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eSims for Gaza is facing constant eSim shortages.

They get over a thousand requests for connection a day, but their email inbox is regularly sitting at 300-500 eSims. With the bombardment of Rafah and continual internet blackouts, the need for more eSims is particularly urgent.

Even if you have already sent an eSim or donated to an eSim donation drive, there is more you can do. The team is calling for people to campaign in their communities to help spread the word about eSims and encourage donations.

You can help by printing out posters and putting them up in local businesses, on telephone poles and notice boards, or wherever people are likely to see them.

[ID: Poster headed “eSIMs for Gaza” with an illustration of a red poppy, a QR code, and a link to tinyurl.com/gaza-esims; copy reads “Sending eSIMs is an immediate, concrete way to help Gazans on the ground. Scan below to learn how you can get involved.” End ID]

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this morning the United Nations Human Rights Council voted on a resolution calling for a ban on arms sales to Israel and the resolution passed. two Israeli border points opened for aid routes (they were supposedly open? lmao), Biden is calling for an immediate ceasefire, last night was the first without air attacks on Gaza.. the killing of seven foreign aid workers shook the world apparently, but oh god how late. the journey to recognising genocide for some seems to avoid acknowledging the humanity of thousands of Palestinians who have been murdered

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If you wanna protect AO3 or character ai. Or Wattpad. Or Tumblr. Or discord. Or even the right for undocumented people and minors to use the fucking Internet reblog this I swear to God. Reblog this and reblog as many KOSA posts as you can go on their website and contact your Representatives. Do it. Do it. Do it.

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I don't even watch Eurovision but the fact that people are allowed to just beat a dead horse (a single fxcking day) to spread discrimination against west asians is repulsive. And like they banned Russia I think for the genocide against Ukraine, I don't think there's any room for debating here, Eurovision does do bans for genocide it's just ignoring it right now (because when it's genocide against asian people I guess it doesn't matter huh, when it happens to POC instead of Europeans-). It's an ongoing genocide it's been going on for five months as far as the world is concerned and for decades in actuality.

(Again: I am west asian, albeit Iranian and not Palestinian)

(Btw this is not to minimize the horrific shzt that's happened to Ukraine I've seen some people try to do that and it's just. Guys there's no need for that, we can point out the difference in how it's been treated by the world without having to downplay it-)

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yearning for the day when people stop creating annoying low-effort gimmick blogs

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his gfm has been stuck at 420 euros for a week!! please help him out by sharing & donating!!!

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(BAD) UPDATE ON KOSA !

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/02/dont-fall-latest-changes-dangerous-kids-online-safety-act

This may seem grim but we Can still stop this bill if we focus on contacting senators /the House and keep spreading the word.

PLEASE REBLOG !

Join our Discord server to organize against it :

https://discord.gg/pwTSXZMxnH

TAKE ACTION HERE

https://www.badinternetbills.com/

MORE INFO HERE

https://www.tumblr.com/taikeero-lecoredier/709890130733826048/these-twos-bills-are-very-bad-for-the-future-of

SPREAD THE WORD !

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SCAM ALERT!

@ougadyabudi is scamming people by stealing Haya Orouq's story! The profile picture is copied directly from Haya's Gofundme.

I spoke with Haya and she has confirmed that this is a scam!

Haya Orouq's real Gofund me is THIS LINK HERE!!

Check out this post to find her other socials!

Please share this as much as possible and do NOT give @ougadyabudi any of your money!! Stay safe out there!

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🍉🍉🍉🍉🍉🍉🍉🍉🍉🍉🍉🍉

text:

"30K PEOPLE DEAD// 10K+ CHILDREN DEAD// 500K+ STARVING// FREE PALESTINE//

FEB29, 2024, 122 STARVING PEOPLE WERE KILLED, WITH 750 WOUNDED WHILE RUNNING TO AID TRUCKS FOR FOOD. ISREALI FORCES HAVE BLOCKED FOOD AND AID TRUCKS FROM GAZA FOR MONTHS, FORCING MILLIONS OF ADULTS, CHILDREN, AND HOSPITALIZED TO RELY ON ANIMAL FEED TO SURVIVE. THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE DESERVE THEIR HUMANITY AND OUR KINDNESS.// CALL CEASEFIRE.// DO NOT FORGET THEIR STORIES.// FREE PALESTINE." [end text]

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i'll never understand why some people have a problem with trigger warnings. if the content being warned for doesn't bother you then you can just use it as a recommendation. literally where is the problem. everyone wins.

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GET KOSA TRENDING.

STOP SCROLLING NOW!

AS OF FEBRUARY 21ST, 2024, WE GOT FIVE DAYS UNTIL THE DAY OF DECISION OF THE KOSA BILL, WHICH WILL CAUSE MASS CENSORSHIP ROUND THE INTERNET IF PASSED. OR DOOMSDAY. WE NEED EVERYONE TO KNOW ABOUT THIS AND CONTRIBUTE. I'M NOT GIVING UP ON YOU ALL.

