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And here it is, the La Brea piece! All three groups of animals I'm not confident with (horses, cats, dogs), in one place! But I think it turned out all right in the end.

After some last touch ups I also added 2 more birds and flowers in the foreground. Big thank you to the devs of the game Ecos: La Brea, of which many joined to give feedback and to talk about their game that will let you play as an animal in and around the tar pits.

Speaking of the tar pits: I avoided them here very much on purpose. With the exception of the petroleum fly these animals did not LIVE in the tar pits and Pleistocene California wasn't always as dry as it is today or as it is often time portrayed. Especially after extensive rain, the hills and plains must have been full of herbs and flowers, attracting all sorts of megafauna. Check out the Ecos website if you want to learn more about these animals and the ecosystems they lived in.

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gently holds 🤲🏼

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Never Forget the Reign of Terror waged against Muslims in the nearly two decades following 9/11.

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masterpost of palestinian fundraisers i'm spotlighting on my blog + verifications

last updated: june 30, 2024

Doctor Moath Abu Samra & Family Evacuate Gaza - $20,135/$50,000 [SLOWED] ***this fundraiser has gained no donations in 4 days please help boost this one verified by Operation Olive Branch - row 85 individual reblog post here

Urgent Appeal: Save Little Yusuf and His Family Amidst Gaza - €40,928/€85,000 verified here by el-shab-hussein. follow the fundraising organizer here on tumblr @/ahmednabubake individual reblog post here

Mohamed Hamad and his family dream of reaching safety - £9,069/£50,000 verified by here by el-shab-hussein. follow mohamed on tumblr at @/mohamed-hamad individual reblog post here

Saving My Family from the Horrors of War in Gaza for Firas Salem - €32,902/€65,000 verified here by el-shab-hussein. follow firas on tumblr at @/firassalemgaza individual reblog post here

Help Sana’a and her family evacuate from Gaza - £52,211/£70,000 [SLOWED] verified here by el-shab-hussein follow sujood on tumblr at @/sujoododeh individual reblog post here

Help the Qanou Family - £2,174/£55,000 [LOW] [SLOWED] verified here by nabulsi. follow raghad here on tumblr at @/rhq274 individual reblog post here

Help Nahla and Amal Family to Rebuild their life - €2,953/€80,000 [LOW] [SLOWED] verified here by nabulsi. follow the fundraiser on tumblr at @/jrk85 individual reblog post here

Helping Ahmed's Family: Escaping War to a New Life - €22,334/€35,000 verified here by nabulsi. follow ahmed on tumblr at @/zinaeleenyamin. individual reblog post here

Help the Abu Shammalah Family Find Safety and Rebuild - €9,644/€100,000 [LOW] verified here by el-shab-hussein. follow ahmed (fundraiser's organizer) on tumblr at @/ahmed8311. individual reblog post here.

Help Ahmed family to travel to a save place - £2,961/£30,000 [LOW] verified here by nabulsi. follow ahmed on tumblr at @/ahmed-ziad. individual reblog post here.

Please help Shamaly family SURVIVE Gaza & start a new life! - $23,910 CAD/$90,000 verified here by fallahifag. follow the fundraiser on tumblr at @/familydeea. individual reblog post here.

Help Alaa family to travel to a safe place - £25,424/£56,000 [SLOWED] number 99 on el-shab-hussein and nabulsi's spreadsheet. follow alaa on tumblr at @/alaaalkhateeb. individual reblog post here.

Death chases my family in Gaza; help me save them. fundraiser for Mahmoud Khalaf - €9,443/€30,000 verified by ibitsams here. follow mahmoud on tumblr at @/mahmoudkhalaff. individual reblog post here.

Help me and my little family to survive! fundraiser for Hamsa - €5,389/€30,000 [SLOWED] verified by nabulsi here. follow hamsa on tumblr at @/hamsamohammad. individual reblog post here.

Standing with a Family Escaping the Horrors of War in Gaza for Dr. Tamer Aldeeb - €16,829/€40,000 verified by ibitsams here. follow dr. tamer aldeeb on tumblr at @/tameraldeeb. individual reblog post here.

Help my Family To Evacuate Gaza for Mohammed Bardaweel - €6,099/€37,000 [SLOWED] verified by el-shab-hussein here. follow mohammed on tumblr at @/mohbardaweel. individual reblog post here.

Help Nada and Abdulrahman's family - $220 CAD/$31,000 [LOW] [SLOWED] verified by nabulsi here. follow abdulrahman on tumblr at @/abdulrahmanpixel. individual reblog post here.

