#petition included in 2nd reblog

[genuinelyjustjd]

DO NOT GET THE SIMS 4 FREE RELEASE

For those of you who do not play the sims 4, there’s a massive scandal hiding under EA’s belt.

The company has been lying to all the active players in the game.

To say it simply, the game has been officially broken for a long time now. There’s reports of many game-breaking bugs, many disgusting items, and far too many cash grabs. 

They have been releasing new content left and right without even bothering to fix the broken content. You know who is fixing this content? Sims’ unpaid modding community.

These amazing individuals are doing all this work, for free, because they love the game. At this point, I wouldn’t imagine playing the game unmodded. These brilliant creators pour in time to fix things that the own developers haven’t even addressed. They are the best of the community, ESPECIALLY those who offer their services for free.

But EA? Maxis? They’re full of shit right now. There’s threats of a “battle pass” being added to a game. What do I mean, “Battle Pass”? You know, that thing in mobile games that won’t let you access the whole game unless you’ve paid money for it. THE SIMS 4 IS CONSIDERING PUTTING IT INTO THE GAME. Though you’ll be able to get the base game packs, chances are, there will be MORE locked in game that you can only get through money. Expansion packs cost 40$. And yet, MOST OF THEM ARE STILL BROKEN. They will not bother to fix their mistakes and instead keep offering cash grab after cash grab to boost money.

You don’t hear from outside the community how dangerously this game has broken. You all remember the legend of No Man’s Sky? That one supposedly amazing game that got rushed and ended up failing miserably because of bugs an the like? Imagine that, but on a bigger scale in an already established community. Base game is broken. You can see your toddlers morph into disgusting creatures before your eyes, with no semblance of continuity. Your game can take forever to load, up to five minutes to get into Create a Sim. Your sim will sometimes actively ignore you. These are the minor things. 

Other things that can happen in game is a whole shutdown of the game if it doesn’t like an action you made your sim do. It can and will corrupt your save. That cute family you spent 3 months grinding on? All gone.

Now, the company behind the game has made it a typical money grabber. They do not hire playtesters anymore, making content creators and us, the players, being the ones to say, “Hey! This is broken!” And they take weeks to fix it, if they ever do.

A good voice of complaint comes from Pixelade’s channel on youtube, as he has been very, VERY vocal in letting the community know that the sims 4 doesn’t care much about the players anymore. A comment under his video “MANIPULATION TACTICS?!...”, by user “You like Krabby Patties, don’t you, Squidward,” has brought a lot of weight into a true perspective into this argument. 

> “ oh i absolutely agree that this is just a publicity stunt and distraction tactic. if they cared, they'd address the elephant in the room, which at this point isn't even us complaining about the bugged-to-hell, barely-playable-if-playable-AT-ALL mess of a game TS4 has become: it's literally just asking for any kind of acknowledgement of our problems. if a company won't give you something that should not only be the bare minimum, but is the single most important part of ANY company - transparency - then you know you can't trust them even the tiniest bit. this was just the last straw for me. i didn't trust them before. now, no matter what they do, they can never earn that trust back. 6+ weeks of some players unable to play the game at all, a game they could have paid hundreds or even over a thousand dollars for (and not even as a result of DLC they chose to purchase but from a free basegame patch!!) and SILENCE from EA...it's unacceptable. and if they think a free kit is going to make up for that (free basegame doesn't count for anything, because simmers experiencing problems with the game clearly already own that. this is them trying to dupe new players into thinking "wow, the basegame for free AND a free kit! what a great company!") then they're sorely fucking mistaken. and then, the cherry on top - some can't even download the free kit! “ 

I truly think that this game, something built with love in the beginning, has turned into a flaming pile of dogshit. They do not care about the players, anymore. The shareholders are the only thing keeping the game going. They have lied to us, bribed us, and to make matters worse, hurt a whole community whose main monetary source comes from making this game better. If I had knew this would be the fate of this game, I never would’ve bought it. Never. Please, those of you considering to get this free version, please reconsider. Look into the problems. If you decide that you can live with them, no fault to you. But do not expect the game it was back in 2018. Do not expect transparency. Let these companies, EA and Maxis, finally understand how they’ve fucked up. And if they don’t change it?

Let them burn.

#the sims 4 #ts4 #maxis #ea #capitalism #warning #ts4cc #modding community #cc #s4cc #sims 4 #eat the rich #neglect #manipulation #the sims 4 mods #sims 4 mods #sims #sims 4 custom content #petition included in 2nd reblog #modders

[thefirsthogokage]

Palestine Masterpost

I will be adding more things as I can when I come across them, so please be checking back.

