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hifi-walkman · 1 month

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I'm not *usually* an MCR 5 apologist... However.

It's just like...

A nurse

Mysteriously gifted with a higher calling

Theme park cults!? (Real bullets shit going on)

And it's with the guy who worked on the killjoys comic.

It probably isn't, but *damn wouldn't it be cool* if this is part of an MCR 5 buildup.

#mcr 5 #my chemical romance #mcr #emo #gerard way #ya know #it's reallt weird we keep calling it “MCR 5”#as if conventional weapons #and living with ghosts #don't exist #living with ghosts is iffy #but come on #conventional weapons is right there

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agentfascinateur · 5 days

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Israeli attacks have damaged or destroyed:

• 380,000 housing units

• 412 schools and universities

• 556 mosques

• three churches

• 206 archeological and heritage sites

• knocked 32 hospitals and 53 health centres out of service

• 126 ambulances also targeted

All violations of the Geneva Convention

#NoOneAboveTheLaw

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princessg3rard · 4 months

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@princessfrank1e is slowly infecting her friend group with an utter OBSESSION with boy division. I couldn’t be prouder if I tried <3

#i love her sm #my baby #im raising her right #mcr #my chemical romance #gerard way #my chemical fucking romance #frank iero #ray toro #mikey way #boy division #conventional weapons #mcr rox

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swinging-stars-from-satellites · 9 months

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Famous Last Words -> Surrender The Night -> Save Yourself, I'll Hold Them Back

#anyone wanna talk about my crack theory that surrender the night is also about mikey?#like there's basically no background info on that song that I can find online #save yourself has been referred to in as many words by gerard as a cousin to famous last words #conventional weapons was written in between black parade and danger days right??#so I'd FLW and SYIHTB are related I'd like to posit that surrender the night is the missing link between them #I have like three versions of this lyric comp focusing on specific things tbh #Lu rambles #web weaving #lyric comps #mcr #my chemical romance

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em0-opossum · 11 months

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sometimes I wonder if gerard knows how much burn bright means to queer people. I'm thinking about last year when I went to the first ever pride event in my city and somebody had brought a rope with many different straps of fabric tied to it, they take it to different pride events and people write messages on a piece of fabric and tie it to the rope for other queer people to see. I wrote my favorite lyrics from burn bright, "not ashamed of what I am" on one side and "be afraid of what am" on the other. every time I listen to that song it's like somebody finally Gets me.

#no one was more ecstatic than me when they finally played it live #when i tell you I LOST MY MIND #all I'm saying is gerard was so right when they said they always told me that you'll never get to heaven with a love like yours #well if you're lost little boy the cameras pull you right back down yeah #mcr #my chemical romance #queer #lgbtq #gerard way #burn bright #conventional weapons

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garebeary · 1 year

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I went on an anime convention at some point and it was effing amazing.

In this context, Kirby is super excited to be in this convention and Tiff/Fumu is accompanying him! Oh yeah, and King Dedede has had disagreements with the staff…

I might post multiple fanart of characters going to an anime convention in the future. Be on the lookout for more anime convention-based fan artwork!

#constructive criticism please #retro-ish #illustration #digital art #kirby #king dedede #retro anime #retro anime-ish #anime convention #waddle dee's weapon shop #kirby: right back at ya!#hoshi no kaabii #please reblog #no reposting on hateful platforms #fanart #digital illustration #garebeary

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lesbian-of-nine · 2 years

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Vampires Will Never Hurt You / Gerard Way, Sunrise, Florida / The World Is Ugly

#I have never done this web weaving thing before #I think I did it right #mcr #web weaving #my chem #my chemical romance #vampires will never hurt you #the world is ugly #mcr sunrise #parallels #i brought you my bullets you brought me your love #mcr bullets #conventional weapons #ghost gerard #jasper screams

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x-ladydisdain-x · 1 year

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on the vseu genius page again. you guys did such a good job with that, those are literally gerard lyrics.

