today has been ok

central fl - she/they - lesbian (terfs gtfo) - audhd - 40

[depsidase]

[basmafamily5]

People of this planet...

Do infants eat flour?

Does flour nourish a tiny heart that beats with life?

Can it satisfy a growing brain? A forming bone? A soul that dreams?

Even the flour some boast about so proudly—it's not even available.

The body needs a piece of bread, a piece of fruit, a handful of rice, a pinch of sugar, an egg, a slice of cheese, a sip of clean water.

But we’ve been without vegetables for months. No fruit. No milk.

We don’t even have toilet paper or baby diapers. Do you understand that?

Don’t tell us flour is enough—and I wish even the flour existed.

We are not asking for luxury.

We are asking for a handful of life.

@nabulsi

Donate to Help my Family in Gaza, organized by Donna Almaghrabi

I am Basma Al-Ghoul from Gaza, a mother of three soon to be four. I am also a women's beautici… Donna Almaghrabi needs your support for Help

[herssian]

"there is no way you're not using chatgpt for at least a few things here and there no matter your stance on it" what the FUCK are you talking about

[closet-keys]

Over three hundred writers, scholars, and public figures are refusing to publish in the Opinions section of the The New York Times in solidarity with Palestinians.

The boycott statement includes discussion of the Times material ties to the Israeli occupation and to the Israel lobby in the US, the purging of Arab and Muslim employees from staff, and the publication of "outright lies from Israeli officials while withholding or amending coverage at the behest of the Israeli consulate and pro-Israel lobby groups."

The Times relies on the Opinion section to maintain its reputation. They recruit respected subject matter experts to provide freelance labor as guest essayists, while framing their work as a matter of debate in the Opinion section. Meanwhile the claims of Israeli officials are elevated to "News."

Boycott, Divest, Unsubscribe from the Times, and send money to families in Gaza.

[closet-keys]

As described in the Death Panel Podcast interview ( No Opinion w/ Lara Sheehi & Sophie Lewis - 11/06/25), the Times uses its Opinions section to launder its reputation as a Zionist propaganda outlet:

This is exactly the way this apparatus has been designed. The idea that, "we’re liberals, we have a dinner party approach to truth and fascism. You are very much welcome to say that the Zionist entity is a genocidal monstrosity, but you will say so in the Opinions section." While everything about the building that this "dinner party" is taking place in, metaphorically speaking, is materially, overwhelmingly invested in the continuance of Palestinian elimination.

We must not allow any illusions that the Times is unique in its commitment to Zionism. Of course all the mainstream US publications are. However, like other boycotts in solidarity with Palestine, the point is to choose a target and sustain it indefinitely and completely, so not only are they forced to comply with demands, but all other similar organizations fear being the next target if they do not change too.

Boycott, Divest, Unsubscribe from the Times, and send money to families in Gaza.

[closet-keys]

Don't Read The Times, Read This

My friend Mahrah (@mahrahpalestine) is in Gaza right now with her family. My wife and I are in a group chat on Signal with her and her brother, Mahmoud, who is in Egypt.

When the ceasefire was announced, they hoped they could be reunited. But Israel and the United States always break their promises to Indigenous people. The occupation is controlling the movement of people and aid, keeping everyone in Gaza in a constant state of fear and famine as bombings continue.

Their family's fundraising has been vetted by @90-ghost and shared by fairuzfan. My wife, @cannilyuncanny, is personally hosting their GoFundMe campaign and is continuing to send transfers of donations. She sent another transfer just this morning. I can promise you that these funds are making it to Mahrah's family in Gaza. They are using these donations to get food, water, and supplies.

Please continue to support them. This is a life sustaining effort, and we need your help.

