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just stopping by real quick to say that i live in the best city on earth.

Animal Crossing - GameCube - 2001

genuine question — how is donating money going to help Palestinians if no food is going in? What is the money for?

Medicine, water, supplies, food, fuel (much of it black market being upsold at egregious prices) — these all cost money and pretty much all Palestinians in Gaza have no source of income now. It’s drops in the bucket compared to ending the siege and occupation but it’s one way to do at least something small to help. Others are in need of money to evacuate when the border opens again (which hopefully is asap…), tuition and supplies for school to continue studies despite it all. Another fund is focused on trying to rebuild farmlands in Gaza to get food again that way.

I can’t tell anyone what to do with their money but I don’t think this mindset of “well nothings going in so we can’t help” is helpful for people on the ground who are the ones saying that donations can and do help them survive.

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The Sameer Project also explained where they're getting food:

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donate to the sameer project:

**With Famine on the rise, we will significantly lower tent purchases and focus on food (rice and bread) and water over the next couple of w

Translating Falasteen (Palestine), in collaboration with The Sameer Project, launched a fundraising campaign to support families in Gaza fac

Medical Care: The Sameer Project in Honor of Mosab Ali

The Sameer Project, a mutual aid organization led by three Palestinians in the diaspora, are the proud directors and funders of a tent encam

what-even-is-thiss

I think your busses at bare minimum need to run every 15 minutes if you want to claim that public transit is a viable option in your city.

what-even-is-thiss

Living near a 10-15 minute express bus means I don’t need to check schedules. I can just go. 15 minutes of waiting is a tolerable amount of time to plan for. Any more than that and you’ve gotta actively check schedules, potentially get to your thing like half an hour early. It’s annoying to the point where it starts eating up precious minutes of your day you could be spending eating a bagel.

pingintech

okay but i think its actually reasonable to have 30 minute wait if its reliable free goes everywhere and runs almost the entire day

what-even-is-thiss

It should do all those things and also run every 10 minutes. I’m upping my demands by 5 minutes because you suggested this. Every 30 minutes is what trains between nearby cities should have. If you think every 30 minutes is reasonable you either haven’t lived this reality or you’ve been so starved for decent transit that you’re willing to lower your standards way way below what they should be. What do I pay taxes for, dammit?

#we can’t even reliably get to Manhattan from the Bronx in under 1.5 hours🤗