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[riding-with-the-wild-hunt]

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

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.

[raviolireptile]

I got my wisdom teeth out 2 days ago so was inspired to make this lol. I know it’s probably unrealistic or whatever but I am lazy and my jaw hurts so I don’t even care rn

[randomalistic]

[javascript-official]

I am sorry I am not very good with bussiness, is it good when the market looks like this.

[javascript-official]

you people have one joke

[closet-keys]

every day the ''nonbinary positivity'' of liberals gets more antagonistic

if you have a job it's funny and relatable and cool to stay in the closet, and maybe kind of cringe to come out. don't come out at work.

you don't have to medically transition and it's kind of cool and edgy and more radical anyway if you don't. don't take hormones, don't pursue surgery, don't pursue electrolysis, don't assert bodily autonomy

you don't have to socially transition, you don't owe anyone a performance. don't change your behavior, don't act different, keep doing what's expected, be normal

you don't have to use new pronouns or a new name or even tell anyone. if you're in the closet, stay in the closet.

you are not trans. you are not trans. you are not trans.

[intersexcat-tboy]

I've lived through numerous bullies having breakdowns about how awful they are, that no one loves them, how depressed they are, that no one wants to be their friend

And somehow their pain is treated as more important than the harm they caused, forgiveness was expected before accountability. Any response other than sympathy was framed as cruelty—their victims expected to be responsible for managing their abuser's emotions

[dogweapon]

the author's barely disguised longing for a kinder world

[toonylune]

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Hank: If you think that you have ever made a woman uncomfortable because you have continued suggesting that you could be in a relationship and she's not been receptive to that and you're wondering if that has had a negative impact on your relationship with that person or had a negative impact on that person themselves, uh, that's probably the case. John: Yeah, and-- Hank: And I've done that! John: I don't-- Hank: I totally did that as a younger person, and I just--I wanted it to make it work and I wanted to see how I could do it, and my brain just kept being like, well, maybe, maybe things have changed, maybe now, maybe it's different, but um, but there's a lot of fish in the sea. John: Well, it's not just that. I don't think it's uncom--I don't think it's merely uncomfortable. I think ultimately it's a kind of form of abuse or harassment, to go back to someone again and again and again and say has anything changed? can we be in a relationship now? If someone has told you that they don't want to be in a relationship, you have to honor that, and if you are having trouble honoring that, that means that you are having a problem that you need to seek out help for and you need to make sure that you do not push that relationship on that person, because I think it can become very scary and kind of dangerous, so I just felt like we should say that.

[lankybrunettepartdeux]

I never guessed that in my adulthood, I’d be relating to Calvin’s parents as much as I do in this comic.

Because damn … Calvin’s dad was so right.

[rawshaide-deactivated20220128]

This is part of an arc where their house got broken into and they have to deal with the ensuing fallout.

Calvin and Hobbes was some real shit, my dude.

[slavetomyheadcanon]

Reading Calvin and Hobbes as an adult is a VERY different experience than reading it as a kid.

[randomslasher]

I always liked this arc because they were out of town when the house was robbed (I think at a wedding?) but Calvin forgot Hobbes. So when they get home and realize they’ve been robbed, Calvin is super scared Hobbes might’ve been stolen. For some reason the last panel when the parents are happy that Calvin has his buddy again just always moved me. 

[randomslasher]

Also this part: 

[halfmoonstruck]

too tired to draw consistently T_T..

[depsidase]

[sublimepizzastarfish]

Shame might not work forever, but it *is* working *right now*.

Opinion | I'm a Minneapolis sociologist who studies violence. Here's how ICE observers are helping.

Research into how violence occurs shows that disapproval from the people around you can help reduce it.

