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meagan / 30s / bi / any pronouns / white / tme / i write ok stories and bad posts

[improbablecarny]

YOUR BODY IS NOT YOUR BODY - anthology (softcover 240 pages) | Tenebrous Press

***Proceeds from this anthology go to the Trevor Project to combat the attempts of the Texas government to criminalize Trans youth.***

“Over thirty Trans and Gender Nonconforming creators unite to voice their rage, and the rules of conventional Horror go out the f$%&ing window in this collection featuring murderous pleasure-bots; proselytizing zombies; acid-filled alien cops; science run amok; sorcerers, ghouls, cannibals...and that barely scratches the grave-dirt.“

I’m so proud to have contributed to this anthology, which is available now for you to purchase!  👻 🖤🏳️‍⚧️

[carsonjonesfiance]

Biden was instrumental in creating a humanitarian corridor for UNRWA to get aid to Gaza

Trump plans to cut funding to UNRWA indefinitely.

Great job Undecided Movement 👍

[fellahimedia]

You know what's funny about this very smug post is that it was actually Biden that cut funding to UNRWA.

U.S. funding to the main U.N. agency for Palestinians was suspended in 2024 under the Joe Biden administration, but people online have claimed it was the result of President Donald Trump signing an executive order upon his return to office.

https://www.reuters.com/fact-check/us-unrwa-funding-already-halted-2024-not-by-trump-2025-order-2025-01-28/

And the Biden Administration ignored two findings from US agencies that Israel was deliberately blocking aid. Why? Because US law would have required they stop sending weapons

The U.S. government’s two foremost authorities on humanitarian assistance concluded this spring that Israel had deliberately blocked deliveries of food and medicine into Gaza. The U.S. Agency for International Development delivered its assessment to Secretary of State Antony Blinken and the State Department’s refugees bureau made its stance known to top diplomats in late April. Their conclusion was explosive because U.S. law requires the government to cut off weapons shipments to countries that prevent the delivery of U.S.-backed humanitarian aid. Israel has been largely dependent on American bombs and other weapons in Gaza since Hamas’ Oct. 7 attacks. But Blinken and the administration of President Joe Biden did not accept either finding. Days later, on May 10, Blinken delivered a carefully worded statement to Congress that said, “We do not currently assess that the Israeli government is prohibiting or otherwise restricting the transport or delivery of U.S. humanitarian assistance.”

https://www.propublica.org/article/gaza-palestine-israel-blocked-humanitarian-aid-blinken

^This finding should bother everyone. It's not a flaw its an admission that the Biden Administration aid and abetted in the starvation of Palestinians in Gaza. Saying so doesn't make you a trump supporter but I know you people can only think in binaries and can't criticize the Biden Administration for anything

[fairuzfan]

So glad that people who started paying attention November 2024 are now finding the moral highground to condescend to people who didn't vote instead of actual trump supporters.

[politijohn]

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Historic wildfires blaze through LA months after the Democratically-run city cut fire service funds.

News headlines rhetorically ask us to consider what happens when CA inmates - working as firefighters for roughly $6 per hour - cannot contain unprecedented fires.

Billionaires drain the already water-starved state of its supply as hydrants dry up when needed most.

This system has to go.

[swallowed-teeth]

hey so Los Angeles is in crisis right now.

Multiple concurrent wildfires are happening, two of which are extremely devastating. The Palisades Fire, which at this time is the deadliest wildfire in LA history, has burned 18 square miles worth of land and destroyed over 1,000 structures. The Eaton Fire has burned over 10,000 acres. And the Santa Ana winds are rapidly escalating the fires to where containment at this time is borderline nonexistent and firefighters are at a loss for what to do. People have died. The air is extremely hard to breathe from smoke. Elderly, disabled and transient populations are at great risk. Even 20 miles south and 30 miles west of the Palisades and Eaton Fires, the smoke is so bad that there are air quality alerts and the moon is red at night. These have been called “catastrophic urban firestorms” and the people affected need your compassion.

If you are directly affected by the Eaton or Palisades Fires, here is a list of safe evacuation centers:

photo credit: Adelettes2 on Twitter/X (retrieved from Google)

The DreamCenter is also taking evacuees.

