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Birds of the Self-Same Feather - Chapter 1 - LegendTrainer - Transformers Generation One [Archive of Our Own]
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
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Here it is! My @tf-bigbang 2023 fic, coming in at 69,409 words (and yes, I considered adding 11 more), it’s a Skystar, and Skyfire/Command Trine University/Royalty!AU. My first large fic in two years, I hope everyone enjoys it!

I especially hope everyone enjoys the lovely art from the wonderful Avigdor (@cumjunxendura) which features in chapter 4! He was also kind enough to let me use his OCs, both of whom make a brief cameo later in the fic.

Thank you to @alruin for their beta, @insecuriosity for her discussion and lemon assistance, and @iri-soaring for her early discussion. Additional thanks to the members of the TFBB2023 discord server, who were absolute delights to talk to.

I hope you all enjoy! ^^

Nov 2, 2023
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hussyknee:

Tweet by eve6 @Eve6 The problem the israeli propaganda campaign is having is they kept repeating "unless you know the history you should sit this one out" expecting that would shame people into deference but a lot of people were like ok i'm gonna look into this 31 Oct 23 2.3M ViewsALT
Reply by Afroposadism Folks after learning the history [image of guy in army uniform yelling "tie me to a missile and fire it at Tel-Aviv. I am ready!"] Sheriff Sully @SheriffSully And lo and behold, after looking into it, it was SO MUCH worse.ALT
reply by lol, Imao @shambrookben Israel: unless you know the history you should sit this one out People looking up the history: oh... This is way worse....ALT
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Reply by @RickNothing A lot of people started following Palestinian and Arab related accounts too Reply by King of the Internets Encouraging people to learn the history seems ultimately detrimental to their cause, quite frankly. Reply by Codanon @CodySkinnerFan It's tough that when you look at the history it basically says that the king of England said it was ok to kill Palestinians to make room for Zionist settlers because it would be to uncomfortable to have a lot of Jews in Europe after WW2ALT
Reply by Nondescript Roman Statue [Screenshot of the Tumblr meme "Wait hold on gotta look something up...Ok yeah this is [inserted]ETHNIC CLEANSING"] Reply by Shawn Concord next thing you know, everyone is reading Pappe and Said and coming to the conclusion: "holy shit, we're witnessing an ethnic cleansing and world leaders don't want to stop it"ALT
Quote Tweet by Nonosbah (@NonosbahM) But this did work for a long time with a lot of ppl. What we're witnessing right now is culmination of years or organising from Palestinians and allies, as well as the impact of recent intensive education on anti-racism and colonialism and its legacies. 2 Nov 23ALT

The Big Damn List Of Stuff They Said You Didn’t Know

Thousands and thousands of years back in three minutes:

But closer to the issue…

The Story of Palestine, Part 2: The Nakba
Listen to this episode from Cocktails & Capitalism on Spotify. Continuing the story of Palestine, Leeh outlines the Great Arab Revolt and th
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Palestine and Israel: Mapping an annexation
What will the maps of Palestine and Israel look like if Israel illegally annexes the Jordan Valley on July 1?
Al Jazeera

Five free eBooks on the colonization and ethnic cleansing of Palestine

Solidarity with Palestine: Free Resources and Further Reading
Here we have collated our free ebooks, reading lists and ongoing publishing on the Verso Blog. These resources challenge much of the zionist
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Pluto Books Free Palestine Reading List 30-50% off

Free Palestine - A Reading List - Pluto Press
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LGBT Activist Scott Long’s Google Drive of Palestine Freedom Struggle Resources

(includes some of the reading material recced below)

Palestine - Israel - Google Drive
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The Cambridge UCU and Pal Society Resources List

CUCU PalSoc Teach Out Resources
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List of Academic and Literary Books Compiled by Dr. Kiran Grewal

Academic Books (many available in Goldsmiths library)

  • Rosemary Sayigh (2007) The Palestinians: From Peasants to Revolutionaries, Bloomsbury
  • Ilan Pappé (2002)(ed) The Israel/Palestine Question, Routledge
  • (2006) The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine, OneWorld Publications
  • (2011) The Forgotten Palestinians: A History of the Palestinians in Israel, Yale University Press
  • (2015) The Idea of Israel: A History of Power and Knowledge, Verso Books
  • (2017) The Biggest Prison on earth: A history of the Occupied territories, OneWorld Publications
  • (2022) A History of Modern Palestine, Cambridge University Press
  • Rashid Khalidi (2020) The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 1917-2017, MacMillan
  • Andrew Ross (2019) Stone Men: the Palestinians who Built Israel, Verso Books
  • Ariella Azoulay and Adi Ophir (2012) The One-State Condition: Occupation and Democracy in Israel/Palestine, Stanford University Press.
  • Ariella Azoulay (2011) From Palestine to Israel: A Photographic Record of Destruction and State Formation, 1947-1950, Pluto Press
  • Jeff Halper (2010) An Israeli in Palestine: Resisting Dispossession, Redeeming Israel, Pluto Press
  • (2015) War Against the People: Israel, the Palestinians and Global Pacification
  • (2021) Decolonizing Israel, Liberating Palestine: Zionism, Settler Colonialism, and the Case for One Democratic State, Pluto Press
  • Anthony Loewenstein (2023) The Palestine Laboratory: How Israel exports the Technology of Occupation around the World (CURRENTLY FREE TO DOWNLOAD ON VERSO)
  • Noura Erakat (2019) Justice for some: law and the question of Palestine, Stanford University Press
  • Neve Gordon (2008) Israel’s Occupation, University of California Press
  • Joseph Massad (2006) The persistence of the Palestinian question: essays on Zionism and the Palestinians, Routledge Edward Said (1979) The Question of Palestine, Random House