Amira's Story: Between Hope and Resilience - A Call for Soli - €11,289/€20,000 verified by nabulsi here. follow amira on tumblr at @/amira-alanqar. individual reblog post here.

Help Mahmoud to evacuate from Gaza to continue education -$14,076 CAD/$50,000 verified according to fallahifag here. follow mahmoud on tumblr at @/ma7moudgaza2. individual reblog post here.

Help me and my family to evacuate from Gaza Strip for Iyad Sami - CHF4,671/CHF20,000 verified by 90-ghost here. follow iyad on tumblr at @/eyadsami. individual reblog post here.

My family battles death in Gaza; we need your HELP for Reham Al Jarrah - €2,395/€49,000 [LOW] [SLOWED] ***this fundraiser has only received €5 in the past 3 days verified by the @/strawberryseedcollective on instagram here. follow reham on tumblr at @/rehamjarrah. individual reblog post here.

Rebuilding Live: A Mother's Plea for Hope and Safety in Gaza for Nour Alanqar - €4,256/€40,000 [LOW] verified by 90-ghost here. follow nour on tumblr at @/noor-alanqar. individual reblog post here.

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Fundraiser for safe passage from Gaza into Egypt for Mohammed Al Sayed - $30,438/$70,000 found on his twitter account Lawyer_Animal1 which has been active since 2021 and posting images since 2022 individual reblog post here

Help Muhammed and his family evacuate to safety ! - €12,749/€25,000 found on muhammed's twitter account mhmd_s11 which has been active since 2016 individual reblog post here

please donate/share if you can! fundraisers marked as slowed have had little to now donations.

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it really hurts me to see so many gazans asking us for help, though that's through no fault of their own. they've been forced to use a social media site that they're probably not familiar with (because tumblr has kind of faded out of popular consciousness), to interact with us in a second language, to distinguish themselves from the scammers who are taking advantage of genocide, and to ask strangers for help. i don't think there are any cultures where it's easy to ask for help like this, but i'm intimately familiar with how humiliating it can be in arab culture. please be kind, gracious and helpful to the gazans in your inbox. this is a desperate time for them, and in addition to the physical danger inflicted by "israel", the prices of basic resources in gaza are extremely high due to scarcity, and those that manage to escape to egypt are financially exploited by landlords there and have an extremely difficult time finding work due to their unofficial status as refugees. these families will continue to need our help and i hope we can all continue to provide it to the best of our ability.

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President Biden's plan for the first 100 days of his next term:

—Restore Roe v. Wade

—Sign John Lewis Voting Rights Act

—Expand Social Security and Medicare

—End all medical debt

—Raise the minimum wage

—Pass the PRO Act for workers

—Ban assault weapons

—Lead the world on clean energy

—Permanent child tax credit

—$35 insulin cap for all

—Build more housing

—Invest in child care and elder care

you want that? FIGHT! for it, check if you're registered to vote and then find a way to volunteer, everyone can make a difference everyone!

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Why is the Sims community boycotting Curseforge?

I've seen a lot of posts going around calling on Simmers to stop using Curseforge, a modding platform that enables creators to monetize their downloads, with plenty of outrage directed toward modders and CC-makers who are still on the platform. But I've also seen a lot of people who are confused about why there are calls for a boycott.

Curseforge is owned by Overwolf, a company that is donating money to the IDF in support of its ongoing genocide against the Palestinian people.

In late October/early November, Overwolf posted a graphic on their social media asking followers to "defend our defenders" by contributing financially to a fundraising drive for the IDF. They were met with backlash and quickly took the graphic down, replacing it with one that used language about raising money for "those effected by the violence in Gaza" (my phrasing may be inexact) but the money is still going to the IDF and not to any agency actually supporting civilians or doing humanitarian work.

You can see the original graphic on this change.org petition, which provides some additional context.

If you are using Curseforge in any way -- by hosting your content there or downloading from it -- you are giving money to a company that is raising funds for an ongoing military campaign against a civilian population.

This is why people are calling for a boycott. If you are a modder or CC maker for the Sims, you should remove all of your content from the website and redirect people to other DL sources. If you are a consumer of mods and CC, you should stop clicking curseforge links and send (polite!) messages to modders and CC makers to urge them to pull their content from the site.

ETA: Here's another link with more images of the original Overwolf Tweet!

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I don't think people truly understand the gravity of Rafah being bombed.

There is nowhere left to go.

The lowest cost is $5,000 USD to flee to Egypt. There has been people paying over $10,000 USD.

That is the only option

Pay or die.

