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elumish

Ukraine (2/24/2022)

As most/all of you know at this point, last night/early morning Ukraine time, Russian military forces invaded Ukraine after Putin announced that he had decided "to carry out a special military operation in Ukraine.

I am not an expert on this, nor do I claim to be, so I'm not going to be talking about what's actually going on on the ground. But a few things to keep in mind:

Be very careful about the sources you read and trust. Russia is incredibly good at disinformation campaigns. Sources such as Reuters, AP, NY Times, and Washington Post are reliable. Sources such as RT are not. If you want to see what sort of disinformation Russia is putting out on this topic, Bellingcat has a database that's tracking it.

Be careful what you share. If something could be a disinformation campaign, don't share it. If something seems unreliable or out of date, don't share it. If something shares Ukrainian troop movements, don't share it.

This is not something to joke about, or to meme, or to treat callously. These are, and I cannot say this strongly enough, real people who are going to be hurt and killed, not some hypothetical thing that's just happening on CNN.

If you want to help, help in ways that Ukrainians ask for. There are a lot of Ukrainian people on social media talking about useful ways for foreigners to help, so I recommend checking out those. Here are a few:

Jane Lytvynenko's link to resources on how foreigners can help

A thread about what should and shouldn't be done to help Ukraine

If you're Ukrainian and have any other thoughts, please add them.

hummussexual

Really happy that Poland is accepting refugees from Ukraine currently, but...

I can't help but wonder where the red carpet was for asylum seekers who were trying to get in from Belarus?

Remember scenes like these on the border? Where Poland brought in forces to violently keep people who have left everything for a chance for a better life?

Above image from the NYT

They built a barb-wire fence to keep immigrants from war-torn countries out, as late as last year:

above image from DW

People, families, were cold and dying on the border...

Above image from the BBC

So while, yes, I am absolutely happy Poland is aiding the Ukrainians, I just can't help but think of how, and there's no way else to say this, racist Poland's aid is.

Because this begs the question, which refugee is worthy of being treated with compassion and humanity, and which gets a barb-wire fence and security forces?

maeborowskismirror-deactivated2

Important!! Please reblog

I am a Ukrainian living in Kyiv. As many of you have heard, Russia has continued their 2014 attack on my country. They have re-entered previously occupied territories.

I am being displaced from my city due to shelling threats & the possibility of Russia directly attacking Kyiv.

Please. Share. Donate. Europe does not need another war. We do not need more deaths.

Find information and ways to help here:

https://ukrainewar.carrd.co

How to help Ukrainians in the wake of the impending conflict.

znt999

I've never been more ashamed of being Russian than today. I wish I could do more. I feel like I've allowed this to happen. This is so fucking horrific. I'll be going to protests. I hate myself knowing that my insufficient action may have contributed to this.

I can't give you resources or links, but REMEMBER TO SUPPORT UKRAINE. Spread the word of Ukrainian mass media, DO NOT TRUST RUSSIA. DO NOT SUPPORT RUSSIA.

This is a conquest war lead by a mentally deranged individual. It should have never have happened.

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corde-love

You're laughing, making memes. You think you're scared, sitting safe and sound in your house somewhere in the US. I'm fucking terrified.

My brother turned 18 4 months ago. My baby brother may be forced to fight in this war because he's formally an adult and we're the closest country to help.

There are many tragedies going on right now in eastern Europe for people already touched by the war and those who eventually will be. So if i see one more meme made as your coping mechanism so help me God i will cry.

I'm glad you feel sympathetic. But maybe consider coping in a proper way. Donate to those who need help, protest if you can, but for fucks sake don't make jokes about it.

Sincerely,

Terrified sister

rinadragomir

These american "🥺nooo Im so afraid of this war, is so horrible aaaa not me trying to survive another historical event" posts are so fucking pathetic. People are dying, my friends can die literally today.

FOR ONCE IT'S NOT ABOUT YOU, NOT EVERYTHING IN THIS DAMN WORLD IS ABOUT YOU. ➡️LITERALLY JUST SHUT THE FUCK UP AND REBLOG/SUPPORT UKRANIANS POSTS.⬅️!

Especially donations posts!

syubangel

TO UKRAINIAN FRIENDS

If you are looking for an emergency exit from Ukraine, Poland will open EIGHT safety points on the border with Ukraine (you will get warm food, medical help and from there you will be guided to safety) in two of our voivodeships: lubelskie and podkarpackie. It is confirmed by the Polish Secretary of State in the Chancellery of the Prime Minister, Paweł Szefernaker.

