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self-portrait in cerro santa lucia, santiago de chile, august 2025

Artist: Tim Brierley

informative post i made for instagram regarding the catastrophic earthquakes here in my country but i thought i'd share it here too

🆘🆘🆘PLEASE REBLOG IF YOU CAN'T DONATE!!! we are DESPERATELY trying to get more people to talk about this!!

Recently (24th of June, Wednesday) my home country Venezuela was hit by no one but two earthquakes of 7.2 and 7.5 of magnitude, according to the website Desaparecidos Terremoto Venezuela, around 70,000 people are still missing and there are 1,430 people dead and 3,238 injured confirmed by authorities. Many many many buildings have partially or completely collapsed and a lot of people are sleeping on the streets, many of them have lost all of their belongings, or worst, lost their families.

These twin earthquakes are ones of the most devastating that my country has ever seen in it's modern history, we were not prepare as a nation to face such tragery.

And yet, the response of solidarity within the country has been incredible and it brings me to tears to see how everyday day people, especially students and very young people, have organize to distribute food, water, clothes and more across the cities that have been most affected. There's still a lot people under the rubble and seeing groups of civilians taking people out, many times their own loves ones, with their own bear hands is very heartbreaking.

And so, we are in need of international solidarity more than ever. You can help by donating to:

- Hogar Bambi: "We are a private entity that provides shelter to babies, children and adolescents at risk" with the donations they're putting together and distributing kits with everything babies, children and teenagers affected may need (food, water, clothes, baby formula, cribs, you name it), they're also collaborating with the mexican rescue teams in the zones affected.

https://www.globalgiving.org/projects/integral-support-program-for-children/?fbclid=PAT01DUASut0hleHRuA2FlbQIxMABzcnRjBmFwcF9pZA81NjcwNjczNDMzNTI0MjcAAadqiG45UF7ZQzxUAZt7H31NKjrJPAku8fPYaVea6BbPuBG4x4dEzpuQAs3pBQ_aem_W-_-NmUZAYuq69dRq9znvQ

- Yummy rides: they're a big delivery food service in Venezuela that is helping people by giving free rides to hospitals and has now added a new feature in their app where locals can see the lists of things that collection centers are in need of and send the items they want to donate quickly with their delivery services.

- Tinta Violeta: "Feminist collective: Loving support for women, LGBTIQ+ people, girls, boys and adolescents experiencing gender-based violence" they're giving free psychological held to everyone that may need it but especially to women. They also have organize a collection center where they're receiving donations. They would soon be distributing pads, tampons, diapers and that type of very needed hygiene products along with the donations that they have received.

Staying informed, checking on your venezuelan friends and busting posts like these is another small way you can help us. The donations are going to be needed for quite some time due to the magnitude of the catastrophe so, if you can't donate right now, do it tomorrow, just make sure you do it.

The Subway

Artist: Walter Pach (American, 1883–1958)

Date: 1919

Medium: Oil on canvas

hey dude look at me / everything will be fine / breathe in breathe out with me / here i got you something / just try to enjoy the ride / it's gonna feel real good real soon / you know i love you dude? / do you mind if i go dance a little?