I’ll reblog when I can with more information for shelters but in the meantime please signal boost and add your own information if and when possible.

[princesa-querida-archived]

Big shout out to Compton Cowboys.

Text SHELTER and your zip code to 43362 to find a local shelter near you.

Please make sure to bring your meds, extra clothes, hygiene supplies, diapers, and important documents. Some shelters are accepting small pets, but they’re going fast.

Thank you to the person who started this. I’ll keep posting stuff if I see it. Be safe! 💖

[swallowed-teeth]

I would like to add that resources are extremely limited, and with how populated the areas affected are, shelters are at risk of being stretched thin.

Here is a list of verified organizations accepting donations in the wake of the fires:

CALIFORNIA FIRE FOUNDATION

AMERICAN RED CROSS

LA COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENT FOUNDATION

THE SALVATION ARMY

TELADOC is offering free virtual 24/7 services for all non-emergency illnesses to first responders, residents affected by the wildfires, and Southern California residents. Call Teladoc at 855-225-5032 if you are in need of non-emergency medical assistance or for non-narcotic prescriptions.

[stemmonade]

Update on Miss B:

(id in alt text!)

so. miss b's antibiotics course has finished. we unfortunately got nowhere near enough to cover a vet visit right now, and had to spend all of what was raised just to keep our cell service on. all of the symptoms she was having have completely stopped, and she seems to be doing a lot better, but obviously i still need to come up with the money to take her to a vet so we can make absolutely sure she is all better. i've set a ko-fi goal for the amount we need, in the hopes that having a visual on how much has been raised will encourage people to contribute. i do still have other expenses besides this, like keeping a roof over our heads, so for the time being this is less urgent, but any support via the usual ways (leave a cat emoji in note) is appreciated.

[stemmonade]

in some kind of truly sick joke, miss b's symptoms have returned in full force. even if we were to take her back to the Emergency Vet again, it would still cost at minimum $953 to get her iv fluids and bloodwork again, along with trying to get a urinalysis done. we'd have to pay for more meds for her, and we simply do not have the money. our rent is due in three days for fucks sake. please please consider tossing me a few dollars so i can book her a follow up and get her looked at.

[our-queer-experience]

i cannot BELIEVE the cops that shot and killed breonna taylor are getting away free while her boyfriend gets the blame. for acting in self defense of a perceived intruder. like a lot of gunowning americans would’ve done. this is such racist, dismissive bullshit

[our-queer-experience]

im also astonished how little talk i’ve seen of this. maybe i’m expecting people to be too up to date on things but guys. tumblr is so white and none of yall will even TALK about racism when it doesnt serve you.

fucking talk about it

[iamthemaestro]

Justice for Breonna Taylor

U.S. District Judge Charles Simpson has dismissed charges against the two former officers that falsified the warrant that led police officer

Here’s just one thing you can personally do—it takes like fifteen seconds. Absolutely disgusting that after four whole years she still doesn’t have justice.

[cetitan]

How intimidated do you think trans women on this site feel to even speak up about their being banned at all anymore after what the CEO did to predstrogen and the ways that staff has continued to allow administrative punishment of random trans women, who rightfully email staff asking why they got murked, who in response get an email typed by an actual human person waving their hand around going, ohh don't you recall? You were weird and sexually strange once. I know you know what you did. You've read our TOS. You know we have rules against being sexually strange. You are so naturally implicated in your own execution that we won't waste our breath even explaining why this happened to you. Don't worry, this wasn't random- this was premeditated by a real human person and we've all reached a rational conclusion together, us here at staff and what could have just been one spiteful person or an army of TERF Pinkertons, and we find your assuming of the latter to be quite disrespectful. Think of all the kind, compassionate people on staff who're wishing really really hard that this kind of stuff stops happening. Think about how sad they must be that you're saying all this mean stuff about them. They're just following orders!

