Adam Sandler has sadly become one of the loudest voices supporting the genocide in Gaza through the media. Do not watch his movies, do not contribute to his success—boycott him. On the other hand, there are those who chose the path of truth and humanity, like actor Javier Bardem, who refused to remain silent. He spoke out for Palestine and donated large sums to support families in need.
Where are you, people of conscience? Where are you, those with hearts and minds? I plead with you to stand with us. My family has lost everything and is living through the hardest conditions. We need your support just to keep going through the coming days—perhaps even the coming hours. Donate now. Please, do not leave us alone.
My name is Ahmad , and I am a 14-year-old resident of Khan Younis, within the Gaza Strip. I am reaching out to you in hopes of bringing aid to my family and others in our community during these incredibly challenging times. We are deeply humbled by the generosity and support of those who have already contributed, and words cannot fully convey our gratitude for the hope you have given us in moments when despair feels overwhelming.
My goal is to raise $20,000 to help cover the urgent needs of my family and secure essential supplies for others in our community. The funds will be used to provide for my father, (50 years), my mother, (42 years), my sister (16 years), and various families who are suffering from the crisis.
As winter approaches, we are in desperate need of shelter, warm clothing, food, clean water, and medical supplies. Tents and winter supplies are critical for survival, especially for families with young children and the elderly.
The cost of daily necessities has skyrocketed, and our limited resources are quickly depleting. Access to even the most basic items is increasingly restricted, leaving us to struggle against mounting prices and a scarcity of goods. The recent escalation at Rafah Crossing last May has compounded these challenges, making essential goods prohibitively expensive. Additionally, my father, who was the breadwinner of our family, has lost his job, leaving us in an incredibly fragile situation.
The funds raised will be allocated as follows:
* Purchasing tents and winter supplies for families in need, including my own
* Providing food and clean water for those who are struggling
* Covering basic life necessities such as medical supplies and warm clothing for my family and others in need
We plan to distribute these supplies directly to families in our community, ensuring that your generous donations reach those who require assistance the most.
Thank you for your patience, compassion, and unwavering humanity. Your support means the world to us, providing a glimmer of hope as we brace ourselves against these relentless hardships. Your kindness has become a beacon of light, helping us face the harsh reality of our daily lives.
With heartfelt appreciation.
Dear Esteemed Donors,
My name is Ahmad , and I am a 14-year-old resident of Khan Yo… Ahmad W needs your support for Help Gaza Families Secu
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On December 10, 1997, Julia Butterfly Hill climbed a 1500-year-old redwood tree she named Luna, to protect the tree from logging. She stayed for 738 days, only climbing down on December 18th 1999 after the tree and surrounding area were granted protection. (Source)
It is actually way better for 100 addicts to get their fix on pain pills than a single person in pain go without. I call this the "Torture is bad" principle. You should be able to get the good stuff forever after a single doctor's visit. If you're worried about addicts fund rehab centers and needle exchanges instead of torturing people.
The anti-mask brain rot is penetrating the hospital system in a terrifying fashion.
Masks are necessary for accessing central lines, and more and more nurses are starting to have issues with wearing a mask during STERILE PROTOCOL.
These lines are going right into our hearts and nurses are throwing tantrums about having to cover up their faces for 5 minutes.
This has not happened at my infusion center personally but I have mutuals and friends who have had to beg their nurses to put on the mask that literally comes in the sterile access kit.
I have a little insight into this. It's not that nurses are suddenly refusing to wear masks, it's that a large amount of nurses quit their jobs or fell ill to the point of not being able to work or death due to how poorly the pandemic was handled. The sudden increase of nurses that are not wearing masks? A good portion of them are new recruits, replacing the troves of workers who left the job of their own volition or because of the terrible circumstances. A nursing program can take anywhere from a year and a half to 4 years to complete, so it's not a coincidence that in 2023 after the pandemic of 2020 these changes are becoming more prevalent.
