#zomi people

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Exploring the Zomi Language: Heritage and Community in Myanmar

Unraveling the Zomi Language: A Glimpse into an Ethnic Group’s Vibrant Culture The Zomi language, spoken by an ethnic minority group predominantly residing in Myanmar (formerly Burma) and neighboring areas, offers a fascinating window into the rich cultural tapestry of Southeast Asia. This article delves into the intricacies of the Zomi language, its speakers, and their way of life, providing an…

[sayruq]

World Central Kitchen announced that it will resume operations in Gaza on Monday, almost one month after seven of its aid workers were killed in an Israeli airstrike in the enclave. The U.S.-based nonprofit group, founded by celebrity chef José Andrés, suspended operations in Gaza for four weeks after the workers were killed on April 1, according to a statement. The organization identified the aid workers as Saifeddin Issam Ayad Abutaha, a 25-year-old Palestinian; Lalzawmi (Zomi) Frankcom, a 43-year-old Australian; Damian Soból, a 35-year-old from Poland; Jacob Flickinger, a 33-year-old dual citizen of the U.S. and Canada; Security team members John Chapman, 57, James (Jim) Henderson, 33, and James Kirby, 47, all from the United Kingdom, were also killed in the attack.

Before halting operations, the organization had distributed more than 43 million meals in Gaza “and accounted for 62% of all international NGO aid,” WCK said in a statement. “The humanitarian situation in Gaza remains dire,” said Erin Gore, the nonprofit’s chief executive officer. “We are restarting our operation with the same energy, dignity, and focus on feeding as many people as possible.” WCK has 276 trucks carrying almost 8 million meals that are ready to cross into Gaza via Rafah, and will send trucks into the enclave via Jordan too, it said in a statement. The organization is also continuing to explore delivering food with the help of Open Arms, a Spanish humanitarian organization, and the United Arab Emirates.

[captain-price-unofficially]

Rebel from the People's Defense Force Zoland, part of the Zomi Federal Union, and a member of the Chin Brotherhood Alliance. Myanmar, 2024

[mirkobloom77]

‼️🇵🇸🍳 WCK opens fourth large-scale kitchen in Gaza, named in honor of Zomi, a team member murdered in Israeli air strike in April 2024

[Plain text: WCK opens fourth large-scale kitchen in Gaza, named in honor of Zomi, a team member murdered in Israeli air strike in April 2024]

🔸 Source: WCK

🔹 Video description below cut, but i couldn’t understand some things he says (english isn’t my first language, tho it might not be english?). I’d appreciate a little help.

[Video description: a man inside a car speaking to the camera. Behind him are around 6 people, all wearing WCK clothing. He says

“Hallo, (???)! Now, (???) in Gaza. We’ll go to Khan Younis! The (???) Zumi kitchen, now the dream Zumi will become true. Yeah!”

The man and some people behind cheer, lifting their thumbs and waving at the screen. End video description.]

[coraniaid]

In a better world -- a world where Riot Games were happy to spend millions more dollars on a third season of Arcane, and also to spend some of that money on hiring more talented writers -- Season 2 would actually properly commit to Caitlyn's descent into evil. (Well, relative descent: she was already a cop after all.)

She shouldn't have just been a passive puppet or an innocent naif being led astray by the bad Noxians. She should have actively been involved in setting up all the detention camps and checkpoints in Zaun, and in crushing internal dissent from people loyal to the surviving Council members and empowering her own loyalists in Piltover. That's the direction she seemed to be heading in at the end of Act 1, and then she just ... didn't. She thought better of it when the cameras weren't on her, I guess. There's nothing wrong with having a timeskip between Act 1 and Act 2, but there is something wrong if all the interesting character development happens implicitly during this timeskip.

