... Go westward for smelts...

Mostly harmless, not quite dead.

[bahaamattar]

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Hello 👋, I'm Bahaa from Gaza, Palestine. I hope this message reaches you. I'm reaching out to you at a time when my family and I are facing death at every moment. I'm sending this message as I find myself without options in the face of bombing, destruction, and hunger, asking for your compassion and support for me and my family.

We are facing an indescribable ordeal, and my situation is unbearable. I've lost everything and am struggling to keep my family alive. Every day, I see my little child crying from hunger, and this makes me feel completely helpless and overwhelmed. My heart is piercing with grief. My pregnant wife needs medication we can't afford, while my health is deteriorating. I suffered from cancer years ago, and it was removed above my left eye, and I miraculously survived.

We have no food or basic necessities, and every day is a struggle for survival. Every contribution—no matter how small—could mean life. I never imagined I'd have to ask for such help. I'm a distinguished and educated electronics engineer who has always provided for my family, but I lost my job and everything I own.

I see my family suffering before my eyes, and hope is all I cling to. Please, if you can help or know someone who can, I would be eternally grateful.

May God reward you for your kindness.

Sincerely, Bahaa from Gaza

#bahaa_mattar_family #Gaza #Palestine #help_us #stop_war #PalestineWillBeFree #PalestineRecognition #PalestineUnderAttack #palestineisforpalestinians #palestinesi #Palestine #GazaHolocaust #GazaNeedsBread #Gaza_is_dying_of_hunger #GazaSystematicsStarvation #StandForTruth #Israel_Enemy_of_Humanity #IsraelTerrorists

[enname]

Oh Anwar, sweetheart. 💔

If you have even a little.

[elizabethanism]

Poem by the 12thc warrior poet Xin Qiji 辛棄疾, who was sidelined during peacetime, demoted, drifting through a decade of minor posts in remote lands.

Poetry, then, as that which is left unsaid.

“My, what a cool and lovely autumn.”

[spookfished]

this poem was translated by eileen chengyin chow, or @chowleen on twitter and tumblr! im not sure why the translators attribution was specifically cut out here:

[chowleen]

A young friend told me he came across my translation on tumblr. He was a bit indignant that someone had removed my name from a poem.

Me: my Tumblr is still out there?? Anyhow, I took a look. It's been years. I do miss Tumblr from the olden days: poems, art, photos, fandom, cats, even the hentai.

[henshengs]

I guess the thing that bothers me about the endless debates about the death of the Wen remnants and how culpable any particular character is and how excusable their actions were is it often feels like the goal is either to condemn various characters as monsters who don’t deserve sympathy or to excuse them as just acting as Society expected them to. And either impulse is understandable but still irritating.

Every character in this book who’s survived to the present day is walking around under the immense weight of both victim and perpetrator trauma thanks to this culture of clan extermination and if we’re not engaging with that then what are we even doing with these characters, you know? That’s the meat, that’s the juice! Does it change how the murderer carries the weight of their act if the murdered old woman was your own mother, or your enemy’s mother, or an old sex worker nobody cared about? If you did it for revenge or personal gain or to save your own life or the lives of your family? Does it change how you carry the loss of your loved ones if you understand the reasons they were killed? If it was socially sanctioned? If they were guilty or innocent, soldiers or civilians?

Wen Ning, undead, murderer and murder victim, saving Jin Ling, child of the clan that killed his clan, of the man he murdered, from the murdered corpse of Nie Mingjue’s attempt at bloodline revenge- saving him from the danger that all these other adults put him in and couldn’t protect him from- the cathartic power of that depends on understanding revenge killing as The Problem of MDZS, and not engaging with that means throwing away all that narrative power.

[henshengs]

and to be clear I think the text is *very* straightforward in laying out that revenge killing is pretty much always a shitty idea that will only perpetuate the cycle of violence. But understanding that a character made the wrong choice =/= condemning them as Unworthy of sympathy or something. I wonder if maybe there is a discomfort around the idea that people can do deeply evil things for reasons that are not pure sadism, greed, or hunger for domination. And indeed that people who care a lot about morality can still commit immoral acts.

[moxayesh]

Very very important 💔

My pregnant wife was shot in the chest as she prepared to receive our first child.

I never imagined that I would write these words or live this nightmare.

My wife is in her fifth month of pregnancy, and she was trying to live simple moments of joy in the midst of the war. I went out that day to see some of the children's clothes and prepare the needs of our first baby that we are waiting for impatiently.

