🐨 We are doing concerts and a tour again. And of course, this or that might have something we wished were different, and we all have something we wish were different. But we, with not one person leaving the group, not one person hurt, not one person taking a day off, are doing it safely.
It’s 3 AM local time in Gaza, and there are more than 100 bombings across the strip. We have all woken up because it feels like a strong earthquake. The Israeli government has decided to resume this genocide and break the ceasefire.
the problem is reducing success & impact to streams.
the music industry is 6 ft under, yes, but bts dont ascribe to the industry's tactics for a reason. rpwp is a great study on this. it SHATTERED multiple metrics of success, none of which included streaming numbers.
i will forever die on the hill that covid let people not fit for fandom spaces get into them and thus ruined a lot of the set up community. they refused to learn fandom etiquette & normal activities, dont like them, or cant participate, so they hate on everyone who does/can.
What's actually heartbreaking about this is that streaming culture among ARMYs actually started as a way to show Bangtan how much we love their music and to show them our appreciation by making them succeed in an industry that was sabotaging them left and right. Now it has-
it's embarrassing how easy it is to make me happy just put 2 or more members of bangtan in the same space and i'll light up as though i've been given the world
We have confirmed with multiple patient reports that in the last 1-2 weeks the Israeli government has unilaterally & sneakily begun forcing patients who medically evacuating from Gaza to sign paperwork at the exiting checkpoints saying they cannot return to Gaza. None of the NGOs helping with the coordination of the medical evacs were informed by the entity or any governing body this would happen.
Ethnic cleansing aside, mothers are being forced to leave their children behind to travel with a sick child and almost every family is being forced to leave family members behind. And now they are being told that they will not be able to see them again.
Not that the Israeli government cares, but this violates international law and given the document was signed under duress it is unenforceable—meaning it is not worth the paper it was signed on.
Further this jeopardizes the entire medical evacuation enterprise in multiple ways. (1) Countries will be much more reticent to accept medical evacs from Gaza’s (2) All aiding countries will now be accused of being guilty of collaborating with Israel’s ethnic cleansing crimes. (3) This will upend Jordan’s commitment to accept 2,000 patients & be blowback against Pres. Trump.
This can stop as quickly as it started. Israel thinks we aren’t paying attention, but we are. Pressure is needed on Israel to stop this illegal & sneaky practice.
Thanks to @AbubakerAbedW and @sameerproject for sounding the alarm.
Children in Sudan are starving to death. Some have eaten poisonous wild herbs & died. The silence in the camps is broken only by weak, high-pitched cries. Children too frail to move, with heads too big for their fragile bodies. Famine is killing them & the world is looking away.
Unfortunately we’ve seen a significant drop off in donations.
If donations don’t pick up soon we will be forced to close some of our kitchens.
We really don’t want to have to do that given that so many people have come to depend on these kitchens to survive. So if you are able to help, please click on the link in the reply. Thank you🙏🏽
Israel not allowing International journalists into Gaza has nothing to do with security and everything to do with the horrors and traces of Israel’s genocide.