In Light Of Recent Events, I Discovered This Website That Should Be Useful To People:

In light of recent events, I discovered this website that should be useful to people:

Dr Ruth Pearce

What’s wrong with the Cass Review? A round-up of commentary and evidence

[last updated 22/04/24] Last week saw the long-awaited publication of the final report of the Cass Review. This report was commissioned by N

Links to the sources mentioned are also provided on the web page.

Also, if I see any TERFs reblog this, y'all getting blocked.

platforming palestinian joy is just as important as sharing the suffering they're enduring during this genocide. despite continued displacement and bombardment, you cannot steal their joy and spirit. happy birthday to this sweet baby 🖤🇵🇸 may they grow up to see a free palestine

edit: @saffronlesbian made a video description for this post!!

[vd: a screen recording of a tweet from the 20th of April 2024 with 2.5 million views, from Ruhi @/ruhi_hi. the caption reads, "This video of this little Palestinian angel celebrating his bday in a refugee camp" followed by three emoji of a smiling face with teary eyes. the video clip is 11 seconds long and shows a one-year-old baby seated on the sandy ground, smiling hugely and clapping his hands while people sing to him from offscreen and a large cake is placed in front of him. stuck into the top of the cake is a decoration that reads "happy birthday" in english. the video has the tiktok handle @/ibrahim.jamal99 visible in it. /end vd.]

Drawing is so fucking hard. My first ever attempt at drawing myself; all the proportions are messed up 🥲.

Also the art style it turned out to be is quite interesting and different much more realistic than normal, even though I messed up the proportions.

I feel like this person looks lifeless 😖.

Idk why I'm putting this on here, but I always love seeing others' art.

Hello everyone,

Brazil is underwater, and we come here asking you for your help.

As some of you may know, the state of Rio Grande do Sul (RS) has been getting torrential rains since last Monday (29/04/24).

In four days, it has rained 436,2 millimeters (17,2 inches), which’s triple the normal amount in a month, which is 140 millimeters (5,5 inches) 

More than two great rivers in our region had their volume duplicated, or sometimes, triplicated in size.

This means all the cities that are close to these rivers ended up completely underwater

There were more than 110 towns flooded and the estimate is that more than half a million people have been affected by this climate disaster. There are also thousands of people who are arriving in my city (the state capital, Porto Alegre) as climate refugees, coming from communities displaced by the floods.

Through this unprecedented tragedy we have been really happy to see entire communities mobilizing to help others. Still, there are people who have lost everything, especially those in marginalized communities living in precarious, unsafe and unsanitary housing.

That’s where you come in. We need money. Money to buy food, clothes, medicine, basic hygiene products, mattresses so that refugees have a place to sleep, basically everything.

Right now, the biggest demand is drinkable water: my city is almost completely out of water, because the water treatment stations have been flooded. 

We understand that you may be able to give very little, but also what is little to you means A Lot more to us. Just a dollar is enough to buy 5 liters of fresh water. 

Here are the links for international donations: 

SOS Rio Grande do Sul - Brazil

SOS Rio Grande do Sul - Brazil está fazendo Climate Assistence na APOIA.se

Aid climate refugees in one of Brazil's worst disaster.

gofundme.com

Donate to Help Flood Catastrophe Victims in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, organized by Marlon Mora

We are creating a go fund me campaign to help raise mone… Marlon Mora needs your support for Help Flood Catastrophe Victims in Rio Gra

(these donations are managed by people I know and trust. if you can, donate to them and not the government, but I’ll include that below as well. we don't trust the government to do anything right now, basically) 

This is another option:

Ação da Cidadania Contra a Fome a Miséria e Pela Vida: Doe Agora

Ação da Cidadania Contra a Fome a Miséria e Pela Vida: Doe Agora

Site da Ação da Cidadania, fundada pelo sociólogo Herbert de Souza, o Betinho em 1993, e a maior entidade de combater à fome do Brasil. Saib

Government donations:

And here is some international news coverage of what’s happening:

nytimes.com

Torrential Rains Leave at Least 29 Dead and More Missing in Brazil

Four days of pounding rain have inundated many parts of a southern state, cutting off towns and leaving people trapped as they await rescue

the Guardian

Weather tracker: torrential rainstorms cause death and destruction in Brazil

This part of South America is no stranger to major rainfall, but last week’s storms were particularly devastating

bbc.com

Brazil: Landslides and flooding kill 60 in Rio Grande do Sul

Officials say another 67 people are missing in Rio Grande do Sul, with more rain forecast.

PLEASE share and donate anything you can. Everything is greatly appreciated. 

every day should be like i wake up & my first thought is a beautiful idea of a fun & new activity & i spend my day accomplishing it

And despite all this shit, Biden is the best option we have for president, and if I could vote I would vote for him even though I despise him, but I effing hate Trump. It is so sad that right now we just have to hope we don't get Trump; anyone but Trump. Originally Biden seemed like a decent guy but supporting Isreal is unexceptable. I wish we could just redo the primary election.