MANIFESTING THE DINBO BABY IN CANON

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The news and videos coming from Gaza today are so beyond horrifying and grim.

Israeli jets bombed thousands of civilians fleeing to South Gaza on a route they were told was safe.

Al-Buraq school, where thousands of displaced civilians took refuge was attacked and at least 20 have been killed.

Israeli forces open fired at Al-Quds hospital. One was killed and the majority of wounded were children.

Israeli tanks have multiple hospitals in Gaza surrounded, trapping all those taking refuge inside.

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“And never think that Allah is unaware of what the wrongdoers do” (14:42)

Keep the people of Palestine & all those who are oppressed in your Duaas 🇵🇸

Is there anything I can do to help Palestinians besides call my representatives and beg them to stop killing people?

This is a great question. There are a few things you can do—just off the top of my head:

BDS (Boycott, Divest, Sanction) https://bdsmovement.net/

Direct Action https://www.palestineaction.org/

Urge your University/School/Organization to put out a statement denouncing Israel

Organize a Protest/Participate in a local one

You might already be doing this but while calling your reps, tell them that as a voter, you're unwilling to support them in the upcoming election unless they urge the White House to take a stand against Israel and stop funding them

Share art/writing/films around Palestinian culture

If you're part of a union, ask them what they're doing to urge their industry leaders to take a stand against Israel + pressure the White House OR urge them to start a strike/walkout/etc if they're not doing anything already

Talk with your friends IRL about Palestine, whether in an activist capacity or watching a movie or literally anything

Reach out to a mosque to see if you can help them with anything

See if your city/state council has put out a statement in support of Gazans. If not, try to push them to do so.

Donate to Palestine Legal or Direct Action if you have some money to spare

KEEP TALKING ON SOCIAL MEDIA!!!!!!!! PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!

I know some of these don't feel like they have as big of an impact on helping Palestinians, but we do need to make an effort not to forget their humanity in the face of continued erasure and the media's sensationalist rhetoric.

Talking on social media and posting—while not seeming like a lot—does SO much. I know in USAmerica, it's like yelling into a void, but political analysts are saying that most of the "Global South" has completely lost any amount of goodwill it may have had the past few years. Hopefully, countries will start to put sanctions and embargoes en masse on the US and Israel soon.

Our goals here are BOTH short-term and long-term. We hope for the life and liberation of the Palestinian people, so anything that you can think of might help at some point in the future is encouraged to at least try.

If anyone else has any more ideas, feel free to reblog and add on. Thank you for asking, and here is to a liberated Palestine where Palestinians can live and thrive without fear.

Peeling back the anxious thoughts is the toughest part, but it helps so much, especially when you write them down! Some of my favorite techniques:

1. What is the worse case scenario, and could you live with it?

2. What would you tell a friend going through this?

3. Will you remember this is in 5 years, or will you overcome it like you did with your past challenges? 

I’ve been thinking about this little analogy for a bit, and it’s helped me reduce the weight a recent stressor has had on me. A manufacturing issue had been making me anxious this past few week, but when I stripped it down, it was just another blip that I’d deal with. I realized I had been adding all these layers of anxious thoughts onto something that I’d definitely overcome, even if the worst case happened. So I hope picturing your anxiety as an onion with a smaller, baby stressor inside can help you lighten the load of your anxieties!

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Adakah prinsip baik yang dulu kau yakini, namun makin bertambah umurmu kau mulai melupakannya?

Beberapa malam lalu, seorang guru membahas satu hal sederhana. Tapi bagiku ia bagai sambaran petir luarbiasa. Tausiyah itu berjudul: "Uluwwul Himmah", semangat yang tinggi.

"Kita tidak bangkit dan maju, karena himmah kita receh. Semangat kita redup", sebuah kalimat yang sebenarnya biasa, tapi ia menggugat kepala para manusia dewasa yang mulai menyerah pada mimpi-mimpinya.

Untuk bersemangat saja, banyak di antara kita yang mulai enggan.

Sihir rutinitas membuat kita mati rasa. Semangat besar yang dulu pernah berkobar bahkan kita senyumi sinis karena kita menganggapnya polos dan tak berguna. Beberapa di antara kita, sekadar semangat saja sudah tak punya. Apatah lagi untuk menyelesaikan impian dengan sempurna.

Dulu, kita yakin betul dengan mimpi. Dulu, kita antuasias untuk lakukan banyak hal dengan penuh energi.

Ya, aku tahu realitas membuat kita kaku. Kenyataan meremukkan ekspektasi. Komentar orang membuat kita enggan mencoba lagi. Tapi, apa cuma segitu kita pernah punya nyali?

Tausiyah malam itu, tentang "Uluwwul Himmah", tentang memiliki semangat nan tinggi untuk mewujudkan hal besar. Itu kan yang sering kita bahas ketika masih berseragam putih abu-abu? Ia hadir lagi menggedor pikiran dewasamu yang mulai menjalani hidup sekadarnya saja.

Pantas saja ada orang yang hidupnya hanya sampai usia dua puluh lima, tapi baru dikubur ketika umurnya tujuh puluh lima.

Mari merenung kembali atas perjalanan yang sudah lumayan jauh ini. Adakah ia telah menyerah; atau masih yakin dan punya kemauan mengubah keadaan?

Ranking of Kings punny names

Ok ok last post I’m making about Ranking of Kings.

I know lots of people picked up on Bosse and Hiling, but I just want y’all to know I see almost every single name as a pun:

Bojji. “bocchi” refers to someone who is alone

Kage. Literally means shadow

Bosse. Boss

Hiling. Healing

Daida. “dai” and “da” can both be written with the character for big. Possibly referencing he is son of Bosse, or the wishes for him to be king.

Miranjo. “Mira no jo”. Woman of the mirror

Bebin. “Hebi” means snake. And “He” with a tenten reads “Be”

Apeas. “Su-pi-a” (spear) backwards

Dorshe. “Shi-ru-do” (shield) backwards

Desuha & Despa. “Desu” is death. That’s all I got. “Ha” with a maru reads “Pa” so their names do look visually similar.

Ouken. “Ou” is king. “Ken” is sword.

Hokuro. Literally mole, like the one on his face.

Domas. Ok this one I was genuinely stumped but I’ve read someone interpreted it as “dumbass” and I love that.

Idk some of these might be a stretch? But I love overthinking pun names.

so, I have some ideas—