I hope this message finds you well. My name is Aziz, and I’m reaching out from Gaza.
We are approaching a truce that brings a glimmer of peace and hope to our beloved land. We eagerly await the chance to return home, reunite with loved ones, and work together to rebuild after the devastation of war. 🥺
We are especially looking forward to reuniting with our mother and newborn sister, who have been stranded in Egypt for over a year. Though we have lost our cherished home, many dear friends and relatives, and the vibrant city we once knew, we remain hopeful. With your help, I hope to support my father in every way I can. Your generosity during this time is invaluable. By reading our story, donating, or sharing our campaign, you can help us reunite, find safety, and start anew. 🙏🕊
From the depths of my heart, thank you for your kindness, compassion, and solidarity during this critical time. ❤
Season concept: Sanluna Music Festival (Based on the Sanremo festival)
Description: Another Showdown is getting closer, and the Eternyx selection is here to chose their entry!
Songlist
Tuta Gold by Mahmood ♂
Occidentali's Karma by Francesco Gabbani ♂/♂
La Noia by Angelina Mango ♀
Un Ragazzo Una Ragazza by The Kolors ♂/♀
Sinceramente by Annalisa ♀/♀/♀
Legacy
Alfonso Signorini by Fedez
Oh No! by Marina and The Diamonds
John Wayne by Lady Gaga
HandClap by Fitz and the Tantrums
Careless Whisper (On-Stage Mode) by George Michael
The season would also employ the voting system of the Showdown season
I'm Amal, a mother of three children, living under the weight of the genocide taking place in Gaza. 🍉
Here’s my story, and I’m reaching out with a hopeful heart 💔✨, hoping someone will feel what my family and I are going through.
My son is suffering from a severe and life-threatening injury after being shot by Israeli drones. He urgently needs medical treatment outside Gaza.
Time is running out, and we are facing a critical situation. I am asking for your generosity to help us save him either through a donation or by sharing this urgent plea with others
I beg you, i kiss your feet, to help my son. My son may die at any moment
I lost most of my family. I'm afraid to lose my son too 🥺 .
So I humbly ask you to donate even a little or at least reblog my post.
adults: oh silly children with no responsibilities no real trauma no life experience no worries and yet oh so dramatic about nothing
also adults: oh thank fucking GOD i am not in school anymore, i had another nightmare i was THERE again, i woke up in a cold sweat bc i didn't study for my TEST-there's nothing not anything like the sweet relief of realizing that you actually don't have one and you won't have one in a very very long time, i still remember what the hallways smell like, i graduated years ago but i don't feel safe yet
I know americans are busy with fighting KOSA but I urge you to please help us by spreading the word about this, I can't say this enough, if chat control passes, citizen's private messages will be scanned via artifical intelligence,and they must comply,otherwise theyre not allwoed to send pictures,videos,or links anymore.
We have a discord server made to organize against it,with emails scripts you can use when contacting your meps :
https://discord.com/invite/e7FYdYnMkS
Find your meps and tell them to vote no on this :
Search for a Member per geographical map of the European Union
i’m gay but i’m always gonna choose the well developed straight ship over the 2 bland and incompatible white dudes that have 500,000 fanfics written about them. you guys just hate women.
i’m gay but i’m always gonna choose the well developed straight ship over the 2 bland and incompatible white dudes that have 500,000 fanfics written about them. you guys just hate women.
if you care about trans folks please take a few minutes to read through this post and share.
They are not even trying to hide their true intentions with KOSA...
"Top of the agenda is to go after providers of gender affirming care, including for adults. The FTC could also go after online platforms for displaying LGBTQ content which would be supercharged under KOSA."
This is catastrophically bad.
There is a HUGE push to pass KOSA rn at the end of the year.
Real quick summary: Blumenthal and Blackburn "rewrote" KOSA to appeal to the right more. They worked with ELON MUSK 🤦♀️🤦♂️ to push this bill "protecting kids". Tomorrow, many orgs are bringing groups of parents to speak to congress. This is coming at a time when FTC commissioner admitted their agenda is straight transphobia:
Top of the agenda is to go after providers of gender affirming care, including for adults. The FTC could also go after online platforms for
There are two ways KOSA can be passed right now. Either from the House or attaching it to an end of year spending bill. They will try both.
Republican leadership (Scalise and Johnson) are surprisingly what is stopping thia from going through. They wont admit it out loud but they dont like the bill.
WE NEED TO PUSH BACK NOW!! Tomorrow those phones need to be ringing OFF THE HOOK while they meet with parents.
PLEASE SPREAD THIS EVERYWHERE!! ADD THESE LINKS TO TWITTER, REDDIT, INSTA, TIKTOK!!
USE THESE CALLING TOOLS AND SCRIPTS TODAY AND TOMORROW ALL DAY!!!
KOSA is a censorship bill that won’t make kids safe. Instead, it'll put all internet users at risk, especially youth. If you believe in a fr
All of the bad internet bills. One website.
Call Script on Page 2! Resources For Learning about KOSA 2023-2024: KOSA bill itself: https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-b
SCRIPTS:
🔴 If your rep is GOP:
"I am urging you to VOTE NO on KOSA, the Kid’s Online Safety Act. This is a dangerous bill that will harm children.
Many news organizations have reported that this bill actively harms kids by exposing their private data to strangers under the guise of protecting them.
