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Please for the love of god. You should be able to change controls WITHOUT TAKING YOUR EYES OF THE ROAD. There is no reason to have to look at a SCREEEN while DRIVING
this book is worth more than a dozen restaurants that grow their own microgreens on the roof
So important!
[“accessible gardening for people with physical disabilities: a guide to methods, tools and plants” by Janeen R. Adil]
if you're feeling powerless right now—and god knows I am—here's a reminder you can donate to the National Network of Abortion Funds, the Trans Law Center, Gaza Soup Kitchen, the Palestine Children's Relief Fund, and hundreds of other charities that will work to mitigate the damage that has been and will continue to be inflicted
life continues. we still have the capacity to do good, important work. that matters
The demonization of actual charities/orgs in favor of individual GFMs has done nothing but stripped marginalized people of their privacy + dignity by forcing them to become internet celebrities in order to get their needs met as opposed to an org that could privately help them if said org had the funding!!!! Also it’s why people feel the need to go as far as to fake their own kidnappings just to get traction! Not to mention it’s just made the lives of grifters so much easier
To circle back, who benefits more from this? The 65 year old drug addicted woman on skid row who can’t read or the young hot gen z college kid with 10k tiktok followers? This bastardization of “mutual aid” combined the constant like mining dopamine cycle social media has done almost irreparable damage to young wokey people especially young people of color.
Making every poor person dance for the internet in order to get their snazzy twitter begging flyer traction will only set people up for long term failure.
Imagine: I’m a young person down on her luck so I beg on twitter with my real name and face along with every personal detail, I get my coin, I am actually able to put myself through schooling but now whenever an employer googles me they can find this incredibly personal information about me!
I have nothing but sympathy for people who are in a position where they urgently need money and need it fast but we should instead put that money towards orgs whose whole job is to PRIVATELY help people
My guy you have entirely missed the point of my post and there are multiple ways to vet a charity
if you are worried about charities spending your money they do actually have to share their accounts publicly in most jurisdictions.
I am not taking a risk
Not risking it pals
U know what I want potato of luck
Damn right I’m reblogging. See previous post re wrath of whatever from high atop the thing.
This is a nice video showing an blind/invisible stitch, which is quite useful for repairing tears or finishing something (ex. cushion).
Also, that extra step for putting back the seam is really nice.
I’ve been speaking with Mohammed (@aya2mohammed), and he asked me to share his story with you all.
Mohammed is a husband, and he is a father of three young children from ages 4-8. He is the sole breadwinner of his family, and he also takes care of his elderly parents. Since October, Mohammed and his family have been displaced 7 times.
Both of Mohammed’s parents have diabetes and high blood pressure, and his mother also suffers from osteoporosis and has a herniated disc. Due to the genocide, she has been unable to receive any medical treatment and her condition has deteriorated. Mohammed’s wife and kids are also suffering from malnutrition due to lack of access to food and clean drinking water.
Mohammed is hoping to evacuate himself and his family from Gaza. His fundraiser’s goal is currently set at €50k, and he’s just over a quarter of the way there with €12.7k. Here is the link to his GFM:
Please donate to Mohammed’s family; if you don’t have the means, then send his GFM link to someone you know who does. Reblog his posts and share his fundraiser with others. Let’s get Mohammed’s family to their goal as quickly as we can!
the most depressing part is that it's not even kamala's stance on genocide that is costing her the elections. i wish it were. it's people genuinely shifting for trump. but it's the pro-palestine movement that's going to get the blame for it.
obviously she fucked up on that front and on multiple other fronts (an understatement) but if these results have showed anything it's that the alt right white majority will never vote for a black woman even if she were perfect. but liberals will blame arabs for the faults of white nationalism and misogyny. at this point if you're blaming the pro-palestine movement and saying shit like "are you happy now? is this what you wanted?" you're just brimming with anti-arab hatred that you're desperate to release at any given opportunity
so what now? the genocide is still ongoing and the rise of fascism is unimpeded but now people will point to those most affected by it and saying "this is what you wanted, right?" and you and i could spend the next four years arguing and yelling at those people or we can do something that matters.
look out for the vulnerable and watch out for the way people are venting their frustration at fascism by blaming its victims.
Both fundraisers mentioned above are vetted!
