keep up the good work you guys inshallah the stress gets to be too much :)
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Sorry for double posting but APPARENTLY those commission scammers have showed up on Tumblr at least for the first time for me.
For those who don’t know what I am talking about, there were/are commission scams going on in Instagram and even places like Artstation where people would pretend to be interested in your work and try to commission a pet or portrait for the sake of trying to get your bank details. Here’s how to (somewhat) sniff them out:
1- They don’t seem to be an average customer/ person that would be involved in your fandom, or has a blank template for an account or don’t even follow you.
2- They ask you to draw a portrait or a pet picture either for themselves or their children/family.
3- They promise to overpay you (in the hundreds) and do not listen to you even if you firmly state the price is cheaper.
4- They are constantly asking for your email name, or private details regarding things like banking details or passwords or other private information others should not know.
5- They try and over reassure you they mean no harm, try to guilt you into giving them the info, or become aggressive over you not giving them what they want.
What should you do if you come across one of these guys? My best advice is to block and report. Sadly these people jump account to account so there isn’t really much to do other than spread this info to prevent artists from being scammed.
Basically, Republicans are ratfucking the polling averages by churning out huge numbers of partisan polls, and the polling aggregators/analysts like 538 aren't doing due diligence to compensate for it.
Now, what is the purpose of this?
Well, in the immediate-term, it creates a narrative that Trump is winning, boosting morale of his supporters while demoralizing support for Democrats and Harris.
Beyond that, if polling averages show that Trump is winning ahead of election day-which we can pretty much guarantee they will, because see above-then they will use that as "proof" of fraud if Democrats subsequently win.
Basically, they are engineering a pretext for their next coup attempt in front of us.
The only numbers that decide anything are actual votes. So ignore the polls, and VOTE.
the government deleted its covid-19 information websites and replaced it with this
Trump is probably going to remove the TikTok ban shortly after his inauguration and secure a chunk of the youth vote.
hey did you know that by not voting because you think neither candidate is good enough, you're giving your vote to republicans.
vote, i beg you, even if you don't like kamala harris. vote, because otherwise you will be handing victory to republicans on a silver platter
check your voter status here
vote forward (volunteer letter writing encouraging people to vote, super easy)
is it normal to be in pain after writing? More specifically your face? Just wanna make sure of something.
i know it's not a great time financially for most people right now, but i've still had a lot of people reaching out for help so i want to boost their campaigns in the event that anyone is able to give. campaigns are linked on their names to cut down on the post length.
Farah @elegantkidpuppy reached out on behalf of her family in Al-Zawaida. her brother has suffered an amputation and is in urgent need of medical care. she intends to finish her degree in computer science to help her family start over. #310 on the gaza-evacuation-funds list. £8,721/10,000
Amal @amalalkafarna18 reached out on behalf of her young son Mohammed(5), who has been severely injured in a drone strike and needs care outside of Gaza. she is traveling with her husband and other two small children (7 and 1) along with another young family consisting of 3 siblings (26, 16, and 4) who were separated from their parents. unvetted but images are unique and donations are protected. $2,278/5,000
Amal @familgazaamal1's infant nephew has nerve damage and a severe injury to his foot due to the shelling and needs treatment urgently. her father was in Egypt on October 7th and has been separated from his family since the border crossing closed. Amal is trapped with her mother and 3 brothers, as well as her infant nephew whose mother is also in Egypt. #55 on the gazavetters list. $10,205/30,000
Lina @leena-112's husband, 2 sons, and daughter have lost their home and place of work. unvetted but images are unique and donations are protected. €130/30,000
Mosab @mfamily reached out asking for help supporting his wife, his father, his brother, and his baby daughter, who is less than 6 months old. his extended family's 3-floor home was bombed early in the attacks, killing 26 of his extended family members. #309 on the gazavetters list. €2,623/20,000
Abdul @abdalrahim88 (warning for blood in his fundraiser images) is a pastry chef and trains young people to enter the restaurant industry. his home and restaurant were both destroyed and he is now living with his wife, children (2 sons), mother, father, brothers, uncle and his wife in a tent. one of his sons sustained injuries to his spine and skull and is still suffering in the hospital. unvetted but images are unique and donations are protected. €152/80,000
