#Keep Fighting Ukraine

[dzthenerd490]

Daily News Post

Palestine

Hundreds walk out of Harvard commencement after 13 pro-Palestine protestors barred from graduating (bostonherald.com)

UK opposition leader supports recognition of Palestine - The Jerusalem Post (jpost.com)

As international support for an independent Palestine grows, here’s what Israelis and Palestinians now think of the two-state solution (theconversation.com)

Ukraine

Putin Wants Ceasefire In Ukraine—Here’s What Russia Gains (forbes.com) (Putin is scared but doesn't want to admit defeat)

Russian jamming of U.S. weapons in Ukraine forces Pentagon to adjust - The Washington Post

Hungary will seek to opt out of NATO efforts to support Ukraine, Orbán says | AP News

Russia smashes train tracks in a battered Ukrainian border region where children are being evacuated (yahoo.com)

Sudan

Sudan war: UN expert warns of genocide in Darfur city of El Fasher (bbc.com)

World ignoring risk of Sudan genocide - UN expert (yahoo.com)

Tens of thousands flee as paramilitaries attack Sudan’s al-Fashir, activists say | World News - The Indian Express

[brw]

"but hamas is getting funded by extremist islamic hate groups!" do you think the U.S. government and military giving funding for israeli's war efforts against palestinians is a morally neutral and inherently righteous body that had no influence in the politics of southwest asia as a global colonial superpower. do you really think anything you can say about the people resisting oppression can't be said about the oppressors.

[folklorespring]

"During the first 24 hours [after the airstrike] there's still a chance of finding alive people under the rubble. There's still hope. There's always hope". Ukrainian rescuers rest on the grass near the institute that was bombed by russia.

[bunnihearted]

it is so fucking insane that palestine is suffering extreme, like beyond insane, violence done to them by ppl worse than nazis, and the world just sits idly by and allows it

[hussyknee]

Not so friendly reminder that Tankies are people who deny not only the genocides of Russia but also Vietnam and China (including the Uyghurs), and are apologists for the North Korean regime. They push Russian propaganda of "colour revolutions" every time a Global South country rises up against a totalitarian government because they believe totalitarianism is merely anti-communist agenda; deriding, dismissing and dehumanizing the liberation movements of our countries that come at great human cost. They're not anti-imperialists or anti-colonial; their chief issue with the imperial core is that it's not their ideology seated at the heart of it. They only care about Global South lives when it serves their ideology, and have no genuine concern or curiosity about the ground realities or agency of the communities impacted by imperialism and colonialism.

I also want you to understand that every major power player involved in this conflict is a genocidal fascist. Hamas, Hezbollah and Houthis that are fighting Israel are funded by the theocratic Iranian regime headed by Ebrahim Raisi (begging you to remember the hundreds of Iranian girls and women killed for protesting it). Iran is also an ally of the notorious Bashar Al-Assad's regime in Syria, responsible for the genocide and displacement of millions of his own people while actively funding the Islamic State he wages war against. Both Assad and Raisi are allies of Putin, who is currently trying to colonize and genocide Ukraine and is terrorising Poland, Hungary, Georgia, Estonia, Latvia etc. However, Iran and Putin (half-heartedly) are also allies of the Armenians who are being genocided by Azerbaijan. Azerbaijan is supported by the US, but also Erdogan in Turkey, infamous dictator that hates the European Union and is a close pal of Putin. Meanwhile the US's best friends in the Middle East is Israel, which hates Arabs, and Saudi Arabia, who doesn't recognise Israel as a country but is hated by most of the MENA and is currently in a Cold War with Iran.

*yanks y'all by the shirt and shouts in your face* THERE ARE NO GOOD GUYS HERE, DO YOU UNDERSTAND?? ONLY INNOCENT CIVILIANS CAUGHT IN A SPIDER WEB OF GREEDY, DESPOTIC, GENOCIDAL, FASCIST CUNTS. THERE IS NO POINT TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHICH ONE IS THE BIGGEST THREAT TO GLOBAL DEMOCRACY BECAUSE ALL THE FALL OF ONE DOES IS CREATE A POWER VACCUUM THAT WILL IMMEDIATELY BE FILLED BY THE NEXT BULLY.

These governments can only be toppled from within by their own people once external threats like war with their neighbours are eased, because militaries with nothing to fight are economic black holes that try to eat itself, and it's this economic stress that act as catalysts for coalition building and civilian revolt. Military losses weaken imperialists' coercive power and legitimacy over their own people, so the best thing you can do to help them agitate for change is preventing imperialist expansions from claiming any more victims.

