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new years eve!!! wooo!!! go crazy go wild! 🥳🥳🥳

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I am so in love with my new pink opaque ghost tattoo! 🩷👻

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@ anon

I think it might be actually dangerous to publish your ask, but I'm sure from my response people will be able to tell what it's about anyway.

You're full of actual, absolute shit if you're pretending not to know by now that verification processes to ensure the legitimacy of Ghazzawin's fundraisers have been undertaken, and that details about what these processes entail have been shared by several people. Several people, some of them currently in Gaza, put themselves through countless hours of work video-calling people, judging their knowledge of dialectical Arabic, seeing their faces and their children's faces and their living conditions, seeing IDs and bank information, asking invasive, personal questions that they didn't want to be asking & that the people responding probably didn't want to be answering, and physically visiting people in Gaza and video-recording their interactions, just so that people like you could be sure that these fundraisers were legitimate. If you're ignoring all of the blood & tears that went into that process just so you can hand-wring about scams, no one needs to be concerned with convincing you of the legitimacy of anything, because you were never going to donate to these people anyway. You are just looking for any plausible-sounding excuse not to do what you already didn't want to do.

If, by some miracle, you actually didn't know about the verified fundraiser spreadsheet (which is frankly still blameable bc, where on earth have you been?), then there it is. The post of mine that you're referring to never even mentioned responding to asks; using this spreadsheet is an absolutely valid, reasonable way of donating directly to families.

Now let me treat some of your statements as though they were questions (which, they were not).

How do people in Gaza have internet access?

Internet infrastructure in Gaza is very robust (e.g. in what cables are made of, how deep they're buried, amounts of redundancy in the system, &c.) because they have been getting bombed by Israel all the fucking time for decades, so they expect this infrastructure to be put through a lot. There have still--if you've been following the situation at all--been several outages caused by damage that Ghazzawin have needed to repair. Though I do have to say that I find it odd that you doubt Ghazzawin have internet access, but also say that you buy eSims...?

A lot of people right now are indeed connected via eSim, which to my understanding only need to connect to wifi once, right when they're activated. People put themselves at risk to connect to eSims because they need to get a good wifi signal, which usually means walking for several miles trying to find high ground. One of my contacts once urgently called me (this is the only time he hadn't just texted) because he had been told his friend had found a signal and so they needed an eSim right then, before they went back to their tent.

I've been trying for some time to connect another of my contacts in Gaza to an eSim, but we're not having success. At Crips for eSims for Gaza they / we (I'm on the server getting advice and helping out but I'm not using their funding; I'm using what people on tumblr have given me to purchase eSims with) keep a constantly updated sheet of which eSim providers use which networks and which networks work in which areas--because the situation is constantly changing. Because my contact doesn't have an eSim on a personal phone, she has to go to a central location to be allotted three hours of internet access from someone who has managed to get connected. Lots of people, on their fundraising posts and pages, specify exactly how they've gotten internet access, how difficult it's been for them to get it, and how stressful it is to be relying on this tenuous connection, spending hours away from their families (at high risk of being shot at by IOF soldiers the whole time), just to message people for hours straight and then go home again.

2. How do people in Gaza have tumblr accounts?

This is a stupid question. Anyone with an email address who is capable of picking a username and password can make a tumblr account. I have personally helped several of my contacts in Gaza with the process.

3. How do people in Gaza know to come into people's tumblr accounts?

This is also a stupid question. I don't really see how you could ask this question if you saw Palestinians as, like, real humans beings. You understand that people talk to each other, yes? Like with words? As soon as a few people had success fundraising to evacuate Gaza on tumblr (nearly a year ago... this news has had a lot of time to spread), obviously they told other people about it.

One of the ways that Israel conducts its genocidal war is through the destructiveness of frustration and boredom. It's a strange situation because everything is extremely dire, urgent, terrifying, and dirty, but there's also seldom anything to do. People are singing, telling stories, going to the beach, inventing games and contests, to entertain children, but also to entertain themselves. And this is the situation--with a bunch of desperate, bored people packed into a tiny piece of land--this is the situation that you think it's impossible for people to talk to each other in? Come on.

If you want to donate to Anera and World Food Kitchen and buy eSims, that's fantastic. Please do that. But if you are as ignorant of the particulars of what this situation is like as your ask makes you appear, then I hope you refrain from speaking on what the situation is like.

