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You may have heard of what happened in Lebanon today and if not, basically, there was a big explosion in Beirut that affected many cities, destroyed shops, homes, cars, caused many injuries and deaths. The cause is uncertain.
As a fellow lebanese myself (that also lives there), today was absolutely terrifying, probably the scariest moments of my life. We heard a deafening sound as the floors were shaking. Some of us thought it was an attack, others thought it was an earthquake. As soon as it ended many expected a second one, which luckily never happened.
Here's a video of what happened that was sent to me, there are also many others that you can find online.
Windows were broken, doors wrecked, cars flipped over, buildings collapsed, people hit by flying or falling objects, and unfortunately, many didn't make it out alive.
We were one of the lucky ones, our families and friends were all safe and our homes were fine.
Some people couldn't even get out of the crumbling builings, so we saw corpses being pulled out, although some people survived the crash. But wherever we looked, there was blood, poeple were half covered in it, their shirts, pants, hair, everything. And that sight was traumatizing.
We watched the news with elders severely injured, children with blood-spattered shirts and people in pain that couldn't get in the hospitals because they were full.
Some people are missing. Just try to imagine the pain and fear their families and friends are feeling.
Articles about what happened, there are a lot more
Officials expect death toll to rise after huge blast rips through Lebanon's capital.
The explosion took place at the port shortly before 19:00 local time (18:00 CET) with a large cloud of smoke billowing over the city. Eyewit
Not only are we in the middle of a pandemic, but Lebanon is also going through a very serious economical crisis. To give you an example, before, $1 equaled 1 500 lebanese pounds. Nowadays, $1 equals more than 7 000 lebanese pounds. Not to mention that we obviously don't have any dollars at disposition, so yeah we're fucked.
People are hungry, homeless, unemployed. And even if they are getting paid, it'll be useless since the prices of everything went up because they were affected by the economical fiasco.
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Today, I heard my 7 year old cousins scream in fear that they were going to die. I saw my aunt shaking, worried that her children won't survive. I saw my dad freak out while trying to reassure us when we both knew that we were uncertain about the next minutes of our lives. I heard the panic in the trembling voices of my family and friends as they couldn't believe what had just happened. I thought my loved ones and I were going to die in the next seconds.
I'm never forgetting those moments and feelings.
I don't think signing petitions will help, i don't even know if the following links will help either, I just know Lebanon and it's people are desperate for anything because the future of this country is extremely uncertain.
https://helplebanonnow.carrd.co/
How can you help?
https://lebanoncrisis.carrd.co/
Lebanon Needs You More Than Ever. Know more about the crisis in Lebanon, sign petitions, donate or explore volunteering opportunities.
Help families, domestic workers, and refugees in Lebanon with food and other basic needs during this economic and public health crisis
I think donating to the red cross would be the most helpful, so if you are considering it, it'd be great.
There are so many great threads on twitter about what you can do to help, just search help lebanon or something to find them. Also if you can, please donate, and as I said, the lebanese pound is pretty much worthless currently so USD is way more useful to us.
@solas-disapprovesâ I got your ask and if you donât mind Iâm gonna keep it in my box for a little while longer, I get warm and fuzzy feelings looking at it
I usually prefer to reblog these kinds of things and let others speak, but -
If Greg Ellis chooses to use his voice to amplify homophobic, racist and transphobic voices; and over the years has shown no noticeable trend to acknowledge and learn from his mistakes; his fans and employers should consider if theyâre still willing to support his voice - be it financially or by the attention he craves.
I think if Bioware plans spoken lines for Cullen in DA4, he should be recasted. Cullen deserves a better voice actor.
If you arenât already, you should be buying from Cantrip Candles
So, Cantrip Candles has already been a favorite company of mine for awhile purely just because of the quality of the products. They make candles designed to enhance your RPG experience, and they do a great job.Â
Their candles are divine, are 100% soy (so they donât smell like burning plastic), have fantastic scents (seriously, thereâs a bakery one that just straight up smells like fresh bread. Itâs magic, I swear), really well priced, and the big ones even come with a metal D20 sunken in (a sweet bonus)
BUT IN ADDITION
Theyâre black owned and operated
They partner with and support PRIDE and lgbtq communities year round
Also support other important causes (currently you can pay a dollar to help plant a tree as they partner with the National Forest Foundation)
Theyâre so nice, great with customer support, and just such a wonderful company. If ever there was time to support a black owned, lgbtq friendly shop, it was now.
