if you destroy the illusion magic holding my physical form together youll find a single withering parsnip in its place

My friends' stories from the past couple of days, and links to help them.

Nael Helles: One of the first people to be affected by the invasion of Rafah. Nearly as soon as it began, the house next to his family's camp was bombed, and they were buried under the rubble. They dug themselves out to the surface, but they are all injured. Words cannot describe the anguish I felt at this news. Please support them in their journey to recovery and safety.

Mahmoud Qassas: During the invasion of Rafah, he described to me the horrific sounds in the early hours of the morning. The quadcopters were firing and the zionist terrorists' gunshots were audible from their tent. I worried that any message he sent me may be his last. He is now left with no choice but to move again and use some of the gathered funds to do so. Please support his move to a safer place in Ghazzah.

Mohammed El Shaer: After the zionist terrorists had retreated, he went into the street looking to help people. What he found was body parts strewn around, and the headless body of a young man. Words do not suffice to describe the images forever etched into his mind. Despite the horrors that surround him and his family, they have nowhere to go, they are stranded. Please help them while they figure out what to do.

Mona Abu Hamda: My lovely dear friend Mona, the one who's helped countless families survive this horrific genocide and the starvation campaigns. The one whose efforts I posted, and the one whom you all donated to and sent wonderful messages to. I haven't heard from her since the invasion began. Whatever has happened to her, she and her family will need the funds to survive.

I hope that you can read their stories and understand the urgency of this situation.

I'm actually worried about the possibility one of my friends has been killed by zionist terrorists can we quit the discourse and focus on what's important which is saving people's lives.

Insane to me that the UK government is slowly trying to legislate trans people out of existence and I have not seen a single person talk about it

Thanks Google, just what I wanted!

“Umm it will actually be very difficult for universities to divest from israel and arms manufacturers without tuition skyrocketing 🤓☝🏼” why is the financial stability of a college (and the economy at large, especially in the us) so reliant on what amounts to war profiteering to begin with? Why is that an inevitability that we’re supposed to accept?

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i think the worst thing about the whole “anti-woke” culture is how it’s not only dumbing down people (folks are literally forgetting pronouns are an actual word class, an inseperable part of grammar and everyday speech) but also praising meanness and insensibility above all. it has managed to make malice and unkindness synonymous with factfulness and reason as if intelligence didn’t stem from emotions. as if feelings weren’t the very core of human beings. as if knowledge wasn’t achieved through passion, sympathy, and open-mindedness. as if the whole crux of this entire anti-wokeness movement wasn’t rooted in pure unadulterated emotion of hatred and hostility.

the absolute state of online queer discourse.

Before you post on Tumblr, THINK!

T – Is it Terrible? H – Is it Horny? I – Is it Ignorant? N – Is it Nautically themed? K – Is it Kringe?

"Here are some details of the incredible angel roof on the nave at Cawston in Norfolk. The roof dates from c. 1460. On the hammerbeams of the roof stand eleven six-foot tall seraphim, still with much of their original colour on them. Some have their hands in prayer, others in adoration. On the east wall of the nave at the same level as the roof, is the shadow in red ochre of the long-lost great rood cross."

Photographs and caption via Allan Barton

some ppl want to support palestine without aligning themselves with the anti-colonial movement and it shows

every day Israel is committing atrocities I don't think it's reasonable to argue that these are being timed to coincide with US media events in order to distract people you can say they did this during the super bowl and that during the met gala but they have been doing the same thing every other day they don't need to time it with a distraction bc unfortunately the vast majority of americans are not paying any attention anyways

hey reminder to continue boycotting eurovision and instead turn your eyes on gaza where the last media outlet al jazeera has just been shut down so that Israel can launch its attack on the most densely populated area in the world without scrutiny. Dont stop talking about Palestine

An excerpt from the trial of Elinor Crane, who was arrested in Middlesex in 1693 on suspicion of burglary. A witness claimed one of the burglars was a woman in men's clothing, and Elinor had previously been seen in the area dressed as a man.

"But the Court asking her why she went in Mans Apparel, the Prisoner replyed, She went to Wooe a Widow. Upon the whole Matter the Jury brought her in not Guilty."

(source: Old Bailey Proceedings: Accounts of Criminal Trials, April 26, 1693.)