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[mooncalf87]

Just a reminder: when Snakes shed their skin, they go blind for a couple days.

Be free my fanfic writers be free

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okay so firsties thanks to @saga-ordsmed for the Mandatory Service idea and the massive chunk of worldbuilding and concepts I'm about to use to solidify one of the most important arcs in Kiki's life.

Ninoreth I is a mission, at first, to get fair wages for mine workers. It turns into a revolution.

There are two characters whom Kiki establishes an important relationship with: Chular Sahines, who's native to the land, and Beziff Tarsos, multi-billionaire who runs as massive shipping company. All three are present as the "official meetings" that are really just distractions to keep the combination of indentured servants, slaves, and actual laborers occupied while the COalition of Mine Lords keeps them occupied.

Beziff Tarsos, I think, needs a more solid reason to be there beyond just "I'm the guy that ships things too and from the planet -- mostly from". He's not very subtle or politically savvy, but he does know shipping lanes and routes. I also want to use Mandatory Service (MS) as a reason for him to have close economic ties to Ninoreth I. On the outside, he's paying his laborers well and fairly. He has an MS license to operate in the star system, but without auditing there's a LOT of problems and often times those under an MS contract can get shuffled into the minelord's clutches.

Tarsos's shipping company is far-reaching and popular within the Senate, which otherwise ignores him. He has a contract or two with the Republic. He's friends with a lot of Senators. Tarsos is not very bright, however!

At about the halfway point through the arc, when Kiki loses patience with the dull and circuitous (and paradoxical? contradictory? lifeless. limp) "We can't use violence we have to use the power of POLITICS and VOTING" liberal meetings, Kiki very easily blackmails Tarsos. I can see her literally sitting on a chair in his office, the lights off, the glow from his computer highlighting her face, and she's already downloaded like a Terabyte of damning evidence. Normally a billionaire would get off scott-free, especially with an MS license as robust as Tarsos's, but this evidence includes a LOT of Senators, politicians, and even other CEOs by name. So she uses this information to get him to sway minelord coalition votes so that they're sufficiently distracted while Chular can shore up enough resources to arm the workers to the teeth.

Now the question is of WHO gets pulled into Tarsos's mandatory service. Former convicts? People who prefer the term "mandatory service worker" to "indentured servant?" Idk. I haven't thought that far.

Pros:

moral greyness! Kiki's holding onto butt loads of information of various economic and labor rights abuses and violations and she KEEPS this information for the duration of the war in order to get Tarsos to cooperate.

worldbuilding depth! thanks @saga-ordsmed

Cons

This is. the MOST politically dense arc i'd have to write. There's a lto of messages and parallels to real life liberation movements and leaders in here.

I also need to get in enough characterization for Kiki and her master to show how much they dont work together and also justify Kiki choosing to stay while he goes back to Coruscant.

something else im forgetting

Wait wait wait just realized. The indentured servants of Ninoreth I who often have the "better" conditions than the slaves but who are worse off than the "laborers" (wage slaves) CAN be the Mandatory Service Workers. They can be for both the minelords, who employ them with the company as a way to undercut the local labor force and ensure a loyal domestic supply of laborers, AND for Tarsos, who sometimes trades in MSWs rather than like. money.

[003soy]

they need to remove sploosh from the game rn

[vincentreproches]

BCSC ?

[sweetspecterz]

I made an about me video for my pinned! (also go check out my youtube channel)

linktree: https://linktr.ee/sweetspecterz

[hualianisms]

verified ways to donate to gaza directly

[this post is outdated. up-to-date version here.]

Donate to a Palestinian family directly:

gazafunds.com - Donate directly to a Palestinian family in urgent need of evacuation, medical treatment, daily necessities or more. Site run by Palestinians, all GFMs verified (full list here). Spotlights 1 stagnant GFM at a time. (*If you can't decide who/where to donate, just go to gazafunds.com & donate to the 1 GFM they show you!)

masterlist of 200+ verified Palestinian families' GFMs: Operation Olive Branch

Help provide tents:

The Sameer Project: Currently providing tents & transport for families in Rafah who urgently need to evacuate to Deir Al Balah. Has a team on the ground in Gaza who have supplied tents to 1% of the displaced population in Rafah. Run by Palestinians. (paypal) (gfm)

@helpgazachildren: Currently helping Palestinians in a refugee camp in Rafah flee the Rafah invasion to Khan Younis. Funds go directly to Hussam, a Palestinian in Rafah who hosts a refugee camp. Funds will cover the cost of tents & transport fuel. Managed by a Palestinian @.fairuzfan. (gfm)

