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1st of February, 2021

i was debating on whether or not i should post this on tumblr but seeing as there haven’t been posts about this yet, here it is. i’m exposing my real location and nationality but it doesn’t matter.

if you have been active on twitter, you may already know #savemyanmar is trending. long story short, there has been a military coup. several nations have released statements but i want to share insight on what’s happening in the country.

memes about a coup have been circulating around for a couple days and when i slept at 2 am last night, we were still under the rule of the National League for Democracy (NLD). while they are not technically democratic, they are the closest we’ve got. when my mother woke up at 6 this morning, she was notified that the country was now under the rule of the military.

banks services are no longer available. wifi was cut at around 7-8. some people got wifi again earlier but many got it barely thirty minutes ago. this is bad for businesses especially ones that require international communications. additionally, international students like myself are experiencing anxiety; how do we pay for and attend classes if we’re not sure wifi is a given?

myanmar has a long, complicated history with military governments. the last time the military went into rule was in 1962 and only stopped in 2011, following the 2010 elections. there was a huge protest in 1988 lead by students that resulted in lots of death. during the military junta, resources like rice, water, oil, were scarce. the gist is military rule is bad for us.

all of my followers are not myanmar citizens, i’m sure but as part of the international community, please help us. here is a petition that you can sign (although i’m not sure if that can do much). there may be protests in front of myanmar embassies so look out for those. most of all, please help spread awareness. 

the people here are coping with dark humor, primarily in the form of memes but we don’t know how long this rule will last, even though the official statement said only a year. here’s something that pretty much sums up our coping mechanism:

again, even a reblog helps

update :: all telecommunication means will be cut off at 12 am MMT

Save my grandma’s home, please

Hi! I would never do this in other circumstances, but I have no choice.

So, a few years ago, my mom got us stuck in a quiet big debt. We paid more than half of it. But it still left a lot of money.

And the worst of it is, if we don’t pay the debt, creditors will take my grandma’s house away (because it is a pledge).

We all strangling so much. My grandma has a heart disease. And I have a panic attacks all the time.

So if you can help with donation or with sharing this, I will be infinitely grateful ❤️ You can save not just our house, but our family too.

You can go to this link, and donate. If you have any questions, I would love to answer it.

I also have a PayPal: viola2371@mail.ru

not a dream

As most of you know, Croatia has been hit by a pretty big earthquake today, another big one this year (what you should know is that before 2020 we never had huge earthquakes like that and now we had a few pretty big ones in the midst of a pandemic so people including myself really don’t know how to react and it’s stressful and horrible to live through it and I know many people can relate because they’ve went through similar traumatic experiences themselves), there’s been casualties, some villages are completely gone, two towns are basically falling apart, there’s damage in the town where I live (Zagreb), too and my whole house shook like a leaf for a good moment when it was happening, and I’m not exaggerating when I tell you that I thought I was going to die in that moment (my mom shared with me that she basically feared the same) because it felt like the house was going to fall on us because of how bad the earthquake was, thank the Heavens that we’re fine physically and our home is undamaged, but a lot of people were not so lucky and now there’s just so much destruction and sadness and fear left in place where there used to be happy families, peaceful family homes, and victims are still being found/saved and it’s just a lot so I’ll be sharing some posts and resources which people from my country and other countries as well can use if they can help monetarily in any way (if not, even sharing is a huge way to help so please don’t feel bad about yourself if you can’t donate, I understand how rough this year has been and want you all to take care of yourselves).

The first way to help has been shared by Croatia’s Red Cross:

This is the account of the Red Cross from the town hit by the earthquake the most.

I've got permission from the author to repost this here.

so the new wonder woman movie is black hawk down levels of racist that’s fun

there’s also all of this

I’m genuinely surprised to find a post with this many notes talking about this.

But with that being said, Israel is once again bombing civilians in Gaza (and Syria) right now as this movie is playing in theatre, if you want to do something aside from rebloging/retweeting then please donate to “Islamic Relief” (or any other site you trust, Islamic Relief is considered very legitimate by many)

PLEASE BOOST!

 I recently lost my grandmother and my job this month to covid.this month has been a struggle.  I have ran out of money. I hate asking people for money and hope in the future I can help others. but as of right now  im asking for help to get back on my feet. I have bills to pay coming up , I need food and some other items . I have a car that needs alot repairs . I also would like to go back to school and so I need to get a good laptop.im setting a goal to rise 10k.  if everyone donates a 1 dollar we can make this possible please reblog. 

PAYPAL:  paypal.me/Jacobt1206 or email : Jacobksalvatore@gmail.com

CASHAPP: $Jacobt1206

Venmo: Jacobt1206

0/10k

199/10k

Thank you everyone that has donated

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Help me get custody of my 10-year-old younger sister, who is currently with a ped0phile. My full story. 

um so, I've been kinda debating actually doing this because I feel bad about doing it, but I am unemployed rn, and actively looking for jobs, but it's just been taking too long. I wanna be able to help pay for the bills around here, bc some... horrible circumstances in my life have left me and my stepdad in a position where we have to pay the bills without the main source of income that made it easier. i don't really wanna go too much into the specifics because its really personal, but I would appreciate if anyone could donate some cash if they have any to spare. I don't really have a GOAL but I'd like to be able to help him pay half the mortgage, which would be 600 bucks, but i don't really expect that much, just anything that u could give that could help us offset all the costs of like, being alive would be so appreciated. and if i do reach that amount, I'll make everyone aware obviously....

so, idk, if you can give anything I would appreciate it, if not I understand, I just don't wanna see my stepdad losing sleep and stressing out as much as he does over these things, when he already has a ton on his plate. I would like to reiterate I've been looking for jobs, because I feel really really fucking guilty asking this while I'm unemployed.

here is my cash app. if u want my PayPal, message me please

#justiceformuslims

I love every single person who reblogged this

I don’t think people realize how much of an impact this kind of support can have, I don’t think everyone knows what these little things can mean to us.