The job market sucks, and the good pay of a nursing gig looks oh so appealing due to the relative ease of entry for that kind of salary and high demand. I was in a VC with some people recently and one of them was complaining about how he wanted to become a nurse for the pay, but he would have to get a covid shot. Yes, he was outraged that he would need vaccinations to be around sick people as his profession. Do you think his first priority is helping people? No, it's his own financial security. An important thing for sure, but when people are so focused on self-preservation then a job in caring for others is going to end in tragedy.
Take from that what you will, but if you see a nurse not wearing their mask while treating you, refuse treatment because if they aren't wearing a mask who knows what other precautions they skipped or how much experience they actually have. Go to the reception desk and file a complaint after your procedure, call them out by name. If the hospital sees that a nurse is being rejected by patients, then their place at that hospital will fall under scrutiny. Remember, healthcare is not necessarily your friend, but any red flag that might lead to a malpractice suit gets the legal department in a frenzy. An infection from an improperly sterilized central line can be traced back to the team that administered your last treatment. Do not be polite, do not pity these nurses, scream for someone outside the room if you have to. They are risking the lives of their patients by doing this, they do not belong in the medical field if they do not even believe in the science they are practicing.
While all of Europe is responsible, I think it’s also important for people from the UK to acknowledge the particular and direct culpability of our government in what has happened in Israel and Palestine - mostly because it never is. Politicians don’t mention it, the media never mentions it, they tell you nothing about it in school, no one talks about it. I was just saying exactly the same thing about India, but if you ask an average British person if they think their country did a good job of ruling Palestine you’ll get a blank stare, maybe they’ll pull a massively uninformed opinion out of their arse, I doubt many could tell you exactly when it was. But the fact is that when Britain assumed control of the Holy land in 1918 both Zionism and Palestinian nationalism were relatively minor concerns, and when we left in 1948 there was a civil war raging between those two sides. All of the important seeds of the conflict were sown and took root while Britain was in charge. The first major Palestinian uprising of 1936-39 was an anti-colonial struggle against the British Empire.
But today, watching the news, British people are like ‘wow guess we’ll never understand why Jews and Arabs just naturally hate each other’… just like those Hindus and Muslims in India and Pakistan, and those Catholics and Protestants in Northern Ireland’….. and all of those other places on earth where the legacy of British occupation and partition is division, violence and misery. The Empire is not a distant memory we can feel vaguely proud and nostalgic about (as most British people apparently do) it was a global crime of almost unimaginable proportions and it’s still (in some cases quite literally) blowing up in our faces.
Listen I'm a little drunk but... yarn crafts are so important. Textile arts are the backbone of society. All of us take our clothing and accessories and upholstery for granted and it's honestly shocking
I used to buy affordable t-shirts and they were comfy and nice, now I buy them in the same price range and they're sandpaper. They don't wick away moisture and the print comes undone after two washes. I buy denim and the crotch falls apart in months. I read about how modern Singer sewing machines are disappointing and then look at the delicate machining and the beautiful finishes on my 1857 machine and wonder if this is progress?!
Reblog if you're desperate for clothing that doesn't feel like sandpaper or if you like machines that go thunk instead of going obsolete in two years
this is absolutely fucking pathetic now every single fucking streaming service is gonna start doing this shit. all y'all had to do was not watch Netflix and let it flop for a few months and they would have given up
The data they're using, at least the data that I saw, was from a four day period (May 23rd - 27th) before the account sharing ban went into effect on the 1st of June. They're doing this to try and convince people there's no real means to fight back against them.
i think that unless you have experienced life while being actually dead broke or near it at least once, its hard to really grasp at how, in many places but in america in particular, ‘having money’ is the access card that allows you to participate, materially, in being fully human. even in non-crisis situations, situations where a paycheck is on the way, you have enough of some kind of food to make it, and you aren’t in any danger of losing shelter, even if you hardly spend any money when you do have it, the state of being completely without money is a state of being hyperaware, constantly, of how much smaller your world is all of a sudden and how many basic aspects of mobility and enrichment are off limits to you. its profoundly psychologically agitating to self worth and well-being even sans the trauma of worse states of deprivation, and i don’t think a lot of people who have lived comfortably without this experience understand that there’s a critical difference between ‘having less money’ and ‘having no money’ when talking about related issues.
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