#UAE?

[baby-girl-aaron-dessner]

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Macklemore cancels his show in Dubai to boycott the UAE in solidarity with the people of Sudan:

“At the end of the day I have to ask myself what is my intention as an artist? […] Although dismantling systemic oppression might not fully happen during my lifetime, our collective analysis is evolving. That is where it starts. When we realize our individual liberation IS Palestinian liberation. Is Sudanese liberation. Is Congolese liberation.”

He also writes:

“The last 10 months l've been learning what factors/motivators feed genocide and global systemic oppression. I keep getting led back to self interest over collective interest at the root. Capitalism is the glue that holds this ideology together. And if I take the money, while knowing it doesn't sit right with my spirit, how am I any different than the politicians l've been actively protesting against?”

[nasa]

Nora AlMatrooshi

Nora AlMatrooshi, the first Emirati woman astronaut, worked as a piping engineer before becoming an astronaut candidate for the United Arab Emirates. https://mbrsc.ae/team/nora/

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[acepumpkinpatrick]

Hello everyone, I wanna highlight this Sudanese family's campaign.

It is only 5k! and they're half way there but haven't gotten any new donations in 4 days! So please Donate & share, let's help this lovely family out 🫶

For more information and Sudanese fund campaigns to support, kindly check this list

Update:

As of Aug. 30th the goal has been extended to $7k. I would like to remind everyone that this campaign feeds 20 ppl and it has been up for 4 months now and the situation has only gotten worse in Sudan, what with the current destructive floodings and heavy rain.

I ask of you to please continue sharing and donating, while I will focus on other Sudanese campaigns 🙏 thank you all.

Sorry for the tags ♡

@magnus-rhymes-with-swagness @appsa @blackfilmmakers @decolonize-the-everything @lesbianmaxevans @parab0mb @goodguydotmp3

[sophia-zofia]

[niqabisinparis]

The RSF is getting more vicious as the military closes in on them. Instead of fighting their opponents, they’re turning on unarmed civilians and channeling all their hatred and evil on them.

This is (hopefully) obviously a last attempt to burn the house down behind them before they’re run out.

This means Sudanese people need you to talk about them more than ever right now

[tammuz]

Glazed bricks depicting a Persian archer, dating back to around 510 BCE, from the city of Susa in the Achaemenid Empire. This glazed brick bas-relief style was perfected in Babylon, and even the Foundation Charter of the Susa palace states that the baked bricks at the palace were the work of the Babylonians. Louvre Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, UAE.  

Photo by Babylon Chronicle

[fairuzfan]

[sayruq]

[SOURCE]

Boycott BP and Shell!!!

[gentlemanmotorslifestyle]

[nasa]

Mohammad AlMulla

Mohammad AlMulla, born in Dubai, received his commercial pilot's license from Australia at the age of 19. AlMulla was a training lead with the Dubai Police before becoming an astronaut candidate for the United Arab Emirates. https://mbrsc.ae/team/mohammed_mulla/

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[acepumpkinpatrick]

BRO

This woman is literally facing homelessness, and she hasn't gotten ANY donations in 24 DAYS!!!

Literally less than 1k from her goal!

PLEASE share and donate

Sorry for the tags ♡

@el-shab-hussein @nabulsi @magnus-rhymes-with-swagness @feluka @irhabiya @blackfilmmakers @sudaneseb @sudanese @flouryhedgehog @marigoldcanaries @cluelessbot @mazzikah @raisedbyheathens @tryna-sleep @cruzwalters @decolonize-the-everything @akamanto0 @dykesbat @beserkerjewel @ghostofanonpast @c-u-c-koo-4-40k @xinakwans @chilewithcarnage @hollytanaka @opencommunion @khanger @labutansa

@wingedalpacacupcake @elksewer @tortiefrancis @mushroomjamm @neechees @lacecap @socalgal @ankle-beez @mahoushojo @babacontainsmultitudes @spacebeyonce @mauesartetc @vakarians-babe @chilewithcarnage

[markscherz]

Mr Frog guy, what is the different between a frog & a toad?

This is probably the second most common question I receive, after "what's your favourite frog".

There is no difference, because this is a false dichotomy. It is not a comparison of equal categories. Toads are one of the ~55 frog families. Toads unequivocally are frogs.

If you want to know the difference between toads and some other family or clade of frogs, you would either have to be more specific, or identify features that are unique to toads—synapomorphies of Bufonidae. These are the differences between toads and all other frogs.

Synapomorphies of Bufonidae include the parotoid glands (but not present in all toads), some funky muscular arrangements, a weird bone in the skull, and the Bidder's organ, which is basically a backup ovary in male toads that allows them to become reproductively active females if their testes are damaged or removed surgically.

[niqabisinparis]

Jesus Christ.

[tammuz]

Detail of a glazed-brick panel from the Achaemenid city of Susa, depicting a Persian archer. The Foundation Charter of the Susa palace states that the baked bricks at the palace, dating back to around 510 BCE, were the work of the Babylonians, who perfected this glazed brick bas-relief style in Babylon. Louvre Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, UAE.  

Photo by Babylon Chronicle

[snototter]

An Ethiopian hedgehog or desert hedgehog (Paraechinus aethiopicus) rests in a garden in the United Arab Emirates

by Priscilla van Andel