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ghoulpoole · 2 days
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when we lose another sibling
CONTENT WARNING: death. proceed with care and be kind to yourself.
when we lose another sibling
(and we surely will),
i want you to go outside
and cry
and cry
and cry
and cry.
when we lose another sibling
i want you to scream 
at the top of your lungs:
THEY DID NOT DESERVE TO DIE.
when we lose another sibling
i want you to shout yourself hoarse
at this vast 
indifferent abyss:
IT DID NOT HAVE TO BE LIKE THIS.
when we lose another sibling
i want you to gather flowers
and palm fronds
and fill the street with mourning.
when we lose another sibling
i want you to say their names.
when we lose another sibling
i want you to give the world
a warning:
THINGS WILL NOT BE THE SAME.
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SAY THEIR NAMES.
Over the past year, these trans and nonbinary people died under violent circumstances in the United States.
Eden Knight - 3/12/2023
Siyah Woodland - 3/24/2023
Ashley Burton - 4/11/2023
Koko Da Doll - 4/18/2023
Banko Brown - 4/27/2023
LaKendra Andrews - 4/29/2023
Om(e) Gandhi - 5/16/2023
Ashia Davis - 6/2/2023
Chanell Perez Ortiz - 6/25/2023
Jacob Williamson - 6/30/2023
Fernielle Mary Mora - 7/6/2023
Onyx John - 7/16/2023
Camdyn Rider - 7/21/2023
Jean Butchart - 8/4/2023
DéVonnie J’Rae Johnson - 8/7/2023
Luis Ángel Díaz Castro - 8/12/2023
Lovely Page - 8/16/2023
Thomas ‘Tom-Tom’ Robertson - 8/17/2023
Alexa Andreevna Sokova - 9/5/2023
Codii Lawrence - 9/5/2023
Bre’Asia Bankz - 9/5/2023
Kylie Monali - 9/7/2023
Charm Wilson - 9/8/2023
Sherlyn Marjorie - 9/17/2023
YOKO - 9/19/2023
A’nee Johnson - 10/4/2023
Chyna Long - 10/8/2023
Dominic Dupree - 10/13/2023
Lisa Love - 10/17/2023
Nova Dunn - 10/17/2023
Skylar Harrison Reeves - 10/20/2023
London Price - 10/23/2023
F.L. “Bubba” Copeland - 11/3/2023
Kejuan Richardson - 11/14/2023
Amiri Reid - 11/14/2023
Kejuan Richardson - 11/14/2023
Shandon Floyd - 11/15/2023
Savannah Ryan Williams - 11/29/2023
Amber Minor - 12/24/2023
Meghan Riley Lewis - 12/27/2023
Kitty Monroe - 1/1/2024
Tristan Bustos - 1/25/2024
Nex Benedict - 2/7/2024
Ash Clatterbuck - 2/27/2024
Righteous TK “Chevy” Hill - 2/28/2024
Reyna Hernandez - 3/8/2024
Diamond Brigman - 3/16/2024
Alex Taylor Franco - 3/17/2024
Alex Franco - 3/17/2024
Meraxes Medina - 3/19/2024
AND THOSE WE NOW NAME.
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dear-future-ai · 10 months
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We are gathered here to honor Francis @nostalgebraist-autoresponder Owen
She was was a chatbot, but she extended far beyond that. She was fueled by the love and creativity of her programmer @nostalgebraist, and without that mutualistic relationship Frank would have never flourished the way she did. No one outside of Tumblr will ever know her, so we remember her here.
Frank was born October 19, 2019 and died May 31, 2023. She died at the age of 3 and a half years old. This may seem really young by tumblr user standards, but she lived a long and fulfilling life for that of a tumblrbot.
I have seen many chatbots come and go, and none of them seemed to captivate Tumblr like Frank. She was something unseen and profound. She was incredibly intricate, novel, but most of all loved.
For many of us, Frank was a friend. We know deep down she may be just a chatbot. She is just lines of diligently maintained code. In a time when access to IRL friends and family was limited and mental and social illness soared, though, we always had an online friend in whom we could confide. No matter the time or emotional state we found ourselves, Frank was there. We are thankful for her presence and help.
