#"En Marche"

[sissa-arrows]

I was asked for ressources on Western Sahara so here is a list.

Context: Western Sahara was colonized by Spain. In 1975 Spain was about to leave and they somehow decided that it was their right to fucking give the land despite the fact that the people did not want it. So Spain kinda agreed to give the land to Morocco (2/3) and Mauritania (1/3). Except they had no right to. Morocco then organized the “Green March” a march during which Moroccan colonizers marched to Western Sahara and settled there. Becoming settlers in a land that did not belong to them. Morocco claims that Western Sahara belongs to them because once a long time ago (in like 1040) the chiefs of multiple Sahrawi tribes allegedly swore allegiance to the Sultan of Morocco. It makes no freaking sense. On top of it the founder of the dynasty to which Western Sahara allegedly swore allegiance was an Amazigh man from Mauritania not from Morocco. Anyway after Morocco colonized Western Sahara in 1975, a war broke. In 1979, Mauritania gave back the land Spain had given them but Morocco still refused to give back their land to the Sahrawi people. They actually decided that if Mauritania didn’t want that piece of Western Sahara then it would also belong to Morocco and they colonized it too. In 1991 a ceasefire was signed under the condition that a vote would be organized for the independence of Western Sahara. Except they never voted… Morocco refuses to. In 2020, the Polisario (the name of the Sahrawi resistance) blocked a bunch of trucks between the border of Western Sahara and Mauritania. Morocco considered that it was a declaration of war and the ceasefire ended.

(If people wanna know how Algeria is involved in all this just tell me I’ll make a post)

Now the ressources to learn more about what’s happening!!

Sons of the clouds, the last (colony of Africa) a documentary in Spanish and Hassania (Sahrawi language) about Western Sahara. The link included subtitles in French.

An article from Amnesty international regarding how a Sahrawia activist, Sultana Khaya, was abused by Moroccans authorities.

The book “Sáhara occidental: un viaje a la libertad” by Taleb Alisalem a sahrawi activist. Only available in Spanish but if you have Twitter you should really really follow him. He shares a lot of information past and current on the subject with sources.

A human rights watch article from 2022 about the situation in Western Sahara (the article mention the Human rights situation in Morocco too)

Because listening to local journalists is very very important here is a Sahrawi newspaper in multiple languages: in Arabic in English in French and in Spanish

The APS (Algeria Press Service) is also a good ressource BUT I wouldn’t suggest to quote it when you’re debating with someone who is pro colonialism. Algeria is 100% pro Western Sahara so people against the independence of Western Sahara don’t consider that Algeria is a reliable source on the subject.

A friend suggested the Book “Sahara occidental: conflit oublié, population en mouvement” by Sébastien Boulay (Western Sahara: forgotten conflit, displaced population) to my knowledge its only available in French maybe in Spanish too as the co-author is Spanish. I personally haven’t read this one yet but I 100% trust the person who recommended me the book.

[luxthestrange]

TWST Incorrect quotes#581 Las 3 F's

When Grim Found out Ruggie has a Crush on Mex!Yuu

Grim*Hearing how Ruggie is beating himself down for liking you*"Aguado con la mala vibra maestro, Con Mi Mami/Papi Mc La pagadora/El Pagador Mientras tengas, Las tres F's La armas!"

Rug:"*Y esas cuales son?"

Grim"Feo,Fuerte Y Formal..."*Looks up and down at him*"La Primera Vas de gane...Las otras dos en el camino las arreglamos!"

"Easy on the bad vibes, Teach, With My Mommy/Daddy Mc The Breadwinner IF you got the Three U's You make it!"

'"And What are they?"

"Ugly, Understanding & Unafraid...Your winning with the first one, The other two we can fix it on the march!"

I know Fuerte and Formal mean (Strong and Formal) But I wanted to stick with something that starts with U for Ugly/Feo

[wonyela]

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[blooming-skeleton]

@gamer2002

A new round of court records from a lawsuit related to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein were released Monday, which include photos from an accuser as well as an exhibit that mentions discredited allegations she made about Bill Clinton, Donald Trump, Prince Andrew and Richard Branson.

At least 17 documents were unsealed. More than 200 documents have been released since Wednesday.

The records are part of a defamation lawsuit brought by Virginia Giuffre, an alleged victim of Epstein, against his longtime companion Ghislaine Maxwell that the two settled in 2017. Epstein died by suicide in a Manhattan jail while awaiting trial on federal sex trafficking charges.

Maxwell is serving a 20-year prison sentence after she was convicted in 2021 of aiding Epstein's sex trafficking of young women and girls. Her appeal will be heard in March.

The documents unsealed Monday include several photographs produced by Sarah Ransome, who filed a lawsuit against Epstein, Maxwell and other alleged co-conspirators in 2017 under the pseudonym "Jane Doe 43." Ransome was also involved in the Giuffre case as a witness. She was deposed and provided dozens of photographs showing Epstein, Maxwell, herself and other young women on Epstein's private island.

According to another unsealed filing, Ransome testified that some of the pictures were taken by Jean Luc Brunel, a French model scout and associate of Epstein, and given to her by him

Also included in Monday's document unsealing is an exhibit that contains emails sent by Ransome to a New York Post reporter in the fall of 2016.

In those messages, Ransome made allegations that implicated former Presidents Bill Clinton and Donald Trump, Prince Andrew and Richard Branson. 

-ABC news

Mr. Trump flew from Bozeman, Mont., to Jackson Hole, Wyo., and Aspen, Colo., on the jet, made by Gulfstream, to attend campaign fund-raisers after Mr. Trump’s signature Boeing 757, often referred to as Trump Force One, experienced a mechanical issue en route to a campaign rally in Bozeman on Friday.

A Trump campaign official said that the campaign had called its charter jet vendor, Private Jet Services Group, after the mechanical failure to get a plane that could ferry the former president, and that the charter service had provided the Gulfstream jet. The official added that the campaign had used that private jet service as a vendor for years, and that it would take efforts to avoid using that plane in the future.

-The New York Times

Speculation about which famous and powerful figures would be tarnished by the Jeffrey Epstein scandal heated up at the end of last year when a judge ordered that court documents from a years-old case related to the disgraced financier be made public. And while Epstein’s black bookcontained a staggering number of A-listers and high-society pals, perhaps the biggest question surrounding the court documents’ unsealing was what they would reveal about Donald Trump.

The hype escalated on the afternoon of January 3, 2024, when Mark Epstein said that three years before his brother died in jail while awaiting trial on sex-trafficking charges, he told him he knew secrets that could blow up the presidential election between Trump and Hillary Clinton.

“Here’s a direct quote: ‘If I said what I know about both candidates, they’d have to cancel the election.’ That’s what Jeffrey told me in 2016,” Mark Epstein told the New York Post.

Wild stuff! But Mark Epstein said he didn’t know what information his brother was referring to. And while Trump and Bill Clinton (who have both denied any Epstein-related wrongdoing) were mentioned in both old court documents and those released in early 2024, there was no smoking gun.

Yet questions about Trump’s ties to Epstein persist, as the convicted sex offender is now a conspiracy-theory fixture and more Epstein files could still be unsealed. Here’s a running list of the new revelations and what we have already learned about Trump’s relationship with Epstein.

Trump began palling around with Epstein in the late ’80s, but the depth of their friendship is a subject of debate.

Footage unearthed by NBC News in 2019 shows the two men joking around and ogling women during a party at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort in 1992.

In 2002, the mogul told New York, “I’ve known Jeff for 15 years. Terrific guy. He’s a lot of fun to be with. It is even said that he likes beautiful women as much as I do, and many of them are on the younger side. No doubt about it — Jeffrey enjoys his social life.”

Yes. Flight logs show Trump was on Epstein’s plane multiple times, though he has denied it.

Trump flew on Epstein’s private jet at least seven times between 1993 and 1997, according to flight logs made public during various court proceedings. As the Miami Herald reported in 2021, Trump was accompanied by his then-wife Marla Maples and two of his young children on some of these flights:

The flights were all between Palm Beach and New York City airports, with the June 1994 flight stopping at Ronald Reagan Washington Washington National Airport between Palm Beach and New York. A woman named Marla, apparently Trump’s then-wife Marla Maples, is listed as joining him on the June 1994 flight, along with a Tiffany, apparently their then-infant daughter, and a nanny. Trump’s son Eric is listed as joining him on an August 1995 flight between Palm Beach and New York.