[cetitan]

I can't help either but see staff's uncharacteristic hesitancy to push pride promotions this year as a coded admittance of guilt. Guilt does fuck all. A sizable amount of your users feel unsafe existing on your platform. That is a failure. You have failed. You have knelt down to transmisogynists and accepted uprooting the online social lives of random trans women with no explanation as collateral damage and it's so fucking crazy to not even attempt to sympathize with the fact that trans women societally are seen as Sexual Beings no matter how they present or exist and that maybe that's why they don't trust a single word you say about anything pertaining to their 'punishment' for 'offences' you refuse to elaborate on

[allthecanadianpolitics]

B.C. United suspends campaign, joins forces with B.C. Conservative Party | CBC News

The B.C. United Party is suspending its campaign to join forces with the surging Conservative Party of B.C. in a move intended to unite the

I don’t like BC United (BC Liberals) but this is worst case scenario for the upcoming BC election, in my opinion.

[allthecanadianpolitics]

Yeah, if the remaining Conservatives in BC United (which is a considerable amount as they're a Centre-Right Party) vote Conservative, they could easily beat the BC NDP, who is only barely polling above the BC Conservatives right now.

[cleonxxiv]

my friend @feluka has asked me to share this screenshot of the email he received from staff where they say that they have nuked his post and all reblogs of it for violating tos and threatening termination

as of now the original and my reblogged copy of it exists, but jic they wipe it out here is a wayback machine copy

[anneemay]

Holy shit

[dykeselfcest]

Urgent: Stop Biden’s $20 billion Weapons Sale to Israel.

US folks: jewish voice for peace has a form you can use to call on your senators to oppose the latest arms deal with israel. it's quick and easy, please do it and share!

[saxifraga-x-urbium]

Stop the Sept. 24 Execution of Marcellus Williams, an Innocent Man - Innocence Project

DNA evidence not available at the time of trial proves his innocence but has not been considered in court. Act today.

Stop the Sept. 24 Execution of Marcellus Williams, an Innocent Man

DNA evidence proves Marcellus Williams is innocent.

Marcellus Williams is scheduled to be executed on Sept. 24 for a crime DNA proves he did not commit. The St. Louis County prosecuting attorney reviewed these DNA results and filed a motion to vacate Mr. Williams’ conviction because he believed the DNA results proved by clear and convincing evidence that Mr. Williams did not commit this crime. Although the circuit court has not yet scheduled a hearing to address this motion — and no court has ever considered the new exculpatory evidence — the Missouri Supreme Court set an execution date for Mr. Williams.

We have less than 60 days to stop the execution of an innocent person. Add your name to stop this injustice before it’s too late. 

Who Is Marcellus Williams: Man Facing Execution in Missouri Despite DNA Evidence Supporting Innocence

Text “Marcellus” to 97016 to join the team.

Share his story on social media. 

[you can sign this petition from anywhere in the world]

[saxifraga-x-urbium]

i hate guilt-tripping posts and i don't want to make this one but i do want to observe that a post i made trying to raise people's hopes around the mass response to facist rioting in the UK got thousands of notes very quickly and has been seen by lots and lots of people, and this post which is asking you to do the antifascist work of trying to save a man's life by signing a petiton--which takes literally a minute, you don't even need to verify your email--hasn't even made it to 70 people yet. i'd also like to point out that petitions do change things, the innocence project has said as much, you will help make a difference, your voice does matter, and marcellus williams deserves to live. we all do. help keep him alive, please.

[stemmonade]

its a new month tomorrow, so ill make a new general support post:

Help a Black disabled Trans couple stay afloat!

heres a lil throwback of me n my wife from when we first started living together 🩷

(id in alt text!)

so, as many ppl know by now, im a mixed Black tme nonbinary person, and my wife (left) is an Afrolatine trans woman. we are both disabled, and my disabilities are so severe that i can no longer work a regular job. my wife, on top of managing her own disabilities, is my full time caretaker, and has also been furiously on the job hunt to try and get us more stable income so we can be less reliant on ebegging to no success. she has a potential job lined up, but until that shakes out and shes able to start getting paid, we need help!

we get less than $150 a month in food stamps, which is not enough to last us the entire month given i have a lot of complex dietary issues and restrictions that make buying food expensive. my wife needs her allergy medication, as she has pretty severe allergies on top of chronic sinusitis, so every day she has to go without is another day she risks another sinus infection she'll have to deal with. we also just recently had a roommate move out who left a large majority of our apartment in a disgusting state, and we need to buy several types of cleaning products so we can start to deep clean my apartment.

all that to say, we have a lot of expenses with no income right now, and to top all that off, i am diabetic and have not eaten a meal in 6 days. that is extremely dangerous, and i would desperately like to avoid an ER or urgent care visit because my sugar crashed too hard bc i cannot afford to eat. folks can help by donating here, here or here, or can support us monthly here. thanks so much for reading, reblogging and kicking me some change if you can.

do not tag this post unless for accessibility purposes!

