At the Bottom of the Box was Hope

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[segamascott]

okay so here's the thing about 50,000 people vs 1 ceo of a utility company

[segamascott]

technofascist surveillance state actually the have fun with ai was just them selling it to the public ☺️

[sniperct]

'It's like we don't exist': Nearly 50,000 Lake Tahoe residents face power loss as utility redirects lines to data centers | Fortune

Roughly 49,000 Lake Tahoe residents could lose 75% of their power after their energy provider said it's directing energy to neighboring data

NV Energy continues to be trash, I see.

[akaratna]

The single salient point:

They are building their technofascist surveillance state as fast as they can before we catch on.

The 'have fun with ai' was just them selling it to the public.

[elismor]

I thought about just tagging this 'nuff said, but it's not.

I want to say something to all of the women under 50 on this site. Ready? You do not have to be over 50 to start taking up space.

Can I make that blink? Is that a thing Tumblr can do? Because, seriously. The sooner you believe you are allowed to take up space, the better life will be.

[workingclasshistory]

On this day, 14 June 2017, a fire began in the Grenfell Tower block of flats in West London, which killed 72 people and destroyed 151 homes. The fire began due to an electrical fault in a freezer, but it then spread rapidly. The main reason for the fast spread of the fire was the fact that flammable cladding was installed all around the building during its refurbishment by Rydon Construction at the behest of the Conservative local council in 2016. Zinc, more fire-resistant cladding was originally proposed for the work, but instead, flammable aluminium cladding was used because it was £300,000 cheaper. For years, Grenfell’s residents, who were working-class social housing tenants, and mostly people of colour, had complained about inadequate fire safety measures in the building. Rather than blame the landlord, developers or the Conservative government responsible for fire regulations, right-wing media like the Daily Mail began a campaign attempting to demonise residents of the building, and firefighters, for the deaths. Conservative MP Jacob Rees-Mogg even blamed those killed for their own deaths, claiming that they lacked “common sense”. However, a government-commissioned inquiry later determined that the flammable cladding was the primary reason for the high death toll, and that residents had followed the advice of emergency services. After the fire, survivors of the disaster, as well as other local residents and supporters, began a campaign demanding justice for those killed, and working to ensure no such fire happens again in the UK. More information, sources and map: https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/14644/grenfell-tower-fire

[akaratna]

Help Palestinian refugees with a Click

Please help deliver support to Palestinian families; all you have to do is to click once a day for free, every day!

[sunshineface]

Wind Farm 12”x12” acrylic on canvas

[pirateprincessjess]

Google Chrome has been installing an AI model on users devices without their consent.

[onlytiktoks]

[nazmy01]

In every child's eyes lies a story waiting for someone to write its happy ending. Your donation today is not just money; it's a child's laughter, renewed hope, and a brighter future. Join us in wiping away their tears and drawing genuine smiles on their innocent faces. Your giving makes all the difference in their lives! (Short and direct format suitable for websites

🙏🙏😭 ✅️Vetted by @gazavetters, my number verified on the list is ( #380 )✅️💔

[nazmy03]

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[nazmy27988]

This initiative is not simply a request for financial support; it's an invitation to join me in building the future and making a difference. To achieve this goal, I need your sincere support and encouragement. Your contribution—no matter how small it may seem to you—is the fuel that will propel me and shorten my path to success...

Every amount brings me one more step closer to the finish line...

Sharing this message with your family and friends may lead you to someone who will be the reason for its success. ..

https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-nazmy-fight-for-safety-and-health?utm_campaign=man_sharesheet_dash&utm_medium=customer&utm_source=copy_link&attribution_id=sl%3A6305ebc3-66b3-4068-bda2-43af8be87d57

Thank you for believing in my abilities, investing in my future, and for being an integral part of my upcoming success story. With deepest gratitude, [Nazmi

[siraj0]

Today I would like to share some news that brought me a small moment of joy.

The link to my campaign has been updated in the documentation file to number 219, thanks to my dear sister @fifthnormani 🩵 and close friend who reached out to @el-shab-Hussein and helped complete the update. I feel deeply grateful to her and to everyone who continues to stand by me and support this journey.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/u/0/d/1yYkNp5U3ANwILl2MknJi9G7ArY4uVTEEQ1CVfzR8Ioo/htmlview

Despite this good news, the war in Gaza is still ongoing. We are still living under constant shelling, losing loved ones, while life becomes increasingly difficult due to the rising prices of essential goods.

Thank you to everyone who supported my campaign, shared it, or prayed for me. Your support gives me hope and reminds me that we are not alone in this hardship. We still need you to stand with us and share our story.

From the heart, thank you all. ❤️

[akaratna]

Siraj's campaign link: https://chuffed.org/project/121006-save-sirajs-family-from-the-threat-of-the-gaza-genocide-war

Vetting Link: Vetted Gaza Evacuation Fundraiser List #219

[90-ghost]

Life outside seems easier than the 'prison life' we endure in Gaza. I try to imagine other places where life is difficult, but I realize that even the harshest environments are open; at least there is a way out. Gaza is a closed prison. A rocket could kill you at any moment, food and water are rationed, and the heaviest burden is being besieged by memories, destruction, and graves. It is a constant cycle of physical and psychological torment.

Prices in Gaza have started to rise unusually, and goods have almost disappeared from the markets. Types of vegetables are scarce and expensive, and meats have vanished from the markets too. I mean, what's happening is the beginning of a new famine; food is expensive and scarce in the markets!

