hey I’m so happy to say that the palestinian children’s relief fund (PCRF) has surpassed it’s updated goal of $18,000 as of today (December 3) !!

if you’re able to spare a few dollars now that the PCRF’s goal has been met, please consider donating to one (or more!) of these vetted palestinian families who are in need of money & aid this winter.

the prices of items such as milk & diapers for young children are astronomical in Gaza, as well as the cost of food. anything you can spare will help these people immensely 🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸

Laila - mother of a young child, with another due in February

Ola - mother of three, the youngest only 10 months old

Reem - mother of five, ages 2 - 14

Nesma - mother of 3, the youngest only 8 months old

Dina - mother of four, the youngest only 7 months old

Alaa - mother of three, ages 10 - 15

please reblog & donate if you can afford it !! 🇵🇸

Going crazy rn

the purpose of friends is to have people who unconditionally hate your shitty exes & relatives. like maybe YOU have a complex relationship with your father but i sure don't. i'm outside his house with a gun. he's not the unforgivable asshole who raised me he's just an unforgivable asshole

I want to point out that racial prejudice is taking priority from Sudan! Anti-blackness plays a significant role, which is why you may not know anything about it. Especially when it comes to international news outlet. There is not enough coverage on the current situation and articles would point out that it is a political conflict between two generals and/or it is a civil war. (Or they will say the UAE is the villain, but there are many countries involved, such as Russia and Libya. Here is a brief video about it by Sara (@/BSonBlast)

But it is not a political conflict. It is not a civil war. It is a genocide over the past year. The RSF (Rapid Support Forces, a paramilitary backed by the UAE) and the SAF (Sudanese Armed Forces, the national military backed by Sudan's high council) are committing the most heinous crimes. Villages are under attack. A blockade is imposed. Famine is on the rise. Families are displaced. People, especially women and girls, are subjected to sexual slavery and violence.

So please show your support! One way you can do is donate to Eman Abdelrahman, @emiiii980, (#213). She is a 25 year old Sudanese who needs to rebuild her home in Khartoum after the RSF has bombed it and the window for evacuation has diminished since the Sudanese pound has been inflated!

So let's help her raise 37K in the next 3 days! 36,367 CHF has been raised. There is 633 CHF ($711 USD) left to go! You can match me! I have given 5 CHF, but you're more than welcome to give more! And make sure to pay attention to the currency exchange! $10 USD = 8 CHF!

We are supposed to raise 37K a few days ago, but we didn't raise the funds in time. So please continue to donate and share! Eman and her family has no source of income. This fundraiser is all they have to rebuild their home, so let's help them out!

Original tweet

71% of the goal has been reached as if 11/20/2024! Let’s keep this momentum going! ❤️❤️❤️

$16,226 raised of $15,000

I'm not actually afraid that Donald Trump will invade Canada so much as I am that Pierre Poilievre will just give the store away to him.

Please spare Mohammad Abdullah any change you have so he pay the accommodation, living, and travel expenses for his family who are temporarily staying in Kampala, Uganda.

Who is Mohammad? He is a Sudanese refugee as well as a full-time student in the UK. He has not seen his mom, sister, and 2 brothers since 2018 and he is in the process of reuniting them. You can learn more about it here.

As of writing this (Friday Sept 27th), £1,577 out of £3,700 has been raised. There is £2,123 left to go! If we do that math, we need at least 424 people to donate a minimum of £5 to achieve the goal! So please donate and share! The last donation has been made 3 days ago! ! !

You can match me! I've given £5, but you're more than welcome to give more!

↳ This fundraiser has been shared by sudan.updates on IG!

£2,035 has been raised, and the last donation was made 6 days ago! Please continue to donate and share! There is £1,665 left to go!

Nothing has changed since the previous update. It's now been over a week without any progress

Still no progress!

I think one of the consequences of getting older is finding out that your parents were kind of right when they complained about technology? At least you can see they weren’t entirely wrong.

I’ve been hearing from friends that it’s getting harder to find quality refrigerators that don’t connect to the internet. Why exactly does my refrigerator need wifi? Or even a computer, at that? Older fridges can last decades because they have so few failure points. They have one job and they do it well. 

I tend not to use my smart TV very often because the damn thing glitches and it’s laggy and too much of a hassle unless I am really committed to watching a movie in my living room. And the worse thing is...can you even buy a non-smart TV these days that isn’t secondhand? Are they even making ordinary...yanno...televisions that don’t need software updates and internet connections, anymore?

Someone in the comments of this post asked how bluetooth earbuds are forced and everyone pointed out that a lot of phones (especially iphones) simply do not have the ports to plug in wired headphones anymore. You must get the apple wireless headphones - and I think that’s the crux of the problem. I am glad I have an android phone because I can use the old wired earbuds I've had for over 12 years. If I wanted to, I could buy wireless earbuds and use them instead, because my model of phone gives me that option.