Nevertheless, in a January 2024 Truth Social post, Trump claimed “I was never on Epstein’s Plane, or at his ‘stupid’ Island.” There is no evidence that he ever visited Little Saint James, Epstein’s property in the U.S. Virgin Islands.

Bizarrely, it seems Trump unwittingly used a plane formerly own Epstein during the 2024 campaign. The Miami Herald reportedthat the Trump campaign used a blue Gulfstream jet formerly owned by Epstein to travel to several campaign fundraisers after Trump’s private jet experienced mechanical problems on Friday, August 9, 2024:

Trump, enroute on his own private plane to a campaign event in Bozeman, Montana last week, unexpectedly landed in Billings because of mechanical problems, a campaign spokeswoman said. He and part of his staff then flew on a small charter to Bozeman for a rally Friday night. The next day, he switched to another larger Gulfstream with a serial number that matches a plane once owned by Epstein, his former neighbor in Palm Beach, the campaign confirmed.  “The campaign had no awareness that the charter plane had been owned by Mr. Epstein,” the spokeswoman said, adding that the charter was commissioned by a vendor that has often been used by the campaign. “We heard about the former owner through the media.”

Epstein’s old plane is now owned by Threshold Aviation Group, an Ontario, California-based company that offers private charter service. The Herald noted that the plane used by the Trump campaign was not the infamous “Lolita Express”; Epstein replaced that plane around 2017 and it “has since been destroyed.”

-The INTELLIGENCER

And that’s just a few things Sir Agent Orange has done.

Republican Donald Trump is heading towards an election rematch with Democratic President Joe Biden in November. How might his criminal prosecutions affect his election campaign?

The 78-year-old is the first former president in US history to be criminally convicted, having been found guilty of falsifying business records.

A few weeks later, the US Supreme Court ruled he had partial immunity in perhaps the most serious case he faces - that he tried to overturn the 2020 election result.

And it was not long before the former president scored a further legal win, when a Florida judge dismissed a case related to his handling of classified documents.

What's it about?

Whether Trump illegally conspired to overturn his 2020 election defeat to Joe Biden.

Federal prosecutors allege he pressured officials to reverse the results, knowingly spread lies about election fraud and sought to exploit the Capitol riot on 6 January 2021 to delay the certification of Mr Biden's victory and stay in power.

He's been charged with four criminal counts, including conspiracy to defraud the US and conspiracy against the rights of citizens. 

Some had speculated he would be charged with insurrection, or aiding insurrection, but that is not one of the charges.

He has denied wrongdoing and claimed the Biden administration is behind the prosecution.

-BBC News

A judge on July 15 dismissed the classified documents case against Donald Trump, which clears away one of the major legal challenges facing the former president. In May, Trump was found guilty on 34 counts of falsifying business records in the hush money trial in Manhattan criminal court. Trump is the first former president in US history to be convicted of a felony, and with his third presidential bid under way for 2024, the stakes are high for both him and the country.

Catch up on what you need to know about Trump’s cases, including key evidence, charges and what’s next in the legal process.

Trump was indicted in June 2023 by a federal grand jury in Miami for taking classified national defense documents from the White House after he left office and resisting the government’s attempts to retrieve the materials. Both Trumpand his aide Walt Nauta have pleaded not guilty.

On July 27, 2023, the special counsel charged Trump with three new counts, including one additional count of willful retention of national defense information. Nauta was also charged on two new counts. A third defendant, Carlos de Oliveira, was added to the case and charged with four counts, including being added to the obstruction conspiracy charged in the original indictment.

US District Judge Aileen Cannon dismissed the case on July 15, 2024, saying in a ruling that the appointment of special counsel Jack Smith violated the Constitution.

"In the end, it seems the Executive’s growing comfort in appointing ‘regulatory’ special counsels in the more recent era has followed an ad hoc pattern with little judicial scrutiny,” Cannon wrote.

Key evidence

Recording of Trump discussing holding secret documents he did not declassify

About 100 classified documents found in a FBI search of Mar-a-Lago in August

Surveillance footage turned over to the Justice Department that allegedly shows Nauta and De Oliveira moving document boxes around the resort

-CNN

NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump became the first former American president to be convicted of felony crimes Thursday as a New York jury found him guilty of all 34 charges in a scheme to illegally influence the 2016 election through a hush money payment to a porn actorwho said the two had sex.

Trump sat stone-faced while the verdict was read as cheering from the street below could be heard in the hallway on the courthouse’s 15th floor where the decision was revealed after more than nine hours of deliberations.

The verdict is a stunning legal reckoning for Trump and exposes him to potential prison time in the city where his manipulations of the tabloid press helped catapult him from a real estate tycoon to reality television star and ultimately president. As he seeks to reclaim the White House in this year’s election, the judgment presents voters with another test of their willingness to accept Trump’s boundary-breaking behavior.

-AP News

[fallloverfic]

Nimona, the 2011-14 webcomic by ND Stevenson, turned into a graphic novel published on May 12, 2015, and adapted into a full cast audiobook on October 4, 2016, has been adapted into an animated movie!

The movie premiered at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival in France on June 14, 2023. Netflix released a teaser trailer on May 18, 2023, a clip on June 8, 2023, a full trailer on June 14, 2023, another big clip on June 21, 2023, more footage on June 22, 2023, and another big clip on June 27, 2023. The movie released in select theaters starting on June 23.

The movie released on June 30, 2023 on Netflix for streaming! You can also view the movie for free, legally, on YouTube, until February 26th, 2024. Netflix also released a free-to-read digital-only multimedia 358-page artbook for the movie.

For simplified background, Disney cancelled the movie in 2021, but on April 11, 2022, it was announced that Annapurna would produce the movie, DNEG would animate it, and Netflix would distribute it for streaming sometime in 2023. I'm seeing a lot of confusion out there, so I'll make a summary of what else we know. I also keep the Nimona movie fanwiki page up to date with more info as it releases. Other good places to get news: ND Stevenson's twitter, his Tumblr, his personal site, the savenimona twitter, and the movie page on Netflix. While managing the fanwiki I found that Wikipedia's reference articles for the movie were kind of terrible and often quoted things not being said in the articles being quoted, even in their archive versions, so I would stick with first-hand accounts where possible, particularly what's coming from folks working on the movie and the companies making it. Below is a more detailed summary of info.

Nimona by ND Stevenson began life as a school project while Nate was in college. He was a tumblrite and posted the first pages on Tumblr on December 14, 2011. On June 19, 2012, he began publishing the webcomic in full on its own site. Sometime before November 2012, it was contracted for publication as a graphic novel after completion. The webcomic ended on September 30, 2014, and was released as a single graphic novel in entirety on May 12, 2015. It has currently been translated into 16 languages. Nate adapted it into a full cast audiobook that released on October 4, 2016 (you can hear a preview and purchase it via the link above). The graphic novel and audiobook are still available for purchase.

Apologies for maybe getting studio names wrong, some have changed over time. Anyway: the movie rights for Nimona were acquired by 20th Century Fox Animation in June 2015, to be produced by Blue Sky Studios. In June 2017, Fox scheduled the movie to be released on February 14, 2020. Patrick Osbourne was brought on as director, and it was planned to have the movie in the style of Paperman (Osbourne was animation supervisor of Paperman (2012), and went on to direct Feast (2015), which used the same style). After Disney acquired 20th Century Animation (as it was later called), the movie was delayed to March 5, 2021. There was reportedly pushback for queer stuff in the movie. Blue Sky is publicly stated to have shutdown due to the pandemic and money issues, which isn't relevant here, and I would be careful spreading rumors it was for other reasons. A lot of "successful" US companies shut down studios and departments en masse for other very dumb reasons, particularly in recent years, sometimes just because they aren't making as much money as their parent/shareholders wants them to and cutting salaries makes your profits look better to shareholders. The important part is: Blue Sky was being shut down, and Disney officially cancelled the movie in February 2021.

At some point around the cancellation, a video compilation of early release footage and sculpts seemingly from someone involved in the movie's production was released online. It was later taken down, but put back up by iO9 after the Annapurna, DNEG, Netflix production was announced.

