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First I will put you into context, please note that all this information is taken from posts, threads and statements made by Venezuelans so I will hyperlink each one of my sources.
From 2002 to 2013, Hugo Chávez was the president of Venezuela. Not only did he ruin the country’s economy, imprison people and remove liberty of speech in the country, but he also changed the constitution, allowing unlimited reelection. His regime became a dictatorship disguised as a democracy. Here’s an entire page about this period. (And you can read more searching “chavismo”)
After his death in 2013, Nicolás Maduro took the presidency. Venezuelans started protesting and, as a response, they were repressed and killed, universities were burned down and Venezuela became massively poor, people lacked basic needs (supermarkets were empty, increasing famine and malnutrition), hospitals lacked resources and, consequently, illnesses spread and infant mortality rates increased severely.
This Sunday, July 28th, 2024, elections were held and Venezuelans voted for Edmundo González to be the next president of the country. Exit polls expected him to win the elections.
Later, the revealed results were that Maduro had won with the 51,2% votes, while Edmundo González had only 44,2%. But, as of right now, already 75% of the electoral records confirm that Edmundo González was, in fact, the chosen candidate, meaning that Maduro once again cheated on the elections. This is electoral fraud. This is not a democracy, this is a dictatorship.
Now, Venezuelans are protesting and the government are once again repressing them. Civilians are being persecuted, attacked and killed. Innocent people are being arrested. The government is cutting their communication and are planning on cutting the electricity next.
I urge you to check this thread on Twitter by @/postmortemria. Her account is full of information about Venezuela and their crisis, please check her posts and share them to spread the voice. Try to raise Venezuelans’ voices and donate to them if you can.
At the moment, there aren’t many ways to help other than speaking up, but under this tweet you can find many talented artists and commissions are their way to make some money to pay for basic human needs. If you can, think about commissioning a piece or donating to them.
In addition, here’s another tweet with information to donate to the people affected in the protests. They’re in desperate need of assistance so anything can help.
guys i am actually tweaking. what do you mean you are not working? i have place on my phone for you just so you can help me text gay people who live in there with you. you don't have the luxury to hold space if you don't do your job right. know your worth.
my vpn is not working AGAIN
*seductively* would you.. be interested in doing a unfunny bit with me sometime.. just the two of us..
To anyone considering not voting because of the Palestinian genocide, I have this to ask:
How many Palestinian people do you think you're helping by laying back and inviting the GOP to crush you under foot? Self flagellation didn't cure The Plague, and it won't fix this situation either.
If you don't like the idea of voting for Harris, I doubt I'll be able to change your mind, but consider this: 468 congressional seats out of a total 535 are up for re-election THIS NOVEMBER. You want to make the government start actually representing the will of the people? Start there.
We're living in frightening times, and apathy is a very comfortable state of being, but you need to act. If you don't, who will?
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do you guys ever resonate with something so hard you feel your physical body ceasing to exist? i am not in this realm anymore baby i am an invisible cloud like being that is about to be a part of my latest obsession
call me a Victorian the way i did not understand it
the urge to make "Student's Coffee" but instead of water i use Red Bull
We need to put more people in Minecraft. We all know modern AUs for Minecraft characters, and don't get me wrong it's amazing seeing that war-torn goober in the line at the local Walmart. But what if we did the opposite. Take some random people. They could be from a modern setting or from the 1880s or from space, it doesn't matter. Now put them in Minecraft. Apply vanilla Minecraft mechanics. What will happen to them? How will they do? Will there be a watcher-esque being guiding them back to their world, a normal folk who happens to know about people from other universes, or will they be on their own? Do they have to beat the dragon to go home, or something else? They could be the best assassin of all time, but how will they do against a walking leaf creature that explodes? Not to worry tho, they'll just reappear on the last bed they slept on. I don't have enough non-minecraft interests rn to do this but somebody anyone please listen to my pleas. Explore Minecraft mechanics more. And do it with people who are Not used to them. That's the power of fanfiction. Use it.
“we have to stop straight men from playing gay characters” AND KILL FITMC???????