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February started with false hopes of a ceasefire.
It is now February 15 and the largest medical facility in South Gaza, which sheltered ~2,500 people and had been under siege for two weeks, has been attacked. It is now completely out of function.
We are 21 days away from marking 5 months of ongoing genocide.
Here are several posts with numerous donation links & other ways to help. I’ll also include the tag I use for those posts, where you’ll find individual gofundme’s listed as well. There is also Operation Olive Branch, which has an excel sheet of numerous families in Gaza & how to donate to them + how to contact them. If you can afford it, please consider donating and please, please remember to scroll down to donate to families at the bottom of the list. If you cannot give, please simply share as many resources as you find.
Another year on this planet. Guess I'm an adult now. It doesn't feel that different.
Another sign that time doesn't stop and events keep happening. And that I have the privilege to be alive and age. Which many people don't have. And that is ... unjust and I can't wrap my head around it.
I guess that all of this is to say that humanity should strive for the liberation of all people so that everyone can be alive and age.
does this mean anything chat?
(idk writing, I just like putting words together)
The third "installment" of the eye series!
I divided them into groups of three, so expect more!
At the beginning of the manga they seem to be the "true" protagonists, so I just put them together. For the others it's simply vibes, really-
P.S. : I haven't been feeling great lately (mentally or physically), that's why there have been only reblogs for over a month
how you can help palestine
*i regularly update this post with any new info i find so please always reblog the original post*
Donations
palestine children's relief fund
palestine red crescent society
help bring down israel's weapon trade - palaction
save palestine - islamic relief canada
click to donate - arab.org
send medical supplies to gaza - palestinian american medical association
NOTE: journalists based in gaza are saying that donations are not going to help atm. what will help is a demand for ceasefire. so please contact your local MPs every single day demanding as such. palestine need a ceasefire right now, not money (i will update when monetary help is needed)
if you want to donate, do this instead:
help buy e-sims for people in gaza (as it stands, there are enough e-sims purchased for now. i will let you know once they need donations again. if you would like to stay updated, please follow @/Mirna_elhelbawi on twitter)
Petitions
petition to investigate war crimes committed by israeli military
demand ceasefire - amnesty.org
open call for immediate ceasefire
american government call for immediate ceasefire
american government to stop funding israeli military
ceasefire and increase humanitarian assistance - oxfam au
location specific petitions
gaza call for ceasefire - oxfam (UK)
end israeli occupation - parliament uk (UK)
email your MP - medical aid for palestine (UK)
stop fuelling genocide - action network (USA)
ceasefirenow.com - jewishvoiceofpeace (USA)
call congress and demand a ceasefire - uscpr (USA - they provide a script of what you should say, so don't worry about it)
note: you can call everyday. they tally the number of calls per issue. so more calls = higher chance for them to take action. p.s. you mainly go to voicemail so don’t worry about phone call anxiety. fight through it just this once please.
australia call on israel to stop attacking palestinians - apan (AUS)
sign to send letter to MP for ceasefire - nccm (CANADA)
ceasefire now! - ijv (CANADA)
cessez-le-feu et un couloir humanitaire - le mouvement (FRANCE)
write to your député - assemblée nationale (FRANCE)
skydda civilbefolkningen i gaza! - mittskifte (SWEDEN)
singaporeans call for immediate ceasefire (SIN)
contact your elected reps and demand a ceasefire (GERMANY)
write to the EU demanding a ceasefire (EUROPE)
template of letters you can send (EU)
guide on how to contact your MPs in EU
multiple actions you can take to help palestine - plant een olifbloom (NETHERLANDS)
includes: links for donations, emails to MP, emails to media, links to petitions and demonstrations
den haag, maak nú werk van vrede in israël/Palestina - the right forum (NETHERLANDS)
Campaigns
friends of al-aqsa
❥ UK-specific
urge your MP to speak up for palestine
hands off al-aqsa
stop administrative detention
petition for UK to stop arming israel
❥ International
boycott puma — email them to end their partnership with israel
boycott coca-cola
palestine action
join the resistance
islamic relief canada
urge your MP to rally for ceasefire
text/call campaign for people living in USA
text CEASEFIRE @ 51905 to call for a ceasefire
text RESIST @ 50409 to send a letter to your representatives to pass HR3103–a bill that prohibits tax dollars from going to israel
download 5Calls app to contact members of your congress | (more info)
BDS movement
get involved in boycotting companies associated with israel
please let me know if you have any more links. i will add them in. and please reblog the original post!!