Every help is appreciated guys you can DONATE HERE

Go to paypal.me/bushrabo and type in the amount. Since it’s PayPal, it's easy and secure. Don’t have a PayPal account? No worries.

[90-ghost]

Today is A NEW MONTH WE NEED YOUR HELP & SUPPORT ❤️

[90-ghost]

Days are so fast we’re already 11 of June!

[beardedmrbean]

Scientists invented a fake disease. AI told people it was real: Nature.com

I'm a bit frightened for the time when someone less ethical than the person that did this decides to repeat the experiment but leave out the part where they come in later and announce that it was fake and people wind up diagnosed with the fake condition and all kinds of wacky hi jinks ensues.

[liberalsarecool]

The bubble is nigh.

[feluka]

When Amal surprised me by telling me she named her newborn after me, I felt like part of my heart had gone to Gaza and remained there ever since.

This part of my heart is now breaking. Amal, who's been on a poor diet because she can't afford better food, is unable to breastfeed baby Mina any longer, and is unable to afford enough formula to compensate, and now both mother and baby are weak and malnourished.

Amal is suffocating from the stress of having to provide for her daughters. Her husband Motasem is doing everything he can (recently, he was almost caught in a bombing while trying to get food) but they're both overwhelmed. I wish there was anything I can do for them.

I'm begging you to donate if you can and share if you can't. I want, more than anything in this world, for these kids to grow up healthy and for their parents to be able to rest.

Fundraiser Vetting info

[el-shab-hussein]

Amal Ashour's family is #175 on our list!

Help Amal's Family and the Shehab Family Leave Gaza To Safety

Hello friends, I'm Sahar! Lia & I are friends of the Ashours & Shehabs, and we'll be helping them run this campaign. Both families have had

[danashehab]

✅ Vetted ✅

Vetted! #175 on the verified fundraiser list vetted by el-shab-hussein and nabulsi

vetted by @bilal-sala7 line #46

[raygun631]

[darrelodin]

So this morning I found out that the RPG Maker forums will be shutting down this year, and it’s really just another depressing thing to see.

If you read the link the company does of course say they’re replacing the existing forums with new ones, and I’m sure no one would say the old ones didn’t perhaps need a lil bit of a glow up, some tech debt fixing… but there’s a few key notes in there:

They are NOT carrying over any history, data messages etc. from the old forums

They are NOT archiving, retaining or in any way saving the existing forums in any way

They have NOT provided any reasoning past ‘as part of continued efforts to support developers’

As an offhand, moderate read, this sounds to me like a desire for some change in the forums but deciding nuking everything is less expensive than rebuilding and carrying over info.

If I’m cynical, and likely realistic? Probably to increase sales of their latest GameMaker software by making it inherently more difficult for someone getting the older software for cheap pushing it to its limits. The amount of institutional knowledge on those forums is absurd.

And even if it is a benign reason, it’s still terrible because what do you mean you’re doing this with no recourse or potential for change? You sell software that runs on community goodwill? In an era where people are pulling away to open source software?? Crazy.

There are yeeeaaars of answers, plugins, suggestion, community built up on those forums - I’ve used the em to learn and grow my own skillet!!! And soon it won’t exist.

At the very least, they gave a ‘heads up’ - the deletion occurs mid December, so archiving by the community is possible from now. It’s just absurd that it needs to happen in the first place.

It’s just reflective of how the industry is right now - and why it’s so important for communities to grow and build up knowledge together, knowledge that is NOT reliant on a company that can pull the plug at any time in the very name of the very customers, users and supporters they are screwing over.

[eigwayne]

The good news is that other people are already starting external archival. Here's a couple posted on the r/RPGMaker subreddit:

https://web.archive.org/web/20260000000000*/https://forums.rpgmakerweb.com/

https://rpgmakerchat.com/

https://github.com/imraf/rpgmakerweb-archive/

https://wiki.archiveteam.org/

[max-out-of-ten]

Bless the archivists of our time

[bilal-sala7]

My brothers lost years of education because of the war in Gaza.

Now they finally have a chance to continue.

If you can’t donate, don’t worry.

Just reblog it.

It costs nothing, but it might reach someone who can actually change everything.

Donation link if anyone’s able to support

[sameergaza]

Hello, I hope everyone is well .

I'm here after a long break, due to many circumstances, it's been a very difficult period, guys.

I hope everyone is well and safe, I miss you, I am here now because I need you at this time, as you know, my family and I live in a house we have rented and at the beginning of every new month I collect the costs here with your help, so that I can pay the rent and maintain the shelter that shelters us all.

I've done it many times, and you guys haven't let me down, but honestly I don't get much attention lately, and that's why I'm not always active here, but I love you from the bottom of my heart. My family has always been fine thanks to you, please guys, we need you so much now.

I only need $700 so I can pay the rent and keep my family safe.

Any delay from the payment date will be kicked out on the street homeless, life is very, very difficult, I use you guys.

Payment date will be on 10/06/2026

Donate to Help Samir Survive A Genocide, organized by Adam M

Hello guys, this fundraiser was created with the help of my friend Adam. Our goal is to help … Adam M needs your support for Help Samir

I will not prolong much, this is the purpose of the publication, as for the circumstances I went through, I will not bother anyone here, whoever wanted that, I can write to him privately and reveal all the details, I was injured two days ago, and I hope to be fine in the coming days.

You can check us from here.