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Excellent tags

i feel like i'm losing my mind why has the AI debate pivoted away from material/labor concerns back to debates about Real vs Fake Art. cannot express just how little i care about relitigating Art and high art and low art and skilled vs unskilled art. what i care about is the treatment and compensation of workers, the power corporations are exerting over intellectual property and creators, the continued extraction of resources, and the omnipresent glut of spam and disinformation with few or no regulations/resources that filter out the SEO AI generated nonsense

#ai art

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Barana Hanabneiho Organisation (BHO)

Darfur Women Action Group (DWAG)

Hadhreen (7adhreen)

Nas Al Sudan

Sadagaat Charity Organisation

Sudanese American Medical Association (SAMA)

Sudanese American Physicians Association (SAPA)

Sudanese Diaspora Network (SDN)

Sudan Tarada Initiative and Save Al Geneina Initiative by Sadiea

Sudanese Red Crescent Society (SRCS)

Sudan Solidarity Collective (SSC)

Takaful Organisation

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Roses are red, that much is true, but violets are purple, not fucking blue.

#happy extremely late valentines to this post and this post only #funny

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Crossposting from Bluesky because nothing says 'I wasn't going to talk about this on socials, but...' like crossposting.

I'm too exhausted to go too in depth about it, but I've spent the last week too sick to work and while I'm trying to catch up, if anyone has a couple of bucks they can send my way as a Trans Day of Visibility kindness, ko-fi.com/lebmitchell is what I have set up. Thank you.

You can also find my artwork on Redbubble (www.redbubble.com/people/shiniesbylauren/shop and my writing on Itch (laurenthemself.itch.io/) if you'd like something other than my eternal gratitude for your buck!

the tl;dr version is I thought I had tonsillitis last Saturday based on symptoms similar to last November. I was set to head to the GP Monday.

Monday morning I tested positive for COVID.

I spent the week in iso, slept in the living room so I wouldn't make my partner sick, and was negative by Sat.

I wasn't going to put anything about it on socials—I obviously advised people I had seen in person to do at-home tests, and haven't heard from anyone to say they got sick, so I think I got it at the end of the day Saturday—but if I'm putting out the ko-fi link I think people deserve to know why.

The endless months of lockdowns in the early days were tolerable only because I had my partner to hug and hold. Spending Monday through Saturday completely no contact was hell. I was so lucky that the cats cuddled with me a bunch.

I put my goal on Ko-Fi as $500 but honestly anything that helps cover that unpaid week (I'm applying for sick pay guarantee too but that's only covering 14 hours) would be fabulous.

Signal boosts greatly appreciated. I don't often ask for help but am asking now.

I also have Beem (@LaurenThemself), and paypal.me/lebmitchell if either of those is preferable.

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Another fundraiser I trust!

Please help Ezzideen and his family leave Rafah. We've spoken before, and I'm familiar with his previous attempt at an initiative that couldn't be done unfortunately. So they've resorted to trying to leave Ghazzah.

Please donate if there's anything you can spare!

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Please don't skip. (blm)

please consider donating to a friendly black girl that is raising her 7 year old sister.I desperately need help with bills, I am over due on my rent and electric bill. I can't not afford the lights being turned off due everything in the house mostly needs electricity. please share

Any donation is helpful.

69.36/1300 - rent

100/181 -electric bill

venmo: Queenloki89

Cash app: Queenloki89

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i hope everyone is ready to celebrate International Down With Cis day on April 4th.

#tumblr holidays #HELL YEAH DOWN WITH CIS

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If you want to support me and my art, please consider commissioning me over on v-gen or tipping me over on ko-fi!

If you want to hire me and does not want to use another platform for that, you can always dm me or hit me up over on discord (duskianfae) - I accept both Paypal and Wise!

Thank you for your support!

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Help Needed!

We're an autistic transmasc system and are really short on money again, and won't be receiving any more funds until May.

Right now we only have $4.96 left after paying for April's rent, and our phone bill of $58.75 unpaid.

On top of that we're just about out of cat food, groceries, etc.

If anyone can spare anything or reblog to signal boost, we'd be really grateful!

ko-fi @ vexedspecter

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The very best writing tip you will ever hear is this:  

              Analyze stories.

