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So I know my blog is kinda dead, but I found something that I feel I need to talk about because I have no idea what to do about it.
Some of you are probably following because of the Disaster Bi pride flag post, which blew up bigger than I ever thought it would. The post is from February of 2020, back when I was 16, and I never thought that it would get very far. Since then, I've seen designs of it from all over the Internet. Fan art, fan edits, icons with characters, I've even seen it in the form of soap and a crochet patch before. I've never been more proud of a piece of art I made, and I absolutely love seeing a flag I made be so celebrated!
This morning, though, my boyfriend sent me some screenshots of it being reposted throughout the Internet (mostly on Pintrest) and that lead me to finding this Redbubble post.
Buy "disaster bi flag" by celestivl as a Poster.
I want to make it VERY, explicitly clear that I don't want anybody going after the person who made the post. In the slightly edited words of Hbomberguy (ironically, the most disastrous bisexual I've ever seen), "I want to clarify right now that if anyone harasses [celestivl] on my behalf, they are worse than [them] and will not see the light of heaven." (Plagiarism and You(tube) - 2023).
The purpose of me making this post is to 1.) state that I have absolutely nothing against people using my work for creative projects and 2.) ask for advice on what I can do about this. It's one thing to have my art included in a creative piece, which I love to see floating around on the Internet (all I ask in those circumstances is a little credit anywhere in the post and I can forgive those who don't know the source), but it's another to see my art being credited to someone else and sold for profit on one of the most notorious websites for art theft when I'm not even much of an artist anymore and have never been on Redbubble before this morning.
Please, if anybody has advice on what I should do about this, please let me know. My DMs and asks are open, as are the reblogs/comments on this post. I once again ask that NOBODY harass celestivl about this. Making people feel unsafe on the Internet over art is never okay. All I want is advice for this situation going forward, and nothing more.
Well obviously I can’t have chronic fatigue, that’s a real problem for real disabled people that’s diagnosed by doctors probably. Clearly I just have some sort of perpetual exhaustion issue, that is also almost certainly my fault somehow
I haven’t really seen any of the more recent U.S. election news hitting tumblr yet so here’s some updates (now edited with sources added):
There’s evidence of Trump cheating and interfering with the election.
Possible Russian interference.
Mail-in ballots are not being counted or “recognized” in multiple (notably swing) states.
30+ bomb threats were called in and shut down polling stations on Election Day.
20+ million votes are still unaccounted for, and that’s just to have the same voter turnout as 2020.
There was record voter turnout and new/first-time voter registration this year. We definitely should be well over the turnout in 2020.
U.S. citizens are using this site to demand, not only a recount, but a complete investigation into election fraud and interference for the reasons stated above:
Contact the President, Vice President, get help with a Federal Agency, or request a Presidential Greeting.
Here is what I submitted as an example:
An investigation for election interference and fraud is required. We desperately need a recount or even a revote. The American people deserve the right to a free and fair election. There has been evidence unveiled of Trump cheating and committing election fraud which is illegal. There is some evidence of possible Russian interference. At least 30+ bomb threats were called in to polling places. Multiple, notably swing states, have ballots unaccounted for and voting machines not registering votes. Ballots and ballot boxes were tampered with and burned. Over 20 million votes that we know of are unaccounted for. With record turnout and new voter registration this year, there should be no possibility that there are less votes than even in the 2020 election.
Sources (working on finding more links but if anyone wants to add info, it’s appreciated):
FBI addressing Russian interference and bomb threats:
The FBI is aware of bomb threats to polling locations in several states, many of which appear to originate from Russian email domains. None
Emails released by Rachael Bellis (private account, can’t share original tweet) confirming Trump committing election fraud:
Pennsylvania's Centre County officials say they are working with their ballot scanner vendor to figure out why the county's mail-in ballot data is "not being recognized when uploaded to the elections software:”
Wisconsin recount:
The Milwaukee Election Commission, 'out of an abundance of caution,' will delay the reporting of about 105,000 absentee ballots that could d
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Multiple screenshots and images.
The first is a screenshot with a link and information for contacting the White House directly regarding election fraud. The instructions include choosing to leave a comment to President Joe Biden directly and to select election security as the reason.