[stemmonade]

8/8

adding an update: i have a separate post going for my ESA miss b to go to the vet (she hasnt been able to go since before we moved), rbs and donos r appreciated. i, as usual, still need help with money to cover housewares like towels, clothes, a real mop, and other things, not including food and our other bills. i know i am about to be really annoying about needing money for the next few weeks, but until i can get miss b to a vet and can get shit covered i am going to be here, asking for help. thanks so much.

[stemmonade]

8/11

nothing towards either miss b's vet care or any of our living expenses. im in the negatives by a decent amount (a bill hit and put me about $9 in the red, and because nothing was raised i got hit with an overdraft fee and now am going to need around $40 to be set). please, please help. my family and i need to be able to afford our bills and my ESA needs to see the vet.

[improbablecarny]

Hello, I am Ahmed from Gaza. Due to the war, I lost my mother who needed medical treatment. Now, I am seeking donations to leave Gaza. Thank you to everyone who supports and stands by me.

Donate to Help Ahmed and his family get out of Gaza, organized by Ahmed Atila

I am Ahmed from Gaza. I have lived a life filled with pain and hardships, but no… Ahmed Atila needs your support for Help Ahmed and his fami

[improbablecarny]

Hi 👋

I am writing to u with a heart full of hope and faith , asking for your urgent help .

We are a family living in harsh and difficult conditions due to the war, suffering daily from fear and destruction. And Iam running a fundraising campaign to save them 🕊️.

Plz🙏 could u reblog the post about my campaign on my account!? Every share and reblog can make a difference in my family lives.

I humbly request a donation of 5$ or more if you can my friend and if u can’t just support us enough for me.🌹

In conclusion, my family and I thank you for your kind attention to our message.❤️🌺 🍉

Donate to Trapped Family in Gaza Appeals for Help to Survive, organised by Nimr Aburass

Please note that the conversion rate is 1 USD =10 SEK, 10$ = 100 SEK, … Nimr Aburass needs your support for Trapped Family in Gaza Appeals f

[improbablecarny]

‏Welcome 👋

‏I am Ahmed from Gaza. I am 19 years old. I ask you to help me complete my university studies and save me and my family from the genocidal war in Gaza. 🍉😭🇵🇸🙏

Please Share Or Replog Or Donate For My Family 🙏😭🍉❤️

‏You can donate through my link in my bio 👇

‏Here’s the link: https://gofund.me/c4472150

Donate to Donate to Ahmed's Journey to Safety and Education, organized by Naomi G

‏“Hello, my name is Ahmed, 19 years old from Gaza. I finished high school wi… Naomi G needs your support for Donate to Ahmed's Journey to Sa

[4ft10tvlandfangirl]

About Gaza Funds

[el-shab-hussein]

My first name can - in English - be spelled Hussein, Husein, Hussain, Husain, Husayn, Hussayn, Hossein, Hosein, Hosayn, Hossayn, Hssein, Hsein, Husseyn, Huseyn, and other variations I likely don't know about because I don't care enough to think about it. My last name can be written in a variety of ways, and that's why I have trouble remembering my family members' e-mails by heart because each one of them uses a different variation of the spelling in their email.

Arabic doesn't have vowels and there are many letters in Arabic that do not have phonetic equivalents in Arabic, and some phonetic sounds in Arabic might be judged not as important to include in English writing.

Basing your claim that someone is scamming or lying about their identity because they spelled their name as Shahed on one occasion and Shahd on another is actually, genuinely racist. When my friend nabulsi read her ID it was in fact the one and only spelling of the name in Arabic.

Racism-induced skill issue on their part.