riding-with-the-wild-hunt:
a whole bunch of gazan mutual aid projects and nonprofits. if the decision of which individual fundraiser to give to feels too daunting, or if you just want to help as many people as possible in one go, these are great initiatives to support.
- care for gaza - focuses on providing food and essential supplies. donate here or here.
- connecting humanity - securing internet access via donations of virtual sim cards (esims). if you can’t afford a whole plan yourself, crips for esims is a communal pool that will use your donation to purchase and maintain esims
- gaza soup kitchen - provides food, medical care, and classes for children. also has a gofundme
- glia gaza medical support initiative - provides medical care through field clinics and tents at hospitals. donations can also be sent through their website.
- ele elna elak - provides clean water, food, clothing, and shelter. they also have a gofundme
- life for gaza - raising money for the gaza municipality to repair water and waste management infrastructure
- taawon - partners with local civil organizations to provide food, water, medical care, shelter, and basic supplies
- the sameer project - running various initiatives providing tents, medical care, and necessities. they have their own encampment project focused on sheltering families with children, sick and disabled members, or members in need of perinatal care
- islamic relief worldwide’s gaza emergency appeal - provides food, water, hygiene kits, medical supplies, and psychological support
- baitulmaal - provides a variety of necessities, including food, water, shelter, and medical supplies
- gaza mutual aid fund - distributes food, hygiene products, water, and other essential supplies, including financial support. run by @/el-shab-hussein’s amazing friend Mona. updates can be found on her instagram.
- hygiene kits for gaza - provides hygiene supplies including menstrual products, wipes, and toothbrushes/toothpaste
- anera - provides a variety of necessities, including food, water, hygiene supplies, medicine, blankets and mattresses, and psychological care
- palestine children’s relief fund - provides supplies and support with a focus on children. also has an initiative for lebanon
- dahnoun mutual aid - provides water, food, tents, baby supplies, financial support, and other necessities. updates can be found through their instagram
certainly this is not an exhaustive list, so please feel free to add on other projects or organizations that i didn’t include. and as always, please take the time to donate if you can and share. it truly makes all the difference.
dilsdelights:
love when worf says ‘klingons do not do such things’ and its really clear that he personally just doesnt want to.
dykethang:
dykethang:
hate that h*milton was full to the brim with absolute bangers and vocal talent because i really wish it wasnt h*milton about it
like firstly the whole “death doesn’t discriminate between the sinners and the saints it takes and it takes and it takes and we keep living anyway we rise and we fall and we break and we make our mistakes and if there’s a reason that i’m still alive when everyone who loves me has died i’m willing to wait for it” is good on its own but the segue into “i am the one thing in life i can control i am inimitable i am an original i’m not falling behind or running late i’m not standing still i’m lying in wait”. and it’s fucking h*milton.
nimashkawizii:
ninakaina:
in the whole greenland conversation i feel like there’s not nearly enough acknowledgement of the fact that greenland is already suffering under imperial rule. seeing wayyyyy too much tacit validation of denmark’s possession of greenland on socials today. look into reproductive abuse against greenland inuit women by the danish state. US acquisition of greenland would be bad but the status quo is not good. this is not a matter of sovereignty, i only wish it were a matter of sovereignty, it’s just a bunch of imperial powers playing RISK with indigenous people’s lives again
“The tests cover attachment, personality traits, cognitive abilities and psychopathology, and take about 15-20 hours. It is almost impossible to pass them, says Nellemann; even he and his colleagues have failed to do so. Questions can include “What is glass made of?” and “What is the name of the big staircase in Rome?”
[Kiera] was nervous going to the doctor, because she says she had previously been given the ultimatum either to have an abortion or face the baby being taken away after the birth. She agreed to undergo another parenting competency test in an attempt to cooperate. But in the session, the psychologist brought up her previous abortions and asked her to show her parenting skills by playing, singing and talking with a doll, checking whether she made eye contact. “The problem is, I didn’t grow up with a doll,” she says, adding that her real baby, Zammi, was busy kicking in her stomach. “They made me draw and they were criticising it, that I didn’t draw a face. I drew a mum and baby.”
On Friday morning, I walk through Keira’s open front door as rain falls in torrents outside, to find her sitting in her living room under soft fairy lights and the silently flickering television, arranging flowers. Every week she takes a different arrangement to Zammi so that she will associate them with her mother’s visits. This ceremonial act of devotion is part of how Keira survives.
While she is there, she thinks only of Zammi. Her own feelings can wait till she gets home. It is always hard. Before she gets out of the car, she puts into words the pressure she is under. “It feels like somebody holding your throat. And they decide how much you can breathe.”
cloudstructures:
wished a customer happy new year yesterday and he responded “happy new moment! you get as many of those as you’d like :)” so we’re all gonna be okay
somejoyinmudville:
somejoyinmudville:
somejoyinmudville:
real quick if anyone is confused: professional athletes are paid a lot of money because they generate a lot of money. if you believe that professional athletes should not be paid a proportional share of the revenue they generate, you are anti worker’s rights and also fundamentally do not understand how labor works
like hey. im a communist. i am not arguing for rich people. i am arguing for workers to get paid what they are worth for the labor they perform. athletes being paid a lot of money is not a hill you have to die on. it is not a consideration you should be incorporating into your political and economic policy. athletes are not special, they are workers, and if you say “this worker does not deserve to be paid what they are owed” you are anti labor and you should not be trusted under any circumstances.
also like. arguing that white male athletes should not be adequately compensated for their labor is really not the leftist win you think it is when wnba players get 9% of the leagues revenue and pwhl players are forced to work second jobs. if you think the recognizable names of major men’s sports shouldn’t be compensated, what do you think about workers rights for bench players and 4th liners in women’s sports who are paid astronomically less?
bogleech:
Gavin Newsom is an asshole in his own way but he said one thing that absolutely nailed American culture: “americans support strong and wrong over weak and right.”
Yeah. Americans don’t care about being either factually correct or morally just. They care about being the ones beating down others and that’s all.
tragicburnout:
until you address me directly, you do not have an issue with me. you have an issue with yourself