#fuck me like an ashtray cause I’m your fucking pompeii #gerard would write that #the gonna blow euphemism. gerard pretty much has written that.#the way you look in drag (you look a bit insecure!)#i can hear gerard saying that #and like. golden gods forcing your throat to sing. that is like right out of conventional weapons.#it’s literally like. kiss the ring meets ftwww meets I never told you what I do for a living #sometimes opal says stuff

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vote2 · 2 years

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everytime someone posts like "omg everyone mcr is playing [song] live for the first time since 2004/08/10/etc!!" im like did these guys just not play live ever back in the back in the.

#i understand 5 albums is a good amount of songs and that they broke up right after conventional weapons iirc but like.#no way they havnt played never told you what i do for a living since 2004 i dont believe that.

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punkwasp · 2 months

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Free Palestine - ceasefire now!

EDIT: the strike is over but I am leaving this post up in case any of these resources are helpful

There is currently a strike for Palestine taking place from February 18th, 2024, to February 25th, 2024. During this time, I will only be posting about Palestine on this account and doing what I can to spread awareness. If you are able, I highly recommend participating in the strike in whatever way you are able - something is always better than nothing. Staying home from work and/or school, not buying anything that isn't strictly necessary, using your social media platforms only to boost posts about Palestine, etc., are all ways to help the efforts!

Below are various links for ways you can help Palestine, including educational resources, petitions, fundraisers, etc. If you have any to add on, please do, these are just the ones I've found so far.

Palestine Red Crescent Society

Palestine Children's Relief Fund

eSims For Gaza

Decolonize Palestine (Patreon)

Jewish Voice For Peace

Help Gaza Children

Islamic Relief Canada's Palestine Emergency Appeal

Medical Aid For Palestinians

Gisha (Israeli organization working to protect Palestinians' rights to the freedom of movement)

Click to help Palestine daily

Palestine Action

Attend an upcoming protest for Palestine (remember to mask up if possible, COVID isn't over)

Sign a petition to urge governments to invoke the genocide convention to stop the war on Gaza

Sign a petition from Amnesty calling for a ceasefire

Check this list of ways to demand a ceasefire in Gaza

Sign the petition for Canada to take urgent action for an immediate and permanent ceasefire in Gaza

Download these posters to print out and put up in your area and/or share on socials to build awareness

Join the BDS boycott

Check out resources and ways to help from Justice For All

Donate to the Gofundme for medical expenses for Hisham, a Palestinian-Irish-American who was shot in an anti-Palestinian hate crime in Burlington, Vermont

The Palestine Academy's Palestine 101

Palestinian literature recommendations

Check out Independent Jewish Voices Canada and their campaigns to help Palestine

Join Palestine Action to help bring down Israel's weapons trade

Shop Palestine (online store where your purchases support artisans in Palestine and in refugee camps in Lebanon, proceeds go to Middle East Children’s Alliance's work supporting Palestinian children)

Donate direct aid to Gaza (run by a longtime activist and volunteer who has been carrying out donations and humanitarian projects in Gaza since 2021)

Buy from the Hirbawi factory (this is the last kufiya factory in Palestine that is still active, purchasing helps support the Palestinian economy, which has not been in a great state for a while)

Spreadsheet listing mutual aid

#i speak #free gaza #free palestine #strike for palestine #strike for gaza #palestine genocide #palestine #gaza #ceasefire now #ceasefire in gaza #all eyes on palestine

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jesterwaves · 1 year

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i love my superhero oc but they have no friends or enemies yet

#well. canonically they are a loner. but i do intend that they have a superhero crew #because they would be awful on their own and also wouldnt do it :)#their civilian/normal life is just 'kid who people forget exists and they're fine with that' and vaguely rude.#they have no time for social conventions. mean maybe isnt the right word but nice sure isnt either #but their hero persona is the opposite and nice and stuff #they are so epic and cool. and also they skateboard :)#and i think they have an umbrella weapon because weather powers #and they are also like 'i know denial of the call is like step one of the heroes journey and they eventually are forced to but im different #and then becomes a hero anyways

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agentfascinateur · 12 days

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Doctors were able to identify these bodies as patients. They still had medical bandages and catheters attached to their bodies.

