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“ كن جميلاً في كل شي ، صداقتك ، حبك ، اخلاقك ، حتى في البعد ”

Be beautiful in everything, your friendship, your love, your manners, even in parting

“To be so completely myself.”

Video credit: Excerpt from “The Sound of Soul: Nina Simone”

Alice Coltrane

GIANT ✨

Yup

Cops say that they live in constant fear of having to defend themselves and being wrongly seen as murderers.

If that were true, they'd be demanding that all of their interactions be filmed from multiple angles in order to make it very clear that using deadly force was the only reasonable option available.

Instead, they complain about being filmed.

Cops say that their job is very dangerous and that every interaction they have could be their last.

If that were true, they'd be grateful that people want to repeal laws against victimless actions, use social workers instead of police to deal with mental illness, and reduce crime by making sure everyone has what they need to survive.

Instead, they complain whenever those policy changes are proposed.

They're not trying to protect their safety. They're trying to protect their power.

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FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION.

mouth full of golds vol 1 & 2 by Lyle Lindgren

“There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed.”

- Ernest Hemingway

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You could tell Whitney and I were tight [...] We could trust each other with our secrets, our feelings, and who we were. We were friends. We were lovers. We were everything to each other. We weren’t falling in love. We just were. We had each other. We were one: that’s how it felt.

— Robyn Crawford, ‘A Song For You: My Life With Whitney Houston’

Make an honest attempt at everything you’re interested in. Never limit yourself.