But instead of returning home carrying clothes for our child, she returned to the hospital soaked in her blood after being shot in the chest.

In moments our dreams and joy turned into fear and terror. We ran to the hospital where she underwent emergency surgery to check on her life and the life of our unborn child. Due to difficult conditions and lack of medical capabilities, doctors have not been able to remove the bullet, and it is still stable inside its chest until now.

If you were able to help or share our story with others, you would have given our family hope at a time when hope has become scarce

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[moxayesh]

I need you to stand by me hand in hand, I can overcome this ordeal 💔

[kawuli]

random PSA, I know a lot of people use duckduckgo as a Google alternative search engine, but it always kind of annoyed me when I was using it because it felt like No Name Brand Google

I have switched to using Startpage.com and vastly prefer it. for one thing, instead of displaying an "AI summary" at the top of the search results (unless you turn it off, yes I know), it displays the first paragraph of the Wikipedia article, with link, whenever it finds one that's relevant.

also a waaayyyyy better sense of design than duckduckgo

also private, European based, least annoying search I've used lately (RIP old "don't be evil" Google)

[yomikoreadsbooks]

Keeping a list of Google alternatives just in case…

[saxifraga-x-urbium]

i have one of those, scraped from multiple different rec posts:

Search Engines

Infinity Search is an alternative search engine with a special focus on privacy

DuckDuckGo is a popular search engine for those who value their privacy and are put off by the thought of their every query being tracked and logged. Uses bangs, ![site] for in-page search (sells your data to microsoft and draws from fucking bing)

WolframAlpha is a privately owned search engine that allows you to “compute expert-level answers using Wolfram’s breakthrough algorithms, knowledgebase, and AI technology.” A data search engine.

Boardreader is a search engine for forums and message boards. It allows you to search forums and then filter down results by date and language.

Based in France, Qwant is a privacy-based search engine that won’t record your searches or use your personal details for advertising. Uses “&” as a bang search.

Another privacy-based search engine is Search Encrypt, which uses local encryption to ensure that users’ identifiable information cannot be tracked. Metasearch across multiple engines. 

Offering unbiased results from several sources, SearX is a metasearch engine that aims to present a free, decentralized view of the internet. Can be self-hosted. 

Gibiru’s tagline is “Unfiltered private search” and that’s exactly what it offers. Requires AnonymoX Firefox add-on for privacy. 

Disconnect allows you to conduct anonymous searches through a search engine of your choice.

Swisscows provides fully encrypted searches to protect your privacy and security. Built-in violence/porn filter cannot be overridden. 

MetaGer offers “Privacy Protected Search & Find” through its anonymised search. A plugin will allow it to be made a default.

Gigablast is a private search engine that indexes millions of websites and servers real-time information without tracking your data, keeping you hidden from marketers and spammers. Variety of filtration and refinement options for searching. 

Oscobo is a search engine that protects your privacy while you search the web. By not using any third-party tools or scripts, your data is protected from hacking and misuse. Has a Chrome extension to allow use in toolbar. 

https://search.marginalia.nu/ an independent DIY search engine that focuses on non-commercial content, and attempts to show you sites you perhaps weren't aware of in favor of the sort of sites you probably already knew existed. Use old-school searching rather than query-based for the best results. 

https://www.mojeek.com/ 

https://wiby.me/ - It’s goal is to index as many personalized websites as possible, and NOT commercial sites. 

https://4get.ca/ it works a lot like SearX, but honestly better. It doesn’t have its own index, but pulls from many others. I think it’s the best for research, since it allows you to search for answers from different indexes, is easy to configure, add free, and avoids censorship as much as it can.

https://www.searchenginemap.com/ for more on how search engines relate to each other.

https://yep.com/ is a crawler

https://www.etools.ch/ retrieves from Google, Mojeek, Bing, and Yandex, like Searx

https://www.dogpile.com/ 

https://searxng.org/ (next gen Searx)

https://luxxle.com/ - possibly conservative?

https://presearch.com/ - good for academic?

https://kagi.com/smallweb - free/randomised Kagi.

