I found an absolutely massive 70-page list of all the people in Hollywood who've supported Israel (they signed the “Israel Must Defend Itself” pro-genocide IDF letter, showed support only for Israel, spread IDF propaganda, used “Palestinians are terrorists” language, etc) — but it included tons of people I've never heard of and, like, talent agents and lawyers and non-celebrities... so I went through it and got all the recognizable names + made them into a list (below the cut), because it's important to name exactly who's supporting Israel's genocide of Palestinians.

Additionally, I searched for all the celebrities who've supported Palestine (not liking one post while sharing nothing, not saying something vague about both sides, but actually using language like "genocide" and "apartheid" while talking about what Israel is doing to Palestine), and that's below the cut too — because these people are risking their careers speaking about this, and they actually have a spine and morals.

I don't usually talk about Israel/Palestine, but as an Israeli citizen who doesn't support genocide, I need to speak out.

We're seeing, on a massive scale, news websites release articles saying "Israel bombs hospital in Gaza" and revising it to "Israel, Hamas trade blame for hospital bombing in Gaza". Every single news site is doing the same thing.

New York Times, original headline:

New York Times, new headline:

Business Insider, original headline: Hamas says Israeli forces bombed a hospital and killed hundreds of people. The UN has documented dozens of other attacks on healthcare in Gaza." New headline:

Reuters, original headline:

Reuters, new headline:

Politico, original headline:

Politico, new headline:

Boston Globe, original headline:

Boston Globe, new headline:

Financial Times, original headline:

Financial Times, new headline:

Daily Beast, old headline:

Daily Beast, new headline:

Every single news site is changing their headlines, but instead of admitting the correction as is done in every single other instance of this updating, they are acting as if this was always their headline. Note the repeated use of "Hamas and Israel trade blame" in the new headlines. This is the power the Israeli military has over the news, the control the US government exerts over every outlet, and the proof there is no unbiased reporting on Israel/Palestine. Our only accurate source is the civilian journalists being killed in Gaza and having their access to the outside world cut off.

(Before this is reposted and I am accused of being a self-hating Israeli citizen and Jew, I need Zionists to understand that the US military is not Judaism, and making the leap from "the US government exerts control over a lot of media" to "Jews control the media" shows more about you than me.)

Image description by @orange-marzipan under the cut.

uh so i never do this but maui is quite literally on fire and there isn't nearly enough care or consideration for. you know. Native Hawaiians who live here being displaced and the land (and cultural relevance) that's being eaten up by the fire. so if ya'll wanna help, here's some links:

maui food bank: https://mauifoodbank.org/

maui humane society: https://www.mauihumanesociety.org/

center for native hawaiian advancement: https://www.memberplanet.com/campaign/cnhamembers/kakoomaui

hawai'i red cross: https://www.redcross.org/local/hawaii/ways-to-donate.html

please reblog and spread the word if you can't donate.

a couple more from my local friends:

maui strong fund: https://www.hawaiicommunityfoundation.org/maui-strong

maui mutual aid fund: bit.ly/mauimutualaide

in the latest cyber-news: the internet archive has lost their case against 4 major publishing houses (verge article). they’re going to appeal, but this is still a bad outcome. the fate of the internet is currently hanging in the balance because 4 multibillionare publishing groups missed out on like $15 of combined revenue during the pandemic because of the archive’s online library service. it’s so fucking stupid.

for those who don’t know what the internet archive is, it’s a virtual library full of media. books, magazines, recordings, visuals, flash games, websites - a lot of these things either don’t exist anymore or cannot be found & bought. heard of the wayback machine? that’s part of the internet archive. it is the most important website to exist, and i don’t say that lightly. if the internet archive goes down, the cultural loss will be immeasurable.

so how can you help?

and finally…

cannot stress enough that donating to the internet archive to help them appeal this without going broke is the most important thing you can do right now. my day job revolves around fulfilling digital article and book scan requests at an academic library and a huge part of that is borrowing from other libraries that do controlled digital lending (incl. the internet archive!). copyright law is already hugely restrictive on what we can and can't lend, and we absolutely don't have the option to pirate anything for our patrons due to being a large academic institution. it's difficult to overstate just how bad this ruling could end up being for libraries that have digital lending programs, esp ones that rely on CDR for old/archival/hard-to-find texts.

TL;DR:

A decolonization project must be grown from intercommunality between oppressed peoples; reparations in the form of allotted land and/or payment given by the State in general, and the American State in particular, are shortsighted and anemic solutions that will not undo the dynamic of exploitation but merely shift who’s doing the exploiting.

This would help a lot of people, and it's one of the reasons it's so important to push back against the "but the parties are equally bad, so you shouldn't bother voting" type rhetoric.

jesus christ this would be huge.

hi! if you see this and think it's a good idea: PLEASE leave a comment. it's super easy & you can do this in <5 minutes:

When a government agency proposes a rule change like this, they legally must have a public comment period before finalizing it. AND they have to read and respond to those comments in the final draft of the regulation. Not enough people are aware of this , but it can really have an impact!!

This link will take you to the Federal Register page for the proposed rule, where you click the big green button to Submit a Formal Comment

Your comment can be as long or short as you'd like- it can just be one sentence! The key is to clearly STATE YOUR SUPPORT for the proposed rule. You can also look at other existing comments for support.

If you have personal experience with disability benefits, especially the reduction of benefits from free meals/groceries, those are great to include. They like to hear from people personally impacted by these changes, or know people who are.

I know it can be intimidating to post a public comment like this but it is SO IMPORTANT to engage with specific policy changes like this. Saying "this is great!" on social media doesn't help governmental officials understand the level of support a change like this has, or how much good it would do.

