critically stagnant spotlight campaigns for today (7/16.)
all campaigns are vetted by the organizers of gaza funds. this site has been vouched for by palestinian bloggers. for full transparency, a list of campaigns is available to view on their site. additionally, if you look at my list of individual campaigns, you will see that i personally trust these campaigns and have donated to them many times.
karem al-kahlout: 17 days since last donation
bessan khalaf: 15 days since last donation
dr. isam: 15 days since last donation
nada muhaisen: 12 days since last donation
basim and hla: 12 days since last donation
yasmin's family: 9 days since last donation
yahia hawajry: 9 days since last donation
ghazi mekawi: 8 days since last donation
hassan abdullah: 8 days since last donation
individual posts for these campaigns are generally ignored, which is why i've moved to using this pinned post instead. it simply takes me too long to queue up a bunch of posts people will just scroll past. please donāt ignore this, you have the opportunity to throw someone a lifeline and do some real good. even if you donāt have any money, a reblog is free and can help get more eyes on these campaigns. none of them are on tumblr, to my knowledge. nobody sees these campaigns unless people reblog posts about them or make their own posts.
thank you in advance for your consideration.
tags for reach under the cut (you can always let me know if you'd rather not be on this list, or if you want to be added to the list!)
i hate hate HATE when people blame the few weeks when we were actually attempting to mitigate covid for the effects of blasting your brain with a systemic virus for the fourish years since. you're not poorly socialized because you got off school early one year, you're poorly socialized because you've killed the part of your brain responsible for empathy and social interaction. this isn't metaphorical by the way, covid destroys brain cells in a way that mimics the way dementia destroys the brain.
I cannot deal with the hypocrisy of self-proclaimed 'radical leftists' and anticapitalists who don't mask or take any covid precautions. Covid precautions were dropped because of lobbying from airline companies and commercial landlords.
Killing marginalised people to satisfy big business and landlords? How radical, how anticapitalist /s
I have been telling people for years that the company behind Pokemon Go had no-shit, for-realsies ties to the CIA and people never really took it that seriously. Anyway.
look i WISH more horror movies were just the directors thinly disguised fetish. instead we got all these horror movies that are just undisguised reflections of culturally hegemonic values and anxieties. like if we got some weird fetishes up in here it would probably add some variety thats all im saying.
Itās always āphones are ruining our brainsā and never āthe virus known for post-viral cognitive decline, which causes short term memory loss, brain fog, and decreased spatial reasoning, that we let run rampant through our communities for years is ruining our brainsā
New brain imaging data on patients with long COVID showed an association with Alzheimerās disease-related changes.
"New imaging research suggests that changes in the brain after COVID may contribute to cognitive decline similar to early stages of neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimerās disease and may be predictive of dementia risk, based on data from more than 200 individuals."
Making my own post cuz I dont want to traumatize this poor artist further lol š
people being "horny" about a creature created by HR Giger, an artist who's work very famously deals with the psychosexual? Say it ain't so!
I'm sure there's a ton of analyses of his work but this was the first thing I stumbled upon, explaining why sex is an undeniable and inescapable theme of the xenomorphs.
"Space Invaders: A probe into the film 'Alien' franchise's exploration of sexual themes + motherhood and it's alternative forms.
"Swiss surrealist H.R. Giger did not merely design a movie monster; he imported an entire psychosexual aesthetic into mainstream cinema."
I'm still baffled that so many people seem completely unaware of how dangerous Covid is. Every time you get Covid, there is a chance you develop a life-long disability. It can cause brain damage, as well as damage to the heart, the lungs, the stomach... And yet no one seems to be worried about this. They don't mask when they're sick. They go to work or school even though they have a virus that might disable anyone who gets infected by it. Many people don't even seem to know what Long Covid is, or that the chances of getting it are statistically higher each time you get infected
Protect your community by wearing N95s and KN95s when meeting indoors or in crowds! The more of us mask up, the less we get sick, the harder it is for police to surveil us, and the safer we make our shared spaces for disabled and immuno-compromised people.
Mapping COVID action groups worldwide. Groups are not pinned to exact addresses. On Instagram and Twitter as @covidactionmap.
Find local mask resources on the global COVID Action Map (you can also submit groups). If you have the means, donate masks/tests to your local orgs and encourage accessibility so we can ALL join the fight (ex interpreters/translators and medics, acess for wheelchairs/mobility devices, child care, cleaning the air, virtual options etc).
Download this illustration as a 8.5"x11" poster for free on itch.io to print and distribute! Includes files suitable for digital color, black and white, and 3 color risograph printing.
Pandemics have no borders, and all our struggles are united!
[ID: A poster declaring MASK UP above 3 people marching together in different respirator masks. The top person is an Arab femme wearing a fluttering red kufiyah over a black hijab and green dress, and an Aura 9210+ N95. They raise their hand triumphantly, and steady themself on the shoulder of a fat Asian teenager in a black hoodie with a genderqueer symbol and a black Laianzhi HYX1002 KN100. They are holding a box labeled FREE thatās full of COVID-19 Rapid Tests and N95s. The 3rd figure is a middle aged Black person in a power chair, wearing a customized rainbow Flo Mask, a winter hat with a Disability pin on it, and a blue shirt with 6 flags from R to L: Sudan, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Palestine, Haiti, Puerto Rico, and Tigray, Ethiopia. Underneath reads: āRESPIRATOR MASKS PROTECT: your health, your identity, and your community. Find resources near you at COVIDActionMap.orgā]
[image description: a comic about a cat. The cat is sitting on a table that hasĀ āmy platformā written on it. It has just pushedĀ āficā off of it, or according to the text, posted it. The second panels shows them five minutes later as they are leaning to the side to be able to look down. According to the text, itās wondering: comints?
The next comic shows the cat who is bumping the fic with their paw once, with their whole body distanced and then between panels, itās shown jumped back. On the last pannel theyāre repeteadly bapping the fic with their paw in quick succession. end of description]
to anyone in the areas impacted by the wildfire smoke, my #1 biggest piece of advice as someone whos been dealing with wildfire smoke in the NW united states for years, is build yourself a Corsi-Rosenthal Cube
they perform as well as expensive HEPA air cleaners, and are comparatively VERY inexpensive. all you need is a box fan, 4 air filters, a piece of cardboard, and some duct tape!!!!
i think it took us maybe a half hour to put ours together, if that, and we replace the filters every 3 months. it's really made a HUGE difference, both when the air quality is bad, but also with our allergies
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