#and find palestinians to follow here on tumblr as well

[theygender]

The pro-Palestine groups who organized the protest also condemned this behavior as antisemitic, releasing a statement where they clarified that the person who desecrated the menorah was not affiliated with any of the groups present and they do not condone the actions this person took. It was the pro-Palestine protesters themselves who removed the flag from the menorah after the masked individual hung it there, and you can even hear them trying to stop this person from climbing the menorah in the video

Nativenews is defending an act of antisemitism that the pro-Palestine groups present condemned

Hey uhh @/nativenews has been posting antisemitic shit and platforming sketchy tweeters can we maybe stop rbing from them

[thedailydescent]

Happy Halloween!🎃 

While you're here, consider saving a bit of what you were going to spend on candy today on one or more of these currently struggling fundraisers. I have donated to mostly all of these and can vouch for all of them:

Nesma Ahmed (@nesmamomen and @nesmamomenn)

Her fundraiser was doing very well up until the past few days, with only $71 being raised in the past 24 hours! Nesma's fundraiser is going towards providing for her and her 11 family members, as well as providing internet access for school, which costs $2 an hour if she wants the good quality. Her family also owns a donkey and a cat, who have experienced illness and/or injuries recently.

2. Shahad Ahmed/Farah Ahmed (@shah599 and @farahmoo2)

Shahad and Farah's fundraiser is going towards their education funding. They are currently taking online courses: Shahad who is studying to become a pharmacist, and Farah who is trying to graduate high school. They're currently having trouble finding time to study with the lack of good internet. Farah recently told me that she can't go to the internet point everyday (which takes an hour to walk to), otherwise, she won't have time to study. Shahad has also recently been threatened by zionists, which has made her terrified to come on here to campaign for herself. Please help support them during this time. They have only raised €15 in the past three days!

3. Hashim and Laila (@hashimsafadi)

Hashim has become shadowbanned here on Tumblr, so can no longer dm people, send asks, or notify others if he's tagged them in a post. This has made campaigning for himself and his wife Laila very difficult, as they're currently sitting at only €2,118 after six months of campaigning, and have not received any donations for more than a day. Please help them out during this time. You can also follow and contact Hashim through his Instagram accounts here and here.

4. Hazem Tannera (@hazemfromgaza)

Hazem's fundraising is currently struggling desperately. He is currently recovering from surgery in Egypt and is trying to provide for his ten family members in Gaza, one of which is his mother and three of which are children. He has only raised £529 since Oct 4, which isn't good enough, seeing as his family need rent for the small house their staying in, which costs about $750 a month. He has not received any donations for the past 24 hours!

5. Yahya Bkheet (@yahyabkheeblog and @yahyabkheet-blog)

Yahya is a father of three children under ten and is currently taking care of his sick mother. His family is currently starving, with his mother and children currently sick from either heart disease, skin disease, or the flu. The water they drink is polluted and they are starving, with Little Mira crying herself to sleep every night because she is so hungry! They currently living in a tent which is unsuitable for the upcoming winter, yet have only received €582 in donations since Oct 3 and have not had any donations for the past two days!

Please check out their urls in my search machine for more information and vetting proof.

(message me for removal from the taglist- I won't be offended!)

@claudia-de-lioncourt @maester-cressen @khanger @neptunerings @akajustmerry

@thedigitalbard @claudiaeparvier @beautyindiversity @nashvillethotchicken @anneemay

@undecimber-of-joy @neechees @buttercuparry @maoistyuri @mangocheesecakes

[aces-and-angels]

seeing the influx of gfm campaigns on your dash may be overwhelming- the purpose of this post is to help others navigate through the many gfm links that are circulating here on this site- esp. those that find their way directly to you via your inbox. this advice is specific to tumblr- i cannot speak on other platforms (instagram, twitter, etc.) though some things i say may be applicable

disclaimer: i do not vet/verify any campaigns myself. i simply want people who are willing to engage with these types of posts to do so in a safe manner

read more below:

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what to do if you get a message from an account claiming to be 🇵🇸 in your inbox:

-> step 1: do not immediately dismiss it as spam

to quote one of nabulsi's posts:

"... you cannot generalise with Gazans if their tumblr blog is only a few days or a few hours old.

Gazans on tumblr are making accounts for the express purpose of spreading their fundraisers because it is spreading amongst Gazans that tumblr is a safe place to do so.

They could often be making multiple blogs and even remaking after staff flags them as spam. But don't blanket assume that Gazans are scammers if they're on a new tumblr blog with no pfp or content.

I agree that until a fundraiser is vetted you shouldn't reblog it in case it is someone dishonest taking advantage of the circumstances in Gaza. But you cannot do the opposite and immediately assume they're a scammer. I'm seeing people harass Gazans sometimes who genuinely are people who just don't know how to use tumblr and are falsely raising red flags because of it." (read full post here)

to sum it up: don't hit 'report' right away- marinate a lil and put on a detective hat

