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Staying alive was never Jason's strong suit

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Please Support My Education and Save Our Lives🙏

The Palestinian people are known as one of the most educated and knowledge-loving people in the world, with one of the lowest illiteracy rates. We have the ability to innovate and produce even in the most difficult circumstances, despite all the wars we have endured💪🍉👩‍🎓

I dream of continuing my studies to earn a Ph.D. after receiving a prestigious scholarship for pioneering women. However, I am currently stuck in Gaza and unable to pursue my educational journey and achieve my dream due to the war on Gaza💔😢

Meet 22 fellows awarded OWSD PhD fellowship

Please help me achieve my dream and preserve what remains of us by supporting my campaign. Thank you to everyone who has supported me at this challenging time🕊🌹💖

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🚨⏰ Attention Please 🙏🚨

Dear friends and compassionate supporters,

This is Eman Zaqout, from Occupied Gaza, Palestine. I am a Biotechnologist ,🩸💉 and scientific researcher contacting you at a really desperate moment.

I am seeking your assistance to raise funds for saving our lives, facing the starvation in Gaza and help me achieve my doctoral degree dream after being awarded OWSD PhD Fellowship for inspirational women.🍉👩‍🎓

Just like any motivated and loving life woman, and for years, I poured my heart and soul into my work at Al-Shifa Hospital and Turkish Palestinian Friendship Hospital, as Biotechnology Specialist serving cancer patients with compassion and skill.💪🤍

[ photos of Turkish Palestinian Friendship Hospital before and after the IDF destruction ]

[ photos of Al-Shifa Hospital before and after the IDF destruction]

I also gave medical lectures to students at different universities and training centers in Gaza👇☑

As a result of my outstanding grades in my study and the excellent performance in my job, I have been a holder of different scholarship and I am active participant in many research visits and scientific missions. 👩‍🔬The last scholarship as at McGill University in Canada three months ago before the starting of the genocide in Gaza.😥

However,😥

My life changed dramatically when Israeli military launched a sweeping war against Gaza. My home and our neighborhood in the North have been destroyed along with our belongings and precious memories early in this crisis.😭💔

My job and my husband's job are gone. Israeli military forced us to evacuate from the north Gaza to the south where they claimed it would be the safe zone but it is not at all. Our sweet home and neighborhood have been destroyed.

Forced to flee with nothing but the clothes on our backs, today, we find ourselves sheltering in a displacement camp lacking access to sanitation, medical supplies, food and drinkable water. I will not talk a lot about the dire and unbearable life we have to go through, as no word can express it fairly😔

The good news in the midst of this tragedy, that I am one of the 22 women from the developing world who have been awarded OWSD- PhD fellowship to pursue my PhD study in Malaysia🍉💪. But now I am stuck in Gaza unable to achieve my dream because Israeli army has occupied and closed all the border crossings 😭💔

Meet 22 fellows awarded OWSD PhD fellowship

This genocide has been more than a year of hell and horror. We have reached a point where there is no hope left for us here in Gaza, where we are unfortunately just waiting for our turn to die.

Nevertheless,

I refuse to succumb to despair, holding on to the belief that brighter days lie ahead.

With your kindness and generosity🥺, I hope to survive the genocide and reclaim the path to achieving my doctorate 💉🩸

Your compassionate aid would mean the world to me and my family.🥺🙏❤🇵🇸✌

Please note that our campaign is vetted

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In honor of the bear vs man debate going around TikTok, here's a new poem.

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Want quick tips to add instant chemistry to the relationships of your characters??

(🥳With examples🥳)

First of all, I want to say that you can also use most of them for platonic/ non-romantic relationships, so feel free to use this tips however you think they might work better in your story. So, without further adue, let's get to the tips!!!

Make your characters LISTEN to each other. Like, if A tells B they're not a morning person, B could make some coffee for A or lower the volume of their alarm.

This might sound quite obvious, but show that you characters care for each other. It might be as simple as one of them giving the other a glass of water when they feel a little dizzy, but it works wonders!

