Apparently a Plant

yeah, we’ve noticed. it’s why Jews no longer feel safe in groups that are just about knitting or nail polish or biking or any fandoms. that’s what you’ve all done with this issue.

This is the pinned post on the JewishCrafts subreddit.

The one that ends, "You are a woman with a man inside watching a woman. You are your own voyeur."?

LEVEL 0: People exist

LEVEL 1: "Man" and "Woman" roles are constructed; posed as a strict binary with discrete and disparate traits and roles.

LEVEL 2: Man wields power; Woman relies on Man's approval. One role is perceived and valued as better, stronger, smarter. Requiring Man's approval, Woman cultivates inner "man" in order to see herself from Man's perspective as a tool to better anticipate Man's desires.

LEVEL 3: Man perceives Woman's "inner man"; Man perceives anticipatory and appealing behavior as deceptive and manipulative. The potential ability of Woman to manipulate and deceive Man places Women in a position of power above Man, which Man perceives as a threat. In response, Man cultivates "inner woman": a tool which he uses to perceive the "inner man" who Woman uses to predict and appeal to Man.

LEVEL 4: Man "sees" the caricature of "Man" further distorted by the caricature of his conceptualized "Woman" and feels threatened and inferior, but at the same time trapped by the binary which generates this power struggle. Inside of him is a deceptive and threatening "Woman" who he rejects; inside of HER is the Ultimate Man, who this image of Woman supposedly desires the approval of.

If Woman can predict Man, then Woman is an opponent who leverages power through engagement with Man. The only way for "Man" to escape the Threat that Woman poses is to cease engagement. He retains "victory" (escape from woman) by maintaining distance from Woman, and because explicitly admitting the possibility that Woman could ever hold power over Man is Losing, has no option but to tell himself that this is not Fear of Losing Control, but a natural consequence of Posessing Control.

Man rejects any but the most surface-level engagement with Woman, but because "Hiding From Woman" means "Woman Is Threat", and BELIEVING "Woman Is Threat" is unacceptable, Man attempts to cut Woman from the narrative.

LEVEL 5: Man, possessing the "inner woman"'s "inner man" but determined to escape the influence of "woman", mentally erases "Woman" but retains the caricature's caricature of "inner man", who is desirable to BE.

Man possesses exaggerated image of Man, who now exists solely as the Ultimate Desireable Form. In order to achieve this form, Man must constantly see through his eyes, but in order to remain safe in his position of power over Woman, he must erase any trace of evidence that he is DOING this for Woman.

Man must Be the Ultimate Man, because [redacted], who requires Man's Approval.

My theory is this:

If we construct an environment where the rules are

"There are two parties that cannot survive without assistance from the other"

"One party dominates the other"

"Control is domination", and

"To be dominated threatens your survival",

Well, who could they be attacking?????

Surely only 'zionists', right??????

I remember shortly after October 7, some fucking tankie claimed that Hamas changed their charter to say they wanted to murder all 'zionists' instead of all Jews because they didn't hate all Jews.

My reply was, 'They do not define 'zionist', so that means whoever they deem worth killing."

It always happens. It always fucking happens. No group determined to murder an entire collection of human beings ever fucking stops at that single group. They use that group to justify and legitimize their hatred and then, when they gain enough power to be seen as freedom fighters or fighting the oppressors or whatever other shit all the fucking tankies have and continue to parrot, they go after a larger group using the language that justified the first group.

Every fucking person who has ever justified Hamas is responsible for this. Every fucking one. But especially--ESPECIALLY--those who justified Hamas shooting Palestinians in the streets after the ceasefire because "Well, they don't have courthouses!"

But it is also racist to say something like "coloniser teams need African players to win!" Which is a sentiment I have seen regarding France and Belgium in particular. Yes, both teams have many Black players on them, yes this is due to colonisation and the often forced movement of people, plus the historical links between coloniser and colonised countries mean that citizens of the latter are more inclined to move to the former than a different country. If you were gonna move from say, Algeria to a European country, it's a smart move to go to France, where they speak the same language as you do.

That doesn't mean Black players on European teams aren't European! Many of them are the children of immigrants, and have lived their whole lives in the country they're representing. Kylian Mbappé is French. He has spoken about it before, saying (this is a direct quote about representing France internationally)

"It’s because I was born in France, I’m French. I did everything in France, I had French culture, with origins that are Cameroonian and Algerian. But I grew up with French culture. It comes from the heart.”

When you say something like colonising countries need African players to win matches, you are firstly perpetuating the idea that Black people cannot be European. This is ridiculously false.

Secondly, you are perpetuating the idea that Black bodies are somehow built for labour and athleticism in a way that white bodies aren't. This is a racist idea that comes from slavery, when Black people were enslaved and dehumanised, with white enslavers saying that they were uniquely suited to hard labour, bc Black people are stronger than white people and don't feel pain etc etc. The idea of European teams somehow "importing" African players for their teams is racist!

