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Stream "Maskers" by Elias Mazian.
Mazian has promised that all proceeds from streaming the song will go to Plant een Olijfboom ("Plant an Olive Tree") a Dutch non-profit that supports Palestinian farmers šµšø
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Aahed has shared some disheartening news about his daughter's condition... As someone with a family member who has lost their ability to walk properly due to health conditions, my heart is breaking for their family right now.
Help if you can. Share if you can't. Thank you all for not giving up.
Vetted by @gazavetters - #624 on their list of vetted campaigns! šµšø
Reminder to Click for Palestine
Aahed has shared some disheartening news about his daughter's condition... As someone with a family member who has lost their ability to walk properly due to health conditions, my heart is breaking for their family right now.
Help if you can. Share if you can't. Thank you all for not giving up.
Vetted by @gazavetters - #624 on their list of vetted campaigns! šµšø
Emergency Commissions!
Hello, it's been a while and I do apologize if this is sudden on my end. My cat got hurt badly and needs medical care. My family and I thought that we would lose Squeak, but it turns out that the kitten's a fighter. We've given her medicine, taken extra care, and kept a watchful eye to make sure that she doesn't have any other complications. So far, it's her leg that's badly injured. I'll be taking 5 slots at a time for this batch. Please help me help my cat, reblogs are highly appreciated ššš
If you're interested or have questions, DM me or send an email to [email protected]
Thank you š
The fundraiser to help Adriana's family.
I've seen a few comments now like "but without chatGPT I don't know what to make for dinner" or "but character.ai is vital to my mental health" and those are not arguments for genAI. They're signs that you need to sort yourself out.
An adult human being should be able to decide what to have for dinner. Yes, some days it's rough and you don't wanna, but the point is, you can do it. And if you can't, you can learn. Hell, make post-it notes with dinner options, stick them on a dart board, and on days when you really can't decide, throw a dart.
You'd really rather put these decisions in the hands of an AI? As in, a company? And you don't see the issues with that? You don't see how easy that makes it for companies to manipulate you, influence your choices and your spending and your entire life?
And if your mental health relies on talking to a robot about your issues "because it listens and cares" - no, it doesn't. It can't listen. It can't care. It's lying to you. It's parroting phrases said by other people in similar contexts. It's an elaborate predictive text machine.
And again, you're just giving all of this information about yourself to a company. A company that wants to make money and likely has no compunctions about selling your data. You're trusting a software run by a company. And you don't think that'll be used to manipulate you? I've got a bridge to sell you.
What you need is actual human connection with other humans. And if you don't know how to connect with other humans then it's time to learn. Start by caring about other people. Take a genuine interest in them. Listen to them. That's how you connect. Not by treating others as entities to dump all your issues on or monologue at about your boring life. Sure, character.ai will put up with that and humour you, but there's literally nothing genuine about it and you will never ever learn to make actual friends.
Relying on genAI for any of this means you'll never learn, in fact you'll get worse, and if genAI ever goes away or you find yourself without access to a computer/phone/internet or the people running chatGPT or character.ai take down the website or put it behind a paywall, you'll be completely adrift. You are handing control of your life over to a piece of software run by a business. Instead of developing skills and independence you're just handing control over to someone else, someone who by the way does not care about you, someone who's only here to make money.
"But some people need--" to stop infantilising themselves, to start taking responsibility and control of their own life, to realise that they have agency and power, to learn that agency and control are not the same as blame and guilt and that someone trying to help them reclaim control is not trying to blame them for their situation.
People, yes even people with your exact diagnosis or background or medical history, were living and making decisions and dealing with their issues and going to therapy and learning and coping for millennia prior to 2022. As in, before genAI was even an option. You can do it. Trust me.
