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we've passed the longest night of the year but the nights are still very cold for all the gazans living in tents or with no shelter at all

please consider donating to help falestine and her family make it through the cold winter nights!

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Unbelievably dire.. how did we get here

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With the blockade imposed by Israel, it is extremely important to support grassroots organizations. They provide aid to multiple families on the ground. The Sameer Project is one organization. It is led by 4 Palestinians in the diaspora and Gazans are risking their lives while distributing the aid to ensure families are accommodated.

The Sameer Project provides food and shelter. As you know, the rainy season is persistent and many families have been displaced by the sea. The high tide has caused many to lose their tents, the only shelter they have. So please donate to the Sameer Project! With your support, they can branch out to families across the Strip!

Here is their Linktree, which also includes Venmo and PayPal.

South Gaza Aid:

Refaat Alareer Camp Aid:

North and Central Gaza Aid:

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i love how Gandalf invested in Hobbits in year one and has been pushing them ever since. Thorin, i hear you need help with a breaking and entering. Can I recommend one of these little cunts? Silent as fuck, trust me. Elrond my dude i know you're skeptical but these four chucklefucks just transported a weapon of mass destruction all the way here. Theoden, you've gotta get yourself a hobbit man, I've got a spare one here. Denathor you big prick, take a hobbit - literally this is the bottom of the range but listen to him sing. Beautiful little bastard.

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I feel bad that some of yall assume Reddit is just for republican neckbeards. it is currently fucking plastered in leftist posts, making fun of trump and musk, calling out trump for basically admitting to election fraud and musk for the fucking salute, people literally openly saying they wish these assholes would die. Some subreddits with broad other purposes have been largely converted into leftist communities. Believing tumblr is the only existing bastion of leftists or whatever WILL make you bitter and miserable lol

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holy shit y’all should watch this one, what an admirable person

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i saw a video the other day detailing why we see so much about gaza🇵🇸 but not sudan🇸🇩

it comes down to these 3 key differences

while gaza is much bloodier, gaza has journalists reporting daily. as a journalist you will be targeted viciously but it's a delayed risk because the enemy isn't on ground. your enemies are cowards who plot and kill you from afar.

in sudan it's impossible to report anything because the enemy is walking down your street (if not in your house) like rabid dogs. you will be shot on sight. it's an immediate risk. there is no time to capture or comment on anything. whatever information you put out will be your first and last.

in sudan, the updates come from the warring factions filming themselves, not from civilians. and you can imagine the bias and inaccuracy of their egotistical daily vlogs and official statements.

which is why it's more imperative than ever to follow Sudanese creators and journalists who do report on the little information that does come out.

here's a post on where to get daily updates about Sudan

disclaimer: palestinian press also deal with immediate risks when confronted with IDF on-ground.

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THIS 👆🏻👆🏻👆🏻👆🏻👆🏻👆🏻

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Are banks operational in Gaza? And how do we deal with cash flow?

The targeting of the occupation against the banking and financial systems in the Gaza Strip, the destruction of dozens of exchange offices and ATMs, the prohibition of financial transfers to Gazans, and the absence of regulatory oversight from the relevant authorities have led to chaos and the dominance of banks and exchange offices, resulting in an increase in the financial discount as commissions on the amounts that Palestinians there seek to obtain in cash.

So as not to get away from the main topic of this post, let's focus on answering these two questions directly.

Yes and no.

How is that, Mahmoud? Explain.

Yes, all banks in Gaza have shut down their headquarters since the war broke out, and it's not possible to contact their employees to complete certain transactions.

But banks operate digitally through some official apps, mainly Bank of Palestine since its headquarters is in Ramallah and not Gaza, so it operates normally.

So you're saying the banks are closed does that mean ATMs are, too? How do you withdraw your money?

Through traders in Gaza.

How does that work?

Let's say Mahmoud needs to withdraw 100 dollars in cash. He goes to one of the known traders in Gaza and says "I need 100 dollars in cash, how much is commission?"

How much is commission?

Commission differs from one trader to another. It comes down to their personal desire. For example on the day of writing this post, dated 4/12/2024, commission for cash withdrawal has reached 30% of the amount withdrawn.

In other words, if I had 100 dollars in my bank account, I need to pay 30 dollars to the trader, and receive 70 dollars in cash. So, the price of converting bank credit to cash is 30% of that amount.

Meaning if I had 1000 dollars, I receive 700 dollars instead. Imagine that level of injustice, despair, and despotism.

When you receive money from outside of Palestine, the trader also keeps 30%.

But there's nothing we can do. We have no choice but to accept these terms, just to be able to eat and drink and go on with our daily needs.

On the other hand, prices of goods are astronomical. I am not exaggerating when I say that if a person in Gaza has unlimited money it still wouldn't be enough.

The smallest of families need 100 dollars a day just to get by with the bare minimum.

Help us to provide food for today and feed our children in the midst of this famine.

