[deepseasmetro]

are you autistic with sensory difficulties?

yes, i'm autistic and i have sensory issues

i'm autistic, but no sensory problems

i'm not autistic but neurodivergent with sensory problems

no, neither

Voting ended onOct 24, 2024

i know many of us, autistic and otherwise, struggle with all kinds of sensory overloads. loud noises, bright lights, irregular temperatures, strong smells.. and doubly so when you're already tired, hungry, scared, and so on.

so can you imagine what it must be like to live as an autistic person in an active war zone? with bombs falling around you, no electricity or stable food source, and no place to escape? can you imagine the torture that is?

ahmed is a young autistic man living in gaza trying to have him and his family's needs met among the destruction. imagine the burnout you and i experience just from our day to day activities - ahmed is certainly undergoing things none of us can truly understand.

Ahmed's Autism Journey: a Path of Hope and Healing

Help Wael Salem reach their goal by donating or sharing with your friends.

this campaign is very low on funds - currently €718/€10,000.

ahmed and his mother marah's campaign has been vetted by association - shared here by another user who has been vetted by trusted tumblr users. they desperately need food, water, and basic living needs to stay healthy and alive. any amount can help, even as little as $5.

please, consider making a donation or giving a reblog to this campaign. it has gone weeks with very low donations. ahmed and his family deserve to make it through this coming winter!

[deepseasmetro]

in just 24 hours, we've raised over €1000!

how amazing! if we can keep this pace up, this will be fully funded within a week! please, continue reblogging and donating!

and if you vote - donate just a dollar. if everyone did that, ahmed and his family would have all the money they need for his treatments.

[cosmogenous2]

i'm full of love but i also have the hater's curse and once a day i gotta say some bitchy shit or i'll explode

[beesmygod]

im genuinely struggling with existing in a world where the israeli pager bomb act of terrorism isnt being condemned en masse as a infringement of human rights

[turian-deactivated20250930]

@ahedalshaer is looking to buy a waterproof tent so that her family can survive the upcoming change in weather - a much colder season is coming, and heavy rains are predicted. I've been going insane when I check the donations on Ahed's gofundme - €5 was donated three hours ago, but before that there had been nothing donated for two whole days.

Ahed is 22 years old. she was on her way to becoming a dentist. she should be in school right now finishing her practicum. I get that a lot of people have gone back to class or to work or whatever themselves and are donating less and paying less attention, or have been distracted by the farce that is the usamerican election, but that isn't fair to people like Ahed who are being forced to campaign to survive a fucking genocide. donate. if you absolutely can't donate, then share Ahed's fundraiser. here's the fundraiser link / here's the verification link (line #407).

[ahedalshaer]

Please donate as much as you can ♥️🙏

[tamarrud]

I wanted to shed light on Amal Ashuor's campaign, a mother from Gaza who's fundraising to keep her family safe in the midst of genocide. @amalashuor's campaign is vetted #175.

As a mother myself, I can't even begin to imagine what the past 11 months have been like for someone like Amal, whose entire goal is to protect her daughter who was only 9 months at the start of this aggression. I can't imagine the pain that comes with watching your baby hitting their milestones in the middle of all of this horror and destruction.

The campaign started as Amal was fundraising to evacuate her family of 3. However, with the only exit being closed by Israel and Israel's relentless evacuation orders, Amal details how she has been displaced by Israeli orders multiple times, each move costing insane amounts.

As a mother, she can't expect her 18 month old daughter to walk unknown distances, yet getting transportation cost between $600 and $2000. She had to buy a tent that cost her upwards of $800, which was later burnt by Israeli shelling and rendered useless. For that, Amal now has to pay rent which is $2,500. On top of that, considering neither she or her husband are working at the moment, they need funds to feed their daughter, buy formula and diapers, a task and an anxiety that kills me just thinking about it.

Amal's campaign had raised €37,500/50,000 as of today (September 12, 2024) which is quite close to the goal. Please remember that donating to this campaign doesn't only allow Amal to provide basic needs for her daughter but it also gives Amal the only glimmer of hope in the midst of the grim reality that they're living through.

Show Amal support and give her some ease of mind by sharing this here and with your friends and family and/or by donating if you're able to. No amount is too little.

Donate to Help me get out of Gaza for my baby girl, organized by Amal Ashour

Hello, I am Amal Ashour. I live in Gaza. I am 26 years old Before the war, I was … Amal Ashour needs your support for Help me get out of Gaz

[tamarrud]

​I'm sharing this again to remind everyone that this is mainly going to feed a toddler and provide her and her parents with shelter during a genocide.

