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21y/o. black genderqueer bisexual. transmisogyny exempt. My name's Nova

[pure]

do not ask me to condemn retaliatory violence from a people shouldering ongoing genocide. i want the Haitian revolution to happen for shackled people everywhere. i hope every occupied colony on earth produces their very own Dessalines. i’m just silly like that.

[endruv]

There's a difference between rioting and destroying government buildings and stuff and kidnapping and murdering civilians. Even if Hamas somehow "frees Palestine" it's probably gonna end up as a shitty authoritarian government. Responding to genocide with another genocide solves nothing.

[pure]

let me give you some context. clearly, no one has demystified this to you.

after toussaint successfully helped organize a violent revolt that resulted in the independence of haiti, he was arrested and murdered, then napoleon sent troops to haiti in an effort to re-institute slavery again. dessalines responded by withdrawing the modicum of mercy his former leader displayed, because showing civility wouldn’t stop the french from attempting to enslave them again. if dessalines didn’t order the execution of the slave-holding class in haiti, including their families, my people would still be slaves right now. the haitian revolution is directly responsible for the abolition of slavery in all of the americas. it sent a shockwave of terror through the veins of every colonizer in the americas and stood as a beacon of hope for every enslaved african at the time (shoutout to nat turner). i’m free to be here typing this on a computer machine in 2023 because a group of brave africans got organized and took off some colonizer’s scalp in 1804 and sent a ripple effect of fear through the west. idk about you, but i’m here because my ancestors retaliated, by any means necessary. the Palestinians’ fighting back is long, long overdue. they don’t need anyone’s approval to free themselves or die trying, much like my ancestors did. your liberal moralizing is lost on me.

[toogether]

omg @socalgal I'm so sorry I said you're dating a white man and put you in a position to defend yourself from a lie like that. I'd like you to know that was not a lie to manipulate anyone who saw the post nor attack you nor to make you seem racist. I've followed you for a while and believed I'd seen with my own eyes photos of your fiance and that he had white skin. How I came to believe that, I'm honestly not sure. I genuinely apologize and want to clarify this is not a rumor I saw anyone else state, nor something I was attempting to spread as a rumor. It was just a very wild thing I came to believe by misseeing actual images on your blog. I truly apologize as this was an unhinged accusation and I know it was probably bizarre to you to see me say that. I just wanna empathize and say that was 100% unhinged of me and completely inexcusable. I genuinely apologize.

I won't delete anything surrounding that as I want to be fully transparent. I fucked up and I'm sorry if I made you feel you HAD to post any pictures of the two of you. I couldn't imagine feeling violated and being put in a position to feel that way.

If you've anything else you want to hear from me as an apology I'll be happy to say it. I've been a follower of you for a while, and I believe we are/were mutuals so yeah. I do see you as a human being and recognize you deserve a real apology. Again, I'm sorry.

[afronerdism]

The United States is making a bipartisan bid for one of the most aggressive displays of censorship we ever seen and I’m pretty sure a mega corporation just murdered a whistleblower while the Congressmen they have in their back pocket look the other way

[afronerdism]

Donald trump just said it’s going to be a bloodbath if he’s not re-elected, the democrats are funding a genocide, and the largest tech companies in the world are lobbying to destroy the American board of labor in order to make union busting legal.

[hammercarexplosion]

[black-sasuke]

I'm short on rent if anyone's willing to help I don't even have money to feed myself for these next two weeks after I pay this so anything helps It is due by the 5th

0/ 267 I also need help eating after this cause it's all I have

$hopesoda

Vnmo: Hope-soda

Pypal: [email protected]

[black-sasuke]

10/267

[black-sasuke]

I'm not yt or a cat or dog or whatever but any help for this [me] blk bi woman is appreciated more than yall know truly

[black-sasuke]

60/ 267

[black-sasuke]

135/267

[black-sasuke]

I met my my goal!! And exceeded it I paid rent and over drafted yesterday and today I'm almost out of the negatives because of everyone's help. I also have at least 80 dollar in venmo but it's not going to last me two weeks I'm sure so pls keep sharing and donating if you can I appreciate it, anything helps seriously

[black-sasuke]

I'm still in the negatives and have a dollar left 😅 in my cash app

[black-sasuke]

Could use some help today

[black-sasuke]

Hi if you can spare it i need 50$ to book a therpay appointment. I'm not doing so great mentally and think I ought talk to her

[toogether]

the misgendering aspect of it is crazy you called someone with "genderqueer" in their bio a "chick" bc they said things that are mean in response to white people tryna justify why they wont help people survive a genocide. i hate this world. this is why i have hate and evil in my heart......

