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there are so many things on gods green earth that are not platonic but are also not romantic. the erotic, the familial, the unconditional, weird codependency, weird codependency (hatred edition), etc. let us all broaden our horizons
![[Headline] What were Israel’s main defence arguments?
Step Vaessen / Reporting from The Hague
Israel’s main defence was that its actions were self-defence against Hamas’s attack on October 7.
Unsurprisingly, we heard a very long argument about how atrocious these attacks were, they showed pictures of the hostages and they also mentioned that South Africa didn’t mention anything about this on the first day of the hearing on Thursday and that was misleading, a word that was mentioned many times.
In terms of the intent, which is a very important issue to prove that Israel indeed has the intent to commit genocide against the people of Gaza, the argument by Israel was that it was clearly not government policy, according to them, although South Africa mentioned a number of statements [by Israeli officials].
Israel also pointed out that it is a rules-based country with a legal system, so everything that goes wrong in Gaza, if crimes are committed, those will be dealt with in the national courts.
And finally the issue of jurisdiction; for a dispute to be here at the ICJ, one of the requirements is that the state that takes a case to this court should try to sort out this problem first; according to Israel, they didn’t manage to talk to South Africa before they brought this case to the court although they tried.](https://64.media.tumblr.com/1217016ffdfa50661d3eda2ed795e7e7/139925458b3a3c5a-f6/s500x750/58ddf55ed0a5df51ec1b580da4b5cd8c056d8e97.png)
![*Analysis
[Headline] Israel’s legal defence off to weak start: Analyst
Al Jazeera senior political analyst Marwan Bishara says Israel’s legal team has made a weak start in its case but made a few strong points near the end.
Bishara said the lawyers’ efforts to deflect blame for Israel’s attacks and ignore the context of Israel’s 75-year occupation of Palestine came across as “illogical”.
Their claims that Israel’s forces are trying to protect, rather than harm, civilians were also unconvincing, he said, given the death toll of the war: 23,708 Palestinians, including 9,600 children, since October 7.
However, Bishara said Israel’s lawyers did well to zero in on the jurisdiction of the ICJ – pointing out that the court must specifically prove Israel is guilty of genocidal intent, not any other violations.
“You can claim Israel has committed heinous crimes, but if they do not fall under the framework of genocide, the court has no jurisdiction,” Bishara said.](https://64.media.tumblr.com/d629c15ff519a97ee26a594a19e76997/139925458b3a3c5a-9e/s500x750/b32eb02aa563de72b70d2b0e9a04aa331d0dba0f.png)
![* Analysis
[Headline] Israel’s arguments may not hold up at the merits stage: University lecturer
Thomas MacManus, a senior lecturer in state crime at Queen Mary University of London, has spoken to Al Jazeera about Israel’s arguments and compared them to South Africa’s case on Thursday. Here are his main points:
*The statements outlined in the intent section of South Africa’s case clearly showed talks and rhetoric from government officials about “human animals” and about destroying Gaza. They were giving concrete examples of intent.
*Israel’s argument is that they are statements of anguish and maybe they don’t have any control over the military or are not part of the war cabinet.
*That’s not what we’re going to look for when we get to the merits stage of intent. We are going to look for the overall picture. Is the government creating an atmosphere where everyone understands that it’s government policy to destroy the Palestinians?](https://64.media.tumblr.com/9264b408fc05c80dc89ffe3afdfe206a/139925458b3a3c5a-9d/s500x750/9914c64e10e489d18ffa3c10b40ed46d602ea74d.png)
![* Analysis
[Headline] Israel lost ‘moral’ case, but made strong ‘procedural’ points
Al Jazeera’s senior political analyst Marwan Bishara says that throughout the hearing, Israel lost the moral, factual, historical and humanitarian argument because of the way the situation has unravelled in Gaza – with the sheer death and industrial killing there”.
He said the Israeli legal teams’ continuous efforts to blame Hamas for the suffering in Gaza – where at least 23,700 people have been killed – and to convince the court that Israel is trying to ameliorate the humanitarian situation there were unconvincing.
