I Was Trying Do Hard To Look Normal At Work While Listening. I Don't Think I Succeeded.

🟡 NEW: Israel has approved a plan to seize complete control of the Gaza Strip and hold it indefinitely. The plan, which was unanimously approved by the Israeli Cabinet, aims to intensify military operations in Gaza gradually.

The plan was approved despite warnings from the army chief, who reportedly told ministers that “this could endanger the hostages held there.” According to Israeli sources, the new plan will be implemented gradually after US President Trump’s visit to the region next week.

The plan also includes the forced displacement of Palestinians from the northern to the southern part of the Strip. Additionally, Israel plans to implement a new strategy for controlling the distribution of humanitarian aid, with backing from the US.

This comes as Israel continues to enforce a total blockade on essential supplies for the 65th consecutive day. The UN has already announced it will not cooperate with Israel’s new aid delivery plan, stating that “it contravenes fundamental humanitarian principles.”

the Guardian

Netanyahu says new offensive in Gaza focused on consolidating seizure of territory

Israeli PM says operation will lead to significant displacement of the population ‘for its own protection’

totorote bag I made.

exclamation point in the title. mysterious doorknob in the middle of the table. hot aloof emily axford with an accent. lou wearing murph nametag. everyone laughing uproariously. brennan gets to drop one line of lore and he chose the one about some guy named zood. oh it's ON

tumblr marking palestinian fundraisers as explicit content... it's just another attempt by staff to silence and harm people living under a genocide.

like palestinians have had their entire lives disrupted and can never ever go back to the old 'normal'. they're still being killed while the privileged argue whether or not what they're going through is a genocide.

to try to hurt a person living in an active genocide is beyond inhumane. there's no way to justify it.

i request everyone to please continue helping palestinians. kindly consider donating to alaa, a mother of two young children. help her afford necessities in this very difficult time.

donate here (verified)

My lady and orangutan

drawing fur is so satisfying!

charcoal on paper

dear god whatever becca and vic have got going on in cash and guns in parlour room has got me fanning myself. hello

drew my partner sleeping after taking benadryl lol.

the number of times I've found myself just singing that out of context and being met with bafflement.

Walked into the kitchen to help with Easter meal prep and my mother was playing chasing cars over speakers and my immediate reaction was to go "IF I FILET-" and I then realised that I fully don't know the actual lyrics anymore it's all filet. Naddpod has done irreparabel damage to me.

little friends in my plant cabinet

not the silly little game show being a metaphor for the chaos of being alive. I came here for animal sounds and a bunch of buttholes

For all that we (correctly) decry Sam as a sick, sick man, the "Youlympics" twist was actually pretty sweet. Doing better on a second try because you learned from the first time around? Digging deep for a challenge and finding that you can do even better than that? That's not sadistic; it's satisfying.

(Except maybe having the cheese-eating challenge twice in two hours. That was rough.)

Other random thoughts:

Lest we forget, Brennan didn't put bacon in his pants to keep a cat in his lap, but to hide said bacon from Katie. And then Katie did it because Brennan did. Amazing sibling rivalry energy from those two.

And while Katie and Brennan might be the two most competitive people on Dropout, Ify isn't far behind - Sam absolutely picked those three for a reason and it worked a treat.

Especially because the only thing they prioritized above competition is standing against Sam.

"It's because she said 'buttholes' on the show! Grow up!"

Thank you to the lovely observant people who noticed that Sam does the Wenis if you jiggle the joystick on a jump; I was too busy having Ski Free flashbacks and hoping that jumping a dry tree would set it on fire.

It's probably because of the wreck of my current existence, but Brennan yelling on the podium about how they have no idea what the fuck they're doing, year after year, gave me some inadvertent feelings. I don't know what I'm doing either! I thought I did, but the game changed. But since the only way to win is by learning, well. I'll have to learn.

(So without further ado, let's begin!)