[toogether]

if you feel bad about mean spirited posts directed towards white people its okay💖💖 every other entity in their white society celebrates the death of nonwhite people and tells them its okay to kill us so dont worry!!💖🥰 a few mean spirited tumblr posts actually wont challenge their white supremacy at all! it's okay!💓💗✨🤭🙌🏾

[toogether]

no waaaaay it might not be about me and if it isnt that cool ignore this but itll be the same people who reblog shit like "you say you love mean women but you cant even handle a black woman being angry" who will say they cant reblog my post bc it was "mean spirited" and im literally mad about 30,000 people dying... a figure that has probably doubled since it was first tallied but we might not even know because the medical industry of Palestine has been crippled to such an extend...you're joking....omg. youre joking. i just want yall to know i will never in one trillion years say brown people need to not be mean spirited especially when talking about how white people value a child porn website over our lives. but maybe thats just me? but wow. lmao.

[toogether]

bye im logging off cause at least in the sanctity of my own home there is peace and quiet and safety and im protected and i am human and there are NO CRACKERS lmaooooo

[toogether]

yall can not be serious about having a better society why the fuck are yall groveling to people who are blatantly telling yall they dont give a fuck if you live or die. i cant take this shit anymore. i dont care if we dont see a better world in my life time even if we dont i will never grovel to these people. sTOP begging to be seen as a human to these crackers like fr PLEASE. what do yall get out of talking to these people like theyre not showing yall every day that shit goes in one ear and out the other??? that is the most heartbreaking shit to me truly. we cant even be expected to be angry and "mean spirited" about mass death and mass suffering that all happens in the name of white pleasure so these people can take the money they make off the backs of dead black and brown bodies and doante it to their child porn website and we cant even be expected to be mad about that. nahhhhh im getting to the point where i cant do this anymore.....im getting to the point where i cant do this anymore.

[toogether]

the problem with society is yall are doing all that fucking talking when we should be killing people. fr. wtf.

[toogether]

genuinely the problem with society to this fucking day is that its normal to beg people to have an ounce of fucking humanity and that the "leftist" "anti-what the fuck ever" cause is beg your enemies to have a heart and a fucking soul instead of just telling them to kill rhemselces. are we serious.......those people dont even give a fuck about what you have to say there is something deeply wrong with them. they dont care about the sanctity of life they care about jacking off to childporn and protecting white peoples rights to racist spaces full of pedophiles. just tell them to take one for the team and kill themselves. why are you typing all that. like if these people cant be convinced to take a different action to save human lives you think telling them the website theyre throwing hundreds of thousands of dollars at for no reason is "bad at dealing with money" is going to change them???? do their actions not fucking show you they dont understand the value of a dollar and are moraless soulless scum???? i think if you donated a cent to ao3 especially after they met their dono goal, death is too good for you. like wtf. why are you talking to these people. everyone kill yourselves please i need a moment of silence

[fiercynn]

on ao3's current fundraiser

apparently it’s time for ao3’s biannual donation drive, which means it’s time for me to remind you all, that regardless of how much you love ao3, you shouldn’t donate to them because they HAVE TOO MUCH MONEY AND NO IDEA WHAT TO DO WITH IT.

we’ve known for years that ao3 – or, more specifically, the organization for transformative works (@transformativeworks on tumblr), or otw, who runs ao3 and other fandom projects – has a lot of money in their “reserves” that they had no plans for. but in 2023, @manogirl and i did some research on this, and now, after looking at their more recent financial statements, i’ve determined that at the beginning of 2024, they had almost $2.8 MILLION US DOLLARS IN SURPLUS.

