When you suddenly start seeing people claim that Keanu Reeves has problematic personal politics not on a standalone post where it could presumably get reblogged easier and raise more awareness, but only in replies to posts from people excited that he's gonna voice Shadow the Hedgehog in the third Sonic movie.

Forgive me for being skeptical of the validity of your claims as well as your motives for sharing them in the way you are.

So I finally decided to risk wading through the cesspool to see what the actual proof for the claim was and

there is an insane amount of antisemitism floating around right now.

i just want to say:

Read this & be mindful of those partaking in Ramadan. 

I would rather everyone read and shared this instead of “remember to tag your food/nsfw/etc!” post that’s going around every year. (None of these things actually break your fast and if you’re fasting and worried about seeing them, you shouldn’t be on tumblr).

Being considerate and kind goes a long way, so I’d appreciate if this post went around instead.

looking at (vetted) gofundmes for people trying to escape palestine and i don't know how many of you actually click on the gofundme links you reblog but i would like to point out, for what it's worth, just how amazing it is that so many have raised so much money. it may overall feel like a drop in the ocean but the fact that several gofundmes have raised tens of thousands of dollars is amazing. it is so expensive to leave gaza right now, and people still need money after they escape. but regardless of what propaganda the US, UK, canada, and other western nations are trying to pump out, people across the world are doing what they can to help these people survive. many of them are still very far from their goals (like this one and this one and this one) and some of them are very close to high goals (like this one), and some of them have reached almost double their original goal.

and that's not even addressing direct aid or organizations that take continuous donations for distribution of food, menstrual products, etc. the PCRF has raised $16,000,000 of their target goal of $20,000,000 to fund current aid and long-term relief efforts in gaza. ANERA's febuary 13th update discusses the material ways they helped palestinians today:

(ANERA donate link)

my point is, it often feels like the world is turning a blind eye to palestine. but i would like to point out that there is an important difference between "the world" and "western political leaders and media narratives". a breathtaking amount of real people, the people who make up the world, are trying to help. in the face of israel attempting to commit genocide, the world is saying No. These people deserve to live. and literally sending millions of dollars internationally, through the internet connection that israel has desperately been trying to destroy.

it may not feel like it matters in the grand scheme of things. but to the people who get fresh clothes, or a hot meal, or blankets, or the kids who get new toys, or to the people who are able to bring their families to safety, it matters to them. go make someone's day better. i've linked so many options with ways to do that.

cannot stress enough how insane it's making me that we're witnessing some of the best domestic policy in decades at the same time as the worst foreign policy atrocity since the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan

Honestly at this point I'm just waiting for "We deserve to suffer under bad domestic policy if we make others suffer bad foreign policy" to become a political stance people legitimately argue for this election season to justify not voting because of stuff like this.

(Note: That is a terrible argument to make, just in case it needs to be said)

Many thanks to my friend, the Rev. Ainsley Herrick, for creating this video of my revision of "O Come O Come Emmanuel" to center Palestine's plight.

For more on my revision, visit this webpage.

happy hanukkah to those celebrating but particularly to those struggling to celebrate bc of what is being done in their name. u don't have to answer for it but i know it can be hard to reconcile sadness and community, and u r not alone in this. in better times all our celebrations will be unmarred.

A poem that came to me after hearing that Christian leaders in the Holy Land have asked churches not to organize any "unnecessarily festive" activities, in solidarity with Gaza; as well as seeing the Nativity scene set among rubble in the Lutheran Church of Bethlehem this year.

Image descriptions are in the alt text; the full poem text as well as sources for the artworks are below the readmore.

Something interesting about Final Horizon

All of Sonic's friends nearly collapse upon interacting with the cyber-corruption once, even Knuckles. Really shows how much pain Sonic had to endure during Frontiers, and makes you wonder if he's used to smiling through intense pain.

Sonic whenever he's inflicted with the current corruption/infection/curse of the week:

HUGE WIN FOR THE FURRIES

It’s been done. And during our previous visit to Eldraine too, no less.

"I'm going to play Dark Urge, I'm going to play a Drow, I'm going to play a Half Elf Cleric of Selune-" No. I grow tired of filling Faerun with hotties and encouraging my party's fatherless behavior.

To remedy this I have made Your Dad, the ultimate 1:1 replica of the average New Jersey father to save the realm and put a stop to my party's sad, horny business.

And before you can even ask "oh what is the Guardian Your Mom or something" of fucking course she is you fool

Mario and Laurie Strode have had enough of all this hanky-panky going on in Baldur’s Gate.