-> step 2: background check

the following are accounts that are known to vet/verify gfm campaigns here on tumblr. note- this is not a comprehensive list:

el-shab-hussein

nabulsi

90-ghost* (edit 8/4: recently announced that ahmed will no longer be vetting/verifying new campaigns)

ibtisams* (only has done it on situational basis; is not currently vetting new campaigns- read post here)

rubashabansblog (has been promoting other palestinians who lost their tumblr accounts; currently living under occupation)

heba-20 (unsure if heba takes request to vet others personally but is a reliable source for finding legitimate campaigns)

northgazaupdates

fairuzfan (says they are less active on tumblr these days/not currently vetting new campaigns but is a reliable source)

i recommend giving these individuals a follow if you haven't already as they provide far more information regarding all things 🇵🇸. they've all put in a lot of work to make the process i'm sharing with y'all as simple as possible. also please be respectful if you try reaching out to any of them. they are likely getting a high volume of asks and may not be able to respond to you quickly

important note: it has been recently announced that nabulsi + el-shab-hussein have stopped vetting new accounts for the time being and are only focusing on campaigns that have already been vetted. read their full statement here and here

to start- check out the person's account. this can be a hit or miss depending on how new the account is. however- you may notice that the person in question has stated that they have been vetted:

good signs so far- but better to be safe than sorry. next thing to do is search the username of the person who messaged you on tumblr. it's likely if you got a message like the one pictured above, others may have received one as well and did the digging for you:

if you can't find a clear answer with tumblr's illustrious search bar/want to confirm someone's claim that the campaign in question was already verified, the next thing to do is check one of the following:

el-shab-hussein's pinned post

el-shab-hussein/nabulsi's google sheet

imo, this process is far easier to do while on a laptop/desktop vs. mobile app. ctrl+f is your friend in this scenario as is the ability to click through multiple tabs. for el-shab-hussein's pinned post, i click through the multiple lists and see if any names match. in ruba's case, she was found under List of fundraisers for my direct contacts from Ghazzah & Sudan:

and for the google sheet- her campaign is no. 90 on the list:

tip: to narrow down your search even further- ctrl+f the title of the person's gfm campaign that they've linked on their tumblr account:

-> step 3: share your findings + follow that account

if everything checks out- ✨share le campaign✨ provide the link to it in your response to the ask + where it was verified. make it easier for the next person who gets a message to figure out that the gfm is real

following 🍉accounts is esp. important since the forces that be are keen on suppressing them at every turn. the more eyes on these accounts- the easier it'll be to determine the legitimacy of any new accounts they may need to make

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okay, but... scams 😬:

-> step 1: seek a master

people can be assholes- and anyone trying to make a profit off of an ongoing genocide can eat glass

anyways- the following are accounts that are known to identify scam posts on tumblr (again, not a comprehensive list. these are just the one's ive seen/most familiar with):

mangocheesecakes

kyra45

kyra45's pinned post contains a plethora of resources to help determine if a post/message is a scam- and not just in regards to 🇵🇸- key goes in on many types of scams. please refer to their guides (and be sure that you are reading the most recent version of key's posts)

-> step 2: if you see sumn, say sumn

we're human and sometimes things slip our radar. so if you ever see someone on here sharing a known scam, do 'em a solid and let them know about it regardless if you are mutuals or not

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final/misc. thoughts:

it's good practice to double check a campaign's verification with these tools for yourself regardless of how legitimate it looks. note that checking for a gfm's verification is not the same as verifying them. that work should be left to qualified individuals with experience in doing so. this is why it's bad to attempt things you are not qualified to tackle also- i think it's important to remember that transferring 💵 from a gfm campaign to those in need requires a lot of pieces to be perfectly set in place. if you see 🇵🇸 blogs linking alt. methods of raising funds (ex. p*ypal/k*fi) the reason could be that their gfms were frozen/suspended for a myriad of reasons. as always- check credible sources if you are unsure about a campaign you may come across notice how the spreadsheet provided here has over 100+ campaigns listed. generating a list that extensive requires hard work that is undoubtedly both physically and mentally straining to the individuals who are involved in making it. i've seen some accounts myself that have had to announce that they can no longer continue to vet campaigns because it has taken that much of a toll on their wellbeing. do not let their efforts go wasted

other resources:

some other places/grassroot organizations where you can find vetted campaigns:

operation olive branch (oob)

gazafunds

operation poppy flower (now also linked in oob's sheet)

operation watermelon

project watermelon

strawberry seeds collective

ottawa4palestine

camps breakerz crew

gofund(water)me(lons)

flowersfromfalasteen

[conspiring-limabean]

EDIT: This post was made about the first wave of basic barebone copy-and-paste scams. It is now outdated when it comes to identifying REAL, VETTED gofundmes that exist

If someone sends you an ask asking for help in Gaza, look for vetting done by a real person (do NOT trust ones that simply claim they are vetted if you don’t SEE the vetting), and check that their gofundme address isn’t clearly publicly listed in some other place. Then reblog their post. And block writing-prompt-s or anyone else that runs actual genocide survivors off the platform with poorly researched scam accusations

original post:

so apparently the tumblr donation scam farms are moving in on Palestine; this includes both slapping basic phrases like "Free Palestine" into their blog headers, but also some of them go so far as to claim they are Palestinian refugees who need donations.

Here is your routine reminder that whenever you receive an ask in your inbox requesting donations, check their ass. 19 times out of 20 it'll be a brand new blog who reblogged a few posts to seem older than they are, is sending out spam asks to random blogs, and will be deleted in a few days once they've already scammed people.

Check their blog's age by trying to scroll to the bottom and checking the post timestamps. Turn on post timestamps by going to Settings > General Settings > Dashboard Preferences. On any device, you can also see when a post was made by clicking on the 3 dots at the top right of it. Scam blogs reblog an amount of posts to try to seem like they aren't brand new and pretend to have older accounts, and it’s very successful against people who don’t scroll down enough.

Check the location and area code of a PayPal link where/if it says something like country.x=xx. The xx will be a country code. Most tumblr donation scams are for some reason in the Philippines and will have the code PH. No I am not saying to distrust anyone in the Philippines who needs donations, but if a brand new blog is claiming to be a refugee in the Middle East but their PayPal link is from halfway across the world, then well...

