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just to be completely clear, the amount of military power and political influence Israel has has NOTHING to do with its settlers being Jewish. Israel is a force for American & European interests in the region and they're just doing what America does and allows/encourages its close allies to do.
war crimes aren't considered war crimes when someone America finds useful is doing them. european and american pushback against anyone criticizing Israeli apartheid & genocide is 100% because these crimes are useful to American & European hegemony.
Governments that are deeply antisemitic, like France, aren't suddenly caring about Jewish people. Jewish people, persecuted the world over, don't hold some kind of hegemonic power outside of Israel.
The state of Israel and its attendant brutal treatment of the locals are both incredibly useful to the US, and American hegemony means we're expected to celebrate both.
not bc they're Jewish. this isn't a break in the pattern of western antisemitism and it's not evidence that antisemitism doesn't exist.
it's just like how you could get fired for saying shit against the US war in Afghanistan when i was growing up. it is 100% about US military and political interests (ok slightly western europe too but lbr)
#this widespread support has NOTHING to do w Israelis being Jewish apart from evangelicals wanting to use them as pawns for armageddon#the primary reason this is all being treated like it's ok is cuz it's useful to the usa#i feel like this post is going to bring terrible ppl into my inbox but i'm gonna leave it rebloggable for now#if our (US+EU) governments push back at all it will be because it stops being useful to us#either because Israel isn't doing this as quickly & efficiently as promised and it looks like Palestine might actually do some damage#or if it otherwise becomes too politically costly by causing too much tension between the US & other nationstates#either allies like Saudi or if states we aren't quite ready to have war w seem to be ready to throw down over it
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Olivia fell asleep in one of the aisles again...
how do you feel about ren being used in an ai chatbot advertisement?
⌞♥⌝ Thank you for bringing this to my attention. I genuinely despise everything about this so much, and if anyone comes across this ad on TikTok (or anywhere else), I'd really appreciate it if you could report the video and not give it any further engagement.
I'm vehemently against the use of AI that negatively impacts artists, writers/authors, developers, creators, etc., and I don't condone the use of my art and IP without my knowledge and explicit consent — especially when it's being used in a paid ad/sponsorship. It's extremely disrespectful and I have no respect for those who do it.
#💌 — answered.#💖 — 14 days with queue.#🖤 — shut up sai.#yuus3n#This is so annoying but I fear Copyrighting my IP would be way too costly and not worth the investment /lh#I'm also gonna give the text messages the benefit of the doubt because it's AI + looks like it's been translated from another language#But even then?? Why would Ren ever say that??? T_T I know it's AI but???????#''I may be a stupid idiot'' ....Ren Stand UP!!! King this isn't you#Also not him downplaying and talking about having ''mental issues'' in a negative light??? Gross actually 🧍 I'm being so serious#Only I can make Ren OOC!!!! Gods... smite this ad 🫵
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breaking news: love and deepsapce just released its PV for new card on Sep 23 with all four dressed in chinese fashion in tang dynasty style
#china#fashion#chinese fashion#love and deepspace#lnds#lads#lads xavier#lads zayne#Both xavier and zayne are wearing hanfu#rafayel looks like Persian style dress or dunhuang style (silk road influence at the time)#sylus looks like northern hun style#Why don't they do long hair? Obviously long hair looks better and goes better with the outfit#I guess that long hair modeling is too complicated and costly
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I get that standard time is probably the correct option, but this blogger is a slut for daylight saving time and is already sad about 4-something PM sunsets.
Trying to decide which lamp in my apartment might accidentally break so I can replace it with this dinosaur one from Target.
Wait, is it raining???? It's raining??!?!!
I look at my shoes after 8 weeks and I'm like, eh, they're fine but I go ahead and order a new pair per the recurring calendar event that past James set up after figuring out why his feet were full of angry bees, and then I put the new pair on and every time I'm like oh, yeah.
The seasonal candle I like was on the shelf at Target this afternoon so I grabbed one, and when I got home I popped the lid off to smell it as I was putting it away and... nothing. So I stuck my nose in the candle I have out and nothing. So that's a fun thing.
Maisie Peters is opening for Kelsea Ballerini and they're coming to San Diego in March and I got a ticket and that made me happy.