our full post last year goes over the principles of how we determined this, even though the numbers are for 2023, but the key points still stand (with the updated numbers):

when we say “surplus”, we are not including money that they estimate they need to spend in 2024 for their regular expenses. just the extra that they have no plan for

yes, nonprofits do need to keep some money in reserves for emergencies; typically, nonprofits registered in the u.s. tend to keep enough to cover between six months and two years of their regular operating expenses (meaning, the rough amount they need each month to keep their services going). $2.8 million USD is enough to keep otw running for almost FIVE YEARS WITHOUT NEW DONATIONS

they always overshoot their fundraisers: as i’m posting this, they’ve already raised $104,751.62 USD from their current donation drive, which is over double what they’ve asked for! on day two of the fundraiser!!

no, we are not trying to claim they are embezzling this money or that it is a scam. we believe they are just super incompetent with their money. case in point: that surplus that they have? only earned them $146 USD in interest in 2022, because only about $10,000 USD of their money invested in an interest-bearing account. that’s the interest they earn off of MILLIONS. at the very least they should be using this extra money to generate new revenue – which would also help with their long-term financial security – but they can’t even do that

no, they do not need this money to use if they are sued. you can read more about this in the full post, but essentially, they get most of their legal services donated, and they have not, themselves, said this money is for that purpose

i'm not going to go through my process for determining the updated 2024 numbers because i want to get this post out quickly, and otw actually had not updated the sources i needed to get these numbers until the last couple days (seriously, i've been checking), but you can easily recreate the process that @manogirl and i outlined last year with these documents:

otw’s 2022 audited financial statement, to determine how much money they had at the end of 2022

otw’s 2024 budget spreadsheet, to determine their net income in 2023 and how much they transferred to and from reserves at the beginning of 2024

otw’s 2022 form 990 (also available on propublica), which is a tax document, and shows how much interest they earned in 2022 (search “interest” and you’ll find it in several places)  

also, otw has not been accountable to answering questions about their surplus. typically, they hold a public meeting with their finance committee every year in september or october so people can ask questions directly to their treasurer and other committee members; as you can imagine, after doing this deep dive last summer, i was looking forward to getting some answers at that meeting!

but they cancelled that meeting in 2023, and instead asked people to write to the finance committee through their contact us form online. fun fact: i wrote a one-line message to the finance committee on may 11, 2023 through that form, when @manogirl and i were doing this research, asking them for clarification on how much they have in their reserves. i have still not received a response.

so yeah. please spend your money on people who actually need it, like on mutual aid requests! anyone who wants to share their mutual aid requests, please do so in the replies and i’ll share them out – i didn’t want to link directly to individual requests without permission in case this leads to anyone getting harassed, but i would love to share your requests. to start with, here's operation olive branch and their ongoing spreadsheet sharing palestinian folks who need money to escape genocide.

oh, and if you want to write to otw and tell them why you are not donating, i'm not sure it’ll get any results, but it can’t hurt lol. here's their contact us form – just don’t expect a response! ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[tendersky]

this is interesting math but this budgeting is extremely normal for a nonprofit also you're mad that they have $2.8mil in savings but also mad that they don't have *enough* in savings because they're not investing it? in general, nonprofits don't invest* their savings because it's a lot of hassle to please all the stakeholders. * this is shorthand for like, mutual funds whatever. im not a banker don't @ me

[fiercynn]

the investments piece is to point out how bad they are with their money. a few things:

if you go to their website and search invest or investment or similar keywords, you'll see that they have been talking for many, many about investing more of their surplus. at the 2022 public finance committee i was told personally* that they intended to invest at least a quarter of their surplus

if they didn't intend to invest, then what are they doing with the $10k in one interest-bearing account? and why aren't they putting more money in that account? (something i realized after i made my post: in 2022, they actually did transfer more money into that account...but they only transferred $10. YOU CAN'T MAKE THIS SHIT UP)

mainly, i say all of this about investments to preempt the people who in the past have told me, "they're just being prudent with their money! they're saving it for a future shortfall in donations or a server failure!" even beyond the fact that they have said they are NOT just saving it for those kinds of emergencies (only about another quarter of it is supposed to be for that), if they cared about long-term financial stability, why wouldn't they earn any significnat revenue off of their surplus?