Ashley also known as squidkid1111 took their own life after facing bullying from the cosplay community due to them being a cosplayer of color. Rest in peace.
a reminder that racism in fandom/nerd/hobby spaces has real life consequences, and is not something you can simply filter or block out of existence. people whine about āseriousā topics ruining fandom, meanwhile Black fans are routinely belittled and harassed simply for existing in these spaces.
rest in eternal power, ash. iām so sorry this happened to you.
Also, because they were* a Black cosplayer. Not just "of color", they're not synonymous. Say Black, please. Harassment for cosplaying while Black comes from nonblack fans of color, too. Many Black cosplayers will tell you of the baffling experience.
*correction: I heard they went by she/they but the post says they. My apologies.
Today, like every day, we woke up to the sound of gunfire and explosions in the Yellow Line, which was once my home before the war. But now I can't even go to the rubble of my house, which was destroyed by the Zionist forces. The suffering continues despite the end of the war, but our suffering is great and still ongoing.
Besides all this, my wife, our three children, and I live in constant terror because we have no roof over our heads to protect us from these bullets that pierce everything in their path. We are not living; we are dying, but slowly, from fear. Every minute that passes is fear, terror, and death.
On top of all this, my daughter Iman needs surgery on her feet, and we can't afford all the costs. Everything is so expensive: treatment, travel, and food. Please stand by me and my children. We need your donations. Please donate.
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Your Daily Reminder to Click for Palestine!
Are you ready for Halloween this year?
Yes!
Not yet
I'm not doing Halloween
As Halloween approaches, I would like to remind you that the suffering of the people in the Gaza Strip is still ongoing after the cessation of this bloody war. The suffering is still ongoing in Gaza for more than two years. Yesterday, Israel killed 11 members of one family. They were returning to the rubble of their destroyed home to check if they could find anything usable, but they all died brutally, including 3 young children. The suffering of the people in Gaza is still ongoing and they need help. If you are able, donate here to help my friend and his family there. Make a donation even if it is the price of Halloween candy.
For two years we have never seen a good day because of a war that has claimed tens of thousands of lives, destroyed an entire city, injured more than a hundred thousand people and many of the tragedies that are happening to us. We have never seen a good New Year or Halloween. Everything was just killing and destruction. But this year I hope it will be better. The crossing was supposed to open today for patients and then for everyone to travel, but the Israeli occupation government closed it until further notice. Please give us something so we can leave Gaza and celebrate with you. Please donate to us. You are all we have to help.
Please, please donate HERE to Naderās fundraiser. Israel is already seriously breaching the ceasefire and his family needs help.
A day with the Disco Dads
I want to take a moment to thank everyone who has helped me in supporting Aahed and his family š
It disgusts me every day to know we live in an age where the most powerful governments and the richest businessmen remain tactfully neutral and conviniently blind to on an ongoing humanitarian crisis that they could likely put a swift end to...
Yet at the same time, it warms my heart to know that when the government has failed us over and over and over again, that we the average internet users from all over the globe are coming together over social media, hearts full of anger and sympathy, to try and lend a hand however we can.
We may not hold as much power as our politicians, but we are many. And if every one of us does just a little and gives just a little, we can save lives.
Aahed reported gaining about $350 in donations since my last post, which is amazing! But they still need over a thousand dollars for him to get himself and his family somewhere safer.
Help me make this possible for them.
Thank you all for helping me. When we stand together, we can do anything!
@aahedandfamily are vetted by @gazavetters - #624 on their list of vetted campaigns šµšø
Donāt join the army to get free college. First two years of community college is free. Peace corps and Americorps have scholarships and student loan forgiveness programs for their volunteers. If youāre not rich you probably qualify for Pell grants. Go to a state college. They teach you the same things they do at fancy colleges. Sometimes thereās scholarships for people of a certain background. Ethnicity. Sexuality. Gender. Religion. Go to a grad school thatāll give you free tuition for working there as a teacher or assistant. Become a stripper or something. Just donāt join the army.