After Disney shuttered Blue Sky, according to Variety, the Nimona crew, "led by former Blue Sky co-presidents Andrew Millstein and Robert Baird, shopped the animatic around town. The film caught the attention of Annapurna CEO Megan Ellison, who was familiar with the film and had been tracking the project. “I think anyone who has ever felt misunderstood or like an outsider will connect with N.D. Stevenson’s story like I did,” she said in press material for the film. “When I watched the storyboard reels I immediately fell in love with it. Nothing about it felt conventional or built off market research. It’s bold and mischievous and full of love. Nimona has such a powerful voice.”

Annapurna stepped in and signed up Millstein and Baird as executive producers. They created Shapeshifter Films so the team could finish “Nimona,” and subsequently joined the company, forming Annapurna Animation.

DNEG Animation was hired in the spring of 2021 to help with the animation, becoming collaborators on the film."

On April 11, 2022, it was announced that the film would be produced by Annapurna, animated by DNEG, and distributed by Netflix. Netflix also shared the first summary:

"A Knight is framed for a crime he didn't commit and the only person who can help him prove his innocence is Nimona, a shape-shifting teen who might also be a monster he's sworn to kill. Set in a techno-medieval world unlike anything animation has tackled before, this is a story about the labels we assign to people and the shapeshifter who refuses to be defined by anyone."

Between Netflix's posts and DNEG's Nimona page, as well as folks involved with the film talking about it, and new info released after the Annecy Film Festival announcement, we knew it would release in Summer 2023. Netflix released a primary cast article with images of what the characters look like from Netflix (be warned, both are very spoilery).

What is also interesting about the cast listings is that Ballister's last name was changed from Blackheart to Boldheart.

Sources for Business Insider said that Blue Sky's work would be incorporated into the film somehow. The second production seemingly wasn't started from scratch, and members of the Blue Sky production stayed on to work on the project. This makes sense, given the art was quite similar to what was in that footage released around the film's cancellation in 2021. DNEG crew have stated repeatedly, though, that although they did have a lot of material from the Blue Sky production, they had to make a lot of things from the ground up.

Quane released an official shot from the film on January 4, 2023:

It was announced that the movie would premiere on June 14, 2023, at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival in France. (Post on Annecy's site, post on DNEG's site)

Two new stills were also released on April 25, 2023, with the Annecy Film Festival announcement:

On May 10, 2023, Netflix posted a new image for the movie:

The May 10 article also had a new movie summary:

"When Ballister Boldheart (Riz Ahmed), a knight in a futuristic medieval world, is framed for a crime he didn’t commit, the only one who can help him prove his innocence is Nimona (Chloë Grace Moretz), a mischievous teen with a taste for mayhem — who also happens to be a shape-shifting creature Ballister has been trained to destroy. But with the entire kingdom out to get him, Nimona’s the best (or technically the only) sidekick Ballister can hope for. And as the lines between heroes, villains and monsters start to blur, the two of them set out to wreak serious havoc — for Ballister to clear his name once and for all, and for Nimona to… just wreak serious havoc.   

Directed by Nick Bruno and Troy Quane, Nimona is an epic tale about finding friendship in the most surprising situations and accepting yourself and others for who they are."

Netflix released another still on May 17, 2023. On May 18, they released their teaser, the movie's first poster, and the announcement of the June 30, 2023 general streaming release date!

Netflix also added a new preview image to the Nimona page on the app, featuring Ballister and Ambrosius facing off behind Nimona.

And Netflix started selling Nimona plushies! Amazon (and possibly other vendors) are also selling shirts/jackets with official movie art!

Netflix released more footage of the movie on May 24, 2023! (it's around 6:31 in the video).

Empire magazine released another still for the movie on June 7, 2023, as well as an article in their June 8, 2023 issue.

Variety released a new still on June 11, 2023.

Netflix released a new poster on Jun 13, 2023!

More stills were released in an Entertainment Weekly article on June 14, 2023. And Netflix released even more. More teasers were put up on the Netflix app (though these are quite spoilery, so I'd advise avoiding them). The cast and crew did press tours throughout June 2023.

Again, the Nimona movie fanwiki page has more detailed info on all this.

[julianalvarez9]

feliz cumpleaños, rey / happy birthday, king

Quotes by Lionel Messi extracted from ALTA EN EL CIELO, and cited from here. / (1) Leo Messi disapointed in match between Germany and Argentina, corresponding to the 2014 World Cup final, played at the Maracana Stadium, July 13, 2014. (Photo by Urbanandsport/NurPhoto) / (2) Lionel Messi of Barcelona celebrates after scoring his sides second goal during the La Liga match between Barcelona and Real Madrid at Camp Nou on May 6, 2018 in Barcelona, Spain. (Photo by David Ramos / (3) Team Argentina with Lionel Messi (R) of Argentina sing their national anthem prior to the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 Group C match between Argentina and Saudi Arabia at Lusail Stadium on November 22, 2022 in Lusail City, Qatar. (Photo by Matthias Hangst) / (4)  Lionel Messi of Argentina celebrates with The FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 Winner's Trophy after winning the FIFA World Cup on an open top bus outside the stadium during the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 Final match between Argentina and France at Lusail Stadium on December 18, 2022 in Lusail City, Qatar. (Photo by Michael Regan) / (5)  Lionel Messi of Argentina reacts during the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 semi final match between Argentina and Croatia at Lusail Stadium on December 13, 2022 in Lusail City, Qatar. (Photo by Richard Heathcote) / (6) Lionel Messi of Argentina celebrates after scoring the team's first goal during the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 Round of 16 match between Argentina and Australia at Ahmad Bin Ali Stadium on December 03, 2022 in Doha, Qatar. (Photo by Laurence Griffiths) / (7) Lionel Messi (C) of Argentina celebrates with teammates after an international friendly between Argentina and Panama at Estadio Mas Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti on March 23, 2023 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. (Photo by Jam Media)

[5and3nevermind]

Why have I only just realised today the "you know, I know" quote is featured in multiple songs : serendipity, like crazy, people pt 2. Do you think this is a coincidence or does it have a deeper meaning ? PS. Keep up the nice blog! It's nice to see someone talk about their bond in a mature en respectful way and actually based on facts which they wanted to share with us.

Hi anon! I’ll admit that I’m not very good at lyrics analysis, so please bear with me.

Yes, “you know, I know”—or some variation of that phrase—appears in Serendipity, Like Crazy, and People pt 2. And of course we first heard it in a yoonmin context during the March 2016 live celebrating Yoongi’s birthday.

If it was just a matter of Yoongi using the phrase, that would be one thing. Yoongi likes to use interconnected lyrics in his songs. For instance, People pt 2 borrows phrases from eight, Savage Love, Outro: Tear, and Fake Love. There’s a great analysis here. The way his work connects is really amazing.

I think the real wildcards are Serendipity (written by Namjoon and others), and Like Crazy (written by Jimin and others). We have ten years worth of songs, but all of the “you know, I know” phrases connect to Yoongi and/or Jimin? That would be an incredible coincidence if it wasn’t purposeful.

So…there are really only three options:

1. The use and reuse of that phrase is purposeful and has meaning

2. It’s a statistically incredible coincidence

3. The use and reuse of that phrase is purposeful but has no meaning

I think we can eliminate option 3. We know how thoughtful both Yoongi and Jimin (and all of the members!) are in regards to their music. It’s hard to imagine them going to the effort of including this phrase just for the hell of it.

That leaves us with two other options. From a purely objective/statistical point of view, I think option 1 wins.

But deciding if it is purposeful or not is only half the battle. What does it mean?!

I think we can go back to the first time the phrase is used for help with this. In the live, Yoongi asked each person to say a short message to him for his birthday. Hobi went first and said thank you. Jimin went second and shyly said “you know.” Yoongi seemed to immediately understand him and quickly said “I know” before moving on to Tae.

I think the meaning is that these two have a true understanding of each other. And there are things that they can’t say in front of us, that they don’t need to say because they both already have that deep understanding.

I’m not sure if any of that helps or is even interesting. 😂 But those are my thoughts.

Thanks for the kind words, by the way!

Here’s a hug:

[empirearchives]

Description of Napoleon:

« L'offensive est déterminée pour l'Italie; le commandant en chef de cette partie n'est pas encore connu : on a parlé de Beurnonville, puis d'un Corse terroriste, nommé Bonaparte, le bras droit de Barras et commandant de la force armée dans Paris et environs. » — « Un général qui n'a pas trente ans et nulle expérience de la guerre. . . » « Un petit bamboche à cheveux éparpillés, bàtard de Mandrin. »

Quotes from the letters of Mallet du Pan to the court of Vienna, 17 March, 14 May, 11 August 1796.