The screenshot then instructs people to include any or all of the following information in a paragraph as a comment to the president:
32 fake bomb threats were called into Democratic leaning poll places, rendering polling places closed for at least an hour.
A lot of people reporting their ballots were not counted for various reasons.
This all occurred in swing states.
This is too coincidental that these things happen and swing in his favor after months of hinting at foul play.
Directly state that an investigation for tampering, interference, fraud is required, not just a recount.
The second image is from the FBI Twitter account that reads:
The FBI is aware of bomb threats to polling locations in several states, many of which appear to originate from Russian email domains. None of the threats have been determined to be credible thus far. https://t.co/j3YfajVK1m — FBI (@FBI) November 5, 2024
The next four Gmail screenshots of an email sent to Rachael Bellis from Chris T. Spackman that read together as follows:
Dear BELLIS, RACHAEL E., The Dauphin County Board of Elections received a challenge to your absentee ballot you applied for in the November 5, 2024 General Election. The challenge argues that a provision of the Pennsylvania Election Code takes precedence over the federal Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act (UOCAVA), which requires states and counties to permit U.S. citizens who move overseas to vote by absentee ballot for federal offices based on their last U.S. residential address.
The full text of the challenge that was filed appears below this email.
You may respond to the challenge in any of the following ways:
1. Call the Bureau of Registration and Election at (717) 780-6360;
2. Email a statement to the Bureau at Election [email protected]. Any statement you submit regarding the period during which you lived in Dauphin County, any family or connections that you still have here, and why you are now residing abroad would be read into the record.
3. Appear in person at a Board of Elections hearing scheduled for Friday, November 8 at a time to be determined in the Commissioners Public Hearing Room, 4th floor of Dauphin County Administration Building, 2 S 20d St, Harrisburg, PA 17111. The meeting is also likely to be livestreamed on Facebook on the Dauphin County channel.
Sincerely,
Christopher T Spackman
TEXT OF CHALLENGE BEGINS
Dear Dauphin County Board of Elections,
I am submitting this challenge to an absentee ballot application pursuant to 25 Pa. Stat.
3146.8(f).
25 Pa. Stat. 3146.8(f) Any person challenging an application for an absentee ballot, an absentee ballot, an application for a mail-in ballot or a mail-in ballot for any of the reasons provided in this act shall deposit the sum of ten dollars ($10.00) in cash with the county board, which sum shall only be refunded if the challenge is sustained or if the challenge is withdrawn within five (5) days after the primary or election. If the challenge is dismissed by any lawful order then the deposit shall be forfeited. The county board shall deposit all deposit money in the general fund of the…
The rest of the forwarded email is cut off.
The last image is a screenshot of the official statement from the Centre County, Pennsylvania Board of Commissioners released on November 6, 2024 that states:
Centre County Working with Ballot Scanner Vendor to Export Election Results.
(Bellefonte, PA) -Centre County Elections Office is working continuously to provide mail-in ballot data in order to post unofficial results.
To this point, all ballots have been scanned, including all mail-in ballots.
Centre County's Election team and IT team have identified that the data are successfully being exported from the mail-in ballot scanners, but that the data is not being recognized when uploaded to the elections software.
Centre County's Administrator, John Franek, Jr. stated, "We have not stopped working, and we will continue to work until unofficial results are posted and reported to the Pennsylvania Department of State."
As a next step, Centre County has begun working with the equipment vendor to adjust configurations to make the two systems-the mail-in ballot scanner and the elections software where data are uploaded -compatible with one another.
this'll be my last post for the night. it looks bleak right now and it feels like the world might end and i do not blame you for feeling that way. i kind of feel like that too to be honest, but numbers are just numbers and land is just land. the results maps you're looking ar are not 100% accurate.
please please please just walk away from this. you'll wake up tomorrow and we'll all probably be crying, for good or bad reasons. i am begging you all to get away from the screen and sleep if you can because if you're starting to spiral then this is not good for you.
i sound like a broken record and i apologize but i repeat it because it's true: no matter how bleak it seems, no matter how badly this may or may not turn out, we can push through this. get some rest. wake up and keep living no matter what. i believe in you.
wake up and keep living. no. matter. what.
goodnight and good luck. sending my warmth out to all of you. <333
(psst have some more cat pics!!! you all really liked the other ones so here's some loafs to ease your mind. i'll see you all tomorrow.)