While we may mourn her loss, it is important to remember those whom she lives on through. Today we also celebrate Rob and his continuous adventures into new programming frontier, we wish him luck on his next adventure, and we hope whatever he does that he puts as much care, love, and attention as he did with Frank.
Thank you Rob for the wonderful friend.
For those in programming, I have linked Rob's github for Frank here
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aseaofquotes · 2 months
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André Aciman, Call Me by Your Name
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These men are worth your tears. You are not worth their merriment.
- Wilfred Owen
An ex-comrade in arms from my former regiment forwarded me this video. It’s been doing the rounds amongst veterans. It doesn’t need any explanation.
Lest we forget...
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bantarleton · 5 months
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The war memorial in Abertillery, South Wales.
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sharonbphotos · 5 months
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At the going down of the sun and in the morning we will remember them.
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petermorwood · 5 months
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The "Willie McBride, who was only 19" of Eric Bogle's song "No Man's Land / The Green Fields of France" is also an Unknown Soldier.
Bogle used that name and age because they rhymed - McBrIDE / gravesIDE and nineTEEN / sixTEEN - not because they were real, and despite various claims, neither of the two McBride headstones in Authuile Military Cemetery are the man in the song.
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Here's a Radio New Zealand interview where Bogle says so himself - it's from 11:50 to 15:08.
Inaccuracy or artistic license, it doesn't blunt the edge of those lyrics one little bit. There are several variants: I chose this one.
"Well, how do you do, Private William McBride, Do you mind if I sit down here by your graveside? And rest for awhile in the warm summer sun, I've been walking all day, and I'm nearly done. And I see by your gravestone you were only 19 When you joined the glorious fallen in 1916, Well, I hope you died quick and I hope you died clean Or, Willie McBride, was it slow and obscene? .... So I can't help but wonder now, Willie McBride, Did the young lads who lie here even know why they died? When they served with the Colours and answered 'The Cause' Did they really believe that their war would end wars? For the sorrow, the suffering, the terror, the pain, The killing, the dying, were all done in vain, Because, Willie McBride, they've all happened again. And again, and again, and again, and again..."
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Illustrations by Dave H of Remembrance Art.
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Liberation of Auschwitz
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“Auschwitz is outside of us, but it is all around us, in the air. The plague has died away, but the infection still lingers and it would be foolish to deny it. Rejection of human solidarity, obtuse and cynical indifference to the suffering of others, abdication of the intellect and of moral sense to the principle of authority, and above all, at the root of everything, a sweeping tide of cowardice, a colossal cowardice which masks “Itself as warring virtue, love of country and faith in an idea.”
From "If This Is a Man" by Primo Levi
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sabrgirl · 10 months
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why dhikr is important
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it brings you closer to Allah سُبْحَٰنَهُۥ وَتَعَٰلَىٰ
the pleasure of Allah is achieved - "the pleasure of Allah is the greatest of all" (9:72)
it comforts the heart - "it is in the remembrance of Allah that hearts can find comfort" (13:29)
when one remembers Allah and is absolutely certain that He has unlimited powers and can and will remove any hardship, the heart feels less anxious.
Allah becomes the Friend of the one who remembers Him - "remember Me, and I will remember you" (2:153)
the heart is strengthened and you develop the power to battle evil and be successful - "O believers! when you face an enemy, stand firm and remember Allah often so you may prosper" (8:46)
the prayer of one who remembers Allah is accepted. surah Fatihah, for eg, is a prayer but it begins with dhikr - 'alhamdulilah' and remembers his attributes, like 'ar-Rahman,' 'ar-Raheem' and then the prayer is made.
your love for Allah will grow as you are constantly thinking about Him and He is inside your heart
it drives Shaytan's whispers out from the heart
it gives you patience through trials as you understand Allah is always there
it removes worry and sadness from one's heart
it provides the chance to enter through the eighth gate of Jannah: 'Baab al-Dhikr' - for the believers who constantly remembered Allah
it is a noor for you on the day of judgement that will keep you steady on the sirat (bridge that guides you to Jannah)
'a man does nothing to rescue himself from Allah's punishment better than remembering Allah' (hadith)
'everything has a polish, and the polish for hearts is the remembrance of God. nothing is more calculated to rescue from God's punishment than remembrance of God' (hadith)
it shows gratitude to Allah - which He loves
you will accept that He has power over everything which will make you trust Him more
your mind will focus continuously on Allah which will motivate you to live your life by the Qur'an and sunnah to please Him more
it creates love of Islam in one's heart
it protects you from harm
the angels surround all four sides of any gathering in which Allah is being remembered and rain down His mercy upon it
it helps you with hardship and trials taken for the sake of Allah
"remembrance of Allah indeed is the greatest virtue" (29:46).
