Is-the-fire-real - Finding The Fire To Carry

Art by Enikő Katalin Eged (source)

I was wondering what kind of hypocritical posts people on this hellsite will make on Sep 11, given how toxic they've been about Oct 7. For most of my years in fandom, I did see more than anything else commemorative posts on the social media sites I was active on. I even made a few myself in the past, since I know from personal experience how much pain terrorists leave in their wake.

But this year I'm seeing mainly posts with... 9/11 jokes? And one post that I saw was sharing personal recollections and begging for compassion. That post had zero notes. The lack of empathy expressed by making jokes about the loss of so many lives, on Sep 11 itself and directly following it, is shocking to me. No wonder it's so easy for this crowd to fall down the rabbit hole of antismeitism, when they lack humane empathy, and simply follow whatever is trendiest on social media, whether it's making fun of the terror attack with the highest number of victims in human history, or participating in the demonization of the Jewish state and every Jew and ally with a bit of empathy for Jews.

This really is the worst timeline.

Owning this cicada lamp made by @cady_the_creator would solve all my problems

Malachite stalactite slices from Star of the Congo Mine, Lubumbashi, Haut-Katanga, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Photo 📷 Andy_misty_crystal