Donate to Help Mahmoud's Family Secure Their Livelihood, organized by Dion Freedman

I am a United States citizen creating this campaign on behalf of my friend… Dion Freedman needs your support for Help Mahmoud's Family Secur

[gaylor-moon]

[gaylor-moon]

[vuutarros]

Hey folks,

Still need a little help. My ei has run out and I still haven't gotten my tax return, I did not get the job I'd interviewed for, and we're broke and out of gas and groceries. We're both unemployed, disabled trans women and any help would be greatly appreciated.

Paypal, ko-fi and dm for e-transfer details if you're Canadian

$0/$100CAD

[fairycosmos]

the thing about being alone is that it’s so peaceful and freeing and cool apart from the evenings you descend into literal hell

[fairycosmos]

new indeed job just dropped

[xanaxfarts]

by Yoshihiro Tatsuki

[escuerzoresucitado]

[moniquill]

[pastelalleycat]

"When you believe niceness disproves the presence of racism, it's easy to start believing bigotry is rare, and that the label racist should be applied only to mean-spirited, intentional acts of discrimination. The problem with this framework- besides being a gross misunderstanding of how racism operates in systems and structures enabled by nice people- is that it obligates me to be nice in return, rather than truthful."

[depsidase]

[fuzzynecromancer]

Just to clarify, there's a bill that would STOP credit card companies from controlling who's allowed to spend money on porn or "risque" (read: queer) content. If you don't think big business should be able to tell you what to spend your own damn money on, call your senators and reps to let them know! It's the Fair Access to Banking Act, H.R.987 in the House, S.410 in the Senate.

[emmaubler]

Banks and credit cards should not be in the business of making moral judgments about what their customers spend their money on. Their job is to facilitate transactions, period. If it's not illegal, then they should have no say on who buys guns or porn or junk food or any other thing somebody might decide is objectionable.

[catblinker]

this is an american bill about american companies that, as usual, effects people worldwide. if you're statesian, here's a chance to make something decent of it- put pressure on your politicians to pass this bill and protect queer porn and art, especially transfeminine porn and art!

[blazing-butterfly-inactive]

Text - H.R.987 - 119th Congress (2025-2026): Fair Access to Banking Act

Text for H.R.987 - 119th Congress (2025-2026): Fair Access to Banking Act

[closet-keys]

I'm visiting some dear friends of mine this week, and all of us have at least one disability. While we were eating breakfast this morning we were discussing the impact medication has on our lives.

I was sharing how difficult everything was for me when I had moved to a new city where the cost of housing was much more expensive and I couldn't afford medication. Over the course of the year, my energy deteriorated rapidly. First I couldn't keep up with my job, then I couldn't keep up with housework, then I couldn't keep up with basic hygiene, and eventually even chewing and swallowing became difficult. Sometimes walking to the train, I thought about lying down on the side of the road and how long it would take before a cop would force me to move. I wanted to die but I didn't even have the energy to figure out how.

My friend asked me if I had chronic fatigue. I don't know, because I was never diagnosed. I don't claim it because right now I'm very functional. I can keep up with hygiene, cook, clean, do work, and even exercise! But this is only possible from the combination of four different medications. Right now, I am extremely fortunate in that I have much of my medical expenses covered by my wife's health insurance that she has through work. I pay $415 USD every month for these things I need. I can never take this for granted because I know so vividly how difficult it is to survive without them.

[closet-keys]

It is perhaps evidence of my own self-absorbed perspective, but my own experience of going without medication (feeling first terrified and then hopeless) has made reading about the Israeli strategy of destroying healthcare infrastructure in Palestine particularly vivid and gutting to me.

I remember reading the book From the River to the Sea: Essays for a Free Palestine and absorbing some fraction of the devastation described by the essay "We Have Lost the Ability to Provide True Care: Three Doctors' Testimonies from Gaza." In this essay, Dr. Reda Abu Assi wrote: "We have lived through seven wars. In each war, we lost coworkers with who, we had memories. In each war, the medical services we were able to provide to patients deteriorated... We have run out of many life-saving drugs; we live on medical aid from abroad, and if it runs out, we have nothing to offer." That was written in October 2023, almost two full years ago.

