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dreamt last night that my eye doctor could spot a gene that would make me bald in 2 years unless i got immediate treatment. thank god for optometrists

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jacob @ratjpeg.bsky.social · 15h

touring apartments this weekend with my partner yippee

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jacob @ratjpeg.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

does anyone know if i can easily use libby with a kobo i am considering my next ereader

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jacob @ratjpeg.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

i'm officially in my last two years of my 20s. much to consider

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jacob @ratjpeg.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

take my acne double it and give it to donald trump

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Pop Base @popbase.tv · 15/09/2026

All of Ed Sheeran’s opening acts and his touring band have dropped out of the remaining dates of his ‘Loop’ tour in solidarity with Palestine and Macklemore.

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giulia 🍂🎃🔮☆⋆｡𖦹°‧★ @giuliaisamirrorball.swifties.social · 14/09/2026

with ALT text because everyone should read this!!!

I'm not sure how to start this. So I'm going to speak from the heart and share the truth. Ed Sheeran and his team have made the decision to remove me from The Loop tour.
But before I get into it, I want to say something that should be obvious. In this moment I think it matters. I am not a victim. Ed Sheeran is not a victim. Pink is not a victim. We have careers, money, opportunities, safety and audiences around the world. Whatever consequences any of us face for what we say, we get to go home to our families.
The victims are the Palestinian people. The men, women and children who have been killed, starved, displaced and forced to live through unimaginable violence. More than 20,000 children have been killed in Gaza alone. People are being killed today, and people will be killed tomorrow. I want to make sure that as I tell this story, we don't lose sight of that.
Ed is my friend. I've known him for 13 years. We've shared late nights, studio sessions and stages. He has this infectious magic about him that I've grown to love. I consider him a brother. And because of that, we've had some difficult conversations this past week. The type of talks rooted in love and respect for one another that still end in a place of fundamental disagreement. Nothing I'm writing here is out of spite or because I want to tear down his character. But as I told Ed multiple times on the phone, our friendship can't change my responsibility to tell the truth about what happened.

What I said at MetLife I have been saying on stages around the world for almost three years. So why is it an issue now? Because now I'm sharing a stage with one of the biggest artists in the world, in some of the biggest stadiums in America. At a certain level of exposure, "Free Palestine" becomes too much of a risk. If I kept doing the shows, saying Free Palestine, with Ed implicitly supporting it, the crowd getting loud and showing undeniable support for Palestinian liberation, what artist might speak out next? The stage becomes resistance. Maybe that's why this time it became so important to silence me.
And one of the most effective ways to enforce that silence has been to weaponize the accusation of antisemitism. Antisemitism is real. And that is exactly why the word matters too much to be used as a shield against criticism of the Israeli state. When criticizing Israel, opposing Zionism or saying "Free Palestine" gets conflated with hatred of Jewish people, it doesn't protect Jewish people. It protects Israel from accountability.
I hope this isn't the end of my relationship with Ed.
Thirteen years of friendship doesn't disappear because of one painful disagreement. I hope we both continue listening, studying what is happening in Palestine and wrestling with what neutrality means in a moment like this. My door will always be open to continuing that conversation.

When my brother Omar was doing the subtitles for the video I posted from MetLife, I thanked him. He told me there's a phrase in Arabic:
لا شكر على واجب
"La shukra ala wajeb." There is no thanks for a duty.
That stayed with me. Because that's what this has become for me and millions of others around the world. A duty. Not something deserving of praise or gratitude. Not brave. Human.
Who is winning the internet, who is getting canceled, who gets to play the stadium and who doesn't, all of it becomes so small when held against what we are actually witnessing in Gaza and the West Bank. An entire people being displaced, starved and killed while the world debates which words we are allowed to use to describe it, how those words make us feel, and whether our discomfort matters more than the people living through a genocide.
I didn't need 10 shows from Ed. I needed 2. Two chances to stand in front of 90,000 people and say the words that somehow became too dangerous to say.
Free Palestine.
But if those words cost me the stage, while turning the conversation back to Palestine, then it was the most successful tour l've ever been on.

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jacob @ratjpeg.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

is pitbull problematic because i have his 2009 album on repeat

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jacob @ratjpeg.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

off work, having a pumpkin coffee, the temperature is below 90f for the first time in a long time. this must be what world peace feels like

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jacob @ratjpeg.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

if i want to get into the legend of zelda (i have played a few sporadically) what should i start with

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Alex Jade @castlehavven.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

My oil portrait of Tim Curry. Rip :(

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🌈Tyranny🫧Sparkles🏳️‍🌈 @tyranny.sparklenoise.com · 25/08/2026

Dolly Parton with Keith Haring in 1985, incredible woman and supporter of LGBTQ people for decades going back to a time when few others dared.

Black and white photo of Dolly Parton with gay artist Keith Haring.

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jacob @ratjpeg.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

not to be dramatic but my life is over

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animal crossing pics @goj.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Animal Crossing Wild World (2005) #acww

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jacob @ratjpeg.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

first day of classes and i feel like shart

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jacob @ratjpeg.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

i'm deciding that i'm so back

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jacob @ratjpeg.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

persistent acne got me googling shit like "do chia seeds cause acne" what am i even saying bro

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jacob @ratjpeg.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

my five year plan does not include academic publishing ❤️ sorry

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animal crossing pics @goj.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Animal Crossing Wild World (2005) #acww

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jacob @ratjpeg.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

wake me up when it's 5pm

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jacob @ratjpeg.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

raise your hand if you were victim to linkedin's zip game today

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s. e. smith @sesmith.lol · 05/08/2026

JKR explicitly said she considers anything Potter-related, even fan-made, endorsement of her politics. And every time you engage with this franchise, you signal to the industry that there's still money in it and they should keep pumping out content from full-cast audiobooks to book box partnerships.

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jacob @ratjpeg.bsky.social · 06/08/2026