Reverse-image search any of the images they use and find if it was stolen somewhere. Remember that these images are often edited to prevent people from easily doing this, and this is not reliable but can be an easy sign if successful

Be careful with blogs that request people send donations through "Friends and Family" on PayPal because you cannot refund money sent in this manner. This isn’t a dealbreaker as many regular users also request this to avoid fines, but is an addendum to scam blogs when enough other red flags are raised. It isn’t unusual for them to insist on receiving money through FaF to the point that some will refund money not sent through that manner to prevent accountability

Follow scam busting blogs like Kyra45 that might pull up evidence you otherwise would not have access to. I guess I'm going to start bringing back my habit of recording the exact paypal addresses that scam blogs use which has sometimes been the only evidence of a new donation blog being a scam, and no one would know this if I hadn't been tracking them

It is disgusting that people would take advantage of an ongoing genocide for their own gain. Please remember to keep an eye out for yourself and the people you follow reblogging suspicious donation posts trying to steal aid from people undergoing a tragedy

[jyndor]

🍉🍉🍉 GIFSETS FOR PALESTINE 🍉🍉🍉

I've had something like this in the plans for a while, and I've even done it before but this post by dante aka @teethburied -

WHILE YOU ARE HERE, GO REBLOG HIS POST

- inspired me to get it together!

🍉🍉🍉 WHAT TO DO 🍉🍉🍉

Donate to any of the vetted Palestinian fundraisers from this spreadsheet by @/el-shab-hussein and @/nabulsi.

Donate $5 - 9 USD to request a textless gifset of any media

Donate $10 USD and up to request a gifset of any media with text

Feel free to spread your donations around to multiple fundraisers! I also will of course do gifsets for you if you have a Congolese or Sudanese fundraiser you want to support, please just send the following to me via tumblr DM and if possible forward the confirmation to gifsetsforpal@gmail.com. Don't worry, I'm not gonna share your emails - I just want to make sure these are actual donations and not screenshots you found somewhere.

url and email:

fundraiser link:

proof of donation:

gifset request:

backup request:

🍉🍉🍉 WHAT MEDIA TO REQUEST 🍉🍉🍉

Anything! Any TV show, movie, music video, event, etc that you want. If I have a hard time finding something, I will probably do the backup request, so please make sure it's for a different media. Here are some examples of my gifsets, and here is a gifset I made for a mutual who donated in the past (it features a palestinian poet).

Here's some examples of requests to get inspired:

five music videos from 2024

ten lyrics from x artist or album

favorite character + fire motif

ship + lyrics/quote

scenery from x movie

astrology/signs/tarot + character

TV show + color

etc etc etc

Thank you so much and please even if you can't afford to donate right, reblog this post as well as any other vetted fundraisers you see and spread the word! Let me know if you do anything similar and I'll signal boost it too!

🍉🍉🍉 FREE PALESTINE 🍉🍉🍉

[the-nobody-tournament]

tired of tournaments where the well-known characters always win?

this tournament is on an indefinite hiatus, but in the meantime if you want an adoptable contestant of your very own, send me proof of a donation to this fundraiser! the details are in the linked post.

if you're a palestinian trying to escape genocide, yes, i will share your fundraiser. i'll also draw something for you if you ask—just let me know what you want. the art will be sent to you privately for you to do what you want with.

update: currently only sharing vetted fundraisers

well guess what? in this tournament, NO ONE knows the contestants! not even me, the one running the show! all we've got is these little one-note descriptions that look like someone was trying to brainstorm some ocs, but stopped after a single trait or trope!

...huh? what's that?

well folks! apparently, even our contestants themselves don't have any more information about themselves! so what do you say we give them a hand with that? after every round of eliminations, a form will open for each remaining contestant where people can suggest an additional trait for them! the top ten suggestions for each will be put into an inter-poll (not interpol, FUCK the police) where our followers can vote on what gets added to who! the further a contestant gets in the tournament, the more developed they will become!

as for the grand prize, for the contestant that grows above all the others, what else would we give them but a name? that's right! the victor of our little nobody tournament will no longer be a nobody!

there are a few ground rules to keep in mind, of course!

these are nobodies! that means they don't have any links to any existing media! don't send in "firebender" as a trait, or it'll just get ignored! instead, try something media-agnostic like "controls fire!"

i don't want to see any trait submissions that have to do with pedophilia, incest, -isms, cults, or a contestant being an abuser.

fanart and interpretations of characters during the course of the contest are more than welcome! you can tag them with "#nobody tournament 2023" and i'll be sure to reblog! do keep in mind of course that other people won't necessarily see the characters the same way you do, and it's possible that future traits might contradict your original headcanons.

all characters generated by this tournament are the collective property of tumblr, and are free for anyone to do anything with, though i'd appreciate it if you linked back to the tournament so more people can discover it! and whatever you do, i definitely want to see it!

you can view the results of the elimination thus far and those of the trait selection at the provided links! check the #intros tag or the directory to see all the contestants, and you can keep an eye on the bracket at this link!

right now, we're starting off round 3's eliminations!

look through #creations or #headcanons to see things people have made for the tournament! need help or advice for writing a contestant? check #resources or send a request to be tagged under #open questions!

tumblr user @magistius has also put together a fan doc tracking the tournament! you can find a link to the post about it right here!

[bambiesfics]

Hi, this is just to spring off of another TLOU blog’s post, which I thought was aptly worded: Please find that post here! and please find the original twitter thread on Pro-Palestinian resources here!

I just wanted touch on how inappropriate it is to use a genocide as an excuse to morally posture over other people in our community because you’re itching to play an own ego-stroking game of ‘whose a better activist than who.’