It may just be me, I don’t know. But every single time I see this on my dash or on someone’s blog or anywhere else, I kind of just breathe a sigh of relief. That’s one more person who cares. That’s one more person who doesn’t hate me.

Because it means so much, especially when all the media is spewing out is that I’m a terrible person and no one wants people like me near them. It means so much because I’m tired of people who won’t sit next to me in class, or who choose to join the longer line at the grocery store because they don’t want to be beside me and my family. It means so much when I have to lift my head any time someone says the words Islam or Muslim because I’m scared that they’ll say something that’ll hurt, when I have to pay attention to the news because who knows what so and so is saying now, who knows which of my people are being attacked now, who knows what’s going to happen to me now.

It means so much because I’ve been given the idea that the world is against me. And a huge part of it may be, but at least I’ve been reminded that some of it, just a small group of people, acknowledges that I’m a person too. That people like me are just that, people.

Maybe it’s just me, I don’t know. But now you do, so thank you for believing that I’m human when so many people don’t.

Have a great day x

Go unfollow this blog all you want, I am reblogging this. 

I am aware this does not follow this blog’s style, however, I find it necessary to reblog this

Not art, but super important

definitely not crying–

On December 10, 2020, Brandon Bernard is scheduled to be executed by the federal government for a crime he committed when he was 18 years old. He has spent 21 years on death row. Five out of the nine surviving jurors that found him guilty and one of his prosecutors no longer agree with his sentence. Please spread his story on social media, email President Trump, and call the Justice Department to ask them to commute his sentence to life without parole. Brandon Bernard’s crime is incompatible with his punishment and we cannot allow the federal government to follow through with this.

Please click the source link to be taken to his website, which details his life in prison and ways you can advocate for him. In the replies are a page with specific actions we can take to help his case and an Instagram post to share.

Attaching screenshots from the Instagram post op linked in the comments ^^

https://www.helpsavebrandon.com/

you can’t support autistic people and support the police. No amount of paint jobs or sensitivity training can stop police from killing with impunity

And fuck the jigsaw puzzle imagery advanced by the eugenicists at Autism Speaks. We’re not a “puzzle” to be “solved“

Half of all people killed by cops have a disability, because cops aren’t trained to recognize or deal with people with disabilities and very few places have people who are trained for those situations easily accessible during emergencies. So the cops come in and do what they’re paid to do - murder anyone who’s inconvenient to the state

PLEASE READ/SIGNAL BOOST*  

Hey guys,  I am asking for help getting through this month and I desperately need your help to get groceries and keep my water and electricity on. My son and I haven’t been able to get enough formula we were declined WIC and I’ve been rationing milk and rice so I really could use help getting food for kahlil.

I’ve been struggling a lot these past few months and I have regularly skipped on eating (often for several days in a row) to try and make ends meet due to losing my job at the salon, I have struggled with bill payments and getting groceries/household supplies with absolutely no income, I could use anyone and everyone’s help in boosting/donating to my post so that I won’t lose him to social services. I have to have food in the house and utilities turned on by the end of this week or my parental status will be revoked.

If anyone could spare any amount to help me, even if it’s just $1, it would literally save my life and sharing definitely helps just as much a donations and nobody has to donate if they can’t or don’t want to, thank you.💖

                                  PayPal or CashApp

my gf and I literally have $12 between the two of us

we managed to buy groceries so we're not going to starve but I'm not getting paid until after rent is due and it wont even be enough go cover rent anyway because I started my job so late in the month. please help a nonbinary jewish lesbian and my trans gf survive and stay off the streets

paypal.me/lindsaylevine

venmo: mustachioed

please help.

This is art. A masterpiece, actually.

A true American hero

Iconic

They killed him. His name was Muhiyidin Moye.

He was killed 1 year after this video, according to what I’ve gathered online. Someone tried to knock him off his bike and shot him even as he rode away. He made it to a hospital, but, he still died due to blood loss as he’d left a trail of blood in his path.

All activists who you can name/you see make an impact are viewed as a threat to those in power or those who regard themselves as having power over minority groups. The more of these names I learn, the more I wait in anticipation to hear if they are still here or if their lives have been taken too soon yet.

Here’s a PBS article because I like to believe they’re less biased than most.

I’m reblogging again cause this is crazy, please block out the faces & your face of you at a protest. Protect yourselves and each other. 😨

This is exactly why we tell y’all stop posting protesters faces and clothes without black squares over them, not no pixelated or blurred stuff. STAY SAFE!!!

hi everyone, i’m not one to make these type of posts, but right now, Nicaragua is being hit by Hurricane Iota and it has created a lot of damage, and it has devastated places that were just hit with Hurricane Eta. Hurricane Iota is the worst hurricane that has ever hit Nicaragua.

it’s mainly affecting poor communities that have been hit by the pandemic and the government is refusing to help.

these are some links in which you can donate, and if you can’t, please reblog and share to see if anyone can. thank you!

Hurricane Relief Fund

Nicaraguan Red Cross

if you have any more links, please do feel free to reblog with them! it’s very much appreciated.

good things will happen 🧿

things that are meant to be will fall into place 🧿

THIS ONE FUCKING WORKS. REBLOG IT.

here and here are threads of multiple donation drives for the victims of typhoon ulysses (+ rolly). many communities in luzon and metro manila have had their homes flooded and are in need of support. please help if you can.