History is Weird Enough Without the Magic

Orion - 31 Queer - He/Him Just a tired history nerd who got a little too into ridiculous shows. Needed a blog for The Librarians + Leverage, so here we are. I occasionally post the stuff I write/make. Fluffy prompts for Leverage + The Librarians are always open, just know I'm slow. Current sideblogs: aesthetic nonsense wayhaven chronicles/mass effect (IF & video games in general) If you ship Parker/Eliot without Hardison, I see you and you're not welcome here.

[7crowsinadress]

If you’re a USAmerican and rightfully horrified by what the government is doing right now, I just want to rq share 5calls. They have a really simple tool for finding your reps and contacting them, as well as a variety of scripts for anyone not confident speaking off book. Emails can be filtered out, phone calls, voicemails, and physical letters are much harder to ignore. Calling your reps isn’t the end all be all of anti-war action, but it’s a place to start while you process what the fuck just happened.

5 Calls

Spend 5 minutes. Make 5 calls. Make your voice heard.

[leonkennedysprostate]

for those wanting to help venezuelans affected by the bombings through donations, these are currently the best ways to go. will add more links as more is set up

cruz roja (red cross)

doctors without borders

[mahrahpalestine]

Israel has just banned 37 aid organisations from operating in Gaza.

This is Zionism. This is genocide

The genocide has not ended

Donate to secure a better future for my family or to ensure a better life for them.

[closet-keys]

Please help my friend Mahrah and her family.

The banning of aid in Gaza will almost certainly mean a return to severe famine. Over the summer during the blockade, her family was starving when unable to afford the exorbitant costs of price-gouged food. Her mother lost 27 kilos during this period.

It is terrifying to be returning to this level of scarcity, especially because it is of deliberate genocidal design.

[closet-keys]

Mahrah's fundraising efforts have been vetted by @90-ghost and shared by fairuzfan. My wife, @cannilyuncanny hosts her family's GoFundMe campaign and sends transfers of donations directly to Mahrah in Gaza.

They have relied on this campaign to afford food. Please help them to raise funds for what's to come in this new year.

[mahrahpalestine]

@ot3 @isuggestlandback @omegaversereloaded @wolfertinger666 @sapphling @modelsof-color @paper-mario-wiki @papasmoke @tamamita

[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.

[deschooling-ecology]

Gaza Emergency Water Relief | LaunchGood | LaunchGood

Support Glia's Emergency Water Support in Gaza City

[Emergency Water Relief for Gaza City – Help Deliver Life-Saving Water

In Gaza City, clean drinking water is dangerously scarce. Families are struggling to find safe water for drinking, cooking, and basic survival. With infrastructure devastated and water sources contaminated, the need for urgent relief is critical.

We are launching a three-month emergency water distribution project to deliver clean water directly to those most in need. Two water trucks will distribute 10,000 liters per day to communities facing extreme shortages. Our goal is to ensure that families, children, and the elderly have access to safe drinking water during this crisis.

How You Can Help

We have budgeted $50,000 to sustain this project for three months. Each truckload of 5,000 liters costs roughly $300 per truck. That means:

💧 $30 provides 500 liters of clean water

💧 $150 provides 2,500 liters – enough for dozens of families

💧 $300 funds an entire truckload of 5,000 liters

💧 $600 ensures a full day of water distribution (10,000 liters)

Every dollar makes a difference. Your donation will help us reach thousands of people in Gaza City with clean, safe drinking water]

Please donate if you can!!!

[closet-keys]

Last week, Al Jazeera staff reported that

"Gaza mediators Egypt and Qatar, and six other Muslim-majority countries have raised the alarm over Israel’s stated plan for a one-way opening of the Rafah border crossing, which would allow Palestinians to leave their territory, but not to return, and block the entry of humanitarian aid."

The intention is clear. They want Palestinians removed from Palestine, through displacement or death. This is the reality of settler-colonialism, and all of Israel's plans reflect this central genocidal intent.

[closet-keys]

This week, Al Jazeera published an opinion piece by Ahmad Abushawish, a Palestinian activist living in Gaza. Abushawish wrote frankly about the situation in order to counter Western propaganda. It's an excellent piece and deserves to be read in full.

I want to highlight this part in particular:

Rafah must be accessible for those who wish to return, and for those who need to leave temporarily: students seeking to continue their education abroad, patients in urgent need of medical treatment unavailable in Gaza, and families who have been separated and long to be reunited.

My friends Mahmoud and Mahrah (@mahrahpalestine) are siblings living on either side of this crossing. Mahmoud is in Egypt, and Mahrah, along with the rest of their family, is in Gaza.

They deserve survival, yes, and they also deserve free movement and the ability to be reunited with each other.

[bovineblogger]

please help my friend marah!

[save-the-child-qais]

Bad news...My child Qais will die tonight, and without proper treatment he could become another number—another child Gaza loses tomorrow. His tiny body is fading, and every hour without medicine pushes him closer to danger.

