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All Eyes on the Sumoud Convoy

Eyes on the road people. Eyes on the thousands of people on their way to the Gaza border to break the siege.

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All Eyes on the Sumoud Convoy

Eyes on the road people. Eyes on the thousands of people on their way to the Gaza border to break the siege.

SumoudConvoy-tracker

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having such an obvious favorite character trope is life ruining bro

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Not my white ass locked in the duke’s dungeon again because I fucked his favorite jester 😩

I didn’t know he was so territorial over the silly little guy 🙄

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I will never forget the horror I saw yesterday. Over 500,000 people trapped in a small area for aid that wasn’t enough for even 1%.

What we see here… you don’t see on the news. It’s hell.

Then, the shooting began. I’ll never forget the man I met on the road — we waited together since dawn. He was shot in the head in front of me… and people trampled over him. I don’t know if he’s alive or dead. I stood there helpless.

I didn’t tell my mother I was going — but I couldn’t watch them starving anymore. No flour for 3 months. No food for 2 days. I came back empty-handed… broken… in shock.

But my family is still here… starving, homeless, forgotten.

Please — I beg you — donate or share. Help me save them.

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shorthands for dumbassery that i have grown to love deeply

"how dare you say we piss on the poor" in response to someone misinterpreting your post

"_ isnt gonna fuck you" for suck up behavior

"woah. should we tell everyone? should we throw a party?" for who the fuck cares

"and what if the world was made of pudding" for when would this ever matter.

"and sharks are smooth both ways" for a group of people heatedly arguing with 1 guy who is fucking with them all

".. but its about a witch in the alps finding her lost cat" for someone trying to sanitize something to the point of absurdity

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June 08, 2025

Help a homeless trans woman pay for her weekly motel!

Update on this post. Charlotte is a trans woman with cancer and diabetes. She has been chronically unhoused for a while and is seriously struggling because of her multiple health problems as well as facing regular transphobic violence. She needs $40 for groceries and prescriptions ASAP and $450 to renew her motel by Thursday, June 12. It’s a lot but if 49 people each send $10 that’s enough!

VENM0 @ruby_arnone

$charlottegraham86

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If you think having uncomfortable conversations is hard - wait until you see the result of not having them.

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late Falin redraw

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I hate to be doing this again so soon, but we had a lot of unexpected expenses in addition to our rent because of late fees and bills we were behind on that we had to pay now, since both our welfare payments will be reduced significantly starting next month due to a new "reform" going into effect, leaving us next to nothing to live off for the rest of the month. On top of all the financial stress my wife has just discharged herself early from the hospital after a suicide attempt during a substance-induced psychotic episode following a nervous breakdown, due to the transphobic and ableist treatment she was subjected to by hospital staff during her hospitalization.

We've been having such an incredibly hard time this year coping with our mental health and stress surrounding our declining physical health, making financial setbacks like these hit especially hard, considering we're already struggling to live paycheck to paycheck following a massive hike in our rent late last year and bills from my wife's on-going dental work.

We're incredibly appreciative of anyone who's already helped out and lessened the massive pressure we're constantly under, it really means the world to us.

My PayPal

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in a moment, everything can change

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learning that addiction is a progressive narrowing of the range of things that make one happy was kinda life changing for me. i apply it to everything not even just addiction i am always checking to ask if i am narrowing my range of happiness or widening it

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🇺🇸recall of ALL zicam cold remedy nasal swabs, zicam nasal allclear swabs, and orajel baby teething swabs due to potentially life-threatening microbial contamination🇺🇸

all lots within expiration. it seems this contamination has been going on for a long time. and yes one of these is aimed at babies. awful.

two of these are swabs that go up your nose, and one is intended to relieve pain for teething babies.

