mellowbunstar

mel or mellow, they/them, elder millennial, nonbinary, queer, neuro-spicy, witchy

[nabulsi]

Palestine Donation Links Masterpost

This is a masterpost of places to throw your money at to support Palestine. I'm gonna try and keep this updated as much as I can.

*** Please note, donating does not mean you should stop boosting Palestinian voices. Spreading awareness is JUST AS IMPORTANT as sending money since misinformation is one of the Zionist movement's most dangerous tools. ***

(Last Updated: 13-02-2024)

Palestine Children's Relief Fund

In addition, follow the PCRF on twitter (@/thePCRF) as they regularly post about opportunities to donate to support Palestine.

UNRWA

Doctors without Borders

Defense for Children Palestine

Palestinian Red Crescent Society

United Palestinian Appeal

Heal Palestine

eSims for Gaza

Care for Gaza (PayPal / GoFundMe)

Medical Aid for Palestinians

Islamic Relief USA

ANERA

Help Gaza Children

Sulala Animal Rescue

Hirbawi Kufiyas

Palestinian Youth Movement

BDS Movement

Decolonize Palestine (Patreon)

Aid requests from Palestinians in Gaza:

Help Ahmed Saad get to safety

Help Lama AlJamous Evacuate

Support Khalil in Gaza

Help Yoseph and his Family

Surgery fund for Abdulaziz

Support Abdelrahim Alfarra

Help Yosef Kassab Evacuate

Safe Passage for Nadin

Help Yousef Yaser get treatment for cancer

Help Adel Al Zaharneh

Help Shaymaa's family leave Gaza

Evacuate Abood's family from Gaza to safety

Help Mohamed and his family evacuate

*** If you have any additional recognized and trustworthy places to donate, please either reply or send me an ask or DM and I will update this list! ***

In addition, Palestinians (both in Palestine and diaspora) can feel free to leave your paypals / ko-fi's / cashapps / venmo.... whichever you want in the replies.

[nabulsi]

People kept reblogging the old version of this so I've revamped it with new links and removed the dead ones.

[lucidicer]

while it's important to call out these zionists in the community please remember to love palestinians MORE than you hate zionists. palestine should always get more of your energy than anything else!! 🇵🇸

ON THE GROUND RESOURCES

click for palestine | helpgazachildren | medical aid | PCRF | PAL humanity initiative | OOB perinatal project | in REACH initiative | gaza needs you | eSIMS for gaza

EVACUATION FUNDS

reminder to only share and donate to vetted fundraisers! gazafunds

operation olive branch for all of the above resources and info

[daily-spooky]

[iraprince]

there are still five days left to get OVER 600+ GAMES for a donation of $10 or more to the TTRPGs for Palestine bundle! we are at $153k of the overall goal of $200k and i know we can make it! proceeds from the bundle will be going to Medical Aid for Palestinians, and you can read more at the bundle page. thank you for checking it out, sending it to friends who would be interested, and boosting this!!

[malwarechips]

yknow i never noticed the sheer rareness of images having ids or alt text on this website until i started adding alt text to my art (and trying to remember to add it to any images i post in general, especially text screenshots) and that makes me kinda sad

[wolfisblank]

I feel like a lot of people just don't know how to do it or are intimidated by the prospect. I was too, actually, and I couldn't find any good guides on how to do it (beyond basic formatting) and most guides boiled down to "just describe what you see and important details!" I really wanted to add alt text bc accessibility is important to me, but I would always get kinda stumped on how to do it.

But then I saw this image, I think in a discord server, and I immediately started doing it. It kinda broke the ice for me

[viktor-sbor]

Emancipated duels. Photo by Pavel Kurmilev

Baroness Lubinska who presided over the famous duel between Princess Pauline Metternich and the Countess Kielmannsegg in 1892, insisted that the duelists remove their clothing above their waists to avoid infection in the event that a sword pushed clothing into the wound it caused. Being a doctor, the baroness had seen many instances of septic infection in soldiers for this very reason throughout her years of medical training.

[samanthaswords]

“The cause of the duel is reputed to be an argument over arrangements for the Vienna Musical and Theatrical Exhibition.” - I like these ladies.

[m-azing]

I arrive at the duel 

sword: sharpened

sepsis: prevented

tits: out

[mellowbunstar]

Palettes for my two blogs. <3

[ts-witchy-archive]

ADHD Witch Tips

We need more adhd witch tips so here, have these. These are the things I have learned and seen done over the past 3 and a bit years of practicing witchcraft. As always, if you have anything to add, please comment them and I'll add them to the list with credit to you and a link to your blog!

Make witchy playlists with intention. Music is the most accessible way of doing magic in my opinion, especially if you're using spells that already exist. You can listen to these while working, traveling or just doing things around the house. If you sing along then you're adding to the manifesting power of the playlist!

Use really large spell candles so that you don't have to make a new one everytime you want to do a spell. I used to have 1 really big protection spell candle that I would light daily. Not having to make a new candle every time made me so much more likely to practice

Learn to meditate. I know, I know, hear me out. This is less of a witch tip and more of a mental health thing. You can meditate while colouring in, listening to music, cleaning, going for a walk. You don't have to sit down with your legs crossed. Mediation is an important skill that none of us do regularly enough.

stop caring about aesthetics. Are they nice? yes! absolutely! but unless it makes you more likely to practice then it's not worth it. caring too much about how your craft looks can also lead to burn out.

