#ance remove

[ayre631]

Zinamax: >> Your Natural Solution for Clear, Acne-Free Skin

Are you struggling with acne, breakouts, or irritated skin? If you're searching for a natural, effective solution that won't harm your skin, Zinamax might just be the answer you've been looking for. Designed to combat acne and promote a clear complexion, Zinamax offers a holistic approach to skin care, using natural ingredients that work from within to cleanse and nourish your skin.

👉Click Here to Buy Zinamax👈

What is Zinamax?

Zinamax is an advanced skin care supplement specifically formulated to help fight acne, reduce inflammation, and improve the overall health of your skin. It works from the inside out, addressing the root causes of acne such as bacterial infections, excess oil production, and skin irritations. Unlike harsh chemical treatments that only address the surface, Zinamax’s natural ingredients go deeper to provide long-term skin benefits.

Key Benefits of Zinamax:

Effective Acne Treatment Zinamax is packed with natural components that help reduce acne, blackheads, and whiteheads. Its anti-inflammatory properties calm redness and swelling, while promoting faster healing of blemishes and scars.

Balances Oil Production Excess sebum (oil) production is one of the leading causes of acne. Zinamax helps to regulate your skin’s oil levels, preventing blocked pores and reducing the chances of new breakouts.

Antibacterial & Antioxidant Support The formula includes powerful antibacterial agents that help clear harmful bacteria from your skin. These ingredients also provide antioxidant support, reducing free radical damage and helping your skin stay youthful and fresh.

Promotes Skin Hydration Unlike some acne treatments that dry out the skin, Zinamax ensures your skin stays hydrated. Proper hydration keeps the skin barrier strong, preventing further irritation and ensuring a healthy, glowing complexion.

Improves Skin Texture & Tone Zinamax not only helps reduce acne but also enhances the texture and tone of your skin. You’ll notice smoother, more even skin with fewer blemishes and discolorations after continued use.

👉Click Here to Buy Zinamax👈

How Does Zinamax Work?

Zinamax’s unique formula contains a blend of natural ingredients such as lactoferrin, plant extracts, and vitamins. These components work together to regulate your body’s sebum production, reduce inflammation, and fight the bacteria responsible for acne. Additionally, the inclusion of vitamins and minerals ensures that your skin receives the nutrients it needs to repair and regenerate, giving you clearer skin over time.

Ingredients in Zinamax:

Lactoferrin: A powerful protein known for its anti-inflammatory and antibacterial properties, helping to reduce acne-causing bacteria and inflammation.

Nettle Leaf Extract: Rich in vitamins and minerals that detoxify and soothe the skin, promoting healing and regeneration.

Vitamin C: Known for its ability to brighten the skin and reduce the appearance of acne scars, Vitamin C is essential for collagen production and maintaining youthful skin.

Wild Rose Fruit Extract: A natural source of antioxidants, it helps protect the skin from free radicals while providing a calming effect.

Who Should Use Zinamax?

Zinamax is ideal for anyone who suffers from acne, whether it’s mild or severe. It’s especially beneficial for those who prefer a natural approach to skincare and want to avoid harsh chemical treatments. Zinamax is suitable for both teenagers and adults who wish to achieve a clearer, healthier complexion.

How to Use Zinamax:

For best results, take two capsules of Zinamax daily. Over time, you’ll notice a reduction in acne, improved skin texture, and a more balanced complexion. As Zinamax works from the inside out, it’s important to stay consistent with its use to fully enjoy its benefits.

Why Choose Zinamax?

Natural Formula: Zinamax is made with high-quality, natural ingredients, so you don’t have to worry about harsh chemicals or skin irritation.

Scientifically Proven: Backed by research, Zinamax's ingredients are proven to fight acne, improve skin health, and enhance overall skin appearance.

Holistic Approach: It doesn't just target acne but also improves skin hydration, tone, and texture, making it a well-rounded skincare supplement.

Easy to Use: Simply take two capsules a day—no complicated skincare routines, no messy creams or ointments.

Ready to Achieve Clearer Skin?

If you're tired of acne treatments that don't deliver or leave your skin feeling worse, it's time to try Zinamax. This natural supplement provides the holistic care your skin needs to become clear, radiant, and healthy. Say goodbye to breakouts and hello to confidence with Zinamax!

👉Click Here to Buy Zinamax👈

[psychotrenny]

While there is a great deal of similarity between Israel and Apartheid South Africa (down to the very close ties these countries shared), their strategies to delay inevitable collapse have turned out very different especially in terms of foreign policy. Like the South African government spent its last decade or so under Apartheid pursuing what Botha called his "Total Strategy", using every possible lever of influence to force the Frontline States into subservience; keeping them economically dependent on South Africa and politically acquiescent to Apartheid.

Military force was used for sure, but the only large scale deployments were the occupations of Namibia and southern Angola. Otherwise direct military action was restricted to commando raids, focused mainly on destroying infrastructure and carrying out political assassinations. South Africa instead preferred to act through local proxies, supporting (and often creating) various reactionary terrorist movements (i.e. UNITA in Angola, RENAMO in Mozambique, LLA in Lesotho) so that the destabilising effect of constant warfare would inhibit economic development, prevent unfriendly governments from taking any real action against apartheid and allow the offer of reduced terrorist support to be a bargaining chip in negotiations.

Economically South Africa used its control over transport infrastructure and large job market as both carrot and stick, rewarding compliant governments with better access to goods and increased migrant labour quotas (for many countries a vital source of income) while punishing disobedient nations with transport disruptions and reduced access to South African jobs. The specific mix of Military and Economic strategies would be tailored to suit the particular country at a particular time; for example South Africa's pressure on Angola was almost entirely military due to the lack of economic links between the two, while Swaziland's complete dependency made economics the primary South African approach. These different forms of pressure were also applied so as to compliment each other i.e. commandos and terrorist proxies would attack alternate railways and ports to ensure goods had to be transported through South Africa.

This was mainly done to extract political concessions. By 1980 the complete overthrow of unfriendly regimes was mostly off the table, so instead efforts were focused on changing the behaviour of the groups already in power. South Africa's main obsession was with the ANC boogeyman, constantly asking their neighbours to kick out ANC training camps and diplomatic ataches and forbid movement of ANC guerillas through their territory. However all manner of other demands were also made; economic integration, military access, opposition or at least neutrality towards UN sanctions etc. These were all attempts to drag the Frontline States back into South African dependency and under De Facto white Imperial rule; effectively undoing independence

In any case, as brutal as this "Total Strategy" was, it's a far cry from Israel's current approach which more resembles a genocidal temper tantrum. This is even in contrast to earlier Israeli strategies of coming to terms with neighbouring states and collaborationist movements; using Lebanon as an example they've gone from employing Christians Reactionaries as proxies to clumsily provoking the whole nation. There are structural reasons for this of course. South Africa needed it's black majority, both "at home" and in the neighboring states, as a reserve of cheap labour to extract cheap natural resources and buy globally uncompetitive manufactured goods. Indeed, the false independence of the "Bantustan" project was an attempt to remove South African citizenship from their entire black population and legally turn them all into migrant labourers. South Africa also has a much longer history as an independent Settler project, and while they recieved significant amounts of support from The West (especially the USA and doubly so under the more reactionary Presidents i.e. Ronald Reagan) this very much had its limitations; South Africa obviously couldn't wage a regional war of extermination even if wanted to. Meanwhile Israel's policy towards indigenous people is increasingly exterministic and there is no interest in maintaining their population; they even import migrant labourers from as far as Thailand to deny local Arabs. The country has also spent it's an entire existence as more or less a glorified NATO military base; they have more reason to favour a policy of genocidal war while hoping the US saves them from the consequences.

The point is that there are limits to how far you can take comparisons between South Africa and Israel. For all their similarities as Apartheid Settler States, were still different countries that occupied different contexts and so there are considerable socio-political differences between them that shouldn't just be ignored. You can't blandly use South African history to predict the course of Israel, or worse project current events in Israel onto a distorted version of South Africa's past. You won't develop a useful understanding of the world if you stick to broad assumptions and truisms; you need to actually investigate

[sukoshininja]

Blood Gamble

Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3

"It's not mine."