#the third most important thing my watch does for me is tell me when the sun will disappear#(we just ignore the part where it can't do basic time math to tell me how long between now and sunset)#sorry as a native san diegan i'm obligated to remark on the rain whenever it happens#the worst thing I ever did was figure out I could comfortably walk more if i went with the costly running shoes#i'll test in the morning#i know we all like to hate on ticketmaster but for the record fuck axs too#I had a rant earlier this week about UPS Mail Innovations Express but the thing I ordered eventually showed up so whatever
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I'll always have a soft spot for Dishonored 2, but I still occasionally wonder what kind of game we could have gotten if it had been allowed to focus solely on Emily instead of trying to accommodate two playable main characters.
#dishonored#dishonored 2#emily kaldwin#corvo attano#i said this in another reblog response but while i don't think having two playable main characters is bad on its own#i still feel like it stretched the game thin in a number of ways#one of the devs even said in an interview that voice actor fees played a role#and affected the budget in a way that made them have to cut down on certain gameplay options#like how they originally gave us an option to leave Jindosh alone entirely instead of killing or lobotomizing him#but that third option would have been too costly in terms of paying extra for all the different voice actor lines reacting to it#and that makes me wonder what else was cut just to accommodate Corvo as a playable option#the ability to customize and collect ALL of the powers via NG+ was amazing though and added a lot to the replay value though imo
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Scum of the lower city vampire Thor and high werewolf society Loki coming back to the same apartment at the end of the night 👍
#vampires looked down on and werewolves for some reason looked highly upon#love that for thor#vampires seen as beggars for needing to scrounge up blood#often associated with killers etc. even if bites dont usually kill people#and stingy because they dont want to pay too much for people's blood#werewolves being seen as strong and dependable and are costly for their services#great to replace heavy security and they can eat any meat which is easier for everyone#good at tracking people down and useful in resolving cases#brodinsons after a night out trying to comfort each other like hey i got some money did you end up finding something to eat?
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2, 5 12, 27 with (of course) River Gale?
2. Favorite canon thing about this character?
i think it has to be that scene where they talk about register in english and how all our most formal syntax is latin and greek in origin and our least formal is usually germanic. just, the fact that they know that and are willing to randomly spend several minutes explaining it. i fell instantly in love
5. What's the first song that comes to mind when you think about them?
someone put 'Simulation Swarm' by Big Thief in a mars house playlist and i haven't stopped thinking about it since. river and aubrey....
like wrong gender obviously but i think of them when i hear it. so.
12. What's a headcanon you have for this character?
i put this in a fic once already but i just feel in my heart that they know fortran. the programming language from 1957 bizarrely still in use among engineers. like, if you asked them to solve any problem in fortran, they could do it, and the solution would be bizarre, totally unreadable to anyone else, and LIGHTNING fast. i have programming style headcanons for every pulley character but this one is my fave
27. FREEBIE QUESTION!!
CARTE BLANCHE TO TALK ABOUT RIVER GALE!? LET'S GOOOO
i'm putting this under a readmore because i can't stop yapping.
i have so much to say. i could write individual essays about their politics, their gender, and their relationship to their sibling, but i want to talk about the argument they have with january sort of mid-book
i love this argument because they both have a point! january has a point bc gale's policies suck and because gale is obviously super privileged in their education. when i first read it, i thought gale was being kind of obtuse for not acknowledging that, but...
on like my third reread i realized i've been in this argument on gale's side lmao. i'd like to think i'd respond more maturely now that i've been there a couple times, but in the moment, "i can't argue with you about this because you're too smart for me" is really deeply unpleasant to hear! it doesn't feel like the other person is pointing out privilege, it feels like they're saying "i can't connect or engage with you on this because i (a) don't trust you enough to believe you'll listen to me or pay enough attention to see my argument when i don't express it perfectly, in fact i think you don't care at all about what i have to say, and (b) you are different from me in a way that is inherent and immutable, so much so that i can't even discuss things with you." and it's easy to see why that hurts!
and gale probably feels that last one way more because their halo reading means their brain is actually, physically different from everyone else's! january is 100% valid for feeling overwhelmed in this moment and for these reasons, but to gale, who connects with people by debating them bc they care about other people's opinions, it probably feels like a moderately insulting rejection.
i also think gale is the sort of person who views a debate or an argument as an opportunity for synthesis—disagreeing with someone and pointing out the counterarguments isn't to tear their argument down, it's to make it stronger by giving it an opportunity to address its flaws!! it's to arrive at the truth together!! it's a way to grow closer to people by learning how they think!! but we can see here that january views it as a violent takedown, which is completely valid of him given what gale and their pr team did to him at the beginning of the book!! that WAS a violent takedown, it lost him his job, and it was his first introduction to gale, so it's totally reasonable of him to assume that's how they work all the time, even though it's extremely not!!
