It‘s scary to see how very important european petitions get no visibility whatsoever. We had a basic income petition last year which failed because not enough people knew about it. Now we have a „tax the rich“ one that only lasts until october this year and only has around 250k out of 1 mio. signings.
Most EU people go through their every day life w/o knowing about them. There are no ads, no marketing…nothing. I know that costs money though one might think important petitions that lead to a better and progressive life would be supported by the government or ministries in some way, but nooooo
And why should they? It’s petitions that would help out the poor and middle class, but endanger capitalism and their exploitation, sooo: government and business leads for example.
So here the link for those who are interested:
Nous voulons un impôt européen sur les grandes fortunes pour financer la transition climatique et sociale et aider les pays victimes des d
gazafunds.com - Donate directly to a Palestinian family in urgent need of evacuation, medical treatment, daily necessities or more. Site run by Palestinians, all GFMs verified (full list here). Spotlights 1 stagnant GFM at a time. (*If you can't decide who/where to donate, just go to gazafunds.com & donate to the 1 GFM they show you!)
masterlist of 200+ verified Palestinian families' GFMs: Operation Olive Branch
Help provide tents:
The Sameer Project: Currently providing tents & transport for families in Rafah who urgently need to evacuate to Deir Al Balah. Has a team on the ground in Gaza who have supplied tents to 1% of the displaced population in Rafah. Run by Palestinians. (paypal) (gfm)
@helpgazachildren: Currently helping Palestinians in a refugee camp in Rafah flee the Rafah invasion to Khan Younis. Funds go directly to Hussam, a Palestinian in Rafah who hosts a refugee camp. Funds will cover the cost of tents & transport fuel. Managed by a Palestinian @.fairuzfan. (gfm)
Food:
Care for Gaza: Palestinian charity on the ground in Gaza distributing food, cash, medicine & other essentials to displaced families. Proof of their work found on their Twitter. (paypal) (gfm)
We Feed Gaza: Team of Palestinian volunteers in the heart of Gaza distributing food & water to 344+ families. More details & proof in their gfm. Vetted & promoted by LetsTalkPalestine on IG. (gfm)
Direct Aid for Gaza: A Palestinian activist on the ground in Gaza distributing food, cash & other essential supplies to displaced families. Proof of their work found on their twitter. (paypal) (gfm)
Water (*urgent and crucial!)
Gaza Municipality: The official Municipality of Gaza is doing vital, life-saving work to rebuild the water pipes in Gaza City to restore access to clean water & waste management services for the people of Gaza.
eSIMs (highly needed):
guide to buy & send esims to gaza
Crips for eSims for Gaza: donate any amount to this team of volunteers who pool funds to buy & maintain gaza esims regularly (see their financial accountability document).
Medical Aid:
Gaza Wound Care (urgent): Palestinian doctors in central Gaza treating injured/sick children & mothers in neglected displacement camps far from hospitals. Facing a severe shortage of medicines, equipment, and medical supplies. Currently raising funds to support their efforts to battle infectious diseases in refugee camps. (gfm) (paypal) (gogetfunding)
international charities: Palestine Red Crescent Society, Palestine Children's Relief Fund, Medical Aid for Palestinians
How to help if you can't donate:
Share & amplify Palestinian fundraisers in your irl & online circles
Organize or help to run an online/irl event to raise funds for Palestine
Boycott
Get involved with a protest/strike/direct action in your area
Contact your reps
Educate yourself & others both irl & online
Daily clicks on Arab.org
(you can even adopt 1 fundraiser campaign to regularly boost it & make materials promoting it online, or print posters/flyers about Palestinian fundraisers to encourage others to donate. (poster/graphic about gazafunds.com: here, flyers about esims: here, flyers about gazafamilyfunds: here)
(longer masterpost of all ways you can help)
updated 3/6/2024 with Gaza Wound Care & We Feed Gaza. I wanted to focus on Palestinian-run grassroots initiatives that will actually reach Gazans on the ground, so all of these except eSIMs, PCRF, MAP are by Palestinians. i have verified them but please feel free to do your own vets for your peace of mind.
Remember small donations really do add up. Any amount counts, even $1!
It‘s scary to see how very important european petitions get no visibility whatsoever. We had a basic income petition last year which failed because not enough people knew about it. Now we have a „tax the rich“ one that only lasts until october this year and only has around 250k out of 1 mio. signings.
Most EU people go through their every day life w/o knowing about them. There are no ads, no marketing…nothing. I know that costs money though one might think important petitions that lead to a better and progressive life would be supported by the government or ministries in some way, but nooooo
And why should they? It’s petitions that would help out the poor and middle class, but endanger capitalism and their exploitation, sooo: government and business leads for example.