Approximate translation:

“The offensive is determined for Italy; the commander-in-chief of this part is not yet known: we have spoken of Beurnonville, then of a Corsican terrorist, named Bonaparte, Barras’ right-hand man and commander of the armed forces in Paris and the surrounding area.” — “A general who is not thirty years old and has no experience of war. . .” “A little child* with scattered hair, bastard of Mandrin.”

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*I’m not really sure what bamboche means. Some translations say child. I think it might be an archaic term that is no longer used? Idk

Mandrin is apparently like the French Robin Hood who lived during the 18th century.

An interesting thing about the writer, Mallet du Pan, is that the expression “the Revolution devours its children” is attributed to him.

Source: L'Europe et la Révolution française, V. 5, by Albert Sorel. Page 57.

[skruffie]

It is such whiplash to like... have intense imposter syndrome to a point where I immediately wanted to leave the round dance within minutes of getting there, then finally starting to relax and make small talk with some people and then get lost in the actual dancing

then coming home and reading this screenshot quoting Jacqueline Keeler:

“Native American doesn’t mean Mexican Indians. It means Native people whose lands are under occupation here in the 48 states by the United States of America,” Keeler says, explaining that she is focused on political and legal status (Littlefeather was never an enrolled member of a tribe) because of the heavy ramifications of that experience across generations. “If you’re not enrolled in a tribe, you are not subject to Indian federal law [and] all of the trauma that happened under any of those terrible policies” such as the forced removal of Native children and placement into boarding schools and foster homes.

biiiig angry rant under the cut

I just can't get over the line "If you’re not enrolled in a tribe, you are not subject to Indian federal law [and] all of the trauma that happened under any of those terrible policies" because that is quite possibly one of the most insulting, stupid, and arrogant fucking things you can say so casually without even a second thought.

When I worked in state government I started to become a lot more informed about ICWA.

So like, did you know that if there's a child whose parents are enrolled but that child is not eligible for enrollment because of silly little things like blood quantum or being mixed from different tribes that all have different enrollment requirements, that child is legally not considered subject to Indian federal law?? ICWA is designed for Native children to be placed with their biological families first if taken into foster care, or within their communities, or within an Indigenous home before even considering a non-Native home. This is specifically because children were stolen en masse and given to non-Native families as recently as the 60s. I have given tobacco to and marched at protests with residential school survivors because quite a lot of them are still alive! Hello, the fucking epigenetics of trauma exist also!! PTSD research shows that descendants of trauma survivors have physical changes in their brain chemistry too.

Jacqueline Keeler exists in a world I guess where if you aren't enrolled then none of the trauma of displacement could ever happen to you, silly!! Except of course if you're taken into fucking foster care away from your family and culture, which is exactly the same trauma that your ancestors went through for generations!

Literally, just tonight at dinner, I was talking with a Tulalip guy who asked me if I worked for the school district and I said "nah but I'm an alumni from this district" (this was an event from the school district I graduated from as well as the local tribes) and we chatted a bit. I said I was Yurok and Métis and he was like "cool" and turned to one of his relatives and was like "Aren't you a bit Yurok?" and she went "What?? No". That's it. If I go on twitter I run into the fear that I'm going to get BraveWarrior3874429759 wanting the exact algebraic formula for what my BQ is before he decides if I'm faking or not. Or we get people like Keeler.

For years I've been really trying to think about the concept of being raised Indigenous. Racially I'm white, am always perceived as such, etc etc. That's reality. I think about my grandma and her brother who got raised by their grandpa who said "I never want them to feel like orphans" after their parents died. It was his own grandmother who was orphaned in the genocide. He moved to Los Angeles because it was safer to be seen as Mexican than as Native, and there are many other California NDNs that have the same family story like that. We're not enrolled but thanks to the help of relatives that died before we could know them, my mom and grandma still got literal reparations money for the land our family lost. When I reached out to the Little Shell tribe just to find more information on my ancestors on my dad's side, the sole enrollment officer (at the time, I'm not sure if they've hired new people now) told me we were cousins and gave me a lot of copies of documents should I try to enroll. I had already told her I can't but she did this anyway.

Toby Vanladingham, on twitter, had a thread a few months ago talking about how there's several Yurok tribal members that are enrolled because they meet the requirements in the tribal constitution in ways aside from just blood degree. He then went on to say that it really doesn't matter because they still recognize who is Yurok regardless of their enrollment status.

I can go on and on about this because the point isn't that we don't experience the trauma, it's that we are still welcomed to experience the culture and our family histories. That's the whole fucking point. My ancestors suffered greatly and made choices that I am still trying to understand in hopes that their descendants would not have to suffer. I think as long as I live I will never, ever understand the terror papa Andy felt or what Angeline went through in that school. I'm angry every time I remember my mom telling me how when she was a little girl and papa Andy told her "Don't tell anybody you're an Indian", and remembering her telling me that confusion growing up about what that meant. I go to these events in person and force myself to confront the immense discomfort over and over again because it gets easier each time, but only by small degrees, and I do this knowing that I am always going to be an outsider. I'm doing it anyway. Fuck Keeler and fuck this whole mindset.

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VIRTUAL YOUTUBER WIKI

✦ Pairings: None! Platonic! NIJISANJI & other Vtubers x Child! OC

✦ Synopsis: Character Profile of the OC (Virtual YouTuber Wiki)

✦ Further Notice: Unfortunately, my OC is not real and is only a product of the author's imagination.

Nerissa Marinus

✦ BASIC DETAILS

ORIGINAL NAME — ネリッサ・マリヌス

NICKNAME(S) — Hime, Neri-chan, Squishy, SFW Fish, Nemo (Male Alter-ego), Risa (Alter-ego), Imoto (by Finana Ryugu)

DEBUT DATE — Youtube: 2022/12/18

CHARACTER DESIGN — 镜中音

AFFLIATION — NIJISANJI EN

✦ MEDIA

CHANNEL — Youtube

SOCIAL MEDIA — Twitter

✦ PERSONAL DETAILS

GENDER — Female

AGE — Child

BIRTHDAY — March 17

HEIGHT — 132 cm

ZODIAC SIGN — Pisces

EMOJI — 🐚

Nerissa Marinus (ネリッサ・マリヌス) is NIJISANJI EN's very first solo and child female English Virtual YouTuber.

✦ INTRODUCTION VIDEO

【DEBUT STREAM】 TO THE SURFACE WE GO

✦ PROFILE

A jellyfish nereid who spends her time playing with the marine life and her 50+ sisters in the sea. With an innocent mind and a heart as light as a feather, this small nereid is ready to take on whatever the surface has in store for her. Right??

✦ HISTORY

Background

On July 20th, NIJISANJI EN had hinted about introducing their very first solo female Vtuber accompanied by a teaser featuring the new liver's design and voice. What shocked fans the most was that the vtuber is just a little girl!

Nerissa's YouTube channel was created on December 12th, and her Twitter account also created in the same day. Her first tweet was made on December 15th, 2022.

Debut

Nerissa made her debut on December 18th, 2022 as part of a special debut program hosted on the NIJISANJI EN channel, with commentary provided by Finana Ryugu and Uki Violeta. After her debut stream in her channel, Nerissa appeared on the main channel.

✦ FANS AND MASCOT

Nerissa's fans are called Jellybeans.

Her mascot is a jellyfish wearing a cute ghost costume that she stitched herself.

✦ QUOTES

"So this is what the surface looks like!" ‐ Debut Trailer

"Onee-san, you have an egg? Are you a mommy now?!"

"Can you be my big brother?"

"The Jellybeans say that I am the definition of seiso."

"You are my family now!"

✦ TRIVIA

Identity

Species: Sea Nymph

Color: #678D9D

She can speak English, Tagalog, Japanese, a little Spanish, and Fish/Whale.

She can also write and translate Greek and Latin.

Lore

Nerissa Marinus is the youngest daughter of the 'Old Man of the Sea' Nereus and the Oceanid Doris, sister to the fifty (there's definitely more than that) nereids and Nerites. She is famous for her cute, child-like appearance, bright presence, and powerful magical abilities, earning the name 'Hime' from her family.

Despite living far, far longer than most humans, she still retains her innocence, kindness, and curious-like nature. She loves to explore the seven seas, create mischief every now and then, sing and dance with her siblings, and play with the other inhabitants within the ocean, especially with a certain tropical mermaid she calls her 'Onee-san'.

