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i'm gonna be honest kitten daddy's consular bid isn't going well and if he doesn't draw a good province in the sortes next year we might have to cut back on roasted dormice

#I’m sorry kitten but we got Germania

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incredibly, the architect behind both the building that melts cars in london and the building that burns people in las vegas foresaw this exact problem happening for BOTH buildings, did not do anything to prevent it, and describes the effect as "phenomenal". King

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as the eurovision final takes place this year, please take this time to instead please reblog, and donate (if you can) instead of watching:

fundraiser for selma cheurfi

help evacuate nisreen shaheen's family from gaza

bring najlaa's family to safety in canada

help evacuate dr ahmad's family from gaza

donate an e-sim to gaza here (several options available) (holafly tutorial)

donate to provide feminine hygiene kits for women in gaza

urgent evacuation for rafah's family from gaza

donate to careforgaza here (twitter) (paypal)

rescue lulu and baby adam from the siege on rafah

help firas and his family escape to egypt

an entire google doc of gofundme's for palestine

help this family evacuate from gaza

donate to the palestinian civil relief

donate to the children of gaza

please read through and support operation olive branch, a cohesive and detailed spreadsheet of fundraisers and links

donate to the palestine children's relief fund

please also reblog other aid posts (especially recent ones), or flood the tag with posts about palestine. this doesn't have to be just donation posts, but also information and updates on rafah/gaza. anything helps and make sure not to give eurovision your view or your vote! do not take your eyes off rafah.

please boost, and add other resources and links to this post.

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Biden: I'm not sending you weapons until you clear up whether you are breaking intl law or not

Israel: Ok, we've made some investigations and we've come to the conclusion that we can't ever do anything wrong.

Biden: oh ok

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How this water reflects light on the cave wall | source

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Many of you may be asking- what is rap? Well, to put it simply, rap is the part of the Gorillaz song that sounds- a little different.

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Our family is forever indebted to all of you for your generosity ❤🙏

€10,000 remaing to help our family ..

We're halfway through!!

Lots of thanks and love from our kids

Rokaiah (2year old girl)

Maged (almost 11 Months old boy now)

 PLEASE DONATE .. EVERY AMOUNT COUNTS

€10,000 raised of €20,000 goal vetted/verified by:

@el-shab-hussein @communistchilchuck

Any day soon we'll be forcibly evacuated from Rafah. We plead to you to help us save our children from the horrors of war. Please help donate and share or if there is anything I can do to verify or boost please let me know . Sorry to keep bothering you .. this was one of the hardest things I've ever had to do, but am very desperate for my family's safety and well-being .

In few days .. we went from having little to no money .. to half of the required amount. And through your help we will reach the goal and travel safely inshaAllah. 🙏 Thank you for standing with us and for making us feel less alone in this world. Hopefully one day we'll be able to repay your kindness.

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Palestinian gofundme’s with zero donations as of May 11, 2024:

URGENT: Evacuate My Diabetic Kid Out of GAZA WAR

Help Abood Evacuate Gaza, Rebuild, and Pursue Education

Saving a dental student and his family from war

Family evacuation

Help me to complete my education

We are raising 6000$ to allow Razan to leave Gaza

Save Me, So I Can Live and Continue My Life Safely

Donate to help me and my family in Gaza

They helped Abdullah's family to escape the war on

Gaza Hope: Support Belal, Ameera & Baby Hala

Help Nada and her family to survive in Gaza

Help Ayah to pursuing her education

Help Leen get out of Gaza and get the treatment

Help Ahmed Mughani's brother & companion evacuate

Urgent Appeal for Maria's Medical Treatment

Helping me and my family.

Donte to save my mother from death in Gaza

Support Hadeel for education abroad

Evacuate young Dr Oday and family from Gaza

Help Support samah Family Evacuate from Gaza

Helping me and my family get out of Gaza

A Dream Deferred: A Student's Journey from Gaza

Support Aya's Family's Journey to Safety

help me and my family evacuate from death in Gaza

Support Youssef and Afnan's Medical Journey

Help Abdallah to continue his studies and dream

Support Jamil's Journey to Heart Surgery

HELP ABDALLAH AND HIS FAMILY EVACUATE FOR MEDICAL TR

Help Ahmed and Heba Breathe Easier in Gaza

Help me treat my father, my brother, and my family in Gaza.

