Help a Filipino family with a newborn and three other kids stay in their home!

UPDATED POST about the Tolentinos' situation after some negotiation with the new landowner!

Right now they have to come up with 6,000 pesos (about 120 dollars) by the end of April, 6,000 more by the end of June, and 12,000 pesos (about 240 dollars) more in December. (So basically around 480 dollars, with a quarter of it due immediately. This is less than what they WERE going to have to pay.)

Thanks to you, $98 of the first payment has already been raised! Thank you! We're still not quite there, though.

Here's Jhane Tolentino's PayPal donation link

In case you missed the earlier post, here's the deal in the nutshell: Jhane's* dad is partially disabled, and works as a taxi driver two days a week, for about 10,000 pesos (less than 200 dollars) a month, which is about all he can manage. But twenty years ago, the Tolentinos built a house for their family on land they were told they could occupy forever.

The landowner passed away, and his heir refuses to honor the agreement. He is demanding the Tolentinos start paying rent or vacate the house they built. After some negotiating, the price is dropped a bit, and he is allowing them to purchase the property their house is on (once again, the house they BUILT there, because they were promised they could stay there forever), but they have to come up with the above amounts by the times indicated or forfeit the deal.

If they can get through these first few payments, they hope to be able to handle things on their own, but this came out of the blue, and right now they need a hand.

*In case you don't remember Jhane (@geniussheepworld), she's been a friend of the family since 2021, shortly before El was born. Back when I was hooked up to an oxygen machine for a month, Jhane moved in with us to help Zoey (@thesurestthing) take care of Baby El and me, and pretty much just became part of our little family. She's living with us again to reduce the financial strain on the rest of the family, but that's all we can really afford to do.

26 June, 2023--They're coming up on another payment. We're helping as much as we can, but they REALLY need about another 100 dollars before the end of the month! Please help this family if you can!

They will need another 240 before the end of December, so anything over will go to that.

Possibly the greatest NPR exchange ever recorded

i was like "simon who" and then I saw it was david simon creator of the wire and yeah that scans, that's his voice alright

Sometimes I think that “just let the AI do it” people don’t get that writers… enjoy writing

well of course not, they see "writing" and think "product for to make money"

well of course not, they

see “writing” and think “product

for to make money”

Beep boop! I look for accidental haiku posts. Sometimes I mess up.

I hate the implication that the Spider-Man in our universe is the goddamn popsicle

Role swap au where Zuko was the Avatar who got frozen for a hundred years, so when he’s rescued from the ice instead of a goofy twelve year old Katara catches this mysterious teenager with long hair and a cool scar and a fucking DRAGON

Katara: BOY???? HOT BOY?????? HOT TEENAGE BOY?????????

Zuko: *speaks*

Katara: nevermind I hate him

How does Aang factor into this? I ask because the more I think about it the more I want him to somehow be trying to capture the Avatar.

Aang is 112 years old, decided he was going to be Zuko’s airbending teacher, and refuses to take no for an answer

Aang: Aw, the new Avatar doesn’t want me. Aang: *gets out a weighted net* Time for Plan B then.

JDJSHJABDBFJSH

Look, you know how you keep a net from falling on you? YOU AIRBEND IT, SUCKA. Air comes right after fire in the cycle so it’s not like the guy has any other options. Do you want a flaming net falling on you? No? Then learn to airbend. Or this tiny old man will cart you away like a trussed turkey and lecture you about the power of laughter, going with the flow, opening your chakras, and other hippie shit.

Sokka, slouching against a fence, not moving: Oh nooooooo, that creepy old man stole the Avataaaaaaaaaar. Sokka, sitting down on the ground: We should dooooo something. Sokka, pulling out his lunch: Otherwise he might actually learn something. That would be teeeerrible. Katara, indignant rage coursing through her body: Sokka!!!!!!!! We have to go look for him!!!! Sokka: Might! Actually! Learn! Something! Katara! Katara: *wavers* Katara, also sitting down: We have to go look for him…. *gets out her own sandwich* But, maybe after lunch.

I love that this transforms Aang’s role in the full Team Avatar familial situation from the baby of the family to the Grandpa with weird hobbies

My brain, immediately after the “Aang won’t take no for an answer” post:

Aang: I’m gonna ride him! *jumps on Zuko’s shoulders*

Actually, I thought a bit more about this: If Aang is “grandpa figure who won’t fucking stop teaching Zuko to be a better and more spiritually fulfilled person,” then what is Iroh doing?

And then it hit me.

Iroh: *sitting in a teahouse at a paisho table* Iroh, deadpan: I must capture the last airbender.  Iroh: It is the only way to make sure the powe rof the Avatar won’t be turned on the Fire Nation. Iroh: Only then will I be redeemed in the eyes of the Fire Lord for my failure at Ba Sing Se. Iroh: … Iroh: Anyway, it’s your turn.

About half of the B plots are just Iroh finding new ways to feign incompetence and bad luck so that his political watchdog can’t prove that he’s letting Aang - and by extension Zuko - get away.

@ray10k

Sometimes Iroh plays paisho with Aang, whose entire disguise during these games consists of a painfully fake mustache.