Mahmoud's gfm: vetted by el-shab-hussein (@ma7moudgaza2)
Amal's gfm: #175 on the verified fundraiser list vetted by el-shab-hussein and nabulsi (@amalashuor)
These campaigns have also been verified, please take a look at them!
GO FUND ME Helping Mohamed Ashour treat his special condition
GO FUND ME Help Mohamed Ashour rebuild his home and survive.
GO FUND ME Help Abdullah Abu Sarar to bear the famine that happened to them
Hello everyone💐
I am Mahmoud Al Sharif, married and have 3 children. My wife gave birth to a newborn baby on August ,12 ,2024.
We are from the Gaza Strip, which suffers from wars. I lived through 5 of these wars, and I lost my eyes and fingers hand , and my other eye was damaged. These were the previous wars until this 2023 war came and destroyed everything from my home and my workplace.
Please, can you see my story and judge if it is important or not🙏. My family faces unimaginable challenges living in Gaza. We are seeking your support to help us find a safe and hopeful future outside this conflict zon💔
Verified,and,Writings about me by:
@lobie-the-cartoonist : Link Here
@gazagfmboost : On this page: tinyurl.com/GazaGFMDoc On the list 1st Goal My Number is 78
@victormcdicktor : Link Here
reblog to diminish the horrors from the person you reblogged from
Do not use Discord to host your files. Do not rely on Discord to preserve your text. DO NOT RELY ON DISCORD FOR ANY KIND OF PRESERVATION OR HOSTING!!
It CAN be lost, it WILL be lost! You must consider Discord as a part of the Core Internet, controlled by one company that hosts the servers.
I thought it was impressive at first that it replaced IRC, but now I am horrified. If the company behind Discord went under today, how many friends would you lose?
How many relationships? How much writing?
You may think this won't happen, but I remember when AIM went down and along with it, entire novels worth of interaction with my oldest friend.
IT CAN HAPPEN TO YOU. IT WILL HAPPEN AGAIN. NO COMPANY IS INFALLIBLE.
Back up your files! Download anything you've saved to Discord NOW, before the API changes go into effect! And DO NOT RELY ON THEM FOR HOLDING IMPORTANT FILES!
Here is a program that lets you download any and all of your discord DMs, your servers, everything. You can set the format (raw text, html (dark and light), and others. You can even download the uploaded files not just the text, though that may be just for the command-line version not the GUI window version.
Please back up your conversations, your stories. I have a backup of everything I care about that runs once a week, with full attachment backups every several months. I write stories on discord, and would be devastated if someone happened to them. You have to have your own local copies of every file you care about.
tumblr just deleted a huge swathe of palestinians who were on here trying to fundraise. if you've been helping any of these fundraisers please take this time to 1) check in with palestinians you're in contact with 2) help them submit support requests if needed 3) keep these campaigns circulating while the beneficiaries are being silenced. these campaigns are life or death, this isn't just social networking. do not let these fundraisers languish.
Palestinians who've reached out to me today after having their blogs deleted (sorry if I don't have your most recent former account):
Spread this video
spread this video for awareness.
to me it's counter intuitive that little person and dwarf are more acceptable so it's really helpful to know.
also spread this video to appreciate the fucking killer mustache on that one guy in the suit. holy shit, it's like a work of art.
Bashesr and alya has been struggling to get any donations for their campaign Bashesr lost her husband and her daughter who is orphaned and will have to go on her life without knowing the warmth and loving embrace of her dad alya is 8 months old and has not received any of her necessary vaccinations and bashesr is so worried about the first winter fir her daughter and she doesn't have any clothes for the weather your generosity and donation is the best way to insure the best way to gets everything to stand by bashesr and her baby alya
Vetted by num 231 on el-shab-hussein list
UPDATE $21,500\$40,000 (2 October)
$18,500 Away From Reaching Goal.
@nohaakram12 has reached out to me to help give her and her family the campaign the final push that she has been struggling to get. noha mother is in urgent need for medical attention for her chemotherapy and her brother who is struggling with a paralyzed leg and needs to continue his medical treatments so he can by Allah blessing walk again this campaign funds will be used to help 17 family members to gets evacuated safely and pay for their everyday life expenses please donate and support noha and her family 🙏
Vetted by operation olive branch num 78
$67,534\$85,000 (3 October)
$17,466 Away From Reaching Goal.
