Suzanne Collins really has the protocol down. On average twice a decade she writes a press release that's like "in one year there will be a new book and in two years there will be a movie based on said book. Here is the one philosopher I'll be referencing, and here is what upset me this time on the news enough to write another book. Enjoy!" and then she collects her millions, drops another banger, and doesn't go on twitter ever

I can't believe I need to explain this, but Suzanne Collins is the author of the celebrated "Hunger Games" series, who very famously refuses to comment publicly on any current events, and prefers to let her writing speak to her views. Susan Collins is a Republican senator from Maine who's been an outspoken supporter of Israel and its genocide in Palestine. They are two separate people.

no actually this one's a skill issue. I'm sorry to break it to you but we haven't all been there, this is your L to bear

Op ya realize dyslexia exists, you cant claim skill issue on that, also ppl wuth other readi g or visual imparements, im not sure if a screen reader would pronounce them differeny. That being said different ppl can have the same name so like...

Any news story about Susan Collins supporting Israel's genocide or calling the cops on people with chalk would've mentioned what she was famous for. It is safe to assume that if it doesn't mention The Hunger Games, it is a different person with a similar name. Also they put the news on TV these days. Remains a skill issue.

Today I explained why I can't really travel to Florida right now to my dad & watching him get increasingly frustrated with the realization that Transphobia Exists was honestly something else.

him: "well if you're not allowed to use the men's bathroom, just go to the women's! that'll show them."

me: "yeah but I'm just as likely to have the cops called on me for 'using the wrong bathroom' in there. have you seen me lately?"

him: "but if one of the options is wrong and not allowed then the other one has to be the right option. what do they want you to do?"

my grandma, helpfully: "I think they want trans people to not go to Florida"

my dad: spluttering frustratedly

me: "I think the thing is that you are more logical and reasonable than Ran DeSantis."

the face of a semi-reformed(?) conservative when realizing with dawning horror that laws can be unfair on purpose is truly special tbh

Good news everyone I have accidentally discovered the stupidest fucking conceivable way to make myself to do chores

It goes like this…..

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My car: *low gas light on*

Me: I mean, I COULD stop at the gas station on the way home… OR! I could just NOT do that and deal with it tomorrow

Me: but what if I get stuck in a time loop starting tomorrow and every day I wake up and my car is on empty that would be so annoying

Me: uggghhh FINE I will stop at the gas station.

****LATER THIS EVENING:****

My sink: *has all my bowls and tea mugs in it*

Me: okay I don't actually care about this problem for tonight I am not planning on eating soup or tea

Me: …yeah but if i do end up being stuck in a time loop starting tomorrow it is going to SUCK to have only dirty tea cups in the morning forever

Me: uuuuughhhh okay clean sink it is

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I hate this. My brain must have an extremely low opinion of me to even try it, and it worked.

But hey, I don't have to try to remember to leave 5 min early tomorrow for a gas run?

a gallon of milk but with this kind of cap:

The onion absolutely skewering AI tech bros.

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Please for the love of god you NEED to go out and vote democrat this year. Not third party. Not write-ins. Do not let Trump win again with your misguided and petty attempts at TikTok-speed revolution by abstaining.

INB4; I don’t like Biden either, but there IS such a thing as a lesser evil.

I’m not copying the text for this story because it is extremely triggering - only read it if you feel able to do so - but this is what months of not only rampant Jew hatred, but also widespread denial and mocking of rape and rape victims gets. this comes after the kidnapping and rape of a Jewish woman in France less than two months ago, that also made basically no noise outside of Jewish circles and Jewish-focused news outlets. now we’re talking about a 12 year old. I doubt this will garner any attention either, but this is what the silence of the world on how damaging and dangerous this is has done.

these boys, now rapists, didn’t only learn this from Hamas, they learned it from the response - from the people who roll their eyes when asked to believe victims, from the people who make cartoons of hostages depicted as pigs, from the people who post constant conspiracies and disinformation, from the people who say Jewish girls are too ugly to be raped, from the people who call atrocities “resistance.” this is that global intifada they’re asking for.

there are simply no words for my fury and pain anymore.

this will never get widespread coverage, except from Jews and Jewish outlets. no feminist activists will speak about this. no one out protesting, claiming to be for human rights, will condemn this. no one who’s been denying rape, denying that Jew hatred is even happening while they actively perpetuate it, will condemn this. what’s it going to take? what else has to happen? because this is escalating. is it going to take another mass murder at a synagogue or a JCC, or will that not even make a difference (because they’ll likely accuse the victims of (((zionism))) for existing while Jewish, not worth mourning)? this is a CHILD. there will be no outrage from goyim, who’ve made a conflict they know nothing about their entire personalities as they’ve harassed Jewish people for eight months straight, of how their violent rhetoric has fed this, but if they want to talk complicity, here it is. they’ve helped do this.

every time I think my heart cannot get more broken, there’s another reason.

it feels important to recognize that not only is the girl a child, but all three of the boys are children too. this is not adult men with fully developed frontal cortexes making horrific choices, these are young teens who have learned this behavior from the adult men around them. these are the people who will be running the world in the next couple of generations. this is teaching children that hatred of and violence against Jews is justified and acceptable, righteous even.

if that doesn’t absolutely terrify you, then I don’t know what to say to you.

this is here bc i thought it was a shitpost before i realized tumblr was telling me “hey, you follow the sustainability tag, how’s this?”

I believe one of the most telling signs of how bad blatant antisemitism has gotten, is that diaspora Jews are terrified for Israeli Jews, while Israeli Jews are terrified for diaspora Jews.

Here's the latest example of why I, as an Israeli Jew, in the middle of a multi-front war, am terrified for my siblings abroad...

Two vids that I combined into one, because Tumblr's a dick to posts with multiple ones:

What makes this of particular concern is the fact that this is a man who's supposed to be combating antisemitism, but instead he's perpetuating it, while actively denying Jews some of the few tools that are meant to protect marginalized communities...

IDK if it's of any comfort, but diaspora Jews, you are NOT alone. We see you, we hear what you're going through, we care. We wish we could do more for you, but you are NEVER alone. <3

Sending you all the love from Israel, be strong! xoxox

(for all of my updates and ask replies regarding Israel, click here)

Juneteenth is about Black people who were officially technically supposed to be freed from enslavement. Nobody else. Nothing else. It's not a POC day. It's not a "freedom for all" day. It's Black folk, Black culture, Black emancipation, SPECIFICALLY. Any other observation for Juneteenth is gentrification.

Your Juneteenth reminder that just because they made it a "national holiday," it's still not. It's for the celebration of Black Americans being freed from slavery, finally.

It's from Texas. We been welcoming other descendants of the enslaved. But we close the gate and draw the line with "everybody."

One of my favorite things with TMA fanart is when people draw Elias with eye paraphernalia or motifs because it makes pre entity discovery tma so much funnier

police to formally adopt ED-209.

No....this is good maybe....the number of hilarious and sometimes even fatal mishaps befalling these cops could fucking SOAR

What I love about this is seeing that he's clearly a hockey skater. Now, I don't know shit about fuck when it comes to cold slippy antics, but what I notice is different between hockey skaters and nearly all other skaters is that hockey skaters essentially run on the ice. Any other skater is trying to glide, perform, or be otherwise smooth. Create a new type of mobility, but on ice. But hockey skaters? The floor is slippery but that's why they've got knives on their feet, so it's running time. Run run run run.

So this is like playing tag on ice, except the one guy you're trying to get is magically not on ice. And I think that's pretty neat.