With what’s being done to Snap benefits–food stamps–this month, and Thanksgiving coming up, I think it’s a really good time to give what you can to food pantries. With the reminder that money is always better than giving food, because the pantry is able to make that money go further and knows what they actually need.
An updated Steam version of OFF was released today. I started playing it again, and it made me want to reblog some of my old (12 years…) OFF fan art :)
mutual aid los angeles (MALA) has put together a spreadsheet with valuable resources for people affected by the ongoing los angeles wildfires and wind storm. the sheet is constantly being updated with resources such as shelter info, animal boarding info, addresses for distribution centers, volunteer opportunities and so much more.
if you’re waking up like me thinking “where do we even go from here?”
you:
build community & involve yourself locally
learn self sustainability skills
choose kindness
protect others & yourself
join or build a mutual aid group and/or network
find time for small joys (the arts, cooking a meal you love, spending time with loved ones, etc.)
you get to feel all the despair you want in this moment. but tomorrow morning you have to get up and resume the work. pick any of the above options. come up with your own meaningful ways to connect with the people around you so you all have support, no matter what happens in the future. give yourself something good to work towards.
I feel like ive seen quite a few gfms getting passed around and ive observed that a lot of them have stories of such exceptional people who have achieved so much, or were going to before the genocide cut it off. And i really commend them for it, i really do.
But it breaks my heart that palestinians reaching out to us feel the need to have to prove that they are they are good people who are worth the support, like theyre only worth being supported if they had a good gpa or were exceptional in some way.
They shouldnt have to prove that theyre beneficial to the economy somehow to be worth the support. They shouldnt have to be exceptional to deserve help. Our governments are putting them through this, both in the west and around the world too. They shouldnt have to prove anything. We owe them this
Ok this got a lot of notes unexpectedly so gonna link a few fundraisers here of people who reached out to me
these are pictures from before and after the floods. these are 2 days old:
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these other pictures are more recent, mostly from yesterday:
Rio Pardo, RS / Eldorado do Sul, RS
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Canoas, RS
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Porto Alegre, RS
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this is a nightmare.
I know my account is small and I usually only use it to say stupid things about the silly media I consume, but this is very important.
The state I was born in is currently underwater. I lived there my entire life and left just six months ago. I have family and friends in Porto Alegre and Viamão but the area they live in wasn’t as affected and they’re all safe and at home. They are currently helping by distributing food and clothes. Most people weren’t so lucky. They lost everything, many lost their lives. Civilian volunteers have been working day and night helping evacuate the victims.
This is the biggest catastrophe Rio Grande do Sul has ever faced.
If you could help at all, be it by donating or spreading awareness, please do.
There are a few things to do if your computer is not strong enough to efficiently run Nightshade and Glaze, or if you are still waiting to get a Web Glaze account.
Artshield
Artshield is another web-based and free tool to watermark your art and help protect your art against AI-training. It might not be as strong as Glaze and Nightshade, but it is quicker. It is also constantly being worked on, and sometimes might not be able to shield certain pieces of art, but you can help it by making sure the art you’re submitting doesn’t have a whole lot of pure white in the image.
They also have a section on the website where you can check and see if your Shopify has been used to train AI programs. They are also currently working on being able to scan Etsy.
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