So here the link for those who are interested:
Nous voulons un impôt européen sur les grandes fortunes pour financer la transition climatique et sociale et aider les pays victimes des d
I learned Tumblr kills posts with links so I had to make a new one.
Hi. I’m Alexa, I’m 25, a lesbian, I live in Poland and I am dying.
I was born with unfortunate amount of rare genetic illnesses and gathered some comorbid ones on my way through teen years.
Right now I hope to live 7, maybe 10 years. I do have a chance for more if I’m lucky and in good care, and I’m desperate to live as long as I can.
I’m a full time wheelchair user and I also have to use oxygen generator.
In December I moved out to rented flat with my sister. It’s much more accessible and life is much easier now, especially considering our abusive parents. But money is tight and with COVID pandemic it’s even worse.
Long term I’m trying to raise enough to upgrade my oxygen generator so I can get my oxygen as prescribed - one I use now is too weak and only helps some and still leaves me with hypoxia symptoms at times.
But short term,being immunocompromised during the pandemic, I need help with expenses like groceries delivery, oxygen cannulas (they got much more expensive now, and harder to get) and meds.
My paypal is PayPal.me/AlexaOlszewska
My ko-fi: ko-fi.com/helpalexa
I make embroidery commissions and sewing commissions. My embroidery blog is @ spoonsandneedles here on tumblr, but you can also commission me here. I use sliding scale prices and am always willing to work with you.
I will show proof of all of that if needed but before you ask, I would please ask you to consider that it’s quite personal, intimate informations and even putting myself out there like this is pretty humiliating. So just please be nice and respectful cause I’m being vulnerable here.
July is disability month and my (26th) birthday is on 28th, I am also more than halfway to the oxygen generator as of now so if you have a bit to spare and can donate I would really appreciate it!
And thank you so much to everyone who donated, commissioned and messaged me, I’ve never had so much support in my life and it’s honestly making so much of a difference I can’t even find words to thank everyone properly 💕
As of now I can’t really take any more commissions but I can add people to the queue to contact when I do have some.
If you can donate I’d really appreciate it as since we’re at almost 5k it’s more than halfway to my oxygen generator goal!
And I really appreciate everyone who contacted me, donated and commissioned me, September is a hard month for me and it’s helping so much to know people care.
So uhh with how Poland is treating queer and Jewish people (were not people apparently...) and the raise of homophobic and antiSemitic violence toward us I may have to escape soon. I need some funds so I can save enough for the move or at least have some funds if I need to escape suddenly during the night. It’s not ideal since as you see I was trying to raise enough for new wheelchair, but it is what it is (and I can’t think too much about it or I’ll go crazy). I packed an emergency bag today.
Any help would be really nice, and to everyone who already donated and reblogged this post, you have my huge thanks and I’ll be eternally grateful to you all. Thank you. I hope one day I’ll be able to give back for all this help
The towns of Ivars d’Urgell and Vallverd, in Western Catalonia, decided to paint the local fauna all around the town.
These are some of the birds painted by the artist from Ivars d’Urgell Swen Schmitz Coll. You can see more of his work on his website and his Instagram.
It seems a lot of people superficially support the concept and complexities of non-binary identity but aren't actually ready to grapple with said complexities when actually confronted with something as seemingly contradictory as a non-binary person who sees themselves as a mix between man and woman but also gay for one of those particular genders and basically just tell them "you have to choose whether you're male or female" but with different wording so that I don't think they realize that's basically the argument they're making.
Like if you insist a non-binary person has to cede to being sorted into either "really a man" or "really a woman" in order to identify as gay all you're really doing is playing gender cop. If it doesn't make sense to you, too bad. Sometimes people's gendered experiences are complex and weird, and that leads to complex and weird feelings abt where we "belong" and who we want to be. Deal with it.
Hannah Gadsby in Nanette (2018) // At Eternity’s Gate dir. Julian Schnabel (2018) // Loving Vincent dir. Dorota Kobiela & Hugh Welchman (2017) // Vincent Van Gogh in a letter to Theo Van Gogh (1880) // Almond Blossoms by Vincent Van Gogh (1890); painted as a gift for the birth of his brother Theo’s son named after him
sometimes turning on the dishwasher, lying down on the sofa listening and pretending you’re taking a nap in a far away lighthouse that’s fed energy from its own little wave power plant is really all you can do, huh
cant wait for white ex-chrisitan neopagans to go on their yearly tradition of writing essays on tumblr saying witch costumes are oppressing them and are cultural appropriating. like, witches? the “grotesquely hooked nose, obsession with books, often green skin, a recolored judenhat, kidnaps innocent children to cook them” witches? you think they’re meant to represent you?
(ok for gentiles to reblog , stay in your lane tho tnx)
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