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Edward John Poynter - Festival (detail)

Illustrations by Sophie Margolin for Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre.

I know you have all probably seen the esims for gaza posts circulating. Some of you have probably looked at them and thought maybe you should help out, but have weighed up the daunting process of signing up for something you're unfamiliar with vs. the gut-wrenching scale of the things people are going through on the ground right now, and you've put it off or questioned whether it will make enough of a difference vs. some other future kind of activism you could put that $6+ towards. I'm not calling you out or scolding you, it is natural to feel conflicted and ambivalent about the multiple calls for aid that you are seeing on social media.

but consider this: what would you do if you suddenly had to leave your home? how would you cope? how would you begin to plan where to go next, or figure out what to do to take care of yourself? most likely you would reach reflexively for your phone.

telecoms access is not a petty luxury in 2024. a loaded esim means the ability to call family members and find out where they are and whether they're safe, and whether they need anything you can provide for them. it means access to maps and regular updates on the situation unfolding around you. it means you can look up whether it's safe to drink rain water, or how to tie a type of knot you've never had to think about before, or how to treat an injury without medical supplies. it means the ability to tell people outside the situation what you are seeing, what you are feeling, what you are thinking. it is an absolutely crucial resource. and it starts at $6 for 7 days.

many many people have observed that internet access is changing the way the world understands genocide. internet access is life or death, and it is shaping modern history in front of you. and it starts at $6 for 7 days.

please, please visit gazaesims.com and spend 5 minutes and $6 to change the way this plays out for everyone.

But the hands that built the tower of Babel knew nothing of the dream of the brain that had conceived it. One man's hymns of praise became other men's curses.

METROPOLIS (1927) | DIR. FRITZ LANG

Brilliant Venus at magnitude -4 and Comet NEOWISE

Credit: Radical Retinoscopy

The Moon & Art by Théodore Gudin 🌙⭐

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Misty Valley of Hydrangea - 善峯寺 by Toshi

Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic (by Jorge Franganillo)

Hayao Miyazaki’s Happy New Year 2024 Year of the Dragon illustration

Gansen-ji Temple, Kyoto, Japan by Minto

Take an Immersive Journey Through an Ancient Rainforest’s Mycelial Network in ‘Fungi: Web of Life’

by kyleincpt

The war in Sudan has reached its 10th month. The war has been met with a global indifference or there has been no desire to act from many world leaders.

8 million people have fled their homes and millions of Sudanese people have emergency food insecurity, with 5 million people on the brink of famine. even the neighbouring country Chad has had to declare a food insecurity emergency due to the mass amount of Sudanese people that have fled to Chad. (By no fault of their own of course)

Faced with a media blackout which is over a week at this point we need to continue to amplify the voices and plight of the Sudanese people.

#freesudan till it’s backwards 🇸🇩🇸🇩🇸🇩🇸🇩🇸🇩🇸🇩🇸🇩🇸🇩🇸🇩🇸🇩🇸🇩🇸🇩🇸🇩🇸🇩

List of highly rated charities that are providing Humanitarian Assistance to Sudan. Among those I've donated to are Doctors Without Borders, Sudan Relief Fund, and Project Hope, but there are others here to recommend as well.

Amazing thatched cottage near Stanton Drew, Somerset, England

By  Charity Fordham 

Grace Gillespie’s Vibrant Linocut Prints of Flowers and Foliage Tap Into Her Artistic Roots

Will you please help a gay black homeless 23 year old stay warm and eat until I’m able to get help finding housing? I’ve put my applications in for affordable housing near me and food stamps but last night I literally almost froze to death because my car can’t withstand being ran all night long after months of doing it in the summer and now the winter too.

p*yp*l: leotuals

c*sh*pp: alexandriad19

My car is now tore up and cannot be driven anywhere. It won’t go up hills and there’s huge clouds of white smoke coming from the exhaust and a burning smell when I turn it on. I’m looking for a shelter to stay at until I can save up money to get it fixed. Right now I’m just very hungry and trying to find a way to my food stamp appointment because I live in an area where there is so taxi/bus/uber or public transportation of any form. If anyone could spare anything to help me eat it would help me so unbelievably much

I asked my aunt if I could live with her after me letting her stay multiple times when she had no where to go and this was the response I received. I really really need help right now. I’m so scared and I have no idea what to do.

Any help for food or necessities would be greatly appreciated right now 🫶🏽 I hope everyone is healthy and warm.

I started my period on the 18th yesterday which is waaaay early compared to when I usually start on the 27th due to stress and complete lack of sleep because I’m struggling to feel safe sleeping in my car and as of this since this time yesterday I’ve had exactly two hours of sleep and am currently doubled over in my car crying my eyes out due to endometriosis pain. I have $11 to my name currently from paying my phone bill and none left over for food or pads or tampons because I am bleeding through so much underwear I have to have both. I am begging for your help right now.

I really really need donations for food and oil to try and get my car to work. It was absolutely freezing last night and my blood sugar has dropped from not eating and being on my period is making it very dangerous for me.