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Ways to support Ukraine 🇺🇦

More than 500,000 people have already left Ukraine due to the invasion by the Russian Federation. The European Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Management estimates that roughly 18 million Ukrainians will be affected by the conflict in humanitarian terms, with 7 million internally displaced and 4 million seeking refuge elsewhere. To help those still in Ukraine, as well as Ukrainian refugees, we’ve compiled this list of resources.

HelpUkraineWin.org has a collection of vetted and trusted resources, charities, and organizations to help Ukraine.

Some additional ways to donate:

Vostok SOS provides immediate evacuation support.

Malteser International provides essentials for Ukrainian refugees.

Ukraine Crisis Media Center provides fundraising links and a list of tips for sharing information.

Misinformation spreads fast on social media. It is more important than ever to share accurate, verifiable news and information. Here are some resources to learn how to identify misinformation:

This link from the nonprofit WITNESS shares tips for identifying authentic video sources (available in English, Spanish, Ukranian, Russian, and Arabic).

These visual verification tips, also from WITNESS, provide information on verifying images and videos (available in English and Spanish).

This interview with NPR contains tips for identifying fake TikToks.

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What is about to become the worst humanitarian crisis is happening right now in Afghanistan

The taliban has taken control and innocent people are trying to flee to survive and just live to see another day

If you can please donate from the following links I found on an incredible tweet that has a list of great places to donate

https://twitter.com/kateofhysteria/status/1427141576980115456?s=21

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If you have a moment please look at this website and see how you can help stop the building of line 3 - a tar pipeline being built from Minnesota to Alberta that will drain water from 22 lakes, cross through Anishinaabe Territory. It would set the world back and destroy our climate and increase the struggle to fight back on climate change.

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A few days ago 215 indigenous children’s bodies were found at a residential school in BC, Canada. Please take a few minutes to sign these petitions particularly if your Canadian. We must search all residential schools and find and the indigenous children who were ripped from their families and homes and lives and were cruelly abused and murdered.

https://petitions.ourcommons.ca/en/Petition/Details?Petition=e-3484

Here’s a great Twitter thread talking about how to be an ally

https://twitter.com/ArnallLabrador/status/1399545576174260225?s=20

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IMPORTANT!

ways you can help Palestine

more donation links for palestine

different thread with different links for those who need donations

thread with upcoming Palestine protests/actions in different cities

thread with lots of paypal and venmo links of palestinian people in need of help

how americans can help palestine, a thread

an important reminder that petitions dont work in middle east countries, instead you can use your platform to spread awareness and donate if you can.

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http://chng.it/k9z79sHDyn

For those who don’t know what’s happening right now, the citizens of Colombia are being raped, assaulted, threatened, killed and all around being pushed around by the Colombian government. The police is attacking the innocent and are breaking into the citizens houses. Their internet is being taken away and they have no way to reach out for help. Take a second to sign this simple petition to help send international aid. It takes a total minute to sign and share the link.

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NAMBLA is an organization that stands for making Pedo****** legal and is prominent in North America. Plz take a few seconds to sign these petitions to prevent them from ruining the lives of children and to stop their disgusting fight to make pedo****** legal or okay in anyway.

ALSO if you do sign plz don’t donate to change.org but rather share the link and get the word out.

http://chng.it/kvnBr5yKwK

http://chng.it/wWZqwdXnGF

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IMPORTANT! PLEASE READ IF YOU CARE ABOUT THE ASIAN COMMUNITY AND WHATS HAPPENING TO THEM!

hi guys! i dont normally make posts like this, but i feel like i need to speak out due to the platform i have on this app. recently, i’m sure you’ve been made aware of the violent and disgusting covid-based hate crimes targeted towards asians lately, not only in america, but pretty much everywhere. this type of behavior towards someone based on their race or ethnicity is absolutely inexcusable and vile. whether the attacks are micro-aggressions or physical assault, it is still harming the asian community and further associating asians with covid-19.

while this post may be informative, i am still white passing, meaning i have not experienced racism targeted towards me before. i can only provide so much information, as i have not been the target of racism-fueled attacks. i highly recommend that you read other resources written by bipoc in order to get a better understanding of what’s happening!

what can you do to help?

firstly, if you see a person getting attacked (verbally, physically, etc.) protect them! calmly intervene if it is safe for you to do so or inform the nearest authority figure near you.

