It’s rare to feel happy in northern Gaza. But the other day, my sister Soso made me smile.

It’s not a lie that sugar is expensive. 1kg is $80. Frying oil is $70. That donut was expensive to make, even without the sugar. But it’s okay. Even if it means the adults can’t eat, it’s okay. Soso was happy for a few hours. She’s only 4 years old yet her life is already so hard. She’s not growing properly due to malnutrition and trauma. Her mental health is in shambles, not at all how a child should be. Since birth, two wars have come very close to killing her, so we just want her to be happy.

Please help me make her happy every day. A few days ago, she was the happiest child in the world because she ate an apple for the first time in a year. That won’t happen again because fruits are too expensive, but I swear, she explodes with joy when we buy vegetables too. She is a child with simple dreams.

Please don’t feel hesitant to help me, my campaign has been vetted!

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Happy 57th, Sheryl Lee.

Twin Peaks as part of the Natural Scenes series by artist David Ferrando Giraut.

Please remember that the most important aspect of my post was for you to remember to donate to my friends!

Very often I've been asked here if there was any way to send me money or gifts, or if there was any way to help my own family members evacuate Ghazzah or Lebanon through fundraisers. If you are one of those people and you have extra to give this holiday season, please don't hesitate to donate to my friends' survival funds! Every day I worry about whether they'll have enough to eat, or whether they've survived yet another bombing. It would help them immensely and it would ease my worries seeing as flour is costing over 200 shekels.

Please give to those most in need in this holiday season!

Trans and intersex people in the UK need you to be loud and angry about the new "deception as to sex" guidance released which makes trans and intersex people legally guilty of rape if we don't disclose our gender identity and/or the sex we were assigned at birth to sexual partners.

This is particularly going to harm trans and intersex sex workers, who often have a higher number of sexual partners who we might keep our trans or intersex identity from for our safety.

This guidance will put trans women into men's prisons with sex offenders for the "crime" of having consensual sex without declaring that they're trans first.

This guidance will put trans men into prison, likely in isolation, for the "crime" of having consensual sex without declaring that they're trans first.

This guidance will put intersex people into prison for the "crime" of having consensual sex without declaring that they're intersex first.

The British press is sweeping this under the rug. It will devastate so many trans and intersex people's lives. I need everyone else to share their rage because I'm scared and devastated for myself and those I love and I can't be screaming all on my own.

This gives the cis sexual partners of trans and intersex people so much power over them because unless you disclose it in writing (through a text message or something) it'll be your word against theirs and the court will not side with transgender or intersex individuals.

Dmitry Kochanovich (b.1972, Russia) - The first drop of the rain, 76x102 cm

[more Dmitry Kochanovich | artist found at 2headedsnake]

@samiraaymaan A pregnant mother of four, facing malnutrition and asthma, has been displaced several times and is fighting to ensure the safety of herself and her children. Her campaign launched on June 22nd and has received minimal donations. Please support Samira and her family to help them survive and secure the funds necessary for evacuation as soon as the borders reopen.

DONATE HERE

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UPDATE $4,432\$5,000 (17 December)

$568 Away from reaching short-term goal

LAST DONATION WAS 1 DAY AGO

oh peter. im very fond of you.

they put life on the murder scene on tubi.....

Pete Wentz

The holy grail of searching through academic literature is coming across a string of publications that are like:

Here’s An Idea. Smith et al. 2016

Terrible Idea; a comment on Smith et al. 2016. Johnson 2016.

You’re Wrong Too; a response to Johnson 2016. Nelson 2016.

Guys Just Stop Fighting, None Of Us Know What’s Going On; a Review of the Current Literature. McBrien 2017.

Not even an exaggeration.

“If We Knew What We Were Doing, It Would Not be Called Research, Would It?”

tags via @jesterbutch

They’re having Twitter beef now.

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Dish with blackberry light - Sasja Wagenaar

Dutch, b. 1959 -

Acrylic on canvas , 20 x 20 cm.