That's what Lance had said, because it couldn't be. He would know. Wouldn't he?

But judging by the look on Keith's face, he was clearly missing something.

"We need to put pressure on that," Keith said slowly in that carefully enunciated voice, the one he used when he was trying to hide his alarm.

Again, it wasn't his. But he knew better than to interfere when Keith was like this, teetering on the edge of panic. Better to let him see for himself. 

Lance allowed Keith to remove his left rerebrace, which, to Keith's credit, was slick with blood. Keith wrinkled his nose and bit the tip of his glove, pulling it off his hand.

"See? Not mine."

 "Nothing on this planet bleeds red, Lance," Keith reminded him as he forcefully pressed the rubber glove into Lance's tricep. 

Oh yeah.

But if that was true, then why didn't--

Oh. Oh. Okay. Now it hurt. The pain was so sharp it felt cold, spreading ice to his nerves in his fingers. He wiggled them experimentally. Bad idea.

 Keith tapped his helmet, activating his comm, "Red team withdrawing. We need to get Lance to a healing pod. Stat."

"Do you need an extraction?" Allura asked, concerned. 

"No, but he's losing a lot of blood."

"How much blood are we talking?" Hunk asked as Lance's vision started to get fuzzy around the edges

"Tourniquet level," Keith replied as he pulled his hairband out with one hand, the other still holding pressure to the wound. 

His heart was beating so fast that Lance half expected it to explode. He tried to focus on taking big slow breaths, but he found himself gasping for air when it seemed like he couldn't get the air in fast enough. Oh no, he was hyperventilating. That couldn't be good. 

"Hold this," Keith instructed as he folded the band in half and wrapped it around Lance's arm, pulling the elastic tight.

The pressure on his brachial artery was not a welcome sensation, he realized as he felt his hyperactive pulse push against the elastic band. Nausea rolled in his stomach.

Keith snapped his fingers in front of Lance's nose. Lance tried to focus on the eyes looking back at him with intensity. "I'm gonna need you to keep pressure on this, as much as you can."

Lance nodded, the pain making him feel so weak he was numb, like his extremities were slowly disappearing. It wouldn't be long before he was weightless. 

Keith hoisted him in a fire's carry before bolting for Red.

Lance was barely aware as his cheek lay against the cockpit floor. It was cool. And he was the coldest he had ever been. 

Fog pressed up against him, clouding his awareness. 

-nce

What was that?

-ance!

The sound dipped in and out, gently, like a lullaby. 

Lance! What's your blood type?

And everything was quiet. 

*   *   *

There was a pressure in his head. A pounding. Wait. That's what sounds were. Those were sounds. Funny. He couldn't understand them. Not yet. It was like they were all meshing together in one big blob that echoed through his head like a gong.

It was dark too. Oh. His eyes were closed. He should open them. Nope. Too hard. He could wait. Something was off, and he wasn't terribly eager to find out what. 

When Lance came to, he was on his knees.

He slowly opened his eyes. The light burned. He squeezed them shut again.

"How are you feeling, Lance?" a booming voice asked and Lance flinched. 

"I--" words felt weird in his mouth. And was that supposed to be his voice all frail and scratchy? "I'm alive, I-I think."

"You had us for a while there," the voice continued. Lance recognized it as Shiro. 

"Can't keep me down!" Lance replied weakly. Sensations were gradually beginning to return. None of them were pleasant. 

He tried opening his eyes again. Still too bright. 

"You saw that, right?" Pidge asked, alarmed. 

Shiro made a corrective noise. "Let's focus on getting him stable before getting side-tracked. Lance, can you stand?" 

Lance tried, but it was like his muscles couldn't be bothered. "I don’t think so."

"It's okay. I'm going to carry you, alright?"

Lance nodded. As Shiro lifted him, he attempted to open his eyes once again, but this time only by a hair. It was still too bright, but it was bearable, and he could roughly make out the figures around him. They were in the medical bay. He must have just exited the pod. 

"Should I wake him?" Pidge asked, gesturing at a makeshift cot.

"Let's wait until Lance gets settled," Shiro advised. He gently carried Lance, bridal style, to his room. 

Pidge pulled back the sheets and Shiro gently placed him down on the mattress. They fussed at him, arranging his limbs, fluffing pillows and tucking him in. Shiro adjusted the weird cape thing that draped from Lance's shoulders. It reminded him of that thing barbers snapped around your neck when getting a haircut. 

 "What's this?" 

It did not escape him how they both stiffened. 

"We’re gonna wait until you are a little more sober," Shiro said carefully. "You'll get to see it soon, after you heal a little more."

That bad?

"Chicks dig scars," Lance made it sound as flippant as he could. 

Shiro regarded him with a calm mask. "Do you need anything? Water, more pain killers?"

"Can you turn the lights down? They really hurt."

Shiro adjusted the dimmer until the lights faded to a soft glow.

Everything came into sharp focus as he was able to open his eyes fully. His vision was still a little off, though.

Pidge was looking at him intently, almost as if she was studying him.

"How long was I out?"

"Long enough to have us all worried," Shiro answered. "I'll let the others know you're awake. I'm sure they'll want to see you, but it's okay if you're not up for company just yet."

"I can say hi," Lance offered.

Shiro nodded and stepped out of the room, the door sliding shut behind him. 

Pidge was still squinting at him. He was not about to apologize for the low light. She looked pale, like all the color had gone out of her. 

"Why do you look...less?" 

"You're standing in the presence of a universal donor, you greedy bastard," she announced proudly, striking a hero pose.

That couldn't be right. She was much too small. She definitely didn't hit the weight limit to safely donate. "I thought you had to wait at least another year to give blood?"

"If I waited, you'd be dead."

Oh.

"You're welcome."

"I don't know how to thank you," Lance said quietly. He owed her his life, that was a debt he would never be able to repay.

"Don't. Anyone would have done the same."

The door slid open and Keith strode in, out of breath and hair a mess.

"How was your nap?" Pidge asked. 

"I brought the pain drugs. Is he sleeping? Why is it so dar--" Keith made eye contact with Lance and froze. 

"Shit," he whispered.

"Keith!" Shiro called from down the hall, he appeared in the doorway a moment later. "I told you to wait."

But Keith wasn't paying attention. His eyes locked on Lance, lower lip trembling. Suddenly he turned on his heel and all but ran out of the room. 

"SHIT!" Lance could hear him scream into the hall.

Not exactly the reunion he expected. 

Shiro heaved a tired sigh, "I'll be back."

*  *  *

It had been days, and Lance was getting antsy. 

"Is it really that bad?" he asked Allura when she brought him breakfast one morning. 

"Is what bad?" 

"My face."

There was a reason all the mirrors were covered, that Shiro had tried to stop Keith from barging in, that when the others come to see him they wore curated expressions.

"Still got your looks, if that's what you're concerned about," Allura laughed, mussing his hair affectionately.

Lance tried to lean into and enjoy the rare casual touch Allura graced him with. But the feeling that they were hiding something from him wouldn’t leave him alone. 

"Keith took one glance and bolted," Lance challenged. He hadn't been back either. That bothered him more than he cared to admit. 

She smiled softly. "I believe he feels at fault for what happened to you."

Lance's memory was pretty hazy at best, but he seemed to remember Keith saving him. "What are you not telling me?" 

Allura hummed thoughtfully. 

"I'm going to find Shiro." She raised a hand at Lance's protests. "He can explain it better than I can. I'm afraid I don't quite understand how you earthlings work. He wanted to be the one to tell you anyways."

"You're scaring me."

“It’s been a very scary time for all of us,” she agreed as she slipped out the door.

When Shiro walked in a few moments later his mouth was set at a grim angle. "Hey, champ. How are you feeling?"

Lance shrugged. "Arm hurts. I'm stuck in this room because you won't let me out of bed. And everybody is hiding something from me."

That came out a lot harsher than he had meant it. But he was frustrated. 

Shiro nodded somberly as he took a seat on the bed, facing him. "We should have had this talk earlier, I'm sorry. We wanted to give you a chance to get your strength back a little first. I understand your frustration, but I still stand by that decision."

