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Got materials needed for a big house project delivered;
Two generations of dear friends came for the weekend;
My sweetie came home, saw my new haircut and my art project in progress, and gave me several compliments before I even got out of my chair to hug him hello.
đĽ Texas Governor signs law allowing fracking wastewater to be used to water crops.
That is utterly chopsicks up one's nostrils, underwear on one's head, insane.
â ď¸ AVOID TEXAS-GROWN PRODUCE.
My father-in-law liked to garden. Squash, tomatoes, zucchini -- the New Jersey summer standards.
One year, he got a packet of watermelon seeds. They were long and thin, with a little bit of fluff on one end.
"Those are marigold seeds," my sweetie told him.
"It said 'watermelon' on the packet. They're watermelon seeds."
"Dad, you know what watermelon seeds look like. You've eaten watermelon. Watermelon seeds don't look like that."
"It says 'watermelon' on the envelope. Maybe they're some new variety."
He planted them, and later wondered why his watermelons never grew that year -- and why marigolds came up in his watermelon patch.
Padilla's assault & handcuffing is getting all the attention, but what Noem said is perhaps more terrifying.
"We are not going away. We are staying here to liberate the city from the socialists and the burdensome leadership that this governor and that this mayor have placed on this country and what they have tried to insert into the city."
Admitting they're not here for violent criminals, they're here to overthrow our elected officials
Kristi Noem, Director of Homeland Security and Barbie Makeovers has just announced that the the US intends to occupy California and force regime change of governor and mayor of LA.
This is blatantly illegal invasion.
#3GoodThings #ThreeGoodThings
Colleagues working on the same problem I am from different, complementary angles;
More leaves on a struggling tree in front of my home;
Phone calls from my sweetie when he's not home.
"Nae king! Nae quin! Nae laird! Nae master! We willna' be fooled again!"
Quoth the Nac Mac Feegle in The Wee Free Men by Terry Pratchett
So just a heads up for people who arenât queer, this Pride eve; Pride is around the corner and itâs probably going to feel a little different than usual.
⢠Expect it to feel angrier. We joke that July is Wrath month, but donât be surprised if people at Pride events are a bit more on edge, our signs punchier, and our jokes sharper.
⢠Allies: more than ever before, be aware that you are guests in a queer space. Many of us are going to need the space to feel safe and comfortable for us now, more than ever.
⢠We have a gay agenda (see the above quote), donât try to distract from it with platitudes. With trans people under an organized, legislative attack and nearly 60% of Republicans being against same-sex marriage, none of us are safe this year.
⢠Letâs not do the âPride events need to be family friendlyâ. They generally are, but our family is angry.
This is important. Queer folks, specifically trans and otherwise gender-non-conforming people are suffering a great deal under oppression and erasure.
It's vitally important that those of us who aren't Queer and aren't experiencing this specific trauma in our lives are made aware and can bring our voices into the choir of solidarity.
Relatedly, do you have any thoughts on how Jews, whether we are LGBTQ+ or Allies, can address the issue of our marginalization and exclusion from so many Queer spaces and events?
@serge
In terms of being Jewish in queer spaces, I think approach it just by taking up space. As an AMAB non-binary queer/bi/pan person, I'm already used to showing up to queer spaces and finding that I don't fit into any existing groups.
As far as Jew-specific issues, I think the best step to take is to push back on the narrative that Zionism and Judaism are inherently linked. And I think that's good advice regardless of a Jew's stance on Israel.
I think it creates a dangerous narrative that overly simplifies a very complex history and subject. I see it advised on both sides of the aisle, too. Zionists will try to put up a false unified front without room for discussion or dissent, inflating their numbers. Anti-Zionists will use it to steamroll over nuance and further tropes of split loyalty and Jews influencing foreign policy, conveniently forgetting that Christian Zionists far outnumber Jewish Zionists.
As a Zionist, I think that this narrative is actually critical.
A huge amount of the hate I get is "Zionism and Judaism aren't linked and therefore I can say anything I want about the the bloodthirsty child-killing Zionist bankers and their stranglehold over the government."
More than 80% of Jews are Zionist, and separating that furthers the "Good Jew, Bad Jew" trope and then that allows other actions such as loyalty pledges. I know, I've seen it. I've experienced it.
I've heard from so many non and anti-Zionists that they don't feel there's a space for them in Jewish spaces. This is an example of why Jewish solidarity is so important, and Zionism must be taken off the table as a means of discriminating against Jews.
@serge
As a non-Zionist Jew, it's specifically that conflation of Judaism and Zionism that has pushed me out of Jewish spaces and lost friends to them shifting drastically to the political Right. I agree that we need Jewish solidarity, but declaring that that solidarity comes as the cost of unifying behind one particular political position isn't solidarity. It's erasure of Jewish diversity, and basically creating a loyalty pledge. When I said that both Zionists and anti-Zionists abuse the idea of an inherent Jewish/Zionism connection, this is what I mean.
Also, the 80% is a Pew stat, and it's reportage of Jews that say caring about Israel is important or essential, which isn't necessarily Zionist. Pew has a long history of asking poorly worded questions in their surveys regarding Judaism. This wording leaves room for those who are not Zionist but still concerned over Israel's actions to answer affirmative, which is then being interpreted as Zionism.
As an ally, I'll just stay out of your way, this season.
@trickstertao
Really appreciate & echo your helpful warning!
As an ally, having clear directivesâŚ
Knowing where & how you want usâŚ
To reinforce the call to arms(support).
Good intentions can wreck havoc in this moment!
Time to listenâŚ
Be present & standup to enablerâs.
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