UPCOMING PROTESTS
PALESTINIAN LITERATURE READING LIST
OH SHIT ITS ACE AWARENESS WEEK!!
(meme made by @7-crows-in-a-trench-coat)
WAYS TO HELP PALESTINE 🇵🇸
uscpr.org
USCPR has ways for you to donate to Palestinians in need, plenty of information about the crimes against Palestine if you are uninformed or want to know more, along with protest information and pre-written scripts you can use to call your officials with
linktr.ee/MedicalAidforPalestinians.org
Site for donating for medical aid for Palestinians, along with a few other links to help take action and stay informed. Remember that even if you can't donate a lot, just a bit helps
matwprojectusa.org
Donation site for medical, food, and water aid in Palestine and other areas as well.
palestiniansocialfund.com
Unconditional funding for food growth in Palestine through grassroots
Not a link but something that can help: test "resist" to 50409 in reference to bill HR 3103, it is a bot that will help you write out a letter on your phone to send to congress, senate, and president if you'd rather not make a call!
Here is a list of some very major brands to boycott, which DOES MAKE A DIFFERENCE:
McDonalds, Starbucks, Disney, especially Disney+, Coco Cola, Victoria Secret, Puma, Nike, Walmart
There are MANY more brands that support the genocide, but these are the most major. Research is good!!
doctorswithoutborders.org
You can donate here to help provide support to the standing hospitals and health facilities in Gaza
pcrf.net
A children's relief fund that helps to provide crucial life-saving medical relief and aid
unrwausa.org
Medical support, trauma relief, and food assistance in Gaza! They also have an easy way for you to email congress
If you're unsure of how to check if something is false news or misinformation or not, apnews.com/ap-fact-check is a site that is stepping up to the misinformation given about Gaza and correcting other news sources!
I know I reblogged those links on the situation in Palestine just yesterday, but I really do highly recommend checking out this independently-run website (DecolonizePalestine) if you're like me and were exposed to a crap-ton of conflicting info over the years and were confused on what to believe. The site gives a history overview, debunks myths, and has an FAQ page, with all pages having a list of sources at the end. It's at least a good starting point, I think.
The second "installment" of the eye series!
I had to use possessed Yashiro because I couldn't find any angry-determined Yashiro reference at the time
For the last pair of eyes... I was anime only back then and I thought those were Kou's, when in fact they were Akane's...
I can't remember, but (by looking at it) I think I might have used the good ol' copy-mirror-paste to fill the other-eye-insecurity... bad, past me, bad-
This is the first "installment" of the eye series!
I had to start with TPN because the trio was what sparked this idea
I thought "wouldn't it be nice to have angry/determined anime eyes hanging on the wall?" and then I did it
Unfortunately for Ray, I couldn't decide between manga and anime; in the end I just went with the anime version to make it look a bit more cohesive, but it still looks off?
I'm still very happy with how Emma and Norman turned out!
Being aromantic can involve love
Being aromantic can be loveless
Being aromantic can question love
Being aromantic can give less of a fuck about love
Being aromantic can be heavily in love
Being aromantic can want love but physically hate it
Being aromantic can be angry at love
Being aromantic can be stressful because of love
Being aromantic can be indifferent to love
Being aromantic can be above love
Being aromantic can be not understanding love
Being aromantic is a spectrum
i actually think we need to talk about how sexuality is fluid. people change, and they change constantly. part of that change is ur identity
i was aroace for years of my life. i never felt any attraction to people, i couldnt understand attraction, i didnt ever want to be with anyone. and i was comfortable with that.
but then one day (i cant really explain it or pinpoint it) i realized that oh i could be in a romantic relationship now. in this current moment, im biromantic (something i spent a while debating) and asexual.
but the problem was, i was so paranoid people wouldn’t believe me, or people would assume the period of my life that i was aroace was immaturity or a “mistake” that i didnt come out for a WHILE. i didnt want all of those people who told me “its just a phase” and “i hadnt found the right person yet” to be right
but heres the thing: even though i am no longer aroace, those people werent right. it wasnt “a phase.” that time i was aro wasnt a “phase.” i genuinely was aro, but because all things tend to be fluid, that changed. and another funny thing? i didnt “find the right person.” i didnt have an “awakening.” one day, i just knew. and thats totally okay.
it’s exhausting to constantly justify your sexuality to others. it’s exhausting to feel invalidated in your own identity. and i know for a fact that its not just me that experiences this.
i know someone who was a lesbian their entire life, and then they realized no they were actually a man. now they identify as a straight guy
anyways i guess this point of this is to tell people to accept fluidity and change in identity, and to let people who’ve gone through the same thing as I have know:
you aren’t alone, i’ve been there too. and i’m so sorry if you relate to the tiring state of mind of constant questioning. stay strong and remember that the way you see yourself is entirely for you. your identity is yours, and you get to define it.
