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"Galatea" is out now! ⛓️🩸

A love letter between the art and the artist. Your Galatea awaits!

Our #NaNoReNo2025 submission "Galatea" is out now on Itchio! (Link) 🩸⛓️

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Can you hear us? Can you feel what we’re going through? Fear. Hunger. Death. A never-ending siege. The silence of the world hurts as much as the bombs.

We're crying out to your humanity—please don't look away. Speak about us. Stand with us. We're not okay. We're trying to survive.

This is not a nightmare. It's our reality.

Don't forget us. Do something—anything. Share. Donate. Repost. Help keep us alive.

>> Our campaign is vetted by gazavetters list at (#291) Momen & his family

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Writing Tips

Punctuating Dialogue

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➸ “This is a sentence.”

➸ “This is a sentence with a dialogue tag at the end,” she said.

➸ “This,” he said, “is a sentence split by a dialogue tag.”

➸ “This is a sentence,” she said. “This is a new sentence. New sentences are capitalized.”

➸ “This is a sentence followed by an action.” He stood. “They are separate sentences because he did not speak by standing.”

➸ She said, “Use a comma to introduce dialogue. The quote is capitalized when the dialogue tag is at the beginning.”

➸ “Use a comma when a dialogue tag follows a quote,” he said.

“Unless there is a question mark?” she asked.

“Or an exclamation point!” he answered. “The dialogue tag still remains uncapitalized because it’s not truly the end of the sentence.”

➸ “Periods and commas should be inside closing quotations.”

➸ “Hey!” she shouted, “Sometimes exclamation points are inside quotations.”

However, if it’s not dialogue exclamation points can also be “outside”!

➸ “Does this apply to question marks too?” he asked.

If it’s not dialogue, can question marks be “outside”? (Yes, they can.)

➸ “This applies to dashes too. Inside quotations dashes typically express—“

“Interruption” — but there are situations dashes may be outside.

➸ “You’ll notice that exclamation marks, question marks, and dashes do not have a comma after them. Ellipses don’t have a comma after them either…” she said.

➸ “My teacher said, ‘Use single quotation marks when quoting within dialogue.’”

➸ “Use paragraph breaks to indicate a new speaker,” he said.

“The readers will know it’s someone else speaking.”

➸ “If it’s the same speaker but different paragraph, keep the closing quotation off.

“This shows it’s the same character continuing to speak.”

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Being a Podcast Person™️ is so humiliating because it’s like “sorry for just laughing out loud in public randomly everyone, the 4 adults playing make believe just had a great bit about poultry.”

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Look I have zero excuses for this, but the idea popped into my head and now it's in your head, sorry

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considering the political climate in my country right now heading a very dark path ahead, if you see me posting more frequently, i just want to make sure my voice remains active and visible through all this however i can.

they've recently passed a law that expands militarity authority in governance. (other english news coverage: 1, 2 & 3) all this despite the mass protests (that are still ongoing). it's a massive hit to our democracy and pushes the country back to a military dictatorship, undoing our 1998 reform. i'm linking the english version of the wikipedia page for a summarized rundown of the reform era but i encourage reading other sources as well.

for more details, i urge you to read the statement here.

to my fellow indonesians, especially those from marginalized communities, rely and take care of each other! use your voices however you can. speak about them and lift each other's voices. READ. share what you know to others! most importantly, stay safe!

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✅️Vetted by @gazavetters, my number verified on the list is ( #329 )✅️

Urgent Appeal: Help My Family Before the New Year

My name is Ahmed, and I am asking for your help. My family – my parents, brothers, and sons – are in a desperate situation after our home was destroyed in an airstrike in Gaza. We are now sheltering in a flimsy tent, exposed to the cold and rain, with no food, clothing, or shelter to survive the coming days.

My sister-in-law is nine months pregnant and is severely malnourished and anemic. She is weak and vulnerable, and we have nothing to prepare for the baby due in a few days.

We urgently need to raise $15,000 by the beginning of the new year to provide us with the basics: food, warmth, and a safe place to stay.

Your support, no matter how small, can make a life-changing difference. Together, you can help my family and start the new year with hope and dignity.

To donate:

Your kindness today may bring us safety, warmth, and a chance to heal.

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"the world isn't kind" ok??? Much more importantly are you?????

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there's nothing that we have been doing but coping with the cruelty of the occupation dictating oppression and how people engage with one another and in this even i think we have long ways to go that need to happen now.

ive been trying to help for months kholood and her family @kholoodpals, this campaign is meant to be the first to help them, and it's so close to reaching its goal, they need this to heal, or a first step of it, we owe so much to palestinians, first steps is where we have been stuck in paying that debt to them, please share and donate and if you have the time and please contact her as well, she needs also your words and your eyes and ears if you can spare them.

last donations are from three days ago and she will need to try again for aid as the occupation keeps cutting supplies, they rebuild but with what strength, their own alone, havent we learned we're better off and stronger together? please help my friend and her family, donate and share as soon as possible.

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adjusting to ramadhan sleeping schedule is a mission level impossible for me. can never decide between lets just sleep or not sleep at all after sahur???

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🌍✨ A Voice from Gaza: Fighting for Hope ❤️‍🩹

Hi, my name is Mosab , and I’m from Gaza. Life here has been harder than I could ever imagine, but today I’m sharing my story with hope in my heart, because your kindness has already given us so much strength.

This journey hasn’t been easy. The war has taken 25 family members from us—25 beautiful souls we loved deeply. Their laughter, their presence, their love… all of it is gone, leaving behind memories that are both precious and painful. Every day, I carry the weight of their loss, but I also carry their spirit, which gives me the strength to keep going.

