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As of June 24th 2025

‼️ URGENT PLEASE SHARE ‼️

Hello all,

It's been a while since I talked about my friend Mohammed here. We had a huge setback because of the loss of his Gofundme account, and we have had to start over with a new campaign on Chuffed.

Worse, his daughter Ahlam is sick and needs medicine and care. Evacuation from Gaza is more urgent than ever.

If you have donated to the Gofundme in the past, please request a refund and give the money to the new fundraiser on Chuffed! If you have not donated yet, please consider helping my dear friend. Every bit counts.

Reminder that I am also still accepting commissions for anyone who donates and fills out this form with proof of donation.

DONATE HERE ->

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As of June 24th 2025

📢 Please don't let my heart break💔💔, for I can no longer bear the pain.

I am Renad from Gaza. I am writing to you with a broken heart and a trembling voice, screaming from the ashes, asking for mercy and help.

My brother Abdul Karim was shot in the head during the recent war on Gaza😢😢. He was taken to the hospital, but we were forced to leave after it was bombed and besieged

We are now homeless, without treatment, and without food.

I am the only one caring for him. He cannot move, and I cannot afford treatment or even a visit to a doctor.

I am not asking for much... just help me save what I have left in this world.

I swear to you that sometimes I cry as I pour cold water on his head, wishing I could feed him or ease his pain.

Any support—financial, medical, or even sharing this appeal—could help bring us back to life.🙏🙏

#GazaCriesForHelp

#SaveAbdulkarim

#HumanitarianAppeal

#SaveChildhood

Vetted by @gazavetters , my number verified on the list is (#550) ✓

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After being released from 104 days of ICE detention for his pro-Palestine activism, Mahmoud Khalil joins his wife, Dr. Noor Abdalla, and their newborn son at Newark Liberty Airport this morning (21 June 2025).

photo via NYT

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Shrek 2 + favorite pop culture references

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Seems like cruel placement, bro

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"Look! A horse! An it has a little benign GROWTH!"

An entire race of creatures that perfectly resembles, detached human arms, but happily go about their business, have their own small villages, and are lightly disturbed when they see humans.

Humans get to feel the same way a chimera feels when it sees a singular goat or snake or lion just walking around on its own.

­I was going to delete this as just kind of "this is a weird thing with no context", but I love the final section.

Centaur who's freaked out by humans and horses. What the fuck? Where's that other half come from?

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A ghost and his roommate and great memories 🦷

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Great Mouse Detective version of Dracula happening simultaneously as the events of Dracula, so there’s just five mice in Victorian clothes unnoticed by the human cast desperately trying to kill a bat.

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Happy Pride month to all the gay folks who should still be with us but were lost to AIDS. So many of them had (and continue to have) huge impacts on the world, despite their lives being tragically cut short.

Since this is primarily a Muppet blog, I wanted to take a moment to talk about Richard Hunt.

Richard Hunt was a gay man and a fantastic puppeteer who started working with Jim Henson, Frank Oz, Jerry Nelson, and company in 1970 at age eighteen and joined the cast of Sesame Street two years later. While working with the Muppets, he originated the characters of Scooter, Beaker, Statler, Sweetums, and Wayne, but also became the primary performer of Janice and is responsible for the flower child personality she is now known for. He was also known to be a fantastic singer.

But maybe most importantly, he made so many people happy. According the book "Of Muppets and Men" by Christopher Finch, Hunt "seems to get more unadulterated pleasure from performing than anyone else in the organization. When he is not working on camera, he is apt to have Scooter or Beaker or Janice -- anyone -- on his arm for the purpose of entertaining... He makes the crew laugh, jokes with the guest star, clowns for the shop personnel. He is one of the chief reasons for the loose atmosphere that exists around Studio D despite the pressure and the slow pace that are endemic to television production."

Hunt died at age 41 due to AIDS complications. The Muppet Workshop made a panel for the NAMES Project AIDS quilt in his honor. The Richard Hunt Spirit Award is presented every year at the Sesame Street wrap party to the cast member that best honors Hunt's generosity and dedication on set.

Rest in peace Richard. Thank you for the laughs and the smiles, and happy Pride 💛

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Now that I've been taken care of, I want to turn your attention to a someone I know from Discord who could really use some help.

They need $3,000 Canadian Dollars to help them out.

Please donate whatever you can and signal boost!

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What type of democracy builds its military bases under a hospital? Every accusation that escapes a white supremacist or a fascist is a confession.

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Oh my GOSH! THEY MADE IT!

Current progress: €34,302/35,000

Randa's campaign has been shared by Jin (jinforjustice) on IG and @/northgazaupdates

Randa's brothers are finally on their way out of Khartoum! Randa is just $698 away from completing her family's fundraiser, and she's hoping to be able to finish it in the next few days due to the US imposing sanctions on Sudan. Here is more about the current situation in Randa's words from and update she posted to the fundraiser:

"We’re Almost There, just $1,000 Left! Let’s Finish This Together It’s been a year and a half since we started this fundraiser, and thanks to your incredible support, we’re now just $1,000 away from reaching our goal! We’re deeply relieved to share that my brothers have finally managed to escape Khartoum and are now on their way out. This is a huge milestone and it would not have been possible without your help. Every donation, share, and word of encouragement has carried us through.

But now, time is running out.