Shiro placed a hand on his shoulder. "I think you know this, but we came so close to losing you. There was a stretch where we didn't think you would make it. "

"Hunk said Pidge nearly killed herself to save me."

"She gave more than she should have,” Shiro confirmed. “However, you needed more than she had to give. When it became clear she would bleed herself dry for you, we had to make a choice. Losing both of you was not an option."

Hunk had conveniently left out that bit. 

"But neither was losing either of you. So, as your senior officer, I made a decision. A decision that should have been yours. But in the moment I was so scared of losing you that I didn't care. I am sorry I took away your choice. But understand that I do not regret my actions. The important thing is that you're still here, the rest is details."

Shiro looked down at his mechanical hand. Flexing his metallic palm open and closed a couple times. He reached behind Lance to undo his cape. As it fell off his shoulders, Lance braced himself for what he expected to be a nasty scar.

Only there was no scar.

Because there was no arm.

“There was no saving it,” Shiro whispered after a moment. “I’m so sorry.”

Lance could feel his heart rate quicken as his breaths became shallower. He lost his arm. They cut off his arm! How was he supposed to shoot?How was he supposed to pilot his lion? He couldn’t be a paladin anymore. He couldn’t even return to his life before, not with one arm.

“When you’re further along in the healing process, we’ll get you outfitted with a prosthetic,” Shiro continued. “Coran claims my Galra tech is too clunky and that Altean tech is much better suited for prosthetics.”

Oh yeah. Shiro had lost his arm as well. He seemed to be doing just fine. Alien technology for the win. When he dreamed of following in Shiro’s footsteps, this isn’t quite what he imagined.

He forced a smile that he didn’t feel. “We’re twins.”

“Now back to that choice I made.”

Lance felt his stomach drop. There was more?

"As I said, Pidge alone couldn’t save you. But she wasn't the only one aboard with an O negative blood type. But given that Keith’s not all human we didn’t know how your body would tolerate this blood. But when it became clear that you need more, what choice did I have? Watch you die? Or pump you full of alien blood and watch that possibly kill you faster? Or possibly live? At least you had a chance. So I gave the order. I didn’t even ask him.”

Was that why Keith couldn’t stand him? Because he stole his blood?

Shiro sucked in a big breath before slowly letting it go. “It saved your life, but there were…side effects.”

“Side effects?”

Shiro handed him a pocket mirror.

He caught a flash of yellow, glowing, pupil-less eyes from a familiar face.

“He turned me into a quiznacking Galra!”

Next Part -> my whumptober masterlist

[iapislazuli]

If you’re a website developer anc you remove a feature that was by default part of the website and then later bring it back but behind a paywall I’m going to kill you and hurt you and make you die and feel pain and end your life and send you to hell and make you explode fuck you die die die kill yourself

[apollos-olives]

what are your thoughts about what's going to happen on the 11th and 12th? I'm south african and although we've got a strong free Palestine and anti zionist community, as well as being the country to get Israhell to the ICJ, the pro zionist/Israel is very strong and very big. my fear is that if my country can be so against Palestine (and this is mainly because Israhell has sold this idea that Israel=the Holy land and Christianity is very strong here in SA) how is it going to be in other countries. Islamophobia is so much worse in western countries and I'm genuinely fearing for the outcome because the reality is whether Israhell is condemned or not, there's going to be outrage.

I'm not educated enough to even understand the implications of the ICJ, but I do pray that it goes in my country's favour, thereby going in Palestine's favour. I don't know if this is ignorant on my part, so do forgive me if this statement is tone deaf, but I remember reading something regarding the Syrian Civil War: that the healing process is painful but the result is worth it.

I sincerely believe that Israhell will not win and that Palestine will be free. My country is far from perfect, but we achieved democracy and ended our own Apartheid. Despite what many believe or think, I refuse to condemn Hamas because although I myself believed them to be in the wrong and thought of them as terrorists, the ANC were considered terrorists and Nelson Mandela was only removed from the CIAs terrorist list when Obama came into office. So it became clear to me that any act of resistance will always be considered an act of terror in the eyes of the oppressor, and we in Cape Town recognize this and we pray for Palestine's liberation.

I was born 11 years after Apartheid and grew up free, so I know that I will never be able to understand your pain, but I pray to Allah that this current generation will give birth to Palestinians who are like me and never have to experience oppression.

Allah will save this Ummah, I believe in it, and a powerful statement that was made by Alan Busack, a politician and theologian in my country, when he and Naledi Pandor, my country's Minister of International Relations, announced that the charge had been lodged with the UN was that "Palestine is already free." and i realized while listening to his speech that Palestinians are the bravest souls. Your children are braver than I could ever be and your faith is stronger than steel.

Regardless of the results of this case, we in South Africa will not give up on Palestine, we even have this new found tradition of fasting on Thursdays for Palestinians, and altho the Zionist movement is strong here and people are even being kicked out of public places for wearing the colours of the Palestinian flag, us supporters will take it in our stride.

May Allah bless you and free Palestine In Sha Allah Ameen ❤️

for the most part, what i hear and believe from my community is that the icj isn't actually gonna do anything or dismantle israel. but it WILL show the world the atrocities they've committed, and more and more people will be exposed to what has been happening, and therefore the intifada will become stronger. even if the icj doesn't do much (inshallah it will), it will still expose israel for what it is and will help change peoples minds over what is happening. that is the biggest thing we believe we will get out of from this whole situation.

islamophobia through christian zionism isn't new, nor is it something we don't know how to deal with. i don't really think you personally should be worrying about that, though we do appreciate the concern. people are waking up and more and more people are joining the intifada and not just protesting and supporting us but they're actually learning about palestine and it's history and culture and people and it's allowing people to learn about how palestine is the holy land and how we must protect it, etc etc. the world is turning to our side and taking apart christian zionism and proving it wrong, so while yes christian zionism is dangerous, it's easily dismissible and taken apart, and we are prepared to deal with that.

we are grateful for south africa helping us and inshallah palestine will be free soon. i hope the next generation of our children will never have to face hardship like this ever again. may allah accept all martyrs and send them to heaven ya rab. thank you for your kind message, it means a lot 🫶

[lampmanliveblogs]

WHAAAAATT!?!?!

HARPY LILITH!???

HARPY LILITH!?

HARPY LILITH!!!

Harpy Lilith.

The gang flies past Hexside wehre we see some familiar faces.

Skara is playing music for some kids. I bet she’s playing ”Vi äro musikanter alltifrån Skaraborg…”

We see Barcus coaching astudent who looks like they might’ve tried to combine plant and potion magic with… not great results. It looks like Barcus might be a teacher?

Bump is tending to some flowers, it looks like he might’ve retired and let the illusion teacher take over as the new principal. Good for him.

We transition over to Alador trying out a device to remove coven sigils. Darius, Raine and Eberwolf are there, as is Jerbo, looking like he became a healer during the timeskip. Powering the device is Viney, Emira, an unnamed hexside student, and an older witch.

Actually… that older healer might be the same one we saw during the flashback in Keeping Up A -fear-ances.

And… is the guy getting the sigil removed the one we saw get a sigil during Covention? He looks familiar.

[her-gracious-lady-herald-bits1]

Prompt: Enlightened

Words: around one thousand

---

The blade catches candlelight. Leliana’s grip is steady, her motion precise—nothing wasted. Another strike, another necessary loss. She steps forward, her breath calm, measured, as if the weight of the moment hasn’t settled into her chest like stone.

Natalie kneels before her, head bowed, hands folded in quiet prayer. There’s no trembling, no resistance. Only stillness. Acceptance. Leliana’s stomach twists faintly, but she buries the feeling. It isn’t the first time, and it won’t be the last.

"I understand," Natalie whispers, her voice steady, unshaken. "If this is the price of faith, so be it."

Leliana’s hand falters, just slightly. Natalie’s voice cuts too close, too deep, like Justinia’s used to. For a brief moment, Leliana sees her friend—not a traitor, not a piece on the board, but the woman who once brought her tea late at night, whose prayers filled the silence of darkened chantries.

The Left Hand doesn’t hesitate.

It is instinct, not mercy, that steels Leliana’s resolve. Her blade rises.

Disruption.

