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And listen, I don’t think people are obligated to post about social, political, or catastrophe issues in social media. I myself usually treat Tumblr as my little getaway escapist place. But if you are genuinely concerned about Venezuela, about Latinoamerica, if you were worried about what the future held for us, then this is the dark hour where you can help us by spreading the word and donating.

Because I've seen people rightly criticize selective empathy before: being outspoken when one tragedy or event happens, only to fall silent when another affects the same people they previously claimed to care about because it is not politically convenient anymore. I feel the same now. I think it shows not a commitment to the ending human suffering or concern for human rights and dignity, but rather a signaling that you belong to this or that ideological group.

TLDR: If you posted about Jan 3 because you cared about Venezuelans' lives, then be sure to donate a couple of dollars or repost a donation link now. https://www.gofundme.com/f/emergency-relief-for-venezuela-earthquake-victims

You can also donate here https://www.meals4hope.org/es/ it’s a well stablished org in Venezuela, with more than a decade of work and you can donate with your phone’s wallet (apple pay, google pay whatever). No needed to stand up and find your card or pay pall info.

As an update, as the hours go by we find that the damages and the deceased and missing people are bigger than we originally thought. Right now, there's 30.000 people reported as missing with many more that haven't been reported yet; the number of deaths are probably on the thousands though we dont know since the regime cannot be trusted to give truthful information. More than a 200 buildings collapsed, with hundreds of people inside. Its truly heartbreaking. It's a nightmare.

However, the help from many countries started to arrive. From USA, Mexico, Switzerland, Spain, Chile, El Salvador, Dominan Republic and India. The only reason we have hope of getting over this situation it's because of International help and the society moving together towards one goal, which is to help each other as much as we can.

Don't let anybody tell you otherwise, crisis are political. Earthquakes cannot be prevented or predicted, but the equipment, doctors, engineers, rescuers, firefighters, earthquake-proof infrastructure, hospitals, etc needed to be able to deal with a situation like this are responsibility of the government. The 30 year Chavista dictatorship that has ruled my country is the sole responsable for the death toll and the destruction. I ask you to believe Venezuelans, don't get swept away by propaganda.

A few asked for a place to donate, you can do it using cards and ACH transfers on https://dona.yummyrides.com/. Yummy rides is the equivalent of Uber in the US, is a highly respected company who is going to match 25% of every donation made. Thank you so much to anyone who is able to help or just share.

I do not think "oh, Venezuela just has bad luck". No. We had neglect. Ever since I was a child, people kept telling me we were due for another big earthquake... Everybody knew we were due for another one!! Venezuela has one big earthquake every half a century, and rhe last one was in 1967, all we needed was to do the math and be like "well, we need rescue equipment, and we need to assess the state of this or that building so it does not FALL ON PEOPLE"...

my worst relatives try to sneak meat or meat products into my food despite the fact that I'm a vegetarian

my ex's brother gave his mother an edible without her knowledge and when she got freaked out and paranoid they laughed, and people I've told that go "yeah that's shitty but it's just weed"

when I go to the doctor and ask them to describe what they are going to do before touching me they get frustrated

when I ask a friends of a friend who is a small influencer to keep me out of frame in videos they film for social media in public they look at me like I've pissed in their cereal

When I was young I was forced to kiss relatives on the cheek. It was impolite to not do so. Those same relatives don’t bat an EYE at mine and my sister’s kids not touching and just waving.

And I’ve heard similar stories from so many people.

From The Final Empire and Wind and Truth.

Someone over on bluesky posted this and I figured I'd better repost it here. It's the pre-RFK 2025 vaccination schedule for babies and young children, ya know, just in case it mysteriously disappears. Save this and give it to your child's pediatrician; tell them this is the schedule you want your child on.

The current UK child and adult vaccination schedule is as follows:

The sixteen original shards of Adonalsium

Whimsy, Mercy, Endowment:

Cultivation, Honor, Odium:

Virtuosity, Ambition, Reason:

Autonomy, Invention, Valor:

Preservation, Ruin:

Dominion, Devotion:

A little quite and happy moment for our Shinovar crew ✨☺️

And it wouldn't be a fan art series without some BrandoSando.

Here's my take on a smaaaaaaallll portion of the characters from Brandon Sanderson's Stormlight Archive. Weirdly enough, the most fun to paint was the Stormfather in the bg there.