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I know most of tumblr is thinking about the USA right now. but fuck the nz government right now too. tomorrow, the treaty principles bill, the 'worst, most comprehensive breach of Te Tiriti in modern times' is being introduced to parliament early, because there were activations planned country wide and the cowards decided to pull it forwards. fuck this government. a friend of mine had to go home early, crying. I've been in shock all day since it came out.
check on your Māori friends, e hoa mā. see what they need. see how you can help. everyday, we see and experience racism. from people around us, up to our government. community care will save us.
it passed its first reading today.
go to the hīkoi if you're in aotearoa.
sign the petition even if you're not.
when submissions open, write one.
reshare Māori peoples voices on social media.
check in on the Māori in your life. fund mutual aid for Māori. send us your aroha.
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From here. If you think arachnids with long legs are just scary please watch this solifugid dig her nest (or try to) like SUCH a goofy little person creature. Look how she shoves dirt with her mouth and then gives it a little pat. Is she even making any progress?!
Fun fact: Camel Spiders aka Sun Spiders aka Solifuges are not true spiders because they lack the ability to produce webs, and their legs are arranged more like scorpions than spiders.
They’ve also been commonly attributed as having incredibly deadly venom, but actually the opposite is true. Their venom is pretty much harmless to humans and they rarely bite anyway. If you do get bit by one, the wound will likely cause you more problems than the venom.
And as a final fun fact, the Frostbite Spiders in Skyrim are heavily inspired by Solifuges.
More than that; they have no venom at all! Just very strong jaws for chomping up tough beetles, scorpions, centipedes, even lizards. They're the tyrannosaurs of arachnids, putting all the points they can into a huge heavy head and bite force!!
If you are tasty foodful centipede it has to be the frighteningst beast, but....they have this face about it:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/mayraoyervides/3459624229
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Egypt will stand against all attempts aimed at liquidating the Palestinian cause, whether through the forcible displacement of civilians or by rendering the Gaza Strip uninhabitable, President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi said at the Extraordinary Arab and Islamic Summit in Riyad.
While on the surface this seems good, in reality, the Egyptian government has so far not substantially helped any Palestinians, preventing them from crossing the border, and prior to that, only letting them if they paid extortionate prices.
Hazem Tannera (@hazemfromgaza) is one such Palestinian who was able to get into Egypt because of his brain tumor, but had to leave behind his ten family members, including his mother and three nieces/nephews. While he is receiving treatment there, he hopes to provide for them until the border opens again and he can reunite with them. But donations have been coming in very slowly, and there have been none for the past three days. His minimal budget for food, what used to be £20-£30 a day, has now risen to £70 a day because of the inflating food prices.
Please help Hazem provide for his family during this time. This is extremely urgent.
Source: english.ahram.org.eg
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Help Secure a Future for a Whole Family - Me, Ahmed, my wife Dina, and our children Zeina, Eileen, Yamen, and Ronza 👶💙
✅️ Vetting info
#264 in El-Shab-Hussein and Nabulsi's spreadsheet [here],
#741 in the Butterfly Project spreadsheet [here]
#213 in the Gazavetters spreadsheet [here]
I’m Ahmed Alanqar from Gaza, where we have lived our entire lives under siege, facing daily hardships and military actions. In October 2023, the conflict escalated catastrophically, destroying my newly built home, my neighborhood, my workplace, and robbing us of our sense of safety.
We are now homeless, desperately seeking a chance to build a new life away from the constant threat of bombings that have become our grim reality.
As we face this challenge, my children are always at the forefront of my mind: Zeina (8 years), Eileen (7 years), Yamen (5 years), and Ronza, who is just four months old and was born during the war.
My wife Dina and I dream of offering them better opportunities than we ever had, a future filled with security and happiness. 💜
Ronza: A Symbol of Innocence Amidst the Destruction 💝
Every time I look at Ronza, I see pure innocence in her eyes, unaware of the terror that surrounds us. She smiles and plays, oblivious to the danger and destruction around her. I can't help but wonder: How long will this innocence last? How long can we protect her and her siblings from this reality? I know that I want them to have a life they deserve, free from fear and filled with love and opportunity.
