Kafka was so right fuck this stupid baka life

He didn’t say that.

he did

Saw this license plate today and I’m still ugly laughing about it

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I fall asleep listening to an audiobook most nights so every morning is like wtf is jabbing into my back ohhhhhh

if i wrote twilight there’d be a kid in edward’s class who Zones The Fuck Out and daydreams about a story they want to write, and edward would just tune in to watch like a tv show when he’s bored in class and he gets genuinely invested and eventually he’s like “i know EXACTLY how they can fix this plot hole that’s bothering them but how can i tell them that when they don’t KNOW i’m their first beta reader”

genuinely more compelling than literally everything else that happened in Twilight.

I say “oh don’t worry he doesn’t bite” and you’re confused because you don’t see any dog but then you notice a single inchworm moving purposefully across the floor towards you at an alarming pace

personal rules for winter ❄

solid advice

I think a giant 7ft scythe would greatly benefit my appearance

Majazz Project is a Palestinian-led record label and research platform founded by Mo’min Swaitat in 2020. Over several years, Mo’min amassed an archive of rare tapes and vinyl from Palestine and beyond, spanning field recordings of Bedouin weddings to revolutionary tracks and synth-heavy 80s funk and jazz. Many of these were acquired from a former record label in Jenin in the north of the West Bank.

Majazz Project was borne out of the archive and is focused on sampling, remixing and reissuing vintage Palestinian and Arabic albums. It is a collaboration between Arab and non-Arab DJs, producers and artists interested in shedding new light on the richness and diversity of Arab musical heritage.

Palestine Sound Archive is a celebration of music, spoken word and album artwork from historic Palestine, mainly from the 1960s-1990s.

[In 2020, during the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic in Palestine, London-based artist Mo’min Swaitat discovered a large collection of cassette tapes and records from his youth in Jenin. Amongst them was Riad Awwad’s Intifada, the first album released in the first Intifada, containing revolutionary songs. It had been lost for years after the Israeli army confiscated all the copies they could find – 3,000 in all – and arrested Awwad. Inspired, Swaitat founded the Majazz Project, a record label that focuses on sampling, remixing, and reissuing vintage Palestinian and other Arabic cassettes.]

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Majazz now has a show on London’s NTS Radio, called the Palestinian Sound Archive, where you can get a flavor of what we do. We hope to become stronger as the label grows and evolves. In April 2022, we put out an album with remixed interviews with my mentor Juliano Mer Khamis (1958–2011). The label is about so much more than just releasing songs as dance or background music. We aim to revive a sense of joy and celebration, much needed after so much Palestinian suffering, sure. But more than that, we aim to preserve the work and memory of the many artists who have formed the backbone of our cultural identity. Palestinian archives have been looted, dismantled, censored, and destroyed since the Nakba. There is true power in reclaiming these sounds and stories and in platforming the incredible range of artists who were making music during such fascinating and turbulent periods of Palestinian history. The label is as much about sharing their stories as it is about the albums themselves. And it feels particularly powerful that the label is Palestinian-run. There are a few international labels that are putting out some amazing Arab tracks – and there’s a whole other discussion to be had around that – but I feel an immense sense of pride in knowing that these albums are available to listeners around the world yet ultimately remain in our hands. Moreover, the reissues are borne out of a very close collaboration and discussion with the artists and their families.

We are going to reissue as much as we can and, in the long term, work on making everything accessible online as well as in a physical venue in Palestine. The plan has always been to build an audio-visual immersive digital platform, where people can discover more about the history behind each song/genre, building on my love of both theater and cinema. …

“So much Palestinian culture has been lost or locked up in Israeli military archives, so it was magical to find this. It’s a journey through the past and the future of a whole people.”

What's going on in the congo rn is one of many many reasons that the right to repair is a VITAL tenant in leftism imo

At this point smartphones, laptops, and other similar devices are necessary for daily life in the US. Like if I did not have a phone and a laptop, I couldn't hold down a job, it would be extremely difficult to access public transportation, my education depended upon my ability to access the internet, etc. Tech companies know that their products are indispensable. So do they make products that last? No of course not, they need you buying a new device every two years. That just makes sense under capitalism. But ofc this system spreads far beyond our borders; this system of planned obsolescence is supported by the plunder of the global south for lithium (like in Bolivia) and cobalt (like in Congo).

The imperialist extraction of resources could be challenged if, say, we could repair a device rather than needing to purchase a new one. Companies like apple know this, and have gone out of their way to make such things impossible just to continue making shit products for too much money. It sucks!

can i ask for some reading about what's going on in Congo and how it's related to cobalt mining?

Here's an article that will give you an overview:

I have to go get a needle right now and I am being SO brave about it

So one of my veins collapsed so I actually had to get TWO needles and I didn't even cry or swear or anything, I'm SO proud of myself, I deserve ice cream. I'm getting ice cream

Ice cream fell through so I got a burrito and a staple gun

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yeah im holding it backwards don't worry about it

How do u hold a burrito backwards?

The top is at the bottom 😞

thats upside down then

no cause it's sideways

if the top (the UPSIDE!!!!) is at the bottom (DOWN!!!!) then it is UPSIDE DOWN!!

?? Holding knife forwards

Holding knife backwards?

BULLYING ME

how the fuck did you take those pictures

I double blink to take a screenshot

IM GOING TO STAB MYSELF IN THE FOOT I JUST SENT MY ENGLISH TEACHER MY ESSAY ON HAMLET AND IT WAS STILL NAMED “the fresh prince of denmark yo holla”

oh man, i love receiving unedited final drafts:

cracks me up every time

In undergrad I submitted an English essay with an in text citation of [remember to cite the shit here]. The prof left a very plain and direct comment of “you forgot to cite the shit here”. I think I died inside.

Supplicant (Morningstar) made it out of the kiln with his wings! The Minotaur survived his first firing and is waiting for firing again, this time with glaze.