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References to “the Seven Seas” are found throughout history, but the exact list varies by time and culture. Here are three of the most popular lists

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every time someone in the imperial core- especially the US- does whatever outrage theatre about potentially losing access to imperial benefits like cheap and universally accessible bananas- primarily from Guatemala- i think about all the imperial boons that aren't even stated. Brazilian lumber. Congolese copper. Colombian coffee. Indian gemstones. Malagasy vanilla. Mexican liquor. Ecuadoran shellfish. Vietnamese textiles. Peruvian gold. motor vehicle parts, unrefined petroleum, raw aluminum, leather, plastics, vegetable oils, cement articles, furniture, and on and on and on, exploited and stolen at gunpoint the world over. the enormity of violence that buys their comfort is practically impossible to overstate, as is its ubiquity. an endless cavalcade of invasions and coups and unpayable loans and structural adjustment policies and legal and economic advisors preaching austerity. it is an imperial benefit in itself to be capable of ignoring something so omnipresent and overtly insulting to immediately launch into a "woe is me!" act whenever they can't

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‘time is just a small dream, it won’t take long’, embroidery on calico fabric, 2023

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embroidery on calico fabric, 2024 (Insta)

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'and then you’ll melt so suddenly and quietly into the present', hand embroidery on calico fabric, 2024

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Blue Jay Feather by Picsnapper1212

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I present to you - the best photo I took at Krakow Pride. It says: Poland is Queer!!

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Messi the Dog as Snoop in Anatomie d’une chute (2023) dir. Justine Triet

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We have on this earth what makes life worth living: April's hesitation, the aroma of bread at dawn, a woman's point of view about men, the works of Aeschylus, the beginning of love, grass on a stone, mothers living on a flute's sigh and the invaders' fears of memories.

We have on this earth what makes life worth living: the final days of September, a woman keeping her apricots ripe after forty, the hour of sunlight in prison, a cloud reflecting a swarm of creatures, the peoples' applause for those who face death with a smile, a tyrant's fear of songs.

We have on this earth what makes life worth living: on this earth, the Lady of Earth, mother of all beginnings and ends.

She was called Palestine. Her name later became Palestine. My Lady, because you are my Lady, I deserve life.

- Mahmoud Darwish

على هذه الأرض ما ��ستحق الحياة: تردد إبريل، رائحة الخبزِ في الفجر، آراء امرأة في الرجال، كتابات أسخيليوس ، أول الحب، عشب على حجرٍ، أمهاتٌ تقفن على خيط ناي، وخوف الغزاة من الذكرياتْ.

على هذه الأرض ما يستحق الحياةْ: نهايةُ أيلولَ، سيّدةٌ تترُكُ الأربعين بكامل مشمشها، ساعة الشمس في السجن، غيمٌ يُقلّدُ سِرباً من الكائنات، هتافاتُ شعب لمن يصعدون إلى حتفهم باسمين، وخوفُ الطغاة من الأغنياتْ.

على هذه الأرض ما يستحقّ الحياةْ: على هذه الأرض سيدةُ الأرض، أم البدايات أم النهايات.

كانت تسمى فلسطين. صارتْ تسمى فلسطين. سيدتي: أستحق، لأنك سيدتي، أستحق الحياة

- محمود درويش

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The Angel and the Demon among us - water color, pencil and ink pen

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Nothing feels real. You had to have noticed. Everything is a hollow distraction painted over the Horrors raging beneath.

You wave to your neighbor. They smile at you. It does not reach their eyes. They resume shoveling soft, biodegradable plant matter into plastic bags. Because the leaves "look tacky."

You commute thirty minutes to work in a metal cage propelled by small explosions. Stopping once to fill it with dissolved dinosaurs. And to fill yourself with the state sanctioned stimulant.

A normal morning.

Unfathomable suffering goes on, far away from you. "Better there than here" you think. Unfathomable suffering goes on, right outside your doorway. You politely avert your gaze.

It doesn't have to be this way. It's not supposed to be this way. This planet has the resources for the entire globe to thrive. They are being mishandled by .01% of our population.

We can have a better world.

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knowing about how fucked up and evil it is that ppl keep breeding scottish fold cats is a curse because like I want to tell people to make sure they know how messed up it is but also like itd be weird to go onto any post with a scottish fold and be like “btw this cat probably lives in perpetual agony” idk

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First glimpses of winter

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AMBER BAIN for GAYTIMES (October 2023)

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A bit of an androgynous attempt at vampire fashion 🩸Shirt off Etsy and modded by me, shoes limited edition Docs, necklaces from Spirit Halloween, everything else vintage.