Evelyn moves, swift and deliberate, and the anchor flares in her palm. Green light floods the room, its jagged glow casting saints’ faces into distorted grotesques. Leliana feels the warmth of Evelyn’s blood against her fingers before she registers the grip closing around her blade.

Templar training. The stance, the precision. Leliana files it away without thinking, cataloging details even as her mind protests.

"Bold," she says, her tone clipped and cold. Her eyes flicker to Evelyn’s face—calm, deliberate, save for the anchor’s violent flare betraying her anger. "Though hardly subtle."

"Not everything needs to be subtle." Evelyn leans in, her voice low. Blood drips from her hand, pooling on the stone between them. "Sometimes, a direct approach is what gets the point across."

Leliana studies her, unflinching. Evelyn’s hand shakes faintly, from pain or fury, but her voice holds steady. "And what approach is this?" Leliana tilts her head, watching her like a predator observing prey. "Martyrdom? Desperation? It doesn’t suit you."

"No games. No martyrdom." Evelyn’s grip tightens, and the blade presses deeper into her hand. The anchor flares again, its light burning harsh and unnatural. "You want to punish betrayal? Then start with me."

For a moment, Leliana considers it. The move would be clean, efficient. It would silence Evelyn’s defiance and remove Natalie’s treachery in one act. The Left Hand strikes without hesitation. That is the rule.

And yet, Evelyn’s words linger. "Start with me."

Leliana studies her position carefully, the way she might study a battlefield. She sees the trap Evelyn is laying, reads the desperation in her voice. It doesn’t stop the doubt from creeping in, soft and insidious.

"Your past sins are irrelevant," Leliana says, her voice sharpening.

"Are they?" Evelyn’s voice rises, raw and biting. "I enforced Meredith’s edicts. I dragged mages to their fates, watched the light leave their eyes when the Rite was done. I told myself it was order—but it was fear. Natalie believes in something. What did I believe in? What did I do?"

The question cuts through the air like a blade, sharp and merciless. Blood drips steadily now, dark against the stone, and the anchor flares with each pulse of Evelyn’s words. The light crawls over Natalie’s face, painting her serene expression in jagged green.

"Leliana." Natalie’s voice is soft, almost chiding, like a friend calling her back from the brink. "I’ve made my peace. Do what you must."

Leliana’s chest tightens. Natalie’s calm acceptance, her unwavering faith—it twists like a knife. The Left Hand doesn’t falter, but the woman Leliana used to be does.

(Justinia would understand. The Left Hand strikes; the Right Hand soothes.

The choice has always been yours.)

Evelyn steps closer, her voice dropping to a whisper. "What do you see, Leliana? Someone playing a game? Or something real?"

The anchor’s glow sharpens, casting twisted shadows across the walls.

Leliana doesn’t look at Evelyn, doesn’t look at Natalie. She looks at the saints above, their faces warped and inhuman. For a moment, she sees herself reflected there, fractured and hollow.

"I see—" Leliana falters, her voice catching.

Natalie’s faith. Evelyn’s defiance. Her own doubts.

The blade falls from Leliana’s fingers, clattering loudly against the stone.

"Go," she says finally, her voice steady but softer than before. "Tell your Grand Cleric what mercy looks like."

Natalie’s eyes widen faintly, but she bows her head. "Thank you." Her voice is quiet, full of meaning Leliana can’t bear to unpack. She rises and disappears into the shadows beyond the chantry doors, her steps echoing faintly.

Silence follows, heavy and suffocating. Leliana looks down at Evelyn, whose bloodied hand still hovers where the blade had been.

"You need that hand," Leliana says after a moment, her tone regaining its usual edge.

"Worth it. Evelyn’s faint smile is exhausted, but resolute. "It needed to be done."

"Perhaps." Leliana binds the wound with brisk efficiency, her fingers steady even as her thoughts aren’t. "But next time, spare me the blood.""

"Would you have listened?"

Leliana’s fingers falter briefly before resuming their work. She doesn’t look up as she answers, her voice softer, almost uncertain. "I… don’t know." The admission feels foreign on her tongue, like a wound left unguarded.

She rises, her gaze sweeping the empty chantry. The anchor’s glow has faded now, dim and warm—steady, like Evelyn’s heartbeat.

As they step into the cold night air, Leliana glances at Evelyn. Some pieces, she thinks, refuse to play the roles assigned to them.

And sometimes, that’s how the board changes entirely.

---

[homonationalist]

We are now confronted with the task of assisting our sisters and brothers in Palestine as they battle against Israeli apartheid today. Their struggles have many similarities with those against South African apartheid, one of the most salient being the ideological condemnation of their freedom efforts under the rubric of terrorism. I understand that there is evidence indicating historical collaboration between the CIA and the South African apartheid government—in fact, it appears that it was a CIA agent who gave SA authorities the location of Nelson Mandela’s whereabouts in 1962, leading directly to his capture and imprisonment. Moreover, it was not until the year 2008—only five years ago—that Mandela’s name was taken off the terrorist watch list, when George W. Bush signed a bill that finally removed him and other members of the ANC from the list. In other words when Mandela visited the US after his release in 1990, and when he later visited as South Africa’s president, he was still on the terrorist list and the requirement that he be banned from the US had to be expressly waived. The point I am making is that for a very long time, Mandela and his comrades shared the same status as numerous Palestinian leaders and activists today and that just as the US explicitly collaborated with the SA apartheid government, it continues to support the Israeli occupation of Palestine, currently in the form of over $8.5 million a day in military aid.

Angela Davis from "On Palestine, G4S, and the Prison-Industrial Complex" in Freedom Is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine, and the Foundations of a Movement (2016)

[obsessed-bah]

　 { Headmate Levels }

we have 5 levels you can request, based on the system elaboration terms based on plants made by chroniphiile

feel free to add and remove things when you request!

　

🍂 name:

🍂 pronouns:

🍂 race/ethnicity n nationality:

🍂 gender:

🍂 sexuality/orientation:

🍂 source:

🍂 role:

🍂 faceclaim:

　

{ everything in level leaf }

🌱 nicknames:

🌱 age:

🌱 species:

🌱 cisid:

🌱 transid:

🌱 paras:

🌱 disorders:

　

{ everything in level leaf n plant }

🌲 terms n honorifics:

🌲 agab/anc:

🌲 other id:

🌲 blankqueer/beliefs:

🌲 mud/mus

🌲 secondary role:

🌲 sign off:

　

{ everything in level leaf, plant n tree }

🌸 personality:

🌸 style/outfits:

🌸 front trigger:

🌸 trigger (general):

🌸 source feeling (relationship, similarity, etc):

🌸 typing quirk:

　

{ everything in level leaf, plant, tree n flower }

🍋 likes:

🍋 dislikes:

🍋 aesthetic/vibe:

🍋 front trigger (positive):

🍋 front trigger (negative):

🍋 stims:

🍋 kin:

🍋 f/o:

[adamrosner]

Exploring Special Diets: Gluten-Free, Keto, and Other Healthy Eating Plans

As awareness of health and wellness grows, more people are turning to special diets to meet specific health needs, manage conditions, or pursue better lifestyle choices. Popular dietary plans like gluten-free, keto, and other specialized diets are not just trends—they represent meaningful ways to optimize nutrition and address medical concerns. However, cooking for these diets can feel complex, especially for those unfamiliar with the requirements. This article will explore the essentials of cooking for special diets, the benefits of each, and how to create delicious, healthy meals that adhere to these unique dietary guidelines.

The Gluten-Free Diet: Essential for Some, Beneficial for Many

Adhering to a gluten-free diet is essential for the health and well-being of individuals with celiac disease, gluten intolerance, or wheat allergies. Celiac disease is an autoimmune condition in which consuming gluten—a protein found in wheat, barley, and rye—triggers an immune response that damages the lining of the small intestine. Even those without celiac disease but with gluten sensitivity may experience bloating, fatigue, and digestive discomfort when consuming gluten.

Cooking gluten-free meals involves more than just removing gluten from the diet; it requires careful substitutions to maintain taste, texture, and nutrition. Luckily, gluten-free alternatives have become more widely available, including products like gluten-free bread, pasta, and flours made from rice, almonds, or coconut.

