Ultra Violet

I don't think that's the point barttttender was making but agreed that Kanye should be left out of everything he tries to talk about as his stance here is just awful and harmful.

Copied from ABC: "Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday that Israel would not agree to a cessation of hostilities with Hamas in the Gaza Strip and would press ahead with its plans to wipe out the group. Mr Netanyahu said all wars have unintended civilian casualties and Israel's assault on Gaza, which Hamas controls, was a battle between "civilisation and barbarism", calling on allies to back Israel." Jesus fucking christ. You can't just bomb the entirety of Gaza and be like "these 8000+ deaths are unintended". Also the language they are using is just disgusting.

Yeah this is really exposing a lot. I can only hope Lana is indeed feeling stupid, but to me it looks like she's just paying no attention since the letter. I hope pro-Palestine attention keeps increasing so it hits her when she notices again.

I can't find any graph to visualise the death toll that's been updated in the last 1-2 weeks. People are really not understanding the scale of this. I would really like to see one that has deaths, injuries + the 200 hostages. But in my search I did find this one covering 2008-2020. Sooo many more have died in the last 3 weeks than from the whole of 2008-2020. How can anyone see this and not recognise who the large LARGE majority of the victims are from this conflict.

Wtf stop it Russia

Exactly, they voted based on "what's in it for me?". I would feel so proud right now to be in a country that is calling out the genocide, like Brazil, Jordan and many others. None of this business bullshit.

"The Australian Government abstained for the simple reason that the resolution refused to acknowledge the culpability of Hamas for starting this crisis. It refused to state that Hamas carried out brutal and unprovoked attacks on Oct 7th". https://youtu.be/UFy24i2E2cc?si=bBAva7VLRYQLsIcy The last 5 Prime Ministers of Australia are also getting together to write a letter to support Israel's right to defend itself too. So, like Australia, other countries who abstained must believe that some kind of reaction is justified, and they are all ignoring who the real victims of these attacks are- innocent people, and mostly women, children. They are ignoring what Israel's attacks are really doing. They may as well just have voted no. I honestly think they saw abstaining from the vote as "the best PR measure".

Yes! Ultraviolence was released during winter in my part of the world, so that + the b&w imagery made many of the songs feel so wintery to me. Especially songs like FMWUTTT, Old Money, Black Beauty and Is This Happiness. But then most of the other songs make most sense in the summer. Cruel World is my go-to summer song because I love it so much it makes me forget how awfully hot it is.

It's so weird. Did they even read what they were voting on? Same to those who abstained to vote. It's so disappointing to want to stay "neutral" or "unsure" like fuck off and do something useful.

What do you think about Ukraine abstaining from this vote? I'm so confused. But of course good to see the majority asking for ceasefire and aid to Gaza.

Exactly what I thought. Thanks to the original post I went and liked all the free Palestine comments, and the ones trying to explain to her except the ones saying that they were cancelling or unfollowing Lana because I think that discourages her from learning and looking past her go-to news channel.

Oh interesting, as of today they are now allowing #palestine and #free palestine tags to appear as trending. Did tumblr staff educate themselves or did they just try to cover themselves after listening to the criticism they were receiving?

Pretty good album, but I don't find it as vibey as Flux or I Disagree. I know it will grow on me but there's been no instant hits for me, even from the singles. I hope Zag takes me by surprise.

And a comment under the video:

And the US is so effective at writing their narrative that people are in complete disbelief and even laugh at others calling this genocide. You can see that in the other thread....

Tumblr is suppressing the #palestine tag as highlighted/trending despite it having more posts than other trending tags. #palestine has even more than the #gaza tag. Wonder if other social media platforms are doing this.

" Palestinian death toll estimated at over 6,000 An estimated 6,546 Palestinians, including 2,704 children, have been killed and 17,439 wounded in Israeli strikes since October 7, the Hamas-run Gaza health ministry said. In the past 24 hours, an estimated 756 Palestinians including 344 children were killed in Israeli strikes, the ministry said. Israeli authorities report that 1,400 people have been killed and 5,431 injured, mostly from the October 7 attack by Hamas militants." -------- This is so scary. We are not built to understand deaths in these numbers, let alone in 24 hours.

This does nothing productive except serve as like-bait to those who think real-world discussions about people dying is childish. Like what are you even trying to add here?

I don't know why you say that when we're all actually discussing and sharing information here + not even fighting about it. It's like you meant to post this in the "Lana signs letter to Biden" thread which is already a dumpster fire. Im noticing a lot of people on this site wanting to shut down and belittle conversation that makes them uncomfortable to talk about, especially when they feel "above it".