However, he said the Israeli team did make strong “jurisdictional and procedural arguments”.
They relate to whether South Africa has a legitimate “dispute” with Israel that warrants it taking Israel to the ICJ in the first place, the court’s limited jurisdiction, and the grounds for each of the “provisional measures” sought by South Africa to protect Palestinians from harm.
While Israel lost the “moral argument”, its team may have “made a dent” in South Africa’s case with its jurisdictional points, said Bishara.](https://64.media.tumblr.com/ba1cd2eb0761f0bd303f3e7edc06027f/139925458b3a3c5a-6e/s500x750/60f6142817d5f812f75ecef2692d9a4a739b0706.png)
![[Headline] ‘Self-defence is no answer to genocide’, says South Africa’s justice minister
South Africa’s Minister of Justice Ronald Lamola just spoke to members of press outside the ICJ.
Here are the main points from his interaction:
* Israel failed to disprove South Africa’s compelling case that was presented yesterday.
*Israel tells the court that these statements read out by senior Israeli political, military and civilian society leaders are simply rhetorical, and we shall not ascribe them any importance.
*There is no debate about what Prime Minister Netanyahu’s term “Amalek” means and how it is understood by soldiers fighting on the ground and by the Israelis.
* How can you ignore Netanyahu’s statement, the statement of the defence minister and the ground forces? That is a clear implementation of policy.
*Israel chose today to focus extensively on the events of October 7. South Africa has not ignored this event as Israel alleged because it has unequivocally condemned and continues to condemn October 7.
*Self-defence is no answer to genocide. Nothing can ever justify genocide](https://64.media.tumblr.com/0fc6c20079b5ccd5871a92188566e21e/139925458b3a3c5a-ba/s500x750/a8e3cf934dca8ade58edccfa5445748c0447b12f.png)
![* Analysis
[Headline] ‘Massive disconnect’ between Israel’s claims and reality
The ICJ is likely to see a “massive disconnect” between the picture Israel painted today of its humanitarian concern for Gaza and “the reality on the ground where UN agencies say people are starving, lacking water, and seeing attacks on hospitals, schools, and universities”, says Thomas MacManus, a senior lecturer in state crime at Queen Mary University of London.
“I think the court will find it very difficult to add these two things,” MacManus told Al Jazeera.
Countering the Israeli team’s case that Israeli decision-makers have not shown “genocidal intent” towards Palestinians, MacManus pointed to numerous statements by Israeli leaders, documented in South Africa’s submission to the court, that suggest otherwise.
“The court only needs to look at the statements in South Africa’s submission – with the ranking and authority of those making them – and ask whether they plausibly reach the level of intent required for genocide. I think the court will have to do that,” he said.](https://64.media.tumblr.com/425f118b8e4523249ca7041ca0092317/139925458b3a3c5a-6c/s500x750/8d26349b6595dcb410bc871063f7eeb0d1656e01.png)
from al jazeera's live reporting of the second day of the ICJ hearings, 12 Jan 2024
an expert analysis of my five day old chicks
did a bunch of oc drawing requests to practice my pixel art!! here's most of em :3
kohaku mimir........
i love my post apocalypse au so much u dont understand. i think about it every day. finally finished the art i was working on for a while :D (+ i did another format version to use as my phone lockscreen under the cut)
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A while back, an artist I follow did some value studies for the anime Trigun, and I thought that was a neat way to do value studies so I did my own for a series I like! I went with making value drawings of scenes from my current favorite, game Ensemble Stars lol. Some I took more creative liberties with than others. Still, it was a fun challenge!
Can me and the bois read yaoi on trains
Yes, you can read yaoi
So do people realize that we aren't building new train tracks when we expand the amteak network, I have multiple times seen people say that we shouldn't expand the network because it would destroy protected lands, which would be a fair criticism but Amtrak doesn't build new tracks, we use existing tracks. We are not destroying protected lands, we are using land that has already been clear for a century
She’s 6 years old, crowded around her mother with her three sisters. Their newest sibling has just been born and they’re all curious about the baby. What gender is it, one asks. What’s it’s name, says another. There’s a lot of chatter and her head is ringing as their mother finally speaks. It’s a boy, the first boy born to their family in several generations, and his existence must be kept a secret, she says, but we will name him Kohaku.
