Random mess all around

welcome to my own personal pocket dimension. Sorry about the mess, enjoy!

[catnippackets]

a lot of people have reached out to me about their gofundmes so I thought I'd make a post to promote them. all of these have been vetted, so if you're looking for somebody to donate to, consider one of these!

@88mohammed - gofundme (€2,036 raised of €100,000 goal)

@anqar - gofundme (€13,675 raised of €20,000 goal)

@salahaldinahhorsblog - gofundme (€3,864 raised of €40,000 goal)

@hayanahed - gofundme (€60,935 raised of €100,000 goal)

@mayadayyad81 - gofundme ($29,232 USD raised of $35,000 goal)

@musababd - gofundme (£863 raised of £8,000 goal)

@ahmed-mohammed1 - gofundme (€1,901 raised of €30,000 goal)

@salem-baker - gofundme (€1,724 raised of €38,000 goal)

@mohamed-mikki - gofundme ($327raised of $20,000)

@emanfamily - gofundme (€3,186 raised of €38,000 goal)

@tameraldeeb - gofundme (€22,950 raised of €40,000 target)

@mohammedaldeeb - gofundme (€32,054 raised of €55,000 target)

@amlanqar - gofundme (€4,416 raised of €50,000 goal)

@ashraf-family2 - gofundme (€14,660 raised of €20,000 goal)

@mohammedalanqer - gofundme (€48,988 raised of €58,000 target)

@amira-world - gofundme (€17,836 raised of €20,000 target)

@ahmedalnabeeh11 - gofundme (€17,133 raised of €30,000 target)

@neverhate2024 - gofundme ($39,541 AUD raised of $70,000 target)

@emansalem - gofundme (€3,186 raised of €38,000 target)

@bilal-salah0 - gofundme (€70,105 raised of €70,000 goal)

@m0hammed1 - gofundme (€7,711 raised of €25,000 goal)

@ahmedabuyamin - gofundme (€43,140 raised of €49,000 goal)

@bilalassadabedrabou - gofundme (€4,593 raised of €80,000 goal)

@musababed - gofundme (€2,314 raised of €10,000 goal)

@mahmoud-ziad99 - gofundme ($13,156 USD raised of $30,000 goal)

@samerpal - gofundme (kr100,281 SEK raised of kr450,000 target)

@mahmoud-sharif - gofundme ($3,253 USD raised of $60,000 target)

@eyadeyadsblog - gofundme (CHF9,885 raised of CHF20,000 goal)

@zinaeleenyamin (deactivated but the gofundme is still up) - gofundme (€43,140 raised of €49,000 goal)

[akanemnon]

I think Frisk would like Kirby...

[sayruq]

Donate to Menstrual Care Kits for Women and Girls in Gaza, organized by DIYALA ABDLRASUL

Goal Achieved!! #Sisters4Gaza successfully sent 2,000 menstrual… DIYALA ABDLRASUL needs your support for Menstrual Care Kits for Women

Palestinian girls and women are forced to use tents as pads. People boost. Donate if you can

[nohaibrahim-2024-deactivated202]

Help me and my family please 🙏

Donate to Help a family from Gaza, organized by Yaser Matar

Hello, I am Ibtisam Al-Habil. My suffering began in 2014 when my husband was martyred, and I was … Yaser Matar needs your support for Help

@el-shab-hussein @ibtisams-blog @northgazaupdates @northgazaupdates2 @90-ghost

[northgazaupdates]

Noha’s campaign has been verified by el-shab-hussein and nabulsi, she is #157 on their spreadsheet of verified campaigns

[nelnal]

[vdeetz]

[enigmaticpink]

I think some people forget that some literature and some media is meant to be deeply uncomfortable and unsettling. It's meant to make you have a very visceral reaction to it. If you genuinely can't handle these stories then you are under no obligation to consume them but acting as if they have no purpose or as if people don't have a right to tell these stories, stories that often relate to the darkest or most disturbing parts of life, then you should do some introspection.

[vsaintsin]

I’ve read some things that deal in sad/dark/actually depressing and disturbing subject matter. I’ve loved them and the points they make without endorsing the events portrayed.

It’s always disappointing to get online and see that the conversation is “X thing shouldn’t exist” on the grounds that it made somebody feel badly. It was meant to make you feel that way and it’s normal that it did - it’s okay that you stop reading it or don’t finish it but I am BEGGING you to consider why it made you uncomfortable and why the author felt the need (if the answer isn’t immediately obvious, as it can be). There isn’t shame in something putting you off so badly that you shelve it.

