A lil sketch I did of my friend as beloved Doc Ock bc his username in a Discord server I’m in is “Otter” and his profile picture is Oshawott (<3), and this is what my mind went to first :)
This is Rafah, The "safe" zone, where 1.5 million Palestinian fled to. You have to understand, what bombing Rafah means.
Please don't look away, while everybody is busy watching the super bowl, Israel commits one of its most deadly and openly genocidal attacks on Rafah. Please don't look away.
There are also accounts that verify legitimate palestinian folks in need!!
Reblogging because i totally fell for one of these and gave 15 dollars to some scum on the internet. Do better than me 😭
Some quick tips to spotting accounts that are pretending to be a Palestinian needing mutual aid. Please keep in mind that not all of them are scam accounts, and that some may legitimate blogs who just aren’t too knowledgeable on how tumblr works. This guide is based around what I go by when checking certain blogs and usually it’s a quick giveaway the blog is a scam.
1. You was sent the ask as someone who regularly shares Palestine related content such as regular news updates of posts by other Palestinians who are regularly giving updates. You may also get these asks from sharing a popular post that is from the Palestine tag. If you post often about Palestine, you will always start getting these asks. These askers don’t care if you state don’t send the asks. They will anyway. Unfortunately minors also get sent asks.
2. The ask has odd formatting such as having odd quotation marks in it or unusual formatting that may indicate it’s been edited and copied from somewhere else. Often the ask is the same thing as the post itself minus a link to a donation site. These asks rarely change so searching it should pull up if it’s been sent to other bloggers and sometimes the asks are edited only to add new phrases to them in time.
3. The account is almost always a few days old or a week old or long depending on how often they have sent asks. Usually some may even be an hour old and reusing a familiar pfp/ask.
4. The blog has a few Palestine related posts or posts from random tags reblogged to pad out length and then no more. They will have no original posts besides the pinned post while occasionally answering asks that they may have received but otherwise nothing else and no further updates given either.
5. They may have a Linktree link that is called “GoFundMe” as if indicating they have a GoFundMe there. However, they don’t. When clicked on, the Linktree actually goes to a PayPal account whose name may not even match the one their supposed name is. They’ll say it’s a friend, but it’s just the same person not someone else. You’ll see this same name across multiple accounts after a while usually giving away it’s not legitimate even under a different theme.
6. The text used by the blogs are often real stories stolen from legitimate fundraisers and searching parts of it in your preferred search engine should pull up the sources. These sources make no mention of a tumblr account either or don’t have the PayPal account associated with them in the info. Scammers often impersonate a real person in need and will ignore you if you show them the source they copied from.
7. Legitimate Palestinians often link to their own GoFundMe posts that their friends have set up or post links to other social platforms they are found on. They will regularly post updates when possible, post sources to support them when necessary, and also generally have some method of verifying their legitimacy. They may often share links to support others as well or give links to charities that have been shown as reliable. They will have more original posts than just a single pinned one and regularly speak to other tumblr accounts beyond just an ask. Please don’t bother them with asks about possible scam accounts. There are many guides out there that can do that for you if you search. You may find verified fundraisers too.
8. Scammers don’t know anything about Palestine and will often have trouble once you ask them anything beyond the mutual aid post. They don’t know the languages decently and you can tell it pretty easily if you’re one who uses it regularly. Whatever the scammers use is often just copied off the site they got the post from. Sometimes the text is just reused from past scams such as asking for insulin that doesn’t last long.
9. These scammers can and will use names stolen off real Palestinians to look more legitimate and trustworthy. They change names constantly once one of their PayPal accounts is shut down.
10. If you do see a GoFundMe link on a blog, don’t immediately assume it’s a scam just because it’s a relatively new account. Check the post notes to see if anyone’s verified the account yet or wait a bit as it takes time. You likely can search around to see if anyone’s posted anything where the blog has been vetted by others. You may also see if the GoFundMe is referred to on other socials or on lists that compile verified and vetted fundraisers.
Please don’t let these scams deter you from sending support where it needs to go. Even if you can’t donate personally, there are other ways to help. If you are sending money, please make sure that it’s going to where it’s needed and the place it’s sent has been verified accordingly. If you find a blog is a scammer, and have been able to prove it, please make sure to alert anyone sharing the post and report the account.
My first 2023 "Prompt-tober" piece– "The Bridge" ^ ^ going for more of a metaphorical bridge between worlds than an actual physical bridge haha
My friend (hi Rook) put together a list of prompts for each day, so I'll be yoinking from their list and spending at most 2 days per prompt :))
I'll hopefully be doing different characters per prompt from fandoms I'm in... with maybe a few OCs of mine I'll throw in there every now and then– it'll be fun!!
Cya sometime... soon!!
So... I saw Across the Spiderverse...
Hello! About the neat little Double Pendulum au you made! Can I have the basic gist and rundown of it?
nnnnnno :) I really want to show not tell (bc I'm trying to practice storytelling and whatnot). Unfortunately, this does mean that until I do more updates, information will be pretty scarce T T;
I've been having trouble with staying consistent in the art style I chose for Double Pendulum to the point where I'm considering just switching styles on occasion if not permanently for that comic– hence the slow updates
My friend’s cat Fishbreath again :) as a dragon (httyd inspired) again :))
A quote from my debate coach (followed by a response from my friend)
This fic by @sunflowerbeean made me feel so much T_T It's only one chapter in so far but my gosdhfklsdmdsfj
I had to condense some of the writing for this so go check out the actual fanfic if you want all the fun (heartbreaking) details <3
Also I finally have some breathing room so hopefully I can post more in the near future ^ ^ (no promises tho!!)
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