#Mobility Fund

[firas-salem]

My Daughter just told me her wish for her third Birthday is to sleep on her bed and before that take a bath with bubbles

I pray to God everyday that all of this doesn't scar them mentally and leave them with untreatable traumas just like us . I pray that they aren't as aware as they seem ! The happy façade held especially by Rokayah keeps fading away everyday.. Hopefully when we reach her birthday on December, this war would end and all of us would be Safe ! 🙏 Thank you all .. Whenever depression and fear get to me like today I think about all of you guys who keep helping us and supporting us by every means possible, we feel heard and supported ,loved and cared for . God BLESS You All 🙏🙏🙏💕 Forever Indebted to All of you ! PLEASE Donate and share Verified by @el-shab-hussein Here

You Helped us get €33,150 raised of €65,000 goal ! Thank you so much !! I really can't thank you enough !!🙏💖🌹

[hamsamohammad]

"Death is more merciful than everything that we're experiencing" My sister from Gaza told me this over the phone ..

My niece (3monthold) and nephew(3yearold) keep getting sick and having allergic reactions to god knows what, stomach flu, fevers and vomit all the time and they can't treat them

Please Help Them! EVERY DONATION COUNTS! DONATE HERE & SHARE

VERIFIED FUNDRAISER BY @nabulsi

Thank you so much!!

[prosolitude-alyaasabbagh]

Can we support Firas through this Exceptionally Hard Time ? Firas's One year old son is sick while he can't be with his children right now, as his parents are sick and in desperate need of him! Verified by @el-shab-hussein Here To Donate Click Here

My Angels .. God Bless Them 💖🙏 Firas Salem and his family are my friends from Gaza , he is a software Engineer .

He is a father of two Wonderful kids (2 Year Old and 1 Year old )

Currently he is the Provider for his Parents and younger siblings

His Family All together in Gaza = 11 Members).

They need to get out as soon as possible (hopefully together) .

Your Donations will help them get out of Gaza to Egypt ( 5000$ per person).

A part of it will help them afford life and medical expenses in Gaza and in Egypt for one month until they can work and get on their feet again.

Their current living condition is hellish but they're considered lucky to live in cramped tent !

His 1 year old is very sick and got Hospitalized with severe Gastroenteritis, vomiting and diarrhea .. Magid Updates : here & here Rokayah Update : here & here His mother and teenage brother had Hepatitis C and the mother's health keep getting worse and worse with little medical care and clean water and food . Here & Here Vetted or added to lists Here: #111 @el-shab-hussein list Here - #4 @fallahifag list Here @blackpearlblast list Here - @communistchilchuck list Here #1 @riding-with-the-wild-hunt list Here @palestinecharitycommissionsassoc list Here @kordeliiius list Here ___________________________________________ @ibtisams Here ,@fairuzfan Here , @palipu Here , @brutaliakhoa Here and many others if you searched his name

Can We Help Him and Share his Words and Story on his behalf so People Can DONATE AND SHARE ? PLEASE FOLLOW HIS ACCOUNTS: @firas-salem & @firassalemgaza

THANK YOU SO MUCH! Your Support Means The World to them .. PLEASE DONATE TO WHOEVER YOU FIND WORTHY AND PLEASE DONATE TO MY FRIEND &HIS FAMILY Pray for Magid and Firas's MOTHER AND BROTHER

€29,310 raised of €65,000 goal

[kiyote23]

I know there are a lot of Go Fund Me's running around these days, but these people are like family to me, and they need your help. Any little bit will help poor Winter, who is essentially housebound until she can get a new chair.

Here's a video Dana posted on her YouTube channel where they talk about what happened to the chair:

I've been meaning to blog about Dana for a while, but her individual experience YouTube channel has been great for me as I attempt to unmask and become more comfortable with my autistic self.

Anyway, again, any little bit helps. Please reblog! I'm usually lucky if I get one or two reblogs from my posts, but hopefully this can get some traction.

[atlurbanist]

Transit votes fail in Cobb & Gwinnett and I'm weary

Darin Givens | Nov 6, 2024

Voters in Cobb and Gwinnett Counties both rejected chances to boost funding for transit in this election. What the fudge, people?