i just love gale so much, because they obviously care so much about other people when the other people are right there in front of them. and they try really hard to tone the argumentative curiosity down, because they know it makes people uncomfortable, but it's their truest way of expressing that care. and it's so easy to misinterpret. and if you really think about it this conversation is kind of tragic for them, especially if you read them as having feelings for january at this point!
tl;dr: i think it's a fantastic character dynamic packed into the span of a short conversation! thank you for reading my impromptu river gale essay <3
#i also think it's really funny if like.... its the 2100s or 2200s. mars has been settled#computing has obviously been completely revolutionized bc ai consciousness exists and is not considered too costly for mars' limited power#fortran is still kicking. hilarious#the mars house#sorry abt the essay bluejay............ thank you for the ask :')
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I need a completely rewritten teen wolf series with Derek Hale as the main character. I think it would heal me.
#we follow Derek from New York. Laura left for beacon hills. it’s been six years since he was back but he hasn’t heard from her#and hes going stir crazy waiting. he packs up and travels back. it’s almost too much immediately. he still can’t get a hold of Laura#he can’t resist going home. it’s like a natural pull that guides him back. all at once he’s 16 again. staring at the wreckage of his life#deputy stilinski is sherrif now. it’s reassuring in the slightest that the police force seems to have moved on from how corrupt it was#he catches her scent and it’s putrid. bile catches in his throat. he seeks it out. still in denial to what he knows it means.#when he finds Laura it’s like the world ends all over again. he can’t stand to see her like this. he gives her a proper burial.#the best he can do at least#he visits Peter. he’s not the man Derek remembers- so full of fire and cunning. their relationship may have been strained at times.#often Derek felt more like Eve being swayed by the snake than a normal friendship#but this isn’t the sharp tongued uncle who guided him. this is a broken shell. all that remained of his family. he was so lost.#22 but he barely knew how to function without his family- his pack paving the way#Laura handled everything. she got the apartment. she made sure they had food. Derek looks back and feels so useless#he was so lost in his grief. Laura must of felt the same way but she never let them drown in it#she made sure he got his GED. even got him to enroll in community college classes.#he took them online. he never was able to warm up to people the same way. he used to be so full of life. now he just wanted to be left alone#he studied English. never finished his degree. doesn’t look like he ever will now. he can’t go back to Laura and his shared home.#can’t bare to see another shell of a home#he vents to the vacant audience of Peter and his cold fixed eyes#Derek leaves. he wants to promise he’ll return soon#but promises feel costly these days#he decides to go back to the reserve. maybe he can find some clue as to what happened to Laura#someone lured her here. someone who knew them and their history here#his mind went to the worst. Kate. why would she go through the trouble six years later. why wait so long.#Derek couldn’t stomach the thought of facing her. he focused on the woods. the scents were all over the place.#clearly multiple people had been through here recently. two scents were much stronger. Derek follows them#but when he hears the crunch of leaves he realizes why the scents are so strong. they’re still here#he ducks behind some trees. listening in on their conversation. but an echo of their scent catches his attention#he spots an inhaler on the ground. he puts two and two together and swipes it from the leaves.#he comes out once they’re closer. tossing over the inhaler- he figures they’ll leave. dumb kids messing around in the woods#he reminds them this is private property. though that may not be true anymore. he recognizes the scent of a new beta. interesting.
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Reading the Darth Plagueis novel and I have multiple thoughts so far...
He just picked up Palpatine and took him on as his apprentice (without us seeing the part where he names him Darth Sidious??? What was the deal with that????????? How do we NOT see him bestow the Name of a Sith Lord upon Darth Sidious???), so I'm maybe two-fifths of the way through.
But thusfar...eh...he just doesn't feel that "Wise" to me. He's more like "Darth Plageuis the Cunning". It's probably just the old adage of "the characters are only as smart as the writer". There's a number of fine Star Wars RPG scenarios thrown in that Plagueis is navigating expertly, but it's not really screaming "Wisdom" so much as "Intelligence".
Hoping The Acolyte does a better job with him.
