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GAZA NEEDS YOU. DON'T LOOK AWAY. YOU CAN SAVE LIVES. Below are some VETTED campaigns to support the people who have been experiencing an active genocide for almost a full year. DONATE DONATE DONATE. If you cannot, share widely.

(June 1)

Help Iyad and his family (@iyadsobhei) - Iyad is an elderly man who has been living in dire conditions with deteriorating health; he needs to evacuate with his wife and eight children. This fundraiser currently has NO FUNDS.

Help evacuate Hani's family (@skatehani) - A dear friend, and a Palestinian skater trying to evacuate 10 members of his family; he has lost his father to injustice. Less than halfway to his goal.

Help Husam and his family (@husamthaher) - Husam desperately needs to save himself, his wife, and 3 young children.

Ahmd needs urgent evacuation (@ahmd-iyd) - Ahmd has lost his livelihood to this genocide, and needs funds to help his family evacuate and rebuild their life.

Help Mahmoud Abu Hamam and his family (@ma7moudgaza) - A college student who desperately needs to evacuate to Egypt.

Help Iman’s family find safety (@imaneyad) - Iman has a family of 7 who need to find safety.

Help Mahmoud's family evacuate (@mahmoud0qassas) - Mahmoud and his family need to get to Egypt. His brother in law needs medical attention ASAP.

Support Ruba and Amal's family's urgent evacuation (@rubashaban @amalshabn) - Ruba and Amal's family are lacking the basic necessities of life; they have an elderly father who desperately needs to be evacuated for medical care.

Help Omar evacuate (@omarsobhi) - Omar is a 20 year old Palestinian student who wants to save himself and his family from this genocide.

Support Fahmi and his family (@fahmiakkila) - Fahmi's life has been turned completely upside down, and he now finds himself responsible to save his parents, sisters, & brothers - 7 members.

Save a displaced Gazan Family (@ranibra) - Rania is married with five children, her husband needs medical care. She is now responsible to save her children. Help them evacuate.

Save little Yusuf and his family (@ahmednabubake) - Yusuf is in an intensive care unit fighting for his life in Gaza; he needs urgent evacuation alongside his family.

Save a family trapped in Gaza (@mohamedalanqer) - Mohammed Alanqar and his family are living in fear, urgently needing financial assistance to escape to a safer environment.

Help Gazan children survive (@aymanayyad81) - Fadi Ayyad, an 18-year-old from Gaza seeks the funds to help his family survive these gruesome conditions.

Save Tawfik and his family (@tawfikwaleef) - Tawfik is an engineer from Gaza who urgently needs to escape Gaza with his family.

Help Tahseen and his family (@tahseenmush) - Tahseen and his family are from northern Gaza and need urgent help to survive this genocide.

Help Nader's family to evacuate from Gaza (@nadershoshaa) - Nader and his family, consisting of six members, are currently displaced in the south; help them evacuate and survive.

Don't ignore this list—your support is URGENTLY needed. Each fundraiser here is an opportunity to help, and it has been made easy for you to find these fundraisers. You can easily save lives. Pick at least one to support. Once again, your donation can save lives. If you can't donate, please share these campaigns.

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[segamascott]

[bi-astolfo]

Yes, investigation claimed at least 1,200 detainees 'dropped off the grid' from 'Alligator Alcatraz'

The claim is not new — the Miami Herald published its findings in summer 2025.

[standwithdaanes]

source for the congresswoman thing as well, because i hadn't heard about that:

Rep. LaMonica McIver Faces 17 Years in Prison Over ICE Jail Inspection

The Trump administration has repeatedly attempted to restrict or thwart congressmembers’ access to ICE jails.

[chilewithcarnage]

this is the second case ive seen of a black child going missing and then found lynched, what the fuck is going on

[glamygdala]

Her name is Juliana Nzita.

[d1anna]

Donate in MEMORY OF JULIANA NZITA, organized by Bueia Umba

Hi, my name is Bueia Umba and I am fundraising for Juliana Nzita. It is with deep sorrow… Bueia Umba necesita tu apoyo para Donate in MEMOR

her family’s gofundme!!

[starlightshadowsworld]

A 30 year old Sudanese man in Belfast was charged with attempted murder by stabbing and it has unsurprisingly sparked racist riots across the city.

Migrant homes are being set on fire and people are having to be evacuated into emergency accommodation. With the youngest being a 2 month old baby. It doesn’t stop there either, their cars are being set ablaze and migrant owned businesses are being destroyed.