Kohaku Oukawa is born in a room full of life, with four older sisters taking turns holding him and letting him grab at their fingers, cooing over his features as their mother rests. The midwife is cleaning up from the afterbirth and the men are conversing in the corner, but for the second eldest daughter, she feels a special connection with the little boy in her arms. He has the same bright pink hair as her and she’d swear that they both had their mother’s eyes. She bounces him in her arms and for a moment, the entire world is just him in her arms.
The years go by and it's hard not to remark on the similarities between her and her brother. Kohaku is a spitting image of her to the point that it’s almost uncanny. As soon as Kohaku could walk, she had been told that she would begin training as his body double. It was obvious that despite being 6 years older than the toddler, they were remarkably similar in every way, down to the way they spoke and picked at their fingers. She was to be his protector, taking his place should the Suou family discover him.
By the time she was 14 and he was 8, the two of them had become practically inseparable. Despite his isolation, she would always find a way to sneak in toys and books for him and spend time playing with him. They trained together of course, she was often his sparring partner as well, but the moments where he’s alone in the room and she’s picked the lock again and they’re laughing at something stupid in a magazine were her favorite moments. It was important for him, too, to have some sort of connection to the outside world like that.
Despite the large age gap, the two almost always got along. She had more life experience and helped Kohaku with his homework and reading. He always had a listening ear to her problems, though he didn’t understand the plight of being a teenage girl, he could at least offer his presence. Both of them constantly fought with their parents about Kohaku’s isolation as well. She knew that it was for his safety, but he deserved to make some friends. She had even gone out of her way to disguise herself as him like she was taught and talk with the young head of the Suou family and see if he would be a suitable friend for the youngest Oukawa. Soon after, she began to stay in the room for Kohaku as he went out to play with the young Suou boy, talking about eating bugs like kids their age should be.
He tells her about his time with the young Suou when he comes back, talking about how stupid the other boy is, how arrogant, but always with an air of friendly teasing to his remarks. She thinks that it’s great how the two of them have gotten along so well and she’s already planning for when she can cover for him again the next week.
Despite being their youngest sibling, none of her other sisters spend nearly as much time with him as she does. They’d taken turns babysitting him when the family was out, especially before he could walk and eat solid foods, but as he grew older that time with him decreased. As she is his body double, she spends more time with him than just about anyone else, and her sisters have a lot to ask her about. How’s he doing, is he learning his kanji okay, how does he spend his free time locked up like that. She answers them as best as she can, but she knows some things are better left in the dark.
The one day they do all get to spend time with Kohaku is on his birthday. Those chilly February days are always filled with laughter and celebration as everyone catches up with each other and Kohaku gets to see more of his sisters. They always tease him and poke at him, but never too much, just enough to make him flustered. How were his studies going, they’d ask. Why you’re getting so big, the eldest exclaimed, picking him up and squeezing him. He would blush and stutter out a response, which only led to more teasing from the sisters.
The second eldest took part in this too, though to a lesser extent, as she got her fill during the rest of the year. She’d tease him about his clothes getting too small or being too big for him to fill out properly, how he still couldn’t quite beat her in a fight despite all of his blustering that he could. He was six years younger than her, it was to be expected that at least for a while he would be weaker than she was by default after all.
On his thirteenth birthday, when she was nineteen, he finally managed to flip her onto the ground. She told him it was only because he had taken her by surprise, but he held it over her head for the rest of the day and for once, the brunt of the teasing was on her. At the end of the party, she returned the favor and flipped Kohaku clean over her shoulder onto the floor and stuck her tongue out cheekily at him.
