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[dr-santos]

can they stop tweeting and start killing each other. what happened to good old duelling

[a-canker-in-a-hedge]

Hey, so, I don't know how many of you follow Canadian news, but yesterday, someone drove a car into the crowd at a Filipino cultural festival in Vancouver. I'm sorry that I can't put that more sensitively, but I really don't know how else to describe it. I'm not Filipino, but it happened in the neighborhood I grew up in. I'm not sure how to describe how I feel. I'd walked past the event an hour before with some friends. We'd joked about how the first nice weekend in Vancouver is a special occasion because everyone comes out. There's a vigil on that corner tonight.

The point of this isn't to talk about how I feel. A friend has shared some gofundmes with me and I wanted to post them here. And ask that maybe if you're local and you're able to, could you donate blood? I don't know. I don't have anything I can say. It's not my tragedy but I feel it anyway. If you can donate, I know it would be appreciated by the families.

https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-bring-rowel-home (goal reached but more funds always help)

https://www.gofundme.com/f/rizza (almost at 50%)

[ninoquincampoix]

here’s a list of verified gofundme links (compiled by socalfilipinos): https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1CUFKK6mu61OotmiIaz-e9rR-d818x9CebBOYsFriD1U/htmlview

Lapu Lapu Festival GoFundMe Links

Lapu Lapu Festival GoFundMe Links

[nitewrighter]

This animal is on the edge of extinction. Trump just fired the people trying to save it.

Job cuts and frozen funding could inch one of the world’s rarest species even closer to extinction.

DOGE just froze funding to vital Federal and Indigenous conservation programs devoted to supporting the very delicate and tenuous existence of the black-footed ferret.

I fell in love with these animals as a kid traveling to our National Parks. Their rarity and ferocity made me sharply aware, even as a child, of just how much of a responsibility we have toward our environment. I can't bear the thought of them being a fucking casualty of Trump and Musk.

Look at them! They do war dances.

[nitewrighter]

Okay I don't want to end this on doom and gloom, so I'm also going to add that the Buffalo Nations Grasslands Alliance was one of the indigenous-lead organizations who were supposed to receive a $1.1 million dollar grant that has since been frozen. But they do have a website and they do accept donations.

BUFFALO NATIONS GRASSLANDS ALLIANCE

[insomniac-arrest]

They are currently doing an emergency fundraiser!! Buffalo Nations Grasslands Alliance (BNGA) is raising $50,000 in emergency funds to support Tribal efforts to recover black-footed ferrets

Support Tribes & Save Ferrets, with Buffalo Nations Grasslands Alliance

Native American Tribes manage 14% of all remaining black-footed ferrets in the wild. Freezes of federal funding are jeopardizing their conse

They are 34% to their goal with 11 days left!

[sharkfinsoap]

43%! Come on y'all!

[stuckinapril]

Guys please talk about Palestinian prisoners’ day. It feels like everyone has gone full mask off and just stopped bringing attention to this entirely - but a lot of detainees you advocated for one year ago are still detained today. Still facing the same conditions of squalor & torture & being indefinitely separated from their loved ones. The stats on Palestinian detainees are still as bad as they’ve ever been. Please talk about it

[errorschacha]

You want to call your House rep now and tell them Trump needs to be impeached immediately for defying a Supreme Court order (re: Kilmar Abrego Garcia), which functionally voids our constitution and means no one in America has rights anymore.

I am not exaggerating.

As of now, anybody can be disappeared, no due process, no recourse. Trump is openly disregarding a Supreme Court order and says he’ll send US citizens to El Salvador.

This is not a drill.

Call your House rep and tell them they must impeach. Tell them if they cannot bring themselves to impeach, they must resign. A more open and shut case to impeach is not possible. Trump and his administration are saying openly, in public, that anybody can be kidnapped by ICE, even in error, and disappeared permanently.

Call your senators, too, and tell them to support impeachment (it goes to them once it passes a majority House vote).

Find Your Representative

Find your representatives. Learn how to find and connect with them. Stay informed about their bills, committees, and contributions.

[magebird]

"Hello, my name is _______ and I am a constituent from _______. My address is ________.