Although the whole interview is important and very telling of how media is steering away from the Palestinian perspective (the perspective of the most opressed) what she says at 9:00 should say enough. How can people not understand this? But still, please everyone listen to the whole interview if you haven't. She goes into much more detail. Queen Rania is also such a good speaker. She pushes forward when the interviewer is trying to cut her off and bring it back to the biased questions she's meant to ask. You can't stop listening to her.

https://www.instagram.com/p/Cyw7KDaOBtR/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA== Sounds a lot like genocide to me (edit: apparently this post is not from a good person, but as far as I know, the quotes are true) As someone who doesn't know what to check, can you explain? I thought all the links in there said enough.

" 700 deaths estimated in 24 hours Gaza's health ministry spokesman Ashraf Al-Qidra said a total of 704 people were killed in the previous 24 hours alone, the highest 24-hour number of deaths reported in the two weeks of Israeli bombing. The ministry said at least 5,791 Palestinians had been killed by Israeli bombardments of the densely populated territory since October 7, including 2,360 children. In Israel, authorities report a death toll of 1,400, mostly from the October 7 attack by Hamas militants. .... Wide areas of highly urbanised Gaza have been demolished by Israeli bombs, forcing more than half of its 2.3 million people to seek shelter elsewhere in the territory. Residents said several people were killed or wounded when an Israeli missile hit a petrol station in Khan Younis, where people who fled the eastern side of the city were gathered to charge their devices and fill water canisters. "They bombed them in their sleep," said Abdallah Abu Al-Atta, who lives by the petrol station. ..... All hospitals say they are running out of fuel to power their electricity generators, leaving them increasingly unable to treat the injured and ill. Doctors have warned that critical pieces of equipment, like incubators for newborns, risk stopping. Doctors said patients arriving at hospitals were showing signs of disease caused by overcrowding and poor sanitation. More than 40 medical centres have halted operations, either because of a lack of fuel or damage from Israeli bombing, a health ministry spokesman said."

Just to clarify my own position, I only started to realise what was really going on about 4 days ago. I did not start with any particular opinion besides "war is bad and taking hostages is bad". I started to feel stupid for not understanding the context of what the news was reporting, and felt a bit cornered by people showing disbelief over people taking no stance when genocide is happening. So I decided to read for 1-2 hours, and sure enough I started to see what pro-Palestine movements are talking about and why this is so desperate. So for those not sure what is going on. PLEASE READ. Please start to notice what your news is reporting, the language they choose, if they report news from both sides, etc. And read past the news too.

No one else was gonna do it so. Here's what I read to understand what Palestinians are experiencing. https://docs.google.com/document/u/0/d/1u--MOgPuHav14hoqQbXH7LytpESUPwUMWRQ_v1kVwd8/mobilebasic#heading=h.wqzkq5qivrvt And this is copy-pasted straight from that link, but several days old already. Death Toll for scale: https://www.instagram.com/p/CyZOFjvOmmk/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA== 4 Wars Old - Fourteen Years of Childhood in Gaza https://visualizingpalestine.org/visuals/four-wars-old What Genocide looks like over 7 days: https://www.instagram.com/p/CyZGdaVLBIP/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA== An animated map of the loss of Palestinian land: https://remix.aljazeera.com/aje/PalestineRemix/maps_main.html 23 Palestinians for every 1 Israeli killed between 2008- 2021: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/5/18/mapping-israeli-occupation-gaza-palestine What does the blockade actually look like: https://www.instagram.com/p/CyNpw16sYhs/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA%3D%3D&img_index=6 50,000 pregnant women can’t access health services in Gaza: https://twitter.com/UNFPA/status/1712838361117794493 Clickable map of a list of town where Palestinians were forcibly removed, 1947-1949 (Nakba): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_towns_and_villages_depopulated_during_the_1947%E2%80%931949_Palestine_war And here are the main massacres that occurred, and the name of the towns: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/5/15/nakba-mapping-palestinian-villages-destroyed-by-israel-in-1948 The contamination of Gaza’s water: https://www.facebook.com/middleeastmonitor/photos/a.175445796925/10156833240971926/?type=3&ref=embed_post Unemployment rate and stops to exports strangling Gaza’s economy: https://m.facebook.com/Oxfam/photos/after-more-than-a-decade-of-illegal-blockade-of-gaza-its-once-thriving-economy-h/551093568601795/ Not an infographic, but a link to the UN saying that Gaza is unlivable - in 2018 - that was FIVE YEARS AGO. https://www.un.org/unispal/document/gaza-unliveable-un-special-rapporteur-for-the-situation-of-human-rights-in-the-opt-tells-third-committee-press-release-excerpts/ How a 15 year blockade affects food supplies: https://images.theconversation.com/files/487843/original/file-20221003-7185-zmf9k8.jpg?ixlib=rb-1.1.0&q=45&auto=format&w=1000&fit=clip

Smart people can still fall for propaganda, and miss extremely important details.