That year was also the year she snuck him his first electronic device. It wouldn’t be easy to hide a laptop at all, and a phone would be noticed if it was on their plan suddenly and without explanation, so she gave him a tablet instead. Big enough for him to type easily with his fingers and see text clearly, small enough to stuff under a pillow quickly if someone walked in on him with it out. She set up an email and some social media accounts under fake names and aliases for him, as well as some parental controls just to make sure he didn’t spend too much time on it and neglect his studies. Even he deserved to have some connection to the outside world besides through the young head of the Suou family.
After a few months she began to hear about a new friend he had met through Twitter, someone who went by the name of LoveSwan, or simply Love for short. Kohaku seemed completely enamored with his newfound friend and talked extensively about the other boy and how they just seemed to… click. She was just happy he was able to find someone else to talk to besides his family.
Kohaku was also quickly approaching her height, and might even grow to be taller than her, though there were still a few centimeters between them. It really was like looking into a mirror, looking at him. His youthfulness and his innocence (or what innocence he could have in a family like theirs) reflecting her own childhood that had, in a sense, been taken from her. She wasn’t jealous by any means of her brother, who had his own hardships, having been locked up for his entire adolescence, but she was almost jealous of how he hadn’t quite lost his childhood spark. He was beginning to go through his rebellious phase, especially as the young master of the Suou family had begun talking about joining a high school for idols next year.
He wanted to be free, to see the outside world and walk around without fear of the Suou family hurting him. She told him she would talk with their family, though it wasn’t guaranteed to happen right away, as he was still two years away from being high school aged and able to enroll in any sort of academy. She ruffled his hair and put him in a headlock, laughing as he tried to escape, one last little moment before she left.
It was almost a year before she saw Kohaku again. She had been sent out on a mission halfway across the country that took longer than expected, but it would be worth it if her parents held up their end of the bargain. She peeled her bloodstained gloves from her hands and tossed them in the fire. There would be no trace of her involvement if she could help it, but the deed had been done.
And she could finally see her brother again soon, hopefully with good news. She would never tell him what she had agreed to do in order to secure his freedom, but she would never regret it either.
When she returned she prostrated herself before her parents, asking that they uphold their end of the deal and allow Kohaku to be free when he turned 15. It would still be another year before he gained his freedom, but he would be able to enroll in a high school and follow in the young master Suou’s footsteps as an idol. He had his whole life ahead of him in the light and she wanted him to be able to embrace it however he saw fit.
As she sat, forehead on the ground before her parents, they commended her efforts in the last mission and agreed that Kohaku would be able to leave the confines of their home. While his existence was still messy and complicated, it would be more difficult for the Suou family to eliminate him if he had a life on the outside. She agreed, sitting upright and smiling wide, excited to tell her brother the good news. Just one more year in purgatory and he would finally be able to leave and begin his life.
For the next year, she began preparing Kohaku for his entry into the real world, bringing in more magazines and books and telling him about the different types of people that were out there and how to protect himself from bad actors. She was almost certainly being overbearing, but she wanted her brother to be as ready as possible for the real world, a place she had been free to roam since she was a child.
Kohaku was 15, ready to leave and she was 21 with tears in her eyes as they stood at the train station. The young master Suou had accompanied them and said he would make sure Kohaku would at least make it to the place he called Ensemble Square, and Kohaku agreed to be on his best behavior and not cause trouble. She gave him one last hug and ruffle of his hair before the two of them stepped on the train and pulled away from the station.
She kept an eye on the news about Ensemble Square and eventually saw that her brother had joined a unit called Crazy:B, although their reputation seemed to be low among the public given how they had relentlessly attacked other units. She sighed and wondered what exactly had happened in the few months since Kohaku had left home that had already gotten him in trouble like this, but even she couldn’t help but notice that most of the news coverage of Crazy:B focused on their leader, one Amagi Rinne. Though she didn’t know much about him, he seemed to be shielding the other members from the spotlight. What articles that did focus on the other members scarcely seemed to mention Kohaku at all, instead focusing on the one known as HiMERU who also seemed to take a slightly more active role in their activities.