WE'RE DOWN TO THE WIRE BUT WE CAN'T GIVE UP YET. IF WE GIVE UP, EVERYTHING IS OVER. IF WE DON'T, AT LEAST WE HAVE A CHANCE.

I'M THE ONE WHO SOUNDED THE ALARM, AND I'M NOT GOING TO CURL UP AND DIE YET.

Reblog this post in every LEGAL way you can under the Tumblr guidelines with the appropriate tags. TELL AND TAG EVERYONE YOU KNOW, then add the tags to see below... and more if you can think of any complying.

Visit badinternetbills.com if you want to find a way to defeat KOSA. It WILL NOT take much of your time. Reblog with any other information or sources, too-- but make sure to reblog if you can.

Reblog if you support lgbtq+ content.

Reblog if you support questioning queer youth and/or abused youth getting the information they need.

Reblog if you support Ao3 and/or other sites that wholeheartedly preserve talentedly made media.

Reblog if you're going to repost this on other sites than Tumblr and spread the word across Twitter, Tik Tok, Pinterest, or elsewhere, alongside the link to badinternetbills.com.

Reblog if you think KOSA is unfair and shouldn't be anyone's problem -- including the adults ALL OVER THE DAMN EARTH forced to face the mass censorship it causes because "think of the American Children!".

Reblog if you support internet activism and Palestine.

Reblog if you hate fascism or censorship, and don't want actually serious and helpful conversations censored on the internet.

Reblog if you value the internet in any way at all whatsoever.

CHECK THIS PETITION, TOO! https://www.change.org/p/stop-the-kosa?recruiter=1331807538&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=sms&utm_campaign=psf_combo_share_initial&utm_term=psf&recruited_by_id=57368c40-d0fd-11ee-98f7-2175430f819f&share_bandit_exp=initial-36809664-en-US

(Also, please reblog with at least "stop kosa" as a tag and not "kosa". I made the mistake of not adding just "kosa" as a tag...)

We won't let this stand any longer. Let's start a riot and get this trending.

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resources for palestine

resources for palestine (2)

operation olive branch, a spreadsheet full of families trying to escape rafah, in case you can donate

twitter thread of fundraisers for palestine

daily click for palestine

info post about sudan

twitter thread about sudan

twitter post for the DRC

friends of the congo, a list of helpful actions you can take for the DRC

post of donation links for the DRC

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AI and Tumblr

In the event of any kind of AI Art API is to be trained on this platform I do not give permission for my art to be sampled or used to train AI without financial compensation, artists hold the copyright to our art and any intentional mimicry or sampling of my art by an artificial intelligence is infringing on an artist's rights to their creations.

We as artists will not take this grim proposal between Tumblr and Midjourney laying down, this was the last safe heaven for a lot of us and you are now holding knives to us entirely to solve your financial woes instead of offering meaningful solutions. You are going to bleed your community of all trust and all revenue you still eek out of us. Your ways have changed from one of a community built around passion for fandom and the creative mind to one of greed and exclusion. You have been showing true colors and they are ugly, they are sickening, and they will kill your platform. If this deal goes through, may your platform die slow and painfully, may you watch your most loyal of whales walk away and leave you drying out in the hot pavement that is bankruptcy.

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https://www.tumblr.com/achivement-unlocked/743086027324932096/kosa

Not the anon, but Kosa is a bill that's soon going to pass where minors on the internet get their parents to see what they search up and restrict things that are deemed "inappropriate." When in reality it prevents kids who are trying to learn about the lbgtq community and kids trying to identify abuse. The bill will change the internet forever and NOT in a good way.

Im pretty sure the anon is trying to ask you to spread awareness about this.

Some links to prevent this are:

https://www.badinternetbills.com/

https://www.stopkosa.com/

https://www.change.org/p/save-our-free-and-open-internet-stop-the-kids-online-safety-act

https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/censorship-wont-make-kids-safe?nowrapper=true#:~:text=Privacy%2C%20free%20expression%2C%20and%20LGBTQ%2B,tell%20them%20to%20reject%20KOSA

Breaking the gimmick for this one, here’s some resources for yall <33

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Made a new aid post, if there's more links you know of then please add on

Operation Olive Branch

Please help Mohammad Abujamous and his family escape Gaza

Please help Belal escape Yemen

Please help Marc Henry and his family in Haiti

Please help Ibrahim and his family escape Sudan

Please help this Sudanese girl escape Sudan

Please help this family of 5 escape Sudan

Please help this family escape Sudan

Please help this family escape Gaza

Please help this family escape Palestine to help their sick son Karim

Please help evacuate this family from Gaza

Please help Haya Orouq and her family escape Gaza

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I’m not exaggerating when I say this post changed my life. Seeing this as a terrified self hating 17 year old was like finding a fresh water lake in the middle of the Sahara.

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This felt important to post