Hi, y'all. A Palestinian woman by the name of Ghada (@ghadaanqar11) reached out to me this week and requested my help getting some reach for the fundraising campaign she and her family rely upon in order to meet basic needs e.g. food, water, personal hygiene products among other essentials we often take for granted. Three generations of her family are surviving together while constantly being displaced by persistent and escalating Israeli military aggression; her father Nabil, her mother Fatima, her brothers Khaled, Mohamed and Ahed, her six nieces and nephews Lama, Nabil, Amir, Fatima, Eman and Noor, and Ghada herself.
Ghada and her family's campaign can be found here. I ask that if you are willing and it is within your means to contribute to her family's survival fund. If it isn't within your means, please help get some reach for them by reblogging this post.
My mom died and I'm the one who is taking care of everything while my sister does fuck all with her new boyfriend and leaving her kids with my grieving step-dad.
I have to play the funeral and her cremation and pay for mini urns for her brothers and my stepdad and my nieces and my aunt and stepdad and sister--
I need some support to get the funeral shit done because I'm apparently the only one who can do it and I have no help,,,
Thank you to everyone who was able to contribute. I received about $150 USD. I was able to help my step-dad pay a bill that was usually covered by my mother's disability check. Any more that comes in will be used for arraignments for her memorial service, cremation (which is already mostly covered by my uncles, I just have to come up with the other $600),nmini urns for her siblings and my step-dad and my sister for now (I'll worry about myself later, I'll be the one receiving her when she's cremated and the 5 urns are already $125)... ugh. She was only 59 and had no life insurance that I know of.
on early february, i broke my foot and ended up on medical leave for 2 months. here in Brasil, in any case of medical leave longer than 15 days, the government is the one required to pay the worker's salary within the time period the worker was absent, not the employer. the state is famously slow, to get an idea i made a request for payment on february 28th and my case is still pending (it's may 8th).
i recovered around the second week of april and i have been working since then, so my future salaries will be paid by my employer again. but because i have shitty luck, there was a glitch in the payment system (i was away for so long the database considered me terminated), so i haven't been paid for those two weeks i've worked since my recovery either. so i'm missing two salaries now (and one of them is half a salary for half a month of work to make matters worse), and if the glitch is not fixed, i will spend yet another month completely broke.
i have meds (autism + depression), therapist, and other bills to pay, as there is no such thing as medical leave or medical emergency for the banking system. i hate asking for this, but
can you help me? anything is appreciated, even if is just a reblog. thank you
I just want my baby sister back. I’m terrified of losing her she’s still just a child, someone who should be learning, growing, and playing with her friends.
Maryam needs your help and support please don’t let her down.
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There are no words that can describe the pain and helplessness I carry inside me. I can’t save Maryam on my own. I’m begging you from the bottom of my heart. Please donate today and help give us a chance to survive.
I write this hoping everyone will offer this family some support and compassion. My friend Hamza's sister is suffering from severe anemia and malnutrition, which has seriously affected her health. She is going through a very difficult time, filled with fatigue, weakness, and a constant need for treatment and proper nutrition.
The family is trying their best, but their circumstances are beyond their control. Any contribution, even a small amount, can help provide the treatment and care she needs and could make a real difference in her life.
Hamza's fundraiser is here.
Even if you are unable to donate, sharing this post and praying for her would mean so much.
Protect Internet Freedom from now until forever. It's important existentially! Americans stand with UK citizens in our struggle against government censorship
I don’t do politics on my tumblr. I try and keep it a stress free zone (believe me I worry about it plenty, that’s the point of needing a place to switch off). But I just spent two and a half hours filling out that questionnaire and now I’m leaving a comment not in the tags, but where people will actually see it (and I hate drawing attention to myself) because this is important.
The governments agenda is clearly spelled out in this consultation, through the phrasing of the questions.
Excuse me while I link a video. It’s a clip from a comedy so it’s a bit exaggerated but it demonstrates the point very well.
Almost all the questions in that survey were “leading questions”. They had an inherent presumption that the person answering agreed with age restrictions, wanted more severe ones and wanted more websites and services restricted. (Believe me I take no pleasure in being correct that VPN’s are next on their target list).