And equally we should have seen much more of Sevika trying to mold Jinx into a figurehead to rally Zaun behind. (More of Sevika generally, to be honest. Does she ever even learn that Jinx is the one who killed Silco?) We should have actually seen Vi struggling to cope in a world without the support of either Cait or her sister, instead of her just being passed from one to the other as the plot required. (The prison sex scene in Act 3 is fun, but the context and pacing around it is ridiculous. And I think that's just emblematic of Vi's arc all season: she's part of Cait's story, and part of Jinx's story, but the show doesn't do anything like enough to make those two versions of Vi consistent from one scene to the other.)

In this reimagined Season 2, Act 1 could have stayed mostly the same, but Act 2 should have lasted longer and gone further, replacing almost all of canon Act 3. I'd spend more time on Jinx's jailbreak sequence, cut the Singed/Warwick/Vander stuff until much later -- I think Jinx finding out more about Silco and Vander's past is fine, but I wish it didn't dominate her arc this season quite so much -- and have Vi and Jinx reunite at Viktor's camp later for some other reason. Maybe give Lest an expanded role as representative of some kind of underground opposition to Caitlyn's rule in Piltover in Mel's absence. And then, rather than Cait switching sides again the minute her ex calls her cupcake, why not have her react to finding out that Viktor is harboring Jinx -- the woman who killed her mother, remember? -- and ordering the camp stormed to capture her? She's a military dictator: we can surely at least let her be responsible for some dead children.

Then, with the penultimate episode showing things at their bleakest, with Vi and Cait and Jinx all at violent cross-purposes, with Viktor possibly dead and Jayce and Ekko and Heimerdinger all still unaccounted for, we can have the last episode be ... more or less the exact canon episode 7 we got. That episode was the best of the season, and would have been a great place for a season-ending cliffhanger too (with Ekko not knowing how bleak the world he was fighting to return to had become).

All the other stuff the season was trying to cram in -- Vi and Jinx learning their father was (sort of) still alive and reuniting again; Singed suddenly having a role in the story beyond 'hangs around with Silco looking sinister sometimes'; Mel being abducted and (somehow) learning magic; the (presumbly much more interesting to people who actually care about LoL lore) stuff about the Black Rose; Ambessa launching a coup of her own and trying to take over Piltover by force; whatever was going on with Viktor's visions of Skye and his grand plan to 'evolve' humanity into an army of mindless zomies --could have happened in a putative Season 3.

A Season 3 which I wouldn't have watched, because all that stuff is pretty silly.

[nozomi-kaizoku]

Hi!!!

Welcome to my Offical Tumblr!

This is where I will be posting all of my vent content (Mainly stuff regarding BPD and my thoughts on online drama), it's kind of like making a public diary lmao

I also reblog other people's vents that I relate to, so if you see me reblog your vent post, that's why :3 (if you need me to take it down, please let me know, and I will)

My spam account: @nozomi-spam

My posts on this account will contain or mention the following:

Suicide and suicidal ideation

Self harm

Any relevant drama that goes viral (ex: the YandereDev situation)

Negative perceptions of my relationships and myself

Sex, sexual topics and self sexualization

Ableism (including internalized ableism and stigma against my disorder)

Psych wards

Invalidation

Hopelessness for the future

The hardships that come with BPD (such as mood swings and dissociation)

Anxiety

Mentions of some problematic behavior I did back in 2021 (do not ask me about it btw, I'm not comfortable with going into detail and I might not remember everything)

Wanting to be in a relationship with older men (mainly with men in their 30's)

Attention-seeking behavior

Incel/Femcel stuff (I DO NOT ASSOCIATE WITH GENUINELY BAD PEOPLE)

Other things that might be potential triggering

If you are not comfortable with any of the above in any way, please DNI and do not come onto my page (see boundaries for other DNI criteria). I do not want my content to cause harm in any way.

Thank you.

