reminder that if you ever buy wool yarn secondhand you should put it in a plastic bag in the freezer for a week, let it thaw 24 hours, then refreeze another week. this makes sure that if there are any moths or pests they are killed by the first freeze, and the remaining eggs are lured to hatch by the thawing and then killed with the second freeze. until this process is complete you must keep the yarn isolated from your existing stash or you risk any infestation spreading. i buy a lot of wool yarn from thrift and antique shops and always do this and have never had a problem with moths or other bugs. if you buy wool sweaters or other wool things secondhand you should also do this just to be safe

I don't know why this is happening to me and my family why are we going through this pain and cruelty why do we have to starve why do we have to leave our homes fear and confinement why do we all have to suffer all my rights have been taken away from me I have forgotten my beautiful days that I lived before I am talking about myself from the intensity of oppression and injustice that I am living I come here to ask you for help despite myself because I do not have another choice while everyone lives in luxury or even just a normal life I am not living death is better for me in Gaza even when I say this no one pays attention they read a lot and ignore Oh man don't ignore please I really did not want this miserable life I wanted a life full of hope not begging to ask for help from strangers on the internet like this okay I really need to say this I need money and I need help from you please don't just share and don't just read please donate to me and my family

Feel free to donate guys we have been verified by gazavetters and i am number 4 there

Please donate to me here.

Their family’s gofundme link is right here, and they’re vetted as #4 on the Gazavetters spreadsheet - please consider helping out!

Guys, please help us. Please donate to us. An hour ago, no one donated to us. With all these posts, there are no donations. Please do not stop helping us. Please donate to us.

Two whole hours ago, only one person donated to us. Guys, with all these participations, and two hours ago, only one person donated. This is really very frustrating. Please donate to us and do not leave us suffering. Donate, please.

Please donate so that this goal can be achieved. If each of his followers donates 19 euros, Nader will be able to achieve his goal in a short time. Please donate.

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Please do not ignore us. Donate to us, my friends. I have become very sick and I went to get the medicine but I did not find it. I have to buy it and its price is very expensive. Please donate, my friends.

Only 4200 euros and we will reach our goal. Please, please, please donate to us and do not ignore what please donate to us only 4200 euros so that we can achieve our short goal. I have become really sick and I cannot find the medicine and if I find it now, its price is high. I need Please help me, donate.

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please help if you can!

"If you could save your mother’s life, wouldn’t you do everything in your power?"

That’s what I ask myself every single day.

My mother the most loving, selfless person I know is now fighting for her life. She underwent surgery just days ago, and her condition is fragile. Doctors say she urgently needs treatment abroad, but we can’t afford it. We can barely manage food and basic medicine.

I’ve done everything I can. I’ve tried to be strong. But no matter how hard I fight, I can’t do this alone.

Please… imagine for a moment that this was your mother lying in pain, looking at you with eyes full of hope, waiting for help you can’t give. How would that feel?

I’m not asking for much , just for a chance to save her. A small act of kindness from you might be the reason she survives.

Every donation. Every share. Every prayer. It all matters. Please help me keep my mother alive.

✅Vetted by @gazavetters my number verified on the list is (#658)✅

We are still in Gaza, still struggling, still surviving under the weight of war. No one sees us. No one hears us. Please—be the heart that cares. Be the hand that saves.

To those who have given: thank you. You’ve kept us breathing. Please, don’t let go now.

DONATE TO THE SAMEER PROJECT 🕊️

Mosab Emad Ali, part of the heart of the Sameer Project, was also martyred recently. The organizers could use all the support they can get right now.

Help Ahmed's family escape to safety.

I’m making this post on the behalf of Ahmed and his family , Fundraiser here .

“We’re not really living — we’re just trying to survive.” These were Ahmad’s words — a young man from Gaza who lost everything.

His family home was reduced to rubble. They've survived multiple airstrikes, but now they live in a tent — no roof, no safety, no comfort. Ahmad is the only one providing for his family, struggling to find food in a place where prices are sky-high and supplies are scarce. His mother recently had surgery and urgently needs treatment — but they simply can’t afford it.

He told me, holding back tears: “I don’t want much… just for my mom to live, and my siblings to sleep with full stomachs.”

This isn’t just a story. It’s a plea.

Share it. Someone out there might be able to help.