This is a consultation where they try and make you look a monster for saying no. They push the “but it’s for the children” hard. Like there was one question where in order to say no, you had to not object to children sending/receiving nudes which felt wrong. I mean that’s bad, obviously that’s bad. But the answer isn’t total lockdown of the internet to verified ID.
So yeah if you are from the UK then fill this out, and fill it out carefully. Don’t let them manipulate or trick you into agreeing that mandated age restrictions are necessary, as that is what we have with this “you must prove your identity” and it looks like they want to make it worse, not roll it back.
Also section 4 I think it was, is skewed in the opposite direction as it wants to know the benefits of AI chatbot usage for kids… so slam that part too. Say no to AI and no to age verification.
When I filled this out, I focused my answers to all of these questions on *education*.
Educate kids and parents in school and at home how to recognise dangers online: Common recognisable scams, links that may contain viruses, etc.
Teach them about privacy online: Not giving your name, age, or location to strangers on the internet, INCLUDING THIRD PARTY DATA HARVESTING. That we need more protections around websites trying to gain consent to take our data.
I pushed how facial and biometric data gathering is synonymous with this. And pointed out all the existing data breaches, and how THAT puts our kids in MORE danger.
My response was the same for the AI questions. I made my answers focus on education. On how AI is doing negative things with the environment and water supplies, how AI is taking our data from those data breaches and using them for identity theft, and other crimes. etc.
All my focus went into IGNORING THE LEADING QUESTIONS THAT WANT YOU TO AGREE WITH THEM
And putting all my focus into PROVIDING EDUCATION, OTHER OPTIONS, METHODS THAT ALREADY HAVE HISTORICALLY WORKED, AWARENESS AND SAFETY CAMPAIGNS.
Put the onus on learning self responsibility, and providing open access resources on internet safety education.
You don't need to answer THEIR biasedly led questions.
You can answer the question with the problems THEY are causing, and the solutions for a better path forward.
Importantly though. Don't be rude, or swear. Or they'll likely dismiss your responses.
Be thorough. Be smart.
It takes forever to fill that form out, but it can be done in a way that circumvents their bullshit.
Only $30 shy of my meds for this month so trying to make some quick cash tonight, does anyone want a cover or fanart along these lines? NOT AI generated, I use screencaps and Photoshop, for instance this took me about two to three hours.....I've done this in the past and found I have a problem overshooting and am not in a place where I can do like......a whole production lines of stuff like this at the moment so only looking to do one, at the most two, preferably would like to tackle it right away and get it done tonight, or failing that tomorrow (in case nobody who wants this sees it tonight but its still up when they see it tomorrow aka Sunday).
DM me if you're interested and we'll figure it out, paypal/ko-fi details are on my main page, etc, etc, no worries if there's no bites just feeling creative and inspired tonight and looking to capitalize on that.
Would like to tackle one more ($15 shy essentially) so I have a bit of a buffer, so hit me up! Could do blog or twitter banners/headers for something like $5 as well.
Thank you so much to everyone who voted! We are so excited about this year's prompt list; we tried to make everyday a mix of tropey, kinky, sfw and nsfw that will give everyone a chance to create something. We've also got last year's top six prompts, as voted on by you all during prompt submissions, as an alternative or bonus prompt if you're really not feeling one of the days.
With the prompts released, we now enter the three month long creation period! Your mods will be hard at work on their own pieces, and also on posting the prizes from last year's ODW, to help keep everyone in the Omega Dick spirit. You can also find us in Dick(ed) Down, the 21+ pro-kink and -ship server!
Alt text for the prompts are below. Other questions? Check out the rules, faq, or send us an ask!