Rafah was the only place in Palestine promised not to be bombed. That promise is broken.

1.5 million people have nowhere to go!

Reminder, if possible, please donate to the PCRF, ANERA, Islamic Relief, Palestine Red Crescent Society, Medical Aid for Palestinians, Defense for Children International - Palestine, Doctors Without Borders, and all other trusted organizations.

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I say this as a black immigrant from a third world dictatorial country that has faced genocide and is actively facing ethnic cleansing, stop tokenizing people’s traumas and oppression.

these are actual people facing traumas that you cannot begin to conceptualize, stop using their existence and/or deaths as morality tokens on the internet. it’s becoming less about the literal genocides taking place in various countries and more about morality competition.

posting/using people’s deaths as a talking point is disingenuous. stop weaponizing the traumas of the oppressed to feel morally superior than strangers on the internet, these are actual human beings, are not talking points.

anyways, here’s is a master list on how you can educate yourselves and provide resources to people in Palestine. Additionally you can follow @LetsTalkPalestine on instagram and join their broadcast channel to stay informed and updated.

this is a link to assist in humanitarian efforts in Haiti

link to assist with humanitarian efforts in the Democratic of Congo

link to assist with humanitarian in Sudan

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Handful of Hobby Items Collection 🪀

The Sims 2 and The Sims 4 both have really nice variations of hobby items that we have in The Sims 3, so I decided to convert some and put them together in a hobby item collection!

The basketball hoop on the right in the first photo, the basketball court markings, and the freestanding ballet barre are from The Sims 2: FreeTime.

The basketball hoop on the left in the first photo is from The Sims 4: City Living, the piano and telescope are from The Sims 4 base game, the easel is from The Sims 4: Discover University, the training dummy is from The Sims 4: Strangerville, and the dance floor is from The Sims 4: Get Together.

The piano and one version of the dance floor require The Sims 3: Late Night and the training dummy requires The Sims 3: World Adventures to function.

The basketball hoops need the Rim Rockin’ Basketball Hoop, and the ballet barre and the other version of the dance floor need the Stiff As A Board, Light As A Feather Dance Collection from The Sims 3 Store to function.

The plastic chair in the first preview photo is a conversion by aisquaredchoco here, and the mural is a previous conversion of mine here.

Entertainment -> Sporting Goods

Super Shot Basketball: three channels | §650 |

H-O-R-S-E of course Basket Ball Hoop: three channels | §2750 |

Décor -> Rugs

Basketball Markings: one channel | §50 |

Entertainment -> Hobbies & Skills

Tickle My Ivories Grand Piano: three channels | §1415 |

Rob Russ' Happy Little Easel: two channels | §600 |

Back Pocket Observatory: three channels | §750 |

Better Barre by Deuxjoint Ltd: three channels | §200 |

B64 Training Bot: non-CAStable | §500 |

Hip to the Max Cardboard Dance Floor: one channel | §50 |

Hip to the Max Cardboard Dance Floor (Store Version): one channel | §50 |

Credit: meshes by EA, The Sims 2, The Sims 4, SimPe, Sims4Studio, TSRW, Blender, Milkshape, Photoshop, and Gimp.

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If you like my work, please consider tipping me on Ko-fi.

Experiencing issues with my conversions? Inbox me. Enjoy! 💙

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Learn more about Simmers for Palestine here

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But for real *why* is there such a maniacally intense type of person attached to "fanfiction." Like fanfic to a certain subset of fanfic likers is not just the ultimate form of media but visibly the most powerful presence in their lives, something they consider so culturally important that they talk about protecting ao3 more than they ever talk about the censorship of actual libraries or education. Like fanfic is the only thing keeping them alive, their only source of community, their opinions on it as big as a religion or a political ideology. They literally divide humanity itself into "pro or against fanfic" before they divide them by any other thing.

I just....don't..... understand. It's even more confusing than people whose entire relationship to politics is filtered through video games or the people who think they'll have nothing left if they can't have Harry Potter crap, which is already just kind of sad and scary to witness. Maybe it's just because I've never read fanfiction so I'm not affected by whatever supernatural hypnotic curse seems to have been placed upon them by some sort of lich??

It can be your favorite thing in the world and all your blog is about, that's fine, thats extremely different from what I'm describing here, which I hope is obvious from words like "subset."

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I had a dream last night about an adult cartoon called 'Horse Gun' and the plot was, and get this, that there was this pistol that shot horses and if I recall correctly had an infinite amount of ammo so there could theoretically be infinite horses. I need someone to pitch this idea.