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Two mass graves were discovered on Monday in northern Gaza by the Health Ministry and the Civil Defense Forces, Al Jazeera reported — one which included patients from al-Shifa Hospital and another which contained 20 members of the same family killed in Beit Lahiya. At al-Shifa hospital, which suffered a devastating raid that left most of the complex in ruins, health officials discovered nine bodies before halting recovery operations from fear of being targeted by Israeli drones that hovered in the skies above them as they were digging, the Qatari news outlet stated. According to the report, some of the recovered bodies — which had not fully decomposed, indicating they were killed recently — appear to have been patients at the hospital; they still had medical bandages and catheters attached to them. Medical staff and family members identifying the bodies confirmed this. Survivors of the Israeli army’s assault on the hospital said they witnessed the summary execution of Palestinians by Israeli forces during the raid, which started in mid-March and lasted two weeks.

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Palestinians fleeing during Nakba, 1948

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Pictures from haya.orouq on TikTok

My wonderful friend Haya is only 18 years old and trying to get her sick mother (a kidney failure patient) and the rest of her family evacuated from Gaza to Egypt. They barely survived an airstrike that blasted all the windows out of the house they were in when Israel attacked Deir al-Balah a couple days ago, and the situation is extremely desperate. Please if you can spare even the smallest amount to help them, it would mean the world to us!! ❤️🇵🇸❤️🇵🇸❤️🇵🇸❤️

GOFUNDME

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This strike week, if you donate any amount to one of the organizations/causes below, I will draw you a dragon!

Send screenshots as proof of donation to my asks! Bigger donation = more detailed dragon :3c

Places to Donate:

eSims for Gaza

Palestine Children’s Relief Fund

United Nations Relief and Works Agency

Medical Aid for Palestinians

Operation Olive Branch

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she’s so pretty. i’ll cry.

ayo edebiri via instagram

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YAYYY

FUCK YEAH FUCK I LOVE LIFE

Although I would like to add KOSA is still a big threat any Pro Palestine content will be wiped out please stop KOSA

@mirkobloom77 @ashlakh

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⚠️ ADVISORY: Malicious Mods, Identity Theft, Malware, and You ⚠️

Hey, all! Not sure how many people will see this, but if you do, please reblog. This is a 'little' post regarding a potentially big problem affecting the Sims 4 community. If you download mods/CC at all (and yes I know CC is a type of mod), this applies to you.

TL;DR: For the sake of your personal info, identity, bank account, et cetera, please STOP downloading any mods/CC for the time being. Especially from the following sites: CurseForge, ModTheSims, The Sims Resource. It doesn't matter if you know the creator or not. Give it at least a week while we all figure out what's going on. If you must, I would recommend only downloading directly from a creator's Patreon (assuming they have one).

Other people have written at length about the mods in question, so I'll just share their posts below.

What's going on?

From the Sims 4 After Dark Discord server (a server you should join if you're not in it already):

⚠️If you downloaded any mod listed in the above post and played the game with them installed, this is the cleaner program Kuttoe (creator of the Home Regions and Townie Demographics mods) mentioned in their post: GitHub - overwolf/sims4-social-events-cleaner: Source files and exe release for a tool to clean up your machine if you have downloaded the "Social Events - Unlimited Time" Sims 4 mod ⚠️

Got confirmation from Kuttoe that as long as you didn't boot up the game with the malicious mods installed (or deleted them completely from your computer before playing the game), you *should* be fine. Still, I recommend that anyone who thinks they might have downloaded any of them run the cleaner program.

Here's an explanation from @anadius2 (reposted by Kuttoe) in the Sims 4 After Dark server (not providing a link to prevent brigading or spam, but you can DM me and I'll give you the link) about what the malware will do to your computer:

And a little dive into the back-end coding stuff for the more tech-savvy Simmers out there:

So, to recap:

Fake mods were uploaded to Curseforge, ModTheSims, and The Sims Resource

@msqsimsofficial had their account compromised on 2 of those sites (they are a victim of hacking, so do not send them hate!)

