if you are unable to donate financially to help palestine, you can donate your time by protesting, boycotting, and putting up posters!
if all you have is your device and internet access, you can put your clicks to good use on arab.org. they use the advertising revenue generated by your clicks to help good causes.
and i would urge those able to spare a few dollars to donate to one or more of the following organizations:
Hey guys! I hagen't updated you on Mona's initiatives in a while, because I'm hoping many of you already follow her on Instagram. But since the last time we fundraised, Mona has been able to do a whole host of initiatives to distribute goods in Khan Younis! From diaper distribution to the distribution of hygiene products, soaps, shampoo, clean water? Food, hot meals, ingredients for cooking, etc... please do not hesitate to donate! Every dollar helps more than you know! P*ypal link.
(If you live in India or Pakistan and want to donate, contact her through the means listed on her account).
anyway yeah DELETE YOUR FUCKING ADVERTISING IDS
Android:
Settings ➡️ Google ➡️ all services ➡️ Ads ➡️ Delete advertising ID
(may differ slightly depending on android version and manufacturer firmware. you can't just search settings for "advertising ID" of course 🔪)
iOS:
Settings ➡️ privacy ➡️ tracking ➡️ toggle "allow apps to request to track" to OFF
and ALSO settings ➡️ privacy ➡️ Apple advertising ➡️ toggle "personalized ads" to OFF
more details about the process here via the EFF
If you're looking for places to donate to this November (Native American Heritage Month) my go-to is the Navajo Water Project/DigDeep. They work to bring running water to Navajo families and have a 100% rating on Charity Navigator!
I know I've said this a hundred times but if you're worried about palestinian fundraisers being scams at least consider donating to MSF. It's a highly reputable organization which has broken its long-standing neutrality to denounce Israel in front of the UN. Here's all the aid MSF is providing to Gazans (documentation available in multiple languages).
Since I know no one's gonna click on that link, here's a quick overview of some of the various ways in which Medicins Sans-Frontiers (Doctors Without Borders) is aiding Palestinians
- Since Oct 7 2023, MSF provided for 14000 hospital admissions and 7500 surgeries, on top of treating 27500 people for physical violence causes, treating 34000 people for diarrhoea (very common condition in Gaza currently due to the sanitary crisis) and holding 18000 mental health sessions.
-MSF is currently operating in two hospitals, eight healthcare facilities and fifteen mobile clinics, providing surgical support, wound care, physiotherapy, maternity and paediatric care, basic healthcare, vaccinations, and mental health services among other things (more info on the treatments provided by each facility on the link above). Additionally, they provide training for psychological, medical and paramedical volunteers, and donate first aid kits to various camps (info on the specific locations on the link above).
- Via their partnership with the Palestinian Agriculture and Development Association, they're building latrines for over 30000 people in six camps, distributing hygiene kits to 2400 families, and ensuring clean drinking water for 25000 people, on top of equipping a camp for 70 families with accessible sanitary facilities for disabled people.
- Since October 7, 2023, eight of their medics have died. Seven of them are remembered here, and their latest, Hasan Suboh, in this statement that denounces Israel's allies for disregarding the fact that the protection of humanitarian workers is not being guaranteed as they claim.
MSF does not only stand for Palestine in humanitarian terms, it also does so politically to an extent, holding Israel and its allies accountable for sabotaging ceasefire negotiation attempts.
MSF also provides aid to Sudan, the Democratic Republic Of Congo, Haiti, Ethiopia and 76 other countries.
To better maximize your donation to MSF, I advise keeping an eye out for donation doubling and tripling periods, which occur fairly often and can be checked on their website.
Updated: 9 Nov 2024
Name = link to post detailing their story, verification if available ; (link) = link to fundraiser ; ~ = a campaign that has recently had to be restarted from scratch
*note: i am not a vetter. i will keep this list updated every couple of days so the numbers on the post can accurately reflect the progress of each campaign i've listed. also, the funds on this list are not solely palestinian families, but sudanese families as well. if you are going to use #palestine pls also use #sudan.