Key quotes from the article:

Researchers have known for decades that there are two primary types of people who perpetrate violence. The first is the small fraction who are independently motivated to commit violent acts. The second, and much larger group, are those who commit violence to seek approval and status from others. This is especially true among men who use violence to affirm their masculinity. Research on gender is particularly relevant for understanding ICE, which has an overwhelmingly male workforce and uses messages of masculinity and domination in its recruitment materials. A lot of men may be joining ICE because they think it will allow them to bond with other men and gain power in our society. ... To put it another way, the vast majority of men are only willing to engage in public violence if they feel like the people around them will approve of — and reward them for — that violence. ICE Watch works because it surrounds men seeking approval with people loudly expressing their disapproval. And the noise has the added benefit of drawing large crowds of bystanders who can quickly outnumber the ICE agents, who then have to decide if they want to escalate a situation or perhaps abandon their activity altogether.

And, the kicker? Where it takes 2 or 3 agents to make an arrest elsewhere, they are traveling by the half dozens in Minneapolis:

ICE Watch organizers have also observed that it takes many more agents to make a single arrest when they are around. In other cities, ICE traveled in groups of two or three, but in Minneapolis, we primarily see groups of 6 to 12 agents. The Department of Homeland Security has pulled agents from other cities to ramp up efforts in Minnesota, which guarantees there will be fewer deportations from the places they left. Plus, ICE's fixation on breaking up ICE Watch groups and detaining observers — often white citizens — has interrupted its original mission.

ICE Watch is shaming ICE (among other things, including documenting their crimes and providing a lifeline to those who are kidnapped).

And it's working.

And even if it wasn't working to the efficacy as shown, it's (1) cathartic to jeer at these fascists, (2) shows support to the community that you are not alone in thinking these agents are scum, and (3) still helping because everyone who joins ICE is a social pariah and knows it *because of this outward and ongoing shame*.

It doesn't matter if they think we're degenerates. Sometimes the things us "degenerates" say will stick and hit a nerve.

[leebrontide]

These boys are falling apart so fast ICE is trying to recruit therapists. Which is what inspired my earlier post about how treating these guys is a huge liability therapists don’t want to take on.

Also it is critical to us in the target area to signal unambiguous support for our neighbors and that those opposing ICE have significant and broad support.

[onbearfeet]

"ICE is trying to recruit therapists" is a profoundly heartening sentence, and I thank you for it.

[captainjonnitkessler]

Super fucked up that I can’t be a master-level expert in knitting AND woodworking AND silversmithing AND embroidery AND soap making AND spinning AND -

[captainjonnitkessler]

“Who would ever want to be immortal? Can you imagine the loneliness, knowing that there’s no one else like you, cursed to outlive -” shut up!! Some of us have shit to do and aren’t cowards!!

[kareman-dohaan]

Did you know that if you attended the funeral of every child killed in Gaza, you would spend 51 years walking behind coffins every single day Today, I cried for hours.

Today is Christmas a day of gifts, mercy, family gatherings, and joy. But Hamoud, my little child, was alone. No one gave him a gift. No one celebrated with him. The war stole everything from him.It stole his innocent childhood,Even his little cat was bombed in the war and went to heaven. his laughter, even his right to be happy like any child in this world.😭💔 I have lost all my relatives and friends in this war, and nothing remains for Hamoud but God… and you.

Hamoud sends you his love, and hopes you will gift him some of yours. Your donation today is a gift to a child whose childhood was stolen by war.

A message telling him: you are not alon💚🙏

Donation gofund✅

Paypal 💙

chuffed ♥️

[enchantingruinscandy]

Putting powdered sugar on the post below

[happyheidi]

𝖲𝗇𝗈𝗐 𝖼𝖺𝗍𝗌 ❄️

𝗑 - 𝗑 / 𝗑 - 𝗑 / 𝗑 - 𝗑

[ghost-opal]

Tech companies have discovered a new anti-pattern recently and its called violating your muscle memory by putting links to shitty features nobody likes where the most commonly used button used to be

[ghost-opal]

I call the kinds of UX designers who do this "tech pests"

[snaxle-deactivated20260531]

tylenol sue the us government and you will be reincarnated as a beautiful lotus flower

[redtail-lol]

Wait for what?

[snaxle-deactivated20260531]

the trump administration and rfk jr are spreading false claims that taking tylenol during pregnancy is the cause of autism. tylenol (acetaminophen in general, but the tylenol brand is specifically being called out) is one of the only pain and fever relievers that pregnant people can safely take