Only $350 left to reach the short-term goal of $22,000

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My dog, tremulous in the bathroom: I thought, nay, I was promised, by thy own tongue, that thou hath granted upon mine body and soul the blessing of hospitality. Hospitality, and all such things, as a proper master of the house ought!

Me, undressing in the bathroom doorway, trapping her in there: Still thy tongue.

My dog: Now mine eyes see truth, thy deception shed as thou now wouldst shed thy skins like the serpent thou art at heart!

Me, shutting the door, herding her further in: Silence. Thou knoweth not of which thy tongue speaks!

Dog: Fie! Fie to such rot! Thou wouldst ply me with treats and affection! Aye, thou wouldst hide thy poison heart behind sweetened words and games of fetch! But I see now thy decay laid bare, thy squamous and slime-slick core kin to all fish that rot in the sun!

Me, setting her in the bath: Enough! Enough of thy sharpened tongue! Enough of thy baseless wit! Thou shalt bathe and I shall be thy attendant, or by the gods of Winter and Frost I shall turn out that which is thine to the muck and rain of the world outside mine domain!

Dog: Fie! Curses upon thy wretched domain! Thou traitor! Thou sordid leper of filth and suffering! A plague upon thee! A plague upon thy house! A plague upon all thou holdeth dear!

Me: 'Tis soap. Soap, and smoking water, clean and true. Thy stinging barbs hath no truth before the eyes of the gods, thy curses impotent and weak. Now be silent, and cease thy struggles! 'Tis for thy own good.

Dog: Lies? Lies in front of thy gods? Thou knoweth no depth of depravity to which thee shan't sink. No torture thou wouldst withhold from the ravenous maws of thy heathen gods! Fie and curses upon thee, and the ghastly feverings that thou speaketh!

Me: Thou art sick!

Dog: Lies!

Me: Canst thou not feel the filth upon thy skin? The plague hidden within thy mane? Thou wouldst make me a leper, but thy pelt is as filthy as thy words! Aye, and thy tongue too!

Dog: Cease thy lies! There is no filth upon mine pelt! No illness upon mine skin! Thou condemneth me to such tortures over flights of fancy that hold no more water than thy traitorous hands!

Me, cupping water over her head: Enough water to count true.

Dog, squirming in my grasp: Help! Help! This demon hath lost their senses! Och, stranger! Och, passing soul! I beg thee for thy aid!

My sister holding her wrapped up in a towel burrito: Aww. Are we shaking waking? Are we a wittle cutie? Let's go dry off downstairs!

Dog: Aye, maiden, blessings upon thee and thine! And thou demon! Fie! Curses upon thee! Pray we never meet again, or thou shalt feel mine wrath!

Me, still wet and filthy, but victorious: Aye. And I pray, old friend, one day thou shalt realize I never did or bid thee any harm.

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The Story of Mohamed Za’tar’s Family: An Urgent Call for Help

The family of Mohamed Za’tar is living through one of the most challenging situations anyone could face. Since the start of the war, they have been unable to gather £4,000—a sum that is not enough to cover their basic needs, let alone repay the debts they accumulated due to medical expenses and daily living costs.

Today, the members of this family are enduring extreme poverty, unable to secure even the simplest necessities of life. They still cannot afford the amount needed to safely reach northern Gaza or relieve themselves from the financial burdens weighing them down.

This is not just about numbers; it is about human lives that urgently need our support. Therefore, I urge everyone reading this message to share this story everywhere and donate whatever they can to save this family and restore hope to their lives.

Donations are urgently needed, and every minute counts. Please help Mohamed Za’tar’s family now and be part of saving their lives and rebuilding their future.

€3246 \ €4000

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man I realize that changes in road design could make huge differences in the numbers of crashes & traffic fatalities and solely blaming people for driving badly shifts the focus away from changes that really need to be made to the way we approach driving as a society. but also. and I am not being hyperbolic at all. people are not at all conscious of how fucking dangerous driving a car is and I think if you get caught driving drunk, blowing through red lights, speeding in areas with pedestrians, you should get your license taken away for the rest of your life and never be allowed to drive again

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I don't know why all this is happening to me. Every moment I wish for death so that I can end this pain and suffering that I am going through!!!😭

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"how dare you hide this in the tags" -> "you sir have won the internets"

"none of these words are in the bible" -> "thats enough internet for today"

"op check your carbon monoxide detector" -> "were you on drugs when you made this"

and so on and so forth

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i'll reblog resources and info on how trump's fucking us over of course but it really is so telling that a lot of these people weren't posting the same things when biden was president. instead we were getting all these long posts about how he was great and progressive and Doing His Best. like we all conveniently forgot he was the one who stopped hospitals from honestly reporting COVID death numbers and let dozens of transphobic bills pass and let roe v wade get shredded and pursued oil pipelines and endorsed cop city and deported more people than trump and let boeing get away with openly assassinating a guy and enthusiastically funded palestinian genocide and

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it’s eunuch Tucker’s adoptiversary and defacto birthday today <3