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All Star but it’s in a minor key so it makes you question life and realize the years start comin and they don’t stop comin

aka, the theme song to Shrek 9: Shrek’s Third Divorce

And, as a Jewish person, I know that 6 million very well could be murdered. This is not another Shoah, but it very well could become another. As a Jewish person, I feel we must say “never again.”

Never again.

“Never again” does not mean “this event was so uniquely horrible, it could never happen again.” It means “this event was horrible, but not unique. We have to make sure it never happens again.”

Never again.

The Uyghur death count isn’t 6 million, that is misinformation. But “never again” means we have to make sure it doesn’t become 6 million.

If you are not Jewish or Romani, do not draw comparisons to the Holocaust. All that provides is shock value and misinformation. What you can do is support Uyghur Muslims.

The link to the original post doesn’t work—here are other sources:

Source from The Silhouette

Source from Business Insider

Source from Middle East Forum

Source from India Blooms

Source #1 from Jewish News

Source #2 from Jewish News

Groups to donate to:

Charity Right’s Food for Uyghurs

Uyghur Human Rights Project

Petitions to sign:

Petition 1

Petition 2

If you have more relevant resources, please share them. Petitions are likely meaningless in contrast to the Chinese government.

What does it take to teach a bee to use tools? A little time, a good teacher and an enticing incentive. Read more here: http://to.pbs.org/2mpRUAz

And then I’m puzzled at all the Neil Why’s, and realise that this was me in the Wayback Long-ago.

At least I’m consistent.

فَيُضِلُّ اللَّهُ مَن يَشَاءُ

Allah sends astray whom He wills (14:4)

وَيَهْدِي مَن يَشَاءُ  

and guides whom He wills. (14:4)

يَغْفِرُ لِمَن يَشَاءُ

He forgives whom He wills,  (5:18)

وَيُعَذِّبُ مَن يَشَاءُ ۚ

and He punishes whom He wills (5:18)

أَن يَقُولَ لَهُ كُن فَيَكُونُ 

I am absolutely in love with this

You’re not very nice are you, cat? Just like me. Why do we change, I wonder? I was always so sweet… Books don’t even excite me like they used to. There’s always someone inside me saying: ‘Things aren’t that easy!’ I’m not very nice.

“Life is suffering. It is hard. The world is cursed. But still you find reasons to keep living.”