but yeah you're right in that i would prefer they actually spend the money on paying employees (even just contractors if that's what they want to try to start out!), investing in actual anti racism efforts and better HR so they stop mistreating and burning out their volunteers, improving their blocking and muting tools and UI...the things they could do with it are endless.

and here's the thing: when otw finance does communicate with the public, like their 2022 public finance meeting that i mentioned above, they will make claims about what they want to do with their surplus. like i said, in 2022 they said half of it is supposed to be split between emergency reserves and investing; they said the other 50% is supposed to be for paid staff, which they have also been talking about for years without any progress.

in fact, as far as i can tell they have not even filled the position called "paid staff transition officer" which is supposed to be a volunteer who researched options for paying staff. they announced that position in their july 2021 board meeting. the most recent mention i can find of that position is in their 2023-2026 strategic plan, where it it is a goal for their first six months of the plan, demonstrating that they had not filled it in the two years since proposing it. it's also now four months into 2024 and i cannot find anything about them having appointed that person

so when i say they have no plans for it i'm being a little glib and oversimplifying; what i mean is that they're not actually putting effort into any of the things they say it's for, so it's very hard to take seriously that it's a "plan", unlike the other actions they actually budget for and execute every year. (if it were a real plan, they could also, you know, list their surplus in their budgets that they post on their website and add line items for long-term projects like paid staff. instead they just...don't include their surplus in those budgets)

anyway. i disagree that normal for any nonprofit to have this much money they have no concrete plans for, but even if that were the case, this is evidence of their incompetence at using it for the things they themselves have claimed for years that the money should be for

*fyi the numbers in the twitter thread i've linked to look different than what i've shared here because at the time they were saying they had $1 million USD in reserves, which demonstrably not true if you look at their audited financial statements, where they clearly had more than $2.7 million in reserves at the end of 2022. i should not have believed them uncritically at the time!

[unchartedthelostlegacy]

And they're racist Zionist shits

[tendersky]

i would love love love to see sources for this because the one i have seen is deliberately misleading

[unchartedthelostlegacy]

communism

The way they think me leaving was the issue is wiiild. Like babes, no, the problem is that you let racism and zionism run wild in your organ

[tendersky]

ah, yes! I have seen this and combed over the document - the author clearly wants you to believe that they were banned for putting "for the river to the sea" in their status, but you think they would have included the screenshot of that happening.... had that happened. to say that the website is "run by zionists" is disingenuous because this is a google doc full of screenshots from a slack channel of other volunteers. if anyone 'runs' ao3, it would be the board, and in this google doc they attempt to ask the board to Do Something about the Slack channel where they discuss politics and things regularly get out of hand. (Also this conversation is so cut and with such weird timestamps that I don't trust that other stuff isn't being said that says a different point of view). we also don't see the Board's response to this conversation. ao3 has said publicly (at the most recent board meeting!) that they don't want to say anything antizionist because They Are A Gay Fanfiction Website and they think it would hurt the movement.

[spacebeyonce]

pushing back on the last part because kutti made an update this january re: the otw and solidarity with palestine. focusing on the passage here:

[image id: a screenshot of a passage from dhobikikutti's dreamwidth post, updates about the statement of solidarity and the otw. the passage reads:

'I will note that the OTW Board has chosen to explicitly lie to its constituants - in response to a Zionist commenter demanding protection from comments containing what they framed as 'terrorist phrases', OTW Board Member Kathryn Soderholm said:

While we want to protect our users and volunteers from harassment, as a U.S. 501(c)(3) nonprofit, it is critical for the OTW to refrain from making public statements on political matters beyond our purview, as this could put our tax-exempt nonprofit status at risk. Therefore, the OTW will not comment on the merits of different perspectives in this conflict or otherwise get involved in global political issues not related to fandom.

(This is the Board member who previously said, according to leaked screenshots from an internal OTW slack channel, that anyone using the phrase From the River to the Sea, Palestine will be Free "is at least implying 'all of that [land] belongs to our side, kick out the other guys'.")