This Campaign is a Call for Hope, to Guide Our Children Toward a Better Tomorrow ✨
This call is for all who believe that every child deserves a life of dignity and safety. Your contribution is not just a donation; it’s an act of shaping a new life for Ronza and her siblings, ensuring they grow up in a world filled with hope, away from the horrors of war.
Thanks to Your Support, We Have Made Progress, but We Still Need Your Help 💖🕊️
Thanks to your generosity, we’ve raised €77,630 of our €100,000 goal. Your support has shown us that humanity is still alive and strong. Your help is a light of hope that we’re building our children's future on.
We kindly ask for you to continue supporting us by donating or sharing our story. Together, we can ensure that our children have the safe, bright future they deserve, filled with peace and opportunities.
✅️ Vetting info
#264 in El-Shab-Hussein and Nabulsi's spreadsheet [here]
#741 in the Butterfly Project spreadsheet [here]
#213 in the Gazavetters spreadsheet [here]
Tag for reach 🙏
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if you have time to scroll, you have time to read.
however, i'll start with a shorter version. family currently living in a tent in al mawasi:
- two adults
- three young adults
- 16 year old
- 14 year old
- 4 year old
- infant
and
- 19 year old in egypt, separated from the family, and at risk of getting expelled from college due to tuition fees
no winter clothes. insufficient food. diapers needed for the baby. donate here. it takes thirty seconds. anything helps.
more information for those willing to spare more time:
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Our dreams have been destroyed, and we have nothing left...😞
🫂You're our last hope in this life🫂
I'm Lama from Gaza, I'm 24 years old, and my husband is Mohammad... We got married in 2022 in a house full of love and happiness. Our house was beautiful, we chose everything in it carefully... We were waiting for the end of the day to go there after a tiring day of work, but the occupation did not leave us. 😔😭💔
This house was bombed with all hatred. Here we are after the genocide. We have nothing... We lost our house, our work, and our car.😭😞
We were displaced to Rafah in a tent that could not accommodate 5 people, and after the displacement from Rafah, we were displaced to Mawasi Khan Yunis again. It was a very difficult period... but now we are in Mawasi Khan Yunis in a tent that does not protect us from the cold of winter or the heat of summer.😞😭
This is our tent, its floor is made of cardboard, as you can see, and I suffer from severe eczema due to the pollution of the air and the materials used, and the medicine is very expensive.😭💔
Urgent: My husband needs a very necessary operation and medication. Please help my husband in order for his health to improve. He is in pain.😞😭🫂🙏🙏
Help us and donate to us. You are our last hope and the lifeline of this life. 🫂🙏
We need you...Donate to us and save what is left of us.😞🙏🙏
Link campaign ⬇️ ⬇️⬇️
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We can’t bring back the dead. Our days pile on top of each other, one after the other, and each month passes as though it’s a week. Everything passes us by as if we are in a coma from this world. When will we wake up? When will our days and dreams that stole our ambitions return?
but you can still make a difference to our lives. you can bring us hope 🙏🏻 vetted
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‼️Please don’t skip taking a look 🍉🇵🇸
Hi, my name is Naomi, and I’m from Texas. I’m organizing this fundraiser on behalf of my friend, Ahmed Abu Al-Rish, who is in Gaza. This fundraiser is meant to help him and his family escape the genocide.
“Hello, my name is Ahmed, 19 years old from Gaza. I finished high school with a high average and a very good grade, and because of the genocide war on Gaza, I was deprived of enrolling in university. I had dreams and ambitions to study photographic design, but I was deprived of all of that because of the genocide war on Gaza. I was living the best days of my youth. But with the beginning of this war, I became unable to live my normal life. At least our warm house sheltered me and my family until it was bombed for the first time, that damned night. Our house has become like a ghost town. We continued to seek refuge from death there until we were besieged and displaced from our safety under fire to a tent (shelter) in the bitter cold of winter, with the lack of basic necessities of life (water pollution, high cost of living, disease, insect infestation,
malnutrition,
Difficulty of movement, overcrowding), and many other daily difficulties, especially with the significant increase in prices. This was not the first time we had to be displaced. We moved again from a tent in Rafah to another tent in Khan Yunis. I then returned to our destroyed home to repair what we could to find shelter for my family, despite not having all the basic necessities of life (destroyed sanitation infrastructure and water lines, destroying any form of life). Please help me achieve my dream of completing my academic career at university and for my family to survive this genocide and escape to a safe place. And travel ❤️❤️”
Here’s the link: https://gofund.me/c4472150
I am Ahmed Hammad, 26 years old 🍉
married, and I have a child that I had two months ago.