Our Journey So Far

When I first reached out, I couldn’t have imagined we’d make it this far. Your support has been a light in these difficult times, and we are so deeply grateful for every single contribution.

But the road ahead is still challenging. Every day, we’re reminded of how much we’ve lost and how much we still need to rebuild.

Here’s what life in Gaza looks like for my family right now:

🏠 Safety: The uncertainty of tomorrow weighs heavily on us.

😢 Loss: The absence of the 25 family members we’ve lost is a pain we carry every moment.

💔 Dreams on Hold: The future feels so far away when survival takes all our strength.

How You Can Help Us Cross the Finish Line Even the smallest act of kindness can make a difference:

$5 may seem small, but for us, it’s a little relief, a moment of comfort, and a reminder that kindness still exists. ❤️

Can’t donate? Reblog this post to help us reach someone who can. Every share matters more than you know.

✅️ Vetted by @gazavetters ( #309 ) ✅️

Why Your Support Matters Your kindness isn’t just about helping us meet our goal—it’s about reminding us that we’re not alone in this fight. It’s about hope. It’s about survival. And it’s about giving my family a chance to rebuild our lives, even in the face of unimaginable loss.

Thank you for helping us get this far. Your generosity and compassion have already brought us closer to a better tomorrow, and for that, I’m endlessly grateful.

With all my love and gratitude,

Mosab and Family ❤️

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Help my family🩸

I am nedaa from the Gaza Strip. In the beginning, we lived for a short time in our house in temporary stability because our country was not a country of stability in the first place due to the ongoing wars on the Strip. My husband had a job and he had a source of income sufficient for us initially. On the seventh day of October, and on this morning, we woke up to... The beginning of this bloody war, shortly after the bombs fell on us and the disappearance of our basic needs of food, water, the necessities of life, pampers and milk, and after the bombing that hit the homes next to us, and after that we were forced to leave the house due to a ground operation and an order to evacuate the homes and the advance of tanks and shooting at us. We went out and my children and I could not. My husband and I wanted to take the most basic needs of blankets, mattresses, clothes, and food due to the lack of transportation during those difficult days. This was in the month of January, when it was winter and bitter cold. We walked long distances and were stranded until after that we were able to reach and flee to the city of Rafah, which was sparsely populated and almost Deprived of life, we were displaced to a place made up of tin, where deadly insects and germs were eating the bodies of our children. There was no water, no food, and nothing of the necessities of life. We struggled to get some food and water, and after a while, due to the severe bombing next to us, we were forced to flee again to the Khan Yunis suburbs. We were displaced inside the Khan Yunis suburbs for more than Once, due to violent bombing and shooting over our heads, we lived in tents made of cloth and wood, and my children lived through difficult days of fear and anxiety due to the intensity of the bombing. We learned during those days that our small house, which we had originally carved out of my father’s house, had been largely destroyed due to the violent bombing, and after several months. Living in tents, high heat, and the bitter cold of winter led to the withdrawal of vehicles from the areas in which we live, and we were able to reach our homes, which we were shocked by at the scene we saw of the horror of destruction caused by that war. We were forced to return to our destroyed home and set up shields to protect us from the elements of nature, and there was nothing there. Among the necessities of life, there is no food or water. The infrastructure was and still is completely destroyed, with sewage in the streets and we cannot bring water except with great difficulty. Now we are exposed to the cold and harsh winter and we need scarves and nylon to cover ourselves from the winter water. Even now we are exposed to shelling, bombs and gunfire. What is the fault of my children, Aysel? And Nidal, they live in this disastrous situation that does not provide them with the simplest basics of life, such as Pampers, milk, and all the necessities of life, and now we are living in a war of exorbitant prices in which we cannot provide the money to buy these needs, and now I am speaking to you, I and my small family are forced to ask for help from you so that we can secure a future. For my children, as we travel outside this country because of the constant wars, do not let us down and do not deprive us of your kindness and generosity.

Nedaa of Abd al-Rahman Nidal Aysel from the Gaza Strip

Thank you all

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guys how am I supposed to live laugh love in these conditions

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⏰ 🚨 attention please🙏🚨

Riyad suffers from skin rashes and allergies due to the severe diarrhea he suffered due to the unhealthy milk and pollutants that surround us. He is a displaced infant in Gaza, where everything has become very expensive and access to health care and appropriate medicines has become very difficult. Moreover, we are now suffering from the high cost of living and the necessities that our child needs, such as healthy milk and diapers that do not cause skin irritation. My baby is only 7 months old,

We are suffering a lot and urgently need donations to cover the costs of our needs

£2,096/£40,000. Donations are coming in very slowly, and this is extremely urgent, so please donate if you can! Share the campaign even if you can't donate. Every little thing helps!

My heroic friends who support the Palestinian cause... Today, after we have lost hope in this world, I ask you to help us and stand bye🍉💔🙏🇵🇸

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Blog for me my angel

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we need block appeal on this site i need to be able to argue my merit to people who hate me for one (1) thing i said so that i can reblog their good posts

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Never sure how to bring this up to my mainly international audience as a mainly fandom art account, but the situation in my country has been very dire and bringing it up directly might help, so I will talk about it:

Students across Indonesia are taking it directly to the streets to protest a massive budget cut by our Ministry of Finance that has laid off tens of thousands of educators and may later on cancel student scholarships and tuition grants, rendering many students in fear of no longer being able to access higher education.

Under this government led by a perpetrator of human rights violations, state media has been constantly censored and unreliable, and we need your help to bring this into international attention, as the Indonesian government only ever listen to criticism when their constant fuck-ups are put on blast on social media.

a more in-depth explanation of events (English), courtesy of Tilehopper