PearlBeth

♡ She/Her ♡ 🇻🇪🇺🇲 ♡ Always following a hyperfixation ♡

[pearlbeth]

I know a lot of us feel helpless right now, and it's easy to look away when you feel there's nothing you can do; but please keep paying attention and making sure to spread the truth about the current genocide that is happening in front of us.

If you can, donate to relief funds to help aid Palestinians. Here's the two I donated to:

Providing medical aid to Palestinians living under occupation and as refugees

For over 30 years, Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) has been reaching out to Palestinian communities, striving to deliver health and medic

PCRF

The Palestine Children's Relief Fund was established in 1992 by concerned humanitarians in the USA to bring injured and sick children for fr

And if you do some research, you'll find more organizations that are helping Palestinians get the urgent supplies they need.

Also, here's a resource to contact your representatives about stopping the Palestinian genocide taking place in Gaza:

Take Action - JVP

Act Now Join JVP Campaign with us Ways to Give ACT NOW URGENT: Stop genocide against Palestinians in Gaza (call now) URGENT: Stop genocide a

The people feeding us propaganda want us to feel helpless so we turn a blind eye to the atrocities being committed. Don't fall for it, and hold them accountable.

[pearlbeth]

Also, contact the White House and demand that president Biden pressure for an immediate ceasefire to the bombing on Gaza.

Contact Us | The White House

Contact the President, Vice President, get help with a Federal Agency, or ask a question about WhiteHouse.gov.

Here's what I wrote, but feel free to write your own message. Contact presiden Biden and vice president Harris.

I demand that President Biden and Vice President Harris put pressure on Israel to immediately stop the bombing and genocide happening in Gaza, to call for a ceasefire, to allow humanitarian aid to reach Gazans, and to stop providing more weapons to Israel to enable the ethnic cleansing of the Palestinian people.

[thiswasnotintheplan]

I DONT KNOW HOW TO POST THIS

A FRIEND FROM VENEZUELA JUST SEND ME THIS THEY’RE BEING THROWN BOMBS AT

Latinoamérica se jodio, pensábamos que estábamos a salvo de las guerras a pesar de nuestra economía y han empezado a atacarnos

[zvaigzdelasas]

Apparent airstrikes in Caracas

[zvaigzdelasas]

Explosions in Caracas Captured on Video as Authorities Investigate | Cedar News

Explosions in Caracas captured on video as loud blasts were reported in parts of the Venezuelan capital, with authorities investigating.

2 Jan 26

[huzni]

These were definitely carried out by united staters, Chinook helicopters were seen all along and they're the only military who possess them.

The Cradle

BREAKING | US is bombing Venezuela — airstrikes are targeting Caracas, with helicopters visible in some footage. Military bases and oil re

[flufflesamy]

uhh so the US just invaded Venezuela. As of now there have been airstrikes on the capital of Caracas as well as the nearby port of Maiquetía. The US is also launching what appears to be a full on invasion with chinooks and apache helicopters spotted in Caracas.

Obviously this is a horrendous, immoral and illegal act of war by the US and I wish the people of Venezuela all the best in repelling the imperialist pigs.

Death to USSAmeriKKKa

[ishomieokay]

Hello, guys. I know I haven't been active in this blog for some time, but I guess I just needed to write about this and I'm not sure where else to do it.

As some of you know, I live in Venezuela. For the last hour or so bombs have been falling over my city, Caracas. Some people say it's a coup d'etat, others that it's the US military. We are not yet sure what is happening.

A bomb fell over La Carlota, a military air base a few blocks away from my apartment. We can still see the smoke through the window. As I understand, bombs have also fallen on "strategic places" like Fuerte Tiuna and Miraflores.

The neighbors are speaking about leaving but me and my parents haven't decided what we are going to do. We don't really have a place to go. I'll keep you updated if I can. Thank you for taking the time to read.

[pearlbeth]

got messages from my family at 1 am our time (2 am Venezuela) telling us that they heard and felt the explosions. They could hear the planes after the bombs stopped too. Multiple cities have been hit and the Venezuelan government has officially said it was the U.S.' doing. Fox News (which I don't trust but there's so little coverage anywhere that I'm taking what I can get) also reported that the White House has admitted to the strikes.

I've been so afraid of getting these news and now that I have I don't even know what to do.

it's so surreal to see my city on fire. How do you prepare for that? How do you accept it and move on? Go about your day afterwards?

