My Family Has Started Calling My Cat "the Beast" Which Is Very Funny Considering She's A 19yo Arthritic

My family has started calling my cat "the beast" which is very funny considering she's a 19yo arthritic old lady who needs help up and down the stairs. Not to mention she doesn't really meow any more, just sits and stares at you, and im the only one who can reliably guess what she wants, so my parents are constantly messaging me "The beast awakens... I know not what she desires 😥😥" i feel like the chosen prophet of an eldritch god

Remember the 6 year old girl who was surrounded by Israeli tanks and the red crescent couldn't reach her? Her name is Hind Hamadeh. Here you can hear the phone call her 15 year old sister, Layan Hamadeh, made with the medics. She was killed exactly a moment later including all people in the car, except for 6 year old Hind who was stuck in the car with the dead bodies of her family, Israeli tanks and IDF surrounding her, shooting, preventing anybody to reach her.

That was last night (29.1.24). Today, still nothing. The fate of Hind remains unknown.

palestine red crescent ambulance team went to rescue her yesterday evening, but they have not returned as of now. We lost contact with them about 18 hours ago, and we still remain unaware of their fate and whether they succeeded in evacuating her or not.

Please, share Hind's story as much as you can on any platform. We need to know what happened to her. Put yourself in her place, how terrified she must be. Don't scroll past this.

This is Hind.

Yesterday, Palestinian and solidarity organizers disrupted a Biden campaign event 14 times during his speech on the protection of women's rights. These activists called out hypocrisy because Biden and his administration are actively causing a reproductive care catastrophe in Gaza.

50,000 pregnant women do not have access to healthcare in Gaza, and C-sections are being performed without anesthesia. Women and children in Gaza are being killed by U.S.-made and supplied bombs.

described by @winged-wolf-s-collection-of-arts

[ID: Transcription of what the protesters are saying, while security personnel try to get them out:

Israel kills two mothers every hour in Gaza. Ceasefire now! End the genocide! Ceasefire!

Women in Gaza are being murdered. Killing people in Gaza is a war crime. You are a war criminal.

Stop funding genocide! Ceasefire now!

50,000 pregnant women don't have healthcare. Their blood is on your hands. Ceasefire!

Ceasefire now! Stop funding genocide! Gaza is a reproductive issue.

Free, free Palestine!

The end of the video shows article headlines with photos of the protesters or of Joe Biden, from various news organizations:

POLITICO: Biden's abortion rights rally repeatedly interrupted by protesters

ALJAZEERA: Biden speech interrupted by pro-Palestinian protesters

CNN politics: Biden's abortion rights rally in Virginia beset by repeated protests over his handling of Gaza

abcNEWS: Biden campaign speech on abortion rights disrupted 14 times by protesters

yahoo!news: Biden abortion rally in Virginia interrupted by multiple protesters: 'Genocide Joe'

NEW YORK POST: Biden claims Gaza heckler is 'MAGA Republican' as he's interrupted at least 10 times at rally

Forbes: Protesters Interrupt Biden's Abortion Rights Speech More Than A Dozen Times

NBC NEWS: Biden interrupted by protesters more than a dozen times at campaign rally

USA TODAY: President Biden's abortion rally disrupted by repeated protests over Gaza

Reuters: Biden's abortion rights rally in Virginia interrupted by Gaza protests

/End ID]

Mr. Qi comforts the farmer

like a father comforting his daughter

My farmer has some psychological problems because of domestic violence...Mr. Qi enlightens the farmer, and the farmer regards Mr. Qi as a real father

Qi:Don't be afraid to express your feelings, kid.

Famer:Then my father said:Why don't you just die…

Now I know we all love it when the boys (and girls and everything in between and beyond) go absolutely feral for us, it's amazing, top quality, never fails to make me weak

But I would like to propose a concept: how would your ocs react to reader going feral for them? Like "I just wanna talk to them *loads shotgun*" levels of feral

I just feel like we all would be very willing to throw hands for our babies just as much as they would be willing to do the same for us (I know I am very willing to do that)

characters: Alois Leblanc, Nasana, Takeshi, Desdemona Nausikáa, Aphaeleon, Va'ariniel, Taruqu'inel

notes: omg I absolutely love writing badass/feral y/ns! I hit a bit of a writer's block with this one tho so I stuck to the original trio

. * ⋆ . · 　. ALOIS LEBLANC

✭ Alois had had to take you to a soirée/ meeting of sorts within the night court as circumstances made him unable to leave you in the care of the estate's servants. He's not stupid though and is fully aware of the danger of bringing you, a human, to a manor full of vampires and so you were covered in some silver jewellery that he had ordered to be delivered. Yes, he was very upset that this also meant constant distance between you and him but it was a safety precaution.