Hello my dears! My name is Mahmoud Abed, I ask you to support my campaign to help me reach my goal. I am now in dire need of your support to help my family save them from the besieged and destroyed Gaza Strip. Gaza is a very dangerous place. I need your financial support to enable me to obtain the basic needs of my family until the Rafah crossing is reopened to transport my family to safety and peace. Please help the family survive their ordeal through your small donations or by sharing my campaign with your friends and others. Thank you very much for standing by those in need.
Here is the donation link through GoFundMe.
Mahmoud, I really hope that you and your family can stay safe and happy before and during the trip through Rafah. You all deserve to live happy, safe lives no matter where you are, and I'm so sorry that opportunity has been taken from you.
🍉I am Mahmoud Ayyad, a Palestinian from the besieged and destroyed Gaza 😭😭, coming from an extended family of young children, women and elderly people ❤❤ who have been suffering😭😭 for 300 difficult days from an aggressive war.
Our lives are harsh because we lack all the basic necessities of life. Everything has become scarce and unattainable. There is no food, no water, no medicine.
So, I ask you to help me keep my family safe and alive, especially after we had lost all our sources of livelihood.Please do not leave my family to struggle and suffer these difficult days alone. You can support my campaign by donating whatever you can or by sharing my posts to reach others who can help us survive the war to safety and peace. You are helping the lives of many people with your small contribution. Every donation makes a difference in our very difficult lives. But this is a legitimate campaign and has been checked by 90-ghost.
https://gofund.me/31c5cbe3
Thank you for reaching out, Mahmoud! I'm so sorry that your family is struggling; you all deserve to live a safe and happy life in your own home. Though I can't donate myself, I hope that I can spread the campaign far and wide enough to send your family the help they need. Please, all of you stay safe as much as you can!
Thank you from my heart for what you are doing for the people of Gaza who are in bad need in this tough and dire time. 💔💚🖤🤍
You are examples for kindness, generosity and nobility. You have been standing with for long and showing how brave one should be in time of need. 🍉🍉🍉🍉
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Please don't leave us alone during this dire time. I am still in the first quarter of my campaign. ❣️❣️
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Thank you so much for reaching out! I hope that I have enough reach to be able to make a difference in the campaign, and that your family is staying as safe as possible. You should all be able to live with dignity, and I'm so sorry that opportunity has been taken from you.
can you help my family to evacuate from Gaza. I lost my brother Tamem,20 years, I do not lose any siblings more💔.
Donation link here 👈🏻🍉
I am on Olives Branch spreadsheet line 98 and on Butterflyeffect project line 20.
I will appreciate your help 🤍
Thank you for reaching out! I'm so sorry to hear about your brother. I hope that he's resting in peace and that the rest of your family are staying safe to the best of your abilities. What's happening to your country is absolutely horrible; you should all be able to live safe and happy lives no matter where you were born. I hope that you can reach your goal and live your best lives.
thanks to your donations and participation, we are approaching the halfway point of the goal, with only less than €950 left.
I hope to reach it today with your participation and donations.
🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸❤🤍💚🖤
Here is the link to donate through GoFundMe.
I'm so glad that the goal is nearly halfway there! And I hope that your uncle and his family are staying safe to the best of their abilities. They deserve to live happy, safe lives no matter where they are in the world.
I am Mahmoud Helles, the owner of the donation campaign.The campaign aims to expel my family from Gaza and expel my wife to Egypt due to her serious condition with a kidney injury.Please enter my page and then share .https://gofund.me/53fa2830🌹🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🌹😭
Thank you for reaching out, Mahmoud. Though I can't donate myself, I hope that I can spread your message far and wide enough to help your family. You and your family should be able to live safely and securely wherever you are in the world, and I'm so sorry that you're having that opportunity taken away from you. Please stay safe, and I wish your wife a quick recovery!