[gaza-evacuation-funds]

‏Today's vetted fundraisers

Qusai Kabaja, who was displaced from northern Gaza to the south, is facing immense challenges in providing for his family. They are struggling under difficult conditions, and he is finding it hard to cover basic expenses due to soaring prices and a lack of resources.

Qusai is seeking donations to support his family, as contributions can help cover essential needs such as food, clothing, and medical care. Each donation is not just financial aid but a symbol of hope and solidarity in times of crisis. Your support can make a significant difference in their lives and help them navigate the hardships they are enduring.

Donate to Help My Family Escape Gaza’s War Zone, organized by Qusai Kabaja

My name is Qusai Kabaja, and my family and I have been displaced from northern Gaza… Qusai Kabaja needs your support for Help My Family Esca

@el-shab-hussein @nabulsi @appsa @irhabiya @wellwaterhysteria

[hotvampireadjacent]

They fucking bombed Lebanon again. People were at a funeral for people killed yesterday. Uniquely evil.

[hotvampireadjacent]

I was confused thinking I must be reading reports over yesterdays act of terror. No they just bombed Lebanon again. Everyone injured and killed labeled Hezbollah by western media. Even if that were true, members of Hezbollah hold seats in places of Lebanon government.

People in the United States really don’t view people they see as Muslim and Arab as humans. So many people cheer for this senseless violence

[hotvampireadjacent]

14 killed, 450 injured in latest attack in Lebanon https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/9/18/israels-war-on-gaza-live-thousands-injured-in-lebanon-pager-explosions in addition to the attack that injured arouhd 4,000 yesterday alone

At least 14 killed, 450 wounded in latest wave of Lebanon explosions

A day after simultaneous blasts across Lebanon, at least 14 killed and hundreds wounded in new wave of explosions.

[itgetsbetter]

🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ GOOD queer news for the TL: a bunch of students across the U.S. are using grants to make their schools more welcoming for LGBTQ+ youth

Queer students deserve to feel safe at school! We're in our third year of giving grants to put the power in their hands to make their schools more welcoming - students know what they need most in their own communities and their own schools.

Through 50 States, 50 Grants, 5,000 Voices, we've awarded over $1.5 million in grants across the U.S. to support student-led projects. Our third season has some of the most badass projects yet, like these:

❤️ “With this grant, we’ll establish an LGBTQIA+ community space in the library, open to all students, with guest speakers, arts and crafts, LGBTQIA+ books and literature, and LGBTQIA+-specific resources.” - Pocatello, Idaho

🧡 “Our project aims to support LGBTQ+ students through teacher training, development of gender-neutral bathroom protocols, and the organization of a district-wide Queer Prom.” - Gypsum, Colorado

💛 “We’ll take students from the 3 middle schools and our local high school to Honolulu Pride to make local LGBTQ+ friends, feel accepted in a large group, and see the community beyond just school.” - Ewa Beach, Hawai'i

💚 “We’re going to increase access to queer literature by working with a local nonprofit to expand our school’s collection, host storytelling events, and foster community connection." - Mobile, Alabama

💙 “Our plan is to create new Inclusivity Zones across the state in critical areas for local GSA clubs to meet, plan shared events, and be their own safe space.” - Charleston, West Virginia

💜 “We’ll host the Rainbow Youth Summit for LGBTQIA+ youth from across southern California to network, learn, and have fun in a safe, judgement free and supportive environment.” - Cathedral City, California

These students are truly the definition of making things better - you can see the rest of the amazing projects lined up across the country on our blog here!

[el-shab-hussein]

As part of this week's priority rotation (Sept 5th to 12th 2024)

Namer lost his baby due to a sudden illness that affected his newborn twins. The family is devastated, and his wife is struggling with postpartum in conditions of genocide while grieving her newborn.

Donate to Help Namer Matar Family in Gaza, organised by W SALEM

HELLO BELOVED COMMUNITY My name is Wael, I'm making this account on behalf of my family membe… W SALEM needs your support for Help Namer Ma

Can you help him?

We'll try to reach 200$ for the current week.

0/200$

[thebreakfastgenie]

This racism against Haitians is really getting to me. I'm not even sure how to refer to it because I don't even want to say "eating pets thing" because they're not doing that! It's a completely made up racist hoax that the Republican candidates for president and vice-president are all in on.

