fix your hearts or die

Please have a moment of silence for the people who were killed instead of freed when news of emancipation finally reached the furthest corners of the american south.

have another moment for the ledgers, catalogs, and records that were burned and the homes that were destroyed to hide the presence of very much alive and still enslaved people on dozens of plantations and homesteads across the south for decades after emancipation.

and have a third moment for those who were hunted and killed while fleeing the south to find safety across the border, overseas, in the north and to the west.

black people. light a candle, write a note to those who have passed telling them what you have achieved in spite of the racist and intolerant conditions of this world, feel the warmth of the flame under your hand, say a prayer of rememberance if you are religious, place the note under the candle, and then blow it out.

if you have children, sit them down and tell them anything you know about the life of oldest black person you've ever met. it doesn't have to be your own family. tell them what you know about what life was like for us in the days, years, decades after emancipation. if you don't know much, look it up and learn about it together.

This is Juneteenth.

Episode Four of Our Wars Have Ended has arrived! As ever, really hope you enjoy it, and thank you so much for listening.

As Caul Serrikane is dragged forcibly through the Cyshanic justice system and out the other side, she encounters at least one possible ally - that is, if she can bring herself to trust anyone.

Transcript: https://www.ourwarshaveended.com/transcripts-episode-4

This episode contains scenes with buzzing flies, multiple examples of retching (minor), and an extended hanging sequence.

Cast list, in order of appearance:

The Nameless Historian: Bekithemba Mbondiya

Horse-Thief: Kit Paterson

Caul Serrikane: Laya Lewis

Caul's Lawyer: Ask Vestergaard

Justice Turgid Blamenose: B. Narr

Blamenose's Translator: Barry McStay

Gaoler: Alex Stanley-Bell

The Pest Knight: Freya Terpstra

Hangwoman: Bailey Pelletier

Earl Haa: Marlon Dance-Hooi

Countess Haa: Melissa Lusk

Careworn: Ask Vestergaard

Sister Bull: Méabh de Brún

End Music: The Road To Emmensar

Performed by Lin Schalken

Some questions for the resident humans.

Gender transition is broadly socially acceptable and medically supported in Jovia, though political attitudes on it vary. The common conservative attitude is that there are three genders: male, unisex, and female; and the only legitimate goal of gender transition is complete surgical sex reassignment. Working reproductive organs can be grown with an individual's DNA, and the most normative way to transition is "match" your sex organs with your chosen gender. Obviously it gets more complicated than that in practice, though, because not everyone is interested in "matching," nor can everyone who transitions take on the risk of major abdominal surgery. There is also an overall perception that the older you are when you decide to transition (or god forbid if you transition more than once) the more undignified it is, and the more inconvenient it is for the other people in your life. So Gillie had a very normative transgender experience for Jovian culture, except for her surgery aversion; while Mel had a very normative medical transition but had to deal with a lot more social friction.

Because of that L-bend it's more safe for Gillie to stick a swab in her ears than it is for you. She can't stab herself directly in the eardrum.

Idrisah has way more books than the average Jovian because she's a history nerd who is interested in stationary and manual writing, relatively niche hobbies.

we didn't even manage to raise the money for his immune globulin injection last week, and we are now, on top of that, about $1k in debt to the doctor for the iv fluids he had to take for that.

that has to be paid for in conjunction with his urgent digoxin injection, which he will die without, which means the minimum amount we have to raise by tuesday 4 pm gaza time is $2,129.

i am really not feeling optimistic, because we had to urgently evacuate the family last week from israel's active bombing and no one cared enough to contribute almost any donation at all, even as small as $5 - only a small handful of people chipped in.

if we don't get this money before the end of tuesday, ammar will need over $6k, as it will include an intensive injection on top of everything we already have to pay

and i know we're not going to get that, so really what will happen is he will die

i don't know what i can say to convince you to help keep him alive, but i beg you not to let israel successfully kill him

$0 / $3537

vetting

adopts for donating

pwyw commissions for donating

further offers for donating

$737 left

we have passed the deadline for when ammar was able to tolerate not having the immune globulin injection without requiring medical assistance.

as we have not been able to raise enough funds to pay back our debt for the iv fluids, the hospital is refusing to allow us to borrow any more medicine, so we need this injection as soon as possible. we are two hours after the deadline.

THE DOCTOR HAS SAID THAT HIS HEART WILL STOP WITHOUT IT

I AM BEGGING YOU TO HELP HIM