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[booasaur]

Today is FOP Awareness Day

It is a super rare medical condition I have.

Here is an 86 second video narrated by Stephen Fry to tell you all about it!

Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva (FOP) is a progressive condition that slowly turns muscle, ligaments and tissue into bone ‒ sending those who have it into a spiral towards complete immobility; as extra bone grows, locking joints and rendering movement near impossible.

[ifopa.org] (multiple languages)

Taglist of friends and mutuals I thought might like to know more about me:

@bekkapramheda - @bext-k - @booasaur - @brotherconstant - @cilly-murphy

@finecallmejane - @freckleslikestars - @fruitysports - @maycanady - @mottles

@nerdalmighty - @notnearlyenoughmermaids - @royalarmyofoz - @sersi - @spockvarietyhour

@swallowedabug - @tennant - @trcunning - @violaobanion - @wiha-jun

#fop #fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva #signal boost #I didn't know about this #thanks for sharing with us #that site has a donate button if anybody wants to

[booasaur]

Today is primary day in Pennsylvania!

Summer Lee was one of the first US elected officials to speak out against the genocide in Palestine and is one of our best, most progressive elected officials, on abortion, immigration, the environment, all that stuff you wish the government would be more active on.

As proven by the fact that in this Democratic primary, her challenger is backed by some billionaire Republican.

If you're in Pennsylvania's 12 district or know someone who is, get out the vote!

Or else you'll be stuck with a faux Democrat who thinks the uncommitted movement should be condemned and will be very pro-Israel.

#palestine #free palestine #israel #us politics #summer lee #pennsylvania #one might think from my posts these last months that I'm anti-voting #not at all #we must go for every action that can help people #that's my politics

[booasaur]

Guys, we did it!

I really didn't think we'd get even close to $2k in a week and was just planning to quietly donate my $2k on Saturday but you guys did it in TWO DAYS!

I've gone ahead and donated my matching:

I've also edited the original post so that people might see my matching goal was already met, but of course people can continue donating, this was just my own personal matching target.

It might even be better to just donate a small but regular amount, I've heard that that's much better for things like abortion funds or so on, where there's an ongoing need and they need more sustainable funding than just the amounts that come in fits and bursts based on headlines. But of course you have to balance that against the urgency... and there are so many people and groups in need. Well, y'all pick what works for you.

You know, I'm just really marveling at people's generosity. :') I've been feeling pretty down for a while and they say the way to counter that is by actually doing something productive. I was already going to donate but I talked this over with my friend, how maybe it'd flop and make me feel even worse, but then I was like, even a dollar extra donated would be worth it. And look at us now. :)))))

Sudan still desperately needs aid--it needs a lot of things, but it is approaching a dangerous point with famine and mass death due to hunger imminent.

These are the kinds of headlines we're getting now:

Here's an ongoing fundraiser:

I linked it before, to help with Ramadan, but it's an ongoing initiative, the need has not stopped.

I picked this gofundme because it's been boosted by people I trust and you can see pictures online of the food they've provided, e.g.:

But I also picked this because you can see the amount of donations. It's 2pm ET on Saturday, April 20th right now? For the next week, whatever's donated, I'll match for a total up to $2,000 (we'll say 2,750 CAD, since the gofundme is in Canadian dollars).

You don't have to send me a receipt, I just ask that you donate and boost.

Edited on 2024-04-22:

We've met and passed the goal! Feel free to donate further, but I've gone ahead and donated the $2,750 matching already. :)))

#keep eyes on sudan #sudan #I should have taken a screenshot at the start but near as I can calculate it would have been CAD 76918 when i first posted #I guess not everyone who donated is because of my post of course #it's one of the biggest ongoing sudan fundraisers #but at least some are because of me! #I know because people told me :)

[booasaur]

i donated $50! thank you for sharing the sudan fundraiser!

Thank you so much! People have been so generous, it's really so heartwarming!

#replies #Anonymous #sent on 20240422

[booasaur]

We're doing so well! Since this was posted just yesterday, $528 (CAD 726) have been donated.

Reminder, here's the fundraiser:

Sudan still desperately needs aid--it needs a lot of things, but it is approaching a dangerous point with famine and mass death due to hunger imminent.

These are the kinds of headlines we're getting now:

Here's an ongoing fundraiser:

I linked it before, to help with Ramadan, but it's an ongoing initiative, the need has not stopped.

I picked this gofundme because it's been boosted by people I trust and you can see pictures online of the food they've provided, e.g.:

But I also picked this because you can see the amount of donations. It's 2pm ET on Saturday, April 20th right now? For the next week, whatever's donated, I'll match for a total up to $2,000 (we'll say 2,750 CAD, since the gofundme is in Canadian dollars).