Outside of the strikes, and days dedicated to raising awareness coming here to say asinine, innapropriate comments such as “Y’all can’t stop posting about pixel pussy?!” Is extremely unhelpful and is just something that sows undue resentment in our community. When you do things like that, we know what you’re really saying, and it’s not nice. What you’re really saying is “You guys are shitty people for still having any remaining vested interested in this community, unlike me, someone whose an enlightened online activist. I’m above caring about that childish little 2D lesbian and the sapphic community it brought forth, despite the fact that my initial interest in her is why I was ever even apart of this community I’m mocking to begin with. I’ll pretend my corrosive virtual-signalling insults and jabs are coming from a ‘good place,’ and aren’t rooted in being self-serving at all! I’ll pretend that I’m not using this genocide as a vehicle to stroke my own ego for rising above ‘petty, immature things’ like sapphic media, sexuality and community. I’m highkey so much better than you all, I’ll just refuse to admit that outright. Instead I’ll continue to subtly mock your intelligence and distract away from helpful posts about this genocide, and hope you won’t see what I’m doing for what it is. My favourite activity during genocide is not to educate people and commit myself to Palestinian liberation, but rather throw stones, hide my hands and demean well-intentioned posts just because it makes me feel good. Realistically, not one person in Gaza was tangibly helped by the insults I left in the TLOU tags for people to see, but I won’t stop because I’m just a girl….obviously.”

Hey, listen: I’ve been to protests where the organizers, MY PEERS, were other university students who were 18-22, who have had the diligence to remind everyone in the crowd to NOT ENGAGE WITH ZIONISTS. Why? Because it wasn’t safe, because their goal was to inspire a conflict in what is intended to be a united camaraderie in support of PALESTINE 🇵🇸. If those young adults can keep steadfast to their goal of mobilizing for Palestine, then I believe these bad faith actors on TLOU tumblr should learn not to sow shame in people for simply posting a drabble (when not striking) in a community whose fiction they lavished the fruits of, not too long ago. Why? Because it’s not helpful. Because instead of posting helpful resources to aid Palestinians and educating your followers on the zionist Neil Druckman, and to remain mindful of the Zionist themes in the game, you’re using that voice, the tlou tags and it’s reach, just to demean people. It’s such a wasted opportunity to speak up. Hey, if you’re going to say anything in regards to Palestine, then say something helpful to them! That’s an easy enough ask. The yellow jacket community on twitter figured out what pro-revolutionary activism looked like as a community, and I’m proud of them.

I’ll put this in the Ellie x reader tags because I know people who say things like that, either tend to frequent the tags or the tumblr algorithm will push it because of their interests.

[fulltimecatwitch]

Even more campaigns you can donate to 🍉

Hello, here is a list with more palestinian campaigns you can support. These are all urgent, so please, I beg you to consider DONATING if you have the means to do so. If you can't donate, then help by REBLOGGING AND SHARING this post as much as possible, as well as following these accounts and sharing their posts and campaigns.

Maram Mostafa ( no tumblr, but you can find her on instagram & click in name for link to gfm campaign) https://www.instagram.com/maram9.11.1997?igsh=MTdlNjdzZG5yeWJiMg==  $2,113 USD raised of $50,000 goal

@supportgaza https://www.gofundme.com/f/death-chases-my-family-in-gaza-help-me-save-them?lang=en_US&utm_campaign=fp_sharesheet&utm_medium=customer&utm_source=copy_link €31,317 raised of €55,000 goal

Mohammedswierh2 (blog was unfortunately terminated but campaign seems to still be active) https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-mohammed-family-from-gaza-rebuild-their-lives $21,378 USD raised of $40,000 goal

@nohaibrahims-blog https://www.gofundme.com/f/4qzqg-help-a-family-from-gaza  $18,700 CAD raised of $70,000 goal

@familyetaf1234567 https://www.gofundme.com/f/please-help-us-get-out-of-lifes-crises-and-the-woes-of-war?attribution_id=sl:523cb857-5140-4c2c-900b-9164eb17e4df&utm_campaign=man_ss_icons&utm_medium=customer&utm_source=copy_link €2,532 raised of €100,000 goal

@shadowyavenuetaco https://www.gofundme.com/f/your-donation-today-new-hope-tomorrow-emergency-support?lang=en_US&utm_campaign=fp_sharesheet&utm_content=amp1c&utm_medium=customer&utm_source=whatsapp  £5,986 raised of £50,000 goal

@mohmadelser https://www.gofundme.com/f/alaanoan-help-muhammads-family-get-out-ofthegaza?utm_campaign=p_cp+fundraiser-sidebar&utm_medium=copy_link_all&utm_source=customer €1,561 raised of €50,000 goal

@asmaa-needs https://www.gofundme.com/f/asmaa-family-gaza?attribution_id=sl:8da46977-cc86-4843-b537-b059bff12762&utm_campaign=man_ss_icons&utm_medium=customer&utm_source=copy_link €6,069 raised of €20,000 goal

@asmaayyad https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-to-live-and-rebuild-a-home?attribution_id=sl:e7a9ae4a-06d1-466e-a60d-4ac539e7eaca&utm_campaign=fp_sharesheet&utm_medium=customer&utm_source=copy_link €22,039 raised of €45,000 goal 

@hadiah1111 https://www.gofundme.com/f/take-out-my-family-from-gaza-strip?lang=en_US&utm_campaign=fp_sharesheet&utm_medium=customer&utm_source=copy_link  €5,749 raised of €50,000 goal