... this is not the first time mass graves have been discovered. People have been killed and buried under the dirt or run over by Israeli tanks or bulldozers for the past six months.

#alShifaMassGrave

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reasonsforhope · 3 months

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"Palestinian plaintiffs and their legal representatives on Friday [January 26, 2024] presented a powerful case in federal court accusing President Joe Biden and other top US officials of complicity in Israel's genocide in Gaza.

People around the world tuned in for the long-awaited hearing in Oakland, with plaintiffs appearing in person and over Zoom in an unprecedented effort to hold the Biden administration accountable for its actions in Gaza.

The Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) filed the lawsuit in November 2023 on behalf of Defense for Children International–Palestine, Al-Haq, and eight Palestinians in the US and Palestine. The complaint accuses President Joe Biden, Secretary of State Antony Blinken, and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin of failing to live up to their legal responsibilities under the 1948 Genocide Convention and the 1988 Genocide Convention Implementation Act.

The United Nations convention classifies complicity in genocide, or the intentional destruction of a people in whole or in part, as a crime under international law and requires that states take measures to prevent such atrocities.

[Note: This is a big reason why politicians almost never call it a genocide, btw. Because if a country recognizes that it's a genocide, then they actually are legally required to do a bunch of things to stop it, under international law.]

The historic lawsuit contends that the Biden administration has failed to uphold its obligations by continuing to provide diplomatic and military support for Israel's brutal campaign in Gaza. Plaintiffs are asking the court to stop Biden from sending more weapons and munitions to Israel that are being used to kill Palestinians en masse.

The hearing before the US District Court for the Northern District of California took place just hours after the International Court of Justice issued provisional measures against Israel in a landmark case brought by South Africa.

-via TAG24, January 26, 2024. Article continues below.

Court contends with questions of jurisdiction and responsibility

In evaluating the allegations, questioning in Friday's hearing revolved around the so-called political question doctrine, by which federal courts regularly refrain from ruling on political matters seen as best resolved by the president and Congress.

The Department of Justice argued that according to the doctrine, the court has no jurisdiction to rule in the case.

"If the court condemns United States foreign policy toward Israel, it could cause international embarrassment and undermine foreign policy decisions in the sensitive context of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict," defense counsel Jean Lin told Senior District Judge Jeffrey S. White.

Katherine Gallagher of the CCR countered that the court does, indeed, have a responsibility to step in: "Here, the question is a legal one, whether the actions undertaken by the United States failed to uphold the obligation to prevent genocide, and that is an active obligation that requires that the United States not provide the means by which a genocide is being furthered."

"There is no discretion for any state to evade its obligations, its legal obligations. These are not policy decisions," she said.

Palestinian plaintiffs share powerful testimonies before the court

After legal arguments in the case, Judge White heard two hours of gut-wrenching testimony from Palestinian plaintiffs and a renowned Holocaust and genocide expert.

Rubin Presidential Chair of Jewish History at Wake Forest University Dr. Barry Trachtenberg shared his remarks before the court in spite of vehement US government opposition.

"To have an event fall under the 1948 Convention on Genocide requires both action and intent, and here we see that very, very clearly in a way that seems really quite unique in history," he stated, noting that there is now an opportunity to stop Israel's unfolding genocide in real time to prevent further loss of lives...

Judge White said he would take the testimonies to heart as he evaluates his constitutional responsibilities, describing the case as "the most difficult judicial decision" he has ever had to make."

