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kamiskringe · 2 hours

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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.

3. The account is almost always a few days old or a week old or long depending on how often they have sent asks.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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kamiskringe · 5 hours

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What does the word Genocide mean to you?

For me... the word Sayfo comes to mind.

Sayfo is the word we use for the Assyrian genocide.

In 1915, my grandfather fled his village of Charbash near Urmia in Iran when he was just 11 years old.

The Ottoman Empire took the land from the Assyrians. The indigenous people native to Mesopotamia (where modern Iran, Iraq, and Turkey exist now).

Over 250,000 Assyrians were wiped out by the occupying Ottoman Empire.

Half of the entire population of the remaining indigenous people.

The rest fled for their lives.

My grandfather and grandmother, being two that, thankfully, made it to New York.

Now, Assyrians have no homeland. No country.

An entire ethnic group that has been around for around 3,000 years almost completely wiped out of existence by an empire that no longer exists.

It's just so senseless.

This painting I did of a woman in a Hijab. I have posters of them on my site.

ssavaart.com

All of the proceeds from the sale of this poster is going to Doctors Without Borders.

I'll sign and ship each and every one of them.

I know it's not much. It won't stop a genocide.

But maybe... just maybe... 100 years from now someone's grandchild will be alive and they can tell the story of THEIR people... and what happened to them.

Sending Big Hugs from the Hobbit Hole. ♥♥♥

Scott

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kamiskringe · 5 hours

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shoutout to everyone who wants to infodump but cant string together coherent thoughts to form sentences and instead just look at you like this

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kamiskringe · 19 hours

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Insane blunt rotation

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kamiskringe · 1 day

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type “i am” in the tags and whatever comes up first is your new mandatory kin

#i am cringe but i am free #yeah

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kamiskringe · 2 days

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kamiskringe · 3 days

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New Macklemore song dropped and all the proceeds from streaming go to UNRWA which helps Palestinian refugees SO GO STREAM!! It’s an easy way to help and contribute something!

(If you’re mass streaming make sure you put song in between so Spotify counts all you listens)

REBLOG, SHARE AND STREAM

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kamiskringe · 3 days

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Here is EVERY deal Hamas has tried to strike with Israel. It was never about the hostages.

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kamiskringe · 3 days

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Your favourite creators are raising money for Palestine !!!

["Creators for Palestine is raising money for Palestine Children's Relief Fund, a registered 501 non-governmental organisation established in 1992. With the current state Gaza is in, we are looking to raise $1M to address humanitarian needs and immediate relief, including providing essential medical treatment/supplies, food, clean water and other necessities for families affected by the genocide. Please donate and share now!"]

Some notable figures: Hasanabi, Kurtis Connor, Eddy Burback, and many more!

You can donate here -> https://tiltify.com/@creators-for-palestine/creators-for-palestine

When they reach their $750K goal, there will be a livestream to get to $1mil! Don't miss it!

Thank you for supporting Palestine <3

🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸

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kamiskringe · 3 days

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Can you please help my family escape death from Rafah .. my friend posted here for me and I'm forever indebted to all of you for your generosity.. we started to lose hope.. and we've regained it through your kindness.. please help and share or if there is anything I can do to verify or boost. Sorry to bother you but I am very desperate the bombing was very close to our tent.

https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-us-escape-gazas-nightmare-a-fathers-plea-for-safety

This is a verified gfm! Please consider donating and supporting Firas, he’s a father of two children and they all need help evacuating to Egypt!