Etaf @etafpalestine1, her husband, and her 5 children have evacuated to Egypt, but they are still in need of support as they rebuild from scratch and try to send their children back to school. #9 on gaza-evacuation-funds' list, #1120 on the Butterfly Effect Project's list, and #88 on gazavetters' list. €11,450/100,000
Amira @amira-nimer is a 23-year-old data science student whose father passed due to coronavirus, and has been taking care of her diabetic mother ever since. she has been displaced by the destruction of her home and her university and is currently living in a tent with her family in Deir al-Balah. vetted. €32,703/39,000
Imithal @imtithalcrusadecreator is a dentist from gaza who is currently displaced with her extended family of 35, mostly children. she has already lost her brother. vetted. €8,067/50,000
Ahmed @ahmedmohammeds-blog is a recent journalism graduate from Khan Younis who has been displaced 4 times by airstrikes. he hopes to raise money for necessities for his family, as well as for his brothers' educations and to replace his lost camera, which he needs for his journalism career. unvetted but images are unique and his donations are protected. €120/30,000
Shima @shimabshahin and her husband and three children have lost their home and have been displaced multiple times. unvetted but images are unique and donations are protected. €823/60,000
Louay @nerdyzombiecoffee suffers from health issues including increased electrical activity in his body and stunted growth. he is trying to raise money to purchase a warm tent and winter clothes for his family. unvetted but images are unique and donations are protected. £336/30,000
Rana @ranafamily7 is a 14-year-old wheelchair user living with her mother and siblings in a small, structurally damaged house in Gaza. her father has been separated from them and is living in a tent in southern Gaza. she is raising money for necessities including medical care. #250 on the gazavetters list. €3,142/50,000
Noura @nouraayman is a young mother who was forced to flee to Egypt with her husband, baby daughter, mother, and father-in-law. she and her husband both studied at Al-Shifa hospital as medical lab specialists, but have been uprooted and no longer have income to pay for her father-in-law's kidney cancer treatment. on top of that, her other family members including her 85-year-old athsmatic father and teenage siblings are still trapped in Gaza and need funds to escape. vetted. €5,430/50,000
Mona @manouche-231 is a housewife with 3 children living in a tent after their house was destroyed in the bombardment. #253 on the gazavetters list. €1,430/50,000
Mohammed @mohammednasser is a 17-year-old high school student who has been displaced with his mother and 7 siblings after their home was destroyed. after evacuating, he intends to continue his studies. unvetted but images are unique and donations are protected. €7,960/38,000
Ola @abedallhferwanagaza's husband reached out on behalf of his wife. he was in Egypt on the day the attacks started, and has been separated from his wife and 3 children in Gaza ever since. he hasn't been able to meet his youngest daughter, born during the attacks, in person yet. Ola and her 3 children have been suffering liver problems as a result of the unclean water and unsanitary conditions. #60 on the gazavetters list, #964 on the Butterfly Effect project's list. €19,210/35,000
Lana @ali-gaza's father is severely injured and their mother is in need of lengthy medical treatment. their family home was destroyed. #307 on the gazavetters list. $522/25,000
Tareq @tareqayad1 needs funds for himself and his 12 family members, including several small children, to escape to Egypt. they have been displaced multiple times and have no income due to their family house painting/maintenance business being destroyed and an unstable internet connection preventing remote work. Tareq's father is chronically ill and his brother has dwarfism; both of them need urgent care. #160 on the gazzavetters list, #599 on the Butterfly Effect project's list, #95 on PaliLiberation's list. $19,487/92,900
Bassam @bassamsameh reached out on behalf of his family by sharing his brother Fouad and his brother's wife Roba's campaigns. Bassam's educational technology company and Fouad and Roba's solar energy company have both been destroyed, leaving their collective family of 17 without income, including a baby daughter under 1 year old. both unvetted but images are unique and donations are protected. €2,072/35,000 and €2,991/10,000
Yossef @yosef-gaza111 is a young accountant who lost his home and job as he evacuated his home with his family of 12. He intended to marry his fiance, a software engineering student, in 2024, but she evacuated to another area of Gaza with her family. his mother is in desperate need of an operation that her family cannot afford. #251 on the gazavetters list. $1,382/30,000
now that trump has tiktok, twitter, facebook and insta in his pocket, get ready for a massive wave of internet censorship. one of trump's greatest weapons has always been misinformation; it's going to become harder and harder to spread facts and criticism going forward. posts that aren't made invisible will be magically ignored by the algorithm. dissidents will have their accounts deleted and voices erased.
this is a suppression tactic. this is another stage of fascism.