An organisation that tells its users to contact their elected representatives, and comments on international legistation, is clearly capable of political activity. As a US incorporated 501(c)(3) organisation, the only restriction on political activity that the Internal Revenue Service demands in order for it to keep its tax-exempt status is that it "cannot “participate in, or intervene in (including the publishing or distributing of statements) any political campaign on behalf of (or in opposition to) any candidate for public office.”. A 501(c)(3) organisation CAN take positions on public policy issues as long as it does not reference a specific political candidate. A public statement denouncing a genocide is not a banned political activity. A public statement supporting fans threatened with a genocide is not a banned political activity. A public statement denouncing the military support of a genocide by the nation the organisation is a legal entity of is not a banned political activity. A public statement stating the values an organisation wishes to govern itself by and hold its volunteers to is not a banned political activity.'

/end id]

I really can't buy them not making any statements just because they're a fanfiction website. taking a stance and letting otw members and users of ao3 know that zionism will not be accepted in their spaces and that they stand with the people of palestine isn't going to hurt the movement in any way and kinda just feels like a cop-out.

if anything, taking a stance against zionism might be a small step in pulling themselves out of the giant pit they've thrown themselves into when it comes to how dogshit they are at dealing with the racism in their spaces.

[toogether]

embarrassing it takes all this effort to get white people to have a shred of empathy and humanity and humility and to see past their own noses for a millisecond. even if they weren't zionists even if this even if that, would this child porn hosting website deserve $100k + they are admitting to not needing more than real humans that could lose their lives forever without these funds? jfc. do you people feel no guilt and responsibility about your own governments supporting aiding and abetting this genocide on your behalf? do you feel nothing about tens of thousands of lives lost and continuing to be lost every second of every day?? do people really have to beg you not to overfund your hobbies in the face of a fucking genocide?????? are white people truly this fucking soulless? what is wrong with you people like genuinely. what is so broken about you

[toogether]

i hate white people im an anti white racist fr. literally. if those 6 white people had been any shade of brown whites would be laughing n saying shit like "this is what you get dor working with hamas terrorists" or smth. if youre impressed by the white response to this in any capacity youre a mthfcking fool..theyre telling you to their face theyre gleeful about all death but white death. theyre telling you inly white lives matter. do not clap them on the back for doing the right thing. theyre not doing the right thing and they never will. expect the white response to be insufficient on every level

[illnessfaker]

tw: murder, transmisogynoir

Man convicted in Black transgender woman's killing in first federal hate crime trial over gender identity

Jurors convicted Daqua Lameek Ritter of a hate crime for the murder of Dime Doe in 2019.

( article published feb. 24th, 2024 )

COLUMBIA, S.C. — A South Carolina man was found guilty Friday of killing a Black transgender woman in the nation’s first federal trial over a hate crime based on gender identity.

After deliberating for roughly four hours, jurors convicted Daqua Lameek Ritter of a hate crime for the murder of Dime Doe in 2019. Ritter was also found guilty of using a firearm in connection with the fatal shooting and obstructing justice.

A sentencing date has not yet been scheduled. Ritter faces a maximum of life imprisonment without parole.

[...]

The four-day trial over Doe’s killing centered on the secret sexual relationship between her and Ritter, the latter of whom had grown agitated by the exposure of their affair in the small town of Allendale, according to witness testimony and text messages obtained by the FBI. Prosecutors accused Ritter of shooting Doe three times with a .22 caliber handgun to prevent further revelation of their romance.

[...]

Doe’s close friends testified that it was no secret in Allendale that she had begun her social transition as a woman shortly after graduating high school. She started dressing in skirts, getting her nails done and wearing extensions. She and her friends discussed boys they were seeing — including Ritter, whom she met during one of his many summertime visits from New York to stay with family.

But text messages obtained by the FBI suggested that Ritter sought to keep their relationship under wraps as much as possible, prosecutors said. He reminded her to delete their communications from her phone, and hundreds of texts sent in the month before her death were removed.

Shortly before Doe’s death, their exchanges grew tense. In one message from July 29, 2019, she complained that Ritter did not reciprocate her generosity. He replied that he thought they had an understanding that she didn’t need the “extra stuff.”

He also told her that Delasia Green, his main girlfriend at the time, had insulted him with a homophobic slur after learning of the affair. In a July 31 text, Doe said she felt used and Ritter should never have let Green find out about them.

