I was reminded on Twitter that this terrific resource exists, put together by Palestinians to answer common myths and Zionist talking points and to share the history of the Palestinian cause and the conflict in Palestine. If you have any misgivings I’m sure they’re addressed. decolonizepalestine.com

Americans gotta pretend Palestinian resistance to occupation is "unprovoked" and "illegal" or they start looking at Indigenous people here and getting real uncomfortable.

I take it back: there’s a consistency to being pro-Ukraine and anti-Palestinian. It’s called white supremacy

Recently finished my nearly 8 month long rockery project. These are all cold hardy succulents planted in southeast England. The bed is approx 35ft long x 4ft wide. 🌱

New favourite example of structural ambiguity

"Twitter users arriving at Bluesky", Théodore Géricault, 1819

Whether you’re a serious gamer or just looking for a break in the day, the Flash Games Software Library has options for any level of computer gaming! ▶️ archive.org/details/soft...

America, in a single paragraph: www.washingtonpost.com/archive/life...

My favourite mmo, Guild Wars 2, launched a new xpac, Secrets of the Obscure. An NPC you need to talk to is bugged, will only talk to 1 person, 1-min cooldown.

So what do players do? Crowd around & see who can hit F fastest?

No, they formed a queue, waited their turn. Love this community.

"When Swordshadow comes for you, may she leave you alive."
— Ash Legion Primus Badge

Fanart I did of Malice Swordshadow from the MMORPG Guild Wars 2
[ #Art Fanart GW2 headshot charr ]

It's quite a rich historical coincidence that Georgia took away the Governor's power to pardon because of the corrupt actions of a Klan-linked governor who was caught selling pardons in the late 1930s. https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/e-d-rivers-1895-1967/

Even after more than a decade of Uber, people don’t seem to get that the venture capitalists only subsidize the “disruptive” tech long enough to throw the displaced workers into permanent precarity, then they raise prices after destroying the overall market. Cab driver suicides are the strategy.

screaming into the void

tom petty: don't come around here no more

tom forgiving: hey no worries man

American narcissism, example no.98643: "Bombing Hiroshima and Nagasaki really was the least worst option you guys! Don't shoot the messenger, it's just the fAcTs. I should know. I'm the grand purveyor of Truth! And Justice! And Righteous Choices!"

I keep wanting to post here more but I don't have enough hot takes nobody asked for.

There's always at least a 30% chance of finding out that your favorite science fun fact is something first discovered by Dr. Otto Von Racism during an attempt to make children more flammable.

sad how video games always include historically inaccurate boob armor but never the historically accurate cock and balls armor

So clean, so new.