Food:

Care for Gaza: Palestinian charity on the ground in Gaza distributing food, cash, medicine & other essentials to displaced families. Proof of their work found on their Twitter. (paypal) (gfm)

We Feed Gaza: Team of Palestinian volunteers in the heart of Gaza distributing food & water to 344+ families. More details & proof in their gfm. Vetted & promoted by LetsTalkPalestine on IG. (gfm)

Direct Aid for Gaza: A Palestinian activist on the ground in Gaza distributing food, cash & other essential supplies to displaced families. Proof of their work found on their twitter. (paypal) (gfm)

Water (*urgent and crucial!)

Gaza Municipality: The official Municipality of Gaza is doing vital, life-saving work to rebuild the water pipes in Gaza City to restore access to clean water & waste management services for the people of Gaza.

eSIMs (*very urgent):

guide to buy & send esims to gaza

Crips for eSims for Gaza: donate any amount to this team of volunteers who pool funds to buy & maintain gaza esims regularly (see their financial accountability document).

Medical Aid:

Gaza Wound Care: Palestinian doctors in central Gaza treating injured/sick children & mothers in neglected displacement camps far from hospitals. Facing a severe shortage of medicines, equipment, and medical supplies. Currently raising funds to support their efforts to battle infectious diseases in refugee camps. (gfm) (paypal) (gogetfunding)

international charities: Palestine Red Crescent Society, Palestine Children's Relief Fund, Medical Aid for Palestinians

How to help if you can't donate:

Share & amplify Palestinian fundraisers in your irl & online circles

Organize or help to run an online/irl event to raise funds for Palestine

Boycott

Get involved with a protest/strike/direct action in your area

Contact your reps

Educate yourself & others both irl & online

Daily clicks on Arab.org

(you can even adopt 1 fundraiser campaign to regularly boost it & make materials promoting it online, or print posters/flyers about Palestinian fundraisers to encourage others to donate. (poster/graphic about gazafunds.com: here, flyers about esims: here, flyers about gazafamilyfunds: here)

(longer masterpost of all ways you can help)

(*all these links and more now in this rentry page. will no longer be updating this post, instead refer to the rentry page)

Last updated 3/6/2024 with Gaza Wound Care & We Feed Gaza. Wanted to focus on Palestinian-run grassroots initiatives that will actually reach Gazans on the ground, so all of these except eSIMs, PCRF, MAP are by Palestinians. Donating to international orgs is not ideal rn as aid is still being stopped at the border. Please focus on Palestinian-run initiatives on the ground in Gaza.

Remember, small donations really do add up. Any amount counts, even $1!

[theshitpostcalligrapher]

the curse of summer is buying and eating an inadvisable amount of fruit in single sittings.

[8pxl]

new notepad concept,,,, been a couple yrs since ive released one!~

[n0ahsferatu]

scooby-doo ass gang fr

[kaogens]

happy autistic girl summer to those who celebrate

[jeffament]

me when someone asks me literally anything:

[jellymellydraws]

[micewithknives]

I let myself rest and now I'm daydreaming about academia and academic research and writing again

[badolmen]

People against piracy fail to realize that no, I can’t just ‘buy it.’ They stopped making DVDs and Blu-Rays. They’re barely offering digital copies for download. I am not spending money I could use for food or bills to pay for a subscription service just so I can always have access to a beloved piece of media. Especially not when the service will remove media on a whim without concern for how the loss of access to that piece will make its artistic conservation nigh impossible.

For example, I recently learned that Disney+ had an original film called Crater. It’s scifi, family friendly, and seems cool - I would love to buy it as a holiday gift for my little brother! But: it’s exclusive to D+ and THEY REMOVED IT LITERALLY MONTHS AFTER ITS RELEASE.

The ONLY way I can directly access this film is through piracy. The ONLY available ‘copies’ of this film are hosted on piracy websites. Disney will NEVER release it in theaters, or as something to buy, and it may NEVER return to the streaming service. It will be LOST because we aren’t allowed to purchase it for personal viewing. If I can’t pay to own it, I won’t pay for the privilege of losing it when corporate decides to put it in a vault.

So yes, I’m going to pirate and support piracy.

Edit: if you are able, use $5 you would otherwise use for a streaming subscription to donate to a GazaFunds campaign.

[ackee]

to all my mutuals and friends. im so sorry

[greelin]

this is going to have me on my hands and knees dry heaving