my piece for the ani-may scroll show at nucleus house portland!
this sirene wall scroll will be a limited edition of 25 🖤 the show is running from now through to june 1st!
I missed most of the Iraq war due to being a baby, but every time I read about it I start wondering why we aren’t all talking about it all of the time
it feels like the sort of unforced error that should be obsessively postmortemed for the next fifty years, a catastrophe that should utterly delegitimize the society that made it happen, but instead everybody’s like “oh yeah, that. lmao, that was crazy”
I have to add to this because I was teaching a text about this topic to a bunch of post-2003 undergraduates recently and each time I do so I experience the same sense of disorientation.
This is a war about which the accepted, mainstream consensus is that no one is able to explain the U.S. decision to invade Iraq. The people involved in that decision are unable, in retrospect, to explain or justify it. In almost every postmortem of this decision, you will find some reference to the fact that Richard Haass, who advised Colin Powell at the State Department in 2001-3, has said that he “will go to [his] grave not knowing” why the U.S. invaded Iraq. George Packer, in The Assassins’ Gate, describes the invasion as “something that some people wanted to do.”
This is a war that destroyed a country. It created ISIS. It destabilized the Middle East. It killed a minimum of c. 200,000 people. It displaced millions more. It resulted in devastating losses to the cultural heritage of Iraq. And twenty years on, no one is able to explain why it happened.
It seems to me that there are several important lessons here.
I feel like this response is kind of hiding the ball on the motives to invade Iraq. The reason for invading Iraq was simple: the Bush administration believed in expanding U.S. global hegemony. The reason that some of them, post facto, have decided that "no one knows" why we did it is because that's less humiliating than admitting the reality, which is that they flagrantly lied to the public in the interest of starting a war that killed hundreds of thousands of people, resulted in the torture of countless POWs, destroyed the country of Iraq, created ISIS, and didn't even accomplish the goal of expanding American hegemony, which was not even a good idea in the first place
From @feluka which I'm 100% in agreement with.
don’t jokeship with me because 2 hours later i’ll have feels for the pairing.
first rule of crackshipping is have fun qnd be yourself. second rule of crackshipping is look out!
put three f/f ships you like in the tags. doesnt matter how obscure or embarrassing the media, go for it. and no, your m/m ship doesnt count as women
I hate israelis I hate them in hate them in hate them you could do fucking anything to stop this but you don't I hate you all and I pray to God that none of you are forgiven on the Day of Judgement.
What they did to us is not something we can ever forgive them for. I pray to God to free us from these Nazi Zionists.
Believe me, all that can be said about these people is that they are not human beings, they are Nazi Zionist monsters. The one who kills children, old men and women, the one who destroys trees. And the human being is not human, he is a monster in the full sense of the word. They brag about killing us. The greatest tragedy is that the world sees what we are going through, but most of them are silent, afraid of those monkey-like creatures. I do not know what is more terrifying or what it is that frightens the West and makes them remain silent against the Zionists. I hope that this war and this famine will end. We are truly tired of living every day the same as the day before. We are fed up with this life that we are living.
For those unaware, abdalsalam2000 is a 17 year old Ghazzawi by the name of Nader. Just like all Ghazzawiyeh, he has suffered countless hardships under the ongoing accelerated genocide of the Ghazzah strip.
big brother duties are never over
While Mahmoud @ma7moudgaza2 has been securing study rooms, seats, power, and WiFi for 30 students to be able to pursue their degrees remotely, his own studies have come to a halt because he hasn't paid last semester's fees.
If he doesn't pay in time, he will be barred from sitting for his upcoming finals remotely. Please help him by donating to his gfm here or by sharing if you can't donate.
It is urgent and fast, we need to collect this amount as soon as possible to be able to enter the exams.!!!
For your information, the exams have started, and I missed the first exam because I couldn't register. As for the second exam, it is the day after tomorrow, so I am obliged to register tomorrow so that I don't lose my right to access the second exam.
@g0at0ad @gothhabiba @feluka @buttercuparry @slydiddledeedee
@wherethatoldtraingoes2 @kiirodora @tiredguyswag @corpsenurse
Today is the last day for me to be able to make it to tomorrow's exam. There are 15 hours left to register, and after that I will lose my right to access the exam!!!
Every $10 contributes to rebuilding a family's life.
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By now, you all must have seen the news that Gaza had officially run out of food, as one of the main aid suppliers in Gaza, World Food Program, had announced that their stock has been completely depleted, leaving just a few days for community kitchens to function.
This comes after more than 50 days (and counting) of Israel's complete closure of the borders, preventing food and medicine, among other life essentials, from entering Gaza. There are children crying out of hunger with trucks loaded with over 100,000 tons of food mere minutes away from them, which Israel continues to prevent from entering besieged Gaza.
This also comes after Israel had deliberately destroyed swaths of farmlands in Gaza, specifically targeting them with bombs and chemical weapons that destroy the chance of growing crops. Israel also made sure bakeries are destroyed as well as water sources.
Diabolical is an understatement when it comes to the Zionist entity.
There are still things you can do. On top of raising awareness and protesting when possible, independent organisations like APN are working directly with farmers in Gaza to rehabilitate the agricultural sector and restore local food systems to combat famine, counter the blockade and build food sovereignty. You can donate to their Revive Gaza's Farmlands initiative here.
Additionally, keep in mind that this means whatever food supplies remain available in Gaza now costs astronomical amounts of money, so keep sharing and donating to individual fundraising campaigns. Gazafunds is a good source if you're not sure where to start. Remember that your donations and shares are often the only source of hope for these families.
My partners friend went missing if you all could signal boost this!
Forgot to add the picture
This is a legit missing person's case and not some sleeze trying to find their ex, btw: https://www.9news.com/article/news/local/missing-denver-woman-police-investigate/73-4088e23b-3e57-4ec6-9da3-afbbc0f561ac