-via TAG24, January 26, 2024

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Note: I know a lot of people are really not gonna appreciate that last line. I'm not thrilled with it either. But it is worth noting that having a federal court overrule the US president's huge foreign policy and military decisions would be an absolutely massive deal/precedent

This is a case that deserves to be ruled on with an incredible amount of seriousness, if only because if you're a federal judge who's going to make that call, your written decision/legal justification needs to be unimpeachable

That said, if the judge uses jurisdiction to pass the buck here and avoid his legal and human responsibility to do what he can to stop a genocide, I'm gonna be pissed

#palestine #cw war #free palestine #united states #us politics #oakland #california #legal system #foreign policy #war crimes #cw genocide #anti zionisim #isreal #current events #good news #hope #also this decision runs right up against the fact that #if US citizens can sue the US for war crimes/violating international law #and actually force change #then suddenly the gates will open to similar lawsuits for EVERY future war #which btw they SHOULD and international humanitarian law SHOULD be enforceablle #and it will also be a major step forward for something the US is trying really really hard to stave off #which is being investigated/sued by the International Criminal Court for war crimes during the Afghanistan and Iraq wars #or you know be held accountable for those war crimes in any way #which again I AM ALL FOR #genuinely how do you stop rich white countries from committing war crimes without an actual way to hold them accountable #and actually enforce international law #reminder that all posts related to the war are tagged palestine and cw war

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aaasherr · 2 years

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controversial post but are we ever gonna talk abt the fact that the world is ugly and the light behind your eyes are the same song

#ash talks #DONT GET ME WRONG THEYRE BOTH GOOD AND I LOVE THEM BOTH SO MUCH #but theyre so similar AND its briugbt oht by the favt that theyre literally right next to rach otber on the album. why did they do that.#*brought out #conventional weapons is like boy division tomorrows money skip skip the world is ugly the world is ugly two kiss the ring etc etc #ALSO DONT COME FOR ME FOR THE SKIPS

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decolonize-the-left · 4 months

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"Speaking to Al Jazeera, Omer Bartov, a professor of Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Brown University, says Israeli officials, both in Netanyahu’s coalition and in the opposition, have been speaking more openly about making Gaza unlivable for Palestinians.

“There have been ongoing statements in recent days … which seem to indicate a particular plan the Israeli government seems to want to implement, which is not only to create unbearable conditions for the population of Gaza, but actually to speak about removing the population,” he said.

“Or as one minister [far-right finance minister] Smotrich said, to encourage them to leave Gaza either to the Sinai Peninsula or to other countries that would welcome them,” Bartov said.

“Or that Israel would rule that area and as this particular minister said, there should be discussions about settling the Gaza Strip,” he said, adding if the current trajectory continues, the world is witnessing an operation of “ethnic cleansing under the mantle of humanitarian action”.

American Muslim leaders carried on a campaign launched earlier this month against President Joe Biden over his handling of the Gaza conflict.

#AbandonBiden campaign was first launched by Muslim leaders from Michigan, Minnesota, Arizona, Wisconsin, Florida, Georgia, Nevada and Pennsylvania.

Saturday’s plan to actively campaign against Biden in all 50 US states was announced in Chicago, Illinois at the end of a national convention organised by the Muslim American Society and Islamic Circle of North America.

The leaders say they intend to guarantee Biden’s loss in the upcoming 2024 election over his refusal to call for a ceasefire in Gaza, where Israeli attacks have killed more than 21,000 people, mostly children and women.

“The president betrayed us because he violated the value of dignity and life. What’s the point of voting for you when you deny 2.2 million [in Gaza] people water?” said Hassan Abdel Salam, a spokesperson for the campaign.

" Prime Minister Netanyahu thanked the Biden administration for its continued backing, including approval for a new emergency weapons sale, the second this month.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken made a similar decision on December 9 to approve the sale to Israel of nearly 14,000 rounds of tank ammunition worth more than $106m.

