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Anat was a Sabra The daughter of a Sephardic Kibbutznik nurse and a Yekke lawyer from Bonn She fell in love with Khais Born in a PLO refugee camp in southern Lebanon And they married in Cyprus He almost got arrested living with her family in Ramat Gan So she tried wrapping her hair and serving coffee with his family in Hebron But that didn't work either Then they thought about leaving to live with her cousin David in Brooklyn But he and his boyfriend Patrick wanted to get married And were maybe moving to Berlin So she went to the Jaffa beach and stared at the sea And thought about how someday all of this would pass If only she could find someone to help Khais pass

Should she make an inner emigration? Tell me what you think she should decide Considering the couple's situation She'd be better off as someone else's bride She and he comprise a kind of nation The kind we build inside when we're alone But if they just make inner emigrations Then they'll only have a home when they're at home

Hi! Can you add St Jude, patron saint of lost causes? Thanks!! I love this tournament idea btw

ST JUDE!!!! He's in my mother's top five saint list. He's a boss and yes, being added to the list!

The tournament was inspired by @catholic-character-tournament and @christian-denominations-poll

With how many saints we're getting I might have to make a pre medieval and post medieval distinction!

You’re doing so much better than you think you are. Believe me, as an expert on lost causes, you’re not. You might be in the thick of it now, but that doesn’t mean it will always be like this. […] You’re going to come out the other side. Maybe not today. But you will.

Mackenzi Lee, The Nobleman’s Guide to Scandal and Shipwrecks

the 'what if you played it a little risky' post literally Changed my life but i cant fujkign find it in my blog because its. a tiktok screenshot

BREAKING: Ukraine RETREATS From Stronghold As Hillary COPES

Hillary Clinton is a warmongering cunt.

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yes, doctors suck, but also "the medical ethics and patient interaction training doctors receive reinforces ableism" and "the hyper competitive medical school application process roots out the poor, the disabled, and those who would diversify the field" and "anti-establishment sentiment gets applications rejected and promotions requests denied, weeding out the doctors on our side" and "the gruesome nature of the job and the complete lack of mental health support for medical practitioners breeds apathy towards patients" and "insurance companies often define treatment solely on a cost-analysis basis" and "doctors take on such overwhelming student loan debt they have no choice but to pursue high paying jobs at the expense of their morals" are all also true

none of this absolves doctors of the truly horrendous things they say and do to patients, but it's important to acknowledge that rather than every doctor being coincidentally a bad person, there is something specific about this field and career path that gives rise to such high prevalence of ableist attitudes

and I WILL elaborate happily

Lost Causes

read it on AO3 at https://ift.tt/inE3V0M by RedNotice One man ex-royalty and legally dead, set on taking out the royal family of Callaeum. His reasons are his own and the people are his last priority. His real identity unknown, the people of Callaeum collectively refer to him as Angel; the stealthy one man show that loots, sabotages, and destroys, leaving a trail of blood in his wake. The other man the leader of a group of infamous thieves that reside within the Eden Forest, set on a better future for the people of Callaeum. He steals from the rich to give to the poor, taking back the money that the royal family gathers from outrageous tolls. Everybody knew Dean Winchester, the people’s savior, the man children called Robin Hood, based on their bedtime stories. Their methods are different. Their jobs clash. They hate each other. But when a job goes wrong and they're left stranded, Dean has no choice but to rely on his rival. It becomes clear the royal family is planning something, gathering every last piece of wealth the people have, and the two thieves have no choice but to come together. To rid the Kingdom of Callaeum of the corrupt royal family and restore peace. Neither man realized the extent their reluctant partnership was going to reach. Words: 5819, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English Fandoms: Supernatural (TV 2005) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Characters: Castiel (Supernatural), Dean Winchester, Sam Winchester, Charlie Bradbury, Gabriel (Supernatural), Naomi (Supernatural), Ellen Harvelle, Jo Harvelle, Jimmy Novak (Supernatural) Relationships: Castiel/Dean Winchester Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Thieves, Alternate Universe - Medieval, Prince Castiel (Supernatural), Thief Castiel (Supernatural), Thief Dean Winchester, Fake Character Death, Enemies to Lovers, reluctant allies, Slow Burn, BAMF Castiel (Supernatural), BAMF Dean Winchester read it on AO3 at https://ift.tt/inE3V0M

Green Stupidity Strikes Again

Leaders often come up with grandiose plans and bold ideas without the slightest understanding of the resource challenges.

And one modern incarnation of this folly is the fanatical green agenda that aims to completely replace fossil fuels with renewable energy.

For argument’s sake, let’s just pretend for a moment that this is a great idea and totally worth the $100+ trillion cost, i.e. let’s assume money is no object… which is basically what the greenies believe anyhow.

Money doesn’t solve the most basic challenge of the green fantasy: where will they get all the raw materials?

Solar panels and wind turbines require a lot of resources, including basics like iron, copper, and steel. They also need some really nasty minerals, like cobalt, which are typically extracted by child labor in Africa under appalling conditions.

Wind and solar also require a host of other obscure elements like indium, terbium, dysprosium, and praseodymium; and the quantities of these minerals that will be needed to achieve renewable energy goals are far, far greater than what’s possible.

For example, producing enough solar panels to have 100% renewable energy by 2050 will require production levels of indium that are over 10x greater than exist today.

Ramping up indium production by 10x is no small feat… especially when these same green fanatics simultaneously want to cancel the mining companies.