Name: Nozomi Kaizoku, but I'm cool with Nozomi, Zomie/Zomi (doesn't matter the spelling), or just Luca(s) or Pheonix

I'm 17 (My birthday is 01/14)

Pronouns: He/she/they

Disabilities and mental conditions: autism (professionally diagnosed), ADHD (professionally diagnosed),BPD (professionally diagnosed, provisional)

Sexuality and Gender Identity: Pansexual, Aromantic, and Non-Binary (Masculine and androgynous terms for me are cool with me)

Always Welcome!! (unless you end up on the DNI list somehow)

Neurodivergent people of all kinds (especially autistic and ADHD folk)

Anyone of any mental illness

FNAF fans, canon and AU (especially Tony crynight fans)

Any race, gender, sexuality, religion, disability, etc. (this is a safe space)

Any fandom (outside of what is on the DNI)

Weird/cringe people of all kinds (furries, therians, alt fashion, etc.)

Problematic in recovery people (basically any content creators who are problematic and in the process of stopping their problematic behavior) (this s a pro-recovery page)

Just cool people in general!

Anyone 14 and over

Unless I made you an exception, DO NOT INTERACT (DNI) (you will be blocked)

anyone under 14 (I'd rather not expose anyone that's really young to any sort of content that's gonna mess them up for life. Trust me, I saw some shit I wasn't supposed to at a young age and it messed me up big time.)

Anyone who openly shares their political ideology (No hate against any of you, but I've seen way too many people get into fights over one's political viewpoint, and I'd rather not have that negativity on here. I'm considered a "leftist/democrat/liberal" incase anyone is curious, but I'm not gonna talk about it much on here)

Springtrap x Ballora shippers (most of y'all are toxic as fuck and I don't like it)

DNI (no exceptions) (you will be blocked)

Anyone who fits into these categories: Ableism (especially against neurodivergent people and anyone with "evil" mental illnesses, such as NPD or BPD), Racism, Sexism/misogyny, Homophobia/ transphobia, Antisemitism, Pro-genocide of any kind, Nazis and Neo-Nazis, pro-"life", or any sort of discrimination that I haven't listed here.

People who justify literal bullying as "criticism" (seriously, it never helps, there's a difference between actual criticism that can help someone and bullying)

Tony Crynight Anti's (this is a Tony Crynight fanpage, and as such, any hate against him will be deleted and blocked)

Personality disorder Abuse believers (eg: Narcissist abuse believers)

People who make mental illness look like a quirky trend (Eg: saying "bpd = beautiful princess disorder", "I'm so OCD" etc.) (mental illness isn't fun at all, coming from experience) (ONLY APPLIES TO NEUROTYPICALS, SOME PEOPLE WITH THE DISORDER USE THESE JOKES AS A COPING MECHANISM)

Fashion Jirais (due to harassment and spreading harmful misconceptions about mental health and the Jirai community)

Anti-recovery (especially when it comes down to mental illness)

Cancel culture participants (most of yall are anti-recovery and pro-bullying.)

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Feel free to reblog my posts if you find it relatable, but please be respectful about any criticism you have, otherwise you will be blocked.

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That's all folks! /ref

[dingdinghq]

14 strangers travel to the strange, isolated town of Evolution, unknowing that they will soon be dragged into a twisted game that only one of them may win...

I recently got into Fear and Hunger thanks to @aguahouse and this spiralled wildly out of control and so this has become a full-fledged au mainly created by yours truly.

The Termina Festival, in this case, is a death game puppeted by the Watchers in Evolution. Through weird ass resurrection magic, the contestants have 3 lives and once they lose their third life, they'll be sent back to the train, which they cannot leave until a winner is declared (permadeath isn't a thing largely because the Watchers love to feed on their grief and trauma). This AU is using the cast of Third Life specifically, although the others may make appearances/be referenced.

Other than that, this is going by a lot of the same rules of the F&H universe. There's still multiple different gods, the game mechanics are still preserved for the most part, it's just in a universe tailor-made for Life Series and MCYT.

Other things:

Moonscorching as a concept still exists here. Its called "voidscorching" and works generally the same. Characters' voidscorched forms will be at the bottom of their page, though I will list them in this post.

