#donate locally

[transfusible]

Hello sorry for tagging. I am very sick, my asthma is at its maximum level, my nose freezes, I have no medicine or food. I am in bad shape financially, I am a black disabled, who uses multiple medications, I pay for my food and lodging

Unfortunately I do not have all the resources to keep me safe, that is why I need your help, whatever you can contribute to me will be of great help.

Anyone else been getting asks in their inboxes of ppl asking for money? Usually, they leverage living situations or disability tokens to try to evoke a stronger moral response. I've gotten a handful of these lately. Normally, I report the account and move on. This time, however, I took a moment to look at the blog. I feel morally obligated to warn others who have reblogged/interacted/sent money to accounts like these that -

This is very likely a scam.

When you reblog a scam, it adds legitimacy to the scam. Don't do that.

Idk if people are fr sending money or if those claiming they have sent money are also part of the scam to make it seem more legitimate. Hopefully, nobody has actually sent their money and bank account information.

If you take a look at the blog, it seems average at first glance.

On closer inspection, you will notice that there is a bunch of random shit reblogged with a big fat begging post pinned to the top.

Then, if you open up the archive:

The account has only been active within the last month. In fact, the first post was made only 3 days ago. >.>

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I have received asks trying to get me to publish their ask in order to promote/buy their art, music, etc. All of them similar to this ask & this account. I believe people are potentially falling for this and sending money. Scammers are implementing AI to create art and shit to make their claims more credible. Just be weary when receiving ANY request for money, no matter how legitimate it seems.

Do not click any links.

Do not share any information.

Do not send money.

It is highly likely that your identity/bank/credit card information will be stolen. Do not send money to accounts like this!

[vinelark]

i’ve seen multiple people say something along the lines of “we’re waking up in the same world we lived in yesterday” which is bleak but also true; there was going to be work to do no matter what. this is the much worse and harder version of that work but even if harris won it would not have fixed the fundamental things that need fixing. i mean, fuck, it would’ve been the better outcome, but the work would still be there. many of the things people fear under trump happened and are happening under biden. we’ll just have more battles to fight.

i think about the progressive mobilization and radicalization that happened 2016-2020; it shouldn’t have to happen like this but we deserve better than a two-party system, and one half of that system was never going to save us. we will always have to do what we can for ourselves and each other 💛

[koniknits]

Had some fun drawing kitten mittens on stitchfiddle.

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

💙❤️Happy Holidays!❤️💙

[starlight-eclipsed]

The promised doodle, featuring Dark with various borrowed items :3

(From A Dark Among the Lights by LuckyLectio)

[hmtaxidermy]

Another deer with a slight wry nose! (A nose that curves off to the side. Left, in this case)

[funnierasafictive]

Palestinian Campaigns Compilation

Hello everyone, we've gotten a lot of asks over the past week, and since there's been a lot of them, I decided to put them all in one post, which will include previous campaigns. I've done my best to pay attention to the ones that have been vetted.

All numbers are as of August 5, 2024

The Alanqar Family - €44,710 / €49,000

Mohammed Hijazi - €5,947 / €20,000

Jad Al-Haq's Family - $6,295 / $40,000

Doaa Jadalhaq's Family - kr68,784 / kr300,000

Safaa's Family - $5,120 / $75,000 goal

Mahmoud Alkhaldi's Family - $5,680 / $50,000 goal

Wafaa's Family - €13,340 / €100,000 goal

Youssef Al-Habeel's Family - £7,527 / £20,000 goal

Ghazi Younis's Family - $1,880 / $50,000 goal

Sohaip and Mohammed's Family - £202 / £6,000 goal

Abdul's Family / Paypal - $23,975 / $78,000

Please read their stories, all of which are written in their campaign pages as well as images and some videos. I will be linking this post to our pinned in case anyone wants to use this as a reference.

[lorddocmarten]

[stuffyflowers]

Ceroba having to work a shitty (probably minimum wage) job just to keep her family afloat really isn’t talked abt enough is it

[praise-the-lord-im-dead]

Idk I just feel like if you're bemoaning the state of literacy by calling people stupid and making fun of what reading material *is* accessible and fun to them, it's just not very helpful, man

[tj-crochets]

Blanket number six this week is this firefly blanket!

I timed it again and it was a full 15 minutes faster than the pumpkin cats blanket, it only took 47 minutes from start to finish

[ladyyatexel]

Friends, Romans, Tumblrites, lend me your reblogs.

I'm Xel and I live in a society! I think there's a solid chance you do also! So you may relate to the profoundly crappy thing that happened to me and that I once again need a community assist.

I lost a temporary job that was supposed to turn into a permanent job in June because no one there felt safe enough to retire. Only two of us in the apartment were under 50. One of the crew was over 70. Three were chronically ill/disabled. No one felt safe enough to leave in order for me to stay, so I was trained for basically 6 months for nothing.