reprimand your peers for their racism! racism comes in all shapes and form; it doesn’t just boil down to hate crimes and slurs. racist stereotypes you may think are ‘jokes’, micro-aggressions, and even drawing harmful assumptions on a person just because of their race are all examples of racism.

amplify asian voices! the asian community is speaking up against the surge of hate crimes, however, a lot of it is covered by media and algorithms! do research, listen to podcasts, watch interviews, repost, etc! the asian community is speaking, we have to listen.

use your privilege for the better. if you are white or white passing, it’s a given that you are born with more privileges based off of your appearance. while this privilege is unfair, we can still use our privileges for the better. if you see someone being discriminated against do not be afraid to speak up and say something! protect anyone you witness being the victim of racism-fueled aggression. use your platform to speak up about hate crimes!!

do not speak over bipoc voices! do not dismiss it if a bipoc person is telling you they would feel more comfortable if you did or didn’t do something; listen if they tell you a certain thing you or another person said or did was racist or wrong; let them use their voice! you can do this by allowing them to speak up on your platform (no matter the size), supporting them if they make a post or statement surrounding their experience as a bipoc, or just by listening to them!

finally, here are some resources that you should go read/support that will help you understand what is happening to the asian community and how you can help! this brief post i’ve made is only the tip of the iceberg, there is so much more you can do!

important + informational websites and articles

- report instances of hate crimes

- bystander intervention training

- learn about america’s long history of scapegoating its asian citizens

- ‘model minority’ myth

- the importance of asian and black solidarity

- stop covid-19 disinformation

- how you can help curb the surge of anti-asian violence

- what you can do about anti-asian violence

organizations

- stop aapi hate

- hate is a virus

- act to change

- asian americans advancing justice

- national council of asian pacific americans

- asian leaders alliance

fundraisers

- support the cause against anti-asian violence

- gofundme for vicha ratanapakdee

- (please message or send an ask if you have a personal gofundme or know of another gofundme surrounding this issue that you’d like me to add)

due to the fact that i am american, a lot of the resources are targeted more towards helping asian-americans. if you’re not from the states and have resources that could help support the asian community somewhere else, i highly recommend that you provide it whether it be in your own post or a reblog of this post!

please amplify asian voices! this post is not as informative as the ones i’ve linked and other posts that the asian community has made! please support those!!

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I owe y’all an explanation so here it is. I had every intention of continuing Malias story and then I went down my whole. I’m depressed and that’s it. While I can’t actually get a diagnosis or help right now I can’t keep putting this off. I’ve been having suicidal thoughts but I’ve been fighting them. I need the time to heal and fix myself and I can’t do that if the looming of continuing this story is over my head. I had everything planned out but I cannot afford the motivation nor time to finishing the story. If anyone would like the finish it or take over please feel free to message me. I won’t be deleting this page because I truly want to finish my stories and write but I just cannot right now. Please understand because I know it sucks but I need to start fixing myself. Until then I’m going to stop writing. I might reblog things or like stuff but I won’t be working on any writing. I get it if u wanna unfollow or stuff like that I understand. Just please understand why I cannot continue my writing now. Anyway I hope you guys are taking care of yourself too and remember to be kind guys.

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To all the people who have been reading Malia’s story and have been waiting for the next part. I apologize for never actually writing, I’ve been having a sort of breakdown and haven’t really done anything for sometime. I’m going to start writing again and I’ll hopefully release the next part within the week and start and stick to a proper schedule again. Sorry for not going through and writing but I hope you guys can understand and stick with me as I finish off Malia’s story.

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To everybody waiting for the next part of Malia’s story...

I apologize - I was supposed to post it last night but then life happened (again) and I didn’t get to finish it and I was gonna finish it today but life still happens so I will try to finish it by tomorrow morning but if not you will 100% have it by Saturday night. Sorry ya’ll about this mess. It’s coming soon - I promise. Until then - stay safe ❤️

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that being said, i have a question tho: are we gonna see some luke/malia sibling moments during luke’s time at his house when the birthday cake is being cut🥺 i gotta prepare for the pain

I was literally debating how I’d bring that up and I’ve been envisioning the scene that’s coming up since before I started writing the story so.... a lil bit of pain can be expected 😞

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honestly? i am LIVING for Ralia and tonight’s episode was just UGHHHHHH like my heart was jumping and just wishing it were me man

