#updated: august 6

[intotheelliwoods]

This is Part 2! Part 1 can be found here...

Sprout... hey Sprout... we love you Sprout... we wish only the best for you, you are doing amazing Sprout. I promise you will feel better after your much needed breakdown here <3 we are all cheering you on

Apologies for the cliffhanger, we will check in with Poptart sometime soon~

Masterpost

[adam-trademark]

Hope's Last Reward

(August 4, 2022)

[avaetin]

A Kairos Moment: Chapter V - The Beginning Was a Being, and Her Name Was Ananke

Pairings: Primordial God! Chronos/Ananke! Nico di Angelo

Rating: T

Chapter Summary:

Nico didn't need pomegranate seeds to keep him alive anymore.

{READ CHAPTER V AT ARCHIVEOFOUROWN}

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MOTHERFUCKER

If you're reading this...

go write three sentences on your current writing project.

[reasonsforhope]

Article | Paywall Free

"The Food and Drug Administration approved new mRNA coronavirus vaccines Thursday [August 22, 2024], clearing the way for shots manufactured by Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna to start hitting pharmacy shelves and doctor’s offices within a week.

Health officials encourage annual vaccination against the coronavirus, similar to yearly flu shots. Everyone 6 months and older should receive a new vaccine, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends.

The FDA has yet to approve an updated vaccine from Novavax, which uses a more conventional vaccine development method but has faced financial challenges.

Our scientific understanding of coronavirus vaccines has evolved since they debuted in late 2020. Here’s what to know about the new vaccines.

Why are there new vaccines?

The coronavirus keeps evolving to overcome our immune defenses, and the shield offered by vaccines weakens over time. That’s why federal health officials want people to get an annual updated coronavirus vaccine designed to target the latest variants. They approve them for release in late summer or early fall to coincide with flu shots that Americans are already used to getting.

The underlying vaccine technology and manufacturing process are the same, but components change to account for how the virus morphs. The new vaccines target the KP.2 variant because most recent covid cases are caused by that strain or closely related ones...

Do the vaccines prevent infection?

You probably know by now that vaccinated people can still get covid. But the shots do offer some protection against infection, just not the kind of protection you get from highly effective vaccines for other diseases such as measles.

The 2023-2024 vaccine provided 54 percent increased protection against symptomatic covid infections, according to a CDC study of people who tested for the coronavirus at pharmacies during the first four months after that year’s shot was released...

A nasal vaccine could be better at stopping infections outright by increasing immunity where they take hold, and one is being studied in a trial sponsored by the National Institutes of Health.

If you really want to dodge covid, don’t rely on the vaccine alone and take other precautions such as masking or avoiding crowds...

Do the vaccines help prevent transmission?

You may remember from early coverage of coronavirus vaccines that it was unclear whether shots would reduce transmission. Now, scientists say the answer is yes — even if you’re actively shedding virus.

That’s because the vaccine creates antibodies that reduce the amount of virus entering your cells, limiting how much the virus can replicate and make you even sicker. When vaccination prevents symptoms such as coughing and sneezing, people expel fewer respiratory droplets carrying the virus. When it reduces the viral load in an infected person, people become less contagious.

That’s why Peter Hotez, a physician and co-director of the Texas Children’s Hospital Center for Vaccine Development, said he feels more comfortable in a crowded medical conference, where attendees are probably up to date on their vaccines, than in a crowded airport.

“By having so many vaccinated people, it’s decreasing the number of days you are shedding virus if you get a breakthrough infection, and it decreases the amount of virus you are shedding,” Hotez said.

Do vaccines prevent long covid?

While the threat of acute serious respiratory covid disease has faded, developing the lingering symptoms of “long covid” remains a concern for people who have had even mild cases. The CDC says vaccination is the “best available tool” to reduce the risk of long covid in children and adults. The exact mechanism is unclear, but experts theorize that vaccines help by reducing the severity of illness, which is a major risk factor for long covid.

When is the best time to get a new coronavirus vaccine?