They are currently out of stock on a lot due to a surge in support (go figure) but are restocking in the next week. You can get updates about restocks and things like that on their home page.
A friend of mine posted this and tagged my old instagram account, asking me to share it. I figured sharing it here where I actually have a following, would be far better.
Please remember that just because the government is giving into pressure and greed, that doesnât mean that any of this is getting any better, in a lot of ways itâs getting worse. And even if you yourself arenât being as heavily affected anymore, there are people and communities that are.
Stay safe Darling ones, and help others remain safe too.
Thank you again for all your patience and interest. This is a project we are all really excited about and eager to work on.
First, we would like to announce that the charity the zine will be donating to is The First Nations. It is a group that provides aid to the First Nations of the USA who have turned their focus to Covid-19 aid for the American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian community. They will pass the funds collected for the Covid-19 relief to the Native Nations. You can find out more on their site here: LinkÂ
Next, the focus of this zine will be Codex, Legends, and Lore of the dwarven people. Meaning this will be a dwarf centric zine. This will include things from the games, books, and also headcanons. You can find a list of codexes specific to dwarfs here: Dwarven Codexes
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Are The Arcana Developers Dishonest with Their Fanbase? Independent Research Conducted Solely by Kieran Table of Contents DISCLAIMER 3 Kickstarter (Background Information) 4 What about the itch.io version I'm supposed to receive as a backer? 5 Where's my physical copy of the artbook and/or...
When I talk about Nix Hydra being a generally dishonest and inconsistent company, Iâm not trying to infringe on anyoneâs enjoyment of the Arcana. Nor am I trying to place a moral value on anyone who enjoys the game.
Iâm a fan of the Arcana, or I wouldnât find these issues so deeply frustrating.
I understand why a lot of people get defensive about Nix Hydra, because theyâve built up their reputation by being âindieâ and âfemale-leadâ. Theyâre neither of these things anymore, with a male CEO and a multi-million dollar annual revenue.
Iâm leaving this up here for my own reference and for others to read this document and bring themselves up to speed. None of this document berates you for being a fan of the game, if thatâs what youâre worried about. It simply lays out the facts and backs it up with evidence.
âZevran is not a loyal typeâ
âI donât romance Zevran, heâd cheat on my Wardenâ
âZevran only wants sexâ
excuse me but have you ever done the ultimate sacrifice while romancing him? i recommend you do it because it will not only break your heart but prove that Zevran remained faithful to his beloved even after they died
iâm not saying he lived a chaste life after that but he never loved again dammit
It is heavily implied that he remains chaste. There is actually a bug in 2 in which he is supposed to turn down Hawke/Isabela if he is with the Warden or the Warden died.
And while that makes me really sad that he never loves again, or takes a lover again, it also really says something about him as a person, as he says in the beginning âI happen to be a very loyal personâ He is. He is really loyal.
And he doesnât let himself love. Rinna died and he tried to kill himself by throwing himself at a Grey warden. He knew her forâŠ.A mission? Imagine if he had almost a year with your Warden as a partner, one year to tear down the scarred walls again, and he panics and doesnât know what to do, then gives you the one thing heâs ever treasured, and you die.
I think we have more important issues than the fact that the sex loving Zevran became celibate, heâs a husk if you romance him and die.
 This man is utterly destroyed if you convince him to love you, and then leave. Itâs different than a breakup, or friendship, so few people have cared about him, that he latches on so strongly to people he cares about, that they literally become all the planets and stars to him. Is it healthy? No. Do you really expect that from a guy raised in a whorehouse, sold, bought and taught to quash all emotion and kill people for money, all the while being most likely tortured to keep him strong? Probably not.
And when it mentions his comrades being held at a distance? He didnât even allow platonic love, he leaves Alistair and Lelianna and Oghren even, forgets about them, then ruled the crows almost absentmindedly, just a sea of faces that mean nothing, and itâs terrible.
Itâs one of the things that I love and hate about Zevran, one, heâs so ridiculously loyal that he self destructs, which, while terrible, is interesting, and the fact that He loves you, so much, so fucking much, that you NEVER need to worry about anything coming between you. After all, even when he wants to die, he goes on, because you wanted him too. And itâs just so sad and beautiful and tragic that I have no idea what to do about it.
