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My name is Mohammed Zaqout, a Palestinian living in the USA, and I am organizing this fundraiser to help my family in Gaza, who are facing a severe humanitarian crisis. My siblings and their young children are trapped in desperate conditions, suffering from starvation, lack of clean water, electricity, internet, and medical care. They have lost everything, witnessing constant bombings and even white phosphorus attacks. Aid is limited, and the situation is worsening, especially with winter approaching. I feel powerless, as I cannot abandon them and fear losing them at any moment. Any support to help reunite me with my family would be deeply appreciated.

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Donate to Gaza Humanitarian Help For my Family, organized by Mohammed Zaqout

My name is Mohammed zaqout , and I am a Palestinian-lives in USA. I am reaching … Mohammed Zaqout needs your support for Gaza Humanitarian

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hi, not only have my hours been cut, but i missed some work due to having the flu and management did not put in my pto like i had requested them to. now i am EXTREMELY strapped for cash. my commissions are open but if anyone has anything to spare, any donations are super appreciated ;-;

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I think it’s incredibly fucked how capitalism discourages learning for learning’s sake. People will have interests they’ve spent years researching then say it’s “useless knowledge” bc it didn’t go towards a college degree and isn’t part of their job. Learning is never useless! Your brain is growing and developing throughout your whole life! People would never have epiphanies or sudden lightening strikes of creativity if they weren’t learning new things! That goes double for topics like science, politics, and history, which inform your understanding of the world you live in!

You Can Now Play the First LGBTQ Computer Game, For the First Time

‘Caper in the Castro’ was thought to be long lost.

Caper in the Castro is a legendary video game, not because legions of die-hard fans continue to play it, but because it was thought to be lost forever. Now, what is largely considered to be the first LGBTQ-focused video game (it was released in 1989) is on the Internet Archive for anybody to play.

The game is a noir point-and-click that puts the player in the (gum)shoes of a private detective named Tracker McDyke who is, in case you couldn’t guess by the name, a lesbian. McDyke must unravel the mystery behind the disappearance of Tessy LaFemme, a transgender woman, in San Francisco’s Castro district, an historically gay neighbourhood.

OOOOOHhh!

The game was released as charityware – freely, with a strong request to give a donation an AIDS Charity of their choice. I’d like to push towards still following that and donating, if you’re able.

(And you might also want to donate to the Internet Archive, who is hosting it now, while you’re at it – they’re in the middle of a donation drive, and could use your support.)

Sean O'Connell still has the best weigh-in stare downs

The Golden Bat is Here (紙芝居昭和史 黄金バットがやって来る) [Lost 1972 Film] : Toho Studios : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

A 1972 Toho “comedy” film, long considered lost, that depicts the rise and fall of the kamishibai (paper theatre) storytellers that were popular throughout Japan.  Unfortunately, kamishibai was done in by the advent of television, although a few practitioners still keep the art form alive to this day.

The story of Golden Bat, arguably kamishibai’s biggest star, is interwoven amongst the tale of the men who wandered the streets entertaining children.

This film was previously considered lost, in that no copies seemed to exist outside of Toho’s vaults.  For whatever reason, the film has never been released on home video.

Luckily, last month (February, 2025) Maxwell Breese released a copy he found on the Lost Media Wiki site, and now we can all watch it ourselves.

It helps if you’re fluent in Japanese, though, as the film is not dubbed or subtitled.

Here’s a quick snippet featuring my man, Golden Bat, as he originally appeared, battling his arch nemesis Nazo:

https://youtu.be/mPhpdQGy36E?si=w4BR774WgPhLJcAf

DO NOT DO THIS.

This makes me so angry.

If you work in a movie theater and you do this I have no respect for you.

My younger brother is Type 1 Diabetic.

When we go to a movie theater, we always get him diet soda. If he were to get regular when we asked for diet, we would not give him the insulin he would need for it. If that happens, his blood sugar level could go so high he could go into a coma, go blind, or even die.

If somebody gave him regular soda instead of diet without telling us, that person could be responsible for a nine-year-old being killed or blinded.

Just thinking about that makes me so angry. I get scared every time we take him to a movie in case the people working there saw this picture and decide to do the same thing.

Please signal boost this so people know.

BAN ON CONVERSION PRACTICES IN THE EU. GO SIGN IT. DEADLINE IS FUCKING MAY 17. WE'RE STILL MISSING 800.000 signatures. FUCKING DO IT.

eci.ec.europa.eu

European Citizens' Initiative

Give your support !

Have you heard the voice lines for Superman and Batman in the Multiversus game?

"I know, the ice breath seems a little out there to some people, but boy does it come in handy when you're eating buffalo wings"

"Once a secret organization makes a teenage clone of you it's hard to be surprised anymore"

"Seeing all these different dimensions really makes you think. I wonder if there's one where Krypton is still around"

"Can I tell you something? I'm concerned about what Luthor's up to while I'm gone. He can be crafty...and surprisingly charming" HELLO WHAT DOES THIS MEAN

"Boy, Lois isn't going to believe this one when we get home...hope she's okay"

"Did anyone ever tell you about the time I was made of blue electricity? The 90's were wild"

"You like Beef Bourguignon?"

"You checked on Bruce--uh, Batman lately? I always worry about him. It's the brooding, you know?"

"Justice never sleeps...but I should occasionally"

"Morning! I could go for some green juice, or maybe creatine"

"This is the time of day Alfred would start hounding me to eat something"

"Alfred always decorates the manor this time of year. And every year I pretend I don't like it"

THESE VOICE LINES ARE ACTUALLY IN CHARACTER?? AND THEY'RE SURPRISINGLY WHOLESOME FOR A FIGHTING GAME