I watch my wounded boy slip between pain and exhaustion, knowing that without help he may not survive another day. Please Donate, and don’t let Qais become the next statistic— your donation could save his life. 😔

Gofundme - Vetted

[patrochilles-or-bust]

Please share 🙏🏾

[save-the-child-qais]

Donations are painfully low, and time is running out. Every passing hour tightens the danger around Qais. Please Donate, Your donation isn’t just help—it is a chance to give him another life.

[mahrahpalestine]

The occupation forces today bombed civilian tents and violated the agreement, as is their usual practice.

We are subjected to the most brutal occupation humanity has ever faced.

Please help us in any way you can through this link.👈👈

[chgkhojlbjvh-deactivated2026011]

WLS: Judge orders release of hundreds arrested in Illinois immigration crackdown | CNN

A federal judge ordered the release of more than 600 people arrested as part of the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown in Illinois

615 immigrants abducted from Chicago have been ordered to be released on November 21st, unfortunately on a $1500 bond. Not only are most of their families already economically disenfranchised, but have typically lost their breadwinners to these abductions and been unable to seek additional work out of fear. Please please please donate to Midwest Immigration Bond Fund, your support may be the only thing standing between these people and deportation

Midwest Immigration Bond Fund

[wutaijiemei]

can we keep this in the rb cycle btw. for those outside the chicago news cycle, release of detainees to their communities and families detailed in the above post was blocked, next potential update won't take place till 12/2. donations remain a pressing need + for the next week all mibf donations will be matched <3

[siraj0]

⬛ Winter woke us up with our children’s cries

We never imagined that a simple rain would flood our tent, But tonight, water poured in suddenly, soaking everything our clothes, our mattresses, even our hope, We jumped up in panic, trying to save what little we had left.

The children’s feet trembled on the wet ground. Nothing was dry, nothing safe.

We urgently need your support to protect our tent from further flooding:

🔹 2 waterproof tarps (6×4 meters) to cover the top of the tent 100 each

🔹 1 tarp to cover the ground inside €100

🔹 Wooden beams to raise and support the tarps €200

Total: 200 + 300 to protect five lives from cold, damp nights.

The nights may stay cold but we hope they won’t stay this cruel.

Surviving Genocide: Siraj Family

My name is Osama Radwan and I raise money for my friend Siraj, a former journalist from Gaza who lost his job at the beginning of the war, h

[siraj0]

€23.382/ €23.500

It's 4 AM, I can barely write to you because of the extreme cold, my fingertips are almost freezing, so what about the little children? The last donation was 19 hours ago, there's only a little left, just €118. I hope to collect it today.

@mangocheesecakes @akajustmerry @vague-humanoid @buttercuparry @jdon @autisticmudkip @sar-soor @tamamita @dirhwangdaseul-archived @socalgal @bryoria-annafaye-hall-blog @handweavers @appsappsapps @sawasawako @prisonhannibal @killyourfeelingss @fairuzfakhira @feluka @werewolf-transgenderism @sockdooe @grox @thementalistscandidate @palace-of-glass @cloverclub-mp3 @thelittlestspider @lune-tic @ltadoriyuujl @nationalvyvanseshortage @princejimthegreat @rhubarbspring @butchniqabi @lizardbytheriver @binglam @warmsmilesandhugs @cogbreath @kyra45-helping-others @trans-lunarinjection @tocaor @vilecrocodile @knxfesck @valiantbarnes @violatin @sumikatt @cagandante-communistoide @pickledangel @bottomgrowthmindset @skygenders @lesbiantaurus @the-arachnis-deathicus

[fifthnormani]

23,437 € out of 23,500€. One person - or two people - could do it. Please help. :(

Verification: Siraj was #219 on el-shab-hussein and nabulsi’s list but GFM arbitrarily deleted his fundraiser. el-shab-hussein reblogged a post about his Chuffed campaign here.

[fifthnormani]

23,467€ out of 23,500€.

Forgive me for being blunt but I do not understand why donations are slowing down so much on literally all the Gaza fundraisers. Is it because people think the "ceasefire" means they can take their foot off the gas now? Well you're wrong, because this "ceasefire" is a lie - and people are going to die from frostbite instead of bombs if we don't help them. Please please help if you can.

[girlfromtheantilles]

Shelters across Jamaica and Emergency Contact Numbers

Please spread the word if you have family members and loved ones in Jamaica at this time.

Prayers up for all the Caribbean islands that are in Melissa’s path, especially Haiti.