This campaign is vetted

This campaign appears as #658 on this list created by @/gazavetters

The campaign has also been promoted in a post by @/nabulsi

A post containing the campaign has been reblogged by @/90-ghost

His health has deteriorated very, very significantly. He has a bladder hemorrhage and is now in the hospital. The doctors said he needs an urgent operation and they are keeping him there under observation.

Nader's father's health has deteriorated significantly and he is staying in the hospital and must remain under observation until it is confirmed that he is well and undergoes surgery. Please help Nader save his father. And leave Gaza and take care of him and treat him from cancer by donating to him from here This is the link to verify Nader's campaign in the list. Gazavetters

Guys, my father is fighting cancer and his situation is very difficult. Please help us get him out of here alive. We don’t want anything bad to happen to him. Please help us. Share and donate, please.

Guys, with all this sharing, only one person has donated to us. Please donate to us. We need money to buy medicine and treat my father, please.

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To be honest, it seems that these negotiations are just a sedative needle for the people of Gaza (for us) and the world that supports Palestine. You, my friends, are deceiving us and you. We are living a collective war. What is more important than stopping a bloody war like this?

Really, what is more important in the world right now than stopping the bloodshed in Gaza?

Today, prices rose again. The price of a kilo of onions reached 100 euros, and the price of a kilo of flour reached 20 euros. If you can help me donate to buy food for me and my family, this is the link to our campaign. We have been verified by gazavetters and we are number 4 on this list.

Been talking with this family for a while now and they really deserve your help. Anything you can give is helpful!

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general relativity for babies

babies? Hell, I’m an adult this is the clearest and most understandable explaination I’ve ever seen. This book is for anyone

We are just hastening our demise at this point.

I don't understand how people who are so "LOL magas don't believe climate change is real!!! How stupid!!!" are so blithely skipping to chatgpt as a search engine at the same time. Like you cannot be "haven't you noticed the lack of bugs this year" and simultaneously "here's how I made my 17 step skincare routine using chatgpt!!!". It beggars belief.

There's also this.

“Public libraries are such important, lovely places!” Yes but do you GO there. Do you STUDY there. Do you meet friends and get coffee there. Do you borrow the FREE, ZERO SUBSCRIPTION, ZERO TRACKING books, audiobooks, ebooks, and films. Have you checked out their events and schemes. Do you sign up for the low cost courses in ASL or knitting or programming or writing your CV that they probably run. Do you know they probably have myriad of schemes to help low income families. Do you hire their low cost rooms if you need them. Have you joined their social groups. Do you use the FREE COMPUTERS. Do you even know what your library is trying to offer you. Listen, the library shouldn’t just exist for you as a nice idea. That’s why more libraries shut every year

If this post persuades even one person to get a free library account and use it, my time on this hellsite will not have been spent in vain

Certified Library Post

some libraries have museum passes for free or heavily discounted rates

they have video games now!

they may even have a "library of things" with tools instruments and crafting supplies (mine even has kitchen supplies like a stand mixer and a few attachments!)

use your local libraries! they love you so much!

if you're subscribed to Microsoft word, you probably received an email recently saying they're upping their prices. Like, a lot. ($9.99/month instead of $6.99)

guess what though? you can log into your account, click Cancel Subscription, and get the option to continue your subscription at the same price WITHOUT their bullshit AI.

That's right, the new, higher price is actually a different subscription that includes AI that everyone is being opted into by force! What a cool and fun product that clearly everyone wants.

you can also choose to buy Word 2024 without AI for a single lump sum that will be yours in perpetuity, with no updates, for one computer.

Check your subscription if you need Word for work! Don't get duped into paying for something you might not even want

Seeing as how the Big Beautiful Bill just passed, here's are some websites that offer discounts on medications:

- GoodRx

- SingleCare

- Pharmacy Checker

- WellRx - this one compares prices across different pharmacies

- Cost Plus - thanks to @thedamnqueenofhell for suggesting!

-NeedyMeds - a nonprofit that helps pay for prescriptions. Thank you to @allitdoesispause for the suggestion! They also suggested checking the manufacturers website for a paitent assistance program, which can give you a coupon for free or cheaper meds.

-Ask for a discount card - thank you to @cccshutdown for the reminder!

Stay safe, everyone. Things are about to get much, much worse in the US.