Other Searchers

www.refseek.com - Academic Resource Search. More than a billion sources: encyclopedia, monographies, magazines.

www.worldcat.org - a search for the contents of 20 thousand worldwide libraries. Find out where lies the nearest rare book you need.

https://link.springer.com - access to more than 10 million scientific documents: books, articles, research protocols.

www.bioline.org.br is a library of scientific bioscience journals published in developing countries.

http://repec.org - volunteers from 102 countries have collected almost 4 million publications on economics and related science.

www.science.gov is an American state search engine on 2200+ scientific sites. More than 200 million articles are indexed.

www.base-search.net is one of the most powerful researches on academic studies texts. More than 100 million scientific documents, 70% of them are free.https://cosine.club/ is an electronic music similarity search engine

[moxayesh]

In Gaza, the days have become unbearably heavy. We welcome the Eid with hearts burdened with loss. We remember those who filled our houses with joy and then were absent from martyrs. We see their places empty and their voice still inhabits our details.

Eid passes here in sad silence, not like holidays, bombing does not stop, fear does not leave hearts, and every day we try to survive horror, heartbreak and blood

[moxayesh]

This is happening now and there are 7 martyrs as if we are forbidden from joy

[hagiomoto]

Please increase your contribution to The Sameer Project.

The Sameer Project Official: Instagram | Linktree

We are a donations based aid initiative for Gaza led by Palestinians,

[stoptheantisemitism]

This is a video uploaded by Ben-Gvir that shows the way they are treating the floatilla hostages. You can watch the video for yourself and see how horrible the treatment and conditions are. He posted this video with the caption "Welcome to Israel"

If this is how they treat westerners on camera when they know they're going to post the footage, can you imagine the cruelty Palestinians have to face? Imagine what they're doing to Palestinians when no one is watching

[moxayesh]

My name is mo ayesh , and I am from Gaza.

For a long time, education has been my dream and my hope for a better future. I studied Business Administration and worked hard despite the war, displacement, fear, and the collapse of normal life around us.

Recently, I discovered the Gaza-Palestine Scholarship at University of Sheffield in the United Kingdom. This scholarship was created to support students from Gaza whose lives and education were shattered by war. It offers Palestinian students the opportunity to continue their studies in safety and rebuild their futures through education.

For me, this opportunity means survival, dignity, and hope.

My goal is to continue my academic journey after evacuation from Gaza and complete my bachelor’s degree so I can build a future for myself and support my family one day. But before I can apply and continue this path, I face a major obstacle: I need to pay 1,192 Jordanian dinars to extract and process my academic certificates and documents.

Without these documents, I cannot move forward with university applications or scholarship procedures.

Months ago, compassionate people helped me raise 1,129 Jordanian dinars during another difficult step in my journey. Their kindness reminded me that humanity still exists, even during the darkest times. Today, I am asking for help once again so I do not lose this opportunity.

Education is the only thing the war could not destroy inside me.

Every donation, every share, and every kind message brings me one step closer to safety, education, and a future beyond war.

Thank you for standing with a student from Gaza who still believes that dreams are worth fighting for.

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Donate via PayPal for daily expenses and help me with the costs of learning and mastering English

[el-shab-hussein]

Hey all! It has been nearly a year since I've been absent from tumblr, and likewise almost a year since I have last updated you on Mona and her team's mutual aid inititatives. In that time, Mona's efforts have managed to keep entire communities of displaced people alive in the refugee encampments in Ghazzah, including through the distribution of staple foods, fresh fruits and vegetables, cooked meals, clean children's clothing, diapers, baby formula, and so much more. Please continue to support Mona's efforts through the new link on Chuffed. Remember! Every single dollar counts!!! Chuffed donation link.

For more information, please consult her Instagram!

If you also have more to spare, please help Mona support her sister and niece who have been displaced 6 times over the course of the accelerated genocide.

None of this is possible without Mona and her family's diligence and work. If you would like to send her a thank you note or well wishes, please include it in the replies to this post, in your tags, or in the comments! She always appreciates them ♡

[his-own-kingdom-deactivated2026]

This is ridiculously accurate.

[bahaamattar]

Donate to [Baha'a] - A message from a broken heart from PALESTINE GAZA, organized by Baha'a Mattar

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Hello 👋, I'm Bahaa from Gaza, Palestine. I hope this message reaches you. I'm reaching out to you at a time when my family and I are facing death at every moment. I'm sending this message as I find myself without options in the face of bombing, destruction, and hunger, asking for your compassion and support for me and my family.

We are facing an indescribable ordeal, and my situation is unbearable. I've lost everything and am struggling to keep my family alive. Every day, I see my little child crying from hunger, and this makes me feel completely helpless and overwhelmed. My heart is piercing with grief. My pregnant wife needs medication we can't afford, while my health is deteriorating. I suffered from cancer years ago, and it was removed above my left eye, and I miraculously survived.

