warning for discord users

If you're on the app, immediately go to your dms and then "add friends". After the latest update they allow your contacts to find you and have that option turned on by default, so make sure it's unchecked!

This is very obviously not great for a multitude of reasons, but especially for people in vulnerable positions who do not want people in their contacts to see who they are on discord and/or know they have discord in the first place. I've also tried finding out if this is a thing on desktop but haven't been able to find any mention of it, so either it's not a "feature" (yet) or they've hidden it. Either way, stay safe, and turn off finding friends via contacts!

[ID: three screenshots from the discord app with circles around the buttons to press to get to this "feature". 1: the messages/DM button, 2: the "add friends button", 3: in the add friends page, the "allow contacts to add me" checkbox. /END ID]

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Her name is Hadiya Nassar. She was born in 1944. She was assassinated on December 6th, 2023.

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btw one of the reasons i and many others don’t entertain the “do you condemn hamas?” question (other than the way it decontextualizes oct 7) is not because we secretly revel in atrocities but because the underlying question is “do you condemn palestinians for engaging in armed resistance?” and the answer to that is a resounding no. i truly am not a Hamas Stan but if you believe that palestinians have the right to resist occupation, then you have to acknowledge that that right extends to all their factions. of course there are unacceptable forms of violence and those who use them should be held accountable but such instances do not delegitimize armed resistance in itself. and on that point, it should be abundantly clear by now that hamas are not a horde of madmen bent on beheading infidels, but are rational actors with rational objectives. if you’re unable to view them as such, you might benefit from reading their 2017 charter and understanding what their actual political positions are. spoilers they not in fact seeking to establish Islamic State In the Levant 2

"how did your great grandpa stepping on a landmine save america" spiritual successor

He just stares at me and breathes really hard when he’s hungry

[ID: an edited meme showing a Black man looking out across a street with text above them reading “I bring a sort of “just pirate it” Vibe to the conversation that my “which streaming service is that on” friends don’t really like”. /end ID.]

ppl complaining about wish not making loads of money/not one Disney movie this year making $1 billion and saying that BDS didn't say to boycott Disney as a whole but instead just unsubscribe from Disney plus and "they don't know what they want from us". what I want from Disney is FULL BLOWN COLLAPSE! I don't want anything original or sequels or experimental styles or remakes I want Disney GONE 🙏

i cannot think of a single video on the entire platform i would rather watch less.

what's the middle ground option here? they use he but not him???

very high concentration of good dialogue in this 30 sec clip

The zoo in my hometown posted this picture of one of their cheetah cubs and I'm obsessed

HIS NAME IS YAM ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDINF ME

[ID: 1. a picture of a juvenile cheeta sitting with a nearly polite posture. he is looking at the camera and the angle makes his eyes enormous. he has blood on his muzzle. /end

2. an illustration of a TBH creature with characteristic big dark eyes sitting in a puddle of blood. it has blood on its mouth and feet. /end ID]

bisan has just posted a video that israel has lit up the sky, signalling they will bomb tonight, and that she has nowhere to go. she is in khan yunis--the south, where she was told to go to.

you can hear planes overhead as she speaks.

she wants israel to finally admit the truth--they do not want palestinians to go to "safe" parts of gaza, they want people to leave entirely and recreate the 1948 nakba.

please spread the word, please keep bisan in your thoughts, and do not let this happen in silence.