Bunch Of Random Things

Mirabel:

rebecca hazelton is a published writer but can’t even manage to write convincing dialogue for a toddler

Kids are wild. My housemate’s 10-year-old nephew talks about politics with her, and it’s very impressive to hear his chirpy little voice going on about current events. “3-year-old” can mean anywhere from “just turned 3″ to “almost 4″, and for kids, that can encompass a lot of language development in between. Especially if you talk to them.

When I was three I supposedly told someone at church, “all the world is made of faith,” which sounds hella profound in that setting until you realize I was quoting Peter Pan by JM Barrie, “all the world is made of faith, and trust, and pixie dust.”

For instance, she constantly refers to herself as a ‘small business owner’ when playing cafe. We’ve no idea where she’s got that phrase from, probably the tv??, and when asked about it she says ‘I don’t want a boss. I want to be my own boss of my cafe ‘cause mummy’s boss makes her sad’

She talks about ‘remember stones’ and keeping them clean so that people ‘remember skeletons who have become stars in the sky’ which is how she verbalises wanting to clean headstones in the church yard of their cobwebs.

She also picks up complicated words at random. I tend to lower my vocab usage a little around her, so she doesn’t get confused, but if I’m talking to another adult, and she’s about, I don’t. This has led her to pick up words like ‘consolidation’, which had a memorable usage when she was two and she told her mum and I that we needed to consolidate our crisp packets i.e. put one inside the other to save space and my sister looked at me like ‘see this is what you do’. Or ‘obfuscate’, which she butchers the pronunciation of so much so that when she said ‘daddy is obfuscating the tv’ we thought she’d said a swear word until we sat down and tried to work out what she was saying. Then her dad blamed me for that one too.

One of my colleagues spotted a woman facing slightly away from a man who was talking to her, who was scary close. She looked uncomfortable and made eye contact. He noticed the guy was wearing a Broncos jacket and nonchalantly passed them both by and started the sports speak to the dude, like "aw bro did you see the defense last night? Hell of a time to he a Bronco fan, right?" And stood slightly behind the guy so he had to turn away from the woman. She said a cheeky "I'm not into sports, g'night!" comment and slipped away to the elevator. The dude looked super pissed but just stalked away to his car.

What was he supposed to do, admit to bad intentions?

not even (x)?

you're missing out on so much.

that must be great not having to deal with the bad ones.

did something happen to you?

can they fix it?

you’re both right :) a wagging tail means the cat is highly stimulated (think coiled spring, ready to go off). depending on the situation, this can be interpreted differently - just like people can smile nervously at job interviews vs. happily grin at friends.

in most cases, it’s safe to interpret overstimulation as ‘you’re doing something to amp up the cat & it wants you to stop’ (ex. unwanted petting). it should be seen as a warning; all that pent-up energy COULD be released as a swat or bite.

They keep demolishing homes in Silwan, and families are having to choose between demolishing their homes themselves or pay a fine to the Israeli government. Children are sleeping in their cars as their homes are demolished against their will.

Musa Hassouneh was shot and killed by a mob in Lydd. On the 13th, her father had to leave the city after the Israeli mayor threatened to kill him

IOF demolished the village of Khirbet Humsa for the sixth time in less than an year, throwing their belongings, including food packages, 7 miles away

The IOF also demolished another village in Humsa, the Jordan Valley. Here's a video of a child asking where the army is coming from

IOF pepper sprayed a one year old while confiscating a tractor in Um Al Jamal in the Jordan Valley. Here's a video of the child receiving care after the attack

Israel shut down the office of the Palestinian agricultural union in Ramallah

Settlers from a nearby settlement raided and threw stones at homes in Huwara, in the West Bank. IOF provided cover for the settlers to walk back to their settlement. In a separate episode, they injured a child who was herding their cattle.

IOF confiscated a health facility in Masafar Yatta, in the West Bank. Here's a video of them brutalizing an elder protesting the confiscation

Israel has demolished the home of a prisoner as punishment. On July 14, a group of Birzeit University students visited the family to show support and all 45 of them were arrested. The IOF had the audacity to tweet the youth they arrested were a part of a Hamas student cell in Ramallah

Even though they announced they would retreat the colonizer settlement in Beita, the IOF is still building a military base and a religious school there. Palestinians have been resisting everyday for months and have been brutally repressed

In June 9th, the IOF injured 411 people in Beita, including a child named Mohammad Hamayel who was shot with live bullets to his spleen and shrapnel to his waist.

These kind of bullets with explosive shrapnel are prohibited under international law, but have been used consistently against Beita residents. On top of that, they've been making access of ambulances and other medical services difficult to residents.

IOF shot a shepherd in Beita because he refused to follow orders. On another episode, 19 year old Hussam Asaira was killed trying to protect his village

The IOF has been consistently brutalizing Palestinians in Jerusalem. Here's a video of protesters being attacked in the Damascus Gate.

IOF keeps brutalizing residents in Sheikh Jarrah. Here's a video of an attack that ended up injuring Aref Hammad, an elder resident in risk of displacement

Yesterday (July 18th) settlers and IOF soldiers raided Al Aqsa mosque. They beat women, attacked worshippers and shot live bullets inside the mosque to make way for Israeli Jewish visitors

This thread talks about how settlers want to demolish Al Aqsa to build a biblical park, exactly like they're doing with Silwan

Here's a video of the attacks and this thread shows videos of IOF brutalizing women, including attacking and stealing a woman's prayer mat

They bolted the doors to the mosque to stop Palestinians from praying.

Don't look away from Palestine. Israel will keep on doing these crimes if they think they can get away with it. The best we can do is to clog zionist propaganda. Palestinians have been systemically silenced on social media and news outlets, and Muna El Kurd, one of the leaders of the Save Sheikh Jarrah movement, has already said that spreading the word is very important to fight zionism.