@monagaza1 https://www.gofundme.com/f/mpnpw-your-help-is-the-only-hope-to-save-us-from-war?lang=en_US&utm_campaign=fp_sharesheet&utm_medium=customer&utm_source=copy_link $19,131 USD raised of $92,000 goal

@abeer-adel https://www.gofundme.com/f/urgent-relief-for-family-living-in-tent  €2,258 raised of €50,000 goal

@baraaalshrafa https://www.gofundme.com/f/uybndx-alhrob-mn-alhrb?attribution_id=sl:c651f18c-3b01-4c04-a927-814bd5506217&lang=de_DE&utm_campaign=fp_sharesheet&utm_medium=customer&utm_source=copy_link 745 € vom Spendenziel 50.000 € eingeworben

@ahed-family2 https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-soha-and-her-children-evacuate-gaza-safely?lang=en_US&utm_campaign=fp_sharesheet&utm_medium=customer&utm_source=copy_link  $3,845 USD raised of $40,000 goal

@danahayat https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-danas-family-receive-necessary-medical-treatment?lang=en_US&utm_campaign=fp_sharesheet&utm_medium=customer&utm_source=copy_link £24,641 raised of £40,000 goal 

@mohamedjshamiahttps://www.gofundme.com/f/jjwyx-help-me-get-my-family-out-of-gaza?lang=en_US&utm_campaign=fp_sharesheet&utm_medium=customer&utm_source=copy_link kr61,680 SEK raised of kr250,000 goal

note: not all these campaigns have been verified, so you do what your conscience dictates you with that info

[lola-legendary]

Apology Post (with extra info)

TW! Suicidal thoughts/Intrusive thoughts, poor grammar

(Note: Every hate message I receive referring to the post below will be posted here as well. Pin of shame, bastards!)

I edited this lightly to add some extra information and move the TLDR up here, and added a cut.

Now, with the explanation, things have calmed down a bit. However, due to poor conduct, asks are going to be turned off until Sunday (25/2) and anon asks will be on back at 1/3.

If it continues when I resume anon asks, everything will be off again.

TLDR: I felt guilty and my mental health deteriorated because of the war, so I blocked the Palestine tag and received heavy backlash.

So the post I am referring to is this one. (Note: Said post has now been deleted by yours truly.)

Here, I will detail why I made this post, the events leading up to it and the backlash.

Some background information: I am a 14–year-old girl with unmediated anxiety and depression.

I have always been concerned about human rights. Even when I was a child, I would ask my mom, “Why do we have wars? Why can’t everyone get along?”

I tried to write a letter to my principal asking for more extensive sex ed, but scrapped it once I remembered that I was in a catholic school.

And when the Ukrainian war came along - biggest incident since I got access to tumblr - I was a staunch supporter of Ukraine. When I wasn’t in uniform, I made a point to dress in blue and yellow. No one noticed, of course.

In the early days of the Palestinian Genocide, I was eager to reblog any and all information that crossed my dash, even though I knew I couldn’t do anything to help. If you scroll down deep enough, you can find my posts.

However, as time passed and the war went on, whenever I saw those posts, I started getting thoughts to off myself. Those included, though not limited to:

���Oh, wow, look at you scrolling tumblr while millions are dying. Good job you, why don’t you go and join Hitler in hell, you’re contributing to this mess.”

And it got so bad that I would have mini panic attacks whenever I saw some posts like that.

I blocked the tag last year.

At that time, I sent an anonymous ask to @justagingerwithredhair, one of two people I trusted decently with my mental issues.

I can’t find it anymore, but it went something like this:

“Ginger, I’m sorry but I had to block the Palestine tag, it’s detrimental to my mental health and I can’t deal with it anymore”

and it was received positively.

Yesterday (in my timezone), I posted the post seen in the photo. I had not enough brainpower to realise that it could be taken both ways.

I was blocked by at least one person and received the following anonymous ask.

You can see my response in my blog, but I will repeat it again.

I am not a terrorist, a genocidal maniac, an Islamophobic bitch or a Zionist.

I have spoken out against Israel. I watch videos of Islamophobic people with disgust. I was outraged when the Holocaust was not required teaching in my school. I believe the Israeli Government is in the wrong.

If you keep this up I will be the one hanging from buildings.

You have made me write a post about my life that’s longer than 90% of my fanfictions. Congratulations.

@tobefree-in-palestine

[kyra45]

fancygirli/baddiegsy6/basdiesmirah for latest current events scammer pretending to be a Palestinian needing mutual aid while spamming DMs and asks. Reblogs are turned off on their post but please alert anyone who’s shared the post if they aren’t aware of it yet. They turned it off when caught out but was sending out this ask:

[Image ID: A screenshot of an ask sent by the tumblr user fancygirli. It reads as follows “Salaam my dear friend. Apologies for asking you this but is It okay to ask for help spreading our story? I only have 16 followers. Once again sorry my dearest :’(( my post is in my pinned” /End ID]

Please read the below post for useful info.

Otherwise, please try to make sure that if donating to send mutual aid to Palestine that the places you are sending to are verified and have been well-vetted as legitimate. These types of scams (Scammers who fake being Palestinian) are known to steal images from local news to pass of as their own (usually without mentioning it) and often edit images to make it harder to find a source. They often will not know what they’re talking about if you start asking them questions while a local would be able to answer without much issue. Please be sure to throughly check that your support goes where it needs to.

The account listed here has been took down, but keep an eye out for future scams similar to this one.

[ficsforgaza]

˗ˏˋ FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS ˎˊ˗

Here we will list some frequently asked questions. You may also check out our #answered asks tag for other questions. If something is not answered here feel free to send us your questions. Recently added/updated questions will be denoted with this symbol ˗ˏˋ

Please note, this account has multiple admins. Shared tumblr blogs cannot receive any DMs. Please send any questions to the ask box.