Help Us Escape the Horrors of War and Save Zahra’s Life

Help Hadeel to Evacuate from Gaze & Resume her Dreams

Rebuilding Dreams : A medical student's in Gaza Genocide

Donate to support us to restore our home and our lives

Please help my father to receive treatment outside Gaza

Help my family to get out of Gaza

Help Maram and her daughter!

Help treat Jud and Fares after they were injured in the Gaza

I need urgent help for my son, Louay, who has autism.

Help me evacuate Gaza and treat my hand urgently

Help Mohammed and Doaa’s Family Find Safety

Help Darren's Family Survive in Rafah

Help my aunt Wala from gaza

Help Ali and Naema get out of Gaza

Help tariq's family survive the war in gaza

Help me, my children, and my wife to leave Goza

No Survival Without You : Help Malak,And Her Family Survive

Help for my children and family life

Urgent Support for Zainab and Mais's Medical Care fom Gaza

Help Israa leave Gaza and complete its treatment

Help Zain's family evacuate Gaza so he can get medical help

Help my family to get out of Gaza

Donate for peace to us

Help me to get out of Gaza & Back to my studies

Give Sami & his family a chance to get out of Gaza

Help Baraa's family get out of Gaza and not die

Overcoming Obstacles: From Gaza to Education

Help saja to get out of gaza

Evacuate Hamoudy from Gaza for medical treatment!

Help my family escape Gaza and receive Medical aid

Help My Family In Gaza

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My Experience Buying eSIMs for Gaza by Maia Kobabe

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Full transcript below the cut:

Cover:

My Experience Buying eSIMs for Gaza 

Project organized by @ connectinghumanity_

by Maia Kobabe @redgoldsparks 

Page 1 

In Fall 2023, I saw instructions on instagram for how to purchase an eSIM card and submit it to be distributed to someone in Gaza. 

Download an eSIM app-> Select Middle East as the region-> Purchase-> Screenshot the QR code-> Do not activate-> send to [email protected] 

Image of Maia looking at eir phone. “That sounds easy, I’ll buy one.” 

I emailed an Airalo eSIM QR code to gazaesims on Nov 17 2023. 

Page 2

By January 2024, it hadn’t been activated yet. I bought a second one from Nomad and sent my new QR code and resubmitted my old one. 

Image of Maia looking at eir phone. “How long does this usually take, I wonder?” 

By February neither had been activated, but Connecting Humanity kept posting about needing more. I bought a second Nomad and resubmitted all of them on February 15, 2024. 

Page 3

The Nomad eSIMs are much cheaper than Airalo, but what I didn’t realize is that they expire even if they haven’t been activated. At the end of February I decided to try a third company, Simly. Here’s a price comparison: 

AIRALO: $39 USD for 3GB, never expires 

SIMLY: $22 USD for 3GB, never expires 

NOMAD: $16 USD for 3GB, expires after 8 weeks even if unused, only offers in-app refunds 

Page 4

Connecting Humanity asks folks to wait at least 3 weeks before resending a QR code that hasn’t been activated yet. On March 7 Mirna Elhelbawi posted: 

We send EVERY esim we receive. Bear in  mind that we are dealing with people at a war zone. They might take it and get killed before activating it, they might take it and their phone gets lost or destroyed. They might take it and search for days for stable internet connection to activate it, and some of them activate it unsuccessfully due to lack of knowledge and the horrific situations they are in. ~Connecting Gaza 

By early April, my first Nomad eSIM expired unused. I resubmitted my three remaining eSIMs. 

Page 5

Suddenly, two of my eSIMs were activated on the same day! The Airalo I’d purchased 4.5 months earlier and my second Nomad. 

Image of Maia looking happy and surprised. 

Image of Maia looking very intensely at eir phone. “I have to make sure these don’t run out!” 

I began buying top-up packages immediately. 

Page 6

I felt like I had planted a seed in the fall and waited all winter for it to sprout. Seeing it activated was like watching the first new leaves break the soil. 

Image of Maia with a watering can labeled “data”, sprinkling water on two little sprouts. “Watering my eSIMs!” 

Sadly, only .07 GB of data was ever used on my Nomad. It was never used again after that first day. 

Page 7

But my Airalo has been in constant use for over a month now. I check on it every day. 

I will never know the person I am buying data for and they will never know me. But we are connected by the same strings of hope and grief that connect us all. 

Image of two hands holding a phone, which is connected to a flying kite. 