I have some good news to share today!! š
Young Iman was able to afford the medical device she needed for her feet!! :D
(For those who are curious like I was, it appears to be a device called a Clubfoot brace, though my more medical-savvy followers can feel free to correct me. I encourage you to research it, it's very interesting!)
That's YOUR actions making a difference! :)
YOUR donations, YOUR reblogs! YOU helped me spread the word for Iman's father @aahedandfamily and now Iman is one step closer to getting the corrective surgery she needs for her feet. ā¤ļøāš©¹
Take a deep breath.
I know things seem bleak right now, but we are NOT powerless. We CAN make a difference in the lives of the Palestinian people, one family at a time.
Now the next step: It's likely that Iman's family will need to evacuate the Gaza strip as soon as they can in order to perform the corrective surgery she needs in the upcoming year!
Help me help them reach this goal!
Donate if you're able to. And if you can't right now don't feel bad, just help me share their story!
Thank you. š¤š¤šā¤ļø
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donate to black trans groups
the following organizations accept donations via Venmo, PayPal or Cashapp:
Homeless Black Trans Women Fund: supports Black Trans women that live in Atlanta and are sex workers and/or homeless
Trans Justice Funding Project: supports grassroots trans justice groups run by and for trans people, focusing on organizing around racism, economic injustice, transmisogyny, ableism, immigration, and incarceration
Trans(forming): membership-based organization led by trans men, intersex, gender non-conforming people of color, to provide resources and all around transitional support
Black Trans Men Inc.: the first national nonprofit social advocacy organization with a specific focus on empowering Black Transgender men by addressing multi-layered issues of injustice faced at the intersections of racial, sexual orientation, and gender identities
Kween Culture: provides programming towards social and cultural empowerment of transgender women of color
Heaux History Project: a documentary series and archival project exploring Black and Brown erotic labor history and the fight for sex workersā rights
Tournament Haus Fund: mutual aid fund for protesters and trans/non binary BIPOC in the ballroom scene in Portland/Tacoma/Seattle
Black Excellence Collective Transport for Black NYC LGBTQ+ Protesters:Ā raising funds to provide safe transport for Black LGBTQ+ protesters (NYC)
F2L Relief Fund: provides commissary support (and legal representation & financial assistance) for incarcerated LGBTQ+ and Two-Spirit POC in NY state
Trans Sistas of Color Project Detroit:Ā uplifts, impacts and influences the lives and welfare of transgender women of color in Detroit
Black Trans Protesters Emergency Fund organized by Black Trans Femme in the Arts Collective: supports Black trans protesters with resources like bail and medical care
Black Trans Travel Fund: a mutual aid project developed to provide Black transgender women with the financial resources to self-determine safer alternatives to travel, so they feel less likely to experience verbal harassment or physical harm
Reproductive Justice Access Collective (ReJAC):Ā a New Orleans network that aims to share information, resources, ideas, and human power to create and implement projects in the community that operate within the reproductive justice framework
the following organizations can be donated to individually or all-together via this split donation form that will split your donation amount to equal parts:
Okra Project/Tony McDade and Nina Pop Mental Health Fund:Ā provides Black Trans people with quality mental health & therapy and addresses food security in Black trans communities
For The Gworls:Ā provides assistance to Black trans folks with travel to and from medical facilities, and co-pay assistance for prescriptions and (virtual) office visits ā£
Third Wave Fund: an activist fund led by and for women of color, intersex, queer, and trans people under 35 years of age to resource the political power, well-being, and self determination of communities of color and low-income communities; rapid response grantmaking, multi-year unrestricted grants, and the Sex Worker Giving Circle
Unique Womens CoalitionĀ (Los Angeles, CA):Ā supportive organization for and by transgender people of color, committed to fostering the next generation of black trans leadership through mentorship, scholarship, and community care engagement work
Black Trans Women Inc.:Ā a national nonprofit organization committed to providing the trans-feminine community with programs and resourcesĀ
SisTers/Brothers PGHĀ (Pittsburgh, PA):Ā A transgender drop-in space, resource provider and shelter transitioning program
Love Me Unlimited for Life: helps transgender community members reach their goals and fulfill their potential through advocacy and outreach activities
My Sistahās House MemphisĀ (Memphis, TN):Ā designed to bring about social change within the Trans Community in Memphis by providing a safe meeting space and living spaces for those who are most vulnerable in the LGBTQ+ community