It was only five months after their debut that Kohaku called her, asking if she’d be willing to help him out. He needed to visit the member of his other unit in another part of Japan, but the rules of the competition prevented him from traveling openly and he needed someone to step in. She agreed, of course, wanting to take this as an opportunity to make sure his unitmates in Crazy:B were treating him well. She would need to disguise herself as him for at least a few days and participate in idol activities with them, and while she hadn’t been trained to sing and dance, it wasn’t anything she couldn’t learn with a little bit of practice. He even told her that Rinne was on board with the whole thing and was excited to meet her.
When she landed at the airport, she was greeted by three men that had been vaguely described by Kohaku but matched the rough image she had of them from photos and videos of their performances. She was picked up in a bear hug by the one called Rinne, whom she threw to the ground in a show of strength. Rinne just laughed it off and commented on how she really was Kohaku’s sister. The other two men were much more respectful of her, greeting her with a wave and offering her some food after her flight. She smiled and accepted the snack.
The next few days, the three other members of Crazy:B had already made an impact on her. The way they talked about Kohaku told her that he trusted them with parts of himself that he often kept hidden from even some of their family members, and the four of them had shared many memories together. She was almost… jealous of the way that Kohaku had so easily made friends with these people and how they seemed ready to do anything for him, though they were easy to get along with and she had begun to tease them as well, she had to maintain her distance from them despite the nicknames and jokes.
Even when Kohaku had returned and she was ready to step back and return to her duties as a member of the Oukawa family, after the Sudden Death match, Kohaku and Crazy:B still offered to take her out for one last hurrah to celebrate their accomplishments. She tried to decline, but was quickly dragged along by Niki to the restaurant they had picked out. The five of them ate and laughed well into the night and by the end of it she didn’t want to leave even though she had to. The warmth that radiated from Crazy:B was something she didn’t want to let go of quite yet.
The four members of Crazy:B had tired themselves out when she finally slipped away, a sad smile on her face as she took one last look at the light of the restaurant. She would miss these men she had only known for a few days, but at least she knew her brother was in good hands, and that she could rest easier knowing he was safe with them.
People don't like to admit it bcs cringe or w/e but Homestuck really did revolutionize the webcomic as a storytelling medium and I am endlessly frustrated that before webcomic artists could really stretch our legs fucking webtoonz swooped in, set a new, more restrictive standard, and then monetized and monopolized the ever living fuck out of the concept of The Webcomic until it drove away anyone who couldn't be a professional quality manga artist for free, and now the only webcomics that actually feel like spiritual successors to Homestuck are so obscure they're basically cult classics that you have to beg people to read.
Like it's just so wild to be in high school and see Homestuck be like "we're using like fifteen different artistic mediums to tell this story bcs we can" and be really fucking inspired by that, only to grow up and see basically every webcomic ever have to conform to One Single Standard or fucking perish.
merry christmas
jesus was a palestinian jew
the birthplace of jesus, bethlehem, was raided today
bethlehem cancelled christmas celebrations this year for the first time
lebanon was also bombed today, and has been continuously bombed for the past 79 days
there were jews, muslims, and christians living together in peace in palestine before zionism
there are still christians and churches in palestine, including in gaza, and many churches in gaza have been bombed
many zionists are violent and discriminatory towards christians
about 10,000 children have been killed in gaza since october 7th
free palestine. ceasefire now
northern hemisphere babes we made it to the longest night of the year. we made it. for the next 6 months, every day will give us a little more daylight than the last. let's go. take my hand. climb out of the darkness with me
show us the baby photos
Adonis: ...
wordle and bts may seem like they have nothing in common but both have been cited by redditors as the reason why their elderly relative quit watching fox news and started acting normal again
"Matchless Under Moonlight, The Crimson Pomegranate" or how to make akatsuki pomegranate hibiscus tea ^-^
ingredience:
- 4 cups water
- 1/3 cup loose hibiscus tea
- 1 cup pomegranate nectar
- serve with ice, lemon and fresh rosemary
bring water to a boil and steep your loose tea in it for around 4 minutes. strain the tea. pour in pomegranate juice, remove from the stove and let it cool until, well, cooled (and remember, never put hot things right away in the fridge!! let it sit and reach room temperature first).