I am reaching out today to urge Representative ______ to call for the impeachment of President Trump due to his refusal to comply with the Supreme Court's April 10th decision regarding Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was unlawfully deported and has been charged with no crime. As Justice Sotomayor stated, this inaction implies the government's ability to 'deport and incarcerate any person, including U.S. citizens, without legal consequence, so long as it does so before a court can intervene.' This precedent is unconstitutional, highly illegal, and grounds for impeachment. Every individual, regardless of immigration status, must be guaranteed a right to due process.

Representative _____, I urge you to stand on the right side of history today by calling for President Trump's impeachment. This administration can not be allowed to continue unilaterally defying the checks and balances that are intrinsic to our government."

You can also find your representative and senators and their phone numbers on https://5calls.org/

Please don't be afraid of calling. Your job would just be to be a data point, not to sound perfect. Here's some info on why calling is effective.

[tgirl-thucydides]

[professionalchaoticdumbass]

Is this a burger

yes (i am not american)

yes (i am american)

no (i am not american)

no (i am american)

Voting ended onApr 2, 2025

lets settle this properly

[crimsonebony]

@jauntylittlefrillyboy, re your tags (on a phone and unable to include them), I think I figured out where the confusion comes from!

To me this is a burger because of the burger bun.

You’re saying it’s not a burger because of the burger patty?

[jauntylittlefrillyboy]

Yeah man, you can slap anything between a bun, but for it to then be a hamburger (specific type of meat aside) it must be ground and shaped into a patty. Hamburger purists will say it needs both the patty and bun, but personally I think you can slap that bad boy between slices of bread and still call it a burger.

[typicallyexceptional]

That's not even a patty! That's a fillet! If it was a chicken patty, it'd be kinda weird to call it a burger, but I wouldn't say it was strictly wrong. Calling this a burger is like if you plopped a steak on a bun and said that was a burger.

[tamamita]

404+ Palestinians MURDERED in less than a day.

[tamamita]

Please donate to Nader's campaign

And Ibrahim's campaign

They are both currently at the northern part where the zionist pigs are bombing! The situation is too dire as more Palestinians are dying.

[gayrat-deactivated19690420]

Nader: €5,806/€50,000

Ibrahim: €63,438/€80,000

[el-shab-hussein]

They bombed near my friend's house, 50 martyrs.

[el-shab-hussein]

I can't do anything else about his situation but ask you to support him.

Please help him.

[rawan-soso]

What is my sister’s fault? Why must this be her life? She doesn’t remember our house. She doesn’t remember her cat who was killed by the bombs. She doesn’t remember feeling warm during the winter. All the good things in her life came and went before her brain could form memories. From her point of view, life has always been this genocide. Gaza has always been destroyed. Home has always been one room with no windows and infested by rodents.

Please help me provide for her. She’s had a high fever for the past few days and the blockade is back. The bombs are starting to drop again. This is going to be so hard and I can’t do this alone.

We are so close to our final goal, please, anything can make a difference even if it’s just sharing!

PLEASE DONATE HERE

✅Vetted by @gazavetters, my number verified on the list is ( #347 )✅

[gothhabiba]

Last week, the Relief for Rafah (R4R) community kitchen provided a water truck, and cooked and distributed food for the residents of Al-Junaina, Rafah.

R4R need money to continue their efforts providing people with food, water, and medicine in Rafah. Ramadan begins tomorrow, and people need food and water to break their fasts.

Relief for Rafah - A Mutual Aid Project

Relief for Rafah (R4R) is a mutual aid initiative featuring team members from the US and Gaza. We are fundraising to support families in Al-

Ramadan Kareem 🕌✨🌒

[raangmanch]

It has been a while since I have made a post, but I wanted to do it today. Ramadan Kareem to all those who celebrate. Today begins the holy month of Ramadan and a year before, the call for prayers in Gaza were coupled with the sound of zanana. After fifteen months of genocide, the resistance has cleared out the air, has pushed the zionist occupation forces out of Gaza and I am happy that Ramadan will be celebrated without the sounds of bombing and shelling. But things are not as before; the Zionist occupation has committed an urbicide- a whole city has been destroyed. They have murdered people, they have tortured Gazans, they have orphaned thousands of children and destroyed the hopes and dreams of many. None of this can be taken back, none of this can be made right. So while the whole world celebrates Ramadan amidst lights, in Gaza Ramadan would be celebrated in rubbles of destroyed homes.