Page 8

On April 5, 2024 Connecting Humanity reported they had sent more than 250,000 eSIMs to Gaza, equivalent to approximately $6.3 million donated! You can visit gazaesims.com for more info, instructions, and discounts. Here are my referral codes: 

MAIA5367 for $3 off Airalo 

MB772 for $3 off Simly 

MAIA66GF for $3 off Nomad 

If you need more incentive, the Cartoonist Coop is doing art rewards. Visit cartoonist.coop/esims4gaza 

Page 9

Image of Maia, weighing two options. “Buying an eSIM is easy and can make a very direct impact. It can also take a lot of patience and could get expensive over time if you commit to keeping the eSIM topped up indefinitely.” 

If an immediate one time donation is more your speed, I recommend Operation Olive Branch and Gazafunds, two places to find Gofundmes aiding Palestinian families. 

gazafunds.com

@ operationolivebranch on insta

linktr.ee/opolivebranch 

-Maia Kobabe 2024 

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boycotting eurovision is not simply about israeli participation. you have to understand that, the presenting sponsor of eurovision is moroccan oil, an israeli brand. israel’s money is all over eurovision. i keep seeing people hoping for israel to be banned from participating, but lbr it’s never going to happen. i’ve seen people post evidence of israel having paid advertising telling people to vote for them etc. the whole show is israeli propaganda and i am begging you not to watch it and to keep your eyes on gaza tonight, keep your eyes on rafah

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Indian Army is supposedly using White Phosphorus on civilians in Kashmir - a war crime according to international law.

This is the "Kashmir is healing" that Hindutvavadis talk about.

How long do they plan to use the pain of Kashmiri Hindus to justify this occupation?

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The Eurovision Song Contest fiasco continues with a setback for Norway's Gåte after Alessandra Mele has announced her decision to leave her role as spokesperson. Mere hours before this Saturday's final, the Italian-Norwegian singer took to social media as she shared her decision in a video. In the short clip originally relayed on TikTok, Alessandra explains she made the decision to quit over Israel's participation in the song contest. As a result, she will not be giving out Norway's points during the final. "Even though I’m thankful I was given the opportunity to do so, I’ve taken the decision to withdraw", she said. "United By Music — Eurovision’s motto — is the reason I do music. Unite people, bring them together. But right now those words are just empty words." Alessandra added, in reference to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict which reached new heights in October, 2023, on the Gaza Strip: "There is a genocide going on and I’m asking you all to please open up your eyes, open up your heart. Let love lead you to the truth. It’s right in front of you. Free Palestine." NRK presenter Ingvild Helljesen has been selected to replace her.

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This tiny Tawny Frogmouth chick arrived at the Wildlife Hospital at only a few days old and needed some expert care to prepare for adulthood without his parents.

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Hello, I very badly did not meet my goal last month, ($489/800), and this month things are looking really rough for me. I had to move the dentist appointment I had scheduled for last month, which ranges from $350-450 for my plan renewal in addition to things typically involved in an appointment every year, like x-rays.

As I have mentioned previously, I also have been dealing with a hormonal imbalance for some time which still has not resolved despite months of treatment. (I have had an ultrasound, the issue is not a mass that needs excision) and because it has not resolved yet, my doctor is concerned and wants me to see me to figure out how to proceed. I anticipate this being around $212.

In addition to groceries and medications (two of which, my thyroid pills, are very pressing), I anticipate needing about $1,115 in financial assistance this month. I am extremely appreciative and grateful for the financial help I have received previously and in the present. Thank you for your help and please boost! 💖

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Urgent Appeal for HelpGazaChildren: Help refugees flee to Khan Younis!

Because of the looming invasion and brutal bombing throughout the most densely populated area in Gaza, Rafah, many refugees are looking to evacuate to Khan Younis!

The bombing is random and even the areas not included in the evacuation notices are bombarded. Many refugees are asking Hussam for funds to help them evacuate to Khan Younis to help keep their families safe.

The above is a screenshot of a facebook post from someone in Rafah. A tent can be as much as $700 and the transportation costs anywhere between $250-$400 per family. This cost is primarily for gas alone!!

Please donate so that people may be able to evacuate while also being able to afford basic necessities.

Even if you're unable to donate, please share this post and the fundraiser even outside of tumblr and on other platforms! This is incredibly urgent!!

Donate to our GoFundMe which goes directly to Hussam, who manages camps in Rafah, with NO middleman in between!

HelpGazaChildren Notion Site || #helpgazachildren tag

GoFundMe Link