FOR READERS

Q: How do we know if the writer is applying the money to a fundraiser?

DO NOT SEND THE WRITERS MONEY DIRECTLY!! Please follow the instructions: send PROOF of a donation ONLY.

Q: There are so many links to choose from, it’s overwhelming.

If you find it overwhelming to choose one, you can use the website GazaFunds. They will randomly selected one verified GoFundMe for you to donate to.

˗ˏˋ Q: How do you know if a fundraiser is legitimate?

When doubting the legitimacy of a campaign, the first place you can check is the vetted fundraiser sheet. many of the campaigns on Tumblr are featured there. what you can do next, if it is not there, is go to the gofundme, copy the name of the person in the campaign, and put it into the Tumblr searches. if it has been vetted by a Palestinian Tumblr user, it will show up on someone's blog as being vetted. There are only a handful of users who are Palestinians who vet these campaigns, so you will most likely find a blog you recognize saying whether or not they are legitimate. Also, please take care to match the blog's gofundme link with the links on vetted posts/vetted excel sheet. There are scammers who will use the photos and information from a legitimate fundraiser to make a fake fundraiser.

You can find more information on the following links:

how to find where a campaign has been verified

vetted-gaza-funds

FOR WRITERS

Q: What kind of writing is accepted?

Any creative works within animanga and video game fandoms. This started in the self-ship community so most of y he writers participating are writing character x reader fiction. But you are more than welcome to participate with character x character ship fics, character x original characters (OC), OC x OC, OC x reader, original fiction, or any combination of the above.

Also, if you are interested in participating with artwork, moodboards, matchups, or any other type of digital creative work, that is welcome as well. There is a comment section on the sign-up form where you can detail what you wish to do if it is not traditional fanfiction.

Physical creations (such as charms, stickers) are not under the scope of this collaboration at this time.

Due to limited resources, at this time we would prefer if this is limited to anime and video game content. While we wish to include more fandoms, it would become difficult to manage if this were to grow large enough to encompass other fandoms beyond the ones we are experienced in (animanga and video games). We apologize if this excludes you from the collaboration, but we do not have the bandwidth to manage so many fandoms at this time. Please check out Gotcha for Gaza to see if there are other open collaborations for your preferred fandoms if they are out of scope of our collaboration.

Q: Is there any limit to what kind of content is allowed (for example, dark content / dead dove content)?

No, any content is allowed. This is because we want to support Gaza in any way we can, and to exclude certain types of content is to exclude possible donations or exclude certain people who wish to participate. If the inclusion of dark content or nsfw content bothers you in any form, simply do not interact with this blog. Any negativity surrounding this topic will not be tolerated and promptly be deleted.

Q: Is there a deadline to join?

No. You can join, take a pause, or drop out at any time.

Q: How do I know if the screenshot of proof that I received is not being used multiple times i.e. the donator is double-dipping?

You can upload the screenshot you received to the google form here. We can then check on our end if the screenshot has been used more than once and notify you if there are any issues or duplicates. If you do not receive any DM or other response from us, assume the screenshot you received is legitimate. We do check the responses at least once daily and update the total amount on the pinned post once the screenshot is verified.

Please note that this form requires you to sign in to a Google account in order to submit a photo. If for privacy reasons you would rather not do that, please send us an ask off anonymous with the amount in USD and any photo attached if you would like to submit it for verification. This will not be posted publicly.

Q: Do we need to update you with progress on a fic?

No. Best practice (if you are doing “sponsor a wip”) perhaps would be to list updated word count next to your wip. For requests/prompts, perhaps update the person requesting with snippets if they request updates.

Q: What are you doing to boost the efforts of smaller creators? I am a creator with a small following and I’m not sure if I should join because I may not receive any donations.

We urge everyone, no matter the size of their following, to join if they feel they want to join. There is no contest behind this project, we will not be rewarding anyone for bringing in more donations or for fully funding their works. Creators who bring in even $1 would be making a difference in the lives of the people of Gaza! Even simply reblogging our posts is spreading awareness to the cause—tumblr does not have any algorithm, so the success of our efforts depends entirely on bloggers like you!

In an effort to bring attention to the creators participating in this project, we have enacted a weekly spotlight program, in which every week we will highlight one creator from each category (“Sponsor a WIP” and “Requests”). We will reblog this spotlight post as often as we can during the week, and we ask that you reblog it as well! That way, attention is brought onto those two creators as well as the ficsforgaza blog.

If you have any other suggestions for ways we can promote the efforts of the participants, please let us know, and we will take your suggestions up for consideration.

Q: I'm a multi-fandom writer. Some of my fandoms are animanga or video games (under scope of ficsforgaza) but some are other fandoms which are out of scope. Can I still join?

Yes! You can put all your stories up for sponsorship/take any requests. At the end of the day, the goal is to raise funds for Gaza. We will not place any restrictions on what you can do to support Gaza. However, we will only include in our masterlists the fandoms which are in scope. Any fandoms that are not animanga or video games will not be included in our lists of fandoms.

Q: Are Chinese or Korean animanga (such as donghua, manhwa) in scope of this project?

Yes! As long as there is an animated or comic adaptation, we will list it under our list of fandoms. This is because, for Western audiences, often times these series will be looped with Japanese animanga, so we feel that the animanga audience we are catering to may also be fans of donghua or manhwa. Keep in mind that there are other projects on twitter for these fandoms as well, please check out the Gotcha for Gaza caard.