I grabbed this off Twitter. An explanation of the history of what happened with Palestine and what is happening with the Palestinians.

The post with the two people talking about the situation that is also very informative and a quick guide to the history.

This post contains a link to a website with information as well.

This post contains links in one of the reblogs. A couple of those links are "Watch to donate," which is a great option if you can't afford to donate yourself.

-> Post by sukunasfootrest

This is a very important post with a lot of links and things to do. Read this before donating anywhere. This is probably a post you've seen reblogged a lot

Numbers that can show you how uneven the situation is between Palestine and Israel.

NEWS, MAY 16TH, 2021:

Post One (Twitter Grab)

Post Two (Twitter Grab)

->Information - with sources - about how Israel treats Black citizens including Ethiopian Jews

Here's a hint: The US and Canada do this to their indigenous populations.

->Links to Petitions and Places to Donate

Post by an Israeli who stands with Palestine.

->Why the US doesn't intervene

(The Negroponye Doctrine)

->NEWS: MAY 17TH, 2021

•Israel destroyed Gaza's main COVID testing facility (Tumblr post) (link to an article)

-> Last year, Israel destroyed multiple sites in Palestine said to be COVID testing sites: source one ; source two. ; source three

-> Someone posted that Gaza asked for a cease fire and Israel REJECTED that, also, other tweets from Palestinians about what they are living through.

->More Links with places to donate and an update of some stuff that happened with sources (added May 19th, 2021)

->The US is the only nation blocking the UN from demanding a ceasefire between Israel and Palestine. (Added May 19th, 2021)

-> More absolutely atrocious things Israel is doing, including on planning to bomb UN created schools, schools that are housing people whose homes were destroyed in other bombings by Israel. (Added May 19th, 2021)

-> More children dead, including several being treated for the psychological trauma that Israel caused them. AND another one with a link to letter formats that you can send to the government in the US (to Representatives), Canada, and the UK. The US is planning to send $750 million MORE dollars to Israel. AND they are taking out Gaza's communication and internet abilities (Added May 20th, 2021)

-> Israel is reportedly still at it after agreeing to a ceasefire. Other videos in this Twitter post as well as this one. And another one. And yet another one. You can look up more under #ISRAELBREAKSTHETRUCE on Twitter. (Added May 21st, 2021)

-> Multiple things that have happened since it has gone quiet about Palestine. (Added June 2nd, 2021)

-> More things that happened on June 2nd (Added June 3rd, 2021)

-> No longer hearing about Palestine? That doesn't mean there isn't more work to be done. Israel is still bombing Palestine. Here are some more helpful links. (Added here June 16th, 2021)

-> Below the video, there is a website that people can donate to (Added June 19th, 2021)

->Israel is demolishing the only Palestine Vaccine administration location and PCR testing site. (Added December 11th, 2021) (Sorry, I'm not sure why the link isn't here)

-> IOF attacked worshippers at one of the most holy Mosques in the world during Ramadan. (Added April 18th, 2022)

-> Nakba Day Education (Added May 15th, 2023)

-> Various places to donate to help Palestinians (Added October 12th, 2023)

Because so much has been happening since October 7th, 2023, I haven't been able to update this like I did in the past. Please check the #palestine #gaza #israel and other tags. Thankfully, there is a lot of news out there now, so hopefully there are many posts crossing your dash and you are getting further educated from many more sources than you were in 2021.

WhereToDonate/LendAHand/HowToHelp-Masterpost

#Palestine #Israel #Gaza #palestine masterpost #palestinian christians #palestinian jews #palestinian muslims #palestinian refugees #Palestinians #gaza #palestine news #gaza news #Ethiopian Jews #Black people in Israel #nakba day

[nocherryblood]

I don't usually talk about this sort of thing/advocate for petitions on here but this? It's SERIOUS. People are going to DIE.

Taken from the petition description (important parts highlighted):

Since April 28th, the people of Colombia have been protesting an abusive tax reform bill proposed by the government. However, today the government response is to militarize and send armed forces to suppress the population.

On the night of May 2nd, after having to retract the reform that robbed the patience of the people, a disproportionate and violent reaction by the authorities began that resulted in multiple massacres against the civilian population.

On the night of May 3rd, the massacres intensified. The protests were contained and repressed by systematic exercises of violence, including images that have been seen of police groups that have threatened and attacked the civilian population.