Schools are sending pupils back home because they’re afraid of more violence breaking out.

It’s just…I don’t even have words for it you know. I do hope the victim is able to heal and get justice for what happened to them.

But it doesn’t warrant this.

Why is it when one white person does something wrong it’s only the individual who gets punished. But if the perpetrator happens to be of the global majority then we’re all punished for it.

It’s not all men but somehow it’s all Black people, all immigrants, all Asians etc.

People are being burned out of their homes and for what? No one whose participating in this violence is doing it cause they care about the victim.

They’re just using a tragedy as fuel for their racist bullshit. It fits their narrative so they’re going to go to town and do what they have always wanted to do.

But now suddenly feel they have a pass for.

If you’re BAME in Belfast I hope things will be okay for you. I hope all the violence dies down and you can rebuild what you’ve lost. God I can’t even say stay indoors anymore because that’s not even safe anymore.

Who does this protect? Who feels safe seeing all of this? I guarantee no one does.

[star-shard]

Sometimes, fanfiction is carefully plotted out stories, with plot points and call backs and themes that all tie it up in a meaningful and exciting way.

And sometimes fanfiction is, ‘Watch me do a fucking KICK FLIP off this cool sentence!! Also here's some sex'

Both are beautiful forms of writing.

[creatingblackcharacters]

Hi!!! I’m a big fan of this blog and as a Canadian whose interested in investigating specifically Canadian Black History, I wanted to rec Robyn Maynard’s Policing Black Lives to all my fellow Canadians!!!

It’s a *very* interesting and through look into how Blackness has been treated in Canada. Some points I found very interesting was how much of Canadian society (and Anti-Blackness) is literally based on “we can’t be racist! That’s an *American* problem!”

Also, we should know Chloe Cooley’s name much more than we do - she’s the one who helped start the end of slavery in Canada by revolting against being sold.

https://youtu.be/cLPMlNSQjOg?si=R8YV1N7sxSf7HlrC

^^ this is a link to the Heritage Minute about her (a short, minute long video about Canadian history produced by the Canadian government that used to play between shows when Cable was really popular)

I really appreciate what you do here and hope you have a good day!

Thank you for sharing! We've definitely had the conversation about Canadians. Did you know there are still people who think there are no Black people living in Canada (except Drake, apparently lmao)?

I hear a lot from our Native American cousins living up there about how it's full of shit fr 😭 and I can believe that. I think every settler colony is full of shit if they say anything about being progressive fr. But let me get off my soapbox.

[creatingblackcharacters]

Hi! I hope you’re having a good day!

Since I saw you talk about Black Canadians, I thought I’d share one of my fave Black Canadian creator LT the Monk! He’s on insta and tiktok where he talks about antiblackness in Canada. He’s also releasing a book on July 1st about Black Canadian history that I’m super excited to read!

Here’s his link tree: https://linktr.ee/ltthemonk?utm_source=linktree_profile_share&ltsid=583c78e0-bbca-4503-9bc2-3d07ea4350fb

The link to pre order his book is also in the link tree if anyone interested

As always, thank you so much for all you do 💖

ltthemonk Official: TikTok, Instagram | Linktree

PREORDER "Learn Something Knew: Black Canadian History You Weren't Taught In School", out July 1st on eBook, paperback & audiobook. LTtheMo

BLACK CANADIAN HISTORY FOLKS!!!

[creatingblackcharacters]

If you don't mind me asking, do you have any favorite Black singers/musicians that sing in a language other than English? Not looking for any specific language, just not English if possible. Thank you!

Me, unfortunately no 😭 I mean, technically The Weeknd can sing in Amharic, but he hasn't released a full Amharic album so. I'll leave this here for other folks!

[neechees]

I have some suggestions:

Aiza (Canadian/Burundian singer who sings in French & also won Francophone Artist of the Year)

Tinariwen (I'm fairly certain they are afro-Amazigh & they sing in Tamashek)

Black Morris (Afro-Greek rapper, has music in Greek)

Radmilla Cody (Afro-Navajo singer with songs in the Diné language)

[sakana-no-yama]

[creatingblackcharacters]

Now, a question for my Black followers ONLY:

The rest of you can (and really ought to!) reblog, but it's not your turn to talk. Just listen and reflect!

What DOES a good apology for antiblackness look like, to you?

