TALK ABOUT SUDAN
Sudan-a country located in northeastern Africa at the southern edge of Sahara- has been facing an ongoing civil war since April 15th of 2023. About 13,000 citizens have been killed, including children, elderly, woman, and men. More than 8 million citizens have been displaced. About 70,000+ children are facing life-threatening malnutrition, the numbers are steadily increasing. The war in Sudan is triggering the ‘world’s largest hunger crisis.’
It’s a civil war between two rival factions of the military government of Sudan, the Sudanese armed forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF). Even before the war started, the Sudanese governed was in complete shambles. In almost daily protests for peace and justice, at least over 50 citizens would be killed ‘accidentally’ (they would have bullet wounds in their heads, chests, and other vital areas), women would be kidnapped and harassed by the ‘RSF’, children and citizens would randomly go missing only to be found in underground freezers meant to be used for fruits and other resources.
Right now, more than 25 million people are facing starvation and dangerous disease. We’re almost 11 months into Sudan war, yet not many people are speaking about this. Please take your time to open the link down below, you don’t even need to donate, just share the link to other people who might be able to.
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wild opinion i know people will hate me for: i strongly dislike alfred pennyworth. i know what you’re thinking, “how could you hate him! alfred does no wrong!!!”
(loud incorrect buzzer) WRONG. omg, alfred can only do wrong in my mind. he is such a fucking enabler and then he wants to play devils advocate. recently, before starting ‘what the future holds’ i reread robin 1993—specifically tim’s birthday arc.
if you don’t know what that is i’ll tell you. on tim’s sixteenth someone delivers a package which is a holographic message from a future-alfred essentially telling him someone in the batfam is, like, evil, and trusting him to figure it out. eventually it’s revealed that the message was a test, part of bruce’s training, and ‘future’ alfred was actually just current alfred. it was a really good read, i believe it was issues #116-120.
point is, alfred WILLING sided with bruce on that shit. alfred was not held at gun point, his life was not under any threat, he was asked to assist and he. did. that. shit.
and after he had the audacity to be apologetic! ‘i’m so sorry master tim’ like no tf ur not???? like u did this, you allowed him to feel like everything was HIS responsibility and like he couldn’t trust anyone. which is just so fucked up on another level. he watched tim isolate himself and beat himself up over trying to solve this and he?? just?? let?? it?? happen???
and some how he can do no wrong?????
when tim first became robin, who gave him the suit? i’m pretty sure it was alfred. yes, tim was a relentless little kid—but that’s just that. he was a fucking kid, no older than thirteen. alfred gave him the suit. sure, it was to save bruce, but why did it have to be him? why couldn’t he call dick or superman or, hell, go out there himself? why’d it have to be the nosy ass neighbor?
also when bruce and dick used to beat the shit out of each other alfred didn’t do anything. he lowkey just let it happen. like how much is bruce paying bro for him to let that slide?
ALSO ALSO i would love someone to correct me on this, PLEASE tell me i’m wrong, but wasn’t alfred the one who put up the good soldier memorial? everyone hates on bruce (who, in a lot of ways, is a bad father) for that memorial being up but it was alfred. and i get he was but jason wasn’t just robin, he was so much more. and most importantly, he was a son. i know things were rocky for him and bruce but, god, that’s his son! like what the genuine fuck, yk?
and maybe this is only in some iterations but alfred literally influenced bruce to train to be a vigilante. he trained him when he was young, after his parents deaths. and yes, he was another one of those relentless kids, but there were things alfred could’ve tried to stop him from doing this.
what i’m trying to say is, im so fucking tired of this ‘saint alfred’ BS. he’s in the wrong! maybe not all of the time but a lot of the time. and i don’t know if that ‘jason loves alfred the most!’ thing is fanon or canon but either way i hate it. if you’re going to make bruce a bad dad, if you’re making jason and bruce’s relationship rocky, then alfred can’t be the exception. he should be held accountable as much as bruce.
