Fuck It Friday ⏳

There were, by Jack’s rough estimation, over two dozen quotes by Shakespeare meant to wax poetic on the passage, importance, or general meaning of time. Over two dozen offerings by a literary genius that a layperson, like himself, could borrow should they find themselves trying to put into words that intangible hourglass that every living thing spent their entire existence slipping through.

Jack, of course, had read every single one of them more than once over the last few months, attempting to make sense of his current predicament.

It was, also by his estimation, the first time the Bard had ever failed him.

Horrible 😢

Three months later, officials with the Antiquities Authority continue to search for missing people in southern Israel. (Amit Segal)

Many Israelis were so badly mutilated and burned, that only trained archaeologists can now find them.

Okay, so, I generally tend to keep quiet about non-Fandom stuff on Tumblr, but this here is something that hits particularly "close to home", so I feel like I must expand on the post above.

As an archaeologist who is all too intimately acquainted with the aforementioned mission, I can tell you that what the IAA unit in question has been doing over the past three months is nothing short of Avodat Kodesh. This specialized group of about 20 archaeologists had to spend weeks sifting through ash, gunk, and other substances I better not list - at a great mental cost in most cases - all in order to aid the authorities in identifying those who have been temporarily declared as "missing" following the October 7th massacre. As of six days ago, the count of bits and pieces of human remains this unit has been able to find is 220. And no, we're not talking about 220 whole bodies. Let that sink in.

As I'm sure most of you know, not much is left of a person who's been incinirated by heat that reaches over 1000 degrees Celsius, but there are bits in the human body that do tend to be rather resilient. As archaeologists, we're trained to find miniature artifacts in piles of earth, silt, rocks, and so on and so forth, so having professionals like us sift through ash and gunk in order to find parts as small as scattered teeth that could aid in identifying yet another missing person makes a lot of sense.

Over the past three months, the unit's relentless efforts identified dozens of "missing" people (or, rather, the miniscule remains of), and thanks to this group of archaeologists, they could finally be brought to kvurat Yisrael.

This right here is Avodat Kodesh on steroids. Nothing less. Kol Hakavod, you Tsadikim.

Am Yisrael Chai.

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Avinu - Prayer for the State of Israel - The Maccabeats, @Six13Sings, and @YStudsACappella

When words fail, as they often have after the events of the past weeks, we turn to song and prayer. We come together to perform "Avinu SheBashamayim," the Prayer for the Welfare of the State of Israel. 

To answer Anon's question a little further- there are a lot more male reservists, yes, definitely. But if you look at the list of fallen "regular" army soldiers - and this time the list is painfully long - quite a few of them are young women 😔 The last ten years or so saw quite an increase in female recruitment for combat and combat-adjacent posts, and this shift is the reason we see so many 18-20 y/o fallen young women all of a sudden....

Sorry to suddenly butt into your discussion with such morbid data, but I hope it provided some additional information 🙏🏻

”Men think about the Roman Empire” “What’s the female version of the Roman Empire” SHUT UPPPPP. SHUT THE FUCK UPPPPPP. AS A WOMAN I LOVE THE ROMAN EMPIRE. AS A WOMAN I LOVE ANCIENT HISTORY AND BATTLES AND POLITICAL INSTABILITY. THE “GIRL VERSION OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE” IS THE ROMAN EMPIRE. IM GOING TO STAB YOU 23 TIMES

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GOOD OMENS | 2.02 THE CLUE

Parallel Lines

When they were children, Masamune and Shigezane had often slept peacefully beside each other at Yonezawa, hand in tiny hand, no matter how bitterly they had fought that day.

Kojuro had remembered this fondly, on days when the young men quarreled, and he remembers it now, his mouth tasting of bile, as he pulls them both from the ruins of the castle, their bodies as quiet and close as if they were still young boys dreaming.

My new mission in life is to impart this wisdom to as many people as possible

IT'S ALSO USEFUL IF YOU HAVE TMJ DISORDER

in both cases: always start on the lowest setting and wrapped in something soft!! if it hurts, stop!!

But, re: sinuses: look up a diagram of where they are, and when a spot feels particularly good or is particularly congested, hold it there longer. Definitely keep tissues handy for when it drains. Also it can help if your sinuses hurt like fuck but aren't actually congested (which happened when I had covid), but the effect doesn't last long.

Re: TMJ disorder: You can just push it against the joint, obviously; if your vibe has a small contact point you can REALLY dig in there (but again: stop if it hurts). But don't forget the whole area around the joint, around your ears, and up your scalp. There's a lot of muscles that tighten when your jaw is tight/stiff/in pain. Be especially careful when on a spot that's just skin over a bone without a lot of padding.

vibrators can also help if you have restless legs syndrome! Especially ones with fancy pulse patterns. When my RLS is severe I tuck them behind my knees or wherever & can finally lie still & sleep. You might need to wrap them in fabric to avoid skin irritation ymmv. There was even a paper published somewhere called "counter stimulatory devices for RLS" that was hilariously vague about saying the word "vibrator"

Once again adding also useful if you have dystonia or any kind of muscle spasticity. I have cervical dystonia (neck spasms) and dystonia in my left leg that's essentially like persistent Charley horse cramps from my neuromuscular issues and bought a Hitachi expressly for this purpose lol

A vibrator has been recommended to me to unblock clogged milk ducts for anyone that may apply to

I learned about the sinus thing and immediately bought a vibrator for that purpose. And yes, it DOES help with sinus headaches. 

