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a whole bunch of gazan mutual aid projects and nonprofits. if the decision of which individual fundraiser to give to feels too daunting, or if you just want to help as many people as possible in one go, these are great initiatives to support.

care for gaza - focuses on providing food and essential supplies. donate here or here.

connecting humanity - securing internet access via donations of virtual sim cards (esims). if you can't afford a whole plan yourself, crips for esims is a communal pool that will use your donation to purchase and maintain esims

gaza soup kitchen - provides food, medical care, and classes for children. also has a gofundme

glia gaza medical support initiative - provides medical care through field clinics and tents at hospitals. donations can also be sent through their website.

ele elna elak - provides clean water, food, clothing, and shelter. they also have a gofundme

life for gaza - raising money for the gaza municipality to repair water and waste management infrastructure

taawon - partners with local civil organizations to provide food, water, medical care, shelter, and basic supplies

the sameer project - running various initiatives providing tents, medical care, and necessities. they have their own encampment project focused on sheltering families with children, sick and disabled members, or members in need of perinatal care

islamic relief worldwide's gaza emergency appeal - provides food, water, hygiene kits, medical supplies, and psychological support

baitulmaal - provides a variety of necessities, including food, water, shelter, and medical supplies

gaza mutual aid fund - distributes food, hygiene products, water, and other essential supplies, including financial support. run by @/el-shab-hussein's amazing friend Mona. updates can be found on her instagram.

hygiene kits for gaza - provides hygiene supplies including menstrual products, wipes, and toothbrushes/toothpaste

anera - provides a variety of necessities, including food, water, hygiene supplies, medicine, blankets and mattresses, and psychological care

palestine children's relief fund - provides supplies and support with a focus on children. also has an initiative for lebanon

dahnoun mutual aid - provides water, food, tents, baby supplies, financial support, and other necessities. updates can be found through their instagram

certainly this is not an exhaustive list, so please feel free to add on other projects or organizations that i didn't include. and as always, please take the time to donate if you can and share. it truly makes all the difference.

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How to filter out AI slop on Pinterest

(as much as possible!!!)

It seems that the Pinterest algorithm isn’t set to recognizing bots and AI-generated images yet but there are a few things you can do to help rid your Pinterest feed of AI slop so I've created this quick guide to help. This guide obviously isn't 100% foolproof but it's helped me tune my Pinterest feed to the point where I rarely come across any AI-generated junk. It's still a problem for many as I've noticed a growing number of complaints being made on the Pinterest subreddit. Hopefully the information below is somewhat helpful!

Block accounts that upload AI-generated images (even if they occasionally upload non-AI images). Accounts that upload AI-generated images are typically bots/content farms that will have hundreds of posts that end up on the feed. Blocking as many of these accounts as you come across can prevent AI slop from appearing on your Pinterest feed. Below are some examples of what these accounts may look like. They'll sometimes have AI slop as their profile picture or header image too. Also, notice how 2 out of 3 shown below are following 0 accounts despite having thousands of followers? That’s usually a sign that they’re bots.

Follow accounts/users who upload their own original content. When checking out people’s profiles, I’ve noticed that a lot of users typically follow no more than 10 other accounts. I figured it’s because we’re so used to the Pinterest algorithm tailoring our feed for us that we don’t typically follow other users on the platform as much. At the moment, I’m following around 70 accounts (and 4 boards) and will often see their content on my feed more than I see AI slop. There are plenty of artists, brands, and content creators across this site to search for and follow. Even museums such as The Met have their own accounts which are updated regularly! Remember, there is nothing original about AI “art” when it’s trained on the work of independent artists who didn’t consent to having their artwork being trained on in the first place.

Report AI posts and/or write to Pinterest. Reporting AI posts and writing to Pinterest Support can help send a message that AI slop is unwanted on the platform. Ideally, if enough people do so, Pinterest might actually do something about it. You can submit a request asking to ban AI or have Pinterest, at the very least, require AI-generated content to be labeled as such and allow users to filter it out of their feeds.