Black LGBTQIA Migrant Project:Ā builds and centers the power of Black LGBTQIA+ migrants through community-building, political education, direct services, and organizing across borders; provides cash assistance to Black LGBTQ+ migrants and first generation people dealing with the impact of COVID-19
Tajaās Coalition at St. James InfirmaryĀ (San Francisco/Bay Area):Ā navigating housing, medical services, legal services, and the workplace, as well as regularly training agencies
Marsha P. Johnson Institute: helps employ black trans people, build more strategic campaigns, launch winning initiatives, and interrupt the people who are standing in the way of more being possible in the world for black Trans people
Black & Pink Bail Fund: national prison abolitionist organization dedicated to dismantling the criminal punishment system and the harms caused to LGBTQ+ people and people living with HIV/AIDS who are affected by the systemĀ
Black Visions Collective (MN):Ā healing and transformative justice principles and develops Minnesotaās emerging Black leadership, creating the conditions for long term success and transformation
Middle Tennessee Black and Indigenous Support FundĀ (Middle, TN): a community fund for Black and Indigenous queer and trans folks to foster wealth redistribution in its larger community, direct the funds to Black and Indigenous community members, and build the leadership of Black and Indigenous community members
SNaPCoĀ (Atlanta, GA):Ā a Black, trans-led collaborative to restore an Atlanta where every person has the opportunity to grow and thrive without facing unfair barriers, especially from the criminal legal system
Brave Space AllianceĀ (Chicago, IL):Ā created to fill a gap in the organizing of and services to trans and gender-nonconforming people on the South and West Sides of Chicago
House of GG:Ā a nonprofit, founded trans activist Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, that is raising money to build a permanent home for Transgender peopleĀ and be part of a growing network of Southern trans people who are working for social justice
TGI Justice Project: a group of transgender, gender variant and intersex people inside and outside of prisons, jails and detention centers challenging and ending human rights abuses committed against TGI people in California prisons, jails, detention centers
Trans Women of Color Collective:Ā creates revolutionary change by uplifting the narratives, leadership, and lived experience of trans people of color
Youth BreakoutĀ (New Orleans, LA):Ā seeks to end the criminalization LGBTQ youth to build a safer and more just New Orleans, organizing with youth ages 13-25 who are directly impacted by the criminal justice system
Translash: a trans-led project uses the power of individual stories to help save trans lives, shifting the cultural understanding of what it means to be transgender, especially during a time of social backlash, to foster inclusion and decrease anti-trans hostility
TRANScending Barriers:Ā empowers the transgender and gender non-conforming community in Georgia through community organizing with leadership building, advocacy, and direct services
My Sistahās House:Ā a trans-led nonprofit providing first hand experience and field research to create a one-stop shop for finding doctors, social groups and safe spaces for the trans community, providing emergency shelter, access to sexual health services, and social services
TAKE Birmingham: focuses on discrimination in the workplace, housing advocacy, support for sex workers, providing trans-friendly services, and working to alleviate the many other barriers that TWOC face
Dem Bois: provides charitable economical aid for female to male, FTM, trans-masculine identified person(s) of color ages 21 years old and older for them to obtain chest reconstruction surgery, and or genital reassignment surgery
G.L.I.T.S:Ā approaches the health and rights crises faced by transgender sex workers
Emergency Release FundĀ (NYC):Ā aims to ensure that no trans person at risk in New York City jails remains in detention before trial; pays cash bails
HEARD: Helping Educate to Advance the Rights of Deaf Communities: supports deaf, hard of hearing, deafblind, deafdisabled, and disabled people at every stage of the criminal legal system process, up to and including during and after incarceration
Black Trans Advocacy Coalition COVID-19 Community Response Grant:Ā works daily to end discrimination and inequities faced in health, employment, housing and education to improve the lived experience of transgender people
Princess Janae Place:Ā provides referrals to housing for chronically homeless LGBTQ adults in the New York Tri-state area, with direct emphasis on Trans/GNC people of color
The Transgender District: aims to stabilize and economically empower the transgender community through ownership of homes, businesses, historic and cultural sites, and safe community spaces
Assataās DaughtersĀ (Chicago, IL): Black woman-led; organizes young Black people in Chicago by providing them with political education, leadership development, mentorship, and revolutionary services
Collective Action for Safe Spaces: A grassroots organization that uses comprehensive, community-based solutions through an intersectional lens to eliminate public gendered harassment and assault in the DC area.