A simple way to begin gluten-free cooking is by focusing on naturally gluten-free foods, such as vegetables, fruits, meats, fish, and dairy. For example, grilled chicken with roasted vegetables and quinoa is a naturally gluten-free meal. When baking, gluten-free flour like almond or rice flour can replace traditional wheat flour. However, these flours may require adjustments to liquid ratios in recipes since they behave differently than wheat flour.

Using naturally gluten-free grains such as quinoa, buckwheat, or millet also ensures that you can create satisfying, hearty meals without compromising taste. A significant consideration for gluten-free cooking is preventing cross-contamination, especially in kitchens where gluten-containing foods are also prepared.

The Keto Diet: High-Fat, Low-Carb for Energy and Weight Loss

The ketogenic (keto) diet focuses on high-fat, moderate-protein, and low-carbohydrate intake, designed to force the body into a metabolic state called ketosis. In ketosis, the body burns fat for energy rather than carbohydrates, leading to fat loss and, for many, better overall health markers. Originally developed to treat epilepsy, the keto diet has become a popular choice for weight loss and managing conditions like type 2 diabetes.

The cornerstone of the keto diet is limiting carbs—usually to under 50 grams per day—while consuming plenty of healthy fats like avocado, nuts, seeds, and oils. Protein intake comes from sources like fatty fish, eggs, and meats, and vegetables are chosen from low-carb options such as leafy greens, broccoli, and cauliflower.

Cooking for the keto diet involves finding replacements for traditionally carb-heavy foods, such as bread, pasta, and potatoes. Cauliflower rice, zoodles (zucchini noodles), and lettuce wraps are great low-carb swaps that still provide volume and flavor to meals. For example, a stir-fry made with chicken, cauliflower rice, and low-carb vegetables offers a satisfying, keto-friendly alternative to a typical rice-based dish.

One critical challenge with keto cooking is creating sweet treats without traditional sugars. Fortunately, keto-friendly sweeteners like stevia, monk fruit, and erythritol allow for the creation of low-carb desserts such as cheesecake, fat bombs, or keto-friendly chocolate treats.

Paleo Diet: Back to Basics with Whole Foods

The paleo diet, inspired by the eating habits of our hunter-gatherer ancestors, promotes consuming whole, unprocessed foods while avoiding grains, dairy, and refined sugars. The idea behind this diet is that our bodies are better adapted to the foods available to early humans, and modern processed foods contribute to various health issues, including inflammation, obesity, and chronic diseases.

Paleo cooking focuses on whole foods like meat, fish, eggs, vegetables, fruits, nuts, and seeds. Processed foods, legumes, grains, and dairy are eliminated, making the paleo diet rich in nutrients while also helping reduce the intake of inflammatory ingredients. Cooking paleo meals involves using alternative ingredients such as almond flour, coconut flour, and sweeteners like honey or maple syrup.

For example, a paleo breakfast might consist of scrambled eggs with spinach and avocado, while a dinner could include grilled salmon with roasted sweet potatoes and a side salad. Paleo baking involves using grain-free flour, such as almond or coconut flour, to create treats like muffins, pancakes, or bread.

Vegan and Plant-Based Diets: Focusing on Plants for Health and Sustainability

Vegan and plant-based diets focus on whole, plant-derived foods. Veganism excludes all animal products, including meat, dairy, and eggs. A plant-based diet is more flexible, allowing some animal products but still prioritizing plant foods. These diets are praised for their potential health benefits, such as reducing the risk of heart disease, and their positive environmental impact.

Cooking vegan or plant-based meals requires creativity to replace animal proteins with plant-based alternatives. Staples include legumes (such as beans, lentils, and chickpeas), tofu, tempeh, and whole grains. Nuts, seeds, and oils provide healthy fats, while leafy greens, fruits, and a variety of vegetables ensure a balanced nutrient intake.

One challenge in vegan cooking is ensuring adequate intake of nutrients such as vitamin B12, iron, and protein, which are typically found in animal products. Fortified plant-based milk, nutritional yeast, and a wide variety of legumes and grains can help meet these nutritional needs.

Vegan baking often uses flaxseed or chia seed as egg replacements, while aquafaba (the liquid from a can of chickpeas) can mimic egg whites in recipes. Desserts can be made using ingredients like almond milk, coconut oil, and natural sweeteners to create indulgent treats like vegan brownies or ice cream.

Tips for Cooking Special Diets

Ingredient Substitutions: Finding creative substitutes for restricted ingredients is critical. Almond flour and coconut flour are versatile replacements for wheat flour, and cauliflower can replace rice or potatoes in many dishes.

Meal Prep: Planning and preparing meals ahead of time ensures that healthy, diet-compliant meals are always available. Batch cooking and freezing meals can make adhering to a particular diet more manageable.

Experimenting with Recipes: Don’t be afraid to try new recipes or modify existing ones to fit your dietary needs. Many classic dishes can be adapted using alternative ingredients, ensuring you don’t feel deprived.

Cooking for special diets—whether gluten-free, keto, paleo, or plant-based—may seem challenging at first, but with the right approach, it becomes a rewarding and sustainable way to eat. These diets offer numerous benefits, from managing medical conditions to promoting overall wellness, and with the abundance of available alternatives and resources, following them has never been easier. By embracing dietary changes and finding joy in experimenting with new ingredients, anyone can cook healthy, delicious meals tailored to their unique needs.

[mariacallous]

For the first time since the end of apartheid in South Africa, the ruling African National Congress (ANC) party is poised to lose its governing majority. While corruption and poverty are often cited for the setback the ANC is expected to face in elections later this month, its electoral fate is also closely tied to its performance on land issues.

Despite the fact that the country has urbanized and its economy no longer revolves around land, delivering land to Black South Africans remains a yardstick against which ANC performance is measured. Land has deep symbolic meaning as an acute material loss before and during the apartheid era and as hope for a more inclusive and just future. As Nelson Mandela put it in 1995, “With freedom and democracy, came restoration of the right to land. And with it the opportunity to address the effects of centuries of dispossession and denial.”

When apartheid rule crumbled in 1994, a small white minority held most of the farmland in the country, while 13 million Blacks, most of whose ancestors had suffered forced removals from their land, were packed into rural settlements at the fringes of the economy that the apartheid regime cynically labeled “homelands.”

That marginalization fueled inequality and deep resentment. Blacks were far removed from the centers of political and economic power, and the lands they were removed to were overcrowded and of poor quality. The incoming ANC vowed to return people to the land that had belonged to them.

The ANC initially promised to reallocate 30 percent of the country’s agricultural land, amounting to about 60 million acres, to redress racially based land dispossession that occurred following the 1913 Natives Land Act. It aimed to fulfill its promise with a land restitution program and a separate land reform program. The land restitution program sought to restore land rights to people who were forcibly removed from their land under racially discriminatory apartheid-era laws and practices.

Victims of land dispossession had to file a restitution claim with the state by the end of 1998 to be eligible to have their land returned or to have access to an alternative remedy. The land reform program entailed the distribution of land to nonwhites as part of reconciliation and reparations that would go beyond specific restitution claims. The goal, essentially, was to transfer land held overwhelmingly by wealthy white landowners to Black farmers.

It is no coincidence that the party retains staunch support in places where it has successfully delivered on its promises. I recently spent time at the site of one of these successes in the country’s northeastern Mpumalanga region. One of the biggest projects of land restitution in the country’s history took place under the Greater Tenbosch claim in Mpumalanga’s Nkomazi municipality.

In the late 2000s, the government transferred over 150,000 acres of land to seven Black communities in Nkomazi, comprising about 20,000 beneficiaries. Much of that land was planted in sugar cane, which required attentive management, capital, and expertise.

The government purchased the land from TSB, now part of RCL Foods, and handed it over to the communities. Several of them, in turn, formed joint partnerships with TSB, leasing the land back out to the company while participating in management and training a new generation of community-based leaders.

It has become a model for partnerships between business and communities that has been replicated in other valuable areas of agricultural production in the country. “It’s so challenging,” one Black farm manager told me, “but it’s so exciting, to work in that place knowing that you are giving something back to the community that raised you.”