Keep in mind that Western comics like Marvel or DC are out of scope. C-dramas, K-dramas, and other live action series are also out of scope. Although often closely tied to manga audiences, danmei and other novel series without adaptations for now will be considered out of scope to keep the list of fandoms manageable for the mods.

[aces-and-angels]

lunch break by the wonderfully talented @mimibayra (click for better quality)

hello friends✨

i am beyond honored to be sharing this amazing artwork i had done for @oh-so-youre-a-nerd and @saibug1022. elliott's done so many beautiful pieces for the windverse, it was about time i returned the favor🖤 mags is notorious for skipping meals, so to be sat down with wind over a basket of pastries is nothing short of a miracle 😂

this art was thanks to a donation i personally made to the following gfm campaign. i would like everyone to take the time to meet laila:

pictured above is laila and her four siblings; photo taken from laila's gfm page

(please read more below):

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an excerpt from laila's campaign (organized by ahmed shaqqoura, laila's uncle; note this is only a portion of what is written and i strongly encourage you to read the whole passage)

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from laila's tumblr @lailashaqoura:

a ss of one of laila's calligraphy pieces (full post here)

laila reached out to me three days ago (see here) asking to share her story with you all. her campaign has been vetted/verified by multiple sources that i've double checked:

source one // source two (laila's campaign is listed as #152 on the sheet made by @/nabulsi and @/el-shab-hussein) to learn more on how to double check if campaigns have been vetted/verified: read here

since my initial post (6/7), laila's family has raised $1,839. those additional funds were made possible by people continuing to spread laila's message. to stand with palestinians is to see them for who they are. to read their stories and understand that they are more than the horrific conditions they have endured for years. they are mothers- fathers- brothers- sisters- and so much more. laila is one of many brilliant lights that deserves to continue to showcase her talents as an artist with the world. she deserves to live out her dreams- as well as the rest of her family

@/mimibayra is currently offering her time and talents to making art like this for anyone who donates to not only laila's campaign, but others she has mentioned on her donation commission sheet. feel free to reach out to her for any questions you may have!

another artist i want to highlight here is @palentonga who is also offering art for those able to donate. i know a few of my moots here are dnd fans- and she specializes in making portraits for dnd characters. it was actually through her account that i was able to find @/mimibayra in the first place. visit her 📌 for more info on her donation commissions

while it is heartbreaking to read the stories coming from palestine, it is also a privilege to know them. i may never get to meet laila and her family face to face- but i still feel connected to them in a way that i never thought to be possible. there is beauty in knowing that you can care so deeply- feel as strongly- about their cause. to quote @/fairuzfan (a palestinian blogger):

"there is still hope. say it out loud. palestine will be free. the palestinian people will celebrate their culture and heritage with each other. we will love and be loved. do not fall into the trap of despair." read full post here

for anyone who can, please consider matching my donation:

and if you can't donate, please share laila's story and continue to make space for her and her family in your heart. stay present and engaged for them and everyone else in palestine. listen to those who are sharing their lives and experiences so openly whilst facing tremendous suffering, not just here on tumblr, but on any platform you may have. it is never to late to stand with them. because we are not free until they are all free

if you made it this far, thanks for sticking around 🖤

[palms-upturned]

Can you please help me verify and share my campaign ? I am Mahasen ,a digital artist from Gaza I am responsible for my whole Family

Thank you so much

GofundmeLink : https://gofund.me/8202c14b

[image description: a fundraiser banner showing images of Mahasen’s artwork, portraits of young Palestinian girls and women, as well as a photo of Mahasen at work at her drawing tablet, juxtaposed against a photo of a building destroyed by bombs. End description]

Of course my dear 💙

Mahasen is verified by Operation Olive Branch, and you can find her on line 508 of their spreadsheet! However, the fundraiser linked by OOB is no longer accepting donations. They also linked her instagram account, though, which is the same account that Mahasen links to here on her tumblr account. I reached out to Mahasen on her instagram page so that I could help clear up any potential confusion about her posting a different fundraiser link, and she confirmed to me that she is the owner of both this tumblr and the instagram page!

Alt text: a screenshot of the instagram page of user mahasen_ktheeb. Underneath her bio, where the app displays followers the user knows, it says, "Followed by operationolivebranch." End alt text

Alt text: an instagram dm conversation between myself and user mahasen_ktheeb. I said, "Hello my friend, I hope you’re doing well today. I’m palms-upturned on tumblr and was hoping that you could confirm to me that you are the same mahasenelkhatib who reached out to me on tumblr so that I can spread your campaign link there 🙏". Mahasen responds, "Hello Meg, I am Mahasen .. you contacted me on tumblr as @palms-upturned ,right? Thank you for reaching out to me I had to deactivate the old fundraiser as a problem with withdrawing funds forced me to do so and created a new one , and a trusted mutual friend from Netherlands will be the beneficiary who receives funds on my behalf and transfer it to us This is my old fundraiser : (attached link) This is my new one : (second attached link) Thank you". End alt text

This is the link she sent to her old fundraiser, which is the same fundraiser linked in the OOB spreadsheet, and this is the link to her new fundraiser, which is the same one she is posting here on tumblr. You can see that her instagram account is followed by Operation Olive Branch, and you can also go check the spreadsheet to see a direct link to her page!

As you can see, Mahasen lost a lot of fundraising progress, and her new campaign is extremely low on funds, having raised only $100/$50k USD. Please, please do not hesitate to donate what you can to Mahasen’s campaign and to spread her new fundraiser link! She is far from the only person who has reached out to me with similar stories of difficulties with gofundme and with finding trustworthy benefactors, so please be careful not to dismiss people like Mahasen as scams!

