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with the occupation continuing their devastating bombing campaign (as if they ever stopped!) there's also the real concern of being cut off from all contact with the world. i've been talking a lot with my friend and brother Ahmad, and on top of the other assistance his family of 9 (including his disabled parents and his brother's young children) desperately needs, he'd be incredibly grateful if you could help him raise $500 in order to keep his internet connection.
update from Ahmad: giving his thanks for your help and detailing his mother's degenerative illness in his own words,
his whole family is currently living in his destroyed house as they have nowhere else to go. thank you so much for continuing to share and for any contributions. as you know, any amount goes a long way, as well as makes him and everyone in his position feel less alone.
i was really worried because Ahmad didn't message me at all yesterday, and before that, sent me recordings of the bombings, planes, and the harsh winds ripping through his destroyed home. luckily i'm back in contact with him. unfortunately, his account has been marked as spam on bluesky, part of an ongoing pattern of the site & its users going after some of the most vulnerable people who wouldn't be using it for fundraising purposes if they didn't have to! so thank you everyone for continuing to share this, it's a huge help.
edit just got word that the occupation is forcing him to evacuate, again.
I didn’t miss that social cue I just thought it was stupid
‘i saw your social cue but am ignoring it in the hopes you learn to use your words and communicate like an adult. hope this helps’
taking certain YouTubers by the hand and saying very pointedly that if all you're doing is explaining a concept in-depth without any analysis......if all you're doing is laying out the various points of view on an issue without actually arguing anything - then you have not written an essay. if your video is about the alt-right pipeline and all its actually saying is "yeah that exists and here's how it works" that's not an essay, it's a summary. someone just linked me a "video essay" about severance theories and the video just basically listed out all the popular theories for 20 minutes and the creator kept saying "in this video essay" you haven't written essay you're not arguing anything!!!!!!! idk when video essay just came to mean a "a video where someone speaks longer than 7 minutes about something" but it is very irritating. don't waste my time!!!!!!!
GOING TO THE DOCTOR
Expectations: I’m Sorry You Have Going To Die Disease You Are. Going To Die
Reality: The Doctor Says I Don’t Know
ceasefire today, accountability from tomorrow until the end of time. all my love to the steadfast people and martyrs of gaza
in common israeli behavior, as phase I of the ceasefire expires today israel attempts to sabotage the ceasefire again to avoid accountability.
they have violated the conditions for phase I and are refusing to move to phase II by announcing a war crime instead: resuming the starvation siege and preventing international aid from entering gaza during ramadan. this is all par for the course. israel has never met an agreement it wouldn't break, nor missed an opportunity to inflict more suffering. accountability will come regardless, but now is the time to be alert, especially as western media tries to obfuscate the reasons for the ceasefire violations.
tonight at 3 am israel unilaterally ended the ceasefire and resumed the genocide in gaza, killing at least 45 people so far including dozens of children. for two weeks it had already been starving gazans in ramadan and preventing aid, food and fuel from getting in. accountability is a very long game. the more violent they get, the longer they put it off, the more the world will continue to pay.
i've been saying this for two years, but it doesn't hurt to say it again: the short term of this is ugly. there's no short-term solution. things are going to get more violent. but the long-term is already lost to them. all we have to do is stay the course, and don't let them intimidate you into silence or exhaust you with the sheer scale of the violence. these are the tactics of a bully nation led by a bully sponsor, and the world has seen all of them fall before
the death toll is reportedly currently at 200, including 80 children killed before dawn
‼️‼️‼️@ala-kah hasn’t responded or seen my texts since monday please spread this as far as possible and try and get in contact with her if you can time is of the essence here and if you can please donate to her campaign‼️‼️‼️‼️
‼️‼️‼️MAJOR UPDATE: ala has just now replied she’s alright and safe for now but please repost and share since there’s still been no donations in the past few days‼️‼️
israel is indiscriminately bombing gaza again. please share and contribute to nader’s campaign
🧠 🧲 a beginner's guide to comics cherik 🧲 🧠
it's finally here! i made a guide for cherik fans who have never read x-men comics + don't know where to start 💜 it covers backstories, character studies, krakoa, & more! everything has summaries, images, and beginner difficulty ratings. read here! (there's a condensed list at the end that you can copy/paste for your notes and such!)
🧠 🧲 a beginner's guide to comics cherik 🧲 🧠
it's finally here! i made a guide for cherik fans who have never read x-men comics + don't know where to start 💜 it covers backstories, character studies, krakoa, & more! everything has summaries, images, and beginner difficulty ratings. read here! (there's a condensed list at the end that you can copy/paste for your notes and such!)