like, if jason loved alfred so much and saw him as a grandfather, why isn’t he pissed at alfred for not killing the joker. sure he wanted bruce to do it but after bruce didn’t, why didn’t alfred take it into his own hands? alfred has no problems with killing people who deserve it. he was a soldier for crying out loud!
if jason and alfred are as close as fanon claims then jason should be beefing with alfred as much as he does with bruce for not avenging him.
okay, this turned into a rant about jason and alfred’s annoying fanon relationship but you get my point.
i don’t hate alfred, i hate fanon alfred and i hate this fandom and how they love to hold bruce accountable for wrongs that lowkey could be alfred’s fault too. and i also hate that’s it’s so hard to dislike alfred because people will yell at you for it. in my fics i try to keep him as out of it as i can because god forbid i make him how he is in the comics.
alfred is a flawed character—just like bruce and jason and tim and dick and damian and duke—and that’s okay! it’s better when they’re not so one dimensional, it makes them way more interesting as a character and also allows fanon to create perfect character development over the span of long ass fics that i love to binge.
thank you for coming to my ted talk.
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Of course Jason was doing all of that shit to get Bruce's attention. He had to make sure he had the attention, since he had already been wiped off the face of the Earth, in both body and proper memory. A lot of fix-its fall into the "if Jason had just accepted the status quo things would be good and they could be a happy family" but that's not the point. The point is that the status quo leads to others getting hurt, just like Jason did. And if Jason's death was not enough to get Bruce's attention and to make things change, well. Someone has to make him pay attention, and what better way to do that, than to do things outside of the status quo?
THE POWER OF THE 17-SECOND RULE ── ★ ˙ ̟ 🕰 !!
"Hold a thought for as little as 17 seconds; there's enough attraction power in that consistent thought. If you can get across that 68-second mark, and even beyond, everything else will take care of itself."
── the 17-second rule states that manifestation process begins once a singular thought has been held for 17 seconds. in other words, law of attraction kicks in after 17 seconds of a sustained singular thought, and the manifestation of that thought begins after 68 seconds.
in case you haven't heard about the 17-second rule, it is a fascinating concept that suggests that just 17 seconds of focused pure thinking can kickstart a process of manifestation. in this post we will explain what this rule is all about and how it can change our lives.
so, what exactly is the 17-second rule? well, it's based on the idea that our thoughts have a powerful influence on our reality, as we already know it. according to this rule, if we can hold onto a pure singular thought for as little as 17 seconds without doubting it or introducing resistance, it starts to attract more positive energy. this initial 17 seconds is like lighting a spark – it ignites the process of manifestation.
but it doesn't stop there. if we can extend our focus to 68 seconds – just a little over a minute – the momentum of that pure thought becomes even stronger. then you've reached a point where your desired outcome begins to materialize.
but what is a pure thought?
one might think that pure thoughts should always be positive and beneficial to everyone. but if we define pure thoughts this way, it doesn't explain why bad things sometimes happen. for instance, getting sick after worrying about getting sick.
a pure thought is simply a single thought about one thing, combined with emotion (ideally), when there are no other distractions.
that pure thought doesn't even have to be strong, it just has to be singular.
this means that when you're trying to make something happen in your life through focused thinking, you need to have complete focus. your thought for those 17 seconds doesn't have to be positive or negative, it just needs to be clear and focused.
"Your vibration doesn't have to be strong, it just has to be pure. You don't have to think about something over and over again, you just have to think about it purely." - Abraham Hicks
according to Hicks, when we focus on a positive thought for 17 seconds, we reach a "combustion point" where the energy of that thought begins to build. by continuing to focus for 68 seconds, we've fully activated the process of manifestation, and our desired outcome starts to materialize in the 3d.
now, you might be thinking, "is this for real?", 'it sounds too good to be true." well, take in a consideration that the average human attention span is only about 8 seconds. so, if we can double that and maintain our focus for 17 seconds, it's already a huge achievement. and if we can push it to 68 seconds, we've accomplished something truly amazing.
in conclusion, the 17-second rule is a simple yet profound idea that reminds us of the immense power we hold within our minds. by harnessing the energy of pure thoughts and maintaining our focus, we can truly transform our reality quickly.
so... shall we give it a try?
i got my idea from this youtube video. <3
There are infinite realities:
There is a reality out there in which you are a baby still, learning to babble and discovering the world with brand new senses.