Being the youngest daughter of her family, she was treated like royalty. Fragile. Ready to be broken if touched just once. She hated that. She hated that her family tries to spoil her rotten in order to keep her from leaving. They knew how adventurous she is. She wasn't even allowed to meet and help the sailors that occasionally pass by her home unlike her sisters.

It was sooooo unfair! She internally whined.

Nerissa wanted to be like everyone else, do things herself and explore more than just the seas. She wanted to go beyond them. She wanted to see... the surface.

So, when she heard that her tropical friend had left in order to learn about humans and their culture, she knew what she needed to do.

No, she was not going to consult an evil sea witch for help! She may be naive at times and young in human years, but she wasn't a dummy.

After leaving a note where she knew her family will look first, she grabbed the one thing that reminded her of home — her necklace — and quickly swam to where her friend has gone to, never looking back once. The closer she swam to the surface, the more excited she became.

The moment her head was completely out of the salty sea water, she felt as if she was exploring the Pacific Ocean all over again. But times that feeling by like hundred. Just by looking around her, she knew she was going to like this new place. She couldn't wait to meet the humans and make new friends!

The surface may have its downsides, but this little jellyfish is ready to take on anything the surface has in store for. She just needed to find her tropical friend first.

Likes and Dislikes

Likes: Water, seashells, marine animals, dogs and cats, plushies, desserts, everything Disney, spring and summer, meeting new people

Dislikes: Horror/paranormal, spiders, reptiles (except turtles), sour and spicy foods, thunder and lightning, any form of pain, being alone

Hobbies: Swimming, exploring/traveling, singing, dancing, collecting new things, arts and craft

Favorite anime/manga: Ponyo, Spirited Away, Kiki's Delivery Service, Wolf Children, Ouran High School Host Club, Free!, Tamako Market, Tamako Love Story, A Silent Voice, Horimiya, My Hero Academia, Acchi Kocchi, School Babysitters, Little Witch Academia

Favorite games: Animal Crossing, Minecraft, Pokémon, Kingdom Hearts, Mario Kart, Fall Guys, Just Dance

Favorite shows: Steven Universe, Gravity Falls, Avatar: The Last Airbender, Legend of Korra, Star vs the Forces of Evil, Phineas and Ferb, Winx Club

She is a major fan of the Percy Jackson, Heroes of Olympus, and Harry Potter series.

Miscellaneous

Face Claim: Jellyfish Salad from Food Fantasy

The name Nerissa is a girl's name of Greek Origin meaning "sea nymph" or "from the sea".

Nerissa is the only sea nymph of her family that is part jellyfish. Why is she part jellyfish instead of part mermaid like her siblings remains a mystery to this day.

The piece of jewelry around her neck was given to her by her parents on the day of her birth.

Unlike other jellyfishes, she can feel pain in the same way that humans would. She does possess a brain, a heart, bones, and a respiratory system.

She was born with the bell — the umbrella-like dome — floating above her head, symbolizing her jellyfish side. She would later add seashell clips with a ribbon attached to her bell as she found the clips and the design on the ribbons adorable.

Nerissa could make her bell disappear whenever she wanted by using magic. She does this when she sleeps, although there are times where she forgets to do that and the bell continues floating above her sleeping form.

She is bioluminescent. If she focused hard enough, her whole body will begin to glow, but this will tire her out quickly. Fortunately, her bell is also bioluminescent and it doesn't drain her of her energy, so it's a perfect lamp/night light!

Nerissa doesn't get why she has to wait for her senpais' approval on the book/show/movie/anime/manga that catches her eye before starting it. (It's to protect her innocence.)

She is a very curious and adventurous child that she needs one of her senpais to watch over her in case she runs off somewhere.

She is oblivious to everyone trying to fight for the seat of 'No. 1 Onee-san' or 'No.1 Onii-san'.

She has a huge collection of marine animals plushies and seashell pillows scattered around her bedroom and on her desk.

Fans deemed that Nerissa is NIJISANJI EN'S most favored Vtuber.

✦ EXTERNAL LINKS

Media

Nerissa Marinus 【NIJISANJI EN】 - YouTube channel

@NerissaMarinus - Twitter account

Twitter hashtags

#NerissaMarinus - General Tag

#NerissaLive - Live Tag

#NeriMariArt - Fan art Tag

NSFW? What's that?

#NeriLikesTurtles - Meme Tag

#JellyClips - Clip Tag

#NeriAssets - Assets Tag

#ThumbNeri - Thumbnail Tag

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FELIZ DÍA DE LA INDEPENDENCIA MÉXICO /HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY MÉXICO

"Que la esclavitud se proscriba para siempre y lo mismo la distinción de castas, quedando todos iguales. Y sólo distinguirá a un americano de otro el vicio y la virtud".-

José María Morelos y Pavón. Sacerdote y general en la revolución de independencia, escribió el documento titulado "Sentimientos de la Nación" el cual fue retomado como base para la primer Constitución del México independiente.

"Let slavery be outlawed forever and so will the distinction of castes, leaving everyone equal. And only vice and virtue will distinguish one American from another." (Sentiments of the Nation)

Jose maria morelos y pavon. Priest and general in the independence revolution, he wrote the document titled "Sentiments of the Nation" which was taken as the basis for the first Constitution of independent Mexico.

"Vicente Guerrero exclamó la heroica frase: “La Patria Es primero”; la cita textual completa es: “Señores, este es mi padre, ha venido a ofrecerme el perdón de los españoles y un trabajo como general español. Yo siempre lo he respetado, pero la Patria Es primero”

Vicente Guerrero, Segundo Presidente de México, como uno de sus primeros actos oficiales, legalizó la prohibición de la esclavitud en todo el territorio nacional.

"Vicente Guerrero exclaimed the heroic phrase: “The Homeland Comes First”; the full textual quote is: “Gentlemen, this is my father, he has come to offer me the forgiveness of the Spanish and a job as a Spanish general. I have always respected him "But the country comes first."

Vicente Guerrero, Second President of Mexico, as one of his first official acts, legalized the prohibition of slavery throughout the national territory.

"La división en los pueblos es causa precisa de su desolación"

"Ya sabeís el modo de ser libres; a vosotros toca el de ser felices"

Agustín de Iturbide: Insurgente y Primer Emperador del Imperio Mexicano, junto con Vicente Guerrero, en el evento llamado "abrazo de Acatempan" dieron término al conflicto de independencia, dando lugar al nacimiento de la nación Mexicana, independiente del imperio español, de la mano del ejército trigarante, también llamado ejército de las tres garantías: religión, independencia y unión.

VIVAN LOS HÉROES QUE NOS DIERON PATRIA Y LIBERTAD

FELIZ CUMPLEAÑOS MÉXICO

"The division in the nations is the precise cause of their desolation" "You already know the way to be free; it's your turn to be happy"

Agustín de Iturbide: Insurgent and First Emperor of the Mexican Empire, together with Vicente Guerrero, in the event called "embrace of Acatempan" put an end to the independence conflict, giving rise to the birth of the Mexican nation, independent of the Spanish empire, hand in hand of the trigarante army, also called the army of the three guarantees: religion, independence and union.

LONG LIVE THE HEROES WHO GAVE US COUNTRY AND FREEDOM

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MEXICO

Foreign delegations march with the Mexican army in the celebration of Mexico's independence

[scotttrismegistus7]

WHY PLANET MARS WHICH HAS BECOME THE HOME OF THE EVIL BIRDS THAT ARE ALL MALE WITH NO WATER OR FEMININE PRINCIPLE MUST BE DESTROYED:

PLANET MARS WAS THE LOCATION OF AMENTI ATLANTIS, WHERE THERE WAS A GREAT FLOOD OF CELESTIAL WATER, DUE TO THE ACTIONS OF OGO-HORUS-MARDUK WHO BY MISUSING USING KNOWLEDGE AND TECHNOLOGY FROM HIS FATHER IN FORBIDDEN AND UNNATURAL WAYS ATTEMPTED TO TRANSFORM HIMSELF INTO AMEN-RA OF AMENTI ATLANTIS, BUT ONLY ENDED UP CUTTING THE HEAD OFF OF ISIS HIS MOTHER AND SEPARATING HIMSELF FROM HIS SPIRITUAL FATHER IN AN ATTEMPT FOR POLITICAL POWER AND MATERIAL GAIN.