[...]

Green said that when he showed up days later at her cousin’s house in Columbia, he was dirty, smelly and couldn’t stop pacing. Her cousin’s boyfriend gave Ritter a ride to the bus stop. Before he left, Green asked him if he had killed Doe.

“He dropped his head and gave me a little smirk,” Green said.

from the HRC:

Doe’s friends and family remembered her on social media as having a “bright personality” and being someone who “showed love” and who was “the best to be around.” Another friend wrote, “If I knew Friday was my last time seeing you, I would have hugged you even tighter.”

according to NYT's article, she also worked as a hairdresser. she was only 24.

[sar-soor]

Resources for Gaza/Palestine

On the last day of the strike, and in the days/weeks following the end of the strike, please give your time to these resources and share them with others.

Donation Links:

The PCRF has been able to bring tangible resources to those in Gaza.

World Food Program has also provided food inside the Gaza Strip, and Hind has reported on this a few times.

This PayPal belongs to someone on the ground in Gaza who has been able to distribute aid directly to people in Gaza. You can find more information and proof of these purchases at @helpgazachildren.

UNRWA recently had their funding cut off by the US. They bring aid across Falasteen but you can choose to donate specifically to Gaza on the page I linked.

Gazaesims is a direct way you can donate esims to Gaza to help those inside the Strip stay connected to the rest of the world. If you have any questions about donating esims you can ask me directly!

Anera provides relief items to those in Gaza.

Islamic Relief does work globally. You can choose to donate specifically to their Palestine Emergency Aid program (name might be different depending on if you're on the US site or the global site).

Educational Resources/People to Follow:

DecolonizePalestine is my go-to when giving resources to people who are new to hearing about what's happening in Falasteen. It's a comprehensive, easily navigated archive of the history of Falasteen and the occupation, common myths surrounding the occupation, and resources for learning.

The Palestine Academy has courses on the history of Falasteen, resources on actions to take/education, and resources for Gaza.

IMEU provides news and education about all of Falasteen including Gaza, and provides fact sheets, photo essays, and personal testimonies from Palestinians. You can find their Instagram here.

Hidden Palestine tells the history of Falasteen through photos. They also provide updates about Gaza and other parts of Falasteen on their Instagram.

Subhi is a Palestinian-American who does a lot of work and makes educational videos about Falasteen and Gaza. He also provides many resources and shares news about Gaza/Falasteen in general.

Mohammed El-Kurd is a Palestinian writer who became well-known after defending his family from being evicted from their home for settler theft in Sheikh Jarrah, Jerusalem. He shares news, provides educational resources, and shares his own videos/writing on the topic of Gaza and Falasteen in general.

Salma Shawa (anat.international) is a Palestinian from Gaza who is not currently in Gaza. She shares videos, news, and resources about Gaza.

Noura Erakat is a Palestinian-American lawyer and activist who shares education, news, resources about Gaza and Falasteen.

News/Coverage/Updates:

Bisan is a young journalist on the ground in the south of Gaza

Hind is a journalist and reporter who has mostly been reporting from the middle areas of the Gaza Strip.

Bayan is a journalist and photographer on the ground in Gaza. She gives updates on what's happening around Gaza City.

Motaz is a journalist and photographer who was on the ground in Gaza until a few days ago. He continues to share news and stories from Gaza.

Princekouta is a Canadian citizen who has been unable to escape from the North of Gaza since the beginning of the genocide. He shares updates on what's happening in the North, which has essentially been cut off from the rest of the Gaza Strip. You can donate to his GFM here.

Miriam Barghouti is a journalist and writer in the West Bank. She shares news/updates about the West Bank and Gaza.

Eye.on.palestine shares videos of people on the ground in Gaza, in the West Bank, and in the '48 territories.

Translating_gaza provides English translations of videos from those on the ground in Gaza/new reports from other sources.

Middle East Eye brings news from Gaza and Falasteen. Here is their instagram.

Electronic Intifada has news about Falasteen along with updates about what's happening in Gaza.