So I hope in this holy month of Ramadan, we will keep supporting the Palestinian cause; we will keep fighting for a free Palestine, we will keep following the news that comes out from both West Bank and Gaza. I hope we will keep boycotting and protesting and supporting grassroot organization . For now I would like to redirect your attention to my friend Siraj's fundraiser. Please consider supporting Siraj and his family. Nothing will be the same again, but donations will help a lot in rebuilding his life.

Save Siraj's family from the threat of the Gaza genocide war

Hi, my name is Osama Radwan and I’m raising these funds for Siraj and his family.

[violetsandshrikes]

Btw, you can donate to menstrual hygiene kits for Sudanese women, which I would highly recommend if you can

https://www.globalgiving.org/projects/padsforpeace/

[violetsandshrikes]

And here’s another one for IDPs in Kumba-Cameroon

https://www.globalgiving.org/projects/protect-3000-idps-in-cameroon-with-a-pad-and-a-pant/

[guldaastan]

it's very surreal to see posts about palestine dwindling down after the ceasefire. israel is still blocking aid to and trying to make life difficult for palestinians in gaza. we still have to continue to speak up about gaza.

in this ceasefire, many palestinians are trying to rebuild in attempts to try and return to what they had before the genocide. despite the heavy and unbearable loss of life that gaza has experienced, her people continue to try to make a better world for their children.

alaa is a mother of two young children. she wants to rebuild her house and get a better future for her children. please have heart and consider helping her out. her fundraiser has been verified.

please donate here

[guldaastan]

it's been seven days since the last donation. please please share and consider donating if you can. alaa has to get enough money to rebuild her house to ensure her children's well being.

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[sambargestuff]

[gothhabiba]

You may remember me spotlighting the Mawasi Al-Qarara Mutual Aid Project (MAQMAP) in the past. MAQMAP is now Relief for Rafah (R4R), as the organisers and inhabitants of the camp return to their homes across Gaza.

Relief for Rafah needs funding to provide clean drinking water, food, and cash assistance to families in the Al-Genina District of Rafah. Despite the ceasefire, the aid entering the strip is not meeting the needs of the Palestinians in Rafah. Clean drinking water is desperately needed as well as edible food. Not to mention, the level of displacement remains high, with many families returning to piles of rubble. We aim to step in where the international aid organizations aren't. By donating, you are helping us sustain dignity, life, and love within the community. Your contributions will go to providing food, water, and basic life neccesities. Please help in rebuilding the lives that were destroyed by supporting and sharing our work.

I am personally organising bank transfers for this organisation and have been in personal contact with the organisers for some time. I can assure you that your donations are doing important work in Rafah.

Relief for Rafah - A Mutual Aid Project

Relief for Rafah (R4R) is a mutual aid initiative featuring team members from the US and Gaza. We are fundraising to support families in Al-

[arielsojourner]

USA people! Buy NOTHING Feb 28 2025. Not anything. 24 hours. No spending. Buy the day before or after but nothing. NOTHING. February 28 2025. Not gas. Not milk. Not something on a gaming app. Not a penny spent. (Only option in a crisis is local small mom and pop. Nothing. Else.) Promise me. Commit. 1 day. 1 day to scare the shit out of them that they don't get to follow the bullshit executive orders. They don't get to be cowards. If they do, it costs. It costs.

Then, if you can join me for Phase 2. March 7 2025 thtough March 14 2025? No Amazon. None. 1 week. No orders. Not a single item. Not one ebook. Nothing. 1 week. Just 1.

If you live outside the USA boycott US products on February 28 2025 and stand in solidarity with us and also join us for the week of no Amazon.

Are you with me?

Spread the word.

[kasplode]

Organised by People’s Union, read more here:

Nationwide economic blackout on February 28: What to know about boycott

When Donald Trump reentered office, one of his first calls to action was to end several DEI initiatives in the federal government.

[dvasva]

'This won't work, this isn't widespread, nobody knows, we're in a bubble, blah blah blah' my mom, a 64 year old lady with no social media whose first language is spanish, told me about this before tumblr did, and said we are going to participate.

[librarychair]

I've seen flyers for this in real life. Do it.

[bamboo-muse]

Just reminder:

Fuck ICE

Death to Trump and his billionaire buddies

Always punch Nazis