People that say Zev is all about sex, or not loyalâŠ.I have no idea what game they were playing. And if he wonât âcheatâ on the Warden after death, what makes anybody think heâd do so while they lived?
Also another proof of Zevranâs loyalty is if you attempt to romance both  him and another LI at the same time. If you are already romancing someone when you get with Zevran he will force you to choose as he states heâs no âcheatâ. The same thing happens the other way round if you romance him first and someone else later. Â
Not only that but if you import a DA:O game with a romanced Zevran you learn that he is with your warden. He never becomes a warden himself and he is still with your warden after 10 years helping them stop the Calling. How is that not love and loyalty and devotion?
[Boyega]: I want to thank every single one of you for coming out. This is very importantâthis is very vital. Black lives have always mattered! We have always been important. We have always meant something. We have always succeeded regardless, and now is the time. I ainât waiting! I ainât waiting! I have been born in this country, Iâm 28 years old, born and raised in London, Iâve grown tiredâevery black person understands and realizes the first time you are reminded that you are black. You remember, every black person in here remembers, when another person reminded you that you are black. So none of you out there, all those protestors on the other side protesting against what we want to do, protesting against what we want to try and achieve, [?] you, because this is so vital.
[Other voices, to crowd]: Sit down! Sit down!
[Boyega]: Sit down, guys, we have to sit down. If you could sit down, if you can sit down. Now I need you guys to understand, I need you to understand now how painful this shit is! I need you to understand how painful it is to be reminded every day that your race means nothing! And that isnât the case anymore. That is never the case anymore. We are going to try todayâwe are a physical representation of our support for George Floyd.
[Crowd cheers]
[Boyega]: We are a physical representation of our support for Sandra Bland! We are a physical representation of our support for Trayvon Martin! We are a physical representation of our support for Stephen Lawrence! For Mark Duggan! It is very, very important that we keep control of this moment and we make this as peaceful as possible. We make this as peaceful and as organized as possible. Because you know what, guys, they want us to mess up. They want us to be disorganized. But not today! Not today!
[Other voices]: Not today!
[Boyega]: Not today! And now this message is specifically for black men. Black men, weâ[Boyega cuts off, crying and bending over from emotion]
[Crowd]: Speak! Speak!
[Other voices]: You can do this, youâve got this.
[Boyega]: Black men, black men, we need to take care of our black women. We need to take care of them! They are our hearts! They are our hearts, they are our future, we cannot demonize our own. We are the pillars of the family. Imagine this, a nation that is set up with individual families that are thriving, that are healthy, that communicate, that raise their children in love, have a better rate of becoming better human beings, and thatâs what we need to create. Black men, it starts with you, and itâs done, manâwe canât be trash no more. We have to be better.
You donât understand, Iâm speaking to you from the heart. Look, I donât know if Iâm going to have a career after this. But fuck that--[words bleeped out]. This, today, is about innocent people who were halfway through their process. We donât know what George Floyd could have achieved; we donât know what Sandra Bland could have achieved. But today weâre going to make sure that that wonât be an alien thought to our young ones. Iâm sure you lot came today, you left your kids, and when you see your kids there aimlessly playing, they donât understand whatâs going on. Today is the day that we remind them that we are dedicated, and this is a lifelong dedication. Guys, we donât leave here and stop, you know. We donât leave here and stop. This is longevity. Some of you are artists, some of you are bankers, some of you are lawyers, some of you own shops, stores. You are important. Your individual power, your individual right, is very, very important. We can all join together to make this a better world. We can all join together to make this special. We can all join together!
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a black woman named zoe amira posted a video on youtube. this video is an hour long and filled with art and music from black creators. it has a ton of ads, and in result will rack up a ton of revenue. 100% of the ad revenue from the video will be dispersed between various blm organizations, including bail-out funds for protesters. it will be split between the following, dependent on necessity
brooklyn bail fund
minnesota freedom fund
atlanta action network
columbus freedom fund
louisville community bail fund
chicago bond
black visions collective
richmond community bail fund
the bail project inc
nw com bail fund
philadelphia bail fund
the korchhinski-parquet family gofundme
george floydâs family gofundme
blacklivesmatter.com
reclaim the block
aclu
turn off your adblocker and put the video on repeat. do not skip ads. let it play on loop whether youâre listening or not. mute the tab if you need to focus elsewhere. but let. it. play.
youtube will donate to blm for you.
please, please reblog. for people who donât have money to spare, this is incredibly important information to have.
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