8/3 Day 1: Male Omegas are Rare | Breeding | Dick’s Virginity/First Heat is Auctioned | Accidental Knotting || Bonus: Everybody Wants Dick Grayson
8/4 Day 2: Dick is the Sole Omega in the Pack | Bitching | Hands-On SexEd | “Be a good birdie and let me breed you.” || Bonus: Forced to Hide That He's an Omega
8/5 Day 3: Absolute Omega Dick | Dick as Mother to All the Robins | Attic Wife/Radiator Pet | BAMF Omega Dick || Bonus: Alpha Bonds Dick to Save His Life
8/6 Day 4: Omega Dick Refuses to Let an Alpha into His Nest | Fighting As Foreplay | Somnophilia | Single Mom Dick || Bonus: (Over)protective Bats
8/7 Day 5: Doting Pack | Incest Kink | Omega Dickbin | Dick Transported into the Omegaverse || Bonus: Arranged Marriage/Mating
8/8 Day 6: Reverse Robins AU | Age Gap | Fuck or Die | “It Doesn’t Count Between Omegas” || Bonus: Baby Trapping
8/9 Day 7: Dick Mentoring a Younger Omega | Feral Behavior | Impregnated While Captive | Possessive Omega Dick || Bonus: Free Day!
Pope Leo is letting American bishops entirely ban trans healthcare for both minors and adults in all Catholic-owned hospitals and clinics, and stop coverage for trans healthcare through Catholic-affiliated health insurance plans!!
People are having surgeries, for which they were on waitlists for years, suddenly cancelled. Hormones no longer covered, their clinicians no longer able to prescribe them. Considering in some states Catholic-owned healthcare organizations make up to a third of the market, as it were, this is a HUGE issue.
Missing hormones. Canceled surgeries. Bureaucratic denials. Late last year the Catholic Church banned all trans healthcare across its sprawl
This has been happening since November of last year, when this vote took place, but no one is talking about it. The rehabilitation of the image of the papacy through Pope Leo is killing me, it’s still the goddamn Catholic Church. You do not gotta hand it to them.
In case you missed the news, Burn the Midnight Oil's Kickstarter was funded! 💖
We've raised $113,075 USD (or €96,596 EUR) and counting thanks to our backers. If you missed out on the campaign but really want to nab some merchandise or one of our other cool rewards like beta access, late pledges will remain open for the next few weeks!
Every extra penny made goes towards our stretch goals.
For the rest of this month, our socials might be a little quieter. We've already jumped straight back into working on the full game, but we're going to need a min to gather our bearings. Just know that we're working hard on our first demo update, which will add over 15k+ words and more art to the current demo!
🦇 Play the Kickstarter demo on Itch or Steam
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Pre-menstrual depression is always depicted as like "He He! I had a box of icecream bars and cried while watching the Titanic!" But in reality, it's more like, "I'm standing the edge of an abyss. There is nothing good inside of me, I'm filled with rage and desperation."
It's crazy that being told how to deal with that is never a part of anyone's menstrual sex education.
This has already been said in the notes, but if PMS causes extreme depression and even suicidal ideation, that is in fact something that most people do not experience and it can be treated
Like for the majority it really is "oh i'm hungrier and moodier than usual"
^this should be a part of sex education so the point still stands
I went to my doctor after I was walking to work one morning and saw a bus coming and actually took a step to throw myself in front of it before I pulled myself together. Later that day I started bleeding and was literally like someone flipped a switch and I didn't feel suicidal anymore. Which made me feel like I was loosing my mind because who goes from 'I want to throw myself in front of a bus' to 'I'm perfectly fine' just like that? I did some research, I went to the doctor and described my feelings, he looked me in the eye and gently asked what I thought it was, I said I'd read about PMDD and I thought it might be that, he said 'I think so too' and wrote a prescription.
If, before you get your period, you feel furiously angry, suicidal, irritated by every tiny thing to the point you want to murder someone, stuck in a black hole you'll never escape from. If you are experiencing extreme emotions for what seems like no good reason, especially if you get your period and those extreme emotions just go away. You're probably not just PMSing , you may have PMS's feral big sister PMDD and it's treatable.
Also this is something that can develop as you get older. So if you used to get normal PMS but what I wrote above sounds more like your norm now then don't just write it off as regular PMS.
posting on the off chance that i'm secretly followed by an undercover celebrity or a streamer or something like that. i'm really tired of my friends' survival being based on whether we can make a post that's catchy enough or if we're charismatic enough and post at an opportune enough moment. i don't have that skill set. if you do, i am begging you to use it to raise funds for amal so she can feed her children this ramadan. more on her vetting info here. please please please please please
