#October activities

[entertaining-two]

It’s that time of year again when I watch the single season of The Society and mourn it’s canceling

😔😔😔

[lyledebeast]

October 5

For today's October activity I took my dog to the yearly Pet Blessing service at my (Lutheran) church. The Baptist Church I grew up in did not believe in blessing animals, but all the churches I've belonged to as an adult have (not the main factor in my membership, but it isn't not a factor either!)

The last time I took him to a blessing was before we moved here, which was the first summer of the pandemic. In the intervening time, he has gotten crankier, blinder, more suspicious, and less willing to tolerate situations and people. You know, like most of us! He snapped at no less than three people, including the priest, obviously. Everyone was a good sport about it, though, because he is visibly ancient. The elderly get away with everything.

[here-lies-beetlejuice]

[kentnaturaltribrid]

••••••••• Black Cats and Pointy Hats. •••••••••••••

~~~ Do the universe a favor and don’t hide your magic. ~~~

Got bored around last week or so, and ended up having some time for setting up for October. Might be busy later on, so might not have as much time for the other setting placements that were planned for October at the latest.

[thepumpkin-queenn]

[sunbeamedskies]

I know it's hard to do so when you've dedicated so much time to leftist movements and found a community that's helped you and some others thrive, but you HAVE to criticize the left when it is failing groups of people. And it is 100000000% failing Jews.

Almost every single non-Jewish activist who usually posts about tragedies when they happen to numerous other marginalized groups has remained silent about the recent news about the Bibas family. Most have been entirely silent about October 7th. Even this post will likely be reblogged/liked by 95% Jews.

All your Jewish friends could have been born Israeli. It's entirely dependent on where their ancestors fled to. Half of the world's ENTIRE Jewish population lives in Israel. And you- no matter what group you belong to- could have been born Israeli. You might be in denial about it, but it's true. Anyone of us could have been born anywhere.

I roll my eyes when "I'd totally punch a nazi!" activists complain about Elon Musk maybe doing a nazi salute, yet never post about what Jews have been mourning for over a year now. Their words are empty. Elon is easy to criticize because he is a douchebag who is rightfully hated by the left. You risk no real social consequences for your posts about him. You are not a social justice advocate- you are a coward.

But what kind of world are we living in where anyone in any movement claiming to be about "justice" feels they are risking social consequences for posting about Jews who were murdered due to being Jews? Fearing your "comrades" scolding you for posting against antisemitism? They have some big antisemitism problems to deal with. Are you willing to confront them about it?

Fearing social consequences for speaking up about suffering Palestinians and suffering Israelis are two sides of the same coin of extremism. I always wonder if my posts really get through to anyone, or if I'm mostly screaming into the void. Will this post affect you? Or will you just go "ah that's kinda sad idk" and move on?

It's time to have some tough conversations with people you might be afraid to get into them with. Are you going to be a true ally to Jews or not? Are you going to fix your activist spaces to be ones centered around the principles of justice and equality? Or are you going to ignore it and claim you're not antisemitic? Because Jews have seen where indifference and denial leads to before. Spoiler alert: it's horrific.

[hauntedautumnwhispers]

[coolchickblog]

𝐉𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐟𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞...🍂☕️

[hot-boy-autumn]

[dogahed]

dont you wanna be the best ?

[somethingsomethingtralala]

[lyledebeast]

October 15

I finally made the French apple cake that won the October desserts poll I made forever ago. Here it is!

It's absolutely delicious. Who needs spices when you have butter and Jamaican dark rum?

@rtbyg I also finally started my Psycho rewatch after making you wait forever! If I don't finish it tonight I will tomorrow, then on to the sequel!

Not bad for the midpoint of my October activities!

[here-lies-beetlejuice]

[october-eyes]

Golden Eyes

[thepumpkin-queenn]

[sunbeamedskies]

It hurts to know that almost all my reblogs and likes will be from fellow Jews whenever I speak out about the hostages. A lot of people who claim to hate antisemitism believe that speaking about them somehow hurts Palestinians. If you have been led to believe caring about innocent civilians on either side hurts the other, you have been fed lies. Empathy is not a finite source. You can be for a bilateral ceasefire and mourn for the hostages. Your Jewish friends are not ok right now. We need your support