The Black players on European teams are European. They are immensely talented players, that have put in just as much, if not more work, than their White teammates. Many Black players already face horrific racism from fans, especially when teams lose, and we do not need to be racist in a "liberal" way!

Israel didn't even qualify for the world cup.

People refuse to believe that corruption can exist unless jews are involved.

Because at the end of the day the world cup was corrupt. Argentina were allowed to essentially change sport and play UFC on the pitch with little repercussion, and Messi tried to get a Spanish player red carded for tapping his mouth, under a new rule brought in after an Argentinian player made a racist comment in a non world cup game (that said player then tried to defend by saying he didn't make a racist comment, he made a homophobic one). You also had trump interfering with the red card suspension for a U.S. player. You also had visa issues with the Iranian team.

With the actual youth (18-20s), it skews worse.

The connection between football and domestic violence isn’t uncommon. A study shows that police receive increased calls reporting domestic violence every Sunday during football season [iii]. Researchers analyzed over 700 cities and counties using data from the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS) of police reports, revealing that these spikes are linked to teams losing a game [iii]. In fact, domestic violence incidents rise by about 10% on days when NFL games are played, usually occurring in family homes and most of the time affecting women [iii].  This shows that the outcomes of football games can have a real impact on people’s lives off the field. It’s important for fans, teams, and communities to recognize these patterns and work together to raise awareness and prevent domestic violence from happening, especially during football season.

"Six days after October 7th, a genocide studies professor declared Israel's response "textbook genocide" — before a single independent casualty count existed and week before an IDF soldier entered Gaza. A year later Amnesty admitted, on page 101 of its own report, that it was rejecting the ICJ's actual legal standard because that standard "would effectively preclude a finding of genocide." Internal staff at Amnesty revealed the report was called "the genocide report" before the research even began. None of this happened to Myanmar, Syria, or Sudan — all more brutal, all with clearer evidence of intent, all treated with years of caution before anyone reached for the word. Only Israel gets convicted first and investigated after.

I think one of the moments it was clearest to me is when I saw someone I used to go to school with post a paragraphs-long screed about how the Jews- I mean Israel- is doing a genocide and how EVIL it is how amazingly uniquely EVIL this is...

And all I could remember was how, in grade school. This guy told me that as a "good German" he would put me "in an oven with the rest of the Jewish pigs" because "it is what my grandfather would have wanted".

And I think that just about sums up how I view everyone gleefully declaring that now the Jews are the genociders.

I used to think it was that these people were using Jews as an outlet for their white guilt.

När jag startade en poll om att göra chokladbollar tillsammans med alla er, så visste jag redan på förhand två saker: Det skulle bli kaos, och oavsett detta, så skulle jag baka dem.

Eftersom detta är Tumblr, så anade jag också att eftersom det sista alternativet innehöll vanilj (en lycklig slump, de var i alfabetisk ordning), så skulle det bli väldigt mycket vaniljsocker i de här bollarna. Vad jag inte hade räknat med var de ofantliga mängderna kaffe. Eftersom jag inte dricker kaffe så brukar jag inte ens bry mig om att ha det i mina chokladbollar. Men det gjorde förstås bara utfallet intressantare: vad skulle det egentligen bli för konsistens på det här bakverket?

Så låt oss komma till sak! Här kommer receptet för Tumblrs egna chokladbollar, konverterat från AXA:s dito. Det är något avrundat för att gå att mäta upp enkelt, men om något verkar helfel så skyller jag på att jag inte haft en mattelektion på halva mitt liv.

Rör ihop 90 g rumsvarmt matfett och 1,5 msk strösocker.

2. Tillsätt 1 dl havregryn.

3. Tillsätt 5 msk kakao.

4. Tillsätt 1,25 dl vaniljsocker.

5. Tillsätt 1,4 dl kallt kaffe.

6. Arbeta ihop till en deg smet. Ställ in i kylskåp för att stelna något.

(Det här luktade gudomligt.)

7. Blanda separat 0,8 dl pärlsocker och 3 msk kokos för garneringen. (Du lär inte behöva så mycket men det är vad receptet säger.)

8. Forma små bollar av degen smeten och rulla i garneringen ...

8½. Omvärdera föregående steg.

9. Voilà!

Bon appétit!

Hur smakade de då? Tro't eller ej, de är helt ätbara! Aningen beska kanske, men vaniljsockret väger upp för både bristen på strösocker och för de stora mängderna kakao och kaffe. Jag kan tänka mig att det skulle vara gott med några kulor glass till men jag har ingen hemma för tillfället så det överlåter jag åt någon annan att prova.