EDIT: if you're worried about doctor/therapy appointments, see if there's a sliding scale clinic near you (and ask your therapist if they offer sliding scale prices)

"Help sooad Family Survive & Rebuild in Gaza"

Vetted by gaza-vetters number in the list ✅365✅

Hello, my name sooad Muhammad, I am a 61-year-old mother and former school teacher from Gaza💔

After the army entered the city, we went out to Rafah under the attack of planes and missiles.And the bullets that spare no one, we lived in torn tents that did not protect from the heat, the cold, or the rain. All the words in the world cannot describe what we have lived through. All I want is for you to look at me and my family with a merciful heart and help me.

Before October 7th, I lived a humble life, dedicated to teaching and raising my children. But everything changed. Since that day, my family and I have been living in unimaginable conditions—without electricity, without clean water, without safety.

Our home was destroyed, and we now sleep in a torn tent, exposed to the freezing cold. My children cry from hunger and fear. The markets are empty or unaffordable. Bread is now a luxury—I knead pasta just to make something to fill their stomachs

Please open your heart and stand with us in this time of despair.

We are not asking for much—just a chance to survive. A blanket for the cold. A piece of bread. A roof that does not leak. A moment of peace for my children

I am humbly asking for your help. Your donation, no matter how small, can give us warmth, food, and hope. It can help us survive these dark days and rebuild a life with dignity.

Your support means the world to me and my family.

Please donate 🙏

All the destruction that you see, we live every day a hundred times, and we live hunger, death, and a life that has no taste of life

You can also TEXT "START" to 678-678 or go to their website! There are 700+ of you following me. You don't need to be from the US to reblog this. Reblog.

i’m usually a gimmick blog but this is serious. Always remember start to 678678 it’s saved even me a couple times. I love you all, please be safe

PLEASE REBLOG TO HELP STRAY ANIMALS!

Hey! I continue to feed stray animals. They have no home and family, they are forced to live in garages, basements, attics and so on. The least I can do for them is to feed them. Unfortunately, people have abandoned these animals and they have nowhere to go. The number of animals varies (they increase or decrease), but it is about 20 cats and 5 dogs at a time. I try not to let them starve, but I need help. We have low funds now. Please reblog, like, or donate if you can. I really appreciate your help and support.

Please, reblog, like or donate if you can:

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Patreon

pp ellensnake142@gmail.com (please choose the family/friends option)

Thank you so much!💚

New pics! We also found kittens, they are very wild and do not go well with hands, so for now we just feed them. Unfortunately, the last days are just ignore of these posts and constant unfollows. Please reblog or like, because there is almost no activity on the post. Thanks to those who always help with reblogs, likes and especially donations🤍

You can also TEXT "START" to 678-678 or go to their website! There are 700+ of you following me. You don't need to be from the US to reblog this. Reblog.

i’m usually a gimmick blog but this is serious. Always remember start to 678678 it’s saved even me a couple times. I love you all, please be safe

if you’ve never played a pokémon game you’re missing out on the insane things npcs will say to you unprompted. like you’ll be walking down a path and a total stranger will see you and immediately run up to you and trap you in place and say something like ‘the divorce is getting rough but me and my pokémon are getting tough!’ and then start a battle and after you beat their single rat they’ll be like ‘i wasn’t worthy of her…’ or something

being queer and seeing historical queer love is like a punch to the gut in a good way every time

crying and sobbing crying and sobbing etc

some more vintage photographs that make me weep and wail, now including trans people!

it’s legitimately so fucked up and heartbreaking that in this society the ability to just like…relax and have fun with friends and loved ones is like…considered something you have to earn or make time at your own expense for. it should be regarded as one of the inalienable cornerstones of being human. i’m not joking, like the fact that having fun and chilling with your buds is considered an expendable frivolity instead of a vital core need is heartbreaking. not that capitalist society has ANY vital core needs that it’s not prepared to gate behind a monetary cost though lmao.

And stop comparing how well you handle what’s on your plate with how other people handle what’s on their plates, too.

This is a great metaphor for helping people understand chronic illness or mental illness-related limitations. 

[ID: Back text on white background reads, “Maybe you think someone doesn’t have a lot on their plate compared to you. But maybe their plate is smaller than yours and doesn’t have a lot of room to begin with. Or maybe their plate is paper, and their flimsy paper plate can’t hold as much as your sturdy ceramic plate can. End ID]