I feel that. Also I love Ralia - I was literally tryna think of a ship name!!! I’m so glad you liked it. Everytime I wrote a sentence that had to do with Ralia I would smile and literally I’d feel butterflies 🥰 I’m such a romantic person with no outlet so I plan on taking this ship to the edge of the earth so be prepared for many more Ralia moments

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AAAAHHAahaaaaa the new episode is just *chef's kiss* DKCSKCSKWKCOANWCK IT WAS SO CUTE I LOVE ITTT ITS SO AMAZING YOU ARE AMAZING AAHHJDKCD I MIGHT DIE THIS IS SO CUTE SKXJANCX

Literally this took all my stress away.... this is literally why I pull all-nighters to write these. I love you so much and I’m so glad you love it. 🥰❤️ TBH I literally was smiliing like a dork writing the Malia + Reggie (Meggie? Ralia? Ria? IDk) moment

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Finally Free: Episode Six, Part One

DISCLAIMER: I don’t own Julie and the Phantoms and I only own Malia Patterson. Anyway, stay safe and have fun ya’ll! Also this is part one for this episode - part two will be posted sometime tomorrow night (I apologize for the messed up schedule; life keeps on throwing curveballs)

@school - Lia’s perspective

I was chilling at the front of the class, cause well... I can’t dance. All of a sudden Julie ran in, very late. Flynn and I had made the collective choice to not wake Julie up after last night. Ms. Benji (our dance teacher *sidenote IDK if she actually had a name in the show sooo let’s go with this) had decided that since I couldn’t dance I would have to write a song to go with the dance. I was currently browsing through my notebook and playing with my guitar, trying to find the perfect song. All of a sudden Coach Barron and the lacrosse team walked in. This was gonna be... interesting to say the least.

“Right on time Coach Barron,” Ms. Benji said, “So students! Coach Barron and I have decided that his lacrosse team will be apart of our dance class for a few weeks.”

I watched Flynn and Julie fix their position and posed, staring at the guys. Dylan waved at me and I gave him a wave back, slightly cringing at the awkwardness.

Ms. Benji continued her speech, “many pro athletes have used dance to help them with coordination and mobility.”

“This isn’t about flirting with girls,” Coach Barron interrupted. Giggles flew around the classroom, “it’s about making us better so we can actually win a game. We lost again Burbank. BURBANK!”

“Well, lets all remember that composure is a big part of dance,” Ms. Benji said, looking towards Coach Barron, “Everybody pair up!”

The boys all went to find a partner. I watched as Flynn got pulled away and Nick walked up to Julie. She sent me a please send help look. I let out a giggle and wiggled my eyebrows suggestively.

“So ladies let’s do what we learned last week. And we will perform this with the boys this Friday,” Ms. Benji said, “Coach Barron and I will demonstrate.”

Coach Barron turned his head to the side so fast, it felt like I got whiplash, “No. I don’t dance. So...”

“You do now,” She dragged him towards her.

“Oh.”

I took out my phone and started recording. This could be some good blackmail. I laughed as they all started dancing. It was horrible.

I hobbled over to Ms. Benji, “Would it be okay if I worked on the song in the cafe? This is a little... distracting.”

“Sure just don’t do anything bad.”

I hobbled over to a table in the empty cafeteria, guitar and notebook in hand. Settling down, I opened up my notebook to the song I had written years ago but never truly finished. Perfect Harmony bolded at the top. I let out a huff as I stared strumming the beginning of the song, trying to get a feel for it.

“That sounds pretty.”

“AHH!” I raised my guitar, ready to hit whatever that was, only to come face to face with Reggie, “Oh Ma Gash why’d you scare me?”

“Hey!” He put his hands up, “I didn’t mean to.”

“What do you want?” I let out a huff. I might have a habit of holding a grudge.

“I was wondering if you’ve forgiven me?” He put on his best puppy eyes.

I glanced around to make sure we we’re actually alone. Letting out a sigh I turn to face him, “Why’d you do it?”

“Do what?”

I mentally face palmed at that, “Why’d you do whatever you did yesterday rather than show up? When’d you decide that revenge was more important than then future? Why’d you let Julie down?”

“I just... I thought that if maybe Bobby had shared the money - the credit - with my family then maybe they’d still be around and could find them,” He looked down at his hands.

I went to reach for his hand but pulled back, realizing that I couldn’t touch him, “I can understand you’re hurting,” He looked at me with tears in his eyes, “First, I promised and I still promise - I’m doing whatever I can to find your family ok? In fact,” I reach down to pull another notebook from my bag, “I think I found their facebook page.”