Church & Dwight Co., Inc. is voluntarily recalling all lots within expiry of Zicam® Cold Remedy Nasal Swabs, Zicam® Nasal AllClear Swabs, and Orajel™ Baby Teething Swabs to the consumer level. The products are being recalled due to potential microbial contamination identified as fungi in cotton swab components. Swabs found to contain microbial contamination can potentially present a significant risk to the health and safety of consumers including serious and life-threatening blood infections in users whose nasal mucosa may be compromised due to inflammation and mechanical injuries. The risk is highest (potentially severe or life-threatening) among children and individuals with compromised immune systems or other underlying medical conditions. To date, no serious adverse events associated with the affected product have been reported.  The recalled products were distributed nationwide in the United States and in Puerto Rico.

so, for fuck knows how long, the swabs have been contaminated with dangerous fungi. this recall announcement does not specifically name the type of fungi that contaminated the swabs, but they do say that it is bad enough to potentially be life-threatening. yikes!

now here is the complicated part. these are products advertised to sick people and babies, which are two groups at risk of randomly getting sicker. although there have been no reported serious adverse effects, note that they never said no adverse effects. if someone developed a life-threatening infection from these, it would probably be pretty fucking hard to link that illness or even death to a nasal swab. there is no telling if the samples taken of the contaminants will wind up being linked to someone's illness from months or years ago.

the nose and mouth are dangerous places to get infections, as the infections can travel to other parts of the body like the brain or heart and become deadly. this is part of why going to a dentist is so important, because infections in the mouth can kill someone who is otherwise healthy.

there have been many US news stories over the years of people who got contaminated water up their nose and wound up hospitalized or dead from infection, too. which is why you should never use tap water in a neti pot.

Recalled Product Information Zicam® Cold Remedy Nasal Swabs, with UPC 732216301205, all lots: A zinc-free, homeopathic cold remedy swab designed to shorten the duration of the common cold. Zicam® Nasal AllClear Swabs, with UPC 732216301656, all lots: A nasal cleansing swab product (discontinued in December 2024). Orajel™ Baby Teething Swabs, with UPC 310310400002, all lots: Pre-moistened swabs designed to soothe teething discomfort in infants and toddlers.

ALL LOTS within expiration are being recalled. and the implication here is, this contamination may go back YEARS. they just do not have to take full responsibility for the contaminated products that have already expired.

Consumers who have purchased any of the recalled products should stop using the product immediately. Please visit www.churchdwightrecall.com or call its Consumer Relations team at (800) 981-4710 for a full refund. Any additional questions can also be directed to its Consumer Relations team Monday through Friday, 9am – 5pm ET. Adverse reactions or quality problems experienced with the use of this product may be reported to the FDA's MedWatch Adverse Event Reporting program either online, by regular mail or by fax. 

stop using these products immediately and reach out to the company for a full refund. and if you have experienced any adverse reactions from these products, please report it to the FDA.

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Help Two Stuggling Disabled Butch and Femme Trans Women

So our quite frankly awful ill-parted ex gave us two weeks notice in march that she was moving and then attempted to steal from and insulted my partner, and didnt even tell us she was going to turn off the water let alone when it would happen. A few days ago, the landlord served a eviction notice to us, which means we need to be out and SOON

So right now were waiting for the power and wifi to just turn off at the same time as we're trying to move to a place thats super isolated in a very conservative area in U.S.A South. We will be a 15 minute drive to a ridiculously small town and a 40 minute drive to a Walmart. The house itself is from the 1930s/40s and falling apart.

On TOP of this, the several hundred gallon water pump that was at the house not three days ago was stolen and then we were told lies to our faces about how its been gone for a while. To add insult to injury, it was replaced with a smaller, crappier and broken pump. Which, WHY? our life is a bad YouTube comedy movie, especially because we had at the same time finally gotten the water pipes in the house fixed

we currently have 140$ in our combined bank accounts right now, which doesnt cover two weeks of groceries, let alone also the gas required to move to the house

please help us with whatever you can, we need as much assistance as we can get for groceries, repairs, clothes, even bills, theres no easily gotten employment opportunities for a trans woman in that area so we really need it

venmo- @crow-forgemaster or my patners @Prince_Nova

cashapp- $dragonforgedbutch or my partners $StrayNova

kofi- dragonbutch

currently people have donated:

418/2000$

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I don't know why, but America is the first supporter of Israel, as two days ago everyone in the Security Council voted to stop the war on Gaza directly, while America objected to this resolution against the veto. Is it possible that this is in our interest, or do they not want this genocide against us to stop?

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