Until May 4 in the morning, more than 31 deaths were known, 10 victims of sexual violence and hundreds of cases of violence against protesters. As the hours pass, dozens of reports of new cases of violence arrive. Despite this, the Government of Iván Duque continues to promote the use of weapons by the public force and the Army to silence legitimate protest.

During the night of May 4 and dawn of May 5, violence increased in different cities; It is reported that in Cali, while there was a confrontation, the Internet service was blocked to prevent the population from sharing what was happening on social media. There is talk of hundreds of disappeared, many dead; the use of long-range weapons by the public forces is observed. 

Today, THE GOVERNMENT DOES NOT OFFER A GUARANTEE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS IN COLOMBIA.

Because of this, Colombians cry out for international help in order to stop this genocide. We ask the UN in its different departments, especially the Security Council, to intervene to stop this massacre.

TLDR; the Colombian government is SHUTTING DOWN THEIR INTERNET so that it can legally murder and repress it's people (children and elderly included), which is taking away their HUMAN RIGHTS, without the rest of the world seeing.

You can sign the petition here to help (it's free and takes literally 5 seconds):

If you don't want to sign, then please reblog and share this if you can! I don't usually post stuff like this, but this time I HAVE to- children could be murdered.

#boost #reblog #share #petition #dashboard #please help #sign this please #save a life #please im begging you #support #colombia protests #urgent #important #help #helpothers

[welcometohellweofferimagines]

Hey, it's Hina. I'm just gonna get straight into it, are you safe? I seriously need to know. Like, holy hell, I turn 16 and the planet's on fire. God, I cannot believe my own eyes, seriously lost so much faith in humanityThere have been some protests here, but nothing extreme. Please stay safe, this is a message for everyone. Change is coming, it has to be. Justice will be served, it has to get better. #SAYTHEIRNAMES #BLACKLIVESMATTER

Hina – oh it’s been so long, hello jaan! yes, i’m luckily safe. i hope the same for you~ x so so so heartwarming to hear they’re standing in solidarity there also!! we’ve had some peaceful protests to show support too. real talk, real quick. i know this is a stupid imagines blog, but staying quiet is only helping the oppressors, right? :/ thank you for sending this, i am so dumb i didn’t even think of posting on here. no way we can let these atrocities continue, nah, time to look in ourselves, and in the souls of our loved ones too, and dismantle what internalised prejudices we might still carry with us, that we’ve been taught is the norm. only then can we take down the racist virus in our society’s systems. lbr racism isn’t just direct hate from someone, it’s a whole oppressive system that favours one group at the expense of others. and not everyone in that group necessarily has to operate within this system intentionally taking advantage of that; it’s just there. it’s so subtle that if you’re not the one with the short end of the stick, you don’t see it. i hope the protests lead to a much-needed revolution. much love to everyone ♥️

let’s post some links! there’s so many i’ll link up some posts from their tumblr sources. lmk if you can’t see some of them~

1. https://blacklivesmatter.com/

2. https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/?src=insta this is so good!!! there’s so much, including resources for us to educate ourselves x

2. https://zoyalais.co.vu/post/619596472253579264/petitions-to-sign has petitions! some might not work for you if you’re not in the states; like the 2nd petition for Breonna Taylor, bc it asks for a zip code.

3. https://zoyalais.co.vu/post/619868452227825664/passively-donate-thru-youtube-videos how to donate! i know it’s a super difficult time esp. with the pandemic, so this is a wonderful way to donate for free~ just make sure you have your adblock off

3. https://dreamingbutawake.tumblr.com/post/619570561498152960/black-lives-matter-urgent-donation-needed say their names~! IF YOU’RE BLACK AND THIS IS TOO PAINFUL FOR YOU, PLEASE DON’T FORCE YOURSELF THROUGH READING THIS! it’s high time for the rest of us to grow up and see and acknowledge reality, and stand up with you.

4. https://one-time-i-dreamt.tumblr.com/post/619817258653564928/login-instagram now this is solidarity~! x

5. https://reidspng.tumblr.com/post/619739703309205505/the-first-pride-was-a-riot non-black cis queer folk! we can never forget we are here today because of black trans women! remember black trans lives matter!! sign the petitions for Tony McDade and Iyanna Dior!!! 