The hope was that voters would be more likely to support these measure than previous ones because this time they weren't about joining MARTA.

Seems like they might as well have made them MARTA votes after all.

The transit-tax referendums would have supported new bus lines and rapid transit systems. Only 38% of votes in Cobb supported theirs; though it was at least closer in Gwinnett, with 47% in support of theirs.

And in case you needed another reminder that "shared identity doesn't necessarily equal shared goals" -- Cobb and Gwinnett both voted blue in this election. They just didn't feel like going all the way and supporting transit.

So the struggle bus continues to struggle, and of course it's the most vulnerable among us who suffer when transit options are weak. I had hoped things were changing for the better with support for transit ridership in the core counties. Maybe they are in a very slow way, but slow acknowledgement of the needs for sustainable, equitable mobility isn't good enough in 2024.

What action can we take? For now, support the *heck* (pardon my language) out of proposals to add affordable housing near existing transit lines, especially ones with good pedestrian infrastructure. Market-rate housing is needed in these spots too and we shouldn't block those, but obviously affordable units are the biggest need. Dense up.

And support the ever-loving *shizzle* out of any proposal to improve existing transit conditions so that riding buses (and trains) is an obviously awesome option.

What else?

[hjeojeo]

it's...missing smackjeeves hours..

telling myself if no one makes a good alternative for smackjeeves in the next like five years, im gonna start making one myself (only 10% serious)

i just miss like that atmosphere of 100% unmarketable, just comic sharing/making space.

where we all knew that 99% of the time the comics we see will never get finished bc ppl get busy, kids grow up and change interests ,etc. (i mention kids bc most of my memories of smackjeeves was when i was a teen, so it was a significant like developmental years as an artist kind experience for me)

like i remember most of the comics were like

barely legible sketch pages with like text written in mspaint.

there was absolutely no quality standard. and that's why it was so good

it made me as a kid feel like oh i can do comics! cause it can be WHATEVER YOU WANTED IT TO BE AND LOOK HOWEVER WAY.

and the collaborative ones on smackjeeves were so fun to look at

just overall.

having that. rough, crude, unmarketable space for art/comics was significant.

[dontmeantobepoliticalbut]

In late May, 19 Republican attorneys general filed a complaint with the Supreme Court asking it to block climate change lawsuits seeking to recoup damages from fossil fuel companies.

All of the state attorneys general who participated in the legal action are members of the Republican Attorneys General Association (RAGA), which runs a cash-for-influence operation that coordinates the official actions of these GOP state AGs and sells its corporate funders access to them and their staff. The majority of all state attorneys general are listed as members of RAGA.

Where does RAGA get most of its funding? From the very same fossil fuel industry interests that its suit seeks to defend. In fact, the industry has pumped nearly $5.8 million into RAGA’s campaign coffers since Biden was elected in 2020.

The recent Supreme Court complaint has been deemed “highly unusual” by legal experts.

The attorneys general claim that Democratic states, which are bringing the climate-related suits at issue in state courts, are effectively trying to regulate interstate emissions or commerce, which are under the sole purview of the federal government. Fossil fuel companies have unsuccessfully made similar arguments in their own defense.

RAGA’s official actions — and those of its member attorneys general — closely align with the goals of its biggest donors.

The group, a registered political nonprofit that can raise unlimited amounts of cash from individuals and corporations, solicits annual membership fees from corporate donors in exchange for allowing those donors to shape legal policy via briefings and other interactions with member attorneys general.

A Center for Media and Democracy (CMD) analysis of IRS filings since November 24, 2020 shows that Koch Industries (which recently rebranded) leads as the largest fossil fuel industry donor to RAGA, having donated $1.3 million between 2021 and June 2024.

