Small reminder that you should really download your favorite fics off of AO3. We are seeing mass censorships well as the chance that anything, such as another severe DDoS attack can shut down the site making works unaccessible and possibly lost for good.
If you do not know how to download fics, it is a simple 2-button click. I've written a tutorial here.
You think your stuff is safe until it's suddenly not, and then often times it's too late.
This post starts with AO3, (because it seems to be the common denominator across all users on this website /joking) but I recommend extending preservation efforts to anything online if you can manage to download it.
I'm not saying panic and start buying tons of storage devices to hold immense amounts of stuff. A cheap usb can hold plenty of things. You don't have to stop using services still available if it's more convenient to read books on your phone than to fill your backpack with 7 of them.
But you should still get (either buying or creating) physical versions because nothing is guarantee that it will remain forever. From shows being pulled from streaming services, to banned books, to losing access to digital copies of media because the service doesn't support it anymore, the account is lost, or the company goes under. This goes for messaging platforms as well. Your role-plays with your friends on discord can be lost forever, your photos can too.
This doesn't even include media most vulnerable to censorship and how quickly it can be removed, and quietly.
You think it will not happen to you, it will. Do not wait for unforeseen circumstances. Go back up and preserve what you can, your future self will be happy that you did.
Hello, How are you? I am Anas from Gaza. Due to the terrible situation, war, bombings, and the dire living conditions, could you please help us by donating through the GoFundMe link, even if it's just a small amount? And if you can't, could you please share the link?😔💔💔💔 I humbly request your assistance by sharing the following link or small donate to support my family during these difficult times. I understand that this may be an inconvenience, and I apologize for any discomfort my request may cause. Your generosity could greatly impact our lives, and we truly appreciate your consideration. Thank you for your kindness.🙏❤️🥹
Link: https://www.gofundme.com/f/restoring-hope-for-my-family-and-gazas-struggling-communit
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lindt is being sued in a class action in the united states because they are one of MANY brands of chocolate that tested high for heavy metals. and this is despite lindt claiming their chocolate is "expertly crafted with the finest ingredients". no recall was issued after the tests came out. lead and cadmium can fuck the body over BAD.
lindt's genius defense is that they are going to stop saying the whole thing about being expertly crafted with the finest ingredients, so nobody can complain about the heavy metals in their chocolate anymore! and that makes it okay. source: trust me bro
(now please drop the lawsuit thanks)
consumer reports test results of a bunch of different chocolate brands <- original report being referenced
even more chocolate brands that were tested for heavy metals
I am Abdul Hamid, and this is my mother. The circumstances of the war wanted to destroy my dreams and my mother’s dreams, that I should complete my studies and become successful, compensate my mother for her years of trouble, and benefit myself and society. I hope you look at us with mercy, and this is my university degree. Help me complete my dream and on the path to my success. Help me, even if just a little. Or help me get our message to the donors💔💔🇯🇴I note that my father died when I was one year old💔😔😭and my mother and I’s dream is to live a decent life and complete my education. Please help me 😔
https://gofund.me/e01da0d2
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🔸hello👋
🔸to all suppourter at the world 🫂
🔸my name is hilda am from gaza🥺
🔸I am pregnant and living in diffic soult conditions here😥
🔸The doctor told me that the baby is small in size due to a lack of nutrition.😭
🔸 We need $30 to $50 daily to ensure the safety of my pregnancy and my family🙏
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The profound joy that comes from being listened to.
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This is the fifth time we have been displaced. The Israeli occupation army has once again issued an evacuation warning for the area where we live. I don't know what to do now. We are tired of this life. We are unable to bear all of this. Please help us so that my family and I can travel outside Gaza as soon as possible. Please don't ignore us!!!!😭
Please donate to us so that my family and I can travel out of Gaza as soon as possible. Every donation you send me will speed up the process of my family and me leaving Gaza. Please, we are in dire need of your help. Donate to us and do not ignore us!!!!😭
Hello...I'm Mona from Gaza, I'mhousewife, my family consist of 5 people contains 3 children under 14years old .Now we live in a tent because we lost our house in the war.
Can you donate for me to rebuild my house and preserve my children lives and support me financially to evacuatefromGaza.
https://www.gofundme.com/f/donate-to-help-monas-famil-to-evacuate-from-gaza?utm_campaign=man_ss_icons&utm_medium=customer&utm_source=copy_link&attribution_id=sl%3A90393b18-b06f-40d9-a9da-289f907deb26
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The bombing has stopped and the bloodshed has finally ended, but there is still a great fear of breaching the ceasefire and returning to killing, bombing and displacement. So please, if you can donate even a little to get us out of here alive, do not hesitate and donate.
God can't hear us where it dares not walk Hearth/Reiner--Adult/Non-zero chance of posting adult content--CPTSD+Disassociative something or another+EDS/Fibromyalgia
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