And that's the kicker: the problem is that as things are "advancing," more and more, options are being taken away. It has nothing to do with consumer demand - obviously there are a lot of people that are not happy with these developments. But as we’re seeing, the products being made don’t reflect customer preference or choice. It’s always about is best for the companies making and selling those products.

Every day we’re hearing about new apps and tech startups and really...does anyone really want this shit? Is the nth attempt to make crypto work, the billions spent on the Metaverse, doorbell cameras; is a fridge with an IP address really allow it to do its job better? Is that actually going to improve the lives of anyone who aren’t the developers of that product? Just the other day I was reading about a tech startup that wants to be able to beam ads into your car's GPS screen. Video ads! On a screen! To tell drivers what's nearby when they can just...continue to look out the window because they're supposed to be driving a goddamn car.

The problem of a world run by tech companies is that the tech isn’t being made to accommodate us, we are being forced to accommodate the tech.

I’ve said it before I’ll say it again.

Nostalgia tech is a thing that would make money if they would just fucking do it. That’s why they still make records and record players.

BUT. Now it’s a luxury and luxury items sell. As LUXURYS.

Because it’s now about money. It never was. It’s about control.

Y’all understand? It was always about control.

So I had a new boiler fitted the other day. The old one had done its job for a long time but finally gave up.

It wasn't until the damn thing was all installed and ready to go that I was told that I would need to download an app on my phone and register my details and prescise location in order to set my heating.

I would no longer have a thermostat in my house. I would only be able to control it from my smart phone.

I am 36 years old and I went mad - not at the poor boiler engineer of course, but I refused to do what he was asking. I asked for an alternative. He initially said there wasn't one. I told him to check with the company. He phoned the company and eventually someone spoke to me about it. Explaining that this was the standard for all new boilers. I told them it was ridiculous. What if I was an elderly person living alone who didn't own a smart phone? What if I lost my phone? What if the wifi failed? What if there was an electrical fault?

It took over half an hour of exasperated bargaining before someone agreed to swap out the smart app connected parts of the boiler with a "standard issue thermostat". At first they were gonna charge me an extra £100 to swap it out, but I argued my case there as well.

After a lot of back and forth and effort that totally drained my energy, eventually I got a standard thermostat fitted. No smart phone app or registration needed. No extra charge. Just a lot of extra effort that someone a bit less stubborn and determined to avoid this technological attack on basic living would have easily backed down on.

We are already living in a world run by tech companies, where every. single. thing. in our lives is slowly being transformed into another system where they can track our every move, steal our personal information, and make life that little bit more complicated.

The fact that even white goods like refridgerators and washing machines are starting to require app connections is worrying. It's not a good thing, and its not being done for convenience. It's being done for data tracking, location tracking, and finding new ways to inflict ads on us.

Sorry if this rant derailed the post a bit, but the memory is still fresh and so apparently is my anger! But at least this is an example where being persistent and stubborn does heed results against them!

You will live to watch elon musk die. dont kill yourself.

trying a shorter post so people don’t skip it

VETTED FUNDRAISER. €68,998 raised out of €100,000. Next goal is €70,000!

Nader is seventeen years old and lives in Gaza with his family. They’re a family of eight, which includes his father who has cancer and needs treatment and one year old Iman who suffers from malnutrition. They need help to survive the winter, get food and water and save up for evacuation.

DONATE HERE VETTING (#4)

this is going viral on the tweeter currently so. for you also. miku is not ai!!

Pay attention please

Help Save My Family from the Hell of War in Gaza

I’m Hossam Al-Serr, a Palestinian living in Germany, and I urgently need your support to rescue my family from the constant danger they face. After our home was destroyed, they are now living in harsh conditions in a temporary shelter in Al-Mawasi, Khan Younis. Every small donation can make a big differenceEvery single donation even it is €5 will help us reach our goal.

To donate

If you are unable to donate, you can still help by sharing this message and the campaign link with your friends and family. Every share increases the chance of reaching more people who are willing to help.

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currently unvetted, but donations are protected and RIS is clean!! The last donation was one day ago and funds are veeeerryy low. Please donate any amount that you can to them if you’re able to financially give your support.

If you’re not able to do so, please reblog and share!

nothing makes me more mad than how rick riodan wrote the aphrodite kids like it makes me so unbelievably angry

Oh _lovely_. Everyone go turn this off:

Disabling this is easy on iPhone: go to settings > apps > photos, and scroll all the way down to the bottom.

Oh my god, have you guys seen that one cooking show where contestants like, have a certain amount of time to run around a real grocery store to grab ingredients to make their dish with?

Damn, the way Leo and Drew would destroy at the competition. Brilliant, cut throat, passionate, ruthless team.

Would absolutely cheat and get away with it. Kicking over other teams’ shopping carts and rigging theirs to go faster somehow. Not because they even need to, chariot race rules have just ruined them. They win by a land slide with sheer talent.