If downloaded, these malicious mods have the ability to steal very sensitive info (your passwords, credit card info if saved somewhere in your browser, data)

As of right now, antivirus software may not be able to detect the malware

Mac and Linux users seem to be safe; Windows users are the ones that could be affected

Why is this happening?

Unsure. Lots of theories are being made by people far more knowledgeable than me, but from the looks of things, could be crypto bullshit and/or an attempt to steal your data and sell it. This is very, very serious, and could wreck your life if said data/personal info falls into the wrong hands.

Identity Theft: What It Is, How to Prevent It, Warning Signs and Tips - NerdWallet

It's always a good idea to change passwords every couple of months or so, but if you think you've been affected, you also need to change your passwords for things like online banking, email and social media accounts, healthcare sites AFTER running the cleaner.

What now?

I want to talk about how we approach modding our games and downloading files in general.

Please STOP downloading mod file folders from people who did not create the specific mods. Period. This includes Sim dumps, building/lots with CC, mod folders promoted on YouTube, etc. This does not mean that anyone sharing them is doing so maliciously. In fact, I appreciate the amount of effort people put into compiling these resources! But unless you're super careful (and super knowledgeable), you run the risk of downloading malware like this on your computer. Make no mistake, the malicious files in question look like run-of-the-mill, everyday mods. Two of them were even posted from a trustworthy creator's actual account! The only way to know what they actually do is to peek into the code, and idk about you, but I don't know Python. So even after this issue is resolved, you really should only download files from the creators themselves.

But what about CC shopping?

Here's how I like to approach it: I stick to lookbooks and combing through the Patreons/accounts of creators who make items I like. If I see a Sim dump with CC that I'm interested, I try to reach out to the poster and ask where they got specific CC. If I can't do that, I see if it was shared via Drive, look at the individual files themselves, then head to the original CC creator's official download page and get it from the source.

That's all I have for you! Stay safe, and happy Simming! 🫶🏾

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Valentine's Day has become such an OVERRATED event. From my years in retail, it's often cishet men rushing around to get last-minute gifts complaining about it for all the wrong reasons. You don't need 1 day a year to express love and affection to your partner. You can use any other 364 days of the year to do so if that's how your relationship dynamics are.

As soon as Bayan posted this, like I have seen many talk about -there are many genocides and disaster going on in the world right now, so eff your Valentine's Day celebrations.

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hobie hc: hobie doesn’t believe valentine’s day. he definitely hates it.

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from the river to the see.

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MY FAVES?! TOGETHER?! WELL YES!

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omg!!!! this is so cool tf?

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THIS IS SO CUTE!

𖤐 𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐖𝐋𝐄𝐑𝐁𝐘𝐓𝐄 𝐇𝐂𝐒 𖤐

bc I love them n they just make sense idk 😣

☆ one time they had a snowball fight and he’s SO competitive so he couldn’t even let her win, but she has amazing aim for like no reason so she did end up winning anyway

☆ he’s not super big on pda, maybe like a arm draped around her shoulders or like holding hands

☆ one time she asked mama rio to help her learn Spanish for him but she CANNOT roll her R’s for the life of her she still tries though

☆ she likes cherry flavored lip gloss so when they kiss he literally eats ts off of her

☆ he smells like cocoa butter and she smells like lavender

☆ Rio let’s her come over bc she trust Miles so YOU KNOWWWWW she’s always over there she just can’t stay when it stars getting dark

☆ she LOVES pandas SO MUCHH so he buys stuffed animals of them

☆ she made a playlist for him for when he overthinks about his prowler stuff or jus stressed in general

☆ she likes giving him little nose kisses bc she finds the way he scrunches up his nose so adorable

srry it wasn’t a lot I’m so bad at thinking of scenarios without any inspo 😋

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this is so cuteee. hobe’s is def tender headed!

More sweet tender moments with Hobie and Mama Tani’yah 🤎🪮

I know he used to be tender-headed, getting his hair done stressed him out so bad he decided to cut it at one point — then eventually grew it out again

Black people doing eachother’s hair is such a tender and intimate activity, my favorite love language honestly

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this is my husband everyone stfu.

DANIEL KALUUYA on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon

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