mara writes

we cry "the innocent women and children" to appeal to the masses, to try and force their sympathy, but the men and boys are innocent too.

I have seen sons crying out for their mothers, their fathers, their siblings. I have seen them break down at the loss of their families. I have seen them cling to their dead and grieve.

I have seen fathers cradle their dead children, seen them kiss their faces and hold their little hands. I have seen them faint with grief when asked to identify the dead. I have seen them carry their sons and daughters. I have seen them fasting to provide what little they can for their families.

I have seen men and boys digging through the rubble with just their bare hands, I have seen them comforting strangers, playing with children, rocking them, hushing them, even if the face of such imminent danger. I have seen them cry, seen them grieve, seen them break down into each other's arms, seen them be selfless, beyond selfless, becoming something I don't have a word for.

I have seen the men who are doctors refuse to leave their patients, even when they have no medicine or supplies to give them, even when they're threatened with bombings. I have seen fathers who have lost all their children pick orphans up into their arms and proclaim them their child so they are not alone. I have seen men and boys digging pets out of the rubble.

Hiding this information is a public safety issue; if no one knows the plane is there, it creates problems for the safety of that plane and the safety of other pilots flying nearby. If no one knows the plane is in the air, then some hobbyist doctor in his small aircraft could ram right into it and boom, you've got a midair collision raining aircraft parts down on a small town in 'flyover country.'

Funnily enough, the flights are also tracked publically FOR THE SAFETY OF THE PEOPLE ON THE PLANE. If there is an issue with the aircraft, local emergency responses need to be able to identify where the plane went down as quickly as possible in an attempt to save lives. Otherwise, you could end up in a situation like the infamous Malaysia Airlines Flight 370. Elimnating public tracking of her aircraft would probably put Taylor in a lot more harm than broadcasting what airports she flew into/out of ever could. Again, public safety issue.

The FAA was hardline on this during the 2008 financial crisis when lots of major bank executives tried to divert public opinion by scrubbing their flight records (for some reason people were upset that the banks who'd just gotten a bunch of taxpayer bailout money were taking lots of private flights!)

A few years back when Elon Musk claimed this exact same Florida student was posting his 'assasination coordinates' and tried to get legal recourse against him, his legal team quickly found out he had no standing to sue. All Musk could do was ban this kid from twitter.

Again, this information is tracked for public safety. It is legal and important that this tracking information is available. This doesn't stop being true just because the rich person complaining is someone you personally like.

If Taylor Swift was really worried about her safety, then she would do what a lot of other rich people have done these past few years and charter her private flights. That way she's not the owner of the aircraft and, while the plane is still visible, it's unknown who's on it. The CEO of Apple pulls this move, no reason Taylor couldn't do the same.

But she's not doing that. Because this isn't about her safety. This is a petty move because she's upset the whole 'private plane impact on climate change' discourse dinged her reputation a few years back.

It's no wonder so many people are profoundly lonely and disconnected from their communities when maintaining a social life in what little free time we have is incredibly difficult. If you have kids, a second job, a very long commute, or other responsibilities, it's nearly impossible.

A mother in Gaza washes her children for the last time in their destroyed home from the recent bombardment of Gaza in May.

https://twitter.com/zendaya_updated/status/1570447244696096772?s=21&t=uqnNWSnjnKnJv4MfeqiL8g

I'm so here for this

And shouldn't we be concerned about what Tom's views are since his brothers are firm royalists? Celebrities shouldn't be role models but isn't it up to us to not "stan" a celebrity who has questionable allegiances? Esp as black/brown people?

idk what anyone else is up to but i call everything out like i see it so my concious is clean 🤷‍♀️

there will be no "manifesting nikidaya content" or "claireniki content" for me i'm just gonna stay away from tom's family. if you think you need to unstan/unfollow someone because of their belief or because of the beliefs of those adjacent to them that's totally up to you but this is how i will be operating.

so #real

Hollywood needs to take note!

Idk I don’t want to make it a hypothetical scenario. But obviously the more you remove attributes that equate privilege, the less an actor could get away with anything.

In any case, I get her frustration, I do, but this situation is all being a bit too much for me. Idek what the truth is over what exactly happened, but either say something or don’t, be there and support your own work or don’t. This trying to do both… I don’t like that much 😬

We’re about to turn Tomdaya Tumblr into a Money Heist remake… RIGHT NOW!

oh my lord that is one of the biggest misconceptions about being critical of something. there is a difference between liking a tv show and enjoying it versus it being objectively 'good'. i need people to get that through their skulls.