From the Official account of the Palestinian BDS National Committee:
Boycott Xbox Now.
Genocide is not a game. By boycotting the Xbox brand, we're pressuring Microsoft to end its complicity in Israel's genocide, occupation and apartheid against Palestinians.
PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS FUNDRAISER IS UK BASED AS THIS IS WHERE I WAS FORMERLY BASED, AND M… Natalia Lee needs your support for Please help me
Simply put, it has become impossible for me to remain here in Bali. Not only financially, but in terms of my physical safety and survivial. Even though most people think of Bali as some idyllic “paradise”, for those who live here, reality is different, and my case is worse than most.
Back in June, a friend of mine from the UK sent me a care package of UK snacks. What was also in the care package was a THC vape pen: fine in the UK, but what my friend did not know is that this is super illegal in Indonesia. Even though I didn’t ask for or buy the pen, because it was sent to my address and my name, my home was raided. I, my father, and my driver were taken in for questioning. Due to administrative delays and a long weekend I spent 6 days in Polda Bali, the central police compound on the island, in the narcotics division. Living with no privacy on a small cot surrounded by police who would spend all day smoking while I was trying to quit nicotine, eating foods I could not stand, and watching TikTok on full volume. They would also regularly harass me, inappropriately probing into my private life, my relationships, demanding to know why I don’t have children, making insinuations about my sex, and displaying an absolute lack of regard for mental health. At one point it got so bad I suffered a psychotic break. I was eventually released but the ordeal has not only given me PTSD, but has brought up past trauma as well. Since then I’ve been constantly struggling just to stay alive.
My mental health is in full-blown crisis, but Indonesia has limited mental health services, and even those that exist often come with long wait times and high fees. My family and Indonesian society in general have a very tenuous grasp of mental health and will actively make my bipolar worse while also forcing me to mask and pretend to be coping which in turn exacerbates my state even more. Every day I am slipping further and further down the rabbit hole and I’m not sure how much longer I can keep going.
On top of this, being Indonesia, my family had to pay some £10,000 to get me out out Polda Bali. Money I am now expected to pay back without any job or stable income. In truth, this debt isn’t about the money, rather it is being used by my father to keep me here in his house where I, and the rest of my family, have to suffer his narcissistic and psychopathic outbursts. Every day it seems to get worse as his mood becomes more erratic and he is more and more prone to sudden aggression, coercive control, and displays of violence. We all live in fear that one day soon he will kill one, if not all of us.
Compounding this, as many will have seen on social media, tensions in Indonesia are at breaking point and Bali is no exception. There are protests regularly and government buildings, including the police compound where I was held, are being targeted. While I have nothing to do with these protests and do not attend, we live very near to the military police HQ (Brimob) on the island and are afraid that martial law will soon be imposed. Worse yet, I am ethnically part Chinese-Indonesian. While this would not be significant information in the West, here in Indonesia the Chinese population are regularly targeted for racial violence. This is partly due to long standing inter-ethnic distrust, but moreso because in times of crisis the government will try to save themselves by driving the peoples’ anger towards ethnic minorities. And we are one of the most visible and most othered minorities in the country. Many of my Chinese friends around the country are living in fear that they could be targeted next.
Ultimately, I just cannot stay in Indonesia. Every day is already a struggle just to stay alive and to be blunt, I won’t survive an other year here. This envornment is not only toxic, it is going to kill me. I have tried to find a way out of this situation but there’s nothing here in Indonesia that I can do. It’s all dead ends. My only hope is to go to Europe, find work, and start to build up a life that I can actually live. The irony of course is that to find a job, you need to be in Europe, but to go to Europe you already need to have a job offer. Catch 22. So, my best chance is the Chancenkarte, a job seeking visa in Germany. Unfortunately in order to even qualify to apply, I need to have just over €13,000 show money to prove that I am a legitimate job seeker. Money which I do not currently have.
I have tried every resource and connection I have at my disposal to get out of this pit but nothing has worked and despite my skills and capacities, and dozens of wonderful people in Europe who would happily vouch for and help support me, my passport and myopic migration laws are holding me back. This is my last ditch effort to save myself. If I can raise enough money to apply for a job seeking visa, I can finally escape this nightmare I’ve being held in, move to a stable country, get the help I need, find work, pay off my family, and be free to live my own life.
Any help, no matter how little, is a step in the right direction for me. I am not expecting money for free; as a Social Anthropologist with an MA in Humanitarian and Environmental Crises from the UK, I have been offering editing, proofreading, and university-level academic coaching services for over four years. I am a hard worker and do not expect handouts. If you find yourself in need of my services, any donation above £100 will come with editing assistance for any 2500 word essay.
I also ran the popular Elder Scrolls recipe and worldbuilding blog, @tastesoftamriel/Talviel's Kitchen between 2017-2024. If you would like a custom stylised fantasy tavern menu (please bear in mind I'm an Elder Scrolls expert but can attempt other franchises) of 4-6 courses, donations above £25 are eligible for one!
