#— update

[infamous-if]

November

Happy (ish) November! I hope everyone had a great October. I didn't get to do the spooky specials because my October wasn't so fun but I'm lucky that there's like…3 more holidays left haha so I'll def covering one of those.

I still have the Holiday specials from last year collecting dust on my computer…lol I should probably update those and release them?? Maybe??

My main goal for November is ofc chapter 4. I hope to finish it by the end of November but if not then before Christmas the latest so I can have that weight off my shoulders and enjoy the holidays without fussing over it. I think it's a realistic plan based on where I'm at. I've been working on Chapter 5 simultaneously, so I hope that means it's also accelerating the time it takes for 5 to release. Chapter 4 will still be the first chapter released with beta testers. That's still happening haha (sorry).

I still need to update chapter 3 since people are still getting that eternal loading error. I've been told it's not something I can fix but I'll be updating everything at once. I have a one-track mind and once I'm working on a new chapter I tend to neglect everything else (sorry x2).

Patreon stuff as usual, everything else is business as usual 🫡 Chapter 4 extended sneak peek is coming. I'm still deciding when I want to drop that. That's all! :)

[mauesartetc]

Regrettably, the Shehab family has had to start from scratch due to issues with the previous organizer's bank. The new organizer has created a new bank account specifically for collecting funds for their campaign, and so far they only have four donations. This one's the main priority today, as they need the most help of anyone on this list.

Other campaigns of interest are the Al Tibi and Sharif campaigns, which have both been stagnant for days and are nearing their next major milestone (with the former just two donations away!).

As always, donate if you can, reblog if you can't!

Palestine campaigns with under 1000 donations

Trying a new tactic with the fundraisers on my pinned list. These campaigns appear to gain a lot more traction when the number of donations hits a thousand, so here's a way to highlight those that could use more. These have all been vetted by Palestinians on Tumblr. Just like the main list, I'll keep you all updated with how things progress, and as always, if you can't donate, reblog.

LAST UPDATED 11/10

Under 100:

The Shehab family @fahedshehab-new 4 After raising over 78K euros, the Shehab family must start over due to issues with the previous bank account. The first campaign's organizer explains here.

The Aburass family @samerpal 46 New campaign with a new currency due to transfer issues. Samer explains the situation here.

The Alnabih family @ahmedalnabeeh234 66 After switching organizers three times, Ahmed must start from scratch. He was able to hit 1000 donations with his first attempt. Let's help get him there again!

Under 300:

Under 500:

The Al Tibi family @mahmoudeltibi1 498 STAGNANT FOR 5 DAYS

The Sharif family @amnehsharif10 474 STAGNANT FOR 4 DAYS

The Hor family @salahaldinhor 389

Under 700:

The Ismaeel family @m0hammed1 686

The Sami family @eyadeyadsblog 586 STAGNANT FOR 4 DAYS

Amal's family @amlanqar 550

Under 900:

The Saftawi family @nadasaftawi 896 COMPLETE!

Ahmed's family @ahmed-ziad 739 STAGNANT FOR 5 DAYS

Aya's family @ayaalanqarsblog 883

Walaa's family @ahmed79ss 712

Nearing 1000:

Zaen and Yehya @mohammedshehab111 998 No longer accepting donations

1000 donations:

Amira's family @ameera-anq

The Khalaf family @mahmoudkhalafff

The Alnabih family @ahmedalnabeeh11

Ashraf's family @ashrafanqer @ashraf-baker

The Alostaz family @ahmed-ostaz

The Atalla family @mohammed-atallah

The Shorbaje family @tahanibaby

The Abushammaleh family @bshaeromars-blog

The Aburass family @samerpal

[keeperofthesunandmoon]

Update 11/10

Hi everyone! The demo has just been updated with ~46k words of new content, mostly additions to earlier chapters. I hope you enjoy!

Any feedback is super appreciated! Hoping to have another update by end of year with the complete Chapter 10.

Demo link: https://dashingdon.com/play/daydreamsincolor/keeper-of-life-and-death/mygame/

Demo word count: ~336k words

[comicaurora]

what ELSE could possibly go wrong?

[dalekowrites]

Chapter 11 in Early Access is finally online! ♥

Along with the new chapter (+10k words!), there are a couple of new things and some bugs I've fixed:

Fixed an error that prevented Raf's relationship bar from being displayed in the stats;

Fixed a bug when selecting the nickname "Ale" with a name other than Alessandro/Alessandra;

Made some stats visible earlier in the story;

Added optional indicators to choices;

Corrected typos in various dialogues;

Added some economic information, along with currency and/or inflation converters in the stats. Use them—they’re helpful!