Short vent under the cut
Right now it feels to me that I will never be able to have a truly meaningful conversation or relationship with the people around me (irl). Everyone always talks about (straight, as far as I know) relationships and "omg look at how hot they are" and only reach out to me when they're bored (rarely) or out of pity (possibly less rarely). Even then, it still seems hollow, because we can't really connect over interests we don't share. Or worse, quite condescending (if I were to really exaggerate it, it kinda looks like they're feeding a poor dog they found on the streets, only to go on about their day soon afterwards, knowing they did a good deed; I can't currently think about a better metaphor).
Being out (even to people I know might be accepting) is not an option for me at the moment (I mean, I could come out as aroace, but I don't really want the "awkward smile/ok, uhm, cool? What even is that/why did you feel the need to tell me that" reaction, which I know will happen, and bigoted family members (ahem, all of them) may find out; definitely not as genderqueer/nonbinary/agender, completely out of the question). Also, I highly doubt that would change anything.
Maybe I simply suck at social interactions, maybe they're just normies (/neu) and I need to get better friends with similar interests (where though?), maybe it will all be fine eventually (hopefully I'll find a stable-enough job as soon as I get out of school and possibly move out? I don't know...).
What I do know is that I will get out of this situation someday. To make it very clear: I do not plan to give up anytime soon.
For now it's just... sad? A bit underwhelming?
I've been making this booknook/diorama (is it really a diorama, though?) for a couple of weeks and it's finally finished (kinda)!
It's supposed to be a novelist's studio of sorts.
Overall I'm quite satisfied with how it turned out, as it's my first attempt and I didn't plan it as thoroughly as I wanted to.
Might add a vine or something on the left wall and try to fix the crooked walls
The book covers have no particular meaning, I just thought "oh, a big circle... stripes... tiny dots..." and then painted them on the covers
And here are other sky pictures!
I'll have to go through my folder to post some older ones (there are more than a thousand-) or just... wait for the sky to do its magic
Some pictures of the sky!!! I love taking them so much so that I sometimes stop whatever I'm doing just to capture this beauty-
Also, sorry for the low quality and grossly edited photo, gotta avoid doxxing myself
A very tiny project I did to decorate my room. I only printed a couple that I really liked (of course the one with Omori, Kel and the flower crown had to be included), drew Omori and Sunny to put at the ends of the string and then hung them on the wall. This is also quite old (the official print sets were not even out yet-)
Added a lil easter egg, even though no one who will set foot into my room will (probably) ever be able to discover it, but at least I know it's there
Another drawing from a while ago. I had to try and draw this particular picture as accurately as possible, because the colours were very pretty and it felt like a good challenge (still failed a bit and I might have spent too much time on it, but eh, I'm satisfied)
Also: hands, be damned!
Tiny sketch of Fyodor I drew a while ago (I think around 2020?), before I even knew what BSD was, because I wanted to sculpt a chibi version of him as a birthday gift for a friend, but couldn't do it without drawing him first
First post!
Hello :) I'm Nico (any pronouns, aroace)
If I get the courage to post somewhat often (I usually just lurk and heart), it will probably be stuff that I've made, random things or night/shower thoughts that (pre)occupy my brain!
Here's some media I enjoy (in alphabetical order 'cause I cannot rank for the life of me) :
Blue Period (manga)
Bungo Stray Dogs (manga)
Dr. Stone (manga)
His Dark Materials (books and HBO series)
ManlyBadassHero (gaming youtuber)
Omori (game)
Professor Layton (games)
Riordanverse (books)
SPYxFAMILY (manga)
The Dark Pictures (game anthology)
The Promised Neverland (manga)
Toilet Bound Hanako-kun (manga)
Vocaloids and vocaloid producers (music)
Vtubers (various)
Webtoon (various)
Yo Kai Watch (games)
This is just a fraction of the things that go round in my head like a pinball ball (there's also languages, dinosaurs and dragons and lizards-)