#19 august

Jones Beach, looking east from the Center Mall, August 19, 1934.

Hassan Madi (@hassanmadi): Hassan got married 4 days before this current genocide. But now his home is destroyed, he has lost his job and they are now living in a tent. (https://gofund.me/6f65d728) (Vetted by association. Hassan is a nephew of @aya2mohammed, who has been vetted (#166 on the verified fundraiser list vetted by el-shab-husssein and nabulsi). See post here for proof. ) (LOW FUNDS! Only €5 raised of €50,000 goal)

Nour Al-Habil & Ayman Al-Habil (@nour20habil):  Nour is Ayman’s daughter and she has 9 siblings. Their house has been destroyed. Ayman’s 5-year-old son, Ahmed, has hepatitis, and his 3-year-old child has osteoporosis. (https://gofund.me/7adef23f) (Shared by 90-ghost. Also vetted by association. Nour is a niece of @aya2mohammed, who has been vetted (#166 on the verified fundraiser list vetted by el-shab-husssein and nabulsi). See post here for proof.) (LOW FUNDS! Only kr7,622 NOK raised of kr700,000 goal!)

Lubna Al-Sir & Ahmed Hassan Al-Sir (@ahmadelser, @lobnaelser): Lubna and Ahmed have 3 children: Mohamed (9), Hassan (7), and Yazan(2). Their house has been destroyed and they are now displaced and living in tents. They are trying to evacuate out of Gaza. (https://gofund.me/aa7b3ff2) (shared by 90-ghost) (19 Aug: LOW FUNDS!!! Only €595 raised of €50,000 target.) 

Mohammed Shamia (@mo-shamia): Mohammed is fourth year student of laboratory medicine. His uni in Gaza has been destroyed and he is trying to finish his education in Egypt. He is trying to evacuate 10 family members (his parents, grandparents, his brother, his sister as well as her husband and her three children). (https://gofund.me/303c68db) (#7 on the verified fundraiser list vetted by el-shab-hussein and nabulsi.)

Amjad Sido (@amjadsido99, @amjadsido): Amjad has 2 children (Mosbah (6) and Abdul Rahman (3)). He is also living with his mother and 5 brothers. The occupation has destroyed their house and killed his father and two of his brothers. They are trying to evacuate out of Gaza. (https://gofund.me/0729ac5b) (#126 on the verified fundraiser list vetted by el-shab-hussein and nabulsi) 

Walid Al-Qatrawi (@waledps): Walid is an engineer from Gaza. He has 3 children: Adam, Hla, and Nay. They are trying to evacuate out of Gaza. (shared by 90-ghost) (https://buymeacoffee.com/waledps) (https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/GoFundWaledPs)

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Click here for my Masterlist for fundraisers from 6 August - 10 August.

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Ash with Meet Me @ The Altar

At the Cow Palace in San Francisco, fifty audience members are injured, nineteen girls require first aid, and one boy sustains a dislocated shoulder.

setting, (in the context of dogs): to point out the position of prey

servile: too eager to serve and please someone else

haughty: unfriendly and seeming to consider yourself better than other people:

squall: a short-lived commotion

Bother them all: Fuck 'em

I don't care a pin: I don't care at all

chloral: a sedative

Morpheus: the greek god of sleep

Carfax: the house Dracula is buying

Real Presence: the presence of something supernatural or divine

paroxysm: a sudden violent emotion or action

She's very chatty, so we broach a lot of topics in our sessions together. Today we're talking about donating blood and I casually drop being on the kidney donor list because I think I have already told her about it. I have not.

"You would really donate your kidney?" she asks. Sure, why not? If someone needs one, and I have two?

"Well," she says. "You do have a particular way of thinking about things."

And that's when she tells me she's been thinking about a comment I made in an earlier session about accepting the few who take advantage of a system if it means those who need the help can get it without jumping through too many, and often dehumanising or unnecessary, hoops. As a physical therapist, she's acquainted with both kinds of people, she told me last time. Someone who claims disability checks and simultaneously works full-time without declaring their income; and someone with an amputated arm needing to prove over and over that they cannot do two-handed work.