My breaks from tumblr aren't even intentional anymore, I just genuinely don't know what's left for me to say. I've dedicated this blog to talking about Palestine and spreading awareness for at least the past 13 years and never has it been more difficult to articulate and put into words the daily horrors we're bearing witness to.

Over 100 people were massacred in Gaza today, over 30 of them in an Israeli strike against a school. I saw two headless babies in the past three days alone. I saw at least five headless Palestinian babies in the past 15 months.

I hate this world so, so much.

Happy Arab American Heritage Month 2025!

It’s Arab American Heritage Month, and as always, we’re celebrating with books starring protagonists of Arab descent!  Young Adult A Guide to the Dark by Miriam Metoui Something is building, simmering just out of reach. The room is watching. But Mira and Layla don’t know this yet. When the two best friends are stranded on their spring break college tour road trip, they find themselves at the…

Liar.

BILL NIGHY as MR. WOODHOUSE EMMA. (2020) dir. Autumn de Wilde

oh dear. pour one out for @staff today folks

(for those of you who have been living under a rock since late 2019, automattic owns tumblr)

I like how boycotting Target is becoming like, a reoccurring thing done for opposing political reasons

girl who finally is going back to reading by finishing one book: now i'm going to read all the books in the world.

While I'm posting stones, here are some river stones I crocheted jackets for, back in 2022.

Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005)

Textile Fragment with Unicorn, Deer, Centaur and Lion

Medium: Wool intarsia and applique with gilt leather and linen embroidery

ca. 1500

Scandinavian

Dimensions: 52 ¾ × 52 3/8 in. (134 × 133 cm)

who doesn't love a ball toy pit?

ever wondered how many crabs might fit in a confined space? what number of horses might go into a padded pool? what quantity of paws might populate a pit typically filled with colorful plastic balls? well, you’re in luck.

for no reason at all, we have decided to make you do some math: we have filled a ball pit measuring exactly 32” x 8" with some true tumblr icons. more pics below (including, of course, a banana for scale). you have 24 hours to guess how many of each toy appears. good luck!

but that's not all—we have more polls for your guessing pleasure:

poll 1: how many crabs have infested the pool? poll 2: what number of mini horse friends? poll 3: how many tiny toe beans are contained within?

happy voting!

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well folks, after 24 hours in the ball toy pit and a total of 219,643 total votes across the polls, it's time to find out who was right!

there were a total of 773 toys in the pit, making 30.1% of the 79,326 people who voted correct! as far as individual toys go, here's the breakdown:

crabs: 239 (19.6% of the 44,845 votes) horses: 299 (27.5% of the 45,270 votes) paws: 235 (27.7% of the 50,202 votes)

we had a blast looking through the notes at all your very complicated math—truly impressive!

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ACT UP, 1990