Thank you to everyone who brought it to my attention that Gofundme donations were paused, this seems to have been fixed overnight and is working now (I think, I got a couple of emails)! Thanks for the comments, the kind words, the reblogs. Thanks for being here for me.
Hi everyone. This message comes at the end of what would have been TES Summer Fest 2025. It's not running this year because of the boycott against Microsoft (which owns Bethesda) due to its complicity in the Israeli genocide of the Palestinian people.
Why Microsoft?
The boycott has been called by the BDS movement because Microsoft "knowingly provides Israel with technology, including artificial intelligence (AI), that is deployed to facilitate grave human rights violations, war crimes, crimes against humanity (including apartheid), as well as genocide. In light of the International Court of Justice’s legally-binding rulings to prevent Israel’s plausible genocide in Gaza, as well as its July 19 Advisory Opinion affirming Israel’s illegal occupation and apartheid system, Microsoft has failed its corporate obligation to prevent genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity." (bdsmovement.net/microsoft).
Why boycott?
Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) is a movement to place international economic pressure on Israel for its oppression of Palestinians - inspired by the similarly effective anti-apartheid strategy in South Africa. The mod team at TES Summer Fest believe that we have a responsibility to take whatever action we can to oppose the many and varied human rights violations of Israel however we can, and by taking our business, our passion, and our interest elsewhere, we can support the Palestinian people. We also encourage you to donate to Palestinian organisations, pressure your officials, engage in community organising, and educate yourself on Palestine and its history. The people united will never be defeated.
Educational websites and resources:
The Palestine Academy - Learn about Palestinian history and decolonisation. (https://www.thepalestineacademy.com/palestine-101).
DecolonizePalestine - Very accessible educational library. (https://decolonizepalestine.com)
Palestine is. - Educational resource. (https://www.palestineis.org/learn)
Visualising Palestine - Collection of free info graphics about Palestine. (https://visualisingpalestine.org/visuals/)
Protect Palestine - Tips on talking to friends and family about Palestine (https://www.protectpalestine.org/conversation-guide) and guide for answering tough questions about Palestine (https://www.protectpalestine.org/tough-questions).
"The Hundred Years War on Palestine" by Rashid Khalidi
"Justice for Some: Law and the Question of Palestine" by Noura Erakat
"The Question of Palestine" by Edward W. Said
"The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine" by Ilan Pappe
"Except for Palestine: The Limits of Progressive Politics" by Marc Lamont Hill and Mitchell Plitnick.
From the Official account of the Palestinian BDS National Committee:
Boycott Xbox Now.
Genocide is not a game. By boycotting the Xbox brand, we're pressuring Microsoft to end its complicity in Israel's genocide, occupation and apartheid against Palestinians.
hi y’all. with the oblivion remaster making waves i just wanted to post that microsoft and its game studios (including mojang and bethesda) are a primary bds boycott target owing to microsoft’s role in the ongoing genocide in gaza. don’t let them undermine that with the oblivion remaster. don’t buy it. don’t give them any money. don’t engage with their social media accounts or hype up the remake. you should probably cancel your eso membership if you have one. personally i’m not even going to post about tes or minecraft for the time being and will be leaving this account by the wayside for now.
palestine is more important than a video game. these are real people with families, hopes, and lives being slaughtered, dismembered, displaced, starved, kidnapped, tortured, subjected to disease, deprived of basic medical care and freedom of movement, raped and blockaded. this is no different than any other genocide. remember that.
yeah not that you're going to notice much of a difference but this blog is also on hiatus in light of bethesda (by way of microsoft) being added to the BDS boycott targets. popping in specifically to spread awareness of it/reblog a few fundraisers
🚨 This is not a call... this is a scream from a mother watching her child slowly suffocate, and she can do nothing! 🚨
💔 My child is not dying because of illness... he is dying because we are poor! 💔
He is not dying because his body is weak…He is dying because he was born into a world where only the rich get to live.Because he needs surgery… but it will only happen if we pay!
Is being poor a crime that deserves death?
I am a mother, standing here helpless, watching my baby struggle to breathe.I can’t even hold him and comfort him because he’s slipping away from me…With every second that passes, I watch him die a little more.And I am dying with him, because we don’t have money to save him.
❌ The doctors said: "He has hours left… if we don’t do the surgery now, he will die."
But no one asked about my pain, no one asked about my heart breaking… they only asked: "Do you have the money?"
Is this the price of life now? Money over humanity?
My child doesn’t know what money is…He doesn’t deserve to die just because he was born in a poor family.
Please… don’t let my baby die like this. Don’t let me bury him knowing his life could have been saved if only we were rich.
Donate anything… anything at all… because even a little can give him another chance at life.