“Facebook,” He watches with intent as I flip through the notebook, “What’s that?”

“It’s a... you know what nevermind. There isn’t much on it other than the fact that they live to the other side of the country after... you know.”

“They’re still together?” He looked at me with the biggest, most innocent eyes.

“Yeah love, they are. I promise I’m gonna get them to you okay?”

He wiped his eyes before clearing his throat, “What’s this?” He points towards my music notebook, opened to Perfect Harmony.

“Oh... this is just something I’ve been working on for... sometime now.” I go to close the notebook.

“What’s it about?”

“I don’t actually know?” I let out a sigh, “I kinda wrote it about the future? It was supposed to be a song about how I’d feel towards someone I liked in the future.”

“Well...” He cleared his throat again, “Did you find that person?”

I chuckle and scrunch my nose, before looking straight into his eyes, “I’d like to think so... I even changed some things to suit him... but he kind of did some dumb stuff and now I’m kinda mad at him.

Catching on, his lips turned upward into a smirk, “Well. I’m sure he’s very sorry and would do anything for you to forgive him.”

I smile down at my guitar, fiddling with it, “Well... as much as I want to be mad at him,” I look up at Reggie as I say the next part, “I might kinda be leaning towards forgiving him. He does have a cute smile.”

“Well maybe he could help that process by helping you finish your song?”

“I’d really like that.”

I just stared into his eyes for a second, falling deep into his ghostly brown eyes. You would think that being a ghost - your eyes would be dark and hollow. His shined bright - but hid pain beneath them to. He reached forward to touch my cheek only to pull back a second later, “Why don’t you play a little bit of the song?”

“Yeah okay... sure,” I pushed the notebook towards him, “I always imagined it being a call and response kind of song. So essentially, the blank spaces are lyrics I thought that maybe... that special person could fill it in? Anyway before I start babbling - this would me my part in the first verse.”

Feeling his eyes burn into my soul, I let out air I hadn’t realized I had been holding in before starting - strumming with my guitar,

Here in front of me

They're shining so much brighter

Than I have ever seen

Life can be so mean

But when he goes, I know he doesn't leave

“You have a really pretty voice,” He says as I look back up at him.

“Thanks. Umm here’s what the pre chorus and chorus would sound, but I thought maybe the other person could harmonize along and then yeah”

I started playing again,

The truth is finally breaking through

Two worlds collide when I'm with you

Reggie joined in with me at that point - singing along and harmonizing,

Our voices rise and soar so high

We come to life when we're

In perfect harmony

Whoa-oa-oa, whoa-oa-oa

Perfect harmony

Whoa-oa-oa, whoa-oa-oa

Perfect harmony

“Yeah, that was...” I stumbled for the right word, “Beautiful.”

“What about the ending?” He asked, pointing at the highlighted section in my notebook, “Why’s it bright?”

“Oh... It’s just my favourite part of the song I guess.”

“Play it.. i’ll sing along too.”

I started strumming again, this time just looking at him,

In perfect harmony

Whoa-oa-oa, whoa-oa-oa

Perfect harmony

Whoa-oa-oa, whoa-oa-oa

We moved towards eachother until their was barely a gap between us,

We say we're friends (we play pretend)

You're more to me (we create)

Perfect harmony

I closed my eyes and leaned in towards him, when Flynn suddenly shouted, “Lia! Nick totally just fell flat on his face and it was hilarious. Come back!”

Startled, we both jump apart, “Yeah just a sec!”

“Okay!” She turned around and walked away.

Reggie scratched the back of his head as I quickly shut my notebooks and stuffed it in his bag.

“Umm... I guess I have to head back to class... umm” I stumbled as I got off the bench and slung my bag across my shoulder.

“Yeah. Yeah! I have to meet up with the guys anyway. Umm maybe I could come over later tonight and we could work on the song?”

I smiled down at my feet before looking back at him, “I’d really like that um... bye. For now.”

I turned around and started walking away. OMG I can’t believe I almost kissed a ghost! Can I kiss a ghost? Oh my gosh what....

Gif credit - @cryinghimbos

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OMGGG!! you jatp rewrite is soo GOODD ITS AWESOMEEE!! i honestly can't wait for the next part!! You are amazing and i hope you have a good day!!

Ahh this literally made my night ❤️

thanks so much love