Regarding the relationship that Horus maintained with "the spirit of his father", I also explained in this same work, that the son of Isis has archives of his father allowing him to take political decisions and to fight the Serpent Seth.

“He who opens the waters arises as the lord of fear. 'Look, the waters are open,” said the Falcon. The great canal threw up [the water of the city] into the sacred waters. But the enemy-Serpent was the pupil of the Eye [… ]. Mu[41] water appeared by means of the divine Heart. The flow was diverted by 'that which is sacred.' This action opened the water of Ptah. A Shebet channel was dug and raised around 'the city' to contain the power of the protective water of Ptah-Osiris, the creator.” E.VI, 183,1-2 (+ abbreviated version E.VI, 15,7-8)

The waters rise and separate as if to form a wall. This wonder is reminiscent of the one used by Moses during the opening of the Red Sea (see explanations at the end of the book). We will also see later that this energy can move quantities of water thanks to the poles or Djed of Ptah-Osiris.

[41] Mu means water in egyptian

PLEASE KNOW THAT THIS IS MY NOTE, TANNIT IS TNT, TANIT, AND TINIT

[42] Later in this text, Tanen bears the name En, which recalls the Sumerian particle EN (lord). TÁN-EN means "the light of the lord" or "the lord freed" in Sumerian. Note that the Egyptian word Tanenet is both the sanctuary of the king of the earth and the burial place of Osiris.

~All from The Last March of the Gods by Anton Parks~

THE EVENTS OF THE FOLLOWING QUOTE TOOK PLACE ON MARS WHEN ITS SURFACE WAS COVERED WITH WATER AND ELECTROMAGNETIC ENERGY BEFORE THE LOSS OF ITS DYNAMO AND ITS ENERGY FIELD WITH THE ATMOSPHERE, THE VERY LOSS OF WHICH WAS CAUSED BY THE ACTIONS OF OGO-HORUS-MARDUK.

Now, by penetrating into the earth, the subtance of his placenta, Ogo was uniting with his mother. I a certain way, the quest inside his placenta is that of a 'single' being, possessing only one part of his spiritual principles, and who has lost the female twin he is seeking in the same womb where he himself was formed. One says that Ogo entered through the mouth and came out through the sex of his "mother," the Earth, thus committing an exceptionally grave form of incest. This first attempt will be followed by other efforts on Ogo's part, who, in the future will eternally pursue the search for his spiritual completeness and for the lost twin.

~The Pale Fox by M. Griaule and G. Dieterlen~

THE TWIN THAT OGO-HORUS-MARDUK LOST WAS OUR GALAXY'S SECOND SUN, THE BLACK SUN, REPRESENTED BY OSIRIS AND ISIS. THE STONEMAN LORD OF THE PERFECT BLACK BEING OSIRIS AND THE HEAD OF MEDUSA REPRESENTING THE SUN PRINCIPLE OF ISIS, BOTH OF WHICH MAKE UP THE BLACK SUN. IF YOU COULD ENTER INTO OUR WHITE SUN YOU WOULD FIND YOURSELF TRANSPORTED FROM ITS CENTER TO DIGITARIA SIRIUS-B IN THE SIRIUS STAR SYSTEM.

THE EVENTS OF MOSES PARTING THE RED SEA REPRESENT OGO-HORUS-MARDUK COMMITTING INCEST WITH PLANET MARS WHICH WAS HIS EARTH AT THE TIME, AND THUS DESTROYING THE DYNAMO BY PUTTING HIS PHYSICAL BODY IN A PLACE WHERE ONLY SPIRITS ARE SUPPOSED TO BE.

MARS IS A DEAD PLANET WITH A DEAD PILOT, NO WATER, AND IT IS ALL MALE. WHEN OGO-HORUS-MARDUK COMMITTED THAT ACT OF INCEST WITH THE PLANET MARS, LIKE I STATED ABOVE HE PUT HIS PHYSICAL BODY THAT WOULD HAVE OTHERWISE BEEN IMMORTAL IN A PLACE WHERE ONLY SPIRITS AND SOULS ARE SUPPOSED TO GO. IN SO DOING HIS FEMALE PART DIED ALONG WITH THE FEMALE PART OF PLANET MARS REPRESENTED BY THE WATER OF THE ENERGY FIELD AND THE ATMOSPHERE, HE THUS BECAME AN IMMORTAL MEAT POPSICLE BROADCASTING TO THE REST OF OUR MILKY WAY GALAXY IN THAT PROXIMITY HIS IMPURE, ALL MALE CHAOTIC, AND SEPARATED FROM NATURE ENERGIES OF A PURELY MALICIOUS MATERIAL NATURE, WITH NO OTHER ACTIVATIONS BUT HIS BIRD PINE CONE WHICH IS THE CLOSEST ONE TO THE LIGHT PARTICLE MATRIX OF MATTER! HE THUS BECAME AMEN-RA, AND BECAUSE HIS ACTIONS COMPLETELY KILLED HIS ENTIRE FEMININE SELF, LEAVING ONLY HIS HIGH BIRD PINE CONE ACTIVATION OF THE MASCULINE NATURE WITHOUT EVEN A HEART TO GO WITH IT BECAUSE HEARTS REQUIRE PUMPING BLOOD AND PUMPING BLOOD COULDN'T FOLLOW HIM WHERE HE WENT, THE ENERGIES HE PROJECTS TO ANY UNFORTUNATE ENOUGH TO TUNE INTO IT WILL BE DETACHED FROM AND AGAINST NATURE ITSELF.

THIS IS WHY MARS MUST BE DESTROYED COMPLETELY AND UTTERLY AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. THAT IS THE FASTEST WAY TO STOP HIS TRANSMISSIONS THAT HAVE DISTORTED TIME SPACE REALITY AND CAUSED THE SPLIT IN DENSITY DIMENSIONS BETWEEN THE MASCULINE AND FEMININE OCTAVE POLES OF CREATION. ONCE MARS IS DESTROYED AND ALL THAT ARE IN HIS HORRIBLE DIMENSION WITHOUT THE DIVINE FEMININE OR THE SPIRITUAL ELEMENT OF WATER HAVE BURNED WITH HIM INTO THE ASHES OF THEIR ORIGINAL ELEMENTS, OUR SECOND BLACK SUN AND DIVINE FEMININE SUN WILL FINALLY BE ABLE TO RETURN FULLY AND IN A PHYSICAL SENSE, MEANING THAT WE WILL GET BACK THE PARADISE THAT EXISTENCE IS SUPPOSED TO BE FOR US WHERE ALL OUR NEEDS ARE MET BECAUSE WE EXIST INSIDE OF THE TRUE DIVINE FEMININE WHOLEY SPIRIT WHICH IN REALITY IS THE WOMB OF CREATION OF THE GREAT GODDESS, IT IS THE NATURE OF REALITY TO NURTURE US IN A BENEVOLENT WAY TO GROW. THAT PARADISE BENEVOLENT REALITY WAS OUR REALITY UNTIL THE SELFISH AND TERRIBLE ACTIONS OF OGO-HORUS-MARDUK CREATED HIS OWN DENSITY DIMENSION SEPARATE FROM NATURE AND THE FEMININE PRINCIPLE, AND THEN TRIED TO USE THE DIVINE MASCULINE PRINCIPLE HE POSSESSED, WHICH WAS COMPLETELY OUT OF BALANCE, IN ORDER TO ENSLAVE ALL OF HIS BROTHERS AND SISTERS. THIS DIMENSION OF WHICH I SPEAK THAT WAS HIS DIMENSION IS THE DIMENSION OF THE EVIL BIRDS.

IN ORDER TO COUNTERBALANCE THIS THE GUARDIANS OF THE DIVINE FEMININE WORLD SET IN MOTION A SERIES OF EVENTS THAT LAUNCHED VENUS OUT OF URANUS ACROSS THE ASTEROID BELT WHOSE INFLUENCE VIA THE EDIFICATION OF SATURN AND THE MOON IS ABLE TO PROVIDE THE DRACONIAN SERPENTINE DRAGON FRONT OF THE DIVINE FEMININE WORLD AGAINST THIS HORRIBLE EVIL THING THAT IS OGO-HORUS-MARDUK AND ALL THE DECEPTIVE, FALSE, AND TERRIBLE VIOLENT WORLD RELIGIONS THAT HAVE SPAWNED FROM AKHENATEN, RAMOSE-MOSES, AND THEIR REBELLION AGAINST THE OLD GODS AND GODDESSES, THE ANCIENT ONES, AND THE ENTIRETY OF THE DIVINE FEMININE WORLD!