Today, Nkomazi remains a bastion of ANC support. The party’s vote share reached an apex of 95 percent in 2009 with the Greater Tenbosch claim settlement, and in the last national elections in 2019 it still towered over its opponents in the district with 83 percent of the vote. Everyone I talked to in the land restitution communities remains supportive of the ANC given its transformational role in the country and could not imagine turning over power to another party.

The ANC reclaimed the Giba community’s ancestral land from white farmers in Mpumalanga province in the early 2000s and turned what was then a productive farm growing bananas, lychees, and macadamia nuts over to the community. It returned to revitalize and invest in the farm in the early 2010s, and it now grows high-value crops while employing women and running a program to train young people in farming.

The Giba Communal Property Association secretary, reflecting on the success of the project, reported, “As land reform beneficiaries, we have been able to establish partnerships that have enabled us to make this land profitable.” As with Nkomazi, election returns dating back to the 2000s show that the local municipality where the Giba community is located strongly turns out for the ANC.

But the ANC has notched more land reform failures than wins, and these failures are hurting it. Broader progress in both the land restitution and land reform programs has hit a thicket of snags. While the government has transferred about 14 million hectares (34 million acres) to Black farmers since the end of apartheid—excluding private purchases, restoring rights through compensation, or land acquisition for non-farm use—this is only about half of the ANC’s initial promise of 60 million acres. The government has pushed back the deadline to finish land transfers several times, and its new goal is to complete the process by 2030. Even that seems impossible at the current pace.

The land restitution claim deadline of 1998 was far too little time for many of the dispossessed to organize and present solid legal claims for restitution. Applying restitution is messy and entails grappling with what are often poorly documented histories and addressing inevitable conflicts between claimants on the same land. The government tried to reopen the claims process in 2014 to the many people who had previously been left out. But the Constitutional Court blocked that move, arguing in part that the government had to clear the remaining nearly 7,000 unresolved claims first. These are especially complex claims, often involving whole communities, and most remain stuck today.

The failure to finish the land returns it had promised decades ago has made the ANC vulnerable to political competitors on both its left and its right. The radical left, gathered most effectively by the Economic Freedom Fighters party, has criticized the ANC as slow, overly bureaucratic, and too accommodating to markets and white business interests.

It is pushing for rapid land returns and wants to accomplish its goal by dropping compensation for expropriated landowners. Meanwhile, the Democratic Alliance, a centrist party that gathers its core support from South Africa’s white minority population, advocates for a land reform process that focuses on business development and food security. It has repeatedly charged the ANC with ineptitude and corruption on land issues.

The financial difficulties and implementation problems in both the land restitution and land reform programs are hard to miss. Purchasing farmland for restitution and land reform at market rates is extremely expensive, slowing the process down and putting a lid on land transfers. The government also initially viewed its job as done after it handed land over to beneficiaries. The lack of comprehensive and sustained support from the government led to a wave of discouraging farm failures.

For example, the country’s first successful post-apartheid land claim, by the Elandskloof community in the Western Cape, buckled without enough capital and state support and has only recently begun to regain some footing. The initially successful Zebediela citrus farm in Limpopo province succumbed to the same fate after years of mismanagement, litigation, and interference. Other projects have underdelivered and faced long delays, like the resettlement of the District Six area of Cape Town that the apartheid government bulldozed to the ground—expelling and relocating its residents to make way for a whites-only area—in the 1960s.

In addition to these larger projects, legions of smaller farmers who received government grants to purchase state-acquired farmland have failed due to poor planning and insufficient post-settlement support. And the government has repeatedly been accused of corruption and double-dealing, doling out land to allies and more well-off individuals rather than the most needy. These failures are particularly galling for the many hardworking South Africans who are struggling to make ends meet, and they fan the flames of opposition to the ANC.

While its handling of land issues is shaking the ANC’s monopoly grip on power, any successor government will face similar challenges and should heed the lessons of recent years: Until the country’s land issue is remedied, it will continue to shape South Africa’s politics and bedevil those who govern the country.

[beardedmrbean]

South Africa's highest court has barred former President Jacob Zuma from running for parliament in next week's general election.

The Constitutional Court ruled that his 15-month prison sentence for contempt of court disqualified him.

Mr Zuma was convicted in 2021 for refusing to testify at an inquiry investigating corruption during his presidency which ended in 2018.

He has been campaigning under the banner of the newly formed uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) party after falling out with the governing African National Congress (ANC).

MK secretary general Sihle Ngubane said the party was disappointed with the ruling, but it would not affect the party's campaign for the 29 May election.

"He is still the leader of the party. It [the ruling] doesn't affect our campaign at all," he said.

South Africans vote for political parties, with the candidates at the top of their lists getting parliamentary seats depending on the number of votes the party gets.

The electoral commission said Mr Zuma's name would now be removed from MK's list of parliamentary candidates, while confirming that his image would remain on ballot papers, alongside his party's logo.

MK members sang and danced outside the court portraying Mr Zuma as a victim, while those inside - some dressed in traditional Zulu regalia - sat silently as Justice Leona Theron read out the unanimous judgement.

Mr Zuma has not yet commented on the ruling.

His supporters rioted after he was sent to jail in 2021, and some of its leaders had threatened violence if the court disqualified him from standing for parliament.

But MK officials have since changed their rhetoric, saying the party's focus was on getting a two-thirds majority so that South Africa's constitution could be changed, and Mr Zuma could be returned to power.

In court, his lawyers had argued that because he was released after three months in prison by his successor, President Cyril Ramaphosa, the rest of his sentence was cancelled.

But the court disagreed, saying the length of time he actually spent in prison was irrelevant.

South Africa's constitution barred anyone sentenced to 12 months in prison, without the option of a fine, from serving in parliament in order to protect the integrity of the "democratic regime" established after the end of the racist system of apartheid in 1994, Justice Theron said.

Mr Ramaphosa told a local radio station that he "noted" the ruling.

"The court has ruled, and as I have often said, that is the highest court in the land and we have given the judiciary the right to arbitrate disputes amongst us in terms of our constitution," he said in an interview with 702.

Political analyst Levy Ndou told the BBC that the ruling had the "potential to test his [Mr Zuma's] character - whether he joined the party for selfish reasons or whether he joined it to take South Africans forward".

The ruling could weaken MK's chances in the election if its members joined the party out of loyalty to a "single individual", but if they genuinely believed in its cause then they "would have to focus the activities of the party without him", he added.

MK has been plagued by in-fighting since last month, with Mr Zuma rising to the helm of the party after ousting its founding leader, Jabulani Khumalo. He insists he is still the leader of the party.

Mr Ramaphosa ousted Mr Zuma as president in 2018 after a vicious power struggle, and is leading the ANC's campaign to extend its 30-year rule.

Mr Zuma's removal was welcomed by many South Africans as his nine years in office were marred by widespread allegations of corruption, which he has always denied.

The former president said last December that he could never vote for a party led by Mr Ramaphosa and has spearheaded MK's campaign. This will be the first election that it will contest after it was registered as a party last September.

The party's emergence has raised the prospect that the ANC could lose its parliamentary majority for the first time in 30 years ago.

MK's support is mainly in Mr Zuma's home province of KwaZulu-Natal, and the economic heartland, Gauteng.

These two provinces have the highest number of registered voters, and have been the main battleground in the election.

South Africans will be voting for the national parliament, and nine provincial legislatures.

The president is elected by the new parliament, while each legislature elects a provincial premier.

The court's ruling bars Mr Zuma from taking up a seat in parliament or any of the provincial legislatures.

An Ipsos opinion poll released last month gave MK 8% of the vote, and the ANC 40% as it loses support to MK and other opposition parties.

But some analysts suggest that with the governing party stepping up its campaign in recent weeks, it could still cross the 50% mark.

The ANC got 57.5% in the 2019 election.

Former President Thabo Mbeki, who remains popular among many voters, recently joined the ANC's campaign in KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng, denouncing Mr Zuma as a "wolf in sheep's skin" and a "counter-revolutionary".

uMkhonto we Sizwe, which roughly translates as Spear of the Nation, is the original name of the ANC's armed wing, which fought apartheid.

