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Help Lina's family get through this week

Can you guess much it costs to survive a week in Gaza?

On Lina's (@linsaif) request, I'm making a new post breaking down her weekly costs, so people hopefully have a better understanding of what Palestinians are going through and require to survive.

Here's what Lina needs to purchase each week:

🍞 A 25kg bag of flour: 80 euros

🐣 Diapers: 60 euros

🍼 3 cartons of milk: 60 euros

🍅 Vegetables when available, and other supplies: 100 euros

💧 Water (for drinking, cleaning, and hygiene): 80 euros

= 380 euros per week for a threadbare existence for a family of four.

Except even just withdrawing money comes with a 30% fee.

Covering the fee, that brings us to 494€ per week. Now you see why Lina has been asking for 500€ short-term goals.

Lately, donations have slowed to a crawl. Lina is forgoing all other necessities in order to afford milk and diapers for her 9 month-old daughter, Sidra, who is suffering from severe diaper rash.

But good news! 🌻 Lina says Sidra's skin has begun healing thanks to your previous donations. Here she is with the diapers and milk that were bought with your generous help.

But please, don't let her healing come at the cost of the rest of the family being able to eat.

You've already done a lot of good for Lina and her family.

Can we get her family through this week?

Current date: November 11, 2024

0/500€

✅ Lina's vetting information here.

📝 Previous campaign details and posts here.

☕ For those without 5€ to spare, you can support Lina's family for the price of a coffee on ko-fi (organized by @cygnettes).

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I was wondering, do you ever play around in any of the worlds you've created without planning to write a story about it? Like imagining what-ifs or imagining if you were in that world? I've been really into the humans are space orcs stories lately and I have certain fantasies in those worlds I've been daydreaming for the past months. But even when I imagine a completely different backstory for them, I recently realized I usually imagine the races you described in WIBAR and YCGB and other alien fics. Still daydream of sanders sides characters a lot and now Ampen and Ulgorii just live in my brain as character concepts lol

it's hard to say that i play around without planning to write about it, because most of the time, if i roll an idea or concept for a story around in my head for long enough, i inevitably end up wanting to put it to words properly :'D but i certainly do like to imagine or daydream about my worlds so often that there's plenty that doesn't make it to my published stories

for "what-ifs" i even have a folder that's mostly a collection of spin offs/alternate POVs of some of my AUs! here's the placeholder titles of a handful of them, ranging from extreme silly to extreme angst lol

when it comes to humans are space orcs stories, i do love to play around with the setting + characters i already have (as my biggest universe, wibar has SO MANY of the aforementioned spin off/AU ideas) but i also love to come up with new alien designs + fun ways the designs can be juxtaposed with human deathworlder stuff, so i often end up branching out and making something new! i'm flattered that my designs have joined your imaginings though :D

as for lime in the wibar-verse... i've speculated on it a few times, and atm i think my wibarsona would probably be not a human, but a crav'on! spiky lime :) i have seen some very cute art/writing/speculation with other people's self inserts, mostly as humans, and i think it's so fun that others are playing in my sandbox too! ^_^

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Hi everyone, Mohammed reached out to me to share his fundraiser for his family. They are extremely close to meeting their goal! if the next 400 people reading this donated €10 ($10 USD) right now, their fundraiser would be complete!

This is a vetted fundraiser (row 178, entry 174). Please share and donate to help Mohammed and his family. they just had another child and need the funds to take care of their newborn baby. You can see more of Mohammed and his family’s story here on his blog @mohammedalanqar

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Attention Pennsylvania voters!

Senator Bob Casey’s race is now at a margin of 0.53%.

An automatic recount in PA is triggered with a margin of 0.5%. That’s a difference of 0.03% or a little over 2,000 votes. We need to make sure every ballot is counted here, and there’s thousands of uncounted ballots right now due to voter error.

Did you mail in a ballot? Check to see it was accepted here:

If it says anything other than accepted/counted/etc, your ballot needs your attention. A mistake in filling it out means that your ballot will not count unless you “cure” it. Check your county’s curing policies:

See full instructions for curing by county here.