Not a shitty twitter apology that dodges accountability. Not a genuine apology made to white fans to soothe their embarrassment and egos and maintain white solidarity.

What does an ACTUAL apology for antiblackness consist of, to you?

What actions do you need to see from people who claim to be better, to deserve your support despite a history of being unsafe?

Why do you think nonblack people feel they're entitled to grace, and what would actually EARN them your grace? What makes you not want to offer it at all?

I think there's a disconnect between what the group being harmed needs, and what people think the group being harmed should settle for. We've been forced to know the latter. How do Y'ALL feel?

[voiceofaboud]

ISRAEL JUST BOMBED A TENT IN GAZA KILLING 6 CHILDREN.

[voiceofaboud]

[voiceofaboud]

One of them was a little girl with a broken arm.

[voiceofaboud]

My sister called me terrified… the bombing was near their tent. I truly thought my little siblings were gone. They survived by a miracle.

[voiceofaboud]

Donate now before it's too late. Don't abandon us.

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[lucidpiscean]

if any black lesbians would like to have their work included in a black lesbian magazine i'm working on, please let me know.

i am interested in poetry, short stories, political essays, personal essays, visual art, and photography. please dm me!

[bettedavisgf]

it is so jarring and weird when a fantasy book is like “ok let’s go around the circle and have each character talk about which lgbt umbrella category they identify with” like ok your fantasy world doesn’t have to be feudal europe but can it not be 2023 twitter please

[bonzai-bunny]

tags from @bonesbuckleup

#there was a book I read a few years back#I'm not gonna name it#but like#all the characters would intro themselves as#HI I'M (NAME) AND I'M A LESBIAN#and whoever they were talking to would be like#HI (NAME) I'M (OTHER NAME) AND I'M TRANS#....#like#I love representation#would love to see more of it#but can we please not make it at the expense of actual good writing or storytelling???#queer characters are just like...characters#and should be treated as such#queerness is an aspect#like if a character is a pizza#then queerness is the cheese or the sauce or mushrooms or w/e#it isn't the whole pie#it can be critical to the pizza!#but we want full pizza characters#not none pizza left queer

[zarohk]

On the exact opposite end of the spectrum, one of the most elegant examples I saw of showing that a character was trans, was that a member of the protagonist team named Maia had stolen some important document that was an editable text file about experiments, and when the other characters read the file, it kept referring to “states of maiaer” and “antimaiaer”. One of her teammates realized that someone must’ve gone through and run automated find-and-replace on “Matt” to “Maia”.

[thesaltofcarthage]

I was just going to reblog this for "none pizza left queer" but "states of antimaiaer" is somehow even funnier

[eameschairs]

me and @microbiologistmusings made a guide! we were talking about how frustrating it can be when so much (well meaning!) art of wheelchair users seems to get the chairs...not quite right. so maybe this will help :) i had a lot of fun drawing it and thank u to levi for your unending wisdom <3

[creatingblackcharacters]

Is it okay for nonblack people to casually say the n word?

Yes

No

No, but- (nuance)

Voting ended onMay 25

It seems we are not all on the same page about this, and I would genuinely like to know why. I thought the answer was obvious, but mayhaps we didn't all grow up with that understanding.

[creatingblackcharacters]

Is it difficult to not say the n-word as a nonblack person?

Yes

No

No, but- (nuance)

Voting ended onMay 25

Like is there a temptation? A benefit? A gain that one might receive by saying it while nonblack?

[creatingblackcharacters]

Final question!

Would you trust a nonblack person who casually says/said the n-word?

(Black users only!)- Yes

(Black users only!)- No

(Black users only!)- Depends

(Everyone else)- Yes

(Everyone else)- No

(Everyone else)- Depends

Voting ended onMay 25

If you believe that person is still trustworthy, why so? If you don't, why so?

[creatingblackcharacters]

Lot of votes on this with not an equivalent amount of shares lmao folks are not trying to find out about their peers huh 🤣 it can be scary!

[hagiomoto]

The Sameer Project needs you!

Please consider increasing your contribution to The Sameer Project. They have several campaigns on Chuffed that support different areas across Gaza. I encourage you to choose any campaign and contribute regularly, increasing your donation whenever you are able to.

The Sameer Project Official: Instagram | Linktree

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

[hagiomoto]

Please increase your donation if possible because Israel just attacked a community kitchen in Gaza killing three volunteers but I'm not sure which community kitchen they attacked but increase your donation anyway. This is a dire time.