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The United States is occupying Gaza and taking part in the genocide

We keep repeating this but it needs to sink in. Palestinians have seen American troops fighting in Gaza. America is not just complicit but an active partner in the annihilation of Gaza

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ISRAEL HAVE STARTED BOMBING RAFAH! THE PLACE THEY INSISTED WAS A SAFE REFUGE FOR THE PEOPLE OF GAZA! ALL EYES ON RAFAH!

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They are already selling data to midjourney, and it's very likely your work is already being used to train their models because you have to OPT OUT of this, not opt in. Very scummy of them to roll this out unannounced.

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just a reminder: you guys can find me on my mastodon at annabelle1051@sunny.garden .

if you’ve never heard of mastodon, you should absolutely look into it. it’s a little different than other social media sites, but if you want a better social media, it’s absolutely worth learning about.

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hello everyone!! this is a burner account to share this:

as photomatt deletes everything, me and a few others are trying our best to compile screenshots to spread the word of the situation. each screenshot in the dropbox features a comment by one of our helpers containing context. if you have any screenshots you'd like to add, please dm me. there is a high chance this account will get banned, so please save this dropbox and the screenshots included and continue to spread the word.

thank you!!

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hey got some important news. the affordable connectivity program that helps poor and disabled people afford internet is going to run out of funding by april 2024 if we can't convince congress to renew it

i know emailing and calling politicians often seems like a waste of time, but this is gonna hurt alot of people (myself included) if this program is allowed to disappear. we really need to raise some awareness and get this program the funding that it needs. ACP is a game changer for literally millions of people. this is the only way many homes can even get internet, and in this day and age internet access is pretty much a necessity for almost everything. its gonna be a huge blow to have this vital program taken away from those who depend on it.

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new episode today hehe..

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After 11 years of using this site, I am tired of tumblr’s bullshit.

I will try to leave; unsure if it’ll work, but i abandoned twitter pretty well, so I might actually have some luck with this. You can find me over on annabelle1051@sunny.garden on mastodon or ask me for my discord.

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tumblr staff suspended a blog that called out a self-identified pedophile. tumblr staff protects pedophiles

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a small letter for my friend Ahmed @/ahmedraida996 for being my companion and pulling up through everything around him. despite his emotional state in the reel i took this from, i wanted to make this picture very colorful, to symbolize our "what's your fav color" exchanges and that there'll soon be days where he'll be able to respite and merely appreciate small life things that bring joy.

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In light of Duolingo laying off its translators, here are my favourite language apps (primarily for Mandarin Chinese, Japanese, and te reo Māori).

Multiple Language

Anki is a flashcard programme and app that's not exclusively for languages. While making your own decks is ideal, you can also download shared decks for most languages.

If you're learning Japanese, specifically, Seth Clydesdale has websites for practicing alongside Genki's 2nd or 3rd editions, and he also provides his own shared Anki decks for Genki.

And if you're learning te reo Māori, specifically, here's a guide on how to make your own deck.

TOFU Learn is an app for learning vocabulary that's very similar to Anki. However, it has particularly excellent shared decks for East Asian languages. I've used it extensively for practicing 汉字. Additionally, if you're learning te reo Māori, there's a shared deck of vocabulary from Māori Made Easy!

Mandarin Chinese

Hello Chinese is a fantastic app for people at the HSK 1-4 levels. While there's a paid version, the only thing paying unlocks is access to podcast lessons, which imo are not really necessary. Without paying you still have access to all the gamified lessons which are laid out much like Duolingo's lessons. However, unlike Duolingo, Hello Chinese actually teaches grammar directly, properly teaches 汉字, and includes native audio practice.

Japanese

Renshuu is a website and app for learning and practicing Japanese. The vast majority of its content is available for free. There's also a Discord community where you can practice alongside others.

Kanji Dojo is a free and open source for learning and practicing the stroke order of kanji. You can learn progressively by JLPT level or by Japanese grades. There's also the option to learn and practice kana stroke order as well.

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A message from Saeed Al-Err, the Palestinian who runs the only animal rescue shelter in the Ghazzah strip.

Those aren't clouds behind him. That's a plume of smoke from a bomb, which is shown at the end. The dog also seen at the end was the one Motaz and his colleague rescued and brought to the shelter (was seen by a vet today).

As of January 9th 2024, he is asking for people to urge international organizations to get cat and dog food into Ghazzah, or any efforts whatsoever to try and get food for the animals in his care and in the ownership of many Palestinians. Here's the google docs link with the email format to copy and paste and the emails and phone numbers of the people to contact for this urgent appeal. Please hurry. He doesn't have much food left for the animals.

You can donate to the shelter through the paypal link in this Instagram bio.

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the UK's 'anti-BDS' boycott bill is returning to parliament for a third reading and vote Wednesday 10th of January.

this proposed law is not aimed at individuals, it would be impossible to stop people from boycotting, but instead targets public bodies like universities, public sectors, and councils in the UK. this would prevent public bodies from making ethical choices about where they want to invest their employee's pension funds. e.g. pension funds could be invested into companies that make arms for countries committing genocide.

the anti-boycott bill explicitly mentions Israel, trying to give them protection from public body boycotts as well as undermine the Palestinian led campaign for boycotting. it's disgusting and disgraceful.

share and reblog this post with your UK friends if you are not a UK resident.

UK residents, contact your MP and demand they oppose the anti-boycott bill. Palestine Solidary Campaign UK have an email template here.

UK residents, if you are able to join, Palestine Solidarity Campaign have organised a protest during the anti-boycott bill vote, Wednesday 10th of January outside of Parliament, London.

UK residents, if you are able to join, Palestine Solidarity Campaign UK have organised their 7th National March for Palestine, Saturday 13th of January in London.

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That ol’ chart of mine makes the rounds online periodically and it drives me crazy because it’s frankly not very good. So, I finally got around to remaking it.

I doubt this will get anywhere near as popular, but I wanted to make it.

Good reference for animation, comics, and for visualizing phonetics!

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