Café con Leche

this post's hypothetical by itself is already ridiculous but the thing that gets me is how the wording implies two very funny things that become funnier in tandem

1. "Accidentally, the pitcher tosses a Christian baby" means this is a mistake on the pitcher's part. i imagine the pitcher is breastfeeding on the field and they pitch and they look down at their hands and they see the ball still in the glove and they go "fuck"

From the book Historia General del Arte Mexicano: Indumentaria Tradicional Indígena by Electra L. Mompradé & Tonatiúh Gutiérrez.

alice's disability advocacy naturally led her to palestine solidarity as the quote from the blog post announcing 'crips for esims' illustrates:

We also recognize that everyone in Gaza is now disabled due to the massive number of deaths, new disabilities, life-threatening illnesses and destruction of medical facilities going on. Such destruction also debilitates the land, water, and air, which will impact Palestinians and all surrounding life for generations to come. We owe our kin in Palestine to throw sand on the gears of genocide with our every breath. [source: the disability visibility project]

since december 2023, crips for esims for gaza has raised well over $3.1M and bought and maintained over 5,000 esims, undoubtedly saving lives.

in the past few days there has been intense winter flooding in gaza. donate to honor alice wong's memory–to keep people connected, to give disabled people the tools to advocate for themselves, to refuse to let palestine be silenced.

Uncredited Photographer German Anit-fscist Intellectuals Walter Benjamin and Bertolt Brecht Playing Chess While in Exile, Skovsbostrand, Denmark 1934

I am the neighbor. The one who turned him in. We don't want an agitator here in our building.

When we hung out the swastika, He didn't hang one out. When we asked him why he didn't, He asked us if we had any room in our little apartment Where we live with four children, for a flag pole. When we told him that we believed in the future, He laughed.

We didn't like that they beat him up In the stairwell. And tore up his jacket, too. They shouldn't have done that. None of us have a lot of jackets.

At least he is gone now, and the building is quiet. We have enough worries, so It's important to at least have peace and quiet.

Of course we see how some folks Look the other way, when they meet us. But those who took him away, say That we did the right thing.

-- Bertolt Brecht, "The Neighbor" 1934

Ich bin der Nachbar. Ich habe ihn angezeigt. Wir wollen in unserem Haus Keinen Hetzer haben.

Als wir die Hakenkreuzfahne heraushängten Hat er keine herausgehängt Als wir ihn dazu aufforderten Hat er uns gefragt, ob wir in unserer Stube In der wir mit vier Kindern wohnen Noch Platz haben für eine Fahnenstange. Als wir sagten, daß wir wieder an die Zukunft glaubten Hat er gelacht.

Daß sie ihn auf der Treppe geschlagen haben Hat uns nicht gefallen. Sie haben ihm den Kittel zerrissen. Das wäre nicht nötig gewesen. So viele Kittel Hat keiner von uns.

Aber jetzt ist er wenigstens weg und im Haus herrscht Ruhe. Wir haben genug Sorgen im Kopf, da Muß wenigstens Ruhe herrschen.

Wir sehen schon, einige Leute Schauen weg, wenn sie uns begegnen. Aber Die ihn abgeholt haben, sagen Daß wir uns richtig verhalten haben.

-- Bertolt Brecht, "Der Nachbar" 1934

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"...There is no document of civilization which is not at the same time a document of barbarism..." Walter Benjamin, "Theses on the Philosophy of History" from Thesis VII 1940

Ladies' Wool Knit Swim Suit (Massachusetts, 1930s), Augusta Auctions.