That's all—enjoy! ♥

[ Patreon ][ Discord ][ Public Demo ]

[dlxxv-vetted-donations]

Nov 10 update summary (sorry it's late):

At the time of posting, this campaign is moving extremely slowly.

Tawfik got an extension for his international student fees, so he needs USD $10,050 in his campaign by November 28 (which accounts for fund transfer time).

He reduced this final amount with his backup money.

Grades will be withheld until the payment is made (I forgot to add this to the original post. Fixed)

His short term goal is $9,050 by Nov 15.

His Kofi is meant for supporting his family. Please focus on the gfm (for his education) before Nov 28 because it has a hard deadline.

Deadline Nov 28: Tawfik needs to pay his international student fees.

My other promos | Currently keeping up with here

Updated: Nov 10

Member(s): @dev-tawfik (current), @devtawfik (shadowbanned), @tawfikblog, @90-tawfik (shadowbanned)

Verification: @/90-ghost

Payment methods:

Gfm for education: PayPal, Venmo, Google Pay, credit/debit

Kofi for survival (mentioned here): PayPal, credit/debit (I recommend focusing on the gfm until the tuition is paid by Nov 28 since it's more urgent)

Tawfik is a Palestinian currently taking online classes at an Egyptian university. His campaign needs to reach USD $9,050 by Nov 15 and $10,050 by Nov 30 so he can pay off his international student fees. Any additional funds will go towards the next semester's payments.

More info:

Update Nov 6:

Tawfik got an extension to Nov 30 to pay the international fee. New goals of USD $9,050 by Nov 15 and $10,050 by Nov 28 (to account for transfer time) were set. The final goal was reduced with some backup money.

Update Nov 5:

Currently, it seems impossible to raise the required funds ($10,050 - $10,150) by Nov 13. Tawfik has emailed his school to negotiate for more time.

Update Oct 29:

Now @dev-tawfik.

We fundraised $800 ($6000 in the gfm) for Tawfik's textbooks and he bought them on Oct 17. He got a slight discount for being Palestinian, and the money saved went into his backup funds.

The next goal was $9,250 to pay off international student fees (due Nov 13, see math section below) that Tawfik just found out about.

The family urgently needed $1,000 for healthy food (Tawfik's father has health problems and needs vegetables).

Tawfik initially wanted to use the gfm money for education only as promised, but had to add the sum to the campaign goal (a total of $10,250) because the Kofi he made solely for his family wasn't receiving many donations early on.

There were some issues with the Kofi taking a few weeks to transfer funds, but that's been resolved. It is now for support of Tawfik's family and transfers money relatively quickly.

From Oct 17-27, we fundraised to $7,200 to buy some food for the family. This food money will last roughly 2 weeks.

We are focusing back on international student fees and set a short-term goal of $8,862 in the campaign by Nov 3. There will be another small goal set after this date.

We need roughly $10,050 (an estimate) in the campaign by Nov 13 (hard deadline). Again, this isn't a concrete number and involves some usage of Tawfik's backup money.

Campaign details:

Tawfik is a software engineering student in Palestine trying to continue his education by enrolling in online classes at an Egyptian university.

He already raised roughly USD $2,500 in late July through a now closed Paypal campaign and paid the school as an application and reservation fee. This is nonrefundable.

We fundraised $4,113 (5200 - 1087) and paid off his tuition for the year on Oct 7

The gfm is meant for education only. To support the family, donate to the Kofi. It no longer faces issues with long transfer times.

Tawfik has some extra leftover funds from paying off the tuition, but it isn't much and is to be used for emergencies.

Math:

Please let me know if I screwed up the calculation somewhere.

The transfer fee is assumed to be ~$50 per $600 earned. My bad in earlier calculations where I set it after the bank fee rather than before.

Textbooks: base $600

Funds left after:

Gfm for 40 donations: 570.6

~$50 transfer fee: 520.13

12% Bank fee: 458.13

To cover the funds lost to fees, we need an extra $200 (assumed 15 donations). After fees on that, it's only $166 (enough to cover the short-term goal)

So we need 600 + 200 = $800 for the textbooks.

This is $6,000 in the campaign.