You have until November 12 to cure your ballot in PA.

Do you know someone who mailed in a PA ballot? Please pass these links on to them. You may be the difference between their vote counting or not in a super close race.

Everyone else, you can help PA voters cure their ballots. If you live in Pennsylvania, you can help canvass in your county (see links in this thread). If you are in another state, you can sign up to call voters and help them cure by phone.

Want to help another state? Sign up for a shift through November 19.

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been sitting on this one for a WHILE

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i need everyone to know that community is what will save us all in every single way imaginable. you forming a bond with your neighbour or coworker might help them move house or feel less alone or have the courage to leave an unhealthy living environment. you helping a stranger might provide them with hope. in turn, being able to lean on your community in times of need will save you. your broader bonds with your community are the revolution we need. our society seeks to divide and separate us in so many ways but we are all so much more united in our struggles and joys than you are made to believe. we need to hold onto each other very tightly.

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Ada Limón, “To Be Made Whole”, On Being with Krista Tippett

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THOUGHT GAINED: INFERNAL ENGINES

PROBLEM

The world is ending. You know it, your neighbor knows it, the dealer knows it, the jailer knows it, the king and all his men know it. All one has to do is look around to see it— the future is curdling into something pale and incorporeal. The infernal machine that is this stupid world is going to blow, sooner rather than later. So what are you doing? Why are you still here? Why is anyone still here?

SOLUTION

You are doing the only thing worth doing. You are living. *Why,* you ask? Try and remember now. Remember your mother’s hand on your shoulder. Remember the taste of a fresh catch. Remember the times when you were kind to the dogs in the valley and they did not bare their teeth. Remember the weight of a child on your shoulders. Remember the stars throwing their light against the wall of sodium and smog. Remember singing until your throat was raw. Remember crying just as loudly and publicly, and the gentleness with which someone opened your curled fist and pressed a handkerchief into your palm. Crying, laughing, running, eating, screaming, haunting, loving, fighting, fighting, fighting. The fight fuels you, and you fuel the fight. You run yourself ragged just for a chance to keep running. You never stop. You cannot stop. The world depends on it. *You* are the infernal engine. You are the world. And, simply put: you want to live.

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[Video Description: A video of a pangolin rolling around in thick, clay-like mud. It is visibly covered in the mud from head to tail, and is thrashing about with significant enthusiasm. End VD.]

oh to be a pangolin squirming around in the sludge 🥺🥺🥺 this would fix me

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baby pangolins look like an adorable creature someone made up for a fantasy/sci-fi series. just a sweet polite little alien type of beast wearing a nice little scalemail outfit

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just remembered you exist!! really enjoying rereading some of your works. particularly your little dragon anxiety series but a lot of them really helped me get though the height of pandemic isolation and all the misery that was the early 2020s. honestly it's surprising that I haven't actually thought of you in a bit- your WIBAR series guys are still one in my rotating cast of "imagine if these characters listened to this song" pretty frequently. I didn't bother to check when it was posted so I don't know how long it's been but since I read it the tiny dragon series has gotten a new chapter, and it made me so so happy to read it!!! honestly, this is just a bit of a ramble, but I really just want to say that you and your work have changed me for the better. you made some of the shittiest years of my life a bit less shitty, and I'm pretty sure you were one of the people who inspired me to actually start writing and stick to stories. I wish you the best in every aspect of my life <333

there's nothing that makes me happier than learning that my stories could help inspire others to create their own :'') i'm glad my work could help you find enjoyment and solace both during difficult times. that's what stories are for, after all! :)

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Its been a long time but I remembered them recently. Do you think Spider anon and Cheesy anon ever found eachother?

man, i hope so, anon. those two had pickup line dedication like no other. match made in ridiculous joke heaven :P

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Omg new chapter! Thank you! Can't wait to read it (but I might keep it preciously for when I'm cosy in my bed tonight). I'm sure it's gonna be amazing. Also, I hope things are okay for you, and you don't feel pressured to update, we're happy when you do but not at the cost of your wellbeing, it's prefectly normal to be busy with other things and to take your time. Anyway I just wanted to say I love your writing, and thanks for everything you've shared and everything you will share in the future :)

i'm honored to be the chosen bedtime story for you anon :) thank you for sending in such a sweet message. can't wait to write even more!