The sterilization of reality is a detriment to all who exist within it. To censor stories with painful themes is to erase the reality that such stories are based in some horrific truth and works to erase the reality that many people have endured.

This trend or whatever we want to call it has gotten so bad that I listened to an entire lecture from somebody about how awful a book was and how it shouldn’t exist at all, how the author was a terrible person for concocting it and how it hurt people. When I asked what the book was, this person not only could barely recall the name but HAD NEVER READ IT. I bought the book. I read the book. It accomplished its task beautifully and I found it to be a cathartic experience. I also understood how it could make people so uncomfortable and would never judge anybody for setting it down.

It’s okay not to like something and distance yourself from it. Remember that those rules apply only to you, though, because they speak only to your own psyche.

[tlbodine]

Periodic reminder that one of the many roles of fiction is microdosing on big scary feelings so you build resilience, empathy, understanding, and defense against the real thing.

[kujakumai]

Sometimes I do ship something and it's not unpopular its just that fanon harbors enough popular misconceptions to make the content frequently unreadable. So I will be like "can I have my ship please" and the internet will go "sure! here are a thousand results!" and I will go "is it actually my ship or is it some guys who are basically totally different characters in all meaningful ways that someone is having masquerade as my blorbos?" and the answer is yes often enough that I give up

[mauesartetc]

Palestine campaigns with under a thousand donations

Trying a new tactic with the fundraisers on my pinned list. These campaigns appear to gain a lot more traction when the number of donations hits a thousand, so here's a way to highlight those that could use more. Just like the main list, I'll keep you all updated with how things progress, and as always, if you can't donate, reblog.

LAST UPDATED 7/29

Under 100:

Under 300:

The Hor family @salahaldinhor

Amal's family @amlanqar

Aya's family @ayaalanqarsblog

Zaen and Yehya @mohammedshehab111

Under 500:

The Al Tibi family @mahmoudeltibi1

The Sharif family @amnehsharif10

Walaa's family @ahmed79ss

The Atalla family @mohammed-atallah

The Ismaeel family @m0hammed1

The Sami family @eyadeyadsblog

Under 700:

The Aburass family @sameraburass

The Abushammaleh family @bshaeromars-blog

The Saftawi family @nadasaftawi

Ahmed's family @ahmed-ziad

Under 900:

The Alostaz family @ahmed-ostaz

Ashraf's family @ashrafanqer

Nearing 1000:

The Khalaf family @mahmoudkhalafff

The Shorbaje family @tahanishorbaje2

The Alnabih family @ahmedalnabeeh11

1000 donations:

Amira's family @ameera-anq

[mauesartetc]

Palestine campaigns with under a thousand donations

Trying a new tactic with the fundraisers on my pinned list. These campaigns appear to gain a lot more traction when the number of donations hits a thousand, so here's a way to highlight those that could use more. Just like the main list, I'll keep you all updated with how things progress, and as always, if you can't donate, reblog.

LAST UPDATED 7/23

Under 100:

Under 300:

The Hor family @salahaldinhor

Amal's family @amlanqar

Aya's family @ayaalanqarsblog

Zaen and Yehya @mohammedshehab111

Under 500:

The Al Tibi family @mahmoudeltibi1

The Sharif family @amnehsharif10

Walaa's family @ahmed79ss

The Atalla family @mohammed-atallah

The Ismaeel family @m0hammed1

Ahmed's family @ahmed-ziad

The Sami family @eyadeyadsblog

Under 700:

The Aburass family @sameraburass

The Abushammaleh family @bshaeromars-blog

The Saftawi family @nadasaftawi

Under 900:

The Alostaz family @ahmed-ostaz

The Shorbaje family @tahanishorbaje2

The Alnabih family @ahmedalnabeeh11

Ashraf's family @ashrafanqer

Nearing 1000:

Amira's family @ameera-anq

The Khalaf family @mahmoudkhalafff

1000 donations:

[riding-with-the-wild-hunt]

today's vetted fundraisers. please please continue to share and donate in whatever capacities you're able. these families just want to live.

june 25th:

Hani Al-Sharif, his wife, and their five young children ($967/$50,000) - @haniibrahimsh, verified by @/nabulsi

Samer Abu Ras, his wife Shurooq, and their three young children (kr41,032 SEK/kr450,000 SEK) - @sameraburass, verified by @/ibtisams

Siraj Abudayeh, his wife, and their three children ($50 CAD/$82,000 CAD) - @siiraj2024, #219 on @/el-shab-hussein and @/nabulsi's spreadsheet

