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gothhabiba:

eSims for Gaza is facing constant eSim shortages.

They get over a thousand requests for connection a day, but their email inbox is regularly sitting at 300-500 eSims. With the bombardment of Rafah and continual internet blackouts, the need for more eSims is particularly urgent.

Even if you have already sent an eSim or donated to an eSim donation drive, there is more you can do. The team is calling for people to campaign in their communities to help spread the word about eSims and encourage donations.

You can help by printing out posters and putting them up in local businesses, on telephone poles and notice boards, or wherever people are likely to see them.

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Download color poster

Download black and white poster

Or make your own poster, pamphlet, or protest sign with one of these QR codes:

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QR code with watermelon icon in centerALT

inkstaindusk:

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inkstaindusk:

knight/lord ships are like. what if i would die for you. what if i wanted you to live for me. what if i wanted to touch you but could only be satisfied with being near you. what if i could touch you but only through the safety of our gloves. what if i couldn’t stop thinking about you right next to me. what if i bloodied my hands for you and never looked back at the wreckage. what then

what if i wasn’t allowed to love you. what if i loved you anyway. what if you knew and i knew but we wouldn’t dare to take that step. what if we made meaningful eye contact as i knelt at your feet and devoted my whole being to you. what if i whispered your name for only you to hear

“my lord” is actually something that can be so personal

what if i said “my lord” but i actually meant “my love”

cutabello:

trupowieszcz-moved-deactivated2:

trupowieszcz-moved-deactivated2:

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does anyone know if i can like block sites from appearing in my google images searches??? i keep getting those awful ai generated things with a hand coming out of a man’s neck and just straight up not what i was looking for, because this was in a search for “curly hair in medieval paintings”. it happens every time i search for anything vaguely art-reference-like and it’s so fucking annoying and it clutters my search results so much. i don’t wanna add specific commands to the query every time too, what i need is like a browser extension or something

okay i found one! it works! everyone come get your blacklist 👍👍👍

I made a list of as many ai sites i could find to block with ublacklist, just copy and paste them in ublacklist’s options menu

vaspider:

beatrice-otter:

drpepper-spokesman-deactivated2:

GOOD NEWS! PLEASE READ!

KOSA has been delayed! It’s not for too long, just until January. But this gives us more time to continue sending emails and calling. ITS WORKING! KEEP CALLING! KEEP EMAILING!

(I was alerted of this because I’m on Fight for the Future’s email list)

Here’s the link to continue the fight!:

And, critically, the reason that it is being delayed for a month is that Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA), changed her mind on it. In November, she was not just going to vote yes but trying to get it fast-tracked. Last week, she admitted there were queerphobic problems with the bill that needed to be fixed before it could move forward.

Why do you think she’s trying to fix it now? Probably because she’s gotten a lot of pressure and phone calls on the subject.

This is great! It’s progress in the right direction. Next step: continue the phone calls and letters, pointing out that the bill as written does nothing to protect kids, and there is no way to make a bill like it that doesn’t harm LGBTQ+ folks (because the bill’s sponsors have admitted that the whole POINT of it is to let them censor LGBTQ+ people) and also no way to make a bill like it that doesn’t invade peoples’ privacy.

So yeah. Call your senators, or write them. The EFF has resources and talking points, and if you can put them in your own words that makes you more likely to be listened to.

This is unspeakably important. Don’t sleep on this.

skyllion-uwu:

Guy who fakes his death every time he gets mildly embarrassed about something he did

kropotkindersurprise:

November 24/25/26, 2023 - Despite the temporary ceasefire the people of the world are still taking to the streets everywhere in huge numbers to demand an enduring end to Israel’s occupation and genocide of the Palestinian people.

Here is a small selection of the solidarity demonstrations this past weekend. People are not letting themselves be tired out or distracted, Palestine is not alone!

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Havana, Cuba

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Durban, South Africa

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Ottawa, Canada

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Tokyo, Japan

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Jakarta, Indonesia / Doha, Qatar

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Tangier, Morocco

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Copenhagen, Denmark / Sydney, Australia

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Nicosia, Cyprus / Paris, France

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New York City, USA / London, UK

littlegreenfag-deactivated20240:

Hey, I know it’s fun to make fun of Henry Kissinger. But you know what’s even more fun? Donating to organizations that help undo some of the damage that Kissinger inflicted on various countries. Here’s a couple of links!

Cambodian Children’s Fund (I donated $50 to this one- that’s enough feed 26 families by providing 5 kilograms of rice each month!)

FAFG (This is a charity that helps Guatemalans find loved ones who disappeared during the Guatemalan Civil War.)

The Halo Trust (This charity is dedicated to removing landmines in Angola. Since 1994, they’ve destroyed nearly 100,000 landmines!)

Children of Vietnam (This charity helps impoverished Vietnamese families.)

TECHO-Chile (A really great charity that focuses on housing and community-based projects in the slums of Chile)

chromatocloo:

anotherdayforchaosfay:

thispreciousthing:

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So a free tool called GLAZE has been developed that allows artists to cloak their artwork so it can’t be mimicked by AI art tools.

AI art bros are big mad about it.

Seeing as Twitter is gonna legally steal your work now, please use glaze to protect what you make.

Guys did you hear about Nightshade?

Using both Glaze and Nightshade would corrupt the generation of pictures mimicking artist AND mess with the AI’s recognition of what everything is. Like it would generate a dog when you ask for a cat.

And it would be hell for AI bros to remove the cloaked pictures from their database ʕ 👀人ʔ

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