The Listeners, Speakers, and other deities are a thing, but they're... not exactly a huge deal here. It's similar to how the other old gods work in F&H.

The souls are still a thing! I gave each character a soul based on how they act and general interpretations of the souls; reminder that just because I give a character a soul doesn't mean they fit the same role or personality as the character(s) who had that soul in F&H.

Some of the darker F&H mechanics (i.e. the SA) aren't going to be in this. It just doesn't fit in this au. However, I respect the original games and what they do because they handle those topics with the seriousness they need. I wouldn't be making this au if I thought the games were genuinely an issue.

I won't be going into full detail with any descriptions, considering that it could be triggering. I'll tag any potential triggers under posts where they may appear (i.e limb loss, blood, body horror, etc).

Our Characters (this will be updated as character profiles are created):

Bdubs O'Hundred | Glare

BigB Statz | Defiance

Etho Slab | Charred fox

Impulse Esvee | Demon

Martyn Littlewood | Listener

Scar Goodtimes | Dealmaker

Grian Tiente | Watcher

Ren Dog | Red Winter King

Skizz Leman | Angel

Scott Major | Venus flytrap

Joel Beans | Wolf

Jimmy Solidar | Canary

Tango Tek | Raging fire

Cleo Zomi | Zombie

That's all for now! I'll try to start getting out character profiles soon! (They're not going to have art just yet; I'm still practicing drawing actual people in pixel art and don't want to deliver a disappointing result for this au that I really do love).

[ninkaku]

  ▍ CASE FILE . . . KURODA, NOZOMI ⤻ @avichor .

the cicadas sang deep into the sticky summer heat, grass beneath them cool and the bottle of whiskey they had managed to swipe passed between them as the tiny port - town descended into an eery quiet. since their arrival, such quiet had only served to suffocate them, that much dazai knew. the people too kind, too close and inquisitive. days spent at nozomi's side went either of two ways: an endless disaster of noise that of which only his performance of normality kept him upright with legs moving forward, an aid to ignore the shadow that lingered at his side and followed wherever he went — or this, an empty quiet pushing between them that not even the gentle sounds of their breathing could fill, words left unsaid between them that they dared not speak into existence, lies or truths that they couldn't afford to let the other hear.

even in spending the morning in a tangle of limbs, her hair in his mouth and his face pressed against the warm skin of her bare shoulder, neither of them had found what they were searching for to face the dawn of the new day. and so they had met it as ghosts, walking alongside each other under the sweltering heat of the sun as though only distantly real beyond the touch of their skin.

“ osappi. ” delicate tone of her voice breaking the silence between them, making them real again. amber gaze holding the horizon, dazai had let his eyes slide to her in dulled recognition and acknowledgment that she had spoken. “ can i hit you ? ” words followed by the immediate crease of his brow, blinking slowly before he looked back to the disappearing sun.

his reply came easily. “ you think it'll make you feel better. ” her silence had hung heavier that day, her breaths shallower and filled with an emotion he couldn't decipher, her steps sluggish despite their already lazy pace. whatever stirred within her, dazai could understand the need to justify it through pain, real and tangible with something to show for it. evidence of life. the thought took him back without warning, final words spoken on a dying breath stained with blood, you thought you would find a reason to live within violence and bloodshed, but nothing will ever fill that lonely hole within you. dazai could recite the words to her, the same mantra he told himself before sleep chose to claim him in the twilight hours, but it wouldn't serve the same purpose. “ it won't, one of us will just end up bleeding. ” the lift of his shoulder, but her question remained an echo to nag at his mind. some part of him found it pathetic, that something in her mirrored a part of him he had yet to acknowledge, that same recognisable need for raw, unchecked emotion that would go unpunished within themselves so long as it confirmed that they could feel, no matter the lengths they went to achieve the realisation.