You don't have to send me a receipt, I just ask that you donate and boost.

#signal boost #sudan #keep eyes on sudan

[booasaur]

It's good to be aware of the college protests but the violence has not stopped in Palestine.

Mass graves keep being found by the besieged hospitals.

Bombs are still dropping.

And a Rafah ground invasion is imminent.

These are all war crimes but who is paying attention?

#palestine #free palestine #israel #us politics

[booasaur]

Sudan still desperately needs aid--it needs a lot of things, but it is approaching a dangerous point with famine and mass death due to hunger imminent.

These are the kinds of headlines we're getting now:

Here's an ongoing fundraiser:

I linked it before, to help with Ramadan, but it's an ongoing initiative, the need has not stopped.

I picked this gofundme because it's been boosted by people I trust and you can see pictures online of the food they've provided, e.g.:

But I also picked this because you can see the amount of donations. It's 2pm ET on Saturday, April 20th right now? For the next week, whatever's donated, I'll match for a total up to $2,000 (we'll say 2,750 CAD, since the gofundme is in Canadian dollars).

You don't have to send me a receipt, I just ask that you donate and boost.

Edited on 2024-04-22:

We've met and passed the goal! Feel free to donate further, but I've gone ahead and donated the $2,750 matching already. :)))

#sudan #signal boost #keep eyes on sudan

[booasaur]

While it's sad that this was necessary because of people like Shai, I really find this solidarity heartwarming.

For months now, Columbia professor Shai Davidai has been harassing and doxxing his students, including those who've lost family in Palestine. He's recorded them, heckled their protests, mocked when they were attacked by chemical weapons by former IDF soldiers and had to go to the hospital. There have been 50 complaints about him, the Columbia president admitted.

Now, during the escalated Columbia protests, he's saying the National Guard should be brought in. Why? EVEN the NYPD admitted they've been completely peaceful. Seems odd when the biggest association with the National Guard and college war protests are the Kent State shootings.

Is there a single objection to this video that isn't rooted in Islamaphobia, racism, and xenophobia?

Share what? What's so inherently alarming about this? Why incite more hate and possible violence against people praying?

Please sign this petition to remove him from a position where can continue to target students.

ETA: I forgot to mention, he called the organizers of these peaceful protests--including Ilhan Omar's daughter--to stop a genocide the Hitler Youth.

#israel #palestine #free palestine #columbia university #islamaphobia #shai davidai #I hope that after this there's a reckoning #to address the conservativeness so many muslims hold #it's been progressives who've been standing with us

[booasaur]

For months now, Columbia professor Shai Davidai has been harassing and doxxing his students, including those who've lost family in Palestine. He's recorded them, heckled their protests, mocked when they were attacked by chemical weapons by former IDF soldiers and had to go to the hospital. There have been 50 complaints about him, the Columbia president admitted.

Now, during the escalated Columbia protests, he's saying the National Guard should be brought in. Why? EVEN the NYPD admitted they've been completely peaceful. Seems odd when the biggest association with the National Guard and college war protests are the Kent State shootings.

Is there a single objection to this video that isn't rooted in Islamaphobia, racism, and xenophobia?

Share what? What's so inherently alarming about this? Why incite more hate and possible violence against people praying?

Please sign this petition to remove him from a position where can continue to target students.

ETA: I forgot to mention, he called the organizers of these peaceful protests--including Ilhan Omar's daughter--to stop a genocide the Hitler Youth.

#israel #palestine #free palestine #columbia university #shai davidai #signal boost #islamaphobia #he's been very egregious for a very long time #but this video #it's friday prayer #friday afternoon prayer is pretty special and often done in congregation #at my mosque they hand out biryani after it's over #what's wrong with people praying in public?

[booasaur]

Venmo @ bcabolitioncollective

[Edit: don't donate anymore, they have enough, as per

]

Incidentally, they also suspended Ilhan Omar's daughter.

Edited on the morning of April 19th to no longer be rebloggable because of the venmo change above

#columbia university #palestine #free palestine #ilhan omar #us politics #as always once you start down this road there are a lot of freedoms you quickly lose #and if one wants to say that ilhan omar's kid shouldn't receive special treatment #lol since when #when have US schools applied equal treatment to politicians' kids #but if they can keep shai davidai who keeps harassing and targeting students #they can keep students whose crime is...organizing very peaceful protests

[booasaur]

#columbia university #palestine #free palestine #us politics #they're still there #reports are coming out that the US has agreed to a rafah invasion for no strike on iran #hope it's not true because it'll be catastrophic #these protests are important

[booasaur]

Is anyone else following the Columbia protests? They've been going on all day under threat of suspension and even arrest.

