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Half of the population in #Sudan is in dire need of humanitarian assistance. The health needs are massive — around 3.4 million children are malnourished. Yet this terrible crisis is barely receiving international attention. Millions of people, especially in the Darfur states, are still cut off from direct humanitarian assistance. We appeal for safe access to all areas affected by the conflict so

@WHO

and partners can protect the most vulnerable.

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sayruq

smashingorpassing

if you are unable to donate financially to help palestine, you can donate your time by protesting, boycotting, and putting up posters!

if all you have is your device and internet access, you can put your clicks to good use on arab.org. they use the advertising revenue generated by your clicks to help good causes.

and i would urge those able to spare a few dollars to donate to one or more of the following organizations:

eSims for Gaza

Direct aid for Gaza

Care for Gaza

Women for Women International

Institute for Middle East Understanding

Medical Aid for Palestinians

Palestine Children Relief Fund

Muslim Aid USA

Direct Aid for Gaza

Palestinian American Medical Association

Urgent support for medical professionals in Gaza

Emergency Relief for Gaza

Anera

Taawon

twitterexile

spilled-chai-studios

It’s pumpkin dance man! October is a good month.

Feel free to check out my shop!

Edit: pumpkin dance sticker sheets are up in my shop!

thefirstagreement

R.I.P. Takeoff!

upsettingandunfortunateclasshate

A third of Pakistan is under water. A third of the entire country. Absolutely mad.

upsettingandunfortunateclasshate

9.5 million houses have been destroyed

ratsstick

Pakistan is racing to prevent further loss of life as it reels from one of its worst climate disasters with floodwater threatening to cover

Idk where you're getting those numbers. It's predicted that up to a one quarter to a third of the country could be underwater by the end of monsoon season.

Nearly 500k homes have been destroyed and as of this article published this morning, August 29th, more than 3.1 million have been displaced.

Here are some aid organizations you can donate to (don't worry, I looked into them and checked Charity Navigator and stuff). You can also call on your country's government to provide aid and if you live in a country participating in the IMF you can urge them to send IMF aid too https://www.imf.org/en/Countries

guerrillatech

thundergrace

Almost broke my finger I retweeted that so hard.

witch-of-the-west-country

If you aren't a safe haven for your kids, why bother having them

thundergrace

SAY THAT!

afronerdism

Prison abolition. Always.

jenniferrpovey

So, this hasn't crossed my dash yet. (Not blaming anyone, there is soooo much going on in the world and I'd also missed it in the noise).

There is currently a strike at Frito-Lay. in Topeka. These workers are striking because:

They were being forced to work 84 hour weeks. The company's best offer so far is a 60 hour cap. This is shit we fought for a century ago, people.

Their generous offer also includes a whole 4 percent wage increase...over the next 2 years. I'm not sure what COL is in Topeka, but... Well, it's better than the entire 77 cents they've apparently gotten in the last decade.

There's also a report that a worker literally collapsed and dropped dead on the line and the foreman's response was to make them move the body out of the way and put in a replacement. (However, this is unconfirmed and, of course, the company denies it).

There have been multiple OSHA violations at this plant over the last few years, including a forklift accident that's under investigation.

They've now been striking since July 5 but, of course, it only hit the national media yesterday.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/07/14/frito-lay-strike-forced-overtime/

So, why am I signal boosting this?

Because Frito-Lay is refusing to budge. They are attempting to make the excuse that union leadership agreed to the 60 hour work week and crappy pay cut...when union leadership only agreed to put it to a vote.

And this means that we need to put the thumbscrews on them. Remember, this is about 19th century style working conditions.

So, I'm calling on my followers to boycott Frito Lay's until the strike is involved.

Frito-Lay owns:

Lay's

Doritos (Sorry. I really am. I KNOW there's no good alternative to Doritos, although Zapp's are good if you can find them).

Fritos

Tostitos

Cheetos

Ruffles

Sun Chips

Baken-ets

Chester's

Cracker Jack

Islen plantain chips

Funyuns

Grandma's (the cookies)

Matador Meat Snacks

Maui style potato chips

Miss Vickie's

Munchies

Munchos

Rolled Gold

Sabritones

Santitas

Simply

Smartfood

Stacys

The Walking Taco

NatuChips

PopCorners (this one wasn't on their website, but was bought by Pepsi's in 2019 with the intent of adding it. So best avoided just in case). Yes, this really is more than half of the snack aisle. Suggested alternatives:

Kettle Brand Chips

Zapp's (If you can find them. My supermarket had them once and not since, so I'm guessing the culinary cowards in this neighborhood were afraid of "Voodoo" flavored chips).

Pringles

On the Border for salsa.

Wise Cheez Doodles

Bugles

Utz

Store own brand alternatives, if your store has ones that are any good.

Cheez-its

Check before you buy and let's tell these people they don't get to treat workers like that.

luxflora

This was posted on FB recently by someone supporting the strike!

bringhimdown

Free Ashley Diamond

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After signing, instead of donating to the change.org petition, which only funds the site, donate to Ashley's gofundme here or subscribe to her patreon: gofund.me/0d81499d patreon.com/FreeAshley You can also write to her via the FreeAshleyDiamond website: freeashleydiamond.com/write-to-ashley.html Another petition to sign and send her words of support is through the petition via the Center for Constitutional Rights: ccrjustice.org/home/get-involved/take-action/send-message-solidarity-ashley-diamond