Create your own pins! Don’t be shy about uploading your own photos. Your posts can inspire others in ways that AI could never. Help keep AI slop off Pinterest as much as possible by posting your own photos, recipes, crafts, or whatever ideas you want to share with others. I’ll upload things that clutter my phone such as vacation photos I’ve taken that never made it to Instagram, screenshots, and phone backgrounds just to clear up a bit of space.

What I’ve listed above can practically be applied to most social media platforms too. Another quick and simple thing you can do is to go to the "Tune your home feed" section under Settings and go under "Activity" to deselect any pins you might have come across within the past 24 hours(?) that appear to be AI slop. You can also consider leaving comments on posts of AI slop calling them out, however, doing so can cause the algorithm to push them out for more exposure.

Feel to share any more tips or relevant information!

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mimitchi stickers via archive.org

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Transparent PNGs of nautical themed silver charms

Conch Shell | Dolphin | Starfish

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Silver bowknot charm from Jewelry&Findings

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Vintage Illustrated Nature Themed Instagram highlight Covers made by me

free to use! no need to credit me :) illustrations are curtesy of creative commons

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がんばれないサンリオキャラクターズ

毎日たくさんがんばってるけど、今日はちょっとがんばれなさそう…そんな日があってもだいじょうぶ。ゆるくかわいく、サンリオキャラクターズが伝えてくれるスタンプです。

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I know folks have been sharing this link on other posts, but &udm=14 works well:

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You can add it as an extension to Firefox now: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/udm14/reviews/

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Simone Rocha spring 2020 ready-to-wear

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makeup @ maison margiela spring 2024 couture

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Here's a website where Palestine GoFundMes are vetted and shared that you can send out to people. The url is gazafunds.com

Easy to use and simple. Just share the site whenever someone asks for GFMs for Palestine.

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Broke:

Belle has Stockholm syndrome because she falls in love with the Beast, her kidnapper.

Woke:

Stockholm syndrome was coined to slander a woman who had been in a hostage situation but openly criticized the poor police response which recklessly put her in more danger and escalated the violence. She was then belittled and discredited publically by the police for this.

So. Yeah. Maybe Belle does have Stockholm syndrome actually.

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If anyone is curious here is the wikipedia section describing this.

[ID: Gif image from Disney's Beauty and the Beast with Gaston leading a large group of villagers down the road holding a torch. The atmosphere is dark.

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According to accounts by Kristin Enmark, one of the hostages, the police however was acting incompetently, with little care for the hostages' safety, which forced the hostages to negotiate for their life and release with the robbers on their own. In the process the hostages saw the robbers behaving more rationally than police negotiators and therefore developed a deep distrust towards the latter. Enmark had criticized Bejerot specifically for endangering their lives by behaving aggressively and agitating the captors. She had criticized the police for pointing guns at the convicts while the hostages were in the line of fire and she had told news outlets that one of the captors tried to protect the hostages from being caught in the crossfire. She was also critical of prime minister Olof Palme, as she had negotiated with the captors for freedom, but the prime minister told her that she would have to content herself to die at her post rather than give in to the captors' demands. Ultimately, Enmark explained she was more afraid of the police whose attitude seemed to be a much larger, direct threat to her life than the robbers.]

Hope the ID helps, it's my first time writing one.

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Excerpts from “See What You Made Me Do: The Dangers of Domestic Abuse That We Ignore, Explain Away, or Refuse to See” by Jess Hill

Here are some other facts you should know about Nils Bejerot: He had a major influence (this involved founding the "Swedish National Association for a Drug-free Society") on Sweden's zero-tolerance approach to drug use.

And he wrote "Barn, Serier, Samhälle" (Children, Comics, Society), basically the Swedish version of "Seduction of the Innocent"; an infamous anti-comics book by Fredric Wertham that led to the Comics Code Authority.

Bejerot described comic books as a "significant mental hygiene and cultural problem that concerns us all."

This is the man who coined the phrase "Stockholm syndrome", guys.