Adding on to this, as this is important info you might not realize unless you scroll down in the Federal Register page:

The public comments must be submitted by April 17, 2023.

When you write it, make sure to include the sentance: ‘This public comment regards Docket No. SSA-2021-0014′ or some variation on it. Make sure to include ‘Docket No. SSA-2021-0014′ or else your comment WILL NOT BE INCLUDED. 

[Image ID: Screenshot of a section of the Federal Register webpage which reads ‘Regardless of which method you choose, please state that your comments refer to Docket No. SSA-2021-0014 so that we may associate your comments with the correct regulation.’ /end Image ID.]

The public comments are registered with the record ONLY if they included ‘Docket No. SSA-2021-0014′.

Please, please comment. 

As of now, February 22, 2023, there are 214 comments. I am not sure how many of those comments included the ‘Docket No. SSA-2021-0014′ tag, so I’m not sure how many will be included with the public comments that will be registered.  

Remember, when you interact with government bureaucracy, they have their requirements and hoops to jump through. To make an impact you have to adhere to their rules, as much as that stinks. 

[Image description: a screenshot of the Federal Register page for the proposed regulation “Omitting Food From In-Kind Support and Maintenance Calculations”. There are arrows pointing to a green button that reads “submit a formal comment”. End description.]

[Plain text: The public comments must be submitted by April 17, 2023.

When you write it, make sure to include the sentance: ‘This public comment regards Docket No. SSA-2021-0014′ or some variation on it. Make sure to include ‘Docket No. SSA-2021-0014′ or else your comment will not be included. End plain text.]

[Image description: Screenshot of a section of the Federal Register webpage which reads ‘Regardless of which method you choose, please state that your comments refer to Docket No. SSA-2021-0014 so that we may associate your comments with the correct regulation.’ End description.]

[Plain text: The public comments are registered with the record only if they included ‘Docket No. SSA-2021-0014′.

Please, please comment. 

As of now, February 22, 2023, there are 214 comments. I am not sure how many of those comments included the ‘Docket No. SSA-2021-0014′ tag, so I’m not sure how many will be included with the public comments that will be registered.  End description.]

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literally the bill provides a penalty of $250k and a minimum of 20 years for *using a vpn to access a website*. the list of banned websites can be updated at any time be an unelected appointee with no oversight or warning or even public announcement

this is happening at my college right now. i’m in my third year here and everyone i know is like. haha, im in danger.

what they’re doing seems almost illegal, like.. considering desantis brought in the majority of the trustees in one sweep, we didnt even have a chance to dissent their new supermajority firing president okker with no cause. or if it isn’t, it should be illegal, there’s literally no checks and balances happening here. no democracy involved. genuine fascism at work, it’s actually absurd. extremely fucking filthy and despicable political ploy.

yesterday wrt the board of trustees meeting, a student commented, “The fact they are playing [the college president] like she's a game and she is sitting at that table CRYING is something that shakes me.”

this is who they replaced our president with

they don’t care about education or the students at all. they don’t care. we’re chess pieces to them.

read more:

please help us defend ourselves, not just for NCF but for educational freedom in academic institutions in general. donate, spread the word, etc. here’s the site

Hi the HUGE fascist flag here is Desantis saying that schools should not be training students for employment (yeah he just admitted that's what schools are for Out Loud), but that they should be used to instill moral values.

This isn't about educating students, it's about keeping them easy to brainwash.

VERY IMPORTANT

Hi everyone, I'm sure most of you are aware of the Willow project. If not.

Our planet will be in terrible danger, which includes us. We are already suffering from immense climate change. If this project continues, we can't undo anything. I know all of my followers are Avatar fans. "The dying world" that is described will be our planet. We all wish for a Pandora, for a mother nature that looks as beautiful as Pandora. We already have one and we need to try what we can, to save Earth. Please sign these petitions and any of the petitions you come across to stop the willow project. <3

The Willow Project will sell Alaska land for Oil Drilling. Which will release in scientific terms "A metric fuckton" of CO2 into the atmosphere.

And big companies want to say it's disabled people's medication and accessibility needs that's causing global warming.

Look. It's March. And it's already in scientific terms "hot as the devil's balls in hell" here. And we used to have real winters with snow. But all we got this year was 2 hard freezes (which sissy isn't natural here) and I bunch of hot ass weather.

Even the plants and wildlife here in scientific terms "are confused as fucking hell".

Please sign the petition to protect from climate change.

-fae

My last TWO posts completely bombed, can I PLEASE get grocery money I’ve been dipping into my bills fund just so I’m not starving. My Ko-fi goal wasn’t enough with the rising price of food. I am… so tired of having to beg for shit and I’m sure y’all are sick as fuck of seeing me, but I either eat or I die, so I don’t really have a choice.

C@shapp: Svcvbo V3nmo: Svcvbo P@ypal: paz.cazenave@yahoo.com

I’m gonna set a goal, so maybe that’ll help. (0/100$ as of 2/15/23)

Posts that Tumblr will blaze:

• Blatant NSFW that breaks community guidelines

• Christian proselytizing

• Vent posts

Posts that Tumblr won't blaze:

• Spoilers for a shitty game that lines a transphobe's pockets

List of Black Lives Matter and Racial Equality Petitions to sign:

Donation Links

* this list is constantly updated so please keep checking back for new information on petitions and ways to donate!!

happy waitangi day, if anyone wants to help a māori move out of a violently racist living situation i've been stuck in for the past year any help would be appreciated lmao. money will be put aside so i can make bond once i find a place that actually gets back to me

pāypāl.me is hoodypet, please leave a note saying it's for irawhiti since it's my friend's account. don't tag as anything thanks. ngā mihi arohanui