Mohammed Alanqer, his wife Enas Majed, and their four young children, one a newborn under a month old (€20,360/€38,000) - @mohammedalanqer, verified by @/nabulsi

Basel Ayyad and his family of eight, including his daughter who needs vital treatment to preserve her eyesight (CHF955/CHF60,000) - @basel-1995, verified by @/sayruq

Dalia Mohisen, her three siblings, their parents, and several extended family members (€7,081/€35,000) - @daliamohisen, verified by @/90-ghost

14-year-old Malk Al Zaeem, her siblings, their parents, and their sick grandfather ($16,191 CAD/$50,000 CAD) - @malkzaeem, verified by @/nabulsi

Mahmoud Ziad, his brothers, and their parents (both of whom need medical treatment) ($11,963/$30,000) - @mahmoud-ziad99, verified by @/ibtisams

Mohammed Haboub and his family of four (kr7,860 SEK/kr300,000 SEK) - @mohammedhaboub, verified by @/90-ghost

Nader Shoshaa and family (€6,023/€120,000) - @nadergaza, verified by @/nabulsi

Momen Alostaz's family of ten, including a one-year-old, a newborn, and Momen's chronically ill parents (€12,099/€70,000) - @mo98h, @82188974, verified by @/palipunk

Mahmoud Khalaf's family of eight (€7,597/€30,000) - @mahmoudkhalaff, verified by @/fallahifag

Hasan Saied and his wife Lena ($12,262 CAD/$20,000 CAD) - @hasanandlena, verified by the coat of arms filmmaking group

every link on here is an opportunity to give life and hope. don't turn away. your help is urgently needed, whatever form it takes

[troutreznor]

while we're all online and memeing the failed assassination of a usamerican fascist please take a second to [donate to save a family in Gaza] and do your [daily click for Palestine]

[troutreznor]

while we're debating if COVID will kill Biden please consider buying an [esim for someone in Gaza], and helping sustain efforts to provide [medical] [relief], [food] and [clean water] on the ground in Gaza

[troutreznor]

you know the drill, Biden dropped out of the race so click the links above and while you're here also check out [Operation Olive Branch] for more resources to directly support and save lives in Palestine

[riding-with-the-wild-hunt]

vetted fundraisers from today. please continue to give support to families like these in whatever capacities you can, they are suffering such unfathomable deprivation and grief.

july 18th:

Safaa, her husband, their baby son Amir, and Safaa's parents, who both urgently need medical treatment ($1,086/$75,000) - @safaamiroo, verified by @/90-ghost

Amira Alanqar, her two siblings, and their mother, who needs treatment for diabetes (Amira is solely responsible for her family after the loss of their father) (€14,484/€20,000) - @amira-world, verified by @/nabulsi

Ashraf Alanqar, his wife Widad Issa, and their little son Bakr (€8,974/€30,000) - @ashraf-family, verified by @/90-ghost

Wafaa Alnhal's family of 15, including four young children and a newborn (the family has already lost multiple members, including Wafaa's sister and teenage niece) (€34,690/€50,000) - @wafa-nahll, #171 on @/el-shab-hussein and @/nabulsi's spreadsheet

Widow Hadeel Abu Jiab and her family of 12, including three young children (Najwa who was orphaned, Samira who needs treatment for vision problems, and Almas who is in severe shock) and Hadeel's injured mother and brother (€2,814/€20,000) - @palestinianhadeel, verified by @/90-ghost

Salahaldin Hor, his wife Sundus, and their three young daughters, two of whom have been injured (€1,946/€40,000) - @salahaldinhor, verified by @/90-ghost

Islam Al-Najjar and his family (€15/€30,000) - @islamgazaaccount2, verified by @/90-ghost

The Ayyad family of eight, including a sick child who needs treatment to save her sight (CHF3,753/CHF60,000) - @basel-1995, @amanyayyad, #214 on @/nabulsi and @/el-shab-hussein's spreadsheet

Mohammed Atallah (needs urgent surgery after being shot with an explosive bullet) and his family of 11, including a toddler and a newborn (€3,205/€82,000) - @mohammed-atallah, verified by @/90-ghost

Ola Ahel, her four siblings, and their parents ($7,308/$20,000) - @olagaza, #205 on @/el-shab-hussein and @/nabulsi's spreadsheet

Yousef, a toddler who needs lifesaving treatment for a severe blood disease, and his parents (€4,080/€25,000) - @dima96yousef, verified by @/90-ghost

