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AN AURORA BOREALIS DRAWING?!

At this time of year...

At this time of day...

In this part of the website...

LOCALIZED!

Entirely within your blog?

You steam a good drawing. :)

Goodreads, Barnes & Noble, and Amazon Books don't have any authors named "Ota Stephanie Kanto" or "Ota Kanto". The very first Google search result for those names is this Tweet.

It's also at least a little weird that they don't name the awards ceremony, or any of her novels. I don't think that's suspicious by itself, but combined with the fact that her name doesn't come up in any books database I've checked, it's a red flag.

To be clear, I don't dispute that the person onscreen is a willing protester who supports Palestine. I'm just not sure they're a novelist named Kanto receiving an award.

Can anyone fluent in Japanese check what they're saying?

I searched with DuckDuckGo and since I have Japanese dictionary installed, I got Japanese book review sites etc of Ota Stephanie Kanto, a few from 2023. Definitely an author. Unfortunately I'm not able to read Japanese fluently yet so I can't decipher what the websites say

大田ステファニー歓人 is her name in Japanese

Edit: a book review from April 2024 in English

Bet!

Ota Stephanie Kanto is the Tokyo-born author of 「みどりいせき」 which translates to “Green Ruins”, and won the 47th Subaru Literary Award last year. The book is on sale here. It is also, in fact, available on Amazon - on Japanese Amazon, not US Amazon, which should have been obvious.

platforming palestinian joy is just as important as sharing the suffering they're enduring during this genocide. despite continued displacement and bombardment, you cannot steal their joy and spirit. happy birthday to this sweet baby 🖤🇵🇸 may they grow up to see a free palestine

this beautiful baby is the son of ibrahim abu raida, the 25 y/o executive director of the al nasser charity in gaza, an organization working to distribute food to the displaced. they have many different ways to donate linked on their instagram (linked above) and also have a personal gfm to help with their own rebuilding efforts that is over 80% of the way to its goal.

Gaza Medical Tent is a project made upon volunteer doctors and nurses providing medical care in Rafah to displaced Palestinians for free.

Boost. Support their work if you can.

Brazil has also given its support

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We finally have our answer.

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this is so upsetting, PLEASE rb to spread awareness

PLEASE, PLEASE REBLOG THIS, WHETHER YOURE JEWISH OR NOT.

THIS IS A SUPER IMPORTANT PART OF OUR HISTORY, DONT LET IT GET DESTROYED.

perhaps help take steps to stop them now from future attempts...

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Long over-due

[Image ID Sanders Bill Would Force Pentagon to Pass Audit — or Return Part of Its Budget

In December, the Pentagon was unable to account for more than 60 percent of its $3.5 trillion in total assets.

By Jake Johnson, COMMON DREAMS June 22, 2023

The Audit the Pentagon Act, an updated version of legislation first introduced in 2021, comes amid mounting concerns over rampant price gouging by military contractors and other forms of waste and abuse at an agency that's set to receive at least $842 billion for fiscal year 2024. "The Pentagon and the military-industrial complex have been plagued by a massive amount of waste, fraud, and financial mismanagement for decades. That is absolutely unacceptable," Sanders (I-Vt.) ./.End ID]

While the SAG-AFTRA strike is great news for the future of the industry, and worth celebrating, let's not forget people's livelihoods are on the line and act accordingly.

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Union members in the WGA and SAG-AFTRA are making this sacrifice for the very survival of the industry. There's a lot of glee at the strike, which makes total sense because we hope it will ultimately lead to the studios being forced into a position to re-negotiate for a better deal.

But in the midst of all this, please don't forget that there are real people forgoing paychecks and income for the big picture of this strike. And the studios are going to squeeze them as hard as they can, leading to real human suffering.

What can we, as fans and audiences, do to stand in solidarity?

-Be excited about the right things—halting studio production and forcing the studios into a better deal!—and not the wrong things (show cancellations, workers losing jobs—i.e. things that hurt the workers.) The important thing to remember is that the enemy here is the top studio executives, NOT the people who actually labor on your favorite media.

-Correct misinformation and disinformation whenever possible. Don't let anti-WGA propaganda go unanswered. Get your information directly from the WGA and SAG-AFTRA's official channels if possible, or their negotiation committee members. We're always happy to fact check!

-Support financially if at all possible (and if not, boost donations and fundraisers!) Picketers are choosing to participate in a work stoppage that will have immediate and devastating impacts on the most vulnerable low-income TV/film workers. If you see a fundraiser, boost it or donate if you can. Good places to start are the Entertainment Community Fund and the Green Envelope Grocery Aid fund.

-Get involved in fandom-specific action. The biggest fandom impacts we've seen are when fandoms unite together to fundraise or visibly show support. Follow the example of the Star Trek Snack Squad and Our Flag Means Strike to organize YOUR fandom today! Want tips and spreadsheet templates? Message us, we'd be glad to help you organize your fandom!

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Some good news!

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This will be huge if it gets enacted

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Well it was stated in some facts website that Queen Elizabeth II was Dracula’s heir.