#palestine #free palestine #us politics #columbia university #nypd

[booasaur]

I hope at some point people accept that Biden gives lip service to helping Palestine, like with a two-state solution or a ceasefire (actually a pause) or significant levels of aid, because Democrats expect some decency from their president, but he doesn't follow through.

Throughout this genocide, the US, through Biden, has not been a bystander but an active participant.

#us politics #joe biden #palestine #free palestine #israel #he will always prioritize israel's wants over palestinian lives and safety and agency #and those who are happy with his conduct do so as well

[booasaur]

Seeing this kind of juxtaposition on my timeline...

with

makes me cold with anger and quite hopeless, tbh. That tone is not far off from what I see often, including on here. How are we supposed to trust that people like this are going to push Biden on Palestine?

If I were in part responsible for creating some of the most hellish circumstances for humans today I would not gloat about it? I would not scold those concerned about it? Like, yeah, sucks for you, Biden'll win and continue this genocide because he's ideologically committed to it and Dems sure don't care enough to stop it, especially post-election. Or, Biden'll lose and it'll be your fault for caring about a genocide and it'll still continue and everything else will get worse in a different number of ways.

Yeah, yeah. Great to be reminded of that.

#us politics #israel #palestine #free palestine #dead children tw #if that's a thing we're not inured to by now #it's like non-stop sandy hooks and uvaldes #except it's liberals being like NRA and the cops and alex jones

[booasaur]

The Trades - 1x05

#thetradesedit #the trades #the trades crave #audrey stool #chelsea nakamura #todd stool #anastasia phillips #jennifer spence #robb wells #the trades 1x05 #audrey x chelsea #femslash related stuff #hahaha I KNEW IT #love super competent profesh chelsea being reduced to ''uh you look good'' #and todd looking at his sister like she's an idiot #actually I super didn't know it #I only started to pass the time #the humor seemed letterkenny-ish #and two of the three leads being women with one of them being from traces I was like sure #but last week they had the TINIEST of moments #out of like two scenes together in the whole first four eps #and I screencapped and showed to my friend #and looked up all the promo pics on bell media and saw a bunch with these two #but was still like no they wouldn't go there right #but they did! #the gratification was genuinely amazing #like with SOL #and tbh I don't mind the show itself #it's got a very garbage sense of humor but it's kind of...gentle? #and I love both audrey and chelsea so win-win-win

[booasaur]

Eid Mubarak! Wishing you all the best in life, and all the best in food!

Thank you, anon! Hoping this year brings better things to the Muslim world.

#replies #Anonymous #sent on 20240410

[booasaur]

As overwhelming as this list might seem, if you can give anything at all, please just pick a link at random if you need to.

I remember some years back, there was a spate of crowdfunding for people's independent artistic projects, you know, comics, short movies, games, that kind of thing, and not all of them succeeded. An experienced artist posted about how people didn't realize how much preparation and work went into a successful crowdfunding campaign, it was like any business project, you needed to have a product, find its selling point, research your audience, just do the full marketing that people got paid huge money to do in other fields.

It's just an extra cruelty that in the middle of all this, being bombed and starved, with internet going down often and the power shut, Gazans have to not only continue to report to the rest of us updates of their own family and friends and neighbors being killed, in the hopes of stopping this (and then be targeted as journalists) but also crowdfund WHILE many of the platforms like Gofundme and Paypal will often suspend them AND they're getting scammed AND spam-reported. Putting on these cheerful tones as they beg people to donate so that they might survive.

It is so humiliating and unjust ad yet, it could literally mean the difference between dying in the ongoing attacks or surviving a little longer. For a lot of these people, where they have multiple family members, they have to decide which can go through ahead, and wait for the rest. And even when they escape, they have no money and hardly anything to their name, in a world that is still quite hostile to refugees. All without knowing if they'll ever be able to return to Gaza.

Fundraiser masterpost

This is a masterpost for the evacuation fundraisers I've vetted so far, a few other fundraisers I find trustworthy but have not been able to vet (inability to communicate with the organizer), and a few semi-completed fundraisers or fundraisers for a different purpose (like house rebuilding, or aid distribution). The numbers next to the names have no significance beyond ease of navigation for me for when I check their progress in the future. You should look at the disclaimers instead and focus on those. Occasionally I will update these with new info, including new fundraisers, and the amount of cash that's been raised. Check in regularly on the original post when you see it being reblogged. In all likelihood once its reached you it's already outdated. Also please don't overlook the Sustainable Aid options near the bottom! The brain drain is already creating problems but having another way of keeping or creating new knowledge and key members of a functioning society is important.

