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that elderly man going to the ER because samira is a friend to him. the obese man who lives alone tearing up at genuine human kindness and acceptance. digby being someone who can mourn louie when he seemed so alone. the hospice patient being able to relax once her parents show up. the college student’s parents being able to accept help from someone that looks like them who’s gone through the same thing.

they keep reiterating how you can’t get through things alone. the jewish community needs muslims, the doctors need pharmacists, dana needs robby. there’s all these macro and micro interactions that enforce this thesis. there are cultural, structural, professional, communal, and interpersonal vectors of support that are so necessary.

Heres a not so friendly reminder, as an lgbt metis person, i dont give a single fuck what your blog is themed or if this is too painful for you to look at. Reblog this post. Reblog this post with the sources of the 751 children who were found.

Your compliance and silence as well as the compliance and silence of your ancestors is what allowed these schools to open and kill first nations children. The children of MY people.

Dont follow me if you cant reblog this post or the one with sources to your political blog or your most popular blog. Add trigger warnings if you must but if your political blog is only focused on the harms you personally face like being lgbt then you need to see some bigger pictures and stop being afraid of angering your racist mutural or actually saying some shit about racism. If you can reblog some antifa graphics or add blm to your bio to be a surface level ally, you can reblog some sources on the genocide first nations people faced and still face today.

They were CHILDREN.

I’d like to add this photo I took last night in Victoria of the statue of Captain Cook. Though I myself am not indigenous, I 100% agree that these murderers, kidnappers and rapists shouldn’t have huge statues and plaques that decorate them and say how “great” they were.

Here’s another photo of the legislative assembly from yesterday. Later on there were more items, candles and signs at the memorial, as well as a big poster with 1505 painted on it but I didn’t get a picture

People need to see this. Not just quickly glance at the photos and keep on scrolling. They need to see this.

I went to a “Cancel Canada Day” event and burst into tears - not because I was surprised to learn of the unmarked graves (survivors told us they were there. Our government pushed it aside, and we let them), but because seeing all the people gathered in mourning drove it home: They. Were. Children.

This is my country’s legacy - and it’s not history. The last schools closed during my lifetime. My Father went to school with students who lived at the local residential school, after it was changed to a boarding house (read: holding centre) for indigenous youth who went to local schools.

Every day we wake up to the same reality: destroyed homes, no safety, no stability, and needs that keep growing. People think the pain paused… but for us, it never did.

Even with a so-called “ceasefire,” nothing has really stopped. The explosions, the drones, the fear — the violations never ended. And our suffering definitely didn’t.

Your support is the only reason many of us manage to keep going.

Your donation 🙏🙏 — no matter how small — can mean medicine, food, warmth, and a little bit of dignity in a life that’s been stripped of everything.

Please, stand with us. Don’t let this struggle fade from the world’s attention.

We still desperately need you to get back on our feet.

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Stop what you're doing, put your phones down, turn off the music, forget about work and routine.

There is a people being exterminated in broad daylight, there are children sleeping to the sounds of bombing instead of dreaming.

Please, don't just stand by.

Do something—donate, share, speak out, make their voices heard.

He faced bombs and bullets, lost his home, and also lost his brother, whom he didn't even get to say goodbye to. He witnessed hunger consuming those around him, while his mother battled cancer and needed urgent surgery outside of Gaza.

All he did was cling to life, even though life offered him nothing but pain.

Please, don't leave him alone in his final fight.

Help him… help his mother survive, and help his broken heart find hope again. 💔

The effects of the war on Gaza are still present in the details of daily life, especially in the lives of those who lost their homes and found no alternative but tents.

I am the mother of a child born during the war, specifically at the height of the bombing, amidst the sounds of explosions, fear, and insecurity. Today, two years later, we still live in a tent.

Living in a tent is not life, but a daily struggle to secure the most basic rights.

Pure drinking water is not easily available. We have to carry it from long distances, and we may wait for hours to get enough water for one day.

Food is also not always available, and we often lack basic ingredients. Sometimes I don't have anything to feed my child and have to wait for aid or donations to arrive.

There is no electricity, no place to shower, and no toilets.