[thebreakfastgenie]

#this is the most context I have for the whole thing#I didn’t see or hear anything about it before and was confused about the posts urgently saying Haitians needed protection @karleenscreativeworld

There's a town in Ohio with a lot of Haitian immigrants and the right made up a completely fake, racist story about Haitian immigrants stealing and eating pets. To be clear, this did not happen. It's completely made up. A lot of people who aren't on twitter (or maybe some corners of facebook) didn't know about it because it's basically a right wing racist social media hoax, but JD Vance was all in on it tweeting about it and he's a sitting senator who's running for vice-president and then last night Trump mentioned it during the debate. It's had some more mainstream news coverage now because of that and things like the police in Ohio saying "yeah that's not happening."

[maryfitzroy]

even worse, it was unsurprisingly started by a literal neo-nazi:

some other debunks (per snopes)

the photo going around of a black guy carrying a goose by the neck (which like first of all hats off to anyone who can capture a canada goose by grabbing it by the neck those things are nasty) was apparently taken in columbus ohio (not springfield ohio where this whole faux controversy is supposedly set) and the guy in it likely wasn’t even haitian. the video of a woman being arrested for animal cruelty and confessing to eating a cat was not taken in springfield and the woman in the video speaks with an american accent and is clearly not haitian.

the recent wave of haitian immigrants moving to springfield hasn’t resulted in any kind of crime spike. the “white boy murdered by a haitian immigrant on the way to school” story was a tragic case of vehicular manslaughter, and the boy’s parents disavowed anyone using his story as anti-immigrant propaganda.

while there has been a recent uptick in haitian immigration to the united states (and to be clear we should welcome them. the situation in haiti is dreadful) most haitian immigrants living in the united states have been here for 10+ years because they were given temporary protected status after the 2010 earthquake and then virtually nothing else was done for them (they should be offered a path to citizenship imo) many of them who originally settled in coastal cities are now moving to midwestern towns (such as springfield ohio) because that’s where the factory and warehouse jobs are and the cost of living is more affordable.

[maxineharlow]

butch4butch milestone

[sickadagirl]

i need more friends who love bugs. I cant take telling people i love bugs and there reaction being "i hate them i kill everyone i see", or "ew" ( and then giving me a weird look. where are the bug lovers? where are my friends? let me show you my collection, lets draw insects together, lets make power points of our favorites.

[ratbugs]

this was my exact experience until i went to study marine biology, now i end up introducing almost everyone i meet to my jumping spiders

[cenedras-art]

Ornate Wobbegong

The ornate wobbegong is a kind of carpet shark that can be found off the east coast of Australia. They are nocturnal, and feed on crustaceans, fish and octopuses. They mostly hunt by ambushing their prey.

My submission for @swimonzine 10

[bloglikeanegyptian]

antiquities looted from sudan's national museum are being sold on ebay... god the heartbreak

[luxmundi-i]

[tamarrud]

Israel recycles the same justification and it's really obvious that this is one of those instances where they repeat a lie long enough in hopes it becomes truth.

So here I am repeating the obvious just so that this lie doesn't get normalised:

Israel is conducting airstrikes on shelters and displacement camps, a flagrant violation of international law.

These camps and shelters have always, always been in areas designated as "safe zones" by Israel. So even if Hamas members were doing backflips in the middle of the camp, that does not mean Israel can bomb an area it directed civilians to go to.

Though never, not once, was Israel able to prove that it had in fact killed Hamas members when it committed these massacres. Civilians who live in these areas have recorded their testimonies time and time again to say there has not been any Hamas activity around them.

Still, nothing justifies the bombing of schools turned shelters. Nothing. Nothing justifies using heavy artillery against tents made of fabric and plastic sheets. Absolutely nothing.

I have probably made a variation of this post 600 times in the past 11 months alone, but remember that repeating these Israeli "justifications" without challenging them only allows Israel to continue its crimes and prolongs this genocide that had already claimed the lives of way more than 50,000 Palestinians.

[death-note-heritage-posts]

sorry for promoting this on my fandom blog but hey, i'm burmese as in i'm from the country myanmar/burma. ever since february of 2021, there has been a civil war and it saddens me after a few weeks of speaking about it, everyone forgets. i know this is the cycle of internet activism but still.

it'd mean the world if people followed @burmese-culture-is thank you!