VETTED FAMILY ESCAPE FUNDRAISERS

Walaa Abusamra (1). 10 family members. 18.5k out of 80k €.

Ezzideen Shehab (2). 6 family members. 5.2k out of 32.5k €.

Madleen Abu Jayyab (3). 4 family members. 5.6k out of 70k USD.

Jehad Shehada (4). 1 individual. 2.8k out of 15k CAD.

Aser Alassar (5). 5 family members. 258k out of 550k SEK. Or 33k out of 51k USD.

My friend Mona Abu Hamda (6). 9 family members. 54k out of 75k USD.

Mohammed Shamia (7). 7 family members. 1.9k out of 35k USD.

Abdullah Al-Saghir (8). 9 family members. 65k out of 100k €.

Randa Abubakr (9). 6 family members. 10.2k out of 14k €.

Fadi Alshrafi (10). 9 family members. 40k out of 85k USD.

Osama Abdelrahman. (11). 9 family members. 27k out of 45k €.

Alhaw family and the Albittar family (12). Between 18 and 12 family members. 4.5k out of 90k €. (EXTREMELY LOW, NEEDS FUNDS)

Verified Fundraiser by Palestine Asdiqa to help a malnourished baby with cerebral palsy. (13) 6.3k out of 31k USD.

Rana Abu Ahmed (14). 6 family members. COMPLETED ✅

Mohammed Abu Matar (15). 6 family members. 5k out of 34k CAD.

Moataz Abu Sakran (16). 3 family members. 12.4k out of 20k $.

Ayah Abu Sidu (17). 10 family members. 15.2k out of 50.4k USD.

Said Fadel (18). 7 family members. 19k out of 50k USD.

Tasneem Nabil Musa (19). 7 family members (ALL INJURED, NEED MEDICAL CARE.) 13.2k out of 50k USD

Belal Azmi Msallam (20). 14 family members. 7.1k out of 160k AUD.

Mortaja Family (21). 11 family members. 28k out of 70k €.

Abu Ramadan family (22). 14 family members. 10k out of 148k €.

Mai Rajab (23). 45k out of 50k USD (CLOSE TO COMPLETION)

Amal Abu Shammala (24). 4 family members. 33.1k out of 42k €.

Maryam & family (25). 29.5k out of 50k USD.

Haneem Abdelhalim (26). 8 family members. 31k out of 40k USD raised.

Ahmed Masoud (27). 12 family members. 8.3k out of 60k €.

Mohammed Fareed (28). 21.7k out of 60k CAD.

Lena Nofal (29). 34.7k out of 35k € (NEARLY COMPLETE)

Rasheda Alfaiomy (30). 6+ family members. 22.6k out of 65k USD.

Ula El Hindi (31). 1+ individuals. 8.2k out of 15k €.

Muhammad Safi (32). 5+ family members. 4k out of 30k BP.

Yazan Khalaf (33). 18 family members. 12.4k out of 40k USD.

Afaf Masoud (34). 5+ family members. 55.1k out of 75k €.

Motasem Khayal (35). 5 family members. 492 out of 43k € (26.5k needed for escape.) EXTREMELY LOW, NEEDS FUNDS.

Youseff Abu Saeed (36). 3 family members (1 is already out for treatment). 154k out of 200k USD.

Abdulaziz & Abdullah, escape & surgery (37). 2+ family members (1 has already been treated, 1 NEEDS TREATMENT). 95k out of 150k BP.

Nadine Abdullatif (38). 8 family members. 103k out of 130k AUD.

Sami Salhab (39). 6 family members (5 already evacuated). 13.1k out of 26k €.

Jehad Al Ghandour (40). 5 family members (1 already evacuated). 30.6k out of 100k USD.

MORE VETTED FAMILY ESCAPE FUNDRAISERS (tumblr has a character-per-block limit, there's no difference between the following fundraisers and the previous ones).

Mahmoud Algharabli (41). 16 family members (4 already evacuated). 48k out of 57.6k USD.

Dr. Marah & family (42). 2+ family members. 5.1k out of 40k USD.

Khaled Alshabrawi (43). 5 family members. 1.4k out of 35k € (25k needed for escape, but will begin with 10k for stable housing).

Muhammad Osama Alzaq (44). 5 family members. 2.1k out of 60k BP.

Mohammed Wishah (45). 7 family members + 1 pet. 2.3k out of 71.5k €.

Muhe Ayman (46). 5+ family members. 3.6k out of 60k €. (CAUTION: If you scroll down in the GFM there are photos of mutilated and dead babies.)