It depends on your circumstances, including risk factors for severe disease, when you were last infected or vaccinated, and plans for the months ahead. It’s best to talk these issues through with a doctor.

If you are at high risk and have not recently been vaccinated or infected, you may want to get a shot as soon as possible while cases remain high. The summer wave has shown signs of peaking, but cases can still be elevated and take weeks to return to low levels. It’s hard to predict when a winter wave will begin....

Where do I find vaccines?

CVS said its expects to start administering them within days, and Walgreens said that it would start scheduling appointments to receive shots after Sept. 6 and that customers can walk in before then.

Availability at doctor’s offices might take longer. Finding shots for infants and toddlers could be more difficult because many pharmacies do not administer them and not every pediatrician’s office will stock them given low demand and limited storage space.

This year’s updated coronavirus vaccines are supposed to have a longer shelf life, which eases the financial pressures of stocking them.

The CDC plans to relaunch its vaccine locator when the new vaccines are widely available, and similar services are offered by Moderna and Pfizer."

-via The Washington Post, August 22, 2024

[polishedforsurvival]

➤ Private and selective roleplay and ask blog for Levi Ackerman from Attack on Titan. Based on a mix of anime, manga, and my own headcanons. Written by Jen (32, she/her.) OC and crossover friendly. 18+ only. Established August 21, 2013. 

➤ Extremely low activity. Blog primarily runs on a queue. 

➤ I've completed the anime, however am only writing pre-timeskip. 

Rules || About || Verses 

[jthurlow]

Aerial Update SLR to LO 8-6-23

Ed’s comment when he came home from flight yesterday  was “not as bad as last time.” Today’s aerials were taken 8-6-23 around 1:30pm. One can see blue-green algae, along the eastern shoreline of Lake Okeechobee, but not as much in the C-44 canal. The St. Lucie River looks a bluer near Sewall’s Point- perhaps thanks to recent full moon tides and less rain runoff. Seagrass meadows covered in…

[a-shade-of-blue]

Urgent: Help Mahmoud's 17 Family Members Escape from Frequent Bombings!

Hi everyone. Mahmoud (@mahmoudfamily1) is trying to raise fund to evacuate 17 members of his family (including no fewer than 5 children!), and he has asked me to share his story.

Mahmoud found out the bombing of her sister Tasnim’s husband’s house, the house his entire family was staying at, on the news. He could not contact his family for 3 days after that. He knew that several people had died and several more injured, but he did not know whom among his family survived, and who didn’t.

When he finally managed to reach them, he found out that a close relative, named Alaa, had been killed, along with her children: Ahmed and baby Iman who was not even one month old yet. Alaa was a beloved member of their family. She was optimistic and tried hard to cheer everyone else up. For the longest time, Alaa believed that the world would not turn away from their suffering and the war would end soon. But an airstrike took her and her children’s lives, the bombing continued, and the world remains indifferent.

Mahmoud’s sister Tasnim, was severely injured in the bombing. The attack happened while the family was sleeping, and Tasnim woke up to find her body injured and broken, bleeding heavily with bones sticking out of her leg. She found her 6-month-old daughter under the rubble, severely injured, but thankfully still alive. Tasnim's leg was fractured in multiple places, so severely injured that they all thought it had to be amputated. Tasnim’s husband and her 6-month-old daughter, her father-in-law, her brothers-in-law and Alaa’s husband were all severely injured by the bombing.

A few days later, Mahmoud’s family narrowly survived a second bombing on the street, as the people behind them, too slow to escape from the attack, were killed. They hid in their car, watching the plane flying above dropping bombs, praying that it would not target their car.

Given Tasnim and her 6-month-old daughter’s severe injuries, the family used a lot of money and exhausted all means to get them out of Gaza to receive the essential medical treatment they require. While Tasnim and her youngest daughter managed to evacuate, the rest of Mahmoud’s 17 family members, including Tasnim’s 2-year-old daughter who sustained first degree burns from the bombing, are still trapped in Gaza.

Mahmoud’s 17 family members (including no fewer than 5 children!) risk being killed and injured from the frequent airstrikes every day. They have narrowly escaped death no fewer than 5 times. On 31 August, the IOF dropped bombs on the tent next to theirs, killing 9 young men and women, and Mahmoud’s family woke up to their broken bodies.

Look at the photos Mahmoud sent me. These children, they are all trapped in Gaza where bombs may fall on them anytime. Please do not look away. Please help Mahmoud’s 17 family members reach safety!!

Mahmoud’s campaign is vetted by association. Mahmoud is @hazempalestine's friend, see post here for proof. @hazempalestine is vetted by @/el-shab-hussein and is listed as #281 on the verified fundraiser list by @/el-shab-hussein and @/nabulsi.

I’ve been trying to boost Hazem’s campaign, but we are both worried about Mahmoud’s campaign as donations are coming in really slowly for him. I hope you will support Mahmoud’s campaign and help him evacuate his 17 family members as well!

Extremely Low Funds! As of 3 September, Only $147 CAD raised of $80,000 goal! Last donation was 19 hours ago!!!

Please follow Mahmoud on @mahmoudfamily1 to get updates on his family's situation! And also, please, please, share/reblog, and donate if you can! Every donation helps!!

[covid-safer-hotties]

Also preserved on our archive

By Anthony Robledo

The side effects of newly discovered COVID-19 strain XEC might not be as severe, but is part of the more contagious variant class, experts say.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) defines XEC as recombinant or hybrid of the strains KS.1.1 and KP.3.3., both from the Omicron family that became the predominant strain in the U.S. late December 2022.

The variant, which first appeared in Berlin in late June, has increasingly seen hundreds of cases in Germany, France, Denmark and Netherlands, according to a report by Australia-based data integration specialist Mike Honey.

XEC has also been reported in at least 25 U.S. states though there could be more as genetic testing is not done on every positive test, RTI International epidemiologist Joëlla W. Adams said.

"We often use what happens in Europe as a good indication of what might happen here," Adams told USA TODAY Friday. "Whenever we're entering into a season where we have multiple viruses occurring at the same time, like we're entering into flu season, that obviously complicates things."

What is the XEC variant? New COVID strain XEC is a recombinant strain of two variants in the Omicron family: KS.1.1 and KP.3.3.

The hybrid strain was first reported in Berlin late June but has spread across Europe, North America and Asia with the countries Germany, France, the Netherlands and Denmark leading cases.

Is the XEC variant more contagious? While there's no indication the XEC strain will increase the severity of virus, it could potentially become a dominant strain as Omicron variants are more contagious. However, current available COVID-19 vaccines and booster shots are particularly protective against XEC as it is a hybrid of two Omicron strains.

"These strains do have the advantage in the fact that they are more transmissible compared to other families, and so the vaccines that are currently being offered were not based off of the XEC variant, but they are related," Adams said.

Like other respiratory infections, COVID-19 and its recent Omicron variants will increasingly spread during the fall and winter seasons as students return to classes, kids spend more time inside and people visit family for the holidays, according to Adams.

How can we protect ourselves from XEC and other variants? The CDC continues to monitor the emergence of variants in the population, according to spokesperson Rosa Norman.

"At this time, we anticipate that COVID-19 treatments and vaccines will continue to work against all circulating variants," Norman said in a statement to USA TODAY. "CDC will continue to monitor the effectiveness of treatment and vaccines against circulating variants."

The CDC recommends that everyone ages 6 months and older, with some exceptions, receive an updated 2024-2025 COVID-19 vaccine to protect against the virus, regardless whether or not you have previously been vaccinated or infected.

Norman urged Americans to monitor the agency's COVID Data Tracker for updates to new variants.

KP.3.1.1:This dominant COVID-19 variant accounts for over 50% of cases, new CDC data shows

What is the dominant strain of COVID in the US? COVID-19 variant KP.3.1.1 is currently the dominant strain accounting for more than half of positive infections in the U.S. according to recent CDC projections.

Between Sept. 1 and Sept. 14, 52.7% of positive infections were of the KP.3.1.1 strain, followed by KP.2.3 at 12.2%, according to the agency's Nowcast data tracker, which displays COVID-19 estimates and projections for two-week periods.

KP.3.1.1 first became the dominant strain in the two-week period, starting on July 21st and ending on August 3rd.

"The KP.3.1.1 variant is very similar to other circulating variants in the United States. All current lineages are descendants of JN.1, which emerged in late 2023," Norman previously told USA TODAY.

COVID XEC symptoms There is no indication that the XEC variant comes with its own unique symptoms.

The CDC continues to outline the basic COVID-19 symptoms, which can appear between two to 14 days after exposure to the virus and can range from mild to severe.

These are some of the symptoms of COVID-19:

Fever or chills Cough Shortness of breath or difficulty breathing Fatigue Muscle or body aches Headache Loss of taste or smell Sore throat Congestion or runny nose Nausea or vomiting Diarrhea

The CDC said you should seek medical attention if you have the following symptoms:

Trouble breathing Persistent pain or pressure in the chest New confusion Inability to wake or stay awake Pale, gray or blue-colored skin, lips, or nail beds

[batboyblog]

Things the Biden-Harris Administration Did This Week #32

August 30-September 6 2024.

President Biden announced $7.3 billion in clean energy investment for rural communities. This marks the largest investment in rural electrification since the New Deal. The money will go to 16 rural electric cooperatives across 23 states Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, New Jersey, New Mexico, Nevada, North Dakota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Texas, Wisconsin, and Wyoming. Together they will be able to generate 10 gigawatts of clean energy, enough to power 5 million households about 20% of America's rural population. This clean energy will reduce greenhouse emissions by 43.7 million tons a year, equivalent to removing more than 10 million cars off the road every year.

The Biden-Harris Administration announced a historic 10th offshore wind project. The latest project approved for the Atlantic coast of Maryland will generate 2,200 megawatts of clean, reliable renewable energy to power 770,000 homes. All together the 10 offshore wind projects approved by the Biden-Harris Administration will generation 15 gigawatts, enough to power 5.25 million homes. This is half way to the Administration's goal of 30 gigawatts of clean offshore wind power by 2030.

President Biden signed an Executive Order aimed at supporting and expanding unions. Called the "Good Jobs EO" the order will direct all federal agencies to take steps to recognize unions, to not interfere with the formation of unions and reach labor agreements on federally supported projects. It also directs agencies to prioritize equal pay and pay transparency, support projects that offer workers benefits like child care, health insurance, paid leave, and retirement benefits. It will also push workforce development and workplace safety.

The Department of Transportation announced $1 billion to make local roads safer. The money will go to 354 local communities across America to improve roadway safety and prevent deaths and serious injuries. This is part of the National Roadway Safety Strategy launched in 2022, since then traffic fatalities have decreased for 9 straight quarters. Since 2022 the program has supported projects in 1,400 communities effecting 75% of all Americans.

The Department of Energy announced $430 million to support America's aging hydropower. Hydropower currently accounts for nearly 27% of renewable electricity generation in the United States. However many of our dams were built during the New Deal for a national average of 79 years old. The money will go to 293 projects across 33 states. These updates will improve energy generation, workplace safety, and have a positive environmental impact on local fish and wildlife.

The EPA announced $300 million to help support tribal nations, and US territories cut climate pollution and boost green energy. The money will support projects by 33 tribes, and the Island of Saipan in the Northern Mariana Islands. EPA Administer Michael S. Regan announced the funds along side Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland in Arizona to highlight one of the projects. A project that will bring electricity for the first time to 900 homes on the Hopi Reservation.

The Biden-Harris Administration is investing $179 million in literacy. This investment in the Comprehensive Literacy State Development Grant is the largest in history. Studies have shown that the 3rd grade is a key moment in a students literacy development, the CLSD is designed to help support states research, develop, and implement evidence-based literacy interventions to help students achieve key literacy milestones.

The US government secured the release of 135 political prisoners from Nicaragua. Nicaragua's dictator President Daniel Ortega has jailed large numbers of citizens since protests against his rule broke out in 2018. In February 2023 the US secured the release of over 200 political prisoners. Human rights orgs have documented torture and sexual abuse in Ortega's prisons.

The Justice Department announced the disruption of a major effort by Russia to interfere with the 2024 US Elections. Russian propaganda network, RT, deployed $10 million to Tenet Media to help spread Russian propaganda and help sway the election in favor of Trump and the Republicans as well as disrupting American society. Tenet Media employs many well known conservative on-line personalities such as Benny Johnson, Tim Pool, Lauren Southern, Dave Rubin, Tayler Hansen and Matt Christiansen.

Vice-President Harris outlined her plan for Small Businesses at a campaign stop in New Hampshire. Harris wants to expand from $5,000 to $50,000 tax incentives for startup expenses. This would help start 25 million new small business over four years.

[khanger]

Ahmed @ahmedpalestine talked to me and he is worried that the campaign that he made for his family is not getting the attention needed Ahmed has made the campaign on August 11 and it's barely any progress has been made he needs to evacuate 12 of his family members 6 of them are children under the age of 16 donate and reblog share Ahmed gfm link in your socials

UPDATE €1,539\€55,000 (24 August)

$1,720 out of $61,500

Conversion Rate

1 € = 1.11429 $

1 $ = 0.897435 €

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Word Lists

will update this every few weeks/months. alternatively, here are all my tagged word lists.

Blood ⚜ Blush ⚜ Book ⚜ Eye ⚜ Flower ⚜ Fly ⚜ Girl / Boy

Glow ⚜ Gold ⚜ Heaven ⚜ Hell ⚜ Honey ⚜ Moon ⚜ Sun

Sick ⚜ Soul ⚜ Time ⚜ Ward ⚜ Water

Collections

"Beautiful" Words: Part 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

"Poetic" Words: Part 1 2 ⚜ "Ugly" Words

Animals ⚜ Dance ⚜ Emotions ⚜ Garden ⚜ Kill ⚜ Personality Traits

Food: Part 1 2 3 4 5 ⚜ Aphrodisiacs ⚜ Drinking

Love: Part 1 2 ⚜ Sex Scenes ⚜ Sensory Words ⚜ Saying No

Palindromes ⚜ Shapes ⚜ Voice ⚜ 1930s Slang ⚜ Habitats

Legendary Creatures ⚜ Parts of a Castle ⚜ Silent Letters

Lexical Universals ⚜ Magical Properties of Oils

Loan Words: French in Middle English ⚜ Nonsense Words

Months: August ⚜ September ⚜ October

Seasons: Autumn ⚜ Spring ⚜ Summer

Topics List: Part 1 2 ⚜ Terms of Endearment

Uncommon Words: Body ⚜ Emotions

Characters

Achilles ⚜ Patrolcus ⚜ Amy Dunne ⚜ Aphrodite

Aragorn ⚜ Arwen ⚜ Hannibal ⚜ Will Graham

Giorno ⚜ Josuke ⚜ Katniss ⚜ Morticia

Languages

Ancient Greek ⚜ Czech ⚜ Greek Words for Love

French Part 1 2 ⚜ Italian ⚜ Japanese ⚜ Latin

Portuguese ⚜ Romanian ⚜ Russian ⚜ Spanish

Literature

Sylvia Plath ⚜ The Secret History

all posts are queued. send questions/requests here ⚜ Writing Resources PDFs

[pyro-technically]

List of palestinian people reaching out for help (UPDATED: August 9th)

This is a list of people who have come looking for help. I will update and add people/verifications as time goes on, please check op/ notes for updates

Note: i cannot verify fundraisers, i am simply compiling ones that have been verified already (please notify me of mistakes)

Muhammad Al-Habil @alhabil is at €20,935 / €50,000 and needs to evacuate at least 6 people (3 being children and 2 being ill elderly folk with no medical help available)

[Go Fund Me]

This has been vetted/shared by 90-ghost

Dr. Mohammed Aldeeb @mohammedaldeeb is at €34,428/ €55,000 and needs to evacuate 4 people

[Go Fund Me]

This has been vetted/shared by 90-ghost and el-shab-hussein

Palestine, Jad Al-Haq @falestine-yousef (not to be confused with the scammer @/yousef-falestine) is at $8,057 USD/ $40,000 USD and needs to evacuate at least 2 people (one being an infant with no food or diapers)

[Go Fund Me]

This has been vetted/shared by 90-ghost

Safa’a Abd @safaabed8 is at €25,424/ €50,000 and needs to evacuate at least 4 people (2 being children)

[Go Fund Me]

This has been vetted/shared by 90-ghost

Mahmoud AlBalawi @elbalawi is at €32,166/ €50,000 and needs to evacuate several people (1 being an ill child (possibly more) and 2 being ill elderly folk with no medical help available)

[Go Fund Me]

This has been vetted/shared by 90-ghost

Asma Ayyad @asmaayyad is at €4,307/ €45,000 and needs to evacuate several people (at least 1 being a child and a couple elderly)

[Go Fund Me]

This has been vetted/shared by 90-ghost

Ahmed Alanqar @ahmed-mohammed1 is at €2,701/ €30,000 and needs to evacuate 6 people (four being children with one having disabilities)

[Go Fund Me]

This has been vetted/shared by 90-ghost

Abeer Al-Habil @abeeribrahim2006 is at $12,496 CAD/ $70,000 CAD and needs to evacuate 8 people (a few children (1 disabled and ill) and an injured person)

[Go Fund Me]

This has been vetted/shared by 90-ghost

They are also #157 on nabulsi’s and el-shab-hussein’s spreadsheet of vetted gfms

Mohiy @/mohiy1123 now @mohiy-gaza , younger brother of @wafaaresh , is at $10,429 USD/ $31,000 USD and needs to evacuate 6 people (1 ill and 1 chronically ill)

[Go Fund Me]

This has been vetted/shared by 90-ghost

His family also needs evacuation [Go Fund Me] (tumblr post) they are at €19,261/ €100,000 and they need to evacuate several people

Ola @olagaza is at $23,546 USD/ $50,000 USD and needs to evacuate several people (1 chronically ill)

[Go Fund Me]

This has been vetted/ shared by 90-ghost and suad-ahmad

Ola is also #205 on nabulsi’s and el-shab-hussein’s spreadsheet of vetted gfms

Mahmoud Helles @mahmoud0hilles is at €7,501/ €50,000 and needs to evacuate several (2 blind/ visually impaired and 1 elderly with heart disease and diabetes)

[Go Fund Me]

Mahmoud is #198 on nabulsi’s and el-shab-hussein’s spreadsheet of vetted gfms

Malak Dader @malakabed is at €4,823/ €25,000 and needs to evacuate several (2 injured, 2 ill)

[Go Fund Me]

This has been vetted/ shared by 90-ghost

Yousef, 2 years old, @hanaa987 is at and needs to evacuate himself and his mother

[Go Fund Me]

Yousef is #246 on nabulsi’s and el-shab-hussein’s spreadsheet of vetted gfms and was also vetted/ shared by 90-ghost

Leen @leen-gaza / @children-gaza is at €5,376/ €15,000 and needs to evacuate 4 (2 children, 1 ill)

[Go Fund Me]

This has been vetted/ shared by 90-ghost

Aya Alanqar @ayaalanqarsblog is at €6,954/ €15,000 and needs to evacuate several (3 children)

[Go Fund Me]

This has been vetted/ shared by 90-ghost

@burningnightgiver is at $9,736 CAD/ $50,000 CAD and needs to evacuate several (4 children, 1 with diabetes and no insulin)

[Go Fund Me]

This has been vetted by 90-ghost

Tamer Al-Deeb @tameraldeeb is at €23,385/ €40,000 and needs to evacuate 4 people

[Go Fund Me]

Tamer Al-Deeb is #191 on nabulsi’s and el-shab-hussein’s spreadsheet of vetted gfms and has been vetted/ shared by 90-ghost, el-shab-hussein, and fairuzfan

[keirosims]

[Keiros] Doodlebug Tattoo

POV: You and your friends acquire a tattoo gun and you volunteer as the canvas.

August 28th 2024: Updated thumbnails

1 Design

English and Simlish

14 total swatches (2 full body, 6 limp variants)

Both Frames

Upper Left Arm, Left Leg and Upper Back categories

Download: SFS T.O.U

Do not edit/recolour (Ask me first)

Credit me if you use in sim dumps

Do not put behind a paywall

As always please tag me if you use my cc!

[a-shade-of-blue]

Gaza campaigns with REALLY few donations!!

Just want to highlight a few Gaza gfm campaigns here. All of them have raised less than $500 despite fundraising for 2 months or more. (last updated 19 Dec GMT 11:30pm)

Mohamed Fayez, Ruba Fayez (gfm)

@rubafayez, @mohamedfd

Mohamed’s family consists of his parents and hsi siblings. His father was severely injured in a bombing.

Vetting: shared by 90-ghost

Progress: $81 USD raised of $40K goal, fundraising since September

Donate here: https://gofund.me/0f201517

Tareq Abu Assi, Samar (gfm)

Tumblr account: @tareqabuassi-gaza

Samar and her husband Tareq have 3 children: Sham, Masa, and Wateen. They have lost many loved ones, including several of Tareq’s cousins. The children are suffering from respiratory diseases, jaundice and gastrointestinal infections. They, along with Samar’s brother-in-law Mohammed, wish to evacuate from Gaza.

Vetting: #286 on @/gazavetters vetted list

Progress: $120 USD raised of $92K goal, fundraising since July

Donate here: https://gofund.me/4c84c0f2

Nour & Dana (gfm)

Tumblr Accounts: @danafamilysblog, @danafamilyblogs

Nour has lost 3 children, her sister, in-laws, nephews and nieces. Her 9-year-old daughter Dana lost her arm when the Israeli forces bombed their building. She also has a brother named Yayha. Nour’s husband has been seriously injured. Nour is also taking care of her orphaned 7-month-old nephew Mohammed who has lost his entire family. They wish to get a prosthetic arm for Dana.

Vetting: shared by 90-ghost, shared by bilal-salah0

Progress: Only £280 raised of £15K goal, only 3 donations in a month, fundraising since September

Donate here: https://gofund.me/919bd90c

Mustafa Eiada Hilles (gfm)

Tumblr Account: @mustafaeiada

Mustafa lives outside of Gaza to but his family, including his 5 children, are still in Gaza. Many of his family members have been killed. His family are now living with his 75-year-old mother. His family are displaced and living in a tent.

Vetting: #361 on the vetted list by el-shab-hussein, nabulsi and mohayesh

Progress: €372 raised of €30K goal, only 3 donations in a month, fundraising since August

Donate here: https://gofund.me/52f63bcb

Mohammed Alsharif (gfm)

@mohammedfamily85, @mohammedfamily1985

Mohammed and Eman have 3 children: Wessam (16) and Ahmed (12) and Aleen (9). Ahmed is suffering from skin disseases while Aleen is suffering from malnutrition and immunodeficiency. Eman has a skin chronic disease called aphoto sensitivity and also a thyroid gland chronic disease. There is no medicine available for her. They often cannot even find water.

Vetting: #151 on @/gazavetters vetted list

Progress: £148 raised of £55K target, last donation was more than 2 months ago, fundraising since September

Donate here: https://gofund.me/527d4543

Mohammed Qwaider, Nagham Qwaider (gfm)

@nagham-family

Mohammed is 19 years old and his family consits of his parents, his oldest brother Khaled (28), Khaled’s wife Nagham (21), and Mahmoud, Khaled and Nagham’s son. Nagham gave birth to Mahmoud a few months ago amidst the bombing.

Vetting: #308 on @/gazavetters vetted list

Progress: $449 USD raised of $54K goal, only 3 donations in the past 26 days, fundraising since May

Donate here: https://gofund.me/27d9da3e

Mysolin Bahader (gfm)

@mysolin1, @maysolin

Mysolin has 4 children and they are displaced in a tent in Gaza. Her sister Myadaa, who is in Belgium, is organizing the fundraiser to help them.

Vetting: #165 on @/gazavetters vetted list

Progress: €398 raised of €20K target, fundraising since September

Donate here: https://gofund.me/c21a1874

Neama (gfm)

@neamamhmd9

Neama is 24 years old and she is a medical staff. She lives with her parents: Mohammed (69), and Amal (60), and her 4 siblings: Ahmed (32), Alaa (36), Mariam (27) Mahmoud (22). Her widowed sister (38) also have 4 children: Tulin (10), Obaida (9), Laith (6), Ghaith (5). Mohammed suffers from a chronic disease (chronic pulmonary obstruction and difficulty breathing) and now relies on breathing tubes. Her widowed sister also suffers from a chronic illness (ulcerative colitis).

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Mohammed Ayoub Al-Madhoun (gfm)

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Mohammed is 25 years old and has 2 daughters: Masa (3) and Misk (1). They are from Jabalia but now they are displaced.

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[jevilowo]

I love dates in the tf2 lore. I love knowing exactly when stuff happened. Which makes THIS THING I JUST FOUND a BEAUTIFUL MIRACLE

You've seen this image before, but have you noticed the dates on the prison card thingies? Presumably this is written the American Way (the writers are so american they make Scout and Sniper both call their mothers "mom" despite preferring "ma" and "mum" respectively, as shown previously SEVERal times), so Spy and Scout were arrested on

The 7th of September, 1972.

We can do a lot with this information.

Mann Co was taken over by Grey and Olivia half a month before this: roughly the 23rd of August

Contrary to popular belief, most of the comics have to take place in 1973! Seeing as 6 months after late August is late February.

This also means Scout had to have been born in 1946/7. Not sure about Sniper, I have yet to overanalyse the New Zealand timeline paragraph. I'll get to it eventually.

Medic implies in comic 6 that our mercs have worked together for "at least eight years", while talking about the lore breaking Demo eyeball halloween thing. Assuming the "at least" confusion is over the 1972 Halloween they missed while not working together, the Teufort Nine were hired in 1964.

(I've almost mentally rationalised the lore breaking eyeball as a thing they do at like 4am after regular Scream Fortress shenanigans. Almost.)

Scout claims he has known Ms Pauling for six years. During the War! update, Demoman is unfamiliar with Ms Pauling (he knows she works for the administrator, but thats it), so we can assume that is the point she started working more closely with the mercs, and also 1966/7

I really need to go back to actively working on my timeline instead of passively wondering at 11pm "hey what time of year is it in the comics" and going down a rabbit hole.

Uh if you want to build off this, feel free to, but tell society twas I, the great and nobel Jevil_Owo, who first conceptualised all this.

UPDATE! This post seems to be picking up reblog steam again, so now is a good time to say I was WRONG about the mercs being hired around 1964.

This blog post from 2009 claims the WAR update took place in 1962, meaning the mercs have to have been hired in early 1962 at the latest.

Seeing as Scout would have been 15/16 in 1962, and as that's kind of the youngest one can be hired for just about anything, I'd assume it actually is 1962 they were hired. Ok thats enough I just felt it was my duty as Person Timelining to update people on this Discovery.

SECOND UPDATE!!

Okay this is lowkey blowing up again and I just wanted to add that Valve themselves are not aware of the comics taking place in 1973. Idiots! This is why "7 years later" is 1979 instead of 1980 like it should be. Sigh.

I had already figured that out from a few other things (see the timeline in my pinned post, I point it out a couple of times), but this solidified it lmao.