Memoirs, Novels & Poetry:

  • Voices from Gaza - Insaniyyat (The Society of Palestinian Anthropologists)
  • Letters From Gaza • Protean Magazine
  • Raja Shehadeh (2008) Palestinian Walks: forays into a Vanishing Landscape, Profile Books
  • Ghada Karmi (2009) In Search of Fatima: A Palestinian Story, Verso Books
  • Fatma Kassem (2011) Palestinian Women: Narratives, histories and gendered memory, Bloombsbury
  • Mourid Barghouti (2005) I saw Ramallah, Bloomsbury
  • Izzeldin Abuelaish (2011) I Shall Not Hate: A Gaza Doctor’s Journey on the Road to Peace and Human Dignity, Bloomsbury
  • Cate Malek and Mateo Hoke (eds)(2015) Palestine Speaks: Narrative of Life under Occupation, Verso Books
  • The Works of Mahmoud Darwish

Human Rights Reports & Documents

Films

Sources:

NGOs

Instagram Accounts

Twitter(X) Accounts

  • @PalStudies - Institute for Palestine Studies
  • @medicalaidpal
  • @middleeastmatters
  • @KenRoth - former executive director of Human Rights Watch
  • @YairWallach - Reader in Israel Studies at SOAS
  • @ PhilipProudfoot - researcher on development, humanitarianism and Arab states
  • @btselem - Israeli human rights documentation centre
  • @MairavZ - Senior Israel-Palestine Analyst at Crisis Group
  • @rohantalbot - Director of Advocacy and Campaigns at MedicalAidPal
  • @sarahleah1 - Executive Director of DAWN (democracy and human rights in MENA)
  • @alhaq_org - Palestinian human rights organisation
  • @FranceskAlbs - UN Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Territories
  • @Yesh_Din - Israeli human rights organisation
  • @sfardm - Michael Sfard, Israeli Human Rights Lawyer
  • @EphstainItay - Israeli international humanitarian lawyer
  • @saribashi - Program director for Human Rights Watch (Israeli living in Palestine)
  • @Gisha_Access - Israeli NGO
  • @_ZachFoster - Historian

Share widely!

(if any links are broken let me know. Or pull up the current post to check whether it’s fixed.)

From River To The Sea Palestine Will Be Free 🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸

Nov 2, 2023
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biggest-goldiest-fish:

aplpaca:

kinda funny when english teachers say stuff like “i can tell if you didnt read the book” or “i can tell when people bs their paper”

no you cant.  you can tell when people are bad at bs-ing their paper.  i didnt even read the sparknotes and i barely skimmed the wikipedia and you gave me an A.  you kneel before my throne unaware that it was born of lies

THE LEGENDARY LINE IS BACK

Nov 2, 2023
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autumngracy: “weaselle: “ultrafacts: “ Source: [x] Follow Ultrafacts for more facts! ” If you get a puppy at the standard time, around 9 or 10 weeks, it is YOUR responsibility to teach them this. As you are playing, anytime they bite even a little...

autumngracy:

weaselle:

ultrafacts:

Source: [x]

Follow Ultrafacts for more facts!

If you get a puppy at the standard time, around 9 or 10 weeks, it is YOUR responsibility to teach them this. As you are playing, anytime they bite even a little too hard, make a sharp noise like a yelp or a hissing intake of breath or even just “hey!” not angry, more like in pain, and immediately stop playing. If they try to continue to play turn your shoulder or back to them, ignore them until they stop and let you recover. Then you can go back to playing with them. You are showing them what it looks like when they bite too hard, and what is expected of them in that situation, which is to wait to be invited to play before reengaging. Not only does this train them to not bite too hard, it lets them calibrate to each person, dog, and situation.

Maybe one of your hands is hurt – having grown up learning bite inhibition this way, your dog will pick up that you are wincing or stopping to inspect your hand or making a noise and will adjust their bite force/play style. This is a key aspect of socialization, and will let your dog play well with other dogs, children, etc.

People don’t really talk about this much but you should also be trying to teach this to cats (for biting and clawing too hard).