Other large donors include:

• American Petroleum Institute (API), the oil and gas industry’s largest trade association

• Southern Company Services, a gas and electric utility holding company

• Valero Services, a petroleum refiner

• NextEra Energy Resources, which runs both renewable and natural gas operations

• Anschutz Corporation, a Denver-based oil and gas company

• American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers, a major trade organization

• Exxon Mobil, one of the largest fossil fuel multinationals in the world

• National Mining Association, the leading coal and mineral industry trade organization

• American Chemical Council, which represents major petrochemical producers and refiners

Many of these donors are being sued for deceiving the public about the role fossil fuels play in worsening climate change: many states — including California, Connecticut, Minnesota, New Jersey, and Rhode Island — as well as local governments — such as the city of Chicago and counties in Oregon and Pennsylvania — have all filed suits against a mix of fossil fuel companies and their industry groups. In the cases brought by New York and Massachusetts, ExxonMobil found support from Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, who filed a friend-of-the-court brief in defense of the corporation.

Paxton has accepted $5.2 million in campaign contributions from the oil and gas industry over the past 10 years, according to data compiled by OpenSecrets and reviewed by CMD.

Fossil Fuel Contributions to the Republican Attorneys General Association Includes aggregate contributions of $10K or more from the period November 2020 to March 2024.

Note: This funding compilation does not include law firms, front groups, or public relations outfits that work on behalf of fossil fuel clients, many of which use legal shells to shield themselves from outright scrutiny. For example, Koch Industries, through its astroturf operation Americans for Prosperity, has deployed a shell legal firm in a major Supreme Court case designed to dismantle the federal government’s regulatory authority.

CARRYING BIG OIL’S WATER

This is far from the first time RAGA members have banded together to try to defeat clean energy and environmental regulations. In 2014, the New York Times initially reported on how RAGA circulates fossil fuel industry propaganda opposing federal regulations.

The Times investigation revealed thousands of documents exposing how oil and gas companies cozied up to Republican attorneys general to push back against President Obama’s regulatory agenda. “Attorneys general in at least a dozen states are working with energy companies and other corporate interests, which in turn are providing them with record amounts of money for their political campaigns,” the investigation found. That effort, which RAGA dubbed the Rule of Law campaign, has since morphed into RAGA’s political action arm, the nonprofit Rule of Law Defense Fund (RLDF).

Since then, RAGA’s appetite to go to bat for the industry has only grown.

In 2015, less than two weeks after representatives from fossil fuel companies and related trade groups attended a RAGA conference, Republican AGs petitioned federal courts to block the Obama administration’s signature climate proposal, as CMD has previously reported. Additional reporting revealed collusion between Republican AGs and industry lobbyists to defend ExxonMobil and obstruct climate change legislation.

There was also the 2016 secret energy summit that RAGA held in West Virginia with industry leaders, along with private meetings with fossil fuel companies to coordinate how to shield ExxonMobil from legal scrutiny. Later that year, West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey — aided by 19 other Republican AGs — successfully brought a case before the court that hobbled Obama’s signature climate plan.

Morrisey is currently leading the Republican effort to take down an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulation that targets coal-fired power plants.

Often, the attorneys general bringing these cases share many of the same donors who backed the confirmation of Republican-appointed Supreme Court justices, as pointed out by the New York Times.

And in 2021, Republican attorneys general from 19 states sent a letter to the U.S. Senate committees on Environment and Public Works and on Energy and Natural Resources hoping to persuade senators to vote against additional regulations on highly polluting methane emissions, a leading contributor to global warming.

Since 2022, RLDF’s “ESG Working Group” has been coordinating actions taken by Republican AGs against sustainable investing. Communications from that group obtained by CMD show that it was investigating Morningstar/Sustainalytics and the Net-Zero Banking Alliance. Republican AGs announced investigations into the six largest banks for information on their involvement in the Net-Zero Banking Alliance later that year.

LEGACY OF RIGHT-WING ACTIONS

It’s not only about fossil fuels. Attorneys general who are members of — and financially backed by — RAGA have a long track record of pursuing right-wing agendas. In Mississippi, Attorney General Lynn Fitch helped bring the legal case that ultimately overturned Roe v. Wade. In Texas, Paxton has attempted to overturn the Affordable Care Act and sued the federal government over Title IX civil rights protections, and safeguards for seasonal workers, among other policy irritants to the far Right. With support from fellow Republican AGs, he also led one of many efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election.

In recent years, other pro-corporate major donors have included The Concord Fund, which is controlled by Trump’s “court whisperer” Leonard Leo, Big Tobacco, and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Institute for Legal Reform.

