To Israel supporters who keep shouting "October 7th" : Palestinians have been killed, expelled, and occupied for decades before Hamas even existed. Before October 7th: Deir Yassin (1948) — over 100 villagers massacred. Sabra and Shatila (1982) — thousands of refugees slaughtered. Gaza 2008, 2014, 2021 — entire families bombed while the world stayed silent. And here’s more: Haifa Attacks — 1937–1939 Jerusalem Incidents — 1936–1939 Haifa Market Bombing — 1938 Balad al-Shaykh Massacre — 1947 Haifa Bombings — 1939 Haifa Oil Refinery Massacre — 1947 Abbasiya (al-‘Abbasiyya) Attack — 1947 Al-Khisas Massacre — 1947 Bab al-Amud (Damascus Gate) Bombing — 1947 Jerusalem Bombings — 1947 Sheikh Bureik Attack — 1947–1948 Jaffa Attacks — 1948 Khan Yunis Massacre — 1956 Jerusalem Conflict — 1967 Sabra and Shatila Massacre — 1982 Al-Aqsa Massacre — 1990 Ibrahimi Mosque Massacre — 1994 Jenin Refugee Camp — 2002 Gaza Conflict — 2012 Gaza Conflict — 2014 Gaza Massacre (Great March of Return) —...
My orange cat has a crooked tail. Nobody knows how it happened. Maybe she was born that way, maybe it was an old injury. But the funny thing is, she doesn’t act like anything’s wrong with her. She runs, climbs, hunts lizards. To her, the crooked tail is just part of life. One evening, I was sitting at the computer, scrolling through old vlogs I’d made. Back then, I used to record everything. Grocery runs, playground trips, even the most ordinary days. Looking at those clips, I realized something. I wasn’t filming because the world wanted to see. I was filming because I wanted to remember. The crooked tail reminded me of that. Life doesn’t always turn out straight and polished. Sometimes it bends, sometimes it breaks. But just like my cat, we keep moving, keep living, keep finding joy in everyday life. Now when I hold my camera, I don’t think about “Is this exciting enough?” I think about “Will this moment matter to me one day?” Because maybe the stories worth keeping aren’...