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Not to tell you what to do. But I'd block the anon. If they cant not be a jerk than they dont deserve any of your time with their complaints and moaning. Im sorry you have to deal with people like that.

To my knowledge you can block people on their asks and it will get their ip address blocked.

thank you, i appreciate the advice! /gen

i typically avoid blocking people because 1. i have hopes we can work things out by talking and 2. i've had some people go to pretty extreme lengths to block evade in the past, but you've got a point. at this stage, i have to admit: i've wasted a lot of time and energy trying to explain to someone who clearly doesn't care what i have to say :')

i think i'm going to turn my anon asks off for a little bit, since i imagine the original asker isn't going to be brave enough to send asks with a public blog. if i keep getting asks like that when i turn anon back on, i'll just go ahead and use that block function.

i do wanna take the chance to say thank you to everyone who has sent me such helpful, kind, and encouraging asks in the past week, anon or not! i've got some queue'd up and some saved so i can see them when i feel down, and they all made me feel really grateful to have so many people who respect and uplift writers in my community :''')

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They involved themselves when they commented, so why don’t you tag them? I think you should. The person who commented didn’t have the story right and should have all the facts.

dude, the person you're talking about (tumblr user gstash) literally already saw your asks with "all the facts" and reblogged them with a scathing reply? lmao??

if you want to have an argument so badly you're going to have to go pick it yourself. my inbox is not a microphone for you to yell at people in my replies with. lol.

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Omg im sorry ppl r being rude. Can i offer some glazing in these trying times?

Ur writing is so amazing the fact that i get to read it for free (regardless of update schedule) is so fabulous

Ur incredible at building suspense and making the characters feel colorful and theyre always so well written. Im never left unsatisfied with any of your chapters. If u published a book id be all over it and showing up to ur bedroom window like a vampire to get it autographed

I am in so much pain and writhing on the floor in agony when i read your angst but isnt that what lifes all about? 😌

Plz never stop putting characters in situations i will give you my first born

wahhh thank you dove you are too sweet :') i've been having some doubts about my own writing lately because of the chronic illness brainfog™, so i'm happy to hear that people are still enjoy my stuff despite it all 💚

*upon receiving your firstborn* oh sick a baby. i shall dub thee marquis strawberry fruitrollup the first. okay you can have it back now.

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There was this fic I read on Tumblr at one point; it was unfinished at the time, and I'd like to read the rest eventually, but I don't remember what it was called...and although I think you wrote it, I'm honestly not sure. Does this look familiar?

Roman and Patton were living in the same apartment building (maybe neighbors, maybe they lived together, pretty sure they didn't share a room), and Logan and Virgil were borrowers living in the walls. Logan got captured, and then Virgil got captured trying to rescue Logan, and they were being kept away from each other because...I think they thought Virgil would hurt Logan, but I'm not sure I understand that logic because it was based on his accidentally cutting Patton while trying to get the key to Logan's cage off his neck? Anyway, the last clear thing I remember is Virgil having a bit of a breakdown and repeating that his name was Virgil when he thought Patton was asleep, only to be startled by Patton saying "okay."

If this is your fic and it's still not done, I'm not telling you to finish it; I don't want to be one of Those People. Really, I'd just like to be reminded what its name is so I can read it again and see if there are more chapters since the last time. If it's not your fic, well...I'll be pleasantly surprised if you know what fic I'm describing anyway and can direct me to it, but it's also fine if you don't.

this is not one of mine, though it took me a moment to puzzle that out :P luckily i do actually remember this plotline + who wrote it!

the fic you're looking for is Borrower Analogical by @hiddendreamer67 ! it's got 18 chapters and is unfinished, and as far as i know, the author has left the fandom for greener pastures, so it will likely remain that way.

here's chapter 1 & here's chapter 18 (which has the links to all the other chapters at the top). enjoy!