[solradguy]

Working on the GG wiki means making weird discoveries, such as the 4 most cursed Guilty Gears sharing a logo font (Vastedge, Raid of Arms, Dust Strikers, Judgment)

[problem-project]

🚨 Emergency Funding Needed 🚨

I've been using a cane for several months now but I'm beginning to realize I'm still expending more energy than I have. I can't make it through a grocery store trip without being exhausted and in pain. I can't go for walks anymore like I used to enjoy so much. I struggle to go anywhere to hangout with my friends because if it requires a lot of walking I have to turn the plans down. Even just standing takes so much energy that I feel exhausted in my bones. It feels like my entire life has become me confined to the house, never getting to go out and enjoy the world anymore. I have decided to get a wheelchair so I can gain some independence back. I want to live my life again, with less pain and more energy. I want to go out and make experiences and new memories. I'm tired of feeling left behind due to my condition and fatigue. I'm going to save up for a wheelchair the best that I can, but since I'm unemployed and still not approved for disability yet I don't have any income. I'm coming to my community to see if I can crowd fund/get some donations towards my goal since mobility aids are not cheap. If anyone is able to donate, my links will be down below, any help is so so appreciated. I don't expect to raise the full amount through donations but genuinely anything helps me towards my goal. If you can't afford to donate but still want to support my cause please please reblog, it helps so much. I know it's just another donation post to most people but seriously thank you for giving me your time to read all of this. This communities support has helped me realize I deserve to live my life, even if it includes a mobility aid. Thank you all so much.

My links:

✿ paypal

✿ cashapp

✿ venmo

$10/620

[firas-salem]

We might be Forced to evacuate to for the 7th time!

We're leaving for the seventh time .. For the seventh time .. I'll have to convince a three year old and a one year old that we have to leave again, and what resembles a home we tried our best to provide to protect their childhood and make them toys and a swing in a tent they'll have to leave agian ! We spent almost all our savings and money on basic nessesities .. Now we worry about even transportation costs. Please help us survive this madness. PLEASE Donate and share Forever Indebted to All of you ! Verified by @el-shab-hussein Here

This has been Rokayah in eid and the other was her thank you letter she wrote you all 💖 We'll be leaving all of this behind

I am Firas Salem, a Software Engineer from Gaza and a father of two young children, almost 3 and 1. I would give my family the stars in the sky if they asked me to and I worked so hard so I can provide them with a happy life. I am the sole provider for my parents and younger siblings, making us a family of 11.

. We are living in extremely difficult conditions in Gaza, barely surviving in a cramped tent and mostly we'll be evacuating soon. . We urgently need to get out, and our only option is to reach Egypt, which costs $5,000 per person.

. Your donations can help us escape and cover essential life and medical expenses here in Gaza and in Egypt until we can start over. Please consider supporting us during this critical time. Thank you.

Please Please Help Share and Donate It's been a while ,I feel things changed here,please help me share this post . Thanks alot my friends I hope someday I can thank each one of you ! And I hope one day I can pay it forward !

Vetted or added to lists Here: #111 @el-shab-hussein list Here - #4 @fallahifag list Here @blackpearlblast list Here - @communistchilchuck list Here #1 @riding-with-the-wild-hunt list Here @palestinecharitycommissionsassoc list Here @kordeliiius list Here ___________________________________________ @ibtisams Here ,@fairuzfan Here , @palipu Here , @brutaliakhoa Here

[hamsamohammad]

🚨Help save my DISABLED Grandmother and my family from Gaza

I am Hamsa Mohammad, a 24 years old Engineer, I just graduated when the war occurred ! My mother and I were very lucky and escaped 5 Months ago .. but we left our hearts in Gaza! We didn't mean to leave them behind .. we feel guilty every single day that we're safe while they're not ! We tried everything but couldn't collect the funds, my mother is a single mother and we are barely managing to cover our expenses and sending them as much as we can to help them survive in Gaza . Until a friend I met here in Cairo, told me that hopefully you will help us ! 🙏🙏🙏 Help Me Rescue my Family of 4 from Gaza : • MY 83 years old DISABLED GRANDMOTHER (ستي فوزية) right before this war she suffered from a broken pelvis and a broken left hand, and she cannot walk or even go to the bathroom. She also suffers from severe heart muscle weakness and needs many medications, diapers and a urinary catheter ,they can't even find or afford proper drugs and painkillers , everything is extremely expensive PLEASE WE NEED TO GET HER OUT ASAP !! • MY SISTER AND HER FAMILY - Lamis and her husband Malik (29 and 32 years old) They're both sick and suffer from Hepatitis type A.