[unhonestlymirror]

Zelensky: Ukraine recognises both Israel and Palestine. Israel has the right to defend itself but Ukraine is also ready to help Palestinians if they seek help.

Ukrainians:

Ukrainians: Zelensky is truly Jewish.

[kuriipi]

Man, having hope and believing there's good and kindness within people just keeps getting harder and harder...

This game should be on easy mode.

[the-kaedageist]

“Kaeda,” you say, “we have been waiting patiently for the next chapter of 2 tusk 2 love for over a month. You haven’t updated your queue in over a week. We sent you wip game asks that you never replied to.”

Alas it is the holidays, and getting more funding for Ukraine has run headfirst into the wall, and I am starting a new job so things are quite hectic. But I hope I will have more updates (or at least my queue back and running) very soon!

[medicinemane]

Once again pointing out that 100% of the invasion of Ukraine could end peacefully if Russia withdrew at any moment

Other than making sure they weren't trying anything funny, I'm sure Ukraine would allow them to leave all their territory peacefully (all, not just what was invaded this time, Crimea too)

Every bit of suffering caused by this invasion could be ended in an instant, but only one side can do that. The other side has to continue doing what they're doing and slowly advancing and repelling russia. Ukraine literally can't do more for peace than what they're doing right now

There are only two roads to peace right now. Russia sees sense and truly offers peace. Ukraine fights and slowly pushes back russia till russia either leaves or has an internal collapse

Sadly the second way is the only one I see as being realistic, because russia has shown over and over that it doesn't want peace and uses things like ceasefires for humanitarian corridors to attack the thing they promised they'd let through

[cadastrah]

It literally wasn't that bad

[dzthenerd490]

News Post

Palestine

The people of Gaza belong in Palestine – not Canada or DRC | Israel-Palestine conflict | Al Jazeera

UK protest groups change Palestine march date to avoid overlap with Yom Kippur | Middle East Eye

https://thewire.in/world/palestine-diary-meeting-people-whose-only-hope-is-our-anger

U.S. urges Israel to swiftly investigate killing of American woman in West Bank : NPR

Ukraine

Moscow: Ukraine strikes Russian capital in biggest drone attack to date | CNN

UK halts all Iran flights as allies step up sanctions (yahoo.com)

Russia-Ukraine war updates: US says Iran sent ballistic missiles to Russia | Russia-Ukraine war News | Al Jazeera

Sudan

How Sudan’s devastating civil war became a global battleground (ft.com)

Sudan rejects UN call for peace force to protect civilians (bbc.com)

Sudan: Several killed as RSF hits busy market – DW – 09/09/2024

Who will protect civilians in war-torn Sudan? | Conflict News | Al Jazeera

Other

IDF shows tunnels in Gaza where hostages killed by Hamas - The Jerusalem Post (jpost.com)

Gerd: Ethiopia hits out at Egypt as Nile dam row escalates (bbc.com)

Painting from prison: Egypt’s iconic activist, Inji Efflatoun | Women's Rights | Al Jazeera

WHO delivers 14 tons of emergency supplies for mpox response in the Democratic Republic of the Congo | WHO | Regional Office for Africa

Service members killed in Afghanistan honored in Congressional Gold Medal ceremony - CBS News

Taliban ban Afghanistan women from raising voices (bbc.com)

UN investigators warn of widespread abuses in Myanmar conflict | UN News

Revolution and solidarity in Myanmar - New Mandala

[wilwheaton]

Hey man, I could use a few talking points to help convince a friend that Musk is horrible. I'm reading 'Think Again' by Adam Grant (good read btws) and he says to help convince people to come to your viewpoint that it can be good to have 2 or 3 strong points instead of 10 mixed points. The counter argument I get from people about Musk being good is that he did spacex and tesla, and without him we'd be decades behind. Maybe, but I don't have good ammo. Please help as I get too angry tobe critical

Well, listen, the fascism, the transphobia, the chaos, and the unwavering support for autocrats all over the planet really ought to be enough to outweigh anything else, if you ask me. It sounds like you know some people who got excited about the companies he threw money at, and they are having a tough time updating their feelings due to current events. Or maybe they share his values and don't want to admit that.

But I'll try to offer some simple facts.

He did not do engineering with Tesla or SpaceX or even PayPal. He is a fraud. He walked into these existing businesses, where people had done actual work and engineering, threw some of his Apartheid money at them, and took credit for their work. He claims, over and over again, to be a founder of these companies, and that's just straight up a lie that is easily disproved.