[creativebrainrot]

This is, genuinely, one of the first times I've contemplated deleting or wiping an account in protest.

If I do, I will be more active on Bluesky and Cohost, maybe Inkblot as well.

I am, frankly disgusted by this site's decision to partner with an AI Data scraping company- especially Midjourney, in a desperate attempt to claw back any profit they can, rather then let the site continue to exist and eventually die out.

I find it absolutely baffling that this is directly after receiving backlash for the CEO's behavior towards Predestrogen. A trans woman who happens to be a sex worker who was unfairly banned. The CEO followed her onto twitter to straight up harass her, sharing her many other online handles. Disgusting behavior.

I was willing to stay on this hellsite and dig my heels in then but now I'm seriously considering wiping this blog clean, deleting my sideblogs, and only keeping an empty shell around to check in on my friends still here.

Fuck this hellsite, Fuck the CEO, Fuck the parent companies, and FUCK AI.

I have no attachment to this site as most of my friends already know me on discord and my many other social media accounts.

Would I miss the community? Yes very much so. But so many of my friends are already on Bluesky or Cohost themselves.

I have no qualms with jumping ship and I know this blog isn't "popular" so to speak but just to throw my two cents out there; Tumblr has been fucking pathetic with it's decisions in regards to to the Palestinian Genocide, Trans womens' treatment on this fucking hellsite, and now partnering with midjourney.

I am not particularly torn between leaving this site or staying until the ship sinks. I have not made a final decision.

To be clear, I find this website fucking disgusting. I don't know what I hope happens to it but I don't care to share my art here anymore. I may delete most of my own original posts here.

For now I remain, in utter contempt of the state of this site, ready to leave.

[cuntylouis]

please vet the gfm posts you post or reblog yourself and not blindly trust others, for every real one there are five fakes,, please dont give them a platform https://www.tumblr.com/pyrrhiccomedy/757724127189729280/i-am-amira-the-breadwinner-for-my-family-after-my

I do my best trying to verify that fundraisers are legit before i reblog/post anything but i'm not a best person to do that especially when i know only a little arabic and it's MSA and not palestinian dialect. I get on average 15-20 asks a day about boosting fundraisers and i don't post most of them even if they appear to be likely legit because i want to be sure. I don't trust others blindly but i've known and followed many of the people who're verifying fundraisers for several years and i don't have a reason not to trust them. Like the post you linked is complaining about how they don't know who these people vetting are why should we trust them, but they're well-known palestinian users who people generally consider trustworthy.

Aside from that post casually accusing palestinian users trying to help their people of running some massive scam which is frankly really offensive and pretty racist, I don't find the post very convincing in general. Criticizing the writing style of people asking for help is pretty stupid, these people aren't native english speakers and some of them don't really speak english at all, they're trying to express themselves the best they can, probably relying on google translate and other people's help. And of course the try to look and follow the example of what other askers have written in their messages, it doesn't mean it has to be the same person. Op clearly hasn't bothered to look into palestinian users' blogs any closer because even if some of them use the same formats in messages in most cases their actual writing styles/english skill levels etc. are clearly different. Using stock photos/news photos doesn't really mean anything either, they're easier to get access to not only for scammers but for real displaced palestinians. And their blogs often get deleted because people like op are constantly reporting them. And unlike op says iirc Amira actually has social media presence that includes more information like her university. Mohammed has been active on tumblr for months and i've talked with him too, if he's a scammer he's an extremely dedicated one.

I do hope that people notify me if i accidentally reblog a scam post, but i hope that there's more solid proof that it's fake. And i definitely don't buy that palestinian users doing vetting are participating in scams. The op of that post seems to have something specifically against palestinian users and i find op to be untrustworthy. Here's one reblog of the post that puts it much more succinctly than i can

[sillyboyjuno]

Hello, 🌹♥️

I apologize for reaching out unexpectedly, but I am forced to contact you due to an urgent situation.

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My name is Hani, and I want to assure you that I wouldn’t want to bother you under normal circumstances. However, I am in desperate need right now. I have a beautiful family , and I am doing everything I can to save them from the horrors of the war in Gaza. I reached out to you because I believe you are a kind and compassionate person 🫶, and I hope that if you can share our story, you won’t hesitate to do so.

🌼🌼🌼🌼🌼🌼🌼🌼🌼🌼🌼🌼🌼🌼

I’m not experienced with Tumblr, and I only came here to try to reach good people like you who can help amplify my family’s voice , hoping we might find someone who can help save them.  If you could reblog the pinned post on my account, I would be incredibly grateful.

🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀

If you are willing to contribute even more, you could also share our story on any other platforms where you have access.  With your help, we might be able to save them.

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If you have friends or know of large blogs on Tumblr, please don’t hesitate to ask them to reblog my post as well.

🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸

Please, can you reblog my pinned post 📌 on my account📍? 😔😞🌹

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Again, I apologize for the inconvenience, and I sincerely hope that reaching out to you will lead to a positive outcome in my desperate attempt to save my family from the war. 🕊️

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Thank you from the bottom of my heart ♥️

other accounts to reach out to me for help:

@ahmedomar3 @fatma9954 @hebaadhamgaza @enas225 @hudagaza2 @ghadanabil2 @farahmohamed2005 @tareqayyad002 @ranensworld @ghadahalmadhoun @hany333 @safaakhatib @moomensplong2 @moatazsstuff @ahmed0khalil @abedallhferwanagaza @zinaanqar @haniyalanqar99

i don't have a lot of followers or anything but I hope this somewhat helps at least

also to everyone, this clicker below is a wonderful resource for those who can't really give a lot! it helps a lot <3