✭ You were quick to see just how brutal politics could be in the night court and could certainly feel all the hostile and jealous glares shot your way. Who were you? a mortal to court the last heir of the powerful Leblanc family? You were very thankful for the protective blanket that your jewellery served as. One vampiress in particular didn't wish to spare you a second glance, deeming you unworthy of her attention as she continually flirted with Alois and pressed him for a marriage alliance between his house and her own.

✭ Obviously, he turned down each of her advances and she seemed to grow desperate as her flirting turned to threats - how those of her house were many and Alois was one. You refused to continue standing by and both vampires soon found out about what had been weighing in your pocket: a large pair of silver scissors in a sheath, styled after a medieval dagger. One of the maids on the Leblanc estate had very carefully given it to you as she warned you what the nobles of the night court could be like. Alois didn't think he could possibly love you more as you, his mortal, his sunlight, stood protectively between him and this vampiress, armoured in silver like some dainty knight and poising silver blades against she who had just been threatening him.

. * ⋆ . · 　. NASANA

✭ Nasana was being challenged by another male naga in the area and he had told you to flee to the nearby river for safety where he said he would collect you once all was done. However, while this wasn't the first time that Nasana had been challenged for his territory, it was the first time he had ordered you to flee instead of stay in his home. It was enough to tell you that this particular naga was a genuine match for Nasana.

✭ So, instead of fleeing to the river, you had collected your bow, filled your quiver and taken to the treetops where you would be far and sheltered enough. You watched from above as the Naga - an eastern corn snake naga judging by his markings - challeneged Nasana, your dark lover standing tall and yet you knew him well enough to see that he lacked the usual prideful confidence that he often possessed in these challenges. You watched as the opposing Naga's tail coiled, likely preparing to shoot forward and that's when you made your move.

✭ "I have an arrow aimed at your head, don't you dare move! This is my act of mercy as I am the naga's mate in this territory and therefore this challenge is as much mine as it is his. I have the choice to kill you where you stand and yet I am commanding you to leave and never return. Make your choice: disobey me and it will be your end." Nasana's slitted eyes widened as they blindly searched the green blur of the treetops. Clever little mate, you were using the naga's short-sightedness against him so that he would not be able to determine where you were. Nasana turned to face his challenger with a grin that was as smug as it was enamoured.

"You heard my mate: leave."

. * ⋆ . · 　. TAKESHI

✭ Takeshi couldn't typically stand zenkos on the best of days but he had needed to travel to a nearby active shrine after being accused of causing trouble in the area. He was beyond angry and insulted, fully aware that these investigating zenkos were suspecting him based only on a centuries-outdated reputation and his nature as a nogitsune.

✭ You had insisted on going along with him for support, not wanting him to go alone to a place where, not only was he being accused of something he was not guilty of, he was being accused by people who felt a sense of superiority over him. Takeshi was not the sort to openly show his emotions but you knew well that he suffers from how people see - and consequently treat - him as a nogitsune.

✭ You sat through the trial of sorts that Takeshi was made to sit through by these zenkos and you had to bite your tongue to hold back your anger. Everything they did, down to the very language they used, was done as a means to belittle your lover and once they started bringing up his past, you couldn't take it anymore and insisted on providing his alibi as you had been with him the whole time. Takeshi is rarely at a loss for words but he was stunned to see you take a stand against these divine beings, truly giving them a sophisticated tongue-lashing and partaking in the dangerous dance that was this trial. He truly couldn't stop looking at you with utterly love-struck eyes as the two of you left, his name cleared of suspicion.

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A Palestinian journalist announced his retirement, saying:

"My journey as journalist is now over. I'd rather save my family than to waste any more time looking for a news coverage to send to an apathetic, cruel world. May Allah have mercy on my murdered colleagues. I will no longer cover this barbaric war".

Shame on everyone who chose to remain silent after every news coverage in Gaza until they drove these brave people to the pit of despair.

Being silent is being complicit.