I have survived on savings from that job until this point, but I'm at the point where I cannot pay rent. I'm looking into getting help from sources more local to me but the internet has always felt like people who cared about me more than the people I share DNA with, really.

Many of the social services that I was signed up for expired the day that I was supposed to be told that I would be a permanent hire, and since that didn't go down, now I have to start it all again from the beginning, and there are gaps in my security net.

I tell you all of that just to say that I am actually trying to do things, I'm not here to just beg and coast along on some sort of lavish lifestyle where I, uh. Keep living in this dodgy apartment with my cat.

I don't want to bore you with an itemized list, but like 2,000 US dollars would get me through September and October without being worried about it like every 3 minutes. My rent is 700 and change, if you would like to know that. So I'm looking for like September and October rent and money to renew my driver's license, pay a few utility bills, buy a bag of cat food, and refill my medications.

If you have the notion to toss help at an internet pal or the extended reblogged acquaintance of an Internet pal, as is more likely the case, probably, that would be super rad of you.

I'm an artist! You could get things with images on them from me! I sell buttons, prints, and commissioned illustrations if that's your thing. My commissions are going a bit slow as of late - I only recovered from being not really able to walk like 2 months ago, and so I'm doing a lot of catch up like everywhere else in my whole life and trying not to spend too much time at a desk since it aggravates the spine thing that was the problem in the first place.

To be honest, it would be a greater help to me to just receive some Aid rather than full-on commissions, but I completely understand feeling fishy about people getting something for nothing and also feeling bad for being a charity case on the internet, so I'm not opposed! If you want to chat about that, I have a commissions post on the side or top of my blog depending on where you're looking at this!

Ko-fi contains my buttons and is a good place to toss digital dead American presidents if that suits you. I will get hit by some PayPal fees in this process but, I'm willing to call that a call for help on the internet tax.

I promise I'm a real person and not a bot who has made up a cat and is pretending to have interests. My blog has been here since 2010! I've met people on this website in person and everything. I've had embarrassing obsessions no bot would bother coming up with. Speaking of:

Similarly to times before, I would like to be able to do something in order to feel like I have earned some kind of support, and as of my birthday last week I have resolved to try very hard in the next year to conquer my fear and absolute mortification about many of the things I make, so I will once again go digging into my archives for things I can post for you to enjoy as thanks and tribute! I also have a poll running right now to see what kind of buttons people want!

Thanks for taking a look! Be nice out there, take care of your spines!

[rogueddie]

Unfriendly reminder that quite a few members of the stranger things cast and crew have been openly supportive of Israel and the murder of thousands of innocent people. A few pr statements to try and appease fans for no reason other than making more money does not change anything!

Do not support stranger things! Cancel your netflix subscription! Do not stream season five! Do not buy official merch!

DO NOT SUPPORT ZIONISM AND THE ONGOING GENOCIDE! FREE PALESTINE!

[gay-for-the-snz]

I MIGHT BE ADOPTING A CAT YOU GUYS. I GET TO MEET HER ON SUNDAY

[frances-baby-houseman]

A few weeks ago a coworker got into an argument with me about whether Hanukkah Harry was a real thing (it is not, her argument was that she saw it on SNL, which... I guess she thought maybe it was parodying a real thing, instead of a bunch of jewish writers using it to parody santa but OK) and she was like real aggressive about it! And then yesterday someone tried to sell me an "advent calendar but for hanukkah" and let me tell you-- hanukkah has a built in count! we literally count every night!

We absolutely do not need anyone else's traditions to legitimize our own and frankly it feels anti semitic! We already only celebrate Hanukkah the way we do because of its proximity to Christmas and Jewish americans wanted to give gifts. Secular German Jews had Christmas trees!! (and look how well that turned out for them. :/ )

I know this is just the commercialism of ANY holiday but honestly there just aren't enough of us to make this truly profitable!!

[pokemontheywouldhave]

And that's a wrap to the event! Thank you again to all those who made this possible.

I'd like to also ask now that the event is over to take some time to be generous and give where you can. Charity is important every day but the holidays are known for giving so I want to reach out, ask for followers to consider helping those in need where you can. To help Gaza, check out out my Palestine post or this post with a larger list of charities. To help children have a brighter holiday season, consider St Jude's (childhood cancer research and treatment), Ronald McDonald House (housing for families to be closer to children's hospitals while their kid is sick) or Save the Children (very trusted charity that is helping children grow up safe and healthy, also helping out in Gaza). But of course most of all look into your local charities where you make the most difference. Donate to local soup kitchens, homeless shelters, animal shelters and other opportunities within your communities to help those in need, especially if you can donate your time.

If you can't donate for whatever reason, get your daily clicks in please. It takes less than two minutes to donate to all their charities.