I use mine to cum as well

Some Discworld fanarts. The Watch books have always been my favorite, followed by The Witches (including Tiffany).

if you rb pls tag where your from and which ones you did! i live in texas and we did fire, tornado, shooter, and nuclear (there is a nuclear power plant near where i grew up and the plan was to hide under our desks and clench)

“Cock-a-doodle-doo” in various languages spoken in Europe

by languages.eu

I have nothing to add to this I am genuinely speechless

Astronomy I-

Archaeology: it is mandatory, it is ritualic.

Fun fact about archeology!

if it's a rock and you lick it, your tongue got a little dirty.

If it's a bone, it sticks to your tongue.

Bones remember being inside a body where they could be wet all the time, and they want to return to that state.

Cheers science side of Tumblr. Never say that again though

Can confirm. The amount of stuff I've licked over the years is too damn high 🤣

Sunday in the Parked with St. George

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by aurora_australis

Three people, two cars, one stakeout, and a bet.

What could possibly go wrong?

Words: 2605, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

Series: Part 3 of The Second Time Round

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Happy birthday to my (writing) partner in (writing) crime, the brilliant and talented @arlome​! All good things to you in 2023 friend - you’re doing amazing! Please enjoy a little Jack & Rosie & Phryne on your special day. ❤️

@aurora-australis-tumbles I LOVE YOU!!!!

Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!!! This little gem made me insanely happy, and you're the best partner and friend a poor, suffering idiot such as yours truly could wish for!

And to the rest of you - go read this fast! Aurora is as brilliant as always!

@yokithewolfdog

So, taking Jewish texts out of context is kind of a sine qua non of Christian biblical translation and exegesis. The entire Christian NT is built on foundational mistranslations and the pulling of verses out of context from Jewish sources.

Even beyond that, though, is the removing of Christian NT-only stories from the context of their alleged historical time. The “cleansing of the Temple” story is one, very obvious, example. In Christianity the story has simple framing: Jews exchange money/sell animals in the Temple, Jesus figure does not care for this, Jesus goes bezerker in the Temple (possibly with malice aforethought, if one goes with the “handwove a whip for the occasion” version), and then Jesus chases the money exchangers/animal sellers/animals out of the Temple.

Straightforward, right? The Jesus figure, in Christianity, is rooting out corruption and greed in a sacred religious space. Danged greedy, corrupt Jews. (Yes, this story is the basis of all kinds of antisemitism.)

Here’s the thing. In context, it looks different, as anyone from the Jesus figure’s alleged lifetime would’ve known. Because money changing and animal sales were necessary services in Second Temple Judaism. It was a sacrifice-based religion, and Jews would return during major festivals from all over the empire to partake. And the animals they had to provide for sacrifice had to be flawless. So you’d bring your coins, exchange them for currency acceptable for religious purposes in Judea (ie not bearing the image of the emperor), buy your flawless sacrifice animal, and then walk into the next courtyard or so and sacrifice it.

Walking into the next courtyard was key, because all economic activity happened in the Court of the Gentiles, where no religious activity could occur.

So one day, during a major pilgrimage and sacrifice holiday, a random local rabble rouser, if for the sake of argument the NT is correct, made it impossible for Jews to fulfill their religious obligations by losing his shit over perfectly expected (and, in our texts, required) activity.

Paints a very different picture, doesn’t it? That’s why ripping it out of context is antisemitic, as without context it presents Jewish ritual itself as being impure, greedy, or corrupt. Just as one example.

Adding some archaeological insights to this very good post:

it's important to understand that while the four major NT gospels were written around 1-2 century CE (with Mark believed to be the earliest, written around 66-70 CE), they underwent very heavy modifications around the third-fourth century CE. A lot of anachronistic elements were added by the church, especially to Matthew and Luke. The famous Council of Nicaea (325 CE), happening around that time, was already a hotbed of antisemitism, so I'd say a correlation between this and a very distorted view of the Jewish reality in Second Temple period Jerusalem definitely exists. Early Christianity put a lot of emphasis on being the "New Israel" after the Temple was destroyed in 70 CE (as what was later described as a punishment from God for betraying/renouncing Jesus), and it's highly possible that this specific episode in the gospels was modified/written to fit that agenda.

And another archaeological point: all money exchange and cattle/dove selling would have been conducted within the walls of the Royal Basilica, located at the southern section of the Temple Mount temenos. As OP mentioned above, this occurrence would have been extremely natural and well within the boundaries of the Jewish way of worship of the period in question. And this is precisely why this account is so troubling. And to answer the question/comment mentioned in the comment section regarding gentiles and eunuchs wanting to worship at the Temple: the Temple consisted of three courts - roughly translated as the women's court (the outer court, only for women), the court of Israel (for men who were not of the priestly sect), and court of the priests. Beyond that was the Heichal and the Holy of Holies, open only to the High Priest and only once a year on Yom Kippur. All those were open only to Jews. No gentile was allowed to enter the Temple grounds beyond the border of the Royal Basilica (what is known as 'the court of the gentiles'), even if they desired to participate in the worship. So I would say that the pastor's reasoning was wrong and rather out of context (especially if you consider the entire story of Hannukah and what led it).

I hope people reblog to give us a wide sample size, also I hope people put in the tags explaining in greater detail, or mention any category I might not have thought of