AANG WAS THE OTHER PLAYER IN THAT SCENE OF COURSE IT’S PERFECT (the moustache is just a bit of Appa’s fur tied in a string)

Ok, but now I’m also imagining the whole subplot with Zhao in season one being about him trying to humiliate Iroh. Except he knows pretty well that Iroh would completely destroy him in an actual confrontation so he’s too afraid of provoking him and always ends helping him in the end. And Iroh know it as well and keeps with spectacular failures (like hiring a crew of definitely not pirates that definitely will not steal his ship at the first occasion) just to annoy him.

Iroh: Joke’s on you Admiral Zhao; I don’t care about my reputation! *effortlessly rebuffs all of Zhao’s plots anyway*

Quick question: If Aang’s the weird teaching grandpa, what’s Bumi up to?

@treegona encasing Katara & Sokka in gemnite to force Zuko to stay for airbending practice

Weird thought because that scene has to have completely different energy with Zuko than it did with openly bleeding heart Aang. Is it to make him admit how deeply he cares about Katara and Sokka? Is his role to call Bumi’s bluff in the style of a clever fairy tale protagonist? Is it just played for comedy.

Zuko: Aang, you’re a monk. You wouldn’t kill anybody.

Aang: That’s what Bumi is for.

[a pause as Zuko remembers what Bumi was like as a twelve year old]

Zuko: *sighs* Okay fine. Let’s do this.

I. Wait. Wait wait wait. WERE ZUKO AND AANG FRIENDS 100 YEARS AGO?

skdkkgkakfks

Zuko was sent to train with Monk Gyatso, did not get along with Gyatso’s star pupil (Aang) at all for the one day he was there before running away and getting caught in a storm. Aang is determined to fulfil his duty and take on his teacher’s mantle, if only Zuko would stop being such a baby running away from training all the time.

Where’s Toph in all this?

No one’s sure whether Aang unofficially adopted her or vice versa. Either way, she’s traveling with “Old Man Twinkletoes” and helping him in his Avatar Hunt.

DEATH TAKES A HOLIDAY (1934) dir. Mitchell Leisen BRAM STOKER'S DRACULA (1992) dir. Francis Ford Coppola VAMPIRE HUNTER D: BLOODLUST (2000) dir. Yoshiaki Kawajiri

You really have to give the architect a 5 star thumbs up for his vision in building this place …

the town’s name is dixon

the longer you look at it the funnier it gets

Dude, this is the city I was born in. I know exactly which building that is, I HAVE BEEN TO THIS BUILDING, I NEVER THOUGHT ABOUT WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE FROM ABOVE

Literally the only reason China has the most CO2 emissions (net not per capita) is because of capitalist nations outsourcing production to them (which they're rapidly moving away from now that China isn't so cheap anymore) so if it bothers you so fucking much maybe you should tell your leaders and CEOs to stop creating the demand lol

Person who lives in the three cars per household country: China not communist cause pollution :(

i’ve been thinking about this video nonstop since the first time i saw it

the jaunty walk perfectly in time with the music. the tip of the hat the unaware or uncaring bystanders. the shaky camera with random zooming. the fact that this is seemingly happening in a park. this is peak media i can’t get over it

Paracelsus walking into the university of Wurtenberg to tell the other doctors stop treating gunshot wounds with poultices made of feathers and cow manure.

I DIDN’T LEARN ABOUT THIS IN DRIVING SCHOOL

Stop says the red light, go says the green

Wait says the yellow light, twinkling in between. 

KNEEL, SAYS THE DEMON LIGHT WITH ITS EYE OF COAL  SAURON KNOWS YOUR LICENSE PLATE  AND STARES INTO YOUR SOUL

THIS IS ALWAYS FUNNY

@irritatedlifeguard I agree with your tags.

ooooh I wholeheartedly agree

my archive is full of said classic posts, if anyone wants to make this happen :)

tony soprano privacy rights activist

Making a new post since the other one is doing absolutely nothing to help me survive until Monday.

I’m Victoria. I am black, bisexual and disabled. If I could get just like $20 I could make it work until I get my SSI on Monday. If willing to pay anyone back.

It’s pride month and Juneteenth just passed and I could just get a little bit of help.

Also, I start orientation for a new job next week so fingers crossed I don’t have to ask for help much longer.

Thank you for reading and possibly considering helping me ✨✨✨

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All the money I have

OMG

i lost it at jondor

“Legoland”

I have seen this approximately six zillion times and this is the first time I’ve caught “Gackass!”

SHIT. but fancy shit.

Oh, this is the good shit.

'twas you who inflicted notes upon me, was it not?

Notes be upon thee! I'm just the one who reblogged it, it's your gorgeous work that earns it.

The funny thing is, except for not having even one wired in controller, actual experts in subsea equipment agree that the controller was their best design decision. Game controllers are actually industry standard (although if you use a Microsoft operating system you should really use xbox brand, as the interoperability with all version of windows is unparalleled).

Can we please make the deep sea the next cool desirable “final frontier” pretty please. I want Elon Musk to design a horrible Tesla Brand submarine and go down to map the Mariana’s Trench for commercial development and watch it crumple like a tin can the second it reaches 200 meters