Slightly outdated: International student fees: base $2,423

900£ = USD $1,180.93

60k EGP = USD $1,241.29

Funds left after:

Gfm fees for 160 donations: 2304.74

Transfer fee, ~$200: 2,104.74

12% Bank fee: 1852.17

To cover the funds lost to fees, we need an extra $800 (assumed 55 donations). After fees on that, it's only $625 (enough to cover the short-term goal)

So we need 2423 + 800 = $3,223 for the international student fee.

This is $9,223 10,223 in the campaign, rounded up to $ 9,250 10,250

The rate of ~$100 daily is sufficient to get us to this goal before the deadline of Nov 13 (this accounts for the 2 days needed for transfers)

[lost-family]

AT LAST!! The sketching for chapter 3 is done!! Technically, I added the dialogue in the pages to better format it in the final, so you can read the chapter right now! (The current dialogue will likely change in the final.)

My Kofi members have full access to these pages; consider becoming one!

[rosiebunnysclouds]

UPDATE TIME!!

SW: 92kg

CW: 88kg

1stGW: 84kg

2ndGW: 70kg

mainGW : 45kg

it’s not much but there’s definitely progress from 92 to 88 so i’m pretty proud! still feel huge though so i’m working for it!

[elbdot]

Thanks for bearing with me this month with all the advertising, I hope it's not too annoying 😂 With the Christmas shopping starting now, I've been incredibly occupied updating my online shop while working on commissions to earn enough for the holiday shopping myself, so that's why I've mainly posted commissions lately and a redbubble update will be coming out this week too -

But I'm really looking forward to Christmas!! I hope I get to do some holiday art for it or finish one last comic update, allthough for that one I still got A LOT of work left unfortunately... It ain't easy juggling 5 projects at once, let me tell you 😂

[polarisbibliotheque]

Hey guys, lots of things have been happening in my personal life (both good and bad) and I wanted to make an update post here/answer everyone I need to answer before talking about politics once more but-

I think a lot of people need to hear this and I hope this reaches the people who need it. I posted it on my art side-blog when the election was over, but I think it's got things everyone needs to hear, so I'm reblogging it here.

'Tis time to let the big-mouthed punk like Nero that lives inside you to come out. Those are not times for any of us to wrap around ourselves and die. Those are times for us to be brave even if we're scared inside - and trust me, there will be people by your side feeling the same thing, but they'll hold your hand and that will make both of you stronger. And so on.

So hey, wherever you are, hold on. We'll get through this, together.

And I'll answer all of you and interact when my life is less chaotic, do apologize

So, I guess as a middle range millennial, I now get to tell all you young queer kids that what you are feeling right now is exactly how it felt in 2004 when we re-elected George Bush, and not only that but many states put in bans against gay/same sex marriage at the time.

This is probably not comforting, but it is true, and it helps me when I feel hopeless: For every revolution there is a counter revolution, for every step forward there is a step back, that things may not be good forever but they will not be bad, either. That we clawed our way to get where we are and we can claw our way forward from here, too. Talk to your queer elders, the ones who have been here before and will be here again and who threw bricks at Stonewall.

When I was a child, if you got AIDS it was a death sentence. Now it isn't. Now you live on.

So I'll quote angels in america: You are fabulous creatures, each and every one. And I bless you: More Life. The Great Work Begins.

[nerdykeppie]

Aight y'all. Just got done renegotiating with one of our big suppliers & a bunch of your faves now have FREE DOMESTIC SHIPPING (and deeeeply discounted international shipping).

Go look (and email us if anything is populating incorrectly, I spent hours fixing this.)

[bey-life]

[dungeon-meshi-tournament]

Now that the Most Delicious Monster in the Dungeon Tournament has wrapped up, I'll take another (roughly) week-long break. After that, I'm going to run the last of the tournaments I want to make annual traditions: The Favourite Character from the Dungeon Tournament.

[rosalie-starfall]

As requested The Aubrey Plaza (Agatha All Along Edition)

In these uncertain times I am quite sure of one thing... Kathryn will gladly continue to give us as much Sapphic content as she possibly can and I'll love her forever for it.

Kathryn Hahn Loves Women and I love Women and I Love her for loving Women!

[lonestarbattleship]

November 11, 2024 Update from the Battleship Texas Foundation

"Fresh paint! About two more weeks of painting and the exterior of the ship will be painted! (Aside from the foretop -more to follow on that at a later date)."

Posted on the Battleship Texas Foundation Facebook page: link