When I was recovering from surgery earlier this year, I started texting with a guy in Palestine named Fadel (@fadel-dani). Like me, he also struggles with fatigue. For him he has an actual diagnosis--thalassemia, a blood disorder. Like me, he relies on medication for basic functioning, but his medicine is even more expensive than mine-- the equivalent of around $470 USD every month.

A few months after that essay "We Have Lost the Ability to Provide True Care" was written, Fadel experienced firsthand what Dr. Reda Abu Assi described. He survived a bombing of his home, and when he woke in a hospital, he learned they did not even have the supplies needed to remove the shrapnel from his body. They told him that he needed to get to a different country for urgent surgery. He set up a campaign to raise money for it, and had it vetted by @gazavetters (#197) and 90-ghost.

Donate to Help the injured Fadel and save his family, organized by Fadel Aldany

My name is Fadel Al-Dany, a 23-year-old third-year IT student. My life hasn't … Fadel Aldany needs your support for Help the injured Fadel a

A lot of people follow this blog, and I have been trying to help him to get eyes on this campaign. I think about how isolated and defeated I felt when I couldn't afford healthcare, and it breaks my heart that he is experiencing something so much worse.

[closet-keys]

It's been so long since then, and he has only been able to raise €15,129 (around $17,700 USD) which is no where near enough. In that time, everything has only become more scarce and more expensive. He can't even think about the money from his fundraiser going to surgery, because he spends every month trying to figure out whether to spend the small amount of donations on his medication or on food.

He is in constant chronic pain from the shrapnel in his body, and he is so exhausted he is constantly dizzy and nauseated. I think about how suicidal I was the period of time I was so fatigued, and then I think about how minuscule my experience of exhaustion and hopelessness was in comparison to what Fadel is living with. The worst year of my life would literally be a relief to him in comparison with his current life, and he has no reassurance that there's any end to it. I truly can only imagine the enormity of exhaustion he feels every day.

The only thing that gives him a little bit of hope that this misery might end for him is receiving donations. Every donation reminds him that someone in the world cares that he's suffering and that there are people who believe he matters and deserves relief. I can't convey to you the difference it makes, even a single person caring enough to send a small amount.

Donate to Help the injured Fadel and save his family, organized by Fadel Aldany

My name is Fadel Al-Dany, a 23-year-old third-year IT student. My life hasn't … Fadel Aldany needs your support for Help the injured Fadel a

If my words inspire any empathy or compassion in you at all, please donate something to him this week. Literally even a single dollar or euro makes a difference. You can do that. Leave some encouraging words in your reblog of this post or in the tags. I need to know someone is reading this and cares.

[closet-keys]

Please encourage others to read and share this post. Encourage them to donate. Add something in the tags. Please engage with what I'm saying here.

[fadel-dani]

I have told you repeatedly that I am in dire need of help, and everyone is ignoring me. I hope you will help me so that I can buy my medicine as soon as possible, and so that we can buy some food so that we do not die of hunger or get killed when we go to get aid. Please have mercy on us and help us with a donation so that I can buy my medicine and some food. Please Donate.

[3000s]

Please donate!!

[sporesgalaxy]

Fadel's vetted campaign is just a little over 50% funded! Please continue to share and give what you can to help with his necessities like food and medicine

[fadel-dani]

Please, friends, do not ignore me and leave us alone. Do not forget and ignore what we are going through and what we are suffering from. Please donate to us and do not leave us alone. Please help us, Please Donate.

[3000s]

Only a little over half the funds have been raised, please continue donating and sharing this post!

[fadel-dani]

Guys, Only 2059 euros left and we will reach our short-term goal 20 thousand euros away from the cost of my surgery. And I will recover from this pain and suffering. I hope that you will donate as much as you can so that I can have my surgery as soon as possible. Please donate.

[fb9062]

Fadel's campaign is at 60% now, please keep sharing and donating.

[jean-wei]

Unconvinced

[joelpersels]