#though I honestly prefer the thought I randomly considered a few weeks ago#where Plagueis was actually SO WISE that he realized the Sith plan was too evil and costly#and would never succeed and their powers could be better spent in other fashions#and then Sidious killed him before he could Redeem the Sith#darth plagueis#also my GOODNESS does it have way too many ties to The Lore#and all the messes that the EU brought on
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dave :)
#art#traditional art#watercolour#oc art#ocs#oc group: dave#oc: dave#was testing out a different brand of full cotton watercolour paper that was pretty affordable#(thats why you can see my entire watercolour palette to his right LOL)#i got hotpress cause i was curious and im like so mad because its so good#i think i like hot press better for smaller drawings like this like this is under 10 inches. for something like 15 inches or bigger#cold presses texture is really nice BUT for smaller stuff hot press lets the colour shine through#while the cold press papers ive tried at a small scale they tend to dull down the colours a lot and it takes way more layers to build up#hot press does seem to have funky blooming situations sometimes if you put on too much water at once (like you can see on his arm)#but isnt that the charm of watercolour now that i think about it.... i definitely leaned into it in the bg LOL#but anyway im so excited dude this paper was a DREAM to work with#i am mad tho because now i fully see the light. i understand why everyone tells me to use professional paper. but it is still. Costly#LUCKILY the stuff i got was not tooooooo expensive but still...... It Is Costly hjrkfsjkrfsd
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comic reader folks! do they sell physical copies in your country and if they do, how much do they cost? 👀
#i'm curious because i just checked out a newspaper stand here in hungary and found a couple of translated issues both marvel and dc and#maybe it's because i never bothered to check before (i avoid buying translations like a plague) but the prices were a little 🤯#maybe it's the inflation or me being delusional but i got a little shock out of this#it was also sized A/5 and printed on glossy thick paper so maybe that's why it was costly 🤔 regardless i'm interested in other places too#comics#dc comics#marvel comics
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i love thinking back at the tfp budgeting problems. What were they doing
#shortext#Some are of dubious veracity but like holy shit 😭#Killing off characters bc their vas are too costly#ANd then just tacking on a fucking dragon that is ALSO too expensive
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I will be looking at some fishies tomorrow O_O
#dude is giving up his hobby#which means the whole tank with the fish in it is about 200€ cheaper than what it would have cost originally#I am insane for this but#I TOLD him I am just coming over to LOOK (terrified he might sell them to someone else first)#like I'm mayyyyyyyyybe buying it if I end up confident enough#halp#wherethekiteflies#getting irl hobbies is great; getting too many costly time-consuming hobbies when you don't know how to afford rent next month is deranged#yeah hi it's me#update on reddie's life#I'm single what else am I going to do while I'm waiting to hear back from employers seriously
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I don't know if I'll ever get there, but the more I think about one of the later episodes for thralls and the more interpersonal political-military stuff I want to establish in it, and, I don't know how I'm going to prevent it from becoming a feature film about people fomenting little schemes and explaining terrain and magic systems and history to each other x_x
#thoughts#thralls of power#animatic project#to be honest I would absolutely watch that myself#and it's not aaas costly to make as something like episode 2#which isn't that long but is action-action-action#I expect the episode after this one to be the longest but with the amount of ideas I'm having for this one#maybe it's not the longest anymore :x#also!!! I really need to establish actual characters for the hylian court because it's too vague right now and it's a bad thing#I know what conflicting opinions I want in there but I have yet to put faces and specific roles to those perspectives#especially since I have decided one of them will have a fairly complex role to fill later#and I need to set up stuff for the ending that would feel credible
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fucking hell man something mildly fucked just broke. I'll open for digital ink comm tomorrow
#bakuspeech#the. mildly fucked thing is a family thing. and also a costly thing#it just... man it fucking sucks rn. I'm not gonna say more abt it#but I just. need to build up a bit of fund around this. and lunar new year's soon too... man#well. there you go. I'll make a comm card for this. please wait for it before sending ur emails#I'll open for three like usual. man. man! this year fucking sucks!! my brain's still upside down too#ur comms this round might take a smidge long bc of that. but I need to get on this. man.#yeah. yeah. I'll go make the comm sheet now
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girl i was out in my car having my little smoke break at work and my back windshield just straight up exploded for seemingly no reason with me in it when i tell u i nearly shitted myself ????
#anyways i hope this isn't too costly bc i literally did not do anything#at first i thought maybe something fell on my car bc it sounded like a huge thud or bang on the roof#but then i looked in the rierview and there was a hole in my back windshield and the whole thing is shattered#so i thought something maybe fell thru? or someone like THREW something through it ??#so i got out to check and it literally looks like something exploded OUT of my car like it's going Outward#it scared me so fucking bad#now i have to drive in a tow truck with a stranger all the way home :-(
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