[manbiteshog]

thanksgiving is a holiday based on a falsified narrative full of white guilt and the erasure of history so what are some good native organizations to donate to this coming thursday

[manbiteshog]

organizations recommended by @loneghostkid 

native american rights fund

heyday berkely roundhouse

news from native california magazine

national indian child welfare association

california indian legal services

the national indigenous women’s resource center

[meshkwahkihaki]

please also consider looking into funding native/tribal food sovereignty projects if you have food to donate or money to spare. friends, please add more if you know of them and have links to provide:

native american food sovereignty alliance

meskwaki food sovereignty initiative

friends of pine ridge reservation

first nations development institute

you can also buy food/gifts from indigenous sellers or donate to gofundme fundraisers made by indigenous people who need help getting groceries, paying medical bills, or paying rent. do something to help us and our communities.

[britomartis]

try water projects too, like the navajo water project: https://www.navajowaterproject.org/

Navajo Water Project

Help DigDeep bring clean, running water to hundreds of American families. Nearly 40% of Navajo don't have a tap or toilet at home. We can fi

a lot of reservations are fucked over on water by illegal oil drilling, pipelines, or other breaches, like in the navajo rez’s case: contaminated by illegal uranium mining.

[mango-habanero-autism-deactivat]

I would like to put my endorsement to the Sovereign Bodies Institute, home of the database of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women. The database is trans-inclusive, the data protocols follow the desires of the families of MMIW, and this holiday season, they are collecting donations to buy gifts for the families, especially the children, of missing and murdered women. 

[qaigulik-deactivated20251021]

I’d like to add Feeding Nunavut, the cost of living in the isolated north for Inuit is up to and sometimes over 5x the prices the rest of Canada is used to.

[doikayt]

adding Great Plains Action Society, who do amazing work in the area I live in. Iowa is among the most ecologically devastated areas on the continent due to Big Ag and pipelines. Our indigenous comrades’ work is at the center of all liberation struggles here!

[wolf-aid]

This is Gaza, where not a single house remains standing. We are without shelter, without food, without water. We are dying. We are being bombed every day. We are being shot at in the middle of Gaza City. Where is the ceasefire agreement? Where is the humanity? They are shooting at and targeting people who go to get some firewood for their families to cook. We are truly oppressed.

[wolf-aid]

You are living the best life. We were once like you, but now our dignity is being trampled upon. In the last storm that hit Gaza, the tents we were in flooded. We have nothing left—no food, no shelter. I beg you to stand up, donate, and think. I won't begrudge your donation; whatever it is, it will save me. Please.

[neechees]

Please Ibrahim needs help a lot. Any donation can help a lot. Please donate to him and do not ignore it.

[samaa1283]

Hi, I’m Samaa

Today I want to speak from my heart — to every person who stood by me, supported me, and helped me survive

Your donations reach me

They help us buy food

They help us get clean water

They help us afford medicine

They help us stay warm with

clothes and blankets

Help Baha and his family rebuild their home and meet their d

Lying on my back feeling helpless and powerless, I decided to tell you my story from the beginning.

[mahrahpalestine]

It is regrettable to inform you that no one in Gaza is protected from the rain and cold.

The United Nations reports that, as a result of the recent storm, more than 13,000 families in Gaza were affected, and thousands of families lost what little they owned.

Consider helping my family. Donate to us. Every little makes a big difference. Donate here.

[patrochilles-or-bust]

Help if you can 🙏🏾

[leotanaka]

from: @teachingwhilemuslim (june, 2024)

for more information on sudan, make sure you are following:

@decolonizesudan

@bsonblast

@sudan.updates

@darfurwomenaction

@red_maat

@khartoum_aid_kitchen

@sudan_hf

@kandakamagazine

[estera-shirin]

Absolutely horrific news and images coming out of El Fasher, Sudan. Since the Rapid Support Forces (a UAE-backed militia) took the area, they have carried out so many mass killings that the bloodstains and bodies are visible in satellite images. Estimates are currently at around 2,000 dead and more expected, and the WHO is reporting that at least 460 people were massacred in the Saudi Maternity Hospital. The RSF's mass killings and displacement in El Fasher are part of an ongoing genocide against Zaghawa, Berti, Fur, and other non-Arab groups in Sudan. Prior to this massacre, El Fasher had endured a year and a half long siege and a resulting famine.

The UAE is the primary supporter of the RSF, but the RSF is also using military vehicles and equipment from Canada and the UK. These countries sell them to the UAE, which supplies them to the RSF. It is essential that we boycott the UAE and pressure the leaders of our nations to stop selling them weapons.

If you can, please donate to organizations that are supporting survivors and providing aid in Sudan. Here are links to donate to the IRC and UNICEF, but I will also be updating soon with more links to local aid organizations. I'm trying to figure out which local aid organizations are still operating right now in El Fasher and the surrounding area—if anyone has information regarding that, please let me know

[rinsedrice]

BSonBlast on twitter and instagram (and i think also tiktok though i'm not on there) has compiled links of emergency response rooms and other organizations as well as vetted fundraisers doing work on the ground in sudan. please also take the time to look through some of the videos she has made explaining what is going on in sudan. here is an instagram post she collaborated on explaining some context for the darfuri genocide through posts as early as 2020.