Hala (paypal link) ~ Yara Mohammed (link) €412/€30,000 ~ Safaa (link) €1,327/€60,000 ~ Muhammad Eid (link) €1,152/€35,000 ** Abeer (link) $2,658 CAD/$75,000 CAD Eman Abosedo (link) $1,434/$50,000 Rana Akeela (link) €2,172/€50,000 ** Isra Fathi Guma Ahmed (link) $3,664 AUD/$9,100 AUD ** Hatem Salem (paypal, gfm) collectively €4,423/€10,000 Abd Alhadi Aburas (link) $6,841 CAD/$65,000 CAD Ahmed Al-Habil (link) €7,557/€50,000 Almadhoun Family (link) €10,883/€50,000 Nedaa (link) £9,705/£25,000 Ayaa (link) $24,713/$35,000 Mahmoud Helles (link) €12,692/€50,000 Mahmoud Ziad (link) $14,878/$30,000 ** Naveen (link) $23,754 CAD/$50,000 CAD Sajida's Family (link) £14,291/£30,000 ** 4 Sudanese Families (link) €20,157/€50,000 Sohad Mahmoud (paypal, gfm) collectively €18,188/€35,000 ** Alaa Amsse (link) €25,572/€100,000 Eman Zaqout (link) $37,343 CAD/$80,000 CAD
Doaa Jad Al Haq (link) kr282,297 SEK/kr500,000 SEK Youssef Al-Habeel (link) €30,011/€50,000 Asjad (link) $28,310/$30,000 Laila Shaqoura (link) €32,629/€55,000 Dana (link) £26,367/£40,000 Nour (link) $45,647/$80,000 Mohammed Al-Habil (link) €38,235/€50,000Rehab Shamia(link)$39,765/$70,000Hanaa Jad Al Haq (link) £41,177/£50,000 Mohammed Al Manasra (link) $56,366/$120,000 Ibrahim Hussein (link) $52,286/$100,000 Wafaa (link) $78,885/$85,000 Iwais Family (link) kr721,607 SEK/kr800,000 SEK Fidda (link) $87,990/$120,000 Haya Alshawish (link) €96,840/€100,000 Mohiy (link) $113,190/$120,000
Mahmoud Ziad (link) $14,878/$30,000. no donations in 22 DAYS
Muhammad Eid (link) €1,152/€35,000. no donations in 13 DAYS
Rana Akeela (link) €2,172/€50,000. no donations in 9 DAYS
Isra Fathi Guma Ahmed (link) $3,664 AUD/$9,100 AUD. no donations in 5 DAYS
Sajida's Family (link) £14,291/£30,000. no donations in 4 DAYS
Sohad Mahmoud (paypal, gfm) collectively €18,188/€35,000. no donations in 4 DAYS
Striking New York Times tech workers have created a “Guild Builds” page dedicated to strike-themed games you can play, including a spin on Wordle, a word search, and the custom Connections I reported on earlier today. As part of its strike announcement on Monday, the New York Times Tech Guild requested that people don’t cross the digital picket line to play the NYT’s daily puzzle games. This collection of five other games offers an alternative if you want to support the striking workers but also do some brain teasers.
this shit rules
Now is a good time to check if you need to renew your passport or get one for the first time.
Not even as an alarmist thing, but because you want to do it NOW before any requirements change and your get distracted by the world. It's just a good thing to have.
The full passport book is pricey ($130), but the card ($30) has all the same benefits as identification and can be used at land borders.
Just to make it clear, because I've also seen this (good) advice going around on other platforms and being challenged:
The main point of having a Passport in the times to come is NOT to emigrate or have the ID to claim asylum, and I pray we don't need it for that.
The point is that Upcoming Administration wants to deport people. They will almost certainly not have the federal staff for the plans they espoused. The Passport is proof of citizenship in ways that other IDs in the US are not.
Additonally, beyond the travel book - which you should keep in a safe place similar to your Birth certificate when not traveling- you can get a wallet card. Immediate proof, right there.
This may be especially important for POC and Latine people soon.
Be safe, friends.
just found out that there is a sudanfunds website! like gazafunds, it is a compilation of funds for people facing genocide
If you're looking for places to donate to this November (Native American Heritage Month) my go-to is the Navajo Water Project/DigDeep. They work to bring running water to Navajo families and have a 100% rating on Charity Navigator!
