you’re asking “why does SL care about FX at all?” or “why does ghost!SL take the time to care about FX?” so Ill answer both!

Spoiler: SL has always cared about FX, even before he was born (bear with me, she’s still awful to him BUT THERES REASONS) That fact doesn’t change after he’s born either. What *does* change is the state of her soul due to her inability to control her own soul manipulation ability bc of a traumatic event (the loss of her mother). Shen Liang’s soul never actually stops loving FX, but the half that *contains* that love, isn’t always present in her body. I’ll have to do more explanation on her ability later. It’s a lot.

Now, why does ghost!SL care? Well, she’s gone a little mad, as a ghost formed from a murder. She goes by the name Orange Snow Stitching Souls. And in her twisted logic, she has an ability to “help” people by fragmenting out parts of their soul and stitching the pieces back together as a means to “forget the things that pain them.” Essentially she goes around as a ghost observing people’s lives and if person A hurts person B, she makes person A forget about person B by cutting the memory out of their soul.

In this case, FX and ghost!SL meet shortly after FX leaves Xie Lian, so SL wants to force FX to forget about XL. She knows XL as the prince, AND she knows that FX was close with him. So “why not?” Feng Xin of course does not want this and resists. This conflict is LARGE. Plot standing AND in terms of fighting. It’s a huge turning point for them both in different ways.

3. How did Shen Liang feel when Feng Xin ascended? Was there even the tiniest bit of pride at having her didi become a God?

Another banger of a question. Since Feng Xin ascends after Shen Liang has become a low-ish level ghost, her reactions are… without nuance. But in short, yeah I’d like to think there was some pride there, yes. And during the 2nd time they meet, absolutely. She is incredibly proud. <- a full and healed soul will do that to a girl 😊

4. Does Feng Xin ever get angry about how badly his sister treated him? And does he ever tell Shen Liang the extent as to how badly she hurt him emotionally?

Tricky question. Short answer to the first part? Yes. He’s actually incredibly angry at her once he learns that’s *not* how siblings, or ANYONE should be treated. This reaction is incredibly delayed tho. Not until after their 2nd meeting does he fully understand. And yes, he’s angry at her, and also grieving the jiejie she could’ve been for him. He’s not sure if not having a sister altogether would’ve been better or worse. And yes, he does tell her during their first meeting as ghost and human. A lot of things he’s been holding back are let loose during that time. He’s just lost Xie Lian, his whole purpose, Shen Liang then makes things impossibly worse.

5. In one of your posts, Hua Cheng introduces Feng Xin to his mother. Why would he do that?

Another great question! And I say this because this time *I don’t fucking know* lolol

This is one plot points I need to somehow make happen. General idea is neither of them know who the other is exactly, but they meet as a god and ghost both in disguise in a village. All they know is they are two of the FEW that have fond memories of their fav god, the Crown Prince of Xianle who pleased the gods and, in a perfect world, would like to see him (ascend) again.

The other half is that Hua Cheng (pre tonglu era btw) has been accompanied by a ghost flame he found and cared for because 1. She reminds him of his own mother and 2. He reminds her of her son. AND they share lineage from the same foreign kingdom.

HC is smart. FXs story of a lost mother, and Shen Wangxi’s story of dying in childbirth and never seeing her son grow up, fit together… so he makes a metaphorical bet on it. And obviously, he wins. This is also when FX gets to KEEP HIS MOM WITH HIM for the next large chunk of time (yay!!!) until he runs into his jiejie for the 2nd time. (im still working on a concrete timeline for this but its at least 100 years)

6. If Xie Lian ever found out about Feng Xin’s childhood, would he be angry with Shen Liang on FX’s behalf?

To a point, yes I think he would. I think he would also be a little angry that FX never really told him about his family when he was serving as a bodyguard. FX still assures him it was improper. In post-extras canon times, they do talk about this explicitly. It’s one of those “this conversation should have happened ages ago but neither of us knew how to bring it up” type things. Unfortunately for Feng Xin, this information is forced out of (in this case its actually “into”) him due to the death of one particular memory-eating monster in the amnesia extra (does anyone see where im sorta going with this? …ehe…)

Thanks for these! Getting to your 2nd ask soon!

'til next time *salutes*

#yknow earworms? the songs you cant get out of your head?#thats this au for me today #had a random boost of motivation after something great happened this afternoon and now i cant stop thinking #goddd i need to actually put pen to paper soon dont i?#fx backstory au #oc shen liang #i never tag fx's parents but i promise i still love them they are just not as relevant I GUESS?#<- she says #...as if this isnt her own doing #they have personalities i swear #asks #tgcf

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lunar-years · 1 year

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Chapters: 2/2 Fandom: Ted Lasso (TV) Relationships: Roy Kent/Jamie Tartt, Keeley Jones/Roy Kent/Jamie Tartt, Keeley Jones/Roy Kent, Keeley Jones/Jamie Tartt

Roy Kent is having an absolutely miserable start to his summer. For one thing, he's lying in a hospital bed, having just been told that his knee is done for and his career is over and his life is essentially fucked.

Far worse than that, he keeps getting text messages from Jamie fucking Tartt.

Canon divergent seasons 1 & 2

#roy kent x jamie tartt x keeley jones #roy x jamie x keeley #royjamiekeeley #roy kent #jamie tartt #keeley jones #hello everything this is an afternoon signal boost for this fic i posted at like 1 a.m. lastnight #IT IS DONE #please give it a read if you are so inclined to read 40000+ of these 3 being put into situations #and maybe drop me a comment...? :D #i not only left jamie's mom alive in this i also mentioned her like three times just for you guys :)#ted lasso #ted lasso fanfiction #my fics

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jakeperalta · 10 months

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told myself I was going to get a decaf coffee this evening because I'm trying to avoid unnecessary caffeine intake for the anxiety side effects but then I forgot and accidentally ordered regular so now it's 00:40 and I feel a little bit like this: