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Hello, my name is Jaafar from North Gaza. I previously created a GoFoundMe donation campaign, and when I got $2,400, they deleted the campaign without knowing the reason. Please support me in my new campaign, Chuffed. Any amount you donate, even if it is small, will help buy flour and vegetables for my family. The price of everything we have is many times its normal price. Please help save my family from starvation! 🥹🙏

✅️Vetted by @gazavetters, my number verified on the list is ( #299 )✅️

Please know that the beginning is difficult for everyone, donate even a small amount, it will definitely mean a lot to us 💔🥲

https://chuffed.org/project/helpjaafar

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it's extremely critical that you see the photo of the perp walk for luigi mangione as being propaganda. i've seen so many people wave it off and instead fawn over his looks. and trust me, i know it ended up being kind of pathetic and weird - but please don't brush it off as a "modelling opportunity" for him. it's a fucking terrifying message the police are sending.

i want to make a few comparisons here, in case you're not from the US or familiar with why the perp walk thing is something to pay attention to. just to set the groundwork for why this is a purposeful, unusual, and cruel act by the nyc police - for why this is not a common occurrence and for why that matters.

the prosecution alleges the show of force is due to the charge of "terrorism." for comparison, in june 2015, tsarnaev was found guilty for the boston marathon bombing, which killed 3 people and injured hundreds. his actions are considered to be an act of domestic terrorism. i have spent the last hour looking through google for pictures of similar to mangione's perp walk - and so far, i have found zero. i also just do not personally remember a moment like that, despite living in boston at the time.

they allege that luigi is a stone-cold killer who carried out a longterm plan, making him particularly dangerous. again for comparison: in nyc, recently cory martin was found guilty of the killing of brandy odom. the murder was planned and premeditated to steal insurance money. and yet no staged perp walk. why didn't her life matter enough for a "show of force"?

but mangione gets paraded by a veritable army of police officers as if he is a rabid animal. for a single citizen who allegedly killed one other single citizen, the "largest perp walk ever" occurs.

so what is the "strong message" that the mayor and the police were trying to send here? the mayor speaks as if mangione is already convicted of terrorism. there is a very thin number of people who feel threatened by the CEO's death. none of us felt like mangione needs to be under massive armed guard.

the message is that you shouldn't resist. they are trying to "make an example" of him - that if you behave badly and kill a single rich person, you'll be treated as if you killed hundreds of people. you will be treated worse than a man who was found guilty of terrorism. you will be considered guilty without trial. the message is that the rich are a protected class, and you cannot touch them without massive punishment. they are trying to prevent a revolution by showing dominance and force against you.

the message is that the police are a puppet of the wealthy and that the law is not equally applied across class disparity. it is "some are more equal than others." it is "one life is more precious than another."

the show of force wasn't for luigi. it was for us. it was a warning. they are trying to remind us who is really in control.

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I know I've said this a hundred times but if you're worried about palestinian fundraisers being scams at least consider donating to MSF. It's a highly reputable organization which has broken its long-standing neutrality to denounce Israel in front of the UN. Here's all the aid MSF is providing to Gazans (documentation available in multiple languages).

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if you have the Honey browser extension installed, uninstall it immediately. big big story broke on youtube today strongly indicating that Honey has been massively defrauding basically everyone who does any business with them at every level, including influencers, customers, and actual retailers.

the short version of ONE of the alleged crimes is that they've been hijacking referral links and codes. if you have honey installed on your browser at all, and you use any referral code from anyone, there is a high probability honey will swap out the referral link identifier for their own even if they don't provide a coupon at checkout.

they also are just lying to you, and hiding coupons that very much exist. they're completely fraudulent

paypal bought honey in 2019 for 4 billion, so paypal has been strip mining the influencer economy for 5 years now. the amount of money that's been essentially stolen is unfathomable

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A few of the more creative spellings of Christmas I’ve come across while looking for Dear Santa letters in old newspapers this year.

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Hello everyone 👋 I appeal to you to leave Gaza 🛩 as soon as possible when the Rafah crossing opens to perform a cochlear implant operation 👂 because I may lose my hearing and we do not have enough money to leave with my family in safety and escape the danger of war 🔥, hunger and siege, so I ask you to donate even a little. Thank you all ❤ This is our donation link 👇 https://www.gofundme.com/f/hani-al-sharif-and-family

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While the world celebrates the new year with lights, joy, and warmth, we in Gaza are trapped in darkness and terror. No decorations, no festivities—only the deafening roar of planes and bombings shattering the silence of our nights.

In fragile tents and broken shelters, we fight to survive the biting cold and the devastation that surrounds us. The rain seeps through, the wind cuts deep, and yet, somehow, we cling to hope.

You are our last lifeline—don’t leave us to face this nightmare alone. Your kindness can be the light that breaks through this darkness and the warmth that saves us from despair.

Even a small donation—€5 or €10—could mean food for a child, warmth for a family, or a glimpse of safety in this endless fear.

Please, don’t turn away. Help us. Your support is the only thing standing between us and the abyss

Donate here to save my family and bring a glimmer of hope amidst this darkness

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happy (American) birthday to Mr. Billiam Lenz

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happy trail isnt enough. i need happy meadow. happy forest.

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wheres seasons greasons

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Long post posted!

If you enjoyed this, my next post is on Miss Holloway (it's sitting in my drafts waiting to be finished) which (rather predictably) will be VERY long as it has more lore elements for this AU. After that I'm planning on doing a post on Wilbur Cross and his dæmon, including some details of how his dæmon was effected by the Black and White.

This is just something I decided to do in my free time, and I will be completely honest that I cannot guarantee consistent posts about this AU. If I do go farther than Cross (which I hope to do eventually) I'll probably go through the cast of BF next since going over the Foster sisters seems like the logical next step after him.

For expectation purposes if there was any group of characters I might not end up getting to it would probably be the NPMD gang just because that story is the one where I find the addition of dæmons the least interesting. But maybe I will far off in the future, who knows! Just be aware their the second least likely to get a post after the background characters of NMT that get a single line in a whole episode and are never heard from again.

The Dust Settles in Hatchet Town: Duke Keane and Phebi

(Headcanons for Duke in my Hatchetfield Dæmon AU below)

Form:

"Rose looked at the man her parents had called over to help. The guy himself look unremarkable, mid thirties, dark hair, with a look of concern on his face that made her dread of even trying to explain her encounter with the Killer Track. His dæmon was a dog, large but not intimidating, showing a degree of gentleness that was also reflected in the man's worried eyes, and Rose had to admit that her presence made her feel slightly more at ease, even if only by a bit."

I knew from the get-go that Duke would have a dog dæmon. His desire to help others and his loyalty are the core traits of his character, which automatically translates to "this man's soul is a dog" in Dæmon AU land.

Phebi settles as a Saint Bernard, a breed that was originally bred as a rescue dog in the Alps. Duke's is a social worker, his own career reflects main desire in life is to help others. While he is certainly capable of being protective in a physical sense, he chooses to protect the children of Hatchetfield in a mostly pacificist way, which is the main reason I stayed away from typically guard dog breeds like German Shepards or Dobermans.

There is a slight stigma against those with dog dæmons. While there isn't as much association with dæmon form and social status in America compared to some other western countries, the loyalty of those with dogs dæmon are often unfairly linked with gullibility. But when Duke see's Phebi's settled form he sees her as a symbol of all the traits he is most proud of, and he pays no mind to some of the comments by more snobbish residents. Though for the most part both he and his dæmon are well-liked, especially among the kids he helps.

As a final note to this section, yes they do have to deal with dog slobber. It embarrasses her more than it does him.

Settling:

"He remembered playing with the boys in his neighborhood when she could still change forms. Supervillains and highway robbers with snakes and weasels. Superheroes and small-town sheriffs with eagles and shepherd dogs and even the rare lioness when Pheebs felt up for it. He misses it, in the normal nostalgic way, but he couldn't think of any form a child's dæmon could turn into that would be better than what his Phebi already was. She was perfect."

My original plan was to have Phebi settle after the death of Douglas Keane, Sr, but the timeline doesn't deem to match up quite right. Even if Duke is in his early thirties in 2019 that would still make him older than 16 in 2005. Not an unheard age to settle, but a little older than what I wanted. Instead, there is no set event where she settles, it just happens around his mid to late teens.

Relationship

"He was home now. The paramedics had come and gone. There was nothing more to be done.

Miss Holloway was dead.

Overtaken by a sense of numbness he sits down in an armchair in his study. Phebi places her head in his lap, her movements just as slow, the will to even move suddenly swallowed whole by grief. She looks at him, and he knows that she knows he is thinking of her and of everything she was and of everything he never got to know she was and of everything she'll never get to be as she thinks all the same of the woman's dæmon. She looks at him at a way she hasn't since he lost his father. She doesn't try to talk, she doesn't want to, doesn't need to. She sits with him, willing to do so until the world stops spinning. After an a few long seconds Duke moves to take off his jacket, noticing something fall out of his breast pocket..."

In dæmon AUs a character's relationship with their dæmon is basically an external way to show show the character feels about themselves. When it comes to Duke, I see him as a pretty well adjusted guy so his relationship with Phebi is pretty positive. They talk often when alone together and work well as a duo. Phebi is the more protective side while Duke himself is a little more outgoing, but they're both just trying to be genuinely nice and helpful in a town where that isn't always rewarded.

Miscellaneous Headcanons

The children and teens' dæmon also natural seem to trust his dæmon even before they themselves warm up to Duke.

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The Dust Settles in Hatchet Town: Duke Keane and Phebi

(Headcanons for Duke in my Hatchetfield Dæmon AU below)

Form:

"Rose looked at the man her parents had called over to help. The guy himself look unremarkable, mid thirties, dark hair, with a look of concern on his face that made her dread of even trying to explain her encounter with the Killer Track. His dæmon was a dog, large but not intimidating, showing a degree of gentleness that was also reflected in the man's worried eyes, and Rose had to admit that her presence made her feel slightly more at ease, even if only by a bit."

I knew from the get-go that Duke would have a dog dæmon. His desire to help others and his loyalty are the core traits of his character, which automatically translates to "this man's soul is a dog" in Dæmon AU land.

Phebi settles as a Saint Bernard, a breed that was originally bred as a rescue dog in the Alps. Duke's is a social worker, his own career reflects main desire in life is to help others. While he is certainly capable of being protective in a physical sense, he chooses to protect the children of Hatchetfield in a mostly pacificist way, which is the main reason I stayed away from typically guard dog breeds like German Shepards or Dobermans.

There is a slight stigma against those with dog dæmons. While there isn't as much association with dæmon form and social status in America compared to some other western countries, the loyalty of those with dogs dæmon are often unfairly linked with gullibility. But when Duke see's Phebi's settled form he sees her as a symbol of all the traits he is most proud of, and he pays no mind to some of the comments by more snobbish residents. Though for the most part both he and his dæmon are well-liked, especially among the kids he helps.

As a final note to this section, yes they do have to deal with dog slobber. It embarrasses her more than it does him.

Settling:

"He remembered playing with the boys in his neighborhood when she could still change forms. Supervillains and highway robbers with snakes and weasels. Superheroes and small-town sheriffs with eagles and shepherd dogs and even the rare lioness when Pheebs felt up for it. He misses it, in the normal nostalgic way, but he couldn't think of any form a child's dæmon could turn into that would be better than what his Phebi already was. She was perfect."

My original plan was to have Phebi settle after the death of Douglas Keane, Sr, but the timeline doesn't deem to match up quite right. Even if Duke is in his early thirties in 2019 that would still make him older than 16 in 2005. Not an unheard age to settle, but a little older than what I wanted. Instead, there is no set event where she settles, it just happens around his mid to late teens.

Relationship

"He was home now. The paramedics had come and gone. There was nothing more to be done.

Miss Holloway was dead.

Overtaken by a sense of numbness he sits down in an armchair in his study. Phebi places her head in his lap, her movements just as slow, the will to even move suddenly swallowed whole by grief. She looks at him, and he knows that she knows he is thinking of her and of everything she was and of everything he never got to know she was and of everything she'll never get to be as she thinks all the same of the woman's dæmon. She looks at him at a way she hasn't since he lost his father. She doesn't try to talk, she doesn't want to, doesn't need to. She sits with him, willing to do so until the world stops spinning. After an a few long seconds Duke moves to take off his jacket, noticing something fall out of his breast pocket..."

In dæmon AUs a character's relationship with their dæmon is basically an external way to show show the character feels about themselves. When it comes to Duke, I see him as a pretty well adjusted guy so his relationship with Phebi is pretty positive. They talk often when alone together and work well as a duo. Phebi is the more protective side while Duke himself is a little more outgoing, but they're both just trying to be genuinely nice and helpful in a town where that isn't always rewarded.

Miscellaneous Headcanons

The children and teens' dæmon also natural seem to trust his dæmon even before they themselves warm up to Duke.

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Palestine campaigns with under 1000 donations

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

LAST UPDATED 11/12

Under 100:

The Shehab family @fahedshehab-new 19 After raising over 78K euros, the Shehab family must start over due to issues with the previous bank account. The first campaign's organizer explains here.

The Aburass family @samerpal 54 New campaign with a new currency due to transfer issues. Samer explains the situation here.

The Alnabih family @ahmedalnabeeh234 67 After switching organizers three times, Ahmed must start from scratch. He was able to hit 1000 donations with his first attempt. Let's help get him there again!

Zaen and Yehya @mohammedfamily-blog @hyamshehab96 @hyamshehabnew 98 This family had attained the majority of their funding before their campaign was shut down. They must now start again.

Under 300:

Under 500:

The Al Tibi family @mahmoudeltibi1 498 STAGNANT FOR 8 DAYS

The Sharif family @amnehsharif10 474 STAGNANT FOR 6 DAYS

The Hor family @salahaldinhor 389 STAGNANT FOR 3 DAYS

Under 700:

The Ismaeel family @m0hammed1 686 STAGNANT FOR 4 DAYS

The Sami family @eyadeyadsblog 586 STAGNANT FOR 6 DAYS

Amal's family @amlanqar 552

Under 900:

The Saftawi family @nadasaftawi 896 COMPLETE!

Ahmed's family @ahmed-ziad 739 STAGNANT FOR 7 DAYS

Aya's family @ayaalanqarsblog 885

Walaa's family @ahmed79ss 714

Nearing 1000:

1000 donations:

Amira's family @ameera-anq

The Khalaf family @mahmoudkhalafff

The Alnabih family @ahmedalnabeeh11

Ashraf's family @ashrafanqer @ashraf-baker

The Alostaz family @ahmed-ostaz

The Atalla family @mohammed-atallah

The Shorbaje family @tahanibaby

The Abushammaleh family @bshaeromars-blog

The Aburass family @samerpal

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my favorite video of all time ever

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I love making daemon AUs because I can just force my blorbos to go through a type of pain that doesn't exist in real life. Like yeah everyone automatically has an animal companion is cool i guess. But someone's souls getting hurt or physically severed from them, exquisite.

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“what’s posted on the internet stays there forever” is true for everything except that one piece of fanart you saw when you were 10 that changed the trajectory of your life forever. you will never find that again it is gone forever