though whatever hurt nozomi felt, whatever it was she needed to make it real, she had asked him for it, had the decency to do so where dazai had only ever known how to take. so then with the defeated click of his tongue dazai made to stand, pushing up from the grass and dusting his hands against his thighs. “ up. up. ” the jerky offer of his hand, for a moment his limbs stiffened before he decided she had taken too long to take it, instead leaning down to grasp her wrists and haul her to her feet before him, steadying her when they were face - to - face. making changes, helping people. “ zomi gets one shot at this ... ” a sigh falling from his breath, dropping one of her wrists but bringing her hand between them, manoeuvring her fingers into a well - formed fist, thumb on the outside to avoid breakage. a pat to it before he stepped back, shaking out the tension in his limbs. “ so she better make it count. ” then offering her the unblemished side of his face, the other bruised from the previous week's scuffle, arms falling to his side and body rid of its defences for his own unavoidable pain and her probable disappointment that her feelings remained unchanged — both things he would bare just this once. to do something for someone else, because they had asked. “ go for it. in the next five seconds, if you please. make it good. ”

[allthegeopolitics]

Australia has found an Israeli attack on a Gaza aid convoy in April was the result of “serious failures” but was not deliberate.

Six foreign aid workers and their Palestinian driver were killed in the air attack on the World Central Kitchen convoy. The dead included Australian Zomi Frankcom, as well as three Britons, a North American and a Pole. [...]

Continue Reading.

Tagging: @vague-humanoid

Note from the poster @el-shab-hussein: Australia participating in and covering up the genocide of an Indigenous people... who would have expected that.

[nando161mando]

Here is PM Albanese still sucking zionazi cock and conveys his fake 'anger and concern' to Netanyahu over strike that killed Australian aid worker, but also provides his apathy to the 30-50k in Palestine who have suffered genocide, total hypocrite!

[canticleofcanticlesforleibowitz]

Email from World Central Kitchen Today

Honoring our team members & calling for justice

Saif. Zomi. Damian. Jacob. John. Jim. James. The seven World Central Kitchen team members killed in the April 1, 2024 attack in Gaza existed at their very core to serve others. They were from different corners of the world, but they were all humanitarians. They were also sons, daughters, sisters, brothers, fathers, partners. We honor their contributions to the world they made brighter and to the mission of WCK to nourish people in their hardest moments.

Read José’s opinion piece in the New York Times

WCK coordinated everything correctly with the IDF in advance. Despite that, our convoy was hit as it was leaving the Deir al-Balah warehouse, where the team had unloaded hundreds of tons of humanitarian food aid brought to Gaza on our newly established maritime route from Cyprus. “This is not only an attack against WCK, this is an attack on humanitarian organizations showing up in the most dire of situations where food is being used as a weapon of war. This is unforgivable,” said Erin Gore, CEO of WCK.

Read the full statement from World Central Kitchen

The IDF has acknowledged its responsibility and its fatal errors in the deadly attack on our convoy in Gaza. It is also taking disciplinary action against some of those in command and committed to other reforms. These are important steps forward. But without systemic change, there will be more military failures and more grieving families. In addition to the tens of thousands of Palestinians killed, nearly 200 humanitarian workers have lost their lives during this conflict. That is why World Central Kitchen is demanding the creation of an independent commission to investigate the killings of our WCK colleagues.

Read WCK’s statement about the IDF preliminary investigation

Images from vigils held in Poland and Paris.

[pathos-logical]

[ID: Screenshots of graffiti from the video game Left 4 Dead. The walls read:

1.

We deserve this!!! Maybe you did. I didn't do anything

2.

We are the real monsters You are a real moron* No, that's the zombies Idiot I think it's them stupid I hope you are dead now Have you been (illegible) jackass!!

3.

God I hate zomies Really? Way to step away from the pack LOL what a moron I love zombies I want to take zombies out on a date Would someone please hide the pens?

4. "No zombie is safe from Chicago Ted"

5.

Do you think they poop? I saw one poop a foot! They don't eat people They eat feet They don't eat feet -- I am a doctor. End ID]

I think abt the left 4 dead 2 graffiti so often. Like they really had the human condition nailed huh.