The Knights and Orchids Society (TKO) work for justice and equality through group economics, education, leadership development, and organizing cultural work throughout rural areas in Alabama
The Outlaw ProjectĀ (Phoenix, AZ):Ā prioritizes the leadership of people of color, transgender women, gender non-binary and migrants for sex worker rights
WeCare TNĀ (Memphis, TN): Supports trans women of colorĀ
Community Ele'teĀ (Richmond, VA):Ā provides safe sex awareness and education, linkage to resources, emergency housing assistance
TAJAās CoalitionĀ (San Francisco, CA): ending violence against Black Trans women and Trans women of colorĀ
Black Trans Task Force: intersectional, multi-generational project of community building, research, and political action addressing the crisis of violence against Black Trans people in the Seattle-Tacoma area
The Transgender District: stabilize and economically empower the transgender community through ownership of homes, businesses, historic and cultural sites, and safe community spaces
Black Trans Media (Brooklyn, NY): #blacktranseverything storytellers, organizers, poets, healers, filmmakers, facilitators that confront racism and transphobia
Garden of Peace, Inc. (Pittsburgh, PA): for black trans & queer youth, elevates and empowers the narratives and lived experiences of black youth and their caretakers, guides revolutionary spaces of healing and truth through art, education, and mentorship
House of Pentacles (Durham, NC): Film Training Program and Production House designed to launch Black trans youth into the film industry and tell stories woven at the intersection of being Black and Trans
Minnesota Transgender Health Coalition (Minneapolis, MN): committed to improving health care access and the quality of health care received by trans and gender non-conforming people through education, resources, and advocacy
RARE Productions (Minneapolis, MN): arts and entertainment media production company for LGBTQ people of color that promotes, produces, and co-creates opportunities and events utilizing innovative artistic methods and strategies
Baltimore Safe HavenĀ (Baltimore, MD): providing opportunities for a higher quality of life for transgender people in Baltimore
Transgender Emergency Fund of Massachusetts: recently helped organize a Trans Resistance Vigil and March through Boston, in place of the Boston Pride Parade that was cancelled due to COVID-19
Semillas: in Puerto Rico, the trans, gender non-conforming and queer communities are facing many obstacles to survival
Street Youth Rise Up: change the way Chicago sees and treats its homeless and street based youth who do what they have to do to survive
Today in northern Gaza, near where I live, the Israeli army targeted a bus full of displaced people and children.
The flames consumed the vehicle, and the civil defense managed to pull out a childās bodyā¦ but because of ongoing gunfire from the Israeli army, they could not continue and rescue the other four people still trapped inside the bus. šš„
This is not just āanother news storyā ā this is our daily life turning into hell before our eyes.
My family and I are living the same fear, the same hunger, the same helplessness.
We cannot stop the bombing, but you can help us stay alive and make it through just one more day amidst the destruction.
š Any support ā even the smallest ā can mean survival for an entire family. ššµšø
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