Also the further you move toward the poles the more pronounced the difference between the length of day and night is. Worst part of a far-north (or south) heatwave is it doesn’t get dark long enough for meaningful cooling.

it's also a problem in modern urban spaces here. in eastern europe, big concrete apartment buildings built during communism are a common sight. great for affordable housing and the reason eastern europe has some of the highest home ownership rates in the world, but when it's 38 degrees out and you're walking on asphalt among literal giant slabs of concrete it's a nightmare.

he really likes to watch the printer print. It seems like he thinks there’s some kind of creature in there that I have the mysterious power to summon that he can then hunt for sport?

he sticks his entire arm inside the printer and breaks it if I don’t put some kind of physical burrier between him and the printer but like he purrs so loud when it starts printing and will beg harder for people to print things than he will for treats.

he just loves hunting the printer so much. he even tried to climb inside the place the paper comes out of the printer when he was a kitten.

No matter where he is in the apartment if the printer makes a noise he sprints full speed. He also knows which button to press to get the printer to print like the ink levels info and alignment sheet, so you have to make sure it’s off or locked up or he will print nonstop himself and then attack the printer and jam it.

is it inconvenient that my cat is obsessed with the printer? yes, but damn if it’s not also adorable.

Namaygoosisagagun First Nation/Collins has burned to the ground. The entire community is nothing but ashes after being quickly consumed by wildfires. They did not have any support from emergency services, and no one offered aid. The community saved themselves by escaping into boats because no one came.

Mishkeegogamang and Cat Lake have lost power. Families are ending up in shelters with nothing. Armstrong, Lac La Croix, Whitesand, Gull Bay, Lac des Mille Lacs are currently in the fires path and all members are being evacuated.

All this loss, all this devastation, and it was entirely preventable.

After steadily underfunding wildland firefighting and purposefully excluding Indigenous wildland firefighters and Indigenous wildfire organizations from wildfire operations, firefighter training, decisionmaking, and resource exchanges, in 2025, Doug Ford slashed the forest firefighting budget.

It's hard to ignore his decision to cut funding and leave us out of adequate fire training (even though we've lived with forest fires for thousands of years—far longer than settlers have been in Canada—and made sure fires like the ones we're all seeing today were prevented through kinisitotēn) when, despite making up less than 5% of the population, we account for 42% percent of all wildfire evacuations in Canada.

And when we are successfully evacuated, we face discrimination and racism—like Kashechewan—because it's always been easier to blame us than it is to blame the true culprit: denialism, corportate greed, and colonization.

The people of Collins and every other impacted community deserve better.

Right now, the AFN is currently accepting donations to help Collins First Nation. If you're able to, please consider donating.

ONWA (Ontario Native Women's Association) is another great place to donate to. They have outreach vans going to motels and inns and offering food, water, resources, and cultural support to those impacted by the wildfires.

Other places to consider donating to are Mikinakoos Emergency Fund, Red Cross, True North Aid, Indigenous Climate Action. You can also send donations directly to Whitesand First Nation via e-transfer ([email protected]) and they request that you add your full name in the e-transfer comment section to receive a tax receipt.

*Before sending money, verify that the appeal appears on an official First Nation, Tribal Council or registered charity channel.

If you can't offer financial support, please consider donating items of need. Moontime Connections is currently accepting drop-off donations. If you live in the Thunder Bay area, Namaygoosisagagun Health Office is also taking in donations! They can also bemailed to Superior Inn Hotel & Conference Centre at 555 West Arthur Street, Thunder Bay, ON, P7E 5P8.

items needed are: food, diapers, medical masks, men’s and women’s joggers (all sizes), children’s clothing (newborn to size 14), children’s shoes, summer clothing, men’s clothing, toiletries (lotion, Vaseline, toothpaste, toothbrushes, shampoo, conditioner, soap, deodorant, etc.), strollers, adult depends-all sizes, dog & cat food

Also consider Mikinakoos' as they're extending support beyond their traditional service areas due to the scale of this emergency!

Donations for Namaygoosisagagun First Nation:

Donations for Whitesand First Nation:

“I had time to run home and pack a bag and get to the beach where the boats were waiting,” said a member of Namaygoosisagagun First Nation (Collins). “We literally had minutes to get on the boats and flee before it took our town. “Once we left my house finally after packing what I could in a pack sack, the fire was right behind our place. We had to run to the beach and once we got there, it was only moments before the fire had jumped over the (train) track and was coming for us.”

it has since been confirmed that namaygoosisagagun first nation has completely burnt to the ground. if you would like to help the community navigate an ongoing crisis, i urge you to donate to the anishinabek nation 7th generation, a registered charity seeking to improve the lives of first nations people. donations are going directly to members of namaygoosisagagun first nation.