have thine own respect. go not yonder knocking for nothing, i say

happy birfday jackie :^)

tysm ^/////^

Vigilante violence is at an all-time high in the occupied West Bank. Emboldened by the war in the Gaza Strip and backed by the military, Israeli settlers aiming to annex more and more of the Palestinian territory have launched hundreds of attacks, displacing people from at least 17 communities over the past month, while soldiers and settlers have killed nearly 200.

And at least three New York nonprofit organizations are calling on donors to help outfit those settlers with combat gear, in a fundraising blitz funneling millions of tax-deductible dollars to the West Bank aggression.

By chipping in to a “thermal drone matching campaign,” donors can help the Long Island–based One Israel Fund buy remote-controlled aerial vehicles for settler militias. With a contribution to the American Friends of Ateret Cohanim’s “security projects,” they can equip settlers with accessories for their guns and tools to keep an eye on “Arab thugs” in occupied east Jerusalem. Donating to the Brooklyn-based Hebron Fund’s “Israel Is Under Attack” campaign helps expand one of Israel’s most extensive local surveillance networks. If New Yorkers contribute by the end of the year, they can write it off on their 2023 tax returns.

Since the Oct. 7 Hamas attack, which killed around 1,200 Israelis, the New York–based nonprofits have raised millions for tactical equipment for settlers across the West Bank. The organizations—right-wing groups dedicated to Jewish rule over the Holy Land—work directly with the Israeli military and with the settlements, which are illegal under international law.

“The ties between New York state and war crimes being carried out by Israeli settlers are egregious,” said Jay Saper, a New York–based organizer with Jewish Voice for Peace. “It’s long overdue for the state to take action.”

i am late to your birthday party!!! happy birthday!!!!!

nu-uh! this party never stops! ty for coming Lir!

happy birthday, jackie! you post like no one else <3

omgggggg thank you so much!!! i've got a license to post... and you know i'm typing straight to your heart~!

happy birthday! and thank you for posts that got me interested in OE again ^.^

yay ty!! omg i didn't know you were interested on OE you have to talk to me about it!! incidentally i got two OE-related books for my birthday hehehe (Analecta Anglo-Saxonicus and Sweet's Anglo-Saxon Primer)

hbd!!!!

ty ^^

♠️ Happy birthday to "a top ten posters online" (to quote my counterpoint).

omg <333 ty :D

HAPPY BIRTHDAY <333

tysm Eli o(≧∀≦)o

happy birthday Jackie !!!!

tysm Jules ヾ(≧▽≦*)o

Happy Birthday!

ty :D

today im 30, fuckers!!

this petition has lost a lot of steam but and steiner is still in a shitty forensic mental hospital and being subject to constant abuse. and is a very sweet person that needs more eyes on it and more people raising awareness about how it and other trans people are being treated in massachusetts DMH hospitals in general so please boost and sign the petition for what that's worth

Vijay Prashad, via NewsClick.in, 5.12.23 (click):

In 2015, ExxonMobil announced that it had found 295 feet of “high-quality oil-bearing sandstone reservoirs”; this is one of the largest oil finds in recent years. The giant oil company began regular consultation with the Guyanese government, including pledges to finance any and every upfront cost for the oil exploration.

When the Production Sharing Agreement between Guyana’s government and ExxonMobil was leaked, it revealed how poorly Guyana fared in the negotiations. ExxonMobil was given 75% of the oil revenue toward cost recovery, with the rest shared 50-50 with Guyana; the oil company, in turn, is exempt from any taxes.

Article 32 (“Stability of Agreement”) says that the government “shall not amend, modify, rescind, terminate, declare invalid or unenforceable, require renegotiation of, compel replacement or substitution, or otherwise seek to avoid, alter, or limit this Agreement” without the consent of ExxonMobil. This agreement traps all future Guyanese governments in a very poor deal. 

Even worse for Guyana is that the deal is made in waters disputed with Venezuela since the 19th century. Mendacity by the British and then the United States created the conditions for a border dispute in the region that had limited problems before the discovery of oil.

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the boozoi have blessed you! please enjoy 🍹

:O

ty for this blessing...