SOURCES:

https://www.rp.pl/konflikty-zbrojne/art35748991-szefernaker-na-granicy-z-ukraina-powstaja-punkty-recepcyjne-dla-uchodzcow

https://www.wprost.pl/polityka/10633681/polska-reaguje-na-agresje-rosji-na-ukraine-powstana-punkty-dla-uchodzcow.html

I've marked those voivodeships on the map!

Please share because it can save lives!!!!!!

burucheese

it’s them…..

burucheese

omg and they were roommates

#genshin impact #so prettyyyy

smoothoperatorleclerc

rb to have a very gay 2022

capitalism-and-analytics

djkaeru

this is especially sad while the only pro-democracy newspaper (print media) in the city is forced to shut down this week…

The paper that backed the popular 2019 Hong Kong protests is on the verge of shutting down as the administration, backed by Beijing, targets

The pro-democracy Hong Kong newspaper Apple Daily looked set to close for good by Saturday following police raids and the arrest of executiv

dango-daikazoku

kutyozh

[text ID: a comment pinned by “thelastpeanut”, reading:

“I’m genuinely touched by the sudden influx of attention, but I want to humbly remind everyone that each protester you see in this video is now either in jail, in exile or in some form of hiding. Most can’t escape, and now that the decades-old Hong Kong democracy movement has been completely crushed, they’ll likely live the rest of their lives under Beijing’s authoritarian rule. The protesters knew it would probably end like this, but they did it anyways, hence the rallying cry of “攬炒”… “if we burn, you burn with us”.

Most of my friends now suffer from PTSD, depression or perpetual anxiety. Words and ideas that were once debated in public are now whispered in private - or not at all - out of fear that a neighbour or co-worker or family member overhears and decides to report you. I don’t think calling Hong Kong a police state is an exaggeration anymore, and it’s only the beginning.

Maybe it’s too late for Hong Kong, but you can still learn from what happened here. I hope you realise that you’re not alone, that your pain and yearning is shared by countless silent strangers, and that when enough people speak as one, you can move the needle of history. I’ve seen it happen.

Most of all, I hope you remember us.”

162K upvotes, no downvotes, 500 replies /end ID]

a-shade-of-blue

Hongkonger here.

I cannot begin to describe the feelings I have seeing this post here. Grateful, but sadden.

The information here is correct, though the shut down of the Apple Daily, the pro-democary paper was already months ago.

One of our biggest concerns now is the National Security Law, which allows the government to basically arrest anyone and ban anything that speaks against them. Movies and documentaries about the protests have been banned in Hong Kong. (e.g. 少年'May You Stay Forever Young’ and 時代革命 ‘Revolution of our times’, which got the Best Documentary award in Taiwan’s 58th Golden Horse Awards. )

A lot of our protestors are jailed. Our pro-democratic socities have disassembled. Our democratic politicians are facing charges or have been jailed. Candidates for our upcoming election for the legislation council are all more or less pro-beijing, and even publishing a poll that shows people are choosing not to vote for anyone this year risks breaking the law.

The situation is pretty bleak, and a lot of us have plans to leave Hong Kong because of it. Especially teachers, who are either unwilling to teach students propaganda and only information about how great China is, or fear that they will say something anti-China and will be reported and have to go to jail.

People mostly avoid talking about politics now. Whereas once we all talked about it openly, you can feel that we are all censoring ourselves now. And even if they do, it is mostly behind closed doors or whispered between friends or using really watered down facing.

(and whereas once I would talk and post about all this in IG, which is popular among HKers, I do not dare to now. Tumblr still seems safe. Hardly anyone know about Tumblr in HK)

Anyway, thanks for remembering us and reblogging this.

afoolnottoloveu

hello! just a lil smth, please don’t scroll!

tw // anti-asian violence

there’s been a fuck ton of aapi hate since the beginning of the pandemic and especially lately, with the georgia shootings today, and even the grammys last sunday

all this said i just wanted to share a few resources (none mine!):

- anti-asian violence resources (this resource is also linked in my pinned, it contains information, petitions, places to donate and a lot more)

- stop asian hate (contains petitions, places to donate, ways to spread the word and more)

- sites to donate to and share (if you have a twitter please consider retweeting)

- a cumulative twitter thread with a little bit of everything and more than i explained

+ stop asian hate gofundme

+ asian american resource center (an atlanta based foundation focused on housing and civil classes)

+ red canary song *

+ butterfly *

+ swan vancouver *

* above are three grassroots (not sure if im using that word right) dedicated to advocating for asian and migrant sex work! check them out and donate if possible

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if you have any resources you wanna share reply and/or reblog and i’ll add it, and with that please share this with the same tags <3 sending love to my fellow aapi, please stay safe all of you and don’t be fucking racist :]

fishyandclintbarton

Here is the link to needanabortion.org.