fill a glass (previously refrigerated) with ice, pour in your tea, add a lemon wedge and rosemary on top 👍
notes: it is also very nice when consumed hot (tho in that case use a cup/mug instead. glass does not do well with rapid changes in temperature. for that same reason really make sure to chill your tea before adding it to a glass full of ice, suddenly pouring in hot drink will make your glass explode everywhere)
Big news: Google has lost its first antitrust case. Via Matt Stoller:
So what happens now? In this case, the judge will come up with remedies next year. The order could be broad, and will likely loosen Google’s control over the mobile app ecosystem. Google has already announced that it will appeal, so the case isn’t over.
That said, Google is likely to be in trouble now, because it is facing multiple antitrust cases, and these kinds of decisions have a bandwagon effect. The precedent is set, in every case going forward the firm will now be seen as presumed guilty, since a jury found Google has violated antitrust laws. Judges are cautious, and are generally afraid of being the first to make a precedent-setting decision. Now they won’t have to. In fact, judges and juries will now have to find a reason to rule for Google. If, say, Judge Amit Mehta in D.C., facing a very similar fact-pattern, chooses to let Google off the hook, well, he’ll look pretty bad.
California High-speed Rail has been awarded 3 billion dollars by the federal government for the continuation of construction
adonis :))
YOU’VE UNLOCKED: (x1) Adonis Fact❗️
Adonis Fact #317:
he likes dinosaurs
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things that are angels: fungi. computer programming. bioluminescent creatures in the middle of the pacific ocean that have never been seen by people. a weird restaurant server late at night pouring coffee. overgrown things. androids and robots. etc
So I am going to give everyone a guide on how public transit gets built in America using the example of the 2 systems undergoing the largest expansions currently, Seattle, and LA.
How to build a Metro System in the US
Organize transit advocacy groups (your city is probably currently here)
Elect pro transit leaders to a city council
Make transit an issue by talking to people about it, speaking at local government hearings and in general showing how it is neede
Get the city government to begin a study on the Environmental impact of a metro system
During the study make your voice heard by planners
Have the City council vote to hold a transit levy ballot measure
Vote in favour of the ballot measure
Stay informed on the transit project to insure it stays as what was promised to voters
Wait for construction to finish
Ride the new metro system
I think kaoru and koga are wearing their summer camp shirts (idk the name but the one undead and ra*bits ! era event)
aww that’s cute! they’re still wearing their summer camp shirts from last year…
now the real question is why are they wearing rei/adonis' shirt 🤨
Hello UNDEAD. Thoughts on your climax event? Did you enjoy your AI clones?
Rei: ...Sometimes I can still hear their voice.
You're super cool, and you're from California too? Woah. Nice! I'm not in LA (well, unless you count Greater LA. Then I AM in LA) but it's still so nice to see someone else from the area also be an enstarrie! (Well, there's millions of people around here. So there's no way there isn't other enstarries, but you know what I mean, yeah?) Hope you have a wonderful night!!
i know what you mean 😭 there were at least 3 enstars cupsleeve events in LA/OC back in 2022: one for leo bday, one for niki bday, and one combined event for reikao bdays, so definitely lots of enstarries in socal! unfortunately, i have not met any of them...
anyway we are not alone. we will find our bretheren
Rating Light Rail Systems based off the order I remember them
LA Metro
MAX
Hudson-Bergen Line
DART
Twin Cities Metro
Cleveland RTA - Blue and Green Lines
The T - Green Line
METRORAIL
The Link
RTD
San Diego Trolley
Baltimore Light Rail
Austin Light Rail
Pheonix Light rail
VTA Light Rail
TRAX
Sacramento RT
The Tide
Metrolink
Buffalo Metro