It’s ridiculous when you think about it. They want the world to be powered by solar panels. But they want to prevent the mining of the essential minerals needed to produce those solar panels. It’s progressive logic at its finest!

Similarly, today’s green fanatics will fail because they are underestimating the vast quantities of raw materials that will be required to achieve their dream.

But that doesn’t mean they won’t try. Fanatics never let ignorance get in the way of a bad idea.

Lost Causes by Donna J. Thompson

“Lost Causes” by Donna J. Thompson will keep you on the edge of your seat. When psychologist Casey West tells Detective Larkin a wild story about a mental hospital, he doesn’t believe her. But when her friend is murdered, Larkin starts to think she might be right. Can Casey help Larkin crack the case before she ends up dead too?

With twists and turns that you won’t see coming, you’ll be guessing until the very end. Grab a copy at www.donnajthompson.com.

There's always people theorizing how the Batfamily hides Jason disappearance and reappearance, but I literally haven't seen anyone use the best explanation: Witness Protection.

Like this literally answers every question. The Death Certificate? They had to fake his death. The empty grave? Obviously it had to be believable. The time when Wayne Heir "Richie Wayne" refused to step foot in Gotham and talk to his father? He was pissed about Jason's (non) death. Brucie Wayne's very real depression after his death? Well he lost contact with his son and he was under immense stress from the government.

Like this literally answers every question I can come up with. Why has no one said he was in witness protection? And if people have done it, send me fics and prompts because I'm obsessed.

And the best part is, the Waynes are so stupidly rich that they could pull it off. Lex Luther could try and conduct his own investigation but somehow he can never find anything concrete. And if he gets too close either Babs hacks them or Tim just calls up Conner for a distraction.

One time Jason gets cornered and asked how he felt about returning to his life after being in Witness Protection. Unfortunately, him and Bruce weren't on the best terms to explain the whole story but he comes in clutch. He spins the tale about how heartbroken he was to see his brother, father and grandfather grieving and how honored he was when he learnt his new little brother idolized him. Tim got ahold of a copy of the interview and will never let Jason live it down.

The media doesn't ask Bruce questions about Jason's death because last time they did he broke down and a suddenly furious reporter chastised them and reminded them that while Jason may be alive Bruce still mourned his death. The picture of Bruce in tears at the interview is currently one of Jason's favourite lockscreens.

Same goes for Dick. Any questions of his brother's death results in (1) Richie Wayne ready to throw hands at any and everybody, (2) his wife (well one of them) Barbara Gordon threatening the reporters or (3) That same Metropolis reporter chastising the whole community again.

(not) your guy in the chair

Inspired by this thing @ren-054 said bc i needed to see it done immediately sorry

Disabled people shouldn't have to jump through hoops!!

Thinkin about a DCxDP where Danny’s helping ghosts find peace while he’s laying low in Gotham.

Like, he moved away from Amity for whatever reason. Maybe the reveal went badly, maybe he just couldn’t stand staying any longer. For whatever reason, he’s in Gotham, because the rent is cheap and he’s nowhere near the strangest thing there so no one looks at him twice.

However, this city is cursed. Like, cursed beyond cursed. It’s actively alive with how many curses there are, and the ghosts there are extremely unhappy about it.

(Of course, that’s not a problem for Danny. His ghost side filters out the toxic smog and the chemicals in the water, and his human side gives a resistance to the rank ecto and the hexes that are actively trying to devour him.)

He doesn’t really want to do anything about it, to be honest.

He’s sick of playing hero, considering how it went last time, and he’s busy working at Waffle House or Walmart or whatever other store doesn’t bother doing a background check (in Gotham, that’s probably all of them), and maybe trying to find a way to get highschool credits that don’t immediately disqualify him from every college in existence.

Still, the ghosts know he can hear them. They know, and they keep coming for help.

So, hey, why not? He definitely can’t put this as experience in any sort of job application, but he really doesn’t have much else to do.

So, he becomes errand boy for a bunch of ghosts.

Sometimes he’s finding objects that are important to them, sometimes he’s giving evidence they collected together of their murders to the police, sometimes he’s getting them the last meal they never had, sometimes he’s just spending time with them like they’re not dead.

The ghosts don’t always move on, but they’re always more at peace. Occasionally they pay him back in charms and blessings and the locations of valuables that he can keep or pawn for cash.

Eventually, a new ghost shows up.

She looks like a shadow, like all the ghosts of Gotham, but she seems stronger than usual. She asks him for a favor that those who came before him were never able to fulfill.

She asks him to find her engagement ring, and give it to her son.

Easy enough, he thinks. It’s a bit of a pain to buy the ring from the seedy pawn shop it’s in (he would usually just steal it, but he doesn’t want to implicate her kid in anything, which she seems grateful for), but everything’s going mostly alright.

Then, she tells him who her son is, and wow, no wonder no one’s helped her yet.

He’s Red Hood. The guy who is(/was) the crime lord in charge of crime alley. The title sounds a bit stupid to Danny, but he’s still a genuine threat to a living person.

Good thing he’s not one of those.

And so, the next time he sees Red Hood out and about, he goes right up to him. The man seems mostly unbothered, but Danny does notice how his hand slightly drifts towards one of his many weapons.

He tells Red Hood outright that he’s there on behalf of the man’s mother, then just holds out his hand with the ring inside, dropping it into Red Hood’s open palm.

Then he leaves, not waiting for a response.

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Jason has a mystery on his hands, and he might just cash in some favors from Babs and Tim to figure it out.

He’s got to find the guy who gave him his mother’s ring, and find out everything he knows.

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