Share this plea… don’t let him die silently just because we are poor!
My name is Casimir, and I am organizing this fundraiser on behalf of Ahmed H… Casimir Reynolds needs your support for Help Ahmed Hammad Prov
Save him… Save me… before we are both buried forever.
✅️Vetted by: @gazavetters, my number verified on the list is ( #576 )✅️
🫂Please stop and listen to my story. Don't ignore me.💔
I am Yousef, 35 years old, married
Please take two minutes of your time and I hope you stand by me and help me save my family from the war
I have three children
They were deprived of their most basic rights as children, their right to education, play and live safely like the rest of the children in the world. They were terrified and very afraid of the sounds of missiles. Our house was bombed while we were inside it and some of us were injured, but we miraculously survived. My house was completely destroyed in Khan Younis and I headed to the displacement camps on the beach. I had a beautiful house and I had clothing stores, but they were completely destroyed during the brutal war on the Gaza Strip, which was a source of income for us. The tent we live in now does not protect us from the heat of summer or the harsh cold of winter and rain. I want you to help me so that I can be with my family again
I have suffered from the war for more than a year and a half. I lost part of my family, my home and my work
We have nothing left here
I lost my dreams and ambitions after I drew a beautiful future
This war is cruel and brutal, we cannot provide the most basic rights
We have been suffering from famine for months and we are still patient
I also need to travel with my family if the crossing opens at any time in order to save our lives
One person needs to pay coordination to the Egyptian side from $5,000 to $8,000, this is a large amount
But I know that thanks to your support we were able to save our lives from death
Your donation is enough to save our lives from death
Things here are more difficult than you see
I hope you do not leave us here alone🫂
I am kirsty, I am from England, I met Youssef through volunteer work with Ebon… Kirsty Watson needs your support for Youssef and his family
With the ostensible leak of the Oblivion remaster publicity shots and possible announcement date let's all keep in mine once again that Bethesda (as part of Microsoft) is a priority BDS target right now.
Whether we like the idea or not, excitement or not, should not ultimately matter right now because we should not be supporting them in any way.
No amount of nostalgia, curiosity or earnest enthusiasm should be enough to cross this line.
We are not asking for the impossible — we just want to live.
Every moment we are trapped between hunger and thirst, between fear and the sound of bombs. There is no food, no water, no shelter… nothing left to hold on to except our children, whom we cling to with a fear deeper than our own.
We live without electricity, without medicine, without any of life’s basic needs. The sound of warplanes never leaves our sky. Each day is worse than the one before. And every night we manage to sleep — if we sleep at all — we don’t know if we’ll wake up again.
We are the people of Gaza… and we call upon every living heart, every conscience that still feels:
Help us. Save us. Don’t leave us alone.
Any support — no matter how small — could mean survival for us.
Please share, donate, and be a reason someone survives.
Donate to his GOFUNDME(1 Dollar equals 10.96 SEK) and CHUFFED (Chuffed allows dollars)
Guys i don’t want to optimize you if you still care about genocide in gaza .
But the news saying the ceasefire agreement is done and they will maybe tomorrow Announce it .
Best thing is the isareli army will withdraw from all Gaza Strip that’s mean the Rafah border crossing will back to work again so i need your support your help so I could take my brother Mohammed out to be with his Son Zayed and his wife.
And didn’t told you before my brother Omar engaged and His fiancee still in north gaza. He asked me alot to tel you about her so he can also be with the love of his life.
Don’t think your contribution is small even the one dollar helps . Sharing also helping.
Go to paypal.me/bushrabo and type in the amount. Since it’s PayPal, it's easy and secure. Don’t have a PayPal account? No worries.
With the ostensible leak of the Oblivion remaster publicity shots and possible announcement date let's all keep in mine once again that Bethesda (as part of Microsoft) is a priority BDS target right now.
Whether we like the idea or not, excitement or not, should not ultimately matter right now because we should not be supporting them in any way.
No amount of nostalgia, curiosity or earnest enthusiasm should be enough to cross this line.
bethesda biding their time to finally unveil the oblivion remaster at the perfect moment (skyblivion almost done, BDS adds microsoft and its subsidiaries to the boycott)
Hey all, Crips for Esims for Gaza has been purchasing E-sims for people in Gaza and need help to continue their advocacy!
We link them in our Hi Nay episodes but want to remind people to help out if they can and donate! They're an offshoot of the E-sims for Gaza program created by Mirna El-Helbawi, and allow you to, if you are overwhelmed by the E-sims purchasing process, streamline it.
You donate to Crips for Esims for Gaza, and they do it for you. Help these fantastic disabled activists if you're able!
the bds movement has called for a boycott of all microsoft products, including games published by microsoft-owned companies like bethesda. cancel your elder scrolls online subscription
No more Call of Duty. No more Minecraft. No more Xbox (unless you already own one).
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