We are not looking for luxury, but for the bare minimum of dignity: a roof over our heads, clean water, and enough food.

Please, any donation, no matter how small, will help us in our war for survival.

My campaign vetted by Ghost90

My children are in pain and need urgent care.

Hisham needs $200 for dental treatment, and Mo’men needs $500 for two surgeries (tonsils & adenoids).

I suffer from a head injury and need treatment abroad.

We need $100 daily to cover our living and medical costs.

Even the smallest donation can save our day 🙏💙

DON’T SKIP, PLEASE I BEG YOU.

Please, I beg you — if you're reading this, don’t look away. Every second matters.

My little boy, Qais, is one of Gaza’s many wounded children, lying helpless and weak, just like the baby in this photo. The war stole his laughter, his peace, and now, maybe even his life. Every day that passes without medical help pushes him closer to death. We need your help — your donation, no matter how small, could be the reason Qais survives another night. 💔

Since he was injured in the bombing, Qais has suffered unbearable effects:

1. His tiny body is constantly trembling from pain and infection.

2. He can no longer eat properly, growing weaker with every passing hour.

3. His wounds have not healed because hospitals in Gaza lack medicine and clean water.

Each of these wounds tells a story of neglect and injustice — a child’s body paying the price of a war he never chose.

I’m begging you, from the depths of a mother’s broken heart — please don’t let my baby die waiting for help. Qais still opens his eyes and whispers “Mama,” fighting to live despite the darkness around him. You can be the one who brings light back to his world. Please, donate, share, or simply speak for him. Let his name — Qais — reach the hearts of those who can save him. 💔🥺

PLEASE DONATE HERE

If Qais was your only child, would you leave him to face his fate alone?

DONATE HERE PLEASE

Some recent posts of theirs with information about what they do:

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The repeated threat to return to firing at any moment is not only a military stance, but also the practice of systematic psychological violence. This type of threat instills fear as a policy, and turns the silence between two rounds of bombing into an open psychological arena. Studies such as those by Judith Herman (1992) and Derek Summerfield (1999) show that living under constant threat of violence produces what is known as “chronic trauma”; It is a condition in which a person lives between anxiety and anticipation without having the opportunity to recover.

As you read, consider donating to my family in Gaza....

Even when bombs do not fall, the mind remains alert as if danger is actually occurring. In my opinion, this threat is dangerous and part of psychological annihilation itself, because it keeps societies in a permanent state of fragility. People live neither war nor peace, but rather a psychological vacuum filled with fear, just as Joop de Jong (2003) described in his talk about the “culture of fear” that is used to control the collective consciousness. This is not a “balance of deterrence” as military rhetoric likes to describe it, but rather a normalization of anxiety, where the feeling of insecurity becomes part of daily life. It is a form of symbolic violence that extends the life of genocide and transforms fear into a social order.

Her fundraising has been vetted by @90-ghost and shared by fairuzfan. My wife, @cannilyuncanny, is hosting their GoFundMe campaign and is continuing to send transfers of donations.

Update on Ahmed's Campaign

My friend Ahmed (@ahmedaldaniii) is a young man, still a teenager. Israeli attacks exposed his mother to toxic gasses while she was pregnant with Ahmed, and he was born with a disorder that affects the growth of his teeth.

He urgently needs dental implants, but these are unavailable in Palestine because Israel has destroyed so much medical infrastructure, blocked the flow of supplies, and killed so many health providers.

Ahmed's fundraising has been thoroughly vetted (He is #198 on the @gazavetters list, and I've personally spoken at length with multiple other vetted Palestinians in Gaza who directly know him in person).

Despite the wealth of proof of his identity, his previous GoFundMe campaign was cruelly deleted, meaning he must start from scratch fundraising all over again. He'd raised over 16,000 euros and now all that money is being returned to donors.

If you have donated to Ahmed before, please send that amount to Ahmed's new GoFundMe campaign right away.

His family home was destroyed in bombings and his family has been repeatedly displaced. They struggle to afford basic necessities like food and clean water. It is vital to raise enough funds to pay for these necessities as well as enough to afford travel to receive adequate dentistry.

Please donate what you can.

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