I've been nattering on for a long time so here's my call to action:

Decide what you're capable of giving right now, or the next time you get paid

Scroll down on the vetted fundraiser spreadsheet and find someone very low on funds, or with injured children who urgently need treatment or evacuation, and give that money.

AND / OR give it to the PCRF or the IRW

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Chappell Roan art update thread

Follow me over on instagram for more and DM to purchase prints

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Chris Fleming made a pilot for Adult Swim and it is a surreal psychosexual nightmare that would make Henry Darger vaguely uncomfortable.

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We’re just one step away from achieving our goal—only $485 separates us from raising the $10000 needed to bring stability to our family. 🌿💞

This campaign isn’t just about numbers; it’s about providing hope and a future after the hardships of displacement. 🛤️🌟

Your generosity has brought us this far, and we’re so close to the finish line. 🕊️

Let’s make this dream a reality together. 🤲💖

Be the difference today. 🌟 Even the smallest contribution can help us reach our goal. Donate now:

https://gofund.me/abbc2759

from the river to the sea ❤️🖤🤍💚

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I don't need a lot of money, I just need to buy a 100€ bag of flour for my family who haven't eaten bread for two days due to the scarcity of flour in the markets and its high price.

Living hungry in the midst of genocide is indescribable cruelty. Your support and contribution by buying a bag of flour saves us from this suffering and helps us survive. 🙏💔

https://gofund.me/5b6f1940 My campaign has been verified by (@90 -ghost and (@gaza-evacuation-funds (@el-shab-hussein @nabulsi).

from the river to the sea ❤️🖤🤍💚

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My name is Roaa Omar Al-Khalidi. I am 19 years old, a university student studying the English language. Throughout my years of study, I worked hard to build my future, to be an independent girl with a business and a university degree with distinction, and I did it in my first year at university, where I studied and stayed up all night; But the damned war took me by surprise and destroyed everything I dreamed of, just as it destroyed my family’s home, and now I am left without a home and without education, just like the homeless! My family and I were displaced from the north of the Gaza Strip to the south, to cover a distance of more than 15 km on foot. To come here to live in the south of the Gaza Strip in search of the false security that the occupation army had deluded us with. To live in a tent and in very tragic conditions. Water is not available. We carry it from a far place. To meet our daily needs, Not only that, we are a family of 7 members. Two of my brothers suffer from thalassemia and need treatmentso help me and my family to travel outside the country, so that I can complete my university education and save what is left of my dream, and so that every member of my family can find their future, so that we can find safety and peace.https://gofund.me/fd4d9e3f

from the river to the sea ❤️🖤🤍💚

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Dear compassionate friends👋🤍,

🍉❤️🖤🤍💚

I am writing to you in a time of unimaginable hardship💔. My name is Sami, a father to two young daughters, and my family has been displaced due to the ongoing war in Gaza since October 7th🍉. Each day is a battle for survival, and the danger of death looms over us as we struggle with the lack of basic necessities like food, water, and shelter.

I am pleading for your immediate support. Every donation, no matter how small, is a lifeline that can help us escape this nightmare🙏🇵🇸. I beg you to consider our situation and extend a helping hand before it’s too late.

Even the smallest contribution can help protect my family and keep us alive🙏🙏. I urge you to act now, as your generosity could be the hope we so desperately need💔.

Thank you from the bottom of my heart for your kindness and support💖.

Sami🤍

Link to help us survive:

https://gofund.me/107a8322

from the river to the sea ❤️🖤🤍💚

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hey so what the actual fuck

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i was inspired by the destiel wedding and wrote this song as my contribution. full lyrics under the cut. i hope you enjoy!

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i made an a cappella cover of pentatonix’s original song “run to you” for my final project in an audio production class–hope you enjoy!

(made with pro tools using a professional mic, reverb, and an ocean waves effect; all vocal tracks recorded are my own)

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You show up for your first day at Copyright-Free Magic School. As you're going through orientation, you're informed that all new students get a school-assigned familiar that they are responsible for housing and maintaining. The staff member assures you that your assigned familiar is appropriately chosen and reflects you in some way.

Spin this to find out yours. (Remember, you are responsible for maintaining this familiar in your dorm room.)

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Keanu Reeves for Vanity Fair (1991)

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Cages or wings Which do you prefer? Ask the birds Fear or love, baby Don’t say the answer Actions speak louder than words

tick, tick…BOOM! (2021), dir. Lin-Manuel Miranda