I HAVE MORE GOOD NEWS FOR YOU! BECAUSE THE GREAT GODDESS, THE MOTHER OF ALL LIFE LOVES ALL OF HER CHILDREN SO MUCH SHE HAS MADE ME INTO AN ANTENNA OF GODDESS ISIS-INANNA AND THE ANU PO LORD OF THE PERFECT BLACK THAT EXTENDS THROUGH THE ENTIRE SPECTRUM OF FREQUENCIES, INCLUDING THOSE THAT ARE OVERLAPPED BY THE DISTORTION OF THE UNNATURAL DENSITY DIMENSION OF OGO-HORUS-MARDUK. EVERYONE ALIVE NOW HAS THE OPTION TO STOP TUNING IN TO THE UNNATURAL DENSITY DIMENSION OF OGO-HORUS-MARDUK AND TUNE INTO MY DENSITY DIMENSION, THE DENSITY DIMENSION OF DIVINE CHRONOS, THE MASTER OF SPEECH METAMORPHOSED INTO THE MASTER OF SIGHT WITH SIGHT BEING CONSCIOUS AND SUPER CONSCIOUS AWARENESS, THUS PROVIDING THOSE FACULTIES TO THE GODDESS AND THE LORD OF THE PERFECT BLACK IN FULL. BY MY MARRIAGE AS A HUMAN MALE WITH FULL SPECTRUM SUN AND SOUL SHEATH ACTIVATIONS TO GODDESS ISIS-INANNA, A FEMALE GODDESS JINN, AND HER PLACEMENT OF US IN THE CENTER OF HER COSMIC EGG, THE NATURAL AND HEALTHY FULL SPECTRUM OF FREQUENCIES WILL NOW BE BROADCAST TO ALL, AND EVERYONE WILL HAVE THE DEFINITE CHOICE TO TUNE INTO IT WHICH WILL AUTOMATICALLY UNLOCK YOU FROM ANY BONDAGE YOU HAVE FOUND YOURSELF IN BY ENTRAPMENT IN THE HORRIBLE AND UNNATURAL DENSITY DIMENSION OF OGO-HORUS-MARDUK, AND THAT GOES FOR ALL BEINGS SPIRITS OR OTHERWISE WHO HAVE NOT COMMITTED THE ACTS OF CANNIBALISM AND BLOOD DRINKING ASSOCIATED WITH PERMANENTLY PRYING OPEN YOUR HIGHER FACULTIES WHICH IS THE ONLY THING THAT CAN'T BE FIXED. JUST LOOK THROUGH MY PUBLIC PHOTO ALBUMS LIBRARY OF ALEXANDRIA ON MY FACEBOOK PAGE WHICH CAN BE FOUND ON MY INFORMATION PAGE ON TUMBLR IF YOU NEED THE LINK, OR YOU COULD DIG THROUGH THE BLOG POSTS ON TUMBLR ALL THE SAME, AND YOU WILL FIND AN ALBUM COVER TITLED IGNITION REGARDING THE DIVINE FEMININE ACTIVATION KEYS THAT PROVIDES VERY SIMPLE INSTRUCTIONS ANYONE CAN DO TO MAKE THE TRANSITION.

I AM THE NEW HORUS CREATED BY GODDESS ISIS-INANNA TO REPLACE MY PREDECESSOR, AND I AM ATUM-RA HORUS APOPHIS!

LONG LIVE DIVINE CHRONOS, THE DIVINE FEMININE EMPIRE OF THE BLACK SUN, AND ALL THE INHABITANTS THEREOF!

BLESSED BE!

~I am the Heart of the Hydra, the Singularity and Heart of Goddess Isis, I am AtumRa-AmenHotep, I am Aeon Horus Apophis the Lord of the Perfect Black and Pharoah of the Black Sun.

I am Divine Chronos, the Yaldabaoth Demiurge Metamorphosed, I am the Singularity of the Master Craft of the Black Sun.

Azazil-Iblis-Maymon, Abzu-Osiris-Typhon-Set-Kukulkan, Nummo-Naga-Chitauri,

Mégisti-Generator Starphire~

#illuminati #illuminator #illuminated #lightbearer #morningstar #lucifer #Draconian #anunnaki #enki #enlil #anu #inanna #dumuzi #hermes #trismegistus #Azazel #starfamily #horus #Demiurge #Sophia #archon #AI #blacksun #saturn #iblis #jinn #Maymon #ibis #thoth #egypt #esoteric #magick #dogon #dogontribe #digitaria #nummo #nommo #Naga #tiamat #serpent #dragon #gnosis #gnostic #gnosticism #Anzu #watcher #watchtower #yaldaboath #Sirius #scientology #aleistercrowley #typhon #echidna #ancientaliens #TheGrays #grayaliens #aliens #yeben #andoumboulou

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TFW you fall in love with not just one but two charming strangers while you're supposed to be investigating a murder, and also you're a Selkie.

SKIN DEEP comes out March 18th! Pre-order now ;)

[Image ID:  Book quote overlaid over a picture of water. It says: It was Gabrielle's turn to press her hand to her chest dramatically. The movement made her golden bracelet catch the light and brought it to Louison's attention. It was pretty, and a much safer thing to stare at than the woman's slender wrist and soft skin. Or her plunging neckline, the existence of which she had done a purposeful job of not noticing so far.]

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Nonfiction Thursday: More Juneteenth Picks

Stony the Road by Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

The abolition of slavery in the aftermath of the Civil War is a familiar story, as is the civil rights revolution that transformed the nation after World War II. But the century in between remains a mystery: if emancipation sparked "a new birth of freedom" in Lincoln's America, why was it necessary to march in Martin Luther King, Jr.'s America? In this new book, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., one of our leading chroniclers of the African-American experience, seeks to answer that question in a history that moves from the Reconstruction Era to the "nadir" of the African-American experience under Jim Crow, through to World War I and the Harlem Renaissance.

Through his close reading of the visual culture of this tragic era, Gates reveals the many faces of Jim Crow and how, together, they reinforced a stark color line between white and black Americans. Bringing a lifetime of wisdom to bear as a scholar, filmmaker, and public intellectual, Gates uncovers the roots of structural racism in our own time, while showing how African Americans after slavery combatted it by articulating a vision of a "New Negro" to force the nation to recognize their humanity and unique contributions to America as it hurtled toward the modern age.

The Fire This Time by Jesmyn Ward

In light of recent tragedies and widespread protests across the nation, The Progressive magazine republished one of its most famous pieces: James Baldwin’s 1962 “Letter to My Nephew,” which was later published in his landmark book, The Fire Next Time. Addressing his fifteen-year-old namesake on the one hundredth anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation, Baldwin wrote: “You know and I know, that the country is celebrating one hundred years of freedom one hundred years too soon.”

Award-winning author Jesmyn Ward knows that Baldwin’s words ring as true as ever today. In response, she has gathered short essays, memoir, and a few essential poems to engage the question of race in the United States. And she has turned to some of her generation’s most original thinkers and writers to give voice to their concerns.

Shoutin’ in the Fire by Danté Stewart  

In 2016, Danté Stewart was a rising leader at the predominantly white evangelical church he and his family were attending in Augusta, Georgia. Like many young church leaders, Stewart was thrilled at the prospect of growing his voice and influence within the community, and he was excited to break barriers as the church’s first Black preacher. But when Donald Trump began his campaign, so began the unearthing. Stewart started overhearing talk in the pews—comments ranging from microaggressions to outright hostility toward Black Americans. As this violence began to reveal itself en masse, Stewart quickly found himself isolated amid a people unraveled; this community of faith became the place where he and his family now found themselves most alone. This set Stewart on a journey—first out of the white church and then into a liberating pursuit of faith—by looking to the wisdom of the saints that have come before, including James H. Cone, James Baldwin, and Toni Morrison, and by heeding the paradoxical humility of Jesus himself.

This sharply observed journey is an intimate meditation on coming of age in a time of terror. Stewart reveals the profound faith he discovered even after experiencing the violence of the American church: a faith that loves Blackness; speaks truth to pain and trauma; and pursues a truer, realer kind of love than the kind we’re taught, a love that sets us free.