Some Democratic lawmakers have spoken of making a proposed $14.3bn in American military assistance to Israel contingent on concrete steps by Netanyahu’s government to reduce civilian casualties in Gaza.

Netanyahu says Israel needs more time in Gaza.

“As the chief of staff said this week, the war will continue many more months. My policy is clear. We will continue to fight until we have achieved all the objectives of the war, first and foremost the annihilation of Hamas and the release of all the hostages.”

Keep protesting and boycotting and calling your reps and blocking ships and railroads

🕊️🇵🇸🕊️

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storiesfromgaza · 6 months

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It is very important to read this and share it

Today the Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor Observatory stated that Israel dropped over 25,000 tons of explosives on the Gaza Strip as part of its ongoing extensive war since October 7th, equivalent to two nuclear bombs.

The Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Observatory, based in Geneva, highlighted the Israeli army's acknowledgment of targeting more than 12,000 objectives in the Gaza Strip, setting a record in the number of bombs dropped, surpassing 10 kilograms of explosives per person.

With the advancements in bomb quantity and effectiveness, while maintaining a consistent amount of explosives, the quantity dropped on Gaza could be equivalent to twice the power of a nuclear bomb.

Additionally, Israel deliberately employs a mixture known as "RDX" (Research Department Explosive) commonly referred to as "the science of complete explosives," with a power equal to 1.34 times that of TNT.

This means that the destructive power of the explosives dropped on Gaza exceeds what was dropped on Hiroshima, taking into account that the city of Hiroshima covers an area of 900 square kilometers, while Gaza's area is no more than 360 square kilometers.

Furthermore, Israel has been documented using internationally banned weapons in its attacks on the Gaza Strip, particularly cluster and white phosphorus bombs. White phosphorus is a highly toxic incendiary substance that rapidly reacts with oxygen, causing severe second and third-degree burns. The Euro-Mediterranean team has documented cases of injuries among the victims of Israeli attacks that resemble the effects of dangerous cluster bombs, as they contain small high-explosive submunitions designed to penetrate the body and cause internal explosions, resulting in severe burns that melt the victims' skin and sometimes lead to death. These submunitions also cause peculiar swelling and toxin exposure in the body, including transparent shrapnel that does not appear in X-ray images.

The Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Observatory has emphasized that Israel's destructive, indiscriminate, and disproportionate attacks constitute a clear violation of the laws of war and the rules of international humanitarian law, which stipulate the obligation to protect civilians in all circumstances and under any conditions. Killing civilians is considered a war crime in both international and non-international armed conflicts and can rise to the level of a crime against humanity.

The 1899 and 1907 Hague Conventions, along with the 1949 Geneva Convention in its latest formulation, established fundamental human rights during wartime to limit the deadly health consequences of internationally banned weapons, some of which could lead to the "genocide" of civilians.

Article 25 of the Hague Regulations concerning the Laws and Customs of War on Land prohibits "attacking or bombarding towns, villages, dwellings, or buildings which are not defended."

Article 53 of the Fourth Geneva Convention states that "any destruction by the occupying power of real or personal property belonging individually or collectively to private persons, or to the State, or to other public authorities, or to social or cooperative organizations, is prohibited, except where such destruction is rendered absolutely necessary by military operations."

According to Article 147 of the Fourth Geneva Convention, the destruction of property that is not justified by military necessity and on a large scale is considered a serious violation that requires prosecution. Such practices are also classified as war crimes under the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court.

The Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Observatory has called for the formation of an independent international investigative committee to assess the magnitude of explosives and internationally banned weapons used and continue to be used by Israel against civilians in the Gaza Strip.

This committee would hold accountable those responsible, including those who issued orders, made plans, executed actions, and took measures aimed at achieving justice for Palestinian victims.

#gaza #palestine #غزة #فلسطين #humanitarian crisis #genocide #gaza strip #free gaza #free palestine #storiesfromgaza

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