We have no food or basic necessities, and every day is a struggle for survival. Every contribution—no matter how small—could mean life. I never imagined I'd have to ask for such help. I'm a distinguished and educated electronics engineer who has always provided for my family, but I lost my job and everything I own.

I see my family suffering before my eyes, and hope is all I cling to. Please, if you can help or know someone who can, I would be eternally grateful.

May God reward you for your kindness.

Sincerely, Bahaa from Gaza

#bahaa_mattar_family #Gaza #Palestine #help_us #stop_war #PalestineWillBeFree #PalestineRecognition #PalestineUnderAttack #palestineisforpalestinians #palestinesi #Palestine #GazaHolocaust #GazaNeedsBread #Gaza_is_dying_of_hunger #GazaSystematicsStarvation #StandForTruth #Israel_Enemy_of_Humanity #IsraelTerrorists

[enname]

Oh Anwar, sweetheart. 💔

If you have even a little.

[enname]

Anwar just turned 3. I first saw him when he was 18 months. That is nearly half of his life spent in a genocide.

[moxayesh]

A call reached the evacuation of a house and a square surrounding Gaza City, the place is in the narrow and small alleys of the beach camp, and the houses in the place are all small houses and their situation is difficult

A state of panic in the place and the evacuation of a wide range of citizens

[moxayesh]

Almost all the residents of Gaza are crammed in this small area west of the Strip, an area of approximately 150 km².

Of course, an area of tents and the remains of houses, without streets or life.

However, the threat and bombing are still ongoing!!

People are tired, homeless, and lost everything. However, fear is still chasing them every moment.

Every day they can afford the occupied area, and reduce the area of the prison they live in.

What has passed in history is injustice like this.

[el-shab-hussein]

Hey all,

In my absence, Eman's village's situation has been getting worse, far far worse. As the fabric of Sudan's medical and other social infrastructures have been destroyed by war and genocide, displaced people are seeing a high risk of disease outbreaks amongst them. This is what Eman's village is currently going through, and her family has been one of many affected by dengue fever.

Eman is scared, alone, and feels like her family's situation is invisible. Please show her that she isn't alone, and that her and her family and her village aren't invisible. Please if you can spare anything, help Eman out.

Donate to Help Eman rebuild her destroyed home and get to a safe place, organized by Simran K

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[existencebringsonlypain]

i need data for a statistics project for school, so be my sample data, worms. i need thirty people minimum so if there aren't enough voters yet i'd love if you could help. thank you very much. worms.

take this test (https://www.keithcirkel.co.uk/whats-my-jnd/), then come back here:

what's your JND?

.00030-.00099

.0010-.0017

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.0080 or greater

Voting ended onMay 13

it doesnt have to be a good score, you dont have to take it multiple times, you dont have to get on a good screen, etcetera. just gimme your score please this is my final project grade :)

i'd love if you could reblog for reach

[moxayesh]

I always wake up in the hope of donations or assistants, but I wake up in hope to no avail. I don't know how to get donations in a non-insulting way. Everyone lies and claims diseases and death to get donations. I don't want to do that, but I need your support. Feel me and help me 💔

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[kaylmao]

10000 YEAR OLD ROCK ART OF GIRAFFES FOUND IN LIBYA LET'S GO

[kaylmao]

YES!!!!!!! YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[lilacchao]

of note: 95% of libya is desert, and giraffes are not found there! but this predates not just the libyan desert, but the entire sahara desert it's a part of! giraffes aren't found there any more and this is a memory of a time when things were giraffier

also apparently this rock art dates across multiple periods spanning thousands of years? but i couldn't find much detail on that so i can't give specifics

but yeah, this isn't just a memory of giraffes, but of giraffes now absent encountered by people just 2000 years (the difference between the late roman republic and today) out of the ice age, in a climate unfamiliar to any of the hundred billion people born since the desertification of the sahara drove the ancient egyptians to the nile, near the start of the agricultural revolution

the time between this and the birth of the sahara was nearly as long as the time between the birth of the sahara and now, in which all recorded history is contained, and all languages we can recognise at all - the language and culture of these people would be totally alien to current libyans, twice the difference between the oldest european language and english, predating all but libya's mountains!

and we have pictures of giraffes of the time! what a beautiful gift from such a distant past