it’s me, a few years later! i’ve decided to start anew on an entirely different blog since a) my interests have changed, b) this account has been left to stagnate, and c) i’m an adult now.
my new blog is @gibbycat, which i have been slowly setting up (to friends who follow me on here, i’ve already followed you back on this new account!)
for now, i’m keeping the icons the same so that people know that i’m the same person before i (eventually) deactivate this old account and move on! it’ll be a while before then so there’s plenty of time.
thank you all who followed and interacted with me on this account!
Look, I know a good number of you are from the US and things aren't amazing there either, but my country is literally on the brink of collapse. So I'd love it if we could talk about that for a minute.
If you can't do anything else, please just read and reblog.
A second COVID wave has taken out the healthcare system. There are no more hospital beds. There's an oxygen shortage. There's a critical vaccine shortage. The Central Government has thrown its hands up and is passing the baton to the State Governments to do what they can.
There are over 16 million covid cases. A record 330,000 new cases reported yesterday - comparable to the US at its peak. 187,000 dead as of today.
There is no plan.
Mass cremations are taking place. The cremation grounds are running day and night and they are short on wood. People are watching their loved ones die while waiting for a hospital bed, and then they're unable to give them the proper burial rights.
Hospitals are overwhelmed. Patients are being confined, two to a bed. They're the lucky ones.
We are on the verge of people dying in the streets.
This is the second-most populous country in the world. The largest democracy. A country that encapsulates over 15,000 years of recorded human history and has endured everything from famine to invasion to colonisation.
We might be at the end. This might be the thing that does us in.
People are dying.
People are dying.
People are dying and there is no plan.
More good news? Variants are popping up. A double mutation strain has shown up. It is resistant to current vaccines. This will not go away. This is the devastation they warned of when the anti-maskers were out protesting the minor inconvenience of covering their face in public.
My country is on the verge of an emergency state. Our government has failed us. This is as dire a situation as it ever could be.
Look. I don't do much with my life. I write fics, some of you have read them and that's pretty much it. I spend my days with my head in the clouds because that's where I like to be.
But two days ago, my grandmother tested positive, had to be taken to hospital and the ambulance caught fire.
She barely made it to the urgent care she needs.
So, here I am, using whatever meager platform I have to cobble this request together. Because I have to do something.
Even a small amount of 5 or 7 or 10 of foreign currency will help a lot. Our government has essentially abandoned us. People have turned to social media for help. WhatsApp groups and DMs on twitter/insta is where we find help. Our helpline is a Google doc. Situation is so dire that hospitals are discharging patients due to lack of oxygen. Every night the same story, oxygen running out in hospitals, citizens running around to somehow arrange for oxygen with minutes to spare. Last night, we had manged to get oxygen to a hospital with 14min to spare.
Reblogging with more links. Listen to @groundzero-and-deku ☝️ they know what they're talking about.
Some of you in the US have asked what else you can do. I'm not the best person to answer this since I'm not from there, but I do know that Biden is being urged to ship supplies to India. Maybe a more informed person can chime in with how best you can help but calling your representative and registering your concern sounds like a good starting point.
From one democracy to another, thank you. Please keep this going, you're all amazing.
EDIT: Reblogging with some more donation links from @spacegirlstuff
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Y'all, this is a good time to mention that I am not affiliated with any charity or donation centre, and am not receiving donations on behalf of anyone.
This is a list of resources compiled by me and more importantly, other people who have a better grasp on the situation than myself. They are to the best of our knowledge great resources but
I still encourage you to do your research and put your money where you believe it will be used best.
If you find more ways to help or donate, add them in a reblog - let's get as much information out there as possible.
Much love and please stay safe
PLEASE BOOST THIS VERSION OF THE POST WITH THE EXTENDED LIST OF LINKS TO DONATIONS AND RESOURCES
my friend is missing. she's been gone for ten days and the police are going to stop looking for her. please please please she can't be lost please you have to help me
I literally have $545 to my name, and I'm the only one in this family who makes somewhat consistent money (albeit through donations, like I'm quite honestly surfing off the kindness of strangers), so I really need the allies to show out this Black History Month
That’s Louis Rossman, a repair technician and YouTuber, who went viral recently for railing against Apple. Apple purposely charges a lot for repairs and you either have to pay up or buy a new device. That’s because Apple withholds necessary tools and information from outside repair shops. And to think, we were just so close to change.