Due to the recent escalation in U.S. sanctions on Sudan, we are worried that access to our fundraiser or the ability to transfer funds might soon be affected. That’s why we’ve made the decision to close the fundraiser by the end of this month — we need to secure the remaining support urgently while we still can.

We are so close. If you’ve been meaning to contribute or can share this one last time, now is the moment. Let’s finish this together and ensure my family can move forward in safety and dignity.

Thank you for being part of this journey, we couldn’t have made it this far without you.

With heartfelt gratitude,

Randa"

Please share and donate if you can. With Gofundme being American based, they may very well use the new sanctions as an excuse to continue targeting Sudanese fundraisers. We need to reach €35k asap!

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As of June 22nd 2025

My name is Elin, I am 40 years old, and a mother of three children. Not long ago, I lived a peaceful and happy life with my husband — the man who was the reason for my joy. He provided everything for us, and our home was filled with love, security, and dreams for our children😭💔

But everything changed when the war reached us in Gaza......💔

Our home, our safe place, was completely destroyed. Now we live in a torn, fragile tent that offers no protection from the cold, the heat, or the fear that surrounds us.💔😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

My daughter Alaa is a doctor. She once carried a message of healing and hope. But the war took her job and shattered her future. My other daughter💔, Shaimaa, was a university student.😥☹️ She had dreams and goals, but her education and hopes were stopped by the sound of bombs and destruction.

My youngest child, Adam, was badly injured. He has a skull fracture and needs ongoing medical treatment just to survive. Watching him suffer daily, without the care he desperately needs, breaks my heart in ways I cannot describe.😥💔

We also care for my elderly father. He suffers from high blood pressure and diabetes. Recently, he sustained a serious injury to his left eye, and he needs an urgent, complex surgery — but we have no access to the care he needs😭💔

I feel powerless as a mother. There is no greater pain than watching your children’s dreams fade, and their lives hang in the balance.💔🇵🇸

I know you will never let me down ���🥹

We didn’t choose this life. We are not just numbers on the news. We are people — families — who once had normal lives, just like yours💔😭

All I ask for is safety for my children. A chance for them to live, to hope, and to heal

I know you won't let me down🙏🇵🇸

Please, don’t forget us......🇵🇸

link gofundme...🙏

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As of June 22nd 2025

A cry of hunger that the world does not hear: A little girl struggles amid the crowds to obtain some food as famine continues in the Gaza Strip and aid is prevented from entering.

I am Nazmi, a displaced person from Gaza. I am living through a very difficult war. We live in tents without food, drink, or nutrition for the children who have been suffering from dehydration in this siege for more than 19 months. I cannot buy what is available because its price has risen dramatically. 😥 I need your help so that we can live, just me and my children. 🙏

✅️Vetted by @gazavetters , my number verified on the list is ( #380 )✅️💔

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As of June 22nd 2024

$20 will help improve my father's situation by providing him with some milk and diapers, and I was born in the war shelters.

https://gofund.me/9f876df8

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If you've ever appreciated my posts about LGBTQ issues, this Pride month, as a favor to me, please do something to help my friend Fadel ( @fadel-dani ).

Fadel is multiply disabled.

A very serious accident left his leg paralyzed for a long time, and now he walks with great difficulty. He also has thalassemia, a blood disorder, which leaves him incredibly fatigued. The medication he needs costs €400 every month. He needs to buy medication as soon as possible, because he has not been able to afford it so far this month. He suffers from dizziness and nausea all the time because he has not been able to buy his medication yet.

Fadel needs urgent surgery

Over 550 days ago, Fadel's family home was bombed and he was left with iron shrapnel embedded in his body. The medical infrastructure in Gaza has been decimated and he URGENTLY needs to get to a better-resourced hospital to get this shrapnel surgically removed safely.

Fadel's family is starving

Israel has created and maintained famine in Gaza as a genocidal tactic. Not only do they prevent food aid from entering, but they target crowds of Palestinians waiting for the distribution of aid.

Fadel and his brothers recently traveled together to an aid site, hungry and desperate for food, only to be met with Israeli snipers.

He recounted, "I saw many martyrs die in front of my eyes. Unfortunately we fled and were not able to take any food or anything. Now we have nothing to eat. A bag of flour costs 800 euros, a kilo of sugar costs 100 euros, a kilo of tomatoes costs 50 euros, and a liter of milk costs 80 euros. What's worse is that my medication is about to run out. I don't know what to do. Should I spend my surgery money to buy medicine and food to eat, or what?"

He told me today that for the last two days his family has been rationing their remaining supplies so that they have only been able to eat once a day. They are always hungry.

Fadel's campaign is vetted

His campaign has been vetted by @gazavetters (#197) and 90-ghost.

Earlier this year he raised nearly 50% of his goal, but on April 25th, 2025, GoFundMe cruelly deleted his fundraiser with no warning or explanation (something this company has done to many Palestinians trying to survive genocide) and he was forced to start over with a new campaign.

Despite GoFundMe's deletion of his first campaign automatically returning all donations to the donors, most people who previously donated have not taken the time to send that money back to him.

Today as I write this (June 22, 2025), he has has raised 39% of his goal, still over €3,000 below the amount he had raised back in April.

He has escaped death so many times, and he needs our help to survive long enough to get to a hospital who can treat his injuries.

What you can do:

Donate any amount you can to his campaign

Make a post about Fadel to share his story and encourage others to donate

Share this post with your followers

Send him a kind message at @fadel-dani and offer your friendship