I'm truly hoping everyone's ok. Civilians are not at fault for the actions of the government, yet we're always the ones to pay the price.

@ishomieokay gracias por mantenernos informados. Espero que tu y tu familia esten a salvo.

[pearlbeth]

I haven't been on here in a minute, but as one of the only social media accounts I have I feel the need to say this here too.

I'm Venezuelan, born and raised. I immigrated to the U.S. when I was 14. I have lived half of my life in Venezuela and half of it in America. I have a lot of family still there; I also have a lot of family all over the world because a lot of us had the chance to leave.

While I appreciate people standing with us with the U.S.' plan to invade, I need to make something very clear: The regime in Venezuela is a dictatorship. One that has been in place for almost 30 years (basically my entire life). One that has destroyed a beautiful country and killed countless of people. Our economy is crumpled, most people don't have constant access to water (when they do, it's rarely clean) or electricity, hospitals don't have resources, most people struggle to afford food and medicine, the government purposefully poisons the water of indigenous tribes, the police are the main ones targeting and taking advantage of innocent civilians, and many more things that would take me forever to list.

I do NOT want the U.S. to get involved with Venezuela. I don't trust them. We in Latin America are familiar with what U.S. involvement looks like, and it never benefits us. I appreciate how many people in the West see that this is an invasion that will ultimately hurt us, but I need everyone who opposes U.S. involvement to STOP praising the Venezuelan government.

Venezuela is not the socialist utopia some of you are making it out to be, it is a dictatorship that uses socialism as a front to garner support, because they will never admit that they are a dictatorship and are oppressing people. In trying to reject U.S. propaganda you have ultimately fallen for Venezuelan propaganda.

The enemy of your enemy is not always your friend. Sometimes both sides are corrupt and murderers.

Stand with the people, not the governments, because neither regime has the citizens well being in mind, just their own greed and pride.

I'm so tired of people who are just now catching up to the fact that the American government has been the bad guy in most of history, and that they lie and are corrupt, turning around and saying "well that means that everyone they accused of being bad is good." It is not that simple. Even a broken clock is right twice a day. To come online and say that Venezuela's, Cuba's, or North Korea's government are in fact good just because the U.S. doesn't like them, ignores the voices and struggles of countless of people who have lived in those places and told the world of the atrocities and tragedies they've lived through.

Life isn't like the movies, it's not always a hero and a villain, sometimes there are several bad people and organizations hurting entire populations for their own gain, and just because they don't like each other doesn't make one of them good.

P.s. if you see Venezuelans celebrating or supporting the invasion, please have grace. I know a lot of us see it for what it truly is and we understand that this won't end well, but Venezuelans have been dying under an oppressive government for 3 decades, so it's understandable that they will welcome any type of perceived help. This is such a nuanced situation, and if you haven't lived through something like this you won't be able to understand, so please have tact when approaching a topic that you're looking at through a very privileged lense.

[pearlbeth]

I haven't been on here for like a year, though I think about coming back constantly. To be honest things got kind of difficult. But I wanted to come here today because today was a hard day for me, as I'm sure it was for many people in the U.S., and I just wanted to say that if you're feeling scared, you're not alone and we'll get through this like we, and so many people throughout history, have gotten through dark and difficult times before. Stay safe, everyone, and remember that there is always light at the end of the tunnel and love, kindness and happiness are the strongest forms of resistance 🫶🏼

P.s. I'm going to make an effort to check back in here more often, and I'll check my messages if anyone left something there months ago 🫣

[typhlonectes]

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Happy Lil Bear Ceramics

[everythingfox]

Cat sees long time human friend after a long time

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Evening wear by Oscar de la Renta

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Tarun Tahiliani

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THE PRINCESS DIARIES (2001) dir. Garry Marshall

[mage-chocolate]

Obsessed with how the first half of MJ has Katniss in the opposite position as first book where now she has her Prim and her mom and Gale and she’s not in a death match, but it’s tonally so much more depressing. And the singular reason for that is that Peeta isn’t there.

The whole first book had moments of her laughing and smiling and even joking during a death match and 90% of that was because Peeta was being a goofy idiot with her.

[die-rosastrasse]

Desk clutter & current work in progress 🌹✨

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Top five gowns of 2023 as voted by my followers: Vivienne Westwood bridal couture 2023 in fifth place