so much cheap generic medication. reverse engineering compounds would be even more financially profitable.

fewer people dead of vaccine preventable illnesses in the global south bc the greatest barrier to distributing some vaccines like hpv is their ip

plant seeds and grafts that come from the plants instead of licensing them. don't invest so much in preventing cross contamination. more localised experimental breeding.

library of the world: every book and journal article in the world could be digitised and be searchable for every person in the world to read regardless of where they live. cheap reprint runs and local translations everywhere.

an online interface where every citation could actually lead to the text in question

freedom from the hell that is DRM software

everytime someone reverse engineered your shitty proprietary software we would all be freed from it instead of them getting DMCA'd

so much hardware would be opened up & therefore made so much cooler.

so many more songs that riff off and sample and interpolate shit from this decade instead of like 70 years ago and more analysis of music that didn't keep getting nuked off the internet

preserving movies and tv shows and games as long as someone, somewhere has the desire to host them

just go publish your fanfic/art/vid as is instead of all us pretending it isn't fanwork or begging the corporation for mercy / licensing

Ahmed is a language translation student living in Gaza with his family, including several younger siblings. When the ceasefire began, Ahmed and his family returned to their apartment only to find the outer wall destroyed. Thanks to your donations they were able to repair it and stay warm this winter. 💛

Unfortunately even with the ceasefire there are still huge problems. Ahmed's sister Malak is still waiting to be allowed to leave the country to receive life-saving liver surgery to fix a rare disorder (Crigler-Najjar Syndrome) she was born with. The occupation still isn't letting people like her leave, so they are relying on expensive medication to keep her stable. Medications still cost roughly $400 per month right now.

In addition to medication, the family also must pay a high rent cost to keep their damaged apartment. Since rebuilding efforts are still being blocked, apartments are in high demand and costs are way higher than they were a few years ago. Ahmed's family is making a little money now but they still largely rely on donations to stay afloat.

The main bulk of donations will go toward rent and medicine. Life goes on for better or for worse, anything you can donate is much appreciated 🧡

-taken from one of Evasive's posts