Abdallah Animal Rescue (47). 1 individual + lots of pets. 30.4k out of 40k USD.

Haya Orouq (48). 5 family members (1 injured, NEEDS TREATMENT). 29.5k out of 50k.

Retaj Abu Abdo (49). 8 family members. 7.8k out of 80k USD.

Mohammed Zyad (50). 9 family members (1 MISCARRIAGE). 4.7k out of 40k BP.

Souad Al-Kurdi (51). 5 family members (1 DIABETIC W/O INSULIN, CRITICAL, 1 INJURY). 1.2k out of 50k €.

Mahdy Zourob (52). 1 individual. 141 out of 20k €. LOW ON FUNDS.

Ahmed Alboji (53). 5 family members. 65.7k out of 75k USD. (TIME SENSITIVE)

Sama Lulu (54). 7 family members. 1k out of 80k USD. LOW ON FUNDS.

Fadel Moghrabi (55). 4 family members. 15k out of 25k USD.

Qosai Hani (56). 2(+?) family members. 23.3k out of 40k USD.

Khaled Khraizim (57). 14 family members. 28k out of 100k €.

Ahmed Raida (58). 3 family members (1 INJURED, NEEDS TREATMENT). 19.7k out of 20k €. (NEARLY COMPLETE)

Rozan family (59). 6 family members. 1.6k out of 38k €. LOW ON FUNDS.

Samah Oudh (60). 5 family members. 27.4k out of 35k USD.

Qasim Al-Kafarneh (alternatively: gfm) (61). 33 family members. 1st one, 5.7k out of 80k AUD. 2nd one 64k out of 94k USD.

Ottawa4Palestine’s vetted fundraiser spreadsheet (76 different families with listed fundraisers)

UNVETTED, BUT HIGHLY LIKELY LEGITIMATE ESCAPE FUNDRAISERS:

Rasha family (1). 5 family members. 811 out of 15k € (EXTREMELY LOW, NEED FUNDS)

Natasha Matar (2). 14 family members. 18.1k out of 200k CAD (140k needed for escape).

Islam Daher (3). 6 family members. 2.3k out of 50k CAD.

Ahmed M. Saleh (4). 4 family members. 7.8k out of 35k €.

Salwa Zarifa (5). 4 family members. 1.6k out of 50k €.

Moutasem Quffa (6). 6+ family members. 7k out of 65k €.

Alaa Nidal (7). 4 family members (2 already evacuated). 5.4k out of 12k $.

Zeina and her family (8). 3 family members (1 evacuated, 2 NEED TREATMENT). 5.3k out of 90k $.

Jamila Begum (9). 7 family members. 35k needed. UNKNOWN STARTING AMOUNT. Zelle 347-738-0257, and Venmo @/merilm

OTHER FUNDRAISERS:

Mohammad Qadas. NEEDS TREATMENT + FOOD.

Help Yousef Replant Family Farm & Greenhouse. 2k out of 50k BP. SUSTAINABLE AID.

Rebuilding Developers Plus and Gaza’s community. 2.4k out of 47k €. SUSTAINABLE AID.

Samar Elrayih Hydoub. It seems that most family members have been evacuated, but they need an emergency 1.5k for medical expenses.

Eman Abdel Rahman. Need help rebuilding home and access to food. 7.1k out of 42.6k USD.

Ibrahim Adil Osman. All intended beneficiaries have escaped, they just need some financial support to start being stable enough to make money to get more family members to escape.

Anonymous Palestinian-Canadian woman. She was doxxed and harassed by zionists until she got fired. She's in a very precarious situation and needs funds to survive daily life. NEEDS FUNDS.

Abd Al Karim Adnan Alakklouk. Most intended beneficiaries have escaped, they just need some financial support to start a new life and send more family members money to survive.

Bana AZ. All intended beneficiaries have escaped, they just need a bit of support in establishing a new life. (only 866 € left to meet goal)

Kareem Abu Samra. All intended beneficiaries have been able to escape. They just need support to establish a new life.

Al Hitana Omdurman soup kitchen.

Helping the People of Gaza – Mutual Aid Fund (run by my friend Mona)

Supporting Displaced Families in Gaza (CareForGaza)

Emergency Medical Relief for Gaza Refugees.

Help Sudan Tarada Initiative.

Amer Qudaih’s Relief efforts in Gaza.

#which is why a push for ceasefire and aid is paramount as well #this is and will be a multi-pronged effort #for a long time #signal boost #palestine #free palestine #this came on my dash a little while back but OP is keeping it updated so if you reblog this later maybe go to the original version