This guy inspired me to repair my own macbook. First of all, you should know that I am not… like, I have to look up HOW to look up what my computer specifications are. Tech, that ware either soft or hard, is not a subject in which I experience comfort or competence.
But my puppy peed on my keyboard, and I asked the apple store, or the fucking mac cafe, or the godsdamn Computer House Chill Zone or whatever cute ass name they have for their bullshit store, and they said it would be TWELVE HUNDRED DOLLARS TO REPLACE MY KEYBOARD. I’m not even exaggerating.
So I asked the internet, well how hard IS it to repair? And I saw this guy’s video, and while I am no techie, I AM fueled by spite, so I was all “oh, they do that shit on purpose specifically so they can charge me $1200 bucks or make me buy a new computer hunh? FUCK THEM” and I bought all the tools I needed for about $25 and I bought all the parts I needed for about another $25 and I watched a few tutorial videos, and I replaced my own keyboard.
So, once you are doing the actual deed, it becomes pretty obvious that they are finding creative ways to make this much harder than it has to be on purpose. On thing that stood out to me is, instead of all the tiny screws being the same size, there are about two dozen very slightly different sizes. They could easily be all the same size, or like, two sizes at most, but no.
These mother fuckers will take a panel that screws into place and they’ll use a different size screw for each corner. They are so close that you almost cannot tell them apart visually, but they each will only screw into the matching corner. Like, it’s a pretty clear “fuck you” to anyone trying to do repairs.
anyway, this guy is also fueled by spite, and doing holy work, and I have mad respect
[ID: A screenshot of a tweet from @notcolloquial. Text: Pay attention to what is happening in Madison, Wisconsin. We successfully pressured the school board to remove cops from schools, but the state retaliation had been severe. Nersly all organizers who led the protests have been arrested. Some on incredibly exaggerated charges, 20+ years. End ID]
Hi! My last post lost traction so I’m remaking it.
I’m a mentally and physically disabled trans artist. I have no current access to my autoimmune medicine and doctors bc I was cut off from insurance.
Currently I have no source of income because of my disabilities making it impossible for me to work. I still have myself to feed and also fellow disabled friends I help out often.
So if you enjoy my art and want to give a tip or if you just have something to spare here is my Ko-fi. And if you cant- as always just sharing this helps!
https://ko-fi.com/johnnyghoul
Thank you all for your support now and on the past it has helped me so much.
I really really hate to fucking ebeg but I can literally see my breath in my room and I'm drowning in medical debt from trying to kill myself in the fall so if anyone can spare anything I would greatly appreciate it
I know I keep real world stuff off this blog mostly but I'm making an exception since it is Holocaust Remembrance Day. As it's also Tu B'Shevat, one of my Jewish friends has suggested planting some trees in Israel and Palestine, if you want to do something and can spare a donation!
Guys, im really struggling right now with depression and suicidal thoughts and im about to be put out on the street and I'll most likely be homeless soon, I just need 60 bucks for the week if anyone could send me some money to my cashapp i would appreciate it alot. Please help a black lgbtq member stay off the street and be able to eat. My cashapp is
https://cash.app/$marsmoney2020
Instantly exchange money for free on Cash App
PLEASE HELP ME OUT. I'M REALLY HURTING RIGHT NOW, EVEN WITH MY JOB I HAVEN'T BEEN HAVING ENOUGH TO AFFORD A BETTER LIVING AND EATING SITUATION. I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾
The fact that i have to beg for money to eat from ppl on the internet bothers me so much cause my own family won't help me and I've literally been starving and haven't eaten in almost 2 weeks, I haven't been able to afford to even get my bills paid and I have no water or electric and im literally skin and bones right now, I feel like im gonna starve to fucking death, i just need 20 dollars guys from anyone. PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE HELP ME OUT.
Critical Resistance, working to dismantle the prison industrial complex and abolish the police
The Queer Detainee Empowerment Project
National Indigenous Women’s Resource Center, working to end violence against indigenous women and children and provide resources for the MMIW campaign
Sunrise Movement, a youth-led political campaign pushing the Green New Deal and climate legislation
Industrial Workers of the World. Unions.
And of course it’s always a good day to venmo, paypal, or cashapp black, indigenous and other POC in your community, or donate to your community mutual aid fund.
The International Anti-Fascist Defense Fund (and you can get some rad stickers and other merch from it too)
RIP Medical Debt - this one’s cool, they buy medical debt in the same way debt collectors do (for much much less than the value of the debt) and then simply forgive it. What that means is every dollar you donate erases $100 of debt. You can’t ask for a better value than that