[uralic-canvas-culture]

The Controversy of Uralic Peoples as Mongoloids

During the age of European nationalism, Finns, Hungarians, and Estonians have often had the concept of their Whiteness challenged. Some individuals have even gone out of their way to classify these three collectives as a part of the Mongoloid (East Asian) race. The strongest evidence for this claim had to do with linguistics. In the 21st century, many individuals only recognize language to be a fluid construct that has no indication of race. However, Europeans of the late 19th and early 20th century perceived language as an ethno-racial marker.

Some Western Chauvinists theorized that their shared identity of whiteness was partly ingrained in their common linguistic heritage. A broad language family identified as "Indo-European" is what loosely bound the white race together. The Finnish and Estonian tongues, however, are derived from the "Finno-Ugric" or "Uralic" language family. Because of this discrepancy, the Uralic peoples were considered Orientalized by their lack of linguistic kinship. In addition to a difference in language, certain Uralic populations also possessed physical features similar to that of East Asians. Most notably, ethnic groups like the Khanty and Mansi have pronounced epicanthic folds and maintain distinct linguistic ties with the Hungarians. These linguistic and phenotypic attributes indicated that, although the Finns, Hungarians, and Estonians appeared to be white Europeans, they were, in actuality, descendants of the Mongoloid race. These racial designations were not merely trivial ideological conflicts either. We see its impacts demonstrated when, in the United States, early Finnish immigrants were not considered white. In their book, Peter Kivisto and Johanna Leinonen note how a Finnish gentleman was denied American citizenship due to his Mongoloid origins.

This condescending view of the Finns was even shared by their fellow kin from Central Europe, the Hungarians. But why? Why would the Hungarians, a fellow Uralic-speaking people, deny any sort of linguistic/lineage tie with the Finns? This rejection is rooted in several factors tied to race, culture, and politics. In terms of politics, Hungarians have often tried to ease themselves into the sphere of pan-Turkism. This was especially prominent during the era of European nationalism when pan-Slavism was perceived as a threat to Hungary. In a reaction to Pan-Slavism, the Hungarians have often hearkened to their steppe ancestry as proof to be included as a part of a Turkic union. In addition to political factors, Hungarian history has instilled a strong sense of pride in their descent from hardened steppe warriors. The Hungarian nationalists envision themselves as the perfect syncretism of equestrian valor and . However, this romantic imagery is removed by asserting that Hungarians are related to the Uralic people. Uralic people, who were not steppe warriors, but lowly fishermen from the baron reaches of northern Europe.  

The Nordicists sought to reinforce Hungary's shared origin with the Finns by emphasizing their cranial similarities. In his work Intra-Nordic Differences, Suvi Keskinen writes:   

"Anders Retzius, Professor of Anatomy and Physiology,

developed a skull index to investigate “longskulls” and “shortskulls,”

coming to the conclusion that the Finns, the Sámi, and Hungarians

were to be placed among the Turanian type, understood as of Asian

origin" 

Finland's history of being colonized by Sweden only added to the narrative that Uralic people were naturally meant to exist as subjugated people. This was in no way appealing to the Hungarians who sought independence from the Austrian Empire. This degrading portrayal of Finns as a subjugated and primitive race caused Hungarians to distance themselves from any sort of shared identity. In the book Languages and Publics, by Susan Gal and Kathryn Woolard, the authors note that a certain linguist was disgusted at the notion of having any sort of ancestral lineage to the Finns. In contemporary times, however, Hungarians have largely come to accept their place as members of the Uralic language family. Though others may stress the possibility of Turkic roots, one cannot deny the distant Siberian influence present across all Uralic peoples.  

As the era of nationalism waned, the focus on race and ethnicity also diminished. The tumultuous aftermath of World War 2 prompted European nations to reconsider their relationships with neighboring countries. This shifting landscape gradually relieved the burden on Finns, Hungarians, and Estonians to constantly affirm their place within the Western sphere. The post-war period brought a nuanced perspective, allowing these nations a respite from the need to continually assert their Western identities.

Book Sources:

Kivisto, Peter, and Johanna Leinonen. “Representing Race: Ongoing Uncertainties about Finnish American Racial Identity.” Journal of American Ethnic History 31, no. 1 (2011): 11–33. https://doi.org/10.5406/jamerethnhist.31.1.0011.

Map Sources:

Morton, Samuel George. 1839. Crania americana or, A comparative view of the skulls of various aboriginal nations of North and South America. To which is prefixed an essay on the varieties of the human species. Illustrated byseventy-eight plates and a colored map., Philadelphia : J. Dobson; London : Simpkin.Marshall & co.

Map of human races (Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 1885–1890)

[alphaman99]

more damned foolishness....

Biden’s Pentagon Intent on Removing Confederate Memorial from Arlington, Despite Opposition.

Americans voiced their opposition to Arlington National Cemetery’s (ANC) decision to remove the Confederate Memorial during a public comment session on Wednesday. The Army is seeking public input as part of the legal process to determine the memorial’s historical significance and how best to dismantle it, following a congressionally-mandated study that found the structure ‘problematic’. Many participants, including veterans with both Union and Confederate heritage, argued for preserving the memorial, citing its artistic value and symbolic representation of reconciliation. Some expressed concern that removing the memorial would lead to division rather than unity. However, some still supported its removal – asserting that there should be no memorials honoring those who fought against the United States. The Naming Commission, established by Congress in 2021, is tasked with identifying and removing names, bases, and other Department of Defense assets that honor the Confederate States of America or individuals who voluntarily served for the Confederacy. The Pentagon’s final report recommended removing the bronze upper part of the memorial while leaving the granite base intact to avoid disturbing graves. However, commenters contended that the memorial commemorated the movement towards reunification after the Union’s victory, rather than glorifying the Confederacy. Critics also argue that dismantling the memorial would destroy a monument symbolizing peace, harmony, and reconciliation. ANC will host a virtual public scoping meeting on August 23rd to gather further comments on the removal and relocation of the Confederate Memorial’s statue and bronze elements. Opposition to the removal of the Confederate Memorial centers on its historical and sentimental value, as well as the fact that it serves as a grave marker for some buried at Arlington. Moses Ezekiel, a Jewish-American Confederate veteran and Virginia Military Institute cadet, is buried at the base of the memorial, according to ANC’s website. Some opponents of the memorial’s removal have accused the decision of being antisemitic based on Ezekiel’s Jewish roots.

[metaphysicalpistolsoraclemine]

Ancestral Clearing

All human beings that are incarnated into this earth as babies being born have the Consciousness memories of their ancestors recorded in the cells of their body. In the cycles of seven years, the ancestral trauma of the past is brought through the offspring and repeated with each seven year cycle throughout the human being's lifetime, until the trauma pattern is resolved, cleared and healed permanently. The Soul acts as the repository of accumulated memories from the physical or external experiences that are translated into the internal energetic reality of the consciousness of the being. These many lifetimes of experiences are recorded into the soul body which translates into memories that are embedded into the cellular matrix of our body. These memories are passed through the future generations into the offspring which will hold these accumulated records of memories in their body. When these accumulated memories include trauma, dysfunction, addiction and abusive relationships, these memories store aberrant emotions and belief systems generated from that original and subsequent related trauma. The energetic result is a range of potential negative effects on the consciousness of the person if this trauma remains uncleared. These negative effects include subconscious trauma behaviors that shape belief systems into Three Layers of Ego, Miasma, Dead Energy, Negative Forms, and Spirit Attachments that connect Ancestral Spirits and/or Fallen Angelics.

On the path of Kundalini awakening or Spiritual Ascension the first stages for spiritual healing and ongoing will include emotional and mental body clearing of these accumulated Soul memories that are recorded from both the patriarchal and matriarchal lineages of the persons Family of Origin. When we are observing trauma events and behaviors from past Timelines that we carry from our Parents and Ancestors, we can choose to heal these patterns through unconditional love and forgiveness. The Ascension Cycle will take us through many stages of emotional clearing in order to heal these cellular memories in our body and remove the blockages and negative effects they create. The process of active conscious participation with this emotional, mental and spiritual clearing at any phase is called Genetic Pathcutting.

Once a Starseed or Indigo has reached a certain threshold of personal Soul body and Monad body healing of the Ancestral Spirits and Families of Origin recorded in their genetic lines and DNA, they can progress to larger bodies of clearing. This group is able to clear cellular memories recorded in the planetary body, solar body and ultimately the Universal body. This is why this Starseed group is referred to as Genetic Pathcutters.