Don’t just listen to what other storytellers say you should do, figure out what you like about the stories you enjoy and learn to replicate that.

Want to learn about pacing? Examine stories you think flow fantastically. Want to learn about description? Study your favorite author’s descriptions. Want to learn about characterization? Critique your favorite characters.  Want to learn about foreshadowing? Explore how it’s done in stories where the plot twist blew your mind.

Storytellers giving advice to other storytellers is fantastic and useful, but you will never know something as thoroughly as you know the things you figure out for yourself. 

And by analyzing the stories you love instead of listening blindly to advice, you’ll never be swayed by the bias of other writers and you’ll never take in advice that’s suited for a story you wouldn’t enjoy writing.

So put on some thinking caps and go analyze those stories.

#Yes!!!! #doing this has made my writing so much better omfg #yall have no idea how lit crit has helped me analyze and put to gether my own complex shu #writing

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can we do this again just to see if things changed since the last time this poll was around?

#poll #I come here in 2020 but I regularly visited since 2015

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internet begging (womp womp)

hi!! i’m known as percival on here, i recently moved out due to family issues & while i am working, i am having a hard time.

my cashapp, paypal, and venmo are all s0uthsuns! if you dont have cashapp, but want one, if you send me a dm i can send an invite that will give me $5 at no cost to yourself !!!

right now it’s me and my grumpy baby, nivea

BUT I AM NOT ASKING MERELY FOR SPARE CHANGE!!!! i also draw, and write!- i don’t have many recent examples for art due to Procreate Issues, but here are some examples! from landscapes to full color meme pieces to traditional pen sketches, i’m willing to do anything, including nsfw (includes writing.) i am not averse to creating kink/fetish art as long as you’re clear that’s what it is.

$5 mecha, heavy armor, or furry sketch (i don’t have a lot of experience, hence the low cost).

$10 fountain pen or digital sketch

$15 sketch sheet, +5 to add flat colors

$35 for fully colored art, +10 for a detailed background or extra characters.

again, my cashapp, venmo, and paypal are s0uthsuns - if you want art, please include your tumblr user as a note on payment and dm me!!

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#drunk girls #they love upbeat shit and so do i #like if its got energy i like it #poll

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...he is weaving the chocolate. Do you copy, this bitch is WEAVING CHOCOLATE

#this man is insane and i love him #vid #chocolate guy #idk his actual name sorry

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The average follower boops you 5.5 times factoid is actually just statistical error. The average follower boops you 1 time. Boopers Georg, who went insane and booped you 100+ times, is an outlier adn should not have been counted.

#it's me charlie. i'm your georg #<- i lov u forever and ever for this #funny

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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. Occasionally I will update these with new info.

VETTED FAMILY ESCAPE FUNDRAISERS

Walaa Abusamra (1). 10 family members. 13k out of 80k €.

Ezzideen Shehab (2). 6 family members. 3.7k out of 32.5k €.

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

Jehad Shehada (4). 1 individual. 1.7k out of 15k CAD.

Aser Alassar (5). 5 family members. 258k out of 550k SEK. Or 24k out of 51k USD.

My friend Mona Abu Hamda (6). 9 family members. 52k 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. 10.1k 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. 1.9k 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. 63.8k out of 66k CAD. NEARLY COMPLETE.

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

Moataz Abu Sakran (16). 3 family members. 10.4k 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). 42.3k 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). 32.7k out of 35k € (NEARLY COMPLETE)

Rasheda Alfaiomy (30). 6+ family members. 22.3k 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. 442 out of 43k € (26.5k needed for escape.)

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). 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.

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.)

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

UNVETTED, BUT HIGHLY LIKELY LEGITIMATE ESCAPE FUNDRAISERS:

Rasha family (1). 5 family members. 483 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.

Qasim Al-Kafarneh (4). 12 family members. 5.7k out of 80k AUD.

Ahmed M. Saleh (5). 4 family members. 7.8k out of 35k €.

Salwa Zarifa (6). 4 family members. 1.6k out of 50k €.

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

OTHER FUNDRAISERS:

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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Say in the tags!

#heathers is the first one i remember intentionally listening to multiple songs from #so I'm saying that #poll