The silence of the Supreme Court has just effectively allowed Texas to overturn Roe vs Wade.

I never want to hear anyone complain ever again about being told they have to wear a mask, not when shit like this is happening.

virginiaisforhaters

Nadine Abdel-Taif, 10, whose home in Palestine was destroyed by Israeli bombing

virginiaisforhaters

🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸

Palestinian solidarity. Always. End the apartheid, free Palestine.

assbeanie

STOP ASIAN VIOLENCE

As an Asian, I feel like I have the need to speak out, but there might not be a lot of people who see this. So please, if you can, reblog for me. we need to spread the information.

70.9% of 2808 reported incidents are verbal harassment

21.4% of 2080 reported incidents are shunning

8.7% are physical assault

8% are workplace discrimination or refusal of service

6.4% are coughed/spat on

and these are only REPORTED CASES (March - December 2020)

Here are some reported attacks from around May 2021

An 84-year-old Thai immigrant in San Francisco, California, died in February after being violently shoved to the ground during his morning walk

In Oakland, California, a 91-year-old senior was shoved to the pavement from behind

An 89-year-old Chinese woman was slapped and set on fire by two people in Brooklyn, New York

Two Asian American women were stabbed at a San Francisco bus stop; eyewitness reports say the assailant "casually walked away in broad daylight"

An Asian man walking with his 1-year-old child in a stroller in San Francisco was punched in the head and back multiple times

A stranger on the New York subway slashed a 61-year-old Filipino American passenger's face with a box cutter

An Asian American woman in New York City was struck in the head with a hammer by an unidentified assailant who demanded that she remove her mask

Asian American restaurant employees in New York City told the New York Times they now always go home early for fear of violence and harassment

An Asian American butcher shop owner in Sacramento, California found a dead cat - likely intended for her - left in the store's parking lot; police are investigating it as a hate crime

An Asian American family celebrating a birthday at a restaurant in Carmel, California, was berated with racist slurs by a Trump-supporting tech executive

Several Asian Americans homeowners say they've been abused with racial slurs and had rocks thrown at their houses

The only Asian American lawmaker in the Kansas legislature says he was physically threatened in a bar by a patron who accused him of carrying the coronavirus

New York police arrested a man who assaulted a woman during a protest against anti-Asian racism

A grieving family received a hateful letter on the day of their father's funeral, telling them to "pack your bags and go back to your country where you belong"

A school board candidate of Vietnamese descent in Portland, Oregon, found a note with the words "Kung Flu" on her doorstep

A medical worker of Filipino descent in Los Gatos, California was shoved to the ground from behind by an assailant who told her to "go back to [expletive] China"

A Thai woman was brutally beaten and robbed of her phone while commuting on a train in San Francisco

These incidents are best explained by the "widespread omission" of Asian Americans within cultural conversations, according to Amanda Nguyen, an activist, and the founder of the Rise civil rights not-for-profit organization.

Of the 832 incidents reported in California, many included anti-Asian slurs and references to China and the coronavirus. One assailant yelled about "bringing that Chinese virus over here" during an attack against an Asian-American man at a San Francisco hardware store on May 6. The assailant reportedly also said "Go back to China," "F*ck you, Chinaman" and "F*ck you, you monkey." In Santa Clara on June 16, a man kicked a woman's dog and then spat at her, saying, "Take your disease that's ruining our country and go home."

Asian American families shouldn't be worrying about returning back to school, buying groceries, working, and so on, in their country. They shouldn't be worrying about their family going on a morning walk and not coming back.

"These are real people just living their lives and encountering this kind of hate,"

Here are some videos I found, if you have time, please watch the videos.

Asian Americans Speak Out: Countering the Rise in Anti-Asian Hate

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkWrZ0K7Wr0

'Go back to your own country': Asians face racism during the pandemic

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zR80lLDcG6E

Asian American community battles surge in hate crimes stirred from COVID-19

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJCactTaEfY

Yes, black lives STILL matter. Yes, LGBTQ+'s rights still matter. But I feel like we are overlooking the Asian Hate.

BLM, LGBTQ+, Asian Hate, women's rights, and more. They're NOT a trend, and I DESPISE those people who see these as a trend to get more fame. We are all in this together, there's no race in this pandemic. The virus isn't racist, you won't get the virus BECAUSE you are white, you won't get the virus BECAUSE you are black. Skin colors do NOT matter to the virus, so why should they matter to us? If we want to end this pandemic, we need to fight TOGETHER.

Thank you for spending your time reading this. Please, if you can, reblog.

information source:https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-56218684