There is a reality out there in which you are a 90 year old man who has seen the entire world, lived through wars and catastrophes, but also married the love of his life and had many, many children.
There is a reality out there in which you are a famous artist, living your best life and creating art that inspires generations even long after your death.
There is a reality out there in which you are a butterfly, blue wings fluttering in an early spring morning, living a short, yet happy and fulfilled life, bringing beauty everywhere you go.
There is a reality out there in which you are a 500 year old witch, where immortality is the norm and magic is abundant and accepted, where you use your gifts and skills to heal the world and make it a better place.
There is a reality in which you are a 16 year old girl going through her first heartbreak, a 35 year old man going through a divorce, a 40 year old woman finally meeting the love of her life, a 5 year old boy starting school for the first time.
Time is not linear, and neither are your experiences.
You are the universe, having a human experience.
You are everything and nothing, you are the world and the void, the light and the darkness, the conscious and the subconscious, the limitless, vast existence.
This reality is not the standard, it is not the rule to the many exceptions. It is merely one of many, a starting point to your endless experiences. It is not holding you hostage, it is not hindering your progress, it simply is.
All you have to do, is realize your endless potential. You, as you are right now, are a part of the great consciousness, the one infinite awareness.
The creator.
Take a deep breath, recenter yourself, and let go. You will shift.
That is inevitable.
This is Eman a Biotechnologist from Gaza. Asking for help is not easy. It's not easy at all. You have no idea how mentally and emotionally tiring this is. But when thinking that the price is my family's life, getting out of here safely and achieve my doctoral degree dream, it just pushes me more and more to do this until we reach our goal. I'm here as I try to reach out to more people asking for their help to support our family's campaign so we can survive while all you have to do is literally donating even by just the price of your morning coffee or maybe a simple breakfast, So I think I'm not asking for so much. We're really tired of living under these catastrophic conditions for a whole 10 months. Your generosity will not only change our lives but also remind us that even in our darkest hour, we are not alone. https://gofund.me/d597b8e2 Vetted By 90-ghost
I don’t have the funds rn but once I do I’ll try as much as I can
your condom breaks
you feel a lump on your breast
your friends are ignoring you
you’re stranded on an island
you got rejected by a crush
you get into a car accident
you got stung by a bee/wasp
you got fired from your job
you’re in an earthquake
your tattoo gets infected
your house is on fire
you’re lost in the woods
you get arrested abroad
you get robbed
your partner cheated on you
you’re on a ship that’s sinking
you fall into ice
you’re stuck in an elevator
you hit a deer with your car
you have food poisoning
your pet passed away
you fall off of a horse
you or your friend has alcohol poisoning
you have toxic shock syndrome
your house has a gas leak
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You bitches thought I was joking!? Look at my recent sketches
Not the cleanest but I love it so much! Isn’t she so pretty 🥹🥰😍. Can you tell I can’t draw hands 🥲
where r all the weirdos and freaks of shiftblr with the weird niche drs
i love a good Harry potter dr, y'all r doing ur thing, and i live, but where r the ones with a rocky horror picture show or Star Trek or muppets or rupaul's drag race drs 😔😔😔😔
also, if u shift as an animal, i like rlly wanna know about that? I hear of a lot of ppl doing it, but i wanna actually know about y'all's dr! like r u a house pet?? like a rich lady's dog that she keeps in her purse, or a wild fox, or a frog or a wolf
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