Organizations for Palestine:

Palestinian Youth Movement (resources, actions, organizing, protests)

Adalah Justice Project (actions, organizing, protests)

American Muslims for Palestine (education, organizing, advocacy)

USCPR (resources, actions, updated protest lists)

Actions You Can Take:

BDS provides a list of companies to boycott/pressure to divest from Israel.

Global Protest List

US: Call your representatives to demand a ceasefire now.

Email template for Congress.

USCPR action toolkit.

Canada: Call your MPs.

UK: Write to your MPs.

I feel like I shouldn't have to say this, but in case it wasn't clear: continue to spread awareness about what is happening and Gaza and about Falasteen as often and as loudly as you can. When you see news coming out of Gaza, allow yourself to be moved to action. Share news and resources with others, pressure your governments to call for a ceasefire, make sure your money is not going to a corporation that supports Israeli apartheid, and above all else, do not lose hope. The horrors we are seeing now are not normal, nor will they ever be; use the resources and tools you have at your disposal to take whatever action you can to stop the genocide. And when we do get a ceasefire, we must keep on pushing and doing the work until we achieve a totally liberated Falasteen.

From the river to the sea 🇵🇸

*note: falasteeni friends please feel free to add on any donation links or resources you know of that i may have missed!

[thecoramaria]

For my fellow Aussies, I'd also like to recommend the Australia Palestine Advocacy Network which has petitions, events, and other ways to get involved. I highly recommend subscribing to their email list so you don't miss out on their updates and calls to action.

[sweetbutpsycho61]

UK:

Palestine Solidarity Campaign

Friends of Al Aqsa

[fairuzfan]

UPDATE: More Vegetables!

Today, Hussam and his team in Rafah were busy sorting and packaging vegetables. They managed to put 200 packages, each with 10kilo of vegetables (potatoes, eggplants, lemon, jalapeños, tomatoes, and cucumber) and 3 packs of feta cheese for each family.

A few days ago, Hussam also bought diapers, soaps, and buckets to distribute to families with babies. All your donations go directly to Hussam. He still is able to withdraw cash from limited money sources but with high fees due to shortage of cash throughout Gaza. He now pays 15% in fees, which might increase in time. Please keep up the good work in spreading the word and donating.

Thank you so much for all your help these past few months!

HelpGazaChildren Notion Site || #helpgazachildren tag

Paypal Link || GoFundMe Link

[ID: the video is of a group of people working to organize packages of vegetables to distribute to refugees in rafah. The vegetables are listed above. The video starts off by showing a printed tumblr logo atop bags of vegetables to showcase that these items were bought by tumblr fundraising efforts.

The first still image is of men organizing packages of vegetables. The second image is of bags of vegetables meant to be distributed to camps in rafah. There are printed papers of the tumblr logo on top of the packages. The third image is of stacks of diapers and buckets. The fourth image is closeups of stacks of luncheon meat.]

[anneemay]

Hello my name is Fardowsa and I am raising funds on behalf of m… Fardowsa Mohamed needs your support for Help a war-inflicted Gazan family

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why worry about disrespect? his family absolutely didn't need that money and there was at least a TINY part of them doing it bc they knew it'd be a huge windfall. it's disgusting how much attention these white western victims have gotten, i didn't even realize people are getting paid on top of it.

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fr. these aid workers lives and legacies have turned into symbols of white supremacy. completely orchestrated by the white western world who knew Israel was murdering aid workers and sent these people to be killed anyway. you're not the bad guy for acknowledging these deaths were inevitable to the point of being planned and the response to them was nothing but a ploy for the west to appear like they have some compassion for death - But. only. white. death. their family reaching their campaign goal so quickly is another signifier of white supremacy. it will be known that way for decades. it's a shame these people who were just trying to do the right thing were caught up in this BUT i would like to believe the six white people who lost their lives fighting for Palestine would welcome people acknowledging verbally that their lives and sacrifices are not worth more morally or financially than the lives of Palestinians who are continuing to endure the unthinkable. every conversation about these peoples deaths should continue into a conversation about the pervasiveness of white supremacy to this day and end with "death to America and death to Israel" no matter how "disrespectful" it is. Anything less is disrespectful to Palestinian men, women, and children who are fighting every day for the basics of their survival, and those who have lost EVERYTHING with no action from the white world. also click these links and denote.