cross-posted from: https://hexbear.net/post/6648685

My dear brothers and sisters of the Hexbear community,

I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart for supporting me, my sister, and the rest of my family. I am truly grateful.

Thanks to God, my sister’s condition has started to improve. And with part of the donations you have given us, I decided to share kindness with others around me in the tents. I took some of the children and bought them a few things they love — like Indomie noodles and Almarai juice. Yes, it was a bit expensive, but seeing the smiles on their faces made it worth everything, especially the children.

I also bought 18 kilograms of rice and 10 kilograms of flour, and distributed them to nearby families. It truly brought hope back into our hearts.

We are living because of your support.

We smile because of your support.

Your kind words give us strength.

Everything you do for us brings joy into our lives.

Please continue donating so we can keep doing these small acts of kindness for the poor and the suffering around us. Thank you all so much for your love and support.

I hope we can reach more support this week, so I can withdraw the donations and buy more food while there are many items available in the market. I also want to purchase medicine for my sister, Montaha.

👉 Donation Link:

https://www.gofundme.com/f/surviving-an-onslaught?utm_campaign=fp_sharesheet&utm_medium=customer&utm_source=copy_link&lang=en_GB

https://www.gofundme.com/f/surviving-an-onslaught?lang=en_GB

Thank you again, from my heart. ❤️

— Soliman

Lightfoot is awesome don't get me wrong, but we should really be giving Rogers some love too!

I heard something on CNN that her party thinks she's mentally unwell. Boy you really gotta be a fuckup for the party of open fascists and pedophiles to be like you weird.

+1 @FlakesBongler

People want a better future

They just don't know how to get it

It's our prerogative as principled communists to educate and elucidate how to reach that better future

The sign, which appeared to be a temporary placeholder to show where to add the planned lettering, used a cursive font that strongly resembles the typeface used in the logo of his Mar-a-Lago club.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-oval-office-sign-white-house-b2859455.html

Lol

https://xcancel.com/NewsWire_US/status/1986157820253786167

So my partner does design work and her current project is with a couple of different universities

University of Miami is being really nasty about her work, so I drew this on my phone to show her and she's been laughing for the last 20 minutes and said you all would probably like it too

It's a Gator doing a dropkick in front of a cross that's also in front of the setting sun

I'm not posting the link because The Economist is trash.

💔 My friends… Please, don’t forget me. I’m struggling day and night to save my family from hunger and despair… I try to hold on to hope despite the exhaustion, the heartbreak, and all that we’ve lost. The situation is catastrophic, the worries grow every day, and I feel drained and depressed from everything we’re going through.

Please, my friends… don’t leave me alone. Your donation — even the smallest one — can make a real difference in our lives. You are our last hope after God. 🙏 https://gofund.me/1222af19

This article is so laughable. Also the “comedian” who “lived in Shanghai for a decade” is from……. Taipei

In 2025 she relocated to the US. When she arrived, she went on a frenzy of “revenge bingeing on democracy”, going to talks, protests and diving into New York’s public library.

after decades of hope in the US that closer ties with China may help the rising power to liberalise, under Trump 2.0, it seems as if the US is being pulled in the Chinese direction, rather than the other way around.

Ever since Trump unleashed the so-called Department for Government Efficiency, or Doge, on the Washington bureaucracy at the start of his term, many in China have viewed US politics through the lens of the Cultural Revolution. Whether it is the mobilisation of the youth to execute the leader’s will, or purging institutions of perceived enemies, Trump as viewed from China has delivered Mao-style chaos to the US, albeit without the same levels of violence.

I very much enjoyed the following moment of clarity from a moronic Chinese “intellectual”:

Chinese liberals, who are often, at least in private, critical of China’s political system, are increasingly finding it less objectionable than America’s, Zhang said. “It’s sort of painful to accept this … but after the pandemic the government seems to be doing the right thing in improving the environment and developing electric cars and investing in hi-tech,” Zhang said, while “the West, as represented by the United States, seems to be declining”.

Isaac Stone Fish, the founder of Strategy Risks, a China-focused advisory firm, said: “The United States could descend into the worst crisis of its history, orders of magnitudes worse than it is now, and it will still be freer, more open, and more liberal than China under Xi.”

cross-posted from: https://hexbear.net/post/6627216

Hello everyone… My name is Suleiman,

and I want to tell you my story… mine, my sister Montaha’s, and my brother Mohammad’s.

My sister Montaha has been sick for a long time… the pain never leaves her.

Every day I see her tears, and I wish I could take the pain instead of her 💔

Mohammad is still just a child, but he always tries to make her smile…

He wants to be strong for her, even when it’s hard.

A short time ago, our family took us to the sea…

not just to play… but to escape the pain for a little while.

We ran on the sand, we laughed…

and Montaha smiled… the most beautiful smile in the world 🌊💙

For a moment, I felt like the waves were telling us: “There is still hope.”

But when we came back home,

the pain returned,

the medicine returned,

and the fear in my mother’s eyes returned too…

I am still a kid, maybe I don’t understand everything…

but I know there are kind-hearted people in this world

who won’t let us face this alone 🙏

I just want my sister to receive treatment,

and for us three to laugh again like we did at the sea…

without pain… without fear…

If you can help us — even just by sharing our link —

your kindness could change our lives 🤲💚

🌟 Donation Link:

https://www.gofundme.com/f/surviving-an-onslaught?utm_campaign=fp_sharesheet&utm_medium=customer&utm_source=copy_link&lang=en_GB

Thank you for reading my words…

and thank you to every heart that stands with us,

even with a prayer.

May God protect your hearts, just like you protect ours ❤️

Wouldn't have won without him, link in title

cross-posted from: https://hexbear.net/post/6647298

cross-posted from: https://hexbear.net/post/6647051

For anyone new who hasn’t seen my posts before…my sisters and I are trans refugees from Uganda. We fled after violence and persecution made it impossible to live safely and we ended up here in Juba, South Sudan. Life hasn’t been easy since. We’ve been attacked ,our shelter was burned and we’ve had to rebuild from nothing more than once. Through it all, the kindness and solidarity of comrades here have kept us alive.

One weeks ago, I came here scared that we were going to be thrown out of our small apartment. Because of your help, we’ve come so far. You helped us raise 531 usd out of 900 usd which meant we could pay half of the rent and finally reconnect our electricity and WiFi. That gave us light again, a way to stay connected and even hope.

Now, we’re just 369 usd away from clearing the rent fully. The caretaker came back today asking about it but he wasn’t angry like before…it gave me a bit of peace like maybe a miracle is still possible. Once we finish paying, we’ll be able to access water again. Right now, we have to walk far every day to fetch small jerrycans just to drink or wash, and it’s starting to feel unsafe since people have been threatening us just for being who we are.

Also the little food we bought with your help is also almost gone. So if there’s any extra support, it will help us buy something to eat too.

I know I’ve asked many times but I still believe in kindness. I still believe in people who care. To everyone who’s been bumping my posts, donating and sharing…thank you. You’ve kept us going through days that felt impossible.

If you can help us finish this rent or even just share our story again, it would mean everything. Every bit of solidarity keeps us alive.

Support link in my profile. With love and hope, always ❤️🖤❤️

https://theonion.com/haul-of-fame/

This has emoji potential