Nour Ashour, her husband, and their two little children, including Muhammad, who needs continuous treatment for disabilities relating to birth asphyxia (£55/£80,000) - @nourashour33, verified by @/90-ghost

Hala Daoud (needs vital treatment for multiple sclerosis) and her three children (€180/€17,000) - verified by @/frostedforestfairy (contact for more details)

Helping Tawfik Satoom continue his education ($902/$20,000) - @tawfiksatooom, #238 on the operation olive branch spreadsheet

Ahmed Alanqar, his wife Dina, and their four young children, one a newborn (€31,345/€35,000) - @ahmedabuyamin, #174 on @/nabulsi and @/el-shab-hussein's spreadsheet

Helping Siraj Abudayeh, his wife, and their three young children rebuild their treasured home ($6,972 CAD/$82,000 CAD) - @siraj2024, #219 on @/el-shab-hussein and @/nabulsi's spreadsheet

Shimaa, her husband Abdel, and their little daughter Juri (€386/€50,000) - @shimaashaban22, @abdelmutei, verified by @/90-ghost

5-year-old Nour, her three sisters (all suffering from malnutrition), their parents, and their grandmother ($373/$25,000) - @nourbader2019, verified by @/90-ghost

not yet vetted:

Salem Anqar, his wife Hadeel, their two little children, Salim's five siblings (three of whom are children), and their chronically ill parents (kr1,022 SEK/kr990,000) - @salemanqar

Mohammed Ayyad and his family of seven, five of whom are children (Mohammed lost his mother when she was not able to evacuate for medical care) (€11,473/€35,000) - @mohammedayyad

The Eleyan family of 18, including eight children, one a newborn (€3,185/€50,000)

Doctor Mohammed Shurrab, his wife, their child, and ten extended family members (€435/€100,000) - @684599

a small amount of your time and effort can have an immeasurable impact. please don't scroll past without engaging in some way, it really makes a difference

[ahmedabuyamin]

Donate to Helping Ahmed's Family: Escaping War to a New Life ‼️❗️🚨

Donate to Helping Ahmed's Family: Escaping War to a New Life, organized by Abdallah Alanqar

Hello,, I'm Ahmed Alanqar, 34 years old, married to Dina Alanq… Abdallah Alanqar needs your support for Helping Ahmed's Family: Escaping

please continue to share and donate if you have the means! Ahmed and his family need 3500€ , they are at 31,500€, and donations have been slowing down. please take the time to support these family in pursuing their dream.

€31,500/€35,000 goal 🙏🍉

Your donation of just 5 euros could make a significant impact on our lives and help ensure my children's safety.

My family urgently need your assistance and help and support 🍉🙏🙏🙏🙏🍉‼️❗️‼️

[projectalpha22]

*A PARTY USUALLY HAS A DIVERSE CAST. A “WARRIOR” CAN BE MANY THINGS, FROM A BARBARIAN TO A KNIGHT. INTERESTING, ISN’T IT? YES, TRULY INTERESTING. WHO IS YOUR WARRIOR?

[ahmedalnabeeh11]

I am Ahmed Al-Nabih from Gaza, and this is my twin brother Abdul Rahman. I am 30 years old. I used to live a beautiful life with my family and my brother. The idea of ​​marriage was on the table and we were going to continue our lives in our beautiful house, but something happened like a nightmare. The war came and took all our dreams and destroyed our house. Our lives became very difficult and arduous. We lived in tents. In the extreme heat, my mother suffers from chronic diseases, heart disease, blood pressure, and diabetes. Please help me save my family and my elderly mother. I ask for your support and participation. A small donation makes a difference. I have only collected 1,60euros in about five months! Thank you all!❤️🙏

Verified by @palestinegenocide @queerstudiesnatural @90-ghost @northgazaupdates @apollos-olives @riding-with-the-wild-hunt

Vetted Gaza Fundraiser List #218 🇵🇸🇵🇸 @el-shab-hussein

Donate to Help Ahmed, Abedelrahman, and family Escape war, organized by Ziad Okasha

Hello everyone, My name is Ziad Okasha, and I'm from Gaza,… Ziad Okasha needs your support for Help Ahmed, Abedelrahman, and

Pictures of me and my twin brother before the war!

Pictures of us with my mother before the war, when our lives were beautiful and stable!☹️

A picture in the war of my mother, who is 62 years old, due to the lack of medicine because she suffers from chronic diseases, blood pressure, heart, and diabetes. Her health condition deteriorated due to the difficult life in Gaza and famine, and because we live in tents in the extreme heat.!🥹

I am during the war and my life has become arduous and tiring!😌

Now we live here, it is a terrifying life, more like a nightmare!☹️

Our beautiful house has become rubble!😢

[r1talin-r4t]

putting together a list of gofundme's from people who have reached out to me via asks or dms. please donate if you can and reblog if you can't.