•Karma 3 Months Old: She is 3 months old , she was born through this terrible war in a tent .. She is malnourished , gets sick ,intestinal catarrh and fevers all the time ! •Ghaith 3 years old: He suffers from severe allergic reactions and he vomits, get sick all the time from polluted water and bad food They're all cramped up in a tentwith other people .. Please I PLEAD to you help them escape

PLEASE SAVE HAMSA'S FAMILY FROM GAZA PLEASE HELP US !! Donate HERE SHARE AND DONATE AND MENTION IF POSSIBLE !!

Donate HERE

EVERY € COUNTS !!!

We need the money for :

Travel arrangements to Egypt ( $5000- per person) for 4 family members.

Urgent Medical Treatment and surgery for my Grandmother( $3000-$5000).

Housing expenses.

Living and transportation expenses during the initial period of travel.

Food and medical expenses.

VERIFIED FUNDRAISER BY @nabulsi

[justinspoliticalcorner]

Alex Bollinger at LGBTQ Nation:

A Democratic super PAC is targeting Republicans over potential IVF restrictions, which started earlier this year when the Alabama Supreme Court ruled that state laws protecting “unborn children” also apply to those “located outside of a biological uterus.” IVF (in vitro fertilization) is a process where several fertilized embryos are created outside the uterus and then implanted in order to help a person get pregnant. The process uses multiple embryos to increase the chances of resulting in a pregnancy, and extra embryos can be frozen and sometimes destroyed. Many same-sex couples use the procedure to help build their families.

Some conservatives oppose IVF because of the destruction of embryos, and the Alabama Supreme Court cited the Bible in its ruling, which resulted in several clinics in the state stopping their IVF procedures. The Progress Action Fund launched a new ad called “Republicans Stealing Your Baby” last week, which shows a straight white couple with a baby who they refer to as their “IVF miracle.” Then, an old white Republican lawmaker appears and takes the baby away. “Sorry, she’s not yours anymore,” he says. “I’m your Republican congressman. We made IVF illegal, and we’re not letting you criminals raise her.”  “You can’t do this, she’s our baby!” the mother says. “I won the last election, so it’s my decision,” the Republican responds. “If you want a baby, you have to make one the old-fashioned way, and I’ll be watching.”

This ad from Democratic-affiliated Super PAC Progress Action Fund targeting the GOP’s war on IVF is so spot-on.

Video:

[chibifukurou]

Help keep a friend rolling

After an increasing series of falls, friend is looking for help funding a used Alinker mobility bike.

With their shoulder currently having issues healing, they are looking for a foot propelled option that will let them safely get out of the house.

Thank you for any help you can offer!

[thecoffeelorian]

82 views, but only €200 in donations...if everyone had given at least €5, this family could have reached the €1,000 mark...can you please help?

[fenmere]

Hey. We are a trans feminine, autistic plural system in need.

A friend of ours created this gofundme for us:

We're unemployed, unable to work, and several years away from being awarded SSDI, if we can even convince the government to do so. We're chronically ill, mobility impaired, and cannot drive. Our sole source of income is just enough monthly gifts from friends and family to cover toiletries, clothes, and similar expenses. And we cannot get out of the house without help.

We need to be able to get to the store and the pharmacy and the nearby parks on our own, for both our physical and mental health. Believe it or not, if we have a motorized scooter, we'll actually get more exercise, even.

We can't get this thing on our own, and we desperately need it.

Anything helps. Even just reblogging.

Thank you.

[sonknuxadow]

just saw the opening animation for sonic dream team .... why are they wasting all these fun concepts and gorgeous animations and new characters and characters that havent been playable in forever on an apple arcade exclusive game that almost nobodys going to play