He literally did nothing except throw money at people and take credit for their work. Look at every Tesla up to the (chokes back laughter) Cybertruck. Those Teslas look like cars, because they were designed by engineers. Look at the Cybertruck. When you stop laughing at what a joke it is, know this: that's what happens when Elon Musk is in charge. It's like a ten year-old with some crayons drew it on a menu at Denny's.

All of the things his weird fans claim he made possible, are things that would have happened, and were in the process of happening, without him. He literally did nothing to advance the technologies or engineering. In fact, SpaceX whistleblowers have told reporters how they had to keep Musk occupied with bullshit, so they could do the real work without him fucking it up all the time with his incompetence.

But even if he were telling the truth, even if the myth were fact, it would not outweigh the damage, the pain, the chaos, and the suffering he has inflicted on millions and millions of people, all over the world with his lies, his spread of misinformation, and his incitement of angry incels.

Also, don't forget, when Ukraine was trying to defend itself, he turned off Starlink access when they could have decisively ended Russia's aggression. A lot of people have suffered and died as a direct consequence of that action, which he took to support his buddy and fellow autocrat, Vladimir Putin.

That's more information than I think your friends will be willing to hear. Studies indicate that people who are heavily invested in the myth of a person will fight hard to hold onto the myth, and reject truth and facts, because it's so jarring to them. Musk has built a cult of personality, and maybe your friends are stuck to it.

I'd gently encourage your friends to consider one key fact: he has lied about his entire origin story, he has lied about his contributions to Tesla and SpaceX. He lies about everything, except when he posts on Twitter like a 12 year-old edgelord, because that's who he is, emotionally.

Finally, and this is for you, specifically: if your friends insist on supporting a fascist, a racist, a misogynist, or a bigot, because they think rockets are cool, maybe it's time to look for new friends.

I hope this helps.

And fuck Elon Musk.

[short-wooloo]

Now that the trailer is out, it's probably best that I get this out of the way before acolyte releases

The Jedi are right about the Force and the dark side

The Jedi did not lose their way

The Jedi were not corrupted

The genocide of the Jedi was not their fault

The Jedi are not wrong for being part of the Republic, it is in fact a good thing

The Jedi are not arrogant for thinking the sith are gone

and while we're at it the sith are evil, always, end of discussion

The Jedi do not steal children

If someone wants to leave the Jedi, that's allowed, no one will stop them

The Jedi are right about attachment

Attachment is not love (SW uses the Buddhist definition because Lucas is a Buddhist and the Jedi are based off Buddhist monks, Buddhism defines attachment as being possessive or unwilling to let go of people or things)

The Jedi do not forbid emotions, they forbid being controlled by your emotions, you must control them

The Jedi are not forbidden from loving people, nor are they celibate, they just can't get married (big whup) because their duties must come first

Being peacekeepers doesn't preclude the Jedi from fighting in war, sometimes to keep the peace you have to fight back, especially when its against tyranny, see WWII (or Ukraine today)

Gray jedi are not a thing

The Jedi are not slavers or complicit in slavery

Oh and of course, the Jedi are not elitists for not training non Force sensitives, (Han voice) that's not how the Force works, dave filoni broke the rules so he could shoehorn sabine into a Jedi (to give the benefit of the doubt, I do believe sabine's role as ahsoka's apprentice was meant for an original character but things got condensed by executives, so maybe filoni isn't entirely to blame here)

(Edit)

The Jedi are not cops

The Jedi are not the government/the rulers of the Republic/galaxy

The Jedi do not persecute other Force groups

Padawans are not child soldiers

Feel free to add anything I forgot

Do not, DO NOT!! add anything Jedi critical, I'm done with it and won't hear it, don't have something nice to say? Then go away, I will block on sight, either reblog without comment (either in the reblog or the notes) or don't interact at all

[thisisabernieblog]

Lee Camp discusses Brazil, $50 billion more destined for Ukraine's Nazis, the rent revolution and Chevron's climate propaganda.

[renmarrr]

Two years ago RF invaded Ukraine and tried to take Kyiv in few days (failed). Since then it occupied east-south Ukraine (~26% of territory) and keeps committing war crimes against us. Aside from fights on frontline, RF keeps shelling our cities, towns and villages with missiles. Even tho we desire to gain our deserved freedom and victory as soon as possible, our enemy is ready for a long war which is horrible. And of course it contributes greatly into propaganda to make people believe this invasion was justified even tho it is absolutely not.

Any donation is important and very appreciated, even one dollar, even 25 cents (believe me this is averagely how much people donate at a time). And I remind you that the sooner we win, the sooner we won’t need to be financially supported as we are now.