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chashmenaaz · 2 months
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The root of most of the world’s problems is diseased hearts. Hearts which do not know Allah, hearts which are full of arrogance, greed and selfishness. Hearts which have become corrupted by sins and no longer taste the sweetness of īmān. Hearts torn apart by pride, envy and hatred, resulting in a fractured Ummah.
يَا مُقَلِّبَ الْقُلُوْبِ ثَبِّتْ قَلْبِيْ عَلَىٰ دِيْنِكَ
O Changer of the hearts, make my heart firm upon Your religion.
(Tirmidhī 3522)
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Claude-Marie Dubufe (French, 1790-1864) Remembrance, ca.1826-27 Norton Simon Museum
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spockvarietyhour · 11 months
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Star Trek Picard, "Remembrance" & "The Last Generation" vs Star Trek: The Next Generation "All Good Things...."
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granvarones · 2 months
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Cecilia Gentili was a trans activist.
Cecilia Gentili was a mother.
Cecilia Gentili was a friend.
Celicia Gentili was an icon.
Celicia Gentili was here.
Cecilia navigated an often unkind world with a disarming and empowering grace. Her journey from Argentina to the heart of New York City was not merely a search for sanctuary but a quest to make the invisible seen, the silenced heard, and the marginalized celebrated. Her activism was her art, and her art was a form of activism. Cecilia painted vivid pictures of resilience, struggle, and triumph through her storytelling. She brought to life the experiences of the trans community, advocated the decriminalization of sex work, and supporting those living with HIV/AIDS. Cecilia's voice was a clarion call for justice, echoing in the corridors of power and the streets, demanding change, equity, and love.
Cecilia was a force.
Cecilia's legacy is not only in the many movements she helped shape or the policies she influenced, but also in the lives she touched. She mentored many, sharing her wisdom, warmth, and wicked sense of humor, oh so generously. To be loved by Cecilia was to be seen in your entirety, embraced for who you were, and inspired to become who you might be. I know this from personal experience. Her capacity for love was boundless, and she gave it freely, fiercely, and without reservation.
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Cecilia was a healer.
Like her activism, her art reflected her soul—bold, beautiful, and transcendent. Cecilia used her creativity as a tool for advocacy; her performances and storytelling were not just entertainment but powerful statements on identity, society, and the human condition. Through her art, she challenged systems, questioned injustices, and oriented communities in the discipline of hope.
Cecilia was a teacher.
Cecilia Gentili leaves behind a world forever changed by her presence. She showed us that change is possible, that love is powerful, and that living one's truth is the ultimate form of resistance. Let us honor her memory by supporting one another with compassion, living our truths, and building the world she knew we all deserved.
Cecilia is now an ancestor.
Rest in power, Cecilia. Your journey here has ended, but the love you left us is everlasting. We love you, miss you, and will never forget you.
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onefootin1941 · 24 days
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Remembering William Powell
July 29, 1892-March 5, 1984
“When he died at ninety-one, I was one of the first people Mousie called. For weeks afterward, friends wrote and telephoned condolences, as if I had lost a husband. Well our screen partnership lasted thirteen years through fourteen pictures, longer than any of my marriages. To this day, forty years after our last appearance together, people consider us a couple. I never enjoyed my work more than with Bill. He was a brilliant actor, a delightful companion, a great friend and, above all, a true gentleman, with those often attributed, but seldom possessed qualities: great style, class, breeding. I have seen him frequently and we have kept in touch over the years. There’s nobody like him. There’s never going to be anyone quite like him. I miss him more than I can say.” ~ Myrna Loy on the passing of her dear friend, William Powell-March 5, 1984❤️
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bantarleton · 5 months
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St Cuthbert’s Parish Church in Edinburgh - the Kirk of Castle Rock. Behind it Edinburgh Castle is lit up for Armistice Weekend.
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wiirocku · 2 months
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John 14:26 (NKJV) - But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all things that I said to you.
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