i hope that the discussion about student protests does not get reduced to "privileged rich kids faffing around at an ivy league school." setting aside that tenuous claim, over the last week, protests have erupted over the entire country. a few days ago, riot police beat, pepper-sprayed, and arrested NYU faculty shielding students; protests started at the university of southern california when the admin cancelled the valedictorian's speech; encampments appeared at the university of southern carolina, UT dallas, the university of maryland, the university of new mexico, IUPUI, virginia tech, the university of virginia, the university of illinois, the university of north carolina — chapel hill, the university of pittsburgh, uc berkeley, the university of michigan — ann arbor, MIT, emerson, tufts, the university of rochester, rice, swarthmore, the new school, vanderbilt university, with students arrested; students protested or walked out at miami university, northwestern, temple, the 5 claremont colleges: pomona, pitzer, scripps, harvey mudd, and claremont mckenna, stanford, washington university in st louis, students were arrested at ohio state, students were confronted by riot police at cal poly humboldt, after which they occupied campus, students were arrested at the university of minnesota — twin cities, after which faculty walked out; and yes, there are protests at the other ivies, most notably yale, with students facing mass arests after encampments, but there is also an encampment at brown, protests appeared at cornell, princeton faculty issued a statement of solidarity while students are preparing an encampment, and harvard banned the undergraduate palestine solidarity committee. there are thousands of students who are protesting for palestine across the entire country, facing harassment, arrest, and suspension in return

as many have noted, this 11-hour-old post is an incomplete list. the situation on the ground continues to rapidly evolve: harvard set up an encampment despite the ban; UT austin students are getting brutally assaulted by the police, prompting faculty to declare the first university-wide strike

The Ionian Royal Family Tree,

@trhor @royaltysimblr @officalroyalsofpierreland @simming-in-the-rain @nexility-sims @empiredesimparte Written Tree Below Cut. Open the image in a new tab, it’s quite large!

Media In Reaction to, and Produced by, the Announcement of the Engagement of Queen Viviana of the Ionian Union and Imperial Prince Philippe of Francesim.

"Zita" Tiaras.

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#beautiful

My Fair Lady: Alexandrine 1820's Dress

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Why is the Sims community boycotting Curseforge?

I've seen a lot of posts going around calling on Simmers to stop using Curseforge, a modding platform that enables creators to monetize their downloads, with plenty of outrage directed toward modders and CC-makers who are still on the platform. But I've also seen a lot of people who are confused about why there are calls for a boycott.

Curseforge is owned by Overwolf, a company that is donating money to the IDF in support of its ongoing genocide against the Palestinian people.

In late October/early November, Overwolf posted a graphic on their social media asking followers to "defend our defenders" by contributing financially to a fundraising drive for the IDF. They were met with backlash and quickly took the graphic down, replacing it with one that used language about raising money for "those effected by the violence in Gaza" (my phrasing may be inexact) but the money is still going to the IDF and not to any agency actually supporting civilians or doing humanitarian work.

You can see the original graphic on this change.org petition, which provides some additional context.

If you are using Curseforge in any way -- by hosting your content there or downloading from it -- you are giving money to a company that is raising funds for an ongoing military campaign against a civilian population.

This is why people are calling for a boycott. If you are a modder or CC maker for the Sims, you should remove all of your content from the website and redirect people to other DL sources. If you are a consumer of mods and CC, you should stop clicking curseforge links and send (polite!) messages to modders and CC makers to urge them to pull their content from the site.

ETA: Here's another link with more images of the original Overwolf Tweet!

The Hadid sisters have to jump over hoops while speaking up about genocide, losing job opportunities and getting doxxed and harrased daily, and you have noah schnapp over here being absolutely vile with stickers saying, "zionism is sexy." Get fucked my dude

it is beyond disingenuous at this point to center the conversation about israel-palestine on hamas. it is unacceptable. it is actively harmful to the people of palestine who are fighting to survive an ongoing genocide. the state violence and ethnic cleansing inflicted on palestinians by the israeli military & by israeli settlers predates, by far, the existence of hamas. what the state of israel has done from its conception in 1948, the nakba, is beyond the scope of language. the catastrophe. 750000 palestinians displaced, dispossessed of their homes, stripped of their rights, subjected to every unimaginable type of violence, unlawfully detained, separated from their families, prohibited from leaving, prohibited from returning. held walking distance from the place they grew up, never able to go back. harassed by israeli soldiers and settlers. indiscriminately killed. incarcerated. unable to attain the same workers' rights. forced to endure the burning of their villages, of their olive trees, of their gardens, of their homes. and still they survive, they resist, they endure.

this conflict, this genocide, this occupation did not begin on october 7th, 2023. this conflict, this genocide, this occupation did not begin with hamas. the apartheid state of israel exists and has existed since 1948 through means of settler colonialism; it maintains its power through brutal state violence. it is delusional to believe that the inherent violence of a state conceived in settler colonialism will not beget more violence.

Guys, if you use CurseForge to either download or upload CC, I just wanted to let you know that they are helping the IDF, and basically funding a genocide against the Palestinian people.

there’s something very dystopian like at the fact that we’re all supposed to continue on with our lives, go to work/school, carry on with our daily routines like we’re not witnessing three countries (sudan, congo & palestine) go through a genocide and mass ethnic cleansing right now all through our mobile phones & the internet

The Next Generation,

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Mary-Elizabeth of Teck, Theodora of Teck, Victoria of Corrilea, Empress of [REDACTED], Phillip of Teck, James of Corrilea, Josephine of Bauden, Queen of Corrilea, Wilhelm of Bauden,Timothy, Baron Davis, Panthia of Yorkon, Queen of [REDACTED], Lilliana of Yorkton

CC by @warwickroyals @lucky-content @batsfromwesteros @glitterberrysims @royaltysimblr @sentate @simsregalia

Poses by @thedevilliers @funkyllama

sunderland's queens + almost queens

† indicates royal consorts whose husbands died before they could succeed to the throne.

I promise I'm not ignoring my ask box, I just don't have the mental fortitude to answer them atm

Horrid Screams of Hell

Ah, yeah. New OC.

My friends made a new dark fantasy universe and said "Yo, Pyrka, make your own oc and kingdom". OKAY THEN.

Kingdom of Seers. Ophelia is the blood seer — an extremely rare seer who can see visions when blood is running from their wound. Deeper wound — deeper, clearer and longer vision. Because of her rare occurrence her mentor made her a some kind of attraction at the parties, balls, banquets, etc. Aaaaaaand. That's it.

Enjoy :>

----------------------------- CC Used in render: hair: @shimydim crown: @royaltysimblr dress: @sifix necklace and earrings: @elfdor blood tears: @natalia-auditore nails: LVNDRCC on TSR rings: @simpliciaty-cc

Nizam of Hyderabad Necklace

The gorgeous diamond statement necklace worn by Kate Middleton with the Lovers knot tiara

If you want recolour, go ahead (if you share it please don't include mesh)

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