A “Genetic Pathcutter” is an incarnated soul with a specific contract to work with various levels of clearing and releasing old cellular patterns held in the human DNA and, consequently, the planetary grids. I mention “incarnated,” as one must be in a human body to do this particular work for the good of the planet, which is incredibly important at this time of Ascension. There are many levels to this contract and it is unique to each soul’s energetic signature. However, I want to be specific as there is one level of patterning that many lightworkers are aggressively working with at this time. This is within the levels of planetary microbial balancing particular to the ancestral “viral” patterns held in the human biology. 

Ansestrial Spirits

Negative spiritual influences can be attached to our energetic body through uncleared mental, emotional or spiritual conflicts from past, present and future lifetimes. These can be Ancestral Spirits or Familiar Spirits that attach to our body or spiritual parts. When these ancestors left their body, they were not spiritually freed and thus cling to your body waiting to be released, cleared and healed from their pain. Sometimes these ancestral or familiar spirits are connected to organs and enmeshed with spiritual body parts. This is what "mismatched body parts" may mean in the process of clearing the spiritual body.

During the Ascension Cycle, many of us are here to finalize, complete and end these imbalanced energetic cycles and their negative influences upon our genetic history, DNA record, astral recycling, and the patterns recorded in the family of origin. When we make progress with personal ancestral clearing, our clearing efforts will extend to cities, nations, tribes, and global gridwork for the entire human race. This means many of us have the spiritual purpose to clear unresolved conflicts and spiritual issues of our patriarchal, matriarchal and ancestral bloodlines and timelines. The process of healing the Ancestral DNA is called Genetic Pathcutting, and is the main spiritual mission of many Indigos and Starseeds. Many Starseeds incarnated purposely in different soul groups, known as the "False Parent" family lines. In the early stages of spiritual awakening, all of us must address and clear ancestral issues, whether we are aware of this fact or not. Ancestral issues are inherited in our DNA record and they will manifest as specific archetypes and patterns throughout our life experiences. When we are unconscious, we will repeat these same patterns many time verbatim, as they are directly inherited ancestral behavioral patterns. People are amazed to learn these same ancestral patterns were present in relatives that they may have never even known existed until later in life.

In the process of awakening, people feel urges to look up ancestral history and come to discover many similar patterns they share in the family, years after that ancestor is deceased. This is what is meant by the statement "The sins of the father are inherited by the sons". This is a patriarchal slanted bible verse yet there is much truth in this statement. Until we are conscious beings, we are destined to repeat the same behaviors, patterns, and play out the same archetypes of our ancestral history. To heal our history we must heal our ancestral past. Studying the behaviors and patterns of our birth, and family of origin, will give us accurate clues to what our soul purpose and spiritual clearing responsibility actually is. We choose our family of origin for many reasons, and the primary reason is to cleanse the ancestral bloodline that we embody, through the biological record of the DNA we carry. Most Starseeds chose very challenging bloodlines to incarnate into during this cycle. We understood our responsibility to heal that bloodline, and that the support to complete the cycle would be available to us.

As a result, many of us suffer from an Orphan Complex, at various stages of our ancestral clearing and healing process. When we consciously participate and inquire on this process, we can make miraculous healing available not only to ourselves, but to our extended family of origin and throughout our bloodline history. This is the secret of the master number code of 777. Seven generations of bloodlines will be impacted in the past and future, simultaneously, when the ascending vehicle consciously participates with Spiritual Ascension to Cosmic Christ Consciousness. The now self is initiated to heal the entire bloodlines of past and future timelines, from the present station of identity. This is the secret that the NAA is so desperate to hide from humanity.

Inherited Karmic Consequences

Negative spiritual-energetic attachments influence our mind, thought-forms, emotional states and belief systems and are generally responsible for states of anxiety, depression, oppression, and hatred. When we are filled with negative spirits, they can make us feel sick and contribute to disease states. The more diseased the person's body, mind and emotions become, the more soul fragmented and spiritually sick the person is. This energetic consequence can be cumulative over many lifetimes, or in the current identity and can exist in children, or at any biological age. Many sick children have inherited the karmic miasma of their family of origin, and the genetic record of their DNA holds the energetic consequences of their parents and previous ancestral lines. When we do not comprehend the inherited karmic consequence of previous actions, and do not change spiritually abusive patterns or clear spiritual oppressions, the energetic blockage manifests as disease patterns and other distortions for the individual.

Reference::

[word16]

MONADE

 (mo-na-d') s. f.

1° Unité parfaite qui, selon les pythagoriciens, renferme l'esprit et la matière sans aucune division. La monade de Pythagore c'est Dieu lui-même.

Comme Pythagore, il rattache la chaîne des êtres à la monade, à l'être existant seul et par lui-même [ABEL RÉMUSAT, Instit. Mém. inscr. et belles-lett. t. VII, p. 51]

2° D'après Leibnitz, éléments des choses, ou substances simples, incorruptibles, nées avec la création, différentes de qualités, inaccessibles à toute influence du dehors, mais sujettes à des changements internes qui ont pour principe l'appétition et pour résultat la perception. Parmi les monades créées, il en est dans lesquelles la perception est plus distincte et accompagnée de conscience : ce sont les âmes proprement dites.

Il croyait qu'il y a partout des substances simples qu'il appelait monades ou unités, qui sont les vies, les âmes, les esprits qui peuvent dire moi [FONTEN., Leibnitz.]

Il [Leibnitz] admet quatre espèces de monades : 1° les éléments de la matière qui n'ont aucune pensée claire ; 2° les monades des bêtes qui ont quelques idées et n'en ont aucune distincte ; 3° les monades des esprits finis qui ont des idées confuses, des claires, des distinctes ; 4° enfin la monade de Dieu qui n'a que des idées adéquates [VOLT., Newt. I, 9]

Dieu me garde de faire un système, mais certainement il y a dans nous quelque chose qui pense et qui veut ; ce quelque chose que l'on appelait autrefois une monade, ce quelque chose est imperceptible [ID., Jenni, 11]

Où il n'y a point de parties, il n'y a ni étendue, ni figure, ni divisibilité ; telle est la monade, l'atome réel de la nature, l'élément vrai des choses [DIDER., Opin. des anc. philos. (leibnitzianisme).]

Suivant Leibnitz, les monades sont essentiellement actives ; elles sont des êtres simples, et l'activité est la seule chose positive qu'on puisse concevoir dans de tels êtres [BONNET, Œuvres mêlées, t. XVIII, p. 105, note 3, dans POUGENS.]

230.9K

cram into (something)

Advertisement. Bad banner? Please let us know Remove Ads

3° En arithmétique, nombres composés d'une seule figure, tels que 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, etc.

4° Genre d'animalcules microscopiques.

SYNONYME

MONADE, ATOME. La monade est, dans l'hypothèse de Leibnitz, l'être simple et actif des corps, capable de dire moi dans ce qui a vie. L'atome, dans l'hypothèse de Démocrite, est la particule dernière et indivisible des corps, agitée d'un mouvement éternel, et entrant, par ce mouvement, en combinaison avec les autres atomes. Aujourd'hui, selon la vue des chimistes, l'atome figure à l'esprit la constitution des corps d'après laquelle ils se combinent en proportions définies.

HISTORIQUE

XVIe s.

Monade [COTGRAVE, ]

ÉTYMOLOGIE

En grec, unité, unique.

Émile Littré's Dictionnaire de la langue française © 1872-1877

monade

MONADE. n. f. T. de philosophie. Dans le système pythagoricien, Unité parfaite qui est le principe générateur de tous les composés. La monade de Pythagore. Dans le système de Leibnitz, Substances simples, incorruptibles, différentes de qualité, et qui sont les éléments de toutes choses et de tous les êtres. Le système des monades.

Dictionnaire de L'Académie française 8th Edition © 1932-5

monade

MONADE, s. f. Être simple et sans parties, dont les Leibnitiens croient que tous les aûtres êtres sont composés.

Jean-François Féraud's Dictionaire critique de la langue française © 1787-1788