As Google has worked to overtake the internet, its search algorithm has not just gotten worse. It has been designed to prioritize advertisers and popular pages often times excluding pages and content that better matches your search terms
As a writer in need of information for my stories, I find this unacceptable. As a proponent of availability of information so the populace can actually educate itself, it is unforgivable.
Below is a concise list of useful research sites compiled by Edward Clark over on Facebook. I was familiar with some, but not all of these.
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Google is so powerful that it “hides” other search systems from us. We just don’t know the existence of most of them. Meanwhile, there are still a huge number of excellent searchers in the world who specialize in books, science, other smart information. Keep a list of sites you never heard of.
www.refseek.com - Academic Resource Search. More than a billion sources: encyclopedia, monographies, magazines.
www.worldcat.org - a search for the contents of 20 thousand worldwide libraries. Find out where lies the nearest rare book you need.
https://link.springer.com - access to more than 10 million scientific documents: books, articles, research protocols.
www.bioline.org.br is a library of scientific bioscience journals published in developing countries.
http://repec.org - volunteers from 102 countries have collected almost 4 million publications on economics and related science.
www.science.gov is an American state search engine on 2200+ scientific sites. More than 200 million articles are indexed.
www.pdfdrive.com is the largest website for free download of books in PDF format. Claiming over 225 million names.
www.base-search.net is one of the most powerful researches on academic studies texts. More than 100 million scientific documents, 70% of them are free
this and also; your local libraries
This is a great resource for doing research while you prep for November!
The Tech Guild at the New York Times is on strike, and they are asking that we don't play Wordle or other NYT games, or access recipes or listen to podcasts hosted there (doing so is crossing the picket line).
So here are some alternative games that may tide you over (or even find you a new favorite game) while the strike is on:
BARDLE: shakespearegeek.github.io/bardle/ words that appears in Shakespeare's works
LORDLE: lordle.digitaltolkien.com (words that appear in Lord of the Rings)
HEARDLE: heardlewordle.io guess a song w/six tries, each one sec longer
WORLDLE: worldle.teuteuf.fr guess a country by silhouette
GLOBLE: globle-game.com guess a country by proximity
STATELE: statele.teuteuf.fr guess the U.S. state by silhouette and then answer bonus questions
WHERE TAKEN: wheretaken.teuteuf.fr guess country in photo and then answer bonus questions
WHERE TAKEN USA: wheretakenusa.teuteuf.fr guess U.S. state in photo and then answer bonus questions
MOVIEDLE: likewise.com/games/moviedle guess a movie by 1-second incremental mash-up clips
FLIKTOK: fliktok.app guess the movie with six still frames
FLIKTOK SHOW: fliktok.show Fliktok for TV shows
FRAMED: framed.wtf same as Fliktok
EPISODE: episode.wtf Framed for TV
PLOTWORDS: plotwords.com/daily guess the movie with as few plot keywords as possible
And my current favorite:
REDACTLE: redactle.net a wikipedia article with all of the words blocked out except conjunctions, articles, and "to be" verbs. How many words will you have to guess before you can fill in the article title?
the following organizations accept donations via Venmo, PayPal or Cashapp:
the following organizations can be donated to individually or all-together via this split donation form that will split your donation amount to equal parts:
how to prepare for a trump presidency: ⤑ list of crisis hotlines that do not contact police ⤑ see where you can get necessary vaccines ⤑ order a vaccine card ⤑ double check your citizenship status ⤑ stock up on birth control or make a plan to ⤑ buy-it-for-life items to invest in before tariffs. ⤑ know what to expect. ⤑ good things that happened on election night.
hello again (bill clinton limewire voice) my fellow americans
There are a few states that actually have Shield/Refuge laws designed to help trans people fleeing from trans-unsafe states, which also guarantee trans folks access to healthcare. These states are:
Additionally, some states have "trans sanctuary" executive orders signifying safety for trans folks seeking healthcare. These states are:
Living as a resident in these states means you are protected by state's rights and state government to continue or begin receiving trans healthcare. These laws have been codified in their states so everything has been a-ok'd by their state governments.
Stay alive. You got this. I love you.
Black folx don't get caught slippin. Crosscheck this list with these maps made by and thoroughly researched by tougaloo college.
They're a map of sundown towns across the u.s. one is interactive. also, side note, if you know a sundown town that isn't on there, please contact them and they will follow up on it.