6. https://cornerliastreet.tumblr.com/post/620001776382394368/i-see-a-lot-of-my-black-mutuals-in-pain-and mental health support!!!!

there’s so so so much more! a lot of it is information about protests, and safety tips. i’ll keep going through my main blog and try to find them.

angels, if you have more links, please share~! xx it doesn’t necessarily have to be here. this is not for notes. you don’t have to like this, or reblog. please just check out the links, and share them with your friends yourself! remember, we’re here to raise black voices. not talk over them! this goes for all other oppressed groups we might look to support.

on another note! if there’s anything that i ever say, do, write, that brings you discomfort, let me know! we all need to start being comfortable with the idea of checking ourselves, and changing for the better.

stay safe out there and take care, lovelies! 

[etes-secrecy-post]

Hi, before I explain my post, I want to say something important.

What you see my blog has become a major overhaul. And despite the changes, I decided that my 2nd account will be now my artwork blog with a secret twist. SO PLEASE DO NOT SHARE MY 2nd ACCOUNT TO EVERYONE, IT’S JUST YOU AND ME! AND IN CASE YOU WANT TO SHARE MY POST THEN DON’T REBLOG IT. INSTEAD JUST COPY MY LINK AND PASTE IT ON YOUR TUMBLR POST! JUST BE SURE THE IMAGE WILL BE REMOVED AND THE ONLY LEFT WAS THE TEXT.

Okay? Capiche? Make sense? Good, now back to the post…↓

Here’s another ‘secret art trade’ for my A-Pal @bryan360.

Recently, I saw his artwork about leaving the old layout and replace with the eclipse layout for dA. And for that, it’s such a shame not just him, but for myself and the whole dA community. So yes, he asked me to draw my four OC’s waving the old dA layout through the heavens and never come back. A come back? Well, there is one... I saw a website called ‘change.org’ will get a chance to sign a petition for removing dA’s new layout. I already did sign a petition among with my friends including Bryan360, so let’s hope that dA will understand the wrong decision to us.

[unwanted-animal]

Hey, my friend and his husband are being deported.

I’ll share a link to their story in a reblog. Harlon has always been in my life, and his husband Enrique has been with him for at LEAST eight years. They’ve been fighting deportation under Obama, but last year, unbeknownst to most of us, Trump forced them out. They’re leaving this month.

Queer tumblr, Gay tumblr, please, spread this. Spread their story. Don’t let them slip through the cracks like most stories from Indiana do. 

Here are Harlon’s words:

“All,

We are being deported!

Despite our successfully approved (by immigration standards) marriage, it appears our work to seek legal status for the love of my life, Enrique Gonzalez, has little chance of prevailing.

In short, we are being deported. Read the full story at deportinglove.com, including our decision to begin the process of winding down our lives, business, etc. in the U.S. to pursue expat life in either Costa Rica or El Salvador (undecided at this time).

A recent notice from ICE has required our submission of a travel itinerary by March 6th. Our lawyer submitted our plans to depart the U.S. by September 2nd.

For those of you who thought it couldn't happen here, and especially to those of you who supported Trump / Pence, I don't mind saying, "we told you so!"

We are told ICE can not pursue us at this time as we have submitted one last-ditch-effort - a Motion to Administratively Close our Deportation Order (its explained on our blog).

We thank those of you who knew a few weeks ago and have supported us as we attempted to make sense of it all! Councilor's Zach Adamson and Blake Johnson - we greatly appreciate your efforts and the efforts of Representative Dan Forestal as well as Congressman Carson's office in helping us to petition ICE for the extension. Henry Fernandez - you give us courage!!! We appreciate you! Corinne C Renguette you are simply ah-mazing! Thank You!

There are far too many of you to mention here who have become our forever family! This is not yet good bye - but rather - a reminder of how important it is to keep the one's you care about close! We're a bit overwhelmed right now but you can bet, we'll make time to connect in the coming months!

On behalf the many undocumented who do not have a voice -we've decided to go public with our story! Press releases and other efforts are underway. We wanted you to be the first to know before things get crazy! Until our legal team tells us otherwise, we'll try to keep you updated here.

People always inquire as to how Enrique is doing. I don't have to tell you what a calm and beautiful temperament that man has. Perhaps he said it best when, on one of my weakest moments, he turned to me and said, "Maybe this is simply our next adventure." Since then, we've been thinking about all the ways we can make a difference in the lives of the locals wherever we land. After all, isn't that what this game called life is all about anyway?

Please read our blog before asking any questions. We know you'll be shocked - but it'll help us not have to rehash the story over and again! We're always happy to answer any questions and connect.

DeportingLove.com

Thank you for all of your support...

Enrique Gonzalez and Harlon J. Wilson #deportinglove, #deportationfears”

Proper Link to their website in Reblog

#Gay #Deportation #United States #ICE #Queer