Be aware of your energy levels. Burn out is a serious issue among the neurodivergent witch community. Rest and pacing yourself is just as important as actually practicing.

Audio books <3333333

Try to combine your hyperfixation and witchcraft practice. This could mean using sigils in fanart or dedicate your writing to a deity.

Use hearth craft as a way to motivate you to clean your home or to cook meals/eat.

Have affirmations on your phones home screen so whenever you unlock your phone you reminded of your intentions

[ladyorlandodream]

Yes, Spain!!!!

[Image descriptions: 1. Tweet by AJ+ @AJPlus [gold check verified] that says: Spain became the 1st country in Europe to offer paid menstrual leave, for 3-5 days. It also gave final approval to laws that: [bullet point] enshrine rights to abortion for people over 16 [bullet point] let trans people over 16 self-identify gender by simple declaration, one of the only places to do so [Attached to the Tweet is a photo of a group of people with trans flags gathered on the steps of a building with large stone columns.]

2. A headline from DW that says: “Spain passes laws on trans rights, abortion, menstrual leave – DW.” The visible part of the article says, “The new laws expand transgender rights and abortion access, as well as give workers paid menstrual leave. The approval comes ahead of…” \End descriptions]

[nothorses]

Found this in the comments of Shaun's latest video on Andrew Tate, in which he talks pretty extensively about how important it is for men to find ways to be confident in their genders without trying to adhere to, or enforce, anyone else's ideas of manhood on anyone.

Highly recommend checking it out.

Anyway. I rarely see folks talk about the positive impact transmascs have on manhood as a whole, and I think it's important to acknowledge and celebrate that.

[mellowbunstar]

I don't like my mind right now Stacking up problems that are so unnecessary Wish that I could slow things down I wanna let go, but there's comfort in the panic And I drive myself crazy Thinking everything's about me Yeah, I drive myself crazy 'Cause I can't escape the gravity

[mellowbunstar]

Nope (2022) - IMDb

Nope: Directed by Jordan Peele. With Daniel Kaluuya, Keke Palmer, Brandon Perea, Michael Wincott. The residents of a lonely gulch in inland California bear witness to an uncanny and chilling discovery.

Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐½

Fucked up and totally freaked me out, but super amazing anyway! I don’t know if I’d watch this again because NOPE is such a FITTING TITLE lmao - totally worth watching at least once just for the WTF aspect. :D

Characters ███████▒▒▒ - 7 Good

Atmosphere ██████████ - 10 Amazing

Writing ████████▒▒ - 8 Great

Plot █████████▒ - 9 Excellent

Intrigue ██████████ - 10 Amazing

Logic ███████▒▒▒ - 7 Good

Logic ███████▒▒▒ - 7 Good

[mellowbunstar]

Searching (2018) - IMDb

Searching: Directed by Aneesh Chaganty. With John Cho, Sara Sohn, Alex Jayne Go, Megan Liu. After his teenage daughter goes missing, a desperate father tries to find clues on her laptop.

Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐

Really enjoyed the way this movie was experienced from device cameras and websites, very unique. There were lots of fun easter eggs to notice and it had a decent twist ending.

Additional thoughts behind the cut - FYI SPOILERS! (cw: ableism)

One thing that bugged me a bit was how Vick’s son, Robert, was described in this part:

You need to understand that my son is not like other kids. He's different. He can be hurt...

It seemed to me like he was being codified as neurodivergent. Which by itself is totally fine, of course, but for him to turn out to be the actual cause of Margot’s disappearance and having his mother go crazy to cover it up and try to protect him... well that just felt like a tired trope. Like seriously, can we just stop with making disabled folks out to be villains that “don’t know any better” and parents/families being ashamed of their kids for disabilities.

I’d rather Robert have been just another privileged asshole teen who was taking advantage of his mom being a cop and playing to her overly protective nature. Because that feels more relevant and true to today’s world.

To be fair, I could be totally off about this assumption and maybe it really was just a neurotypical kid being stupid. But I wish they would have found a creative way to make that more believable instead of Vick trying to make “he’s different” excuses for him.

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Characters ███████▒▒▒ 6 - Ok

Atmosphere █████████▒ 9 - Excellent

Writing ████████▒▒ 8 - Great

Plot ████████▒▒ 8 - Great

Intrigue █████████▒ 9 - Excellent

Logic ███████▒▒▒ 7 - Good

Enjoyment ████████▒▒ 8 - Great

[simzart]

[mellowbunstar]

Change tumblr spotify embed

Do you know how to change the tumblr spotify embed like from the big one to the small widet like non here: http://elphinstonetheme.tumblr.co

This is still relevant 10 years later for fixing weird spacing on Spotify embeds in custom Tumblr themes LOL 😂

[mellowbunstar]

In spite of the way you were mockin' me Acting like I was part of your property Remembering all the times you fought with me I'm surprised it got so far

Things aren't the way they were before You wouldn't even recognize me anymore Not that you knew me back then But it all comes back to me in the end

[mellowbunstar]

A journal isn't a reflection of your life as much as it is a reflection of your focus. - Ryder Carroll

I find it really hard to journal consistently and I'm still trying to figure out why. Often my journaling takes on a negative focus because I rarely ever think about writing about when I'm NOT upset, if that makes sense.

Key suggestions from this video:

Journal when things are good, not just bad

Rapid log one thing of gratitude and one thing of victory daily

Objectively study your journal by writing reflections

Avoid turning your journal into an "inventory of sorrows"

Also lol @ this video's title, much clickbait. :P