Happy Marina Day!

happy marina day!

I am aware that on social media all you can see of other people is what they post about…

That said, the late tendency on this hellsite whenever things happen in the world especially for Americans has lately REALLY gone towards “stating your opinion (preferably loudly!) is the only important thing to do as long as you make sure you’re correct first,” because it’s easy and people get a rush out of feeling righteous. I notice this specifically in contrast to years past when it was a lot more easy to find information about and concern for the impacts of violence, which is disturbing.

I don’t know what people have or haven’t done IRL, but I will say this:

A lot of people in Gaza have just lost their access to reliable food, water, and shelter. A lot more are about to, as they’ve been ordered to leave a blockaded area which is currently under heavy fire, which they cannot. There is great need for medical care.

If you are able and moved to want to help but can’t figure out how to from abroad, start here to cross-check organizations:

Charity Navigator

Charity Ratings and Donor Resources | Charity Navigator

Use Charity Navigator's ratings and resources to find and support highly rated charities that align with your passions and values. Whether y

and here are two currently-active charities which are I think well-known but also highly-rated for safety & effectiveness.

MSF (Doctors Without Borders): medical personnel & equipment

MAUSA: Medical aid & equipment; food; hygiene packages

Just to make a point, every time I finished a panel of this I would export it as a PNG on the perceptual setting and use it as a color reference for the next panel

IT'S BAD

PLEASE CHECK YOUR COLOR SETTINGS

EDIT: If you're still having problems, it might help to switch from "Save/Save as" to "Export (as a) Single Layer". Just. Make SURE the box labeled "Expression Color" is set to RGB. I've been messing with this all day, and it looks like this combination of settings will allow exported PNGs to maintain their colors perfectly. To you. So far both Discord and Toyhouse still only display desaturated images and I cannot for the life of me figure out why

“we want more weird queer people” you guys can’t handle it/its users

PSA

If you happen to stumble upon an ad that looks like this, DO NOT SCROLL DOWN.

The rest of the ad is a very tall GIF of strobing red light that can potentially cause seizures. You cannot scroll past this ad quickly enough to avoid seeing it.

There seems to be no way to report the ad, so the next best thing is to use an adblocker (if you haven’t already) or even stay off the mobile app.

Please reblog to help spread awareness.