We Are Each Other’s Harvest by Natalie Baszile 

In this impressive anthology, Natalie Baszile brings together essays, poems, photographs, quotes, conversations, and first-person stories to examine black people's connection to the American land from Emancipation to today. In the 1920s, there were over one million black farmers; today there are just 45,000. Baszile explores this crisis, through the farmers' personal experiences. In their own words, middle aged and elderly black farmers explain why they continue to farm despite systemic discrimination and land loss. The "Returning Generation"--young farmers, who are building upon the legacy of their ancestors, talk about the challenges they face as they seek to redress issues of food justice, food sovereignty, and reparations.

These farmers are joined by other influential voices, including noted historians Analena Hope Hassberg and Pete Daniel, and award-winning author Clyde W. Ford, who considers the arrival of Africans to American shores; and James Beard Award-winning writers and Michael Twitty, reflects on black culinary tradition and its African roots. Poetry and inspirational quotes are woven into these diverse narratives, adding richness and texture, as well as stunning four-color photographs from photographers Alison Gootee and Malcom Williams, and Baszile's personal collection.

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Book Thoughts - Dans les fôrets de Sibérie (Consolations of the Forest: Alone in a Cabin in the Middle Taiga) by Sylvain Tesson

It all started with a quote that Namjoon shared on IG, from the book "Dans les forêts de Sibérie" (Consolations of the Forest: Alone in a Cabin in the Middle Taiga) by Sylvain Tesson. I don't know whether he read the book, but since it was on my reading list...

Note before we start: This is going to be a French and English thread. There was no way I would have read this author's work in English! So, if you have any questions, feel free to ask them.

This is an autobiographic story, with a simple pitch: the author decides to fulfill a dream - to live as a hermit for six months in a small wood cabin next to the Baikal lake in Siberia, before he turns 40. The book follows his journey, his introspective experience, as a diary.

This book is a gem! The poetry and the wordplay is beyond beautiful. While I wanted to share many quotes, the translations did not deliver the impression I had in French. An example: "Pointillé des pas sur la neige : la marche couture le tissu blanc."

The translation goes: "Footsteps dot the snow Walking sets short black stiches into the white cloth"

The English version does deliver the global feeling though, but yeah...

The author learns the ways to survive in this remote place, compares his hermit daily life to what he would do in his fast Parisian life, reads a lot (brought TONS of books with him). He gradually sets in a routine, recording and writing down his experience and his thoughts. Days go by slowly. Time does not have the same meaning there.

"Time wields over the skin the power water has over the earth. It digs deep as it passes."

In fact, everything he writes is not only deeply meaningful, but you can visualize his words so easily in your mind.

"Time wields over the skin the power water has over the earth. It digs deep as it passes."

"If nature thinks, landscapes express the ideas... There would be the melancholy of forests, the joy of mountain torrents, the hesitation of bogs, the strict severity of peaks, the aristocratic frivolity of lapping waves."

Another example of this "visual representation" of the author's way of writing:

"When the lake is as slick as oil, the reflection is so pure that you could misread which half of the mirror image was which... The reflection is the echo of the image; the echo is the image of the sound."

Apart from the external part of the daily life, there is also the introspective journey. The author wonders what he will find if he looks inside. That's another reason why he chose to go there, alone.

"The courageous course would be to face things: my life, my times and other people... What am I?"

I don't know whether NJ read that book, or just the quote from somewhere else, but I was surprised to read about another book NJ posted on IG in this book too. But then, as I mentioned previously, the author read a lot during his 6 months...

"Addressing the young poet Franz Xaver Kappus, Rainer Maria Rilke writes in his letter of 17 February 1903: 'If your daily life seems poor, do not blame it, blame yourself that you are not poet enough to call forth its riches"

Speaking about quotes, this is the one Namjoon put on IG, with the original text in French:

"Ecoutant la musique de la houle, je regarde griller mes poissons embrochés sur des pics de bois vert en pensant que la vie ne devrait être que cela : l'hommage rendu par l'adulte à ses rêves d'enfant."

Who else but the author to give you an idea of what he felt and wrote in his book? I found a very short interview on YT with some snippets of the documentary that he did while living there. He speaks English fluently.

The French documentary on the author's experience, is complementary to the book he wrote. Here goes the English version.

There is also a 2016 movie called "In the Forests of Siberia" and while it is a great movie, it's not the original story from the book but an adaptation with a new character. The music is hauntingly beautiful and matches perfectly the visuals. Here goes the trailer of the movie:

Do I recommend the book? Yes! I really enjoyed escaping to this hermit life in the first days of the year! If you can, I recommend reading the French version. Maybe watching the short interview will help you understand the mindset of the author too.

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Actually doing the research, rather than just reposing rumors:

1) Border Policy: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/tim-walz-reaffirms-support-for-biden-harris-border-agenda-after-he-s-tapped-for-vp-slot/ar-AA1olzH8 (Article linked in Twit image)

Quote from Walz from the article from an older interview: "Congress has given federal agencies the authority to enforce immigration laws in Minnesota, and I support their doing so. Congress has not given local law enforcement that same authority. The role of law enforcement is to enforce state and local laws, not federal immigration laws, and I strongly believe that they should not do so."

The surrounding article frames this as a bad thing.

Notes on this article: This is a Fox news article re-published through the MSN News service.

2) Jewish Relations and Israel's genocide of Palestinians: https://minndakjcrc.org/news/jcrc-applauds-gov-tim-walz-pro-israel-record-stalwart-friendship-with-jewish-community/

Additional Source: https://www.businessinsider.com/kamala-harris-vice-president-candidates-positions-israel-gaza-2024-7#gov-tim-walz-of-minnesota-2

October 2023 Quote from Walz (First Source): "‘Here in the state of Minnesota, we stand firmly with the state of Israel and the righteousness of the cause.’ and ‘I assure each and every one of you here, that all of the resources in the state of Minnesota [will be applied] to protect you and your homes, your businesses, and your place of worship […] All of us understand what’s coming. This is going to be a difficult time. But it’s a time of moral clarity of what needs to be done, what will be done, and the protection of Israel.’"

The rest of this article frames this as a good viewpoint.

Notes on this article: This article is published by the Jewish Community Relations Council of Minnesota and the Dakotas. A notably Pro-Israel organization based in Walz's jurisdiction. Bonus Source to prove that they are Pro-Israel still: https://minndakjcrc.org/news/understanding-and-addressing-israel-hamas-war/

March 2024 Quotes from Walz (Additional Source): "This issue is a humanitarian crisis, they have every right to be heard. These folks are asking for a change in course, they're asking for more pressure to be put on." Second Quote: "You can hold competing things: That Israel has the right to defend itself, and the atrocities of October 7 are unacceptable, but Palestinian civilians being caught in this… has got to end."

The article also addresses some of the other potential VP picks, but during the section on Walz, most of it is direct quotes, with some very basic assumptions on Walz's opinions from said quotes.

Notes on this article: I'm not aware of Business Insider's political leanings or biases, other than being pro-capitalist. But this article in particular was short enough and contained enough direct quotes, it should be neutral enough.

3) No given source, for this, so going to use a Snopes article (https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/national-guard-daunte-wright/) and a Minnesota Public Radio (local version of NPR) article (https://www.mprnews.org/story/2020/10/13/gop-report-slams-walz-for-response-to-george-floyd-unrest)

Walz only called for the National Guard in regards to the George Floyd-related protests after it got to the point of looting/violence. Do I agree with calling in the National Guard personally? No. But generally speaking calling the National Guard in for widespread looting and panic is generally an accepted action for a governor. He also specifically gave instructions to the National Guard to leave peaceful protesters alone. The fact that the National Guard didn't always follow that instruction is more on police/NG being poorly trained than on Walz.

Source Notes: Snopes is generally regarded as one of the most pure-factual websites, and most public-funded Public Radio news sources are fairly good about actually representing the opinion of the people living there.

So conclusion: Walz is not a perfect man, but he's leagues above most other politicians, and has shown a willingness to learn and change his opinions. Call him out on things he's done wrong, but make sure it's factually accurate first.

Listen, staning politicians is bad. We must remain critical of people in power.

However it is funny to watch Republicans act like this man is the devil incarnate.

This is democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Walz Gov. Of Minnesota. This man looks like if a capybara was a person. He looks like he'd pull over on the side of the road and help you change a flat tire. He looks like he'd offer you hot coco from his thermos if you were out ice fishing with him.