I have lost many members of my family, including my father, brother, and sister, as a result of the war on my country, Gaza.
I used to work as a cleaner at Shuhada al-Aqsa Hospital, where I was injured by the bombing two weeks ago.
I can't support my family and my little child is malnourished.
I now live with my wife, mother, and son in an unlivable tent.
I can't work, I can't provide treatment for my sick mother, and I fear for my child's future. I want him to live a normal life.
I am unable to protect my child and my mother. I hope that you will help us, save us, and save my child from this war. Please help us. We cannot escape this tragedy.
After I got hurt, I can't work to provide the simplest things like food and healthy water, everything here is expensive, other than that, my baby needs care greatly, he needs formula (because he does not breastfeed from his mother naturally due to health problems in his mother)
- Every day, my baby needs formula
- Needs diapers
- Needs winter clothes
- It also needs a place to live in to settle in that is livable and has no diseases or insects
Thank you❤️
I hope you donate to us
Everyone who donates $20 will save my child and save us all. I hope you will help us.
Donate even if it is a little
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Ahmed's fundraiser has previously been reblogged by 90-ghost, as seen here!
Currently $373 raised of $20,000 as of October 28th! Ahmed's fundraiser is critically underfunded, and has only received 26 donations; the last donation was 11 hours ago. Please keep sharing and donating to help Ahmed and his family!
making another batch of kombucha today. probably apple and lavender again because that one turned out good the first time. maybe i'll add mint too
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Our dreams have been destroyed, and we have nothing left...😞
🫂You're our last hope in this life🫂
I'm Lama from Gaza, I'm 24 years old, and my husband is Mohammad... We got married in 2022 in a house full of love and happiness. Our house was beautiful, we chose everything in it carefully... We were waiting for the end of the day to go there after a tiring day of work, but the occupation did not leave us. 😔😭💔
This house was bombed with all hatred. Here we are after the genocide. We have nothing... We lost our house, our work, and our car.😭😞
We were displaced to Rafah in a tent that could not accommodate 5 people, and after the displacement from Rafah, we were displaced to Mawasi Khan Yunis again. It was a very difficult period... but now we are in Mawasi Khan Yunis in a tent that does not protect us from the cold of winter or the heat of summer.😞😭
This is our tent, its floor is made of cardboard, as you can see, and I suffer from severe eczema due to the pollution of the air and the materials used, and the medicine is very expensive.😭💔
Urgent: My husband needs a very necessary operation and medication. Please help my husband in order for his health to improve. He is in pain.😞😭🫂🙏🙏
Help us and donate to us. You are our last hope and the lifeline of this life. 🫂🙏
We need you...Donate to us and save what is left of us.😞🙏🙏
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avery's situation has gone from tragic to dire
no food, no money, nowhere to stay. she has a cat. her home burnt down five days ago and now basically everyone who can make a difference has given up on her. I don't know what to say. if you're in central Ohio please let her sleep on your couch. if not please send her money. im worried sick about her and I'm broke and across the country. I wish I could do more to help. please please please help her please. im sorry I know it's a fucking terrible time but I don't know what else to do.
here's her cashapp
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Today I donated $10 to The Sameer Project!
Feel free to match my donation for a lovely, handwritten thank you card during my CBC Donation Drive!
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"This Spectacular Bag-worm Crafted a "witch hat" from a Rolled Leaf!
These tiny architects are found worldwide and are known for creating unique protective bags from leaves, twigs, and silk. Fascinating, right?"
📸 Girish Gowda
Encounter: the Tiniest Witch