#the world today

[stele3]

I feel like. Part of the reason we're seeing hot takes like "video games like Stardew Valley are bourgeoisie and you should feel bad for playing them" and "if any actor in a TV show even hints at supporting any part of Israel then we need to boycott that entire show" and stuff like that is.

Online activism does virtually nothing. It does virtually nothing, guys. You can reblog and repost stuff all day and it does nothing. And so there's this desperate need in people's minds to Do Something, but social media platforms have so thoroughly trapped us into the idea that This Is How You Connect With People, that we think blogging = activism.

But nothing we've reblogged thus far has made a significant difference in the world. So we keep reblogging, desperately, convinced that if we root out the real evil in our media consumption or if we pare down our beliefs to the One True Ideal and force everyone around us to share that ideal, then finally Something Will Change For The Better.

Log off. Go give blood; there's a critical shortage right now. Help someone in your community; it might not fix wars that are thousands of miles away but it'll help that person. Call or email your local representative about issues that matter to you. Fucking vote. Do something in the not-online space. It'll matter more than 100 posts in a row about Important Things.

[eshiraku-iixv]

Is that peace ???? That baby was a terrorist too???

[kaleidescopicmind]

"If more people...valued home above gold, this world would be a merrier place."

Quote by: Thorin Oakenshield, The Hobbit: The Battle Of The Five Armies (2014)

Gif by: @firefoot22

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My love for this dwarf prince has grown more after revisiting this trilogy yet again...and recently also after finding myself reading fan fics of him (sorry not sorry) but his smile, I can't...breathe 😭

Also...

It's so sad that this quote rings true in our world today, if only...

[palatinewolfsblog]

Isn't it ironic?

There are people who say:

The time has come.

Artificial intelligence is smarter than humans.

And I ask myself:

Which Humans?

[jt1674]

[myboredgeneration]

Yes, men are worthless in today's world. But they (we) are not unnecessary. If human male was unnecessary, why did nature create him in the first place?

[nomoremaybe]

[aci25]

The depressing state of the world today

A dramatic animation that vividly depicts contemporary life around the globe People are highly dependent on their phones and quite disengaged from their surroundings. Unfortunately, this kind of engagement where people converse, share, and go out to eat without checking their phones has all disappeared. May bring you to tears.

Animation Artist: Steve Cutts @steve_cutts_official.

[stylistic-nightmare]

Voivod - The World Today

[whispersofsilence]

Unfamiliar Sanctuary

It was a first For just this instance This busy street Of preoccupied minds To each his own, A place with no courtesy, Of people full of ego and pride, Clashing minds, raging madness, A jungle of differing opinion, This usually smothering hellhole, For just this instance, Became an unfamiliar sanctuary, Of considerate human beings. A paradise for lost souls, A comfort for this doe and fawn, The only beam of light In this world of darkness and despair.

[qualifiedaquarian]

[stele3]

Queer people 🤝🏾 Black people 🫱🏾‍🫲🏼 Jewish people

AKA the only motherfuckers who can truly be relied on. (Source: NBC exit polls.)

[eshiraku-iixv]

Israel has arrested Ahed Tamimi, a human rights activist. Because she defended Palestine.

They vandalized her house and took her phone

Minister of National Security of Israel "Itamar Ben-Gvir" publishes a photo of the moment Ahed Tamimi was arrested, gloating :

"Kudos to the IDF forces who arrested tonight the terrorist and "human rights activist" Ehad Tamimi Manvi Saleh who was previously convicted of attacking IDF soldiers and since the outbreak of the war has expressed sympathy and support for the Nazi human beings on social media. Zero tolerance with terrorists and supporters of terrorism! Just like that!"

This thing claims she is a terrorist because she stood for Palestine.

He named all the civilian victims and innocent children that he and the Zionist entity killed by "Nazi human beings" and "terrorist"

Do you really mean that the millions of people around the world who stand against this massacre… against this genocide are Nazi human being? who do you think you are moron??

Has the blood of children and the human race become this cheap?

What a filth you are!! you and your supporters !!

Free Palestine !

[historically-minded]

Never has this been more true in our lifetimes than now

It's only a passing thing, this shadow.

[palatinewolfsblog]

The rocky Top (for my dear Friend @rubenesque-dollyd-93 ...) Gentle reminder: "If nothing ever changed, there would be no such thing as butterflies." Wendy Mass.