Make your characters physically close. When you are emotionally close to someone, you tend to be physically close too. But here is the thing. Make your characters react like it's second nature: "how would I not hug B when I haven't seen them in days?" or "Of course I'm gonna take A's hand when I feel insecure".

They don't have to be constantly thinking about each other, but when they do, MAKE IT MATTER!! For example, character A is out shopping, and they see B's favorite cookies. B didn't have a good day, and A knows that. But A also knows B is gonna fucking love the cookies, so they buy some.

Let them believe and trust each other. Also applies if one of them is a little distrustful: let your characters rely on one another, even if at the start they aren't as comfortable doing it. For a distrustful character, letting the other one help with chores might be a HUGE thing.

Other tips for writers: previous | next

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So a free tool called GLAZE has been developed that allows artists to cloak their artwork so it can't be mimicked by AI art tools.

AI art bros are big mad about it.

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The bell above the door chimes and I swing my attention to my newest patron. Her hair a golden mess of curls and her eyes as blue as the sky outside. Her skin unmarred by scales or feathers.

She's human? She can't be. It's impossible for humans to find us thanks to the Mist and yet. Here she is clear as day.

Luckily no one else seems to have noticed her nor has she noticed anyone else. Chad, the minotaur, in the corner reading his book and munching a croissant is still engrossed in the pages. Letitia, the gorgon, letting her snakes breathe as she blows on her latte at table four. Drake, the dragon, human-ish for now with red scales speckling his face, is still punching away at his laptop at the table in the sun.

"Welcome to Siren's Brew! What can I get started for you?" I chirp, trying to minimize the song in my voice, praying she doesn't realize everything behind me is flooded with water so that I can swim around.

"A large oat milk latte, please," the woman grumbles out groggily as she digs for something in her purse.

"Of course. Anything else?" I ask calmly.

Taking the moments to punch her order into the register and write on the to-go cup hoping to get her out of here as quickly as possible.

"Do you have any scones?"

"Of course! Blueberry, cherry, apple, or strawberry?"

"Apple, please," she says before suddenly noticing the to-go cup, "Oh. Thank you so much. I'm running late for work so to-go is perfect."

I momentarily freeze in my tracks, letting my eyes slowly drag back up to her face, "My apologies. Sometimes I forget to ask. Your order will be ready shortly."

She quickly nods, stepping aside once she's paid. Her eyes glued to her phone, not once looking up around her.

"One large oat milk latte and a warmed apple scone," I say, handing her the items, "Have a great day!"

She mumbles what I assume is a "thank you" before heading out the door, none the wiser.

You run a secret, hidden café frequented by mythical beings. One day, a human somehow finds their way to the café. They have not noticed they are the only human, nor have the other patrons noticed them. Yet.

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how it feels "trusting the process" as a writer/artist

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You were adopted and raised by a dragon. You and your step-brother never got along with him looking down at you for not being a dragon. You take a deep breath before entering his cave to inform him about the death of your mother.

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As soon as you uttered those words, a clamor could be heard through out the hideout. Left and right the villain's henchmen were being slain or incapacitated. After a few moments, the noise of battle stopped and you could hear footsteps pounding up to the door where you were hidden.

"I know you have her, Karl," your wife's voice calls just before the door is ripped off it's hinges.

"Give. Her. Back," she growls, staring down the villain.

You lock eyes with your wife, not believing what you're seeing. She stands there clothed in the suit of the city's notorious hero.

Neither you nor the villain can believe what you're seeing. Her mask long forgotten and the spandex suit marred with the scars of her battle to find you.

"Honey?" You ask bewildered before she marches over to the villain and slaughters him for daring to lay a finger on you.

You were kidnapped by a villain and he gloats about how you’re bait for his arch-nemesis, and you’ll be dead soon. You sigh and just look at him. “Buddy, its not that hero you need to worry about….its my wife.” and he looks at you perplexed.

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Thought about meeting a special someone someday and this came to mind

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It's about time I introduce myself. So, without further ado, here's some fun facts about me.