We need to hold Big Tech accountable, but KOSA is not the solution.
The bill let any state attorney general and the FTC to sue any website for “harmful” content. Do we really want blue state lawyers deciding what can and can’t be allowed online?
Big Tech is already censoring us. That’s why they support KOSA. This is massive government overreach. We need a bill that actually protects children by creating better security measures instead of bringing about more censorship.
Multiple experts agree this bill pushes age verification, even with the new language.
KOSA hands more private data of children to third party companies, which would put them in further danger. How is this protecting children’s privacy?
What parent would want their child’s private data in the hands of strangers like this? KOSA is actively putting kids in danger.
Do NOT support this bill. Thank you."
Also,to note, Biden supports KOSA: You could try asking your GOP rep why they would support a bill that has Biden's support,and that he could use it to his advantage somehow (we know GOP does not like Biden,so it should be utilized somehow). We need to ensure the bill doesnt pass at all.
🔵 if your rep is DEM:
"I am urging you to VOTE NO on KOSA. Nearly 200 human rights and LGBT organizations total came out in an open letter opposing it. The ACLU is against it. Hundreds of thousands of Gen Z, who actually live online, are against it.
We know the harms of social media, and we know this is not the solution. The new language does NOT meet any concerns brought up, in fact many organizations were ignored.
Major news have reported that this bill actively harms kids. We do not want this. The rewritten bill would still allow any state attorney general, and now the FTC, to sue any website for “harmful” content. When you have Republicans calling anything LGBT “sexual exploitation” or anything about race “CRT” to successfully ban books and teachers, then they will use any justification to censor the internet.
The Missouri attorney general used “mental health” successfully to ban gender-affirming care with backed up research. Suicide rates will skyrocket for marginalized youth with this bill restricting content. Multiple experts agree this bill pushes age verification, even with the new language.
KOSA hands more private data of children to third party companies. Furthermore, updated language threatens encryption the same way the Earn It Act does.
How is this protecting children’s privacy? KOSA actively harms kids. Do NOT support this bill. Thank you."
Tell them you'll vote for your reps if they vote no on KOSA, anything goes. But most importantly it's crucial that KOSA is not being brought at all for any vote.
Thank you, remember to stay calm and stay strong. We've got this!! ♡
"Terfs are better than misogynists, they dont do any harm"
*denies short haired women
*denies women wearing makeup by her own will
*denies women working in the sex industry by her own will
*denies androgynous women
*denies butch women
*denies intersex women
*denies gender non conforming women
*denies infertile women
*reduces women to their womb
This has contribute to the societal expectations of what a woman is suppose to look like instead of just letting them be themselves. This would force them to 'look' like a woman in order to have basic rights without any transphobia (access to the bathroom, getting harassed by people in a sporting game, gender inspection where people are now allowed to look at their genitals even if their a kid). This also makes it even harder for women in the sex industry to have the rights and protection as they don't advocate for the legalization of sex work, rather to force them out of sex work. Not to mention the lack of recognition for intersex and infertile women by reducing them to their womb, possibly creating insecurity and giving them a harder life because their not up to standard with what a 'woman' is.
Lets not forget that terfs typically use misognist language/talking points of not only reducing women to their genitals that give birth like birthing machines, but also on how they revolve womens agency around men (whether its sex work or makeup, or even making it seem like all womens problems revolve around men) and describe sex workers as objects for men, commenting on how 'dirty' and 'wrong' it is for a woman to engage in such a thing. Terfs and misognists are two sides of the same coin.
In light of Duolingo laying off its translators, here are my favourite language apps (primarily for Mandarin Chinese, Japanese, and te reo Māori).
Multiple Language
Anki is a flashcard programme and app that's not exclusively for languages. While making your own decks is ideal, you can also download shared decks for most languages.
If you're learning Japanese, specifically, Seth Clydesdale has websites for practicing alongside Genki's 2nd or 3rd editions, and he also provides his own shared Anki decks for Genki.
And if you're learning te reo Māori, specifically, here's a guide on how to make your own deck.
TOFU Learn is an app for learning vocabulary that's very similar to Anki. However, it has particularly excellent shared decks for East Asian languages. I've used it extensively for practicing 汉字. Additionally, if you're learning te reo Māori, there's a shared deck of vocabulary from Māori Made Easy!
Mandarin Chinese
Hello Chinese is a fantastic app for people at the HSK 1-4 levels. While there's a paid version, the only thing paying unlocks is access to podcast lessons, which imo are not really necessary. Without paying you still have access to all the gamified lessons which are laid out much like Duolingo's lessons. However, unlike Duolingo, Hello Chinese actually teaches grammar directly, properly teaches 汉字, and includes native audio practice.
Japanese
Renshuu is a website and app for learning and practicing Japanese. The vast majority of its content is available for free. There's also a Discord community where you can practice alongside others.
Kanji Dojo is a free and open source for learning and practicing the stroke order of kanji. You can learn progressively by JLPT level or by Japanese grades. There's also the option to learn and practice kana stroke order as well.
This really sucks and it's only going to get worse, but remember there are tons of good material out there in book and CD form. The Genki series is often the default for studying Japanese, and you can find them used with a little searching. The New Practical Chinese Reader series was something I used while in China, and I still reference it from time-to-time.
(That said, if anyone has a good rec for a beginning German textbook, please send it my way!)
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