@ahmed79ss : gofundme here, vetted by @/90-ghost here ($7,713/$50,000)

@lailashaqoura : gofundme here, vetted by @/fairuzfan here ($25,809/$45,000)

@yasminalbalawiigaza : gofundme here, vetted by @/90-ghost here ($26,642/$50,000)

@ahmed-ziad : gofundme here, vetted by @/nabulsi here ($6,470/$30,000)

@shahednhall : gofundme here, vetted by @/appsa here ($21,197/$50,000)

@siiraj2024 : gofundme here, vetted by @/el-shab-hussein here ($8,277/$82,000)

@mahmoudkhalafff : gofundme here, number 151 on the vetted gaza fundraiser list ($14,751/$30,000)

@aya2mohammed : gofundme here, vetted by @/sar-soor here ($14,573/$50,000)

@noor-alanqar : gofundme here, vetted by @/90-ghost here ($13,529/$40,000)

@aseelooo2 : gofundme here, vetted by @/90-ghost here ($36,626/$200,000)

@musababed : gofundme here, vetted by @/90-ghost here ($1,647/$7,000)

@wafaaresh : gofundme here, not yet vetted but appears on this list ($3,361/$100,000)

@mohammed-atallah : gofundme here, vetted by @/90-ghost here ($4,507/$82,000)

@heno-mo : gofundme here, number 246 on the vetted gaza fundraiser list ($3,847/$20,000)

[curlicuecal]

Hey, let's talk about anons like this, because I know some people haven't been in a position to see the patterns these play out in on broader scale and may indeed not spot the trap.

And it is a trap.

An ask like this has several purposes.

First, it uses social justice language in passive aggressive and manipulative ways to try to coerce a behavior. In this case, the desired behavior is usually for the recipent to participate in community shunning and/or harrassment. The language above is intended to put the recipient on the defensive where, in the haste to disassociate themself from the Bad Thing, they quickly disassociate themself from the bad person, often with no particular fact checking or evidence.

The message is also intended to create a sense of being surveilled and judged by an unknown amount of people with unknown amount of social power and an unknown amount of relevance to your life.

Notice that these asks are usually framed as if they are coming from a follower or potential follower, someone who is addressing you personally and who cares about your opinion and who your blog has an effect on. However this is usually.... very much not the case. If you've ever had the misfortune to watch a gossip campaign from like this from the outside, you will very quickly notice that messages like this get sent in mass batches to dozens and dozens of strangers. (You can often turn these up with a tumblr search, if you look.)

The sender does not know you and probably does not follow you. They have a person they don't like (possibly for their stated reason and possibly not), and they are going through the reblogs of a post from that blog and mass messaging *everyone* with a form letter. They will not see your response and they will probably never even see your blog again.

Which brings us to the second goal of whisper campaigns like this:

Notice that I blacked out the names above? That's because when the recipient answers anonymous asks like this, they provide a platform for the opinion on their blog. An anonymous message like this that gets posted doesn't just spread gossip and apply pressure to the recipient, it is spread to the recipient's entire community.

The *goal* is to get access to your community. The *goal* is to use you as a soapbox.

Is the information accurate? Did anyone check? Does the anon have an ulterior social motive? BIG SHRUG

If you go into the comments on one of these whisper campaigns you will see that *most people never bother to check.*

They assume good faith from a follower, they're off balance defending themselves, and they jump straight to conciliation.

It's a really, really effective form of social manipulation, and really really commonly misused.

[malaloba]

This is what bullying on social media can look like especially in left-leaning/social justice minded circles. This is how otherwise caring people get roped into participating in harassment campaigns.

[the-real-seebs]

my absolute favorite of this, a while back, was this ask which i can't find anymore, but someone sent jumpingjacktrash a note about how they liked his writing and wanted to recommend it to people and so on, but they weren't comfortable with it because of his continued reblogging of posts from the-real-seebs, a known homophobe, and they just felt like if he'd block me and stop reblogging my posts, they would be comfortable recommending his fanfic to people. and since jesse is a gay man, it stands to reason he would be shocked and horrified to find out he was associating with a known homophobe.

ultimately, i think, the thing that decided him on this question, and led to him accepting the possible loss of fame and fandom, was that we'd been married for over twenty years at this point.