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this is the best album release of all time because where else are you going to get unironic takes like this and then even get a few hundred people to agree with it

began playing halo and cortana is probably my new best friend

guanlong takes a seat

Wizards (1977)

And so here is the result of the Winton Formation stream!

Home of Australovenator, a bunch of sauropods and lots of other critters. Preserved in this formation are the animal of a coastal river system.

Have some detail shots as well

Hi im here to show you a pheasant coucal

Thank you for looking

pochita best doggo

Finding something cool and thematically rich and wanting to see what other people think abt it and all I find is shipping

Why Marx’s opiate of the masses quote is so understood

Its important to think of the time period. Opium in Marx’s time was “oh you feeling sad? Take this happiness juice.”

So the opiate of the masses thing basically means “The world sucks and is hard to understand so people flock to religion for understanding”

i am.. still reeling from this experience :/

I have made a new UQuiz:

What your opinions on dinosaurs say about you.

Have fun (it's a long one)

I don't know if you realise the level of displacement that the people of Gaza are facing at the hands of Israel right now.

Take Rafah for example, which is in the most southern part of Gaza, it used to be one of the most densely populated areas with over 300,000 Palestinians living there before the start of the aggression. Now, following three months of forcible evacuation and terror by Israel (remember this map?), the number of people living in Rafah went from 300,000 to 1,300,000, some reporting that half of all of Gaza's population is now condensed in Rafah.

A reporter was describing how not even a single sidewalk is vacant. People are everywhere, yet there is practically no place to live. This of course comes with severe health risks with diseases spreading rapidly, as well as humanitarian risks with no adequate shelter, access to water (Gazans were saying water comes on once every ten days in Rafah), electricity, food or fuel.

But then again, those who are currently displaced have no way to know when or if they are ever going to go back to their homes as Israel destroyed about 70% of homes in Gaza. Additionally, and according to UN reports, due to the insane amount of destruction caused by Israeli bombardment in Gza, it is likely going to take between 7 and 10 years just to rebuild destroyed homes, let alone infrastructure.

Bisan showed yesterday how people have set up their tents in Rafah and it is honestly terrifying to see. All I could think of while watching her video is that the way older Palestinian women would describe their tents following the Nakba is the exact same way these displaced Palestinians are describing theirs 75 years later.

This displacement has obviously always been deliberate as Israeli officials openly declare, and it is also intended to be long term. Displacement doesn't only mean being forcibly removed from your house, but it also means being removed from your community and land and all the significance they hold. This fragmentation of identity is something Israel has been keen on since its inception as a colonial state built on ethnic cleansing.

Rafah has been under ruthless Israeli bombardment and especially last night. This is, of course, where Israel ordered Palestinians to move to and claimed it would be a "safe zone". There are absolutely no safe zones in Gaza. There are reports about Israel targeting tents where people have sought shelter. As a reminder, Rafah is now the most densely populated area in all of Gaza since it is in the southern most part so everyone has been pushed there throughout the past months. This intensified bombardment and its inevitable, horrific aftermath are yet another episode in the ongoing genocide Israel is committing and if you still "can't see it" then I hope your eyeballs fall out of your head soon.