[sjvllsblog]

Rebel of the Zoland People's Defense Force – of the Zomi Federal Union, and member of the Chin Brotherhood Alliance – in the Myanmar Civil War against the military junta.

[tinseltownevents]

IT'S THE APOCALPYSE IN EUREKA SPRINGS!

Post tweets, gif chat starters, open paras/f2f.

Please tag EVERYTHING ttownhw24.

Please @tinseltownevents​ for all gif chat starters and open paras/f2f.

Participation is NOT mandatory.

12 PM - 8 PM: ZOMBIE CRAWL; VENDORS, MUSIC, FOOD 6 PM - 8 PM: ZOMBIE CRAWL; PARADE 8 PM - 11 PM: ZOMIE CRAWL; AFTER PARTY.

The Zombie Crawl is an amazing Halloween themed experience for the entire family. Activities start at noon in Basin Park and end with an annual Zombie Parade down Spring Street.

A full day's worth of activities will be hosted, including spooky vendors, thriller dance classes, official merch, a scavenger hunt, music, makeup artists, and the BRAIN BUFFET!

T-shirts, hoodies, posters, and collectible enamel pins can be purchased (and picked up) from our Information Booth in the Basin Park.

WHAT IS A ZOMBIE CRAWL?

A zombie crawl (sometimes called a zombie walk, zombie parade, zombie shuffle, etc.) is a fun social experience in which a large group of people dresses up like zombies and "creep" from one part of a town to another. It can also include events throughout the day, such as vendors, make-up, music, food and other entertainment.

The Eureka Springs Zombie Crawl also includes events throughout the day, such as vendors, make-up, music, food and other entertainment. In addition to crawlers, the parade features street performers, scary parade floats, grim rides, and post-apocalyptic vehicles.

WHAT IS THE PARADE ROUTE?

The Eureka Springs Zombie Crawl starts at the Eureka Springs Carnegie Public Library (194 Spring Street) and crawls through Downtown Eureka Springs along Spring Street, passing in front of the Basin Park and ending on Main Street (HWY 23) by the Downtown Trolley Depot (60 S Main Street).

CAN I BE A ZOMBIE HUNTER INSTEAD?

Yes! We will need lots of zombie "hunters" as well. Zombie hunters walk the sidelines and bring up the rear of the crawl, and are expected to dress accordingly - gas masks, combat boots, army fatigues or SWAT tactical clothing are appropriate.

PLEASE NOTE THAT NO WEAPONS ARE ALLOWED.

THE BRAIN BUFFET

The Brain Buffet is a (gelatin) brain eating contest at the Basin Park on the day of the Zombie Crawl.

Whichever zombie finishes their brain first will be crowned the Brain Buffet Champion and receive the coveted Golden Brain trophy. All Brain Buffet participants will receive free Zombie Crawl swag.

[panicinthestudio]

José Andrés accuses Israel of deliberately targeting World Central Kitchen members, April 3, 2024

The bodies of foreign aid workers killed in an Israeli strike early Tuesday morning have left Gaza and are flying home. On Wednesday, World Central Kitchen founder José Andrés accused Israel of targeting his employees deliberately, an accusation Israel denies. Nick Schifrin reports. PBS NewsHour

Family and friends pay tribute to aid workers killed by Israeli strike in Gaza, April 3, 2024

Family and friends of two of the aid workers killed by an Israeli strike in Gaza have paid tribute to them. Israeli bombardment in the Gaza Strip killed seven staff members of the US-based food charity World Central Kitchen while they were returning from delivering aid to people in Gaza. Three British citizens were killed, along with a US-Canadian dual citizen, a Polish citizen, an Australian and a Palestinian. Jessica Olney paid tribute to her friend Zomi Frankcom. Adam McGuire and Amy Roxburgh-Barry spoke about their cousin, James Kirby. The Guardian